Chapter 670 Who gave you the courage?
Looking at the child in front of her who was so dazed that he couldn't even say a nice word, Ulanara's expression grew increasingly grim. "Honghui, why are you so disappointing? You're timid and cowardly. Mother can forgive you for not asking your father for help. But do you know? If this continues, everything we have will be taken away by that woman! Once she takes power, we'll be dead without a burial place!"
Honghui's frail hands tightly gripped his purse, his knuckles turning slightly white. But he remained silent.
Speaking of warming the wine, Ulanara's face gradually took on a bit of sternness: "Forget it, forget it. You won't understand anything I say. Honghui, you must work hard, do you understand? You must win your mother's favor, otherwise there will be no chance for us mother and son to turn things around."
At this point, Ulanara was filled with grief: "Honghui, you are my mother's only hope, you must do your best!" Suddenly she hugged him tightly, as if she was grabbing a life-saving straw.
There was some light in Honghui's eyes, and cold sweat dripped down his forehead, but he still didn't say anything and let Ulanara pinch him.
Yes, he is my mother’s only hope.
After a long time, Ulanara's sobbing voice was heard: "...Honghui, my dear Honghui, this can only be done by you. Go, approach Wenjiu, approach those bastards, and then take this..."
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Half a quarter of an hour later.
Honghui came out of Jinghaotang in a daze, with the wet nurse beside him chattering non-stop.
"Big Brother, everything Fu Jin does is for your own good. You should pay more attention to it on a daily basis."
"Fortunately, I have been following you all the time. Otherwise, that enchantress from Qingliang Pavilion would have coaxed you into forgetting your wife long ago."
"You are just too weak. Even today, if you were more assertive, those unremarkable people would definitely not be able to compare with you..."
"If you really lost your wife, you would be very sad..."
"Nanny!" Honghui suddenly interrupted her, pursing his lips and looking at her: "Nanny is always by Honghui's side, and often gives gifts to mother. Why do you say that Honghui never begged for mercy?"
The nurse was stunned for a moment, and after a while she said, "What are you talking about, Big Brother? I have always told my wife about what you do every day. I guess my wife feels that your plea is not sincere..."
Honghui suddenly stopped in his tracks and turned around to ask seriously, "If I don't eat for a few days, do you think my father will let my mother go?"
The nurse smiled when she heard this: "If that's the case, then the prince is certainly concerned about the eldest prince. Your method must be very effective. If it had been done earlier, I'm afraid the concubine wouldn't have to suffer."
Honghui looked at the wet nurse deeply, turned around and walked away quickly.
Starving for a few days...
How many days can his body go hungry?
His old illness had flared up, and he often missed meals. Father-in-law, anxious to the point of blisters forming at the corners of his mouth, remained unwilling to force him to do anything he disliked. As long as he ate less, the table would overflow with all sorts of bizarre food. Honghui knew it was from Aunt Wen.
Although he is young, he is already well-educated and well-mannered.
He ate the snow lotus from the Western Regions year-round, a single plant worth a fortune. For years, his father had been buying snow lotus from all over the country to help with his illness, nearly spending all his family's wealth.
How dare he...harm himself to threaten Ama?
In a trance, he felt a sharp pain in his heart. Honghui subconsciously covered his heart and felt his steps become heavier.
Somehow, the image of Aunt Wen talking to my fifth brother popped up in my mind.
That was a look I had never seen on my mother before.
When my fifth brother did something wrong, Aunt Wen just said that she loved him, and as long as he knew his mistake, it would be fine.
But what did I do wrong? Why...
Why does my mother treat me like this?
In a trance, he stumbled and fell to the ground.
In winter, mud and sand mixed with ice and snow stuck to his face, and the biting cold seemed to invade him in an instant. Honghui felt the heat in his body disappearing, and he felt at ease in a trance.
I'm so tired, it's quite comfortable to just close my eyes...
The next second, Honghui's whole body suddenly stiffened.
He felt a pair of warm and soft hands holding his.
"What's going on, Big Brother?"
Wen Jiu and the Fourth Master had just returned from seeing off the guests. They saw the eldest prince looking distraught from afar, and subconsciously helped him up.
"Are you hurt? Hey? My skin is broken." The material used in ancient times was not very strong. The eldest prince fell heavily on the ground. Not only his hands, but also his knees were bleeding.
Wen Jiu frowned for a moment and glanced at the wet nurse beside him: "How can you be so bad? Who gave you such courage?!"
The nurse was busy talking and holding something in her hands, so she didn't immediately help the eldest prince. However, she didn't expect to see Wen Jiu and the Fourth Master in the blink of an eye. She was so scared that she fell to her knees and said, "Your Highness! Your Highness, please spare me. It was the eldest prince who accidentally fell. I had something in my hand and was just trying to help him up."
As he spoke, he put down the basket and immediately reached out to pull the eldest prince away from the warm wine.
But before his hand could touch the corner of the eldest prince's clothes, he was hit back by Shanzha beside him.
"Madam, you are so arrogant! You mean that the eldest prince fell on his own and you have nothing to do with it? You have something in your hand, and you dare to delay the eldest prince's health? Then what is the point of keeping you by his side?"
Shanzha has never been a good person, and she has been a maid beside Wenjiu for a while. When she talks, even the wet nurse who has served her for many years can't stand it.
The nurse kowtowed to the Fourth Master for a moment. "Your Highness, I have served the eldest prince for many years. Could it be that I would harm him? Your Highness, the eldest prince has very few close friends left. He...can't live without me."
As he said this, he looked at Wenjiu with great fear. It was obvious that he wanted to throw dirty water on Wenjiu.
"Hey, you're such an interesting nanny. You didn't take good care of the eldest prince, and now not only do you not say a word of confession, but you also say something sarcastic about our prince's faults? Does that mean the prince has to ask you for permission before he can deal with these two servants?" Shanzha was eloquent and articulate, and with just a few words she succeeded in making the Fourth Master frown and look at the nanny.
"Your Highness, I am wronged. I absolutely did not mean that!" The nurse immediately explained, "Your Highness, I have been serving you for over twenty years. You personally appointed me to serve the eldest prince. Don't you know my character? I have been completely satisfied with the eldest prince all these years. How could I dare to slack off? You must not listen to the slander of this little bitch!"
The Fourth Master frowned, without even looking at the nurse, and said, "No need to say anything, it's dealt with.
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