After being turned into cannon fodder, I relied on involution to survive

Chapter 85: Five Colored Thread
After hearing what happened, Wan Jingrong's aunt turned dark.

Her eyes were like daggers, looking at the palace maid who had already been so frightened that she knelt down and kowtowed.

While kowtowing, the palace maid defended herself and said, "Your Majesty, I am aware that this slave personally watched Xiao Dengzi give the sachet to that person. It must not have been an accidental confusion."

The implication was that Yu Zizhen must have exchanged the sachet for their master's precious nephew.

Wan Jingrong's aunt actually knew that nine out of ten times was like this, but her nephew was almost trampled by a horse's hoof. How could she not express her anger at the servant?
In particular, the prerequisite for Yu Zizhen to exchange the sachet for Wan Jingrong was that she noticed something was wrong with the sachet.

Wan Jingrong's aunt narrowed her eyes, and had already decided on the death date for the palace maid and the eunuch named Xiao Dengzi.

She couldn't let Yu Zizhen catch her out. Although she dared to kill Yu Zizhen secretly, she didn't dare to confront Yu Zizhen openly.

What Wan Jingrong's aunt didn't know was that Yu Zizhen had no intention of confronting her head-on.

Rather than making a fuss about this matter and arguing with the Wan family in front of the emperor, Yu Zizhen preferred to treat others in his own way.

Doesn't Wan Jingrong's aunt like to secretly do evil things to her?Then she would turn around and deal with their Wan family secretly.

While listening to the system's live broadcast, Yu Zizhen tied the five-color silk thread to the eldest prince with a smile.

In addition to dragon boat racing and eating rice dumplings, Daqi's Dragon Boat Festival customs include hanging mugwort on the door, smoking atractylodes in the house, wearing sachets on the body, tying five-color threads on the wrists, adding Chinese medicinal materials to hot water when bathing, etc. A small means to cure diseases, prevent epidemics, and exorcise evil spirits.

The emperor could watch and taste dragon boat racing and eating rice dumplings with the eldest prince. The palace officials could do all the work for them, such as hanging mugwort, smoking atractylodes, making sachets, and preparing medicinal baths. Only the mother needed to tie the child's wrist. The eldest prince was unwilling to let his stepmother, Xiao Lu, tie the five-colored thread for him.

Of course, Xiao Lu was not willing to tie a five-colored thread to the emperor's eldest son.She even left the second prince who was raised under her knees to the care of the nun beside her.

After they met in Xiyuan to watch the dragon boat race this morning, Yu Zizhen noticed that the eldest prince did not have a five-color thread on his hand. She sighed in her heart that these people were really stupid, and she made up her mind to give it to the eldest prince after watching the dragon boat race. Tie five colored threads.

"If my mother doesn't tie it for me, I can tie it myself, and no one rules that I can't tie it for myself." While tying the five-color thread for the eldest prince, Yu Zizhen motioned to the eldest prince to look at the five-color thread on her wrist, "There is no way. It’s okay to ban it, but as human beings we still can’t be too rigid.”

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Fang Huaiying and Chen Hushan staring at her and the eldest prince with wide eyes. Yu Zizhen touched a handful in his sleeves, then reached out and handed each of Fang Huaiying and Chen Hushan a five-color thread.

"You guys should also tie one. Regardless of whether it can really drive away Najib's evil spirits, at least it can definitely bring good luck, right?"

Fang Huaiying and Chen Hushan had complicated expressions. After they looked at each other, Chen Hushan said to Yu Zizhen, "You will be laughed at by others."

Yu Zizhen rolled his eyes unceremoniously, "Okay, if anyone thinks I shouldn't tie this myself, then I'll just pack my bags and go back to the north."

Chen Hushan is in the same situation as her. They both have biological mothers in their respective homes. If anyone is dissatisfied with her tying her own, then it is natural for her to go back to Princess Zhenbei to tether her.As for the eldest prince and Fang Huaiying, "And you two, if anyone dares to laugh at you, just tell them that I tied the five-color thread for you, and let them come to me if they have any ideas."

She said she wanted others to come and "talk" to her, but her tone and expression clearly revealed that she had an itchy fist and wanted to hit someone.

The three of them already had a certain understanding of Yu Zizhen's madness. As soon as she showed this expression, the three of them immediately did not dare to say anything more.

They didn't want others to get punished by Yu Zizhen because they had too many scruples before they even got the chance to be beaten.

You must know that although Yu Zizhen is not good at reading, his force value is very good. One against three, uh, okay, the eldest prince should not be included in the calculation, that is one against two. You must know that it is still easy for Yu Zizhen to deal with them one against two. of.

Chen Hushan timidly took the five-color thread and helped Fang Huaiying tie it up honestly.Fang Huaiying also took the five-color thread with a submissive look and conscientiously helped Chen Hushan tie it.

When the eldest prince saw this scene, he raised the corners of his lips in a rare move.

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"Your Highness, three princes, the palace banquet is about to begin." Not long after the five-colored thread was tied, the little eunuch next to the eldest prince grabbed the clock and reminded everyone that it was time to set off.

The eldest prince had been sitting in the wheelchair without moving. When he heard the little eunuch's reminder, he immediately nodded slightly and said, "Then let's go."

He is a junior and must not arrive later than the Queen Mother.As for Queen Xiao Lu, she will definitely appear with the Queen Mother, which means that the eldest prince must rush to the palace banquet with the emperor before they arrive.

Surrounded by a group of palace officials and their respective subordinates, the four of them first went to His Majesty the Emperor's palace next door.

After meeting the emperor who was also ready to go to the palace banquet, everyone went to Jiaxiang Palace in a mighty manner.

Jiaxiang Palace is located between the former dynasty and the harem. Since it is a royal family banquet, except for Yu Zizhen, Chen Hushan, and Fang Huaiying, all the people attending the palace banquet are close relatives of the emperor, so the palace banquet is not divided into two parties for men and women. , but directly based on family units, a number of long tables were set up in the main hall of Jiaxiang Palace.

When Yu Zizhen and others came over, all the seats in the main hall of Jiaxiang Palace were almost full. Only the positions of the Queen Mother, Emperor, and Queen in the innermost place were left, as well as those not far below them, which belonged to the eldest prince, second prince, and the late emperor's youngest son respectively. The seats of Xiao Shaoke, Yu Zizhen, Chen Hushan and Fang Huaiying are still empty.

In fact, according to their rank, Yu Zizhen and the others should not sit next to the eldest prince, second prince, and Xiao Shaoke. However, the Dalu family instructed the emperor to let them enter the palace for the banquet, which was originally intended to appease and win over. In terms of seating, she also asked people to give Yu Zizhen and the other three certain preferential treatment.

As for the apparent reason, Da Lu said that Yu Zizhen and the others were similar in age to the eldest prince and Xiao Shaoke, so sitting together would not make them feel lonely and sentimental because their relatives were not around.

In view of the fact that all the sons of the late emperor, except the emperor and Xiao Shaoke, have been killed, imprisoned, or sent to the corners of the country with harsh conditions by the Dalu family, other royal relatives in Beijing do not dare to comment on the Dalu family's decision, so even if They were not convinced in their hearts, but on the surface they did not dare to complain that Yu Zizhen and other "yellow-mouthed children" actually jumped above them.

(End of this chapter)