"Xiao Qi gave it to me." Zhu Zhongjun said, and went to get it.

The emperor took it easily.

Knowing that it was embroidered by Gu Jinzhi, the emperor looked at it again and couldn't help but smile.

The Queen Mother also laughed.

Zhu Zhongjun just pouted, a little unhappy.

The emperor had to return the sachet to him.

"Xiao Qi doesn't want to learn needlework?" the emperor said to the queen mother.

"Learn!" Zhu Zhongjun shouted immediately, "My hands were pricked, and the master scolded her. She made this for me, and she said she learned it."

It made the Queen Mother laugh.

This is not learned at all...

"After the New Year, the Ai family picked a nun from the palace's needlework and sent it to the Gu family." The Queen Mother finally said, "Xiao Qi has been kissing the old man at home. She has been reading medical books since she was a child, but her mother loves her and refuses to stay with her.

Working hard on needlework..."

The emperor also agreed.

There is really no room for compliments on Gu Jinzhi's work.

"Xiao Qi has worked hard." Zhu Zhongjun retorted, "Xiao Qi said that in the future, if anyone has needlework and thread for clothes, shoes and socks, she will just make my clothes. I like everything Xiao Qi makes."

The Queen Mother couldn't help laughing.

Zhu Zhongjun actually said he liked such an ugly sachet.

The emperor glanced at his silly brother.

This younger brother is particularly dependent on and fond of Gu Jinzhi.

The emperor himself had never felt this way before.

He suddenly wanted to know what it felt like...

However, he probably won't have it, because he is not a fool. This is probably God's fairness, right? A fool will also get things that are difficult for normal people to have.

"Xiao Qi doesn't like to learn needlework..." Zhu Zhongjun timidly pulled the Queen Mother's sleeve.

He heard the Queen Mother say that she would send a nanny to teach Gu Jinzhi. She was afraid that Gu Jinzhi would be wronged and was unwilling to learn.

As expected, he has forgotten his mother when he has a wife.

"Okay, okay, if you don't like it, don't learn." The Queen Mother coaxed Zhu Zhongjun.

Zhu Zhongjun smiled sweetly.

He turned around and went to play with the two princesses again, and the whole family was enjoying themselves.

In the afternoon, several princes who had been ordered to return to Beijing to celebrate the New Year entered the palace with their families.

Kunning Palace was packed with people.

Zhu Zhongjun didn't know anyone except the second eldest son, King Nanchang. He just snuck into the Empress Dowager's arms.

There were six emperor brothers, except for the fourth who died in infancy. The others all went to their fiefdoms.

The third prince and the fifth prince are now in Hunan and the other in Shanxi.

The two brothers, after they went to the fiefdom, just ate, drank and had fun without any intention of making progress, making them two dandies. Especially the third brother occupied people's fields and took away people's women and people's wives. They were immoral and immoral. This year they were even sued by the people to Shuntian Prefecture.

The emperor sent his confidants to investigate and found out that the third prince was not training his troops secretly.

All his money was spent on eating, drinking and having fun.

According to the ancestral system, each prince should have three guards, each with at least 2,000 people. However, the third prince squandered his money on fun and enjoyment, and only had 4,000 guards in his house.

He still overpaid for these four thousand guards. He was trying to fool the court and other princes.

In fact, he only has more than 2,000 bodyguards.

Based on this, the emperor turned a blind eye to his dandyism.

However, now that I have entered Beijing, I still need to learn a lesson.

Before dinner, the emperor kept scolding the third prince again, in front of the queen mother and all the concubines, princes and princesses. He used harsh words to accuse the third prince of being ridiculous.

The third prince chuckled and did not refute. He just listened.

The Queen Mother smoothed things over and said to the Emperor with a smile: "He is really at fault. The Emperor went to the court to scold him. Today is New Year's Eve, and the Emperor wants us ladies to have a good New Year."

The emperor had no choice but to stop scolding the third prince.

Apart from this incident, the entire New Year's Eve atmosphere was still good.

The Queen Mother was in a good mood all night, so everyone joked boldly, and the Emperor also laughed with her.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, everyone stayed with the Queen Mother to watch the New Year's Eve.

