Chapter 21: Rumors
The situation is very simple, Xi Li Xuanzhi had a difficult birth, and after learning that Zhu Youxiao was outside the delivery room, she suddenly remembered the rumor, and immediately put the responsibility for the difficult birth on Zhu Youxiao's head.
The greatness of mother's love made her just want to drive Zhu Youxiao away at the moment, because of the scene where she was hoarse and angry and scolding.
All the women present were the most interested in such a thing, and all of a sudden the situation in the delivery room spread, everyone looked at Zhu Youxiao with strange eyes, and some people muttered, "It's okay to leave the election when you don't come, why is the grandson ......here?"
The latter words are not said, but the meaning is self-evident.
"Which chews on the root of her tongue!" Before Zhu Youxiao could speak, Wang Chengen, who was following next to him, suddenly became furious, his eyes widened, and he stared at the group of concubines and palace maids, trying to find out the person who was talking nonsense just now.
It's a pity that because of Zhu Youxiao's arrival, these concubines and palace maids gave way, and they were already crowded together, and they couldn't find the culprit at all.
"You ......" Wang Chengen was about to say something more, but was stopped by Zhu Youxiao's erected palm. Then he turned his head and looked at Zhu Changluo's expression quietly.
After Zhu Changluo listened to the palace maid's report, on the one hand, he was his favorite concubine, and on the other hand, his eldest son, the emperor's grandson, no matter what, he couldn't make a choice.
For a while, Zhu Changluo was a little at a loss, he didn't know whether to go on like this, and the processing hope was pinned on the midwife, resigned to fate, or following Xi Li's request, Zhu Youxiao dared to go.
looked at the delivery room and then at his son, Zhu Changluo squirmed his lips several times, but did not make a sound.
Crunch!
Just when Zhu Changluo was at a loss, another palace maid rushed out of the delivery room, this palace maid was not like the previous one, she was a little smart, and she shouted loudly as soon as she came out.
"Chitose Lord, Chitose Lord, no, Li Xuanzhi was so excited that he almost suffocated the child in his belly to death."
This sentence made Zhu Changluo make up his mind. He froze for a moment, took a deep breath, and then turned around, looking at Zhu Youxiao with resolute eyes, his lips opened and closed, and he wanted to say that cold and piercing sentence.
Just didn't wait for him to open his mouth, but Zhu Youxiao took the lead.
"Let's go." Zhu Youxiao commanded in a low voice, then left with a cold little face and his entourage. Once again, the crowd dispersed to make way for them. It's just that this time the distance is even bigger, and almost all the concubines and palace maids are ten meters away from him.
Looking at the departing grandson, Zhu Changluo's expression was complicated, both grateful and moved, but also guilty and self-blame. Several expressions were intertwined on her face, which was extremely wonderful and rich, making His Royal Highness the Prince, who usually had no sense of existence, suddenly come alive.
"Born, born." Strange to say, after Zhu Youshi walked out more than ten meters, this cheer was heard in vain in the delivery room.
This scene made the concubines of the East Palace even more afraid of Zhu Youxiao, and believed a little more in their hearts the rumors that the imperial grandson took the life of the emperor's luck.
"Master, these are too deceitful, they dare to look at you with such eyes, it's better to ......"
After leaving the delivery room for a distance, Wei Zhongxian immediately ran up and said indignantly that those people are cheap and must be rectified.
It's just that before he finished speaking, a cheer came from the direction behind him in vain, and after hearing this cheer, Wei Zhongxian, who has always been shrewd, reacted in an instant, Li Xuanzhi was born.
"It's better to ......" Wei Zhongxian's voice slowly lowered until he was gone. Even, unconsciously, his footsteps were two or three beats behind. The other eunuchs were almost like this, only Wang Chengen walked a few steps forward and came over.
"Master......" Wang Chengen opened his mouth, as if he wanted to comfort Zhu Youxiao, but was interrupted by a gesture from the other party.
"Don't worry, this palace is fine!" Zhu Youxiao said expressionlessly. It's just that in the bottom of his heart, he sighed leisurely. The inexplicable sourness kept coming, and I couldn't stop it.
"These palace battles or something, the most annoying!"
Wang Chengen glanced at Zhu Youxiao's expression, his mouth opened again, and finally he didn't speak. The group walked back to their palace in silence.
On the way, Wei Zhongxian, who was lagging behind, reacted immediately, hurried two more steps, came over, and cautiously looked at Zhu Youxiao's expression.
The most insipid is Cao Huachun, who has always been indifferent. Just his trembling hands and unmoving eyes knew that he was not as calm as he appeared at the moment.
Back in the room, Zhu Youxiao lay down on the bed and let out a heavy sigh.
Although he complained to himself, he was still in a bad mood, and anyone who was treated like this by his loved ones would not be in a good mood. Although Zhu Changluo is just his cheap father, he is also one of the few people in the world who is really good to him.
Fortunately, he still has the soul of an adult, rich in life experience, has been cheated by others, has been sold by others, and can bear it, and will not always be immersed in these negative emotions.
After regaining his composure, a faint trace of worry came back to his heart, making him a little irritable.
He is a traverser, so he naturally knows that those dead princes and princesses are just caused by the medical treatment of the ancient pit father, and Xi Li's difficult birth is just a coincidence.
But the problem is that other people don't know. In the eyes of these ignorant court people, they are simply demon stars who came into the world to take away the children of other concubines.
