Xuan Ye nestled in Pomegranate's arms, watching the imperial doctors leave, and the nurse fed him another mouthful of porridge, and he reached out to push it away.

"The third elder brother must eat well in order to get better." Pomegranate said patiently, "The third elder brother misses Eniang, right?" ”

Xuan Ye didn't speak or make trouble, just sobbed quietly, and Pomegranate shook his head at the nurse, and it was not too late to feed the child when he was calm. She patted Xuan Ye, in the end, she had just recovered from a serious illness, her little body was still very weak, and she fell asleep again not long after.

"I heard from several doctors sent by the eldest prince that even if smallpox is cured for a while, the people who have it are likely to have poison on their bodies, and they may be transmitted to others again for a long time." The nurse whispered to Pomegranate, "We are all close to the third elder brother, I'm afraid we won't be able to go back to the palace for a year and a half." ”

"At the beginning, the younger brother of the imperial concubine only had chickenpox, and she was half a year late before entering the palace." Pomegranate sighed lightly, "It seems that it is still early for Niangniang and the third elder brother to reunite with their mother and son." You all have to be careful, go wash your hands, if we fall, the third elder brother will be replaced with a new face, and when the time comes, he will be afraid, and the mother will not be at ease. ”

Just as the nurse and Pomegranate discussed, after getting the good news, the palace began to discuss how long it would take for the third elder brother to return to the palace, and as for the source of smallpox this time, it was also found.

The little eunuch in the study, who had died of illness, had left the palace in the first month, and he had a fever earlier than the third elder brother, but no one paid attention to it.

When Xuan Ye was found to have a rash, that one was already burned in his house, and he died within two days of being sent out of the palace, and most of the other people who were infected also died.

Doctors often say that pox smallpox, the younger the child, the more he can survive, Xuan Ye has it at this age, and if he survives, he will benefit for life.

After getting the news of his son's awakening, Yuan Xi hid in the house and cried, and finally was able to taste the delicious food and sleep steadily.

As long as the illness does not take away his son, Xuan Ye has his uncle and grandfather outside the palace to protect him, Yuan Xi is not worried at all.

Next, she is waiting for the days to pass day by day, waiting for her son to come back in good health, but she understands that this wait is afraid that it will be a few months and a half a year, or even longer.

After a full month, the sultry heat of early summer gradually began to take off, and Yuan Xi walked out of Jingren Palace for the first time, and the spring flowers in the Forbidden City were gone, and as far as the eye could see, there were lush green branches and leaves.

Yuan Xi arrived in front of the gate of Cining Palace, and the two palace maids took the dust to shake off the dust on her body, and held two basins of water for Yuan Xi to wash his hands. ”

In the past month, no one in the Forbidden City has been found to be infected with smallpox, and the imperial doctor said that if there is no accident, the palace can resume its normal life, and there is no need to ban it everywhere.

After a month's absence, goodbye to mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Yuan Xi lost weight, and so did Yu'er.

Seeing the child saluting herself, lying on the ground and crying so much that she couldn't get up, her heart was like a knife, and she helped Yuan Xi and said: "Xuan Ye is blessed with a great life, this one has survived, I am not afraid of this fatal illness in this life, this is the blessing of you and Xuan Ye." ”

Yuan Xi was extremely aggrieved, and she couldn't stop her tears, Yu'er hugged her in her arms: "Good boy, E-Niang didn't expect that you would ask to send Xuan Ye away, Yuanxi, you are worthy of being Tong Tulai's daughter, you have courage and courage, E-Niang admires you very much." ”

If there is a choice, how can Yuan Xi be willing to send his son away, but Chengqian Palace is attached to Jingren Palace, she is really afraid that something will happen to the people behind, and she and Fulin will not be better alive.

But she wouldn't say this, and she would never say it to the Queen Mother.

"Fu Lin came to see me this morning, saying that a month has passed, let me go out and walk around." After Yu'er waited for Yuan Xi to calm down, she said gently, "In addition, on the day when Xuan Ye returned to the palace, Xuan Ye was already alive, and the scabs on his face were almost gone. Don't feel distressed when you look back, what are you afraid of when the child is ugly, and a big life is a blessing. ”

Yuan Xi nodded again and again: "That's what you said." ”

Yu'er said: "In addition, the emperor didn't say when he planned to let Xuan Ye return to the palace, it seems that he wanted me to make up his mind, so as not to let outsiders think that he was thinking about that person everywhere." Yuan Xi, I want to discuss with you here and hear what you mean. ”

Yuan Xi got up from his seat and responded: "The concubine listens to the arrangement of the queen mother." ”

Yu'er said: "Okay, I want Xuan Ye to return to the palace later, although it is good for him and the body of the people in the palace, it will inevitably damage your mother-son relationship." It may even be like back then, when I had to leave Fu Lin at every critical juncture, causing the shadow of Xuan Ye's childhood. ”

Yuan Xi's heart sank, but she had already decided to listen to the Queen Mother's arrangement, so naturally she would not refuse, and in turn comforted the Queen Mother: "That child Xuan Ye, stupid, like a concubine when he was a child, don't worry about him." However, can the Queen Mother be accommodating and allow the concubine's family to visit Xuan Ye often? ”

"Outside the palace, you don't have to pay attention to so many rules." Yu'er said, "You can just watch it yourself." ”

"Yes."