The Princess of Nanchang and the two nobles in the palace were pregnant and a little exhausted. The Queen Mother sent people to send the two nobles back to the palace, and asked Aunt Cheng to personally arrange for the Princess of Nanchang to have a rest.

Zhu Zhongjun was silent.

All kinds of emotions suddenly came to his mind, making him a little overwhelmed...

He pretended to be groggy and wanted to sleep.

The Queen Mother asked someone to serve him and rested in the side hall of Kunning Palace.

The curtains were lowered, and it was dark inside the bed.

Zhu Zhongjun opened his eyes wide and looked at the top of the bed. It took a long time for his eyes to adapt to the darkness, and he could look at the faint light like a solitary lamp on the bed outside the bed.

Wisps of thin light slowly filtered in, and the peony pattern on the top of the tent was distorted, like some mysterious totem.

Zhu Zhongjun dislikes New Year's Eve very much.

In his previous life, he often left Gu Jinzhi and Rong Nan at home and celebrated the New Year alone. Sometimes when he accompanied the leader, it didn't require Zhu Zhongjun to do it himself, but he always had to fight for the opportunity.

Only in this way can he convince himself with peace of mind that he has not left his wife and son behind, he is just busy.

After falling out with Gu Jinzhi, Zhu Zhongjun would not go back to celebrate the New Year even if he didn't have a job.

Gu Jinzhi goes every year and is never absent. Although she always complains afterwards that going to Zhu's house for New Year's Eve dinner is too torturous.

The first time he didn't like New Year's Eve was because it was on the New Year's Eve morning when he was six years old.

He and his mother went to his grandmother's house on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month. They rested overnight and rushed back to the Zhu family's old house the next afternoon to have New Year's Eve dinner with everyone.

So he woke up on the morning of New Year's Eve at his grandma's house.

My grandpa took a back seat in his early years. At that time, many leaders in Beijing were his subordinates. After my grandpa retired, one of his students specially approved a land to build a club and built a retirement villa for my grandpa.

That house has a huge court and outdoor swimming pool in front, and a small hill behind it.

There was no wind in the morning and the weather was actually a bit warm.

Grandpa and grandma are walking on the hillside behind.

Zhu Zhongjun was only six years old at the time. He lay at the window and watched for a while, then wanted to go downstairs to play. When he reached the stairs, he vaguely heard the sound of someone talking and laughing on the third floor.

He tiptoed up and gently opened the ajar door, and saw his second uncle lying on his mother's bed.

The second uncle raised his upper body and talked to his mother.

My mother, on the other hand, was getting dressed without any hesitation.

Zhu Zhongjun was very precocious, so he naturally knew what he was doing. At that time, he was stunned and stood at the door. Until his mother found him, she screamed and slammed the door.

The door almost hit Zhu Zhongjun's face.

He went downstairs in a daze.

Then, his mother told him that his second uncle had come to see Zhu Zhongjun in the morning and would take Zhu Zhongjun back to celebrate New Year's Eve. His mother even made up a reason, hoping to deceive Zhu Zhongjun, who was only six years old.

Zhu Zhongjun said coldly: "You and your second uncle slept. I'm going to tell dad."

At that time, my mother's face turned pale and she held Zhu Zhongjun's hand tightly.

She probably didn't expect Zhu Zhongjun to say such a sentence.

The second uncle was smiling and didn't feel guilty at all.

When my grandpa and grandma came back from a walk, they saw their second uncle and greeted him without feeling awkward. Grandma was even a little affectionate towards his second uncle.

My grandparents knew about my mother and my second uncle, but they didn't stop them.

Zhu Zhongjun's young heart was hit hard by something.

Later, his mother asked him several times not to tell his father about this.

The nightmare on New Year's Eve troubled Zhu Zhongjun for several years until his mother passed away.

Zhu Zhongjun never forgave his mother in his life.

It seems that the mother and the second uncle have never been apart, and many people in the family know... Everyone maintains a superficial peace and makes decisions to maximize interests, and no one wants to meddle in others' affairs.

After the incest scandal between his mother and his second uncle, Zhu Zhongjun was no longer surprised when his father hooked up with women outside.

