[Red House] Raiders of life

Lin Ning hurried over after approving a cloak. On the way, he heard that the Fifth Prince was punished by the Holy Spirit for disrespecting his elder brother.I don't know if it's just passed through, Zhen Guifei's emotions are still there, after hearing the news, Lin Ning's body trembled, and his heart throbbed with pain.When he saw the little man of Tu Mingzhou kneeling in the ice and snow, his heart felt as if he had been hit hard by someone, and he leaned back. If it wasn't for Yuzhan's support, he might fall off.

With great difficulty, Lin Ning suppressed the surging emotions in his heart, took the cloak and wrapped it around Tu Mingzhou.

Tu Mingzhou raised his head and glanced at Lin Ning, then quickly lowered his head, as if he knew that he was caught for doing something wrong, uneasy but afraid that Lin Ning would get angry, he grabbed Lin Ning's clothes and called out cautiously: "Mother, I..."

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Lin Ning held his face in his hands, only to see that the corners of his eyes and mouth were bruised and purple, full of colors.Lin Ning's complexion darkened, Tu Mingzhou saw that Lin Ning's complexion was not good, he was even more frightened, and grabbed the corner of Lin Ning's clothes tightly, "Mother Concubine, I know I was wrong, don't be angry."

"Mother concubine? Only those who are from the third rank and above can be called a concubine by the prince. How can I remember that sister Zhen used to be a concubine when she was a noble concubine, but now she is just a nobleman from the sixth rank?" I'm afraid that the word mother and concubine violated the taboo and violated the rules. If it reaches the emperor's ears..."

The one who spoke was the eldest prince's biological mother, Concubine Shu.When the Holy Majesty was King An, she was the concubine side, so when the Holy Majesty came to the throne, she became one of the four concubines.Now he is an old man in the palace and has the eldest son of the Holy Father.Moreover, the Empress Yuan has passed away for many years, and the post is vacant, and there are no noble concubines in the palace, so Concubine Shu is naturally powerful.

Lin Ning watched Concubine Shu condescendingly walk past them, the eldest prince Tu Mingze followed behind with a limp, and did not forget to glare at Tu Mingzhou, snorting, high-spirited, very airy .

"Mother..." Probably because of Concubine Shu's words, Tu Mingzhou wanted to call Concubine Mu to spit out a word, but finally swallowed the last word, "Did I hurt you?"

As he spoke, two lines of clear tears fell from Tu Mingzhou.

Lin Ning hugged him in his arms, "No. Don't be afraid, Azhou, there is a mother here."

Which Tu Mingzhou fell into his arms, cried even more fiercely, calling out: "Mom!"

Lin Ning was so heartbroken by his crying that he grabbed him and wanted to hug him away, but Tu Mingzhou looked at him and said, "Mother, my father made me kneel as a punishment, I... don't have my father's order." , I can't go."

Lin Ning was stunned for a moment, and almost forgot what had happened, but he saw a vast expanse of whiteness around him, even the snow on the ground could reach his ankles, how could a six-year-old child be able to stand kneeling like this.

But the golden words are equivalent to the imperial decree. If she forcibly takes Tu Mingzhou away at this moment, not only will she destroy herself, but also Tu Mingzhou will be destroyed.Lin Ning gritted his teeth and knelt down beside Tu Mingzhou. If he couldn't take him with him, at least he couldn't let him face it alone.

"Mother is with you."

Lin Ning hugged Tu Mingzhou tightly, buckled the cloak around his neck, and lowered his head to massage his knees.

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Xuanzheng Hall.

Tu Yuanhai raised his head from the memorial, pinched the bridge of his nose, and asked, "What time is it?"

The eunuch beside him, Li Huaiyi, replied: "The first moment of Shen Shi."

Tu Yuanhai was taken aback for a moment, he had only read the two memorials, and it had been more than half an hour, he couldn't help feeling a little worried, "Is Xiao Wu still kneeling?"

"Yes!"

Tu Yuanhai got up and left. At this time, the children were still young, and he was young, and he was alone in charge.In order to have the voice of establishing a reserve, there is no need for him to engage in balancing techniques.No matter how the mother is for the children nowadays, they still have some father-son affection.Even today's punishment of apprentice Mingzhou is also because he struck too hard.A six-year-old child beat his eldest son, who was four years older than him, until he limped. Fortunately, the imperial doctor said that it would be fine to raise him for a while.

