Chapter 52 The Third Prince's ambition is clear, he even prepared the dragon robe in private
The little girl was cute and fierce. Xue Yili thought she was very cute and interesting. He wanted to laugh, but he didn't dare to laugh, for fear that she really wouldn't come to see him tomorrow. He nodded quickly and said, "I'm sorry, I won't do that next time."
Seeing that he admitted his mistakes with a good attitude, Ji Jinyou put down her two hands and said, "Your Highness, please go back now."
As she spoke, she waved her little hand and chased them away.
Xue Yili agreed, turned around and walked out, then turned back after two steps and said, "I'll wait for you tomorrow."
Ji Jinyou nodded: "Okay."
Xue Yili smiled, turned around and walked out the door, calling Cong'an who was waiting outside the yard to go back with him.
As he walked, he suddenly laughed out loud.
Cong An looked down at the little prince who was much shorter than him, and saw that he had an especially bright smile on his face. He couldn't help but smile too, and asked in wonder, "Your Highness, are you so happy to see the little princess?"
Xue Yili nodded, his tone filled with joy: "I just hugged the little princess again. It was so warm when I hugged her."
Cong An recalled the scene just now, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and stretched out his hand to show Xue Yili: "It's so hot today, and the little princess is so fat. I am sweating from the heat. Your Highness, you two are hugging each other, how can you not be warm."
"..." Xue Yili's smile froze: "Shut up."
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Ji Jinyou returned to Miaoyunxuan and found that Concubine Ning and Concubine Zhen had not left yet.
Ji Jinyou walked in, greeted the two, then leaned on Rupin's legs and stretched out her little hand to touch her: "Mother, hold me."
Rupin held the little girl in her arms, took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the sweat from her forehead.
Ji Jin lay in Rupin's arms, listening quietly to Zhenpin's words, looking at them as she listened.
Concubine Ning is the mother of the eighteenth prince. She was born a palace maid, and was promoted to concubine step by step after giving birth to the eighteenth prince. However, her temperament is even worse than that of her mother, Concubine Ru. She is timid and submissive. It is said that two people came to visit Concubine Ru, but she said almost nothing and just sat there quietly.
Rupin didn't like it and wasn't good at chatting with people. In the past, her Miaoyunxuan was deserted and no concubines ever came to visit her. Now, she was really not used to this situation. She just responded and smiled from time to time and didn't say much.
Concubine Zhen was a very talkative person. She talked endlessly and when she talked about something she found interesting, she would occasionally laugh out loud. From beginning to end, she never let the atmosphere become dull.
Ji Jinyou listened for a while and found that they were all talking about jewelry materials, rouge and powder. She was really not interested, so she felt sleepy and yawned loudly.
Rupin rubbed the little girl's head and asked, "Are you sleepy, Youyou?"
Seeing that Rupin also looked tired, Ji Jinyou leaned against her in her arms, clenched her two small hands into fists and rubbed her eyes: "Youyou, I'm sleepy, I need to sleep."
Rupin looked at Zhenpin with an embarrassed look on her face: "My two sisters, I am really sorry, the child is sleepy, you guys sit down first, I will go and coax Youyou to sleep."
Ningpin was thinking about the Eighteenth Prince and had been unable to sit still for a long time. Hearing this, she stood up quickly and said, "Then we won't bother you anymore and will come back another day."
Only then did Zhenpin realize that she seemed to have said too much. She smiled dryly and stood up as well: "Yes, yes, come again another day. You guys take a rest first."
Rupin apologized again and asked Jinxing to see them off. However, Zhenpin walked to the door and turned back, saying in an awkward tone, "Sister Rupin, I have something to ask of you."
Rupin stood up holding Youyou, "Sister, please speak."
Concubine Zhen looked at the plump little baby in Concubine Ru's arms with envy, "That's right, next time you see His Majesty, can you mention me? His Majesty hasn't come to my room for more than a year."
When Concubine Zhen said this, she had completely lost the frankness she had during the previous conversation. She hesitated and even became a little embarrassed.
Rupin was stunned. Before she could say no, Zhenpin said, "I don't have any other reason. It's just that I'm already old and still don't have my own flesh and blood. In a few years..."
