Li Hong's short legs couldn't run at all, and his running was not very stable. The palace maids and eunuchs who were afraid that he would fall followed him, bending down and stretching out their hands in ugly postures, and moved obscenely around him to protect him. He prevents falls.
Li Hong obviously also realized that his short legs couldn't run fast at all. He was not as fast as walking. He pouted his little mouth and stopped with his short legs. Naturally, the next step was another eunuch, Cheetah, who picked him up and quickly walked towards his mother and concubine. ran to the palace.
Li Hong had been thinking along the way. In the frightened eyes of the palace maid just now, he suddenly remembered that his sister named Li Si was recorded in the history books of his previous life. According to the records in the history books, his sister was visiting the queen. After that, before his father visited him, he was strangled to death by his mother and concubine himself!
If the prediction is correct, the father should have arrived at the palace of his mother and concubine now, and when he visited his sister, he found that his sister was dead, right? No, there might be a chance for treatment, Li Hong said hopefully in his heart.
When I arrived at the palace gate, I heard the sad cries of my mother and concubine. My father was roaring loudly in the palace, surrounded by kneeling palace ladies and eunuchs who were shivering like chaff. Their heads were pressed to the ground and they dared not make a sound.
After entering the palace, the mother-in-law was holding her father and crying there. The whole person was extremely weak, with a look of heartbreak.
His father's face was red, his eyes were wide open with anger, and his chest was heaving rapidly with anger. There were debris scattered on the ground, which he had obviously thrown in a fit of rage.
After the eunuch Cheetah put Li Hong down, he hurriedly knelt on the ground with Hua Meng and the three maids.
Wu Mei saw Li Hong coming in, as if seeing a life-saving straw, she pushed Li Zhi away and stumbled to Li Hong, hugged her tightly, and murmured: "My child, my poor My child, let me see if you are okay, otherwise I won’t want to live.”
Li Hong allowed his mother-in-law to hold him tightly in his arms, watching his mother-in-law crying, putting her hands on his face, and randomly wiping the sweat from his forehead.
"Mother and concubine... Erchen wants to see my sister." Li Hong said vaguely, but it was enough for Wu Mei to understand what he said.
Even though Wu Mei was extremely smart, she didn't realize how Li Hong knew about Li Si's death in advance.
The crying Wu Mei Lian Ai caressed Li Hong's cheek worriedly and nodded silently, indicating that he could go in and see his sister.
Li Zhi looked at Li Hong, who was confused but firm and sensible, and then looked at Wu Mei, who was holding Li Hong just now, losing control of her emotions and full of worry. He sighed heavily. His feelings towards the mother and son now were really mixed. What was more, he felt guilty and sorry for Wu Mei. He brought her into the palace, but could not protect their mother and son. This was his biggest dereliction of duty. ah.
The thought that had been suppressed in his heart slowly rose again, and became more and more intense. That was something that had been forming in his mind for a long time - deposing Wang Liwu.
Li Zhi sighed again, and slowly squatted down in front of Li Hong, holding his thin shoulders with both hands, his eyes full of love and worry: "Go, go say goodbye to your sister."
Li Hong didn't dare to look at his father, because he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hide the anger in his heart! But the more this happens, the more Li Zhi feels that he owes their mother and son too much. The more he feels that the young Li Hong is sensible and weak, the more he wants to protect their mother and son from harm in the harem.
Li Hong nodded obediently, took small steps to open the door curtain and walked in. At a glance, he saw his younger sister lying on the couch who was still in her infancy but had died.
Before she had time to see the world with her own eyes, before she could feel the splendor and variety of the world, her future life was cut off by her biological mother.
Li Hong slowly walked up to him, lifted the quilt covering his sister's body, and stretched out his hands to search for the artery in her neck. The chill from his cold body made him lose his last hope. This baby He was completely unconscious.
Although he has the memory of nine lives, although he has gone through thousands of tribulations, nine reincarnations and ten lives, he is reincarnated as a human being. But this kind of family love that is thicker than water still burns blazingly in his body. It is a heartache that cannot be explained clearly. After ten lives, he still cannot see through it and understand it, and he will still be painful and sad because of the death of his loved ones. .
Li Hong looked at his sister's baby face in a daze. If she didn't die and could grow up, she would probably be as beautiful as Princess Taiping, right
"Sister, I hope you will be born into an ordinary family in the next life. I hope you can be reincarnated into your brother's previous life and go to the 21st century. Compared to our era, there is a land of peach blossoms." Li Hong was stunned after finishing speaking. Sitting next to my sister, my vision went dark and I fell asleep again.
Li Zhi outside slowly helped Wu Mei and said in a deep voice: "I must give you an explanation for this matter. I must make the queen pay for the death of my daughter. She cannot give birth to an heir for me, so she is naturally jealous of you. You gave birth to a good princess for me! How shameful." At the end, Li Zhi gritted his teeth and his red eyes were very scary.
