Chapter 41: Brothers (2)
At this time, in Yide Garden, Gao Concubine was teaching Yuan Ying to recite poems, "The people also work hard, and they can be well-off." Benefit this China, in order to appease the Quartet. There is no indulgence and deceit, and there is no conscience. style to curb abuse, not afraid of light. Rouyuan can go far to determine my king. ”
I saw Yuan Huai sweating profusely and hurriedly ran in. Without waiting for the Gao family to open his mouth to inquire, Yuan Huai hurriedly said: "Ah Niang, go and take a look, the second elder brother was punished by the eldest elder brother to kneel in the Licai Garden!" ”
Gao was shocked and hurriedly asked why. When Yuan Huai stopped talking about the cause and effect, Gao suddenly burst into tears. Since refusing to attach himself to the queen, the Gao family has been troubled by her everywhere. At the time of Pingcheng, although the emperor was fortunate from time to time, and then the queen was the eldest in the palace, and the Gao family was not a scheming person, so everything was low-minded and cautious.
Yuan Huai and Yuan Ying saw Gao's tears, and hurriedly stepped forward to surround Gao's, Yuan Ying gently wiped Gao's tears with her small hands, and said: "Auntie, don't cry, Ying'er will bring you snacks to eat." ”
Gao smiled sadly and said, "Ying'er, A-Niang is just confused, it's okay." ”
Although Yuan Ying was young, she also knew that Gao was crying because of the second brother, so she turned around and ran out.
The Yecheng Palace is grand, and the Yide Garden is located in the middle of nowhere, and when Yuan Ying runs to the Licai Garden, all the princes are about to leave.
Yuan Ying stretched out her hand to block the prince's sedan chair and said loudly: "Big brother, why are you bullying the second brother?" ”
Seeing that it was Yuan Ying, Yuan Sui smiled coldly and said: "I am both the prince and the eldest brother, what your second brother has done is wrong, I am responsible for discipline, how can I bully it." ”
Yuan Ying's newborn calf was also not afraid, and said: "Since the eldest brother doesn't believe that the purse is a gift from Sister Buckwheat, why don't you go to Yide Yuan to ask everyone?" ”
Yuan Sui was given the seal of the crown prince since he was a child, and since his biological mother Lin was given death as "the death of the son and the noble mother", he was personally raised by the former Empress Dowager Feng, and Feng doted on him very much. Because the Feng family was in power at that time, the power leaned towards the government and the opposition, so everyone treated the prince obediently and did not dare to disobey.
At this time, being questioned by Yuan Ying like this, Yuan Sui was speechless for a while, embarrassed, and angry came from his heart.
Yuan Sui said loudly: "At a young age, you dare to question Yu Wu? Hurry up and dodge, or you won't be spared. ”
Yuan Ying had no intention of backing down, still standing in front of the sedan chair, and said: "Aya often says, 'Convince people with virtue', why doesn't the eldest brother dare to go to Yide Yuan to confront him?" ”
The prince's close attendant knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly approached and whispered to Yuan Ying: "Princess, just say a word, it will be useless for you to anger the prince." ”
Although Yuan Ying is young, she understands etiquette and etiquette, and she is also well-behaved and clever on weekdays, but today she saw her mother crying and her brother was wronged, so she put aside the words of "be careful" told by the concubine in the past, and only wanted to seek justice for her brother.
Seeing Yuan Ying like this, Yuan Sui said angrily: "Take it to the garden and kneel with the second prince." ”
Seeing that the attendants hesitated, they shouted: "If you don't take him down, you will be punished with twenty lashes!" ”
Everyone was frightened and hurriedly dragged Yuan Ying into the garden.
Gao saw that Yuan Ying ran out, so he hurriedly approached the maid Caixia and went out.
When Caixia rushed to Licai Garden, she saw that the brother and sister were kneeling on the bluestone road, and before they made a sound, they were already in tears. Caixia is also the daughter of Goguryeo, who was sold by her parents to the Gao family since she was a child, and became the maid of the Gao family. Gao's situation in the palace over the years, she also saw it in her eyes and hurt in her heart.
Caixia saw that there was no one around, so she went to help Yuanying and said, "Princess, the sun has set, and there is moisture on the ground, you should get up quickly, so as not to suffer the cold." ”
Because she knelt for a long time and was a young girl, she didn't wait to get up, and Yuan Ying had already fallen to the ground. Seeing this, Yuan Ke ignored the pain of kneeling for a long time, and hurriedly went to help Yuan Ying. Caixia hurriedly squatted down and kneaded for Yuan Ying, feeling really sorry for the brother and sister in her heart, but she was helpless.
At the beginning of the unitary hour, there was a Licai Yuan who stayed in the house, walked in front of Yuan Ke, and said: "Second prince, the time has come, you and the princess should go back." ”
The bluestone is hard, don't say that the Yuan Ke brothers and sisters, they are those servants and maidservants, and two hours are extremely unbearable. At this moment, Yuan Ke's legs were like lead, and before he could get up, Yuan Ke also sat on the ground. After all, it was the prince and the princess, and when the chamberlains saw this, they didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly picked up the two of them and sent them back to Yide Garden.
