"But Concubine De looks very ordinary." Bafujin said based on his impression. "Although I often go to the palace, I don't talk much to Concubine De. However, it seems that I have heard many legends about her before, but she is different from what I imagined.
It’s very different.”
Yinzhu had been in the palace since he was a child. He had seen so many things that he didn't know how to compare them, but he asked: "What does Concubine De look like in your eyes?"
The wife thought for a while and said: "I have always felt that the so-called appearance comes from the heart. It not only refers to what one looks like due to one's state of mind, but also what kind of state of mind one has when looking at others, and the appearance of others will also change accordingly. In my eyes,
, Empress Dowager De is just a good wife and mother, not as radiant as she imagined."
Yinhu smiled: "So you also want to be a good wife and mother?"
The Blessed One smiled, his cheeks turned red: "For now, I can only be a good wife."
Yinsu was also a little shy, so he changed the topic thoughtfully: "This time Emperor Ama left me and my fourth brother in the capital. My fourth brother still went to the Nine Gates Camp as before, and I was on standby in the palace. Holy
If there is any damage during the east tour, the capital must immediately replenish it. In addition, we must guard the inner palace. After Emperor Ama sets off, I will probably live in the Forbidden City and can no longer stay with you at home every day. If you feel bored, I
Thanks to Concubine Hui, it won’t be difficult to take you out together. Anyway, you won’t see me often in the capital.”
"It makes a big difference whether I'm in the capital or not. I'd rather wait for you at home alone. You won't come back every day. And I don't have to deal with things in the palace, and I can have some leisure time." Ba Fujin was unwilling to accompany Concubine Hui.
, instead reminded her husband, "Since you have to take care of the inner palace, let's find a chance to see E Niang. Most of the people in the palace have left, and no one cares."
Yinhu said: "I don't know if E Niang is accompanying her this time. In the early years, Huang Ama took her with him when he visited the east."
While talking, Bafujin stood up and took out two square boxes from the cabinet. When she opened them, there were pieces of fine bird's nests. She smiled and said that they were picked out from the congratulatory gifts received by the family after Yinhujin sealed the title of Beile. She planned to give them to her during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
She would definitely like it if he asked him to bring it to noble Jue Chan to nourish his beauty with bird's nests. However, since we don't know whether the noble man is a retinue, and if he is a retinue, he won't be able to see her during the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is better to let Yinhu be sent to the palace first.
"Didn't your mother say that the materials we gave you before were too expensive and she couldn't use them, so she kept them for fear of damaging them, so she made small items and gave them to the princesses, but I wasn't thoughtful enough." Bafujin said cautiously.
He put the box away and said with a smile, "It's rare to give something away in the future, so it must be delivered to E Niang's heart."
Yinsu said happily: "With you worrying about these things behind my back, I don't care about it anymore now. Does this count as being spoiled? I didn't expect that I would be spoiled sometimes."
Bafujin smiled sweetly: "Of course I will spoil you in everything."
Yinsu stared at his wife and couldn't help but said: "Eniang told me that when I met you back then, you were a cold and arrogant girl like ice and snow. When I held your hand, you gave me a chill.
, she can’t imagine how you and I are living like this now.”
Speaking of the past, the young woman finally felt bitter and lowered her eyes: "I was helpless at that time, but now I have you. I was used to being bullied at that time, and if I didn't behave like that, I was afraid that someone would see me.
You know, most people in this world are bullies. Even if I pretend to be stronger, I can be bullied less." He raised his head again and said confidently, "But now I don't have to pretend to be strong, you will
Protect me from wind and rain, right?"
Yinsu stretched out his hand and clasped her fingers together, saying affectionately: "In the days to come, no matter what we go through, we will face it together."
In the palace, the fourteenth brother who had been making a fuss all day finally became honest. He sat with his brothers and sisters at dinner and ate the food happily. No matter how much Wen Xian teased him, he didn't fall for it. He asked Er Niang what was going on, Lan
Qi just shook her head. Mother and son had agreed not to tell anyone else.
It turned out that when Lan Qi was coaxing her son, she heard that the emperor asked him to come and ask her what kind of reward she could get in the spring of next year. She and Xuan Ye had a tacit understanding, so she naturally knew what could make her son happy and comparable to the Eastern Xun. So she quietly told her
In the coming year, Emperor Ama told Yinzhen about his southern tour. He said that although the grassland was beautiful, Emperor Ama had to go there once or twice a year. It was not unusual. It was not easy to go to the south of the Yangtze River. He also said that he had been there and knew where it was.
The scenery along the way was so interesting and fresh that it made his son's eyes brighten, so he urged him to stay and study with peace of mind. If his studies were approved by the emperor, he would be able to accompany the Hu on the southern tour next year.
Yinqi inherited the intelligence of his parents. Although he was a bit arrogant, he had a clear mind. He knew from an early age that it would be useless to roll around on the floor if he couldn't ask for something. When E Niang mentioned this, he immediately turned his gun.
He transferred his passion for the grassland to the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, and promised his mother that he would not disappoint Emperor Ama. After that, he happily forgot all the unhappy things. He was really still a child.
But Lan Qi mentioned that he contradicted his brother in Qianqing Palace today, scolded his son for being rude, and asked him to apologize to Yinzhen tomorrow. Seeing that his son was reluctant to do so, he even asked Yinxiang to say: "Ming'er you
Take your younger brother to find your fourth brother, ask him to tell you what happened to your brother, and then come back and tell Eniang what they said. Just watch Yinqi and don't ask him to talk back to your brother again."
