"E-niang." Yinzhen lowered her eyes and called her mother, but she didn't dare to look up at her.

Lan Qi waited quietly for him to continue to speak, thinking that Zuo still refused to accept Fujin, and was about to let him go to Xuan Ye to fight for it, but his son said at this moment: "E-Niang, do you know that Yuxi is not in good health, there is something I told E-Niang today, in the future, it will be Huang Ama who will force me, and I will not agree." ”

"Say it." Lan Qi bowed.

The fourth elder brother slowly raised his eyes and looked at his mother, the young man's eyes were full of determination, and he said solemnly: "Yuxi is not in good health, if you can't live with your son for the rest of your life, please promise me not to renew my strings and marry my stepfamily, the position of the hostess in my family, there is only Yuxi alone in this life." ”

Lan Qi's chest tightened, he didn't know why he was in pain, looking at his son speechless, Yinzhen continued: "In the future, Huang Ama and Eniang will force me to set up a steproom, and I won't nod, my son doesn't dare to hurt the relationship between father and son, but Eniang, you and Huang Ama want to live for a lifetime, and only Yuxi will accompany your son for a lifetime." ”

"You are affectionate and righteous, E-Niang is very happy, E-Niang has heard about this, and it will ...... in the future" But before Lanqi finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yinzhen, and he said solemnly, "There is no future, E-Niang, have you heard your son's words clearly?" Eniang, what Huang Ama can't give you, I want to give it all to Yuxi. ”

Lan Qi's eyes flickered, but she didn't know what her son was talking about, and then calmed down, only faintly listening to him muttering: "Why doesn't Huang Ama allow you to be in the main room." ”

Lan Qi couldn't tell if she heard this sentence from her son's mouth or imagined it by herself, and saw that Yinzhen was full of seriousness, and did not repeat similar words, so she didn't dare to ask her more, she always felt that maybe she had such a desire in her heart, and unconsciously came out with her son's words, but it was on Yinzhen, and it was what he said. This is something that must never be spoken, she can't reason with her son, and even if she really hears it, she can only act as if nothing happened.

Yin Zhen had already gotten up, and Shi Li said goodbye: "Erchen is going back to the study, and the first month is going to give a lecture in Wenhua Hall, if I do well, I don't have to go to the study every day, and Huang Ama wants to grant Erchen a serious errand to do." ”

Lan Qi responded: "Your house will be completed soon, and you will be able to move out in February and March, you and Yuxi must be prepared, after all, Eniang can still take care of it in the palace, and you have to rely on yourself everywhere when you leave the palace, and you will really be independent in the future." ”

What warms her heart is that her son is not in a hurry to move out, and even if Yinzhen only has a little dependence on her, it will satisfy her experience as a mother.

Leaving Yonghe Palace, the fourth elder brother walked to the study, Xiao Hezi asked him a few words, talking about the concubine, Yinzhen was still unhappy after all, Xiao Hezi wanted to relieve the master, but he didn't expect it to make the fourth elder brother stiffen his face, and then he didn't dare to say more, and waited quietly all the way to the study.

But when he entered the study, he heard the sound of laughter and shouting, and when the fourth elder brother entered the door, he saw the fourteenth elder brother running after the two little eunuchs with a big grabber dipped in ink in his hand, shouting: "Stop me, let me draw your faces, and if I run again, I will ask someone to beat you." ”

The seventh elder brother stood in front of the door and shouted to the fourteenth brother not to make trouble, Yinyu didn't listen, and finally a little eunuch ran and tripped and fell to the ground, he immediately rode to the people, smeared the black ink all over the eunuch's face, and shouted: "I'll exorcise evil for you, thank me quickly." ”

When the little guy was proud, his stamina was suddenly grabbed vigorously, his whole person was lifted up, he turned his head and saw that it was the fourth brother, his eyes widened in fright, and when he found that it was the fourth elder brother who was carrying him, he kicked his hands and feet, shouting: "Fourth brother let go of me, let go of me." ”

Since the third elder brother left the palace to build a mansion, he has not entered the study much, and the fourth elder brother is still living in the palace and has not done serious errands, most of the time he is still in the study, and he is also the eldest brother in the study now. Although the fourteenth elder brother is still young, the emperor let him enter the study early, and the original intention was also to bring the younger brothers with him when the fourth elder brother was still there, especially the thirteenth and fourteenth are all children under the knee of Concubine De, so it is best for the fourth elder brother to take it.

At this time, a few older brothers are practicing calligraphy and painting, the younger ones are endorsing in their classrooms, and the masters in the study have gone to the Qianqing Palace to report on their work, and no one is in control for a while, the little ones come to paint with their brothers, and it doesn't matter what, but the fourteenth elder brother is too naughty, and it is rare that no one cares about it to sit still and endorse the book, and the pen is all over the world, and the fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother can't call him at all, and because the fourteenth is the child of Concubine De, these already sensible elder brothers, also know a little bit of the sophistication here, so the fourteenth brother messed around. Unexpectedly, the fourth elder brother who returned halfway bumped into him, and saw him riding the little eunuch with a pen to draw people's faces.

