◎The doorway here is probably not that simple...◎

"Your Highness, the Jingshen Palace has arrived." The servant's voice interrupted Qi Jingyan's thoughts.

With a creak, the courtyard door was slowly pushed open.

What came into view was the residence where he lived with his mother and concubine for many years---Jingshen Palace.

The courtyard is full of dust, the trees and flowers are withered, and there is grayness and depression everywhere.

The clean and bright residence in memory has left with the owner at this time, allowing weeds to spread and dead trees to grow.

"This group of slaves must be taking advantage of His Highness's absence to be lazy, and the Second Highness must beat them later." Yuan Fu, the servant who accompanied him, said angrily when he saw this.

"Forget it, they have gone to fend for themselves. Anywhere in the palace is better than following me, a little prince who has no backing and is not favored." Qi Jingyan said lightly.

"Your Highness can't say that, our Second Highness treats His Highness like a younger brother." Yuan Fu flattered.

Qi Jingyan glanced at him amusedly: "Okay, you take the rest of the people to clean up the courtyard, front hall, and side hall, and I will go and see the dormitory by myself."

"Okay, Your Highness." Yuan Fu turned around and said to the people behind, "Have you heard that, don't come with me, and be quicker with your hands and feet."

A group of people dispersed and got busy, Qi Jingyan opened the door familiarly and entered the inner bedroom.

He didn't have much of his own, just some old clothes, whatever he didn't want.

It is mainly the room of the concubine, Qi Jingyan wants to focus on it.

Based on the situation in the previous life, I didn't think there was anything strange when I was young, but now it seems that there are suspicious points everywhere.

First of all, the mother and concubine never mentioned her past affairs before her death, so Qi Jingyan didn't even know that she had a grandfather who was an outsider.

In his previous life, he had lived alone in the imperial palace for several years, only when an old man who claimed to be his grandfather came to take him away, he was once misunderstood as a human trafficker.

After finally getting to know each other, Qi Jingyan didn't get close to him and even resented him. He thought that his grandfather had always ignored their mother and son, which indirectly led to the early death of his mother and concubine.

Second, the mother and concubine's name is Su Qingqian, she lives up to her name, she doesn't like to fight and make noise, she has a calm temperament like water.So a few years ago, she asked herself to move to the Jingshen Hall, which is far away from the main hall.

I heard from the palace people that the mother concubine was originally a lady from a businessman's family in the south of the Yangtze River, and she was also a famous talented woman.Logically speaking, with such a restrained temperament and a family background without any official power, the chance of being selected as a concubine in the palace is very small.

Thirdly, the mother and concubine usually like to wear a smoky green silk skirt, and her long black hair is simply tied up in a bun, with a magnolia flower hairpin inserted obliquely, which looks simple and elegant.

When I am free, I am not reading and writing, playing chess and piano, or tending flowers and plants. Sometimes I will make a few Jiangnan snacks when I am in a good mood.She looks weak and watery on the outside, but inside she is a strong woman who loves life.

However, a year ago, the concubine mother suddenly broke down emotionally, and sometimes hugged him and cried bitterly, and often woke up at night. After waking up, she sat on the corner of the bed and kept holding the hairpin tightly, crying, and kept saying: "I'm sorry, It's all my fault..." Afterwards, Concubine Mu's health deteriorated until she died of illness.

With these questions in mind, Qi Jingyan first looked around the dormitory, and almost all the calligraphy, paintings, vases, guqin and other decorations that were not many were taken for the funeral.

The room looked empty, with only a few large furnishings left untouched.

There are a few sheets of rice paper on the pear wood table by the window, and a few brushes on the inkstone.On one side of the mahogany bookshelf, there are a few scattered books, which are already full of dust.

There is also a carved step bed with only a thin layer of quilt left. A few steps away from the bed is a wooden dressing table.

On it are the Linghua bronze mirror used by the mother and concubine during her lifetime and a big red lacquer carved plum blossom jewelry box. On the side are some scattered items such as combs, rouge, and beard powder that are usually used.

Finally, there is an elm wardrobe inlaid with jade, flowers, birds and rattan patterns, standing quietly aside.

Qi Jingyan first went to the dressing table to look around, opened the jewelry box, and found the magnolia hairpin.

He breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, the hairpin was only carved from ordinary Hetian jade, otherwise it might not have survived until now.

