20demayo Chapter 602: Concubine Jing’s Loyalty
Chapter 602: Concubine Jing’s Loyalty
Su Peisheng took in the changes in his master and suggested in a soft voice.
"Your Majesty, I see that the three princes all have scars on their faces. Do you need to summon the imperial physician to take a look?"
The emperor glanced at Su Peisheng coldly and said, "You are the only one who talks too much, you little dog slave."
Both the Imperial Noble Consort and the Respected Noble Consort love their children. Would they not ask an imperial physician to treat their son's injuries?
If he rashly sent imperial physicians to his three sons, wouldn't that mean that he approved of their fighting?
If I tell anyone about the fights with my uncles, cousins, nephews and grandchildren, I'll feel embarrassed.
The emperor touched his face inadvertently, and fortunately it was not hot at all.
He then stood up and went to his desk to continue dealing with the mountain of memorials.
His three sons are more capable than he was back then and can never lose in a fight.
It's not without its merits.
The emperor casually opened a memorial and glanced at it quickly.
Petitioning to inherit the title?
It seems that his kid is the big fool who committed treason and beat up his three cousins?
If you don’t respect your elders like this, it will be difficult for you to achieve anything great!
Stay in the middle but not send out!
The emperor was particularly upset and threw the memorial far away.
Su Peisheng silently picked up the letter that fell on the ground and quietly put it aside.
He muttered to himself: The master is in a bad mood today and even dislikes memorials. Those princes and dukes will definitely not get away with it.
He'd better just keep his tail between his legs and do his job.
At this time, An Lingrong had brought her two children back to Yongshou Palace.
When Xiao Shunzi came to report the news, Xiao Linzi went to the Imperial Hospital in advance, and the invited Wei Lin was already waiting inside.
"Please, Imperial Physician Wei, carefully examine the two princes, especially under their clothes, to check for any internal injuries."
An Lingrong was afraid that the child would save face, so she didn't tell the truth.
"Yes, Madam, I will examine the two princes thoroughly."
When Wei Lin stood up, his eyes lingered briefly on Baoge who was serving tea, so quickly that no one noticed.
Mother's face was serious. Hongzhan and Hongyao didn't dare to smile anymore and cooperated with Wei Lin's inspection honestly.
The Imperial Concubine was waiting outside the curtain, and Wei Lin didn't dare to be careless at all.
He and his apprentice carefully examined the two princes from head to toe two or three times, and only found a bruise on the Sixth Prince's chest. It looked a bit serious, but there was no obvious pain or gasping sound when pressing it.
The Eighth Prince had several red and swollen scratches on the back of his neck, but fortunately the skin was not broken.
The two princes' most serious injuries were on their faces. One of them had an injury on the corner of his mouth, and the other had a big black eye.
After Wei Lin asked about the reasons for the two princes' injuries, he asked for instructions with a serious face.
"Excuse me, Madam Imperial Concubine, how are the injuries of the other party in the sparring match?"
An Lingrong was silent for a moment.
"If I could describe it in words, it would be enough to make anyone cry. The boys who study in the study room are all favored by their families, so it's inevitable that they will be ruthless when they hit others."
Wei Lin saw the complicated expression on the Empress' face and had an idea in his mind.
He opened the medicine box, mixed several kinds of medicinal powders whose ingredients were unknown, dissolved them with warm water, and got a bottle of light red medicine juice.
"Your Majesty, this medicine is a secret recipe of my humble master. Once applied, it will cause the skin to swell and glow. It may look scary at first glance, but it's actually harmless."
Back then, the master used this skill to do a lot of things to rob the rich and help the poor.
It was only after he met his master's wife that he began to restrain himself.
When she decided to enter the palace to seek a career, she passed on her secret recipe to him, and now it has come in handy.
Wei Lin had studied the Imperial Noble Consort. She was very protective of her confidants and would not easily become wary of others.
He offered this medicine directly with a hint of test in it.
Before leaving, the master left him a message, saying that no one in the royal family was a good person, and asked him to be careful and not lose his life!
However, Wei Lin believed in his own judgment of people, and the Imperial Concubine was someone worth following.
When An Lingrong heard about the efficacy of this medicine, her eyes suddenly lit up.
"Doctor Wei, please prepare a few more bottles for me."
She was confident in what Master Wei Lin could produce, and the more of this kind of thing the better.
An Lingrong originally wanted to take Wei Lin's master under her command, but Wei Lin said that his master was used to a free and unrestrained life.
She had no choice but to give him a silver note.
Some time ago, the old man left without saying goodbye, and it was said that he was traveling.
Wei Lin was a cautious man. Before applying the potion on the two young masters, he first tested the medicine on his own arm.
After An Lingrong saw the effect of the medicine with her own eyes, she applied it on the corners of the two princes' mouths and around their eyes.
A moment later, the wounds on Hongzhan and Hongyao's faces turned shiny black and purple, and were particularly conspicuous on their fair and tender faces.
Just after lunch, Su Peisheng came to invite people.
