Qionghua was proud for less than two days before she was overjoyed and ended up in tragedy.
On the third day, she wanted to run to Chengqian Palace early in the morning to play with her beloved brother, but was stopped at the door by the nanny beside the empress dowager.
"Good morning, Madam!" Qionghua greeted her in a very good mood.
"Greetings to the Fifth Princess. The Queen Mother has already woken up and is waiting to have breakfast with you."
"But me!" Qionghua was in a hurry to go out.
"Fifth Princess, please come with me quickly. Don't keep the Queen Mother waiting for too long." The nanny bent her knees slightly with a firm attitude.
Qionghua could only stretch out her arms obediently and let her carry her to see the Queen Mother.
"Qionghua pays respects to Mama, Mama, good luck."
The Queen Mother waved at her and called her with a kind smile, "Come over to me quickly."
Qionghua immediately rushed over, pouting her lips and starting to act coquettishly: "Mom, I want to go play with my brother!"
The Queen Mother touched her head, avoided answering, and said with a smile: "Have breakfast first."
Qionghua was obviously absent-minded. She took two quick bites and left most of the porridge in the bowl without saying anything.
"Ma, I'm going out to play first." She lifted her skirt and pretended to run out.
Unexpectedly, he was blocked by two maids on the left and right.
"Get out of the way!" Qionghua pointed at them angrily.
"It was I who told them not to let you go."
"Mammy?" Qionghua didn't understand why Mammy wanted them to stop her.
"Qionghua, you are already two years old, and you are a noble princess of the Qing Dynasty. It is time for you to learn the rules from your nanny. Don't go out for the next few days."
How could there be a princess running around outside all day long? Yinzuo just came out of the West Three Houses a few days ago. She thought that the two siblings had not seen each other for a long time, so she indulged Qionghua. Besides, when the imperial concubine came to pay her respects yesterday, she also mentioned this matter.
She had spoiled Yinqi too much when she raised him, so he became the worst among his brothers as soon as he went to the study. Although she was the empress dowager, she and the emperor were not the biological mother and son. The emperor must have had some resentment towards her, but he did not say it out loud for the sake of face.
Therefore, she can no longer relax her education of Qionghua, otherwise she, the queen mother, will be known as a bad teacher.
Chengqian Palace was even more lively than usual. Today was the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and all the concubines had gathered. Not only did they come by themselves, they also brought a few younger princes with them.
In addition to Yinzhen and Yin'e who came frequently in the past few days, Concubine Hui also came with the Eighth Prince. The adults naturally paid their respects in the main hall, and then had tea and chatted.
All the children ran to Yinzuo's room to play.
"Sixth brother! Let's start playing cards!"
"Sixth Brother!"
Yinzuo was watering the flowers and plants he raised in the backyard when two weights were suddenly hung on his left and right arms. He almost dropped the kettle in his hands.
"Sixth brother, I'm here to eat candied fruit!" The eighth child Yinsi followed behind the ninth and tenth children without fighting or competing. He greeted Yinzuo with a shy smile, which made people feel good about him immediately.
Yinzuo quickly put the kettle aside, walked to Xiaoba with a smile and hugged him.
"Xiao Ba, long time no see. I prepared the candied fruit for you a long time ago, but I couldn't wait for you to come and eat it."
When Yinsi was hugged by his sixth brother, he felt as if his heart was filled with honey, and it was sweet to the heart. But now with Xiaojiu and Xiaoshi beside him, he restrained himself and let go of his sixth brother.
"It's not convenient for me to go out normally. Today, it just so happened that Hui'e Niang came to pay her respects to the Imperial Concubine, and she brought me here."
Yinzuo understood after a little thought. Xiaoba's biological mother, Concubine Liang, was from the Yanx Palace, and the head of the Yanx Palace was Concubine Hui, so it was not surprising that he was raised by Concubine Hui.
I've heard from Concubine Wan before that Concubine Liang was born in the Xinzheku, the daughter of a criminal, and of low status. Xiao Ba naturally can't be as willful and come and go as he pleases as Yin'er and Yin'e.
"Follow the wind and the water. The two of you should go to the small kitchen and get the plate of preserves and some other snacks. Go quickly."
After Yinzuo gave the instructions, he started playing with his three younger brothers.
Until the intermission, when everyone was sitting together eating snacks, Yinzuo kept glancing out the window.
"Sixth brother, what are you looking at?" Yinzhen, who was sitting next to the sixth brother, also looked outside.
"Oh, I was wondering why Qionghua hasn't come today. Could something have happened?" Yinzuo was a little worried about his sister. She wouldn't fail to come to Chengqian Palace for no reason. Could she be sick?
Yin'e, who was simple-minded, blurted out the words of gloating without thinking: "It must be that the Queen Mother didn't allow her to go out!"
Yinzuo moved his gaze to his face and asked in confusion: "Xiao Shi, how did you know that?"
"I..." Yin'e looked at his ninth brother Yin'er with some guilt.
Although Yinzhen was usually very shrewd, he was still young after all. When he suddenly encountered something, he felt a little panicked and didn't know what to say.
The eighth prince Yinsi smiled innocently and said casually, "Yin'e must be guessing blindly, he didn't go to Ciren Palace."
Yinzuo smiled and said, "That's right."
