Chapter 183
The seventh prince Huo Zeyu grinned when he heard the rumor that Jiaojiao was going to be used to make medicine.
That day, after he came out of the study, he ran to the vicinity of Chongde Hall. When he saw Jiaojiao coming over with a lunch box, he quickly ran to the corridor to stop Jiaojiao.
He proudly tilted his chin towards Jiaojiao, his eyes gleaming with gloating. "Hey, you know what? Father treats you so well because he plans to use you to make medicine. He doesn't really dote on you. I'm his favorite son. He's only pretending to treat you well because you're valuable in making medicine."
Hehehe, let’s see how arrogant he will be in front of him in the future.
Jiaojiao was confused when she was stopped. Then she waved her hands and said seriously, "But Jiaojiao is not a medicinal material. It can't be used to make medicine!"
Huo Zeyu didn't know why the child in front of him could be used to make medicine even though he was not a medicinal material, but he couldn't help but feel gloating.
He waved his hand and said, "Who knows? Maybe it's because you look like a medicinal herb!"
Jiaojiao looked at her own hand doubtfully, remembering the herbs she had seen when her father was taking medicine. She shook her head and said with certainty, "Jiaojiao doesn't look like a herb. It can't be used to make medicine."
Huo Zeyu wouldn't listen to him: "Anyway, no matter whether you look like it or not, you will be used to make medicine."
Hearing this, Jiaojiao felt a little unhappy at the thought that she would be turned into a black medicine. After saying goodbye to Huo Zeyu, she ran towards Chongde Hall with the specially made small food box in her hands.
Feeling relieved, Huo Zeyu stopped bothering Jiaojiao and let him go generously.
He looked at Jiaojiao's back with his hands on his hips and smiled proudly. After all, this prince would not bully a dying child.
Jiaojiao was panting as he ran with the lunch box in his hands, pursing his lips and looking determined as he was going to complain. He was going to write a letter to tell his father that some bad guys wanted to use him to make some black medicine, the kind that was particularly bitter!
Emperor Yongzheng was reviewing memorials in the hall. In this weather, everyone else had changed into light summer clothes, but he was still wearing a brocade robe with fine velvet. When he saw Jiaojiao coming, he covered his mouth and coughed twice, then raised his hand and waved for Jiaojiao to come forward.
"Uncle." Jiaojiao handed the lunch box to Jiang Haifu and ran forward with her short legs.
Emperor Yongzheng picked him up and held him in his arms, and put the heater in his hand aside. As expected, heaters were not as effective as Jiaojiao. The soft little ball could just cover the entire chest and abdomen. The temperature of a child was higher than that of an ordinary person, so his body warmed up in a short while.
Jiaojiao rubbed her uncle's cold hands, then looked up at him and said, "Uncle, Jiaojiao wants to write a letter."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Yongzheng spread out a piece of paper, took the red brush and placed it in Jiaojiao's hand. He rested his chin on his head and said lazily, "Write!"
Jiang Haifu on the side wanted to say something but stopped himself. This red pen was used to review memorials. It would be inappropriate to use it to write a letter to a child.
But looking at the emperor's expression, it seemed that he had no intention of listening to the advice.
"Your Majesty, this..."
As expected, as soon as he opened his mouth, Huo Youqi waved his hand to signal him to stop talking.
Jiang Haifu swallowed all the words that were on the tip of his tongue, and then pretended not to see them. It was not a big deal anyway, as long as His Majesty was happy.
Jiaojiao took the pen and wrote the letter very seriously.
Huo Youqi lazily lifted his eyelids and looked at it intermittently. His gaze fell on the two words "medicine training" for a moment before turning away. He reached out and stroked the back of Jiaojiao's round head. "Who did you meet on the way here just now?"
Jiaojiao, who was writing a letter seriously, was slow to respond, "That fierce brother."
"Xiao Qi..."
Huo Youqi recited softly.
