"Yuchen, do you still remember me?" Great Elder Princess looked lovingly at Mo Xiaobao, who was held in Mo Xiuyao's arms, and asked with a smile.
Mo Xiaobao blinked and nodded, "Nice to meet you, Princess."
"Ah …" Great Elder Princess replied happily, "Yuchen, do you still remember me? Why don't you come to play with me? Do you dislike me because I'm old? " Mo Xiaobao looked at Great Elder Princess and said seriously, "Yuchen needs to study and learn martial arts, so he can't go out to play. Princess, please come to our house to play. Then I will have time to play with you. "
"What a smart boy." Great Elder Princess scolded him with a smile. She looked at Mo Xiaobao regretfully. It was a pity that there was no such smart boy in the royal family.
"Princess, this is my friend from the new school. You can call him Little Dai." Mo Xiaobao introduced Leng Junhan like an adult and deliberately omitted Leng Junhan's surname. Great Elder Princess squinted and looked at him carefully. She said with a smile, "He looks like a good boy." Ye Li smiled and said, "Xiaobao is not young anymore. Prince and I just want to find a playmate for him."
Great Elder Princess didn't ask about Leng Junhan's identity. She nodded with a smile and said, "It's good to have someone to accompany him. It's not good for a child to be alone. I want to choose a few children of suitable age from the nobles to be His Majesty's study companions after the 10th Prince ascends the throne. "
Ye Li smiled and didn't say anything. Great Elder Princess's idea was certainly good. If the 10th Prince had the ability, these children would become his confidants in the future. But it was not so easy. Since they came here as guests, they naturally couldn't ask about many things. Great Elder Princess just said it casually. She was also involved in political affairs in her early years. She was not a woman who was raised in the palace and knew nothing about the world. She naturally understood the current situation and difficulties.
"Xiuyao, I heard that you intend to protect the Zhangde Palace?" Great Elder Princess looked at Mo Xiuyao and asked.
Mo Xiuyao said with a smile, "Princess, where did you hear this rumor? What does this matter have to do with our Prince Ding Mansion? Since Xiuyao said that he won't interfere, he naturally means what he says. "
Great Elder Princess had watched him grow up, so it was not easy to fool him. She stared at him and said, "Tell me the truth. Why do you keep her alive? I don't believe you have any feelings for her. " Mo Xiuyao lowered his eyebrows and smiled. He didn't try to hide anything and said lightly, "No matter how close Imperial Aunt is to the new Emperor, she lives outside the palace and is beyond her reach. The new emperor needs someone to protect him … or else … "
"Her? Great Elder Princess asked with a frown.
Mo Xiuyao laughed and said, "As long as she knows that she will only be well if the new Emperor is well, of course it's fine. Although the one in Zhangde Palace is not familiar with politics, she has been in the palace for her entire life. I'm afraid that she is more experienced than you, Imperial Aunt. Back then, she was able to protect those two brothers in that kind of environment until they grew up safely and ascended to the position of Empress Dowager. Imperial Aunt knows that she can't do it this time. "
Great Elder Princess seemed to be convinced by him and nodded. "Even so … why does Xiuyao care so much about the new Emperor?"
Mo Xiuyao laughed loudly and said, "I just don't like Mo Jingli. After this period of time, there is little affection left between them. As long as Imperial Aunt can give her a satisfactory bargaining chip, as long as she is still alive, Mo Jingli will always be Prince Li. "
Hearing this, Great Elder Princess was thoughtful. She naturally knew that the relationship between Empress Dowager and Prince Li was tense, but she was not sure whether Empress Dowager could restrain Prince Li.
A few heavy drums sounded, and the auspicious time of the ascension ceremony had arrived. People who were whispering with their heads lowered all sat up straight and stared at the end of the huge red carpet with dragon patterns in front of them.
A child of only six or seven years old strolled over, surrounded by a large group of people. Empress Dowager, dressed in a gorgeous and graceful court dress, walked beside Mo Suyun and held the obviously timid child with one hand. From this moment on, she was no longer Empress Dowager, but Grand Empress Dowager.
Seeing so many adults staring at him, Mo Suyun habitually wanted to shrink back. But one of his hands was firmly held by Empress Dowager and could not move. Empress Dowager looked down at him and whispered, "Don't be afraid. I will be with you."
The little child, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, looked pitiful as if he had been abandoned. But he did not cry on such an occasion as he had made some progress. Empress Dowager's eyes flickered, and she reminded him faintly, "Do you remember what Great Elder Princess taught you?"
"Yes …" Mo Suyun whispered and looked at Imperial Grandmother in front of him with some fear. It seemed that thinking of the very amiable Great Elder Princess gave him more courage, and he nodded seriously. Empress Dowager said, "Good. Let's go. Great Elder Princess is also looking at you. "
Mo Suyun nodded his head and allowed the Empress Dowager to lead him to the high and mighty dragon throne. Although he was still very scared, he didn't just want to run away like he did before. When passing by Great Elder Princess, Mo Xiuyao, and Ye Li's table, Mo Suyun's eyes lit up and he looked at Great Elder Princess and wanted to say something. Great Elder Princess smiled at him lovingly and shook her head. The child bit the corner of his lips with some grievance and followed Empress Dowager forward.
"The tenth prince has changed a lot. Aunt's teaching these days is not in vain." Ye Li sighed in a low voice.
Great Elder Princess shook her head and said, "He is still far away." He was indeed better than a few days ago, but he still had a long way to go to become the emperor of a country. On the way, he needed the guidance and support of wise teachers. No one could be born to be a wise emperor. But she did not know … whether those people would give him this opportunity.
Mo Suyun was led by Empress Dowager up the high steps, and officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Astronomer were carrying out various complicated ceremonies. Even from a distance, Ye Li could see that the child's little body was tense and he was so tired that he was about to fall. However, he did not cry or say anything. Instead, he held on silently.
Ye Li looked around and asked with some confusion, "Why didn't Madam Li come?" Madam Li was the birth mother of the new emperor. After the new emperor ascended the throne, she would be the Empress Dowager. It was impossible for her not to come to such an occasion.
Great Elder Princess shook her head and said, "In order to make the child obedient, Prince Regent had Madam Li locked up." Speaking of this, Great Elder Princess frowned and looked at Mo Jingli who was sitting in the front in the distance, her eyes full of disapproval.
When the new emperor ascended the throne, he put his birth mother, the Empress Dowager, under house arrest. Even if Prince Regent did this for the sake of the smooth ascension ceremony, he had gone too far.
The ceremony, which lasted for nearly two hours, finally ended. The exhausted new emperor was taken away to rest. Then it was time for the banquet. The new emperor was young, so it was naturally presided over by Prince Regent Mo Jingli. Seeing Mo Jingli raise his glass to toast the guests and courtiers in high spirits, everyone could clearly feel that the vast land of Da Chu State belonged to Prince Li, at least for the time being.
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