Although there were people talking outside the palace gate, everyone lowered their voices. King Ding's loud shout was still abrupt outside the palace gate, and everyone couldn't help but look over here.
Yan Shi sneered: "The third younger brother disrespects his elder brother and his sister-in-law. As the elder brother, shouldn't I discipline you?"
As soon as Yan Shi said this, King Ding obviously felt that the eyes of the people around him changed.
Of Emperor Chongjin's four adult sons, only Yan Shi is the county king, and the others are princes. Although Yan Shi is inferior to them in terms of title, but where is his status as the eldest son? Now that so many people are looking at him, King Ding could only hold back his breath and lowered his head. But there was a trace of viciousness in the eyes: "Brother Dahuang taught me that it was the younger brother who was rude just now."
King Zhao was on the sidelines and said: "Brother Dahuang, since the third brother knows his mistake, then you have a lot, please forgive him."
Yan Shi ignored him, and asked Hua Ling instead: "Ming Ting, are you still angry?"
Hua Ling's head shook like a rattle: "I'm not angry, although I don't like the third brother very much, but for the sake of his brother's face, I can try to like him in the future."
In a word, Prince Ding was almost fuming with anger. Although he knew that many people hated him and even wished him to die. But no one had ever said that he didn't like him in front of him, but Hua Ling's expression was so innocent, just like a child saying that he didn't like the food he hated, so he could only grind his teeth secretly.
However, the people present chuckled when they heard Hua Ling say this, and King Mu happened to be here at this time.
He didn't hear what was going on before him, got off the sedan chair and walked this way, cupping his hands and saying: "The three imperial brothers all came so early, fourth brother, I am late, I am really ashamed. What were they laughing at just now? What are they happy about?" Is it something? You can say it to make the fourth brother happy."
As soon as King Mu came, King Ding's face became even darker.
The people present laughed, but no one would be so stupid as to tell what happened just now. They can't, but Hua Ling can, Hua Ling looks puzzled: "I just said that I don't like King Ding now, but I didn't say anything, and I don't know why they are laughing."
Since Yan Shi and Hua Ling got married, it was the first time that King Mu had seen Hua Ling. He had long heard that Hua Ling told the emperor to confine him in the palace for three months with few words at the subsequent flower viewing banquet. At that time, he believed that Hua Ling was a scheming person, so he couldn't help but take precautions, but seeing him today, His face is innocent with a touch of naivety, his eyes are clear and bright, he is completely a child who doesn't understand anything. King Mu felt relieved, it seemed that the flower viewing feast was just a coincidence.
King Mu smiled and said, "They are praising you."
"Is that so?" Hua Ling didn't quite believe it, "I don't think so."
The corners of King Ding's mouth twitched, and if he wanted to say anything else, Yan Shi said, "Okay, it's freezing outside and you stay by yourself."
He really didn't want to flirt with them, and every word he said to them was a kind of torment.
Yan Shi took Hua Ling to his sedan chair, the sedan chair wasn't very big, but the two of them were both very thin and thin, even though they were a bit crowded sitting side by side, they could still sit down.
Yan Shi found another Mrs. Tang and stuffed it into Hua Ling's hands. He wanted to hold him in his arms again, but Hua Ling hugged him one step ahead of him: "Brother, it won't be cold after a while."
Yan Shi didn't move anymore, and tried to rest his head on Hua Ling's shoulder. This feeling is really strange. After the death of Empress Yuan, he no longer had anyone he could rely on.
"Brother, how long do we have to wait before we can go in." The two were too close, and when Hua Ling spoke, Yan Shi could feel his chest vibrate slightly, very at ease.
Yan Shi replied: "There are still two quarters of an hour."
"Then let's close our eyes for a while." Hua Ling hugged Yan Shi's hand tightly again, and pushed Mrs. Tang to Yan Shi, "I won't be cold if I hold my brother."
After that, neither of them spoke again. The small sedan chair became warmer because of the presence of two people. In this quiet and peaceful atmosphere, both of them were sleeping.
caught.
I don't know how long it took before I heard Qingji shouting softly from outside: "My lord, my concubine, the gate of the palace is open."
Yan Shi and Hua Ling woke up almost at the same time, Hua Ling kissed Yan Shi's neck: "Brother, I heard Qingji tell us to go out."
