The little lady in the palace

Chapter 44 Tonic
The next day was a sunny day.Meng Junhuai went out after eating breakfast, and after about two minutes, Yuyin's sister-in-law arrived.His sister-in-law, Xu, is six years older than Yuyin, and she has been married to Xie Jiqing for five years. If Yuyin came home from time to time when she was practicing Buddhism, she got along well with this sister-in-law, and she would be happy to see her again now.

The two didn't see each other. When they first met, Xu's Zunyu quoted "Princess" and called herself "Concubine", after that, they came here as they please.

Yuyin and Xu had just sat down after meeting each other, when they saw He Jing lying on the door and looking in.

"Come here with Jing." Yu Yin beckoned, and He Jing happily ran into the main room, and said, "Mother Concubine Ann."

"This is..." Xu fell silent halfway through her words, and asked Yuyin with a moving mouth, "The former princess?"

Yuyin nodded, and introduced Xu Shi to He Jing, and He Jing also greeted Xu Shi generously.Then Yuyin called the nanny, and asked the nanny to take Hejing and Xu's two children to play in the garden.

After watching the children go away, Mrs. Xu looked back and smiled, "This child is sensible. Mother is very afraid that you will become a stepmother once you enter the house, and life will be difficult."

"Sister-in-law reassures my mother. In fact, the children in the house are taken care of by their own nanny, and there is rarely anything I have to worry about." Yuyin paused, and after a while, Fang continued, "Sister-in-law came to see me suddenly, What's the matter, brother?"

She has been here for more than half a year, and her sister-in-law has never visited her.Two days ago, I suddenly sent a message to see you. Yuyin felt that it was probably related to the affairs of the court. In addition, my brother went to Prince Jin's mansion with Meng Junhuai today. Maybe there is still something that needs their wives to come forward, so let my sister-in-law take the lead. a word?
But Mrs. Xu shook her head with a smile: "Nothing else, just to see you. Your brother said to let me come, but the eldest aunt insisted that we wait - said that you just passed the door, and the family let the female relatives Walking around frequently, it looks like we feel that the palace treats you badly, but it treats you badly." Xu Shi said, looking a little helpless, "You know it in our family. After all, the eldest aunt is in charge of the house, and the mother is not easy to follow. She insisted on it, and it has been delayed until now."

Yu Yin smiled and nodded to express her understanding, but she couldn't help but feel a little disgusted with her aunt's actions.

She never mentioned her eldest aunt at all, and only said: "It's all a family, sister-in-law doesn't have to worry so much, she will come here often if she wants to move around in the future. He Jing is at the age that loves to play, and there are not many children in the house who can accompany her. It would be best for her to play with her cousins."

Xu's son is two months older than Hejing, and her daughter is one and a half years younger than Hejing, both of whom happen to be of the same age.

When Yuyin said this, Mrs. Xu was also happy, and agreed with a smile, and called her maidservant to bring the prepared gift to Yuyin.

The two maidservants held several big boxes, Xu pointed and said: "The last time when your elder brother was helping His Royal Highness Prince Yijun, I heard that you... cough, so I found a lot of things for you."

She persuaded Yuyin earnestly and earnestly: "Don't just ignore everything because you are young. If you have tossed hard, you will naturally have to make up for it. If you don't like it, treat it as medicine and force yourself to take it. There are a few taels in it. Jiuchao tribute glue, the family spent a lot of money to find it for you, you can eat it with peace of mind, and it will be good, but the family will find new ones for you, if you get tired and get sick, it will be a big deal."

Yu Yin: "Oh... yes..."

Although she was concerned, why did she think this sounded weird? What does "toss hard" mean?And what happened to the previous sentence "I heard you...cough"?

But she didn't ask any more questions. In short, the family was worried about her, so she just listened to the family and took care of herself!Where my sister-in-law spoke vaguely, there may be some reason why it is inconvenient to speak directly.

The two talked about other topics, most of which were gossip about their parents, but also some anecdotes about Beijing.

