Hotaru [The Tale of Genji]

People's hearts are sinister, and there are always some people who think about plundering and plundering all day long, and don't care about the life and death of others at all.As long as there is something unsatisfactory, it will be revenged, and any ugly method can be used.

Honghuidian's heart was hard to calm down, and the difficulties for Chengxiangdian naturally did not end in a day.After that, cynicism is no more than a trivial matter, and seeing each other in the palace will definitely lead to disputes.Some disgusting filth was thrown outside the gate of Chengxiang Hall, and in the corridor, it was very depressing!And Cheng Xiangdian is unwilling to use his anger to argue over these meaningless things, so as not to spoil the style.But in this way, she couldn't even get out of the door, which made this female emperor who loved to watch and walk around call it boring in the palace.

The maid of Chengxiang Palace suffered some unnecessary troubles.The strange thing is, she stopped others from letting the Fourth Prince know about it.But this kind of thing cannot be hidden.Naturally, there will be loyal and loyal palace servants who will inform the Fourth Highness of the female royal grievance.

His Royal Highness Prince Ying, who came to pay his respects to the palace that day, sank like water after hearing the ins and outs, and it was quite a sign that the mountain rain was about to come.The fourth prince was extremely annoyed, exuding an extremely terrifying coercion from his body.

His Royal Highness Yingying would never allow her mother to be insulted like this.Some people bullied others too much, some stood by and watched, seeing Chengxiang Palace's reluctance to be troublesome, they gloated at other people's misfortune.This world is really strange, just because of self-cultivation, he is bullied by some scoundrels at will.Such unbearable bullying and fear of the hard is really the inferiority of human beings!

Chengxiang Palace Nu Yu is really a lovely woman.She saw that Prince Ying's beautiful sword eyebrows were deeply frowned, and his complexion was heavy, obviously because he was angry, but he was not so angry anymore.She straightened up, straightened her sleeves, and said with relief: "It's just a small matter. You don't have to worry about it."

The prince raised his head and glanced at his mother, Cheng Xiangdian suddenly felt a little guilty.

"I didn't feel very wronged that day, and those people didn't take advantage of it. You are still a teenager, and it's not good to just think about how to vent your anger. They didn't achieve their goal this time. If you fight back, you will be forced to jump over the wall, but yes You are no good."

"Did mother tell me to let this matter go and let you be harassed?"

"Ahem, cough, mother certainly didn't mean that..."

Realizing that his son was really pissed off, Cheng Xiangdian quickly explained, "I just think that you don't have to fight meaninglessly in a small place like the harem. Make yourself like some ignorant women who don't understand This is too humiliating and out of style. If I was really angry about these trivial things that are not on the stage, I would have been pissed to death in the palace for more than ten years..."

Before His Highness could speak, the fourth prince said coldly: "Hmph, to deal with some rascals, you have to use ruthless rascals."

"Uh……"

Under the cold snort of the fourth prince, Cheng Xiangdian was at a loss for words, scratching his ears and cheeks, thinking about it and not knowing how to stop his son.

Seeing Chengxiang Palace winking, looking embarrassed like a girl, the Fourth Prince sighed.He took the comb from the palace man and combed Chengxiangdian's messy long hair with his own hands.

"Mother, you don't have to worry about causing any trouble to your son. It's my responsibility to protect you. I don't want you to endure unnecessary things because of me."

Hearing this passage, Cheng Xiangdian felt sour in his heart.She patted the fourth prince's hand, "I understand what you mean. However, I don't want you to be embarrassed because of your mother. After all, it is Donggong's mother. If you want to help me vent your anger, you will have a rift with Donggong , but the gain outweighs the loss.”

This really hit the soft spot in His Royal Highness's heart, and his brows could not help but frown.Her Royal Highness knew her son very well. Seeing that the words were effective, she stepped up, "Although Donggong treats people generously, wisely and politely. But after all, she is his mother. If one is not good, wouldn't it be more embarrassing for you?" ? If at this time, someone with a heart tries to sow discord again, how will the two of you face it?"

In fact, based on his years of acquaintance with Suzaku, Prince Ying has absolute confidence that Donggong will not mistakenly believe the villain's slander.However, he has not simple thoughts about Donggong.What Chengxiangdian said is also very reasonable.If you don't cast a mouse, if you care about it, you will be chaotic.His Highness the Fourth Highness couldn't help worrying about what those villains said or did, which would leave Donggong with a bad impression of him, and he didn't want Suzaku to be caught in the middle.

His Royal Highness frowned, unavoidably worried.After a while of silence, he raised his head and said, "My son is confident that the East Palace will not be misled by villains, but it is not something I can ignore if my mother is criticized for nothing."

"That's all, I can't stop you," Cheng Xiangdian sighed.She relaxed her body and leaned aside to take a nap, "Mother is tired, if you have plans in the future, you'd better be careful."

