Chapter Twenty-Five: The Wind Rises

In the long and narrow corridor of the palace, the chariot of the noble concubine hurried by, and the corridor was full of palace people kneeling for a while, and a group of new palace maids raised their eyes curiously to peek at the distant chariot and talked quietly.

"That's the concubine's chariot, it's so gorgeous and beautiful."

"Yes, yes, I heard that the concubine is very easy-going, if only she could be assigned to Xirui Palace."

"Don't you dream, the palace of the concubine is also what you can think of?"

"Think about it, and there won't be a piece of meat missing......"

"Shut up, the concubine is also what you can criticize?! I'm tired of my head on my neck and want to change places, right? ”

The aunt in the blue-green palace dress stood up and looked at the little palace maids who were talking to each other, and reprimanded them with a straight face, and the little palace maids were so frightened that they lowered their heads and didn't dare to say anything.

A cold wind blew, and the aunt who was standing choked and coughed, and a palace maid who was close to her, with sharp eyebrows and eyes, quickly stood up and supported her aunt, helping her back with one hand, and handing over a plain handkerchief with the other.

"My aunt will use it, and the wind is blowing, and my aunt is careful to choke on the wind and get cold."

took the handkerchief and tucked his mouth and nose, his narrow eyes turned and swept his eyes to support his palace maid, Tan Rou smiled slightly.

"The wind? When did the wind stop within the walls of this palace, and what is your name? ”

"The slave is cheap, the name is Rongyue."

"Rong Yue? Which one? That's it, it doesn't matter, your name has collided with the nobleman, let's change the word, from now on it will be called Lianyue, okay? ”

"Mercy Moon Xie Aunt gave her name."

When the concubine's chauffeur arrived, Emperor Jiakang was reprimanding Concubine Hui and the eldest prince in the imperial study.

"I let you do a bad job in the household department, I don't expect you to make much achievements, I just ask you to abide by your duty and be honest, you are good, you dare to embezzle public funds! Who gave you the guts?! ”

A pile of account books rolled up from the table to the eldest prince like a storm, Emperor Jiakang stared at the eldest son who was kneeling and trembling with an angry face, and Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Concubine Hui who was holding the handkerchief with an unbearable face, and he was even more angry.

"And you! A loving mother has many defeated children, as my eldest son, he has no demeanor of being a brother at all, he is arrogant and lascivious all day long, and now he dares to pay attention to the treasury, this is the good son you raised! I shouldn't have been unbearable for a while, and I raised him by your side. ”

Concubine Hui listened to Jia Kangdi's merciless accusation, pinched the handkerchief and wiped the moist corners of her eyes.

"The emperor is clear, the concubines never dared to teach Shuo'er to bully the king, Shuo'er was really confused this time, and now the deficit on the books has been made up, and I hope that the emperor will read his first offense and be punished lightly."

The atmosphere in the imperial study was sluggish, Emperor Jiakang was silent, Concubine Hui didn't dare to get up, and her crying was intermittent and very forbearing.

Li Zhongshou looked at the concubine Niangniang who waved away Qiu Xin's hand and jumped out of the chariot directly, his eyebrows jumped, and he turned around and entered Yuming Jia Kangdi.

"Your Majesty, the concubine is here."

Jiakangdi's expression was relieved, and he looked at the person kneeling on the ground, and disgust flashed in his eyes.

"Get up, go back and reflect! Don't think that it's okay to make up the money on the household side. Thinking of your first offense, your mother interceded for you again, and took out 10,000 taels from the treasury and handed it over to the household department to block the mouths of those courtiers. And you, the Queen Mother's phoenix body is slightly sick, go back to copy a month's scriptures to pray for the Queen Mother, and by the way, quietly think about how to teach this rebel. ”

"Yes, thank you for your grace."

"Yes, thank the emperor for his grace."

The eldest prince took the lead in getting up and reaching out to support the trembling Concubine Hui, and the mother and son walked out of the imperial study in embarrassment, and collided with the concubine who hurriedly entered the door.

