The True Winner of the Red Chamber
Chapter 28
Zhen Yingjia sat snuggled up with Kang He for an entire afternoon, listening to him talk about how he got along with his concubine—that is, the concubine.
"She has been in poor health for the past two years." Kang He closed his eyes, resting his head on Zhen Yingjia's lap, holding the rolled up quilt in his arms.Zhen Yingjia put one hand on his head and wrapped his whole body with the other.
This posture is a bit like Zhen Yingjia coaxing Baoyu back then, but the effect is very good.
Just one thing, Kang He was much taller than Zhen Yingjia, and Zhen Yingjia's legs became numb after a while, but seeing Kang He keeping his eyes closed and holding back tears, he couldn't bear it anymore.
Don't care about him, just let it go, he's a brother anyway.
Zhen Yingjia caressed Kang He's head once and for all. Kang He felt that his hands were not soft, and even the strength was a bit heavy, but they were extremely reassuring, and he felt relaxed.
"She has been in poor health since she gave birth to me, and she has to worry about the whole family inside and outside the East Palace, as well as the side concubine Zhao who is looking for trouble every day. The prince has become more and more absurd these years. Don't care about the consequences at all, my mother and concubine are living very hard."
Kang He sighed, "When I go back during the Chinese New Year, my mother and concubine are weak, but she is very energetic. She also said that when I come back this year, I will look for a girl from a good family. She must be better than Kang Quan's." Concubine Zheng." He took Zhen Yingjia's hand and rubbed his chin.
"My concubine mother is only two years older than Concubine Zhao, but at the Chinese New Year banquet, she and Concubine Zhao stand together as two generations, not like sisters, but a bit like mother and daughter."
Kang He recalled the scene at that time, Zhao's side concubine could be said to still have charm, while his mother concubine...had white hair on her head, her face was sallow, and she looked very haggard.
Kang He sighed, but Zhen Yingjia didn't speak.
Firstly, he knew that Kang He was just looking for someone to talk to, and secondly, not only his legs were numb, but his heart was also numb. Why did he think that Kang He would be the Fifth Prince?
I can't remember clearly, but it seems that I was misled by something left by Zhen's father.
Of course, after Goldfinger was upgraded, he didn't click in to read it. This was his mistake... Although checking Weibo and so on, it was simply too time-consuming.
Zhen Yingjia patted Kang He, a little wanting to tell him that everyone is going to die, but now Kang He is still too young to understand the deep meaning here.
Kang He was silent for a while, and then said: "Actually, I sometimes... I am jealous of Kang Quan."
Zhen Yingjia paused.
"Concubine Zhao dotes on Kang Quan very much, and she is also liked by the crown prince. As soon as the crown prince returns to the East Palace, he goes to her room. Sometimes the three of them are like a family." Kang He's voice was a little choked up.
"I also want to be hugged by my father, but my mother keeps telling me that I am the eldest son and the legitimate son. I will take on the responsibility of the whole family in the future. My father's treatment of me is a training for me." Kang He turned his head to the side. In the past, he covered up his already a little red eye sockets.
"In fact, she was afraid that I would be sad, so she specially made it up to lie to me. The prince just doesn't like me."
"I'm good at studying, and the prince just knew it. If Kang Quan is praised by the master, the prince must prepare something for him. Although it is some small objects such as pens, inks, paper and inkstones or jade pendants, but..." Kang He sipped She pursed her lips, "I never have."
Hearing this, Zhen Yingjia also began to feel sad.
"Sometimes I'm a little scared. I've dragged myself into the house until now. I'm afraid of this. In case... In case I find someone in the future, she is not my favorite. In case the two of us get along with the prince and the prince. What about my concubine?"
Zhen Yingjia tightened her arms, "You will be a good father."
Kang He shook his head, "I don't know, my father... I was born in the palace again, so I don't even know what a good father looks like."
At this moment, Kang He made Zhen Yingjia want to kiss him, and Zhen Yingjia really moved his mouth. He piously kissed Kang He on the forehead, "Don't worry, you will be a good father."
As long as you want to do it, there is nothing you can't do.
Zhen Yingjia remembered that he was at a loss for the four children under his name at the beginning, and he had never lived in a normal family, but now... at least he dared to say that Baoyu would no longer be as absurd as in the original book.
He doesn't need to be surrounded by beautiful maids, he reads the Four Books and Five Classics seriously every day, and rides a horse every two days. A child raised like this will be a good child.
Kang He is still talking about the secrets hidden deep in his memory over the years, some of which only have one scene left, but it makes Zhen Yingjia feel even more distressed.
He looks down on the prince more and more now.
"...I am especially grateful to my mother for teaching me in those years, and the prince taught me...a heart of stone, just like now, his position as prince is about to be lost, but I can calmly analyze what is right. I am useful."
Speaking of this sentence, Kang He turned over and sat up, looking into Zhen Yingjia's eyes, "I must get that seat, I must become emperor."
He looked at Zhen Yingjia and said word by word: "I don't want my mother to be buried with the crown prince. Before she was alive, my mother was worried about him and his concubines, sons and daughters. When I get down here, I want my mother to be quiet." Quiet."
"I became the emperor, and I can posthumously make my mother the queen mother, but the prince will definitely be deposed. At that time, a deposed prince will naturally not be buried with the queen mother. Let his side concubines accompany him. " There was a bit of malice in Kang He's eyes.
Then he was extremely pious, and looked at Zhen Yingjia with his eyes—at least the eyes that Zhen Yingjia couldn't refuse now, "You will help me."
The tone is very positive, what can Zhen Yingjia say at this time?
He hugged Kang He, although he could no longer wrap his arms around Kang He's shoulders, he still held him tightly in his arms, "I will help you, the throne is yours."
Kang He immediately buried his head between his necks, hugging him tightly with both hands, Zhen Yingjia had the next best thing, and could only wrap his wrists around his neck.
Although this posture is a bit... But what can it do now, he just died of his mother, let him let it go.
However, he originally thought that Kang He might be the emperor because he thought that Kang He was the fifth prince. It's a little big.
Not to mention that besides the prince, there are six uncles above him.
In other words, he ranks eighth among the heirs to the throne. Although the one who ranks first is about to kill himself, he still has to kill six to take the throne.
You have to try to find out, Zhen Yingjia thought, after all, Kang He already has that bloodline, and he is still a Hongmiao Zheng, so maybe the difficulty can be reduced?
He patted Kang He's head, and wanted to ask him what the situation of his uncles was like, but then he thought, he just died of his mother, so maybe he's not calm now, so let's take it easy.
Zhen Yingjia's hand movements were a little slower just now, which immediately aroused Kang He's dissatisfaction. He stretched out his hand to pinch Zhen Yingjia's hand, patted his head twice at the original speed, and then let go.
Zhen Yingjia almost laughed out loud, his brother is as fragile as a child now.
Because of the news of the death of the princess, the boatmen dared not delay any longer. They traveled day and night. The original journey of two or three days allowed them to arrive in the capital within two days.
