Chapter 292 Encouragement
But Xiao Dezi didn't find anything unusual around the eldest prince, and Xiao Shunzi didn't find any clues at all. It was as if the old nanny had disappeared from the face of the earth, and it seemed that no one in the palace knew that such a person existed.
If there hadn't been someone who witnessed it with her, Yun Qin would have suspected that she had really seen it wrong, or had some kind of hallucination. The eldest prince was alone in the pavilion that day, and there was no old nanny present at all.
Because there was nothing unusual around the eldest prince, Yun Qin was not in a hurry to tell the emperor about this.
A few days later, first Nie Danying was secretly sent away, and then Concubine De was released from house arrest.
Compared to the calmness in other palaces, this news made the eldest prince's place very uneasy.
Nanny Lin, who was beside the eldest prince, walked in from outside and saw the eldest prince practicing calligraphy in front of the desk. He was a small boy and could hardly hold the pen steadily, but he was very focused and methodical.
Seeing him like this, something seemed to flash across Nanny Lin's eyes, and she immediately looked anxious.
"Your Highness, why are you still practicing calligraphy here?" She walked to the eldest prince and grabbed his shoulders. "Your Highness, this is great news. The Emperor has issued an edict to lift the Queen's house arrest. You and your son can be reunited!"
The eldest prince felt a little uncomfortable being captured by her, but after hearing the news, he no longer cared about anything else and was left with only excitement.
"Really? Then can mother come to the palace with me? That's great!"
He hurriedly asked, "When will mother come over?"
"You look so happy." Nanny Lin sighed, "But, Your Highness will be disappointed. From what the Emperor said, he intends to let Your Highness stay in the palace to help with the affairs of the harem."
Everyone in the harem has come to the temporary palace. What about preparing food for the harem? Isn't this just an excuse?
After hearing this, the eldest prince looked disappointed, and the light in his eyes dimmed. "In other words, mother can't come?"
"My poor highness, why don't you go and beg the emperor to relent and bring the queen here? Then your highness will be able to see the queen, right?" Nanny Lin looked into his eyes and said.
This made the eldest prince hesitate. "I have asked the emperor many times before, and I was scolded every time. This time, the emperor will definitely not agree."
"How will you know if you don't try? It was the Queen's fault before, but hasn't the Emperor pardoned the Queen now? If you go and ask the Emperor for help again, it will surely work." Nanny Lin's tone was filled with encouragement and instigation.
The eldest prince was still a little hesitant. The last time he went to ask his father for help, his father told him that he had already moved out of the prince's residence and would not return to Yiyang Palace. If he still couldn't leave his mother, his father would only allow him to see his mother once a month.
If this is true, then what if he goes to ask his father for help now and his father gets angry and doesn't let him see his mother?
Seeing that he was still hesitating, Nanny Lin frowned slightly. Recently, the eldest prince has been studying with the tutor and has learned a lot of truths. He is becoming more and more difficult to appease than before.
She rolled her eyes and sighed again, "If Your Highness doesn't want to go, then don't go. I just don't know how anxious and sad Your Majesty must be when she can't see Your Highness. I'm sure she'll be like Your Highness, thinking about him and crying at night."
The eldest prince was a soft-hearted child who could not bear to hear his mother sad. When he heard that his mother was just like him and would cry at night because of missing him, his nose began to feel sore.
He immediately wiped his eyes and said to Nanny Lin, "Nanny, let's go to the palace to ask for an audience with the emperor. I will definitely ask the emperor to let my mother come to the palace."
Nanny Lin was satisfied. "Okay, okay..." She did not forget to tidy up the calligraphy on the table. "Show these to the emperor. The emperor will definitely be happy to see that Your Highness is working so hard."
The eldest prince held out his hand and said, "Mammy, you said yesterday that you were afraid that I would be tired, so you asked someone to take me to the garden to play for the whole afternoon. I haven't finished much of the homework assigned by the Grand Tutor."
"These are enough. Look at how well our Highness writes."
The eldest prince smiled shyly and stopped bothering her.
Nanny Lin packed up her things and said to the eldest prince, "This old servant is also thinking about your highness. Don't tell the emperor that I asked the servants to take you out to play."
"I know Nanny Lin is doing this for my own good." The eldest prince nodded to her, then took her hand and walked out.
Sitting in a sedan chair, they walked to the pavilion where they had taken shelter from the rain that day. The eldest prince lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and looked outside.
Nanny Lin noticed and asked him, "What are you looking at, Your Highness?"
"I'm looking for the old lady from that day." He said to Aunt Lin, "That old lady was really strange. Why did she call me by my name directly and even asked me if I remembered my mother? She was really nice..."
Nanny Lin's expression changed drastically, and she interrupted him immediately, saying, "Your Highness, that Nanny is a crazy woman, how can you trust her words?"
She put on a smiling face again, "These words are just for listening. If Your Highness takes the words of a crazy woman seriously, you will be laughed at if you tell others about it. Your Highness must never say them in front of others again."
The eldest prince took her words seriously, pursed his lips and nodded, "Mammy is right."
Nanny Lin's eyes stayed on his face for a moment, and seeing that he really heard what she said, she smiled again and said, "Then your highness, please put down the curtain quickly and sit down. We are now in front of the temple."
The eldest prince was actually very nervous, but he instinctively felt that Nanny Lin would not listen to him, so he could only let down the curtains and sit down obediently.
The sedan quickly stopped in front of him...
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Afterwards, Yunqin received news from Xiao Dezi.
But it was not abnormal. Instead, the eldest prince ran to the emperor and begged him to let Concubine De come to the palace.
"This is what Xiao Dezi said: Although there is nothing unusual around the eldest prince, the nanny who takes care of him is Concubine De's person. She often mentions Concubine De in front of the eldest prince. The eldest prince has begged the emperor several times, but he rejected it every time."
After Xiao Shunzi finished speaking, he added, "This time the eldest prince went to the front of the emperor to beg him, probably because of the instigation of that nanny."
Rong Xin was a little worried, "Will the emperor give in this time?"
Yun Qin did not answer immediately. Although Huo Jinchi had promised her, who could tell what he was thinking?
"Whether he agrees or not, the emperor will probably not keep this nanny by the side of the eldest prince anymore."
She hesitated for a moment, "They should also clear out the people around the eldest prince and leave more of his people. This way, the eldest prince will be safer."
Rong Xin responded, glanced at Yun Qin's expression, and did not ask any further questions.
Soon, news came that the eldest prince left the Qinzheng Palace in tears.
Yun Qin didn't feel surprised, but still sighed slightly.
She did not feel sorry for the eldest prince. Defei was framed by the Queen Mother, and it was Defei who spread the news of her pregnancy everywhere. It was all her own fault.
Yun Qin only has a little sympathy for the eldest prince. The emperor and Concubine De may not love him, but they will both weigh the pros and cons first.
"Let Xiao Dezi continue to keep an eye on it." She sighed.