Ling Ruo returned to Yonghe Palace and saw Yinxiang standing in the courtyard, joking with the palace maids and eunuchs in charge of cleaning. He walked over and said, "Thirteenth Master, why are you the only one?"
Yinxiang waved his hands to signal those people to disperse, grinning with a bright smile, "You're back?" Seeing Mo Yu holding a bunch of things in his hands, he said: "It seems that Mr. Jinggui treats you very well, with such a gift."
Come back with a lot of things." Without waiting for Ling Ruo's answer, he waved to a young eunuch and said: "Go and put the things in her hand into the carriage that Brother Si is taking into the palace. Be careful, they are all rewarded by Jinggui.
Don’t bump into each other.”
"Don't worry, sir." The little eunuch agreed with a smile, and called another eunuch to carefully take the brocade boxes and put them in the carriage. Yinxiang is easy-going and bold by nature. Regardless of his origin or friendship, as long as he likes anyone, he will
Knot
Because of this, he was very familiar with the servants in the palace, the military camp, and the Ministry of War. Although the Eighth Prince and others looked down upon him for hanging out with the servants or those rough guys, this did not hinder Yin Xiang.
prestige among them.
"The fourth brother, the fourth sister-in-law, and the fourteenth brother were chatting with Empress De in the palace. I saw that nothing happened and it was not time to eat yet, so I came out to get some air." Yinxiang said as he casually moved the stones placed in the courtyard.
Sit on the stool.
Looking in from the half-opened palace door, one could see that just as Yinxiang said, everyone was chatting with Concubine De. The fourteenth prince Yinzhen said something unknown, which made Concubine De laugh for a while.
"Hey, why don't you see Fourth Master?" Ling Ruo looked around carefully and found no trace of Yinzhen.
Yinxiang stroked his apricot-yellow braid and wiped away the smile on his face and said lightly: "If fourth brother is not in there, he must have gone to Fengxian Hall."
Fengxian Hall? Ling Ruo was stunned for a while after hearing this. This Fengxian Hall is used to enshrine the tablets of late emperors and empresses. Except for sacrifices, festivals, or emblems, registrations, and canonizations, no one usually goes there. Yinzhen is fine.
What to do there.
Yinxiang saw her doubts, patted the stone bench next to him and motioned for her to sit down and said, "Is it strange? Fourth brother always goes to Fengxian Hall every time he enters the palace."
"Who are you going to pay homage to, Fourth Master?" The only way to go to Fengxian Hall is to pay homage to ancestors, and if you go there every time you enter the palace, you must have an extremely deep relationship. He is either your father or your mother, but the Emperor and Concubine De
Du Jian was in the palace, who was it that Yinzhen went to pay homage to?
"Queen Xiao Yiren." When he mentioned this name, Yinxiang's face showed a bit of sadness. If Queen Xiao Yiren had not died so early, the fourth brother's life would have been completely different from what it is now.
Empress Xiao Yiren, Tong Jia, was the third empress of the current emperor and his cousin. In the 16th year, she was canonized as a noble concubine. In the 20th year, she was promoted to the imperial concubine and took charge of the sixth palace as deputy queen. In the 28th year, the imperial concubine was seriously ill.
Kangxi ordered the Ministry of Rites to appoint Tong Jia as the middle palace, and he passed away the next day.
Yinxiang's smile was as pale as the clouds in the sky, and his gaze passed over Ling Ruo and fell into the unknown distance, with a bit of indescribable sadness, "When the fourth brother was born, Empress De was just a noble person. According to the rules, she could not raise a prince or a princess.
And at that time
It happened that Queen Xiao Yiren had lost her daughter, so Huang Ama took her fourth brother to Chengqian Palace and gave him to Queen Xiao Yiren to raise him. It was not until Queen Xiao Yiren died of illness when the fourth brother was nine years old that he took him back to Changchun Palace.
Empress Nian De gave birth to Yinzhen not long ago."
This was the first time Ling Ruoshang heard about this, and she was suddenly shocked and suddenly realized. Just now when she congratulated Concubine De on her birthday, she felt that Concubine De's attitude toward Yinzhen was a bit strange, but her biological mother and son seemed not very close.