Kang He, who could laugh and cry at first, was full of expressions, but immediately cooled down when the ship docked at the pier in the suburbs of Beijing.
The servants packed up their things, Zhen Yingjia took Baoyu by the hand, and said goodbye to Kang He and the two at the pier.
"Don't worry, your daughter is my daughter." Kang He solemnly promised Zhen Yingjia, "When I return to the East Palace, I will definitely not let her suffer."
For some reason, Zhen Yingjia found it a little funny.
The Kang He he knew originally was a serious and cold person, but a lot of things happened along the way, and his impression of Kang He gradually became three-dimensional, but it was indeed much more vivid than before.
"Don't worry too much, after all, you are still in the first seven years of your mother's concubine." Zhen Yingjia thought it was funny, but on the surface, she would never laugh out to hurt his new brother's self-confidence, "The two of them are also If you want to save face, if something happens in the first seven days of the Crown Princess, I'm afraid it won't end well."
"The prince doesn't dare to have any sewage on his head now." Zhen Yingjia looked at the suffocated Kang He, and confessed: "Don't even think about confronting them, you have to wait for your concubine... Just leave the palace."
Kang He nodded, he listened to this sentence in his heart.
"Mother Concubine, she..." Kang He had a nostalgic expression on his face, but also a little bit of anger, "Mother Concubine won't let me contradict him, saying that he is my father."
Zhen Yingjia patted him on the shoulder and stopped talking.
The two walked along the pier, the carriage stopped in front, and seeing that they were about to part, Zhen Yingjia said: "My house in the capital is on Fuxiang Street, if you have time, come and sit with me."
Kang He nodded dully, and seemed to have a lot of things to say for a while, but felt that none of them were worth saying.
The two walked to the carriage, Zhen Yingjia had already carried Baoyu up, then looked at Kang He, and was about to say goodbye, when they suddenly laughed out loud at the same time.
"I remember Fuxiang Avenue, which is in the same direction as the palace."
Zhen Yingjia also felt that she was a little abnormal, and said in a disguised way: "So, why don't we go there in a carriage?"
Kang He nodded, and was about to lift the curtain to let Zhen Yingjia go up, but unexpectedly two voices sounded in his ears at the same time, calling Zhen Yingjia again.
"Father!" It was Baoyu who was full of complaints, and Zhen Yingjia was enough to ignore him all the way.Now he was left alone in the carriage, thinking that his father would take him to the capital so that he could avoid the two elder sisters who were robbing him of his father.
There is also the younger sister of the Lin family who is also very concerned about her father.
How did he know that his father was snatched away by others when he got on the boat!Don't sleep with him at night!
unhappy!Baoyu stared at her father, as if she was about to cry in the next second.
The other was a middle-aged man with a skinny figure, but his clothes looked rather expensive. His name was Master Zhen.
Zhen Yingjia thought for a while, but for a while she couldn't remember who this was.However, this did not prevent him from walking quickly to Baoyu's side, carried his son out, put him in Kang He's car, and whispered to Kang He at the same time, "Wait for me a while."
With that said, Zhen Yingjia brought Ji Chu, the second steward of the capital, and already came forward to greet the visitor with a wink.
After two sentences, Zhen Yingjia could tell who it was.
"I'm the housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion. You can call me Lai Da." Lai Da stepped forward to salute, and said to Zhen Yingjia with a smile: "Our old lady and two masters reckon that you are going to the capital these days. , I was specially sent to pick you up. Our house has prepared drinks and is waiting for you."
Zhen Yingjia's face darkened, this is not a treat, this is clearly robbery.
He is not Lin Daiyu, who went to Beijing alone without a place to live, or the mother and son of the Xue family, who insisted on staying in Jia's mansion with such a purpose of not being able to see anyone.
His Zhen family also has a house in the capital, although it is not as big as the Rongguo Mansion, but it is closer to the imperial city than the Rongguo Mansion.
No wonder Kang He followed into the ice cellar as soon as he returned to the capital. This place can't do anything without a straight face.Zhen Yingjia nodded reservedly, and signaled to Ji Chu to accept the invitation, and was about to pretend to reject him, but someone came again.
"Is Master Zhen in front?"
Several people turned their heads at the same time, and there was another middle-aged man not far away. This man was not the same as Lai Da, he was much rounder, and his clothes, especially the belt, were inlaid with a lot of jade and agate. Waiting for things, looking more and more wealthy.
But one thing is the same as Lai Da, Zhen Yingjia doesn't recognize them.
It's just that Zhen Yingjia's mind was spinning very fast. Thinking about Lai Da's identity, it is self-evident who sent this person.
"Master Zhen, the youngest one is the butler of Lord Wang Ziteng's house, and he is here to deliver invitations to you." This man put down a lower posture than Lai Da, taking one small bite at a time, and his face was full of smiles, getting more and more serious. It's not good to refuse.
After the man finished speaking, he exchanged a glance with Lai Da. From their eyes, Zhen Yingjia could see that the two of them knew each other, and there was a little spark between them. There must be some friction between the two of them.
Zhen Yingjia looked at Ji Chu, and he stepped forward to accept the invitation and handed it to Zhen Yingjia.
Zhen Yingjia accepted both invitations, coughed, and said expressionlessly: "It's hard to handle, both of you scared the invitations, but I only have this body, how can I get two?"
After saying this sentence, Zhen Yingjia deliberately paused, waiting for the reaction of these two people.
"In that case, it's better to go to the palace."
"Why don't you come to Rongguo Mansion? The old lady and the two masters have been waiting for you for a long time."
The two housekeepers looked at each other and spoke at the same time.
"The little one has been waiting for you on the pier for many days."
"If you don't go, Mr. Wang might break the little one's leg."
Zhen Yingjia snorted coldly, watching the two housekeepers quarrel with cold eyes.
Speaking of it, the Rongguo Mansion was more sincere. According to the speed at which Lai Da arrived, he must have been waiting on the pier, and Wang Ziteng's housekeeper probably came here only after he got the news of the ship's docking.
In the carriage, Kang He and Baoyu, one big and one small, were relatively silent.
Kang He had never been with children before, and Baoyu was a little afraid of this cold-faced Uncle Shi.So the two stared at each other. Kang He remembered that he was barely an elder, so he asked first, "Which one do you think your father will go with?"
This is definitely not a topic that should be discussed with a child, or a child who has just been ignored by his father for a few days, especially Kang He is still so straight-faced, so he got a big white eye from Baoyu, "No one can do it!"
And Baoyu didn't say it: my father belongs to me, and it belongs to me alone.
Perhaps the child's words were particularly vile, and just as he finished speaking, another voice rang out, "Is Master Zhen in front?"
Now the six people are all looking at the person coming.
However, upon seeing this, the two butlers who had been fighting so happily just now were dumbfounded.
Because the person here is wearing eunuch costumes, think about who can order the eunuch?Except for the one in the palace who doesn't do what he thinks.It's just... Lai Da looked at the carriage with the curtain down again.
Perhaps it was for the young man in the carriage?