Upon hearing this, Ji Jinyou became a little anxious, fearing that Rupin would soften her heart and agree.
Fortunately, Concubine Ru was not that stupid. She was embarrassed to turn people away when they came to her house to chat, but she was very clear-headed on important matters. She herself was afraid to meet His Majesty, so how could she dare to mention other women in front of him?
She was afraid that Zhenpin would not know the seriousness of the matter and say something inappropriate for the child to hear, so she quickly interrupted her and said apologetically, "Sister Zhenpin, I am really sorry. His Majesty has not been to my courtyard for more than half a year. I can't help you with this."
Seeing that Rupin refused so firmly, Zhenpin's face froze, but she didn't know what to say. She smiled awkwardly, turned around and left.
Ji Jinyou felt relieved and hugged Rupin and put his cheek against hers.
She wanted to ask the system what kind of people Concubine Ning and Concubine Zhen were, and what their final outcome was, but she was so sleepy that her mind was no longer working. She lay on Concubine Ru's shoulder, and her eyelids began to twitch.
Rupin quickly ordered someone to prepare water, took the little girl to take a bath, changed her into thin pajamas, and carried her to bed to sleep.
Rupin placed the little girl's head on her arm, patted her round belly gently, and hummed a little tune.
After taking a bath, Ji Jinyou felt more energetic and asked in a baby voice, "Mother, do you want father to come and see you?"
Rupin said without even thinking: "No."
Ji Jinyou turned sideways and faced Rupin: "Why?"
Rupin lowered her voice and whispered, "It is enough for mother to have Youyou, but don't tell this to anyone else."
"Okay, Youyou won't say anything." Ji Jinyou nodded seriously, and then said, "Youyou only has your mother."
Rupin chuckled and kissed the little girl on the cheek: "Go to sleep."
Ji Jinyou was about to close his eyes, but then he remembered the agreement with Xue Yili and told Rupin about it.
Rupin thought about it and felt that something seemed wrong.
Your Majesty has changed his attitude towards the little proton now, and the Empress has also said that no one should treat him harshly. Just go with the flow and it's okay to visit him occasionally.
But if Youyou gets too close to the little prince of Yao country, and the two children become close friends, what if His Majesty's attitude changes again in the future?
She didn't understand politics, but she knew that the relationship between Shengyao and China had been unstable for many years, sometimes good and sometimes bad.
If the situation changes at some point, Youyou will be forced to distance herself from that child again, and she will be so sad.
Not wanting Youyou to be sad, Rupin suggested, "Youyou, you are only three years old now. You will be four next year, and then you will be old enough to start learning. Why don't you start learning next year?"
Ji Jinyou shook her head: "But Youyou wants to learn."
Although Rupin's mother's family was not a prominent family, it was also a family of scholars. Her parents were not authoritarian and overbearing people. They would discuss things with their children before communicating with them, and this was especially true for her and Youyou.
Seeing that the little girl didn't listen to her advice, she didn't get angry, but just changed the way of negotiating: "How about, mother teaches you first? Mother also knows a lot of words."
Ji Jinyou didn't want Rupin to teach her, lest she would have to pretend to be stupid later. She snuggled into Rupin's arms and said coquettishly, "Youyou wants to learn to read with the little prince."
The soft and sweet little girl, with a baby voice, leaned against her arms. Rupin was unwilling to refuse, so she quickly said yes, patted the little girl's back gently, and coaxed her to sleep.
Ji Jinyou had been running all day, and after a brief moment of alertness, he quickly fell asleep.
Listening to the little girl's soft cry, Rupin lowered her head and kissed the little girl on the forehead, again and again, with a smile on her face.
She didn't know why everyone suddenly liked Youyou so much, but it was a good thing after all.
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The next morning, when Ji Jinyou woke up, the seventh and eighth princesses had not arrived yet. She didn't care and had breakfast with Concubine Ru.
The Empress Dowager has almost recovered and started to work again today. After dinner, Concubine Ru wanted to go to Fengyi Palace to pay her respects, so she left Jin Xing behind and took Youyou with her.
