Chapter 9: The Ninth Day of Wanting to Die

Out of curiosity, Yin Zhuo asked the eunuch to push him towards the pavilion, and just in time he saw a palace maid in a light pink palace dress passing by the corner of the wall, seemingly holding someone's arm.

Yin Zhuo carefully recalled the birth dates of his twenty-odd brothers. It seemed that no prince would be born in the past two years.

The earliest time would have to be the 36th or 37th year of Emperor Kangxi’s reign, but he couldn’t remember exactly.

The young eunuch was also seeing such a thing for the first time, and then he heard the Sixth Prince ask him.

"Are there many cases of kidnapping, poisoning, and quarrels among concubines?"

Yin Zhuo made a sound as if he wanted to eat some watermelon.

The young eunuch was almost crying because of the question. How could they talk about such matters between the master and the master? But after all, this was the Qing Palace, and every year many people were silenced for unknown reasons.

Things have been better in recent years. Before that, the princes had not grown up yet, and the palace was not as peaceful as it is now.

Just like the Sixth Prince, Concubine De often said that she was harmed by a villain, which led to her premature birth. After all these years, no one has figured out who harmed her.

She also had some resentment towards Kangxi. She was of low status and was originally a palace maid. Her situation gradually improved because she became pregnant with Yinzhen.

But at that time Yinzhen was given to be raised by Tong Jia, but who knew that Tong Jia herself was short-lived and died of illness within a few years.

She was very unwilling at that time, but fortunately she had Xiaoliu, which gave her hope again. However, who knew that Xiaoliu had been bedridden for many years.

Afterwards, Concubine De also changed, and those people touched her reverse scale.

She doesn't offend anyone, but others offend her, so don't blame her for being cruel.

All I can say is that few people who can rise to the position of concubine are simple.

The young eunuch hesitated and said, "I don't know. I have always been serving the Sixth Master and have not communicated much with the people in other palaces."

Yin Zhuo did not make things difficult for him. He turned his eyes and said to the eunuch, "Catch two koi fish. I want to go visit my mother."

After Defei fainted at the hands of the prince last time, she has been coughing ever since. She was afraid of infecting Xiaoliu, so she didn't dare to go to Xiaoliu's yard to see him.

When I miss you, I go there to stop by and visit Xiao Shisi.

Little Fourteen was as strong as a calf and had never been sick since he was a child. Sometimes she thought that it must be Little Six that helped Fourteen to prevent all the diseases he was supposed to get, so she got sick instead.

This made her feel even more sorry for Xiaoliu.

Yinzhen, who was picking up his brush and didn't want to do his homework, suddenly sneezed: "Aqiu——"

It must be that his mother is missing him. He also misses his mother and the delicious food she cooked.

He has suffered so much.

Who has his fate?

The palace maids behind him were numb. The little eunuch did not push the wheelchair, but asked other palace maids to do it instead. His hands were shaking now. This was koi, the emperor's most precious koi.

Moreover, these two are the largest ones that the Sixth Prince picked after spending a long time selecting.

I can’t imagine how angry the emperor would be if he knew this. Every evening the emperor loved to stand in the pavilion in the Yu Garden and feed the fish in the pond.

If you find that the two big koi are missing...

The young eunuch didn't even dare to think about the consequences.

I hope the emperor will spare them because of the Sixth Prince’s poor health.

The Sixth Prince just wanted to get two koi carp to honor Consort De, and he definitely had no intention of eating the koi carp.

Yin Zhuo watched a group of people catching koi and felt itchy. He wanted to go fishing, but unfortunately time and health did not allow it.

When will he be able to walk normally?

Now his legs are as soft as noodles.

Yin Zhuo turned his head and took a look at the koi in the bowl. It was plump and looked delicious.

The young eunuch silently slowed down his pace. It was okay to secretly raise koi, but it was not okay to eat them secretly.

This is an auspicious sign. The emperor will definitely be angry.

Yin Zhuo found that he could no longer see and was not bothered, so he urged everyone to quickly send him to Yonghe Palace.

When he arrived at Yonghe Palace, Yin Zhuo discovered that there were two little girls there. He suddenly remembered that these two were his sisters who had passed away young.

Yin Zhuo looked at the older one and guessed that this should be Princess Gulun Wenxian, the fifth princess.

As for the other younger one, Yin Zhuo vaguely remembered that he didn't live long either. He looked to be about eight or nine years old, with a pale face, just like him.

This is number twelve, right? I thought there was no order of teeth, and the little guy died at the age of twelve.

[Thinking about it, E'niang was pretty miserable. The fifth sister was not married to Mongolia, but she died unexpectedly on the way to summer vacation two years after her marriage. She was only 20 years old, and she was gone in an instant. Don't even mention the twelfth sister, she died before she even got a chance to be ranked in the order of succession. ]

Defei, who had happily come to greet Yin Zhuo, was caught off guard by Xiaoliu's thoughts. Her legs went weak and she knelt beside the chair, almost choking.

"Mother - mother - what's wrong with you? Don't scare Tana." The fifth princess' face changed.

My mother is so sick.

The younger Wujina was so scared that she started crying: "My dear, my dear..."

The palace maids nearby were also frightened by this scene, and they ran to the Imperial Hospital to call for help.

Yin Zhuo sat in the wheelchair and could only anxiously say, "Help my mother onto the bed first."

What is going on?

The whole family is sick and disabled.

Defei was helped into the house by the palace maids. Yin Zhuo was reluctant to go in, so he waited at the door.

After a while, he heard Concubine De calling him: "Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu...Xiao Liu, come quickly."

When Concubine De saw Yin Zhuo now, it was as if she had seen a life-saving straw. She was really scared that her children were going to leave her one by one.

