The two brothers stayed in Yonghe Palace for a whole morning and returned together at lunch time. Before leaving, Yinzhen turned around and glanced at Yaohua, who was staring at him and Yinzuo with her eyes open.
The brother and sister seemed to communicate something with their eyes, but no one else could tell except them.
When the two of them returned, the Imperial Concubine was having lunch.
"My queen, the Fourth Prince and the Sixth Prince are back."
As soon as the maid finished speaking, two children walked in. The smile in the Imperial Concubine's eyes grew deeper. She had thought that the two children would have lunch at Concubine De's place.
"You're back. Come sit down. I'll ask the kitchen to prepare a few more dishes you like."
The imperial concubine immediately told the maid a few more dishes.
"Royal Mother, my brother and I are not here, and you only eat these few dishes?" Yinzuo said, looking at the dishes on the table.
"I suddenly lost my appetite, so I asked them to serve some lighter dishes. Okay, please sit down."
Yinzuo sat down on her left side, looked at her with some concern and asked, "Why do you suddenly have a poor appetite? Have you summoned the imperial physician to see you?"
"It's not that precious. Today is New Year's Eve. If you get sick at this time, it will ruin everyone's mood for the New Year and make your father worry."
"Then ask them to make some appetizers, like pickled cabbage or pickled fish."
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to Xiaoliu." The imperial concubine couldn't hide the smile on her face.
Yinzhen, who was standing aside, frowned slightly, feeling that something was not quite right with the Imperial Mother.
When the dishes were served, Yinzuo was extremely worried. He ordered the palace servants to add more food to the Imperial Mother and would not stop until he saw her finish eating.
After lunch, the Imperial Concubine couldn't help but give a lot of instructions.
"Xiao Liu, the Nan Sanso is not like the harem. The food and accommodation are inferior. If you are not used to anything, or if you are missing something, or if you want to eat something, just ask the servants around you to come and tell me. I will immediately ask someone to send it to you. Do you remember?"
After all, she was the one who raised him carefully from the age of one. Xiaoliu was filial and sensible, and brought her so much laughter. Tong Jia loved this child very much. She felt a little uncomfortable when she suddenly asked him to move away from her. Of course, she did not tell anyone about this.
But since I was feeling sad, I naturally couldn't eat.
Yinzuo smiled and threw himself into her arms, saying, "My dear mother, are you reluctant to part with me?"
"You little narrow-minded boy, I'm afraid that you won't be used to it and will come to me crying and making a fuss again." The imperial concubine pinched his little face and said.
"I don't care. I didn't move out of the palace. Why can't I go back to Chengqian Palace to see the Royal Mother?"
"When you really grow up and build a mansion outside the palace, you will see the scenery outside. How can you remember me as your mother? Maybe I won't be able to find you even if I want to."
"Of course not! When the time comes, I will bring you and mother to my house to enjoy the good life. We can go for an outing in the suburbs in spring, escape the heat in the farm in summer, climb mountains to admire the red leaves in autumn, and soak in hot springs to admire the red plum blossoms in the snow in winter!"
The Imperial Noble Consort, attracted by the leisurely life described by Yinzuo, suddenly felt that it was good not to be a queen in this life. If she became a queen, she would become an empress dowager in the future and would not be able to leave the palace easily.
"Okay, then I'll wait for Xiaoliu to take me out to enjoy life."
Yinzhen, who was standing aside, looked at the two people talking and laughing in front of him, and listened quietly, with the corners of his mouth pursed into a line, because he knew that this was unlikely to happen.
In less than two years, the Imperial Noble Mother will die of illness...
"Speaking of which, when your brother first moved to the South Third Residence, he only reported good news and not bad news. Xiaoliu, you must not learn from your brother. If you feel something is not good, you must let someone tell me."
"Yes! I am more delicate than my brother. I will not bear the grievances and hardships alone. When the time comes, Royal Mother, please comfort me and compensate me!"