But Lai Da also knew that this reason was a bit flimsy, and this father-in-law was calling Master Zhen.
I saw this father-in-law walked up to Zhen Yingjia with a smile, and bowed slightly as a salute.
"Lord Zhen, our family has been ordered by the Holy Master to come here specially to pick you up into the palace, as well as the young master of the family. The Holy Majesty said that we will bring you in to meet him."
Now the two butlers have completely stopped cooking, but Zhen Yingjia is still a little embarrassed, after all, they have only just arrived in the capital, and the journey has been full of dust and dust, so it may be disrespectful to go in to meet the emperor like this.
Although they were all fed and clothed on the big boat of Zhen's family, it was true that they didn't suffer much, and their clothes were changed only this morning.
Thinking of this, Zhen Yingjia said to the father-in-law: "Please take a moment, father-in-law, let me give the butler a few words before leaving."
The father-in-law smiled, stood aside and waited quietly.
Zhen Yingjia brought Ji Chu to Beijing this time. First, he was young and could afford to travel along the way. Second, he had already been to the capital once, and he was familiar with the place.
As for the original housekeeper, Meng Chang, he is still working as the housekeeper of the Zhen Mansion in Jiangnan.
Zhen Yingjia called Ji Chu aside and told him to clean up the house and prepare hot water and other things. They probably won't stay long after entering the palace, and they will definitely be back before sunset.
Ji Chu took the order, pulled the carriage with luggage aside, watched his master get into the carriage and walked behind the eunuch, then glanced at the two housekeepers who were talking in a low voice, and took the things to Fuxiang Avenue went.
As soon as Zhen Yingjia got into the car, Baoyu hugged his arms tightly. He touched the top of his son's head, and said with a smile to Kang He, "Now I have to drop by the way to the palace."
Kang He raised his eyebrows, and gained a new understanding of Zhen Yingjia's popularity.
There were eunuchs and a small group of emperor's personal guards leading the way ahead. They walked fast and arrived at the imperial city before lunch time.
When Kang He came back, he also wanted to say hello to the emperor first, so the two followed the eunuch to the imperial study.
The eunuch went to report, Zhen Yingjia took Baoyu's hand, looked at his son who had been a little nervous since he entered the imperial city, shook his hand, lowered his head and whispered: "Don't be afraid, I'm by your side Woolen cloth."
It's just that Kang He couldn't help feeling a little emotional when he heard this and thought of his father.
Not long after, the eunuch who went to meet Zhen Yingjia at the pier in the morning came out, still smiling and said: "Your Majesty, please come in."
The two walked into the imperial study room one after the other. After seeing the bright yellow figure behind the desk, Zhen Yingjia pulled Baoyu to kneel down together.
The emperor didn't say anything, the corners of his mouth were upturned, but his eyes looked expectantly at Zhen Yingjia's salute, and when the two of them straightened up, he smiled and said, "Hurry up and bring some tea, you will take a boat along the way, I think there will be many Inconvenience, now that you have arrived in the capital, tell me what you need, I have everything here."
Zhen Yingjia was a little worried at first, but she was completely relieved when she heard the emperor's statement.
"There is nothing missing."
The emperor stared, and was about to say something, when he saw that Kang He was still there, and he was still sitting on the side in silence, the emperor sighed: "You go back and offer incense to your mother, she has been thinking about it before she goes. You are here."
Kang He's eyes were reddened, and the emperor said again: "Take a good rest these two days, and we'll talk about it after the funeral."
Kang He agreed and left without giving Zhen Yingjia a look.
Although I think this is normal, it should be like this in front of the emperor, but Zhen Yingjia couldn't help being a little sad when he was really treated like this by Kang He.
Then the emperor's loud voice rang out again.
"How can there be no shortage? You haven't been to the capital for many years. Where is your house? It's been so many years since you lived in it. The furniture is probably going to be rotten. I specifically ordered the Imperial Building Bureau to call you I’ll let Xia Bingzhong deliver it to you later.” The emperor pointed to the eunuch beside him, who turned out to be the one who went to pick up Zhen Yingjia in the morning.
Xia Bingzhong came out and bowed to the emperor, saying: "Go and urge the furniture-beater." After speaking, he smiled and left with Zhen Yingjia.
Hearing what the emperor said, Zhen Yingjia had no choice but to agree.
Only Zhen Yingjia, father and son, and the emperor sitting above were left in the imperial study.
"Someone will take you to play in the imperial garden later." The emperor said to Baoyu. Seeing Baoyu, he didn't know whether he was afraid or shy. He didn't even say a word. He just hid behind Zhen Yingjia and nodded. Still afraid of strangers, not quite the same as when you were a child."
After saying this, the emperor was very silent for a while.After a while, he suddenly got up and walked down from the top, stood beside Zhen Yingjia, looked at him, and sighed, "You don't look like your father at all."
Zhen Yingjia smiled, "Our family is like this, and my Baoyu doesn't look like me."
The emperor smiled, "I haven't seen you for more than ten years. I still remember that when I first saw you, you were probably younger than him." After speaking, he looked at Baoyu, "This child still has to practice, boys are so afraid of life. But it’s not good, besides, we’re in the capital again, so we have to walk around with people.”
"Come here, will..." The emperor glanced at Zhen Yingjia, remembered that the child was called Baoyu, and said: "Send Baoyu to the queen first, and say that I will bring Zhen Yingjia over in a while."
When the eunuch took the man away, the emperor said again: "You follow me to Kunning Palace. I sat all morning, just to loosen my muscles and bones."
After observing for so long and with the help of the golden finger, Zhen Yingjia was finally sure that the emperor was sincere. He took two steps back and followed the emperor, and walked out of the imperial study with the emperor.
"What are you doing so wrongly?" The emperor turned his head and said, "Come closer and let me have a look. I haven't seen you for more than ten years, but you are taller than me."
Zhen Yingjia walked quickly to the emperor, and was only less than a third of the body wrong with him. The emperor looked very happy, and heard Zhen Yingjia say, "Remember to measure, your majesty will be two taller than me." .”
"Oh, I haven't changed much. Not only have you grown taller, you've also gotten married, and you've got both children."
Zhen Yingjia smiled, "I think His Majesty is more majestic than before."
The emperor laughed, "At first I thought you didn't like talking anymore, but now I see that it hasn't changed much."
This, Zhen Yingjia thinks, is actually mostly due to the fact that when the emperor was still a prince, he went to Jiangnan incognito.
For a person who looks like a scholar, the original owner will naturally not be so restrained.
The two recalled the past all the way, thinking about the day when the emperor first went to Zhen's house, Kunning Palace arrived.
The emperor went to the inner hall to freshen up, Zhen Yingjia stepped forward to greet the queen, the queen smiled and said: "It just so happens that today is the day to have dinner with the princes, you should come too."
Seeing that Zhen Yingjia was still looking for Baoyu, the queen said: "Don't worry, I'll let the most child-watching mother in the palace accompany him. It's in my side hall, don't worry."
