"Your Majesty, this food has been reheated. Do you want to use some now?" Li Dequan walked over and asked softly.
"Hasn't Huang Ama had dinner yet?" The long window was half open, and one could see the crescent moon hanging high in the night sky. It was already higher than the treetops. It was estimated that it was already past midnight.
Li Dequan interjected: "Before, the fourth elder brother fainted, and the emperor was worried. He has been staying by the fourth elder brother's side!"
Hongli felt very guilty when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, my son and minister are unfilial and have made the emperor worried."
"Okay, it'll be fine." After saying this, Yinzhen said with a smile: "Your stubborn character is exactly the same as your mother's, and even I can't do anything to you."
As he spoke, he motioned to Li Dequan to bring the dinner. When he smelled the aroma wafting from the food, Hongli's stomach suddenly started growling after he had been hungry all day and only had a bowl of medicine poured into his sleep.
Seeing Hongli's face flushed and holding his stomach to stop him from barking, Yinzhen suddenly felt good and said with a smile: "Li Dequan, go to the imperial kitchen to see if the porridge is ready. If it's ready, hurry up and give it to Si'a."
Brother, bring it."
"Hey!" Yinzhen was in a good mood, and Li Dequan and the people waiting in front of him were naturally in a good mood, and even their steps were a little brisk. After about a while of touching a cup of tea, Li Dequan carefully brought a bowl of hot and fragrant tea.
The shredded chicken and mushroom porridge comes.
Hongli struggled to get up. Upon seeing this, Sixi hurried over to hold him carefully, and stuffed two of the softest goose down cushions behind him, "Brother Si, be careful."
Hongli reached out to take the bowl of porridge from Li Dequan. His hands were weak and he almost spilled the porridge on the bed. Even so, his fingers were burned. When Yinzhen saw this, he said: "Let Sixi feed you."
"
Just when Sixi scooped up porridge and fed it to Hongli spoonful by spoonful, Yinzhen suddenly said: "Go get a comb."
After the comb was brought, Yinzhen sat behind Hongli, untied his braids that were messy due to fighting with Fupei, held the comb and slowly combed them straight for him, then braided them and tied them up with a hair tie.
Hongli finished the bowl of porridge and regained some strength. He touched his neat and shiny braids behind his back and said with a smile: "The emperor's hair is so well combed, even better than the nuns in the palace."
Li Dequan also said in surprise: "Isn't it true? Even the slaves don't know that the emperor has this kind of craft." For a prince like Yinzhen who was born into a noble family, it is impossible to have someone responsible for everything including food, clothing, housing and transportation.
You don't need to do it yourself. There are many princes who can't even tie a piece of clothing well in their lifetime.
"Stop being such a mouthful!" Yinzhen threw the ivory comb into Li Dequan's arms and chuckled at Hongli: "I used to braid your thirteenth uncle's hair. Your thirteenth uncle has a lot of hair and a sofa. No one else except me."
I can't comb it well. But when your thirteenth uncle grew up, he started combing it by himself. After all these years, my gestures are still unfamiliar."
"Thank you, Emperor Ama." Hongli was very moved in his heart. Although he was born as a prince, he had never had Yinzhen comb his hair personally. If this matter was told, his brothers would not know what to do.
How jealous I am.
Yinzhen nodded, and after washing his hands, he said to Hongli seriously: "But you have to remember that you are a prince, and your words and deeds represent the royal manners, and there is no room for failure. So no matter how we meet again in the future,
Don't fight about anything, otherwise I will punish you severely if I find out."
"Before, I was young and ignorant. In the future, I will definitely remember Emperor Ama's teachings and no longer act impulsively." Hongli agreed with the same solemn expression.
Only then did Yinzhen calm down, pick up the thin porcelain bowl and start eating. Because it was getting late and Hongli was not well, he asked him to sleep with him in the Nourishing Heart Hall.
After the morning meeting on the second day, Yinzhen did not go to the South Study Room to review the large number of memorials that had just been submitted. Instead, he took Sixi and Su Peisheng, who had just been transferred from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to Yikun Palace.
Nian was overjoyed when she heard the news about Yinzhen's arrival. She quickly adjusted her appearance to welcome him out. When she arrived at the main hall, Yinzhen had just stepped in. Nian quickly waved her handkerchief and saluted, and said softly: "Concubine, please give your regards to the emperor."
, Your Majesty, good luck.”
"Get up." Yinzhen crossed her and sat down in the chair, "Where's Fupei?"
Nian hurriedly replied: "Fupei has already gone to the study to attend classes. Originally, I wanted him to rest for a day. After all, he was beaten and frightened yesterday. It will not be possible for Fupei to recover overnight, but Fupei wanted to rest for a day.
Pei said that he should not miss his homework for a day, but he insisted on going, so I had no choice but to let him go."
Yinzhen's eyes swept over her pretty and rosy cheeks. Even though Nian was already in her thirties, she still looked like a girl because she always took good care of herself and never stopped using bird's nests, snow clams and other sacred beauty products.
"You all step aside, I want to speak to the imperial concubine alone." When only the two of them were left in the hall, Yinzhen suddenly called out, "The imperial concubine."
This call of imperial concubine made Nian's heart tremble. In private, Yinzhen usually called her by name, but never by title. At that moment, he said cautiously: "I am here, my concubine, what are your orders from the emperor?"
"Yesterday, you told me that Hongli was erratic and beat his brother for no reason, right?" Yinzhen's eyes were calm, but Nian felt on pins and needles.
"Yes!" As soon as Nian's words came out, he heard a loud "bang" in his ears, but it was Yinzhen who hit the hardwood table with his palm, "You are still lying in front of me!"
Nian was panicked and quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I really don't know what lies the Emperor is talking about?"
Yinzhen's eyes flickered and he said coldly: "Yesterday, if Fupei hadn't insulted Concubine Xi first and disrespected her, how could Hongli have beaten her to protect Eniang's reputation?!"
Nian didn't expect that he would know about this, and her face turned slightly pale. Before she could say anything to defend herself, Yinzhen said earnestly and sincerely: "Your Majesty, don't think that I don't know the gossip in the harem because I rarely set foot in the harem these days.
In the end, there is no final conclusion on the matter of the concubine; I have not sent an edict to the Sixth Palace to seize her position, at least until now, she is still the queen of the Qian Palace."
"I am unjustly accused." Nian raised his head and said with watery eyes: "I really didn't know about this matter. If the emperor hadn't mentioned it, I would still be kept in the dark until now."
"So, Fupei also hid it from you?" Yinzhen did not feel pity because of the tears in her eyes, "So what about the rumors circulating in the palace recently? I remember that in the South Study Room that day, except for
Apart from me and Concubine Xi, there is only one other concubine."
Nian was thinking nervously about what to say to excuse herself, but for a while, her mind was so confused that she couldn't even think of a word. But before Yinzhen finished speaking, "I am here to tell you something."
, Concubine Xi left the palace to pray for the Qing Dynasty and did not elope with anyone. I don’t want such rumors to appear in the palace in the future.”