"You have no shame, and you still know that you are spoiled. I will never let you suffer or be wronged."
After talking for a while, the Imperial Concubine felt a little sleepy, so Yinzuo took his brother to leave.
"Brother, even though your room is usually cleaned by the Imperial Mother, it has not been occupied for a long time, so it still smells. It would be better for you to take a rest at my place."
"Yeah, okay."
While the two brothers were lying in bed, Yinzuo asked some questions about the South Third Building and the Upper Study.
Then he said, "Brother, is it because I'm moving to South Third Residence that Royal Mother has lost her appetite?"
"Well, that's probably the case. Your Royal Mother has a mental illness." In her previous life, it was because of the little princess. In this life, with Yinzuo's enlightenment, she got over it. However, because she relied too much on Yinzuo, she fell into a new obsession.
"But I'm going to be seven soon. I can't keep being lazy and not going to school."
"Maybe she'll get better after a while."
"Well, there's really nothing I can do about these adults. I'll try to come back and spend more time with her after school, and we'll talk about it after she gets used to it."
"Well, this is a good idea. In the first year, the teachers will not let you study for too long. You will be dismissed at noon. You can come back in the afternoon, but remember not to stay overnight, otherwise you may not be able to catch up the next morning. The teachers hate being late the most."
"But I remember that when you first entered the study room, you came back to sleep with me at night. Didn't that make the master unhappy?"
Yinzhen smiled but did not answer. He just said to him, "Go to sleep. We have to go to the Qianqing Palace for a banquet later."
Although his brother did not admit it, Yinzuo knew it must be true. He hugged his brother's arm and rubbed it. In fact, his brother still cared about him very much. Yinzuo closed his eyes with a satisfied smile on his face.
"Sixth brother hasn't come yet?" Little Shiyin kept looking towards the palace entrance.
Little Jiu Yinzhen, who was sitting next to him, said a little depressed: "If my mother hadn't insisted on dragging us both here, we could have gone to Chengqian Palace and asked Sixth Brother to come along."
"By the way, have you heard? My big brother is going to the study room to study soon, and he seems to be moving to the South Third House as well." Yin'e's biological mother was a noble concubine, and she was better informed than others, so Yin'er, who lived in Yongshou Palace, overheard it.
"Nan San Suo? Then won't we be able to play with Sixth Brother?" Yin'e was a little anxious.
"Well, not to mention that Nansanso is far away, there are guards guarding the door. We definitely can't get in."
"Then why don't we move to South Third Institute together?"
"But we are not old enough. We have to be at least six years old to enter the study room."
The two little guys looked at each other, both very depressed.
"Sixth brother!" Yin'e suddenly stood up and exclaimed.
Yinzuo walked in, being led by the Imperial Noble Consort and Yinzhen on each side. Yin'er and Yin'e quickly waved to him.
As there were more and more princes, the seating was changed. There were three rows in total, with four seats in each row. Except for the crown prince who sat in the first seat, everyone else sat according to their seniority.
In this way, Yinzuo's position was the second one in the second row. In front of him was the eldest prince, and on his left and right were the fifth brother Yinqi and the seventh brother Yinyou, and behind him was the tenth brother Yin'e. As soon as he sat down, Yin'e patted his shoulder.
Yinzuo smiled and turned away.
"Sixth brother, why did you come just now?" Yin'e couldn't help but complain.
"I slept too much at noon and accidentally got up late. You two came quite early."
"Sixth brother, I heard that you are moving to South Third Building?" Yinzhen wanted to confirm again.
Yinzuo nodded and said, "That's right. The Emperor asked me to move into the upper study room after the New Year. Xiaoba will move in too. He will move in after the Lantern Festival."
"Then we won't be able to play with you anymore." Yin'e felt that this was such a pity.
"When you were six years old, you moved in with me. How could we no longer play together?" Yinzuo smiled and comforted his two younger brothers.
