The emperor touched his sleeves again and found that he had nothing valuable on him except the jade pendant.

He subconsciously felt his fingers and found the ring on his hand. He took it off without hesitation and handed it to Jiang Zhuoran.

"Good boy, call me grandpa."

Jiang Zhuoran has been a smart person since he was young, so he can naturally tell that the person in front of him is sincere to him.

So, he was happy to make him happy.

"Thank you, Grandpa Emperor, for loving Ran'er, but these things are too valuable. Mother has told Ran'er that no reward should be accepted without merit.

Therefore, Ran'er cannot accept it."

After Jiang Zhuoran finished speaking very obediently, he was about to return the things to the emperor.

But how can the emperor take back what he has given away?

"Grandpa gave it to you, my dear grandson, just take it. Otherwise, Grandpa will think you don't like Grandpa, and Grandpa will be sad."

After hearing this, Jiang Zhuoran stopped refusing and thanked him again and again.

The emperor was pleased to see Jiang Zhuoran being so steady, polite, courageous and unyielding.

The child is well educated, and as a mother, Jiang Qingyu must have made a lot of efforts.

The emperor patted Jiang Zhuoran on the shoulder and said to Eunuch Wang with a smile on his face.

"Eunuch Wang, when you return to the palace, go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and personally select some things suitable for the Princess of Qi and send them to the Prince of Qi's mansion."

To this, Eunuch Wang answered yes repeatedly.

The emperor looked into the distance and subconsciously turned the ring on his thumb. When he failed, he remembered to give his ring away.

Turning the ring had been the emperor's habit for decades, and he was a little uncomfortable with it suddenly stopping.

The emperor thought to himself that when he returned to the capital, he would ask the Imperial Household Department to make an identical one.

Now, I can only suppress the discomfort in my heart.

The emperor seemed to have thought of something, he bent down and asked.

"Ran'er, my dear grandson, is your name Xiao Ran?

Xiao Ran, this name is not bad, but it can only be used as a nickname.

The names of our royal family all need to be calculated by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory."

"My grandson's name is Jiang Zhuoran, not Xiaoran."

The emperor, who was in a good mood, suddenly turned gloomy after hearing this.

His gaze turned to Jiang Qingyu beside him, and that look seemed to want to poke two holes in Jiang Qingyu.

In response to this, Jiang Qingyu could only smile and say.

"Hehe, I'm just trying not to draw attention to myself. Xiao is the royal family's surname.

As for what this child will be called in the future, it is entirely up to the emperor, the father."

After hearing what Jiang Qingyu said, the emperor's expression improved a little. Although he was still angry, he couldn't vent his anger in front of the child. He had to give the child some face.

Seeing that the emperor's heart was on Jiang Zhuoran, Jiang Qingyu found an excuse to slip away. She was afraid that if she stayed any longer, the emperor would become even angrier.

The emperor was also happy that she was not around, so he agreed.

After Jiang Qingyu left, the emperor took out the wood carving he had received from Xiao Jingyu.

Just as Xiao Jingyu said, Jiang Zhuoran was obviously happy after seeing the wood carving, even happier than when he received the jade pendant or ring.

The emperor wanted to improve the relationship between grandfather and grandson, so he played with him until dinner time.

During this period, many people wanted to meet the emperor after learning that he was coming, including several of the emperor's sons, but they were all sent away by eunuch Wang.

At this moment, in the emperor's mind, these people are not as important as making his grandson happy.

"Your Majesty, someone outside has come to report that dinner is ready. Please go and have dinner."

After hearing what Eunuch Wang said, the emperor stretched his waist and felt in his heart that accompanying a child was more tiring than attending court and reviewing memorials.

"Ran'er, are you hungry?

It's getting dark outside now, why don't we go have dinner first?

After dinner, if you still want to play, Grandpa Huang will accompany you."

Jiang Zhuoran looked outside and found that it was indeed getting late.

"Okay, Grandpa Huang, it just so happens that Ran'er is a little hungry too.

However, I haven't finished my homework for today yet, and I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany Grandpa Huang after dinner."

Although Jiang Zhuoran still wanted to play, he remembered what his mother had told him: no matter how much he liked something, he would get bored if he kept playing with it, so he had to learn to be moderate.

The emperor was impressed by the fact that Jiang Zhuoran had such self-control at such a young age.

"It doesn't matter. When you have time, Grandpa Huang will accompany you again."

The few hours he spent with Jiang Zhuoran were the happiest times for the emperor. When dealing with a child, there was no need for pretense or beating around the bush.

At that moment, the emperor thought it would be a good idea to abdicate and go see his grandson.

But thinking of his sons, the emperor shook his head again.

The prefect of Jiangnan died in the line of duty, and now these people follow Xiao Jingyu's lead, and now Xiao Jingyu is injured.

So the heavy burden fell on the second prince, the fourth prince and the fifth prince.

The Second Prince was a modest man who did not fight or compete, and the Fourth Prince was busy with his love life, so the task of welcoming the Emperor fell on Xiao Jingyi.

Although Xiao Jingyi had never done this kind of thing before, he had participated in it enough times, so he was adept at arranging it.

This is a special period, so Xiao Jingyi could only use what he had and prepare the most decent meal.

When the emperor brought Jiang Zhuoran to the front hall, everyone hurriedly stopped what they were doing and paid their respects to the emperor.

"Long live my emperor."

When the emperor saw the things prepared on the table, and thought about the special period we were in, and the people did not riot, but helped the government to overcome the difficulties, he was deeply moved.

"Everyone, get up."

After everyone stood up, the emperor came to the seat of honor. Jiang Zhuoran and Xiao Jingyu sat on either side of the emperor. Next to Jiang Zhuoran was Jiang Qingyu. Jiang Qingyu's attacker was her father Jiang Sheng, and then the Liu family members.

Xiao Jingyin and Xiao Jingyi sat next to Xiao Jingyu, and below them were the people brought by the emperor and some officials from Jiangnan.

The emperor looked at his sons. Each of them was handsome and had his own style. The emperor felt very proud.

After being proud, the emperor asked with a frown.

"Hey, why are there only three of you? I heard that the second brother is also here, why can't I see him?"

The emperor had rarely paid attention to his second son before. His heart was only focused on the third son and the affairs of state.

But ever since he left the capital, the emperor had been missing him a little.

In the past few years, Xiao Jingshi only went back when the emperor's letter was urgent.

"Replying to Your Majesty, my second brother said he received a letter saying that there was an urgent matter in the capital, so he returned. He wanted to talk to you in person.

As a result, you had something to do in the afternoon, and my second brother couldn't wait for you, so he left first and asked me to apologize to you."

The person who responded was the fifth prince Xiao Jingyi, but the emperor did not believe what Xiao Jingyi said.

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