"Let's go." Yan Shi stood up first and got out of the sedan chair, and then stretched out his hand to pull Hua Ling in. When Hua Ling came out again, she had a small cloth bag wrapped in her arms, and she didn't know what was in it.
King Ding just got angry with Hua Ling, so he didn't want to talk to him anymore. But when he saw the thing that Hua Ling hugged tightly like a baby, he was very curious about what was inside. He firmly believed that it must be something that Hua Ling flattered Emperor Chong Jin, but he didn't expect that Hua Ling, who seemed so innocent, still understood these things.
King Ding couldn't bear it any longer and asked, "I don't know what is in the arms of the eldest sister-in-law?"
He thought that Hua Ling would show it to him after a long time of fiddling, but unexpectedly, he generously stuffed the things in his arms into King Ding's arms: "Third Emperor, please look, this is what I gave to Father."
King Ding opened the small cloth bag in his arms out of curiosity. Other royal relatives had already seen the cloth bag Hua Ling was holding. Seeing that King Ding had opened it, they all looked this way. King Ding opened a corner of the cloth bag, revealing the contents inside: "This is?"
Hua Ling was very proud: "This is the clothes I personally sewed for my father."
King Ding wanted to take back the idea just now, this Hua Ling was really innocent, so he gave a piece of ragged clothes as a gift. King Ding lost interest in reading any more, covered the cloth bag and returned it to Hua Ling.
The royal relatives have already lined up according to their rank and waited quickly to enter the palace. The last time Hualing entered the palace, the flowers were in full bloom, but now it is covered with snow, and the whole palace looks very solemn and solemn.
Eunuch Le took them into a side hall, said that Emperor Chongjin would come in a while, and asked them to wait here by themselves before leaving.
After Eunuch Le left, the atmosphere in the whole hall suddenly became active, and groups of people gathered together to chat. However, it is self-evident to surround a few princes.
King Zhao has the most people around him. He is the only son of the successor and the prince who has the most hope of winning the throne. Followed by King Ding and King Mu, the power of the mother clan behind them should not be underestimated. Over the years, Emperor Chongjin has also attached great importance to these two brothers. Therefore, it is not certain who the throne will be in the future.
On the other hand, Yan Shi had only Hua Ling by his side. Everyone knows that this person just went out to have the status of the eldest son, but the power of the mother's family has declined, and he is not valued by the emperor. His mother did such a thing after the Yuan Dynasty. Does he want to be the emperor? It's simply incomparable.
Yan Shi didn't take it seriously, but he was quiet with no one around him. Waking up too early in the morning, Hua Ling ate little. There were fruit snacks in the hall, so Yan Shi took them and concentrated on feeding the little princess.
While eating, Hua Ling babbled with Yan Shi, Yan Shi offered tea and wiped his mouth, but his heart was very comfortable.
During the Chinese New Year in previous years, he also received this kind of cold reception. To be honest, it is impossible to say that he doesn't care, but this year because of Hua Ling, he doesn't care about those royal relatives at all. What can be important to the little princess? Let them be happy for a few more days, the throne will be his sooner or later.
About an hour later, Eunuch Le came again and said that the emperor invited them to go elsewhere.
This group of people followed Eunuch Le in a vague manner again. After walking for about a quarter of an hour, they finally entered a large hall again. Emperor Chongjin and his successors had already sat in their seats, and the relatives of the emperor sat down in turn. Since it was a family feast, the princesses also came.
After Yan Shi's eyes briefly met Huo Jia's, he took them back.
Emperor Chongjin nodded with a smile, and then said something like the New Year's Eve, today is a family banquet, and so on. There were other relatives of the emperor who took Emperor Chongjin's words very cleverly, and chatted with Emperor Chongjin very happily.
Afterwards, she didn't say much, just sat and watched dignifiedly, but Yan Shi clearly felt that there was a bit of sinister taste in her gaze.
Except for Yan Shi, the other three princes have talked with Emperor Chongjin.
In a word, Emperor Chongjin laughed out loud. Today was a family banquet, and Emperor Chongjin didn't wear a dragon robe, but only casual clothes, and he looked kindly.
