The day before the peony feast, the weather turned warm.
The depression in Yong'an Lane remains the same, except that clusters of dogtail grass grow on the dilapidated roofs.
When the time came, Master Su Xin dragged his failing body to the door as usual, and received his cold, hard, and perhaps a little sour meal.
Even she herself found it incredible.
Empress Xu, who was once well-off and well-off, actually endured alone in Yong'an Lane for so long.
In the past, if I had a headache, it would make everyone in the palace aware of it, and I wished I could move the entire Imperial Hospital to Changchun Palace.
Now in Yong'an Lane, due to hunger and cold, I have wandered into the critical moment of life and death several times, but I have survived like foxtail grass on the roof.
Her hands were covered with frostbite, and after winter, the pain was still unbearable.
Her black hair is half white, and her face is covered with wrinkles. She is not yet thirty years old, but she looks like an old woman in her fifties or sixties.
As usual, she squatted at the door of the courtyard. A eunuch walked over with his head lowered and handed a food box through a small window.
Master Su Xin opened the food box with a wooden face.
The weather is getting warmer, I hope today's meal will not go bad.
But when I looked down, I saw it was a bowl of blood bird's nest.
For a moment, hatred filled her consciousness.
How could she forget that it was because of Gu Yue's bowl of blood bird's nest that she was forced into the cold palace.
Master Su Xin trembled all over, his hands became unsteady, and the food box fell to the ground.
"Oh, what a pity. The fine blood bird's nest was wasted like this."
A cool voice came.
Master Su Xin suddenly raised his head and saw a ferocious face from the window.
Master Su Xin screamed: "Hua Jincheng!"
Hua Jincheng said: "Slave, I have met the Queen."
This Queen's voice is particularly ironic at this moment.
Master Su Xin seemed to have grasped the last straw and shouted: "Hua Jincheng! Why did you come now!"
Hua Jincheng smiled and said: "You are not afraid of being late for a good meal, but it is a pity that you threw it away."
Master Su Xin's eyes finally burst into light and she said: "How is Xiao Jiu? Who is raising him now? Is he doing well? Does he still cry at night?"
As a mother, Master Su Xin is most concerned about her children.
Hua Jincheng shook his head and said: "What a partiality. Do you only care about the Ninth Prince and not the Tenth Prince?"
Master Su Xin pounded the door panel and broke down: "Tell me quickly! How is my child doing now?"
Hua Jincheng saw her anxiety, but refused to let her get her wish, saying: "The tenth prince can already walk, babbling, and is learning to speak."
Master Su Xin cried and said: "Hua Jincheng, tell me how Xiao Jiu is doing, tell me quickly!"
Hua Jincheng said: "Don't worry, Queen. Aren't the palms and backs of your hands full of flesh? You really should meet the tenth prince, he looks so much like his father."
Master Su Xin's face turned ferocious and said: "Shut up! Shut up!"
Only the Ninth Prince is her child.
The tenth prince is a scoundrel.
She felt sick when she thought about that night.
Hua Jincheng said: "The tenth prince is really pitiful when he meets such a partial mother like you. But it doesn't matter, if his mother doesn't love him, his father will always love him."
Master Su Xin's expression changed and he said: "What do you mean! Isn't that guard dead?"
At first, Hua Jincheng showed kindness to her. She thought that Hua Jincheng, like other palace people, saw her as the queen and gave birth to the ninth prince to join her.
After using Hua Jincheng several times, she discovered that although Hua Jincheng was only the consul and eunuch of the Royal Beast Garden, for some reason, he actually had extraordinary abilities in the palace.
I wanted to explore the details of Huajincheng in detail, but because of the Tongxin anointing incident, I was banned from Changchun Palace.
So even though I was worried about Hua Jincheng, I still went to Hua Jincheng for help.
Hua Jincheng was really not that simple, she even disguised a guard as a eunuch and sent him into her palace.
Then there were ten princes.
She wanted to kill Hua Jincheng to silence her, but Hua Jincheng saw through it and threatened her: "Your secret is not only known to the slave. The slave's death date will also be your death date."
But when she asked again who the person behind Hua Jincheng was, Hua Jincheng only said: "Don't worry, the person behind this slave wants you and your child to be better than anyone else."
She guessed everyone who should be guessed, but there was no definite result.
With this secret, she and Hua Jincheng are like grasshoppers tied on a rope.
Master Su Xin said: "Sixue said that she saw the guard being thrown into the well with her own eyes, and she left only when there was no movement in the well."
Hua Jincheng smiled contemptuously and said, "It's just a trick, it's up to you whether you believe it or not."
Master Su Xin trembled all over, seeking skin from a tiger, only to be counterattacked in the end.
Her voice trembled: "What on earth do you want to do! Who is the person behind you!"
Hua Jincheng's face was covered with scars, and there was no expression other than ferociousness and terror.
Hua Jincheng said: "You have asked this question countless times. But I have a good temper, so it doesn't hurt to answer you again."
As soon as he mentioned the person behind it, the smile on Hua Jincheng's lips became even thicker.
He said: "Don't worry, the people behind this slave want the best for you and your children more than anyone else."
Master Su Xin roared: "Who is it!"
If he really wished her well, he wouldn't have seen her end up like this.
Hua Jincheng was not affected by her at all and said, "Don't you want to know how the Ninth Prince is doing now?"
When the Ninth Prince was mentioned, Master Su Xin didn't bother to ask about the person behind Hua Jincheng.
She said anxiously: "How is he? Tell me quickly!"
Hua Jincheng said: "You gave the imperial concubine an abortion pill, causing the imperial concubine to lose a son. In order to compensate the imperial concubine, the Holy One moved the ninth prince to the imperial concubine's palace."
Master Su Xin immediately said: "This is impossible!"
The Holy Emperor has few heirs, and even if he feels sorry for the imperial concubine's miscarriage, he will not let the ninth prince live with the imperial concubine.
After all, the Imperial Concubine's child was lost because of her, and the Holy Emperor was definitely worried that the Imperial Concubine would anger the Ninth Prince because of this.
Hua Jincheng really smiled and said, "The Queen is quite alert. Yes, the Ninth Prince is indeed not with the Imperial Concubine."
Master Su Xin was teased by Hua Jincheng repeatedly, and she felt extremely resentful, but she did not dare to offend Hua Jincheng.
Master Su Xin said with pleading in her tone: "Tell me! How is my Xiaojiu doing now?"
Hua Jincheng saw the tears in Master Su Xin's eyes and said, "The Ninth Prince was raised by Concubine Jiang."
There are few women in the palace who don't bear a grudge against Empress Xu. The Holy Emperor placed the Ninth Prince with Concubine Jiang. Logically speaking, it was most appropriate.
But Master Su Xin changed his expression and asked hurriedly: "Where is the Sixth Prince? Where is the Sixth Prince now?"
Seeing the fish bite the bait, Hua Jincheng said: "The imperial concubine had a miscarriage and is weak. She only has the eighth princess under her knees. The sixth prince is naturally by Concubine Jiang's side."