Not long after, several princes—that is, a few stumbling blocks that Kang and his superiors must get rid of came. When they saw a stranger in the queen's room, they looked at each other, and one of them stepped forward and said: "I don't know that the queen has guests here. .”
The queen smiled, "This is Zhen Yingjia."
The princes nodded in understanding. Zhen Yingjia was very happy to see that he was so well-known, and went up to greet the princes one by one.
Speaking of which, when he and Kang He were on the boat, they had already discussed the tempers of these princes many times, and it happened to be confirmed one by one.
Because the concubine died, it was inconvenient for the prince to attend this occasion. Only six people from the second to the seventh came.
The oldest one with a stern face is the second prince Ruiqing. This man has military power in his hands. Although he doesn't have the brains to be an emperor and hasn't shown his heart to be an emperor, he has the ability to cause trouble. .
"Third Uncle is a fool, he always puts on airs..." Zhen Yingjia greeted Third Prince Ruiming, seeing that his eyes really didn't seem to be pretending, it's actually quite strange that such a character can be cultivated in the palace.
His family, Kang He, was not like this. Speaking of which, Zhen Yingjia always thought that Kang He was the standard imperial character, so it was only natural for him to be emperor.
"The fourth uncle was born to Concubine Li Gui, and his mother and concubine have the highest status besides the empress..."
This is indeed the case, Zhen Yingjia only spoke two or three words to the fourth prince Rui Qi, and he could detect the arrogance in his words, actions and eyes.
Fifth Prince Ruiding... Well, at first he thought this was Kang He's real body, but seeing him now, just as Kang He said, his whole person was a kind of icy coldness that rejected others thousands of miles away, and he couldn't even speak. is very brief.
Zhen Yingjia only said one word to him and couldn't go on.
The next one who looks pale, but looks like a weak scholar is the sixth prince. It doesn't need to be said by Kang He, the information left by Zhen Yingjia's father is enough for him to distinguish the sixth prince.
If you really look at him, you think he is weak and sick.
The last seventh prince, Ruicheng, was only thirteen or fourteen years old. He looked innocent and innocent, and asked many people along the way. Unfortunately, he didn't have a single word of truth, it was all nonsense.
Zhen Yingjia sized up all the princes.
Speaking of which, each has its own characteristics, and I don't know how many people are pretending, but Zhen Yingjia can be sure that as the emperor's son, even the frail and sickly sixth child, or the innocent seventh child, are all of them. The heart of fighting for the throne.
This is especially evident when eating.
The emperor changed into his normal clothes and came out. The eunuchs had already arranged the dishes and other things on the table. A total of nine members of the family including Zhen Yingjia sat around the table. .
Of course, the object of fawning is the emperor.
Zhen Yingjia suddenly felt that the emperor was a little pitiful.
While eating, he looked at the princes for various reasons—most of them were reasons for longevity, and persuaded the emperor to eat more of this and touch that less, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
This is not an obvious reminder to the emperor: You are old and can no longer be as willful as when you were young.
To hell with the emperor being happy!
In addition, every time these princes praised themselves, they had to satirize others. They could only say: the atmosphere at the dinner table was not very harmonious.
But seeing the queen looking at all this with a smile, Zhen Yingjia felt unsure again?Could it be that he is out of date?Is it popular now?
He shook his head. Thinking of it, it seemed that the last person who ascended the throne in the original book was a filial son. In addition, the old emperor seemed to have been the Supreme Emperor for many years after he abdicated. From this point of view, it seemed that the emperor was a bit useless.
It's just... If he can ascend to the throne by flattering like this... He is a bit regretful that he has no royal blood, otherwise he will definitely crush the princes at this table.
Then, Zhen Yingjia saw the eunuch bring up a plate of crystal-clear steamed dumplings. He ordered the eunuch to take a few dumplings and put them aside, and watched the emperor's eyes keep glancing at the cold dumplings. Zhen Yingjia decided Teach these princes a lesson.
"I remember that you liked to eat cold dumplings back then." Zhen Yingjia personally handed the small plate to the emperor. Seeing that Zhen Yingjia hardly spoke, the princes who thought he was here as the background board were all dumbfounded.
But what made people even more dumbfounded was that the emperor took the dish with his own hands, and almost blurted out at the same time as Zhen Yingjia, "Skinny!"
"Father, the imperial physician said that you don't like cold food!" It was the fourth prince Ruiqi who spoke.
As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhen Yingjia saw the emperor's face suddenly drop.
It's just a few dumplings that have been kept warm and cold, and they are not soaked in ice. Besides, even in modern times, people with diabetes are not completely forbidden to eat sugar.
And how old is the emperor?Just in his early fifties, the spleen and stomach are so weak.
Zhen Yingjia smiled, and before he could open his mouth, the emperor spoke first, "The imperial doctor told me to eat less cold food, but didn't say not to eat it! It's summer, you want to scald me to death!"
The emperor clapped his chopsticks, and there was no sound.
In the end, the Queen came out to make a rescue. She said, "Okay, the children are all for your own good. You scared people when you got sick last time. You're about to get angry. If you hold your breath and eat, you will get sick."
The emperor just picked up the chopsticks, and the second half of the meal was much quieter.
The princes looked at Zhen Yingjia with complicated eyes, probably because of a love-hate relationship.
But the queen smiled kindly at him, it was a bit puzzling...
Could it be... Most of it should be on the prince.The queen is the prince's biological mother. Although as long as she doesn't commit suicide, she is the queen mother whoever becomes the emperor, but if the emperor is not her own son, the privileges she can enjoy will be greatly reduced.
Zhen Yingjia smiled back at her, thinking that Kang He is also the queen's grandson, if she wants the queen to turn to support Kang He after the prince is deposed, I don't know how possible it is.
Not long after the meal, several princes left one by one, the queen asked Baoyu to be sent over, Baoyu was much more relaxed than when she first came in, and at this time there was another eunuch outside the door begging to see him.
When the empress saw this person, she said coldly: "But what is there in the East Palace that you can't make up your mind about?"
This attitude is also reminiscent. After the crown princess left, it must be the crown prince's favorite side concubine Zhao who took over temporarily, but judging by the queen's attitude, she was not very satisfied with Zhao side concubine.
Zhen Yingjia nodded secretly, and heard someone say: "Your Majesty, the prince sent me here."
Hearing this, the queen's expression immediately softened, and she asked with a smile: "He just came back today, if there is anything missing, let him ask for it directly, I have already ordered it."
Zhen Yingjia was overjoyed, and felt that Kang He's chances of staying in the palace were a little higher.
"The son said that when he was in the south of the Yangtze River, it was thanks to Mr. Zhen who took care of him. Knowing that Mr. Zhen is entering the palace today, he specially sent Mrs. Zhen here so that the father and daughter can meet."
Kang Ho is really his good brother!
Zhen Yingjia couldn't sit still for a moment. A large part of the reason he did all this today was because he wanted to get his daughter back.
The emperor was sitting on the side holding a teacup, when he heard this, he said, "Call someone in, I remember she is only ten years old?"
