Seeing that her thoughts had been guessed, Lan Qi stingily turned her face away from Huan Chun. She sorted out the letters and put them together in a box for collecting letters. There were all the times that Xuan Ye had been away from home in the past few years.
When the two of them were together, they would occasionally pick out one or two letters to read on a whim. Xuan Ye was often surprised by his passionate words, but everything was deep in his memory.
I can still recall that the two of them could often laugh about it for a long time.
"Master, do you still want dinner? The princesses are waiting in the dining room. They have been wandering in the garden for a long time in the afternoon and are already hungry." Huan Chun came over and smiled at the master and said, "Did you read the letter?
, you are satisfied and don’t feel hungry?”
Lan Qi patted her arm lightly and said with a mixture of love and hate: "In a few years, people will call you mama. You're not serious yet." However, she helped Huan Chun's hand to put on her shoes and stood up.
With a smile on his face, he pretended to be generous and said, "My heart is full, so I'm naturally not hungry anymore. I'm not happy that your Long Live Master doesn't bring new people back to the palace. I don't care if there are new people around him. It's just that many people have been selected in the draft.
If you want to bring in new people, it will be difficult for me to do it. Now I have a lot of peace of mind, which is a good thing."
Seeing the evil smile on Huan Chun's face, he immediately went to his daughter's place. For fear of being noticed by the children, he ordered her not to smile so brightly. Huan Chun couldn't help but said: "My queen is the one who smiles brightly. This slave is the one who smiles brightly."
I laugh at your duplicity, you are so verbose every time you say something like this."
Lan Qi glanced at her and said with a smile: "You and I are almost a hundred years old together." As she spoke, she counted on her fingers, her eyes filled with joy, and she said softly, "When the emperor is fifty-three, I will
Together with him, he is exactly 100 years old. Huan Chun, tell me, is this considered a kind of happiness?"
Huan Chun was filled with emotion and supported his master all the way to the dining room. He said happily: "Of course it is happy, but I hope that the emperor and the empress will be healthy and live a long life."
At this moment, dinner was also served in Yuqing Palace, but only the Crown Prince and Ba Beile were sitting at the table. The Crown Princess, Xi Fujin and the emperor's grandchildren were not in front of them. The table was full of dishes, and the little eunuch on the side kept pouring Ba Beile's cup.
When he was adding wine, Yinhu stopped him and said he couldn't drink more, but the prince patted him on the shoulder: "Drink, at worst, you can stay here for one night. If not, go back to my brother's place. You are not afraid of getting drunk. You are so big."
You don’t know what it’s like to be drunk, do you?”
Yinsu thought to himself that his father had always disliked people drinking too much. He would only drink a few more drinks on particularly important festivals. Most of the time he was just a little tipsy, and rarely very drunk. He almost never drank alcohol in his daily life and was very restrained. Brother.
He followed his father's example and refused to drink even if it hindered his preference. Not to mention that Yinsu didn't know what it felt like to be drunk, he had no idea how much he drank.
But tonight the prince was happy, and he had already drank more than half a catty of his own drink. It seemed that the prince's drinking capacity was not bad, and although his cheeks were slightly red, he was still very conscious. Yinhu drank two or three glasses, and he still didn't know how good he was, but
I was already very disgusted.
The prince saw that he was not drinking from the wine glass, but his own wine flask was empty. When he wanted to add more wine, the serving eunuch timidly said: "My wife has a fate, and the prince is too greedy to drink. If I find you some wine, I will give you some wine."
The slave's life is at risk."
The prince sneered and said to his younger brother: "Look at your sister-in-law, she is young, but she has to take care of everything." As he spoke, his eyes stared at the almost untouched pot of wine in Yinhu's hand, and the younger brother was stunned.
He was stunned and hurriedly sent it to the prince, but after thinking about it, he took it back and said respectfully, "You have drunk a lot."
"Drunk and promiscuous. The last time you bumped into me, I was drunk and unconscious. I didn't believe it when your wife-in-law said that." The prince's eyes, stained red by wine, were full of unreadable meanings.
He looked at Yinhu with a complicated expression and said, "Among the brothers, you have seen me the most embarrassed, and this time, you bumped into me again."
Sure enough, the reason why the prince came to Yinhu was to take the eunuchs of Yuqing Palace out of the palace privately. The eighth prince was in charge of the palace's security. That matter was bound to reach his ears. Even though he didn't meet him head-on, it was strange to hear it.
It was scary. He took care of all those people immediately and did not let the situation escalate further. However, he never said anything to the prince about this, and he was also uneasy in his heart.
If you think about it, the eunuch is not stupid. How could he steal so many things and take them out at once? He must have been entrusted to do something for his master. The value of the jewelry and utensils found was at least two to thirty thousand taels, but he was so anxious.
If you take it out and sell it at a low price, you may not be able to get it back even for four or five thousand taels. But why can't Yuqing Palace even get four or five thousand taels? Or why is it short of so much silver that it needs to be sold off when the time comes?
As for the jewelry? Without using his brain, Yinsu could guess that it was because of the turmoil in the capital. Prince An's palace had come to deal with him in private, but he didn't dare to let his wife know.
