Chapter 37: The Thirteenth Prince was thrown into the fish pond by the little proton to feed the fish
The Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince were both startled when they saw someone running out, but they were relieved when they saw that it was the short and stout Little Nine who could hardly walk steadily.
The Fourteenth Prince saw that the little girl was really cute and had a chubby face. He said in a kind tone, "Xiaojiu, this is a matter between us and the Fifteenth Prince. Go and have fun. Don't meddle in other people's business."
The Thirteenth Prince laughed maliciously, "Xiaojiu, you haven't seen your father for a long time, right? Does your father still remember you? You still want to manage others, take care of yourself first."
The Fourteenth Prince saw the Thirteenth Prince laughing happily, then looked at the cute little girl and felt that this seemed a little bit bad.
But he never had any opinion of his own, and following the Thirteenth Prince since he was a child, he was used to doing whatever the Thirteenth Prince did. Although he felt it was inappropriate, he still grinned and laughed foolishly in the end.
Ji Jinyou snorted: "Nonsense, I just saw the emperor this morning, and he wanted to hug me, but I refused."
The Thirteenth Prince glanced at the Fourteenth Prince, and this time he burst into laughter, "Xiaojiu, you are crazy about wanting to see your father, how dare you not let your father hold you? You are looking forward to it, right?"
Ji Jinyou snorted: "I just didn't give in. If you don't believe me, go ask Father yourself."
The Thirteenth Prince was ten years old, and the Fourteenth Prince was nine years old. They both still had the mentality of children. All they did all day was eat and play, and they never paid attention to the affairs of the harem.
They are alone
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Since they lived in Jingming Palace, their mother did not remember to inform them of the recent changes in the palace in a timely manner, so their news was very delayed.
The two only remembered that at the previous palace banquet, Xiaojiu and her unfavored mother sat in the corner, and the emperor never called Xiaojiu to come over.
They had no idea that Youyou had been frequently going in and out of Chongde Hall, Fengyi Palace, Furong Palace, and Mingzhu Palace in the past few days, and that the situation in the harem had already undergone earth-shaking changes.
The Thirteenth Prince was laughing so hard that he fell backwards, and the Fourteenth Prince was also grinning foolishly beside him.
"Hey, I'm talking to you."
"Hey, could you please stop laughing?"
Ji Jinyou called out twice, but the two of them pretended not to hear and continued laughing.
Seeing her young master being ridiculed first and then ignored, Jin Xing was a little angry, but she was just a servant and could not say anything to defend her young master.
He had no choice but to squat down, lean over to the little girl's ear, and whispered, "Young Master, let's go back and ignore them."
"Youyou won't leave." Ji Jinyou shook his head.
Then I asked in my heart: [Tong, the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Princes are so bad, what will be their final outcome? ]
What kind of ending? What does this mean? Why does it sound weird?
The thirteenth and fourteenth princes felt that there was something wrong with what Xiaojiu said, but the two calm-minded princes did not take it too seriously. They just laughed like ducks whose funny points were pressed.
[Okay, Youzi, give me some time, let me look through the character synopsis. ]
The system heard the call and immediately started working. After flipping through the system for a while, it played a guessing game with Youyou out of habit: [Youyou, guess how they both died?]
What, dead? Who? The two of them?
Upon hearing this, the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Princes stopped laughing. They turned their heads and looked around, trying to find the man who was talking, but after looking around, they didn't see anyone.
Before they could figure out what was going on, they heard Xiaojiu talking. No, no, no, Xiaojiu didn't say that, because her mouth was closed.
[How did they die?] Ji Jinyou was not surprised at all when the system said that they both died in the end.
The Empress, the Imperial Concubine, my seven or eight sisters, and my mother, such good people all died in the end. With such bad tempers, it would be strange if they didn't kill themselves in the end.
The system narrated: [The original plot was written like this: the Thirteenth Prince was stupid and evil, and was repeatedly instigated by others to frame Little Proton, and was thrown into the fish pond that Little Proton raised to feed the fish.]
Ji Jinyou was shocked: [Feeding the fish? What kind of fish eats people? ]
The thirteenth and fourteenth princes were still racking their brains, trying to find the man who spoke. They were also shocked when they heard what he said. Yes, what kind of fish is this? How can it eat people?
System: [Piranhas, specially raised by Little Proton. Whenever he sees an enemy he hates, he throws him into the pond. The fish rush up and eat the fish. After a while, only a pile of bones are left.]
Listening to the vivid description of the system, Ji Jinyou recalled the videos and movies about piranhas she had seen on the Internet before. She imagined the scene a little bit, and her hair stood on end. She stretched out her hands and rubbed her arms: [Was it thrown in alive? ]
System: [Of course. How can I feel relieved if I throw him away after he dies?]
