God bless this winter, New Year's Eve is over, and it's a new year.

During the Spring Festival of the previous two years in Suiyang, there was no winter in the south. Even in winter, it was very warm. Ye Yunting grew up in the north and was very rare for the warm winters in Suiyang for two years, but this year it was I missed the snow scene in Shangjing a little, so I returned to Shangjing early after the Spring Festival.

He Lanyuan had nothing to do and returned to Beijing with him. After the two countries formed an alliance, all state affairs were handed over to Ye Yunting and Li Fengqi, so she picked up the hobbies of her youth again and changed her past. I had no chance to record the places I went with Helianxu one by one in notes.

Shen Wanyu (the old princess) envied her for being so free and easy, but she was not in good health and could not bear the fatigue of traveling and traveling, so she could only look forward to Helan Yuan's return to Beijing and listen to her talk about her experiences in various places.

As soon as He Lanyuan came back this time, she was invited by Shen Wanyu.

As she gets older, there are more and more people around her who can talk to her. In the past, Shen Wanyu only worshiped the Buddha with a few desires. Even though she was a queen, she still tried to summon those women who were destined to enter the palace to relieve her boredom. However, After getting acquainted with He Lanyuan and influenced by her, Shen Wanyu also began to learn to live a free and carefree life. Although she could not travel far, she often went to Izumo Temple to stay for a few days, or stayed in the palace. A banquet was held in the middle, and the ladies were summoned to the palace to watch a play to relieve their boredom.

He Lanyuan walked into Shen Wanyu's Ruichun Palace by familiar means, and laughed heartily: "Sister Shen is so anxious to call you here. Is it because she can't wait to watch Newspaper?"

She traveled widely and always brought some souvenirs when she came back. Thinking that Shen Wanyu was bored in the palace, she brought her more folk sayings and gadgets.

"I have something to do with you this time." Shen Wanyu called Yiqiu to serve tea and snacks, then she went up to him, took Helan Yuan's arm, and pulled her to sit down on the Arhat bed.

Hearing that it was something, He Lanyuan put away her playful expression and looked more serious: "What's the matter?"

Shen Wanyu frowned and considered for a moment before saying: "On New Year's Eve, I will not let my wife enter the palace, so I can chat with her and think about whether Yunting and Hanzhang will be together now that the situation has been decided." Is it time to choose an heir?"

She naturally knew why those married women said these things. In recent years, the power of the two emperors has become more and more powerful. Those ministers did not dare to dissuade them face to face, so they came up with the idea of ​​​​saving the country and wanted their wives at home to come and give her a blow. , let her persuade.

In the past few years, the deep relationship between the two emperors has been obvious to all, so naturally no one thought about a harem. But even if you don't have children, you have to inherit a few children from the clan as soon as possible.

After all, this year is the new year, Ye Yunting is already 25 years old, and Li Fengqi is already 31 years old.

Although he is still in his prime, the selection and training of the prince will take time, so it is better to do it sooner rather than later.

Shen Wanyu also thought so, and came up with the idea. But she was worried that the two children had not thought about it yet, so she was hesitant, so she had to find He Lanyuan to discuss it.

"Tell me, do you want to mention this to him?"

It's okay to mention it, but Shen Wanyu is worried about putting pressure on her two children.

However, He Lanyuan didn't have so many worries. After thinking for a while, he said: "It's time to choose a few children. They have been raised by their side since they were young. They will be closer to each other and can better distinguish between good and bad."

Seeing that Shen Wanyu seemed worried, she smiled and patted the back of her good sister's hand: "Don't worry, Hanzhang probably agrees."

Li Fengqi was impatient to deal with government affairs. After the development of new ships and firearms in the past few years, he once wanted to personally lead his troops to sea and conquer overseas countries. But he could leave, but Ye Yunting could not leave easily. Therefore, in the past two years He could only watch Zhu Lie and others taking turns to go to sea. He felt very aggrieved and could only go to the military camp to train and vent his anger. His temper became increasingly strong, and the ministers ran very fast when they saw him.

