Extremely shocked, Concubine Yi became even more irrational, looked at the emperor with tears in her eyes and asked, "Didn't the prince do it?" Didn't the prince throw Yinyu down? ”

Unexpectedly, Brother Jiu immediately said: "Eniang, don't talk nonsense, why did the prince do this, the prince and we have a deep brotherhood, where is there murderous hatred?" ”

Xuan Ye's face was cold, and he said quietly: "You also heard Yinyu's words, it was he who watched Yinyu climb under the bridge, but he ran away, you come and tell me, why did Yinyu climb up again, and then ask someone to throw it down?" ”

Concubine Yi was speechless, and Xuan Ye continued: "They are such old children, and they are still playing hide and seek in the palace like children, do you have to tell the world the real cause of the eleventh elder brother's death, are you preparing for me to be ridiculed, or are you going to be ridiculed yourself?" Isn't it heartbreaking for my son to die, but what can you do if you make trouble, do you want Yinyu to pay for his life? ”

Concubine Yi's head shook like a rattle, tears poured down, and she couldn't speak, while Xuan Ye let Yinyu get up and said to him seriously: "The matter has come to this, I can't let you pay for Yinyu's life, in the future, you have to honor your mother with your brother's responsibility, and don't do anything ridiculous." You are all my sons, and I will feel sorry for any of you who hurts or loses me. You are not young anymore, you should go out of the palace to build a mansion in two years, if you are ridiculous, how can you rest assured that your mother, how can I rest assured? You follow the eighth elder brother, why don't you learn more from his maturity and stability, and don't let me see your frizzy appearance in the future. ”

Yinyu still had a wood-carved face, hung his head and replied sullenly, Xuan Ye explained clearly and was about to leave, before he got up, he heard Concubine Yi crying: "Your Majesty, don't blame the concubines." ”

Xuan Ye thought of Lan Qi's words, his heart softened, and he walked over and helped her shoulder and said, "It's good for you to cheer up, and Yinqi Yinyu wants you to take care of it, and Wen Ke is also young." What do you blame, you lost your son, don't look for me to be the master? It's just that I can't blindly favor you with selfish intentions, I have to face the entire national court, but you don't understand these truths. ”

Seeing that the emperor was talking to her so gently, Concubine Yi no longer had the intention of making trouble. Her son died, her tears dried up, if she said bitterness in her heart, she was more unwilling, she even thought in her heart, Concubine De died of her son that year, the emperor took care of her in a thousand ways, and took her to Yingtai alone to relax, but she was treated coldly, why? Now that I heard these words, I was even more sad, I couldn't stop my tears, covered my face and nodded, and said: "The concubine has written it down, don't blame me, the emperor." ”

Xuan Ye comforted a few more words, and when he left, he took Yinyu out with him and instructed him: "Study for a few more years, and grow some better for me to see." ”

The father and son dispersed in front of the gate of Yikun Palace, the emperor is going to Ningshou Palace, these days, should always give an explanation to the Queen Mother, the emperor respects the Queen Mother, one is filial piety, and the other is also for the prince and the people of the world to see, so no matter how big or small, even if the Queen Mother is a person who has no idea, he will not be perfunctory, and here Lan Qi is his most powerful arm.

The holy driver came to Ningshou Palace, and happened to meet the fourth elder brother coming from Yonghe Palace, the son stood beside the palace road and waited for the holy car to pass, Liang Gonggong came early to inform the emperor, saying that the fourth elder brother was in front, Xuan Ye asked the imperial chariot to stop in front of him, and the fourth elder brother came to his father to salute, Xuan Ye asked him: "From your mother?" ”

Yinzhen said yes, the father and son were silent for a moment, and the emperor ordered: "A few more eyes in the future." When he heard this, he suddenly looked up at his father, but was frowned at by his father, Yinzhen was terrified, but his father said: "You are benevolent at heart, like your mother, but your mother is not stupid, you can't be stupid, learn to be smart in the future, not everyone is treated by others with a benevolent heart." ”

"Yes." Yin Zhen responded, but in fact, he hadn't understood his father's meaning, but Yu Zhen hurriedly passed, and then walked back with his head stuffed all the way, and was suddenly dragged by his arm for a long time, Xiao Hezi said behind him, "Fourth elder brother, if you go further, you will go to Yuqing Palace, let's go out of the palace and not go this way." ”

Yin Zhen suddenly came back to his senses, looked at the corner of the eaves of Yuqing Palace that was faintly visible in front of him, his heart sank, and he turned in the direction where he should go, but he understood the words of Emperor Ama.

