Little Dandy, He's a Little Good

"Third brother?" The emperor sat on the edge of the couch, held Yu Jingdu's hand and called softly, "Open your eyes and look at your father."

However, Yu Jingdu, who was in a coma, only said those two words, and there was no further movement.

The emperor has been alone for a long time, and all the children around him are in awe of him, but no one has shown such dependence on him when he was seriously ill.

Of course, he didn't know that it was just a misunderstanding from beginning to end.

Yu Jingdu, who was cold and detached on weekdays, showed fragility when he was seriously ill, and hit the soft corner of his heart that had not been touched for a long time.

The emperor hadn't felt this feeling of being depended on and needed for so long that he almost forgot.

However, just tonight, from Yu Jingdu's body, it was rare for him to regain the feeling of being a father.

"Your Majesty, although His Majesty Yan Wang is unconscious at the moment, he must have felt that His Majesty is with him." Lai Fu said at the side.

The emperor held back his nose and said in his heart, his son was always proud and indifferent, probably only when he was unconscious would he show his dependence on his father.

Thinking of this, the emperor felt even more uncomfortable.

He thought, these years, the third child must have felt extremely wronged, right?

Not long after, Yu Jingdu started to have a fever again.

The imperial physicians did not dare to be negligent in administering acupuncture and administering medicine, for fear that His Royal Highness Yan Wang would not last until dawn.

Although it was said that the emperor asked people to raise his head to see him, it was mostly out of anger, but if the banquet king really had a chance, they would not be able to make good money if they were present.Especially seeing that the emperor cared so much about Jingdu, they didn't dare to be negligent, and each of them used their housekeeping skills.

That night, the emperor stayed by Jingdu's couch for nearly an hour.

Over the years, any prince or princess in the palace fell ill, even if the empress fell ill, the emperor never did.

Although at least half of his performance is due to his self-movement for his fatherhood, there is also concern for Jingdu.After all, there was no other son in this palace who could satisfy him so much.

You Qi looked at Yu Jingdu's face similar to his own, and he couldn't help feeling that the other party was his "masterpiece" in this world.

"Your Majesty, you have to take care of your dragon body." Lai Fu comforted him, "If His Royal Highness Yan Wang wakes up and sees you so sad, he must worry about His Majesty."

"Your Majesty, please take care of the dragon's body." The surrounding palace servants and imperial physicians said at the right time.

"How is the banquet king?" asked the emperor.

"Returning to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Yan Wang's pulse has gradually recovered. Although it is still a little weak, it is much better than before." Physician Wu hurriedly said.

"Is he all right tonight?" the emperor asked again.

"The old minister will definitely do his best." Doctor Wu said.

The emperor sighed when he heard the words, then got up and led the people out.

When he went out of the palace gate, he saw the queen standing in the courtyard with her palace servants.

In such a cold and snowy day, the queen was already exhausted after standing outside for an hour. If it wasn't for the support of the palace servants, she might not even be able to stand firmly.Relying on the crown prince and the sixth prince these years, she has almost never been neglected by the emperor, let alone such grievances, so when she saw the emperor come out, she couldn't help crying.

"Your Majesty." The queen staggered and wanted to grab the emperor's hand, but the other hand put it behind her back.

The queen took a chance and fell to the ground, putting on a weak and helpless look.

Although she is nearly 40 years old this year, but because of proper maintenance, her temperament is not inferior to that of a concubine in her twenties. On the contrary, she has a bit more mature beauty, which is why the emperor has never neglected her.

But today, the emperor didn't feel pity for her, instead he looked down at her and didn't even give her a hand.

The night was too heavy, and the emperor's back was facing the lantern in the corridor, so the expression on his face was not very clear.

The queen looked at him in fear, forgot to even cry, and just sat down in the snow, not daring to say a word.

After a long time, the emperor opened his mouth and said, "Help the queen up."

The palace people hurriedly helped her up when they heard the words, and the queen sobbed softly again when she saw that his heart softened.

"Go back and rest." The emperor said and wanted to leave.

Seeing this, the queen cried out in a crying voice, "Your Majesty..."

The emperor paused when he heard the words, frowned and looked at the crying queen, his thoughts were suddenly pulled back to the late autumn a few years ago...

After approving the memorial that day, he first went to sit in the palaces of the two newly promoted beauties. The queen's people invited him to the middle palace before his buttocks warmed up. They said that the queen had made refreshments by herself and asked him to taste them. .

