After staying in Qianqing Palace for so many days, the twins firmly equated the words "Chuxiu Palace is unblocked" with "can see E Niang".
Even though the two younger brothers couldn't fully understand what the fourth sister said, but after grasping the key word "unblocking", the twins immediately couldn't stay in Yinreng and Yinti's arms.
Xiao Shi grinned happily, raised his furry little head wearing a golden tiger hat, looked at Yin Reng eagerly, pointed with his right hand in the direction of the hall door and said with a sweet voice:
"Too, paper, cluck, go back, go, look for, uh, cool~"
Yinreng lowered his head and looked at the little one in his arms. He slowly jumped out word by word, while trying hard to suck saliva into his mouth. As if celebrating the New Year in advance, he clenched his chubby little hands into small fists, Le Dian Waving up and down.
A smile flashed in his Ruifeng eyes, he reached out and picked up the light blue saliva bag tied around Xiao Yinxiang's neck, wiped it at the corner of his mouth, turned around and saw his Khan Ama was whispering instructions to Wei Zhu What, I guess he was explaining other important matters.
Because after he clearly saw a flash of surprise in Wei Zhu's eyes, he immediately came back to his senses and nodded respectfully in agreement.
Unlike Brother Ten, who is stable, Xiao Fourteen has a quick temper.
After these days, he had long been tired of staying in Qianqing Palace. At this time, he couldn't wait to go back to Chuxiu Palace to find E Niang. Almost at the same time, Xiao Shi raised his head and talked to the prince's brother, and stayed in Yin Ti's arms. The fourteenth brother began to struggle. Yinti was worried that he might accidentally drop the fourteenth brother, so he had to bend down and place the little one on the carpet, who was moving around like a little tiger in his arms.
When Kangxi gave the last order to Wei Zhu, he turned his eyes and saw Xiao Shisi in red clothes, like a little duck, walking forward with two short legs on the soft carpet. , I didn’t go very far when my legs went weak and I squatted on my butt.
When Yinti who was following him saw this, he was about to step forward and bend down to pick up the naughty little fourteen. Unexpectedly, he took two steps forward. Little fourteen gave up walking and started to use his hands and feet. "Click rub rub" and crawl forward.
He climbed very quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the little breast dumpling crawled around the screen and disappeared.
When Kangxi saw this, his eyelids jumped, and he hurriedly waved for Wei Zhu to step back and work. After saying "Let's go to Chuxiu Palace together" to everyone, he strode around the screen and saw Xiao Shisi's face. Half of his small body was already lying sideways on the mahogany threshold, and his feet wearing tiger-head boots were trying hard to fall on the bluestone outside. He stopped the gatekeeper's movement to help and leaned over directly. Sliding up the back collar of Xiao Si Si with his handbag, he hugged his youngest son and led the way out of the main hall.
Yinreng hugged Xiao Shi and followed closely.
Yinzhen, who was following behind, shook his arms and was about to leave with his fourth sister when he saw Yinzhen still standing by the small square rosewood table with a hesitant look on his face.
The thought in Yinzhen's eyes that he wanted to return to Chuxiu Palace as quickly as the twins almost turned into reality, but his feet seemed to have taken root on the carpet, and he couldn't lift them up no matter how hard he tried. Such a contradictory look couldn't help but attract the attention of the brother and sister.
"Come on, Xiaosi, what are you doing here?"
Yinti turned around and took two steps back, stretched out his right hand and grabbed the fourth brother's right arm and walked towards the door.
Ke Jing also smiled and ran to pull on Yinzhen's left arm, raised his leg and said forward:
"Yes, fourth brother, we have to walk faster, otherwise we will be thrown a long way by Khan Ama and the others."
Yinzhen was dragged left and right by his eldest brother and fourth sister, with a look of embarrassment on his face. He pursed his thin lips as if to say something, but in the end he was unable to speak. He was silently surrounded by Yinti and Ke. Jing dragged him all the way out of the main hall of Qianqing Palace.
Liang Jiugong, who was standing behind the brother and sister, saw the tangle in Brother Si's eyes. He couldn't help but shook his head and sighed, and quickly took steps to follow the young master who had already walked out of the hall.
Seeing the elder brother and Princess Kejing pulling the fourth elder brother towards the west door, the fourth elder brother's steps became heavier and heavier.
As the emperor's confidant eunuch, Liang Jiugong has always had a delicate mind, and he couldn't be more clear about what the fourth elder brother was thinking at this time.
