"But I am worried that even if Concubine Jin can no longer raise the sixth elder brother, Concubine Xi will step in and take away the sixth elder brother."
Mrs. Liu said with a sinister smile: "She would like to, but there is still a queen in this palace, and she cannot cover up the sky with one hand."
After the last ray of sunlight disappeared, night enveloped the entire land, and the Forbidden City was also shrouded in darkness.
Ling Ruo accompanied Yinzhen in the Yangxin Hall to review memorials. Due to the urgent military situation at the border, Yinzhen had to review more memorials than before and was often busy until late at night.
During the day, Congxiang had handed her the small porcelain bottle containing the tea, and she had someone take it out to Rong Yuan so that he could inspect it carefully to see if there was anything weird about the tea.
After Yinzhen read the last piece of information, Ling Ruo took the ink pen from his hand and put it on the pen holder, "I have prepared lotus seed soup. Your Majesty will eat some before going to bed. Your Majesty's stomach is not good to begin with, and he can't stand being hungry."
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Yinzhen nodded, and then said with some distress: "I told you to go to sleep first, but you didn't listen, and you insisted on staying with me until so late."
Ling Ruo asked someone to bring the lotus seed soup up, and said with a smile: "How many people want to accompany the emperor but can't. I am so lucky, why don't you hurry up and grab it?"
"You can always find various reasons." Yinzhen smiled and took the lotus seed soup, knowing in his heart that Ling Ruo cared about him, and such concern was everywhere, even the lotus seed soup in his hand.
If you know that he doesn't like to eat things that are too sweet, you only put a little sugar to bring out the fragrance of the lotus seeds. Because the lotus hearts are carefully picked out one by one, you can't feel a trace of bitterness.
In the middle of eating, Xiao Wu walked in in a panic and called Qian'er hastily: "Your Majesty, Xianfu Palace sent someone to report that something happened to Brother Six."
Yinzhen was startled and said quickly: "Brother Six? What's wrong with him?"
Xiao Wu quickly said: "I don't know, I don't know. The palace servant just said that and went back. I can't stop screaming."
When Sixi heard this, he couldn't help scolding: "You kid, how can you be so careless in doing things? How can it be reasonable to let people go without asking clearly?" After that, he bowed to Yinzhen and said: "
Your Majesty, why don't you ask your servant to go to Xianfu Palace to see what happened to Brother Six?"
"No need, I'll go there myself." Worried about Hong Zhan, Yinzhen immediately stood up and walked out, followed by Ling Ruo, while Sixi and Xiaowu hurriedly followed with lanterns.
Normally at this time, the lights in Xianfu Palace would have been turned off, leaving only a small amount for lighting, but at this moment, the lights were brightly lit.
When the gatekeepers saw Yinzhen and Ling Ruo coming, they looked surprised, as if they didn't expect them to come at this time. After they recovered, they quickly knelt down and saluted.
The gatekeeper's voice alarmed the people in the palace courtyard. Congyi hurried out and stepped forward with a hint of panic. Before she could salute, Yinzhen said: "Where's Brother Six, what happened to him?"
Facing Yinzhen's question, Congzhi trembled for a moment, as if she was afraid of something. Then she bit her lip hard and squeezed out a smile that was not much better than crying. "To tell you back to the emperor, there is nothing wrong with the sixth elder brother."
Well, he has stopped."
Yinzhen was startled and said in surprise: "Obviously someone from your palace came to report to me that something happened to Hongzhan. Why did you say that it was okay? What happened?"
Now it was Congyi's turn to be surprised, and said blankly: "My slave did not send anyone to the Yangxin Palace."
Yinzhen was worried about Hongzhan's safety at the moment, so he had no time to talk to her, so he walked straight in. Since Hongzhan was raised by Guarjia, he would come here every once in a while, so he naturally knew where Hongzhan lived.
Chongyi saw Yinzhen walking in, and the panic that had been suppressed suddenly emerged again, but she did not dare to stop Yinzhen, and she didn't know what to do for a while.
Ling Ruo noticed Congyi's weirdness and did not follow Yinzhen in. Instead, he stayed and said, "Congyi, what happened? Did something really happen to Brother Six?"
Congyi nodded uneasily and whispered: "The queen also knows that the master has been a little weird recently, but no matter how weird she is, she loves the sixth brother very much. But tonight, I don't know what happened, but... he actually hit me
It’s my sixth brother.”
Ling Ruo was shocked. She knew very well that the Guarjia family had always regarded Hongzhan as her own son. Even though Hongzhan had contradicted her before because he missed the Liu family, she had never touched a hair on Hongzhan's head. She just patiently talked to him.
It makes sense, how could you hit him?
Cong Yi could see Ling Ruo's shock and said helplessly: "When I first heard the cry of Brother Six and went in, I was also shocked. Moreover, the master was still beating Brother Six at that time. I spent a lot of time with Cong Xiang."
It took a lot of force to pull the master away. At that time, the slave looked at the master with a terrible look, as if
It was as if he had changed. Later, the master became very sad and wanted to hug the sixth elder brother, but the sixth elder brother was very scared and hid and refused to be touched by the master. The master became more and more sad and kept crying.
The servants had just persuaded the master and the sixth elder brother, but unexpectedly the emperor and the empress came over."
Ling Ruo tried hard to digest what she heard, and then said: "You really didn't send anyone to the Heart Cultivation Palace?"
Congzhi shook his head hurriedly, "How dare I take the initiative to talk about this kind of thing, let alone alarm the emperor. The emperor will definitely be furious when he sees the sixth elder brother like that."
As if to confirm what he meant, the sound of Yinzhen's scolding and the sound of a child crying came from the hall. Ling Ruo quickly walked in. As soon as he entered, he saw Yinzhen holding the crying child.
"What's wrong? Take a look for yourself!" Yinzhen pulled Hongzhan away from him a little, so that Ling Ruo could clearly see Hongzhan's cheeks.
And the moment she saw it clearly, Ling Ruo took a breath, because there were clear and red fingerprints on Hongzhan's face, which meant that someone slapped him, this person... this person...
Ling Ruo turned her eyes to the Guarjia family in disbelief. Although she had just listened to what she had said, nothing could compare to the shock of seeing it with her own eyes.
The palm was so hard that even the corners of his mouth were split open, and shocking blood oozed out. Yinzhen stared at Guarjia and said angrily: "Previously, Mrs. Liu used Hongzhan, and I sent him to my elder brother's house. Later, you
I want to raise Hongzhan, but I miss you being alone all the time.
Since he had an heir to rely on, he agreed. I didn't expect you to be so cruel and deal such a heavy blow to a child. Even now, Hong Zhan's ears are still ringing. Not only that, he is also injured. You...
...You are simply more hateful than Mrs. Liu!"
This sentence fell into Guarjia's ears, causing her body to sway and murmured: "Concubine... Concubine, I don't have it. I regard Hongzhan as my life, how could I hurt him?"