Chapter 131 Chapter 131 "Small-minded, shallow means." ...
That day, Concubine Tong tricked Xiao An'er away.
That’s right, Xiao An’er was deceived and taken away.
It was not Concubine Tong who deceived him, but Li Shuyao, and he followed Concubine Tong in a daze.
Although he liked the new girl Tong who came to play with him, he was even more reluctant to leave Li Shuyao.
When he heard that Madam Tong was going to take him away, Xiao An'er held his breath and felt so aggrieved that his whole chubby face turned red and he had difficulty breathing.
He clenched his fists tightly, and two big tears quickly filled his eyes. He opened his mouth to say: He didn't want to go, he wanted to be with Empress Ling.
However, before she could finish her words, her little shoulders were gently pinched twice by Empress Ling's hands.
The Empress's voice sounded even more aggrieved than his: "Hey, An'er, you probably don't understand..."
Xiao An'er was stunned for a moment.
He doesn't understand?
What don’t you understand?
My heart was soon filled with curiosity.
Seeing him holding back his tears, Li Shuyao continued to act, wiping her eyes. "There's no baby in your Madam Tong's Chengqian Palace. It's so lonely every day."
She hugged little Yinzhen tightly in her arms, "Unlike Empress Ling, who at least still has your brother Yinzhen."
"And Empress Yi, there is also a younger brother named Yinqi in Empress Yi's palace."
"Only Empress Tong, she has nothing..."
Xiao An blinked his big eyes twice, and then...
Yinzhen sat with his back to Li Shuyao in her arms. He didn't even need to look back to know that the expression on his mother's face must be a hundred or a thousand times more pitiful than Xiao An'er's.
In terms of grievances, no one in the palace can compare to his mother.
But his mother was born with a beautiful and pure appearance. When she felt wronged, her pair of watery almond-shaped eyes seemed to be able to speak. Even if a person was made of iron, his mother would have a soft heart after just a few glances at her.
He sighed, knowing that he could not keep his brother An'er.
On the side, Concubine Tong, who was sitting on a chair holding little An'er, had an expression on her face like Yinzhen, which was hard to describe.
She knew that Li Shuyao had good intentions and wanted to persuade De An'er to go back with her to Chengqian Palace to live for a while to comfort her loneliness and desolation without children.
But why does this statement hurt so much?
Li Shuyao ignored the two of them and continued acting in front of Xiao An'er. After a while, the tears in Xiao An'er's eyes fell completely.
This time it was not because of grievance or reluctance, but because he felt sorry for Empress Tong.
It turns out that Empress Tong is such a pitiful person.
Much more pitiful than him...
So he followed Concubine Tong.
After An'er went to Chengqian Palace, Li Shuyao rushed to Cining Palace immediately and explained the situation to the ancestor.
Just as Li Shuyao had thought before, the ancestor did not blame him too much for this.
Although Li Shuyao sent An'er to Chengqian Palace, she had no intention of abandoning him.
For many days in a row, she would take Yinzhen with her every morning to Chengqian Palace to have meals and play with Xiao An'er, and would leave in the afternoon to engage in her own social activities.
The other side.
Concubine Hesheli had just received a reply from home and had not yet had time to take action against Changchun Palace when she suddenly learned from a palace servant that the young prince of Prince Chun's mansion had been sent to Chengqian Palace.
Even someone as experienced as her couldn't help but draw her sword and look around in confusion when faced with such a situation.
——Is Concubine Ling a fool?
She had finally received such an honor, being able to raise the current emperor, the only bloodline left by his younger brother, Prince Chun, who died young. How could she give up so easily?
Then why had she been running around and working so hard all this time, even being the first to take the blame and causing displeasure in the entire palace?
Isn't it just that she wants the emperor to see her deep love and compassion for the innocent young boy, so that he will remember that she is the prince's biological aunt?
After being in the palace for so long, the prince has never come to pay a visit to her, his aunt, and he is so close to Changchun Palace. How can she not hate him?
She sent letters home several times and finally persuaded the elders in her family, causing them to pay attention to and be wary of Concubine Ling in Changchun Palace. She even gained control over some of the people stationed in the Forbidden City by her family.
Just as I was about to set up the trap, the fish ran away...
How could she not be confused?
The palace maid beside her saw that she was holding the letter and not speaking for a long time, and thought that she was thinking of a good plan, so she quietly packed up the teacup and was about to leave the study.
Then he heard Concubine Hesheli's hoarse voice say, "Where has Concubine Ling been these days?"
The maid paused, turned around, and replied, "Your Majesty, five days ago, Lingpin, Huipin, Rongpin, Duanpin, and a few others held a small tea party in the Imperial Garden. I heard that it was because they had cultivated some new plants in the flower and plant room, and there were..."
"Four days ago, Lingpin went to Anpin's place and stayed there for the entire afternoon..."
"Three days ago, Concubine Ling took the eldest, second, and third princesses to the embroidery room, and then went to the cat and dog room... I heard a parrot imitating human speech... The Sixth Prince chased a snow-white puppy for a long time..."
"The other day, the Emperor invited Lingpin to accompany him, and we stayed in the Qianqing Palace that night."
"Yesterday, Concubine Ling took a few princes to the martial arts arena to watch the eldest prince and the Crown Prince practice riding and archery. They happened to run into the Emperor, and that night the Emperor turned over the sign of Changchun Palace again..."
