Xuan Ye went to Cining Palace, the eunuch in front of the door directly introduced the holy car into the warm pavilion, and when he entered the door, he saw broken coral all over the ground, which was red, and the little eunuch reminded from time to time: "Long live the Lord be careful with your feet." Before I got to my grandmother, I saw my grandmother sitting on the kang and chanting words in her mouth, and the Buddhist beads between her fingers rotated slowly, as if she heard the movement before she opened her eyes and looked at the emperor lightly.

On the clean ground on the other side, the imperial concubine is kneeling, the petite Yinzhen is snuggling up to her mother and kneeling aside, the imperial concubine's face is full of calf protection, and on the other side, the queen mother is holding the sobbing fifth elder brother, this child is smaller, and the queen mother is beside her, and Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong lead the third elder brother to bow their heads and say nothing, it can be seen that in this situation, the two of them are very embarrassed.

Xuan Ye froze and said with a smile: "What's wrong?" ”

The Empress Dowager didn't seem to be angry, but more helpless, and smiled bitterly: "It's good that the emperor is here, persuade your imperial concubine, the mourning family said that it is not a big deal, the imperial concubine has to mourn the family to punish the crime, no, the two sides are frozen." ”

Xuan Ye looked at his cousin and said with a slight annoyance: "Why do you rebel against the will of the imperial grandmother, the imperial grandmother has always been benevolent, where do you have to punish people at every turn?" ”

The imperial concubine was obviously the one who asked to be punished, but she was arrogant, and said with a raised face: "Yinzhen broke the empress dowager's beloved coral, as well as the jade ruyi and the Dongzhu Linglong Pagoda, all of which are priceless things. But Yinzhen is still young and can't stand the beating and scolding, and the concubine is willing to be punished on behalf of her son. ”

Xuan Ye was very annoyed, and he didn't want to scold the imperial concubine in front of Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong, so he blamed the two of them instead: "The imperial concubine is anxious, why don't you persuade her, she is a few years older, although she has a high or low position, she is also a sister." ”

Hui and Rong were not wronged, and they bent their knees to confess, but the imperial concubine was even more arrogant: "What does the emperor blame them for, what qualifications do they have to persuade the concubines?" ”

Xuan Ye finally scolded angrily: "What nonsense? ”

"Huang Ama is not angry." Yin Zhen suddenly screamed and stood up from his mother's arms, with a few teardrops on his face, but he spoke loudly to protect his mother, "Huang Ama, there are a lot of them in Chengqian Palace, not unusual, Huang Ama don't scold, it's worthless!" ”

The child's few words were heard in the silence of the room, the child's words were the truest, Yinzhen must have been learned to listen to it, so he would say it so unscrupulously, but in this child's life, jade and coral are worthless things, there are indeed many rare treasures in the Chengqian Palace, it is the most magnificent place in the six palaces, comparable to the luxury of the middle palace, on the contrary, the previous two queens are extremely thrifty, there is no doubt that the arrogant temper of the imperial concubine who was born rich and cultivated is all reflected in the child.

"You taught it?" Xuan Ye looked at the imperial concubine sadly, imagining that in the long run, the fourth elder brother who will grow up in the future will be a profligate gentleman, anyway, the imperial concubine's family has money, and it can't be used up for generations, as long as he continues to give himself a steady stream of mothers, that little bit of money will not be in his eyes at all, thinking about how the ministers and the people will look at this prince at that time, Xuan Ye felt cold for a while.

Looking at the fourth elder brother's mother-in-law, Lan Qi was stingy on her face, but she said that she would teach by word and deed, so as not to let the sixth elder brother develop the bad problem of not knowing thrift in the future, saying that although the royal children are rich and noble, they are also afraid of spending money to eat nothing. Compared with the two, Xuan Ye couldn't help but regret the fact that the fourth elder brother was raised in Chengqian Palace.

The imperial concubine hurriedly pulled her son back and didn't let him speak again, and the queen mother finally said: "It's not unusual for children to be naughty and scurry, breaking a few things, it's strange that this child says these words at every turn, not only does he not know what is wrong, but he also shouts that there are many in the family, shouting that these priceless things are worthless, he is only three years old, but he is eighty at the age of three, the emperor? ”

Xuan Ye's face was gloomy, and when he saw Yinzhi on the side, he didn't know whether he was biased towards Yinzhen, or he was afraid that Yinzhi would also learn bad habits, so he reprimanded the third elder brother: "Why did you run around the house with your younger brother, didn't your mother teach you, can't you run around in the palace?" I cut your sister's face last time, and I didn't remember what I taught you? ”

Yinzhi is only five years old, although the royal children are precocious, five-year-old children are really not familiar with it, Yinzhi is timid and small, he cried when he was scolded by his father, covered his face and whimpered in his mother's arms, this time Xuan Ye was even more annoyed: "A boy, cry at every turn, Concubine Rong, are you used to him pestering you like this?" ”

Concubine Rong's eyebrows tightened, although she has not been favored much over the years, but the emperor has never said anything heavy, she smashed such a sentence for the first time, she was really aggrieved, but she didn't dare to argue, let alone annoy the emperor again, but the imperial concubine spoke again: "What is the emperor angry with Concubine Rong?" Is it also wrong for children to run around and be lively by nature? ”

Xuan Ye would not have been angry for a few corals and a few pieces of jade, but the imperial concubine's imposing attitude really made him speechless, it is impossible for the child to teach like this, he must restrain his cousin, but she has the dignity of the imperial concubine, it is really not appropriate to reprimand in front of Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui, but the cousin bumped into the provocation again and again, and even the queen mother on the side shook her head.