Ji Jinyou asked again: [Did the medicine and rice of the little proton's followers all come from the Thirteenth Prince? ]
System: [Sorry, Youzi, it is not unlocked yet, so I can’t see it.]
When the Thirteenth Prince heard that he was eaten by a fish, he no longer had time to listen to the subsequent conversation between the two. The bloody and tragic scene emerged in his mind involuntarily. He suddenly felt horrified and shuddered uncontrollably.
He opened his mouth to ask Xiaojiu, who is the man talking to her? Why does he know these things that haven't happened yet? Is what he said true or false?
But when he opened his mouth, he found that he could not make any sound. He was so scared that he thought he was sick. His eyes were filled with fear and he covered his throat tightly with both hands.
Ji Jinyou was so angry at the two of them that he folded his arms and didn't even bother to look at them. His eyes fell on the roses that were still wet with rain, and he continued to ask: [What about the fourteenth prince? How did he die? ]
System: [The Fourteenth Prince has never had his own opinion. He was a follower of the Thirteenth Prince. Under the leadership of the Thirteenth Prince, he also did a lot of bad things. He was considered an accomplice. However, he did not live to grow up. The summary says that he died at the age of twelve.]
[Under the instigation of the Thirteenth Prince, the two of them secretly did something bad, and when it was exposed, he was tricked out by the Fourteenth Prince to take the blame.]
[He didn't understand how he died until he was dying, and he was deeply moved by his loyalty to his brother.]
Ji Jinyou: [Twelve years old, so he is nine years old this year, which means he won’t live for many more years.]
System: [At least he can still live for another three years, much better than our Youzi. ]
Does he only have three years to live? The Fourteenth Prince suddenly looked at the Thirteenth Prince with an expression of disbelief.
The Thirteenth Brother actually killed him? But, didn't the Thirteenth Brother always treat him as his own brother?
Ji Jinyou realized that the two of them suddenly stopped smiling. She turned around and saw that they both had fear on their faces, as if they had seen a ghost. She was puzzled, but did not think much about it and just thought that they were done with their seizure.
She no longer wanted to communicate with them, nor did she want to save them.
But she had to take care of Brother Fifteen. Compared with those two wicked guys who laughed at her, Brother Fifteen was much cuter. When he saw her just now, he touched her head and affectionately called her Xiaojiu.
Ji Jinyou held Jin Xing's hand and turned to leave: "Xing Xing, let's go and tell the Royal Concubine."
The little girl looked like she was going to complain, but the thirteenth and fourteenth princes were so stunned by the sudden news that they just stood there in a daze, forgetting to even stop.
They didn't react until the little girl disappeared from their sight.
The Fourteenth Prince clenched his fists tightly, stared at the Thirteenth Prince, and asked angrily, "Brother Thirteen, will you kill me in the future?"
The Fourteenth Prince was a simple-minded man, and the Thirteenth Prince often played tricks on him. He felt guilty when he heard this, because he didn't know whether he would kill him in the future.
But he knew that if something really happened and one of them had to be sacrificed, he would push Fourteenth away to save himself, because his mother had always told him that if a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth.
Looking at those eyes full of grievance, the Thirteenth Prince knew that he could not admit what he was thinking, so he immediately denied it with a dark face and turned the tables: "Why do you believe everything Xiaojiu said? Am I that kind of person? Are you asking me this because you want to break off relations with me?"
"It wasn't Xiaojiu who said that. It was that man who said that." said the Fourteenth Prince.
The two mothers had a good relationship, and they were only one year apart in age, so they played together since they were young and lived together until they moved out of their respective mothers' palaces.
He had always thought that although they were not born from the same mother, their emotional relationship was no different from that of brothers born from the same mother.
In the past, he believed whatever the Thirteenth Brother said and almost obeyed him. If he said such harsh words, he would immediately admit his mistake, take the initiative to coax him, and reconcile with him.
But this time, he did not believe his words easily, nor was he scared by his words and apologized immediately. He stared at the Thirteenth Prince for a long time, then turned around and ran away.
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The fourteenth prince ran to his mother, Concubine Shun, and when he saw her, he didn't even bother to greet her. He just hugged her and said in a panic and aggrieved voice, "Mother, I heard someone say..."
The Fourteenth Prince opened his mouth and kept talking, but no sound came out. He was shocked and afraid, and covered his throat with both hands. He instantly thought of the Thirteenth Prince covering his throat before, and realized that he was not the only one who could not speak, and he felt a little relieved.
When Concubine Shun saw her son suddenly running over in a panic, holding his neck and smacking his lips after just one sentence, she thought he had something stuck in his throat, so she hurriedly took him to the door and examined him carefully in the sunlight: "What did you eat? Cough twice."
The fourteenth prince coughed twice and called out "mother" again. When he was back to normal, he tried to repeat what he had heard before, but after several attempts, he gave up and said, "mother, I'm fine. I just missed you and came to see you."