Prince Ying was originally a vigorous and resolute person.He ordered people to guard outside the palace gate for two or three days, and indeed he caught several people with malicious intentions.Regardless of how those people cried for help, they directly brought them in front of Jinshang, and explained the ins and outs of the future.He bluntly said that he wanted to find out the mastermind behind it and drive out these few criminals.

Those few knelt down and shivered, and when they heard this, they shouted for injustice, saying that they had never done such a thing.His Royal Highness snorted coldly, and before anyone could finish his argument, he asked someone to bring up the tools seized on the spot as evidence.Those barrels were full of foul-smelling filth.The faces of all the people present changed drastically, and they covered their mouths and noses one after another.

His face was very ugly today, and he didn't know whether he was angry or smoked.He hurriedly asked people to move those things down, and angrily interrogated these people why they acted so boldly.Those few people were nothing more than grass on the wall who would fall down at the first sight of the wind. They thought that Chengxiang Palace and others were just ladies who valued face, but they didn't expect that there would be a Fourth Highness who was extremely difficult to deal with.

"Hmph, it's just some slaves who did such a thing. Even if they were beheaded, that's all!"

As soon as these words came out, those people were so frightened that their livers and gallbladders burst, and they hurriedly yelled that they were ordered by others, please forgive your majesty.

"Who ordered you to do such a rebellious thing!" Imakami was furious, and angrily slapped the floor beside him, "Say it! Say it!"

"Your Majesty, forgive me! Your Majesty! It's her, it's her!"

Those few people huddled together in fright, pointing with trembling fingers at the group of women from Honghui Hall who were rushing over when they heard the news.The maid of Honghui Palace had a very bad expression on her face, and she directly accused these people of malicious intentions and random biting.They called for people to drag these people down.

"Are you sure it was His Highness Honghui who ordered you to do such a filthy thing?" Prince Ying's voice was as cold as ice, and he said the word "instructing" heavily and ruthlessly, as if he wanted to grind his teeth and suck blood, full of murderous intent.

The Honghui Palace trembled from the murderous aura, and hurriedly knelt down, begging Jinshang, "I beg your majesty to be the master of my concubine. The fourth prince found a group of servants from nowhere to slander my concubine, which is really not the manner of a prince. Your Majesty, please be aware!"

His face turned blue today, and he never spoke.His Highness Ying sneered, "Why is Your Royal Highness so impatient? I just confirmed it, so why did you slander me? Could it be that Your Highness knows who is behind the scenes and intends to cover it up?"

"you!"

The Fourth Highness waved his hand, completely ignoring the lady of the Honghui Palace, "Okay! Tell me quickly, who ordered you."

"Yes, yes, yes," the three kneeling under the Highness nodded hastily, and pointed at a female officer beside Honghui Hall in unison, "It was her, it was her...she asked us to do this."

The female officer was recognized, she trembled with fright, her face turned pale and blue.His feet were soft, and he knelt on the ground, unable to lift his head for a long time.

"You are slandering! Come, come, arrest them!" Hong Huidian shouted with red eyes, but no one dared to step forward.

The handsome palace straightened his sleeves, squinted his eyes, and said slowly, heartbreaking words, "See clearly? Don't just identify the wrong person, if you identify the wrong person..."

"Don't dare, dare not! Your Majesty, Your Majesty! This person really told us to do this!" One of them shouted, "Never dare to lie! The villain is telling the truth, please spare your life."

"In that case—" Imakami squeezed out a word from between his teeth, "Then I will tell you exactly how I ordered you! Say it!" "Yes yes yes—"

The three of them knelt on the ground, and you said one sentence to another, explaining the matter clearly and clearly.He even made it clear where the benefits he got were hidden.After a search, I found a lot of financial information.He also ordered people to investigate, and it turned out that they were some small toys sent to Honghui Palace.

After checking this, Imakami's complexion is already ugly.He pointed at the female official in the hall and cursed fiercely: "Say, why did you instruct them to do such a thing!"

Knowing that she was doomed, the female officer almost collapsed to the ground.She subconsciously looked at the Honghui Palace beside her, but she saw that the female imperial concubine avoided her gaze with a livid face.

"It's better to invite it!" His Majesty was already in a hurry, and with a wave of his hand, he smashed the wine cup on the low table, hitting the female officer's forehead, and blood was seen directly.Everyone screamed and knelt down and shouted, "Your Majesty, calm down."

The female officer knew she was doomed, and with a trembling voice, she said angrily that these things were all done by herself.As for the reason, it was because she couldn't see how arrogant Cheng Xiangdian was, so she wanted someone to teach her a lesson.

"Okay, okay..." Jinshang laughed back angrily, "It's just a small female official, but she dares to teach the concubines a lesson! Okay, okay, it's really an eye-opener!"