My parents are at home, still harmonious and loving.

Sometimes you can hear their fierce fighting upstairs at night.

Zhu Zhongjun was disgusted by this.

They are unfaithful to each other, but they still love each other. Is it hard not to feel disgusted?

Maybe it was this kind of family that caused Zhu Zhongjun to mature more precociously.

At that time, he thought that he would kill them and make them behave wildly. He wanted to become the head of the family, rectify the family tradition, and strictly deal with those who hide evil and evil.

This is probably his original intention to enter politics.

He thought about climbing up step by step, but was forced by his father.

Thirteen years ago, he had a car accident. A large truck lost control and crashed directly into him. Fortunately, there was an armed policeman at the scene who jumped over and picked him up to avoid him.

His arm was broken and the officer's face was slightly bruised.

At that time, Zhu Zhongjun felt that he should not die. God must have arranged some fate for him to save him in such a dangerous situation.

Three months later, he heard a sudden noise at the door of his father's study.

The second uncle said: "You are simply a beast. After all, he is the son you have raised for more than ten years, and you actually want to pay for his murder. Are you still not a human being? He is just a thirteen-year-old child!"

"It's not my son." The father's voice remained gentle and steady. "When I saw him, I saw a huge cuckold. How can I be willing to accept it if he doesn't die?"

"Zhongjun is not my son." The second uncle roared angrily, "How many more times do you have to tell me? Now that technology is so advanced, you can go get a paternity test."

"What if it's really not mine?" My father said with a smile, "I'm still lucky now. I've done a paternity test. If it's really not mine, all three of you are dead, and it's hard to calm my heart.

Now, I only hate him. After he dies, we are still brothers, and she and I are still husband and wife. There is nothing. The world is peaceful, right, second brother?"

This was probably the cruelest thing Zhu Zhongjun had ever heard in his life.

Later, Gu Jinzhi always asked Zhu Zhongjun, why do you feel insecure, why do you attach so much importance to power, why do you always have trouble with your father-in-law and second uncle, and why do you have a bad relationship with your mother-in-law?

Why?

Zhu Zhongjun thought, because there is no fate!

They are not destined to be father and son, and they are not destined to be relatives.

They must have been reincarnated as feuders. When they drank Meng Po soup when they were reincarnated, they both drank a few sips less, so they were not like fathers and sons in other families who love each other and give to each other.

They still want to kill each other.

Zhu Zhongjun grew up cautiously.

When he grew up, he also encountered two accidents. He didn't know whether it was man-made or not, but he didn't check it. He just blamed it all on his father.

Just like his father, who blamed his wife's infidelity on his son.

Even until his death, Zhu Zhongjun did not know whose son he was.

No matter whose son he was, he felt ashamed and did not seek verification.

At this moment, he suddenly wanted to know...

In her previous life, Gu Jinzhi never understood why the relationship between Zhu Zhongjun and his parents was not good. She asked many times, and it was only in his later years that Zhu Zhongjun regretted not telling her at that time.

I just felt a little regretful and didn't really want to tell her.

At that time, he felt very disgusted, and every time Gu Jinzhi asked, he would lose his temper. He looked at the woman he loved, the light in his eyes gradually faded, disappointment surfaced, and he was also very sad.

As a result, he became even more angry and hated his parents even more.

If she had told Gu Jinzhi before, would she have understood him better?

Will she feel that he is not a person who is born to deny all his relatives, nor is he a person who desires power...

There is no such thing, Zhu Zhongjun thought. Even now, he still can't say it.

Especially looking at Gu Jinzhi's clean eyes, he was even more unwilling to let the dirt pollute her purity.

Unconsciously, a long time had passed, and Zhu Zhongjun heard the sound of fireworks exploding outside.

It was already late at night, and the emperor ordered people to set off fireworks to entertain the queen mother.

Zhu Zhongjun wanted to take a look.

He hesitated, then got up.

No matter what the emperor thought, Zhu Zhongjun wanted to try to be the son of the Queen Mother.

He didn't think the Queen Mother was very good, he just wanted to change his attitude towards life.

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