Emperor's Grace

Early in the morning, as soon as He Huailing got up, the steward came in to report that there was a young master at the side door begging to see him: "He will wait for you at the side door if he says he can't come in. This is what he handed over, saying that you will see him when you see it." he."

He Huailing looked at the jade pendant handed over by the butler, her pupils shrank slightly, this was the thing that almost killed Zhu Yunjing.

A quarter of an hour later, He Huailing walked out of the side door and saw an unremarkable carriage parked by the door. There was only a man who looked like a little eunuch on the shaft. He walked up and greeted respectfully: "Your Highness Fifth."

Zhu Yunxuan's voice came from inside: "Take me to see my brother."

He Huailing seemed to hesitate, Zhu Yunxuan said again: "I know he is still alive, you saved him, I want to see him."

Taking advantage of the early morning, the carriage left the city in a low-key way, and went to He Huailing's private estate on the outskirts of the city.

When they arrived, Zhu Yunjing was lying in a daze in the gazebo by the pond, throwing fish food into the water one by one, her face was not very energetic, her eyes were full of sadness and numbness.

The young man standing beside saw them hurriedly greeted He Huailing. Hearing the voice, Zhu Yunjing tilted his head slightly, looked towards them, and met Zhu Yunxuan's eyes. He was stunned for a moment, but Zhu Yunxuan Immediately his eyes were red.

He Huailing signaled the boy to step back, and he himself left for the front yard, leaving the space to his brothers alone.

Zhu Yunjing frowned slightly: "Why are you here?"

Zhu Yunxuan wiped away the tears that welled up in her eyes: "The person who was buried was not you at all. If other people don't recognize me, I won't fail to recognize him. The last person you saw was Marquis Dingyuan. He must have helped you. went to him."

Zhu Yunjing sighed: "You just know it in your heart, why do you have to come, it will be troublesome if people see it."

"I'm already very careful," Zhu Yunxuan stepped forward, knelt down in front of Zhu Yunjing, held his hand, and choked up, "Brother, what are you going to do in the future?"

Zhu Yunjing shook her head slightly: "It's okay, am I not doing well now? It's very good here, and I don't have to worry about being tricked or losing my head. I live more comfortably than before."

"But how long can you stay here? How long can Dingyuan Hou help you? His relationship with Zhu Yunxun..."

"He won't, at least not now," Zhu Yunjing grabbed Zhu Yunxuan's hand and touched his stomach, "Look, I have his son here, and he won't do anything to me."

Zhu Yunxuan's eyes widened suddenly, and the hand on Zhu Yunjing's abdomen trembled slightly. She looked at Zhu Yunjing in disbelief, tears flowed even more fiercely, and she stood up abruptly: "I'm going to kill him!"

"Don't!" Zhu Yunjing struggled to hold Zhu Yunxuan back, feeling a headache, "Don't be so impulsive, you can't blame him for this, anyway, it's already like this now, and this is how I saved my life, let's talk about it later, let's go One step at a time."

Zhu Yunxuan was angry and annoyed: "How can you do this! No matter how down-and-out you are, you are still a prince. How can you...how can you..."

Zhu Yunjing smiled wryly: "I am a cripple who was bestowed to death by His Majesty himself. How can I care so much if I can save my life? Ah Xuan, you will know in the future. When you have to, you have to bow your head if you don't want to."

Zhu Yunxuan was stunned, and lowered his head: "I just love you...Dingyuan Hou, can he really treat you well?"

"If he is afraid of you, maybe he will. In the future, you must be careful alone. Zhu Yunxun is not a thing. He is used to using dirty tricks. You have to be more careful about him."

"I know," Zhu Yunxuan choked up and nodded, "I will."

"Also... be careful of King Qi."

"King Qi?"

"Well, he has an affair with Concubine He, and may not have colluded with Zhu Yunxun. Zhu Yunxun, a prince who only entered the court last year, is so capable. Many things cannot be done by himself."

Zhu Yunxuan felt uneasy, and Zhu Yunjing said again: "I can't teach you too much, I myself have suffered a complete failure, don't imitate me, I just trust the Xie family too much and trust the people around me to get where I am today, what should I do in the future You have to figure it out on your own, I can't help you."

Zhu Yunxuan's heart choked up even more: "Brother, stop talking...you helped me enough before, let me help you in the future."

Zhu Yunjing smiled slightly, a tinge of blood finally appeared on her pale face, she raised her hand and patted his shoulder: "Okay."

