Yinzhen lay down weakly. For some reason, he felt relieved after being teased by his sister. Wen Xian's chatter outside was noisy, but soon Princess Rongxian came back and took the little sister away, scolding: "
We are getting more and more silly, my brothers are studying."
Wen Xian shouted carelessly: "Fourth brother's butt hurts, it's hard to study."
The little eunuchs serving in the room all covered their mouths and laughed. The fourth elder brother said angrily: "Go down and leave me alone."
That day and night, news came from Ningchun Hall that the prince's fever had subsided. After all, he was a child who was carefully raised and had a good foundation. The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief. When Concubine Rong went to pay her respects in the evening, the Queen Mother said to her: "We will go there next time."
Come and stay in the garden, you and Lan Qi persuade the emperor not to bring so many people here, the children should stay confined in the palace so that they can study well."
The emperor came to Ningchun Hall to see the prince in person the next day. The father and son talked for a long time behind closed doors. The Queen Mother looked at him coldly. When Xuan Ye went out, his face was neither happy nor angry. There was nothing unusual about it.
People were curious and wondered how the father and son were doing. When she went to see how the prince was doing, the child was still as gentle and polite as before. The grandfather and grandson could not talk to each other for a few words, and the queen mother did not bother to get close to him.
But this afternoon, an imperial edict was issued from Qingxi Bookstore. From now on, the fourth elder brother will accompany the prince in reading. Naturally, they do not live in the same place. They just go to class together every day or learn calligraphy and painting and practice riding and shooting. Historically, most of the prince's reading companions are the clan ministers.
Disciples, brothers are at best companions, not companions in the true sense. Now the fourth elder brother has become the companion of the prince, as if he has been reduced to a level invisibly, but the emperor did not explain the difference clearly, and did not want to
What the fourth elder brother did for the prince was just studying together.
All the brothers couldn't understand this, and the third brother was depressed. When he came to say hello to Concubine Rong, he said: "The fourth brother and I were very good, why did we suddenly break up? When did E Niang ask Huang Ama about it?"
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Concubine Rong smiled bitterly in her heart. It was her turn to ask the emperor why, so she could only advise her son: "After the prince took over Fujin in April, it will be your turn and the fourth brother. Sooner or later, they will get married and separate. What's so surprising about this?"
? Probably because your Majesty felt that the prince was too lonely living alone, and the brothers didn’t dare to get close to each other, so he sent the fourth elder brother to keep him company. Didn’t the two of them have a good time? "
The third brother was dissatisfied and said: "Is it possible that Eniang also believes that they went fishing that night?"
Concubine Rong only said: "You know what they do, so what's the point?"
Let’s talk about what happened that night. Rumors spread from the garden to the palace that the prince and his fourth elder brother went fishing in the middle of the night for fun. Yinzhen’s casual words of emergency spread around and became true. In addition, the emperor suddenly asked his fourth elder brother to go fishing.
People outside think that the reason for accompanying the prince to study is because the prince gets along with his fourth elder brother among brothers, so the fishing thing sounds like it is true. Although the prince is not young, he is still playful at fifteen or sixteen years old.
when.
When the words reached the palace, Concubine Hui was surprised, but her thoughts were more on another matter. Yanzhu had been missing for two days. She sent someone to ask Mingzhu, but Mingzhu said that she had never summoned Yanzhu. In this way,
Yanzhu seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and Concubine Hui felt very uneasy when she heard that Eunuch Liang had secretly returned to the palace.
That night, Concubine Hui, who had not slept for two days, finally fell asleep due to fatigue. She was awakened from her dream by screams. There was a mess outside and countless people were running. When the maids came in with candles, one person knelt down.
The person under the bed said, "Your Majesty, something is wrong. Aunt Yanzhu is dead."
"Dead?" Concubine Hui woke up completely at this moment. She wrapped herself in a cotton coat and a big cloak and hurried out while supporting the palace maid. The cold air outside made her whole body tighten. She faintly saw a person lying in front of the door.
The maid next to her pulled her and said, "Your Majesty, please stay here and watch. You can't come any closer. Aunt Yanzhu is covered in wounds. She's scared to death."
"Are you covered in wounds?" Concubine Hui was shocked. Her mind turned over everything that could happen. She seemed to understand why Eunuch Liang secretly returned to the palace.
The brave little eunuch ran over and reported to his master: "There was a knock on the door just now. I thought it was something. When I opened the door, no one was there, so I threw a big sack on the ground. When I opened it, I saw that it was Aunt Yanzhu. I was frightened.
His soul is gone. If you look closely, you can see that the person has been strangled to death, and there are scars on his body that look like whips. His clothes are torn, but the wounds are not rotten, and they look like they have been frozen."
Concubine Hui's stomach was churning. She bent over and vomited up all the medicine she had taken before going to bed. Everyone carried her back with all their hands. After she regained consciousness, she ordered: "Just do what you need to do. Report to the honorary room."
, saying that Yanzhu died of a sudden illness."
The maids and eunuchs below had no idea. They did whatever the master said and disposed of Yanzhu's body overnight. The eldest maid who used to be domineering in the Changchun Palace died inexplicably. Many people in the Changchun Palace were originally
Bao Yun's people seemed to be angry now, and those who had followed Yan Zhu to bully others were worried that Bao Yun would come back to be the maid in charge in the future. Then the things they had done to add insult to injury before were enough to settle accounts.
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For this reason, the palace maids and eunuchs had no intention of running errands, and Concubine Hui was frightened and fell ill and had no energy to control her. This caused panic and made the Changchun Palace very restless. Many of the concubines who stayed in the palace did not know how the Changchun Palace had changed overnight.