If he had selected a few children to train earlier and selected the prince, after the prince could take on the leading role on his own, the constraints and concerns between him and Ye Yunting would have been much reduced.

And Li Fengqi indeed thought so. When the family was having a meal together, Shen Wanyu and He Lanyuan mentioned this matter. Li Fengqi thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

"Then let's select a few children from each clan on both sides."

***

Choosing a child from the clan as a successor is a big deal.

It won't work if it's too young, and it won't work if it's too old. And not every parent is willing to send their children into the palace to fight for power and wealth at a young age. So in the end, there were ten children sent by each family.

There are exactly five Li children and five Helian children. Among them, the youngest child has just turned three years old and the oldest is no more than five years old.

A group of little carrot heads were sent into the palace in ignorance, and were led by Zhou Ji to the East Palace to pay homage to the emperor. From now on, his food, drink, and daily life would be in the East Palace.

Ye Yunting and Li Fengqi were waiting in the East Palace, feeling a little nervous. He adjusted his clothes repeatedly and asked Li Fengqi for the fifth time: "Isn't it scary to look like this?"

Having been with Li Fengqi for a long time, it was inevitable that some of his temperament would be tainted. Ji Lian told him the day before yesterday that he was even scarier than Li Fengqi when he looked down and frowned.

Ye Yunting didn't think it was such an exaggeration, but when he saw these little brats today, he couldn't help but worry that he really looked scary and would scare people.

"It's not scary." Li Fengqi said the same thing for the fifth time, scratched his palm and comforted him: "Don't worry, when the time comes, you'll be a red face, and if you're a white face, those brats will definitely like you."

Ordinarily, when a couple raises a child, one person with a red face and the other with a white face cooperate with each other. He can also follow suit.

Ye Yunting glanced at him, the wrinkles between his brows relaxed, and he smiled slowly.

…

Zhou Ji quickly led a group of kids to the East Palace.

Children from aristocratic families, even though they are young, don't have many rules. They were probably specially instructed by their family before entering the palace. They tried their best to keep a straight face, straightened their bodies, did not look around, and followed step by step around them. Behind thistle.

She is really young and not very tall. Although she tries to imitate the steady appearance of adults, her chubby short body waddles when she walks, which is very funny and cute. She looks like she is following her mother. A group of chicks behind the chicken.

Zhou Ji led him forward to greet him.

The little boy raised his hands in a decent manner and shouted in a soft voice: "See you, Your Majesty the Southern Emperor, Your Majesty the Northern Emperor, your Majesty the two are well."

Ye Yunting was amused and laughed. He handed each of the greeting gifts he had prepared to each of them and asked their names one by one.

The older ones have very clear speech, but the youngest one has just turned three years old and is said to have spoken late. He said in a waxy voice: "Your Majesty, your name is Heleni."

"Heleni? Why is it called such a name?" Li Fengqi frowned and said, "The parents in this family are quite casual in naming their children."

The kid blinked, a little scared, but he still repeated: "No, Helian, Helian, Ni!"

Li Fengqi: "..."

This little kid doesn't look like he's very smart.

Zhou Ji on the side couldn't help laughing and said: "Your Majesty, this young master is the direct grandson of Marquis Mu, and his name is Helianli."

When Helianli heard this, he quickly nodded in agreement: "‌!‌Helianni!"

Li Fengqi: "..."

Gee, he is really not very smart.

After meeting the little cubs and having dinner together, Ye Yunting asked Zhou Ji to take him to a place to live, and arranged a nanny and two palaces for each little cub.

There are two waiters waiting on you.

In order to prevent the parents of these children from having ulterior motives, they would send servants who would serve as personal servants to instill some ideas of fighting for power and profit in these children who have not yet grown up. This time, all children entering the palace are not allowed to bring servants with them.

After that, the palace will be responsible for all the food and clothing. However, you can have two days off every month to visit relatives. As long as you don't make mistakes, you will have a good future even if you are not selected as the prince in the future.

