Qin Wan felt her heart was stabbed by something, she looked at Yan Sui in shock, "Why does Your Highness think so?"
Qin Wan has always been a person who can perfectly conceal her emotions, but at this moment, she is very afraid that Yan Sui will see something wrong with her expression. He just lowered his head and said in a muffled voice, "Because my father treated me badly."
Qin Wan's heart softened again, and Yan Sui said in a low voice, "Father used to love me very much."
Qin Wan sighed, "Your Highness, don't think so. The emperor is the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. There are countless things waiting for him to do every day. He is just too busy."
Yan Sui shook his head, "No...not at all..."
Yan Sui's face was filled with grievances, but he pursed the corners of his lips abruptly, looking very stubborn.
Qin Wan felt a little sour in his heart. Although a child is not as good at observing words and expressions as adults, he has the most authentic intuition. He can feel it very well if an adult treats him well or badly. Qin Wan held his lips and patted him on the head At the top, he clenched his hand into a fist and stretched it out in front of Yan Sui, turned it over and opened his palm again, only to see that Qin Wan had a small snack wrapped in oily paper in his palm at some point, "No matter how the emperor treats His Highness the Ninth Highness, how can you still treat him?" The Empress Dowager treats Your Highness well, this is specially bought for His Highness, I forgot to give it to Your Highness just now, it is very sweet, Your Highness can only eat one."
Yan Sui's eyes lit up slightly, and he raised his eyes to look at Qin Wan. Qin Wan smiled softly, and Yan Sui's expression became clear. Qin Wan peeled off the oily paper on the outside, and saw that inside was a ball full of Chestnut glutinous rice cake with yellow orange and orange sugar powder, "Here, Your Highness can't tell the Queen Mother."
Yan Sui began to change her teeth, and sweets were strictly prohibited, and this chestnut cake was actually prepared by Fuling this morning. The breakfast prepared was very rich, but she was in a hurry to enter the palace, and there was no time to eat, so Fuling wrapped one and put it in her hand. After Fuling's nagging, she lost her appetite and put it in her sleeve pocket instead. She had forgotten about it for so long, but when she saw Yan Sui's aggrieved look just now, she was so blessed that she remembered it.
Although Yan Sui is a boy, at his age, he just likes to eat sweets. However, the Queen Mother is very strict with his daily life, and he can't even see a little sugar on weekdays. As expected, Yan Sui's attention was quickly diverted.
Yan Sui looked around, carefully picked up the chestnut glutinous rice cake, smiled slightly, and ate it in small bites.
Seeing him like this, Qin Wan suddenly felt soft in his heart.
After Yan Sui finished eating, Qin Wan took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth and palms before continuing to walk towards Hanguang Hall.
Yan Sui said as he walked, "It's not the father, the queen, or the noble concubine. The mother concubine is not an ordinary concubine. Others dare not harm the mother concubine."
Yan Sui's voice was very immature, even a bit milky, but when he spoke, he was very determined.
Qin Wan sighed, even Yan Sui could know the truth, but she had to be cautious before guessing in this direction. Thinking of this, Qin Wan couldn't help but look at the little people around her, if Concubine Jin's Death really has something to do with the emperor, so how should I tell Yan Sui.
"This matter is very complicated. Your Highness is too young. I'm afraid you can't figure it out for a while. Your Highness just needs to study hard."
Yan Sui shook his head, but pursed his lips and said nothing, Qin Wan sighed in his heart, and didn't intend to continue talking about it.
Not long after, the two walked not far from Yongning Palace.
Yongning Palace is the palace of Concubine Jin, while Hanguang Palace is a palace to the west of Yongning Palace.
Yongning Palace occupies quite a large area, although the location is a bit off, but the original Concubine Jin moved here after entering the imperial concubine position, at her age, it is very rare to monopolize such a large main palace, so This established the status of Concubine Jin, and Qin Wan knew that Hanguang Hall was the place where Concubine Jin usually read books. Concubine Jin came from a scholarly family in Lianghu. , was picked up by the emperor at the time of entering the palace draft, and then rose straight up, and in less than two years, she became a concubine from a small talent. From Yan Sui's facial features, it is not difficult to see that this concubine Jin must have been born extremely beautiful, and what is even more rare is that this concubine Jin is proficient in rhythm and poetry, and she is good at writing, and even painting makes the emperor I couldn't stop admiring it. It was precisely because Concubine Jin was so talented and beautiful that it was no surprise that she was favored. Many people in the palace even thought that Concubine Jin would definitely be able to step on Feng Lingsu's head in two years.
