The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

Li Anlian's voice cheered up the emperor. He glanced at Brother Heng and asked, "What did the queen mother say to you?"

Li Anlian didn't come into the bedroom, but just stood behind the screen and replied, "If you go back to the emperor, what the empress dowager means is that Qingquan didn't dare to make up her own mind and hide her acne, but instead she still served the emperor. It must be Someone wanted to harm the emperor, so he did it. The empress dowager said that the Qingquan matter should be strictly investigated."

Brother Heng knew that this matter would not be good, but he did not expect that the queen mother would really use this matter to explode.

The emperor sat upright on the bed, his brows were furrowed, and his expression was calm. After a while, he said, "How does the empress say she wants to investigate?"

Li Anlian replied respectfully outside, "The empress dowager means to find out who has been in contact with Qingquan, and it has something to do with Qingquan. Since Qingquan was the first to contract acne, we can only investigate him first. And Qingquan The acne was exposed on the face, and the palace found out that all the servants in the palace have committed crimes of neglect and should be punished."

The emperor leaned against the mica screen at the head of the bed again, his eyes darkened, and his voice was the same as usual, "Who will the queen ask to check?"

Li Anlian said, "The empress dowager said that this is a matter of the harem after all, and the previous court should not be allowed to investigate this matter, but it is a big matter, related to the safety of the harem, so it has to be thoroughly investigated, so she said that she personally intervened and asked Fengyu Palace to take charge of the matter." Eunuch Gao is in charge of a thorough investigation."

After Li Anlian finished speaking, Brother Heng noticed that the emperor showed deep disgust and gritted his teeth for a moment, but it was only for a moment. He quickly calmed down and continued to lie on the bed. Check, that's naturally good, let her check. My son thanked her for her concern for me. I was almost killed by a traitor, and my heart was terrified. , When you go back to the mother's words, tell me for me that I can't go to greet her, I am very disturbed, and ask her to forgive my son."

Li Anlian responded outside, and the emperor said, "I want to lie down for a while, don't let anyone come in."

After Li Anlian sighed, he heard the sound of him leaving.

The emperor asked Brother Heng to put down the bed curtain, and then said, "Junqing, you can lie down with me for a while."

Brother Heng felt that the emperor was pitiful enough, so he agreed, took off his shoes and sat on the bed to accompany him.

When the bed curtain was lowered, the bed became even more stuffy, the emperor lay there motionless, Brother Heng sat beside him, seeing his expression was dark and confused, he couldn't help loving him, and stroked his hair gently with his hands , said softly, "Your Majesty, don't you even believe Eunuch Li?"

The emperor raised his eyelids and glanced at him, then grabbed brother Heng's hand and held it in his palm, his eyes were a little dazed and sad, and he murmured, "He was the one the queen mother pointed to me, I see It can be seen that he does have a heart for me, but he can't completely believe it."

When he said this, he took Brother Heng's hand and covered his face. Brother Heng felt his warm cheeks and breath, and heard him sigh, "The person I can really trust, How many more?"

Brother Heng gently stroked the little emperor's forehead with his other hand, and said, "Your Majesty, you don't need to be so downcast. Many ministers outside love you and support you in their hearts, and are waiting for the day when you take power. Besides, I also I will not betray the emperor."

The emperor moved Brother Heng's hand away a little, and looked at Brother Heng who was sitting with his dark eyes from bottom to top, then smiled and said, "I understand."

He asked again, "Junqing, why did you want to come to my side in the first place?"

Brother Heng naturally couldn't say that there was no way at the beginning, "Your Majesty, you are the master of the world, and I should be loyal to you, shouldn't I."

His voice was gentle and his expression was peaceful. The emperor looked at him and had the same feeling as Liu Sheng'er. He only felt that Brother Heng was not like a child, but like a Bodhisattva.

Brother Heng knew that these words could not appease the emperor, so he went on to say, "How can I not be grateful for the way you treat me, Your Majesty, no matter what, I will be by your side."