"I've seen the concubine ...... Niangniang"

Concubine Hui knelt down and saluted again, but the concubine who looked hurried ignored it and went straight into the imperial study.

The eldest prince hurriedly helped Concubine Hui up, and resentment flashed in Concubine Hui's eyes, but she didn't dare to say more, so she walked out of the courtyard with the eldest prince's hand.

"Don't rush back to the house first, go back to Huiren Palace with your mother, your brother is still waiting there."

As soon as he heard the name of his younger brother Yang Zhiyi, the fourth prince, the eldest prince's brows furrowed.

This younger brother has loved to teach himself a lesson since he was a child, but his mother defends him, although he is an elder brother, it is difficult for him to take advantage of him, and he instinctively doesn't like to be close to him, if it weren't for his mother, he wouldn't even want to meet.

After Concubine Hui's mother and son left, Jia Kangdi drank half a cup of tea, looked at Jiang Ronghua who came in in a hurry, and smiled helplessly.

"What are you anxious about, didn't I say that I would go to your palace for dinner tonight, why did you come to the imperial study, on such a cold day, why did you run this trip, what should I do if I catch a cold?"

"The emperor is safe, and the concubines ask the emperor for peace."

The concubine, who had made a hasty salute, stood up by herself without waiting for Jia Kangdi to speak, her eyes swept over everyone, Li Zhong waved everyone away, and she and Qiu Xin retreated together, and closed the door of the imperial study.

As soon as the door closed, Jiang Ronghua couldn't hold back any longer, and suddenly rushed to Jiakangdi's side, stretching out his hand to rummage through the music.

"But there's new news? I'll see where it is. ”

Jia Kangdi put down the teacup, looked at the overturned table and sighed, a little regretful that he told the concubine the news earlier.

Stretched out his hand to hold Jiang Ronghua's tumbling hand, pulled the person to sit on the soft couch by the window, and brought a plate of snacks.

"Try it, the newly crafted dim sum from the Imperial Dining Room."

"I'm not hungry, tell me what's coming."

Jiang Ronghua didn't even look at it, so he pushed the dim sum away, his bright eyes firmly fixed on Jia Kangdi's face, hoping to see some clues, and his hanging heart didn't dare to let go at all, for fear of hearing bad news.

Jia Condi looked at the dim sum that was ruthlessly pushed away, sighed, reached out and pulled the dim sum plate back, and picked up a piece of dim sum and put it in her hand.

"You listen while eating, I tell you slowly, the left and right people are about to enter Beijing, and they can't run away, what are you anxious about? I can't hide it like this, where do I dare to tell you again. ”

Sometimes threats are more effective than persuasion, as soon as Jia Kangdi said this, the concubine swallowed the snack almost directly, wiped her mouth after eating, and praised it proudly.

"Your Majesty's imperial dining room is getting better and better, and this snack is so good."

"Really? Then what kind of stuffing does the concubine say? ”

"Uh......"

Jia Kangdi looked at Jiang Ronghua, who was rarely choked by himself, snorted in a good mood, got up and walked to a picture scroll, looking at the person in the painting with gentle eyes.

The painting shows a woman holding a little girl, the woman's eyebrows and eyes are gentle, and the little girl's smiling eyebrows and eyes are crooked, it is the concubine and the eighth princess who has died.

After the scroll was lifted, Jia Condi tapped the wall three times, and the flat wall suddenly moved to the right, revealing a brocade box.

"It's ....."

"Open it and take a look."

Jiang Ronghua opened the brocade box, his eyes were shining with golden light, and he almost burst into tears when he saw it, this brocade box contained all his favorite things when Anyang was still there.

Black pearls the size of pigeon's eggs, thumb-sized gemstones of various colors, and fine sheep fat jade carved into the shape of small animals.

These are all collected by Jiakangdi as a father to Anyang, since Anyang left, these things have disappeared, and they were originally put away by Jiakangdi.

"Lang Brother ......"

"There's news over there, that girl has an illness, and now she's better."