The fourth elder brother is a person who can't get rid of sand in his eyes. In this epidemic, so many people inside and outside the palace died directly or indirectly because of Wu Yashi, and his seven younger brothers were even killed and almost lost their lives. , While the fourth elder brother resents the Wuya clan, he must also be a little angry at himself, who has the blood of the Wuya clan on his body, so now he feels shameless to see the imperial concubine, Anfei, Yifei, Xuanbin and others, and express his hatred towards Chu Xiugong. It also gave rise to the feeling of "fear of being close to home".
well!
Liang Jiugong was thinking this, and sure enough, the next moment he saw the young master walking in front of him. He walked along the bluestone palace road to the corner of Yongshou Palace and stopped to argue.
He hurried forward and saw the eldest brother frowning, looking at the fourth brother with great confusion:
"Xiao Si, I don't even know what you are thinking. When the Chuxiu Palace was not unblocked, you were restless all day long. Now that the palace gate has finally been opened, why don't you want to go?"
"Brother, it's not that I don't want to go."
Yinzhen's face turned a little pale, like a puppy that chewed up furniture and was scolded by its owner. He lowered his head in frustration, his eyes wandering, and his two hands hanging by his side unconsciously clasped the crescent moon on his body. White winter robe.
Ke Jing, who was standing next to Yinzhen, also looked at her fourth brother with an inexplicable expression. She was half a year younger than Yinzhen. If Wu Yashi's incident hadn't been too big this time, the Empress Dowager who was in bed recuperating would also have been killed. She was so shocked that she didn't even know that her fourth brother was actually the adopted son of the imperial concubine.
Seeing that her fourth brother, who had always been confident and lively, but also had a bit of a bad temper, had become timid and his whole person looked a little gloomy, she couldn't help but bite her lower lip with her teeth and pulled her body with her right hand. Next to the eldest brother's navy blue winter robe, he signaled his eldest brother to stop talking.
Before he could finish his words, Yinti felt his fourth sister tug on his winter robe. He turned to look at his fourth sister in confusion. When he saw Kejing purse her lips in silence at him, Yinti's thick eyebrows furrowed even more. Awesome.
Liang Jiugong found the opportunity, with a warm smile on his face, took two steps forward, stood one meter away from his brother, leaned slightly to smooth things over and said:
"Fourth Brother, as far as I know, Nanny Li and the palace maid Li Xia, who moved with you from Chuxiu Palace to Nansuo Palace, were originally transferred from the side hall of Yonghe Palace to Chuxiu Palace by the imperial concubine. "
"They have been taking care of you since you were born."
Hearing this, Yinzhen raised his head suddenly, and his slender red phoenix eyes couldn't help but widen.
He understood the implication of Liang Jiugong's words. Aunt Li and Li Xia were originally members of the Wu Ya clan.
Nanny Li and Sister Lixia have been with him since he could remember. Unexpectedly, they moved to Chuxiu Palace with him.
Seeing the surprise in Brother Si's eyes, Liang Jiugong smiled cheerfully and said:
"They both know everything about what happened back then. They even know the Wu Ya family better than the imperial concubine. If Fourth Brother has anything he wants to ask, he can ask them. It is not an easy matter for you and the imperial concubine to become mother and son.
If you are confused about something, figure it out as soon as possible, and don’t leave any resentment in your heart.”
"Well, thank you Eunuch Liang, I understand."
Yinzhen raised his hand towards Liang Jiugong, but Liang Jiugong smiled and moved away to avoid it.
"No, what are you talking about?"
According to Yin Ti's rough mind, Wu Ya's body is probably not found in the mass graves. What does Liang Jiugong want to do now by saying these words? To mention Wu Ya's poisonous woman on this happy day, bah!
What bad luck!
Ke Jingze, who lost his mother at birth, couldn't help but blinked, guessing that his fourth brother was probably going to ask Aunt Li and Bai Lu why he was adopted by the imperial concubine.
My son also has to figure out how he became the adopted son of the imperial concubine, right? Only by figuring out what happened back then can the fourth brother completely put aside the shadow that Wu Yashi has brought to him, right?
Ke Jing was just thinking this when he saw their fourth brother hastily leaving a message towards him and his eldest brother, "Brother, fourth sister, you go find E Niang first, I will go back to Nansuo."
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and ran towards Nansuo.
"No, Xiaosi, this."
Yinzhen pointed at Yinzhen who was running away, then turned to look at his fourth sister who looked enlightened, and finally turned his attention to Liang Jiugong who spoke the most.
Liang Jiugong smiled warmly at his eldest brother. He also understood that his eldest brother always liked to go astray. He was not on the same page as everyone else. He didn't say anything else. He just stretched out his arm and pointed at Chu Xiu Palace in the north.
road:
\Eldest Brother, Fourth Princess, let’s go to the Imperial Concubine quickly. Maybe the Emperor and His Royal Highness have already arrived.\
Unwilling to give up, Yinzhen glanced south again at Yinzhen, and saw that Yinzhen had already reached the turning point and ran eastward.
