Eunuch Liang trembled and said: "I plan to get rid of all the people involved. I will never mention the stone to anyone other than Long Live Lord. The people who serve the prince changing clothes must also..."
"You go back to the palace overnight." The emperor interrupted Eunuch Liang's words, and unknowingly unclenched his clenched fists, staring at the winter hat on Eunuch Liang's head, and said with murderous intent, "You return to the palace secretly, and take my place for me.
You need to deal with a person first and pry out everything that can be known from his mouth, and then you know what to do."
Eunuch Liang was so excited that he looked up and asked the Holy Father: "Who do you want my slave to deal with?"
In the deep night, Eunuch Liang ordered his most capable men to serve the emperor. He took his waist card and under the cover of the emperor's trusted guards, he secretly left Changchun Garden without being noticed. This time he returned to the Forbidden City and would start a killing spree. He knew that the emperor was in a hurry.
I no longer want to wait for him or others to get rid of the cocoon. There has always been the fastest way to know many things, but there are too many people and things to take into account. But now that the prince is forced to commit suicide, the emperor cannot wait any longer.
God knows, if the prince sinks into the lake and dies tonight, it will be a great shame to the court and the royal family. This shame will be passed down from generation to generation. Even if the emperor devotes his life to creating a lasting legacy, it will become an indelible stain on him.
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In the Ningchun Hall, after the prince and the fourth elder brother were brought back, the Queen Mother arranged a room for them to sleep in. The queen mother was not really close to the prince. After a few polite words of concern, she came to the room of the fourth elder brother.
, the little eunuch below was applying medicinal wine to the fourth elder brother’s knee, and the Queen Mother said angrily: “You have always been the best-behaved child among the brothers, look at this trouble.”
Yinzhen quickly apologized: "Grandma Huang, my grandson was wrong."
The Queen Mother smiled and said: "There is no grandson who has made mistakes in the eyes of grandma. I can't bear to blame you. I feel sorry for you and your mother-in-law. Her waist is so injured that she can't move. I'm worried that you will kneel out in Qingxi Bookstore."
Anyway, I can only send Huan Chun to beg me to take you out. Your mother must not be asleep at the moment, so she is worried about you."
Yinzhen lowered his head and said softly: "It's my grandson's fault."
"Think about it for yourself. When I see your mother-in-law tomorrow, I will give her an explanation, and it will be okay for others." The Queen Mother had something to say, and seemed to realize that it was not that simple to involve the Prince. She knew that Lan
Qi will definitely teach her son that she doesn’t have to worry too much and will go to rest after a few words of comfort.
After seeing off the imperial grandmother, the fourth elder brother cleaned up and lay down wrapped in a quilt. He closed his eyes and his mind was still filled with the image of the prince throwing himself into the lake. However, because it was pitch black at that time, he only saw a figure jumping down, but it was originally blurry.
His memory was subjectively described clearly by him recalling the words of the prince in the Nuan Pavilion of Qingxi Bookstore just now. Because of this, he suddenly felt that everything was too unreal, and even his feelings at that moment were all imaginary. Only the prince
Those desperate words made him worried. How could his brother be forced into such a desperate situation? What was the point of being a prince?
This night was destined to be restless. Lan Qi couldn't fall asleep even after taking the soothing decoction. She couldn't move her body, so she woke up all night. However, she fell asleep the next morning because she was too tired. When the fourth elder brother came to say hello early in the morning, her mother
He had just fallen asleep, so he had to go back to Taoyuan Bookstore to study. When the third elder brother asked him what happened, he still only mentioned the words he said in front of his father, but even the third elder brother patted him on the head and said: "It's dark.
What kind of fish are you fishing for?”
Sure enough, no one would believe this excuse, but Yinzhen had agreed with the prince that he would only use this excuse when beaten to death, but he did not expect that E Niang would really beat him.
After the morning classwork was over, he ran to the servants' room to see Xiao Hezi. Xiao Hezi and several other eunuchs who were serving the fourth elder brother were dragged to play slates last night. Each person was given 30 slates, and half of his life was lost.
He was still dying at this moment, and the strong smell of ointment in the room made Si Age almost suffocate.
After he left Xiaohezi with some words of comfort and promise, someone from Ruijingxuan came and asked him to see his mother. When he entered Ruijingxuan's door, he felt that the atmosphere inside and outside the house was gloomy. When he entered his mother's bedroom, he saw
Huan Chun stood by the side with a pale face, holding the cane in his hand.
Yinzhen's heart was pounding. His mother raised her body and was half lying on the couch. He stood in front of the door and did not dare to go in. However, he heard his mother ask: "Why don't you come in? I broke my knees last night and can't walk."
Yet?"
Growing up, I only saw the slaves in the Chengqian Palace being beaten, and I only saw Xiao Hezi being beaten for him in the study. His adoptive mother almost never touched a finger on him. Even if he made a mistake, he was scolded or made to stand at most.
, after a while his adoptive mother must have lost her temper and come to coax him. He has never had any fear of punishment, but today when he saw the cane in Huan Chun's hand and his mother who was injured but powerful on the bed,
I can't even move my legs.
The ferocious sound of the cane slashing through the air and the muffled sound of being slapped on the flesh made everyone's hair stand on end. Luzhu and the others were waiting outside the door, wanting to go in at any time to dissuade them, but they only heard the sound of the whipping but not the crying. Instead, they didn't know what to do.
After it was done, Ziyu asked timidly: "Isn't Fourth Brother willing to admit his mistake?"
