Chapter 5
Concubine Xian kindly looked at Dongfang Du in her arms, patted her back gently, and said softly: "Okay, the emperor, the mother concubine has been in your bedroom for a long time, and it is time to leave." "In this palace, even if it is the bedroom of his son, he can't stay long.
Dongfang Du closed his eyes in Concubine Xian's arms, and when he heard her say that she was leaving, his hands tightened, and he said glutinously: "Mother, stay a little longer, Erchen hasn't seen you for many years, and I am reluctant to let you go." ”
Sun Yiwan looked at the child in her arms fondly, if she really died when she was fourteen years old as her emperor said, then for so many years, it must have been very hard for her own emperor to be a woman and a prince. Left the palace at the age of three, returned to the palace at the age of thirteen, and only got along with himself for four years after counting.
Dongfang Du relied on Concubine Xian's arms for a long time before he reluctantly let go of his hand, and did not forget to remind: "Mother, you should be more careful when you go back." Concubine Xian didn't seem to care much, just nodded with a smile, and instructed: "The emperor should have a good rest, and the concubine will return to Zhaoxian Palace." ”
Thinking that his emperor wanted to seize the throne, he added another sentence, "No matter what my Du'er wants to do, the mother concubine is on your side." "'Even if you want to take the throne directly, this palace will never stop you.' After taking care of Dongfang Du and lying down obediently, he tucked Dongfang Du's quilt well, and then walked out of Dongfang Du's dormitory, and returned to his Zhaoxian Palace with Leng Mei Ningzhu, who had been guarding the door of the dormitory.
As soon as Concubine Xian left, the only princess of Dongqian Kingdom, Princess Fengling Dongfang Lingwu, came to Fengqing Palace to see the second prince Dongfangdu. Dongfang Lingwu is two years older than Dongfang Du, who is the second prince, and was born in the sixth year of Qianxin, when he was sixteen years old.
"Second Emperor Brother, I heard that you suddenly fell ill two days ago, and the imperial sister only came to see you today, so I won't blame the imperial sister." Dongfang Lingwu entered Dongfangdu's Fengqing Palace, and sat directly on the edge of Dongfangdu's bed, looking at Dongfang Du with concern, "Two days ago, you were unconscious, thinking of coming in to see you, but you were stopped outside your bedroom by your mother. ”
While speaking, Dongfang Lingwu raised his hand and probed Dongfang Du's forehead, and exhaled softly, "It's good that the fever has subsided" 'In the past two days, I've really been in a hurry!' ’
"Sister Huang, you... Can you come, I... I'm so happy, how could I... How can I blame you. When Dongfang Du saw Dongfang Lingwu, he couldn't help blushing, and even stammered.
In the previous life, after the death of Concubine Xian, the most caring and caring person in the palace for Dongfang Du was Princess Fengling Dongfang Lingwu. Dongfang Lingwu's mother, who is a concubine of Chang Xiu, could have been promoted from Xiurong to Shurong by giving birth to a princess, but unfortunately on the day she gave birth to Ling Wu, she died, and Emperor Qianwen Dongfang Runhao Nian gave birth to Ling Wu with his life in Chang Xiurong, so he directly named Dongfang Lingwu as Princess Fengling.
Dongfang Lingwu, who has no mother, is raised by the queen. The queen has two sons, one is born in the third year of Qianxin's eldest prince Dongfang Xi, the eldest prince was named the crown prince by Emperor Qianwen when he was five years old in the seventh year of Qianxin, and on the day of the crown prince's ceremony, Emperor Qianwen changed the name of the year to Qiansheng. In the third year of Qiansheng, the queen gave birth to another son, Dongfang Xu, who was six years younger than the prince.
The queen, who already has two princes, takes little care of Dongfang Lingwu. Dongfangdu's mother, just in the same year that Dongfang Lingwu was born, in the sixth year of Qianxin, entered the palace, and the queen directly handed over the infant Princess Fengling to Sun Yiwan to take care of. Before Dongfang Du was born, Sun Yiwan regarded Princess Fengling as her own and took care of Princess Fengling wholeheartedly.
In September of the second year of Qiansheng, Dongfang Du was born, and Sun Yiwan was named a virtuous concubine because she gave birth to a prince. Although she has her own children, Sun Yiwan still takes care of Dongfang Lingwu, and her care for Lingwu has not diminished in the slightest. In front of everyone, Dongfang Lingwu called Sun Yiwan a virtuous concubine, and in private, Dongfang Lingwu called Sun Yiwan as his mother and concubine in general.