Until the picture of a hundred years of life is presented to the rear
She seems closer, but you can still feel that there is a layer of separation. It is still not as close and natural as with Brother Fourteen, but now everything is clear. Returning to Concubine De at the age of nine is naturally not as good as Fourteen who has always been raised by her side.
Brother is very affectionate.
"That year, I was taken to Concubine De because of the death of my mother-in-law. I suddenly had two more children around me. Moreover, my fourteenth brother and I were so young that Concubine De could not take care of us at all. So we had to let the wet nurse and the nuns take care of me.
Look after me and fourth brother." Yinxiang smiled sadly, shook his head and said: "The servant bullies the master, this is what happens wherever you go.
What happened? When those people saw that we were young and Empress Dowager De did not care, they began to bully us. The fourth brother did not listen to anything we said. They did not care if I cried and made trouble. Who was called Huang Ama? There were already more than ten people at that time.
A son, without one or two unappreciated princes, no one will care at all."
Ling Ruo looked sideways at Yinxiang's angular face and said softly: "Didn't the Fourth Master and Thirteenth Master have a hard time in those years?" As the emperor's nobles, they should be the most noble people in the world, who would have thought that they would
has such a tragic past.
Yinxiang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I don't remember whether it was bitter or not. I was less than a year old at the time. What can I expect to remember? I heard all this from Mr. Fu later." Mr. Fu was the concubine of Emperor Jingmin during his lifetime.
The personal eunuch, he was very concerned about the only flesh and blood left by Concubine Jingmin, but he was removed after the death of Concubine Jingmin.
He was transferred to the imperial kitchen to work. He could only take a sneak peek when he had free time and bring some good things that he could not bear to eat to the Yinzhen brothers. It can be said that he was one of the few people in the palace who really cared about Yinzhen.
The first thing that Yinxiang did after he came out of the palace to build a mansion as an adult was to take Lord Fu into the mansion to take care of him until his old age.
"Do you know why I am the closest to my fourth brother?" Yinxiang suddenly asked.
Ling Ruo thought for a moment and said, "You two grew up together in the Imperial Concubine's palace, so naturally you are closer than others."
"If that's the case, what about the fourth brother? He is not close to the fourth brother, but he is very close to the eighth brother." Yinxiang smiled indifferently, and the long and dusty memories slowly unfolded in his mind like a scroll, "Fourth brother, look
I cried so much that I was out of breath, so I just took care of it myself. He would comfort me when I cried, hug me when I made trouble, and he would even take care of me when I slept at night.
I knew that he was only nine years old at the time, and I was still a child myself, but I had to take care of a child who was not yet one year old. One can imagine the hardships involved. But the most hateful thing was the wet nurse. She was from Jiangxi and liked to eat salty food.
In order to produce good milk, the palace does not allow salt in the dishes they eat, so the wet nurse eats bland food all day long.
I had been unable to eat for a long time, but because Concubine De did not dare to disobey me, now seeing Concubine De take care of us flawlessly, I secretly put salt in the dishes we eat, so that her milk was very thin and little, and I couldn't eat enough at all.
I was so hungry that I kept crying. The fourth brother saw it and was anxious in his heart. He went to see Empress De for this matter many times, but the fourth brother was born at that time.
Sick, Empress De only cared about the fourth brother and had no time to pay attention to the fourth brother. She even scolded the fourth brother because she was upset. Mr. Fu said that one time when he came, he saw the fourth brother hugging me who was crying because of hunger.
Weeping there." At this point, tears appeared in Yinxiang's eyes. Although he had no memory, he could still imagine the desolation and helplessness of the fourth brother at that moment.
Ling Ruo was fascinated by what she heard. She never knew that Si Age, who always gave people a cold and tough impression, could have such a childhood. The appearance of a nine-year-old Yinzhen holding a baby appeared in front of her eyes.
Tears fell down suddenly...
For the first time, she cried because of Yinzhen. It had nothing to do with favor or herself. She just cried because she felt sorry for Yinzhen. At the same time, the layers of defense in her heart were quietly collapsing...
[Author's digression]: My nose feels sour when I write this chapter, Yin Zhen, Yin Zhen.
In addition, regarding the problem of typos mentioned by book friends, well, I read the article myself every time before posting, in order to avoid typos and wrong plots as much as possible. Maybe I didn’t read carefully, so I didn’t miss it.