Emperor's Grace

Huai'an Hou's son was insulted by insulting words against the Crown Prince, and the news of his tongue being cut was spread all over the capital that day. The Huai'an Hou didn't know what he thought, and entered the palace early in the morning on the second day, kneeling in front of the East Palace gate to replace him. His son pleaded guilty, but Zhu Yunjing didn't give him any face and insisted on not letting anyone in.

Wang Jiu glanced at the precarious figure kneeling outside the door, and persuaded Zhu Yunjing with some worry: "Your Highness, it is said that the Marquis of Huai'an has always been in poor health. He has been kneeling for nearly an hour, so let him get up. It wouldn’t sound good if it wasn’t spread.”

Zhu Yunjing was very irritated: "Did Gu let him kneel here? As soon as he came to Gu, he asked you to send him away. If he refused to leave, it would be because of Gu? Gu sees that he wanted to get off on purpose. Gu's face is the truth!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his stomach hurt, and cold sweat rolled down his pale face, so he could only hold his stomach and gasp for breath.

"Your Highness, don't be angry..." Wang Jiu quickly supported him, and reminded him in a low voice, "Be careful in your stomach..."

"Shut up!" Zhu Yunjing became even angrier.

Another half an hour later, Zhu Yunxuan came to greet Zhu Yunjing. When he entered the door, he saw Zhu Yunjing lying on the couch listlessly, reading a book in his hand. He walked up and asked worriedly: "Brother Prince What's the matter? Are you still sick?"

Zhu Yunjing shook her head: "Why are you here? Don't you want to study?"

"I just went to pay my respects to my father. My father also heard about the Marquis of Huai'an coming to the palace to plead guilty. Let me come over and take a look. I advise you to accept it as soon as you see it. Don't overdo it. Please don't embarrass others like this, brother Prince, as the imperial doctor's sick and weak body can't stand it."

Zhu Yunjing smiled: "Do you think Gu is embarrassing him now, or is he embarrassing Gu?"

Zhu Yunxuan looked out the window, the corners of his mouth curled slightly: "He won't leave?"

"Can you get him away?"

Zhu Yunxuan's eyeballs rolled around, called Wang Jiu over, and told him: "Go and ask the Marquis to go back, just say that His Highness the Crown Prince is not feeling well, and if he refuses to get up, you can ask some strong eunuchs to come up." , lift him up, be respectful, don't hurt Lord Hou, carry him out of the palace and send him back to the mansion."

Wang Jiu complied repeatedly and went out, but the Marquis of Huai'an really refused to go, and after a while, seven or eight eunuchs came up and set up a personal sedan chair, and forcibly lifted it up. The poor Marquis of Huai'an was startled and wanted to The curse was held back again, his face was flushed red.If he made a noise at the gate of the East Palace, he would lose all reason, so he was carried away by the eunuchs with such an exasperated and helpless stare.

Zhu Yunxuan was overjoyed, and begged Zhu Yunjing for the reward: "You see, to deal with this kind of rascal, you have to use a more rascal method than him. If he is shameless, then you don't have to save face for him."

Zhu Yunjing was also happy, and reached out to pat Zhu Yunxuan's head: "You still have a lot of tricks."

Zhu Yunxuan raised her eyebrows triumphantly: "But how did that Huai'an Hou Shizi offend the elder brother of the prince? You cut off his tongue, so you really don't worry about being told by the emperor?"

"Don't worry," Zhu Yunjing said disapprovingly, "My father knew about it yesterday. The Marquis of Huai'an came to the palace specially, and my father only asked you to remind Gu not to go too far. Isn't the meaning obvious enough?"

Although Zhu Yunjing is domineering, he still has a sense of propriety. He let Jiang Yan let go of He Huailing, but he cut off the tongue of Huai'an Hou Shizi with great fanfare. Who told the Marquis of Huai'an, Princess Shulan, and the King of Qi are brothers and sisters of the same mother and compatriots? Who is it?

"Then how did he offend you?"

Facing Zhu Yunxuan's eyes full of curiosity, Zhu Yunjing gave a low cough, and said awkwardly: "I just said a few nonsense words, why are you asking so many questions?"

Zhu Yunxuan figured it out almost immediately, holding back a smile and not saying anything: "I heard that there was Dingyuanhou who was with the prince brother yesterday, did you go out of the palace to meet Dingyuanhou, prince brother?"

"No, just happened to meet for a cup of tea together." Emperor Zhaoyang also asked about this matter when he sent him to ask questions yesterday, but he was fooled by his few words.In fact, Zhu Yunjing really wanted to tell He Huailing in front of Emperor Zhaoyang, but he still couldn't get it out of his mouth, and he was not sure if his father found out that he had taken birth medicine and was pregnant with evil seeds He didn't dare to take the risk of whether he, the crown prince, would be taken care of while dealing with He Huailing.

Just as Marquis Dingyuan was mentioned, Wang Jiu came in and reported that Marquis Dingyuan had sent someone to deliver something to His Royal Highness. Zhu Yunjing was a little surprised when he heard that: "What is it? Present it."

The same things were sent in, and they were really Jingzhou specialties that He Huailing said yesterday, a set of very exquisite Jingzhou Four Treasures of the Study, a landscape painting depicting Jingzhou's customs, Jingzhou's silk, tea, flower cakes, and green plums. Alcohol... nothing but zero and zero items, none of which are particularly valuable, but one can see the intention of the gift giver.

