Chapter 4(1/3)
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At the same time, the Empress Dowager was waiting in the Cining Palace with dissatisfaction.
There were people sitting around a round table. The Empress Dowager was in the middle and sat in the upper position. Qianlong sat on one side, the Empress, Concubine Ling and other concubines accompanied him. Qing'er sat on the other side of the Empress, and several little princes and princess were sitting in the lower position. Yongqi rushed over and bowed to her seat. Seeing Ziwei and Xiaoyanzi's seats empty, and there were no people on the two, the Empress Dowager's face looked very ugly, and his heart sank to the ground.
Mama Rong, Mama Gui, and Eunuchs surrounded the back to serve. The people in the room were silent.
The Queen Mother waited for a long time, but she had not seen Ziwei and Xiaoyanzi. She looked incredible and asked:
"Where did Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei go? Why can you leave the palace privately as princesses? Concubine Ling, are you too indulging them?"
"I know the crime, but I am not considerate." Concubine Ling replied in fear and trepidation, "They are just going to Fulun's house. I think it's better to have more walks with my relatives!"
"That's not the case, no matter where you go! The princess with rules will never run out casually. Look at Qing'er, when will she run out of the palace by herself?" the empress dowager said disapprovingly.
"Yes, yes! I will definitely discipline myself strictly in the future!" Concubine Ling couldn't help admitting her mistake.
Qianlong couldn't help but speak:
"Don't care, my mom, Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei have obtained my concession. As long as they report, they can leave the palace and walk around. Because they are grown up among the people, I don't want to use many palace rules to restrict them!"
Concubine Ling looked at Qianlong with gratitude. The queen remained silent. The empress did not speak. The empress dowager said:
"The emperor is wrong! Prince Guan is different from Prince Guan. Even Prince Guan cannot leave the palace at will, let alone Prince? If something goes wrong, who will be responsible? Yongqi, are they going out with you?"
"Go back to Lafayette, yes!" Yongqi replied with a tough bullet.
"Did you really go to Fulun's house?" The Queen Mother stared at Yongqi.
"yes!"
“What to do?”
"Go back to Lafayette, the two princes are just going to chat with the concubine, and Ekang and I go to the suburbs to ride horses."
"Ah? Is that true?" The Queen Mother didn't believe it at all.
As he was speaking, the eunuch's voice rang out loud:
"The Condor Princess is here! The Ziwei Princess is here!"
With this announcement, Ziwei and Xiaoyanzi hurriedly walked in. The two arrived at the table. Ziwei hurriedly crawled on the ground, and Xiaoyanzi followed her and crawled on the ground. Ziwei said softly: "Ziwei bowed to the Lord of Buddha! I wish you apologize to the Lord of Buddha. I don't know that the Lord of Buddha summoned him, it's too late!"
Xiaoyanzi hummed:
"Little Swallow also came to admit his mistake, it's too late!"
"Hmph! Where did you two go?" the queen mother asked majesticly.
Xiaoyanzi hurriedly looked at Yongqi, and Yongqi said "Fujia" with her mouth.
Ziwei was very scared and didn't dare to say it casually, just touching the ground with her head and not raising her head.
Xiaoyanzi didn't figure it out, and looked at Yongqi again. Yongqi whispered "Fujia". Xiaoyanzi couldn't understand it, half-believing and half-doubting, and then muttered to herself:
"Buddha?"
The Queen Mother raised her voice:
"Little Swallow! What did you say? Scream it!"
When Xiaoyanzi was anxious, she didn't have time to think about it, so she answered loudly:
"I didn't go anywhere..." I hurriedly corrected, "I went to the 'Bodhisattva' when I went back to the Lady Buddha!"
"Ah? What? What did you say?" The Queen Mother opened her eyes wide.
Xiaoyanzi felt that something was wrong, so she looked at Yongqi again. Yongqi was very anxious and then spoke and said "Fujia".
"Go back to the Old Buddha, I'm going to see the Bodhisattva! Go to the temple to see the Bodhisattva!" Xiaoyanzi affirmed and answered firmly.
The Queen Mother's chopsticks slapped hard on the table with a bang.
The crowd of people in the room were shocked and put down their chopsticks. The queen mother stared at Xiaoyanzi:
"All talk nonsense! You two, go to the darkroom to kneel. Don't get up without my permission! Mama Rong and Mama Gui, pull them over! Little Swallow! If you dare to rush out the door again, I will break your legs! If you don't believe it, just try it!"
"Zhe!" the two nannies answered loudly.
Qianlong frowned. Concubine Ling looked anxious. The queen was so proud. Yongqi was very anxious and could not help but throw a glance at Qing'er asking for help. Qing'er knew it, so she spoke slowly:
"Laofu, do you really want to punish them?"
"Qing'er is not allowed to plead with love!" said the queen mother sternly, "I have heard you last time and forgive them. If I forgive this time, they will be ignorant of the world and become more and more unruly! No one is allowed to plead with love! Mama Rong! Mama Gui!"
Qing'er didn't dare to speak anymore and looked at her with her eyes wide open.
Mama Rong and Mama Gui walked over arrogantly, pulled Ziwei and Xiaoyanzi and left.
Xiaoyanzi wanted to resist, Ziwei shook her head, and Xiaoyanzi shouted in a sarcastic voice:
"I don't want to go to the darkroom. What is the darkroom? I won't go or not!"
"I actually screamed so hard! I squealed!" The Empress Dowager was furious.
Madam Gui slapped Xiaoyanzi in the face.