說着，他伸手抱住順妃，把臉埋在她懷裏。
一想到自己活不了幾年，再也見不到母妃了，他就難過得眼淚直流。
順妃也是個胸無城府，心思簡單的，聽十四皇子那樣說，便信以為真，輕輕拍着自家兒子的背，笑着說：“好了好了，這麽大了，還撒嬌，若讓你十三皇兄看去，該笑話你了。”
聽順妃這樣說，十四皇子下意識就想解釋，可試了一下還是不行，在順妃懷裏蹭了蹭眼淚，擡起頭來，強顏歡笑：“母妃，我回去了，今天的字還沒寫完。”
“那是該回去，學業不能耽誤。”順妃牽着十四皇子的手，将他送到門口，目送他走遠。
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十四皇子恹恹地回到景明宮，進門之後，就見十五皇子在院內的梧桐樹杈上坐着，依着樹幹，仰頭望天。
他停住腳步，徘徊不前。
好一陣子，他才走到樹下，仰頭出聲：“那個，十五。”
十五皇子沒搭理他，繼續透過郁郁蔥蔥的樹葉望着蔚藍的天空。
斑駁的陽光穿過樹葉，落在小男孩的臉上，照得他一身孤寂。
十四皇子在樹下站着，望着樹上的男孩，百年不轉一回的腦袋開始轉動起來，想着這兩日的所作所為。
終于，他後知後覺地反應過來，十三皇子叫他做的事，他當時就覺得有些不妥，可也沒拒絕的事，是不對的。
許久，他開口，“十五，對不住，我不該打你，也不該搶你的菜。”
十五皇子這回低頭了，看了他一眼，面無表情跳下樹來，往自己住的偏殿走。
十四皇子跟在後頭：“那個，你有沒有聽過小九和一個男子說話？”
十五皇子停住腳步，眼神黯淡。
他不光聽到了，敦妃娘娘也聽到了，也正是因為這樣，敦妃才不要他的。
這幾天，小男孩的心像狂風暴雨中的一葉扁舟，無依無靠，想找個人說話都找不到。
眼下見十四皇子主動提起，他猶豫了一會兒轉過身來，開了口：“聽到了，怎麽了？”
十四皇子試探着說：“那男子說，我十二歲就死了。”
見自己竟然能和十五皇子溝通這事，十四皇子心中激動，忙不疊把自己聽來的都說出來：“那男子說，我是被十三害死的……”
十五皇子靜靜聽完，沒有表現出絲毫驚訝：“那有什麽稀奇，我也死得很早。”
十四皇子一愣：“你也死了？”
十五皇子聳了下肩：“這一皇宮的人都會死。”
“我母妃她，她也會死？”
“不知道，應該吧。”
十四皇子突然情緒崩潰，蹲在地上嗚嗚大哭起來：“母妃，我不要母妃死。”
十五皇子見他哭得傷心，有心想上去安慰一下，可轉念一想他們合夥搶他的菜，還一起揍他，他的手就收了回去。
他轉身回屋，随手把殿門關上，兇狠道：“要哭滾回去哭，別在我門口哭，不知道的還以為我死了，你哭我呢。”
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落霞宮。
慧妃一覺醒來，精神好了許多，心情也跟着好了。
她先是讓人拿了小魚幹喂了鈴铛，又傳了飯食吃了，随後就抱着鈴铛坐在榻上，望着窗外發呆。
她回顧着早上發生的事，突然想起九公主和那神秘男子的對話。
先前她怕皇帝責罰她，又怕他處置了鈴铛，太過緊張，都忘了和陛下說這件事了。
不過想想當時皇後的神情和反應，她一定也是聽得到的，既然皇後知道，那想必陛下也知道這事了。
這麽一想，慧妃頓時就沒了和陛下傾訴的欲|望。
可她想找個人說說，便喊了嬷嬷進來，問道：“嬷嬷，早上在禦花園的時候，你可有聽到一個男子說話？”
“男子？”嬷嬷仔細回想一番，搖頭答道：“當時連個太監都沒有，老奴沒聽到男子說話啊。”
慧妃納悶：“那就怪了。”
嬷嬷好奇：“娘娘，那男子說了什麽？”
慧妃：“他說……”沒聲音。
她清了清嗓子：“說……”照舊沒聲。
嬷嬷以為她嗓子幹，忙端了杯水過來，慧妃接過喝了一口，又嘗試，還是不行。
慧妃如今懷了孩子，嬷嬷可不敢大意，忙問：“娘娘，老奴去喊太醫來瞧瞧？”
