Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 170
The fifth prince looked at the five boxes placed on the kang table, and followed Li Tian's fingers and introduction to look at the five boxes one by one. His brows became tighter and tighter, and Li Tian said very quickly in one breath: "... Mr. Shui I just remember the silk that was placed in this box, and she didn’t say she hadn’t seen the other ones beside it. Look, although these things are different, the lanyards, the padding, and the patterns on the box all look like they belonged to the same person. Mother Wen has been serving her grandmother since her marriage. She said that the person who gave this longevity fruit was a well-dressed and handsome young man. The grandmother only said that it must be given by one person, but she didn't know. Who is the person who delivered the item?"

The fifth prince held the square Duan inkstone, looked at it carefully, and then carefully looked at the huanghuali box, gently stroking the inscription that was rubbed off at the bottom with his fingertips, looked at Li Tian and said: "This Duan inkstone and this box are indeed As for the things in the palace, according to the usual practice, the prince who gets the most attention in a year will be rewarded with a high-grade Duan inkstone at the end of the year, I have seen it at my elder brother's place, it is such a box."

"Then this is something from the official family? Who is Aunt Yao?" Li Tian motioned to show the fifth prince the wear marks on the bottom of the inkstone. Moved into the palace in [-], when I was in the Qiandi, I was still young, I don’t know many things, let alone remember, almost no one mentioned the old things in the Qiandi, Dad never mentioned it himself, and I don’t like people talking about the past, I don't know much."

Li Tian looked at the fifth prince expectantly, the fifth prince frowned, and reasoned: "The Huang family and father have been in contact for a long time." The fifth prince started with the Huang family, and Li Tian moved and sat down. Listen carefully to every word: "The year my father got married and opened the mansion, he took an errand to the northwest to inspect the army and horses. It doesn't even count, according to Shopkeeper Huang, it was Dad who found the Huang family, and since then, the Huang family has helped Dad a lot in secret and then in the open."

How the world's major merchants made their fortunes was one of the topics that grandma liked to talk to her most when she was alive. Grandma said that the Huang family must have exchanged songs with the official family before Aunt Huang entered the submerged mansion. It turned out to be true.

"My mother was not yet 16 years old when she entered the Qian mansion. When Mrs. Huang sent someone to send my mother to Beijing, he transferred back to shopkeeper Huang, ready to let him go to the capital for dispatch. Shopkeeper Huang knew very well what happened before and after my mother entered the mansion. He said that it was father's intention that his mother entered the submerged mansion. Originally, according to the plan of the old man of the Huang family, he did not intend to send his mother into the mansion so early. If you have a baby in the mansion for one or two years, if you are lucky, I will be in my early twenties when Dad is 60 years old." The corner of the fifth prince's mouth showed a slight sneer: "This is what people who pretend to be smart think that the whole world is under his calculations." middle."

Seeing that the fifth prince did not answer, Li Tian just made a cup of tea and pushed it to him. The fifth prince picked up the tea and took a few sips before continuing: "Mother fell ill on the way and arrived in the capital two months late, otherwise, It means entering the mansion at the same time as Concubine Ye Gui." Li Tian was stunned, and entered the mansion at the same time as Concubine Ye Gui!The second and third masters are only half a year apart, and Concubine Sun and Concubine Liu entered the mansion at the same time, which is again at the same time!
The Fifth Prince held the cup and shook it slowly, looked at the blue and yellow tea with lowered eyelids, and continued after a while: "My mother became pregnant not long after entering the mansion, and she said she died of dystocia. After my mother died, Dad summoned me Once I go back to shopkeeper Huang, let him rest assured that I will grow up safely."

Li Tian trembled a little. Back then, there were constant killings outside the hidden mansion, and the killings inside the hidden mansion were also thrilling.

"My aunt brought four maids and a nanny with her when she entered the Qian mansion. The four girls were dead and scattered. Only Nanny Han stayed by my mother's side. After my mother died, she followed me. Waiter, until I was ten years old, it was said that a disease had spread into the palace, and Nanny Han was also infected, and was sent to the well yard to wait to die. The shopkeeper Huang tried his best to take her out, but he didn't dare to let her go. She stayed in the capital, and was quietly sent back to Taiyuan Mansion to be raised. Nanny Han was honest and did her best, and she seldom spoke. Since she was a child, she only confessed to me, saying that it was my aunt who repeatedly confessed to her before she died. Let her teach me to respect and love my eldest brother like a father, and treat Aunt Yao like my mother."

The fifth prince met Li Tian's astonished gaze, and said with a wry smile in a dazed way: "My mother must not have said this casually. Shopkeeper Huang said that my mother is very smart. If it is according to Old Master Huang's intention, let her enter the mansion after two years. She can definitely live well, she was too young when she entered the mansion."