He just nodded and continued walking north with Fourth Sister and Liang Jiugong.
…
Nansuo—the courtyard where the fourth elder brother was assigned.
Aunt Li and the palace maid Li Xia were busy instructing the palace people to disinfect door frames and windows with spirits.
Su Peisheng released the little white-haired Jingba who had been locked in the room for a long time.
The little white-haired Jingba moved with Yinzhen from Chuxiu Palace to Nansuo.
In the past, it lived like an old dog here, going wherever it wanted. Because of the epidemic, Su Peisheng kept him in the house and had no chance to go out for a walk for nearly ten days. But he was bored.
broken.
As soon as he regained his freedom, little Jingba immediately jumped up and down on the bluestone floor in the front yard like a child, circling around Nanny Li and Li Xia.
Aunt Li was holding a copper basin in her hand. There was a lot of strong liquor in the warm water in the copper basin. She was holding the basin in her left hand, and with her right hand she was stirring up the wine in the copper basin and spreading it all over the front yard without turning her head.
He smiled at the palace maid Rikka beside him and said:
"God bless, this disaster is finally over."
Li Xia also held a copper basin in her hand. She gently pushed the little Jingba that was blocking her way away with her feet and let it run to the side to play. With a happy smile on her face, she said happily:
"Yes, I heard that Chuxiu Palace has been unblocked this morning. I think Fourth Brother has received the news and rushed over with the Emperor."
"There has been no smallpox in this palace for such a long time. I don't know who brought smallpox into the palace."
Trapped in Nansuo, with little information, Grandma Li gritted her teeth and said bitterly.
Rikka also nodded in agreement.
Just at this moment, little Jingba keenly smelled the smell of the shit-sweeper, and the dog's eyes like black pearls lit up instantly, "Woof woof woof woof -" and spread his legs like a joyful fart.
Run to the courtyard door.
After Li Xia and Aunt Li heard the dog barking, they turned to look at the door in confusion. When they saw the sweat running down their foreheads, their face was red, Si Age, who was panting heavily, crossed the threshold and ran in.
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The little Jingba barked happily and jumped up and down to ask the scavenger to smooth its fur. Yinzhen didn't bother to pay attention to his pet dog. When he saw Aunt Li and Li Xia standing in the middle of the yard, he immediately walked two steps abreast.
Rushed in front of them.
Nanny Li and Li Xia were also shocked to see the fourth elder brother at this time. They didn't understand why the fourth elder brother didn't go to Chuxiu Palace and came to Nansuo instead.
Yinzhen's throat was dry from running, and he bent his upper body slightly, pressing his hands on his knees and breathing heavily. He looked at Aunt Li and Li Xia, swallowed with difficulty, moistened his throat and said:
"Mommy, sister Lixia, why did I, my mother-in-law, carry me from the side hall of Yonghe Palace to Chuxiu Palace to raise me?"
Seeing Brother Si being so anxious, Nanny Li and Li Xia thought something big had happened, but they never expected to hear such words. The two women standing side by side suddenly widened their eyes in shock.
"Clang!"
"Bang!"
With two clear and crisp sounds, the copper basin was taken off the hand, and the warm water mixed with strong liquor spilled all over the floor.
Su Peisheng, who was leading the eunuchs to sprinkle quicklime around the wall in the backyard to disinfect, heard the barking of dogs and the sound of copper basins falling from the front yard. He hurriedly ran to the front yard and saw the faces of Aunt Li and Li Xia turning pale.
Bai looked at Brother Si with trembling lips.
The expression on Si Age's face is also quite complicated.
He couldn't help but feel extremely puzzled, and was about to walk towards his master.
From the corner of her eye, Nanny Li saw the palace people who were cleaning the courtyard with big brooms looking towards her side intentionally or unintentionally.
She swallowed her saliva, suppressed the panic in her heart, took Yinzhen's arm in front of her, turned around and led him towards the hall.
Yinzhen pursed his thin lips, a hint of sadness slipped through his eyes, and he raised his legs to follow.
Su Peisheng trotted forward in confusion, frowning slightly as he looked at Li Xia who couldn't hide the panic on his face, and whispered worriedly:
"Sister Lixia, what happened?"
Lixia came to his senses after hearing the sound, forced a smile to Su Peisheng and said:
"It's okay, you go and do your work first."
After saying this, she hurriedly turned around and followed the steps of Brother Si and Aunt Li, and walked quickly into the hall.
When Su Peisheng saw the person's abnormal appearance, he intuitively felt that there must be something going on.
But he knew very well that his current position, whether in terms of seniority or age, was far from being entrusted with important responsibilities by his master like Eunuch Zhang Tianxi of Chuxiu Palace.