Zhu Yunxuan was dumbfounded: "Brother Prince, have you bewitched Ding Yuanhou? Does he know that he sent you these second brothers?"

"How does Gu know if the second child knows?" Zhu Yunjing frowned. Could it be that He Huailing is really sick?

Zhu Yunxuan had already unfolded the painting, and sighed: "This painting is really good, lifelike, the people and objects in the painting seem to come to life, if Jingzhou is really the same as in this painting, I want to see it Look."

Zhu Yunjing's eyes were drawn to it. It was indeed a very good painting. The landscape and dwellings in the painting were ingeniously blended together, and the details were few but unique. It is beautiful and full of fireworks in the streets and alleys of the city, making the spectators feel as if they are in it.

Zhu Yunxuan leaned over cheekily, and asked Zhu Yunjing with a smile: "Brother Prince, if you don't want it, why don't you give me this painting?"

Zhu Yunjing squinted at him: "Bring it."

"It's really stingy." Zhu Yunxuan complained in a low voice, and reluctantly handed over the painting, "Brother Prince, don't you think that Dingyuan Hou is not pleasing to your eyes? Why are you drinking tea with him and accepting gifts from him? , if it wasn't for the Marquis of Dingyuan, whose surname is He, I really thought he would belong to you, Brother Prince."

"Stop talking nonsense." Zhu Yunjing ignored the nagging younger brother, carefully admired the painting in his hand, and put it away with a satisfied smile on the corner of his mouth.

Anyway, it's not worth a lot of money. Since He Huailing wanted to give it away, he just kept it. As for what He Huailing was thinking, it had nothing to do with him.

In the end, Zhu Yunxuan only took two jars of green plum wine from Zhu Yunjing.After Zhu Yunxuan left, Wang Jiu brought the medicine in. Zhu Yunjing's expression darkened when he saw the dark concoction, and Wang Jiu reminded him: "Your Highness, it's time for you to drink the medicine."

Zhu Yunjing: "..." He endured it.

It was too bitter, after drinking a bowl of medicine, Zhu Yunjing's whole face wrinkled up, and the little good mood just now disappeared immediately.

Wang Jiu comforted him in a low voice: "Maybe it will be fine after the first three months."

Zhu Yunjing kept a dark face and didn't answer the conversation. What should I do if my belly gets bigger after the first three months?What should I do if I really want to give birth later?He didn't want to think about these things before, but now it has become a real problem in front of him.

Wang Jiu didn't know what Zhu Yunjing was worrying about. After all, His Highness would be willing to take the medicine and he would feel at ease. Otherwise, whether he could survive the first three months would be a big problem.

Zhu Yunjing still had no appetite during lunch, Wang Jiu tried to suggest: "The green plum wine sent by Marquis Dingyuan is said to be appetizing, would you like some, Your Highness?"

Zhu Yunjing nodded weakly, Wang Jiu asked someone to pour out the wine, a very special sweet fragrance overflowed, Zhu Yunjing pinched the cup and took a sip, the taste of the wine was very light, sweet and sour , the taste was good, he suddenly regretted giving two jars to that kid Zhu Yunxuan, and he only had the last jar left here.

He drank a glass and asked Wang Jiu to pour it again. Wang Jiu reminded him: "Your Highness, this wine is for appetizers, so don't be greedy. What about you...don't drink too much."

Zhu Yunjing glared at him, but didn't insist anymore, picked up the chopsticks, and really got some appetite.

Wang Jiu silently wiped the sweat from his forehead. It is still possible that Lord Hou has the ability to coax His Royal Highness with a few jars of wine. Maybe the doctor is right. If Marquis Ding Yuan is here, His Highness will suffer less.

But with Wang Jiushi's courage, he didn't dare to tell He Huailing the truth.

Dingyuanhoufu.

The landscape painting of Jingzhou that had been hanging in He Huailing's study had been sent to the East Palace. When the housekeeper came in, he subconsciously glanced at the vacated wall, feeling a little uncomfortable.He Huailing put down the book in his hand, and asked him: "Did the East Palace accept the things you sent over?"

"I've taken them all... Why did Lord Hou think of giving gifts to the East Palace?" Moreover, he even gave away his favorite paintings that he had kept for several years. The old housekeeper couldn't hold back, so he asked.

"It's nothing, His Highness likes it, so I will give it away." He Huailing's voice was light, and his eyes fell on a playful winter jasmine flower that came to the window. There seemed to be some bottomless emotions in the black pupils, and it was leisurely again in a moment. spread out.

The housekeeper didn't ask any more questions, but only talked about the interesting story of the person who delivered the things just now. He said that the Marquis of Huai'an went to the East Palace to plead guilty, and was carried back to the mansion by His Royal Highness. Everyone in the capital saw it. Cutting off his tongue made him a laughing stock again, so the Marquis of Huai'an might lose all face this time.

After the housekeeper finished speaking, he suddenly heard a burst of laughter. He raised his eyes and saw that He Huailing's brows and eyes were stained with a smile. He was a little surprised, and heard He Huailing whisper: "It's something he can do..."

"It's like this, His Royal Highness will be criticized as being too arrogant." The steward sighed.

He Huailing was silent, and shook his head lightly after a moment: "You step back."

"promise."