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Noble Consort Su tilted his head and looked at Ming Jiling. Thinking about it, his eldest son should not be much different from Ming Jiling.

He had an elegant demeanor, and treated others with courtesy and courtesy …

"Ling'er, you should speak to the Consort Mother today. How are you getting along in the army camp? How is your elder brother doing? "

Noble Consort Su couldn't wait to learn more about Su Zongwen.

They had already said that a woman would always worry about her mother, and furthermore, Su Zongwen had been by her side ever since she was young. With so many years having passed, and some news about him finally came to her with great difficulty, she was naturally anxious to know.

"Don't worry Consort Mother, if you want to hear it, your son will explain it all in detail."

Ming Jiling knew that his mother was worried about his brother, so he hurriedly asked.

"Royal brother's life was good. Minister Su's family treated him like their own son, and I also got along quite well with him in the camp. Royal brother took extra care of me …" Ming Jiling told the Noble Consort Su everything that he learned from Su Zongwen.

Come to think of it, when he first saw Su Zongwen, he couldn't help but want to get close to him.

After that, Su Zongwen saved his life on the battlefield, and the relationship between the two became even closer. Thus, he was able to find out about the situation of his family from Su Zongwen's mouth, and only now did he realise that the person in front of him was his own blood brother.

However, these things couldn't be exposed at the moment.

On this day, Gong'e, who was in the Imperial Consort's hall, knew that Noble Consort Su was in a good mood. His smile didn't fade for the entire day, and he was even happier than when he found out that he was pregnant with Ming Jiling.

Imperial Study

Behind a table piled with memorials, Ming Chengjun, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, was looking at it with a heavy expression.

"This subject pays his respects to the Emperor." Ming Chengyan walked to the head of the table and greeted respectfully.

"Chengyan, you're here." Hearing that, Ming Chengjun's gaze moved away from the imperial reports as he rubbed his temples with a slight headache.

"It's been a long time since you've entered the palace. It's rare for you to enter the palace today, so why don't you accompany me in a game of chess?" Ming Chengjun stood up, with a flick of his sleeves, he walked around the table and towards Ming Chengyan.

"This is exactly what younger brother Chen intends." Although Ming Chengyan and Ming Chengjun were not the same mother, their relationship was never bad.

When they were princes, they liked to play chess and often used their chess skills to compete with each other.

It wasn't like the other princes who liked to compete in martial arts.

However, the two's habits had never changed over the years. Their chess skills were on par with each other, and they were on par with each other every single time they fought.

The eunuch serving by the side had good eyesight and had long prepared the chess pieces and chessboard.

Ming Chengjun and Ming Chengyan chatted as they walked towards a small table that was not far away from them. The small table on the bed had already been set up with a Go board.

"How is my royal brother feeling when he goes to the manor to celebrate the new year?" Ming Chengjun held onto a black piece in his hands and landed on the Go board first.

"Chendi thinks that it's alright." Ming Chengyan followed closely behind, and dropped a white piece.

"That's true. Although the capital is a bustling place, it is far from being as peaceful as the countryside." Ming Chengjun said, and could not help but sigh, he had clearly seen the current situation in the palace, but he did not interfere, and only turned a blind eye, and allowed the princes to fight.

"I'm used to idling around, but I've been living in the Imperial Palace since I was young and have seen the bustling and bustling capital since then. Now that I've seen the countryside for the first time, I feel that it's quite novel." Ming Chengyan's answer was extremely precise, he did not say that the capital was in a bad state, nor that the countryside was in a bad state.

"Everyone yearned for the Peach Blossom Realm. Don't you yearn for it, royal brother?" Ming Chengjun raised his eyebrows and said.

Ming Chengyan dropped a chess piece, smiled lightly and shook his head, "The Peach Blossom Realm is just a nonsense in the hearts of the people, not to mention, me and my brother are born and born in the capital, and will never give up on this old friendship."