This magnolia flower hairpin was specially told by the mother and concubine before her death that she must put it away, but I don't know what the purpose is.

Qi Jingyan's thinking failed, that's all, the future is long, let's put it away first.

The other furniture is nothing special at first glance, only this elm wardrobe is left.

Open it and see that the inside is divided into upper and lower layers, and all the clothes have been packed away, leaving only a layer of dustproof silk cloth. If it is really a child, it will definitely not notice anything wrong.

But now Qi Jingyan took a closer look, and knew that the thickness of the partition in the middle was wrong, and there might be a sandwich.

He moved a stool from the table, climbed up and lifted the silk cloth, "cough cough" accidentally choked by the raised dust and coughed.

Qi Jingyan raised his left hand and waved it in front of him, then stretched out his right hand to feel for it, and sure enough there was a hidden door in the partition.

Open it, and there is a brocade box inside.He took out the brocade box and jumped off the bench.

Fortunately, the brocade box was not locked.Qi Jingyan snapped open the copper clasp and pulled the lid off.

I saw a box full of letters inside, and some papers were yellowed, probably from a long time ago.

Opening the top letter, Qi Jingyan's eyes widened in surprise.

The letter wrote: Dear daughter, Daddy is still worried about you living in the palace with your grandson, orphan and widow, that kid Qi Yongheng must have treated you and your mother badly!Good girl, you can just write a letter back to Daddy, Daddy was annoyed by you brother and sister back then, how could he really ignore you...

Judging from the signing time, it was half a month ago.

"Hey." Qi Jingyan put down the letter and sighed leisurely.

He roughly flipped through the rest of the letters in the box, and they all seemed to be from the concubine's father---his grandfather.

Obviously, the concubine mother never sent back a single letter.

Qi Jingyan shook his head with a very complicated expression, and he didn't know what happened back then to make the father and daughter be in such a situation.

Dong dong, a light knock on the door interrupted his thoughts.

"Your Highness, the servants are almost ready, do you need help from your servant?"

"Need not."

Qi Jingyan put the letter away again, put the magnolia hairpin into the brocade box, and closed the lid.

He took a piece of silk cloth casually, tied it into a small bundle, carried it behind his back, opened the door and went out.

"Your Highness, can you see what else you need to take away?" Yuan Fu asked carefully.

Qi Jingyan approached under a dead tree in the courtyard, there was a short table with a chessboard on it, and a few black and white chess pieces scattered on the board.

A cup of scented tea was put aside, and some unknown sundries were floating in the dark tea.

In the past, when the mother and concubine were here, the yard was always full of colorful flowers in spring and summer.

When he was tired from playing, his concubine would always take him to rest under the tree and drink a bowl of herbal tea made by herself.

It seems that the concubine mother created a peaceful and happy paradise in this cold and solemn palace during her lifetime, for herself to escape carefree for so many years.

It's a pity that such a scene will never reappear in the future, and can only be frozen in memory...

"No more, let's go." Qi Jingyan took a deep breath, even though he was already a man in his 20s, his heart was still a little sour.

Looking at His Highness Fifth Prince's red eyes, still pretending to be strong, like a little adult, Yuan Fu thought to himself that it's no wonder Second Highness treats Fifth Highness so well, it's really painful to watch.

"Your Highness, leave the burden to the servant. It's about time, and the Second Highness may be waiting for you to go back for lunch." Yuan Fu quickly changed the subject.

Qi Jingyan stepped through the courtyard gate, turned his head and looked inside the gate for the last time, then turned around and rubbed his eyes, smiled and said in relief: "No, go back quickly."

"Hey, okay." Yuan Fu saw that he finally showed a smile, and hurriedly asked his followers to take the things and shut the gate of the courtyard.

Followed step by step, Director Yuan secretly patted his chest, but fortunately he was comforted.

It was near noon, the sun was shining brightly, and the shadows of trees were dancing on the palace wall.

Such a peaceful atmosphere reminds Qi Jingyan that now is indeed not the time to be sad, the fate of the emperor needs to be reversed, and many doubts need to be contacted by the public for clarification. Of course, finding the junior as soon as possible is also the top priority.

In the previous life, Qi Jingyan first met his younger brother when he was in his teens.