He has been here for two years, and he can finally see his eldest daughter!
"She has been in poor health for the past two years." Kang He closed his eyes, resting his head on Zhen Yingjia's lap, holding the rolled up quilt in his arms.Zhen Yingjia put one hand on his head and wrapped his whole body with the other.
This posture is a bit like Zhen Yingjia coaxing Baoyu back then, but the effect is very good.
Just one thing, Kang He was much taller than Zhen Yingjia, and Zhen Yingjia's legs became numb after a while, but seeing Kang He keeping his eyes closed and holding back tears, he couldn't bear it anymore.
Don't care about him, just let it go, he's a brother anyway.
Zhen Yingjia caressed Kang He's head once and for all. Kang He felt that his hands were not soft, and even the strength was a bit heavy, but they were extremely reassuring, and he felt relaxed.
"She has been in poor health since she gave birth to me, and she has to worry about the whole family inside and outside the East Palace, as well as the side concubine Zhao who is looking for trouble every day. The prince has become more and more absurd these years. Don't care about the consequences at all, my mother and concubine are living very hard."
Kang He sighed, "When I go back during the Chinese New Year, my mother and concubine are weak, but she is very energetic. She also said that when I come back this year, I will look for a girl from a good family. She must be better than Kang Quan's." Concubine Zheng." He took Zhen Yingjia's hand and rubbed his chin.
"My concubine mother is only two years older than Concubine Zhao, but at the Chinese New Year banquet, she and Concubine Zhao stand together as two generations, not like sisters, but a bit like mother and daughter."
Kang He recalled the scene at that time, Zhao's side concubine could be said to still have charm, while his mother concubine...had white hair on her head, her face was sallow, and she looked very haggard.
Kang He sighed, but Zhen Yingjia didn't speak.
Firstly, he knew that Kang He was just looking for someone to talk to, and secondly, not only his legs were numb, but his heart was also numb. Why did he think that Kang He would be the Fifth Prince?
I can't remember clearly, but it seems that I was misled by something left by Zhen's father.
Of course, after Goldfinger was upgraded, he didn't click in to read it. This was his mistake... Although checking Weibo and so on, it was simply too time-consuming.
Zhen Yingjia patted Kang He, a little wanting to tell him that everyone is going to die, but now Kang He is still too young to understand the deep meaning here.
Kang He was silent for a while, and then said: "Actually, I sometimes... I am jealous of Kang Quan."
Zhen Yingjia paused.
"Concubine Zhao dotes on Kang Quan very much, and she is also liked by the crown prince. As soon as the crown prince returns to the East Palace, he goes to her room. Sometimes the three of them are like a family." Kang He's voice was a little choked up.
"I also want to be hugged by my father, but my mother keeps telling me that I am the eldest son and the legitimate son. I will take on the responsibility of the whole family in the future. My father's treatment of me is a training for me." Kang He turned his head to the side. In the past, he covered up his already a little red eye sockets.
"In fact, she was afraid that I would be sad, so she specially made it up to lie to me. The prince just doesn't like me."
"I'm good at studying, and the prince just knew it. If Kang Quan is praised by the master, the prince must prepare something for him. Although it is some small objects such as pens, inks, paper and inkstones or jade pendants, but..." Kang He sipped She pursed her lips, "I never have."
Hearing this, Zhen Yingjia also began to feel sad.
"Sometimes I'm a little scared. I've dragged myself into the house until now. I'm afraid of this. In case... In case I find someone in the future, she is not my favorite. In case the two of us get along with the prince and the prince. What about my concubine?"
Zhen Yingjia tightened her arms, "You will be a good father."
Kang He shook his head, "I don't know, my father... I was born in the palace again, so I don't even know what a good father looks like."
At this moment, Kang He made Zhen Yingjia want to kiss him, and Zhen Yingjia really moved his mouth. He piously kissed Kang He on the forehead, "Don't worry, you will be a good father."
As long as you want to do it, there is nothing you can't do.
Zhen Yingjia remembered that he was at a loss for the four children under his name at the beginning, and he had never lived in a normal family, but now... at least he dared to say that Baoyu would no longer be as absurd as in the original book.
He doesn't need to be surrounded by beautiful maids, he reads the Four Books and Five Classics seriously every day, and rides a horse every two days. A child raised like this will be a good child.
Kang He is still talking about the secrets hidden deep in his memory over the years, some of which only have one scene left, but it makes Zhen Yingjia feel even more distressed.
He looks down on the prince more and more now.
"...I am especially grateful to my mother for teaching me in those years, and the prince taught me...a heart of stone, just like now, his position as prince is about to be lost, but I can calmly analyze what is right. I am useful."
Speaking of this sentence, Kang He turned over and sat up, looking into Zhen Yingjia's eyes, "I must get that seat, I must become emperor."
He looked at Zhen Yingjia and said word by word: "I don't want my mother to be buried with the crown prince. Before she was alive, my mother was worried about him and his concubines, sons and daughters. When I get down here, I want my mother to be quiet." Quiet."
"I became the emperor, and I can posthumously make my mother the queen mother, but the prince will definitely be deposed. At that time, a deposed prince will naturally not be buried with the queen mother. Let his side concubines accompany him. " There was a bit of malice in Kang He's eyes.
Then he was extremely pious, and looked at Zhen Yingjia with his eyes—at least the eyes that Zhen Yingjia couldn't refuse now, "You will help me."
The tone is very positive, what can Zhen Yingjia say at this time?
He hugged Kang He, although he could no longer wrap his arms around Kang He's shoulders, he still held him tightly in his arms, "I will help you, the throne is yours."
Kang He immediately buried his head between his necks, hugging him tightly with both hands, Zhen Yingjia had the next best thing, and could only wrap his wrists around his neck.
Although this posture is a bit... But what can it do now, he just died of his mother, let him let it go.
However, he originally thought that Kang He might be the emperor because he thought that Kang He was the fifth prince. It's a little big.
Not to mention that besides the prince, there are six uncles above him.
In other words, he ranks eighth among the heirs to the throne. Although the one who ranks first is about to kill himself, he still has to kill six to take the throne.
You have to try to find out, Zhen Yingjia thought, after all, Kang He already has that bloodline, and he is still a Hongmiao Zheng, so maybe the difficulty can be reduced?
He patted Kang He's head, and wanted to ask him what the situation of his uncles was like, but then he thought, he just died of his mother, so maybe he's not calm now, so let's take it easy.
Zhen Yingjia's hand movements were a little slower just now, which immediately aroused Kang He's dissatisfaction. He stretched out his hand to pinch Zhen Yingjia's hand, patted his head twice at the original speed, and then let go.
Zhen Yingjia almost laughed out loud, his brother is as fragile as a child now.
Because of the news of the death of the princess, the boatmen dared not delay any longer. They traveled day and night. The original journey of two or three days allowed them to arrive in the capital within two days.
Kang He, who could laugh and cry at first, was full of expressions, but immediately cooled down when the ship docked at the pier in the suburbs of Beijing.