He wisely did not ask any further questions, but continued to lead the palace staff to fully disinfect Brother Si's residence.
After entering the hall, Nanny Li led Yinzhen to his room without stopping.
The room is filled with full-length oil paintings of Brother Four over the years, all framed with glass and fine wood.
Among them, the two most conspicuous paintings are hung on the left and right next to the carved windows on the north wall. The painting on the left shows the one-year-old Si Prince wearing a lotus dress with a stinky face and the smiling Fourth Princess in Cining Palace.
Together.
The one on the right shows Yinzhen, who had recently shaved his head when he was over six years old. He is wearing a curler that was dyed golden and a Western suit that his mother had made for him. He is holding a bow in his right hand.
Hold the fork and imitate Wu heroically
Compared with the scene of Song entering the mountain to fight a tiger, compared with the unwilling look on his face in the lotus portrait, in this painting of "Fighting a Tiger in a Dress", Yinzhen's whole body is filled with bubbles of joy, and even his slender red phoenix eyes are full of joy.
All are full of smiles.
Seeing these paintings, thinking of the happy life in Chuxiu Palace when he was a child, Yinzhen's red eyes quickly flashed with a glimmer of water.
Aunt Li obviously didn't see Si Age's frustration. All she could think about at this moment was:
How could the fourth elder brother know his own life experience? Could it be that Wu Ya's poisonous woman had done something stupid again? Did the imperial concubine know that the fourth elder brother already knew that she was not her biological child?
Numerous and urgent thoughts surged up like a long tidal wave, making Grandma Li's head a little confused.
After Li Xia opened the cotton curtain and saw a master and a servant standing in the center of the room facing each other without saying a word, she bit her lower lip, walked forward a few steps, leaned slightly towards Yinzhen and said:
"Brother Si, how did you know about this?"
After hearing Li Xia's question, Grandma Li also turned her gaze to Yinzhen's face.
Yinzhen fiercely clenched the two fists hanging by his sides, and the clean, rounded nails almost broke the palms of his hands. He was embarrassed, resentful and sad, and said concisely:
"The Wuya clan resented Khan Amma for confiscating her house and exterminating her family. She secretly colluded with the remnants of the White Lotus Sect hidden in the palace. They were the ones who caused the epidemic in the palace behind their backs."
"Wu Yashi, Wu Yashi was still the mastermind. After the incident was exposed, when she committed suicide in Jingqi Pavilion in front of Khan Ama, I was also present. Only then did I know that she was mine.
Biological mother, I, I am the child adopted by my mother."
After saying this, the tears that Yinzhen was holding back immediately burst into his eyes, and he hung his head in discomfort.
Nanny Li and Li Xia were more like being hit head-on with a big wooden stick. Their heads almost died on the spot. Even if they tried hard, they couldn't imagine that Wu Yashi had such a vicious heart and let smallpox enter the palace.
The virus has caused so many deaths. This kind of sin will probably make her go to the 18th level of hell after death!
"Oh my god, Wu Yashi, this is so inhumane. Even before you die, you will drag down our fourth brother."
When Grandma Li saw the tears on Brother Si's face, her heart skipped a beat. She burst into tears and cursed while crying.
She mistakenly believed that the fourth prince was not allowed to go to the Chuxiu Palace to visit the imperial concubine because Wu Ya was angry with the emperor. Instead, he was sent to Nansuo alone on this happy day when the lockdown was lifted.
Listening to what Nanny Li was crying about, Fourth Brother also understood that she was overthinking and thought he had been angered by Khan Ama because of this matter. He quickly stopped his tears and said with a bitter smile:
"Mommy, don't cry. I can distinguish between good and bad. Khan Ama never complained about me because of Wu Ya's affairs. I, I just want to understand what happened back then that made Khan Ama give up his forehead in anger.
Mother not only took me away, but also changed my jade certificate."
Aunt Li stopped crying when she heard that Fourth Elder Brother had not been dragged down by Wu Yashi.
Li Xia has grown a lot over the years following Bai Lu, and now she has become the maid in charge of Si Age's courtyard.
She saw that the emotions of the old man and the young man in front of her had stabilized. She suppressed her disgust and hatred for Wu Yashi in her heart, frowned slightly at the fourth elder brother, and advised her earnestly:
"Brother Si, please don't be deceived by that woman from Wu Ya's family. Although she did give birth to you, you don't owe her anything."
"Back then, Wu Ya was an official lady who lived in the Chengqian Palace. Her dressing style and behavior were similar to those of Empress Tong. I heard from the older palace officials that both of them looked a bit like the Empress Dowager Cihe who died young.
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Li Xia pursed her lips, looked at Brother Si and whispered.