The palace maid reported Li Shuyao's whereabouts in the past few days in detail.
When she heard the word "Emperor", Concubine Hesheli suddenly clenched the corner of the letter and asked, "The Emperor has invited her to accompany him again?"
The maid nodded: "Yes."
"And yesterday, she ran into the emperor again?"
The maid continued to nod: "Yes."
Concubine Hesheli's eyes were wandering, and finally she burned the letter in her hand with a stern face, and began to think: Prince Xiaochun is not in Changchun Palace at the moment, but has gone to Chengqian Palace.
After all, Chengqian Palace is the territory of the imperial concubine, so it is not easy to take action, and it is impossible to slander Concubine Ling. Instead, it is easy to expose oneself and damage the friendship between Hesheli and Tonggiya.
Therefore, the plan to frame Concubine Ling had to be shelved for the time being, and another opportunity would be sought later.
One of her purposes in entering the palace this time was to rebuild the relationship between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Hesheli.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mostly hangs out in the front court, and the Upper Study is located near the Palace of Heavenly Purity. Without the Emperor's permission, the concubines in the harem are not allowed to set foot there easily. Therefore, the only place where the martial arts arena...
Concubine Hesheli had an idea and quickly made a plan.
In the next few days, she would intentionally or unintentionally walk towards the Imperial Garden, hoping to run into some little prince or princess. She would first learn from Concubine Ling's method to build good relationships with the children, and then through these children, she would achieve her goal of meeting the prince by chance in the martial arts field.
Hesheli's behavior soon attracted the attention of other concubines in the palace.
But everyone didn't know that her target was the prince, and thought that she was trying to establish her image as a gentle and virtuous person in this way.
So everyone was too lazy to pay attention to her.
Only Li Shuyao was somewhat indignant. "Child, child, another child."
"If she wants to win the emperor's favor, she should just go to the imperial study and deliver nourishing soup to the emperor. Why is she hanging around these children all day?"
"My son Yinzhen has recently stopped wanting to go to the Imperial Garden. He says that every time he runs into Concubine Hesheli, she pulls him aside and talks for a long time. If you pay attention to her, she gets so excited that she seems to want to snatch the child away. If you ignore her, it would be impolite. After all, she is Yinzhen's concubine mother..."
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.
Concubine Tong and Concubine Hui's ears twitched at the same time, "Snatching a child? What kind of explanation is this?"
Seeing that they finally paid attention to her, Li Shuyao quickly told them the truth, "Exactly. Yinzhen said she was very strange. The children were clearly going to the Imperial Garden to play, but she insisted on taking them somewhere else to play. One moment she mentioned the cat and dog room, the next she mentioned the martial arts arena. She even said she could give Yinzhen and his friends a pony and asked them to go with her to see it."
"You said, Yinzhen is only a little over two years old, what kind of pony can he ride? A small wooden horse is probably enough."
Concubine Tong's eyes narrowed, "Martial Arts Arena?"
Li Shuyao nodded, not understanding why. "Yes."
Concubine Tong's awareness was indeed much sharper than Li Shuyao's. After thinking carefully for a moment, she smiled and said, "So that's it."
Li Shuyao was puzzled: "What is this?"
Huipin and Rongpin also figured out the seriousness of the matter sooner than Concubine Tong.
Huipin looked at Li Shuyao, "What do you think her last name is?"
Li Shuyao: "She is from the Hesheli clan."
Huipin: "What is the prince's mother's surname?"
Li Shuyao: "It's Hesheli too. She's the Crown Prince's aunt. Isn't that a fact known to everyone in the palace?"
Huipin was already feeling somewhat helpless when she said this. "Then do you think that since she entered the palace, has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ever visited her?"
Li Shuyao shook her head. "I don't think I've ever heard of it."
"But, His Royal Highness is the Crown Prince after all. Even if she is His Royal Highness's aunt, she hasn't been officially canonized. Do we really want His Royal Highness to take the initiative to pay homage to a concubine?"
This is not in accordance with palace rules.
Li Shuyao continued, "When she is officially canonized, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be able to visit her legitimately."
"What are you so anxious about..." He muttered the last sentence in a low voice.
The concubines present pretended not to hear her last words and looked at each other, feeling helpless.
After a long silence, Concubine Tong rubbed her forehead with a headache and said, "Forget it, go play."
Li Shuyao was a little dissatisfied. She puffed up her cheeks and sat there, refusing to move.
Concubine Tong looked at Concubine Hui, who waved her hand helplessly. Concubine Rong leaned close to Concubine Tong's ear and said, "Forget it, it's nothing to let her listen."
Concubine Tong thought about it and agreed. It seemed that Concubine Hesheli had some big plans. If Li Shuyao was not asked to listen and be prepared, it would be bad if she accidentally fell into someone else's trap in the future.
So he turned a blind eye and condoned Li Shuyao's rogue behavior.
She looked directly at Concubine Niuhulu and asked, "When you were still in the boudoir, you had dealings with this Concubine Hesheli. Do you know what kind of person she is?"
Concubine Niuhulu's words were very concise and to the point: "Small-minded, shallow means."
So there is nothing to be afraid of?
Li Shuyao's eyes lit up in an instant.
There was no need for anyone else to translate, as all the concubines present could clearly read this sentence from her watery almond-shaped eyes.
For a moment, everyone imitated Concubine Tong and rubbed their foreheads.
This Concubine Ling is really making many people worried.
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