"Your Highness, the leaders of the various clans have arrived. The Emperor has ordered this old servant to invite the two princes to the Yangxin Palace... His Highness... Your Highness, how did the two young masters become so seriously injured?"
Su Peisheng glanced at the injuries on their faces and asked in shock.
An Lingrong pulled the two children to her side with heartache.
"Eunuch Su, they just applied some medicine, they're fine."
"I will pack up these two people right away and leave them to you to take back to the Yangxin Palace."
After she finished speaking, she tidied the clothes for the two of them one by one.
"The Shangshufang is a treasured place for reading the books of sages. From now on, please do not fool around in there, or you will embarrass your Royal Father."
After giving instructions to the two children, An Lingrong turned solemnly to Su Peisheng.
"Eunuch Su, the child is full of energy. I am responsible for not disciplining him properly... You have been serving the Emperor, so please persuade him. The child is still young, so you must discipline him strictly from now on."
Su Peisheng nodded solemnly.
He secretly thought in his heart: The Royal Noble Consort is really sensible. Even though the two princes were beaten and seriously injured, in order not to make things difficult for her master, she actually downplayed it and said that they just applied medicine.
As soon as he entered the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, he couldn't wait to bring the two princes to the emperor.
Hongxia, who had been waiting for a long time, burst into tears when he saw the shiny black and purple wounds on the two men's faces.
He clung to the desk where the emperor was handling memorials and refused to let go. "Emperor...Emperor...Father, from now on...if they call me stupid again, I will never talk back. Can you please...talk to them...please don't hit my...sixth brother...and my eighth brother. Mother said...I...am the only two brothers who will...protect me. What if they..."
With every word Hongxia uttered haltingly, the momentum of the people standing in the hall weakened a bit.
To be honest, when they saw the miserable condition of their children, they considered writing a collective petition to force the emperor to punish the three princes.
But now, after seeing the injuries on the faces of the Sixth Prince and the Eighth Prince, they felt guilty and their faces turned red.
The Sixth Prince's black and purple mouth was so swollen that he could hardly close it, and the Eighth Prince's eyes had narrowed into slits. It was unknown whether the eyes inside were injured.
The emperor loved even a mediocre person like the third prince for many years, let alone the sixth prince who was outstanding in both studying and martial arts.
This time, the kids at home have stirred up a hornet's nest, and if they are not careful they will be scolded by the emperor.
As expected, the emperor asked Su Peisheng to send the children back to the Shangshufang to study.
Then an unfriendly look swept over them.
After a while, he slowly spoke.
"I've learned that a group of rebels have infiltrated the capital. I wonder if you've heard of this? Or perhaps some of you are involved, and that's why you sent your descendants to murder my immature son at the beginning of the new year!"
The emperor slapped the dragon throne hard.
"Your Majesty, I am terrified. Please calm down and investigate!"
Several princes who wanted to take advantage of their seniority were the first to kneel on the ground.
The current emperor is very suspicious, especially concerned about his offspring. If he really believes that they are in collusion with the rebels, then the land at the Meridian Gate will be their final destination.
Just now they took it for granted that the late emperor might take family affection into consideration, but the emperor sitting on the dragon throne before them was not someone who was easy to get along with.
"Investigate clearly? You all allow your descendants to harm my son, how can I investigate clearly..."
The angry emperor started scolding from the first one, and said a lot of specious words based on what the secret guards had found out.
Less than half an hour later, a group of clan members who had entered the Yangxin Palace with solemn faces walked out covered in dust.
In the following days, relatives came one after another to ask for leave.
Of course that's all for later.
After sending her son away, Concubine Jing of Xianfu Palace took Hanzhu to the nearest library.
She politely declined the eunuch's eagerness to help her find books, and led Hanzhu through the bookshelves.
It didn't take long to find a history book about the Han Dynasty.
Concubine Jing asked Hanzhu to keep an eye on the movements outside for her while she flipped through the books quickly.
Just as the Imperial Noble Consort said, she found a way to relieve her worries.
"After Emperor Gaozu of Han died, Empress Lü... Bo Ji followed Zi Heng to the Kingdom of Dai..."
Concubine Jing was silently thinking in her heart, could it be that the Imperial Concubine meant that she could follow Hongxia out of the palace in the future?
As soon as this thought came to her mind, she felt more and more that the Imperial Noble Consort had pointed her in the right direction.
Concubine Jing put the history book back to its original place, selected a few chess manuals that were hard to find outside, and then led Hanzhu back to the palace with a calm face.
Late at night, when everyone was asleep, Baoque handed a rolled-up plain handkerchief to An Lingrong.
"Master, this was sent by Hanzhu from Xianfu Palace, with a message for Imperial Concubine Jing to have your personal inspection."
An Lingrong touched the edge of the handkerchief with her finger, and after finding that there was no problem, she signaled Baoque to unfold the handkerchief.
There was a dry grass shaped like a bamboo leaf lying in the handkerchief. After carefully identifying it, An Lingrong laughed softly.
Concubine Jing is here to show her loyalty.
What she sent was the grass 荩草, and the "Book of Songs" says "the king's 荩 minister".