When Yinzhen heard this, he couldn't help frowning.
Empress Dowager Cihe is her direct relative, the Queen Mother, and Da Tong is the niece of the Queen Mother. Her niece Xiao Gu is very normal, so could Wu Ya be imitating Da Tong's concubine?
Nanny Li wiped the tears from her eyes with her right hand, squinted her slightly blurry eyes, recalled the past, and explained aloud:
"The emperor's biological mother died of illness just two years after he ascended the throne. He must be very attached to his biological mother. Therefore, after seeing the shadow of his biological mother in Tong Bin and Wu Yashi, he will be more kind to them."
Although Grandma Li didn't know about the professional knowledge of later generations' psychology that boys have more or less "Oedipus complex" at certain periods, she could still understand the clues based on her rich life experience.
"The emperor's kindness to them was most likely out of the desire to make up for the unsatisfactory days his biological mother had lived in the late emperor's harem in her early years."
"Because Wu Yashi and Da Tongbi have some similarities, they have never dealt with each other. At that time, Wu Yashi was pregnant with you, the fourth elder brother, and the talented mother was given the gift of the emperor because of the preciousness of her son.
He moved to the side hall of Yonghe Palace next to Chengqian Palace."
Yinzhen lowered his eyes and listened quietly to Grandma Li and Li Xia reminiscing, while you and I added one sentence at a time to describe what happened in the early years.
"At that time, the slaves were ordered to serve the pregnant Wu Ya in the side hall of Yonghe Palace. At that time, the slaves thought that Wu Ya would attach great importance to the child in her belly. After all, if she had a healthy little brother under her knees,
, I will have someone to rely on in the harem from now on."
"But the slaves never imagined that there would be mothers in the world who don't love and protect their children!"
When talking about this matter, Grandma Li's calm tone gradually became filled with anger:
"Wu Ya was extremely restless during her pregnancy and had no taboos that pregnant women should have. If it hadn't been for the Empress Dowager who later gave all the pregnant concubines in the palace the Concubine Mother, I'm afraid that I would have
She miscarried the baby in her belly without even realizing it."
When Yinzhen heard this, he remembered that day outside the Jingqi Pavilion, he also heard Wu Yashi disgustedly telling the eunuchs in the room that she only regretted that she had not been able to abort herself when she was in her belly.
This was not Wu Yashi's angry words at that time, but something that actually happened.
The corner of Yinzhen's mouth couldn't help but twist into a self-deprecating smile, and his face became paler.
Li Xia felt a little unbearable when she saw her fourth brother looking sad.
But she knew in her heart that she must let Si Age know the real face of Wu Yashi back then. Otherwise, after death, the living people will sooner or later forget the evil he did during his life.
Next, just remember the goodness of that person.
The imperial concubine is not inferior to the fourth elder brother, and she has the prince's nephew in front of her and twins in the rear. Even if the fourth elder brother's jade certificate has been changed, in terms of blood relationship, he has no relationship with the Hesheli family at all. What if one day the fourth elder brother
Because I don't know the true situation back then, I really can't think of missing Wu Yashi. How can I not let the imperial concubine feel cold!
Then the relationship between mother and son will naturally not be as close as before.
Li Xia, who saw these twists and turns clearly, bit her lower lip and dismissed Wu Yashi's idea. She neither beautified it nor added any exaggeration, just like the announcers of later generations broadcasting news events, very objective and precise.
The words are clear and authentic:
"At that time, she knew that the Wuya clan's reselling of royal food was exposed, and she ran out in the snow with a big belly in her arms, hoping that the emperor would take back his life. Even if the slave did not read much, she knew the principle of 'princes who break the law are guilty of the same crime as the common people'.
The road was slippery in the snow, and she still dared to run with her pregnant belly. From this, it can be seen that she really didn't have any motherly feelings for the child in her belly. If it were someone else, no matter how anxious she was, her position would
Those who are worthy enough to be driven out in a sedan chair will be driven out in a sedan chair, and those with low status will find a few palace servants to support them, and they will never be as careless as her."
Yinzhen's thin lips pursed into a thin line.
After listening to Li Xia's words, Grandma Li furrowed her brows, clenched her hands tightly into fists, and said angrily with a trembling tone:
"Let's not talk about these. What's even more hateful is that after Fourth Brother was born, because she didn't want to hear your crying, she asked the slaves to carry you to the wing where the slaves lived to raise you. It was summer.
I have also moved all the ice you received from me, Brother Si, into her room. She is sitting on the bed during confinement. She would rather risk catching a cold than leave a piece of ice in the ear room and make you too hot.
She can't even sleep well, there is a red prickly rash on the back of her neck, and she cries all day long. As soon as she hears your cry, she will curse and ask the slaves to hold you further."
