The second prince Wang Hong has done many things, including what he did in concealment, Xiaoyi has been involved, and what he has done in the past few days is of course no exception. So there is no need for Wang Hong to say it explicitly, he can probably know who the person he said is, and he can vaguely guess what the first thing he is still questioning is.

However, she couldn't guess what the second thing was that he didn't have a clue about at the moment. Wang Hong hadn't revealed anything to her, a close maid, before, but she had served him for many years, and she had developed a certain degree of consciousness in front of him, knowing that if he didn't say anything, she wouldn't ask more. Naturally, there are reasons why he doesn't mention things need to be kept secret.

Xiao Yi clenched the silver hairpin in his hand, didn't ask a word more, only nodded and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness's entrustment, the maid will definitely go all out." ”

Wang Hong smiled slightly, but a trace of amazement appeared in his eyes, and he said slowly: "In a few days, I will pinch something to reprimand you to leave the palace, but I haven't considered the method of summoning you back for a while." Maybe I won't be able to see you for a long time, and I don't know if I'm going to be very unaccustomed to it without your care. ”

When Xiao Yi heard him say this, his expression suddenly darkened, and he said in a deep voice: "It's nothing for the servant to be wronged, but he will miss His Highness very much." Everyone in Huayang Palace will serve you wholeheartedly, but sometimes you are like a child who does not know how to cherish and take care of your body, which is also something that others cannot take care of everywhere. Your Highness, after Xiaoyi leaves Huayang Palace, you must take care of yourself. ”

"Well, I will......" Wang Hong said this, and suddenly felt a throbbing somewhere in his heart. He slowly raised his hand to stroke Xiaoyi's hair, but in the end, he just waved his raised hand, then lowered his hand and whispered: "My mouth is a little dry, and I suddenly want to drink the clear water and pear soup you made, can I help me make one?" ”

Xiaoyi nodded, and after owing his blessing, he left the study.

Quietly staring at the closed door for a moment, Wang Hong's brows frowned. Coughed again.

He quickly rolled up his sleeves and pressed his lips tightly, trying to make his coughing voice as low as possible. He didn't want to lure back the palace maids who had been separated by Xiaoyi just now, because he still needed a quiet environment to think about some things alone.

After suppressing his cough for a while, he finally stopped coughing and let out a long breath.

Some time ago, the imperial sister accidentally fell into the water, and when he went to visit, he met his father in the imperial sister's bedroom, and then his father took him to talk in the garden for a while. Now he suddenly thought of the words that his father had said to him, and the expectations of a father for his son contained in those words, but his heart was filled with a trace of bitterness at the moment.

There is nothing to do without a good body as a foundation, anything that wants to work hard. can break halfway. His father's expectations always feel like a luxury for him now. Because he was not sure that he could achieve his father's hopes, this extravagant hope turned into a kind of pressure.

He spread one of his palms in the light. I saw that the skin of my hands was smooth, and even the back of my hands did not have any fine lines, showing a slightly bloodless whiteness.

His fingers, though slender, were like those of a woman. With the dedicated service of all the palace people in Huayang Palace, he didn't need to do any hard work. Of course, the state of the skin color and finger joints is also a kind of lack of strength.

The corners of his mouth unconsciously climbed into a self-deprecating smile, and he remembered the woman surnamed Ye in the other courtyard.

He had gently touched her belly with these hands of his own, and the touch between his fingers when the little life in her womb moved made his young heart excited and novel. This also made him never forget the half-year love that the woman gave him, and the afternoon when the red sun was getting red. She stroked her bulging belly and smiled at what she had said to him.

……

"Xiao Hong'er, if your aunt gives birth to a boy in the future, she will be your younger brother. If it's a girl, it's your sister. In short, although your aunt is not your biological mother, this child is your father's child, that is, your younger brother or sister, and you must love each other in the future. ”

"Hmmm! But...... Aunt Ye. Can you have a sister? Hong'er already has a younger brother, but he can always bully me. If there is another brother, Hong'er is afraid that she will not be able to withstand it. ”

"Haha, it's okay, there is an aunt, if this younger brother dares to bully you, see if I don't open his ass...... Oops......"

"Aunt Ye, what's wrong with you?"

"The stinky boy was making a fuss in there, and he just kicked me. Alas...... Therefore, people should not speak ill of others behind their backs, even unborn babies know that they are unhappy and want to take revenge! ”

"Dare to bully Aunt Ye, watch me be angry for you!"

"Don't, if you beat him, he can't jump out and pay you back, so he can only take out his anger on me."

