Chapter 8 Coaxing the Child
Zhu Yuhuan praised him so much that she wished everyone around her would gather around so that they could hear him clearly. But when she looked down again, she saw that Zhu Qizhen was already in tears and was hugging his legs and crying loudly. He was obviously very scared.
He was just a child after all, and as the saying goes, "Ignorance is bliss." Otherwise, how could he have dared to reach out and pull the horse's mane? The horse's trot was fast enough for him, and the sudden charge frightened Zhu Qizhen, who was riding a horse for the first time. It's not surprising that he burst into tears.
But in the eyes of the Jinyiwei, the speed of this meteor was not fast. How could it scare the crown prince who was almost four years old so much?
However, seeing this, the Jinyiwei quickly surrounded the horse and took Meteor away to prevent such a good horse from being taken out on others.
Seeing Zhu Qizhen's snot and tears, Zhu Yuhuan almost couldn't help but screaming to the sky, "What a sin!" In the end, she had no choice but to quickly pick up Zhu Qizhen and coax him softly, "It's okay, it's okay, I'm here."
Zhu Qizhen clutched Zhu Yuhuan's clothes, and thinking of her words of advice before she mounted the horse, he burst into tears. After a long while, he sobbed and promised, "I...will definitely listen to you in the future...listen to you..."
Zhu Yuhuan patted Zhu Qizhen's back helplessly and said softly, "Okay, okay, when you grow up, I'll teach you how to ride a horse. Don't cry, okay?"
She believed that she had raised a child before, and that Zhu Youtong did cry when he was a child, but for different reasons than Zhu Qizhen. It can be seen that Zhu Qizhen was really arrogant, but he could not withstand hardships or setbacks.
When he heard that he still had to ride a horse, Zhu Qizhen was obviously hesitant, and even his crying stopped for a moment. He was probably thinking about whether something like this would happen next time he rode a horse.
Seeing this, Zhu Yuhuan comforted her, "Don't worry, as long as you listen to your sister, nothing will happen."
Perhaps because he felt that Zhu Yuhuan was his "friend of life and death", and thinking of how Zhu Yuhuan had just stopped his horse to save someone, Zhu Qizhen hesitated for a long time, but finally nodded obediently.
There was nothing Zhu Yuhuan could do about the crown prince, who was considered a precious treasure by his elders. Seeing that he had finally stopped crying, Zhu Yuhuan reached out and wiped the tear marks on Zhu Qizhen's face. Then he carried him towards the brocade tent, and reminded him as they walked: "Don't cry. Daddy doesn't like to see tears. He will definitely be angry if he sees you crying. If you don't cry, your sister will bring you a kite from outside."
After all, he is the crown prince. If someone saw him crying, they would think that his sister was deliberately trying to harm him.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Qizhen obediently responded, "Okay!"
Concubine Sun was always nervous. When she saw Zhu Yuhuan bringing Zhu Qizhen over, she immediately asked Ruilan beside her to take Zhu Qizhen over and held her son in her arms for a long time to comfort him.
Although Zhu Qizhen did not grow up by her side, he was still a piece of her flesh and blood. How could Concubine Sun not feel sorry for him?
Zhu Qizhen, who had just been comforted, couldn't help crying again when he saw someone to act coquettishly with.
Zhu Yuhuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
She had finally managed to coax him into crying again? Why was he crying again?
When the concubines saw the crown prince bursting into tears, they wanted to say a few words to comfort him, but when they thought of Hu Shanxiang's extremely angry look just now, they dared not speak and just pretended to be silent.
Hu Shanxiang looked Zhu Yuhuan up and down, and seeing that she was safe and sound, she withdrew her gaze and pretended not to see Concubine Sun and her son. She just stared at Zhu Zhanji without saying a word.
Zhu Zhanji saw the mother and son hugging each other and crying, as if they had been bullied. He also saw Hu Shanxiang looking at him with an unusually sharp look, as if saying, "Let me see how you favor the imperial concubine."
Zhu Zhanji was inevitably a little frustrated, and spoke to the imperial concubine and her son in a rare unfriendly tone, "Why are you crying? It's just a small thing, is it worth crying for?"
His original intention was to let the Crown Prince follow Zhu Yuhuan to show off his future heir style. It would have been fine if he had cried, but Zhu Yuhuan had just been coaxed out of his wits, and was provoked by Concubine Sun like this, and was embarrassed in front of everyone...
In Zhu Zhanji's impression, he had never seen many children like the prince. Not to mention Zhu Yuhuan, except for crying when Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi died, he had never seen her shed tears; he didn't take much care of his second daughter Zhu Youtong, but she was usually cheerful; his third daughter Zhu Hanjia often cried when she was a child, but what's wrong with a girl crying?
Zhu Qizhen was a prince, a crown prince at that. How could a crown prince cry like this just because a horse was frightened?
Hearing Zhu Zhanji's scolding, Concubine Sun's crying stopped, but she finally lowered her voice a little, just hugging her son without saying a word. Zhu Qizhen had never seen his kind-looking father angry before, so he hiccuped in fear and dared not cry anymore.
Zhu Yuhuan felt somewhat helpless. She lifted her skirt with her hand, knelt firmly on the ground, and said to Zhu Zhanji, "Huanhuan failed to control the horse and almost hurt His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Please punish me, Your Majesty." After that, she leaned forward and kowtowed sincerely.
Zhu Yuhuan's words cleared the blame from the horse and Zhu Qizhen, saying that it was only his own fault, which was also an indirect way to save Zhu Zhanji's reputation.
Zhu Zhanji's expression eased slightly, and he slowed his voice. "Get up quickly! It's just for fun. It's the fault of the Imperial Stables for not taking good care of the horses. What's the princess' fault?" He gave Wang Jin a look and said, "Wang Jin, pass it on. Everyone in the Imperial Stables will be fined three months' salary."
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Zhu Zhanji walked out of the brocade tent, walked to Zhu Yuhuan and helped her up, saying, "Okay, it's just a small matter, why bother with such formalities." As soon as he took Zhu Yuhuan's hand, he saw that the palms of Zhu Yuhuan's hands had been rubbed red, and even the scar on her right hand that ran through the palm had broken the skin. It was obvious that she was trying her best to tighten the reins, which made Zhu Zhanji feel a little distressed.
Zhu Yuhuan noticed Zhu Qizhen's gaze and just blinked at him. Then he said, "Huanhuan is willing to confine himself in Kunning Palace for a month to reflect on himself, copy the "Qingjing Jing" a hundred times, and offer it to the Dongyue Temple as an apology to Grandma, Empress Sun, and my brother."
Zhu Zhanji was relieved to see that she was paving the steps. Before he could speak, Zhu Qizhen beside him said, "Sister...you saved me. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have pulled the horse's hair..."
His voice was not loud, but everyone around him heard it clearly. They couldn't help but look at Concubine Sun, especially the concubines, who almost asked, "Did you instruct the prince to frame the princess?"
Zhu Youtong, who had just arrived, breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
She said, "Sister is an expert in horse riding and archery, how could she have made a mistake? It's clearly her brother's fault!"
When Concubine Sun heard this and saw the looks everyone was giving her, she immediately let go of Zhu Qizhen and asked unhappily, her voice slightly raised, "What's going on?! What do you mean it's all your fault?! It's clearly the horse that's at fault!"
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