"Master, that one from the Pear Academy has made his move!"
"Oh!" Jiaming paused in her teasing of Xiao Hongxuan, then gestured to Xiao Hezi to keep quiet, and then signaled to Hongtao to take Xiao Hongxuan to the inner room to play.
This little guy is very clever and is increasingly able to understand what others are saying. Therefore, it's not convenient for him to know about these dirty things in the backyard for the time being, lest it affect his temperament.
Xiao Hongxuan was very unwilling when he was first taken away.
He struggled, his little body twisting, muttering "no," "no."
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With this struggle, Red Peach could only hug the little one tighter. But if she hugged him too tightly, she was afraid that she might hurt her little master.
So, he quickly put the little guy down from his arms, only stretching out his hands to hold the little guy in a loose circle, not daring to make any move.
Seeing this, Jiaming quickly handed him the carved chestnut-flavored rabbit pastry she had just used to tease him, and coaxed him, "Xuan'er, be good, go inside with Hongtao and play with the puzzle for a while, and Mother will give you something delicious to eat later."
Although she was trying to coax her with those words, she was actually a little unsure of herself.
Judging from the recent incident of trying to coax the little one to call her "Mother," luring her with food is no longer a reliable method.
just in case……
Just as I was worrying, I noticed that Xiao Hongxuan was holding a chestnut-flavored bunny pastry in his hand. He tilted his head, his bright black eyes rolled around twice, and finally reached out his little hand to Hongtao.
Jiaming breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this; thankfully, the little guy hadn't caused any trouble.
After Hongtao carried Xiao Hongxuan into the inner room, Jiaming turned her gaze to Xiao Hezi and gestured, "You can speak now."
Xiao Hezi: "Not long ago, Consort Li, despite having people go through several roundabout ways to poison Consort Hesheli's food, was still discovered by the spies planted by the servants."
Jiaming lowered her eyes and murmured, "The Li family really went all out, but I like this approach."
Don't think that just because Hongxuan is ultimately unharmed, you, Hesheli, have forgotten that you once intended to kill him.
She dislikes repaying evil with kindness and believes in an eye for an eye!
"How is Hesheli now?" Jiaming looked up and continued to ask Xiao Hezi softly.
If the person is gone, it will save her the trouble of taking action.
But is it possible? Jiaming thinks it's impossible.
Sure enough, Xiao Hezi frowned and said, "Those poisonous dishes that could kill people were stopped by a eunuch."
"Hmm?" Jiaming raised an eyebrow.
A few days later, Xiao Hezi, who had just returned, frowned even more deeply. "Consort Li failed the first time and repeatedly signaled her men to do it, but the eunuch kept stopping her."
"Who is that eunuch?"
Where are you from?
Xiao Hezi understood the unspoken meaning in Jiaming's words very well: "She is Eunuch Su's person."
Su Peisheng was the Fourth Prince's man, so the eunuch was also the Fourth Prince's man.
This relationship was understood not only by Jiaming but also by Xiao Hezi. It was for this reason that he had a question in his mind: "Master, that Consort Hesheli is so ruthless. She used smallpox to murder the young master and the third prince. Why is Your Highness still protecting her?"
Before Jiaming could speak, Xiao Hezi continued, "This servant knows that Your Highness is probably out of respect for the Crown Prince and cannot take drastic measures against her. However, there have been many women who have fallen in the harem throughout history. This Consort Hesheli fell because of Consort Li's methods, which means she fell in the harem. If Your Highness just pretends not to know and not to have discovered it, wouldn't that be enough to fool everyone?"
The implication is that the Crown Prince wouldn't blame me for not being able to protect Consort Hesheli, would he?
Jiaming also had her doubts, but she thought, "Perhaps Master has other concerns."
"It seems that even if she wants to take revenge on Hesheli, she can't be too ruthless! Otherwise, her methods will be blocked by the master, just like Li's."
Indeed, this was the case. The Fourth Prince did have concerns about the Crown Prince, but he also had other concerns. He would not allow the women in his harem to put Hesheli to death.
The reason for this was that he felt that since Consort Hesheli had passed away, his father, the Emperor, might very well bestow another consort upon him, whether out of guilt or to help the Crown Prince and win him over.
For the sake of the safety of his offspring, it would be better to keep the current Hesheli, who has a tainted past and whose nature he has thoroughly understood, than to bring in another unfamiliar concubine whose temperament and depth he knows.
At least, it's much easier to guard against a familiar Hesheri, whose strengths and weaknesses are known, than to guard against an unknown danger.
However, Jiaming couldn't understand it at the moment. After giving Xiao Hezi a perfunctory answer, she put the question out of her mind and asked, "And then?"
Xiao Hezi didn't find his master's topic too abrupt at all, and naturally took over Jiaming's question, replying: "Consort Hesheli is still fine, but after Consort Li learned that she was still unharmed, she got angry again and smashed many bottles and jars in the Pear Courtyard. It is said that this time Consort Li paid a large sum of money to the mansion."
Upon hearing this, Jiaming thought to herself how incredibly wealthy the Li family was!
"What's next?" She looked at Xiao Hezi with great interest, even more interested in what was to come. "Is the Li family just going to let it go like that?"
Given Li's personality, she didn't believe that they would really give up like that.
Sure enough, two days later, she heard Xiao Hezi come to her again and say: "Of course, Consort Li did not give up. However, because she could not be too harsh on Consort Hesheli, and because the master had ordered the small kitchen in Heyuan to be shut down, Consort Li instructed the people who delivered meals to the Consort to do something shady."
"Oh?" Jiaming blinked, then immediately braced herself on both sides of her seat, leaned forward excitedly, and asked with great interest, "What kind of tampering?"
"The food that Consort Li sent was all spoiled!"
“It’s spoiled!” Jiaming repeated, her eyes shining.
Xiao Hezi nodded and affirmed, "It was spoiled! At first, Consort Hesheli couldn't eat it, but after going hungry for two meals and with no small kitchen to cook anything, she finally ate it with a frown, vomiting as she ate, looking extremely pathetic!"
Knowing that Hesheli was not doing well, Jiaming finally felt a sense of satisfaction, and felt a little better.
"However, did Master not have anyone stop him this time?" Jiaming asked.
In the front yard, after learning from Su Peisheng that Li had tampered with Hesheli's food and made her eat spoiled food, Fourth Master frowned.
No matter what, Hesheli was still his woman, his concubine. To treat her so poorly by the servants was an act of disrespect and disrespect that displeased the Fourth Prince.
But when he thought of the suffering his fourth son, Hongxuan, and his third son, Hongshi, had endured because of smallpox, and when he thought of how he had to keep Hesheli alive for various reasons, preventing her from receiving the punishment she deserved in his heart, the Fourth Prince's furrowed brows finally relaxed.
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