Seeing Concubine Shu crying and crying, and seeing Tu Mingze's heart-piercing wailing when the doctor held his leg and touched it with his own eyes, how could he not be unaffected?This is still my elder brother, he will kill him next time at a young age, if he doesn't teach him a lesson, he will become a lawless, vicious and brutal person in the future!

But even so, he just wanted to teach him a lesson so that he could remember, after all, he was his own child, with flesh on the palms and backs of his hands, and he didn't think about kneeling and breaking Tu Mingzhou's leg to give to Tu Mingze.Unexpectedly, he bowed his head for a batch of papers, and this dazzling time passed for more than half an hour.

Is it more than half an hour long?not long.But for a six-year-old child who was still outside in the ice and snow, Tu Yuanhai's heart sank little by little.

Tu Yuanhai thought he would see the scene where the little people knew how to be pale and cyanotic, unable to hold on, but when they arrived at the scene, they saw Tu Mingzhou's whole body was tightly wrapped in a cloak, surrounded by Yuzhan The charcoal-fired hand stove was stuffed into his arms and under his feet.Lin Ning knelt beside him, bowed his waist and rubbed his legs, comforting him and talking to him in a low voice.She looked like a loving mother, with a smile on her face, and the sun shone on her face, making her look softer and more beautiful.

Tu Yuanhai couldn't help thinking of when he was young, his mother and concubine died early, and he was like a transparent person in the palace. Once he bumped into the prince who had not been deposed, and was fined to kneel.

In the past, there were many concubines and brothers, and even more eunuchs and maids, so no one paid attention to him.Only Aunt An cried and hugged him, and she couldn't find a fire, so she could only take off her own clothes and warm him with her own body.In those years, if it wasn't for Aunt An, he wouldn't be able to survive in the palace with his stunts.

It was Aunt An who protected him, and it was Aunt An who taught him how to show his talents. He could not bear the eyes of others, and he would not be buried. He stepped into the eyes of his father, and his life gradually became easier.

Aunt An was able to leave the palace at the age of 25, but she delayed it because of him. When he was ten years old, he had a certain amount of forbearance, and gradually lost face in front of his father, so he left the palace.And even if he gets married, it is also for him to marry the Zhen family.

Although the Zhen family at that time was not very powerful, it was a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River left over from the previous dynasty, with a rich family background.The world has changed hands, and the Zhen family has long had the heart to seek refuge with the new dynasty, so they went to Beijing to contact old friends. Although they got an errand, they were also recognized by the new dynasty, but Sacred Heart is far inferior to the others who fought the world together.

Although Aunt An was a bit older and had no family background, the Zhen family would naturally be willing to marry him if the prince liked him, not to mention that she was just a stepmother.Speaking of this marriage, it is also a transaction of interests between the two parties.

Tu Yuanhai sighed, speaking of it, he was the one who was sorry for Aunt An.If Zhen's appearance in the past was only three points similar to Aunt An's, then the same behavior and expression today are at least six or seven points similar.Tu Yuanhai's guilt deepened, and he turned his head and said, "How long has she been here? Has she just been kneeling?"

As the most proud person around the Holy One, he knows who Tu Yuanhai is talking about without asking, and Li Huaiyi is also very keenly aware of Tu Yuanhai's emotional fluctuations, and said: "The fifth prince just knelt down, Zhen Guiren Then we arrived. Kneeling by my side all the time.”

In other words, she knelt for at least half an hour.Tu Yuanhai looked over, and saw that she was wearing only a coat that didn't look too thick. She was wearing clothes for living in the house, and the only cloak she wore was also given to Tu Mingzhou, her face was pale. , but still smiling.

Thinking of her body that had just been miscarried for less than a month, Tu Yuanhai frowned, "If she can give a little bit of her love for her son to her daughter, it's hard to say..."

The second half of the sentence did not come out, and Li Huaiyi was not easy to answer. He just stood respectfully, watching his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose.