At that time, Princess Fengling, Da Dongfang was two years old, although she was young, she also had consciousness, looking at the little glutinous Dongfang Du wrapped in swaddling clothes, she liked it, and often poked Dongfangdu's tender face with her little finger. When they were older, the two stumbled and played together.
Dongfang Du has been weak since he was born, so he has been wrapped tightly, and was told by his mother that he must not leave Zhaoxian Palace at will, although the little Dongfang Du is eager to play outside, but he also obeyed the admonition of his mother, and has never left Zhaoxian Palace, fortunately there is the imperial sister Dongfang Lingwu in Zhaoxian Palace, so as not to be bored.
According to the living note, Concubine Sun Xian was favored by the emperor three times after entering the palace, and the first two times were not pregnant with the dragon species. It's just that I didn't expect that Dongfang Du, who should have been born in October, would be born a month earlier, and after the birth, Wen Po trembled slightly and replied to Emperor Qianwen who was waiting outside the dormitory: "Congratulations to the emperor, Niangniang gave birth to a prince, but because the prince was born prematurely, she can't see the wind......"
Because she couldn't see the wind, Dongfangdu, who was still young in swaddling clothes, was wrapped tightly, Sun Yiwan felt sorry for her child, and she did everything herself, even the nurse was not found. Dongfang Du was three years old, and he never left Sun Yiwan's Zhaoxian Palace, and only played with his two-year-old imperial sister Dongfang Lingwu in Zhaoxian Palace. And when he was three years old, Dongfang Du was accepted as an apprentice by Shui Yazi and directly taken out of the palace, and he said goodbye to Dongfang Lingwu for ten years before saying goodbye.
When Dongfang Lingwu was thirteen years old, he had his own palace, Lingxin Palace, and moved away from Concubine Sun Xian's Zhaoxian Palace. When Dongfang Du returned from learning martial arts outside the palace, it was strange that it was difficult to play together like a child, and he only met occasionally when he said goodbye.
I haven't seen Dongfang for many years, the baby in the swaddling clothes has grown into a young man, sixteen-year-old Dongfang Lingwu, has known about men and women, although she is the royal sister of Dongfangdu, but she also knows how to avoid suspicion with Dongfangdu. If it weren't for Dongfang Du's sudden fever and illness, Dongfang Lingwu would not have so rashly stepped into Dongfang Du's Fengqing Palace to visit Dongfang Du.
Seeing Dongfang Du's face flushed slightly, thinking that Dongfang Du had started a fever again, Dongfang Lingwu hurriedly asked with concern: "Second Emperor Brother, is it starting to have a fever again?" "'I just probed the forehead of the second emperor brother a moment ago, and my body temperature is normal, why did my face suddenly turn red?'
"No... There is no ......" Dongfang Du didn't know how to explain, bit his lip, and could only complain about the quilt: "It is estimated that the quilt is tightly covered, and I feel that it is hot......"
Dongfangdu, who was wearing a pure white shirt, lifted the quilt in front of the imperial sister so generously, and sat up, "This makes me feel much more comfortable, and I don't feel hot" After speaking, I found that my imperial sister blushed at some point. Only then did Dongfang Du realize that he was the prince, and the royal sister was the princess, and he felt embarrassed for a while.
After thinking about it, he finally asked stupidly, "Sister Huang, do you also feel hot?" ”
"Ahem" Dongfang Lingwu didn't know how to answer for a while, if you want to say it's hot, it's obviously November, it's already winter, if you want to say it's not hot, I don't know how to explain my blushing appearance, and finally nodded, "I guess I was in a hurry, and I just felt hot...... "The two of you, you pretend to be stupid and I'm stupid, so you turned over this embarrassment."
"Speaking of which, in the more than a year since you returned to the palace, the imperial sister hasn't had a good chat with you, and in the ten years outside the palace, how has the second imperial brother been?" Dongfang Lingwu first found a topic to speak, thinking that while Dongfang was sick, the sister and brother would have a good relationship with each other, if it was usual, they didn't know how to sit together quietly and chat like this.
"Ten years outside the palace?" Dongfang Du looked at Dongfang Lingwu, but his eyes penetrated Dongfang Lingwu, as if looking at the distant past. For Dongfang Du at this time, the ten years outside the palace were not a year ago, for her, it was seven years ago, it was really a long time ago, so far away that it was like a world away.
"Yes, ten years outside the palace, the second emperor brother will talk to the imperial sister." Dongfang Lingwu looked at Dongfang Du gently, expecting him to tell him what it was like outside the palace. She has always lived in the palace, and she has never been out of the palace, and she can't imagine what the outside world is like.