Chapter 23 Brother, come with me to the palace to see Xiaojiu
The eldest prince and his wife have been childhood sweethearts. The sixth prince has always liked to play behind the eldest prince and has always called the eldest prince's wife "sister" since he was a child. The eldest prince's wife has long regarded the sixth prince as her own younger brother.
She was originally a daughter of a general. She was good at martial arts, had a generous and righteous personality, and was extremely protective of her own shortcomings. When she heard that her sixth brother was being bullied and crying, she could not tolerate it and wanted to beat him up immediately.
The eldest prince looked at the eldest prince's wife lovingly, stretched out his hand to pull the sixth prince off his shoulder, and helped him stand up: "Don't cry, your sister-in-law will make fun of you later."
"Nonsense, when have I ever made fun of Sixth Brother?" The eldest prince's wife glanced at the eldest prince.
After saying that, she turned to look at the Sixth Prince and said, "Tell my sister-in-law who made our Sixth Brother so sad. I will definitely help you vent your anger."
"Sister-in-law, wuwu, I'm so miserable." The Sixth Prince walked up to the First Prince's wife, pulled her sleeve and shook it, opened his mouth wide and howled loudly, his face covered with tears.
The tall and handsome young man cried like an ignorant child, which was pitiful and really funny.
Watching this scene, the Crown Princess tried to hold back her laughter, but finally couldn't help it and burst out laughing.
The eldest prince shook his head and laughed too.
The Sixth Prince felt aggrieved, but he was no longer a child. He was an adult already, so how could he really ask his elder brother and sister-in-law to help him out?
His brother and sister-in-law took turns to comfort him. He felt better already. He had already rolled up his sleeves to wipe his eyes. He was ready to calm down and talk to them about the whole story.
But he was so sad, and these two were still smiling.
The Sixth Prince was overwhelmed with grief. He shook off the First Prince's wife's sleeve and cried even louder: "Do you two have any conscience? I am in this state, and you are still laughing at me."
"Okay, okay, sister-in-law is not laughing at you, Sixth brother, don't cry." The eldest prince's wife took great effort to hold back her smile, reached out and touched the head of the Sixth Prince, who was a head taller than her, and comforted him softly.
The eldest prince also coaxed, "No matter what happens, just tell me and I will help you solve it."
The couple took turns to coax the boy, and finally they managed to calm him down.
The eldest prince's wife ordered someone to bring water so that the sixth prince could wash his face thoroughly, and also brought him some desserts.
The Sixth Prince looked at the mung bean soup on his plate and turned his head away aggrievedly: "I will never drink mung bean soup again in my life."
The eldest prince and his wife had no idea what was wrong with him, so they hurriedly said "OK, OK", and asked someone to take the bowl of mung bean soup away and replace it with a white fungus and lotus seed soup, and specifically instructed that more sugar must be added.
The Sixth Prince drank two bowls of lotus seed soup and ate a stack of red date cakes. After swallowing a bunch of sweets, his mood finally calmed down.
But he was too embarrassed to open his teeth on his own initiative, so he sat on the chair, groaning and groaning for a long time without opening his mouth.
Knowing that he was about to get down the ladder, the eldest prince's wife hurried over and said, "Sixth brother, please tell me what's going on. I'm so worried."
"Yes, you also know that your sister-in-law is impatient, so tell me quickly." The eldest prince followed his husband's lead.
The Sixth Prince then spoke: "Two months ago, I met that merchant girl. She wasn't really a merchant girl, she was a brothel girl. Someone deliberately set me up and put her in my life."
The eldest prince and his wife looked at each other and frowned. Playing with the feelings of the sixth brother was very vicious.
Thinking of the Sixth Prince's love for that woman, the First Prince's Consort felt sorry for him and slammed her hand on the table, "That Liu Yun'er looks enchanting. I didn't like her the first time I saw her, but thinking that you like her, Sixth Brother, I didn't say anything."
The eldest prince held his wife's hand, signaling her not to stab his sixth brother in the heart again, and then took over the conversation: "Now that you know the truth, this woman will never become a big shot. But who is the person behind this, do you know?"
The Sixth Prince gritted his teeth in hatred and said, "I don't know, but they can't escape. When I find them again, I will skin them alive."
The eldest prince is a man of both military and literary talents, has a decent character, and a broad mind. Moreover, he is the eldest and the legitimate son, and is the recognized candidate for the throne.
However, Emperor Wen Zhao delayed appointing a crown prince out of selfish motives, which led to several other princes becoming restless.
The Imperial Concubine and the Empress were close friends who shared weal and woe. Their children were as close as mother and son, and the Sixth Prince was a staunch supporter of the Eldest Prince.