The servants packed up their things, Zhen Yingjia took Baoyu by the hand, and said goodbye to Kang He and the two at the pier.
"Don't worry, your daughter is my daughter." Kang He solemnly promised Zhen Yingjia, "When I return to the East Palace, I will definitely not let her suffer."
For some reason, Zhen Yingjia found it a little funny.
The Kang He he knew originally was a serious and cold person, but a lot of things happened along the way, and his impression of Kang He gradually became three-dimensional, but it was indeed much more vivid than before.
"Don't worry too much, after all, you are still in the first seven years of your mother's concubine." Zhen Yingjia thought it was funny, but on the surface, she would never laugh out to hurt his new brother's self-confidence, "The two of them are also If you want to save face, if something happens in the first seven days of the Crown Princess, I'm afraid it won't end well."
"The prince doesn't dare to have any sewage on his head now." Zhen Yingjia looked at the suffocated Kang He, and confessed: "Don't even think about confronting them, you have to wait for your concubine... Just leave the palace."
Kang He nodded, he listened to this sentence in his heart.
"Mother Concubine, she..." Kang He had a nostalgic expression on his face, but also a little bit of anger, "Mother Concubine won't let me contradict him, saying that he is my father."
Zhen Yingjia patted him on the shoulder and stopped talking.
The two walked along the pier, the carriage stopped in front, and seeing that they were about to part, Zhen Yingjia said: "My house in the capital is on Fuxiang Street, if you have time, come and sit with me."
Kang He nodded dully, and seemed to have a lot of things to say for a while, but felt that none of them were worth saying.
The two walked to the carriage, Zhen Yingjia had already carried Baoyu up, then looked at Kang He, and was about to say goodbye, when they suddenly laughed out loud at the same time.
"I remember Fuxiang Avenue, which is in the same direction as the palace."
Zhen Yingjia also felt that she was a little abnormal, and said in a disguised way: "So, why don't we go there in a carriage?"
Kang He nodded, and was about to lift the curtain to let Zhen Yingjia go up, but unexpectedly two voices sounded in his ears at the same time, calling Zhen Yingjia again.
"Father!" It was Baoyu who was full of complaints, and Zhen Yingjia was enough to ignore him all the way.Now he was left alone in the carriage, thinking that his father would take him to the capital so that he could avoid the two elder sisters who were robbing him of his father.
There is also the younger sister of the Lin family who is also very concerned about her father.
How did he know that his father was snatched away by others when he got on the boat!Don't sleep with him at night!
unhappy!Baoyu stared at her father, as if she was about to cry in the next second.
The other was a middle-aged man with a skinny figure, but his clothes looked rather expensive. His name was Master Zhen.
Zhen Yingjia thought for a while, but for a while she couldn't remember who this was.However, this did not prevent him from walking quickly to Baoyu's side, carried his son out, put him in Kang He's car, and whispered to Kang He at the same time, "Wait for me a while."
With that said, Zhen Yingjia brought Ji Chu, the second steward of the capital, and already came forward to greet the visitor with a wink.
After two sentences, Zhen Yingjia could tell who it was.
"I'm the housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion. You can call me Lai Da." Lai Da stepped forward to salute, and said to Zhen Yingjia with a smile: "Our old lady and two masters reckon that you are going to the capital these days. , I was specially sent to pick you up. Our house has prepared drinks and is waiting for you."
Zhen Yingjia's face darkened, this is not a treat, this is clearly robbery.
He is not Lin Daiyu, who went to Beijing alone without a place to live, or the mother and son of the Xue family, who insisted on staying in Jia's mansion with such a purpose of not being able to see anyone.
His Zhen family also has a house in the capital, although it is not as big as the Rongguo Mansion, but it is closer to the imperial city than the Rongguo Mansion.
No wonder Kang He followed into the ice cellar as soon as he returned to the capital. This place can't do anything without a straight face.Zhen Yingjia nodded reservedly, and signaled to Ji Chu to accept the invitation, and was about to pretend to reject him, but someone came again.
"Is Master Zhen in front?"
Several people turned their heads at the same time, and there was another middle-aged man not far away. This man was not the same as Lai Da, he was much rounder, and his clothes, especially the belt, were inlaid with a lot of jade and agate. Waiting for things, looking more and more wealthy.
But one thing is the same as Lai Da, Zhen Yingjia doesn't recognize them.
It's just that Zhen Yingjia's mind was spinning very fast. Thinking about Lai Da's identity, it is self-evident who sent this person.
"Master Zhen, the youngest one is the butler of Lord Wang Ziteng's house, and he is here to deliver invitations to you." This man put down a lower posture than Lai Da, taking one small bite at a time, and his face was full of smiles, getting more and more serious. It's not good to refuse.
After the man finished speaking, he exchanged a glance with Lai Da. From their eyes, Zhen Yingjia could see that the two of them knew each other, and there was a little spark between them. There must be some friction between the two of them.
Zhen Yingjia looked at Ji Chu, and he stepped forward to accept the invitation and handed it to Zhen Yingjia.
Zhen Yingjia accepted both invitations, coughed, and said expressionlessly: "It's hard to handle, both of you scared the invitations, but I only have this body, how can I get two?"
After saying this sentence, Zhen Yingjia deliberately paused, waiting for the reaction of these two people.
"In that case, it's better to go to the palace."
"Why don't you come to Rongguo Mansion? The old lady and the two masters have been waiting for you for a long time."
The two housekeepers looked at each other and spoke at the same time.
"The little one has been waiting for you on the pier for many days."
"If you don't go, Mr. Wang might break the little one's leg."
Zhen Yingjia snorted coldly, watching the two housekeepers quarrel with cold eyes.
Speaking of it, the Rongguo Mansion was more sincere. According to the speed at which Lai Da arrived, he must have been waiting on the pier, and Wang Ziteng's housekeeper probably came here only after he got the news of the ship's docking.
In the carriage, Kang He and Baoyu, one big and one small, were relatively silent.
Kang He had never been with children before, and Baoyu was a little afraid of this cold-faced Uncle Shi.So the two stared at each other. Kang He remembered that he was barely an elder, so he asked first, "Which one do you think your father will go with?"
This is definitely not a topic that should be discussed with a child, or a child who has just been ignored by his father for a few days, especially Kang He is still so straight-faced, so he got a big white eye from Baoyu, "No one can do it!"
And Baoyu didn't say it: my father belongs to me, and it belongs to me alone.
Perhaps the child's words were particularly vile, and just as he finished speaking, another voice rang out, "Is Master Zhen in front?"
Now the six people are all looking at the person coming.
However, upon seeing this, the two butlers who had been fighting so happily just now were dumbfounded.
Because the person here is wearing eunuch costumes, think about who can order the eunuch?Except for the one in the palace who doesn't do what he thinks.It's just... Lai Da looked at the carriage with the curtain down again.
Perhaps it was for the young man in the carriage?
But Lai Da also knew that this reason was a bit flimsy, and this father-in-law was calling Master Zhen.
