Summers are hot, and even the air is hot. But the air in the Yongle Palace was moist, and there was a smell of blood in it. In the small garden of Yongle Palace, several rough slaves were unremittingly scrubbing the blood stains on the bluestone ground, and over and over again, the water rushed to the lotus pond where the flower bags were playing.

In the Lingyan Palace, Lingxi used silver chopsticks to put a small piece of fish meat with thorns into the bowl of the fifth princess, and said softly, "Mu'er, do you like to eat fish?" ”

The fifth princess picked up the fish meat with chopsticks, put it in her mouth and tasted it, then nodded and said, "Mother, Mu'er likes it." ”

"Then eat more." Lingxi dipped the spine-peeled fish in the soup and put it in a small white jade spoon, and took a bite of rice and sent it to the fifth princess.

The fifth princess opened her mouth, took all the mouthfuls of rice into her mouth, and then chewed it with her small mouth.

Seeing the five princesses eating deliciously, Lingxi was also happy. He took another mouthful of green vegetables and put them in the mouth of the fifth princess, and chuckled, "Mu'er can't be picky eaters, eating green vegetables can grow white and tender......

Lotus Ye said with a smile on the side, "Niangniang, let Lotus Leaf come and wait for the fifth princess to eat, and you can eat more yourself." ”

Lingxi nodded, and handed the silver chopsticks and spoon in his hand to the lotus leaf.

Hanyan walked in from outside, crawled in Lingxi's ear and whispered, "Niangniang, the emperor is here." ”

A sneer tugged at the corner of Lingxi's mouth, letting Hanyan go down.

Can't stand it? Think you're going to do it on a five-year-old doll, that's what you keep saying and believe every word you say?

Hanyu scooped a bowl of vegetarian chicken soup and put it in front of Lingxi, who took the spoon and drank it slowly, waiting for Emperor Yong'an to come angrily.

The fifth princess looked up at Lingxi, and her little eyes rolled straight down.

Lingxi tilted her head, looked at the fifth princess who obviously had something to say, and said, "Mu'er, do you have something to say to the concubine?" ”

The fifth princess nodded.

Lingxi pinched the little face of the fifth princess and said with a smile, "What does Mu'er want to say?" ”

"Mother, can Mu'er eat more?"

Lingxi raised her eyebrows, "Is Mu'er full?" If you don't have enough to eat, eat more. ”

The fifth princess put down a pair of small chopsticks in her hand, sat up straight and said to Lingxi, "The nurse said, Mu'er is a princess, don't be greedy." Half full is fine......"

Lingxi's face was slightly pale, and he looked up at the lotus leaf and sneered, "Can you drag the Zhu Li clan out and whip the corpse?" ”

Lotus Ye hurriedly sat down, hugged the fifth princess into her arms, and coaxed softly, "The fifth princess is good, we can stop listening to the words of the nurse." We can eat to our heart's content, and only when we are full can we grow up. ”

As he spoke, he put a piece of chicken in a bowl, carefully removed the meat, and then put it in the mouth of the fifth princess, and asked, "Fifth princess, is it delicious?" ”

The fifth princess nodded, looked at the lotus leaf and asked innocently, "Lotus leaf, why are you called Lotus Leaf, will there be lotus flowers on your head?" ”

"The name of the lotus leaf is the lotus leaf, and the lotus leaf will not grow lotus flowers on its head, but the lotus leaf can be transformed into a lotus flower."

"I want to see lotus flowers."

"The fifth princess is going to eat this mouthful of green vegetables......"

Hanyan stood next to Lingxi and said, "Niangniang, the princess of the royal family has always been raised like this, and she has to practice etiquette since she was four years old, from walking, to talking, to eating, to sleeping, there are rules. The fifth princess is a princess, and there must be more rules to learn. ”

"No matter how many rules there are, you must let your children eat enough. It's only five years old, and it's time to grow up. Lingxi frowned, and found that this princess was really not human.

"When she is full, the princess will have to be more complimentary, and the rules for each compliment are even more. I think those grandmothers are afraid of being lazy, so they don't let the five princesses eat enough. The fifth princess is young, and she can't say anything......"

Lingxi frowned slightly, and found that these five males were much more difficult to raise than imagined. Even if she can prevent the fifth princess from being harmed by others, it will be a problem in the princess's upbringing.

If Lingxi raises the five princesses according to the ancestral system, other concubines will definitely say that Lingxi is harsh, if it is her own mother, she will not ask the five princesses so rigidly. If Lingxi let the five princesses grow up happily according to their own ideas, other concubines will say that Lingxi is harming the five princesses, a good princess, and actually let Lingxi teach her to be inferior to the princess.

