Wei Jingxuan agreed with a fearful expression and hurried to the imperial dining room. However, when the meal was served, Hongli had no appetite. He only ate half a bowl of rice, put down his chopsticks and said, "I'm full, let's move on."
Wei Jingxuan carefully advised: "Your Majesty, if you eat so little, you will be hungry again soon. You'd better eat more."
"I can't eat it." Seeing that Hongli still refused to move his chopsticks, Wei Jingxuan had to ask the palace servants to take away the dinner, and she brewed a cup of Dongting Biluochun and handed it to Hongli.
Dongting Biluochun was Hongli's favorite tea. He always drank a cup after a meal in the past, but this time he held it in his hand for a long time without drinking it. After a long time, he suddenly put down the tea cup and walked out, looking around.
Xi and Wei Jingxuan quickly grabbed their lanterns and followed them.
The winter night wind blew on the face like a knife, making people want to cover their faces with coldness. Wei Jingxuan curled up her neck and followed the tall and handsome figure, secretly guessing where he was going.
The answer was soon revealed: Yonghe Palace, the place where Hongli went was exactly Yonghe Palace.
In the past, if the Jin family knew that Hongli had come, he would have been extremely happy, but today he was extremely uneasy, guessing what Hongli's intention was. Fortunately, Hongli's visit had nothing to do with Chen Ying, and after a few words, he left.
He said he wanted to see the Yongzhang brothers.
Jin secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The two of them are already in the house. I will accompany you there."
"No, I can just go there by myself. Peihan, you should rest early, don't be too tired." Seeing what he said, Jin had no choice but to agree.
Hongli first went to see Yong Rong, who was not yet three years old, and then went to Yong Zhang's house. Yong Zhang was reading under the lamp. When he saw Hong Li coming in, he quickly put down the book, stepped forward politely and said: "My son
I have seen the Emperor’s Ama, and the Emperor’s Ama is in peace.”
"Get up." Hongli walked to the table, took the scroll, took a look at it, and said, "Master, are you teaching Mencius?"
Yongzhang lowered his head and said: "Yes, I have already taught half of the lesson. I was just reviewing the previous lessons."
Hongli nodded and randomly selected a few questions to test Yongzhang. The latter answered them fluently, which made Hongli very satisfied. He praised: "Not only is he familiar with his text, but he can also understand its meaning, which is very good; in the future he will also
If you want to work as hard as you are now, you must not let it go to waste, you know?"
After being praised by Hongli, Yongzhang happily said: "I know that I will study hard and never let Huang Ama down."
Hongli said with a smile: "Studying hard is not enough. Our Qing Dynasty conquered the world on horseback. Wennan can secure the country and the military can rule the country. As a prince, you must have both civil and military skills."
Yong Zhang nodded vigorously and said: "I know that I have always practiced riding and shooting with my master, and I never dare to get tired. I want to be like my elder brother and share the worries of Emperor Ama in the future."
His sensible words made Hongli very happy. Although Su made an unforgivable mistake, she finally gave birth to two good sons.
At this time, Yongzhang looked at Hongli and whispered: "Huang Ama, can I ask you something?"
After Hongli nodded, he said: "I overheard the palace people talking about Xin Zheku today, and mentioned the Su family in their words. I want to ask... what they said, but I
My mother-in-law?"
Hongli's face darkened slightly and he said: "Your mother-in-law is Concubine Jia, how could she be the Su family?"
Yong Zhang said eagerly: "No, Er Chen means his biological mother. Although Er Chen is young, he has the impression that she is Er Chen's biological mother. Er Chen... misses her very much. I don't know if I can go see her..."
Hongli didn't want to listen to him anymore and interrupted: "You only have one mother-in-law, that is Concubine Jia. The others have nothing to do with you." After that, he walked away without letting Yongzhang continue.
opportunity to go down.
After coming out of Yonghe Palace, Hongli didn't say a word along the way. He was obviously in a bad mood. When he returned to Yangxin Palace, Wei Jingxuan fetched water and twisted a hot face towel to clean his face, and then whispered: "Your Majesty
, are you still angry with Third Brother?" Before she finished speaking, Wei Jingxuan felt two cold eyes falling on her side, and she quickly knelt down and said, "I'm so talkative, please forgive me, Your Majesty."
After a long time, a sigh and a low voice sounded in her ears, "I didn't expect that Yongzhang still remembers the Su family."
Wei Jingxuan looked at his handsome profile as if carved by a knife, and said boldly: "Unless he is extremely unfilial, a son will definitely miss his parents, just like a slave. He often thinks of his father and mother at home, and the days when he was under Cheng Huan's knees.
, so I feel that the emperor should not blame the third elder brother."
Hongli said coldly: "You are on good terms with Su, so you should know very well what she has done wrong. Having such a mother-in-law is definitely not a good thing for Yongzhang."
"There are no bad parents in the world. No matter what mistakes Su made, she is still the biological mother of the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother. This is an unchangeable fact." Seeing that Hongli didn't say anything, she added: "You can correct your mistakes if you know them."
There is no such thing as a good thing, Xin Zheku has made Mrs. Su understand the mistakes she has made for eight years, so why should the emperor be so upset about it?!"
Hongli looked at her with sympathy and said, "You are very kind to Mrs. Su. You always speak for her and want me to forgive her. But Wei Jingxuan, are you overestimating your abilities?"
Wei Jingxuan hurriedly knelt down and said: "I know that I am humble and humble, so I don't dare to plead for anyone. As for Su's matter, I just tell you what I know; and also, I... I really feel that Su is very
Pitiful."
Hongli snorted coldly and said: "There are many people in the world who are more pitiful than her. The words 'you can correct your mistakes after you know them' cannot offset the sins she committed."
Wei Jingxuan only responded and did not dare to say anything to make Hongli unhappy. However, after this incident, she also found the only chance for Su to escape the crime.
That night, the cold wind kept whistling outside the window. It was not until dawn that the wind gradually died down, but then it started to snow. Fine snowflakes fell from the gloomy sky and piled up on the ground.
Before breakfast was finished that day, someone from the palace came in to report who was bringing the Su family out for a visit. Hearing this, Zhichun asked doubtfully: "What are they doing here this early in the morning? Could it be that they want to ask Chen Ying
Have you confessed?"
"Most of them are for this matter." After saying this, Qi Kuan said to Xianyue: "Master, do you want to send them in?"
Xianyue put down her silver chopsticks, wiped her lips and said, "Tell them to come in, and take away the breakfast. I've finished eating."
"Hey." Qi Kuan bowed and retreated. After a while, He Fang and Su appeared behind Xianyue's sight. After bowing, He Fang said cautiously: "Your Majesty, Su said that he has something important to see you.