The emperor smiled, covered his eyes with his hands, and said, "I should be content to have you by my side."

This is the first time he said this sentence to Ji Heng. It seems that he said it without thinking about it. Maybe he also said it to other people to win people's hearts, but how many years later, he Thinking of these words, he was still moved. With Ji Heng by his side, he should be content.

Brother Heng said, "No matter what happened to Qingquan, the empress dowager wants to use this incident to replace the people around you, the emperor, with hers, right? The empress dowager must think that the emperor has grown up , she was a little worried, and wanted to do something to make her feel more at ease. However, your majesty, aren't you just afraid that the empress dowager will be at ease, since the queen mother thinks that she will be more at ease if she does this, why not let her do it. "

Brother Heng spoke in a very low voice, soft and waxy, as if a soft hand was gently comforting him. The little emperor felt that his tense nerves in the past few days had finally relaxed a lot. He nodded, "Junqing, you are right."

Brother Heng lowered his body, and whispered in the emperor's ear, "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry too much, as long as you protect yourself and nothing happens, when you grow up a bit, when you are old enough to be in charge, the former court There will be many ministers who are willing to fight against the Empress Dowager and Li Ge for your personal governance. In any case, you are the Emperor of the Ninth Five-Year Period, and you are justified, so if you bear it now, what's the point."

The emperor opened his eyes and looked at Brother Heng, and said, "I really don't have to wait too long, it's only three or four years." Then he sighed softly, "Three or four years. Whether it's long or not, say It's not short. After the queen mother replaces all of my palace with her people, my life is too difficult."

Brother Heng said, "There is always a way."

The emperor suddenly reached out and pulled Brother Heng down, and hugged him into his arms. Brother Heng was startled for a moment, trying to avoid it, but the emperor said, "Junqing, don't move, let me hug you."

Even the emperor, after all, was young, so he was naturally vulnerable. Brother Heng had no choice but to stay still. The emperor closed his eyes and fell silent for a while, then suddenly said, "Your body smells so good, what kind of fragrance is it?"

Brother Heng was stunned for a moment, "It was my mother who scented my clothes. I don't know what kind of fragrance it is."

The emperor sighed, "Your mother must be a good mother."

Brother Heng's expression softened when he thought of Mrs. Xu, "Well, yes. She is very kind to me. The kindness of a loving mother is hard to repay in a lifetime."

The little emperor was stunned for a while, and said, "My mother is just a maid beside my concubine Liu Guifei. Since I was born, I was brought up by Liu Guifei's side. Liu Guifei is in poor health and doesn't care about me. She is kind-hearted and doesn't stop my mother from visiting me, but my mother can only visit me secretly, and she treats me very well. I will never forget her eyes, she looked at me softly, like I am her everything, and I understand what true treasure is from her eyes. Her hands are soft, with tiny calluses, all of which are made by making clothes and shoes and socks for me. She often touches my cheek with her hand, and when she comes to see me, I don’t want to sleep, so she covers my eyes with her hand, hums a tune softly, and says, my son, go to sleep, mother has been waiting for you I only leave when I fall asleep. I don’t want her to leave, so I refuse to sleep, but thinking that she must be cold when she leaves at night, I have to quickly pretend to be asleep.”

In front of his mother, the little emperor is just "I", not "Zhen" who is alone.His words made Brother Heng feel sad and speechless.He thought about his own affairs, his previous life, he was a person without the love of his parents, so he understood the little emperor's loneliness and his longing for maternal love.

Brother Heng didn't say a word, just quietly looked at the little emperor who covered his eyes with his hands.

The little emperor laughed again for a while, looked at Brother Heng with his hands away, and said suddenly, "Junqing, every time I look into your eyes, I feel that I can see my mother in your eyes."

Brother Heng was stunned for a moment, not knowing where the little emperor's association came from.

The little emperor could feel Brother Heng's frozen body, he smiled and let Brother Heng go, and said, "I'm a little hungry, are you hungry?"

Brother Heng sat up and lifted the bed curtain a little and looked at the window outside. Judging from the bright light, it should be noon.