"Considering the rule that low-ranking concubines in the palace cannot raise children, the emperor later said that he would take you to the Chuxiu Palace to raise you after you were full moon. It happened to be the day of the full moon when the weather was extremely hot. The imperial concubine took the prince and the eldest brother with her.
When I came to the side hall of Yonghe Palace to see you, no one expected that they would meet the earth dragon turning over. At that time, the imperial concubine held His Royal Highness in her arms, holding the eldest brother's hand, and the slaves held you wrapped in swaddling clothes.
With our arms in our arms, a group of us ran towards the door of the side hall with difficulty, carrying the tiles and beams that kept falling on our heads. We almost ran out before the side hall collapsed. How could we want to have a confinement period?
Wu Yashi will suddenly appear from behind, knocking the eldest brother to the ground, and also knocking the swaddling clothes in the slave's arms away."
When Grandma Li said this, her whole body started to tremble, and her eyes couldn't help but shed tears:
"If it hadn't been for the imperial concubine's quick eyesight and quick hands, she used her toes to hook the baby who was about to fall to the ground, and luckily she took her eldest brother, His Royal Highness and the baby to hide under the long table."
"Sir Brother, not only did you die early in the earth dragon's transformation that year, I'm afraid even the servants, the imperial concubine, His Royal Highness and the eldest brother were also buried in the ruins."
Aunt Li said this with tears streaming down her face. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. When she thought of the terrible scene of the earth dragon turning over and the wall collapsing and the house collapsing, she wished that time would go by and destroy Wu Ya, who had "failed to succeed but failed to succeed".
He was chopped up alive with a dull knife.
Yinzhen didn't know these past events, but later he heard about the selective collapse of houses that year when Earth Dragon turned around.
When I thought that if E Niang had not taken her two brothers to visit him in the side hall of Yonghe Palace, she would never have encountered the danger later, and the tears in her eyes became even more intense.
Li Xia saw that the blood on Yinzhen's lips had faded, and his pale face made his phoenix eyes redder. If he looked carefully, he could still tell that Si Age's face had lost some weight these days, and he wore a plain and simple outfit.
The crescent white winter robe makes the whole person look even more pitiful.
She pursed her lips, sighed, looked at Yinzhen's red and phoenix eyes and said very seriously:
"Brother Si, please don't have any psychological burden. Wu Ya gave you a life, but when Earth Dragon turned around and the Wu Ya clan committed a crime, the emperor spared her life just because she was your biological mother, and at that time she
The fact that she had to bump into Nanny Li and Big Brother from behind shows that she deliberately wanted everyone in the house, including you, to die in a natural disaster."
"You have paid off your debt to Wu Ya long ago. So when the imperial concubine hooked you up with your swaddling clothes when you almost fell to the ground, and then took you to survive the earthly dragon, does it count as a new debt?
Where is your life?"
"If your current life is to be judged as a slave, it has nothing to do with the Wu Ya family. Although the imperial concubine did not give birth to you, she saved you from the natural disaster and raised you so well. Our yard is tidy
It’s more comfortable than the eldest brother’s and the elder brother’s. If you think about it this way, don’t you owe the imperial concubine more?”
"But you and the imperial concubine are the mother and son recorded in the jade certificate. She regards you as her own son and will not care about these gains and losses with you. But now that you know these past events, you cannot be that heartless person who only remembers your biological mother.
Well, it’s better if you don’t miss your adoptive mother.”
After listening to Li Xia's reasonable words, Yinzhen's heart trembled, and he quickly raised his sleeves to wipe away the tears on his face. With his red eyes, he smiled at the two women in front of him who were worried about her:
"Thank you so much, mama and sister Lixia for telling me this. I'm going to find my mother now."
After saying this, Yinzhen turned his head and glanced at the oil paintings all over his room, grinned a slightly silly smile, and then ran out with his legs up.
Su Peisheng, who was standing in the front yard sprinkling lime, raised his head to wipe the sweat with his sleeves. When he saw Si Age running out of the hall with red eyes, crying and laughing, his confusion deepened.
The little white-haired Jingba who was circling around Su Peisheng saw the shit shovel running out and jumped forward happily. Unexpectedly, the shit shovel ran away from him like a gust of wind.
The remaining little Jingba shouted "woof woof woof woof" in confusion.
…
Wu Ya's affairs could not be concealed, and she almost harmed her seven sons. Kangxi believed that the imperial concubines, Concubine An, Concubine Yi, Concubine Xuan, and concubine Xiao Tong, as concubines, had the right to know the truth behind the epidemic.
things.
So when he led a group of people to the main hall of Chuxiu Palace, the twins saw their mother, and immediately ran towards her with their little mouths grinning happily.