At that time, the empress was quite honored because of the merits of her mother's family, so the emperor would naturally not refuse.

Later, the emperor only remembered that he stayed in the queen's palace until nightfall, until the news came that Concubine Qi had passed away...

The people in Concubine Qi's palace cried and kowtowed to the emperor, saying that Concubine Qi had always wanted to see the emperor before she died, but was stopped by the people in the queen's palace.After hearing the words, the queen punished the palace servants heavily without waiting for the emperor to make trouble, and then knelt down in public to plead guilty to the emperor.

The emperor was saddened by Concubine Qi's death at that time, how could he bother to pursue this?

As for the aftermath, the emperor couldn't care less, because while he had to face Concubine Qi's funeral, he also had to face young Yu Jingdu's questioning and disappointment...

After so many years, the emperor didn't even give himself a chance to recall the situation at that time because he didn't want to face this matter.

It wasn't until today that people from Fu'an Palace were also blocked outside the Queen's Palace that he finally realized that this might not be a coincidence.

When he didn't know, he didn't know how many people were blocked from his sight intentionally or unintentionally by the queen.After all, due to her position in the middle palace and the identity of the prince's biological mother, no one in the palace dared to argue with her openly, so no one would be so stupid as to sue the emperor for such a trivial matter.

In other words, even if the emperor really knew, so what?

She is the empress, she is selfish and plays a small temper for the sake of holy favor, the emperor will only think that she loves him badly, so why would she really care about him?

If it weren't for Concubine Qi's time and today, the emperor might never really care about it.

Yu Jingdu, who suddenly fell ill today, aroused his guilt...

"Queen." The emperor said coldly, "Go back and think about your past, you don't have to go out until the banquet king wakes up."

"Your Majesty..." The queen was shocked when she heard the words, but the emperor didn't intend to give her a chance to cry, so he strode away from Fu'an Palace after speaking.

The queen looked at his back, so shocked that she even forgot to cry.

For so many years, this is the first time she has been wronged like this...

Just because of that banquet king who should have died long ago!

"Laifu." The emperor walked on the snow for a long time, and stopped at the door of Concubine Qi's former residence.

Since Concubine Qi passed away, no one lived in this palace, and it has been abandoned.

"I remember that Concubine Qi died of depression. You said that if I had come to see her early in the morning that night, and if she was happy to see me, wouldn't she die so quickly?" the emperor murmured.

Lai Fu who was beside him said in his heart, Concubine Qi is becoming ill from depression, the key is not depression, but accumulation.

There is a saying that freezing three feet is not a one-day cold, how can this be relieved by just looking at it?

But he didn't dare to say that, but comforted him: "Your Majesty, don't hurt your mind, otherwise His Royal Highness Yan Wang will be worried about His Majesty when he wakes up." The emperor smiled wryly and continued to walk forward.

"Your Majesty is going to the Queen's Palace?" Lai Fu asked.

"Laifu, do you think I have pampered the queen too much these years?" The emperor said: "I don't know that the people in his palace have been acting recklessly for years, and dare to stop the words that are passed on to me. You say this palace How many things are there that I don't know?"

"Your Majesty has a lot of work to do every day, and it is common to be negligent in these trivial matters." Lai Fu said: "All the ladies in the palace are sympathetic to His Majesty's hard work, so naturally they will not say much to His Majesty on weekdays, so as not to worry His Majesty."

In fact, the emperor didn't want to know about the trivial matters in the palace, not because he didn't know, but because he didn't care about it.

He is used to being aloof, and what he decides every day is important matters related to his family and country, so naturally he will not be distracted by the joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys of ordinary people.

For so many years, except for the queen, he has never spoiled any concubine too much.

Because he doesn't want to give anyone a chance to be proud, he is used to being aloof and occasionally rewarding a little rain and dew, and then watching people look flattered.

A person like him is restrained at best, but ruthless at worst.

"Yeah, it's not just them. I have so many sons and daughters, and the only one who dares to say something from the bottom of my heart is the third child." The emperor said with a sigh, his tone very lonely.

"I remember that the Third Highness was very much loved by His Majesty when he was young." Lai Fu said: "I don't know why..."

Halfway through his speech, he seemed to feel something was wrong, so he stopped the conversation in time.

But the emperor followed his words and said, when did he start to alienate the third child?

