The little lady in the palace

Chapter 148
"Do you trust your family very much?"

This sentence is not surprising to Yuyin, and it is not the first time she has heard such doubts.According to what her father explained to her when she was a child, as many people would want to stick to the Xie family to solve the problem when they were in trouble, there would be as many people who would suspect that it was related to the Xie family.

So she was not too pretentious, and said with a smile, "I'll go to see the concubine, you can chat" and got up to go out.

"Wait." Meng Junhuai called her to stop, frowned and looked at the eldest son of the emperor, "Do you think it was the Xie family who harmed you?"

Yu Yin also looked at him, the eldest son of the emperor froze, and smiled wryly: "That's not..."

"No, let's just talk about it." Meng Junhuai was relieved, "It's okay to be afraid of being involved. The Xie family has always seen these things clearly, otherwise it would have been difficult to prosper for so many years."

The eldest son of the emperor nodded, but there was still hesitation in his expression.

Meng Junhuai said again: "You say it first, if the consequences are unpredictable, I won't let the princess tell the Xie family."

"..." The eldest son of the emperor was a little embarrassed for a moment. He seemed a little surprised by the trust between the two, but Meng Junhuai had already said that for this sake, was he able to shirk again? After thinking about it, he politely apologized to Yu Yin No, he said it.

"I didn't intentionally hide my illness from my father." He said, "It's really...the father, the queen, and the queen are too worried about this, but the illness is not what you want. I want to hide it and give the father, the queen, and the queen , they will have a better life, so that when I am gone one day, they can still bear it. This is better than they are tortured every day, and then experience the pain of bereavement..." He said and looked up Meng Junhuai, "I'm afraid they'll be exhausted physically and mentally, and they won't be able to carry it. Uncle Six, do you understand?"

"En." Meng Junhuai nodded.The boy's overly calm tone in front of him was too uncomfortable. He was silent for a long time before asking him again, "How is your current illness? Maybe you can tell the truth to Sixth Uncle?"

"This..." The eldest son of the emperor smiled bitterly, "According to the words of the imperial doctor, if you are unlucky, you will die in the next moment. If you are lucky...you can live in three to five years, but it will be difficult in ten to eight years."

There was a little gloom in his eyes, which was quickly dispelled by the smile on the corner of his mouth, and his expression brightened again: "The imperial doctor said that I was poisoned, but the specific poison could not be detected... probably If there are not ten kinds, there are eight kinds. I think my brothers and sisters all died one by one because they were exposed to these poisons too early, and I am lucky to be able to live until now.”

He spoke with sincerity, that kind of utter happiness fell into Yuyin's ears, every sentence was like a knife.

She calmed down, comforting herself as well as him: "Don't say that. You have a long life... the luckier ones will be later! Your sixth uncle will find out these things for you. You should heal well and live well. Your father, queen and queen are waiting for you, and all the people in the world are waiting for you."

"I know what Aunt Six means, but..." The eldest son of the emperor's smile became a little embarrassed, and he paused for a while, and his breath relaxed, "How should I say this? I have been thinking about how to communicate with my father recently. Talk about it."

He breathed a sigh of relief with a smile, took another sip of tea, and told them as if he didn't care: "The imperial doctor said that I probably won't have children. I think I should tell my father about this, so that he can I am prepared to choose another crown prince... Although the emperor is still young, I think it is best for this crown prince to stand up before I die, lest I die, and the clan will fight to the death."

Then he asked them, "What do uncles and aunts think?"

What do uncles and aunts think?
With his words, Meng Junhuai and Yu Yin were silent for a long time, but still could not answer.

They didn't know how to face this teenage child.

——This teenage child is calmly considering when he will die, and is thinking clearly and seriously about the aftermath.

He seemed to accept the fact that he would die soon and that he would have no children.Then he was still rationally worried about what would happen if there was a struggle between the clans if he died.

But God knows what kind of suffering he experienced before this peace.

"Eighteen is the eldest son of the emperor this year?" Yu Yin asked Meng Junhuai on the way out of the palace.

Meng Junhuai sighed: "Seventeen, the same age as Zexu."

Then he paused, held her hand and said, "You'd better not tell your family about these things."

Yu Yin nodded: "I know."

In fact, when she heard about these things, she had already weighed them up and thought that maybe these things should not be shared with her family, at least not now.

The eldest son of the emperor has concerns about her, because he is worried that once the battle for the crown prince arises, the Xie family's bias towards candidates will affect the emperor's judgment.But for the Xie family, as long as this matter falls to the head, it is impossible to be biased.

This has nothing to do with whether the Xie family is selfless or not. In fact, no one in the court can be "alone".Any person or family will always have some relationship, and it is absolutely impossible to completely separate it.

Of course, she knew that it was impossible for the family to disobey the emperor's thoughts, and as long as the emperor showed his intentions, the family would definitely "bias" according to the holy will.

The real problem is that if the battle for the throne really starts, the emperor may not want to show his intentions at the beginning, or he may not have a direct candidate in his mind.

