Chapter 135 – Qing Transmigration Tale (44)
Thirteenth A-ge‘s establishment was filled with a kind of bleakness. Thirteenth Princess Consort Joogiya-shi had a waxy face. She clearly had had an illness.
“Fourth Sister-in-law, I did not expect you to come.” Joogiya-shi welcomed Lin Yu Tong in. “The home is like this now…… There is no news of our ye at all.”
Lin Yu Tong patted her hand. “It is fine, just make it through this while and it will be fine. I am able to come in, and no one stopped me, does this not mean that the matter is not as worse as you think?”
Thirteenth Princess Consort grabbed Lin Yu Tong’s hand. “Fourth Sister-in-law, your words…… Is that true?”
“True, our ye is thinking of solutions, do not worry.” Lin Yu Tong entered the room. The two sat down and then she said, “What will Thirteenth Brother think with you like this? If he is not here, you have to support the establishment. You cannot fall down first? If you fall, what about your children?”
In Thirteenth A-ge‘s establishment, the princely lady Guwalgiya-shi had given birth to a daughter and a son. The daughter was five years old, and the son Hong Chang was just three. Last year, Joogiya-shi had birthed the di-daughter, and she likely just started learning to walk now.
Thirteenth Princess Consort was a bit embarrassed. She said, “Sigiya-shi birthed a a-ge for our ye a few days ago. It is an early birth, and the child does not appear very healthy. She only knows to cry, and do not care for the child, bringing me the child. However, the child is crying day and night. I suffer along. Adding on our ye‘s matter, I panicked…… It is because my body is not good.” Then her tears came down. When the event occurred, the servants in the establishment started to make trouble. Over on her paternal family, they did not even allow the people she sent to ask for news to enter. She was on the verge of despair. She had not expected Fourth Sister-in-law who come. Now, she felt a bit better.
Lin Yu Tong had not known that Thirteenth Prince had another child.
“When was he born?” Lin Yu Tong asked.
“The first of the tenth month, at one in the morning,” Joogiya-shi said.
Just when the news that Thirteenth Prince had been imprisoned by the emperor arrived. Thirteenth Princess Consort did not have a son of her own. Regardless of what kind of thoughts she had, rearing the child at her side was a rare sign of goodwill.
Lin Yu Tong sighed and stood up. She said, “Let me look at the child.”
If the child was not healthy, do not have anything happen when he was in Joogiya-shi‘s care. Everyone did not have it easy, and a newborn was very pitiful.
This child was just three or four catties, and pitifully thin. He would not be easy to raise.
“I have brought along some milk cake.” Lin Yu Tong had planned to give them to the gege that Joogiya-shi had birthed. Now, it appeared that this child needed it more. So she said, “Do not have the child eat too much. Just a meal in the morning and evening. Have the wet nurse feed him at other times. Our Hong Zhao is still eating right now, and Moyaqi and Hong Yun have grown more healthy after two years. Hong Hui and Hong Yun only stopped this year because they felt they are grown up and should not eat milk everyday. It is made in the family, and not the same as from the outside. Have the child try. I will send people with more later for you. It is not just for the child, even adults are nourished if they eat it. Take care of yourself first, and wait for Thirteenth Brother to return before getting more a-ge.”
The milk cake was made with the spring water from the pocket space. It would gradually have an effect.
Joogiya-shi blushed and inside, sighed in relief. Fourth Sister-in-law was able to say such a thing. Ye should be able to return unharmed. Thinking of this, she could not help but look at the child in Lin Yu Tong’s arms. Fourth Sister-in-law’s children were all healthy after getting vaccinated. It must be of use, so she solemnly responded.
Lin Yu Tong did not stay for long. The things she had brought were just practical daily items. After a few words of comfort, she stood up and made her farewells.
Unlike the bleakness of Thirteenth Prince’s establishment, Eighth Prince’s establishment was very busy. From afar, it was possible to hear the noise next door.
Too much attention!
She came back and told Si Ye. Si Ye smiled and said, “Good and bad people mixed together! Eight is probably irritated as well. These people are like flies who have caught the odor, and cannot be driven away.”
His tone was full of dislike.
Lin Yu Tong suddenly realized. She seemed to have never seen anyone who had been elevated because of Si Ye constantly trying to register their existence all the time. Si Ye was practical. Even if his people were not all practical, they had to act so. So it appeared that their establishment was very calm and normal. The people who visited usually still visited, and the people who never visited did not visit.
She talked about the details of her trip to Thirteenth Prince’s Establishment, “…… The people of the Imperial Household Department have to be punished. Nothing had happened, but they have started to treat differently based on the person. The charcoal used in the room is irritating. No wonder Thirteenth Sister-in-law said that the child keeps on crying. If he does not feel comfortable, will he not cry?”
Si Ye showed a bit of anger.
Just as he was about to speak, Su Pei Sheng entered and whispered, “Ye, Third Master of the Tong Family has come, and want to see you immediately.”
Longkodo? Why was he coming now?
Si Ye thought for a moment and then said, “Invite him to the study.”