Before leaving, she squatted in front of the little girl and reminded her, "Youyou, things have been a bit uneasy in the palace these days. If your seventh and eighth sisters don't come to pick you up, why don't you stay in the courtyard and play?"
Ji Jinyou had just woken up in the morning, and her little brain was still in a semi-downtime state. She didn't remember the agreement with Xue Yili for a moment, and nodded obediently, "Then you stay at home and wait for your mother to come back."
Rupin kissed the little girl, then got up and left.
Jin Xing took out all the toys that the Seventh and Eighth Princesses had sent her last time and said with a smile, "My young master, let's play with them."
Although Ji Jinyou did not live to adulthood in her previous life and could not be considered an adult, she was still a big child. These toys were for real children of a few years old, so she was naturally not interested in them.
Instead of sitting there fiddling with a wave drum or a rag doll, you might as well go exercise.
She took Jin Xing's hand and went to the yard. She found a slightly harder piece of dry soil from the flower bed, drew grids on the ground, and taught Jin Xing to play hopscotch.
Jin Xing saw the little girl jumping up and down, and was afraid that she would fall, so she followed closely with her arms outstretched to protect her.
While they were dancing, the Seventh and Eighth Princesses came in from the courtyard gate. They both looked serious, but when they saw Xiaojiu they couldn't help laughing.
The Eighth Princess squatted down and opened her arms: "Xiaojiu, come here, Eighth Sister."
Ji Jinyou stopped jumping and ran over with her short legs, rushing into the Eighth Princess' arms like a small cannonball and knocking her down on her butt, causing everyone in the yard to laugh.
The Eighth Princess laughed even more and slapped the little girl on the butt: "Xiaojiu, you little rascal."
"Youyou is too heavy." Ji Jinyou also laughed, and with her two little hands she pulled the Eighth Princess's arms up, while the Seventh Princess pulled from the other side, and finally managed to pull her up.