But no one thought that such a beloved concubine would die suddenly and young.
Both the main entrance and the side entrance of Yongning Palace were sealed, but the side near Hanguang Palace had not set up roadblocks because it had long been deserted. Others will definitely have doubts when they see the two of them coming this way.
Qin Wan pondered for a while, and only dared to look in the direction of Hanguang Hall from a distance, "Is that the Hanguang Hall?"
Yan Sui nodded "Yes", Qin Wan thought for a moment, then looked to the west. On the day of the incident, a palace banquet was being held in the palace, and the queen and others had clearly arrived. After taking it there, why did Concubine Jin not go with her, but came to Hanguang Hall alone
Qin Wan probably saw the layout of Yongning Palace clearly, and immediately took Yan Sui away from around Yongning Palace. The two walked to a waterside pavilion near the Imperial Garden. After making sure that there was no one around, Qin Wan asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, can you tell me why Concubine Jin didn't go to the palace banquet with you that day?"
Yan Suiluo thought for a while and said, "My concubine came to Japan to go with me, but halfway through, my concubine suddenly felt a little cold, so I asked the nanny and others to take me there first, and then brought them back by myself. When I got to the palace, I was a little scared when I went to the palace banquet. After waiting for a while, the concubine did not come, so I ran out of the gate of the Jinxiu Palace. Everyone stayed in the main hall and asked the concubine's maidservant. The maid said that the concubine went to Hanguang hall alone, but they didn't let them follow. They were afraid of concubine mother, but I was not, so I went to find concubine Hanguang alone. Concubine Mu, I didn't expect..."
Qin Guan held Yan Sui's hand tightly, "Okay, don't think about it, Your Highness, tell me, does Concubine Jin spend a lot of time in Hanguang Palace every day? You said before that Concubine Jin was always in the world. Very scared, do you know what she is afraid of?"
Yan Sui said with a serious expression, "In the beginning... it wasn't much, but before the accident, the mother and concubine spent a lot of time in Hanguang Palace."
While talking, Yan Sui looked at Qin Wan, indicating that he felt that what he said next was very important, "Mother and concubine often don't let everyone enter Hanguang Palace..."
Qin Wan frowned, "Did she say why?"
Yan Sui shook his head, "No, the concubine mother was reading a lot at that time, she read a lot of books, and she also painted... She likes to draw with the father the most. If the father comes to Yongning Palace, she will paint with the father. Engrave together with the emperor..."
Qin Wan listened to Yan Sui's intermittent words, a gleam suddenly flashed in her heart, as if something was waiting for her at the end of the mist, but she was always a little short of getting it, painting, engraving, these elegant things of literati, It is indeed what Concubine Jin would do. The emperor liked her at the beginning because of this, and there seemed to be nothing very strange about it. Qin Wan thought for a while, then frowned and said, "Does your Highness think there is anything strange about it?"
Yan Sui shook his head, his face full of confusion. He was younger at the time, so naturally he didn't find it strange.
Seeing that Qin Wan's expression was serious and he didn't speak, Yan Sui recalled the past by himself, "At that time, the father and the concubine were very kind to the mother and the concubine, and the people in the palace were also very kind to me. Straighten up in front of you and talk, what the mother concubine likes, the father will give to the mother concubine, the mother concubine likes calligraphy and painting, the father will show the precious calligraphy and painting in the inner palace to the mother concubine to taste, and there are many gifts and tributes. The emperor sent me to Yongning Palace, and the concubine... the concubine had planned to teach me how to paint, but she suddenly changed her mind. I'm..."
At that time, Yan Sui was not yet five years old, and someone like Concubine Jin must have wanted to teach Yan Sui what she knew and learned, but why did she suddenly change her mind
Yan Sui said in a low voice, "My concubine and my father are making paintings together, and I have to admire them for half a day after they are finished. Sometimes I shut myself in the Hanguang Palace to enjoy them. I don't know what happened to my concubine. Later I felt that The mother and concubine are afraid, but the father is very good to the mother and concubine...and also very good to me...the father often hugged me at that time...but since the mother and concubine passed away, the father has never hugged me... "
The more Yan Suiyue said, the more he was wronged, his small face was full of loneliness.