Because almost all the people in the Qilin Hall were driven away by the emperor, it was deserted, and no one came to ask the emperor about lunch.

The emperor got off the bed, and Brother Heng also got out of bed. The emperor didn't leave the room, and called out, "Li Anlian."

His voice was not low, and a voice came to answer after a while, "Your Majesty, Director Li is not here right now. Does the Emperor have any orders?"

It was He Ye'er's voice, he didn't come in outside the door, probably the emperor said that they were not allowed to enter the house, so apart from Liu Sheng'er, even Li Anlian never entered the house.

The emperor said, "What time is it now? I'm a little hungry. Why doesn't Li Anlian know how to arrange lunch?"

He Ye'er replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, you said earlier that you would not eat food from the Imperial Dining Room, and Eunuch Liu personally cooked porridge for you in the small Dining Room. Your Majesty, do you have some appetite again? This servant will go to talk to Director Li Said, let Manager Li order the imperial dining room to bring lunch."

The emperor frowned and said angrily, "Liu Sheng'er is going to make porridge? Where's the cook in the small dining room?"

The voice of He Ye'er knelt down came, and he said, "It's about Qingquan, the servants and cooks in the small dining room have all been driven away, even the maids who make tea have been driven away, Your Majesty, you Forgot?"

The emperor said unhappily, "I have not forgotten, and I still need a servant like you to remind me? Liu Sheng'er has made the porridge and let him deliver it. You go and call Li Anlian."

After He Ye'er agreed, she got up and left.

The emperor sat down on the chair, brushed the messy hair on his head, and motioned for Brother Heng to sit next to him, and then he said, "When there are many people in the palace, I am upset. Now there are no people, and there are enough people." annoying."

Brother Heng smiled and said, "The person is just right, that's all."

Then he asked, "Your Majesty, how about I tie up your hair for you."

The emperor smiled, "I can't ask for it, but do you know how to tie your hair? The nanny who tied my hair before was also driven away by me. Liu Sheng'er and Li Anlian are not good at it, so I have to do this."

Brother Heng said, "I'm afraid it won't work if you look like you're going to the morning court, but it's not difficult to be more casual."

The emperor then went to the dressing table to sit down, motioned for Brother Heng to take a comb from the drawer, stared at himself and Brother Heng in the mirror, and said, "When will I grow up?"

Brother Heng combed the emperor's hair with a comb, and said, "When I grow up, when I look back, I will definitely think that my youth was just a flash."

The emperor smiled, staring at Brother Heng with a soft expression in the mirror, feeling something in his heart, thousands of tender feelings were brewing in his chest, sweeping his whole body, so that he said without hesitation, "If you are a girl , I will definitely hire you as my wife, so good fortune and misfortune depend on each other, and we are together with each other, how nice of you to say."

Brother Heng was surprised that the emperor said such words, but he soon understood what he was thinking. The emperor lacked close people and the experience of endowing him with such close feelings.

So he said, "This is naturally a blessing for a humble minister. It's just that your wife, the emperor, will be the mother of a country in the future. That can't be decided at will. Moreover, the minister is not a girl. However, I believe that your wife will be the mother of the country in the future. Surely you can meet a woman who you are willing to say that."

The emperor's eyes became complicated and deep, he propped his head in a daze for a while, and said slowly, "I hope it can."

Brother Heng couldn't stay with the emperor in the palace all the time, so in the afternoon, he asked to leave the palace and go back.

The emperor didn't keep him, the queen mother wanted to thoroughly investigate the matter of Qingquan, and it would not be a good thing for Brother Heng to stay in the Qilin Palace.

Brother Heng returned to Ji's mansion, Master Ji sat in the study and waited for him, as soon as he got home, someone took him to Master Ji's study.

Brother Heng sat down on the chair, Master Ji went to close the gate outside, and then came to ask Brother Heng, "You go to the Qilin Hall, how is the situation in the Qilin Hall?"

