Xuan Ye entered the main hall under the singing of the Yellow Gate, Qing Shi hurriedly covered the red seal, and followed Qing Yu to salute, Xuan Ye helped Qing Yu up, looked at Qing Shi on the side, and said with a smile: "I came unfortunately, just in time for your sisters to catch up." ”

"Why, Your Majesty came at the right time." Qing Yu led Xuan Ye towards the inner hall, Qing Shi followed slowly, holding the embroidered handkerchief tightly with both hands, at this moment Qing Shi's cheeks were slightly crimson, and he lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes and didn't look at it again.

The palace people diligently served Lu'an new tea, Xuan Ye took a low sip, and said slowly: "Last year, Wei's gave birth to Yinxi, and handed it over to the grandmother of the North Five Institutes to take care of, and now it is about to be a year, find a suitable concubine to discipline him at the right time, who do you think is suitable?" ”

Qing Yu added tea and handed it to Xuan Ye and said, "I think Your Majesty has an answer." The concubine may wish to guess. ”

Xuan Ye raised his hand to take the teacup, and without saying a word, Qing Yu saw this and said, "The concubine guesses that Your Majesty likes Concubine Hui." ”

"The concubine has been in the palace for more than seven years, and she probably knows the temperament of each palace, and Concubine Wen of Yongshou Palace has not reached Double Nine, and she only entered the palace last year, so it is not a matter of fact. The remaining four concubines of Huirong Yide, Concubine Yi have raised six princesses. Concubine De has just lost her daughter, and there are six elder brothers by her side, so I am afraid that she will not have time to take care of it. In terms of qualifications, it is none other than the second concubine Huirong, who has a son and a daughter under her knees, and she is also powerless when she thinks about it. ”

Qing Yu saw him thoughtfully and said: "Concubine Hui only has a big brother under her knees, and Concubine Hui has a good family background, although Wei Changzai's status is low, but if the eighth elder brother can be raised by Concubine Hui, it is really a great blessing." The concubine is stupid, and hopes that His Majesty will listen to it. ”

Xuan Ye pondered for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "It's still Nianhuang who knows me best, and it's exactly what I think." Qing Yu smiled at him when he mentioned his small characters, and Xuan Ye said again, "Tomorrow, I will send someone to do it." ”

Suddenly, a westerly wind galloped in, pulling the iron horses under the eaves, and the leaves of the trees fell like a tide, which was a sign of the coming heavy rain. The west wind hunted, and Qing Shi couldn't help but tighten his cuffs. Xuan Ye said: "Spring and autumn are the most likely to be contaminated with wind and cold, go back and wear more clothes." Don't worry about your sister. ”

Suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the hall, and Qing Shi poked his head out curiously to see that it was Xuan Ye's close attendant eunuch Liang Jiugong.

Xuan Ye asked, "Why are you in such a hurry?" ”

Liang Jiugong hurriedly replied: "The eldest brother injured His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the study, and now His Royal Highness is unconscious, and the eldest elder brother is kneeling outside the Qianqing Palace to plead guilty." Lord Zhang, please come over to your majesty. ”

"Do something that doesn't make me feel at ease!"

Xuan Ye slapped his palm on the case, and the tea cup fell to the ground in response, and the splashed tea spread out at the corner of Xuan Ye's clothes.

Qing Yu knew that the prince was the most favored prince of the dynasty, Yuan Liang (1) was stable, and Xuan Ye had set up Yuqing Palace as the Eastern Dynasty and personally taught the four classics. When Rao is prince spoke obediently, Xuan Ye never punished him, and now that he is injured, how can he not be angry.

Qing Yu handed the palace people a glance to clean up the porcelain slag. After being silent for a long time, Xuan Ye suddenly asked again: "Has the imperial doctor seen it?" ”

Liang Jiugong cautiously replied: "The imperial doctor who invited him said that His Highness is fine for the time being. ”

"Drive Yuqing Palace." Qing Yu looked at Xuan Ye, noticed that the green tendons on his forehead protruded, and raised his head, facing Xuan Ye's aggressive gaze, and Fang Cai judged the same as two people. Qing Yu knew that he was furious, so he stepped forward to stop him and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine is willing to go to Yuqing Palace to take care of the prince, and now that the heavy rain is coming, Your Majesty might as well go to Qianqing Palace first." ”

Xuan Ye hesitated for a moment, acquiescing to Qingyu's words, and waved his hand to signal Liang Jiugong to drive the Qing Palace. When leaving, he glanced back at Qing Yu meaningfully.

A thunderbolt flashed between the sky, and the raindrops fell down as if they were threaded into a thread, and suddenly the eaves slipped like a note. The young man knelt in front of the Qianqing Palace and shivered, his cheeks had turned slightly blue, and in the heavy rain, his figure became thinner and thinner, and Xuan Ye entered the hall from his side, as if he was nothing.