Xiaoliu, Tana, Wujina...

Concubine De couldn't believe what would happen if these three children left her together, and she would only be left with one fourteen-year-old.

Yin Zhuo was pushed behind the screen and saw Defei's face full of tears. Tears were falling from Wu Ya's eyes, which made Yin Zhuo feel distressed.

Tana and Wujina didn't understand why E'niang fainted as soon as Sixth Brother came, even though she was talking to them just now.

Yin Zhuo held her hand and comforted her: "Mother, why didn't you tell me that you were sick? If I hadn't come to Yonghe Palace, I wouldn't have known that you had been ill for several days."

When Concubine De heard this, her heart warmed and she tried to smile: "My mother is fine. It's great that Xiaoliu can come out for a walk. My mother was so anxious when she heard you coming over that she couldn't breathe and collapsed."

As Defei spoke, she reached out and rubbed her two daughters' heads. Thinking of their future fate, she couldn't bear to take her hand back.

"It's my fault for scaring Tana and Wujina. I'll be more careful next time."

Tana was almost scared to death by her mother. She held her hand and said unhappily, "She always told us kids to take good care of our bodies, but she didn't take good care of herself. She deserves to be punished, don't you think?"

Yin Zhuo nodded: "That's right."

Concubine De smiled helplessly: "You are just kidding. How can a son punish his mother?"

Who knew that Tana would cry and say, "If my mother doesn't listen, she will be punished. We brothers and sisters can't live without her. If she..."

Tana couldn't say anything after that.

Concubine De was also feeling sad. If Tana, who was so well-behaved and considerate, was gone just like that, she really didn't know how she would live.

The two of them hugged each other warmly, and Wu Rina turned around and pulled Yin Zhuo's hand.

Yin Zhuo looked at her little face and held her in his arms.

They are all good girls.

[Remember I had a younger sister, but she died two months after she was born. Alas, I will die soon too. I hope my mother and sisters won’t be sad by then.]

The tears that Defei had finally stopped began to flow again.

This is tearing her heart out.

God is unfair, why does he treat her like this?

There was a gleam of cruelty in Defei's eyes. She would definitely protect her child.

Whether it was Xiaoliu, Tana, or Wuzhina, she couldn't lose any of them.

The imperial physician came over quickly and diagnosed that Concubine De was suffering from a heart attack due to anger, and that she had been overdrawing her body during the period when Yin Zhuo was neither alive nor dead. With these two factors combined, Concubine De needed to recuperate for a while.

Seeing that the man was not in any serious trouble, Yin Zhuo brought over the two koi he had caught.

"My dear mother, I have captured Xiangrui for you. I hope you can get better soon."

[I picked the two biggest koi fish, hoping to lend some luck to my mother. If he dies, my two sisters can still live.]

Defei was just about to ask someone to take it, but then she heard Yin Zhuo's thoughts, and for a moment she felt that the brocade fish was a little hot.

"Does the Emperor know about this?"

But Concubine De knew Kangxi's habits. As he got older, this man liked to raise fish and the like.

For example, Kangxi treasured his pond of koi the most, especially the big ones.

This Xiaoliu even caught two of the biggest ones at once. I wonder if the emperor would blame him if he knew about this.

"This is for praying for my mother. I'm sure your Majesty will understand."

Yin Zhuo said with a solemn vow.

Concubine De: ...Can you really understand?

The imperial physician wished he was deaf at this moment. The Sixth Prince was so bold that he even dared to touch the emperor's precious jinli.

Tana and Ujina were curious and poked the koi in the basin. They were all upside down, but they were still blowing bubbles when poked, so they looked like they were still alive.

Since the bag had been brought, Concubine De could only ask someone to keep it. But before she could do anything, she heard a palace maid outside announce, "The Emperor has arrived—"

As Defei was trying to get up, Kangxi came in with a swagger. He raised his hand and said, "No need to be polite. I heard that Defei fainted again. What did the imperial physician say?"

The imperial physician repeated his diagnosis.

Yin Zhuo held the basin with a guilty conscience. The koi in the basin was still spitting bubbles.

Kangxi stared at the basin in Yin Zhuo's arms while listening. He first comforted Concubine De and then pretended to look at the basin in Yin Zhuo's hand casually: "Where did this come from? Why does it look so familiar to me?"

Concubine De and the Imperial Physician and Others: …

The emperor seemed to be poking a hole in Xiaoliu with his eyes, yet he looked like he had just seen it.

Let’s see how Xiaoliu writes it.

[Fake, true or false, this acting is unbearable to watch, and, my wife is not even as good as the two koi, tsk tsk, this is a man. I don't know which little beauty will kidnap him at night, no, he went to the pavilion to feed the fish, maybe he was waiting for the little beauty to come out and seduce him. ]

There was a murderous look in Concubine De's eyes. The Emperor was so troublesome even at such an old age. No wonder he liked to feed the fishes. This fish might be a mermaid.

Kangxi was very embarrassed to be slandered.

He did encounter beautiful women by the pavilion a few times, but he rejected them all and went back to the Qianqing Palace to sleep alone.

This little guy is talking nonsense.

Yin Zhuo blinked, and then said in disbelief: "The Emperor can't even recognize his own precious fish? These two are the largest ones among the ones you feed every day. Can't you recognize them?"

After that, he said with a reluctant look: "If Your Majesty wants it, I will give you one."

Kangxi: ...

What do you mean he can't recognize it? He said that on purpose. What do you mean give him one? And you said it so reluctantly. Both of them were originally his!

Kangxi's heart was bleeding as he looked at the fish that had turned over, because he had fed them bite by bite.

This stinky little six!