I saw this father-in-law walked up to Zhen Yingjia with a smile, and bowed slightly as a salute.
"Lord Zhen, our family has been ordered by the Holy Master to come here specially to pick you up into the palace, as well as the young master of the family. The Holy Majesty said that we will bring you in to meet him."
Now the two butlers have completely stopped cooking, but Zhen Yingjia is still a little embarrassed, after all, they have only just arrived in the capital, and the journey has been full of dust and dust, so it may be disrespectful to go in to meet the emperor like this.
Although they were all fed and clothed on the big boat of Zhen's family, it was true that they didn't suffer much, and their clothes were changed only this morning.
Thinking of this, Zhen Yingjia said to the father-in-law: "Please take a moment, father-in-law, let me give the butler a few words before leaving."
The father-in-law smiled, stood aside and waited quietly.
Zhen Yingjia brought Ji Chu to Beijing this time. First, he was young and could afford to travel along the way. Second, he had already been to the capital once, and he was familiar with the place.
As for the original housekeeper, Meng Chang, he is still working as the housekeeper of the Zhen Mansion in Jiangnan.
Zhen Yingjia called Ji Chu aside and told him to clean up the house and prepare hot water and other things. They probably won't stay long after entering the palace, and they will definitely be back before sunset.
Ji Chu took the order, pulled the carriage with luggage aside, watched his master get into the carriage and walked behind the eunuch, then glanced at the two housekeepers who were talking in a low voice, and took the things to Fuxiang Avenue went.
As soon as Zhen Yingjia got into the car, Baoyu hugged his arms tightly. He touched the top of his son's head, and said with a smile to Kang He, "Now I have to drop by the way to the palace."
Kang He raised his eyebrows, and gained a new understanding of Zhen Yingjia's popularity.
There were eunuchs and a small group of emperor's personal guards leading the way ahead. They walked fast and arrived at the imperial city before lunch time.
When Kang He came back, he also wanted to say hello to the emperor first, so the two followed the eunuch to the imperial study.
The eunuch went to report, Zhen Yingjia took Baoyu's hand, looked at his son who had been a little nervous since he entered the imperial city, shook his hand, lowered his head and whispered: "Don't be afraid, I'm by your side Woolen cloth."
It's just that Kang He couldn't help feeling a little emotional when he heard this and thought of his father.
Not long after, the eunuch who went to meet Zhen Yingjia at the pier in the morning came out, still smiling and said: "Your Majesty, please come in."
The two walked into the imperial study room one after the other. After seeing the bright yellow figure behind the desk, Zhen Yingjia pulled Baoyu to kneel down together.
The emperor didn't say anything, the corners of his mouth were upturned, but his eyes looked expectantly at Zhen Yingjia's salute, and when the two of them straightened up, he smiled and said, "Hurry up and bring some tea, you will take a boat along the way, I think there will be many Inconvenience, now that you have arrived in the capital, tell me what you need, I have everything here."
Zhen Yingjia was a little worried at first, but she was completely relieved when she heard the emperor's statement.
"There is nothing missing."
The emperor stared, and was about to say something, when he saw that Kang He was still there, and he was still sitting on the side in silence, the emperor sighed: "You go back and offer incense to your mother, she has been thinking about it before she goes. You are here."
Kang He's eyes were reddened, and the emperor said again: "Take a good rest these two days, and we'll talk about it after the funeral."
Kang He agreed and left without giving Zhen Yingjia a look.
Although I think this is normal, it should be like this in front of the emperor, but Zhen Yingjia couldn't help being a little sad when he was really treated like this by Kang He.
Then the emperor's loud voice rang out again.
"How can there be no shortage? You haven't been to the capital for many years. Where is your house? It's been so many years since you lived in it. The furniture is probably going to be rotten. I specifically ordered the Imperial Building Bureau to call you I’ll let Xia Bingzhong deliver it to you later.” The emperor pointed to the eunuch beside him, who turned out to be the one who went to pick up Zhen Yingjia in the morning.
Xia Bingzhong came out and bowed to the emperor, saying: "Go and urge the furniture-beater." After speaking, he smiled and left with Zhen Yingjia.
Hearing what the emperor said, Zhen Yingjia had no choice but to agree.
Only Zhen Yingjia, father and son, and the emperor sitting above were left in the imperial study.
"Someone will take you to play in the imperial garden later." The emperor said to Baoyu. Seeing Baoyu, he didn't know whether he was afraid or shy. He didn't even say a word. He just hid behind Zhen Yingjia and nodded. Still afraid of strangers, not quite the same as when you were a child."
After saying this, the emperor was very silent for a while.After a while, he suddenly got up and walked down from the top, stood beside Zhen Yingjia, looked at him, and sighed, "You don't look like your father at all."
Zhen Yingjia smiled, "Our family is like this, and my Baoyu doesn't look like me."
The emperor smiled, "I haven't seen you for more than ten years. I still remember that when I first saw you, you were probably younger than him." After speaking, he looked at Baoyu, "This child still has to practice, boys are so afraid of life. But it’s not good, besides, we’re in the capital again, so we have to walk around with people.”
"Come here, will..." The emperor glanced at Zhen Yingjia, remembered that the child was called Baoyu, and said: "Send Baoyu to the queen first, and say that I will bring Zhen Yingjia over in a while."
When the eunuch took the man away, the emperor said again: "You follow me to Kunning Palace. I sat all morning, just to loosen my muscles and bones."
After observing for so long and with the help of the golden finger, Zhen Yingjia was finally sure that the emperor was sincere. He took two steps back and followed the emperor, and walked out of the imperial study with the emperor.
"What are you doing so wrongly?" The emperor turned his head and said, "Come closer and let me have a look. I haven't seen you for more than ten years, but you are taller than me."
Zhen Yingjia walked quickly to the emperor, and was only less than a third of the body wrong with him. The emperor looked very happy, and heard Zhen Yingjia say, "Remember to measure, your majesty will be two taller than me." .”
"Oh, I haven't changed much. Not only have you grown taller, you've also gotten married, and you've got both children."
Zhen Yingjia smiled, "I think His Majesty is more majestic than before."
The emperor laughed, "At first I thought you didn't like talking anymore, but now I see that it hasn't changed much."
This, Zhen Yingjia thinks, is actually mostly due to the fact that when the emperor was still a prince, he went to Jiangnan incognito.
For a person who looks like a scholar, the original owner will naturally not be so restrained.
The two recalled the past all the way, thinking about the day when the emperor first went to Zhen's house, Kunning Palace arrived.
The emperor went to the inner hall to freshen up, Zhen Yingjia stepped forward to greet the queen, the queen smiled and said: "It just so happens that today is the day to have dinner with the princes, you should come too."
Seeing that Zhen Yingjia was still looking for Baoyu, the queen said: "Don't worry, I'll let the most child-watching mother in the palace accompany him. It's in my side hall, don't worry."