At lunch, the two called the children back to the room, and He Jing said that he wanted to eat pickled fish, so Yuyin asked Amber to go to the kitchen to send a message to order another dish, and He Jing took his cousins ​​by the hands and solemnly assured them : "The pickled fish in the mansion is delicious!"

In the east courtyard, two eunuchs carrying meals entered the courtyard in a hurry, handed over the meal box to others, and dragged Liang Guangfeng, who was in charge, to a corner to talk.

Liang Guangfeng waved his hands: "What are you doing? I'm busy here!"

"Master Liang, please be busy later." The little eunuch wiped his sweat and said with a sad face, "If the side concubine gets angry later, you have to help take care of it. Otherwise, if not, we can't handle it!"

"What and what?" Liang Guangfeng frowned, "Let's make it clear, what's going on."

The little eunuch was so anxious that he was about to cry: "No... early this morning, our side concubine said she wanted to eat pickled fish, and asked the little one to go to the dining room to say hello. But there is no pickled fish in the dining box. "

"Didn't the dining room be made?!" Liang Guangfeng spat on the spot, saying to himself that these grandsons are playing tricks!
Concubine You's pregnancy seemed to be full, and with the hot weather, her appetite became worse.Qu Zhi counted that she hadn't ordered extra food for more than half a month, and now she wanted to eat pickled fish, how dare the dining room not make it?

She has a tendency to fall out of favor recently, but she is still a side concubine after all, and she has a child in her belly!

Liang Guangfeng was angry and anxious, as soon as he wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, he wanted to come out: "I'll find the kitchen staff!"

"Don't, don't." The little eunuch hurriedly stopped him, "The meal and the dining room were made, but when the meal was passed on just now, the main courtyard also said that they wanted pickled fish, so they gave it to the main courtyard first, let us etc."

Hey……

Liang Guangfeng stared so hard that his eyeballs almost fell out, and once again scolded these grandsons who are trying to make ends meet!

Then, he brought the two of them into the house together, thinking in his heart, if Concubine You didn't mention it, then he would leave it behind; if she did, he would push the two away immediately. Go out and let the side concubine vent her anger!
At the dining table, You Shi ate a small rapeseed dish with chopsticks, and frowned as soon as he ate it, and then felt that he had no appetite for any dish.

"It's not that I don't want to eat chicken soup and fish soup in the future. I don't want to drink it." She looked sleepy, and Shanzhi hurriedly persuaded her: "My lady, you are pregnant, and these soups are specially prepared for your body. You should at least drink a bowl, or half a bowl, you have to... think about the little prince in your belly."

After Shanzhi finished speaking, she carefully observed Youshi's expression.

The child in Youshi's womb hasn't come out yet, but everyone in the East Court only dares to say that he is a "little son", and no one dares to say anything about the daughter.The eunuch who gave Youshi the head that day was flattering, "If you give birth to a young lady, she must be as beautiful as you", so Youshi was so angry that Youshi threw something on the spot, and asked the eunuch to be dragged out and beat thirty boards.

But she is so eager to seek a child, and there are some advantages.The servants read her mind and wanted to persuade her to do something, so they said it was "for the sake of the young master", and she would most likely listen.

Right now, Youshi took a deep breath after listening to Shanzhi's words, and then his eyes stopped on the bowl of chicken soup: "Give me a bowl."

Shanzhi showed joy, and immediately served a bowl of soup, but Youshi said again: "Hey? Where's my pickled fish?"

Shan Zhi was startled, only to realize that there was no pickled fish on the table.She looked at Liang Guangfeng hesitantly, Liang Guangfeng kicked his foot, and the two eunuchs next to him fell to their knees.

"Side concubine forgive me!" After begging for mercy, the two stammered and told the story, and then remained silent for a while, but You Shi did not see any reaction.

"Get back." You Shi waved his hand, as if he was not in the mood to care about the two of them. The two eunuchs were a little surprised, and hesitated for a while before kowtowing and retreating.Beside the table, Shanzhi heard Youshi sigh heavily.