"Please calm down, Father." The fourth prince, who had been aggressive from just now, knelt in front of Jinshang, "My lord has always been easy-going and friendly with everyone in the palace. I never know where I offended such villains. Father, This kind of people are narrow-minded, arrogant, and don't pay attention to everyone. Even a concubine like a mother can be bullied at will, so those weak people in the harem may..."

I'm afraid I've been tortured to death.

Prince Ying didn't finish his words, but it brought back some very bad memories today.He stared at the female officer, with a strong evil spirit in his eyes.Seeing this, Honghuidian felt his heart beating, and wanted to say something, but found that he couldn't say anything.In the end, Imamami expelled the three servants and the female official from the palace, and ordered the daughter in his family to be no longer eligible to enter the palace.

"As for you—" Imakami looked coldly at the pale-faced Honghui Palace maid, and ordered her own disposition, "The Honghui Palace maid has no rules and is not strict with her orders, so she will be confined in the palace for three months, reflect on yourself! "

"His Majesty--"

"Thank you father for making decisions for mother!"

A scream from Honghui Hall was interrupted, she looked at the Fourth Highness beside her with resentment, but was so frightened by the ice in his eyes that her heart almost stopped beating.

"Your Royal Highness, please reflect on yourself, and don't let me discover such lawless offenders again."

"You, you, you..." Hong Huidian trembled with anger, unable to say a word, he was helped down by others.

In Qingliang Hall, many people retreated one after another, only Prince Ying and Jinshang were left.The hall became extremely quiet, and a needle could be heard falling.After a long time, His Majesty let out a sigh-like voice, "Firefly..."

"Yes, Father."

"You are too impatient today."

"Thunder destroys the dead, my son doesn't think there is anything wrong with it."

"Couldn't you be afraid that things will be reversed when extremes occur?" asked him today.

"Father, you actually know about mother, right?"

"..."

I didn't expect His Royal Highness Ying to ask back suddenly, and I was speechless on the throne.

"You, why don't you stop it?"

"Are you questioning me!"

"I don't dare," Prince Ying saluted, "Sometimes too many scruples make some people forget that not everyone in this world can be provoked at will."

"..."

"Father, do you have someone you want to protect in every possible way?" Prince Ying raised his head, looking at His Majesty's dazed figure, "Did you protect her well back then?"

The sound of cicadas chirping, so far away in the hot summer.He obviously never saw a breath of wind, but how did the voice of that person in his memory ring in his ears?The most powerful person in the world looked at his son standing against the light, and suddenly felt that he was very old.That kind of powerless tiredness is like a vine climbing over his whole body, maliciously watching his aging day after day.

Suddenly he couldn't see clearly the appearance of the child in front of him, he was no longer the shy and sensible one in his memory.Those eyes, which resembled his mother very much, contained a sharpness like a famous knife in the world, which made people dare not look directly at him——the awe-inspiring spirit of not daring to look directly at him, and his own increasingly weak and dull old age.

"...Forget it, you go back."

"Yes, Father."

The news of Honghui Hall being grounded spread throughout the Imperial Palace, and soon even all the officials and nobles knew about it.There was a wave of ups and downs, and the right minister supported his old face to get grace from His Majesty and went to visit his grounded daughter.Since that day, the maid of the Honghui Palace was so angry that she had an old illness, she fell on the bed and couldn't get up.

It can be seen that when he saw his father, he was still struggling to get up and grabbed his father's arm, twisting his sickly face and shouting to let the right minister take charge of his anger.The minister on the right was so angry with this daughter that he scolded ironically, "You, why can't you see clearly until now! The fourth prince ran to the female officer next to you from the beginning. This is just a warning. If you don't stop, next time it won't be as simple as being grounded!"

"What is he! There will be no next time!" Hong Huidian screamed, "I must make him pay the price for bullying me so much!"

The minister on the right had a terrible headache, pressed the tense veins on his head, and patiently persuaded him: "Your Highness, you must not start a fight with the commander-in-chief at this time. If he breaks up with the East Palace because of this disappointment, and goes to another One side! That’s not worth the candle!”

"How could he!"

"Why not? You might as well think about it. Originally, you could choose the most insignificant method to teach Chengxiang Palace a lesson. Why did you choose such a mean method?"

Hong Huidian suddenly thought of something, and his pale face became more and more ugly.Seeing that the daughter was finally woken up, the right minister kept sighing in his heart. In recent years, this daughter has become more arrogant and unscrupulous, and her personality has become more irritable.Not to go in at all, I don't know what kind of stimulus is bad.He sighed, and comforted him helplessly, "You should have a good rest, stay better, and go over there to accompany your sin..."

"Don't think about it!"

"you!"

The right minister was so angry that he had nothing to say, and he left with a flick of his sleeve.Not long after he left, Honghui Palace drove away several female officials and servants, crying loudly, but no one dared to say a word of intercession for them.

The author has something to say: the two chapters are merged, and there are still some plots that cannot be finished, because I have to go to work tomorrow after working at night, so I will update it tomorrow.Good night, everyone go to bed early