Although Agui often fights with Zhaohui and never accepts him, he also knows that Zhaohui is not a talkative person. He would say this, and he must have great doubts in his heart. He nodded and agreed: "Okay, let's do it now
Go to Chengqian Palace to see Fourth Brother."
Zhaohui nodded and went back to Chengqian Palace with Agui. Because he had to be careful to avoid the palace people along the way and stopped and walked, it took twice as long as usual to get to Chengqian Palace. But when he got outside,
The two of them got into trouble at the same time. Should they just go in and say that they want to see the Fourth Brother? I'm afraid that the palace people will directly ask them how they came here. When the dispute starts and they are investigated, the trouble will be big, but if they don't let people
By the way, they couldn't get in at all.
Just when they were in trouble there, Yang Hai, who happened to walk to the palace gate, saw the two people hiding in the corner and came over and said: "Master Zhaohui, Master Agui, why are you here? The inner garden is an important place, but it is not allowed.
They are trespassing." Because he knew that they had a good relationship with Hongli, although Yang Hai questioned them, his tone was not very harsh.
Seeing that his whereabouts had been discovered, Agui quickly laughed, looked at Zhaohui and said, "Why don't you quickly tell Eunuch Yang what we are doing here?" It was Zhaohui's suggestion to come to Chengqian Palace, so of course it was up to him to do the talking.
Well, besides, he doesn’t have as many curved intestines as Zhaohui.
Zhaohui glared at him angrily and said half-truthfully: "Eunuch Yang, we know we shouldn't enter the inner garden without permission, but when we were attending class in the study room, we saw that Brother Si was feeling a little unwell and felt uneasy, so
Came here specially to take a look.”
"Brother Si is unwell?" Yang Hai was slightly surprised. When Hongli came back before, he was busy with other things and had never seen him.
Agui quickly nodded and said: "If we weren't worried about Fourth Elder Brother, how could we knowingly break into the inner garden? Please give Eunuch Yang a favor and let us go and see Fourth Elder Brother."
Yang Hai hesitated for a moment and said: "In that case, please wait here for two young masters while I go to report to the Queen."
Zhaohui knew that Yang Hai couldn't make up his mind about this kind of thing, so he nodded and said: "Then I'll thank you."
After Yang Hai went in and told Ling Ruo about this, Ling Ruo felt nervous and quickly asked Shui Xiu to help her get up to see Hongli. As for Zhaohui, they also asked Yang Hai to take her to Hongli's place.
As soon as he left the main hall, he saw little Zhengzi walking from the other side holding a large roll of paper and looking nervous. Ling Ruo saw something was wrong and called him out.
When little Zhengzi heard Ling Ruo's voice, his expression was a little more nervous than before. He lowered his head and knelt down and said, "I have seen your Majesty. I hope you are blessed."
Ling Ruo glanced at the paper in his hand and said, "What are you doing with so much paper? Didn't Fourth Brother just send a large pile of paper a few days ago? Could it be that it has been used up so quickly?"
Little Zhengzi said: "Back to my wife, the paper I sent you a few days ago was paper for calligraphy. Just now, my fourth brother said that the paper for drawing was gone, so I specially asked my servant to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get some."
"Painting?" Ling Ruo glanced suspiciously at little Zheng Zi, who had an uncomfortable expression on his face, and said to Shui Xiu, "Bring a piece of paper to me and show it to me."
When Shui Xiu took a piece of paper and handed it to Ling Ruo's hand, Ling Ruo's face immediately darkened and she said coldly: "This paper is as clean as jade, thin and smooth. It is not rice paper for painting at all, but
The Chengxintang paper used for calligraphy practice is exactly the same as the one sent a few days ago. Little Zhengzi, you are so brave, you actually dare to deceive me."
Seeing that the lie was exposed, Xiao Zhengzi trembled all over and kowtowed repeatedly: "This slave deserves to die, please forgive me!"
"Tell me, what did Fourth Elder Brother use these papers for?" Faced with Ling Ruo's question, Xiao Zhengzi did not dare to hide any more and said truthfully: "Today, Fourth Elder Brother was punished by Master Zhu to copy the text he studied today a hundred times. Fourth Elder Brother
I found that Chengxintang paper was not enough, so I asked my servant to go to the House of Internal Affairs to get more."
Hearing that Hongli was fined for copying, Ling Ruo couldn't believe it. This son had always been eager to learn and smart, and she had never worried about schoolwork. How could she be fined by Master Zhu for copying this time?
Seeing that Ling Ruo didn't speak, Shui Xiu whispered: "Master, didn't Zhaohui and the others say that the fourth elder brother was unwell? Is it possible that it was for this reason that the fourth elder brother performed poorly in class and was punished by Master Zhu?"
"Let's go see Hongli first." With that said, Ling Ruo walked quickly to the courtyard where Hongli lived. In her hurry, she also forgot to ask little Zhengzi about Hongli's physical condition.
When they arrived outside Hongli's house, Zhaohui and the others had just arrived, and Ling Ruo walked in quickly without saying anything else.
Hongli was scratching his itch and copying books in the room. There were several copied books on the table, but at this moment, his beautiful handwriting was somewhat deformed.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, Hongli just said that it was Xiao Zhengzi who was back. Without raising his head, he said: "Just put the paper next to you. Xiao Zhengzi, come over and scratch me. Why do I feel itchy all over my body?"
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Little Zhengzi, who came in with Ling Ruo, stood behind him and called out, "Four...fourth brother..." while trembling and shivering.
When Hongli heard something was wrong in the voice, he couldn't help but raise his head. When he saw it, he realized that Ling Ruo was standing in front of him. Even Zhaohui and Agui were also there. He quickly got up and walked to the case to salute Ling Ruo, "Eniang,
Why are you here?"
Seeing that Hong Li was fine, Ling Ruo felt slightly relieved, and then said displeasedly: "If I didn't come, how would I know that you were punished by Master Zhu to copy books, and how would I see you like this."
Hongli lowered his head and glanced at himself. He saw that one of his sleeves was high and the other was low. His clothes were also wrinkled from scratching. He quickly straightened his clothes and said, "I know my mistake, please punish me."
Ling Ruo was about to speak when she saw that although Hongli was standing there, he kept moving around, looking uncomfortable. He frowned and said, "Hongli, can't you even stand well?"
Just as Hongli was about to speak, he suddenly felt a strange itching all over his body, which made him unable to speak. Zhaohui noticed his appearance and said quickly: "Brother Si, is it still itchy?"
Hongli reluctantly endured it for a while, but in the end he couldn't resist the itching that was like tens of thousands of mosquitoes scratching him. He scratched his body with both hands, and the clothes he had just straightened were wrinkled again by the scratches.
Ling Ruo had never seen Hongli look so glum, and quickly stepped forward to hold his hand and said: "Hongli, what's wrong with you, what happened?"
Hongli broke away from Ling Ruo's hand and continued to scratch his body. While scratching, he said, "Mom, I'm so itchy, and it's getting more and more itchy."
Ling Ruo saw that he kept scratching and even broke the embroidery thread on his clothes. You must know that Hongli didn't grow nails, so it would undoubtedly take a lot of strength to scratch the embroidery thread. She was afraid that if he continued to scratch like this, he would be injured.
Ling Ruo ordered Yang Hai and Xiao Zhengzi to come over and grab his hand. He walked up to Zhaohui and said, "You said Brother Si is unwell, do you mean he is like this now?"