"No, Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with the Queen. It is Li Siming's poor fate and cannot be blamed on the Queen." Upon hearing Li Zhi's words, Wu Mei hurriedly raised her head and cried to stop her.
Wu Mei's miserable look with misty eyes, coupled with her frail appearance not long after giving birth to a child, the pain of losing her daughter, the heartbreak and the inability to recover, were vividly performed by Wu Mei.
Li Zhi obviously couldn't look directly at the misery of his beloved woman. He held Wu Mei tightly in his arms and said softly: "You are too naive. The queen has never given birth to an heir for me, but you first gave birth to a prince for me. Li Hong has given birth to Princess Li Si, which will naturally make the queen jealous of you. It is reasonable for her to do such a thing that angers both humans and gods for the sake of her position as queen. "
"No, no, no, the queen will not do this. I hope your majesty will not vent your anger on the queen because of the unfortunate... Si'er." Wu Mei grabbed Li Zhi's hand and continued to persuade.
Wu Mei's eyes were dull, obviously she had not recovered from the pain of losing her daughter, but she still kindly thought about the cruel queen, which made Li Zhi deepen his hatred for the queen.
"Let's put this matter aside for the time being. Let's arrange for my princess to be settled before it's too late." Li Zhi hugged the heartbroken Wu Mei and changed the subject.
Li Zhi still has a certain level of government, otherwise he would not be able to decisively send his uncle, brother, sister and consort to the guillotine this year.
Seeing Wu Mei being attracted by his words, Li Zhi pondered for a moment and said: "From now on, two more eunuchs will be assigned from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to protect the fifth prince Li Hong. By the way, two more maids will be assigned to serve him. Now. Just go make arrangements.”
The only eunuch in the entire palace who got up, Li Zhi's personal eunuch hurriedly took the order and arranged relevant matters.
Wu Mei slowly knelt down and thanked her: "I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness to Hong'er..."
"Hong'er is my most beloved prince. If this happened, how could I ignore Hong'er's safety? The safety of your mother and son is the top priority in my heart." Li Zhi sighed.
The two slowly approached the house and saw Li Hong lying unconscious on Li Si's body motionless. Wu Mei was shocked and nervously ran over to pick up Li Hong. Li Zhi followed behind and looked around. He hurriedly called the imperial doctor who was kneeling on the ground in the front hall to come in and check on Li Hong.
Li Hong originally thought that since his sister's accident, his scope of activities would be narrowed by his father and mother, but apparently he thought too much. He could still move anywhere in the harem, but there were a few more nervous eunuchs around him. maid.
Moreover, these maids and eunuchs were obviously carefully selected by Li Zhi. They were given to him Li Hong and completely became his personal belongings.
In this way, Li Hong had to worry about naming them again. Although the previous names could still be used, according to the regulations, he could also give them a new name that his master liked, just for one purpose, called Shunliu.
The names of the two eunuchs Hua Meng and Cheetah were given by Wu Mei on Li Hong's behalf, and the names of the two palace maids were obviously intended by Wu Mei to test Li Hong and let Li Hong name them themselves.
Li Hong thought about it for a long time. That day he accidentally saw the solar terms chart in Li Zhi's study, so he thought about it and named the two palace ladies Xia Zhi and Bai Lu.
Now Li Hong was walking alone by the lakeside of Ziyun Pavilion in the palace garden. Having just caught fish from the lake, he was tired and sat in the pavilion. There were four maids and four eunuchs standing around him, waiting for the fifth prince to give the other two A eunuch named the palace maid.
Li Hong held the melon seeds on his little head with his little hand and tilted his head as he looked at the eight palace maids and eunuchs of similar age. These four eunuchs were extraordinary. They would find a secluded place to practice every morning, and they would never stop, no matter it was windy or rainy. .
The four maids are also dignified in appearance, considerate in their behavior, and clever in their thinking. The difficult thing is that they are all considerate maids who never talk too much.
After holding it in for a long time, Li Hong sighed, pointed at the two new eunuchs and said, "You are called Jingzhe, and he is called Mang Zhong. How about it, are you satisfied?"
"My servant, thank you, His Highness the Fifth Prince, for the name." The two new eunuchs bowed and thanked me.
In fact, for them, it is also a rule summarized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, that is, if the new master is willing to name them, it means that the new master recognizes them, and it means that they have truly become the new master.
Li Hong saw that they had no objection, then looked at the two palace maids, thought for a long time and said: "You will be called Xiaoxue, you will be called Xiaohan. When you are older, you can call them Daxue and Dahan. If your names are not nice, you can call them Daxue and Dahan." After that, Li Hong himself took the lead in laughing.
The two palace maids were also overjoyed and hurriedly saluted and said, "I would like to thank His Highness the Fifth Prince for the name."
After giving the name, Li Hong began to look at the path in front of the garden. This is where the princes who go to Chongwen Hall to receive education every day often come to play after school. He came here today just to see how his prince brothers will do. Do you still treat yourself the same as before? When you see yourself, you will pinch your little face, or tease yourself.
(End of chapter)