Brother Heng said, "The emperor is very smart. After the little father-in-law's acne case came out, the emperor used his fear as an excuse to drive away all the serving people in the Qilin Palace, leaving only three or five people. What he stayed and ate was also made by his most trusted servant."

Master Ji breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I always knew that the emperor is the real son."

He asked again, "Is the cowpox inoculated for the emperor?"

Brother Heng nodded, "It has already been planted. After today, the emperor may have a low fever and cannot blow the wind. These sons have told him, and he said he knows what to do."

Master Ji said humanely, "The emperor really trusts you." When he said this, it was because Master Ji knew that the little emperor was a cautious person, and a cautious person would believe that Brother Heng asked him to vaccinate him. Of course, he trusted him a lot. he.

Brother Heng didn't show any pride and complacency, and said with an ordinary expression, "The son told the emperor that you asked me to vaccinate the emperor, and the emperor agreed. The emperor should trust you, father."

Lord Ji was stunned by his words, and then became unpredictable again, and said, "It's good that the emperor agrees to vaccination. What else can you do when you are in the palace?"

Brother Heng said that sentence, although it is true, but it is also for Lord An Ji's heart, to pull Lord Ji closer to the little emperor.

In the past, brother Heng went to the emperor's side because of Lord Ji's order, but now, he voluntarily stays by the little emperor's side, and keeps Lord Ji firmly for the little emperor.

Master Ji's affection for his father and son is not deep, Brother Heng understands in his heart, even because of the matter of Aunt Liu and Brother Ying, he has a deeper grudge against Master Ji, but Master Ji's ability is beyond doubt, and it is also for Heng My brother admires it.

Brother Heng told about the Empress Dowager's thorough investigation of Qingquan, and said, "The Empress Dowager's intention is to use this to change the people in the palace."

Master Ji pondered, "It's expected that the empress dowager would have a fit, but she wants to use this to change the people in the palace, even though some of them have been replaced, the new ones may not be free of loopholes. "

Brother Heng said, "My son thinks the same way. The empress dowager did this just to make her feel at ease. What happens afterwards is not certain. Although the emperor didn't want to do it because the empress dowager wanted to rearrange people in his palace. I was happy, but I calmed down later, and I think he had some ideas. Now the smallpox is raging in Beijing, the palace is not peaceful, and the empress dowager is also very afraid. The empress will not wantonly change people in the palace, she is also afraid that something will happen again."

Mr. Ji probably thought so in his heart, he pondered for a while, walked up to Brother Heng, patted him on the shoulder, and stroked his hair, with a very satisfied expression, "Father knows you will Get things done, I know you have a way. What happened to Brother Ying before, Pu Shi told me later that it was the sixth son who neglected Brother Ying, but you love your younger brother very much. It was because your father blamed you. Brother Ying My son is still young, and you only have one younger brother. You brothers should love each other. You are the eldest brother. From now on, you will be the master of the family affairs, and you will love him, so I can rest assured."

Brother Heng was taken aback by his words, and Pu Shi would go to Master Ji to explain what happened to Brother Ying during the Dragon Boat Festival, because Brother Heng sent a gift to Pu Shi's house, and brought a few words with him, The meaning is naturally that the sixth aunt is just an aunt after all, and he is the eldest son of the family. Even if she is brother Ying's nurse, she should understand some things and know what to do.

Pu is a sensible person. Her father is the accountant of the mistress Xu, and her husband's family is the Chen family, who is in charge of Xu's Zhuangzi. Fame, even though she is a wet nurse beside Liu Yiniang, she still has to listen to Mrs. Xu in everything, to Mrs. Xu and Brother Heng.

After all, Liu Yiniang is still from a low background and doesn't have much insight, so she thinks that Xu Pushi has some other benefits, so she will totally turn to her.

So Brother Ying's nanny, Pu Shi, told Master Ji about the sixth aunt, and Brother Heng was not surprised.

He was so taken aback because Master Ji's words were meant to reassure him. Master Ji made it clear that the position of his eldest son is unshakable.