"By the way, fourth brother, why haven't you seen Hongli's nephew? Is it because he was afraid that we would scare him, so he hid it?" Yinzhen's words caused everyone to chuckle, but those who came a little later did indeed
I haven't seen Hongli since I came in.
"Look at what Lao Jiu said, there's no such thing." Yinzhen replied with a smile, but also realized that it seemed that Hongli had been carried down to breastfeed for a long time. Just as he was about to send someone to take a look, Ling Ruo was already there.
He stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I will go and bring Hongli to meet my uncles."
"That's fine." Following Yinzhen's agreement, Ling Ruo bowed to everyone and then left the hall and went to the side room next to her, where the nanny held her and nursed her.
But after Ling Ruo pushed the door and went in, she didn't see the nanny's figure. Instead, she saw Chen Shu inside, holding Hongli with his eyes closed and motionless. Ling Ruo's heart suddenly tightened, and before she could ask,
After saying that, Chen Shu lowered his head and said, "I'm going to pay my respects to my master."
"Didn't I ask you to stay in Jingsi Residence? Why are you here? Where's the wet nurse?" Ling Ruo's seemingly calm voice had an imperceptible tremor. She took Hongli and felt his still soft body and
After taking a gentle breath, he slowly calmed down.
"The slave was idle in Jingsi Residence. Remembering that the master was here, he came over to see if the master had any landlords to send. Unexpectedly, he happened to meet the wet nurse who was worried, so he asked the slave to help hold Brother Li for a while."
Ling Ruo took a deep look at Chen Shu and said, "Okay, you have nothing to do here, go down."
"Hey!" Chen Shu's eyes flashed, and he bowed and stepped back. When he was leaving the door, the wet nurse happened to come back, and the two of them passed by.
The wet nurse was startled when she saw Ling Ruo, and quickly walked in to say hello carefully. She stretched out her hand to take Hongli, but Ling Ruo did not let go, but raised her eyes to signal Shuiyue to close the door.
After she folded and sat down on a mahogany bench, she glanced at the anxious wet nurse and said slowly: "Ms. Lin, I remember that when I asked you to come to the palace to take care of my little brother, I already made it clear that you can't.
You casually leave Brother Li to others. Why, you don’t remember it after only two months? Or do you not take my words seriously at all?”
"I don't dare!" Lin Niang waved her hands repeatedly and said in a panic: "After feeding the milk just now, I suddenly felt abdominal pain like cramping. It was really unbearable. I saw Brother Chen coming over again, so I asked him to take care of me for a short while."
"So, do you still think you are right?" Before Lin Niang could say anything else, Ling Ruo had already nodded and said: "Very good, Shui Yue, take her to the accountant to pay the money. From tomorrow on, there is no need to come to the palace again.
"
Lin Niang was stunned when she heard this. When she came to her senses, she quickly knelt down and begged: "Fu Jin, please have mercy. I will never dare to do it again next time." The monthly salary of the nanny in the palace is three times that of the outside. Is she okay?
It's easy to come in, how can you be willing to leave easily.
"Do you know where you went wrong?" Ling Ruo looked at her coldly.
Lin Niang felt the two cold eyes above her head, shuddered and said: "I should not have brought Brother Li to Brother Chen. I know my mistake. I beg Fujin to give me another chance."
"Remember, brother Li is my life. Since I give him to you, I have the greatest trust in you. As long as he is in your arms, I will not let him leave your sight for a moment. Otherwise, I will never let him leave your sight.
If anything happens to him, you and your family won't be able to bear it." Ling Ruo didn't really want to send her away, but he just took the opportunity to give her a slap so that the same thing wouldn't happen again next time.
Lin Niang kowtowed repeatedly, saying that she would never do it again. After waiting for her to go down, Ling Ruo did not rush to the hall, but thoughtfully stroked Hongli's slightly swollen face, and after a long time he breathed out and said
: "It seems...she is ready to take action."
Shuiyue looked shocked and said: "In this case, wouldn't Brother Li be in danger?"
"What is supposed to come will always come. There is no use hiding. Besides, isn't this the opportunity we are waiting for?"
Ling Ruo paused and then said: "From now on, keep an eye on Chen Shu for twelve hours a day. I want to see what tricks he plays. Also, send a message to the Mao brothers and let them keep an eye on him."
Keep the house and the woman outside Chen Shu, don't let her escape."
, Ling Ruo was reading in the room, Xiao Luzi hurriedly ran in and whispered something in her ear. Even though she was prepared in her heart, Ling Ruo couldn't help showing a look of shock, and suddenly threw away the volume without even reading it.
After writing a few words in the book, he stood up and said, "Is there anything wrong with Hongli?"
"Master, don't worry. That boy Chen Shu released a snake in front of him, so the slave asked someone to take him away with an excuse, and then took the opportunity to kill those wire snakes. Brother Li didn't even wake up. As for the nanny,
The servant has warned her, so I don't think she's talking nonsense." Xiaoluzi said as he took out a small cylinder from his sleeve, which contained the corpses of the wire snakes.
Shui Yue glanced over and said angrily: "Chen Shu, this villain, really should let him taste the feeling of being bitten by a snake."
"Master, I don't understand. They have already used the wire snake once, so why do they need to use it again this time?" Xiao Luzi said. In the palace, the same trick is generally not used a second time because it is repeated.
The more there are, the easier it is to reveal the truth. With Nala's shrewdness, it is impossible to miss this point.
"She used it because if this trick is successful, she can kill two birds with one stone!" After knowing that Hongli was fine, Ling Ruo calmed down, dusted off the non-existent dust on his clothes and said softly: "The appearance of the wire snake will definitely remind others of it again.
There was an ominous rumor that had been circulating for a long time."
"But when the prince was infected with the epidemic and recovered, this rumor was already disproven." Shuiyue interjected.
Ling Ruo shook his head gently and said with a wry smile: "Even so, everyone will remember that there was such a thing in their hearts. Once there is a spark, it will be ignited again, and it will burn even more intensely.
It was more prosperous in the past. And Hongli was bitten to death by the wire snake that had appeared before, which was the best spark to start a prairie fire."
"Does she want to blame the master for Brother Li's death to confirm his bad reputation?"
"That's how it is in all likelihood. If I have no heirs and become an unlucky person, it will be useless even if I bear the name of Xi Fujin. It will be much easier for her to deal with me."
Shuiyue and Xiaoluzi were frightened by Ling Ruo's words. If they hadn't been on guard against Chen Shu, this guess might have turned into reality.
Ling Ruo sat back in the chair, took an orange and said lightly: "Go and bring Chen Shu."
Chen Shu spent the entire day feeling restless, especially after secretly placing the wire snake in Brother Li's room.
As soon as he put the wire snake in, Shui Xiu called him to trim the flowers and plants. He didn't know whether the wire snake had bitten Brother Li, let alone whether those wire snakes had been discovered by anyone.
Just when he was distracted and in a trance, someone patted him behind him. He suddenly turned around, but it was a small road. He only heard him say: "The master is calling you to come in!"
Chen Shu's heart skipped a beat, and he secretly thought that Brother Li was dead, right?
Thinking of this, he asked tentatively: "Do you know what the master called me for?"
Xiaoluzi sneered in his heart, but he said disapprovingly on his face: "How do I know this? You won't know it until you go in."