Although Xiaojiu and Xiaoshi don't get along well with Qionghua, they are still so young, it's impossible for Mama to follow their wishes and not let Qionghua go out. Maybe there is some other reason that Qionghua can't leave for the time being. So she didn't come.
In addition, this was Xiao Ba's first time to come to Chengqian Palace, and he rarely had the opportunity to go out, so Yinzuo paid more attention to him.
"Xiao Ba, when you go back later, bring a can of preserves back to eat and say hello to Lady Liang for me."
Yinsi smiled gently and nodded obediently.
"Thank you, Sixth Brother."
Yin'er and Yin'e were not very happy about this. It was OK that the Sixth Brother cared more about the Fifth Princess at first, after all, she was his biological sister, but why was Yinsi more valued than the two of them now?
"Sixth brother, why did you only give it to Yinsi?"
"That's right, Sixth Brother is biased. My ninth brother and I have come to see you so many times, but you have never let us bring any food back!"
The two little ones were unhappy and complained to Wan, looking like they would make trouble if you didn't comfort them properly.
Yin Zuo didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he quickly explained, "You three are all my good brothers, and if you want, you two can come to Chengqian Palace to play with me at any time. When did the snacks lack you two?"
Although what he said was correct, Yin'er and Yin'e were still not very satisfied.
"Okay, didn't you two want the mechanical bird yesterday? Well, I will give one to each of you today, for a total of four. Now the three of you and Qionghua each get one, and I don't have any left. Don't accuse me of being partial to you anymore."
The two little ones immediately broke into smiles and ran to their best brother Six, stacking on top of each other to hug him.
"Sixth brother, I love you so much!"
"Sixth brother, you are my real brother!"
Yinsi was a little embarrassed, and he also didn't dare to compete with his two younger brothers of noble birth. He could only look at them with envy. He also wanted to hug his sixth brother so unscrupulously.
Yinzuo, who treated his younger brothers equally, had some potential to be a sea king. After seeing Xiaoba's expression, he took the initiative to go over and hugged him with open arms.
The three little ones now stood close to him, and the four little boys rolled together, laughing and making noises, it was very lively.
If the ladies weren't going back, they wouldn't have left easily. Who wouldn't want to stick with their dear Sixth Brother for a while longer?
The Imperial Concubine and the Concubine Yi raised each other's sons, so they had a pretty good relationship. They happened to make an appointment to have afternoon tea together.
Yin'er and Yin'e got together again.
"I almost let the cat out of the bag in front of Sixth Brother this morning." Yin'e still feels a little uneasy when he thinks about it now.
Yin'e sighed, put his hand on his shoulder, and said earnestly: "I'm not saying anything, Yin'e, can you be more careful next time? If Sixth Brother knew that it was you who said in front of Noble Mother that Qionghua didn't follow the rules, which led to Noble Mother going to Ciren Palace to find Mama, and then Qionghua was confined, he would definitely be very angry, and maybe he would never play with us again in the future."
"Oh, I know I was wrong. Wasn't it because I was too happy at the time that I didn't think too much about it. I will definitely pay attention next time. However, this time, thanks to Yinsi for helping us. If he hadn't spoken up for us, I'm afraid Sixth Brother would have become suspicious."
"He's quite sensible and plays games well, although not as good as you and me."
"Then how about we go to Yanxi Palace to invite him along when we go to look for Sixth Brother?"
"Sure! It's more fun when there are more people!"
At this time, in the Yanx Palace, Yinsi was called to Concubine Hui, who was holding an ingenious mechanical bird in her hand, which was given by Yinzuo.
"It seems that during your time at the West Third Institute, Yinsi actually got along well with the three of them. Even I have never seen such a precious mechanical bird, and Yinzuo actually gave it to you just like that."
Lady Liang held the handkerchief tightly and looked at her own son nervously. She had some friendship with Rouwan, but since Yinsi was born, she seldom went to Yonghe Palace because she didn't want herself and Yinsi to become pawns in the fight between others.
As long as he could hold on until Yinsi was six years old, he would move to the South Three Residences, and Huifei would no longer be able to interfere too much in Yinsi's affairs. Unexpectedly, by some accident, Yinsi actually became friends with the Sixth Prince.
Yinsi stared at the mechanical bird with a timid expression on his face. His hands, hidden under his wide sleeves, were clenched into fists, and he was roaring in his heart: That was given to him by his sixth brother, and no one else should touch it!
"Originally, Sixth Brother wanted to give them to Yin'er and Yin'e, but when he saw that I was there, he gave me one as well." Yinsi lowered his eyes and bit his lower lip lightly, seeming very nervous.
"Don't be afraid. Mother Hui doesn't mean to blame you. She just thinks that you can go to Chengqian Palace more often in the future to build a good relationship with the three of them. When you go to the study together in the future, ask your eldest brother to take you out to play more."
Concubine Liang felt a tightness in her heart. Concubine Hui's plan was too obvious. The princes were still so young, and she actually wanted to win them over to support the eldest prince at this time.
Although Yinsi was still young and did not realize this, he did not like what Hui'enniang said. It would be fine if Yin'er and Yin'e were to get close to Sixth Brother on purpose and use him in the future. Yinsi was absolutely unwilling to do such a thing. Sixth Brother was so good and should not be treated like this.
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Xiaojiu and Xiaoshi vs Qionghua Round 2: Xiaojiu and Xiaoshi win! Let us thank Xiaoba for the assist~
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