Zhang Yinggong, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, solemnly looked good, and entered the hall to ask for peace: "Respectfully, Your Majesty, Sheng'an." Seeing that the corners of his eyes were bruised, Xuan Ye sneered, raised his hand to the outside of the hall, and asked, "I ordered you to teach the princes, is this such a teaching?" ”

Zhang Ying hurriedly crawled on the ground and said, "The minister is guilty." Xuan Ye looked at His Highness's people with a lot of eyes in his eyes, and asked in a difficult way, "What is Qing's crime?" ”

"The minister has two crimes, one is that the minister is vulgar and ignorant, and he is the prince's teacher, and he cannot do his best to preach and teach His Royal Highness the prince, because he is talentless; Second, when the matter was concerned, the minister failed to stop His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the eldest brother in time, resulting in this disaster, which was incompetent; Such a talented and incompetent person, may Your Majesty punish him. Zhang Ying bowed again, and Xuan Ye asked with a slight hint of color, "Then you say, how should I punish it?" ”

Zhang Ying looked up and was already dripping with sweat, and the bruises at the corners of his eyes actually gave rise to pain at this moment, and he couldn't help but look embarrassed: "Minister... The ministers are at the disposal of His Majesty. Xuan Ye said, "In this case, you don't have to go to Wuyi Zhai anymore, and then return to Hanlin Academy after reading the scriptures and classics." ”

Zhang Ying couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, bowed his head and bowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty for your grace." Zhang Ying knew that the monarch was unpredictable, and he was afraid that he would be implicated in this matter in the future, and then he would make his wishes, and the words were a little more bitter out of thin air: "The minister still has something to do, and the minister has been deeply gracious and grateful for it for several years, but when the minister's father abandoned the world, it was when Sanfan was not peaceful, so he dealt with it rashly." And the minister has not returned home for a long time, fearing that the people will not be filial, the minister prays for the holy test, and allows the minister to return to his hometown to rebury his father in order to fulfill his filial piety. ”

Xuan Ye didn't know his thoughts, both clear and philosophical, in order to protect his body. It was not good to flick his mind, so he said in a soothing tone: "Qing has served the inner court for several years, and he is diligent and prudent. I hope that Qing will return quickly. After speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for Zhang Ying to retreat.

At this moment, Xuan Ye's anger had disappeared for the most part, and he turned to hear the sound of rain outside the window, and handed over his eyes to Liang Jiugong, Liang Jiugong immediately understood, and walked to the door of the hall to see that the young man was still kneeling in the rain, in the end, he was a child who grew up, and he always couldn't bear it in his heart, but he was helpless, and returned to Xuan Ye and said: "Your Majesty, the eldest brother is still kneeling in front of the palace." ”

Xuan Ye got up and stood at the door of the hall with his hands in his hands, he knew that Yinzhen was stubborn, as soon as this incident came out, it must be Concubine Hui's idea to make him bow his head and come to admit punishment.

Yin Zhen's eyes were slightly raised, and he noticed that Xuan Ye was cold, and he felt a little cool in his heart, but his face was the same, and he bowed loudly: "The son is guilty." ”

Xuan Ye said coldly: "I don't love my siblings, I don't respect my teacher, do you think that kneeling at the palace gate with the heavy rain will forgive you?" ”

Yin Zhen said: "Erchen doesn't dare." Xuan Ye snorted lightly, his face was like frost, "Why don't you dare, this time you hurt the prince, next time, if my words don't suit your wishes, won't you still come to beat me?" ”

Yin Zhen was silent, Xuan Ye no longer looked at him, raised his head to look at the sky, the blue bird fluttered its wings and swept across the sky, and the small figure gradually disappeared into the rain, but after the lightning was great, it fell into the sky, leaving no trace.

Xuan Ye couldn't help but think that a few years ago, Yinchu was seriously ill, and the princes who were born before him had all died, and Xuan Ye had no hope. It wasn't until a few months later that Yinchu got better, if he was one step short at the beginning, at this time it was already heaven and man forever, and he was more alienated from him in the past few years, and his heart was suddenly relieved, and he only heard him say slowly: "Go back, I don't want to see you." Seeing that Yinzhen still didn't move half a step as before, the pity that he had inspired, but because of his stubbornness, Xuan Ye brushed his sleeves away, and still said lightly when he left, "Since you like to kneel, go to the Qin'an Palace, don't get in the way of my eyes here." ”

Xuan Ye saw Liang Jiugong on his side and glanced back at Yinzhen, and sneered: "You will feel sorry for people." Liang Jiugong hurriedly defended himself, "The slave doesn't dare." Minions are just ......"

"Come on, put away your pretense, you're my haha bead (2), I still don't know you?" Xuan Ye stopped, sighed lightly, and continued, "Go, let him kneel for two hours and go back." ”

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(1) Yuanliang: refers to the crown prince.

(2) Haha beads: Manchu language, meaning young servant. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there were this kind of haha beads in some aristocratic houses, and the prince's companion was mostly served by the sons of the royal family and the ministers of the court, while the haha beads were mostly served by the clothed slaves.