Although Dongling Yuanyong was exiled thousands of miles away from the imperial city at the age of ten, there were still people in the imperial city who were still thinking about him silently, and he had never lost contact with the people who cared about him.
The person he had been secretly contacting in the imperial city was Concubine Yi. The reason why Concubine Yi greatly helped Dongling Yuanyong was because Queen Fuxuan had been Concubine Yi's savior.
More than 20 years ago, Concubine Yi was not favored. She was favored overnight and was lucky enough to become pregnant with Longzi.
But her luck was jealous of others, and she almost lost the child in her belly.
When she was judged to be in danger of losing both her mother and her son, at the last moment, Queen Fuxuan took the only remaining treasure in the world that she had given her as a dowry, the "Resurrection Pill", and made Concubine Yi take it, and then their mother and son were able to save their lives.
Not only that, Queen Fuxuan also took Concubine Yi to the side hall of Fengyi Palace to take care of her personally. It was not until Dongling Yuanhui was safely born that Concubine Yi took the child back to her own residence.
Later, because of Concubine Yi's meritorious service in giving birth to a child, Emperor Hongwen began to pay more or less attention to Concubine Yi.
Queen Fuxuan also regarded Dongling Yuanhao as her own and often let him play with Dongling Yuanyong.
Therefore, the brotherhood between Dongling Yuanyong and Dongling Yuanhao will be more sincere than that of other princes.
After something happened to Queen Fuxuan, Concubine Yi could not rely on her strength to protect Dongling Yuanyong from being exiled.
But she never forgot Queen Fuxuan's great kindness, and she also believed that Queen Fuxuan was framed.
However, that catastrophe was a taboo of Emperor Hongwen. After Queen Fuxuan was executed, Emperor Hongwen did not allow anyone to mention Queen Fuxuan.
Therefore, Concubine Yi could only silently endure her true thoughts. She kept herself out of it, as if she never cared about the death of Queen Fuxuan.
However, for many years, Dongling Yuanyong has received care from Concubine Yi secretly sent to the border from thousands of miles away.
Sometimes those cares are a piece of hand-sewn clothing, sometimes a pair of boots, sometimes a jar of honey wine that he likes to drink...!
Thinking of the warmth gained in those difficult years, Dongling Yuanyong suddenly wanted to visit Concubine Yi again.
So, he looked at Dongling Yuanhao and said:
"Don't be poor, let's go, come with me to have dinner with my mother and concubine."
Dongling Yuanyong said and then looked at Wuhen who was still waiting and ordered:
"Continue to pay attention to Lengyue Palace!"
"Yes!" Wuhen accepted the order, and before Dongling Yuanyong left, he reported again:
"Your Majesty, the Queen and Chu Hengye seem to have a personal relationship!"
When he was lurking in the "Leng Yue Palace" just now, although Wuhen didn't hear clearly what Ximen Yourong and Chu Hengye said, he could tell that Chu Hengye and Ximen Yourong were familiar with each other.
When Dongling Yuanyong heard Wuhen's words, he didn't pay much attention and just said:
"Before I let her go, I will not forgive anyone who dares to give her a little help!"
Wuhen knew the holy will. Dongling Yuanyong did not care about the personal relationship between Chu Hengye and Ximen Yourong, but he did not allow Chu Hengye to facilitate Ximen Yourong in private.
Dongling Yuanyong took the lead in walking out of the dormitory to go to Concubine Yi's palace. Dongling Yuanhao who followed him was just joining in the fun. He asked again:
"Brother Emperor, the ceremony for the unlucky girl who became the queen has not even been held yet. Are you really going to just throw her into the cold palace?"
Now I am afraid that no one in the entire imperial city knows about Ximen's daughter ~ Ximen Yourong not only escaped death, but was also crowned with the "good fortune" of being the master of the harem!
It's a pity, look at the treatment she received when she entered the palace, tut, tut, Dongling Yuanhao even silently mourned for her!
Dongling Yuanyong heard him describe Ximen Yourong as an "unlucky guy". He suddenly stopped and looked at Dongling Yuanhao and asked:
"Have you ever seen a sinner who deserved death turn into a queen?"
If Ximen Yourong is an "unlucky person", then she is probably the luckiest "unlucky person" in the world.
"I haven't seen it before, so I'm quite curious about what that "lucky" hapless guy looks like... Oh, it's better to choose a different day. I'm going to "visit" my poor imperial sister-in-law right now."
"Don't go!" Dongling Yuanyong ordered coldly.
"Brother Emperor, you go to accompany your mother and concubine first, I will be back soon."
Dongling Yuanhao didn't take Dongling Yuanyong's order seriously at all. As soon as he finished speaking, he ran away.
Eunuch Cao who was following him looked at the frowning Dongling Yuanyong and asked:
"Your Majesty, do you need to send someone to stop Prince Hao from going to "Leng Yue Palace"?"
No one in the palace is aware of the treatment Ximen Yourong received on his first day in the palace. Although everyone did not dare to say anything openly, they had already discussed it privately.
Dongling Yuanhao was carefree and playful by nature, so if there was excitement in the palace, he would certainly not miss it.
But "Leng Yue Palace" was probably not a place he could play, so Eunuch Cao thought that Dongling Yuanyong definitely didn't want Dongling Yuanhao to come into contact with Ximen Yourong.
However, Dongling Yuanyong said:
"Let him be!"
Because of Concubine Yi's relationship and the deep relationship between him and Dongling Yuanhao, although he was serious about Dongling Yuanhao on the surface, subconsciously he was somewhat indulgent to him.
It was because Dongling Yuanhao was aware of his connivance that he dared to be unruly towards him.
Dongling Yuanhao was allowed to go to the "Lengyue Palace", and Dongling Yuanyong could only go to eat with Concubine Yi alone...!
Dongling Yuanhao, who was full of fun, quickly arrived at the gate of "Leng Yue Palace". He raised his head and looked at the fresh and hot plaque on the top of the door. He clicked his tongue and shook his head and said to himself:
"What an unlucky guy! He was thrown into the cold palace even before he came to worship!"
Dongling Yuanyong said that he had pushed open the old door that made a harsh creaking sound and walked in.
When he walked to the main hall, he vaguely heard some noises inside. Just as he was curious and about to go in, a figure flashed across the hall, and then a basin of black dirty water suddenly poured out~
Seeing that Dongling Yuanhao was about to suffer a disaster, his instinctive reaction caused him to twist and move his feet. He avoided the worst outcome, but the corner of his clothes that flew up was still splashed with sewage!
Xiang Qing, who was splashing water inside, also saw Dongling Yuanhao outside, but she didn't know who he was and why he suddenly appeared.
But she almost splashed dirty water on him, which forced her to look at Dongling Yuanhao who was "shocked" and apologized awkwardly:
"Yes... I'm sorry. I don't know anyone. I didn't mean it."
Dongling Yuanhao, who had already stood firmly, was also looking up and down at the watery Xiang Qing. Just when he was about to say something, another gentle voice came from inside:
"What's wrong, is someone here?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ximen Yourong's faint figure appeared in Dongling Yuanhao's eyes.
When Dongling Yuanhao saw Ximen Yourong, he immediately opened his eyes as if he had seen something, and then he exclaimed inexplicably:
"You actually look so...!"
Even without asking, Dongling Yuanhao was sure that the plainly dressed but stunningly beautiful woman in front of him must be Ximen Yourong!
Therefore, when looking at Ximen Yourong and Dongling Yuanhao, he was stunned for a moment!