He talked for a while, and suddenly saw Hua Ling below, as if he couldn't sit still in the chair, moving left and right, his face was also full of anxiety, and he wanted to speak several times but failed to say so.
Emperor Chongjin saw that his appearance was funny, so he asked, "What's wrong with the princess?"
When Hua Ling heard Emperor Chongjin call him, he quickly knelt down and agreed: "Return to the emperor's words, I can finally talk, I just wanted to talk to the emperor, but I couldn't get in, but I was so anxious." It's broken." As he said that, Hua Ling wiped away the sweat that didn't exist on his forehead with his sleeve.
But Emperor Chongjin thought that Hualing could not talk to him, so he broke out in sweat, and his tone became a little gentler: "Princess, please get up quickly, what do you want to say to me?"
Hua Ling raised the cloth bag in his arms high above his head: "My son personally sewed a suit of clothes for my father, and I want to give it to my father."
When Emperor Chongjin heard this, he became interested. Although he was an emperor, he wanted nothing, but no son or daughter had ever sewed anything for him. People are like this, those who have no power or power want power, but those who have power sometimes want to live an ordinary life.
Today is New Year's Eve, Emperor Chong Jin was already in a good mood, and now it was a family banquet, he really wanted to enjoy the New Year's experience in ordinary people, so he ordered people to bring his clothes on the spot.
Afterwards, he hurriedly asked the court lady beside you to fetch the clothes and delivered them to Emperor Chongjin. Emperor Chongjin opened it and saw that the clothes were made of luxurious materials, exquisite workmanship, and the style was very novel, and he liked it very much.
Seeing Emperor Chongjin's happy look, Yan Shi also had a smile on his face. The little princess is not good at writing, but she is not bad.
"Come, change clothes for me." Emperor Chong Jin was about to change clothes on the spot.
But before the clothes were changed, He Youhe suddenly said: "Your Majesty, there is something in this clothes."
"What?" Emperor Chongjin thought it would be something like a sachet.
You He took the thing out: "It's a needle."
As soon as this remark came out, the entire hall was suddenly silent, and it seemed that even the breathing stopped. Only the following, with unconcealable joy on his face, had to put on a very angry look: "Bold, the princess actually What kind of intention is there to hide a needle in your clothes!"
Hua Ling waved his hands calmly and said, "Father, I didn't put the needle in. I have a very good girl, how could I carelessly drop the needle in my clothes?"
One thing, two people, but said two different meanings.
Emperor Chongjin also thought that it was Hua Ling who dropped the needle in his clothes carelessly, so he didn't take it seriously. He was about to speak, but he only heard a sneer: "Of course the princess didn't drop the needle carelessly, I'm afraid it was done on purpose."
Yan Shi immediately stood up: "What do you mean by that!"
Hua Ling hurriedly tugged on Yan Shi's sleeve and called his brother in a small voice, then looked at his successor and asked earnestly: "The queen mother didn't see it, why did she think that I put it in there on purpose. I know, the queen mother didn't see it. You are still blaming me for your mother's affairs. You are unhappy, and it is understandable for you to want to vent your anger on me. However, today is New Year's Eve, which is the most important festival of the year for us in Dayuan. Today, Emperor Father held another Even if the queen mother wants to vent her anger, I will beat and scold you as you please after the year is over."
When Hua Ling said this, it seemed that successors didn't know the general idea, and they insisted on finding trouble with a younger generation. Emperor Chongjin frowned slightly, expressing his dissatisfaction with his successor.
The next hand tightly gripped the armrest of the chair, and the nails made a few marks on the armrest. King Zhao also clenched his hands, and shook his head lightly towards Jihou, and Jihou naturally understood what his son meant, so he planned to stop talking and let the matter go.
But she wanted to lift it up, but Hua Ling would never allow her to lift it up. He knelt down on the ground, looked at Emperor Chongjin and said earnestly: "Father, can you allow me to show you the clothes?"
Emperor Chongjin didn't know what he meant, but he agreed anyway. Yan Shi grabbed Hua Ling's hand, his eyes were full of worry.
Hua Ling smiled at him, patted his hand, and then walked up to Emperor Chongjin step by step, took the clothes from Youhe's hand, turned it over, and rummaged through it bit by bit. He showed it to Emperor Chongjin: "Father, look, there is no lint at all. I have already said that I am a female celebrity. There is not even a lint. How could you drop the needle on the clothes?" Woolen cloth."
