Chapter 170 Zhou Baolin
The fifth prince turned to look at Yingxue, his expression was earnest: "Sister Yingxue, can you help me ask my father and mother to come here?"
Yingxue froze: "Ah this..."
But she looked at the fifth prince's earnest expression, nodded immediately, handed Xia Miaoyuan to Li Ma, and left with a little eunuch.
The fifth prince stood up, took out a handkerchief to wipe Zhou Baolin's face, and seemed to catch a glimpse of a figure.
He turned around and saw that the old eunuch who beat him was about to sneak away.
Just now, the old eunuch thought that the fifth prince was just out of a child's simple sense of justice and wanted to stand up for the weak. When he entered the house, he was scared out by the dirty and smelly environment in the house and didn't take it seriously at all.
Who would have thought that when the Fifth Prince saw Zhou Baolin, he suddenly went crazy and wanted to take her to see the Emperor and Empress.
The old eunuch wanted to run away when she saw that the situation was not good.
"Catch him for me!" the Fifth Prince shouted.
Two young eunuchs immediately stepped forward and twisted the old eunuch's shoulders one by one.
"Your Highness, spare my life!" the old eunuch begged.
[Humph, you still have the nerve to beg for mercy. Have you forgotten how you beat Zhou Baolin just now? ]
"What's your name?" the Fifth Prince asked viciously.
"I am Qi Shou, the eunuch in charge of this cold palace." Qi Shou lowered his head and replied.
[Qi Shou, Qi Shou, you are more like a beast! ] Xia Miaoyuan cursed in his heart.
"Hit him! Hit him!" Xia Miaoyuan raised her little fist and shouted in a fierce voice.
"Don't worry, sister!" The fifth prince comforted.
"Does he always beat and scold you like this?" The fifth prince looked at Zhou Baolin.
"Yes!" Zhou Baolin nodded.
The fifth prince's eyes widened with anger. He first took out the small orange in his arms and handed it to Xia Miaoyuan to hold. Then he raised his arm and hit Qi Shou hard on the face.
Qi Shou cried out "Ouch".
"Oh!" The fifth prince clenched the hand that hit him.
He realized that it hurts to slap someone in the face. This was the first time he hit someone in the face with his own hand.
"Be careful, Your Highness, use this." A little eunuch took off one of his shoes with great tact and handed it to the fifth prince.
The fifth prince held the sole of his shoe, rounded his arms, and slapped Qi Shou on the face.
"Ah! Ah! Ah! Spare my life! Ah! Ah!" Qi Shou screamed like a ghost.
In less than half an incense stick of time, one side of Qi Shou's face was already swollen.
"Switch to the other side! It doesn't look good!" Xia Miaoyuan suggested in a childish voice.
"Well, sister is right!" The fifth prince smiled heartily, switched the sole of the shoe to the other hand, and continued to slap Qi Shou.
"Ah! Ah! Ah! I know I was wrong! Spare my life!"
Soon, Qi Shou's whole face was swollen like a pig's head, and his mouth was rumbling, and it was no longer clear what he was saying.
At this time, the fifth prince was so tired that he was panting and shouting, "I told you not to beat people up!" The
fifth prince wiped the sweat from his forehead, waved his hand and ordered, "Tie him up. I'll hand him over to father later."
At this time, Yingxue had arrived with Emperor Mingxi and the empress. The emperor
and empress got off the sedan chair with a bewildered look on their faces.
"Xiaowu, are you here to show us someone in the cold palace?" Facing the fifth prince who came to greet him, Xia Zhengqi asked.
The fifth prince's eyes were firm: "Yes, father, this person has a big secret."
"Big secret?" The expression on the emperor and empress's face was extremely complicated.
People who are sent to the cold palace are usually people who have made big mistakes. What big secrets can they have?
The emperor and the empress were both skeptical, but seeing that the fifth prince had changed his usual playful smile and became extremely serious, they did not refuse.
When the emperor and the empress entered the inner room, two eunuchs helped Zhou Baolin down.
Zhou Baolin immediately knelt on the ground with a thump, and her thin back looked very pitiful.
Because she had lived in the cold palace for many years, she was severely malnourished and her body was very weak.
"Your concubine greets the emperor and the queen!"
Who is this?
The emperor and the empress focused their eyes and looked at her carefully.
But until Zhou Baolin finished her ceremony and stood up, the emperor and the empress did not recognize who she was.
"Reporting to my father and mother, she is Zhou Baolin from ten years ago!" The fifth prince stood up straight and answered loudly.
"Zhou Baolin!" Xia Zhengqi and the Queen shouted in unison, with shocked expressions on their faces.
Xia Zhengqi vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a Zhou Baolin in the past.
He scratched his head hard, but he couldn't remember the details.
Xia Zhengqi looked at the Queen beside him for help.
The Queen approached Xia Zhengqi and whispered, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? Nine years ago, Concubine Jiang said that Zhou Baolin was infected with a serious disease and became disabled. She was no longer suitable to accompany the emperor, so she was sent away."
Xia Zhengqi remembered something.
Zhou Baolin was a little concubine who was selected to enter the palace.
He only favored her once.
At that time, the Empress Dowager reprimanded him for not caring about expanding the royal family as an emperor. In order to appease the Empress Dowager, he casually flipped the name card of a new concubine who had just entered the palace.
Afterwards, he gave this concubine the title of Baolin.
Later, he was entangled in state affairs, and the Empress Dowager and the Empress had constant conflicts, so he forgot about her. Later
, Concubine Jiang reported to him that Zhou Baolin had a problem, but he didn't even listen carefully and agreed.
At that time, Concubine Jiang controlled the power to manage the six palaces.
[Dad, mother, what are you still thinking about? She is the biological mother of the fifth brother! ]
Xia Miaoyuan frowned and was very worried.
[Hey, what if Zhou Baolin and the fifth prince tell the truth and Dad doesn't believe it! ] What
? This is the fifth prince's biological mother? !
Xia Zhengqi and the empress were so shocked that cold sweats broke out on their backs.
In other words, the child that Concubine Jiang and the empress dowager had snatched away was Zhou Baolin's child!
Xia Zhengqi tried to suppress his emotions and asked the fifth prince: "Chengshun, why did you invite me and the empress to the cold palace on New Year's Eve?"
"Father!" The fifth prince knelt down straight, saluted and said: "Your son wants you to help your son find out his life experience."
"Life experience!" Xia Zhengqi pretended to be shocked.
After a pause, Xia Zhengqi said: "Xiaowu, just say whatever you want to say."
"Your Majesty, your son..." The fifth prince quickly organized the language in his mind.
Alas, I was too impatient just now. I should have found a chance to tell my father in private that it was my sister's inner voice that reminded me that Zhou Baolin was my biological mother.
But now, my sister is here, and I can't reveal her secret. What should I say?
The fifth prince suddenly had an idea and said, "Father, I accidentally heard someone say that I am not Jiang's child."
"They said that Jiang was infertile, so she stole someone else's child and lied that it was her own child." The fifth prince continued.
Zhou Baolin knelt on the ground, raised her head, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, Queen, ten years ago, I found out that I was pregnant. Before I could ask the imperial physician to confirm the diagnosis, I was placed under house arrest by Concubine Jiang!"