Jiaojiao stopped writing and turned to look at him: "Is that fierce brother called Xiaoqi?"
Huo Youqi turned his head away, rested his chin on his head and hummed lazily.
Jiaojiao continued to write with her head down. After she finished writing the complaint she wanted to make, she wrote about what she had eaten and done in the past few days. She also wrote about what her uncle had eaten and done. After writing all this, she asked what her father had eaten and done. Finally, she talked about how much she missed her father and asked him to come back soon.
After writing the last word reluctantly, Jiaojiao put down her pen. After the ink dried, she carefully placed the letter in the envelope Jiang Haifu brought and handed it to Emperor Yongzheng: "Uncle, please send it for Jiaojiao."
Emperor Yongzheng took the letter and nodded in agreement, then took out the letter with the complaint when sending it out.
That day, Emperor Yongzheng was lying on the beauty bed, reading a local gazetteer. Jiaojiao nestled in his arms and followed along, asking questions whenever she didn't understand something. Emperor Yongzheng patiently explained things to her. Jiaojiao nodded her head as she listened, looking at him with admiration: "Uncle is amazing! He knows everything."
Emperor Yongzheng couldn't help but curl up his lips and poked Jiaojiao's chubby face: "You are smart and know how to please people. You are not as stupid as your father at all."
Jiaojiao frowned dissatisfiedly: "Dad is not stupid."
Emperor Yongzheng placed a finger between his eyebrows and said nonchalantly, "Why did you bring me to the capital? How could you think you could live in peace by staying out of trouble? This is a world of cannibalism. If you stay at the border, you'll be affected by war. If you stay in a stable and prosperous place, you'll be exploited by petty officials below and watched by officials above. If you saw that dandy riding by that day, you might have lost your life. There are always a few crazy people in the world who have nothing to do and just want to have some fun. You have no power or influence, no status or backing, and no desire for fame and fortune. You are just the cattle and sheep raised by some powerful people. How can they protect you?"
"It's been a long time since I've seen such a naive and stupid person in the capital."
Emperor Yongzheng sighed.
Emperor Yongzheng had a sharp eye and could tell at a glance that Yin Zheng was extremely talented both in martial arts and literature.
If he had been born into a family of military generals, with his father's earnest expectations and training, perhaps the title of God of War would have been changed to someone else.
If he were born into a family of scholars and literati, he might be able to compete with Xie Shuyu.
It's a pity that he was born into Yin Dazhu's family. He had no desire for power or material things. He was like a wandering ghost who accidentally fell into this world, floating aimlessly. As a result, he wasted more than 20 years. As a result, after he discovered Jiaojiao's abnormality, he was slow to realize what this abnormality meant.
"Dad's not stupid!"
Although Jiaojiao didn't understand the long string of words at the beginning, he could still understand the last sentence.
"He's just stupid!"
“Not stupid!”
"Just stupid!"
“Not stupid!”
Jiaojiao was so angry that her baby voice became louder.
The two of them started arguing like little children. Jiang Haifu, who was standing by, looked at his Majesty's serious expression with a kind look as if he was looking at a naughty child.
"snort!"
Unable to win the argument, Jiaojiao turned away angrily and scooted forward twice, showing with her body that she was angry and didn't want to pay attention to her uncle.
Emperor Yongzheng also snorted, turned his head and ignored Jiaojiao.
Jiang Haifu found it funny and was about to step forward to try to persuade them when there was a sudden noise outside.
The expression on Emperor Yongzheng's face faded. He stood up and walked out the door. Seeing thick smoke rising in the distance, he squinted his eyes slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
"The fire is coming! The fire is coming!"
"Someone come quickly!"
Faint shouts came through the palace walls.
"Uncle, what happened?"
Jiaojiao slid down from the bed and ran forward, grabbing Huo Youqi's robe and tiptoed to look in the direction of the sound.
Huo Youqi looked down at him and smiled, "Why, are you willing to pay attention to me?"
