Spring of the ninth year of Cheng 'an.
After Rong Xia left court, he found that his wife and the Crown Prince were not present. He summoned Wang De and asked: "Wang De, where are the Empress and the Crown Prince?"
"Your Majesty, Her Majesty took the Crown Prince out of the palace. She said that she was going to dig for treasure with Ban Marquis." Wang De thought carefully, "Her Majesty also said that before she married, she buried many good things in the ground. So she took His Highness the Crown Prince to search for treasure."
"Search for treasure?" Rong Xia suddenly thought of something. He waved his hand uncomfortably: "Zhen knows."
Wang De looked hesitantly at Rong Xia: "Your Majesty, should we summon Her Majesty and the Crown Prince back?"
"No need," Rong Xia coughed dryly, "Let the imperial kitchen prepare the dishes that Her Majesty likes to eat. A few days ago, Her Majesty wanted to use Shu Di dishes. Let the imperial kitchen try to make a few."
"Your Majesty, didn't you …"
Didn't you prevent Her Majesty from eating Shu Di dishes because you were afraid that she would get a stomachache? Seeing His Majesty's slightly guilty expression, Wang De silently swallowed his words. His Majesty probably did something that made Her Majesty unhappy again.
"Mother," Rong Sheng held Ban Han's hand and walked up the mountain step by step. Ban Heng saw that he was small like a little adult and said, "Crown Prince, uncle will carry you up."
Rong Sheng looked at Ban Han and then looked at the smiling Ban Heng. He blushed and said: "Fuhuang said that as a son, I can't be delicate."
"You're my nephew now, and I'm your uncle. When an uncle carries a nephew, it means that I like you. It has nothing to do with being spoiled." Ban Heng squatted down. "Come, come on uncle's back."
Rong Sheng was eager and turned his head to look at Ban Han. Ban Han looked at him with a smile and didn't make a decision.
He hesitated for a moment and then jumped onto Ban Heng's back.
"Let's go." Ban Heng had been training for the past few years. Although he couldn't go to the battlefield, his physical strength had improved a lot. Carrying a five-year-old child on his back was like carrying a chick.
"Sister, I remember that we buried things here back then." Ban Heng climbed up the hill and looked around. He put Rong Sheng down and handed him a small hoe. "Come, dig with me."
The guards were worried that the hoe would hurt His Highness, but when they saw that Her Highness had also rolled up her sleeves and was preparing to dig, they didn't dare to say anything.
"Mother, is there really a treasure below?" Rong Sheng saw that his uncle had dug a little but didn't see the shadow of the treasure. He had deep doubts about his mother and uncle. It was said that her mother and uncle were famous playboys in the capital. Could it be that they secretly dug out the flowers and forgot about it?
"Your uncle and I buried this with our own hands. How could it be fake?" Ban Han saw that Ban Heng couldn't dig out anything, so he dragged Rong Sheng to another place to dig. This time, they finally dug out something.
Ban Han patted the picture outside the chest and opened it. Inside, it was full of priceless gold, silver, and jade.
"Wow." Rong Sheng took out a golden horse from the chest. "Mother, you and uncle buried gold for fun. Didn't grandfather and grandmother punish you?"
"How could that be …"
"Cough." Ban Han looked at Ban Heng from the corner of his eyes. Ban Heng's tone changed. "How could they not punish you? Back then, we were punished very badly. So don't learn from us."
"En." Rong Sheng nodded obediently.
Ban Heng felt that his nephew had agreed so quickly that he felt a little embarrassed.
The two siblings took the child and dug out all the treasure chests. But no matter how they counted, there was still one chest missing.
"Sister, could it really have been dug out by a fated person?" Ban Heng squatted on the ground and looked at the chests in a daze. "Could it be that we remembered wrongly?"
"I can remember other things wrong, but this is absolutely impossible." Ban Han used a handkerchief to wipe the dirt off his hands. "Which fated person would be so polite. After finding a chest of gold, wouldn't he look around and only take one chest?"
"Niang, niang niang," Du Jiu cupped his hands and said. "It's getting late. You and His Highness should return to the palace."
Rong Sheng looked up at Ban Han. His red face was full of smiles. "Mother, digging for treasures is so fun."
Ban Han squatted in front of him and used a clean handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his face. "As long as you're happy. Let's go back to the palace today. Next time, we'll find uncle to play, okay?"
"En!" Rong Sheng nodded obediently. His big eyes were as clear as a lake.
Seeing his son's cute appearance, Ban Han couldn't help but kiss him on the cheek. Rong Sheng's face turned even redder.
"Mother, Father said that Sheng 'er is a man. I can't, can't do this." He covered his face shyly and peeked at Ban Han through his fingers.
"Okay, okay, okay. Mother won't kiss you next time."
"Oh." Rong Sheng lowered his head, looking extremely obedient.
"But your father isn't here today. You have to listen to me." Ban Han took Rong Sheng's hand and kissed him on the other side of his face. "You're just a little boy. You're still a man."
"Mother!" Rong Sheng shyly threw himself into Ban Han's arms.
As the Commander of the Imperial Guards, Du Jiu silently looked at the sky. The Empress always liked to tease the Little Prince, but the Little Prince's eyes were only on the Empress. Even if he fooled around with the Empress and was asked by His Majesty to memorize the Thousand Character Classic, he would turn back to his mother.
