The old lady is reborn

The Queen Mother had originally prepared a gift for Yin An, but since Lao Wu had asked the two little girls to come together to pay their respects, it was not convenient to give it to her.

The Queen Mother seemed to have heard the Queen mention that only Yin An was invited this time, so how come two little girls entered the palace together?

But the empress dowager soon put this trivial matter behind her. She was very happy to see Song Ying and wanted to chat about some personal matters.

Although Song Ying's little great-grandson Rong Junheng was only seven years old, the empress dowager always felt that his big, twinkling eyes seemed to indicate that he could understand everything, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

The two little girls from Lao Wu's family came to pay their respects, and the Queen Mother said, "Jun Heng and the two little sisters should go play for a while."

After hearing this order, the little great-grandson immediately stood up and saluted politely: "Yes."

Then he took the initiative to extend his hand, and the two little girls held his hand, one on the left and one on the right, and gradually left the banquet venue to play.

Liang Hong's mind raced: she had to resort to trickery to enter the palace this time, and with Princess Anyang and Princess Rui's support for Yin An in the future, she would eventually be at a disadvantage.

The eldest son of this lady who protected the country was the consort of Princess Anyang, and he also helped Yin An.

She looked up and saw the Imperial Garden in front of her, and beyond the Imperial Garden was a bamboo forest. Beyond the bamboo forest was a lotus pond. Although this lotus pond was called a "pond", it was actually not small and could accommodate boats.

If we throw this little boy into the lotus pond and then put the blame on Yin An, wouldn't that be killing two birds with one stone?

If anything went wrong with this little boy, Yin An would completely lose the support of Princess Anyang and her husband, and would also offend Lady Huguo, and her good days would be over.

Liang Hong suddenly said, "Beyond the Imperial Garden is the lotus pond, the scenery over there is really beautiful.

There is an island in the middle of the lotus pond, and there are four bridges of different shapes leading to the island.

Walking on the bridge, the breeze blows on your face and the scenery is pleasant. If you squat on the bridge, you can reach out and pick lotus flowers, large lotus leaves, and lotus pods. Let's go over there and play."

Yin An was a little hesitant after hearing this. It was her first time entering the palace and she didn't know the way around. All the servants serving at the palace banquet were from the palace. Although they were a little further away now, she could still see these palace maids and eunuchs moving back and forth, preparing for the banquet that was about to begin.

Yin An subconsciously felt that he shouldn't risk leaving here, so he refused and said, "The palace banquet is about to begin, don't go too far from here. Let's go to the lotus pond later."

Liang Hong said: "This is your first time entering the palace, how do you know how long you will have to wait?

You look at these palace servants busying around and think that the palace banquet is about to begin, but in fact it still takes a long time.

It’s enough for us to go to the lotus pond and back.”

Liang Hong felt that the seven-year-old Rong Junheng should have been impatient and just sitting there waiting.

What’s so interesting about what the adults say?

Sure enough, the little boy's face showed some relief. Liang Hong continued, "Before we go to the lotus pond, we will pass by a bamboo forest. There we will give you a bamboo. You can use it as a stick or as a bamboo horse to ride on."

In Liang Hong's mind, many little boys of his age, no matter how many rare treasures they have at home, all like sticks without exception.

If they were not dressed better, they would be no different from the farm children playing with wooden sticks in the countryside.

The seven-year-old boy seemed to be persuaded and nodded, "Okay, we'll go play for a while and be back soon."

Finally, he turned to look at Yin An: "Miss, do you want to go with us?"

Yin An remembered that the Queen Mother had asked them to take this little brother out to play, so they should at least bring him back safely, so he tried his best to dissuade them, saying, "After reporting to the Queen Mother, how about letting the palace maid accompany him to the lotus pond?"

Liang Hong seemed dissatisfied after hearing this: "If you don't want to go, stay by yourself. I will take him with me."

Rong Junheng also said: "If you don't want to go, you can stay here."

Yin An was a little flustered. Something seemed to be wrong, but as it was her first time entering the palace to attend a palace banquet, she didn't know how to deal with it.

She couldn't let the little boy follow Liang Hong to the lotus pond. What if something happened?

So he had no choice but to say, "Then I'll go with you."

As soon as she finished saying this, she felt the little boy seemed to be holding her hand with force. She looked down at Rong Junheng in surprise, but couldn't see any clues.

.........

When Song Ying heard Liang Hong's panicked and trembling voice reporting the news that her little great-grandson had fallen into the lotus pond, she felt a moment of panic.

Upon hearing this, Princess Anyang and her husband also stood up and came over. Huai'an supported his mother, and the nanny supported the empress dowager, and they all hurried to the lotus pond.

There were already quite a few palace servants by the pond, seemingly trying to rescue people, but it seemed that they had not found Rong Junheng who had fallen into the water.

Huai'an heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this, and whispered to Song Ying, "Don't worry, mother. Heng'er can swim."

Song Ying raised her head and heard Huai'an's deep voice: "It was Yunfei who taught me."

Song Ying hoped in her heart that this was true, but she usually kept a close eye on her great-grandson and did not allow him to play in the water.