Qingyan was always thinking about her son and the prince's nephew because of the unreasonable panic that happened that day.
She smiled and knelt down, stretched out her arms, and bumped her two little sons. She ran up to her two little sons, kissed them on their smooth little faces, and hugged them up.
When she saw Yin Feng and Yin Ti and Ke Jing coming from behind, but not Yin Zhen, she knew in her heart that the object of her heart palpitations that day was probably her eldest son.
When Kangxi saw the imperial concubine looking behind him, he understood who Qingyan was looking for. He sighed, turned the jade ring on his hand, stretched out his right arm to hold his beloved concubine and his youngest son, and sat down in the hall.
On the armchairs inside, Yinti, Yinreng and Ke Jing took Xiaowu, Xiaoliu and the others to the front yard to play in the sand pit and the big slide. After organizing their words in their minds, they made Wu Yashi's
The whole story was explained clearly to Concubine An and others.
Sitting side by side in a row, Concubine An, Concubine Yi and others never thought that a small official woman would have such courage to put epidemic poison into the palace and spread rumors outside the palace. This is what a person with a conscience can do.
matter?
After hearing such shocking truth, Liang Guiren, Cheng Guiren, Ding Guiren and Guo Guiren, who were sitting opposite Concubine An and others, looked a little unhappy.
The two younger sons had not seen E Niang for many days. They were very clingy to the emperor and the concubine and were unwilling to go out with their eldest brother and the prince's second brother. Qingyan had no choice but to hold the two younger sons and listen quietly to Kangxi's words.
When she heard that Yinzhen already knew her life experience, and that Wu Yashi had committed suicide by inserting a hairpin into her throat in front of Yinzhen, she pursed her lips, tightened her arms around the twins' bodies, and said nothing.
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Little Tong Bin, who was sitting next to her right hand, frowned and said with disgust and confusion:
"Your Majesty, I don't understand that Xiao Liu has nothing to do with the Wu Ya family. Why does the Wu Ya family care about Xiao Liu? It's bad luck!"
Not to mention that little Tongbi didn't understand this, even Kangxi was very confused about this, wondering whether Wu Yashi had taken the wrong medicine.
Qingyan bit her lower lip with her teeth, guessing that 80% of Xiaoliu in this life looked exactly the same as Xiaoliu in the previous life, and Wu Yashi transferred her love for her second son in her previous life to Xiaoliu in this life.
Kangxi saw the expressions of the concubines present. He turned the imperial green jade ring on his hand and said to Concubine An and others:
"I'm telling you this because I don't want you to be kept in the dark and let you know that the person who harmed your child behind the scenes has been killed. I want you to calm down. But although Xiaosi is born to the Wu Ya family, he has nothing to do with this matter.
It has nothing to do with it, and thanks to Xiao Si’s astuteness in thinking of the tabby cat and providing effective and direct clues, I was able to catch Wu Yashi and others early.”
"You can't blame Xiaosi because of this matter in the future. Xiaosi's temperament is filled with jealousy and a clear distinction between love and hatred. I believe that even if Xiaosi knows that Wu Ya is his biological mother, he will not disregard the law when the Wu Ya clan commits crimes.
He came to me to plead with me, but if he were older, I’m sure he would personally lead his guards to raid his mother’s family’s home.”
When Qingyan heard this, she turned her attention to Concubine Yi, Concubine Tong, and Liang, Ding, Cheng, and Guo. She knew that what Kangxi said was accurate, otherwise Yongzheng would be known as the "Emperor of Copycats" in history.
Coming?
Concubine An and Concubine Xuan watched Yinzhen grow up since they were young, and after all, Xiaoqi and Xiaoba were not their biological children. Qingyan knew that these two people would not offend Xiaosi, but the others couldn't say for sure.
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When Concubine Yi saw the emperor and the imperial concubine looking at her, she immediately smiled with peach blossom eyes:
"Your Majesty, Sister Jing, don't worry. I am not that kind of stupid person. This kid, Xiaosi, is good to his brothers. How can I be unhappy with him because of the sinful woman Wu Ya's mistakes?"
Little Tong Bin thought of the time when the elder Tong Bin bullied Xiao Liu on the palace road, Si Age helped him out of righteousness, she nodded and said with a smile:
"Xiaosi is still my nephew, so naturally I won't be that stupid."
Concubine Yi and concubine Tong don't care about it anymore. The four nobles are very gentle and will not say anything bad about the fourth elder brother.
When the atmosphere became a little more relaxed, Concubine Yi said coquettishly to Kangxi as if she was joking:
"Your Majesty, you also know that I am the kind of person who can't hide her words or hold back her anger. Wu Ya almost killed all the younger brothers in Yikun Palace. She is dead, but I can't hold back my anger.