At noon, Zhu Yunxuan stayed at Zhuangzi to have dinner with Zhu Yunjing, but his attitude towards He Huailing was completely different from before he came, and he glared angrily when he saw people.He Huailing watched him support Zhu Yunjing carefully, knowing that Zhu Yunjing had already told him about her pregnancy, knowing that she was wronged, she could only accept it.

Zhu Yunjing's appetite is still not great, He Huailing has already asked people to feed him three meals a day in different ways, but he can't eat much, the whole person is listless, but his stomach seems to be getting bigger after a few days Some.

He Huailing took food for Zhu Yunjing, took care of others generously, and didn't care that there was another Zhu Yunxuan, Zhu Yunjing ate in silence, and no longer refused He Huailing's overtures.And Zhu Yunxuan's eyes flicked back and forth between them, seeing the interaction between the two of them, thoughtfully.

After lunch, Zhu Yunjing urged Zhu Yunxuan to return to the palace: "Don't come again, for your own good and mine, just send a message if you have something to do."

Zhu Yunxuan's eyes were red again, and she looked at Zhu Yunjing without crying, Zhu Yunjing sighed and said: "Don't cry, it will be troublesome if you turn around and be seen by others, you are not a child anymore, don't always lose your temper in front of outsiders Tears."

Zhu Yunxuan wiped away tears, and handed the jade pendant to Zhu Yunjing: "I'll help you get it back, you can put it away."

Zhu Yunjing accepted the things in a complicated mood: "Okay."

Zhu Yunjing was inconvenient to move, so He Huailing sent Zhu Yunxuan out for him. After leaving Zhu Yunjing, Zhu Yunxuan's expression immediately became serious, and there was no sadness on his face. Before getting into the car, he looked at He Huailing coldly, Asked: "What is the plan of Lord Hou?"

He Huailing replied calmly: "I don't know what His Highness means?"

"My brother, and the child in his womb, Lord Hou won't plan to lock them up in Zhuangzi for the rest of his life, will he?"

He Huailing calmly said: "He will be the other master of the Dingyuan Hou's Mansion, and what he has in his stomach will be the future son of the Hou's Mansion... If it is possible, one day, I also hope that His Highness can give me a promise."

Zhu Yunxuan raised his eyebrows: "What promise?"

"If Your Highness is willing to protect him all the time, I will also be loyal to Your Highness."

Zhu Yunxuan's pupils shrank fiercely, and he looked at He Huailing with more scrutiny. He Huailing's expression remained unchanged, and he looked back at him calmly, but his attitude was full of respect.After a moment of silence, Zhu Yunxuan said in a deep voice, "I hope Lord Hou will remember what he said today and protect him for the rest of his life."

"Of course, so does His Highness."

When He Huailing came back, Zhu Yunjing was still sitting in the hall holding the jade pendant in a daze. Seeing He Huailing, he frowned slightly: "You haven't left yet? You don't have to do errands? Is the office of the Ministry of Punishment so busy?"

"Take a rest today."

Zhu Yunjing ignored him, stood up, and was about to walk when his legs went numb and limp, and he fell back to his seat, his calves spasmed and twitched, causing him to gasp in pain, Subconsciously groaned.

He Huailing stepped forward and squatted down in front of him, held one of his legs and gently pinched his calf, Zhu Yunjing wailed in pain, staring at He Huailing: "Put it..."

"Crampy legs?"

Zhu Yunjing's forehead was already dripping with cold sweat, and he nodded indiscriminately. He didn't care about his face at the moment. During this period of time, he often suffered from leg cramps, and it usually took less than half an hour to heal. It was worse than a stomachache. Bear.

He Huailing didn't ask any more questions, and directly hugged the person horizontally. Zhu Yunjing was startled and struggled subconsciously. He Huailing lowered his head, touched his chin lightly on his hair, and murmured in a low voice: "Don't move, I Take you back to the house."

Zhu Yunjing rolled her eyes silently, probably because she was afraid of falling, she didn't dare to move any more, instead she pressed against He Huailing, subconsciously grabbing the lapel of his shirt.

There was a slight smile on the corner of He Huailing's mouth, and he carried her back to the house.

As soon as he was put on the couch, Zhu Yunjing took advantage of the situation and kicked He Huailing, but instead of kicking him, he got involved in his stomach, and fell down grinning, not forgetting to give He Huailing another look.

He Huailing didn't care at all, sat down beside him, held his leg, and gently kneaded it.