On the other side, Tu Mingzhou was tightly covered, his face was still flushed, trying desperately to break free from the cloak on his body, "Mother, I'm not cold. You are cold!"

As he spoke, he did not forget to put the stove in Lin Ning's hand all the way.Lin Ning just refused to accept it, and said with a straight face: "Be obedient!"

Tu Mingzhou pursed his mouth, and couldn't help crying again, crying and saying: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's all my fault. Mother, it's my fault, I shouldn't fight with elder brother. I... the emperor's arrangement I said that whoever gets the first place can grant him a wish. I want to be the first. But, but, my elder brother tore up my homework. I write better than him. I should have been the first, not him Mother, I don’t want to be separated from you. If I win the first place, I can get my father to promise me not to be angry with my mother, and not to hand me over to Concubine Hui! , and said, Mother will never be my mother again, and I will never see Mother again! Mother!"

Tu Mingzhou cried more and more, Lin Ning had to stop and coax him, "Don't be afraid, mother won't separate from you. How can mother separate from you!"

"Mother, the eldest brother said that the father would not forgive mother. Because mother does not want a younger sister, mother knows that she is pregnant with a younger sister, so she does not want her, and uses her to make a scene to frame Concubine Min. Mother, that's not right. No? No! Mother loves me so much, how could she not love my younger sister. Mother told me before that if she gave birth to a younger sister, let me protect her well, and when she grows up, I will choose a good husband's family for her , don't let her be bullied mother!"

Lin Ning hugged Tu Mingzhou and just cried!Out of the corner of her eyes, she has already caught sight of the bright yellow in the distant woods.These words of Tu Mingzhou were not taught by her. In the past half an hour, she did some things, but she didn't mean to take advantage of Tu Mingzhou, but he became her godly assist at the right time.

Tu Yuanhai's expression changed, his brows furrowed.He only saw Tu Mingze's injury, and was momentarily annoyed at Tu Mingzhou's cruelty at a young age, but he didn't know the cause and effect.It would be fine to say that Tu Mingzhou is still young and ignorant, but Tu Mingze will be 11 years old in the new year, how could he not understand the warmth and warmth of human relationships?

At this time, tearing up his younger brother's homework and saying that kind of words, either he wanted to stimulate him, or he was purely showing off his might.Either way, it's not my brother's doing.

Furthermore, if Mrs. Zhen had known that she was pregnant with a female fetus, and had told Tu Mingzhou to protect her sister, then it meant that she did not want her daughter to use the fetus in the mansion as a game, and those of Tu Mingzhou It can be heard from the words that Mrs. Zhen is looking forward to this child.

But why all the evidence including witness Yuqiong...

A sharp light flashed in Tu Yuanhai's eyes, and he winked. Li Huaiyi understood, walked up quietly, and called Lin Ning and Tu Mingzhou: "Your Majesty Zhen, Your Highness the Fifth Prince, the Emperor has ordered that the Fifth Prince The prince can get up."

Tu Mingzhou was overjoyed, and before it was too late to thank him, he jumped up to help Lin Ning, but he had knelt for so long at such a young age, although Lin Ning fed him spring water, protected him well, and massaged him, there was nothing wrong with him. It's a big obstacle, but it's the child after all, where does the strength come from.Lin Ning probably knelt for a long time and got up anxiously, his eyes darkened, and he fell down again with Tu Mingzhou.

Lin Ning was worried that Tu Mingzhou would fall, so he turned around and held Tu Mingzhou tightly in his arms, and Tu Mingzhou fell on her body.

This turn of events caused Yuzhan to let out an exclamation.Li Huaiyi hurriedly picked up Tu Mingzhou, and was about to help Lin Ning with Yuzhan, when he saw the bright yellow figure flashing in front of him, Li Huaiyi cleverly pulled Yuzhan back two steps, looked up and saw Tu Yuanhai hugging him Lin Ning walked quickly.

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"The nobleman injured his body due to a miscarriage, and he didn't have a good rest. He was already weak. He fell ill again in the past few days, and after more than half an hour of freezing weather today, how can he bear it?"

Listening to the imperial physician Balabala's long speech, Tu Yuanhai looked displeased, "To get to the point, just tell me how to treat it, and will it leave the root cause of the disease?"

