Madam Hou

Chapter 163

The sun shines in through the white window screens and shines on a Hunan embroidered golden toad curtain beside the bed, reflecting a warm yellow color.In the center of the room, a half-person-high tripod incense burner with peacock blue glaze engraved with unicorn patterns is emitting soothing incense.

The third prince opened his eyes in a daze, staring at the coiled dragon pattern on the green gauze curtain above the bed in a daze, and it took him a while to realize that this was in his own room in Fengyi Palace.

On a mica screen with bird and animal patterns that separates the inner room from the outer room, his two nannies are talking in a low voice.He heard that one of the nurses was a little bit aggrieved for him: "... after all, she was not raised by my side, and it hurts so much like the one who was raised by my side. The two little princes fell into the water at the same time, but she rescued them first." The one who lives by your side."

The other nanny was a little more cautious, and said softly: "Stop talking about it, we can't arrange the master's affairs, be careful that the third prince heard it..."

The nanny who was speaking was a little choked up and said: "I also feel sorry for the third prince. Our third prince is such a smart and sensible child, and he came out of her belly. Why don't you know how to feel sorry for him. This time he was fed so much. Too much cold water, I don’t know how much I have suffered..."

Hearing this, the third prince suddenly didn't want to listen anymore, closed his eyes and pulled the quilt and turned over.When the two nannies heard the commotion, they immediately stopped talking. They glanced at each other, then walked to the bed lightly, lifted a corner of the green gauze curtain and looked in at the third prince. They saw that his eyes were closed. It seemed that he was still in a deep sleep, and turning over just now seemed to be done unconsciously in his sleep, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The cautious Nanny put down the tent and said, "Let's go out and watch, so as not to wake up the Third Prince."

It wasn't until the two nannies went out that the third prince opened his eyes again, stretched out his hand and spread his palm, only to see a long horizontal cut on it, which was covered with medicine, and he could still smell it at this moment. The faint medicinal fragrance that emanates.It was cut by a protruding nail when he was holding the log in the water.

The third prince thought of that time, and he watched her desperately holding his fifth younger brother and walking towards the shore. The lake water overflowed her chin. Soaking him.He couldn't help being sad and disappointed, his eyes were sore, as if they were filled with water, and even his vision was blurred.

He pulled the quilt and wiped his eyes vigorously, then pulled the quilt as if venting, and covered his head.

The third prince slept until the evening, just as it was getting dark, the Fengyi Palace had already turned on the lights, and the bright red lanterns under the porch illuminated the Fengyi Palace even brighter than the daytime.

The third prince threw off the quilt and jumped out of bed, shouting to the outside: "What, what!"

The two nannies came in quickly, and seeing the third prince standing on the floor wearing a white underwear and only a pair of socks on his feet, they hurriedly said: "Third prince, why are you up, lie down quickly Go back to bed and catch the cold carefully!"

The third prince waved his hand and said: "No need, you guys help me get dressed, I'm going to my mother's place." Although he was only eight years old, he spoke with dignity.

The two nannies knew that the third prince had his own ideas, and the things he decided could not be disputed, so they didn't try to persuade him any more, and went straight to find clothes to help him put on.The third prince got dressed and left the inner room, and arrived at the main hall unimpeded.

In the main hall, the queen was sitting at the desk above, talking to the servants below.

"Continue to interrogate me, use torture or threats, pry their mouths open for me, and I won't believe it. The railing on the lotus pond can be broken if two children press it..."

The queen didn't stop talking until she heard the footsteps of "da da da", and looked in the direction of the sound, only to see that the third prince had already walked to the door.He wore a black gown with a collar and narrow sleeves, and a wreath inlaid with rubies around his neck. He had fair skin and looked as cute as a dough ball.It's just that his expression is a little sleepy, and he is looking at her eagerly at the moment.

The queen said to the people kneeling below: "Go down and do things well!"

Those people hurriedly said yes, then bent down and retreated one by one. When they passed by the third prince, they saluted him again before turning around and going out.

The queen waved to the third prince, signaling him to come over.The third prince walked over, and threw himself on the queen's lap without saying a word.The queen smiled gently and said: "Hey, you are so old, you still want to act like a baby with your mother?" After finishing speaking, she touched his clothes, frowned, and said, "Why are you wearing so little clothes? The weather in February and March is when it is cold and warm at one time, and you have just soaked in the cold water in the pool and caught the cold carefully."

The third prince shook his head, still didn't want to speak, but buried his head even tighter in the empress' arms.The queen watched and couldn't help sighing. After all, it was the biological mother. Even if they didn't live together, Concubine Jing never took the initiative to get close to him, and he would still think of her in his heart.

The queen picked up the child, let him sit on her lap, and asked him: "Because Concubine Jing didn't save you first, so you are unhappy?"

The third prince still didn't speak. He lowered his head and played with the necklace around his neck. His eyes were covered by long eyelashes, making it hard to know what he was thinking.The queen said again: "You have to be considerate of her. After all, your fifth brother is younger than you. Since your fifth brother came back, he is still sick!"

The third prince turned his head and hugged the queen's neck, buried his face on her chest, and said coquettishly, "Only my mother is the best to me, and I will only be good to my mother from now on!"

The queen's heart suddenly softened, and her heart became more and more pity.The sour smell caused by the child thinking about the birth mother also disappeared without a trace.The queen smiled and patted the child on the back, and said: "Silly child, you are the only child of the queen mother, if you are not good to you, who is good to you!"

