Concubine's true colors

Chapter 750
Zhou Yi, a child, has a very special meaning to Xiao Jinxuan.

Back then Chi Ling gave birth to Xiao Zhou Yi in the carriage, and then the other party voluntarily led the enemy away in order to protect her safety, and died in battle.

After receiving Zhou Yi, who was still a baby, into her arms, Xiao Jinxuan secretly swore that no matter what, she would protect the child well, treat him as her own, and raise him as an adult.

Therefore, even if Xiao Jinxuan fell into the cold pool later, she could not protect herself, and she almost survived freezing to death.

But she still pricked her finger and used her own blood to feed the child. At that time, Xiao Jinxuan had only one thought.

Even if they can't survive, but she will definitely die before this child, exhausting the last drop of blood, she wants little Zhou Yi to live longer.

The chance of survival and rescue was left to this little baby as much as possible.

So although Xiao Jinxuan was not Zhou Yi's biological mother, she was born drinking her blood to save her life.

Therefore, with this relationship, Zhou Yi, in Xiao Jinxuan's eyes, they are mother and child connected by blood, and she also takes care of and raises this child wholeheartedly.

Even after escaping from the palace, she never let go of Xiao Zhou Yi's hand at such a dangerous time, and desperately led him out of the palace gate.

It was inconvenient for Xiao Jinxuan to visit Zhou Yi just now, it was because she was worried about Zhou Xianchen's presence.

But now that the other party already knows her identity, Xiao Jinxuan no longer has any worries, and can't wait to know how Zhou Yi, who should be six years old, is living after being separated for several years.

So when the carriage turned around and headed toward the mountain behind Tuerling, at noon, the group of them arrived at Shisong Town.

Because this small town is located in a remote place, and it does not occupy a large area, there are not many outsiders entering it on weekdays, and it is rare to see high officials and dignitaries once in a few years.

So in order not to disturb the tranquility of this town, he also didn't want Zhou Yi's identity to be suspected by others.

So Xiao Jinxuan ordered the accompanying thirty guards, together with the carriage, to guard outside the town.

And she and Zhou Xianchen, accompanied by Bai Chu, entered Shisong Town in an extremely low-key and ostentatious manner.

Although Xiao Jinxuan came to Shisong Town more than four years ago.

But she has always kept the matter about Zhou Yi in her heart, so after she was familiar with the road, she arrived at the house of the old doctor named Shi back then.

This Shisong Town is very remote, so every family in the town is not considered rich. If they have dozens of taels of spare money, they can be counted as one of the richest families.

Therefore, Mr. Shi's home is a yellow mud house with a small courtyard surrounded by fences, which can be regarded as extremely shabby and poor.

When this familiar fenced courtyard came into view, Xiao Jinxuan's eyes immediately turned red.

Thinking of Zhou Yi's child, who must have suffered a lot these years, she felt particularly guilty, and even more sorry for the former Chi Ling.

Although Xiao Jinxuan left the red gold hairpin outside the worry-free hairpin when they parted, and gave it to Mr. Shi.

But Zhou Yi was seriously ill at that time, and the young child could only save his life by taking expensive medicine.

Therefore, after the hairpin cover was exchanged for the herbal medicine for Zhou Yi, there would not be much silver left.

The more she felt that Zhou Yi had suffered all these years, the more Xiao Jinxuan suffered in her heart.

And she stretched out her hand to push the fenced yard away, and walked in impatiently.

But when she was about to knock on the door of the yellow mud house to meet Zhou Yi's mother and son, she didn't expect that the wooden door would be kicked open by someone from inside.

Then I saw two strong men, dragging a thin boy in their hands, beating him, cursing and saying:
"You little bastard, you really don't want to be toasted and fined wine. Your grandfather has been dead for three years, and his house and fields should be re-divided to the people of the town. And you were picked up by Father Shi from nowhere. You are worthy of Lai not leaving here. We are already polite enough, and according to your request, we asked you to observe mourning for Father Shi for three years. Now you have no excuse to stay here, get out of Shisong Town quickly, There are few people here and the land is thin, so we can't call you a child of unknown origin and occupy the house and fields for nothing."

Looking at the boy whose arms were being dragged by two men, with bruises on his face and blood at the corner of his mouth.

Even though he hadn't seen him for several years, Shen Nanke could tell at a glance that this child was undoubtedly Zhou Yi.

In an instant, with the change of identity, she became more calm and calm, and Xiao Jinxuan, who had long since been impetuous and swayed by emotions, became calmer and calmer.

Not only did he look very gloomy, but even without thinking about it, he picked up a piece of gravel with sharp water chestnuts from the ground, held it in his hand, and threw it on the foreheads of the two men.

This time Xiao Jinxuan is not the princess of Beirong, and she has forgotten her dignity as a princess.

She is a mother who is completely irritated when she sees her child being bullied.

It's just that even though Xiao Jinxuan was angry, it was still a bit difficult for her to hurt someone with a small stone.

Thanks to Bai Chu's quick reaction, seeing the two men holding Zhou Yi want to attack Xiao Jinxuan, he stepped forward and kicked each of them, and then pinned them to the ground.

Shisong Town is not big, and the people in the village are not too far away. The two men were kicked to the ground, startled and panicked.

As a result, this movement attracted all the folks in the street.

