After enduring a three-month freezing winter, when the spring sunlight finally shines on the land again, it always makes people feel extra warm. The colorful flowers in the flower beds wake up one after another, exuding fragrance to the owners who take care of them.
The chaotic footsteps gradually approached, and a pair of eunuchs with very similar looks and delicate faces called out in the direction of the flower garden with a little anxiety.
"My Lord! It's already noon, and the Empress is waiting for you to have lunch with her! Please come out quickly!"
"My Lord, you didn't attend the morning court today. I'm afraid the Fourth Master will blame you. Let's go to Chengqian Palace and ask the Empress to help plead for you."
A piece of luxurious clothing was revealed between the flowers and plants, which made people feel that it was more gorgeous and dazzling than the beautiful and fragrant flowers in the garden. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that it was cloud brocade that was worth "every inch of it is worth gold", which showed that this person was of noble status.
"I see. You're so long-winded. You can't even let me water the flowers in peace."
The person who was speaking had a clear voice, as pleasant as the sound of jade stones knocking against each other, which made people curious. What kind of god-like person was he?
A figure was vaguely visible among the flowers, his sleeves rolled up, revealing his slender, white fingers as white as scallions. He was holding a wooden ladle in one hand and a quaint wooden bucket in the other. After pouring the last ladle of water, the man slowly straightened up, his back looking a little thin in the spring light. He put the ladle into the bucket, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and turned around to walk back.
At first glance at his true appearance, he has a full forehead, curved eyebrows, slightly upturned lips, a pair of dimples on both sides, and his skin is so fair that it seems as if his whole body is glowing. What a handsome, wealthy young man who is ignorant of the world.
Shunfengshunshui hurried forward, one of them took the wooden barrel and put it away, while the other helped to tidy up his appearance.
After a moment, the master and his two servants stepped out of the Cining Palace, which had been uninhabited for many years but had always been heavily guarded. The sedan chair started, passing through the Longchong Gate, Qianqing Gate, and Rijin Gate without encountering any obstacles along the way, until it stopped in front of the Chengqian Palace where the empress lived.
The person waiting at the door turned out to be the queen's personal maid, who came to greet her with a smile.
"Good luck to you, Sixth Prince. The Empress just sent someone to ask why he hasn't arrived yet. I have been waiting for him for a long time. Please go in quickly, Sixth Prince."
"Mammy, has my fourth brother arrived?" Yinzuo looked a little guilty.
The nanny also watched him grow up, so how could she not know that the Sixth Prince liked and feared the Fourth Prince the most, so she whispered a few reminders.
"He just arrived and is talking to the Queen. He doesn't look angry."
Yinzuo heaved a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "That's good. Thank you, Ma'am. I know you love me."
"Sixth Prince, please come in quickly."
Who in the palace doesn't like the handsome and cheerful Sixth Prince? Apart from the three most distinguished people in the palace: the emperor, the empress, and the queen mother, even the servants knew that this master had the best temper and was the easiest to serve. For nearly 20 years, the eunuchs and palace maids around him had never been reprimanded or punished, and they all lived a decent life. Such a job was enviable.
Yinzuo smiled and strode into the main hall.
"Greetings to the Empress Dowager."
Looking at Yinzuo who has now grown up, the smile in the queen's eyes grew brighter.
"Hurry up and get up. Your brother and I were just talking about you."
Yinzuo walked forward and sat down on the other side of the queen, and asked tentatively: "What are you talking about me?"
"You still know how to be afraid? I thought you dared not to attend court for several days in a row, and you were not afraid at all." Yinzhen on the side said with a cold face and unhappily.
Yinzuo quickly looked at the queen for help.
"Well, it's not a big deal. Yinzuo has always disliked participating in government affairs. You know that. Why are you angry with him?"
With the queen protecting him, Yinzhen couldn't say anything to him anymore.
"However, Yinzuo, you will be an adult next year. I don't ask for any great achievements from you. At least, let's build a family first, don't you think?" The queen did not blindly favor one side.
Yinzuo immediately said resolutely: "I will not get married!"
"Why? You have to give a reason." The queen also frowned.
"Over the years, the Emperor has arranged three marriages for me, but every woman I was engaged to either died of a serious illness or had a sudden illness. The abbot of Tantuo Temple even said that I am unlucky in marriage!"
"Nonsense! The abbot clearly said that you have a noble fate and ordinary people can't bear it. Since the three people in front of us are not blessed, we can choose other blessed ones. What do you mean by unlucky wife? Your royal father was also said to be unlucky wife at first, but I am sitting here well, right?"
"My Queen Mother, I just don't want to get married. I don't even know the person, so why would I want to harm his life? Besides, our Aixinjueluo family is now prosperous, and my father is in his prime. It's not my turn to have children. I also want to go out more and see the outside world. If I drag the whole family with me, how can I go? My Queen Mother, please feel sorry for me~"
Faced with Yinzuo, who was still childish and had a mind as pure as a child, the queen finally softened her heart.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this matter for now. Let's eat first."
"That's perfect! I've been busy all morning and I'm already starving. Let's eat first!"