That's when all the officials need to stand in line for conscience or benefit, Yuyin hopes that the family can get less and less.If there is no way to get less involved, then let the family judge according to the actual situation, and don't be disturbed by what she said at this time.

"When will the eldest son of the emperor bring this up?" She asked Meng Junhuai, and couldn't help shivering twice in just one sentence.

Meng Junhuai thought for a while and said: "It should wait until the next year... This child is filial, and he will definitely let the emperor's brother and sister-in-law spend the new year safely."

As he expected, nothing happened before the new year.

Because although the clan of their generation is still keeping filial piety for the late emperor, but the younger generation has passed the filial piety, this new year is obviously much more festive and lively than last year.The children have been talking about how to celebrate the New Year since the middle of the twelfth lunar month. He Jing and Xi Yao are also discussing going to Xie's house together. Xi Yao is going home, and He Jing is visiting for New Year greetings.

"I miss my grandma." He Jing muttered while lying on the table and looking at Yu Yin who was sitting by the couch, "Recently I always see Brother Ah Cheng, but I forgot to see my grandma... Will my grandma not like me?"

"No." Yu Yin, who was reading a book, raised her eyes and said, "You can play for two more days. Tell your grandmother that the house is busy, and it is inconvenient for mother and concubine to leave during the New Year. Go back with Mingjing."

"Okay!" He Jing responded, and asked her again, "Is my cousin going with us? Or do you want to go back to her home?"

Yuyin thought about it, Xizhen didn't go home last year, and this year she hasn't told her that she won't go back until now.

She called Xizhen to ask, Xizhen hesitated for a while, then said softly: "I...will not come back this year, I have something to do and I can't do without it."

"What's the matter?" Yu Yin asked her curiously, but she lowered her head and said nothing.

Yu Yin frowned, and asked again: "Where is You Zexu celebrating the New Year this year?"

"He..." Xizhen looked up at her and replied, "He said he lived with Jin Yiwei's friends."

It's weird if this is true.

You Zexu couldn't go back home, so wouldn't the other Jinyiwei go home for the New Year?Yu Yin naturally understood after thinking about it, and said with a serious face: "Quickly tell the truth, you can't hide this matter from your family."

Xizhen blushed and curled her lips, and told the truth.

She admitted that she really wanted to spend the New Year with You Zexu, but she really didn't deliberately hide it from him!
"I don't know how to tell you." Xizhen stared at her toes and said, "He said he wouldn't let me tell you. He definitely didn't want to cause you trouble and felt embarrassed...I told you, you must call If he comes to the mansion to celebrate the New Year, if he blames me for not being strict with my mouth, am I not a human being inside or outside?"

Yuyin felt like crying and laughing at the same time.

These two people sometimes make her feel that they are both older children and are quite sensible, but sometimes they have a childish temper and insist on trying to save face in front of the elders. For some reason, they feel that the people of the same generation belong to the same camp.So You Zexu felt that it would not be ashamed to tell Xizhen about this, but it would be embarrassing to tell her!
Yu Yin felt that their thoughts were really amusing...and somehow she was brought out of her childish temper!

She didn't ask Xizhen to persuade You Zexu as soon as she got angry, and she put all her energy into complaining to Meng Junhuai at night, saying to You Zexu: "Isn't he trying to save face and suffer?"

"Ha." Meng Junhuai laughed, looking at her glaring look, "Are you angry? If you are angry, I will call him over tomorrow and scold him."

"Don't, don't, don't." She hurriedly said back, "Don't bother with him when it's the New Year's Eve! Think about how to pass a step for him to come to celebrate the New Year together? If he is willing to go down the steps, I will let him go .”

laugh.

This little nun, who is obviously generous and kind, has to pretend to be caressing, which is also rare.

Meng Junhuai put his hand on his forehead and looked at the bed curtain and laughed silently for a long time. Yuyin didn't wait for an answer and turned to look at him before punching him: "What are you laughing at? Laughing at me?"

"No." He quickly denied it, patted his forehead and made a serious look, and then called Yang Enlu, "Go to You Zexu and ask him if he has any other arrangements for the New Year, just say that there are many posts in the mansion If I have to write, I am too busy here, if he has nothing to do, he will come and help, and if there is something to forget, just pretend I didn’t mention it.”

After he finished speaking, he turned his head to look at her, raised his eyebrows and gave a look of "Are you satisfied?"

Yu Yin squinted and smiled: "Very good, it's natural! I'll prepare the New Year's money for him, and let Zhao Chengrui and the others arrange the place tomorrow."

"En." Meng Junhuai turned over and embraced her, thought for a while, and called Yang Enlu in again, "You don't need to mention this matter to the side concubine, and you don't need to deliberately hide it from the front house and the main courtyard."

"Yes." Yang Enlu bowed, and Yu Yin glanced at him: "Do you think the side concubine will embarrass You Zexu?"

Can't it?Anyway, there are still a few years of friendship between aunt and nephew.

"Oh, that family..." Meng Junhuai smiled lightly, shook his head and sighed, "I might have been blind in those years."

(End of this chapter)