I haven't taken my revenge yet. I'm thinking that at the end of the new year, when the Guo Luoluo family will send New Year gifts to me and my sister, I'll have someone send a letter to Ama who is far away in Shengjing, telling him to take good care of him if he's okay.
To take care of the Wuya clan members who serve in Ninggu Pagoda, this little request is not too much for me, right?"
An Fei, who was sitting next to Yifei, heard Yifei's words that she clearly wanted her to take care of the Wuya clan's exiled people to avenge her grandson, and a smile flashed in her eyes.
Kangxi also knew about Concubine Yi's temper, so he neither objected nor nodded in agreement.
Concubine Yi couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, knowing that the emperor's silence was his acquiescence.
After everyone in the hall talked about these unhappy things, they started talking to each other again and again. Tomorrow is the sixth anniversary of the death of Empress Xiaozhao. After the memorial ceremony for the successor Niu Hulu, it will be another day in a few days.
It was a good day for the twins to have their first week. After the twins knew that their mother would not run away, they felt relieved and were carried by Aunt Bailu to feed them custard and chocolate milk sticks.
When Kangxi had just finished saying that the twins' wedding banquet would be held in Cining Palace to bring some joy to the Empress Dowager who was in bed recovering from an injured leg, Yinzhen crossed the threshold of Chuxiu Palace with windy feet and ran into the front yard.
When everyone present heard the noise coming from the door, they all turned to look at the door. When they saw it, they saw Brother Si, who was wearing a crescent white winter robe and had a much slimmer face, running in with sweat all over his head.
Qingyan saw the tears on Yinzhen's face that were dried by the cold wind and the red phoenix eyes, and tightened her right hand on the armrest of the armchair. Before she could get up from the armchair, Yinzhen smiled with his red eyes like a rabbit.
He trotted up to the imperial concubine, and yelled hoarsely, word by word, at the top of his lungs, just like he did when he came back from school in Nansuo when he was young:
"Mom! I'm hungry!"
Qingyan's eyes quickly flashed with water, she nodded with a smile and said:
"Xiao Si, go find your Aunt Bai Lu. Master Bai is making new pastries in the small kitchen."
After hearing this, Yinzhen immediately nodded in agreement, turned around and ran away like a gust of wind.
Kangxi was stunned when he saw this. He thought that his fourth son would hold his beloved concubine and cry loudly after what happened. Who would have thought that the relationship between mother and son was no different from the past.
Kangxi couldn't figure it out, and the mothers present had hot eyes.
Concubine An lowered her head and sighed softly, and Concubine Xuan had tears in her eyes.
The imperial concubine and the fourth elder brother have a deep love for each other. The two of them have a long-lasting relationship. They have cultivated a close relationship by getting along day and night. Wu Yashi is just a discordant episode. Her episode will not even leave a trace after it is removed. How could it affect these two people?
How will the mother and son get along in the future? Therefore, there is no need for the mother and son to burst into tears after meeting, only a common mantra is enough.
An Fei touched her belly with her right hand enviously. In a few years, she will be ten years old. The older she gets, the softer her heart becomes. She also wants to have a biological child of her own...
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At the beginning of the morning of the next day, the imperial concubine took the concubines to the Kunning Palace where the two queens' sacred tablets were enshrined, and respectfully laid incense sticks to Empress Xiaozhao.
During the period when the Chuxiu Palace was closed, because it was necessary to recuperate the health of the seven younger brothers who were recovering from illness, Bai Yuchu and his assistant chefs tried their best to prepare delicious food every time.
The chocolates given to him by the imperial concubine were shaped into flowers, and delicious snacks such as chocolate milk tea, chocolate milk bars, chocolate steamed cakes, etc. were made in one go.
After the noon sacrifice, Qingyan returned to Chuxiu Palace, where a group of people were already busy.
Except for Concubine Yi, Concubine An, and Concubine Xuan who also lived in the West Sixth Palace, the other concubines did not come.
Under the advice of the imperial concubine, Chef Bai opened up his second line of baking Western pastry, used whipped egg whites to make cream, and made a five-layered chocolate cake with many summer decorations on it.
Cherries, peach chunks, purple grapes, apricots, pomegranates and other fruits stored in the ice cellar during the day.
Princess Kejing personally blew out the birthday candles in Chuxiu Palace, cut the birthday cake with a knife and distributed it to her brothers and sisters. Empress Jing, Empress An, Empress Xuan, Empress Yi, Bai Lu, Mang Zhong, Xiao Han and others were filled with joy.
With a trace of sadness that ordinary people couldn't detect, I missed my empress, holding up a beautiful glass filled with juice and celebrating her sixth birthday with everyone.