Yin Zhen lay down weakly, for some reason, he was relieved by his sister's trouble, and the sound of Wen Xian's chatter outside was noisy, but soon Princess Rongxian turned back and took her little sister away, and said angrily: "It's getting more and more nonsense, my brothers are studying." ”

Wen Xian shouted with a big grin: "The fourth brother's butt hurts, it's not good to study." ”

The little eunuchs who were waiting in the room all covered their mouths and laughed, and the fourth elder brother said angrily: "Go down and tell me to be quiet." ”

From this day to night, the words from Ning Chuntang, the prince fever retreated, in the end, it was a finely raised child, the foundation was not bad, the queen mother was relieved, and when Concubine Rong went over to ask for peace in the evening, the queen mother said to her: "Next time I will live in the garden, you and Lan Qi persuade the emperor not to let so many people come, the children are still confined to the palace to study well." ”

The emperor only came to Ningchun Hall to see the prince in person the next day, the father and son closed the door and said for a long time, the queen mother looked coldly, Xuan Ye was not happy or angry when he went out, and he couldn't see anything unusual, but this made people even more curious, I don't know how their father and son were. When she went to see how the prince was, the child was still gentle and polite, and the grandparents couldn't say anything together, and the queen mother didn't want to bother to get close.

But this afternoon, from the Qingxi Book House issued a holy decree, from now on, the fourth elder brother will accompany the prince to read, naturally not in one place, just a day to go to class or learn calligraphy and painting to practice riding and archery, the prince has always read most of the prince's companions, at most a companion between brothers, not a real sense of companionship, and now the fourth elder brother has become the prince's companion, as if it has been invisibly lowered by one level, but the emperor does not say the difference, and does not want the fourth elder brother to do anything for the prince, just study together.

The elder brothers couldn't understand this, and the third elder brother was sullen, and when he came to Concubine Rong to ask for peace, he said: "I have a good relationship with the fourth brother, why did I suddenly separate, when did Eniang ask Huang Ama why?" ”

Concubine Rong smiled bitterly in her heart, where was her turn to ask the emperor why, she could only persuade her son: "After the prince is blessed in April, it will be your turn to be with the fourth elder brother, and sooner or later they will have to separate families, what's so strange about this?" Probably because your emperor Ama felt that the prince was too lonely to be alone, and the brothers didn't dare to get close, so he sent the fourth elder brother to be a companion, didn't the two of them have a lot of fun? ”

The third brother was unconvinced: "Could it be that Eniang also believes that they went fishing that night?" ”

Concubine Rong only said: "Do you know what they do, what can they mean?" ”

Let's talk about the events of that night, from the garden to the palace, all say that the prince and the fourth elder brother are greedy to go fishing in the middle of the night, Yinzhen casually said an emergency sentence, and it was passed on and passed on to come true, plus the emperor suddenly asked the fourth elder brother to accompany the prince to study, and people outside felt that it was because the prince got along with the fourth elder brother among the brothers, so this fishing thing also sounded like it was true, although the prince was not young, but fifteen or sixteen years old was also a time to play.

When the words reached the palace, Concubine Hui was surprised, but more thoughts were on another matter, Yanzhu had been missing for two days, she sent someone to ask Mingzhu, Mingzhu said that she had never summoned Yanzhu, so that Yanzhu really disappeared out of thin air, and Concubine Hui heard that Gonggong Liang had secretly returned to the palace once, and her heart was full of uneasiness.

That night, Concubine Hui, who had not slept for two days in a row, was easy to fall asleep because of tiredness, and was awakened from her dream by screams, and there were many people running outside in a mess, and when the palace maids came in with candles, one knelt down on the bed and said: "Niangniang is not good, Aunt Yanzhu is dead." ”

"Dead?" At this moment, Concubine Hui woke up thoroughly, wrapped in cotton clothes and hurriedly came out with the palace maid, the cold air outside made her tense all over, and faintly saw a person lying in front of the door, and the palace maid next to her pulled her and said, "Niangniang is here to watch, you can't get any closer, Aunt Yanzhu is covered with injuries and scared to death." ”

"Covered in wounds?" Concubine Hui was stunned, and everything that could happen was flipped in her mind, and she seemed to understand why Gonggong Liang secretly returned to the palace.

A bold little eunuch ran over and told the master: "Someone knocked on the door just now, and the slave thought it was something, as soon as he opened the door and saw no one, he threw a hemp bag on the ground, and when he opened it and saw that it was Aunt Yanzhu, the slave was so frightened that his soul was gone." If you look closely, you can see that you have been strangled to death, and there are still scars on your body that look like whips, and your clothes are rotten, but those wounds are not rotten, and they look like they have been frozen. ”

Concubine Hui's stomach turned over for a while, she bent down and vomited all the medicine she had taken before going to bed, and everyone carried her back with all hands and feet, and she relieved herself and ordered: "Deal with it as you want, report to the respectful room, and say that Yanzhu died of a sudden illness." ”

The palace maids and eunuchs below also had no idea, and the master did whatever he said, and disposed of Yan Zhu's body overnight. In the past, the palace maid who was powerful and blessed in Changchun Palace died so inexplicably, many people in Changchun Palace were originally Baoyun's, and now they all had a bad mouth, and those who had followed Yanzhu to bully people were worried about whether Baoyun would come back to be the palace maid in charge in the future, so the things they had fallen into the well before were enough to settle accounts.