Two days later, it was the day when the prince was scheduled to give a lecture, and now that all the princes have grown up, even the fourteenth elder brother can make a fuss, so naturally all the princes gathered together, and although the prince has no shortage of absurd things, his knowledge is not worse than others, and often at this time the emperor can find some comfort from him. Half a day's effort, the lecture is very enjoyable, the emperor is a studious person, and he is happy to see his son diligent, after the Wenhua Hall dispersed, the emperor took the prince and the eldest brother to the Qianqing Palace to discuss matters, the brothers have their own places to go, the tenth elder brother ran to find the ninth elder brother to go to Ningshou Palace to eat snacks, and the ninth elder brother disgusted and said: "How old a person, do you only know how to eat?" ”

The tenth elder brother pouted and didn't know what to do, and the eighth elder brother persuaded him: "You want to coax him to be happy for Yinyu, but right now, your ninth brother hasn't cleaned up the sadness in his heart, so it's good to let him be quiet these days." ”

"Then I'll go back first." The tenth elder brother was honest, patted the ninth elder brother on the shoulder and said, "Ninth brother, don't be sad, it will be fine after a while." Really, I was very uncomfortable when my mother was gone, but after a while, it was like that. Anyway, if there is anything you can do to Ningshou Palace to find me, I can eat at the imperial grandmother's place. ”

The ninth elder brother didn't say anything, the eighth elder brother told him a few words and let him go back, he and Yinyu slowly walked to the inner palace, he also went to ask Concubine Hui Niangniang to say goodbye, on the way Yinyu sneered and said: "The tenth brother is so simple, the imperial grandmother told him that Yinyu was sick and died, and he believed it." Obviously, there are so many rumors in the palace, and my mother has been making trouble for so long, why did he believe it? ”

Eighth Elder Brother smiled: "It's simpler, and there's nothing bad about it." ”

Brother Jiu asked him: "Won't Huang Ama really hate me, I didn't bring Yinyu with me, it would be nice if I called him up and walked with me at that time." ”

"It was an accident."

"But I ......" Brother Jiu wanted to say again, but he stopped, and said instead, "If I say that the prince is there, will Huang Ama really believe it?" What if he goes to the prince and asks, and the prince denies it, after all, I didn't see him. ”

Eighth Elder Brother smiled indifferently: "But I saw it, this matter is not clear, you don't have to be afraid." Today's lecture was harmonious, and Huang Ama looked very happy, and it was over. ”

It turned out that that night, when Brother Jiu took his younger brother there and asked him to hide under the bridge, he did see someone coming, thinking that Brother Ten was chasing him, so he ran away first, but he didn't turn back to find his brother as his father said. But after wandering in the palace for a long time, he ran back to Yikun Palace, when Concubine Yi lost his temper, he didn't dare to say that his younger brother was playing with him, so he pretended not to know, as for turning back and seeing the prince's words, it was the starling who taught him.

Starling said that if he said this, Huang Ama would disperse his anger, and among the brothers, Huang Ama loved the prince the most, and if the prince did anything wrong, he could be forgiven in front of Huang Ama.

As for how to make up the prince, in addition to the fourth elder brother meeting the prince on the road that night, in another place, the eighth elder brother also saw the panicked prince, the fourth elder brother was just a figure to look at, and he clearly saw the appearance of the prince under the lantern illuminated by the palace road.

At that time, the eighth elder brother also didn't think much about it, but waited for the next day to get the news that the eleventh elder brother died, and then inquired about the cause of death and the place where he drowned, and then Yinyu came to tell him why the eleventh brother ran there.

It wasn't until later that the royal family determined the cause of the eleventh elder brother's death with the theory of acute illness, and then the emperor's indifferent response and Concubine Yi's endless crying, that the eighth elder brother and the ninth elder brother made up such a set of stories, confessing the mistakes of the ninth elder brother on the one hand, and involving the prince in this matter on the other.

Yin Yu has always been worried that if the prince denies it, he will not be clear when confronted in the future, but the eighth elder brother concluded that his father would not involve the prince and their brothers in this matter, in other words, his father would not do anything to set their brothers against each other. But if some of the responsibility is assigned to the crown prince, this matter will be easier to deal with.

The first time I played with my father, the starling brother won the game.

"Huang Ama is very partial, my Eniang is so painful, but he blames Eniang for being ignorant." The ninth elder brother smiled coldly, "I heard that when the sixth elder brother was gone, my father and the emperor comforted Concubine De a lot, I was still young and didn't remember anything at that time, but there are people in Yikun Palace who remember things, and it is really chilling to listen to such words." ”

Eighth Elder Brother said indifferently: "This is Huang Ama and their business, we shouldn't care, Yinyu, you have to be more restrained in the future, with such a thing, Huang Ama looks at you differently, now the brothers have their own strengths, you also have to find yourself better than others." I recently met a foreign priest, if you have the heart, let him teach you foreign language, would it be good? At present, none of the brothers know foreign languages, but Huang Ama values foreign studies, which will be useful in the future. ”

Yin Yu said: "It's a pity that it's inconvenient in the palace, when I leave the palace, you introduce me to Starling." Even at this age, I'm almost old, and I'm really looking forward to leaving early, but now this palace is getting more and more boring. ”

Talking to Changchun Palace, they dispersed in front of the door, the eighth elder brother entered the door, saw Yuan promised to stand in the courtyard, drooping his head, the palace maid around him was also trembling, the little eunuch in front of the door came up and said: "Yuan promised to be punished by the mother, eighth elder brother, you go in, it has nothing to do with you." ”

The eighth elder brother naturally doesn't care, and because they are all adults, it is not very good to talk to the young concubines in the palace, when they lived in one place before, the eighth elder brother almost never dealt with Yuan Promise, at this time he bypassed and walked into Concubine Hui's house, and as soon as he entered the door, he was full of smiles, and Concubine Hui saw him and asked, "Where is the Wenhua Palace?" Why didn't your eldest brother come in with him? ”

The eighth elder brother said with a smile: "The eldest brother has won the praise of the emperor Ama today, and now he is going to the Qianqing Palace with the crown prince to receive an errand." ”

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