At this moment, in the Qingxi Bookstore, a eunuch rushed to report in a panic, saying that the prince had been unwell early in the morning and the queen mother had left him in Ningchun Hall to continue resting. Now he had a high fever and was a bit confused. The queen mother asked the emperor to come over and take a look.
Xuan Ye hurried over, and Yin Reng was indeed dizzy from the fever, and his body was as hot as a stove. He felt distressed after all. In the past, the prince had acne, and he stayed with him day and night. At that time, he was so burned
Holding the hot child in his arms, what he was thinking about was that he must take good care of his son and train him to be the best prince. The prince was the only thought left to him by his wife, and he could not lose the prince.
But why now, he can no longer have such pure thoughts, why now, his feelings for his son have changed so drastically? Has the prince disappointed him again and again, or has he done something to disappoint the prince first? Xuan
What Ye hates the most is that the prince would actually attack the empress dowager. Even if there is no conclusive evidence for those things, he can't convince himself of the prince's innocence.
"Empress Huang, Empress Huang..." The sleeping prince murmured, as if he saw someone in a dream. Xuan Ye suddenly felt heartache when he heard this, and couldn't help but hold his son's hand. The prince seemed to feel something and gradually fell asleep.
I feel calmer and my breathing becomes much easier.
The Queen Mother touched the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, as if she felt pity for the motherless child. She was trying to persuade Xuan Ye not to blame them too much and to let the prince recover at her place, but the nun outside the door came in to complain, with a sad look on her face.
He said: "Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, there is news from Ruijingxuan that Empress Dowager De has beaten Fourth Brother very badly. I don't know if he has been beaten now or not."
The Queen Mother was anxious and sighed: "I was worried last night, but I guessed it right. What is Lan Qi doing? The fourth elder brother is so big, how can he still fight?"
But Xuan Ye said coldly: "I am only less than twelve years old. I am not much older. I was beaten by the imperial grandmother after my wedding. Why can't he be beaten? Even if he is twenty or thirty years old, as long as he
He's still a son, so he can still beat me."
Seeing the emperor's attitude, the Queen Mother gave her a few words of advice and said nothing more. Xuan Ye actually asked his aunt to take care of the prince who had a fever, and left the prince in Ningchun Hall. He did not stay too long, and left after the prince fell asleep peacefully.
.The eunuch following him when he went out asked the emperor diligently if he wanted to go to Ruijingxuan, but Xuan Ye went straight to Qingxi Bookstore and said, "After the fourth brother returns to Taoyuan Bookstore, come back and ask me if I want to go."
In Ruijingxuan, after being beaten, the fourth elder brother was put in his younger brother's room and given medicine. The fourteenth elder brother was taken away, while the thirteenth elder brother stood beside him and smacked him. He knew that the fourth elder brother had been beaten, and Teng
He also heard the sound of beatings. The frightened child didn't understand what was happening. At this moment, he hugged Liang Zhu and secretly glanced at his brother lying on the bed, crying pitifully.
"Brother Thirteen, shall we go out and play?" The wet nurse came to pull Yinxiang away. The younger brother hugged the pillar and refused, choking and saying, "I, I want to accompany my fourth brother."
The wet nurse coaxed her gently: "My mother is crying too. Why don't you, the thirteenth brother, go and comfort your mother? Let's go and coax your mother to stop crying. How about we come back and accompany our fourth brother?"
The thirteenth brother also loved his mother, so he immediately agreed and followed the wet nurse, crying and saying: "Fourth brother, I will come to see you later."
Yinzhen, who was lying on the bed and weak from pain, heard his thirteenth brother's nurse say that his mother was crying. His eyes were full of guilt and worry, and he couldn't help biting his lower lip tightly. The little eunuch who was applying the medicine saw it and asked in panic
: "Did the slave hurt you?"
This was really ridiculous. Yinzhen was already in so much pain that he couldn't even speak. He didn't have the energy to care about how the medicine wouldn't hurt. He lay on his back and said nothing, while the little eunuch babbled: "Brother Si, are you out of trouble?"
Make a little noise, the suffocating heat and poison can't be dissipated." After a while, he said, "I entered the palace late and didn't encounter what happened back then. I heard from the masters that Concubine De was still a regular in Zhongcui Palace.
At that time, in order to help Long live the matter in the court, he took the initiative to go to Cining Palace and begged the Empress Dowager to give him a beating. He didn’t know what he was using. When he was carried back, he was half dead, but the masters said
It was that beating that broke the bond between the Empress Dowager and our mother for more than ten years. Fourth brother, please don’t bear grudges against your mother, for there is no son who does not get beaten by his own mother."
Yinzhen was so dizzy from the pain that he could not hear what the little eunuch said. In the past, when Xiao Hezi was beaten for him, he would always smile and say it was okay. He had never suffered like this, and Xiao Hezi was still alive and kicking after he recovered from his injury.
He really thought it was okay, but now he realizes how much the people who are most loyal to him have suffered for him.
On the one hand, he felt pity for Xiao Hezi, but on the other hand, he was filled with guilt for his mother. When he was carried out of his mother's bedroom, he had already seen her tears, and then he realized that the pain of flesh and blood was nothing compared to heartache, but he was too weak.
It was the first time since birth that I received such a severe spanking, and I fell asleep quickly.
On this side, Brother Thirteen was lying next to Lan Qi, stretching out his chubby little hands to wipe E Niang's tears from time to time. He said in a sweet voice that he would be obedient and not make E Niang angry. Her mood had gradually stabilized.
, but when he turned around and saw Huan Chun, who was still slumped on the ground in despair and crying, he said angrily: "Are you doing this to show me?"