Bright Spring

At this time, Zhu Gaochi saw Zhu Zhanji, who was more than eight years old, standing by the pond, carefully pulling out a slingshot; the two eunuchs beside him were also watching the front intently, and did not find Zhu Gaochi and others for a while. behind.

The shape of the slingshot is like an archery bow, the difference is that there is a piece of leather in the middle of the bowstring, which is wrapped with stones. This kind of bow is quite powerful.At this moment, the slingshot fired with a "bang".

Then there was an animal scream.Only then did Zhu Gaochi realize that a white rabbit not far away had been knocked over by a stone, and was struggling on the ground.

"Good! Good!" Seeing that Zhu Zhanji hit the rabbit, the two eunuchs shouted immediately.

Zhu Zhanji also danced and yelled happily.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaochi remembered what Guo Yan said last night. He took several rabbits into the palace, and Zhan Ji chose the rabbit first... The dying rabbit in front of him is probably the one that Zhan Ji first adopted!

Zhu Gaochi was furious immediately, and scolded: "How can you be so cruel at such a young age?"

The two eunuchs found out about the prince and knelt down in fright.Zhan Ji turned around, lowered his head and said, "My son has already memorized the book today."

"I said that rabbit you raised!" Zhu Gaochi was very angry, walked over with difficulty, grabbed Zhan Ji, and turned his small body over.

As soon as he raised his slap, he heard the voice of the Crown Princess Zhang, saying: "Calm down, the prince, who is not greedy and stubborn at this age, why do you have to be so aggressive?"

"Slap!" Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but slap Zhanji on the ass, and Zhanji immediately burst into tears with a "wow".

Zhu Gaochi raised his head and said to Zhang: "His brother Zhan Kai picked out a lame rabbit, saying that he was afraid that others would not adopt it. Zhan Ji is good, he just beat him to death for fun! I want him to have a better memory!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang immediately turned her eyes to Guo Yan who was beside Zhu Gaochi, and cast a meaningful look.

"Mother! My father hit me..." Zhan Ji kept Zhang Shi with tears in his nose.Mrs. Zhang said sternly: "Your father is teaching you to be sensible, don't cry! Go and admit your mistake to father."

Zhanji was thrown away by Mrs. Zhang, so he had to walk towards Zhu Gaochi pitifully, with a look of dawdling.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaochi calmed down a bit.

Mrs. Zhang bowed her knees and saluted, and said nicely, "Zhanji has already made a mistake, so please don't be angry, Prince."

At this time, Guo Yan bowed gracefully and said: "I pay my respects to the Crown Princess."

Mrs. Zhang looked her up and down, and said with a smile: "My younger sister taught Ji'er really well. She can't even speak clearly when she is more than two years old, so she can speak such profound principles. It is not easy."

Guo Yan's expression changed, and she said coldly: "Is there something in the crown princess's words?"

"What's in my words?" Mrs. Zhang asked with a blank face, "My sister is just too smart, she confuses me. But in this palace, keeping one's duty is more important than being smart. My sister can do that too. Very good, I took the crown prince for a walk today, and met me when I arrived here, and I behaved properly. Look at the crown prince, Guo Cifei is very good at being a person."

Zhu Gaochi didn't say a word, but frowned.

Guo Yan's face turned blue and white for a while, and her chest heaved continuously, as if she was about to be blown up.However, every word the princess said was praising her on the surface, but it never happened!

Guo Yan hesitated to speak for a while, and finally took a deep breath, and said seriously: "There is more than one eunuch who brought the rabbit, and they are not from our East Palace. Why don't you go and ask if those words are not true?" I said it myself!"

"Why is my sister so over-hearted?" Zhang Shi said, "I said it before, didn't those words come from Zhan Kai?"

"Don't say a few words each!" Zhu Gaochi shook his head helplessly, then he looked up at the sky and said, "It's noon, is it time for lunch?"

Zhang said: "The lunch is ready, please come to the dining room, the prince."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaochi turned his head and said to Guo Yan, "Go back to your room first, I'm going to have dinner."

Guo Yan hurriedly bent over and said, "Respectfully send off the crown prince."

The group quickly left the bank of the pond. After a while, Mrs. Zhang turned her head slightly, looked at Guo Yan and sneered.Guo Yan pretended not to see it.

