The prince is seriously ill

On the evening of the third day after Concubine Rong's death, the imperial decree was issued to Zhaohua Palace.

The second prince, Xun Yu, stood at a loss, and fell on the ground in a daze after being asked to kneel down.The seven-year-old couldn't figure it out at all. He only heard someone read a long passage in a non-male and non-female voice, and finally said something about Concubine Rong and Xianfei.He naturally knew that Concubine Rong was his mother, but who was Concubine Xian?Is it the maid next to the mother?Or a bad guy like Xiuzhu?Xun Yu knelt tremblingly, and suddenly a monster with a big mouth and three eyes appeared in his mind, and he rushed to eat him. He thought it should be "Xianfei".

"Second prince? This servant is always serving Eunuch Lu," Eunuch Lu's shrill voice pulled back his wandering thoughts, "Come on, this servant will take you to Liyang Palace. From now on, Concubine Xian will be yours." mother."

Xun Yu neither nodded nor shook his head, and looked at the speaker in a daze, ah, he knew, the beardless father-in-law in front of him must be the eunuch that the court ladies mentioned.

"Go change your clothes, you can't wear this filial son's clothes to meet the concubine Xian." Eunuch Lu laughed.

Is he smiling at me?Xun Yu looked at him suspiciously, his eyes gradually filled with curiosity.I don't like this dress either, they made me wear it!He replied in his heart, but he didn't intend to speak to him.

The maid took him down and changed into plain and elegant clothes.When he came back, he saw that the eunuch was still waiting for him, smiling at him from a distance.

This eunuch is really a good man, Xun Yu thought to himself, leaning on his crutch with one hand and thumping over.

"Are you using a servant to lead you?" Eunuch Lu leaned over and asked.

Xun Yu shook his head, picked up the crutch deftly, and followed behind him with a limp.

Eunuch Lu slowed down on purpose to take care of the little prince with a broken leg.It has been 36 years since he entered the palace at the age of eight. After 36 years of training, he has a deep understanding of why the tongue outlives the teeth.He knew not to make enemies casually at any time, and even the weakest and most insignificant people should not be easily turned into opponents. It is because he is well versed in this rule that he has survived to this day safely.

"You don't have to wait for me on purpose, I can catch up." Xun Yu frowned and said.

Eunuch Lu nodded slightly and quickened his pace.

Walking through the promenade, snowflakes floated in the drowsy sky.

The right hand holding the cane was exposed/exposed in the cold north wind, and the blood seemed to be congealed, followed by involuntary numbness.

Xun Yu seemed to be used to this state of frozen fingers, and walked forward with his head down as if nothing had happened.Suddenly, he took the first step and walked side by side with Eunuch Lu. After hesitating for a long time, he raised his head and said, "Can I ask you a question?"

"What does the second prince want to ask this slave?" Eunuch Lu said fairly.

"Will you tell me if I ask you?" Xun Yu asked with uncertainty.

"As long as the servant knows, the servant will tell the second prince." Eunuch Lu said in a gentle voice.

"You must know," Xun Yu slowly changed from looking up to looking down on him, his eyes full of probing, as if he had encountered a problem in life that had troubled him for a long time, and his childish voice was unusually serious: "Can you pee standing up?"

The group of eunuchs behind were stunned for a moment, then broke out into a muffled laugh, covering each of them with their hands, probably not wanting to make a sound, their mouths were tightly pursed, but their shoulders couldn't hold back the twitching.

Xun Yu looked at Eunuch Lu in confusion. He saw that his face was as red as a persimmon. He opened and closed his mouth several times, and finally stomped his feet and said, "Why are you laughing? What's so funny? Who will laugh at Eunuch again today?" Let him laugh enough tonight."

The laughter stopped as promised, except for the two who were not afraid of death, their expressions were shaking ferociously.

Eunuch Lu greeted that curious face in embarrassment, how can I answer this question?You can neither answer yes, nor answer no, nor answer don't know!He coughed lightly, and said vaguely, "There's no certainty about this."

Did not hear the desired answer, the child's beautiful eyes were filled with disappointment, and walked forward in frustration.How could this be uncertain?Doesn't he even know if he can pee standing up?lie!The child walked away sullenly. He knew that children should not ask too many questions. If they asked the mother who should not ask, they would send the maid to tear up their mouths. He decided not to ask. He will know the answer when he goes out to peek at an eunuch at night. ?