Who can she blame...

She didn't think that the main courtyard was deliberately trying to show her face. She was sure that there was no eyeliner from the main courtyard in her yard, and the main courtyard would not be so clear about such trivial things as adding vegetables.

This is not because she believes in the main courtyard, but because... as early as the beginning of her pregnancy, she checked all the people around her because she didn't believe in the main courtyard.She no longer uses anyone who has been in contact with the main courtyard. Even the few maids given to her by the concubine Ding, because they have been handed by the main concubine, she dare not let them come to serve.

Therefore, this incident can only be a coincidence, and it cannot be blamed on the head of the main courtyard.So who can she blame?Strange dining room and red step on white?
In fact, it's not like stepping on her.In the past few months, she has not lost at all what she should have, and the people in the mansion still respect her as a concubine from the bottom of their hearts.It's just that they will have a choice when it comes to these small things that conflict with the main courtyard.After all, she is the concubine over there, and now she is in favor.

You Shi suddenly felt that it seemed that no one else could be blamed for these things, only herself could be blamed.

It's because she doesn't have enough weight to gain a firm foothold in the mansion, and it's useless to get angry at anyone.She can only slowly let herself stand on her feet, seize all the opportunities she can seize, and let herself stand on her feet.

Youshi frowned tightly, forcing himself to drink the chicken soup all night, then stood up and walked towards the bed with Shanzhi's hand in his hands.

Suddenly, her stomach twitched!
Youshi was slightly suffocated for breathing, and just when he faintly felt that this was different from his usual feeling, the cramping pain in his stomach exploded again!
"Shan Zhi..." Youshi grabbed Shan Zhi's hand violently, took a deep breath, "Hurry up, call the doctor, and report to the prince!"

"Miss?!" Shan Zhi was shocked, "Miss...is about to give birth? But the prince is not in the mansion now, he is going to Prince Jin's mansion!"

"Go and find it!" Youshi suppressed his panic and shouted, "Don't disturb the main courtyard, go report to the prince first!"

In the main courtyard, when Yu Yin heard about this, an hour had passed.

She was dazed for a moment, and Xu drank it first: "It's been so long, why are you only talking back!"

"Your slave..." The eunuch from the East Court avoided her gaze.He didn't dare to say that Concubine You could not trust the concubine Wang, and she came to report now as a last resort.Because the person who was sent to report to the prince has not returned yet.

"Okay, let's not talk about it." Yuyin stood up and made up her mind, "Sister-in-law is helping me take care of Dianhejing, I'll go and take a look."

Xu nodded: "I'm coaxing them, don't worry."

Yuyin went out.Her mind was in a mess, but the moment she stepped out of the threshold, she unexpectedly calmed down again.

"Zhao Chengrui." She called someone over, "Go quickly to Prince Jin's Mansion and ask His Highness to come back."

"Yes." Zhao Chengrui bowed and went quickly.

"Shu Shan, follow me to the east courtyard, and let Liuli go to the front house to call for someone." Yu Yin pondered for a while, "This person should know how to ride a horse, so he'll wait at the gate of the mansion after harnessing the horse. What if Concubine You has something to do?" Not right, let him go to the palace immediately to report, and ask the concubine Ding to pass on the imperial physician."

"Yes!" Coral rushed to call Liuli, and Yuyin continued to walk out.For a moment, it seemed that the whole mansion was busy in an orderly manner.

When Yuyin arrived at the east courtyard, she heard a heart-piercing scream as soon as she entered the door!

You Shi was in excruciating pain, and several midwives surrounded her, teaching her how to breathe slowly and exert force, but You Shi still yelled louder and louder.

Yu Yin was flustered when she saw it, she paused by the door for a few breaths before walking over: "The side concubine..."

Looking at Youshi's pale face, her brain that had just woken up was confused again, and she didn't know what to say.

After being dazed for a long time, she regained her composure, and in the end she only ordered a few midwives: "Take care of the side concubine, I'll wait outside, and report anytime I need something."