"I just remembered." The emperor said, "It seems to be Jingdu's seventh birthday. On that day, I arranged a banquet and invited many nobles to congratulate Jingdu. During the banquet, Jingdu was often praised. , but the prince on the side is being compared everywhere."

"This old slave also remembers this, and it seems that His Highness the Third Highness never celebrated such a lively birthday again." Lai Fu said.

"Yes." The emperor sighed, "I remember that when I went to the Queen's Palace that day, she praised the third child to me, saying that the third child is more qualified to be a heir than the crown prince, and that the third child is the best among all my sons. The most like me."

What she said was true, but it would be heartbreaking to say it in front of the emperor.

At that time, the emperor was young and energetic, and he didn't see many things clearly enough.

The Queen's words caused many taboos in his heart, and he has been alienated from Jing Du since then.

In fact, the reason why he still remembered this incident after so many years was because the queen said that Yu Jingdu was the person most like him that night.

The emperor at that time was too young to appreciate the resonance and dependence brought by blood relatives.

On the contrary, he felt a strange sense of crisis in front of his young son.

Someone is reminding him that this son of his is not just in the pool.

His first reaction was not pride, but fear.

Until today, the emperor, who had already become sophisticated and transparent, began to gradually realize the sense of accomplishment of being a father.

He also suddenly realized how terrible the emperor's suspicion was, so terrible that even a seven-year-old child would be easily destroyed.

"She is right. The third son is indeed the one who resembles me the most among all my sons," said the emperor.

Laifu hung his head and said nothing, he didn't dare to answer those words.

The greatest wisdom he has learned from the emperor over the years is:

Any words of the emperor should not be taken seriously, otherwise it will be me who is unlucky.

It snowed heavily tonight.

Rong Zhuo had another dream, dreaming of the snow field that day, and Yu Jingdu lying in the snow.

The boy held Jingdu in his arms like last time, and kept calling Qingshi's name.

But no matter what he called, the other party never gave him any response.

At first, Rong Zhuo just felt anxious, but later he felt helpless and terrified.

So the boy hugged the person in his arms like that, and cried loudly in the boundless snow...

He never knew what it would be like to be about to lose someone.

He never thought that this person was so important to him.

It was so important that even losing the other party in a dream would cause severe pain in his heart.

Probably because he had a nightmare the night before, and Rong Zhuo was listless after waking up the next day.

"My lord, do you want to go out and build a snowman?" Jin Douzi asked him.

"I don't want to go out, it's cold." Rong Zhuo leaned against the window with the stove in his arms, looking at the snow-white garden with a melancholy expression on his face.

"My lord, the plum blossoms are blooming in the garden, do you want to go and see them?" Jin Douzi asked again.

When Rong Zhuo heard about plum blossoms, he suddenly remembered that Qingshi had told him that his mother liked plum blossoms before she was alive.

Thinking of this, he nodded, "Let's go and have a look."

Jin Douzi hurriedly took the cloak and put it on him, and accompanied him to the backyard.

In the backyard, Jiang's servants were sweeping the snow.

Rong Zhuo greeted him and asked if he could pick a plum blossom.

"Mr. Rong, you are welcome. The people in our house just folded it, but I didn't know that you liked it, so I didn't send it over." The servant said: "If you like it, just fold it. The plum blossom is blooming. For others to see, there is no need to feel pity."

Rong Zhuo thanked him when he heard the words, and then took the golden beans and folded two plum blossoms.

On their way back after folding the plum blossoms, they happened to meet Jiang Jiyan coming out of the unremarkable side courtyard.

"Jiang Shaoqing?" Rong Zhuo saluted him, "Are you not on duty today?"

"It's snowing heavily, the road is hard to walk, so I won't go today." Jiang Jiyan said, "My colleagues know that I live far away, so they will ask for leave for me when it snows."

Rong Zhuo nodded, his eyes fell on the small courtyard behind Jiang Jiyan.

Jiang Jiyan sensed his gaze and asked, "Master Rong is very curious."

"I just thought that no one lived in this side courtyard, so I was surprised to see you come out of it." Rong Zhuo said hastily.

He subconsciously thought that there was someone raised in this side courtyard, so he didn't want to ask Jiang Jiyan too much, for fear of embarrassing him.

However, at this moment, a roar suddenly came from inside.

The sound was interrupted halfway through, but because the morning was quiet, Rong Zhuo still heard it.

He looked at Jiang Jiyan in bewilderment, "I... didn't hear anything."

