Chapter 261

In the box lay a soft quilt, on which lay a sleeping child.

Maybe it was because he was stuck in the box for too long. The child's white and tender face floated an abnormal pink, and a thin sweat exuded from his forehead.

Qu Ling was startled, took the child out and gently shook him, "mu'er, mu'er, wake up."

This child is the Queen's son, the little prince Zhao mu.

Jiang Huo and Axin haven't seen Zhao mu, but when they see a child hidden in Grandpa's box, they are surprised to grow up.

The little prince didn't know whether he was awakened by Qu Ling or by her. In a word, he woke up faintly in a short while.

Jiang Cheng, who had not spoken for a long time, was secretly relieved.

The little prince first looked at Qu Ling with a blank face, and then looked at Jiang Huo and ah Xin squatting on both sides of Qu Ling. His sight finally fell on Prime Minister Jiang, and soft Nuo shouted, "Grandpa."

Prime Minister Jiang breathed a sigh and said to his granddaughter, "eat first and then after dinner."

Qu Ling kissed the little prince's white and tender face, took him to the dinner table and sat down.

The sudden appearance of the child made Jiang Huo and Axin very curious.

Jiang Huo turned and asked Prime Minister Jiang, "Grandpa, where did you steal the child?"

Prime Minister Jiang caught a glimpse of his granddaughter looking at him disapprovingly. It seemed that he was complaining about his behavior of hiding the little prince in the box. He coughed awkwardly and said, "it wasn't stolen."

As soon as he finished, he saw the four little guys staring at themselves, so he had to change his way: "... It was stolen."

Unable to stand the granddaughter's complaining eyes, he added: "there are several vents in the box, which will not suffocate people. Your grandfather and I are not so stupid."

Qu Ling then took back her eyes and asked the child in her arms, "how did the little bastard get into the box?"

The little prince shook his head and said, "I don't know. I was sleeping on the couch."

Qu Ling looked at her grandfather again. "Grandpa, what's going on?"

The prime minister looked at the little prince in Qu Ling's arms and suddenly sighed, "it's not safe in the palace recently. Your aunt asked me to bring him back."

I'm afraid I'll bring back some people hiding in the dark.

Qu Ling frowned at the thought of the newly deposed prince.

Seeing that Prime Minister Jiang and Qu Ling stopped talking, Axin asked, "sister, whose child is he?"

Qu Ling put the little prince on the chair beside her, touched the little prince's head and said in a warm voice, "aunt Queen's child, little cousin."

Jiang Huo suddenly said, "it's my aunt's child."

He had never been to the palace, so he had never seen the child before.

As soon as he heard that it was his sister's little cousin, Axin immediately went to add rice to the little prince, put a big chicken leg in the little prince's bowl, smiled and said, "brother, eat the chicken leg quickly. It's not delicious when it's cold."

The little prince didn't move. He looked up at Qu Ling on his side. When he saw Qu Ling nodding, he grabbed the chopsticks and ate with the chicken leg clumsily.

Axin stared at him for a while and suggested, "brother, it's better to hold the chicken leg with your hand."

For fear that his brother would not, Axin took another chicken leg and put it into the Jianghuo bowl to let Jianghuo demonstrate to the little prince.

Jiang Huo looked at her speechless, reached out his hand to save face, grabbed the chicken leg in the bowl without expression, put it on his mouth and took a hard bite.

The little prince was stunned and wrote "can you still eat like this" all over his face.

Qu Ling said, "you are still young now. You can eat like this occasionally in private. You can't eat in front of outsiders or when you grow up."

The little prince nodded hesitantly, hesitated, put down his chopsticks and slowly grabbed the chicken leg.

Because he is the prince, his education since childhood is very strict. He must eat slowly and orderly. Today is the first time to try to eat with his hands.

The little prince only felt novel, and the chicken leg meat in his mouth felt particularly delicious.

The prime minister looked at the children and whispered to his granddaughter, "take care of him during this time. Don't go out of the house. When the things in the palace are over, send him back."

Qu Ling responded and immediately asked, "is it very dangerous in the palace now?"

Prime Minister Jiang shook his head gently and said, "that's not true. I just feel too calm."

Even when the crown prince was deposed, there was no big storm. It was almost unspeakably calm.

When things go wrong, there must be demons. There is often an undercurrent under the calm surface. No one knows what kind of waves will turn out in the next moment.

Qu Ling didn't ask again. After dinner, she took her three children and went back to the yard where she lived before her marriage.

Aunt Tao, who had just prepared bath water in Qu Ling's room, saw that there were more children next to her young lady and asked in surprise, "which child is there at this time?"

The person who answered her was Ashin: "this is the child of aunt a's family."

A Xin, who has been in Qijing for so long, has no obstacles when talking about his daily Chinese, but his accent will be a little strange.

Aunt Tao heard that she was the Queen's child and knew that she was the little prince. She subconsciously wanted to salute.

"Aunt Tao, we don't want these empty people in our family." Qu Ling held her, lowered her head and said to the curious little prince: "this is aunt Tao. My aunt grew up under the care of aunt Tao. Aunt Tao also saved her life and was kind to her."

Before the queen came out of the cabinet in the past years, she once fed carp in the backyard and accidentally fell into the pond. Finally, she was rescued by Aunt Tao who heard the cry.

Because of this, aunt Tao was still ill and didn't get better until these years.

When Aunt Tao heard this, she couldn't cry or laugh and said, "Miss, it's really killing the old slave. The old slave is just doing his duty."

When the little prince heard that Aunt Tao had saved his mother, he immediately shouted, "Hello, aunt Tao."

Aunt Tao's eyes were so hot that she answered repeatedly. Her eyes stared at the little prince's face.

Qu Ling picked up the little prince, stuffed him into aunt Tao's arms and said, "take him in for a bath first, and I'll wash later."

The clothes on the little guy were wrinkled, and there was oil on his face and hands. She felt bad for him.

Aunt Tao hugged the child's soft body and was so excited that tears almost fell down. She nodded again and again, "OK, OK."

After aunt Tao took the prince into her bedroom, Qu Ling went to close the door, and then led Jiang Huo and Axin to the next room.

Next door is Ashin's room. Ashin is still very curious about the gadgets in the street. He moves a little to the house every three or five times. Now it's piled all over the house.

The three sat quietly for a while. Jiang Huo suddenly asked, "sister, do you want to be my brother-in-law?"

Qu Ling gave him a withered look, "little boy, mind your own business."

Jiang Huo said discontentedly, "I'm not a little fart!"

In a few years, he can get a daughter-in-law. Although he doesn't want a daughter-in-law.

Before Jiang Huo went on, ah Xin frankly betrayed Jiang Huo: "Jiang Huo said that you want your brother-in-law and want to go to the border to find your brother-in-law for you."

Qu Ling immediately frowned and warned, "don't go. Don't mess around. Be careful that Grandpa breaks your leg!"

Jiang Huo disapproved and said, "grandpa has said to break my legs for several years. Don't my legs still grow well on my body."

After a pause, he said, "don't you want your brother-in-law, sister?"

Qu Ling knocked Jiang Huo's head angrily, "don't worry, you're not allowed to go anyway."

Jiang Huo shrank his head and whispered something.

Qu Ling didn't hear clearly. She looked down at the flickering candle in front of her and said softly in her voice, "wait a while. When my body gets better, I'll go to him. I'll go by myself."