At this time, the fourteenth brother was brought in and put on the ground, the little guy rolled and got up by himself, looking at his brother with an unconvinced face, but he didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of him, puffed out his cheeks and confronted his brother, only to see his brother angrily ask: "Who is following the fourteenth elder brother today?" ”

Including the little eunuch who was painted on his face, there were three people from Yonghe Palace at the door who fell to the ground to ask for guilt, and the fourth elder brother was about to scold, when the thirteenth elder brother suddenly stood up and said: "Fourth brother, Xiao Yunzi is following me, he didn't mess with Yinyu, don't punish him." ”

The fourth elder brother saw that Yinxiang was protecting his minions, although his eyes were full of fear of his brother, he still had the courage to say what he wanted to say, Yinzhen didn't feel angry, and he didn't think he could be angry and scare his younger brothers, so he calmed down, turned to Yinyu and said: "The pen is used to write and paint, when did it become your toy, don't you have such a thing again, do you hear?" ”

The fourteenth elder brother pouted and raised his chin and looked at his brother proudly, but he himself became angry and snorted: "I want to exorcise evil spirits for them, don't you use a pen and draw with your hands?" ”

Yin Zhen's anger was extinguished, and instantly rekindled because of his younger brother's words, and he turned around and took the ring ruler from the lesson plan, this three-finger-wide mahogany ring ruler was given by the emperor to the princes to admonish the princes, but after all, it is the emperor's elder brother, this ring ruler is at most used to knock on the table and chair to make a sound to alert them, and it will never really be used to beat people, but at this time, the fourth elder brother pointed at the fourteenth elder brother with a ruler, and scolded him sharply: "Stretch out your hand!" ”

The fourth elder brother has always been serious, he is indeed a gentle brother on weekdays, but he never smiles in the study, the brothers dare to say a few jokes to the fourth brother when they go out of the door of the study, but no one dares to be presumptuous in front of him in the study, at this time, I see that the fourth brother is going to beat the fourteenth brother, the younger ones are already frightened, and the fifth brother and the seventh brother dare not dissuade them at all.

The mahogany ring ruler was used to beat people for the first time, when the crackling sound came out, accompanied by the cry of the fourteenth elder brother resounded throughout the study, the more he cried, the more the brother beats, the more the fourth elder brother beats, he cries more fiercely, and then he is still pulled away by everyone, but the fourteenth elder brother did not stop crying, seeing that the trouble is out of control, he can only send the young fourteenth elder brother back first.

In Yonghe Palace, Lan Qi fell quietly, took a few words of blessing on red paper and prepared to give them a New Year's gift, and was laughing with a few people in Huanchun Green Beads, and suddenly heard the crying, and the mother shouted bitterly, and the mother immediately heard the cry of her son, the voice came from far and near, and the palace maid in front of the door ran in and said: "Niangniang, the fourteenth elder brother was sent back, and he cried fiercely." ”

Lan Qi put down the pen, anxiously put off her shoes and was about to go out, Huanchun and a few people hurriedly followed up to put on her shoes, and when the curtain was opened, the fourteenth elder brother had already been hugged over, she immediately stepped forward to hug her little son, squatted on her knees and let him sit on her lap, looked up and down, and asked anxiously: "What's wrong with Yinyu, where did you fall, where did you hurt?" ”

Lan Qi thought that her son was injured in the study, but Yinyu gave the whole beard and tail without any damage, and the body was clean and clean like she had fought with someone, it was really strange to cry like this, and when she inadvertently pinched her son's hand, when she held the palm that was more swollen than usual, she opened it and saw that the red edges covered the entire palm, and the wrist and fingers were not spared, and then spread out the other hand, there were also a few, and it was obvious that her son was beaten.

So Lan Qi was sure in his heart, and then got up and hugged his son back to the house, to put him down and sit by himself, but the fourteenth elder brother went straight to his mother's arms, hugging Eniang's neck and refusing to let go, Lan Qi couldn't resist him, only hugged him and coaxed him not to cry, now her son is emotional, she knows that she can't ask if she understands.

The crying child finally became quiet in his mother's arms, Huanchun had brought a hot handkerchief, carefully wiped the tears of the fourteenth elder brother, and coaxed him to say: "The fourteenth elder brother is not crying, the slave maid has made a lot of delicious food, just waiting for you to come back, let's eat snacks, okay?" ”

Yinyu couldn't lift his spirits, and fell softly on his mother's chest and whimpered, Lan Qi patted him and said, "Don't cry, if you have something to say, tell Eniang." He gave Huanchun a look and motioned for her to inquire about what was going on.

Huan Chun smiled and said to get some snacks for the fourteenth elder brother, and after coming out, he asked someone what happened, and he heard that the fourth elder brother beat his younger brother, but he didn't think it was a big deal, and turned around to go back to tell the master, someone came in front of the door, but he saw that the palace maids were surrounded by Sifujin and came again.

Huanchun stepped forward to serve Sifujin to untie the big coat, and saw that Fujin was only wearing the usual clothes in the house, so it was obvious that he was in a hurry to go out, so he pulled Fujin and waited, turned out the gown of Niangniang's youth and put it on for her, and carefully reminded: "If you break in like this, Niangniang will be angry, she will be laughed at if she is not dressed decently." ”

Yuxi touched the clothes on her body, fortunately, many of her clothes were given by her mother-in-law on weekdays, and her mother-in-law might not be able to see it, so she thanked Huanchun with peace of mind, and then turned back to her mother-in-law's dormitory, and heard the fourteenth brother's whimpering cry.

Although Lan Qi didn't know that Yinzhen beat her younger brother, how many people in this palace could beat or could beat her son? At this moment, when he saw Yuxi running, he knew in his heart that his youngest son was beaten by his own brother.

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