Physician Bai was taken aback, and hurriedly lowered his head a little, "I'm going to prescribe a prescription now. The nobleman's condition is not very good. Naturally, it can be cured, but the key is to nourish it. As for whether you will stay or not?" The root cause of the disease still needs to be observed for a while.”

Tu Yuanhai dismissed the imperial physician with a wave, and sighed as he saw the pale woman on the bed who had already passed out. A month ago, it was still a delicate flower, how did it take such a short time to become like this?It's just that although this pale complexion was sick, it didn't hide her beautiful face, on the contrary, it added a bit of distinctive beauty.

Cough cough, Tu Yuanhai coughed, turned his head to look at the charcoal basin in the corner of his eyes and scolded: "Why use these charcoal, what about the silver silk charcoal used in the past? Is this how you serve?"

Yu Zhi hurriedly knelt down, "The emperor appeases his anger, it's not because the servants are unwilling, but because we really don't have any silver charcoal to use."

Tu Yuanhai was stunned, and then he remembered that there is no such thing as silver charcoal as a nobleman.

"Is there always leftovers from the front?"

Zhen Shi was already favored, so there was only a lot more silver silk charcoal. In addition, she was pregnant, and the monthly allowance was increased by three layers.It stands to reason that there should be a lot left.

Yuzhi made a weeping trill, "Earlier this morning, Guanshi Liang from the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that the silver charcoal in the palace was in short supply, and the current quotas of the left and right masters could not be used. So I came to take away all the silver charcoal in the treasury." gone."

Tu Yuanhai sighed, this is the case in the palace, he also experienced it in the past, how can he forget it now that there are too many good times?

There are three or two pieces of children's clothes on the small couch by the window sill, which are in the shape of a baby girl.Tu Yuanhai couldn't help but think of what Tu Mingzhou said.If it was just for acting, he didn't intend to come to Mingcui Palace, how did they know that he would come?It's impossible to prepare every day, he hasn't come for a month, and he doesn't care about her.

Killing one's own child to blame others, eradicating dissidents, such means, if not for Aunt An's face, if this person is not Zhen Shi, he would have already been in the cold palace, how can she be a nobleman? Living in this Mingcui Palace, allowing her to move out of the main hall after confinement?

But even so, his attitude is obvious, no matter who is in the palace, even she should know that he will not come again, so why would she put these things on display every day?Will it not pierce your own eyes?

With a thought in his mind, Tu Yuanhai got up and left.

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Lin Ning opened his eyes at the right time, and coaxed Tu Mingzhou, who had been lying beside his bed and holding her hand for half a step, and refused to leave, to sleep.Only then did Yuzhi step forward to report lightly, "I did everything according to what my master said, and I answered everything according to what my master said. The emperor didn't say anything when he didn't ask, and he told the truth when he asked, and he didn't say anything more. .”

Lin Ning nodded, pointed to the small clothes on the couch and said, "Take it away."

Yuzhi was surprised, "Master, my servant has seen the emperor's expression relax a lot today, maybe he will come again, why don't we make a few more?"

Lin Ning shook his head and smiled, "No need. If you do too much, it's over."

Yuzhi opened her mouth, and although she didn't understand very well, she obediently put away her clothes and went down.

Lin Ning patted Tu Mingzhou on the back to let him sleep more peacefully, while thinking about his next plan.

Zhen Shi was not wronged.There are many concubines in the palace, but there are only a few who can be ranked first.

Concubine Shu gave birth to the eldest prince and was also a side concubine of the palace, so she had to be named one of the four concubines as soon as she entered the palace.But she doesn't have many honors and favors, she only relies on her seniority and the eldest son of the Holy One.Concubine Hui is also an old man in the palace, not as good as Concubine Shu. She originally had a second prince, but unfortunately died young.Now it's just that the emperor gave her a concubine after the death of the second prince, and the Zhen family doesn't think much of it.There are also a few others who have imperial heirs, either from humble backgrounds or because the emperor has not passed away in the past two years, so they are not considered a threat.The most troublesome one was Concubine Min.She is the biological mother of the third and ninth princes.