"Then Sixth brother, can you spend more time with us recently?" Yinzhen had a very shrewd plan. Since things had come to this point and could not be changed, he should get more benefits for himself.
"Sure." Yinzuo agreed without thinking much.
Although Yinsi could move to the South Third House with Yinzuo, there was a person between his seat and his sixth brother's today. He could only turn his head to look at him from time to time, watching helplessly as the ninth and tenth brothers occupied his seat, and he could not even look at his sixth brother.
And his fourth brother happened to be sitting in front of him, so there was no one to talk to.
The fifth child Yinqi, who happened to hear Yinzuo talking to Little Nine and Little Ten, also turned around to join in the fun.
"Xiao Liu, I rarely have a few days off these days, won't you accompany me? Am I still your best brother?"
Yinqi felt that he and Yinzuo had been playing together since childhood, and their friendship should be the deepest except that of his fourth brother.
"What do you mean by best friend? Sixth brother is obviously the best to us!"
"that is!"
Yinzhen and Yin'e formed a united front to fight against the fifth brother.
Yinqi is Yin'e's biological brother, and he watched Yin'e grow up. He is familiar with both of them, so he is not polite at all when speaking to them.
"What do you two little brats know? When Xiaoliu and I were playing together, you two weren't even here yet!" Yinqi rolled his eyes and put his arm on Yinzuo's shoulder.
"You're talking nonsense!" Although Yinzhen is Yinqi's biological brother, the two of them have never been close since childhood.
Yinzuo wanted to stop the fight, but he couldn't get a word in at all because both sides were too talkative.
"What nonsense! If I hadn't moved to the upper study, you two wouldn't have had the chance to play with Xiao Liu. Xiao Liu went to the Imperial Garden with me to play hide-and-seek, spinning tops, and crickets. He also went to Ciren Palace to teach me how to make dried flowers. I even ate snacks made by Concubine De herself. I'm afraid you two little brats haven't experienced any of that, have you?"
Yinqi was very proud.
"Sixth brother, he is not talking nonsense, right?" Yin'e looked at the person involved and asked.
Yinzuo nodded helplessly. He really didn't understand what the fuss was about.
"Don't be like this. You are all my good brothers. Brothers don't distinguish between first come first served."
I didn’t expect that Sixth Brother would actually admit it. Yinlang and Yin’e had never experienced these things, but they were not so easy to bully.
"Sixth brother, don't worry about it. We must have everything cleared up with him today! We even lived in the same yard with you! We've been vaccinated against smallpox together. We're friends for life, do you have that?" Yinzhen directly retorted to his own brother.
This Yinqi really doesn't have that, but his aura is quite strong.
"We just lived in the same courtyard. I even slept in the same bed with Xiaoliu! You guys definitely didn't do that, did you?"
Damn it! They actually lost here. Yin'er and Yin'e looked at each other, and each of them grabbed the Sixth Brother's arm and shouted at Yinqi: "Sixth Brother is ours! He is the closest to us!"
Yinqi was big and well-trained, so he might even have the upper hand in a one-on-two fight. He grabbed Yinzuo's waist and pulled him towards himself.
"Xiao Liu is obviously my best friend!"
The seventh brother Yinyou, who was sitting next to Yinzuo, swallowed hard. Seeing the tense situation, he was a little scared and couldn't help but hide to the other side.
The noise they made was getting louder and louder, and even the Crown Prince and the eldest prince in front turned their heads to look over. In this chaotic scene, the only victim, Yinzuo, was grimacing and looked like he was suffering.
The Crown Prince was the most honorable, he said: "What are you doing? Old Five, Little Nine and Little Ten, are you three going to split Yin Zuo into three pieces? Can't you see that he is already feeling uncomfortable? Why don't you let him go quickly?"
"I won't! If anyone wants to let him go, my fifth brother should go first!" Yin'e was the son of the imperial concubine and he was young. He was not deeply afraid of the prince and now he was stubborn and refused to listen to anything.
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