For this reason, the palace maids and eunuchs had no intention of doing errands, and Concubine Hui was frightened and fell ill and had no energy to control it, which made people panic for a while, and Changchun Palace was very restless. Many of the palace concubines who stayed in the palace didn't know how Changchun Palace suddenly became lifeless overnight.

When the eldest brother heard that his mother was ill, he went to the palace to visit, and when he asked the reason, Concubine Hui was worried that the trust between her son and the emperor that had been easily established would be destroyed, so she insisted on not mentioning the cause of Yanzhu's death, and even sent someone to tell Mingzhu not to easily instigate their father-son relationship, although if they come to the step of competing for the throne in the future, sooner or later the father and son will turn against each other, but it is definitely not now.

But the eldest brother is not a child, he will also think of inquiring about things outside the palace, knowing that Yan Zhu died inexplicably, he has a score in his heart, and when he went home and told his wife, Fu Jin reminded him: "Let me see, you are on an errand for the emperor, you should listen to the emperor, the affairs in the Changchun Palace are the affairs of the harem, you have left the palace, you should not interfere again, Eniang has been in the palace for more than 20 years, she can figure it out herself." If you have to follow the harem to make peace, what good can you do with us? ”

The eldest brother knew that his wife would not be towards his mother in public or private, but this remark was indeed reasonable, and now he was bent on going to the battlefield and seeing the wider world outside, so he must not follow his mother to mess with the affairs of the palace, so he listened to his wife's words, did not say a word in front of the emperor, and still did his errands peacefully.

And the death of a big palace maid in Changchun Palace, three or four days later, also into the garden, Baoyun followed the eighth elder brother to Changchun Garden, with him and the fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother lived in Guandexuan, without the depression of Changchun Palace, Baoyun has a smile on his face every day these days, but today he is doing needlework, and the little palace maid in Changchun Garden heard that the big palace maid of Changchun Palace died, and they all came to ask Baoyun what happened, Baoyun still didn't dare to believe it, and after asking someone again, he knew that it was true.

In the evening, the brothers dispersed their classes, and the brothers went to Ningchun Hall to greet the Queen Mother, and came back after eating snacks, and as soon as the eighth elder brother entered the door, he ran to find Baoyun, pulled her and whispered: "I heard from the imperial grandmother that Yanzhu is dead." ”

Baoyun changed his clothes and nodded: "The slave maid only heard about it today, and it was said that she died of a sudden illness, which is strange and scary." But if you're dead, you're dead, don't think about it. ”

Yinxi said seriously: "I want to tell the imperial grandmother that you will be the palace maid in charge of Changchun Palace again, if the imperial grandmother agrees, it will be done." Otherwise, if you die Yanzhu, someone else will also bully you. ”

Baoyun's heart was warm, but she understood that this was impossible, so she persuaded her: "The slave and maid will not be bullied if they follow the eighth elder brother, you can rest assured." But the palace maid can't do it, so you and Concubine Hui will be embarrassed, you still listen to the slave and maid, and be a mother and son with the mother. ”

At this time, I heard the ninth elder brother shouting in front of the door, and then I saw someone running in, the little guy was full of unconvinced, and when he saw the eighth elder brother, he said: "Starling brother and I will go to my mother's place for dinner, and my mother asked my brothers to go together, but the fifth brother refused to go, he was too much." ”

Baoyun gave the eighth elder brother a look, and Yinyu understood, and responded: "I came after changing my clothes, the fifth brother ate too much dim sum in Ningchun Hall just now, and probably choked, don't blame him." ”

The ninth elder brother chattered endlessly, saying that his fifth brother was not filial at all, he was a child, and naturally he couldn't imagine the embarrassment of the relationship between adults, but Baoyun had to tell the eighth elder brother in private: "The people in the palace don't care about the fifth elder brother, and Concubine Yi doesn't dare to say it, just because of the feelings of the Queen Mother, just listen to the ninth elder brother and say a few words, don't intervene more." ”

In his opinion, the fifth elder brother's ruthlessness towards Concubine Yi is the same as his own mother's ruthlessness towards him, and no one can change what he can't do.

This night, the brothers all ate in Yifei's house, originally because Shengjing Guo Luoluo's family sent Shi Xian to Niangniang, no more, no less, and it was unevenly distributed to give away, and they kept it too much, so they invited the children to gather under Taohong's suggestion, and the princess of Brother was invited, only the fifth elder brother did not arrive, and Concubine Yi's face was naturally not good-looking. But unexpectedly, the emperor came in the middle of the middle, and smiled and said that he was also greedy to try it, which made Concubine Yi overjoyed, and she didn't even care about her son's "disobedience".

It's lively here, and the garden is quieter, Lan Qi took medicine at night and walked slowly in the house holding Huanchun's hand, since Xuan Ye picked her up, she would get up and walk every day, but most of the time she still followed the doctor's instructions to lie down and recuperate, and after walking two laps at this time, she was tired, sat down and gasped: "Lie down like this, your vitality will be exhausted, wait for a few days, get up and walk at least three or four times a day." ”

When he spoke, the palace maid outside the door came to tell her, saying that Concubine Yi's mother was scattered, and the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother were left by Concubine Yi because they fell asleep. ”

Outside, he responded: "It's the meaning of the Long Live Lord, and the emperor is also at Concubine Yi's place tonight." ”

Lan Qi is not so stingy, she just wanted Huanchun to forget it, but she heard someone outside: "Fourth elder brother, why are you here so late?" ”

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