But the next day, before they had time to find their brother from the study, the fourth elder brother took the initiative to send Xiao Hezi to the study to send a message, saying that he would meet E Niang later. Yinqi muttered to the thirteenth brother at that time: "The fourth brother must be looking for E Niang."
Mom complained, you don’t look like an adult at all.”
Yinxiang always admired his fourth brother and did not want to argue with his younger brother, so he ignored his complaints. After the study was dismissed, he returned to Yonghe Palace, but his fourth brother had not come yet. The two brothers lingered in front of the door for a while before they saw him.
Yinzhen first paid his respects to E Niang and told him what he was going to do in the capital after the emperor's eastward tour. Lan Qi listened and told him not to forget all about home for errands. Seeing that he was going to be with his brother
Don't care if they talk.
The two brothers had been waiting outside the door for a long time. Yinzhen was afraid of the heat and was sweating. When he saw his brother, he said, "Fourth brother, let's go to the house and tell him there is ice there."
Yinzhen shook his head: "You can't bear this little hardship? Do you know that being a retinue is not about traveling around mountains and rivers, riding horses day and night, which will make your bones fall apart? How can you be so pampered and careless about your own abilities?
You have to follow me out."
But he was in a good mood as an elder brother. He motioned for Xiao Hezi to come up and held a box. He opened it in front of his two younger brothers. There were two short knives with sheaths inside. He took one to Yinxiang and the other to Yinxiang.
He gave it to Fourteen and said: "Thirteen, this sword has been sharpened. This time I will accompany Emperor Ama on his eastward tour. You will take it with you to protect Amma's mother. Yinqi, your sword has not been sharpened yet. When will
You can also follow Huang Ama on a long journey, and fourth brother will go to the front for you."
The Fourteenth Brother was overjoyed. He drew out his short sword and shook it brightly. He almost got excited and said that he would go to Jiangnan with Huang Ama next spring, but first he heard the Thirteenth Brother pointing at the box and saying: "Fourth Brother,
Why is there an empty seat there? Is there a knife?"
The fourth brother's eyes were slightly gloomy, but he quickly picked up his spirits, nodded and said: "There is still one more, the fourth brother has placed it elsewhere."
After this interruption, Yinqi calmed down and did not say what he had agreed with E Niang. Instead, he remembered what E Niang had asked him to apologize for. He bowed deeply to his brother and said, "I was wrong yesterday. Fourth brother."
Don't be angry, my mother-in-law said something harsh to me, and I will never talk back to you again."
Yinzhen smiled nonchalantly, patted his head and said: "After Ama'er Niang leaves the palace, I will not enter the palace. No one in the Forbidden City can control you for the time being. Just go wild and run wild until we are all free."
, I’ll take care of you later.”
Fourteen chuckled, holding the knife and going to offer the treasure to E Niang, but he was confident in his heart. As he ran, he shouted proudly: "I will not be stupid, I will listen to E Niang's words."
Yinxiang ran with his younger brother to present it to his mother, but when he entered the door, he glanced at his fourth brother and saw that he was staring at the empty box in a daze. He couldn't help but remember this scene in his heart.
When he came to pay his respects to his mother before going to bed, he came back after his fourteenth brother left.
"Is there something on your mind?" After all, he raised him by himself. Even if he is not his biological child, he can still tell that there is something strange about the child at a glance. Yinxiang is so well-behaved, which makes people reluctant to ignore him even a little bit. At this moment, he is holding his son's hand.
Sitting in a cool place under the window, Lan Qi asked, "I saw you were worried during dinner. Do you want to tell E Niang now?"
Yinxiang nodded, and seeing E Niang being so gentle, he boldly talked about today's events, saying that there was still an empty space in the box, and he asked: "Fourth brother said that there is another knife that he put somewhere else, right?"
Leave it to Sixth Brother?"
Lan Qi had guessed the possible reason since she first heard the child talk about it. Now when she heard Shi San say "Sixth Brother" from her own mouth, she felt a pain in her heart. The pain was so painful that she almost couldn't breathe. It took a long time to see Yin Xiangyue.
He became more and more nervous, and then said slowly: "Maybe it is, maybe it is not, but your sixth brother has been gone for a long time. Now the fourth brother's most precious brothers are you and the fourteenth brother."
Yinxiang's eyes were slightly red and he said seriously: "I heard from my sister and people in the palace that the fourth brother likes the sixth brother the most. They said that the sixth brother and I are very similar."
Lan Qi helplessly smiled and shook her head: "It looks like you used to follow the fourth brother when you were a child, but nothing else. The sixth brother is not as sensible as you, Yinxiang."
However, Yinxiang watched his mother smile and shed tears. When Lan Qi noticed that she was crying, she hurriedly turned around to cover up, but the child chased after her and said seriously: "Mom, I will follow my fourth brother well. Listen.
According to him, I will study hard and practice riding and shooting so as not to let him feel sad about Sixth Brother again."
Lan Qi gradually calmed down, but she had another thought in her heart. She said to her child earnestly: "No one can replace your sixth brother, not even you, Yinxiang. E Niang believes that the fourth brother loves you because you are his tenth brother."