After everyone left, Guo Yan walked to the pond and saw a warrior made of mud there, which was exactly what Zhanji liked to play with.Angrily, she kicked the clay figurine into the pond.

...The eunuchs and court ladies all followed the prince, and Guo Yan went back to the bedroom silently.Unexpectedly, no one was seen in the bedroom, it was almost lunch time, and the servants and servants might all be waiting for their meals.Recently, the food in the East Palace is tight, and several palace maids have starved to death before and after. These servants only think about eating all day long!Don't worry about serving people.

Just as Guo Yan walked to the partition, she suddenly saw a maid cleaning the bronze mirror of the dressing table. The maid's face was not facing the mirror, but the table.Guo Yan glanced at the table and found a golden hairpin there.She was a little hesitant when she dressed up in the morning, and in the end she didn't wear the hairpin and forgot to put it away.

Guo Yan didn't think much, and immediately hid behind the partition.

After waiting for a while, she poked her head lightly to see that the golden hairpin on the table was no longer there.The maid was still wiping the things on the dressing table.

Guo Yan took two steps outside the partition, thinking about something.Of course she recognizes this palace lady, her name is Su'er, she came to Guo Yan's side to serve people only last year, and she used to be a palace maid doing rough work in the laundry room.

"Ahem..." Guo Yan coughed twice, walked around the partition and walked in.

Su'er bent her knees and said, "Your Majesty is back."

Guo Yan nodded, and sat straight in front of the dressing table, turned her head to look, and said "Huh", "Where is the golden hairpin I put here this morning?"

Su'er quickly shook her head and said: "I don't know, I... I just came in a while ago."

"Really didn't see it?" Guo Yan looked at her and asked with a half-smile.

Su'er's face immediately turned red, her eyes froze, she raised her head and said, "I really didn't see it!"

Guo Yan said: "Then shall I ask someone to come in and search?"

Su'er stood there stiffly.Guo Yan stood up, making a gesture to call out.Suddenly, Su'er knelt down on the floor tiles with a "plop", "Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty..."

Guo Yan immediately said kindly: "I know it's not easy for everyone recently, so don't panic."

"Your Majesty is truly a bodhisattva with a heart. This servant will never dare again. This servant... slaps himself in the mouth!" Su'er was so frightened that she trembled all over.

"Hush! Shh!" Guo Yan grabbed her wrist and said, "Keep your voice down, people with dirty hands and feet are the most taboo in the palace. If someone overhears, I can't protect you even if I want to."

"Mother..." Su'er looked at her blankly.

Guo Yan whispered: "I'm asking you something, if you answer truthfully, I will cover it up for you, and no third person will know."

Su'er said: "Your servant must know everything!"

Guo Yan glanced back, her voice lowered: "In the spring of the first year of Yongle, you seemed to be working in the laundry room of the East Palace?"

"Ah?" Su'er's calm expression was suddenly shocked again.Seeing this, Guo Yan already had five or six points in her heart, and she immediately asked, "It seems that you must know something about the Donggong Huanyi Room. Tell me!"

Su'er stood there in a daze and didn't say anything for a long time.

Guo Yan said kindly: "I just don't want to be kept in the dark. If you tell the story, I won't tell others or who said it. But if you help others lie to me, the golden hairpin in your arms will ...It is light to be beaten to death!"

"My servant said!" Su'er nodded hastily, and then she continued in a low voice, "There is indeed one thing... But it must be that servant Luoer's mischief, and it has nothing to do with the Crown Princess."

"Tell me first, what did you see?" Guo Yan's mood was up and down, but she suppressed her emotions.

Su'er whispered: "One time, that Luo'er... wiped something on the clothes of the second concubine."

When Guo Yan heard this, her eyes swelled and her hands clenched tightly.She knew that there was a conspiracy behind the miscarriage of the first child back then!Otherwise, there are so many people, why do bees stare at themselves?

Guo Yan trembled all over for a while, unable to speak a word.

Su'er said: "It must not have been instigated by the Crown Princess. If the Crown Princess knew about this, how could the people in the laundry room be transferred to your side? Luo'er has always been a lie, and she likes to tremble in front of her servants Prestige and courage; maybe Luoer only wanted to see her empress make a fool of herself, but she didn't expect things to be so big, so she had the courage to do it..."