Yuan Ke was sensible, and when he arrived at the door of Yide Yuan, he put himself down with the waiter, so as not to worry about Gao.
At this time, the Gao family was anxiously waiting for the two brothers and sisters, and when they saw that the waiter carried Yuan Ying inside, they were in a hurry. Yuan Ke followed inside, and before he could speak, Gao shouted: "You kneel down for me!" Stretched out his hand and took the bamboo sweep from the side of the collapse, and then pumped it on Yuan Ke.
Yuan Ke wanted to explain, but when he saw that Gao didn't ask the reason, he beat himself, but he was silent.
Seeing this, Gao Shi was even more angry, and while whipping, he reprimanded: "I have told you again and again, don't provoke right and wrong." It's good that you angered the prince and affected your sister. ”
Unexpectedly, today's Yuan Ke is extremely stubborn, and he has never begged for mercy for half his life.
The more Gao thought about it, the more angry he became, and the bamboo sweep in his hand frequently slapped Yuan Ke's body. Seeing this, Caixia hugged Gao and begged: "Concubine Gao, don't fight again, the second prince has been kneeling for two hours, if you fight again, how can he stand it!" ”
Gao's heart trembled, and the bamboo sweep raised in his hand fell to the ground, tears raining down. Suddenly, Gao covered his abdomen with his hands and sat down on the couch.
Seeing this, the Yuan Huai brothers and sisters and Caixia hurriedly surrounded them. Yuan Ke didn't care about the pain, and hurriedly got up to Gao's side.
But seeing that Gao's forehead was full of crystals, his face was already pale. Gao gasped and said to Caixia: "Go and ask the doctor, I'm afraid I'm going to give birth." ”
When He, Wang, and Jixiang heard the news, they also hurried over and stayed by Gao's side.
Gao was dripping with sweat, and although he couldn't stop his tears, he gritted his teeth and endured the pain. He Yu looked at the heartache from the side, leaned over and whispered to Gao: "Concubine Gao, if you are in pain, just hold my hand, and let Xu moan will relieve the pain." ”
Gao nodded weakly and grabbed He's hand tightly.
Yide Yuan is remote, and when the imperial doctor and the doctors arrive, the Gao family is almost powerless.
Although Empress Feng disdained the Gao family in her heart, she was in the position of the queen, and she wanted to show her status as the master of the harem, and to prevent the Li family from making another mistake, she became the first person to arrive. Later, Mrs. Lee, Luo, and Yuan also rushed to hear the news.
Because no one knew about Gao Concubine's pregnancy, and later due to illness, she was taken care of by the Li family, so the Li family has been consulted by his close physician Qiao Huaide in order to collect the Gao family. However, the Gao family seems to be a hot and cold person, and he has never been close to the Li family, so Dr. Qiao's consultation is not very frequent.
Several people sat in the hall, each thinking in their hearts, and the emperor was not in the palace tonight, so no one really cared.
The inner room was unusually quiet, except for the footsteps of the doctors and palace maids coming in and out. Imperial Physician Qiao was also in the outer hall, only according to the symptoms described by the doctor.
An hour had passed, and there was still no news coming out of the inner room. Just as the maid was serving soup to everyone, a maid hurriedly ran to Doctor Qiao and said, "Doctor Qiao, Doctor Huang, please come in quickly." ”
When the people heard this, they knew that it was not good. In the palace, concubines have always given birth, and the imperial doctor can only wait in the outer hall, and they are not allowed to enter unless they are urgent.
When everyone saw that the doctor had invited the doctor to enter, they were all shocked.
After a while, a palace maid walked in front of Feng and reported urgently: "Queen, the mother and son of the concubine are in danger at this time, the imperial doctor asks you to instruct, if you can only protect one person, do you want to protect the mother or the child?" ”
When Feng Shi heard this, his face suddenly changed. Although she doesn't like the Gao family on weekdays, she has nothing to do in the palace over the years, and has two sons and a daughter, and she is the person who opened the house with His Majesty. But in the royal family, the heirs are the first, if the mother and the son, even if she is the queen, she will not dare to say this.
Seeing the queen's hesitation, the Li family was secretly proud in his heart. The holy will is unpredictable, no matter what choice Feng makes, it is afraid that it will go against the holy will, so that he can sit and watch Feng be punished, and he can continue to assist in the harem.
Chanmei saw that Feng was silent, and gently called "Empress", Feng suddenly came back to her senses and hesitated: "This heir is the blood of the royal family, and the gold is extremely expensive..."
Without waiting for Feng's words, Yuan Ke, who was standing on the side, rushed to Feng's side, knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "My son begs my mother, leave my concubine, my son will be more filial to my mother in the future!" Mother, please..."
At this time, Yuan Huai and Yuan Ying brothers and sisters also knelt in front of Feng and kowtowed and pleaded.