“無事，下去吧。”慧妃擺了擺手，心中卻是困惑不已。
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芙蓉宮，皇貴妃坐在案前看賬冊，時不時地寫幾個字。
純妃站在一旁不停地磨墨，已經磨了一個多時辰，可皇貴妃一直不喊停，哪怕她胳膊已經酸麻，手腕都快擡不起來了，她也不敢停。
若是皇後，她還可以賣個慘，求個情，可這是皇貴妃，嚣張跋扈，目中無人，連陛下都不知道遭她多少白眼。
再就是，她心虛。昨兒五皇子進宮來，和她說了一些他做的事，是針對六皇子的。
你說做就做了吧，竟然還敗露了，她不知道皇貴妃今天突然喊她來磨墨，是皇貴妃心氣不順，就想随便找個人出氣，還是在敲打她。
皇貴妃從容淡定，一邊喝茶，一邊看賬冊，時不時吩咐一件事下去。
她偶爾擡眼，掃一眼純妃，見純妃額頭的汗直滴，她在心裏冷哼一聲。相對于她可憐的小六流的那些眼淚，純妃流這點汗還真是便宜她了。
眼下是還沒查到實質性證據，她也不能出手做什麽，就先這麽敲打一下，也算給小六小小出一口氣。
皇貴妃換了本賬冊，剛翻開，紅雨就笑着進來禀報：“娘娘，九公主在外求見，說是來告狀的，有事要找您做主。”
皇貴妃撲哧一聲笑了，起身往外走：“小小一個娃，有什麽事要告到本宮這裏。”
一走到殿門口，就見小胖姑娘乖巧站在門口等着，小臉蛋氣鼓鼓的。
季瑾悠見到皇貴妃出來，忙行禮：“悠悠見過皇貴妃娘娘。”
皇貴妃見到小胖姑娘，心情就好，蹲下去将人抱起來，摸摸她的小胖手：“快跟母妃說說，是哪個不長眼的惹我們小九不開心了。”
“娘娘，悠悠沒有挨欺負，是十五哥哥，十三皇兄和十四皇兄搶了皇後娘娘送給十五哥哥的菜，還合夥打他，胳膊都打破了，他們還想再去打他。”季瑾悠毫不隐瞞，全都說了。
一聽這話，皇貴妃蹙眉：“兩個混賬東西，他們可打你了？”
季瑾悠搖頭，如實回答：“沒打悠悠。”
金杏想到那兩個小皇子先前對自家小主子那惡劣的态度，實在沒忍住，接了句話：“娘娘恕奴婢多嘴，兩位皇子是沒打我們小主子，可說的話卻不怎麽好聽，十三皇子擠兌我們小主子不得陛下喜愛，還笑話我們小主子來着。”
她們小主子懂事，面上不顯，可心裏指不定多難過呢，這要是如嫔娘娘知道了，得多心疼。
皇貴妃瞬間冷了臉：“紅雨，你去，把那兩個小崽子給本宮喊來，對了，順便把十五也一起喊來。”
“是，奴婢這就去。”紅雨應是，喊上兩個小太監，急匆匆就往外走。
皇貴妃抱着季瑾悠往屋子走：“咱們進屋等，放心，母妃一定給我們小九出這口氣。”
季瑾悠伸着小胖手，朝金杏懷裏夠：“杏杏，給我花花。”
金杏忙把懷裏抱着的花送上去，季瑾悠仔細挑了一枝，送到皇貴妃面前：“花花好香，給娘娘，娘娘也香。”
被一個小奶團子又是送花，又是誇的，皇貴妃心裏美滋滋的，忍不住哈哈笑出聲。
她伸手接過那枝栀子花聞了聞，湊上去親了一口小娃娃，“真香，小九有心了。”
見皇貴妃開心，季瑾悠也開心，烏溜溜的大眼睛彎成月牙：【統統，娘娘笑起來好好看呀。】
系統：【那當然，在整個後宮裏頭，皇貴妃不光戰力超群，顏值上那也是數一數二的。】
雖然不知道顏值是個什麽東西，但根據前言後語，皇貴妃知道，這應該是誇她美的話。皇貴妃被一統一娃誇得心花怒放，一路哈哈笑着邁過門檻。
進門一眼看到還站在那裏磨墨的純妃，皇貴妃沒忍住翻了個大白眼，嫌棄道：“行了，今兒你也辛苦了，先回去吧。”
可算逃過一劫，純妃連忙行禮謝恩，躬身告退。
季瑾悠看着匆匆往外走的純妃，好奇問道：【統統，今天有純妃什麽劇情嗎？】
系統認真翻了翻今日劇情：【沒有啊，沒提純妃，一句都沒有。】
純妃剛走出去沒兩步，一聽到那陌生年輕男子聲音，驚得她虎軀一震，猛地回頭，眼中閃過錯愕，又帶着一絲絲八卦的興奮。
皇貴妃房裏，居然藏了一個野男人？