In my memory, my junior brother was very weak and thin at that time, coughing frequently, and his face was pale. It is said that it was a heart disease, which could not be cured if it dragged on for too long.

Thinking of this, Qi Jingyan let out a long sigh. In this life, he definitely can't let his junior brother ruin his body like that again.

Calculated, he should be one year younger than himself, so he must settle the matter in the palace as soon as possible, and then go out of the palace to find his junior brother.

Bring him by your side early so that he will be raised, and he must be turned into a healthy and cute little bun in the previous life.

Just as Qi Jingyan was thinking, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, when suddenly there was a burst of crying and shouting in front of him.

The group stopped and looked around.

With his back to the line of sight was a child wearing a luxurious royal blue brocade jacket, and a kneeling attendant beside him was wiping his front lapel.

A few steps away from them was a maid kneeling, with broken tea sets all over the floor.

Another servant was waving a wooden stick, hitting the kneeling little servant girl one after another, scolding while beating: "You little bastard who has no eyesight, the Sixth Highness is also someone you bastard can rush over, today! I must kill you."

The little servant girl was only about ten years old, and she was trembling from being beaten at this moment, crying and shouting: "Your Highness, please forgive me! Please forgive me! It's my slave who has no eyes. I know I was wrong. Your lord has a lot, so let me spare this time." .”

The child in the royal blue brocade jacket flicked the front of the clothes lightly, and said in a leisurely tone, "I'm still a child in this hall, and I don't have a lot of them, so I like to be fussy, so keep hitting."

The farce in front of him made Qi Jingyan sneer in his heart, and held back his mouth. Could it be Concubine Xiao's precious son, his sixth brother Qi Jingpo.

It's a pity that in his previous life, he was spoiled as an idiot who only knew how to eat, drink, play and bully others. In his eyes, he was just a waste of money and life, not worth mentioning.

Not even having the desire to meet him, Qi Jingyan was about to tell Yuan Fu to change his way.

Yuan Fu said respectfully: "Your Highness Fifth, it seems that His Highness Six is ​​teaching the palace people a lesson, why don't we take a shortcut and go back?"

"Yuan Fu, it's ok. If you have the eyesight to see and do things, you deserve to be a capable confidant by the emperor's side." Qi Jingyan smiled suddenly.

"Your Highness is absurd, His Highness the Sixth Highness has always been favored, it's better to think about one thing less than one thing." Yuan Fu smiled foolishly.

Qi Jingyan intentionally made things difficult and asked: "That girl looks familiar, she seems to have served in Jingshen Palace before. Now I choose to turn a blind eye, don't you think I am ruthless?"

"Your Highness, you say it's a self-seeking future, and you have to take your life on the path you choose."

Yuan Fu said sternly, "Why don't you say they don't have the eyesight to see? Others seem to be beautiful, but they are not easy to serve. They fight every day, beating or scolding. The palace is as generous as the fifth and second princes." Master, it’s rare.”

Qi Jingyan raised his eyebrows and smiled: "You live clearly and clearly, but you are wrong, I am not a generous person..." I am a person who must revenge, he added in his heart.

"Your Highness Fifth is really good at joking." Yuan Fu didn't take it seriously, and said courteously, "But His Highness Fifth will live with His Highness Second in the future, so there is no need to avoid His Highness Six."

"Oh, why?" Qi Jingyan asked curiously.

"Your Highness doesn't know something. Don't look at the Sixth Highness showing his teeth and claws just now. In fact, he behaves like a cat in front of our Second Highness. If he refuses to accept anyone, he will obey our Highness." Yuan Fu said with some pride.

Picking his ears, Qi Jingyan felt that he was hallucinating: "Qi Jingpo often comes to see the emperor? Concubine Xiao allows?"

"It's not too often, but sometimes I come to His Highness the Second Highness to ask about my master's homework and have some refreshments." Yuan Fu pondered for a while and replied, "I heard that that one was not allowed at first, but the Sixth Highness couldn't help crying and agreed. gone."

kindness?Qi Jingyan rubbed her chin, thinking in her heart: Although Qi Jingpo can't make any troubles, his mother Xiao Guifei is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and the doorway here may not be so simple...

During the conversation, a group of people unknowingly arrived at the gate of Zhanchen Hall.

The author says:

The magnolia flower hairpin is an important prop, here is a trick~

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