Suddenly, it became lifeless.
The eldest brother heard that his mother was ill and went to the palace to visit him. When he asked about the reason, Concubine Hui was worried that the trust between her son and the emperor had been broken, so she refused to tell the cause of Yanzhu's death. She even sent someone to tell Mingzhu not to instigate them easily.
Regarding the relationship between father and son, although the father and son will sooner or later turn against each other if they reach the stage of fighting for power in the future, it is definitely not the case now.
But the eldest brother is no longer a child. He will also try to find out what is going on inside and outside the palace. Knowing that Yanzhu died inexplicably, he has a clue in his heart. When he went home to talk to his wife, Fujin reminded him: "Tell me to see
, you are on errands for the emperor, you should listen to the emperor. Things in Changchun Palace are the affairs of the harem. You have left the palace, so you should not interfere anymore. E Niang has been in the palace for more than 20 years, she can do it herself
I want to understand. If you insist on causing trouble with the harem, what good can you do without us?"
The eldest brother knows that his wife will not turn to his mother in public or private matters, but what he said does make sense. Now that he is only focused on going to the battlefield and seeing the wider world outside, he must not follow his mother and mess with things in the palace.
He listened to his wife's words, said nothing in front of the emperor, and continued to go about his errands peacefully.
And the news of the death of an important palace maid in Changchun Palace spread to the garden three or four days later. Bao Yun followed the eighth elder brother to Changchun Garden and lived with him and the fifth elder brother and seventh elder brother in Guandexuan.
The oppression of Changchun Palace, Bao Yun has been smiling every day these days, but today while doing needlework, the little maids in Changchun Garden below heard that the eldest maid of Changchun Palace died, and they all came to ask Bao Yun what happened.
Bao Yun still couldn't believe it. After asking someone for more information, he found out that it was true.
In the evening, after classes were over, the brothers went to Ningchun Hall to greet the Queen Mother and had some snacks before returning. As soon as the eighth brother came in, he ran to Bao Yun, pulled her and whispered: "I heard it at the Queen Mother's place.
, Yanzhu is dead."
Bao Yun changed his clothes and nodded: "I just heard about it today, saying that he died of a sudden illness. It's scary. But if you die, you will die. Don't think too much about it, Eighth Prince."
But Yinhu said seriously: "I want to tell the emperor's grandmother to let you be the maid in charge of Changchun Palace again. If the emperor's grandmother agrees, it will be done. Otherwise, if Yanzhu dies, someone else will still be able to do it.
I want to bully you."
Bao Yun felt warm in her heart, but she knew better that this was impossible, so she tried to persuade her: "You can rest assured that I will not be bullied by you if you follow the Eighth Prince. But the palace maid in charge cannot do that. In that case, you and I will not be bullied."
Concubine Hui is embarrassed, you should listen to my slave and be a good mother and son with your concubine."
At this time, I heard the ninth elder brother yelling in front of the door, and then he saw someone running in. The little guy was unconvinced. When he saw the eighth elder brother, he said: "Brother Eight, come with me to have dinner at my mother's place. Please, my mother."
My brothers went together, but the fifth brother actually refused to go. He was going too far."
Bao Yun glanced at the eighth elder brother, and Yinsu understood and responded: "I'll come after changing my clothes. The fifth brother just ate too many snacks in Ningchun Hall and probably choked. Don't blame him."
However, the ninth elder brother kept talking, saying that his fifth elder brother was not filial at all. He was a child and could not imagine the embarrassment of the relationship between adults. But Baoyun had to tell the eighth elder brother in private: "No one in the palace cares about fifth elder brother, Yi Fei."
The empress doesn’t dare to say anything, just because she cares about the Queen Mother’s feelings. Just listen to Brother Jiu’s words and don’t interrupt.”
The eighth elder brother is wise and understanding, and understands the warmth and warmth of these people best. In his opinion, the fifth elder brother's ruthlessness towards Yi Fei is the same as his own mother's ruthlessness towards him. No one can change something that cannot be overcome.
That night, all the brothers ate in Yi Fei’s room. This was because Guo Luoluo’s family in Shengjing brought fresh food to the concubine, and they gave it away unevenly, so they kept too much for themselves.
On Taohong's suggestion, the children were invited to come for a party. The elder brothers and princesses were all invited. Only the fifth elder brother did not arrive. Naturally, Concubine Yi's face did not look good. But to her surprise, the emperor came in the middle of the day. Xiaoyouyou said that he was also rude.
Concubine Yi was overjoyed to have a taste of something new, and she didn't even care about her son's "disobedience".
It was bustling here, and the whole garden seemed quieter. Lan Qi took medicine at night and walked slowly in the house holding Huan Chun's hand. Since Xuan Ye picked her up, she would get up and walk every day.
, but most of the time I still lie down and rest according to the doctor's instructions. Now I feel tired after walking around for two times. I sit down and gasp and say: "Lie down like this and your energy will be exhausted. In a few days, I will get up and walk at least three or four times a day."
It’s better to go back.”
While they were talking, the maid outside the door came to report that Concubine Yi had dispersed at her place, and that the thirteenth and fourteenth brothers were left by Concubine Yi because they fell asleep. Huan Chun was unhappy and said, "It's just a meal.
Why did you just stay?"
The outsider responded: "It's what Long Live Lord wants. Your Majesty is also at Concubine Yi's place tonight."
Lan Qi is not so stingy. She just wanted Huan Chun to forget it, but she heard someone outside say: "Brother Si, why are you here so late?"