After the little boy settled down, Ye Yunting and Li Fengqi separated.

He was still a little uncontrollably excited, and he was chattering with Li Fengqi about how to raise these little brats in the future. His face was radiant, and he looked a bit like a father for the first time.

"I have to find a wife for him. Why don't I write to Mr. Chang and ask him to return to the capital and become a teacher for his children?"

Mr. Chang is knowledgeable, well traveled and has extraordinary knowledge. Ye Yunting is his student, so it would be good to ask him to teach these little brats.

"Senior Brother Yue has extraordinary martial arts skills. You can also ask Senior Brother Yue to teach him how to practice martial arts."

Ye Yunting thought to himself and sighed: "Teacher and senior brother are traveling all over the world, it's time to find a place to settle down."

Li Fengqi listened to him finish speaking alone and could only agree.

Then he pulled the person to the palace and whispered in his ear: "It's getting late, it's almost time to rest. I've been playing with those children for half a day, and His Majesty the Southern Emperor will also accompany me?"

Ye Yunting glanced at him and didn't respond, but followed him to the bathing pool.

When they came out again, their clothes were thin and their breathing was slightly panting. Li Fengqi hugged him and continued the unfinished business, buried his head in his neck, took his ear and said: "You like children so much, why don't you do it?"

Give birth to one?"

Ye Yunting shuddered and stretched out his hand to push him: "Nonsense!"

Li Fengqi laughed softly, and his words turned into a whisper: "How will you know if you don't try?"

…

After the little boy entered the palace, Ye Yunting had one more thing to do every day. After handling the government affairs, he went to the East Palace to see the little boy.

After Chang Yu'an received his letter, he agreed to his invitation for the first time, returned to Shangjing with Yue Changgou, and lived in the East Palace.

Ji Lian, who had nothing to do, saw the excitement in the East Palace, and after asking Ye Yunting for instructions, he went to the East Palace to help take care of the little boy.

——Ye Yunting now refuses to let him serve him all the time, letting him find something to do by himself, no matter what, as long as he wants to do it. But after thinking about it, Ji Lian feels that he has no knowledge, and he doesn't want to do anything.

He doesn’t have any big ambitions, and all he wants is to eat and wait for death. Now that Mr. Chang is back and there are many more kids in the East Palace, he has become more enthusiastic and feels that he has found what he wants to do. Every day

Ri happily followed behind a group of cubs.

He was kind-hearted and had a good temper. The little boy liked him very much, especially Helianli, who always followed him and called Ji Lian brother, which made Ji Lian so happy that he couldn't even see him.

Every time Yue Chang Gou meets him, he gets angry: "If you like children so much, why don't you give birth to one yourself?"

Ji Lian was so angry that every time he saw him from afar, he would take a detour.

As soon as Ye Yunting arrived at the East Palace, he saw Yue Changgou holding a food box in his hand. A faint aroma emanated from it. It must be the sauced pork ribs that had just been cooked.

"Senior brother made Ji Lian angry again?" He teased: "If you like him, just say so. Why are you always angry with him?"

Ji Lian has a gentle temper and does not hold grudges. Every time the longer the hook makes someone angry, he will just give him food to make sure he is safe. But the next time he will be angry again, the longer the hook is, the more he will give him food.

The cycle begins again and again.

Yue Chang Gou raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Don't you think he's cute like this?"

"..." Ye Yunting didn't quite understand his bad taste, so he shook his head and said, "If you keep teasing him like this, one day he will actually kiss you, and you won't be able to cry."

After saying that, he left him and walked up to the upper room.

He came at the right time. Mr. Chang had just finished his class. The little boy came out of the school and saw Ye Yunting at the door. He saluted politely. But there were also those who were so happy that they forgot the rules within a few days after entering the palace.

, Dian Dian rushed forward and hugged Ye Yunting's legs, acting like a baby.

Ye Yunting picked up the little cub, bumped it over, and said with a smile, "It's a little heavier."
To be continued...