After thinking for a moment, Lingxi sighed, "This stepmother is really, it's not good to be a stepmother." ”

Hanyan also sighed, "Niangniang, why don't you ask the emperor to put the fifth princess elsewhere to raise......"

When he said this, Hanyan himself felt that the root of his tongue was cold, and the more he said the latter words, the quieter his voice became.

Lingxi looked at the little face of the fifth princess that was similar to the abolished Zhu family, and asked, "Do you think that the fifth princess can grow up safely if she is raised elsewhere?" ”

The smoke was silenced.

"Didn't you say that the emperor came up?" Lingxi asked, "Why haven't you heard the rumor yet?" ”

"I'm afraid it's the same, I'm afraid it's the same as before." Flue included.

Lingxi nodded slightly, refusing to come to see him, proving that he still felt guilty about himself. As long as there is this guilt, I am not afraid that I will not be able to stand firm in his heart.

Lotus Ye fed the five princesses, raised her eyes and smiled at Lingxi, "Niangniang, the slave maid took the five princesses out to play, and the five princesses really ate a lot today." ”

"Mother, Mu'er can still eat!" The fifth princess straightened her little belly and said, "Mother touches ......"

Lingxi touched it with her hand, and the fifth princess's little belly was already bulging. Lingxi chuckled, "Mu'er can't eat anymore, if she eats again, she will have to hold on." If you're hungry for a while, is it okay for Mu'er to have supper again? ”

The fifth princess nodded sensibly and followed the lotus leaf.

Qiaozhu came in with a smile and said with a smile, "Niangniang, the slave maid has taken Hanyu and them to rearrange the west side hall, according to what you said, all the colors are bright, and the ones in the dormitory should be softer." The slave maid had sent someone to the bedroom of the fifth princess in the Weiyang Palace earlier, and it was much better than the gloomy color. I just don't know if the fifth princess recognizes the bed......"

"It's okay, don't you see that she and the lotus leaf are familiar?"

Qiaozhu smiled, "The slave really didn't see that the fifth princess actually liked lotus leaves so much." ”

Lingxi nodded slightly, and said to Qiaozhu, "Early tomorrow morning, I sent the little palace maid outside to make things under the root of the wall, and the fifth princess cried more than she cried at night, and she fell asleep after feeding Mengzhu pollen." ”

"!" Qiaozhu's good-looking brows furrowed, "Why do you bother to smear yourself like this?" Even if it's to protect the five princesses, you don't have to do this. ”

"It's so skillful, good, I know it in my heart."

Lingxi raised her eyebrows and chuckled, protecting the five princesses was only one thing, on the other hand, she wanted to see how much Emperor Yong'an would tolerate herself because of the guilt in her heart!

Only when she knows the bottom limit of Emperor Yong'an, she can let go of her hands and feet in the future.

Qiaozhu didn't understand what Lingxi was thinking, but he still replied yes, and the blessing body went down.

Early in the ninth morning of the sixth month of the eighth year of Yong'an, Concubine Yu took the five princes to the Lingyan Palace.

, Concubine Yu lowered her eyes to hide the loss in her eyes, and said to the Lingxi Fu who had just finished dressing up, "Concubine see Concubine Yingniang." ”

Lingxi could not see Concubine Yu in his eyes at this time, and his heart pounced on the body of the fifth prince.

Lingxi squatted down and hugged the small body of the fifth prince into his arms, and tears fell from his eyes.

Concubine Yu's heart was sour, and she wiped her tears away from her head.

Xia Qing choked behind him and said, "Fifth prince, call Niang." ”

The fifth prince raised his head, wiped the tears on Lingxi's face with his little hands, his small mouth was deflated, and he shouted aggrievedly.

Although they haven't seen each other for half a year, the nature of mother and child can't be erased by time.

After holding the five princes for a while, Lingxi asked Xia Qing to take the five princes out to play with the five princesses, and he took Concubine Yu's hand and pulled Concubine Yu into the inner hall.

After sending the palace people, Lingxi bowed down to the concubine and cried, "I have been suffering these days, if you hadn't helped me protect Yi'er, I'm afraid that Yi'er would have been gone for a long time, please accept Lingxi's worship." ”

How dare Concubine Yu be worshiped by the Lingxi, and when she couldn't stop it, she could only pull the Lingxi to sit on the ground in the inner hall, and she also cried with pear blossoms and rain.

Lingxi threw a handkerchief to Concubine Yu to wipe her tears, and choked up, "I've thought about it these days, if you don't send Yi'er back, then Yi'er will be raised in your palace." I can also see it left and right, and I don't want to give up in your heart......"

