"Eniang." Yinzhen lowered his eyes and called his mother, but did not dare to look up at her.
Lan Qi waited quietly for him to continue speaking, thinking that Zuo still refused to accept Fu Jin, and was about to let him go to Xuan Ye to fight for it, but at this moment her son spoke up: "Eniang, do you know that Yu Xi is not in good health?
Okay, I have something to tell E Niang today. Even if Emperor Ama forces me in the future, I will not agree."
"Just tell me." Lan Qi nodded.
The fourth elder brother then slowly raised his eyes to look at his mother. The young man's eyes were full of perseverance and he solemnly said every word: "Yu Xi is not in good health. If I can't live with my son for the rest of my life, please promise me not to do it."
If you remarry me and marry a second wife, the position of mistress in my family will be reserved for only Yuxi in this life."
Lan Qi's chest tightened, and she didn't know why it hurt. Seeing her son speechless, Yinzhen continued: "In the future, even if Huang Ama and E Niang force me to have a successor, I will not nod.
My son does not dare to hurt the relationship between father and son, but Mother, you and Huang Ama will live together for the rest of their lives, and the only one who will accompany your son for the rest of his life is Yuxi."
"You are affectionate and righteous. I am very happy. I have heard about this. In the future..." But before Lan Qi finished her words, she was interrupted by Yinzhen. He said seriously, "There is no future, E Niang.
Did you hear what your son said clearly? Mother, I want to give everything that Huang Ama cannot give to you, to Yu Xi."
Lan Qi's eyes flickered, and she didn't know what her son was talking about. When she calmed down again, she could only faintly hear him murmuring: "Why doesn't Emperor Ama allow you to be the main wife?"
For a moment, Lan Qi couldn't tell whether she heard this from her son or imagined it herself. Seeing that Yinzhen's face was serious and he didn't repeat similar words, she didn't dare to ask her more. She always felt that maybe she had something in her heart.
Such a wish came out unknowingly with her son's words, but she relied on Yinzhen, thinking it was him who said it. This was something that could never be said. It was impossible for her to reason with her son. Even if she did hear it, she would not
Just pretend that nothing happened.
Yinzhen had already stood up and said goodbye: "My son is going back to the study. I will give lectures in the Wenhua Hall in the first month of the year. If I do well, I won't have to go to the study every day. The emperor will give me some serious errands."
Do."
Lan Qi nodded and responded: "Your house will be completed soon. You can move out in February or March. You and Yu Xi must be prepared. After all, E Niang can still be taken care of in the palace. After leaving the palace, everything will be better."
You have to rely on yourself, and you will truly be able to stand on your own from now on.”
What warmed her heart was that her son didn't seem to be in a hurry to move out. Even if Yinzhen only relied on her a little bit, it still satisfied her as a mother.
After leaving Yonghe Palace, Si Age walked to the study. Xiao Hezi asked him a few words. Speaking of concubinage, Yinzhen was still unhappy after all. Xiao Hezi wanted to relieve his master, but unexpectedly, it made Si Age angry.
Face, I didn't dare to say anything after that, and waited quietly all the way to the study.
But as soon as he entered the study, he heard laughter and shouting. Just as the fourth brother entered, he saw the fourteenth brother chasing the two young eunuchs with a big pen dipped in ink in his hand, shouting: "Give it to me."
Stop and let me paint your faces. If you run away again, I will have someone beat you."
Later, the seventh elder brother stood in front of the door and shouted to the fourteenth younger brother to stop making trouble, but Yinqi didn't listen. Finally, a young eunuch tripped and fell to the ground. He immediately rode on his body and smeared it with dark ink.
The eunuch had it all over his face and shouted: "I am exorcising evil spirits for you, thank me quickly."
When the little guy was feeling proud, his strength was suddenly grabbed by a strong force. He was lifted up and slid up. He turned around and saw the fourth brother, and his eyes widened in fright. When he found out that it was the fourth brother carrying him, he started kicking around with his hands and feet, shouting. : "Fourth brother, let me go, let me go."
The third elder brother has rarely entered the study since he left the palace to build a mansion. The fourth elder brother still lives in the palace and is not on official business, so he spends most of his time in the study. He is also the eldest brother in the study now. And the fourteenth elder brother Although he was still young, the emperor let him enter the study early. His original intention was that when the fourth elder brother was still there, he could take care of the younger brothers, especially the thirteenth and fourth brothers were the children of Concubine De, so he wanted the fourth elder brother to take care of him. It's best to wear it.
At this moment, several older brothers are practicing calligraphy and painting, and the younger ones are memorizing books in their class. The masters in the study have all gone to Qianqing Palace to report their work. For a moment, no one is in charge, and the little guys run away. It doesn't matter if he comes to draw with his brothers, but the fourteenth elder brother is too naughty. It's rare that no one cares about him, so he has to sit still and endorse the book. He grabs a pen and rushes around the world. The fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother have no idea. They couldn't stop calling him, and because Fourteenth was the child of Empress Dowager De, they, the elder brothers who were already sensible, also knew a little about the world of people here, so they allowed the Fourteenth brother to do whatever he wanted. Unexpectedly, the Fourth elder brother who had returned halfway would bump into him. I saw him riding a little eunuch and drawing people's faces with a pen.
At this moment, the fourteenth brother was brought in and placed on the ground. The little guy rolled up and got up. He looked at his brother unconvinced, but he did not dare to be presumptuous in front of him. He puffed up his cheeks and confronted his brother. The elder brother asked angrily: "Who is following Brother Fourteen today?"