Therefore, not only was the eldest prince being plotted against, but even the sixth prince had no peace throughout the year.
What the Sixth Prince found most difficult to accept was that if those people had hurt his body as they had done in the past, stabbed him with a sword, stabbed him with a knife, or poisoned him, he would not have felt so uncomfortable.
He was slow to realize his true feelings. He was already old, and he finally fell in love with a woman, but she turned out to be a liar.
I don't know which wicked bastard came to hurt his pure heart.
After the story was told, the Sixth Prince placed his head on the First Prince's shoulder through the armrest of the chair, covered his chest, and said in a frustrated tone: "Brother, I feel bad."
The eldest prince felt distressed and amused, and patted his shoulder: "Why don't you listen to your mother and mother concubine and start a family as soon as possible? If you find a virtuous wife like your sister-in-law, you won't feel uncomfortable and your heart will be at peace."
Upon hearing the words "virtuous wife", the eldest prince's wife smiled like a flower, and raised her hand to smooth her hair a little embarrassedly.
The Sixth Prince raised his head and glanced at the First Prince's wife, his head shaking like a rattle: "My eldest sister-in-law is so fierce, I don't want a daughter-in-law like her."
The eldest prince couldn't help laughing.
"You little rascal, I am only fierce to others, but when I am fierce to you, I have always protected you." Upon hearing this, the eldest prince's wife became dissatisfied and slapped him in the face with her hand.
"My dear, be careful about the pain in your hand." The eldest prince reached out and held his wife's hand, then slapped the sixth prince in the face.
The Sixth Prince deliberately wailed, "Sister-in-law, I was wrong."
The eldest prince's wife was satisfied and sat back.
Thinking about the love between the Sixth Prince and Liu Yun'er, and thinking about his Sixth Brother's usually lazy mind, the First Prince asked in wonder, "Sixth Brother, how did you find out that something was wrong?"
As soon as he said this, the Sixth Prince was excited, "Brother, you don't know, Xiaojiu..."
"Xiaojiu..."
After trying several times, he couldn't utter the following words. He was so anxious that he thought he had some strange disease. He covered his neck and stamped his feet, but in the end it still didn't work. However, he could say everything else.
He leaned back in his chair and threw his hands up in a lifeless manner: "I can't say it."
The eldest prince looked at the eldest prince's wife in surprise, reached out and touched the sixth prince's forehead, and asked worriedly: "Sixth brother, are you feeling okay? Do you want to call the imperial physician to take a look?"
"I'm fine." The Sixth Prince waved the First Prince's hand, thought for a moment with a frown on his face, and suddenly an idea struck him. He stood up and dragged the First Prince away, "Brother, come with me to the palace to see Xiaojiu. You'll understand once you see Xiaojiu."
The eldest princess hurriedly stopped him and said, "We haven't eaten yet. It won't be too late to go after we eat."
So the three of them moved to the flower hall, had lunch together, drank a cup of tea, and then went into the palace together.
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In the palace, Ji Jinyou accompanied Emperor Wen Zhao, the Empress and the Imperial Concubine for dinner and then felt extremely sleepy.
Everyone hadn't finished eating yet, and she didn't want to leave, so she sat at the table, her little head nodding back and forth, almost falling into the bowl.
Fortunately, the queen was quick to reach out and hold the little girl's face, then she took her in her arms and touched her hand: "Are you sleepy, Xiaojiu?"
Ji Jinyou leaned in the queen's arms, sleepy-eyed: "Youma, I want to take a nap."
Emperor Wen Zhao put down his bowl and chopsticks, "Xiao Jiu will stay here with you, father, to rest."
"Youyou can't disturb father." Ji Jinyou shook his head.
His Majesty gets angry easily. Today he even scolded the Royal Concubine. She doesn't want to stay with him. If she accidentally angers his face, she might get scolded.
"Xiaojiu is really sensible." Emperor Wen Zhao was very fond of her, but when he thought about the fact that he had an appointment with the ministers to discuss matters in the afternoon, he nodded and said, "Okay, then you can go with your mother and mother, and come to your father's place for dinner later."
The Queen and the Royal Consort agreed, picked up the chubby girl, and went out.
After going outside, the two discussed it. The Queen still had palace affairs to take care of in the afternoon, so the Royal Concubine took Ji Jinyou back to Furong Palace first.
While walking on the road, Youyou could no longer hold on and fell asleep on the Royal Concubine's shoulder.
The palace maid beside her saw that the imperial concubine was having a hard time holding the baby and reached out to take it, but the imperial concubine refused and carried the baby all the way back to Furong Palace.
When they arrived at the palace gate, they saw Rupin and Jinxing waiting anxiously at the door. When they saw that the baby in the Imperial Concubine was safe and sound, they were relieved.