"Didn't it mean that Concubine Yao has always been in charge of the Qian Mansion, and after Concubine Ye Gui entered the mansion, Concubine Ye Gui and Concubine Yao took care of it together?" Li Tian had something in her words, and the fifth prince understood what she meant: "Because of what my mother said, Aunt Yao's I have been paying attention to the matter, but Aunt Yao seems to be a taboo. People like Zheng Daguan who are sure of the knowledge never mention her, and hear very little news. Aunt Yao entered the palace at the age of eight or nine. , she was assigned to wait beside my father back then. When my father got married and opened the mansion, she was the head girl of the outer courtyard. Later, she was confiscated and made an aunt. In charge, then Concubine Sun and Concubine Liu took charge, and then Concubine Ye Gui, from what I heard, she should have never been in charge of the inner courtyard."

Li Tian breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, probably because of these gifts, she couldn't help but stand in the position of Aunt Yao first, fearing that she would have anything to do with the fifth prince's mother's death.

"I still remember Aunt Yao, she has a beautiful smile, is very warm, and speaks very kindly. I like to visit her very much, but the number of times I go to see her is very small." He said in a low voice: "The year Aunt Yao passed away, I just turned six years old. I don't remember how I hid in the curtain behind the coffin and saw my father come in, crying on Aunt Yao's coffin, crying." The fifth prince seemed to be thinking about how to describe it: "It seems like Dad is going to die. I haven't dared to mention it to anyone. I have had nightmares for many years. In the dream, I seem to hear Dad crying again. Dad will die as soon as he stops crying."

Li Tian looked at the fifth prince with pity. He was born in the royal family. He is a poor person. Li Tian stretched out his hand and pressed it lightly on the fifth prince's hand. He said: "Maybe Aunt Yao is related to you, you and her are both very nice and warm when they smile."

"Oh." Li Tian was suddenly a little embarrassed, retracted his hand at once, and hurriedly explained: "I checked, first from the grandmother, the Ning family has no close relatives named Yao, and the grandmother has no sisters, only one younger brother, who is Cousin sisters did not marry anyone with the surname Yao, nor did the Li family, I don’t think Aunt Yao is related to the Li family.” Li Tian said one sentence after another, as if to keep talking like this to make her feel at ease No embarrassment: "The presents from Aunt Yao are all related to my grandmother. There are also gifts for my aunt's birth, first birthday and Jiji. I asked my aunt to show them to me. They are similar to these, but my uncle doesn't have any of them."

"What about when my aunt got married?" The fifth prince asked unnaturally, Li Tian shook his head: "Aunt said that it was very chaotic at that time, and a lot of make-up was put in boxes without specifying who gave it. I really can't tell the difference." Li Tian said as he stood up, brought boiling water from the kang stove, and brewed two cups of tea.

"I'm looking for someone to find out how Aunt Yao got into the palace and who's in the house. It's not difficult to find out." The fifth prince watched Li Tian making tea unhurriedly. He exhaled lightly and said: "It can't be wrong. Dad didn't want me to set up my own family at all. He knew my temperament, so no wonder he married you to me. Aunt Yao sent these things. Dad must know. Then The inkstone is an old inkstone, it belongs to Dad."

"The officials treat Aunt Yao very unusually." Li Tian thought for a while and said in a low voice. The fifth prince thought for a long time before shaking his head and said, "I don't know. Second, there are so many side concubines and aunts in the hidden mansion, and no one can guess what the officials are thinking. There were nine princes back then, and the prince was born early. His father and mother were humble. The most inconspicuous among the princes, who would have thought that... when Dad came to the throne, he was Weng Weng's only living son."

Li Tian sighed softly. She must have heard more about the past and various legends than the fifth prince in this tragic battle for heir apparent. , His biological mother, Empress Xian, watched her son bleed to death in front of her own eyes. After the death of the prince, there has been chaos for several years. In the city of Beijing, no matter how good a female slave can be sold, seven of the eight princes died one after another, and five of them exterminated their families. Could it be that a new cycle of reincarnation is about to begin?Li Tian shuddered lightly, looking at the fifth prince with fear in his sadness, not knowing what to say.

"Now it's not the same as before, dad is not Weng Weng, and there is no dad among our brothers. Let's relax." The fifth prince comforted Li Tian and himself in a low voice.

"What should I do about the Shangyuan Festival?" Li Tian raised his head and asked, the fifth prince took a deep breath: "Don't worry about anything else, just take care of two things, one is what Dad wants, and the other is what Big Brother means Look at what Father means, that I won’t allow me to dawdle freely any longer. Eldest brother is more lenient than Father, but his thoughts are just as deep, so I can’t figure it out. Come on brother, this lottery can only be fought hard."

"It's hard for a clever daughter-in-law to cook like rice!" Li Tian spread his hands and smiled wryly.

"Let's think about it again, you think about it again, you are so smart, I am so smart, I don't believe you can't think of a way to win by surprise!" The fifth prince and Li Tian sat face to face, Li Tian looked at him with his hands on his cheeks, suddenly I thought of Ye Twelve Niang.

(End of this chapter)