Jiaojiao was stunned for a moment, then snorted heavily, turned her head with puffed cheeks, but did not let go of Huo Youqi's robe.
Huo Youqi took the box from Jiang Haifu and stuffed it into Jiaojiao's arms, then stroked his head: "Don't meddle in adult matters, kids. Go and play with it."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and planned to go and take a look.
After leaving Fu'an Palace, Emperor Yongzheng got on the dragon sedan chair, supported his forehead and looked at the thick black smoke with an ambiguous look.
He knew that the concubines would take action against the exiled Taoist priest, and this was something he had intentionally instigated. He just didn't expect it to happen so early. He originally thought it would take another two or three months.
Earlier, he had let people know that he did not have the recipe for the elixir of immortality. The exiled Taoist used the recipe as his last bargaining chip to save his life. Because he was afraid that he would die if he handed over the recipe, he has not handed the recipe to Emperor Yongzheng until now.
As soon as this news came out, the concubines in the harem who were worried about their sons would understand that as long as the Taoist priest in exile died, Emperor Yongzheng would not be able to make medicine without the elixir formula. Only in this way would their sons and daughters be truly safe. The tragic end of the princes during the previous emperor's time would prompt them to kill the Taoist priest in exile at all costs.
But what if they find a way to make the exiled Taoist die 'accidentally', and just when they breathe a sigh of relief, they find out that someone else has the recipe for the elixir of immortality?
The answer is that person will replace the exiled Taoist priest and become the new thorn in the eyes of the princes, concubines and the families they represent.
Don't underestimate these concubines. They all have their own families behind them. The power of these families may be strong or weak, more or less, but once they unite, it will be much easier to kill some old immortals.
There is no need to worry that they will be bribed by these old immortals. For a mother, it is best for the existence that endangers her child's life to disappear forever.
Jiaojiao, who was sitting cross-legged on the floor in the bedroom, looked at the box in her arms for a while, touched the shiny gems on the box, and then opened the box out of curiosity.
“Oh~”
Jiaojiao exclaimed softly, and saw that the box was half filled with rich, round and shiny northern pearls and half filled with dazzling rubies. The moment it was opened, the whole bedroom felt like it was sparkling.
This was after Emperor Yongzheng discovered that Jiaojiao liked to collect some round pebbles, so he asked Jiang Haifu to get them from his inner treasury for Jiaojiao to play with.
Jiaojiao really liked them. She touched the northern pearls and gems in the box with her little hands, picked them up and looked at them in the sun. The light fell on the gems, reflecting a particularly dazzling light, which was very beautiful.
Emperor Yongzheng, who had just returned from a trip to Qingyun Court, saw Jiaojiao sitting there quietly playing with beads and gems. He subconsciously stopped and looked at Jiaojiao for a long time before he stepped forward, squatted down and poked the back of Jiaojiao's head.
When Jiaojiao looked up, she said, "Would you please let me bring Qin Mianmian and Shi'an in to accompany you?"
Jiaojiao was startled, then she climbed up by supporting herself on the ground, her eyes sparkling as she said, "I want more."
"Yes, sure."
Jiaojiao's eyebrows curved, and she happily circled around Emperor Yongzheng twice, then squeezed into Emperor Yongzheng's arms and rubbed against him, saying in a soft and sweet voice, "Hello, uncle. I like you, uncle."
Emperor Yongzheng sneered: "Not angry anymore?"
"If my uncle doesn't call my father stupid, Jiaojiao won't be angry."
Emperor Yongzheng snorted and said nothing. He originally planned to come and see him and leave, but now he changed his mind.
He stretched out his hand, picked up Jiaojiao and walked out: "Come on, accompany me to take care of something!"
Jiaojiao shook her short legs and replied crisply with a curved eyebrow: "Okay!"
I originally planned to finish writing this plot, but it was really uncomfortable, so I could only write this chapter. I am very sorry. I will try my best to finish this plot tomorrow.
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