Seeing the surrounding people talking about it, they even pointed at Zhou Yi who was curled up on the ground trembling.

Xiao Jinxuan, who was angry for no reason, blocked Zhou Yi behind her, and said with sharp eyes:

"How can you people be so cold-blooded and ruthless? The person in front of you is just a child. You want to drive people out of the town for the sake of a few acres of thin land and this yellow mud house. This is not the same as forcing people to die. What's the difference. My Dazhou is a place where the king's laws are in place. If you unruly people are bullying the innocent, believe it or not, I will immediately report to the officials and tell you all to go to the yamen for a while, and let's go and make a good judgment."

Xiao Jinxuan is well-dressed. In fact, if she is a commoner in the capital, if she sees the pattern of phoenix patterns on her dress, she will know that the other party must be related to the royal family and must not be provoked.

But Shisong Town is located in the back mountain of Tu'erling, and the people here probably only know that the royal family has arrived when they see the dragon and phoenix totem.

And Xiao Jinxuan's phoenix pattern is true, but according to the specifications, only the queen can have the phoenix totem embroidered on her body, so there are still people who have not seen her identity clearly, and among them is the one who is not convinced, and immediately shouted without fear of death:

"This nobleman, you are a foreigner, so don't meddle in the affairs of our town. This Shi Xiaoyi is a child who was picked up, and he should leave as soon as Father Shi dies. Occupy our land and house. If you have a kind heart, this nobleman, then take this child away, and we are all happy, what do you think?"

Hearing these words, a trace of helplessness and sadness flashed across Xiao Jinxuan's expression.

After all, if she could take this child to her side, she would have ordered someone to bring Zhou Yi back when she returned to the capital.

It's just that this kind of thinking is strong, but Xiao Jinxuan absolutely can't do this, because Zhou Yi is Zhou Xianrui's prince in name.

Many people had seen this child back then, although Zhou Yi's face had changed as he grew older, he could still see his childhood appearance.

As long as others have the heart, his identity will be discovered sooner or later.

And once Zhou Yi's identity as Emperor Qi's prince is exposed, most of the ministers who are willing to follow Zhou Xianyu and assist Zhou Xianchen are Zhou Xianrui who were loyal to the former ministry.

Xiao Jinxuan was very clear that they supported Zhou Xianchen because Zhou Xianrui had no heirs and they didn't want to see Empress Chen interfere in politics.

But once Zhou Yi's identity is announced to the public, these old subordinates of Zhou Xianrui are likely to have a different heart and turn to support the prince, forming a third party of their own.

But the most deadly point is that Xiao Jinxuan knows better than anyone else that Zhou Yi is a child of Chi Ling, and he is not of the royal blood of the Zhou family at all.

Therefore, under this complicated relationship, Xiao Jinxuan didn't dare to bring Zhou Yi back to her side, and even now she couldn't even recognize him.

So seeing her face full of indignation, she pulled out all the four gold hairpins in her bun, and then threw them in front of the onlookers, and said with a sneer:
"I am not related to this child. Although I will not take him away, this gold hairpin is enough to buy this mud house with a fence and a few acres of Susukida. In the past, Mr. Shi Lao used his medical skills to help me, so I don't care about the child he adopted. If you take the golden hairpin and leave quickly, if anyone comes to bully this child and let me know, then I will definitely not let that person go, you'd better hear it clearly. "

The people have never fought against the officials, and the poor can't afford to offend the rich. Xiao Jinxuan's extraordinary clothes and fierce demeanor made the people of Shisong Town feel a little afraid.

Now that he has taken the gold hairpin and picked up a big deal, no one will have trouble with Zhou Yi.

Therefore, a group of townspeople who had surrounded them just now, including the two men who were kicked to the ground by Bai Chu, all scattered in all directions, leaving no one to be an eyesore.

After the idlers left, Xiao Jinxuan immediately turned around and looked at Zhou Yi who was still curled up on the ground.

Looking at the child, trembling all over without raising his head, just staying there silently, neither crying nor screaming in pain, Xiao Jinxuan was so heartbroken that she almost didn't shed tears.

After a few steps forward, she bent her knees and knelt down to help Zhou Yi wipe off the dirt that was stained on his head when he was beaten, Xiao Jinxuan asked in a choked voice;

"Good boy, you must tell me where you feel uncomfortable. Those people will not bully you again. This fenced yard will be yours from now on. And if you look up at me, you still remember who I am."

Seeing that Zhou Yi was against her.Unmoved at all, Xiao Jinxuan was so anxious that she couldn't help telling Bai Chu immediately:

"Hurry up and get the snacks from our carriage, isn't Yi'er hungry, and bring those spare ointments?"

Seeing that there were no troublemakers around, Bai Chu was a little worried, but seeing Zhou Yi's pitiful appearance, he nodded and left immediately to get things from the carriage.

And it seemed that because he heard something was eaten, Zhou Yi finally raised his head.

After giving Xiao Jinxuan a grateful look, he said in a humble voice:

"Thank you for helping me, and giving Xiaoyi something to eat. It's just that the nobleman said he knew Grandpa, but I don't remember seeing you. Xiaoyi hasn't eaten properly for three days. In fact, you can just give me a bowl of rice .As for the gold hairpin that the nobleman took away from the villagers for me, when I grow up and can earn money, I will definitely find a way to return the money to you."

(End of this chapter)