After finishing speaking, the boy turned around and left, fearing that he would break some secret that he shouldn't know and cause trouble.

Jiang Jiyan stopped him and said, "Young Master Rong, aren't you curious?"

"I'm not curious." Rong Zhuo shook his head hastily.

"Lie." Jiang Jiyan said.

"I'm really not curious, and I don't know how to inquire or peek." Rong Zhuo said.

Jiang Jiyan couldn't help laughing, and then leaned into Rong Zhuo's ear and said something.

"Ah?" Rong Zhuo was startled, and whispered: "Have you brought back the person who assassinated us?"

"To be exact, they brought them back from Qizhou," Jiang Jiyan said.

"I thought...the person had already been killed." Rong Zhuo said.

The last time Yu Jingdu asked someone to tell Rong Zhuo about this, Rong Zhuo only knew that the assassin had been caught, but he didn't know how to deal with it, he didn't expect to be brought back here by Lu Yuan.

"Why did you tell me?" Rong Zhuo asked puzzled.

"I think you can know this." Jiang Jiyan said: "And you are so smart, if I don't tell you, you may think wildly all day long, and you might do something out of the ordinary."

Jiang Jiyan guessed that if Yu Jingdu was present, he probably wouldn't have told Rong Zhuo.

But his thoughts are different from Yu Jingdu's. They Yanwang only want to pamper Young Master Rong, wishing to keep him in their mouths.But he thinks that Young Master Rong is far smarter than he looks, and it is not a bad thing to let him know some things properly.

Rong Zhuo looked helpless, "Why did you bring them back? It would be dangerous if someone escaped."

"I have been in Dali Temple for so many years, but I have never met anyone who escaped successfully."

"Bah, bah, don't say that, usually people who say that will definitely be unlucky later." Rong Zhuo said to him seriously: "Trust me, add a few more protections, let someone tie them with an iron chain, the door Add another lock, and there must be more than two, not... more than four guards outside."

Judging from the film and television works he has watched over the years, this kind of plot arrangement will most likely be accompanied by escape from prison and murder.

Rong Zhuo didn't want to work so hard to escape and end up in this bloody plot.

"Don't take it to heart, my mother still lives in your house, don't blame me for being wordy." Rong Zhuo said.

"Okay." Jiang Jiyan hastily ordered two people to come over, but he actually followed Rong Zhuo's words and asked people to strengthen the guards.

Rong Zhuo felt relieved when he heard this, and took the two red plums and left.

"Wait a minute." Jiang Jiyan stretched out his hand and said, "Give me one."

Rong Zhuo hesitated for a moment, and handed him the smaller one in his hand.

"Jiang Shaoqing." Before leaving, Rong Zhuo asked him, "How is Qingshi?"

"It's just the beginning. It's estimated that he won't recover in ten days and half a month. You don't have to worry." Jiang Jiyan said.

Rong Zhuo nodded when he heard the words, and then left with Jindouzi.

It was snowing heavily today, Jiang Jiyan originally thought that Yu Jingdu's people would not come.

But at noon, the guard still delivered the letter.

"In fact, you can bring all the letters he wrote, and I'll help you give one to Young Master Rong every day." Jiang Jiyan said.

"Your Highness ordered one every day." The man said.

Jiang Jiyan was very helpless, even Rong Zhuo knew that this letter was written in advance, because Yu Jingdu had told him in advance that he would heal his wounds.So in his opinion, Yu Jingdu's visit was superfluous.

"Young Master Rong folded this in the garden this morning. Take it back and put it in the vase in His Highness's bedroom. Remember to tell His Highness." Jiang Jiyan didn't say any more, but handed him the red plum on the table.

The guard responded hurriedly when he heard the words, and went to Rong Zhuo to get the letter.

Unexpectedly, Rong Zhuo also gave him a red plum.

As a result, the two red plums that Rong Zhuo went to pluck early in the morning were finally inserted into the glazed vase in Yu Jingdu's room.

On this day, the emperor quit court for some reason.

The civil and military officials are happy to be idle occasionally, but there are also many private discussions.

However, the most dissatisfied person in the Manchu Dynasty was the prince.

"Lonely was crowned yesterday, and my father stopped the court today. How do all the civil and military officials think of him?" The prince was so angry that he dropped two vases in the palace. where to put?"

"Your Highness, calm down. Your Majesty stopped the court, Xu is thinking about today's heavy snow." The doorman comforted.