Jiang Ronghua's sad mood retreated suddenly, his heart was full of anxiety, and his heart suddenly clenched.

"Sick? What is the disease? ”

"It's seasickness and then suffered from the wind chill, seasickness is nothing, but the wind chill and high fever for a few days were assassinated, she is very smart and has solved it. People are about to enter Beijing, and they will always see you later, don't worry, I am here, and it will be fine. ”

Jiang Ronghua wholeheartedly believed that the little girl from the Tong family was the reincarnation of Anyang, and Emperor Jiakang was more sensible, but he also had a good impression of the little girl who had a lot in common with Anyang.

Concubine Hui and the eldest prince, who returned to Huiren Palace, sat on the soft couch and drank a small half cup of hot tea, and they were completely relaxed.

"Mother, big brother."

Yang Zhiyi saluted the two people who were sitting, and then sat on the brocade stool brought by Concubine Hui's palace maid Hongxiang, next to Concubine Hui, and naturally stretched out her hand to massage Concubine Hui's knees and calves.

Concubine Hui looked at her youngest son, her eyes were full of joy, although the eldest was a little spoiled, but the youngest son was very filial.

Yang Zhishuo saw everything in his eyes, snorted coldly, and continued to drink tea.

"The mother concubine is fine, Yi'er doesn't have to worry. It's just that you just knelt for half an hour, and you can change your eldest brother and get out of the way, it's nothing. ”

Yang Zhiyi looked at his mother's concubine with a kind smile, and then looked at his eldest brother who was only drinking tea and eating snacks with a cold face, the anger in his heart was a little irrepressible, and the words he said were extremely cold and hard.

"Is there a shortage of silver for the eldest brother? If you want your mother to suffer so much, if you are short of money in the future, tell your younger brother that your younger brother will help her eldest brother even if she is bankrupt. ”

"Bang Bang ———"

Yang Zhishuo stood up violently, smashed the teacup in his hand, and glared at Yang Zhiyi coldly.

"That's how you talk to your brother? Where have I read all these years of sage books! ”

"The eldest brother also knows that he is the elder brother, and he has read the sage books for so many years, so why is he still trapped in such a situation for the mother concubine?!"

"Shut up Hongu!"

Concubine Hui stroked her aching chest, looking at the two sons who looked like enemies, she had a headache.

"Yi'er, the mother concubine knows that you feel sorry for the mother concubine, but Shuo'er is your eldest brother after all, how can you talk to your brother like this. Shuo'er was also killed this time, and I don't blame Shuo'er, who knew that the strategist was a secret stake. ”

"Mother!" Yang Zhiyi looked at Concubine Hui with an incredulous expression, "Do you still want to protect him now?" Now he dares to reach out to the treasury, this time it is my father who looks at your face, who knows that next time my father will be able to speak so well! ”

"He's he, he's the brother of your mother's fellow brother. Shuo'er is gullible, just be cautious in the future, and don't talk about him anymore. With this kung fu, it's better to find out who the dark pile is, this palace always thinks it's the ghost of Xianxiang Palace. ”

"The Mother ......"

"Alright. Don't mention this matter in the future, Shuo'er will tell her mother when she is short of money in the future, there are still some in her mother's private treasury, and her grandfather's family is always filial, so it is inconvenient for you to have close contacts with your grandfather's family, but the mother concubine doesn't have to worry too much. ”

"Thank you to the mother, my son can get out this time, it all depends on the mother, and the son will be careful in the future."

Yang Zhiyi looked at Concubine Hui and patted Yang Zhishuo's arm with a loving face, and a trace of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes.

Again, every time the eldest brother makes a mistake or is stupid, the mother concubine will clean up the mess for him, and even sometimes call herself out, the eldest brother has made trouble again and again, and the mother concubine is never willing to scold half a sentence.

is really fed up, with this stupid and useless brother pressing on his head, the mother concubine will never see her excellence.

Yang Zhishuo, you are not worthy of being the eldest son of your father at all, let alone a brother!