At this time, in Lanhe Palace, Concubine Jing was looking at the fifth prince who was lying on the bed and hadn't woken up. She wiped her tears with her scarf and cried, "Why are they so cruel, even the two children are so cruel?" Don't let it go, one of them is only eight years old and the other is only four years old, what can hinder them..."

The emperor who was sitting next to her hugged her and comforted her: "Don't cry, don't let the child recover, and you hurt your eyes by crying again. Don't worry, I will give you an explanation."

Both of them knew that it was definitely not an accident that the third and fifth princes fell into the water.Railings and beams in the palace are inspected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs every month. How could they be rotten and broken? No matter how similar the cuts are, it is still easy to separate new wood from rotten wood. "

And the emperor already had a target of suspicion in his heart, and there was no one else who could move in his palace without anyone noticing, except for the Duke of Ning.Ever since he frequently revealed his intention to make the third party a prince in the middle of the court, Duke Ning's actions have continued one after another, and he has also seen the power of Duke Ning's mansion for the first time.

He has always been trying to bring about a balance between the Ningguo Gongfu faction that supports the First Prince and the Kangguo Gongfu faction that supports the Third Prince, and he always thought that he had achieved it.Unexpectedly, it was only at this time that he realized that Ningguo's mansion was too powerful over Kang's mansion, and half of the people in the court opposed the establishment of the third prince and heir.Moreover, they fought in an orderly manner, and several forces attacked together. If he was a little weaker, he might really follow their wishes.On the other hand, Kang Guogong's mansion, although it has gathered several forces, has not had a leader since the death of the old Duke, and the response is a bit chaotic. Sometimes several different forces are suspected of slapping each other.

Thinking of Duke Ning's mansion, the emperor couldn't help but frown. They had become more and more arrogant in the past few years, and he really thought he had nothing to do with them.Forget it, since it was decided to set up a mistress, it is natural that Duke Ning's government can no longer gain the upper hand, and it is time to deal with them slowly.

Concubine Jing continued to cry: "... If Xiaosan and Xiaowu really have troubles, the concubine will not want to live anymore!"

The emperor said: "What are you talking about, you only have Xiaosan Xiaowu in your heart, and you don't care about Zhen and Fuqing?"

Yanniang hugged the emperor tightly and said sadly, "Your Majesty..."

"I am the emperor, the son of heaven, with my protection, nothing will happen to our children!"

Concubine Jing gradually stopped crying, leaning her head on the emperor's chest, nodding while sniffling.The emperor said again: "Okay, take good care of Xiao Wu, I have two imperial physicians waiting outside, if you need to call them, I will go and see Xiao San."

Concubine Jing quickly sat up, nodded and said: "Then the emperor quickly go!"

The emperor left Lanhe Palace and went directly to Fengyi Palace. The queen led the maids out to salute him. The emperor waved his hands and asked where the third prince was. After the queen answered, he went directly to the study of the third prince.

The third prince was practicing calligraphy in the room, and he didn't notice the emperor coming in. The servants in the room were about to remind them, but the emperor waved his hand to keep them quiet, and he walked behind his son to watch him write.After reading the words he wrote, he frowned and said: "I'm in a bad mood, and even the words I wrote are messy."

The third prince seemed to have just realized that the emperor came in, put down his pen, turned his head and hugged the emperor excitedly, and said: "Father!" After speaking, he said a little depressed: "Father doesn't hurt me, it's been so long since he came to see me!"

The emperor sat down, hugged his son and said, "Your fifth younger brother is more seriously injured than you, so the emperor will naturally go to see him first."

Hearing the injured brother, the third prince said with a guilty conscience and worried: "Fifth brother... are you okay?"

"The imperial doctor said that I have caught a cold, and I need to stay in bed for a few days."

The emperor looked at his son with his head down and frowning, with a worried look, which was [-]% like her biological mother, and the emperor couldn't help but soften his heart.The third prince suddenly raised his head and said to the emperor, "Father, I was wrong!"

"What's wrong?"

"I shouldn't take my younger brother with me when he said he wanted to see the lotus pond and see the koi."

The emperor patted his son's butt lightly, and said: "Okay, I have learned to play tricks with my father! I will review it later."

The third prince paused for a while, then lowered his head and said seriously: "I shouldn't be annoyed by the servants following along, so I got rid of them and took my younger brother to the lotus pond alone. As a result, not only did I hurt myself, but my younger brother was also sick. Father, Sorry."

The emperor patted his son's head and said: "That's right. If it's wrong, it's wrong. It will be changed in the future. If you can't avoid the serious, take the light of it. In addition, it's good for you to love your brother, but you can't be ignorant of the seriousness. Like what happened yesterday, if there are servants around you Let's follow, how could it happen that you fell into the water, even if it happened, someone will rescue you soon, right?"

The third prince nodded and said, "I will never act alone again."

"Although you have a good attitude to admit your mistakes, since you made a mistake, then the emperor will punish you. You have read the "University" well, remember to understand the meaning in it, and the emperor will come to test you in a few days."

"Yes, Daddy."

The emperor was stunned by the name of the third prince at first, and after a while, he knocked on his head with a smile, and said happily: "Ghost boy!"

The third prince hugged the emperor's neck, yelling "Daddy" and "Daddy" and acted coquettishly.

(End of this chapter)