Eunuch Lu thought that the child would definitely break the casserole and ask the end, but he was secretly in a daze and didn't know what he was thinking. He suddenly felt that it was better for the child not to speak.

All the way in silence, Liyang Palace is close at hand.

Under the vermilion wall stood a group of graceful court ladies, who lined up neatly in two rows.Standing at the front was a woman wearing a light-colored long skirt and a big red sable velvet. The woman stood upright with a stern look on her face. The cold wind ruffled her hair, and her clothes fluttered and danced in the wind.

Xun Yu was a few feet away from her, looking over through the snowflakes, he couldn't see her face clearly, only a tall and straight figure that stood still.He thought the woman was very beautiful.Others said his mother was beautiful, but compared to this woman in red, her mother's beauty paled in comparison.Until later, he couldn't even remember her appearance, but this scene was forever frozen in his mind, and Concubine Xian became an astonishing existence in his heart.

"This is Concubine Xian, from today onwards, she will be your mother." Eunuch Lu said, tugging at the motionless second prince.

Xun Yu looked at Concubine Xian obsessively, wondering in his heart, is she also my mother?Why does such a beautiful sister want to be my mother?If you ask him what he was most afraid of in the past seven years, the answer must be the word mother.

For as long as he could remember, he had seen his mother only a handful of times.He remembered that when he was very young, every time he went to see her, he had to go to the toilet first, otherwise he would pee his pants in fright when he saw her.The consequences of urinating on the body are usually very serious. She will ask the maid to take him down, and then the maid will force him to stuff his wet pants into his mouth until he promises not to wet his pants again next time.Then he really didn't pee his pants anymore, neither when he was sleeping at night nor when he was going to see his mother.

He was still afraid of his mother, but from now on, he would answer her questions in a polite manner, and if he couldn't answer, he would say he didn't know.The mother didn't punish him anymore, she just looked at him with eyes like looking at a fly, and the next sentence would say what he liked to hear the most, 'Get off, don't show up in front of me if you have nothing to do. 'In fact, he felt very wronged, because he didn't want to appear in front of her at all, and every time she sent someone to call him, he went there.

Xun Yu let Concubine Xian lead him in. Her hand was big, warm and strong, so he didn't want to pull it away at all.

She asked him to sit down, picked up a heater and put it in his hands, then bent down and looked at him and said, "Second Prince, Liyang Palace will be your home from now on, and Eunuch Lu has told you that I am Your mother, just tell me if you need or want anything?" After that, he smiled and pinched his flushed face.

Xun Yu stared at him with wide eyes, a feeling flashed in his heart that he couldn't be called famous, he didn't know how to describe it, he only knew that her hand was so comfortable when pinching her face, he almost even opened his mouth Begging her to pinch it again, but he still held back, pursed his lips vigilantly, and sat on the seat she asked him to sit without saying a word.

"Have you had dinner yet?" Concubine Xian asked.

Xun Yu nodded.

"Do you want to eat more?"

Xun Yu shook his head.

"Then you can play by yourself, I'll eat first."

Xun Yu nodded again.

The maids of Liyang Palace looked at each other in blank dismay, what's wrong with Concubine Xian?In the past, even when the emperor came, I never saw her so happy. Later, no matter whether the emperor was present or not, she always acted as cold as ice and ignored her. How could she treat this disabled prince whom no one wants to adopt today? Attentive?The maids were all dumbfounded, and in the end Guixiang, the oldest maid, took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, which room will the Second Prince live in tonight?"

"It's good to live in the same room with me." Concubine Xian said nonchalantly.

"This..." Gui Xiang showed embarrassment, "I'm afraid this is against the rules."

"Then give him the south-facing bedroom on the left." Concubine Xian picked up a vegetable and ate it neatly. She ate very quickly, but she didn't feel rude at all. On the contrary, her gestures were completely chic.

The palace maids were all in ecstasy, no one thought that their master would give the best room to such an unfavored child.

Concubine Xian put down her chopsticks, quickly wiped her mouth and hands clean and said: "You all go down, I will talk to the second prince about my feelings."

