"Mom, please take care of Xiaoliu. He just won't walk properly!"
The voice of the Fourth Prince suddenly came from outside the door.
The two turned around and looked out of the window, and saw the Sixth Prince, who had just learned to walk, hugging his brother's legs tightly and smiling sweetly.
The fourth princess, who was not far away, was also babbling and holding her wet nurse's hand as she walked towards her brothers.
Now the older ones have led the younger ones astray, and each of them hugged one side of the Fourth Prince's legs.
Nian Gao wagged his tail and circled around the three little masters, and it looked like he was trying to find a good position to pounce on them.
Ye Jun and Ning Chen looked at each other and smiled helplessly.
He had no choice but to put down his pen and go out to rescue the Fourth Prince.
Each of them picked up the two little ones.
Ye Jun was holding the Sixth Prince, Ning Chen was holding the Fourth Princess, the two little ones were babbling and no one knew what they were saying.
I am learning to speak now, but my pronunciation is not clear enough.
"Youth pays respects to father and mother." The fourth prince saluted politely.
Now he looks like a little adult.
Ye Jun is of a tall stature, and Ning Chen is even taller, so the Fourth Prince's height is now very conspicuous among all the princes.
Now he is as tall as the third prince, who is two years older than him. If he grows any taller, he will be surpassed by the third prince.
For this, Concubine Yi prepared many supplements for the Third Prince to eat. It was said that he took too much and had nosebleeds several times.
"Brother!" The Sixth Prince shouted loudly in Ye Jun's arms, his words a little unclear.
The Fourth Prince looked a little disgusted, but was still ready to respond.
But at this moment, Nian Gao suddenly barked twice and his tail wagged wildly.
Several people were stunned.
Ye Jun laughed, "Hey, is Xiaoliu calling you brother or Gaogao?"
The Fourth Prince's face immediately turned green at this joke.
"Mother, why are you the same as Xiaoliu!"
"Because Xiaoliu looks like me." Ye Jun said deliberately.
The fourth prince was slightly stunned, as if he really had no way to refute it. After a long while, he managed to say, "A real man should not bother with women and children."
The little boy waved his hands and acted like an adult, which was really funny.
This made Ye Jun burst out laughing.
When the Sixth Prince saw his mother laughing, he also laughed. Both the old and the young were extremely happy.
The Fourth Prince was left looking at his mother and silly brother, speechless.
Ning Chen was holding his daughter and watching her teasing her son. He couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips, feeling helpless but also finding it very cute and interesting.
As soon as the family entered the house, they put the two little ones on the couch to play.
The two maidens, Lumei and Luhe, were very skillful and made many stuffed puppet toys. They piled them up on a bed and the children loved them very much.
The Fourth Prince saw the materials on the table at a glance.
"Mother, are you going to make a kite?"
"Yes, do you want to make one too? Let's go and set it off together tomorrow when you are not in the study." Ye Jun said with a smile.
The children naturally liked these and nodded quickly.
So, Ning Chen took his son to make the kite frame, while Ye Jun drew the pattern.
The servants helped and worked for a whole morning, and actually made two.
However, Ye Jun was naughty and made an eagle for himself and Ning Chen, and also made a little yellow chicken for the fourth prince.
This made the Fourth Prince very unhappy.
In the end, it was Ning Chen who mediated and promised to do something better, which made the mother and son calm down.
After lunch, the Fourth Prince went back to take a nap, and Ning Chen and Ye Jun also lay down for a while.
I have to go back and review memorials in the afternoon.
He wanted to ask Ye Jun to accompany him, but when he got up, he saw that she was still sleepy, so he couldn't bear to let her go and went back to Jiuchen Palace alone.
After he left, Ye Jun woke up from his bed and asked someone to help him get up.
Just then Luzhi came into the room and helped her wipe her face while speaking.
"Your Majesty, I noticed a strange eunuch hanging around the corner gate of our Zhaochun Palace today. He seemed to want to talk to Xiao Yinzi, who is in charge of sweeping the mess in our palace."
"Are you sure?" Ye Jun frowned.
Luzhi nodded, "At first, Xiao Yinzi felt something was wrong, so I hid at the corner gate and waited for him. Sure enough, he came three times in one hour."
That being said, there must be something wrong.
Looking at herself in the bronze mirror on the dressing table, Ye Jun's eyes turned slightly cold.
She pinched her eyebrows and painted in front of the mirror, whispering, "Keep an eye on me. I want to see who is itching for trouble again."
"Yes, I'll go and keep an eye on it myself." Luzhi bowed and walked out.
Now she and Kong Qing are responsible for gathering external intelligence. They do a great job and are very useful.
After she left, Nan Zhi came in quickly again.
He waved to the other servants in the room, dismissing them, then approached and took out a letter from his bosom.
"My queen, there is some clue about Qi Shunrong's situation. The cook who used to make sour jujube cake for Qi Shunrong was called Zhou He. After he left the palace, he was secretly hunted down. All his family members died. He fled all the way to Changzhou, but was caught by my uncle's men."
Ye Jun listened to her and took the letter to read it.
It was written by her second cousin Chu Yunhong, telling her that Zhou He had confessed that it was Concubine Jingxian who asked him to add unclean things to Qi Shunrong's food, causing the fetus in Qi Shunrong's belly to be weak.
She was originally planning to keep eating so that the baby would die in her belly without her noticing, but she didn't expect the emperor to return to the palace early.
Because he was afraid that Ye Yun, who was about to take over the palace affairs, would find out, he was sent out of the palace early.
It was also because of stopping the medication that Qi Shunrong's condition improved a little in the later stages of pregnancy.
But the fetus in the womb had already been seriously injured, and even if it was born by chance, it would not be able to survive.
There was also a signed indictment in the envelope.
After reading the letter, Ye Jun felt a chill in his heart.
Concubine Jingxian was able to use this method to harm Qi Shunrong without anyone noticing, and no one knows how many lives were lost in her hands behind the scenes.
"The virtuous concubine is so bold as to plot to murder the royal heir. Your Majesty, please present the charges to the Emperor immediately and punish her as soon as possible!" Huiyue said angrily.
Ye Jun shook his head, "Now is not the time. It is not easy to convict her based on just a piece of paper. In another six or seven days, Zhou He will be escorted back to Beijing. By then, we will have evidence and witnesses, and we can kill her in one fell swoop."
The fact that she was able to hide in the palace for such a long time without being discovered shows that Concubine Jingxian has some abilities.
If everything is incomplete and she is asked to seize the opportunity to turn the situation around, all her efforts will be in vain.
"Keep this envelope. You must keep your mouth shut for the next few days and don't let any news leak out to anyone." Ye Jun narrowed his eyes slightly, murderous intent evident all over his body.
It's time to avenge her for causing her difficult labor and almost killing her and her child.
At this moment, Concubine Jingxian had no idea what she was about to face. She was completely focused on how to get Ye Jun's medicine residue.
So that she could take the medicine residue to the emperor and file a complaint.
During this period of time, Concubine Jingxian has been eager to take back some power in the palace, so she is naturally eager when she finally finds the opportunity.
But as the saying goes, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Her impatience soon made Ye Jun notice something was wrong.