"Eighth brother." The prince called warmly, "How about you just pretend that nothing happened?"
Yinsu lowered his eyes and said softly: "Brother, I don't know anything. Brother, what are you talking about?"
An indifferent smile flashed across the corner of the prince's lips, and he hummed softly: "He is my brother after all, very good, very good."
However, Yinsu looked at his brother and silently took out two pieces of paper from his arms and handed them to the prince: "Not long after my brother established his palace, there were almost no expenses at home. These were saved from the gifts received from various places when he married Fujin.
."
The prince frowned slightly, but he couldn't help but touch it with his hand. He opened it slightly and looked at it. Under the light, he could see what was inside. They were two banknotes, each worth one thousand taels. The total amount was as much as two thousand taels.
. He looked at his younger brother in astonishment and asked: "You can receive so many gifts, then I..." He seemed to want to say, why did he have no idea about all this when he got married, and his wife would not hide it
He, but he really didn’t know he could collect so much.
Yinsu explained: "The New Year's money I received from my great-grandmother, the emperor's grandmother, the emperor's Ama, and other empresses since I was a child, Concubine Hui saved for me. After that, I took care of it myself and didn't use it at all in the palace."
If you don’t pay, it’s all here.”
"Isn't that all your savings?" The prince frowned.
"It's just my brother's private money. The money in the house is under the care of your brother and sister. I don't want to create any complications. It doesn't go through her hands. This is all I have." Yinhu smiled slightly and pushed the banknote to the prince again, "
In this case, you should trust your brother."
Indeed, Yinhu had a financial relationship with him, and those messy things would cause trouble if they were revealed in front of the emperor. At least the eighth brother would not betray him easily, otherwise he would be involved. How could he dig himself out?
Tomb, at least this side can feel at ease. By accepting this money, he can buy both places with peace of mind, so why not do it.
But when Yinhu left Yuqing Palace, his mood was heavier than when he came. Although he had been in the palace since he was a child, he could count the number of times he had been to Yuqing Palace. He almost never stayed as long as he did today, and even drank wine with the prince.
Happy words.
In the eyes of all the brothers, Yuqing Palace was just like the Qianqing Palace. Now when he saw clearly this unattainable and out-of-reach place, he really understood the huge difference between the two places. After all, the prince was only the crown prince, even if his father asked him to There is a difference between a king and a minister between brothers, but in Yinsu's eyes, the prince was not worthy at all.
All the way outside the palace, the faint smell of alcohol on his body dissipated in the breeze. The eighth prince's trouble was not that the prince was cowardly and incompetent, but that he didn't know the reason for the heaviness in his heart.
In the Yuqing Palace, Yin Reng was sitting alone at the wine table. The Crown Princess was already standing quietly outside the door. The smell of alcohol wafting out of the room from time to time made her frown deeply. She did not go in because she didn't know what to say to her husband when she did. What.
As he watched, he saw his husband began to tear the paper in his hand, very slowly, but over and over again. Then he raised his hand lightly, and the pieces fell like snow. He suddenly stood up and went outside. Suddenly he saw his wife there. Outside the door, he smiled disdainfully: "Don't worry, he won't go around saying that he has waded into this muddy water and he is no longer clean. I'm writing notes in the study tonight, so you can rest."
The Crown Princess was worried and nodded in agreement. After her husband left, she walked straight in and looked at the fragments on the floor. She picked up some and saw scattered words and seals. She picked up some more and put them together. It looked like a banknote. Her heart tightened and she tried to pick up more pieces to piece together. When she saw the value of the banknote, her heart jumped. At this moment, the prince actually tore off two thousand taels of silver?
She fell down heavily and looked up at the carved beams and painted buildings in the palace. What kind of world did all this magnificence support?
As the night progressed, the lights in Yonghe Palace gradually went out. Wen Xian and Wen Chen were resting together. It seemed that Wen Xian knew that he was getting married. He was even more surprised that his sister gave up traveling with her father in order to accompany her. Recently, the two sisters are more beautiful than before. Even more affectionate, Lan Qi saw heart-warming sweetness in her eyes. Knowing that after a hundred years, her sisters and brothers will be able to support each other, she will feel relieved.
After washing, he sat in front of the mirror and combed his hair. Huan Chun didn't know what he was doing outside. He came back after a long time and took the comb to take care of Lan Qi's black hair. He said softly behind him: "The prince seems to have invited the eighth prince to drink. I heard The eighth prince smelled of alcohol when he left. Do you think it's strange? It's rare for the eighth prince to leave the palace for a two-day break, so he specially called the eighth prince in for a drink."
Lan Qi said calmly: "On weekdays, the eighth prince is on duty when he is in the palace, so the prince wouldn't dare to invite him. Today, since he has gone back to rest, it doesn't matter if he is specially invited to have a drink. They are all adults."
"Your Majesty, you are really open-minded." Huan Chun smiled, "I bet that Concubine Rong will come and tell you about this tomorrow morning. Concubine Rong doesn't know anything about it."
Lan Qi then laughed: "That's true. With the connections she has accumulated in the palace over the years, she has always been able to play both sides without offending anyone. In comparison, she is more well-informed than me."