Xiaoyanzi couldn't bear it anymore and jumped up and was about to attack. Ziwei hugged her waist quickly, and the two of them rolled to the ground. Ziwei said in Xiaoyanzi's ear:
"Don't resist, listen to the fall of Lord Lafayette!"
"I don't want it! I don't want it! That darkroom, I won't go no matter what!" Xiaoyanzi shouted, got up from the ground, broke away from the two nannies, ran back to the table, and shouted with help, "Grandma! You said I can leave the palace! You said that you don't be harsh on me, you said that Ziwei and I can be 'no big or small, no up or down', have you forgotten?"
Qianlong could no longer remain silent, and said seriously:
"Little Swallow! What I say does not include being able to 'little lies and make nonsense', plus 'rude and arrogant'!"
When Yongqi saw the quarrel, she left the dining table and thumped and knelt down to the empress dowager.
"Go back to the Lord Lao Fu, the two princes were following me out for fun. They were all caused by me! We changed the clothes of the common people, went to the Great Buddha Temple, and then went to Jietai Temple. We saw many Bodhisattvas... Lord Lao Fu, you punish me and spare the two princes!"
The Queen Mother was so angry that she stared at Yongqi:
"Yongqi, you are too rude! You are already quite old, why are you still so confused?"
"Laofu taught me a lesson! Yongqi knew he was guilty!"
At this time, the two nannies stepped forward again, pulled Ziwei and Xiaoyanzi, and pushed them out of the room. Madam Rong took the opportunity to pinch Xiaoyanzi and killed her. Xiaoyanzi shouted:
"Oh! Mama Rong killed someone! It hurts me so much!"
After Xiaoyanzi finished shouting, she suddenly fell to the ground, her eyes turned pale, and she fainted. Ziwei was shocked and crawled to Xiaoyanzi's side, shouting:
"Little Swallow! What's wrong with you? What's wrong?" She pushed Xiao Swallow and saw that she was not moving, she was extremely anxious, "Little Swallow! Wake up! Wake up!"
When Yongqi saw Xiaoyanzi fainting, she was so angry that she bent up and shouted at Mama Rong:
"Mama Rong! What did you do to her? Did you stab her with a needle again? Is your hand poisonous? What did you do to her? You said! You said!"
Mama Rong knelt down and kowtowed and shouted:
"I did nothing! I was wronged! I was wronged!"
Ziwei crawled on Xiaoyanzi and was so scared that she was scattered. Suddenly, she saw Xiaoyanzi blinking at her. Ziwei was stunned and realized that Xiaoyanzi was cheating.
Qianlong could no longer hold back, walked over quickly and asked anxiously:
"What's wrong with Xiaoyanzi?"
Ziwei was stunned. She really couldn't lie and act. Xiaoyanzi quietly pinched her. When she saw everyone watching, she knew that it would be impossible not to act. She made up her mind and took the initiative. She gritted her teeth and decided to follow Xiaoyanzi's play. She said sadly:
"Ama! Xiao Yanzi has had a heartache since she was shot by an arrow. She is usually strong and refuses to say it, and always hides it. Recently, this problem has often occurred. When she is stimulated, she will pass by! Just now, Mama Rong didn't know what tricks she did to her, but when she hurts, she fell ill again!"
Qianlong glared at Mama Rong and shouted:
"What did you do? Say it quickly?"
Mama Rong was so scared that she trembled all over and immediately kowtowed like pounding garlic, shouting desperately:
"Long lively mercy! I did nothing! I did nothing! I did nothing! I did nothing!"
Qianlong was helpless. The empress dowager disciplined Ziwei and Xiaoyanzi. He wanted to protect him, but he couldn't. Seeing that they were at a loss, they answered incoherently, they were anxious and heartbroken. At this time, all the anger came from Mama Rong, so he took advantage of the topic and cursed:
"You sinister thing! You are specialized in bullying the weak, narrow-minded, and cruel in methods! Don't forget that your head is just dependent on your neck. You know that the two princes are my favorites, and you dare to take action! You don't want your head anymore, right?" Mama Rong was really scared and trembled:
"I know I am wrong! Long live my mercy! Long live my mercy..." As he said that, he slapped himself in the face, making a crackling sound, "I deserve to die! I deserve to die!" Ziwei had never acted in such a play, and was so scared, but in full view of everyone, she could not stop, so she hugged Xiaoyanzi's head, shook and shouted:
"Little Swallow! Wake up! Please, wake up!"
Qianlong looked down at Xiaoyanzi and shouted at Ziwei:
"Little Swallow is sick, why didn't you say it earlier? Hurry up and tell me that Doctor Hu will enter the palace! Concubine Ling, Jinxiu, and Pearl, carry the princess back to Shufangzhai!" While giving instructions, he turned around and said to the empress dowager urgently, "My mom! I want to teach my children a lesson, and teach them a lesson when they are in good health! Now, it's important to cure the disease first!"
Concubine Ling and the queen all ran over to see. Concubine Ling squatted down, held Xiaoyanzi's head, and said with heartache:
"Good you, Lord Lam! These two princes are weak, and they suffered a lot when they arrived in the palace..."
The queen looked at Xiaoyanzi carefully, and was full of doubts, and quickly interrupted Concubine Ling:
"Your Majesty, don't worry! This suddenly passes. I have a way to cure it, and it will definitely be cured well!"
As the queen said, she quickly pulled out a hairpin and poked it at Xiaoyanzi's man.
Xiaoyanzi didn't expect the queen to have such a move, and she was so painful that she jumped up and shouted:
To be continued...