According to the rules of the palace, the Prince should call the Empress "Mother." But in private, His Highness always called the Empress "Mother." The Empress was happy that His Highness called her that. As for His Majesty … His Majesty didn't have much of a position in front of the Empress.
Thinking of this, he looked at the box on the ground again. If the Empress knew that one of the boxes of treasure had been dug out by His Majesty, how would His Majesty explain it to the Empress?
They went down the mountain. Rong Sheng politely said goodbye to Ban Heng. His well-mannered appearance made Ban Heng shake his head. This child's behavior was more like his father's, unlike the Ban Family's troublesome behavior.
However, as the Crown Prince of a country, he had to be well-mannered and sensible. If he acted like the Ban Family, wouldn't it be a mess?
The siblings discussed and divided the treasure equally. Ban Heng gave the box of treasures to the Crown Prince, Rong Sheng, in the name of "money for his hard work". Rong Sheng repeatedly refused. He was only five years old, how could he compete with the capital's first-rate playboys? In the end, he could only carry the big box of treasures and sit in the carriage.
After returning to the palace, the palace servants who served the Crown Prince didn't ask much when they saw the Crown Prince bring back such a big box of treasures. They just put the treasures into the Crown Prince's private storage.
During dinner, Ban Han said to Rong Xia: "You're smarter than me. Where do you think the box of treasures went?"
Rong Xia smiled bitterly: "I can't guess."
"That's true," Ban Han sighed, "You didn't bury the treasure with us. How would you know?"
Rong Xia coughed dryly and didn't dare to look into Ban Han's eyes.
Late at night, Rong Xia hugged Ban Han and gently patted his back: "Huahua, why did you and Yongshi bury so many treasures?" In the past, because the Ban Family's siblings were famous playboys, he didn't think much about it when they said that they buried treasures for fun. Now that he thought about it, he felt that something was wrong. Even if the two of them were playboys and would bury treasures for fun, they wouldn't bury so many. Even if they were young and immature, with his mother-in-law's temperament, she wouldn't let them do it.
There was a record of how many treasures were taken out from the residence. It was impossible that his mother-in-law didn't know, but why did she let them do it?
Now that he thought about it, he also felt that he was a little strange. If other people's actions were a little strange, he would have been suspicious. However, Huahua and his brother-in-law did so many ridiculous things under his watch, but he didn't think much about it.
He could only blame it on … the temptation of beauty, making him a blind and incapable ruler.
Thinking of this, Rong Xia couldn't help but smile. In the future, if anyone said that Huahua wasn't smart, he would be the first to disagree. She even lied to him, how could she not be smart?
"Of course it was to hide it," Ban Han yawned, "At that time, the Second Prince's ambition was gradually revealed, and our family wasn't welcomed. If he really ascended the throne, our family's life wouldn't be too good. Burying some money was a way out."
"A way out?" Rong Xia's expression was very strange. He knew that the Second Prince didn't have a good impression of the Ban Family, but he was worried that the Ban Family's way out was … burying money?
"Other than burying money, was there any other arrangement?"
"There were other arrangements?" Ban Han's eyes widened, "What other arrangements?"
"Nothing," Rong Xia smiled, "This is very good."
At least … they still had the idea of leaving a way out for themselves. Finally, they could be saved.
"Of course, I spent a lot of effort to choose the place to bury the gold." Ban Han reached out and poked his chest, "If it wasn't for the fact that you found out the first time, we wouldn't have changed the place. Who knew that when we changed the place, you would still find out … "
Suddenly, she paused and looked suspiciously at Rong Xia, "Rong Xia, the gold we buried underground, you didn't dig up a box, did you?"
"How could I, how could I dig up your and your brother-in-law's gold? Am I that kind of person?" Rong Xia smiled warmly, and his smile was as gentle as jade.
"That's true." Ban Han felt that with Rong Xia's status at that time, he couldn't have done such a shameless thing. He didn't lack that box of gold. If he lacked money, he wouldn't have dug up just one box. "Good boy, I was wrong about you."
"Then how will you compensate me?" Rong Xia's forehead touched Ban Han's forehead, and his voice carried traces of ambiguity and tenderness.
Ban Han reached out and hugged him, whispering, "What do you think?"
"I think …" Rong Xia's voice was hoarse, "A night of love is worth a thousand gold …"
Spring left and summer came. Ban Han took his son to Rong Xia's private vault to look for things.
Rong Xia's private vault was very large. As he became the Emperor for a long time, there were more and more things in the vault. Ban Han had been married to him for so many years, but he still hadn't seen everything in the vault. Since Rong Xia was four years old, she often brought him to the vault.
In history, there were many Crown Princes and Princes, because of selling official positions, corruption, and bribery, they were stigmatized. She didn't want her son to do such things for a little money, so she simply opened his eyes and let him understand that gold and silver, this kind of thing, was nothing much.
"Mother," Rong Xia squatted on the ground and pointed at an inconspicuous box hidden in the corner, "Look at this box, it looks like the box you and uncle buried the treasure in."
Ban Han looked in the direction his son was pointing, and lightly snorted.
This wasn't just similar, it was exactly the same.
Sure enough, a man's mouth couldn't be trusted, and a man who was the Emperor was the same.
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