Zhu Yunjing gasped, and the cramping pain from being pressed by He Huailing a few times did ease a little, so she let him go, and found a comfortable position and half-lyed down.

He Huailing saw that he hugged his stomach with both hands and hummed softly, his posture was like a cat protecting its cubs, his heart became a little softer, and the movements of his hands became more gentle.

"What did His Highness just say to His Fifth Highness?"

"It's nothing," Zhu Yunjing closed his eyes, and said lazily, "Don't let him be as stupid as me. In the end, he will lose his status and status, and be reduced to giving birth to others."

He Huailing: "..."

"And tell him to be careful of King Qi."

He Huailing frowned: "King Qi?"

"Well," Zhu Yunjing nodded, "Wang Jiu said before that he saw your aunt having sex with King Qi, so it should be true. Zhu Yunxun may also have colluded with King Qi. I think there are some things that can only be done by him as a prince. It may not be possible.”

There was a little sarcasm in Zhu Yunjing's tone, and he deliberately bit down on the three words "your aunt". He Huailing just pretended not to hear it: "Do you doubt King Qi? Actually, there is something I want to tell you. That day The matter of the cold palace... In addition to the one who brings you food, there are two other maids in the cold palace who are cleaning. The one who was brought to His Majesty was one of them. Huai'an Hou Shizi happened to enter the palace to greet the concubine, there is a record of entering and leaving the palace, but unfortunately those few palace people who were implicated by you have already been executed, there is no proof of death."

Zhu Yunjing opened his eyes, and there was a coldness in his eyes: "Huai'an Hou Shizi?"

"Yes, if he intercepts your blood letter and finds someone else to go to Xihuamen to perform a play to frame you, it is very possible."

"Does he have that much ability?...He doesn't, but King Qi, Concubine Zhu, and Zhu Yunxun, if they want to arrange for a palace eunuch to kill me, they can do it." Zhu Yunjing sneered.

"And what happened before, I privately sent people to Jingzhou to investigate the smuggled salt case, there was almost no obstacle, and the evidence was quickly collected. Now thinking about it, it seems that someone behind the scenes is helping me to push the whole thing forward. , You Tongzheng may not have been the only one responsible for Du Zhifu's memorandum to the Tongzheng Secretary, and someone else may have known about it long ago."

Zhu Yunjing said: "King Qi's wives are also from Jiangnan, so he must have his own influence there."

He Huailing nodded: "As for the assassination of bandits, I stood in front of your car and fought with those people at close range. I heard their screams, which were with a Jiangnan accent. Later, I entered the Ministry of Criminal Justice and read the file at that time. , it records that they have become rogues in Yuzhou... But I don't understand one thing, if it was all done by King Qi, why did His Majesty let him go so far?"

Even if Zhu Yunjing asked him to assassinate Zhu Yunxun, he couldn't think of any way to ensure that the matter would not be exposed. If the assassination at that time was really done by King Qi, although he failed, he would be able to retreat completely. Affected, one can imagine how much this can endure.

Zhu Yunjing sneered coldly: "Do you really think he is such an absurd idle king on the surface? He almost came to the throne 20 years ago. Do you think His Majesty doesn't want to take care of him? It was the last emperor who gave him the last favor before he died. The beloved woman and her son left a secret decree to save their lives. As long as King Qi and the others did not rebel, His Majesty would not touch the concubine, the mother and the three of them. I can't hold him down, so I can only keep him under my nose in the capital. His Majesty has sent people to watch him since he took the throne, but after so many years, His Majesty has been working hard on state affairs every day, how can he spend so much time on On one person, and on King Qi's face, he acted absurdly enough, immersed in sensuality all day long, His Majesty gradually relaxed his vigilance."

He Huailing was a little surprised: "It's so, how many people know about the secret decree?"

"Your Majesty, I, Queen Qi's mother and son, and several old princes of the same generation as the late emperor."

Then it's no wonder that there is no news about this matter... Zhu Yunjing hissed lightly, and patted the back of He Huailing's hand: "Take it easy."

He Huailing was thinking about things just now, but he lost his hand and hurt him instead. After Zhu Yunjing slapped him like this, He Huailing's mood returned, and he lowered his eyes and chuckled softly: "No."

The corners of Zhu Yunjing's mouth curled slightly, pretending.

He said: "You have to continue to investigate for me what things King Qi and Zhu Yunxun have done. Even if there is no evidence, it is good to remind Ah Xuan."

He Huailing gently rubbed his calf, nodded slightly: "Okay."