Including the little eunuch whose face was painted, there were three people who came from Yonghe Palace at the door and fell to the ground to plead guilty. Just as the fourth elder brother was about to curse, the thirteenth elder brother suddenly stood up and said: "Fourth brother, Xiao Yunzi is following me, he didn't Don't punish him for messing around with Yinqi."
When the fourth elder brother saw Yin Xiang protecting his slaves, although his eyes were full of fear for his brother, he still had the courage to say what he wanted to say. Yinzhen didn't feel angry, thinking that there was no need to get angry and scare his brothers, so he He calmed down and turned to Yinqi and said: "The pen is used for writing and painting. When did it become your toy? Don't let this happen again. Do you hear me?"
The fourteenth elder brother looked at his elder brother proudly with his lips raised and his chin high. He himself became angry and snorted: "If I want to exorcise them, why don't I use a pen and draw with my hands?"
Yinzhen's anger, which had just been extinguished, was instantly rekindled by his younger brother's words. He turned around and took the ruler from the lesson plan. This three-finger-wide mahogany ruler was given by the emperor to the tutors for the purpose of admonishing the princes, but he was the emperor's elder brother after all. This ruler is mostly used to hit the tables and chairs to make a sound to alert them, but it is never really used to hit people. At this moment, the fourth brother pointed the ruler at the fourteenth brother and scolded him: "Put your hands out!"
Fourth brother has always been serious, and he is indeed a gentle brother on weekdays, but he never smiles in the study. The brothers dare to joke with fourth brother when they leave the study, but no one dares to be presumptuous in front of him in the study. At this moment, seeing that the fourth brother was about to beat the fourteenth brother, the younger ones were already frightened, but the fifth and seventh elder brothers did not dare to dissuade him at all.
This was the first time that the mahogany ruler was used to hit someone. When the crackling sound was heard, the cry of the fourteenth elder brother resounded throughout the study. The more he cried, the more his elder brother beat him. The fourth elder brother beat him more and more, and he cried even more fiercely. Later, they were still pulled away by everyone, but Brother Fourteen did not stop crying. Seeing that the commotion was getting out of hand, he had no choice but to send the young Brother Fourteen back first.
In the Yonghe Palace, Lan Qi was quiet. She took some red paper and wrote some blessing characters to give as gifts to others. She was chatting and joking with Huan Chun Lvzhu and others when she suddenly heard crying, and her mother screamed shrilly.
, the mother immediately recognized her son’s cry, the sound came from far away, and a maid in front of the door ran in and said: "Mother, the fourteenth brother has been sent back. He is crying so hard."
Lan Qi put down her pen, hurriedly put on her shoes and was about to go out. Huan Chun and others quickly followed her and helped her put on her shoes. When the curtains were opened, the fourteenth elder brother had already been carried over. She immediately stepped forward to hug her youngest son and bent her knees.
Squatting down and letting him sit on his lap, he looked up and down and asked anxiously: "What's wrong with Yinqi? Where did he fall? Is he injured anywhere?"
Lan Qi thought that her son was injured in the study, but Yinqi's whole beard and tail were not damaged at all, and his body was clean as if he had been in a fight. It was strange to cry like this. When she accidentally squeezed her son's hand,
When I grasped my palm, which was swollen than usual, I opened it and saw that the entire palm was covered with red streaks, including the wrists and fingers. When I opened my other hand, there were also several streaks. It was obvious that my son had been beaten.
In this way, Lan Qi was convinced. She got up and carried her son back to the house. She wanted to put him down and sit on her, but the fourteenth brother kept crawling into his mother's arms, holding his mother's neck and refusing to let go.
Lan Qi couldn't resist him, so she could only hold him and coax him not to cry. Now that her son was very emotional, she couldn't understand even if she knew how to ask.
The sobbing child finally became quiet in his mother's arms. Huan Chun brought a hot handkerchief and carefully wiped the tears of Brother Fourteen. He coaxed him and said, "Brother Fourteen, stop crying. I have done a lot of good things."
Food is waiting for you to come back, how about we go have some snacks?"
Yinqi couldn't cheer up, so he lay softly on his mother's chest and sobbed. Lan Qi patted him and coaxed him and said: "Don't cry anymore. If you have anything to say, just tell E Niang." She winked at Huan Chun and motioned for her to inquire.
What's going on.
Huan Chun smiled and said that he was going to get snacks for the fourteenth elder brother. When he came out, he asked someone what happened. He heard that the fourth elder brother had beaten his younger brother. He didn't think it was a big deal. He turned around to go back and report to the master. Someone came in in front of the door.
, but saw the palace ladies surrounding Sifu Jin coming again.
Huan Chun stepped forward to help Si Fujin take off his cloak. He saw that Fujin was only wearing the regular clothes in the house. He was in a hurry to go out, so he took Fujin to wait, took out the gown of the empress's youth, put it on for her, and reminded her carefully.
: "If you barge in like this, I'll make you angry. You're not dressed decently and you'll be laughed at."
Yu Xi touched the clothes on her body. Fortunately, many of her clothes were given by her mother-in-law on weekdays. Her mother-in-law might not be able to see this extra thing, so she thanked Huan Chun in peace and went back to her mother-in-law's bedroom. She heard her fourteenth brother whine.
Sobs and cries.
Although Lan Qi didn't know that it was Yinzhen who beat her younger brother, how many people in the palace could beat or know how to beat her son? Seeing Yuxi running at this moment, she knew in her heart that her younger son was beaten by his own brother.