"How could it be such a coincidence? He was clearly doing it for Yu Jingdu!" The prince said angrily: "There was also yesterday's crown ceremony, and he kept saying that Si Tianjian had chosen an auspicious day, but what happened? It's snowing all day long. It never happened, and in the end it ended in a hasty way... Father just wanted to embarrass Gu Gu, so as to show his kindness to Jing Du."

"Your Highness, now is not the time to get angry." The doorman said.

"You're right." The prince calmed down for a moment, "I just want to go out."

"Is Your Highness going to visit the Empress?" the doorman asked.

"The queen mother can only be wronged first. She doesn't know why she angered the father. At this time, she is alone, isn't she looking for trouble?"

The doorman nodded when he heard the words, and didn't persuade him any more.

He could see that the prince had lost his mind at the moment, and maybe the more he persuaded him, the more angry he would become.

At the same time, Fu'an Palace.

The emperor came in from the outside, and when he passed the plum tree in the courtyard, he picked a plum blossom.

But after he entered the house, he realized that there were already two red plums in the vase.

"Hmm..." Yu Jingdu's muffled groan suddenly came from the inner room.

The emperor quickly walked in, and found that Wu Taiyi was helping Yu Jingdu to give acupuncture.

His eyes fell on Jing Du's naked upper body, and his brows immediately frowned.

Seeing that Yu Jingdu's body was covered with many large and small scars, it was shocking to see it suddenly.

"Third brother..." The emperor sat on the edge of the couch, reached out his hand to caress the old wound on Jing Du's heart.

"Your Majesty, this injury is the one that caused His Highness to suffer from an old illness." Doctor Wu said beside him.

"How did you get hurt so badly?" asked the emperor.

Although this matter has passed for a long time, he has not actually heard the complete truth.

"Returning to Your Majesty, when His Royal Highness Yan Wang was assassinated, the battle was almost over, so it might as well be plotted against by his own people." The guard next to him said.Most of the guards in Fu'an Palace were brought over by Yu Jingdu from the border, so none of them were vegetarians.

"Assassin?" the emperor asked, "Why haven't I heard of it before?"

He always thought that Yu Jingdu was injured during the battle, and he had never heard anything about assassins.

"Return to Your Majesty, His Highness doesn't want to arouse unnecessary suspicion by rumors without grounds, so he can only suppress the matter." The guard said.

The emperor's eyes froze, and he asked Lai Fu beside him, "Lai Fu, I ask you. If you tried every means to sneak into the enemy's formation, would you wait for the enemy to be defeated before assassinating their generals, or would you start a war?" Before?"

"Naturally, we should kill them first. How could we wait for them to win before killing them? Wouldn't that be Baisha?" Lai Fu said.

"That's right, so the person who assassinated the third child should not be someone from the enemy country." The emperor said.

Who would that be?

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is here." Someone came to report.

The emperor waved his hand to let people in.

After a while, the prince strode into the hall.

He saluted the emperor first, and then felt sorry for Yu Jingdu with red eye circles. He looked like a competent younger brother.

The emperor looked at the prince for a moment, and asked the prince abruptly: "Do you know how the third child became like this?"

The prince's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and a barely visible panic flashed in his eyes.

"My son... my son doesn't know."

The emperor stared at him for a while longer, taking in all his panic at that moment.

"Before your coronation ceremony, he went to Qingyin Temple to pray for you." The emperor said: "As a result, he caught wind and cold..."

The prince was obviously relieved when he heard the words, and said with a moved face: "I didn't expect the third brother to be so caring. Seeing him like this, Gu really feels ashamed."

"Well, you should be ashamed." The emperor said vaguely, "Have you visited your mother?"

"No, I was worried about my third brother's health, so I didn't pay my respects to my mother," said the prince.

The emperor's expression became more and more complicated when he heard this.

"Since you care so much about your third brother's health, then go and pray for him too," said the emperor.

"Yes." The prince replied hastily.

At this time, the emperor said again: "He prayed for you for three days and three nights in Qingyin Temple. You should also go to the Buddhist hall to pray for three days for your third brother. It can be regarded as repaying your brother's friendship."

The prince never expected that things would turn out like this, so he could only suppress his emotions and retreat.

"Laifu, follow him to the Buddhist hall." The emperor snorted coldly.

Otherwise, he really wasn't sure whether the prince would pray for Yu Jingdu or curse him when he went to the Buddhist hall.

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