"Hahaha, I was just casually saying that." Ming Chengjun laughed and changed the topic.

At the end of the game, Ming Chengyan finally talked about his purpose for coming here.

"There is another reason why younger brother Chen is here today." Ming Chengyan lowered his eyes and looked at the chess board game.

"Oh? What else does royal brother have to say? " Ming Chengjun was playing with the chess piece trying to figure out where to go next, and he said that without raising his head.

"Chendi's children have all grown up already, and Chendi is also old. It's time for us to establish a Noble Heir for the Duke Palace." Ming Chengyan slowly spoke out.

Ming Chengjun put down the chess piece that he had been thinking about for a long time.

"I didn't expect it to be a draw again." Ming Chengjun looked at the chess board and laughed.

After he finished speaking, he looked up at Ming Chengyan, "Noble Heir of the Duke Palaces, do you have anyone that you would like to see?"

"This younger brother of his, Ming Jinmo, does things calmly and treats others warmly. He is the best candidate to be the Noble Heir of the Duke Palace.

Ming Chengyan took out the report he had prepared from his sleeves, walked down the bed, and respectfully handed it over.

"Oh? Since they are established as Noble Heir, and their children are organized, why not give birth to their eldest son? "

Ming Chengjun took the report, and casually flipped through it, and asked curiously.

"The eldest son is not talented and doesn't want to pursue the future. I'm afraid he won't be able to accomplish the task."

Ming Chengyan explained. In fact, that was indeed the case.

Forget about understanding that he was not as good as Ming Jinmo, even if he was not, in terms of talent, courage and strategy, he was inferior to Ming Jinmo.

Ming Chengjun did not ask any further, and closed the imperial report casually, "Since it's like that, we can do it."

"Thank you, your majesty."

On the other side, Madame Ye went to pay his respects to the empress before going to the Great Eldest Princess's courtyard.

This Great Eldest Princess's name was Qing Yang, the late emperor's eldest daughter. As a result, even if the late emperor were to meet her today, he would have to respectfully call her his imperial sister.

Due to her love for the Plum Blossom, the Emperor had specially ordered people to transplant plum trees outside the palace to her hall. The palace that Ming Qingyang lived in was relatively secluded, but one could smell the fragrance of plum blossoms the moment they entered the hall.

The Madame Ye followed Gong'e's guidance and entered the inner hall. Inside the house, a charcoal stove was burning, thus it was very warm. The Madame Ye took off his cape and followed Ming Qing Yang, who was personally serving the Mama, into the inner room.

"Greetings to royal sister." When Madame Ye saw the fifty year old woman sitting on the fox skin cushion, he immediately greeted her.

"Get up." Ming Qingyang said with a smile, showing mercy on his wrinkled face.

In her entire life, she had never had a child. If it wasn't for the fact that the late emperor had rendered her a meritorious service and even set up her princess mansion in a remote location in the imperial palace, she wouldn't have been able to lead such a good life.

"Thank you, royal sister." Madame Ye stood up.

"Come here, sit by my side." Ming Qingyang greeted the Madame Ye with a smile, he was extremely friendly.

"How has your house been lately? Is Chengyan's body safe … " Ming Qingyang asked about the situation of Madame Ye's family, and the Madame Ye answered them one by one.

Ming Qingyang heard about the matters of Ming Chengyan's family as well as the interesting information about the child that was just born.

Looking at the harmonious relationship between husband and wife and Ming Chengyan's family, she was envious and couldn't help but to think of the past.

In order to pacify her, the late emperor allowed the prince of a small country to propose marriage to her, marrying her into a remote family.

A year later, when the small nations provoked the Liang Kingdom, the late emperor sent his troops to attack them. With the help of Ming Qingyang, they cooperated with each other and annihilated the small nations in one fell swoop.

Ming Qingyang was lucky enough to survive, so he followed the army back to the Imperial Palace, never to be married again for the rest of his life.