The two princes are in hand, and they are also from the Mo family. They are the concubine sisters of the Yuan empress.The emperor stayed with her for four or five days out of ten.How could Mrs. Zhen let such a character go?In the palace, either you die or I die!

What Tu Mingzhou said about his younger sister was just for Mrs. Zhen to coax the children.Ever since the baby was diagnosed as a daughter, Zhen was not very happy, and she didn't want to do anything at first.But Tu Mingzhou is smart, and she helps him from time to time.The emperor obviously liked this son more than other sons.

The master of what to do with Concubine Min, who has great ambitions and wants her son to stand out, began to make small moves against Tu Mingzhou.It's a pity that Shi Zhen blocked her back, but fortunately, Concubine Min was so powerful that she didn't leave anything behind.There was nothing Zhen could do.But there is no reason to guard against thieves the day before before only being a thief for a thousand days.

Zhen Shi naturally wanted to fight back, so he came up with this trick.Zhen believed that the layout was sophisticated, and no one would have thought that her biological mother would kill her own child.Concubine Min must be tricked.But the result is always one move away.

Lin Ning sighed. Later, it was An Shi who entered the palace to intercede, and because of An Shi's face, she gave Zhen Shi some face.But even if An's relationship with the emperor is different, how can this relationship stand up to such repeated tossing?Therefore, Lin Ning does not intend to use it.

The clothes for those baby girls were made by Mrs. Zhen these days for Yuzhi to make plans for her future favor, Mrs. Zhen is not stupid, and she did not get depressed because of this, otherwise she would not be able to do it in the future. the imperial concubine.

Lin Ning originally planned to spend some time to lure Tu Yuanhai over, but Tu Mingzhou's words gave her the best opportunity.She will naturally faint in due course...

She didn't have strong evidence in her hand that she could retract her confession. In fact, she did the thing, and she couldn't produce any evidence at all.Therefore, she could only plant a seed in Tu Yuanhai's heart.

As for Concubine Min...

Lin Ning smiled brightly. Everyone said that she favored the sixth palace, but in the end she was just a substitute.It's a pity that Mrs. Zhen didn't understand until she died.The only person Tu Yuanhai loves is Empress Mo.For Concubine Min, it was only because she was Empress Mo's younger sister, and she was somewhat similar to Empress Mo.

Speaking of the people in this palace, as long as anyone who is able to stand out and has some kind of favor, there is always a hint of Empress Mo's introduction, some are eyebrows, some are mouth, some are temperament, Shu Concubine, Hui Concubine, Min Concubine, Zhen Shi That's all.

It's a pity that no one knows the emperor's secret, no, maybe Concubine Min knows, so she uses this as capital that she can use.Even after the final defeat and death, her son won.

No one thought that the person who most resembled Empress Mo was not Concubine Min, but the third prince, Tu Mingyuan.Don't look at Tu Mingyuan now, it's because he's still young, just six years old like Tu Mingzhou, only a few months older.When it grows gradually in the future, especially after becoming a young boy at the age of thirteen or fourteen, it will almost look like Queen Mo.The remaining four points are very like the emperor.How could the emperor not like such a son who resembles both himself and the woman he loves the most?

If the emperor took a fancy to Tu Mingyuan's succession to the throne early in the morning and paved the way for him step by step, it was because of his talent and temperament, Lin Ning felt that it was only half.The other half is probably because of his looks.

Of course, if Tu Mingyuan is incompetent, the emperor is not a fool, and he would not entrust the country and society for a reason that he looks similar to his lover.But if it wasn't for this appearance, no matter how tall Tu Mingyuan was, Tu Mingze and Tu Mingzhou were not both brainless people. Who would be the heir apparent would have to be carefully thought out and cultivated together.

But because of this appearance, the training was gone, and Tu Mingze and Tu Mingzhou became the big banner they held out.The banner of balancing power is also the banner used to sharpen Tu Mingyuan.

Lin Ning smiled lightly. Although she admitted that Tu Mingyuan was a good emperor, she wanted her son to be the whetstone. It was a beautiful idea!

You want him to be a whetstone, but I want him to be this knife, and the sharpest knife!

If he is willing and has such abilities, how difficult is it to help him to the top?