famous eldest daughter

Chapter 469 Questions
Among the huge palaces, Xiao Ke's palace courtyard can be said to be remote. No one comes to visit him here. The people in the palace know better than the servants in ordinary palaces what it means to step down and bow down to the high. Xiao Ke will not argue, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will do the same. Turning a blind eye, the number of servants serving in his palace was obviously more than twice that of other princes.

But it was because there were few people and the place was so remote that Xiao Ke was particularly carefree when doing things.

With his cautiousness, if the place where he lived was busy with traffic, he would not dare to secretly read the book on military affairs even if it was wrapped with a book cover of "The Doctrine of the Mean". Although, reading military books does not mean that he is not doing his job properly.

Because there are very few generals in the DPRK, in fact, this DPRK still attaches great importance to martial arts.

If Xiao Ke could show his enthusiasm for military affairs in front of his father, his father would definitely look at him differently, and he would no longer be a dispensable figure in the palace.

Xiao Ke's situation over the years is probably due to his own deliberate actions.

It's because he doesn't want to stand out!

Thinking about Xiao Ke's moves when practicing swordsmanship, thinking about the mountain-like piety in his eyes when holding a branch, thinking about his hunger for military knowledge, and thinking about the majestic battlefield aura he occasionally showed...

All these are verifying Xiao Yu's suspicions one by one.

After leaving Xiao Ke's place, Xiao Yu walked toward Concubine Hui's palace with his thoughts on his mind. The emperor was discussing matters with a group of ministers in the royal study, so Concubine Hui naturally had time to entertain him.

After hearing the report from the palace maid, Xiao Yu had arrived. Concubine Hui, who was rummaging through boxes and cabinets looking for something, was immediately startled. While wiping her hands with the handkerchief handed over by the palace maid, she looked at the sky outside and asked, "What time is it?"

"It's not even close yet." The palace maid replied respectfully.

As he spoke, Xiao Yu walked in. Concubine Hui immediately greeted her, "Why did you come into the palace so early? What's the matter?" His face was full of worry and anxiety, "Is something wrong with you or Gu Yuqing?"

Xiao Yu's mouth suddenly trembled...

He usually behaved in a lazy manner in front of others. Even though he never concealed his true purpose from his mother and concubine, but... over time, even her mother and concubine felt that it was unusual for him to get up so early.

With a wry smile, Xiao Yu followed Concubine Hui into the room, and said, "It's okay, so I can't enter the palace?"

Hearing what he said, Concubine Hui's heart relaxed a little, but she was still uneasy, "Of course you can enter the palace, but why did you come so early? At this time in the past, you probably just got up!"

"It's rare to be diligent!" Xiao Yu twisted a piece of water chestnut cake in Xiaodie on the table, put it in his mouth, poured himself a cup of hot tea, and said.

"Are you really okay?" Concubine Hui asked.

Xiao Yu shook his head, "Oh, it's really okay..." He paused for a moment, then changed his voice, "I can't say it's okay, there's still something wrong."

"I know you have nothing to do but get up early!" After hearing what Xiao Yu said, Concubine Hui let out a sigh of relief. She picked up the chair opposite Xiao Yu and sat down. She gave her personal maid a wink and asked her to go outside and watch. Then he turned to Xiao Yu and said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

Xiao Yu looked at Concubine Hui and couldn't help but laugh or cry.

What mother and concubine!
When he said it was okay, she looked worried and uneasy. Now that he said it was okay, she breathed a sigh of relief...

With a groan in his heart, Xiao Yu picked up the tea cup to moisten his throat, ate another piece of water chestnut cake, and said, "Do you still remember what happened when Xiao Ke gave birth?"

After tossing and turning all night yesterday, I washed up and went out this morning. I was so hungry that I died.

After asking the question, I ate two more pieces of water chestnut cake.

Suddenly hearing this, Concubine Hui couldn't help frowning and looked towards Xiao Yu. The early morning sunlight came through the window, and the alternating light spots of light and dark shone on her face, adding a bit of elegance to her charm.

He raised his hand to hold the pearls on his temples, twisted his fingers twice around the silk handkerchief in his hand, and asked, "Why do you ask this so suddenly, but what's the problem with Xiao Ke?"

The guess has not yet been verified. Xiao Yu never says much about such things that are just imagined. He only says, "Just tell me, concubine."

When mother and son talk, they always treat each other as they are, and there is no need to avoid anything.

"You kid, you asked such a general question. How do you ask me to answer it? What exactly do you want to know? You might as well ask in detail." Concubine Hui scolded him and said with a smile. After speaking, she glanced at the empty plate on the table. Then he added, "You came out early in the morning and didn't have breakfast?"

Xiao Yu said "hmm" as an answer to Concubine Hui's last question and said, "Concubine, when Xiao Ke was born, was there any turmoil related to him in the palace?"

"You kid, no matter how urgent the matter is, you still have to eat." She glared at him, stood up, walked two steps outside, walked to the door, and ordered: "The pigeon soup is simmering in the small kitchen. Bring a bowl to His Majesty the Fourth Prince. , In addition, bring him two of the new mahjong cakes made yesterday."

When Xiao Yu heard about the pigeon soup, he knew that it was specially stewed by his mother and concubine for his father. He immediately waved his hand and said, "Forget the pigeon soup, just make it anything you like. Leave it to your father."

Concubine Hui did not change her order, turned around and sat down again, saying: "If your father knew about it, he would not only give you this pigeon soup to drink, but he would also be eager to bring it to you from his own small kitchen." ."

Uh... that's true.

Xiao Yu vividly remembered that one time he entered the palace on an empty stomach, just in time to catch up with his father and the emperor having breakfast at his mother's concubine's place. Hearing that he had entered the palace to pay his respects before breakfast, he was so excited that he immediately asked the chamberlain to kidnap him. The ginseng and turtle soup simmering in the kitchen was brought to him, and he watched him drink it.

At that time, Xiao Yu was only in his teens, and when he was full of energy, he drank such a nourishing soup and drank three or four bowls in a row. Immediately, before the bowl was put down, nosebleeds spurted out.

Warm thoughts flashed through his mind like a bright light. Xiao Yu smiled, but did not say any more words of rejection.

He didn't want another nosebleed!

After a while, the palace maid came in again with food. When the palace maid slowly stepped back and watched Xiao Yu take the chopsticks, Concubine Hui spoke quietly and answered Xiao Yu's question.

"There is no big commotion. You know, Xiao Ke's biological mother has a humble status and is not favored. Even though she gave birth to a prince, no one is jealous."

As the past happened, Concubine Hui narrowed her eyes slightly, "On that day, because her fetus was in an abnormal position and it was her first child, it was particularly difficult to give birth. She had an attack in the early morning and it didn't last until dusk of the next day, when the baby was about to be born. ."

"It's just that when the child was born, she lost too much blood and passed away without even hearing a cry from the child."

As she said that, Concubine Hui sighed. After all, it was a human life, and it was inevitable to bring up the past again, which inevitably made her heart miserable, "It's pitiful that she was pregnant for ten months, but she didn't even know whether her child was a boy or a girl, or what he looked like."

Xiao Yu was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then said: "Mother, concubine, are all the nuns who delivered her the baby still in the palace now?"

(End of this chapter)