In Prince Jin's mansion, all the princes in the main hall have serious faces.

They originally thought that the elder brother Huang wanted to take advantage of the killing of the official this time to deal with Wei Yulin, but when they arrived at the place, they found that the elder brother Huang had put in far more effort than they did.

Prince Jin found everything he could find, not only the specific personnel arrangement and power scope of the East and West factories, but also various records of the vicious fight more than a hundred years ago.

He copied several copies of everything, and when the younger brothers came, he didn't say anything else, just showed them a copy, and they read it all morning.

Finally, the younger Twelfth Prince couldn't sit still: "Brother, what do you mean? Wei Yulin is an eunuch, according to me, he just killed him. Think about it, we even took Zhang Wei's life." , why are you afraid of him as an eunuch?"

Prince Jin held the teacup and did not say a word, Pingjun Wang Meng Junbo, who was reading the book intently, said, "Twelve brothers, you have been reading this all morning for nothing."

"...Second Brother!" The Twelfth Prince patted the table and stood up, "What's the use of us spending time on these things? The most urgent thing now is to get rid of that bastard Wei Yulin! He can hold more palms if he is by Father's side for a day. For a day, we let him sit on the big table?!"

"Twelfth brother." Meng Junhuai sighed, "Sit down, take a good look, and see if it's useful for us to kill Wei Yulin?"

Meng Junhuai is really convinced by this elder brother, he handles things too carefully.A few days ago, he was also filled with righteous indignation. Now that he saw it this way, he calmed down in the basin of cold water facing his head, and only then did he truly realize how big this matter was.

Getting rid of Wei Yulin was useless.The relationship between the East and West factories is complicated and deep-rooted. Without Wei Yulin, there can still be Zhang Yulin and Ma Yulin. After they are in power, they can still do what Wei Yulin is doing, and the situation will not improve at all.

Moreover, after reading these things, he realized that the east and west factories were really cautious.Although he has not been noticed for so many years, he must have done a lot of bad things, but there is no evidence of crime.

What they see now are only some superficial things, and none of them can be used as evidence to bring down Dongxi Factory.

After a few arguments, Prince Jin finally spoke: "Frozen three feet is not a day's cold. It is definitely not a day or two to clean up the east and west factories. You have to calm down. There is no evidence of crime. We Just look for it slowly. When the criminal evidence is enough to overthrow the East and West factories in one fell swoop, we will expose it."

But the emperor's third son, King Pujun, shook his head: "It's easy to say, but it's too difficult to do. Brother, think about it, have many things happened in the past, but Wei Yulin pushed the subordinates to come out and take the blame? Fourth sister The matter has become so big, Wei Yulin said that the underlings black-heartedly took the money from the son-in-law and withheld our memorial, shouldn't we have the same thing?"

"That's what we were unprepared for before. He pushed the blame, and everyone thought it was a matter." Prince Jin took a sip of tea, "But now we don't give him a chance to muddle through. Or, we don't pursue it on the surface. , Continue to investigate secretly."

Everyone was silent for a while, thinking about it carefully, they felt that it was more or less reasonable.King Pujun asked again: "Then how do we do it specifically? Except for you, eldest brother, none of us have anything to do with the government. Secretly investigate Wei Yulin, that's not something we can do while we're bored in the mansion."

"Well, but you can be bored in the mansion, first choose the people in your own mansion for me." Prince Jin smiled lightly, "The power of the east and west factories is not all in the palace. Do you have anything in each mansion? People from the factory, as well as the sisters’ princess mansions and son-in-law’s mansions, if there are people from the Dongxi factory, they must be cleaned up first, this is a never-ending problem.”

Everyone nodded in unison.

"As for who to use to help us...the one who fought against Dongxichang more than a hundred years ago should be the most suitable person." Prince Jin said, looking behind King Yijun.A group of brothers looked over, and saw the person standing behind him nod his head slightly, and his hands embroidered with flying fish patterns shone with silver light.