如嫔不在，七八公主直接帶着小九就走，金杏也跟上。
八公主抱着季瑾悠往前走，跟她解釋道：“今早我和七姐有點事耽誤了，來得遲了些，小九等着急了吧？”
“悠悠沒着急。”季瑾悠搖搖頭。
她并不知道皇後和皇貴妃給七八公主的任務是天天帶着她，只以為她們是喜歡跟她玩，這才每天來找她，她還以為她們今天不來了呢，自然沒有着急。
見小姑娘方才在那樂呵呵跳來跳去的，是不像着急的樣子，七八公主放下心來，沉默地往前走，像是有什麽心事一樣。
季瑾悠發現兩個姐姐并沒有像往日那般說個一路，心中納悶，卻也沒好打聽，只是問：“八姐姐，咱們去哪玩？”
八公主：“芙蓉宮。”
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六皇子一早就進了宮，此刻正在芙蓉宮裏，和皇貴妃說着今日來查到的消息。
“兒臣手裏掌握的證據，足可以證明那事就是老五做的。”
“也一直派人盯着老五府上，那蠢貨最近很老實，一直都不曾出府，也沒什麽人拜訪，連只鴿子都沒飛出，兒臣實在不知道他和老三是怎麽聯系的，怎麽查都查不到老三身上。”
皇貴妃冷哼一聲：“若那麽容易讓你查到，就不是老三了。”
六皇子煩躁地捶了下椅子扶手：“要是一直查不到他身上，豈不是又讓他逃過去了。”
皇貴妃安撫道：“莫急，要想人不知，除非己莫為，既然是他做的，總能查出什麽蛛絲馬跡來的。”
六皇子點頭：“好，那兒臣接着查。”
正說着，七八公主抱着小九來了，季瑾悠掙紮着下地，先給皇貴妃行了禮，又給六皇子行了禮。
“小九，來，六哥哥抱抱。”六皇子一見到可可愛愛的小胖姑娘，心情頓時好了，起身上前，掐着小姑娘的小胖腰就給抱起來，随手往空中一丢。
季瑾悠冷不丁騰空，吓得小奶音都劈了叉：“救命呀。”
六皇子哈哈笑着，把小姑娘穩穩接住：“小九別怕，六哥哥摔不着你。”
皇貴妃訓斥道：“老六你趕緊把小九放下。”
七八公主趕緊上去，八公主推搡着六皇子，七公主把小姑娘搶下來，抱在懷裏輕輕晃着哄：“不怕哦，小九不怕哦。”
季瑾悠伸手摟着七公主脖子，仍舊驚魂未定：【統統，我真想把六哥哥打一頓，他不知道小孩子不能吓的嘛。】
系統：【是啊，壞死了，都吓着我們悠崽了。】
季瑾悠：【六哥哥怎麽這麽閑的，天天往宮裏跑的，他沒有正事的嗎？】
系統：【他就是那性子，不過今天還真有件事是和他有關的。】
季瑾悠忙問：【什麽事？】
其他人瞬間都安靜下來，略帶緊張地聽着，生怕桶桶再說出什麽人命關天的大事來。
系統：【就是那個青樓女子柳芸兒的事，按照原劇情，今日那女子喬裝打扮成繡娘，被人帶去了五皇子府，然後她在那見到了三皇子。】
【在三皇子的明示暗示下，兩人就勾搭上了，從今天之後，那柳芸兒就開始慢慢給六皇子下毒了。】
如今柳芸兒已經被拆穿，六皇子在這好好坐着，衆人自然不擔心，仍舊靜靜聽着。
季瑾悠納悶問：【柳芸兒去了五皇子府，三皇子也去五皇子府，那他就不怕被人看見，回頭把他們倆往一起想？】
系統：【三皇子府上和五皇子府上中間只隔了一個宅院，三皇子一向拿五皇子當槍使，可又不想讓人知道他和五皇子來往過密，便穿過中間那個院子，挖通了一個地道，有什麽事需要私下裏見面的，他就走地道，除了他們自己身邊幾個親近之人，沒人知道。】
六皇子和皇貴妃對視一眼，母子二人眼睛皆是一亮。難怪查不到老三和老五來往的證據，原來兩人竟是從地道裏走的。
【難怪呢。】季瑾悠又問：【可三皇子哪裏比六哥哥好，柳芸兒為什麽要聽他的話，來害真心喜歡她的六哥哥？】
系統：【三皇子本身長得也不差，加上他會演，表面裝的一派彬彬有禮的儒雅模樣，相對于孩子氣的六皇子，看着更加成熟，恰好就是柳芸兒鐘情的類型，王八看綠豆，對上眼了。】
【再加上，三皇子給她畫了個大餅，說以後他做上儲君，登上帝位，一定會封她為妃。而六皇子這裏，因為皇貴妃強烈反對，連個準信都給不了她。】
【更何況，柳芸兒本身就是被人買來安插在六皇子身邊的，她做賊心虛，自然也擔心哪一日被發現之後，不好收場。如此種種，她可不就更傾向于三皇子了。】
季瑾悠感嘆：【但她最後還是什麽都沒得到吧。】
系統：【是啊，她害死六皇子之後，興高采烈地去找三皇子邀功，三皇子野心昭昭，連龍袍都私下裏做好了，又怎能留一個存有自己把柄的人，更何況又是個足以敗壞他名聲的青樓女子，就直接把柳芸兒給活活掐死了。】
龍袍？老三竟然私下裏做好了龍袍？
六皇子激動地從椅子坐起來，七八公主也都激動得坐不住了，可剛挪了挪屁股，就收到皇貴妃警告的眼神，兩人又只得老老實實坐好，六皇子也按捺住心中震撼，坐了回去。
季瑾悠并沒反應過來統統這輕飄飄的一句話裏的巨大信息量，只是感嘆道：【六哥哥那麽信任柳芸兒，她卻害了六哥哥性命，結果她自己又死在她信任的三皇子手裏，這也算是報應了。】
【若當時她和六哥哥坦白，說不定六哥哥能留她一命，真是害人終害已。】
系統也道：【誰說不是呢，這就叫多行不義必自斃。】