Concubine Yu pinched Lingxi lightly, and said angrily, "What are you talking about, the fifth prince is your biological son." You can even raise the fifth princess, and you are still short of your own son? If it weren't for your sick body, I would have sent him back to you. If you talk nonsense like this again, when the fifth prince grows up, I will say that you, who are the mother-in-law, will throw him out. ”

Lingxi burst into tears and laughed, pinched Concubine Yu back, and said, "When Yi'er grows up, I will say that you, who are the concubines, dislike him, and you won't even let him stay in your palace for a few more days, and see whether Yi'er listens to me or to you." ”

"Then I'll take the five princes back!"

"Don't ......" Lingxi saw that Concubine Yu was about to leave, so she hurriedly grabbed Concubine Yu, and tears fell again, "I miss him, my heart hurts when I think about it......"

Concubine Yu turned around and hugged Lingxi, choked up, "I know, the emperor has decreed that no one will be allowed to come to see you, and I don't know how your illness is." I heard that the five princesses were brought over, so I quickly sent the five princes here, for fear that you will see the five princesses miss the five princes even more. ”

The two hugged and cried for a while, Concubine Yu wiped her tears and pulled the spirit rhino up, and the two sat on the bamboo couch and chatted well.

"I heard that the people in the outer palace are rumoring that you are abusing the fifth princess." Concubine Yu looked up at the two children who were playing happily outside, and said, "Why don't you squeak and let them abuse you like this?" ”

"If I abuse them, they won't poison the fifth princess, then my notoriety will be worth it."

Concubine Yu raised her eyebrows, stared at her red and swollen eyes, and said, "You mean that someone poisoned the fifth princess?" ”

Smoke and tea came up, and when he heard Concubine Yu's words, he replied, "Concubine Yu, yesterday the slave maid turned out a lot of good things in the clothes of the fifth princess, what yam juice, dream bamboo pollen, cinnabar everything. Lotus Ye also found an embroidery needle in the clothes worn by the fifth princess......"

"When the fifth princess came over, her face was full of bitterness." Lingxi took over and smiled indifferently, "When I came, I was bathed in water with oleander juice ......."

The more Concubine Yu listened, the cooler her heart became, and she said bluntly, "I thought you had changed, but I didn't expect them to be so vicious!" No matter how big the Zhu family's crime is, the fifth princess is only five years old! ”

Lingxi stretched out his hand and pinched Concubine Yu again, complaining, "It's just that others don't believe me, and they don't even believe you." You quickly left my spiritual research hall, don't come back in the future......"

Concubine Yu knew that she was thinking wrong, so she lay down on the bed and said, "No, no, I won't leave if I stay with you." ”

Hanyan and Pan'er burst out laughing.

Lingxi couldn't help laughing, and pushed Concubine Yu and teased, "You're a nobody, ...... in front of Pan'er and them."

Xiao Dezi came in from outside, and Fu said in front of Lingxi, "Niangniang, the emperor is here." ”

Lingxi hummed, looked up at the window, and saw Emperor Yong'an with Gonggong Feng coming slowly from outside.

Concubine Yu hurriedly got up, and by the way, she also pulled the spirit rhino up, and said, "You are a good person, why don't you go out to meet the emperor when he comes......"

Lingxi's eyes were still glued to Emperor Yong'an outside the window.

I saw that Emperor Yong'an did not enter the main hall directly, but stood beside the five princesses and the five princes.

The fifth princess is older, and her etiquette is much better than that of the fifth prince. Seeing Emperor Yong'an, he hurriedly pulled the five princes to give Emperor Yong'an a regular palace ceremony.

The little adult-like demeanor made Emperor Yongan laugh.

With a wave of his hand, Emperor Yongan hugged the five princesses, pinched the little ears of the five princesses and played, causing the five princesses to laugh vigorously.

Concubine Yu glanced at Lingxi and said, "How good, in the entire harem, I'm afraid only you can hear the emperor laugh so cheerfully." ”

Lingxi turned his head, helped the jade hairpin on his bun, and said with a smile, "Go out, stay in the palace any longer, I'm afraid it's really bad." ”

said that he took Concubine Yu's hand out of the inner hall to welcome Emperor Yong'an, but as soon as he walked to the door of the outer hall, he saw Emperor Yong'an put down the five princesses, pinched the faces of the five princes, and then ......

Let's go!

Turn around and go!

Concubine Yu's eyes widened and she turned to look at Lingxi, and said in surprise, "Your Majesty, what are you here for?" ”