Yu'er said again: "No one knows if the newborn baby can survive smoothly. My own grandchildren, of course, I hope that every one of them will be healthy and healthy, but there are not no princesses who died in the palace, and there are so many children born under Prince An's knees, but every year there are all kinds of diseases, and so many have gone, Qifujin said to me that she has tears to numbness. So I'm also numb to say such things now, no one knows, what will happen to that child in Chengqian Palace, I hope he will be born and grow up safely, but what if? ”

Yuan Xi said with red eyes: "You hope that Xuan Ye can avoid suspicion." ”

Yu'er bowed her head: "That's right, it's hard to say what will happen in the future, but I have to think about the future of the Qing Dynasty every day, at least for now, there are two emperors and elder brothers, Xuan Ye is a hundred times stronger than Fuquan just because he has smallpox." The Qing Dynasty needs a healthy and strong heir. ”

"The Queen Mother's ......"

"I don't want the disease to take the child's life, but his Amma has done too much to him for unnecessary reasons." Yu'er said, "It's not just for Xuan Ye, it's the same for Fuquan and all the children. ”

Yuan Xi bowed her head and obeyed orders, but the Queen Mother suddenly asked her to kneel, Yuan Xi trembled and hurriedly knelt down.

"I used to not take the other descendants of the first emperor in my eyes, so I can understand how you think of Fuquan in your heart, or the future birth of a prince, every inch of your thoughts." Yu'er said solemnly, "But now, they are all my grandsons, my flesh and blood." Yuan Xi, promise me, don't do anything to hurt other children, E-Niang wants you to be innocent in this life. ”

Yuan Xi kowtowed and said with tears: "Queen Mother, the concubines should remember that the concubines will never let you down." ”

Yu'er said: "Bear with me, two years at most, I will definitely bring Xuan Ye back for you." ”

Leaving Cining Palace, Yuan Xi lost her soul, although she had been prepared for a long time, her son would not be able to come back in a short time, but the Queen Mother explained so many things at once, she could foresee how bumpy the road after Xuan Ye would be.

If Chengqian Palace gives birth to a prince, the emperor will inevitably regard it as a treasure, and now he wants Xuan Ye to let his brother, and maybe in the future, he will ask his brother to let his younger brother.

Yuan Xi took a deep breath and slowly walked back to Jingren Palace, now that Pomegranate and Xuan Ye were not around, she finally knew what loneliness was.

When he returned to the East Sixth Palace, the holy car just turned into the palace road in front of the gate of Chengqian Palace, and Yuan Xi saw the figure of the emperor coming down from his shoulder and entering the door, so strange and so far away, he didn't care that there were other people standing here at all.

Yuan Xi was about to leave, but saw Gao Wa coming out of the side door of Kunning Palace, and called out to her: "You are just right here, the queen mother invites you to have a cup of tea." ”

Yuan Xi was stunned and politely refused: "Let's go a few more days." ”

Gao Wa smiled: "You're welcome, Niangniang knows what you are taboo about, saying that she doesn't care, I haven't seen you for a month, it's weird." ”

As he spoke, he stepped forward to support Yuan Xi and sighed, "Niangniang, you have lost a lot of weight." To tell you the truth, the queen hasn't gone out for a month, she has been nesting in the house all day long, eating and drinking fat. ”

I don't know why, Yuan Xi's heart was extremely uncomfortable, her eyes were moist, and when she arrived at Kunning Palace, she saw the queen standing at the door waiting for her, and when she saw her, she smiled and said: "Yuan Xi, this month is really long." ”

Yuan Xi couldn't hold back for a while, and shed tears, and the queen comforted her: "Xuan Ye has a big life, and the old grandmothers all say that the third elder brother will be blessed endlessly. ”

Outside the palace, the Tong Mansion got the news that the Queen Mother decided to let the third elder brother stay outside the palace temporarily, and allowed the people of the Tong family to visit from time to time.

But before he could go out, his subordinates rushed to say, "My lord, General Eshuo is so sick that he vomits blood today." ”

"What's going on?" Tong Tulai was shocked, coughed again and again for a while, and after being dissuaded by Mrs. Tong, she asked him to take a break and visit Xuan Ye again.

Another person was sent to inquire carefully, only to find out that Eshuo's illness had been dragging on for several months since the beginning of spring, and it had suddenly taken a sharp turn for the worse in the past few days.

"Does the palace know?" Tong Tulai sighed, "Jiayin's child, it's really not easy, she has been in the palace for so many days, how can she meet everything." ”

Mrs. Tong said: "Don't worry about other people's children, you worry about your own body, you are good, Yuan Xi and the third elder brother can also be well." ”

Tong Tulai said: "I want to be good, and I still want to go to Yungui to fight Zhu Youlang, but it's old and useless." ”

Mrs. Tong asked, "Then who is going to Yungui on this trip?" ”

Tong Guogang said on the side: "It's Wu Sangui." ”