"Father, it took me a long time to make this dress. It took me more than two months to draw the pattern alone, and I have consulted a lot of books on this subject." Hua Ling flipped He chattered to Emperor Chongjin, "However, I would also like to thank my father. It was the father who allowed my son to go out with his elder brother for a few months, so that my son gained a lot of knowledge, and my clothes can be drawn like this." The way it is now."
When Hua Ling said this, he praised Emperor Chongjin without any trace, and Emperor Chongjin Longyan was very happy.
Hua Ling continued: "When I was away, I have been looking for materials suitable for making clothes for my father. I have been looking for a long time and finally found it. After I found it, I can make clothes. It took a lot of effort to make clothes. The seams were torn apart and sewn apart. In order to make this dress, Erchen's fingers were pricked many times with needles and bled a lot. Look, Father, there are still wounds on Erchen's fingers. .”
Saying that, Hua Ling actually raised a pair of flamboyant jade fingers to Emperor Chongjin, who also stretched his neck to watch. Hua Ling spoke in a low voice, and the others were far away, so she couldn't hear what they said at all, and even heard a few words occasionally, so anxious that she kept turning to this side.
At this moment, when everyone saw Hualing and Emperor Chongjin looked at their hands for some reason, the shock in their hearts was indescribable. Yan Shi didn't know what was going on? But seeing that the two of them seemed to be fine, they felt relieved a little.
"Actually, when I was making clothes, I didn't know if my father would like it. After all, my father's clothes are so beautiful. But I still want to make clothes. After all, this is my wish. My son I don't expect to be praised by my father, but Erchen is really sad that my mother regards my son's intentions as an ulterior motive to harm my father." Hua Ling said here with tears in his eyes, as if the next moment He was about to burst out, "Why did I hide the needle? I'm not stupid. I hid the needle in the one I gave to my father. Didn't I send it to the door? Besides, putting a needle in it is not a good idea." What can be done, at most it just hurts."
When Hua Ling said this, she deliberately raised her voice, just in time for Concubine Xian, who was sitting not far from here, to hear her. Her heart moved, and she said, although she has no enmity with Yan Shi, Yan Shi is always an eyesore. It would be best to make him uncomfortable. So she stood up and bowed to Emperor Chongjin: "Your Majesty, an ordinary needle can't do much, but if there is something on this needle... Your Majesty, this matter is related to His comfort and should be strictly investigated."
"Is the imperial concubine saying that the needle is poisonous?" Hua Ling understood now.
Concubine Xian smiled: "Princess Wang is really smart." Although it was a compliment, everyone understood the meaning of the words.
"Father, my son is not afraid of investigation." Hua Ling looked at Emperor Chong Jin with firm eyes.
Emperor Chongjin thought about it, since the matter has developed to this point, he should investigate, so he announced that the imperial physician came to see him.
Standing beside Emperor Chongjin, Hua Ling lowered his head and said, "Father, I made this clothes, so the queen mother believed that I put the needles. Then I want to ask Father, is it possible that you only need to touch the clothes?" Are all suspects?"
Emperor Chongjin nodded and said, "Naturally."
Hua Ling's eyes quickly glanced down, and he continued: "Before I saw my father, the third brother looked at my clothes and put them in my arms for a long time. Just now, it was the maid who was next to the queen mother again. I took the clothes."
Afterwards, before they had time to speak, King Ding immediately jumped out and said, "Royal Father, I took the clothes and looked at them for a while. But I didn't do anything. Besides, I didn't know that the elder sister-in-law sent clothes to me again." Father, just imagine, who would carry an embroidery needle with him just to frame others?"
This is also what I wanted to say later, and it was all said by King Ding, so she saved her tongue.
Yan Shi stood up at this moment and looked down at King Ding: "Third brother, my princess is the father!"
It is no secret that Huang makes clothes. Ever since he married into the palace, he has been holding on to this dress, saying that he will present it to his father on New Year's Eve. In the past few days, in order to buy gold thread for making clothes, I have been running all over the imperial city. I'm afraid there is no shop that sells gold thread in the imperial city that they don't know. "