季瑾悠後知後覺地問：【不是說到最後皇子們全都死了，那這三皇子造好了龍袍，是因為這事被發現了才死的嗎？】
系統：【不是，我看梗概上面寫的，一直到最後，三皇子死的時候，他的龍袍都在和地道連通的地窖裏好好藏着，說是他臨死前，都在想着他的龍袍，可謂遺憾而亡，死不瞑目。】
哎呀呀，終于解惑了，原來龍袍藏在地窖裏。
六皇子激動地摩拳擦掌，恨不得此刻立即馬上就飛奔到陛下面前，将此事禀報于他。
皇貴妃橫他一眼，讓他稍安勿躁。
季瑾悠接着問：【那他是怎麽死的呢？】
系統：【四皇子不是死了嘛，最後查出來這事和三皇子有關，已經中毒頗深的六皇子為了給他兄長報仇，直接亂劍捅死了他，随後自己也毒發身亡。】
原來四哥的事也和老三有關。六皇子的臉色瞬間陰沉，眼中閃過一絲狠厲。
雖說他這四哥打小就愛揍他，也總嫌他煩，不讓他跟在後頭，可每回他遇到點什麽事，那四哥也永遠都是沖在最前頭。
所以，他的四哥，誰都不能動，誰動，他就和誰拼命。
季瑾悠感嘆：【六哥哥親手殺了三皇子，那也算給自己報了仇了，只是宮裏那麽多皇子，三皇子為什麽非得逮着四哥哥和六哥哥害呢。】
系統：【還不是儲君之位一直懸空鬧的，誰都覺得自己是最合适的那一個，三皇子也不例外。】
【可他不能一上來就搞準太子人選大皇子，那樣太過明顯，風險太大。于是他就想先除掉四皇子和六皇子，把大皇子的左膀右臂砍掉，再來對付大皇子就簡單多了。】
季瑾悠：【人心真複雜，好在六哥哥已經知道柳芸兒不是好人了，四哥哥那邊，大哥哥也去信提醒了，他們躲過這劫，往後應該都能好好的。】
系統：【原劇情裏頭，他們倆是都死了的，如今都不用死，那以後的事情我就不知道了。】
季瑾悠：【統統，那你升級之後，你能預測發生變化以後的劇情嗎？】
系統：【暫時我還不知道，不過我聽一些更完善的前輩說，他們是知道他們所在的那個世界發生過的所有事情的。】
季瑾悠：【統統，我希望你也能那樣，到時候你就每天跟我說一些好玩的事情。】
系統：【我也想呢悠崽，不過這不是我能決定的，得看上級系統安排。】
季瑾悠：【好吧，那就等着看。】
說完三皇子的事，季瑾悠想着四皇子和六皇子都沒事，她一個小娃娃，也不打算拆穿三皇子私做龍袍一事，便伸手從桌上拿了一個蘋果慢慢啃着。
見小姑娘和桶桶不再說話，皇貴妃和六皇子對視一眼，母子二人齊齊起身。
皇貴妃給七八公主使了個眼色，又故意大聲說：“小九，你和兩個姐姐在這玩，母妃帶着你六哥哥去一趟你母後那裏請安。”
皇貴妃和其他妃嫔一樣，每天也要按部就班地去給皇後請安，搬去宮外居住的皇子公主們，進宮之後也要去給皇後和陛下請安。
Therefore, Ji Jinyou did not think much about it and nodded her head: "Youyou knows, Madam, hold an umbrella. It's too sunny outside, don't get sunburned."
"Our Xiaojiu is so thoughtful. Mother knows about it." The Royal Concubine said with a smile, and then left with the Sixth Prince.
The two of them went straight to Fengyi Palace. The concubines were already waiting inside the palace, but the Sixth Prince did not go in and just waited outside.
The Royal Concubine bypassed all the concubines and went straight into the inner room. In a few words, she quickly told the Empress about the Third Prince.
"How dare you make a dragon robe in private?" Upon hearing this, the queen's face immediately darkened.
The Royal Concubine nodded and said, "So far, Tong Tong has never told a lie. If he said so, it must be true."
"Okay, follow me." The Queen walked out with the Imperial Concubine, her expression ferocious, and she shouted, "Come here, tie up the Jing Concubine, gag her, and go with me to see His Majesty."