The maids filed out.

Concubine Xian sat down next to Xun Yu, lifted the broken foot and put it on her lap, "Let mother see your feet."

Xun Yu obediently let her fiddle with him, neither struggling nor speaking, just frowning slightly.

Concubine Xian lifted up the small vacant trouser leg, and a round broken foot appeared vividly.The wound was unexpectedly flat, leaving only a large, slightly darker scar.It can be seen that the knife that cut it must be extremely sharp.

Concubine Xian gently stroked the scarred incision, pretending not to notice the child's dodge and anxiety.Just such a foot has ruined countless people, and the one who suffers the most is the seven-year-old child in front of him.From the first time she saw him, she found that he always hid his broken foot behind his back intentionally or unintentionally.

Back then, there was a lot of trouble in Zhaohua Palace. There were rumors that Concubine Rong gave birth to a monster without bones, and she also heard a little about what happened afterwards.I have to admit that Concubine Rong is really smart. If it wasn't for her knife, their mother and son would have been killed by the knife seven years ago, how could they still be there today?She felt sorry for the child, how innocent the child was, but she also knew clearly that the child's biological father and biological mother would never think so.Concubine Rong is a poor person after all, hey, how many people in this high-walled compound are not poor people?

"Can I call you Yu'er?" Concubine Xian patted his head and said.

Xun Yu raised his head, his clear eyes showed a little confusion, he nodded in a daze, then he lowered his head and fiddled with his fingers, and after a while, his words were pleading: "May I not call you mother?"

"Why? Does Yu Er not like me?" Concubine Xian was a little surprised.

Xun Yu shook his head hastily, "No, I like you."

"Then why don't you want to call me mother?" Concubine Xian said.

Xun Yu nodded, shook his head, and waved his hands. He looked a little funny. After thinking for a long time, he said: "I don't like mother, I like you, I don't want to call you those two words." He seemed to be very afraid of his mother. Mother, whenever he said the word mother, his body would tremble involuntarily, and his eyes would become evasive.

Concubine Xian firmly pressed his shoulder, "If you don't like to be called mother, how about you call me mother?"

Xun Zhi thought for a while, but still shook his head distressedly, "There is still one word that is the same."

"Then remove that same word and call her mother directly, shall we?" Concubine Xian secretly thought it was funny.

"Is this okay?" Xun Yu cried out in his heart, blinking his eyes.

"Of course, that's what I call my mother." Concubine Xian said.

Xun Yu nodded solemnly, "Then I will call you mother from now on."

Concubine Xian smiled and agreed, and suddenly said seriously: "Yu'er, can you promise mother something?"

"What's the matter?" Xun Yu tilted his head and asked.

"In the future, you can never say that you hate your mother in front of others. Even if you hate it in your heart, you can't say it out of your mouth. Will you promise mother?"

"Why?" Xun Yu's eyes flashed.

"Don't ask why, you just need to tell mother whether you agree or not, and if you agree, you have to do it, and you can't say that in front of mother in the future."

Xun Yu looked at her serious face, and wanted to ask what would happen if she didn't agree, but he couldn't bear to listen to her, so he hesitated for a while and said, "I promise mother!"

"Good boy," Concubine Xian touched the little head in front of her.Children are still too young, they will only remember the vicious executioner, but they will not think about who is behind the killing order.The word mother is too complicated, and this seven-year-old child who only perceives the world based on his own likes and dislikes is not enough to understand its full meaning.More importantly, once the dislike of the biological mother is used by someone with a heart, it is enough to give him a felony of treason, and she must help him correct this.

"Mother also wants to tell you a piece of good news. Starting tomorrow, you will go to the Imperial College to go to school." Concubine Xian said.

"Where is Guozijian?" Xun Yu asked in a daze.

"That's where the princes study. There will be a special gentleman there to teach you how to read and write."

Xun Yu nodded, "Will there be many people there?" When he was in Zhaohua Palace, there would be court ladies who would come to teach him how to read and write every day.

"In addition to you and the third prince, there will be minister's children to accompany me to study." Concubine Xian said.

Xun Yu fell silent, he didn't like crowds at all, and he felt uncomfortable when there were crowds.If he could choose, he would rather never go to the Imperial College.