There is a saying that three people become tigers, and there is a saying that people are terrible. I can't tell you anything about it, not to mention that Zhu Youxiao's birth is mysterious, and Zhu Changluo's children are full of disasters.
The combination of these two is strange if there is no incident. Think about the Jiajing Dynasty's proverb of "the two dragons don't see each other", how much trouble it caused and how many twists and turns it caused in the position of Prince Hongzhi at that time.
Thinking about it so carefully, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel a deep chill in his heart, and he suddenly realized that the message in the palace about his invasion of the lives of the royal family was probably not so simple.
"Crunch!"
Just as Zhu Youxiao gradually came back to his senses, the door of his room was pushed open. Immediately after, a gentle voice sounded.
"Can my son sleep peacefully?" The voice is gentle and sweet, not at all like Wang Cairen's usual pungent appearance.
"Mother, the school hasn't slept yet, I don't know what happened to my mother." Hearing the voice of Wang Cairen, Zhu Youxiao hurriedly got up to greet him.
It was only when he opened his eyes that he found that he had not lit a candle when he came back and had fallen into it.
"Keyinyue, don't hurry up and take the lamp." commanded outside the door, and Zhu Youxiao greeted him with a little moonlight.
Thinking that he had just approached, Wang Cairen squatted down, grabbed him, and hugged him in his arms.
Before he opened his mouth to speak, Wang Cairen's tears couldn't stop falling down. Sticking to Wang Cairen's cheek, Zhu Youxiao could clearly feel the wetness brought by the tears falling.
"My son has been wronged today." After saying this, Wang Cairen suddenly burst into tears, and used a little more force in his hand to hug Zhu Youxiao tightly.
Feeling this strong and unpretentious maternal love, Zhu Youxiao was really moved. He called out sincerely: "Mother! ”
"My son doesn't cry, my son doesn't cry. My mother will definitely not let me be wronged in vain. As if sensing Zhu Youxiao's worries, Wang Cairen pushed his son out of his arms, grabbed his son's arm with both hands, and said firmly: "Mother must get justice for my son!" ”
After speaking, Wang Cairen resolutely got up and turned around and left without hesitation.
Looking at Wang Cairen's resolute figure, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but shout in a low voice: "Mother!" ”
He was somewhat willing to accept this mother.
The next day, when Zhu Youxiao came back from the morning exercise in the imperial horse prison duty room for breakfast, he saw a circle of eunuchs and palace maids in front of the gate of Ciqing Palace.
Through the gap in the crowd, a young palace maid could be vaguely seen lying on the ground, motionless, a puddle of dark red liquid flowing out from under her.
On closer inspection, the liquid turned out to be some dried blood, and the coagulated blood was a little dazzling in the glittering sunlight. The dark red color of the big beach, just looking at it, is like asking the bloody breath, which makes people's hearts faintly chill.
"What's going on, why is there such a thing in front of the East Palace." Walking in front of the group of eunuchs and palace maids, Zhu Youxiao asked with a frown.
At this moment, when he got closer, he realized that the number of eunuchs and palace maids here included almost all the people in Ciqing Palace. Even Wang An is among them.
"See His Royal Highness Taisun." After discovering that Zhu Youxiao was approaching, the eunuch palace ladies hurriedly knelt down and saluted.
After these people knelt down, Zhu Youxiao saw the situation inside, it was a palace maid who had been killed with a cane, and the goose-yellow clothes on her buttocks had been broken, mixed with white and red flesh and blood, which made people absolutely sobering and refreshing.
"Wang An, get up and talk back." Zhu Youxiao retracted his gaze and looked at the prince who was kneeling at the front.
"Yes, sir." After Wang An got up, he was still hunched up, and after taking a few steps forward, he whispered: "Back to the master, this is the talented lady who pulled out the cane this morning and killed her, saying that it was a lie. ”
"At the time of the execution, Niangniang asked me to wait here to watch. After the palace people were killed with a cane, Niangniang decided to make his violent corpse three moments, saying that it was for me to wait for the East Palace Palace people to remember my duty as a slave. ”
"I'm waiting here to watch, which is also what Niangniang meant."
After listening to Wang An's statement, Zhu Youxiao finally understood the meaning of Wang Cairen's words last night. She even blatantly killed a palace maid with a rod.
Although the life of the palace people in the palace is not valuable, it is also a secret thing, and the death of a palace person must always have a reason to say the past on the surface. What's more, Wang Cairen's position is only a talented person, and he has no right to deal with harem affairs.
But fortunately, this is Ciqing Palace, except for Guo's is Wang Cairen, who has the highest status, and she also said that she dealt with things in Ciqing Palace. Cover it up, and it's over, and no one will say anything.
But Wang Cairen decided to storm the corpse for three moments, although the East Palace is quiet, but there are many people who pay attention to it, Wang Cairen's approach has a great deterrent effect, but it also exposes himself to danger, one is not careful, it is the situation of being deposed and sent into the cold palace.
Thinking that Wanli just cut the hair of a palace maid in public, he caused a huge accident and was threatened by the Empress Dowager Cisheng to abolish the throne.
It's like risking his life to support Zhu Youxiao.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of another woman surnamed Wang, Concubine Wang Gong, that is, his grandmother.
"Wang's daughter, what a martyr!" He couldn't help but sigh.
Hearing this, Cao Huachun behind him was stunned, but then reacted and hurriedly recorded the words.
[Author's digression]: The New Year's wine is too hard to drink, every day, vomit