He was not an unreliable person. He must have a matter to visit now. The snakes had their paths, the rats had their own paths. He never dared to look down on people like this.
“You take the children and eat,” Si Ye turned and explained, “Ye will see why this person is suddenly visiting.”
Lin Yu Tong nodded. Si Ye meeting Longkodo in the study was to express the meaning of being close. Of course she would not stop him.
Longkodo sat in Si Ye’s study, and tisked in wonder inside. He originally thought that this was a strict person, and did not expect him to be so elegant and cultured. There were potted ferns in the study, and narcissus in the corner of the room which added some sense of life to the study.
The only thing he was not used to was the servants in the room. All of them seemed to have their mouths sewn shut. They did not make a sound at all. Regardless of what he asked, they just smiled politely at him. They would accept the silver, but not say a word.
They all said that Si Ye’s fences were very firm. Today, he sensed a bit of it.The kind of master would have the same kind of servant.
He was still sitting there, but his heart was suspended in the air.
Si Ye entered and gave a small smile, saying, “Uncle, you have waited for long.”
Longkodo hurriedly got up. “Greetings, Fourth Prince, do not be so polite to this servant.”
Si Ye did not tangle on this matter and said after sitting down, “Sit down. We can sit down and talk.”
Longkodo relaxed a bit because of Si Ye’s pleasantness and whispered, “Si Ye, I know where Thirteenth Prince is.”
Si Ye’s hand tightened slightly around his teacup. “Where?”
Longkodo’s voice went even lower. “In the Bee Rearing Street, this servant was ordered to watch him.”
The crown prince had not entered the palace. Where would he be imprisoned? The same place as Thirteen? If he truly was imprisoned together with the crown prince, it was not easy to deal with this. If this was just Thirteen, it was fraternal feelings, but if the crown prince was there, he could not explain.
Si Ye put down the teacup and slowly turned the ring on his thumb. “Is Thirteen well?”
Longkodo shook his head. “The emperor did not say that Thirteenth Prince is not allowed to have a brazier, but he gave his own brazier to someone else. Such a cold day……”
Who was this other person? Si Ye knew.
This meant that the crown prince and Thirteen were both on Bee Rearing Street. The emperor even did not allow the crown prince to have braziers to fend off the cold.
Si Ye’s throat seemed to be strangled by something. He could not say a word. These were the coldest days. Even if he was deposed, he would need his respect, and could not be abused like this.
“Ye knows,” Si Ye said coolly.
Seeing away Longkodo, Si Ye sat alone in the study for half the night. Su Pei Sheng saw that this should not continue, and hurriedly reminded, “Ye has not yet eaten today. Princess Consort will likely worry. It is not early now……”
It was almost midnight.
“To the main courtyard.” Si Ye stood up, put on a cloak, and walked back. Sometimes, he felt this helpless. He did not want people to see him so lost for what to do. Yes! When he heard of the crown prince’s situation, he felt at his wits end. Now, he had to be even more careful in order not to fall into the abyss. He did not want to become the second crown prince, or the second Thirteen.
Just now, his heart had been cold. Now, after being in the cold wind, he was cold from inside out.
Lin Yu Tong was half lying down, waiting for Si Ye to return. Longkodo had left a long time ago, but Si Ye still had not returned. She guessed that the topic the two talked about today was not very pleasing.
On the little stove in the tearoom, the red date and sticky rice porridge was still steaming. Hearing the noise outside, Lin Yu Tong called the servant girl to place the food on the bed table.
Si Ye entered and saw Lin Yu Tong wrapped up in her blanket. Food had been placed already. He smiled and said, “How come you have not slept ? You do not have to wait for Ye.”
Lin Yu Tong did not speak, just watched him wash his hands, and then handed over the chopsticks. “Eat some.”
When the thick porridge entered his belly, it turned into a warm flow that spread through his body.
Lin Yu Tong did not ask more, just helped him eat before the two laid down.
The entire night, Si Ye turned around restlessly. Lin Yu Tong would wake up frequently. He got up when it was about three or so. Today, there was a major court session.
She did not know what had happened. Si Ye did not say, and she could not ask about it. She just got up and used the spring water to make him soy milk. “Drink and then go.” In reality, when he went to morning court sessions, he usually did not eat liquids.
“It is fine! You are too cautious.”So what if a man did not sleep a night? But Si Ye still took the soy milk and drained it.
After Si Ye left, she went back to nap. When the sky was about to turn light, Hong Zhao woke up and searched for his mother. Lin Yu Tong took off his outside clothing, and pulled him into his blankets to comfort him, wanting him to sleep a bit more. But without the restraint of the thick clothing, he had freedom and he moved around the blankets. Lin Yu Tong could not sleep at all.
Si Ye was sitting in front of Kangxi right now, “…… This son and subject called Princess Consort to visit Thirteen’s establishment and heard that they do not even have enough charcoal..” He had thought the entire night, and still came to speak today. “While Thirteen did not speak appropriately, this son and subject dares to guarantee that he will not do anything disgraceful.”
Kangxi looked at the son in front of him. This was the first person who dared to mention this matter in front of him after the crown prince was deposed.
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