Qin Wan looked at Yan Sui, couldn't help but brushed Yan Sui's head again, but then his heart moved, Concubine Jin began to admire the emperor's paintings frequently, and then became afraid... Could it be because she found something on the paintings
Qin Wan thought of this possibility, but soon felt that it was absurd. What could the emperor's painting show? It is very elegant and full of friendship for the husband and wife to paint together. It should have started since Concubine Jin was favored. Why did she suddenly have a strange behavior
Qin Wan felt that his thoughts had hit a knot, and he couldn't figure it out, "His Royal Highness, Concubine Jin only looked at the paintings of the emperor in this world?"
Yan Sui thought for a while, then shook his head, "I don't know, I just saw her staring at Father's painting a few times in a daze, once she kept staring at Father's painting, I asked her what she was doing, She said that the paintings of the father are so majestic, and she wants to appreciate them carefully... Later, when she went to the Hanguang Palace alone, she sometimes took the paintings of the father with her, but I don’t know what she was looking at inside. whose painting..."
This is indeed the truth, no one knows what Concubine Jin is doing in Hanguang Palace.
Qin Wan touched the top of Yan Sui's hair, and she knew something in her heart, and she subconsciously felt that what Concubine Jin did in Hanguang Palace might have something to do with her being killed.
"Your Highness, does your mother and concubine have any good friends in the palace?"
Yan Sui pursed her lips, "I don't know, my concubine seldom goes out of the palace on weekdays."
"Do you often have guests?" Qin Wan asked again.
Yan Sui shook his head, "Very rarely, my mother and concubine don't like making noise."
Qin Wan nodded. In this way, Concubine Jin probably didn't have many close friends in the palace.
Thinking about it, she is favored as soon as she enters the palace. To the elderly, she is a threat. To the newcomers, she is promoted too fast. The harem is full of women, and they are still women who serve a husband. Sisters have to compare one or two, let alone in the inner palace.
Concubine Jin didn't have any close friends, and based on her temperament, she probably didn't have anyone who would turn against her. Qin Wan asked in a low voice, "Has Concubine Feng ever bullied Concubine Jin?"
Yan Sui thought for a while, then shook his head, "No... Concubine Mother doesn't go out often, she can't help it."
After all, she is also the lord of the first house, not only being favored, but also giving birth to the prince. No matter how much Feng Lingsu hates her, she dares not let the emperor think that she is a femme fatale.
Coupled with the fact that the empress of Kunning Palace doesn't care, if Feng Lingsu's hands are too long, she will appear even more vicious.
After thinking about it, Qin Wan thought about what else she could ask Yan Sui, but after much deliberation, she didn't come up with any new questions. Yan Sui only had a vague idea of many things, and she couldn't bear to let him keep thinking about Concubine Jin's death. The scene, and she had seen it just now, the Hanguang Palace is some distance away from the main hall of Yongning Palace, why did Concubine Jin return to the main hall, and another person came to the Hanguang Palace? Hanguang Palace is the palace of Yongning Palace. Even if it is connected to the Imperial Garden, no one dares to take a casual walk there. It is only possible that King Jin said that he was attracted by the screams...
"My concubine has no enemies, but there is no one who is very kind to my concubine. I can tell, because the prince's brother doesn't like to talk to me, and Chengwang's brother doesn't like me, and other people won't take the initiative to talk to me. Only Brother Jinwang and Brother Yanli have treated me the best, I... I don't believe that Jinwang brother will harm my mother and concubine."
Yan Sui chanted with his head down alone, Qin Wan sighed, it's a pity that King Jin is gone.
"His Royal Highness Yanli treats you well, and I can see that, don't worry, this matter will be investigated." After a pause, Qin Wan said, "I also think that His Royal Highness Prince Jin will not harm Concubine Jin."
Yan Sui raised his head and looked at Qin Wan, "Really?"
His eyes were shining brightly, and it could be seen that he had struggled with this for a long time. He liked King Jin very much, but he had to accept that King Jin was the murderer of Concubine Jin. He must have questioned everyone and himself. Pitiful that he lost his mother at such a young age, and was treated coldly by his father, Qin Wan put his arms around Yan Sui's small shoulders, "Yes, I'm sure, His Royal Highness Jin Wang didn't harm Concubine Jin, he... he was just treated by some Wrong and wronged."
Yan Sui's eyes sparkled, obviously because Qin Wan's words relieved his knot in his heart, Qin Wan felt sorry for him, but he did not forget to warn him in a low voice, "Your Highness still cannot tell others about what I asked today, and you must never share it with others. Bring it up, understand?"
Yan Sui stretched out his hand, "I understand, let's hook—"
Qin Wan laughed, stretched out her little finger and hooked it with Yan Sui's hand.