Xuan Ye closed his eyes in disappointment, opened his eyes and called people to him, everyone didn't know what he was going to do, they only heard the emperor say: "Go and ask for two ring rulers." ”

The ring ruler is naturally used to beat children, but a five-year-old and a three-year-old, how to beat is a punishment, and how can their small body bear it?

The imperial concubine was just about to speak, but the queen mother had already said: "Your Majesty, it is still in the New Year's Festival, the naughty children are not in the way, Yinqi went to scratch the coral by himself, and it has nothing to do with Yinzhi Yinzhen, don't be too angry." ”

Xuan Ye said yes, but he didn't promise to fight or not, and glanced at his grandmother a little, only to see that the Empress Dowager was calm and relaxed, and didn't say anything.

The little eunuch quickly invited two ring rulers, three fingers wide ring rulers, dark brown wood with a terrifying luster, Yinzhen was spoiled and didn't know what it was for, but Yinzhi had seen his mother teach his sister a lesson with a ring ruler, and knew that he was going to be beaten, so he immediately tore his throat and cried.

But the two ring rulers were suddenly thrown on the ground, one in front of the imperial concubine and one in front of Concubine Rong, Xuan Ye said coldly: "The son was raised by you, and you will take it back to teach you a lesson, you can't go unpunished if you do something wrong, I don't want to raise a prince who has no interest, and if there is such a thing, you will not be able to escape the responsibility of being a mother." During the New Year's Festival, in front of the emperor's grandmother and the emperor's mother, it is not appropriate to beat and scold, you each take it back to beat. ”

The imperial concubine was pale, staring at Xuan Ye in a daze, Concubine Rong behind her was also stunned, or Concubine Hui pushed her behind her to make her look, only to tremble and grab the ring ruler on the ground, Yinzhi was frightened, and drilled into Concubine Hui's arms, don't want Eniang to hit him, Concubine Hui pushed Concubine Rong and quickly kowtowed to thank her, and pulled the two out of the warm pavilion.

Yinzhi's crying gradually drifted away, but here Yinzhen pouted and opened his eyes wide, and he didn't know if he didn't know how to be afraid, or if he was really not afraid, standing beside the imperial concubine, he didn't cry a word.

"Imperial concubine, the emperor has fulfilled you, take the ring ruler and go back, Yinzhen is still young, just scare it twice, don't hit it hard." Seeing that her mother-in-law was silent, the queen mother opened her mouth, and when she saw the imperial concubine looking at her, she immediately frowned and made her look at her, and asked her to leave quickly.

The hall was silent again, the nurse came to take away the fifth elder brother, the queen mother got up and looked at the broken jewelry all over the ground, and said with a smile: "The year is safe, the concubines let the craftsmen use it to make earrings hairpins, and make a batch of jewelry, and the emperor will reward the children again." ”

The Empress Dowager nodded, and the Empress Dowager bowed her body to say goodbye, leaving the grandparents and grandchildren, Xuan Ye sat aside sullenly, but the Empress Dowager smiled: "Seeing that you are angry, I can't speak, in fact, I didn't plan to ask you to come over and lose your temper, but are you anxious about these children, or are you angry for the imperial concubine?" ”

Xuan Ye confessed: "If Lan Qi knew, she would be extremely uncomfortable. ”

The Empress Dowager smiled: "So you are not happy here? But if you are really unhappy, Lan Qi will be uncomfortable. A little doll of three or five years old, just teach it slowly. I'll let you take a look, just want to suppress the imperial concubine, although Yinzhen is small, her words and deeds are polite, cute and generous, she teaches well, but this doesn't cherish things, the problem of being lavish is not once or twice, before I always wanted to think that the child was not sensible, several times or three times, I felt that it was time to take care of it, it must be the imperial concubine's rich and noble problem, all of which were passed on to the child. ”

Xuan Ye bowed his head and said: "What the imperial grandmother is worried about is that although she is a royal child, she should not have such a problem, otherwise no matter how big the country is, it will be defeated in their hands in the future." ”

The Empress Dowager persuaded: "There is no need to say it so seriously, you bother to pay attention to it, I still have the spirit, and I will watch it for you." ”

Xuan Ye smiled bitterly: "It is said that Concubine De is from a humble background, and she is not worthy of my favor and the dignity of the concubine, but what is her words and deeds that are inferior to these young ladies of the family?" She looked stupid, she understood everything in her heart, Yinzuo was so big, she was already worried that her son would have arrogance and lasciviousness in the future, and she was bound up and down in the palace, and she was reluctant to use red charcoal when she was pregnant with a child. ”

The Empress Dowager was overjoyed: "Are you angry, or are you praising her, Lan Qi is good, I still use you to say, I refuse to waste every bit of things I do here, Su Mala has said her a few times." ”

Xuan Ye smiled a little at this time, it was the first time he had heard that when Lan Qi was in charge of affairs in Cining Palace, he also restrained the use of his subordinates and did not let them waste it. Originally, everything in Cining Palace was used to the fullest, and any good thing in the palace was sent here, and the palace maids were used to wasting tea and cooking, and Mama Su Mala also turned a blind eye, but Lan Qi came over these years and saved a lot of silver every year.

When Xuan Ye left, he also said: "When her body is better, it is time to slowly let her take care of the affairs of the Sixth Palace." ”

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