Jin Yiwei.

In the main hall where he was talking with the princes, separated by two courtyard doors, Zhao Chengrui was so anxious that he was about to curse.

The side concubine in the mansion gave birth to a child, and the princess sent him to report.But this side is good, a few eunuchs stopped them deadly, and insisted that Prince Jin ordered others not to approach, no one would do.

Zhao Chengrui reasoned with them with staring eyes: "Brother! We are giving birth in our house, do you know about giving birth? Human life is at stake! Two lives!"

"Brother, don't embarrass us." The eunuchs did not retreat, "To tell you the truth, we have been on duty for so long, and we have never heard such an order. This is clearly discussing some important matter. We will let you in It's easy, after a while you turn your head and follow Yijun Wang, and the prince asked the crime, who should we turn to?"

Then the man added: "Besides, it's a big deal for the side concubine in your mansion to have a baby, but if you think about it carefully, King Yijun won't be able to help him when he goes back, can he?"

"Hey you guys..." Zhao Chengrui was furious, this oil and salt won't get in!

He was blocked here with Liang Guangfeng, who was in charge of the East Court, but he didn't know that Liang Guangfeng was there until he entered the palace.Liang Guangfeng arrived earlier than him, and he had already exhausted his arguing with these few people, and was squatting under the wall to catch his breath.

Zhao Chengrui walked over and kicked his shoes: "What's the matter? Do you know what's going on with your side concubine?"

"I came out early, so I don't know much about it." Liang Guangfeng looked tired, thought for a while and said, "But... it should be fine, the fetus has been stable for the past few months, and the doctor has always said that it is safe."

That's good.If there is no accident, it will be fine for the prince to go back later, as long as he doesn't see two dead bodies or one dead body and two dead when he goes back.

Two great eunuchs from Yi County Prince's Mansion squatted side by side, and they were in dire straits on weekdays, but now the popularity of Prince Jin's Mansion is as if they are suffering brothers and sisters.

Another half an hour passed before I saw a large group of princes walking outside.

Zhao Chengrui and Liang Guangfeng rushed forward together with the child as if they had seen their mother: "Master!!!"

"...?" Meng Junhuai was taken aback, and with a heavy face, he drank, "What's going on!"

"Master, Concubine You and Concubine You are about to give birth." Liang Guangfeng wiped his cold sweat.

Zhao Chengrui was calmer than him: "It's been almost two hours, and the servants are blocked from getting in, so..."

When Prince Jin heard this, he suddenly realized and apologized: "I'm sorry, sixth brother."

Who knew that your side concubine was going to give birth suddenly?
"It's okay, it's okay." Meng Junhuai said, but his heartstrings tensed unconsciously, "I'll go back first."

Prince Jin ordered the mansion to harness a fast horse for him, and Meng Junhuai rode the horse back to the mansion. Even so, it still took less than half an hour.

He went straight to the east courtyard, entered the courtyard gate, and saw Yu Yin leaning sideways by the door, holding the door frame with one hand and wiping tears with the other.

"Yu Yin?" Meng Junhuai walked over a few steps, and Yu Yin grabbed his arm: "Your Highness!"

"What's the matter..." He looked at the tears on her face and felt a little suffocated, "Could it be Youshi..."

"Oh." Yu Yin came back to her senses after reacting for a moment, and hurriedly wiped away her tears, "The side concubine is fine, and the child is fine, Your Highness, go in and have a look."

"...?" Meng Junhuai looked at her in confusion.Everyone is fine, so why is she crying?

Yu Yinzheng couldn't stop crying, and when she realized that he was standing in front of her and hadn't entered the house for a long time, she had to wipe away her tears again and urged him to go in quickly.

Meng Junhuai grabbed her hand: "What's the matter, please tell me clearly first."

Two diametrically opposite thoughts surged in his heart, and his rationality told him that she was probably jealous, but what she asked out of nowhere was: "Did Youshi bully you because of the child?"

(End of this chapter)