"That'...... Then I'll sing him a song, and he won't move when he's asleep. ”

"Sing it! Xiao Hong'er, if your younger brother dares to bully you in the future, you can beat him back when I am away. But if she is a little sister, when she is angry, you have to bear more! ”

"Well, if I had a sister, I would definitely take good care of her. I've always wanted to have a sister, how cute! ”

"With your words, my aunt is relieved."

……

Wang Hong went to play in the other courtyard, and when she saw the imperial concubine surnamed Ye for the first time, her lower abdomen was already bulging. At that time, he only vaguely knew that Aunt Ye would have a child soon, and her child would be his half-brother or sister.

Wang Hong already has an older sister and a younger brother, both of whom are half-siblings, and he doesn't feel anything wrong with this. As for the likes and dislikes of future siblings, this affection is mostly born from the likes and dislikes of their biological mothers. However, Wang Hong likes his father's concubine very much, and of course he is looking forward to the birth of his younger brothers and sisters.

Wang Hong didn't remember much of his biological mother, and it wasn't until he reached a certain age that he realized that his biological mother was a little insane, so when he was a child, his father almost never mentioned his mother in front of him, because he was afraid that his growth would be affected by it. After getting to know Aunt Ye, who lived in another courtyard and lived in a simple house, Wang Hong often went to talk to Aunt Ye, and Aunt Ye took him to play some strange but interesting games and eat snacks made by Aunt Ye...... In just half a year, he has gained a lot of unprecedented happiness.

Only now did he deeply realize and understand that that kind of happiness was caused by maternal love, but the maternal love he received from Aunt Ye was only maintained for half a year. But this change is not because after Aunt Ye has her own child, she no longer loves him as much as before, but because she loses it.

The woman who was not as rigid as an adult and loved him very much quickly disappeared in the palace after giving birth overnight. If it weren't for the fact that the other courtyard was still there, the apricot blossom tree in the corner of the courtyard wall that he had watered with Aunt Ye many times was still there, and this short memory would really make him mistakenly think that he was just having a sweet dream.

Aunt Ye is gone, and Wang Hong has returned to the original boring life atmosphere of staying indoors every day, either reading books or being in a daze. But he had already tasted the warm and beautiful feeling of motherly care, so he was about to be unable to endure this boring life as he had before.

But whenever he asked about Aunt Ye's whereabouts, the old lady in the palace who was in charge of taking care of him not only did not answer, but always tactfully advised him, secretly telling him not to ask about this matter.

One day, he learned of Aunt Ye's death.

The sudden death of a man who loved him very much and made him feel dependent on him was greatly stimulated by the news. For a long time, he no longer needed the old mother's reminder, and naturally did not want to touch the topic.

But that doesn't mean he'll really forget all the memories of the woman's kindness to him.

As he grew older, his mind became more and more resilient, and he was no longer as fragile and timid as he was when he was a child. He had always been concerned about the cause of Aunt Ye's death, but he remembered that when he asked about his father when he was a child, his father's attitude seemed to be reluctant to mention it, and the unborn younger siblings he had been looking forward to didn't know what the outcome would be.

When his relatives expressed an attitude of avoidance and indifference, and he couldn't let go of the confusion and doubts about the cause of Aunt Ye's death, Wang Hong decided to do it himself, slowly and secretly building a force of his own.

He did this just to find out the cause of Aunt Ye's death and the whereabouts of his younger siblings. He didn't expect that the more this matter was investigated, the bigger the gap would become, and even let him realize that his biological mother's mental disorder did not seem to be caused by spontaneous cause, but as if it was caused by someone's assassination.

And this person who secretly played a black hand, all the clues led her to the concubine Niangniang, who had always treated her very well, and was now very favored by her father, and her forbearance and benevolence were broadcast in the palace.

Concubine De combines the thousands of favors of her father, except for the fact that she has not yet given birth to an heir for her father, she can be regarded as perfect in other aspects. Of course, Wang Hong also knows that people in such a position are easy to be envied, and the possibility of being misunderstood by being splashed with sewage is also very large. So when he just had that bad idea, he chose to ignore and avoid.

However, some recent events have made Aunt Ye's affairs also have a bad connection with her, which makes Wang Hong feel anxious faintly.

Death is the most thorough way to erase all the traces left by a person in the world, but after Wang Hong found out the cause of Aunt Ye's death, he followed the vine of the accident to find out the child she gave birth to and is still alive in the world, but the child lives in a space that is almost as narrow as him, which makes him pity the fate of the child even more, not to mention that he promised Aunt Ye that he would treat Aunt Ye's child well.

However, when she was about to have a chance to meet the child for real, Concubine De actually resorted to such a method.