Chapter 461 Night Visit to Yangxin Palace
The corners of the little emperor's lips slightly raised, and he said slowly: "Father didn't have many children, especially princesses, who were even rarer."
"I only have this one sister. She was born to Concubine Liu in the harem,
and she is three years younger than me." "Although we are not from the same mother, I still like her very much. She also has a pair of big eyes like yours. She would squint her big eyes, hug my neck, and call me "third brother" in a milky voice. She would also put delicious snacks in her sleeve pocket and leave them for me to eat."
The little emperor spoke softly, tears welling up in his eyes, as if he was recalling the past.
"What happened later?" Xia Miaoyuan asked curiously.
The little emperor's eyes dimmed a little, and he whispered: "When she was five years old, she fell into the water and could not be rescued."
"That's such a pity!" Xia Miaoyuan sighed.
For a moment, both of them fell into silence.
Xia Miaoyuan regretted asking the latter sentence, [Hey, I seem to have killed the topic! What should I do, what should I do? Hurry up and find another topic! ]
Suddenly, she had an idea and asked: "What about the princess's biological mother, Concubine Liu? Did she have any more children later?"
The little emperor took a sip of tea and said lightly: "After losing her only daughter, Concubine Liu was too heartbroken and fell ill. She died a year later."
[Concubine Liu was so miserable, let me recall. 】Xia Miaoyuan listened to him talking about Lady Liu and recalled the contents of the original book.
In the original book, not much
was written about Dai Viet. 【I don't remember much, it seems that there is no mention of Lady Liu in the book! 】 【
However, I remember that the book wrote that Zhu Ling was very domineering in the harem, relying on the favor of the previous emperor. 】
【If other concubines were favored, she would harm them. 】
【So this sister, it couldn't be Zhu Ling who harmed her? 】
She was thinking, and suddenly heard a shout in her ear.
"Second Prince, the family finally found you!"
Xia Miaoyuan looked up and saw that it was the eunuch next to Zhu Ling.
When Yue Haoming saw that it was his mother's people, he immediately understood that Zhu Ling had sent someone to call him back to the table, and immediately said to Xia Miaoyuan, "Let's go!"
After that, Yue Haoming took Xia Miaoyuan's hand and hurried forward.
Seeing this, the eunuch shouted loudly, "Your Majesty, don't run!"
He shouted while chasing.
At the same time, on the other side.
The prince, who had disguised himself as an attendant, had sneaked into the place where the late emperor lived before his death, the Yangxin Palace.
The Yangxin Palace was the place where the late emperor liked to live most when he was alive. Usually, as long as he didn't go to the concubines' palace, he would spend the night in the Yangxin Palace.
Later, he fell ill and stayed in the Yangxin Palace until his death.
Since the establishment of the Dai Viet Dynasty, the Yangxin Palace has been the residence of the emperor.
According to the custom of Dai Viet, when the old emperor died and the new emperor ascended the throne, he would move to the Hall of Cultivation.
But when Viet Haoming ascended the throne, he did not move into the Hall of Cultivation, contrary to his usual practice.
Empress Dowager Zhu Ling insisted that Viet Haoming live in the same palace with her, on the grounds that he was still young.
Later, when Viet Haoming was twelve years old, the historian advised that the emperor should move out of the Queen Mother's palace and move into the Hall of Cultivation.
Zhu Ling really had no reason to let the young emperor live with her, so she agreed to let him move out, but did not move into the Hall of Cultivation, but let him move into another palace.
Therefore, the Hall of Cultivation has been abandoned since the death of the previous emperor.
In order to facilitate the daily patrol of the night eunuchs, the gate of the Hall of Cultivation was not locked.
Yue Haoyun carefully pushed the gate open a crack and went in.
The doors of each room in the Yangxin Hall were locked, but this did not pose a problem for him.
Yue Haoyun took out a delicate needle from his sleeve and poked open the door lock of the main hall in a few strokes.
After entering the main hall, Yue Haoyun took out a tinder to illuminate the room and searched for clues bit by bit.
However, almost most of the objects in the Yangxin Hall had been moved away, and as for the items and personal belongings of the late emperor, they had been completely taken away.
Yue Haoyun quickly searched the main hall, the side hall, and the inner room, but found nothing.
His brows were tightly wrinkled, and he stood in the middle of the inner room, a little at a loss.
Should he leave or continue looking?
While he was hesitating, he heard a noisy sound of footsteps.
In panic, he put out the fire, lay down, and hid under the bed.
In the courtyard of Yangxin Palace, the little emperor took Xia Miaoyuan and hid behind the gate.
"Your Majesty, why don't we go back to the banquet!" Xia Miaoyuan looked up at the little emperor and said.
The little emperor quickly made a gesture to keep quiet, "Don't make a sound, wait until they have passed, then we will come out."
The eunuch Wang Gonggong from Zhuling, who had just come, brought people and originally wanted to find the little emperor to go back to the banquet, but he took Xia Miaoyuan and ran away.
The two ran around in the palace, and later, the little emperor simply picked up Xia Miaoyuan and ran.
This time, he not only got rid of the eunuchs who came to look for him, but also lost his own two followers.
Only Sang Qi followed closely the whole way because of his martial arts background.
At this time, the little emperor, Xia Miaoyuan, and Sang Qi were hiding behind the gate of Yangxin Palace.
Eunuch Wang and several eunuchs were holding lanterns and searching on the palace road, shouting in suppressed voices: "Your Majesty..."
The three of them waited for a while, until the voices became farther and farther away, and then the little emperor breathed a sigh of relief.
"Humph! Bad luck! How dare you ruin my fun!" The little emperor shook his sleeves vigorously and said angrily.
Xia Miaoyuan looked up at him, "But today is your Majesty's birthday, so it's only natural for them to come and ask you to come back to the feast."
The little emperor rolled his eyes, "I don't want to be controlled by them. What I hate most is a noisy party with a lot of people, and those princes and ministers who are servile and tell lies. They are so hypocritical that I don't even want to watch them."
Xia Miaoyuan pursed his lips speechlessly, [Ah, this little emperor is also enough to give people a headache. ]
[Teens are in the rebellious period of youth. In addition, Yue Haoming's personality and talents are not suitable for being an emperor. ]
In the inner room of Yangxin Palace, Yue Haoyun lay under the bed and listened carefully. He found that it was his emperor brother who was naughty and took Princess Anguo to hide here. He breathed a sigh of relief and climbed out from under the bed on tiptoe.
When he climbed halfway, his fingers touched the inside of the bedrail, and his heart trembled.
In the courtyard, Sang Qi took a handkerchief and swept the dust on the stone bench, and said: "Your Majesty and the little prince, you still have to stay here for a while, do you want to sit down?"
Xia Miaoyuan was worried about his sore legs and feet, and when he heard that there was a place to sit, he hurried over.
At this moment, there was another voice outside the door.
It was the voice of a eunuch, "You two, turn up the lights. It's too dark in this courtyard."