Not long after, several princes—that is, a few stumbling blocks that Kang and his superiors must get rid of came. When they saw a stranger in the queen's room, they looked at each other, and one of them stepped forward and said: "I don't know that the queen has guests here. .”
The queen smiled, "This is Zhen Yingjia."
The princes nodded in understanding. Zhen Yingjia was very happy to see that he was so well-known, and went up to greet the princes one by one.
Speaking of which, when he and Kang He were on the boat, they had already discussed the tempers of these princes many times, and it happened to be confirmed one by one.
Because the concubine died, it was inconvenient for the prince to attend this occasion. Only six people from the second to the seventh came.
The oldest one with a stern face is the second prince Ruiqing. This man has military power in his hands. Although he doesn't have the brains to be an emperor and hasn't shown his heart to be an emperor, he has the ability to cause trouble. .
"Third Uncle is a fool, he always puts on airs..." Zhen Yingjia greeted Third Prince Ruiming, seeing that his eyes really didn't seem to be pretending, it's actually quite strange that such a character can be cultivated in the palace.
His family, Kang He, was not like this. Speaking of which, Zhen Yingjia always thought that Kang He was the standard imperial character, so it was only natural for him to be emperor.
"The fourth uncle was born to Concubine Li Gui, and his mother and concubine have the highest status besides the empress..."
This is indeed the case, Zhen Yingjia only spoke two or three words to the fourth prince Rui Qi, and he could detect the arrogance in his words, actions and eyes.
Fifth Prince Ruiding... Well, at first he thought this was Kang He's real body, but seeing him now, just as Kang He said, his whole person was a kind of icy coldness that rejected others thousands of miles away, and he couldn't even speak. is very brief.
Zhen Yingjia only said one word to him and couldn't go on.
The next one who looks pale, but looks like a weak scholar is the sixth prince. It doesn't need to be said by Kang He, the information left by Zhen Yingjia's father is enough for him to distinguish the sixth prince.
If you really look at him, you think he is weak and sick.
The last seventh prince, Ruicheng, was only thirteen or fourteen years old. He looked innocent and innocent, and asked many people along the way. Unfortunately, he didn't have a single word of truth, it was all nonsense.
Zhen Yingjia sized up all the princes.
Speaking of which, each has its own characteristics, and I don't know how many people are pretending, but Zhen Yingjia can be sure that as the emperor's son, even the frail and sickly sixth child, or the innocent seventh child, are all of them. The heart of fighting for the throne.
This is especially evident when eating.
The emperor changed into his normal clothes and came out. The eunuchs had already arranged the dishes and other things on the table. A total of nine members of the family including Zhen Yingjia sat around the table. .
Of course, the object of fawning is the emperor.
Zhen Yingjia suddenly felt that the emperor was a little pitiful.
While eating, he looked at the princes for various reasons—most of them were reasons for longevity, and persuaded the emperor to eat more of this and touch that less, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
This is not an obvious reminder to the emperor: You are old and can no longer be as willful as when you were young.
To hell with the emperor being happy!
In addition, every time these princes praised themselves, they had to satirize others. They could only say: the atmosphere at the dinner table was not very harmonious.
But seeing the queen looking at all this with a smile, Zhen Yingjia felt unsure again?Could it be that he is out of date?Is it popular now?
He shook his head. Thinking of it, it seemed that the last person who ascended the throne in the original book was a filial son. In addition, the old emperor seemed to have been the Supreme Emperor for many years after he abdicated. From this point of view, it seemed that the emperor was a bit useless.
It's just... If he can ascend to the throne by flattering like this... He is a bit regretful that he has no royal blood, otherwise he will definitely crush the princes at this table.
Then, Zhen Yingjia saw the eunuch bring up a plate of crystal-clear steamed dumplings. He ordered the eunuch to take a few dumplings and put them aside, and watched the emperor's eyes keep glancing at the cold dumplings. Zhen Yingjia decided Teach these princes a lesson.
"I remember that you liked to eat cold dumplings back then." Zhen Yingjia personally handed the small plate to the emperor. Seeing that Zhen Yingjia hardly spoke, the princes who thought he was here as the background board were all dumbfounded.
But what made people even more dumbfounded was that the emperor took the dish with his own hands, and almost blurted out at the same time as Zhen Yingjia, "Skinny!"
"Father, the imperial physician said that you don't like cold food!" It was the fourth prince Ruiqi who spoke.
As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhen Yingjia saw the emperor's face suddenly drop.
It's just a few dumplings that have been kept warm and cold, and they are not soaked in ice. Besides, even in modern times, people with diabetes are not completely forbidden to eat sugar.
And how old is the emperor?Just in his early fifties, the spleen and stomach are so weak.
Zhen Yingjia smiled, and before he could open his mouth, the emperor spoke first, "The imperial doctor told me to eat less cold food, but didn't say not to eat it! It's summer, you want to scald me to death!"
The emperor clapped his chopsticks, and there was no sound.
In the end, the Queen came out to make a rescue. She said, "Okay, the children are all for your own good. You scared people when you got sick last time. You're about to get angry. If you hold your breath and eat, you will get sick."
The emperor just picked up the chopsticks, and the second half of the meal was much quieter.
The princes looked at Zhen Yingjia with complicated eyes, probably because of a love-hate relationship.
But the queen smiled kindly at him, it was a bit puzzling...
Could it be... Most of it should be on the prince.The queen is the prince's biological mother. Although as long as she doesn't commit suicide, she is the queen mother whoever becomes the emperor, but if the emperor is not her own son, the privileges she can enjoy will be greatly reduced.
Zhen Yingjia smiled back at her, thinking that Kang He is also the queen's grandson, if she wants the queen to turn to support Kang He after the prince is deposed, I don't know how possible it is.
Not long after the meal, several princes left one by one, the queen asked Baoyu to be sent over, Baoyu was much more relaxed than when she first came in, and at this time there was another eunuch outside the door begging to see him.
When the empress saw this person, she said coldly: "But what is there in the East Palace that you can't make up your mind about?"
This attitude is also reminiscent. After the crown princess left, it must be the crown prince's favorite side concubine Zhao who took over temporarily, but judging by the queen's attitude, she was not very satisfied with Zhao side concubine.
Zhen Yingjia nodded secretly, and heard someone say: "Your Majesty, the prince sent me here."
Hearing this, the queen's expression immediately softened, and she asked with a smile: "He just came back today, if there is anything missing, let him ask for it directly, I have already ordered it."
Zhen Yingjia was overjoyed, and felt that Kang He's chances of staying in the palace were a little higher.
"The son said that when he was in the south of the Yangtze River, it was thanks to Mr. Zhen who took care of him. Knowing that Mr. Zhen is entering the palace today, he specially sent Mrs. Zhen here so that the father and daughter can meet."
Kang Ho is really his good brother!
Zhen Yingjia couldn't sit still for a moment. A large part of the reason he did all this today was because he wanted to get his daughter back.
The emperor was sitting on the side holding a teacup, when he heard this, he said, "Call someone in, I remember she is only ten years old?"
He has been here for two years, and he can finally see his eldest daughter!
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