The queen's health had never been particularly good, so she took great care of herself. After lunch, the two brothers talked with her for a while, and then she felt a little sleepy and went to bed.
The two of them did not ride in a sedan chair, but walked side by side to the Yonghe Palace next door to pay their respects to their biological mother, Concubine De.
"Don't you really want to get married and start a family?" Yinzhen asked.
"Of course it's true, brother. How can I tell you this? I think having you, my mother, my royal mother, and my royal father around me is enough. Regardless of whether the rumors about men being unlucky in marriage are true or not, I don't want to be tied to any woman.
The world is so big, I have never seen it, I want to see it with my own eyes, you know? A Frenchman I met a few days ago told me that he came from the sea with a fleet, he has been to many different places, the people and customs in each place are different. "
"You want to go out to sea? No! It's too dangerous." Yinzhen rejected it outright.
Yinzuo looked at him angrily.
"Then it's okay for me to walk around the territory of our Great Qing Dynasty, right? You have all been out there and seen the world, but I have been trapped in the palace all these years. I have only been to the outskirts of Beijing with my father since I was a child."
"One should not travel far away when his parents are still alive. Do you want everyone to worry about you?" Yinzhen was worried about him running around alone. If he happened to meet someone with ulterior motives, Yinzuo might be sold out and he would still be stupid enough to count the money for them.
"I don't care. I won't get married anyway! My mansion has just been built, and I haven't enjoyed my free life alone for long. I must not lose my freedom and be restricted by others!"
After saying that, Yinzuo strode forward and refused to continue communicating.
When they entered Yonghe Palace, Yaohua happened to be there. It was not appropriate to bring up her brother's marriage in front of her unmarried sister, so she talked about other things.
"I heard that the Emperor is planning to go to the south of the Yangtze River again? Fourth brother or sixth brother, who of you will go with him?" Yaohua was very eager.
"Going to the south of the Yangtze River? How come I don't know about this?" Yinzuo asked puzzledly while eating snacks.
"You don't go to court, so how would you know these things?" The snack was a bit dry, and Yinzhen was afraid that he would choke, so he personally poured him a cup of tea.
Yaohua sat next to Concubine De, her eyes constantly moving between her two brothers.
"This is what my mother just told me."
Concubine De smiled softly and continued, "When I was chatting with the Queen yesterday, she mentioned that the Queen Mother would also be traveling with us this time. Why didn't the Queen tell you today?"
Yinzuo said a little embarrassedly: "I stayed in the flower garden of Cining Palace for a long time this morning, and only accompanied the Queen Mother for lunch before coming here."
Concubine De shook her head gently and said, "You, tending to the flower garden is important, but staying up all night is not a big deal. It's rare for you to come to the harem to pay your respects, so remember to come earlier next time. You know the queen's health, don't make her wait for you."
"My son will remember this." Yinzuo felt a little guilty about what he said.
"Why didn't your wife come with you today?" Defei asked Yinzhen.
"Honghui is ill, and Fu Jin is taking care of him at home, so this time he did not come to the palace with his son to pay his respects to E Niangqi."
"Oh, is that so? It's not serious, is it? But you need to take mother's card and ask a doctor to go back with you to take a look at Honghui?"
"No, just a little cough."
Hearing his serious answer, not only did Concubine De feel a little uncomfortable, but Yinzuo also sighed.
"Brother, mother is not concerned about Fourth Sister-in-law not coming to pay respects. She is worried that you two have had an argument. After all, you love to have a stern face. In recent years, everyone except me thinks you are fierce. Besides, Honghui is still young and cannot be compared with adults. A child's cough is a serious illness. You can take the sign and ask for a doctor to come back. In this way, Honghui can get better as soon as possible, and mother and Fourth Sister-in-law won't worry too much."
Yaohua on the side looked at her sixth brother with admiration. He was the only one who could analyze something so frankly in front of him, so she smiled and agreed.
"Sixth brother is right. This is mother's kindness. Just accept it."
Concubine De smiled and took the sign out from the drawer of the cabinet behind her and handed it over.
Yinzhen stood up and said, "On behalf of Honghui, I would like to thank you, mother, for your concern."
"Get up."
The four of them chatted for a while and played mahjong with Concubine De for a while.
Yinzhen now lived outside the palace and had to leave before the palace gates were locked. He left without even having dinner.
Yinzuo hugged Concubine De's arm and comforted her, "Mother, don't take it to heart. Brother is just that kind of person. He didn't mean it. You are so magnanimous, you will definitely not hold it against him, right?"
"Thanks to you being here, otherwise sometimes I really don't know how to talk to your brother. It's hard for your fourth sister-in-law to follow such a wooden man who can't talk."
"Mother, you don't know this, right? Although my brother doesn't talk much, he is very good at writing letters. I'm telling you this in secret, so don't tell anyone!"
"Really?" Concubine De also became curious.
"Of course it's true! My brother can do it!"
It's just that those were secret letters between my brother and his subordinates. Yinzuo just changed them and said that they were written by my brother to my fourth sister-in-law.
"Of course! What about 'I can see your true love, and I feel the same way', and 'I really don't know how to love you so that I can face the gods of heaven and earth. I can feel your love for me', are you relieved now, mother?"
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