The Concubine in the Palace_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(183)
Especially since Prince Hui had been in trouble one after another, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that someone had deliberately framed him.
Who exactly was this person?
Was it Prince Yong, Prince Lu, Prince Jin, or the others who were not present? Everyone was suspected, and I'm afraid that Emperor Hongjing would also have a sleepless night tonight.
Prince Yong and his wife left in a hurry, and Prince Lu did not stay for long. Yao Niang and Prince Jin walked out of Jiangxuexuan and planned to go to Qin'an Palace to pick up Xiaobao and take him back to the palace.
Not far away, although the emperor and empress were gone, the moon-viewing banquet was still going on, and it might not end until a long time later.
Qin'an Palace, a huge palace, was divided into two rooms, inside and outside.
In the outer room were several older children, such as Prince An, Prince Dai, and Prince Yong's families who were over four or five years old, all gathered outside to play, while inside were children as old as Xiaobao.
Among them was a little girl, and Xiaobao stared at her for a long time.
It was not that Xiaobao was lustful and knew how to look at little girls at such a young age, but that this little girl was his crown princess in his previous life - Sun Yue'er.
Xiao Yueyue is only two years old now, but she looks like a little beauty. Chubby little face, big eyes, pink little mouth. At this moment, she is not as generous and decent as when Xiaobao first saw her in the previous life, calm and measured, still very childish. She is playing with Zhuzhu, and it can be seen that the two girls have met more than once.
"Little Bao brother, what are you looking at?" Yan Ge'er stretched out his finger and pushed Xiaobao.
As an older brother, he was asked by his father to take good care of his younger brother Xiaobao when he left the table, and the child really remembered it. He was obviously watching other children playing, with desire in his eyes, but he still stayed by Xiaobao's side.
"I didn't see anything." Xiaobao said something that an adult said.
Yan Ge'er didn't understand why Xiaobao brother was obviously looking, but he said he didn't see it?
There is a little boy named Xuan Ge'er in the Lu Wang family. He is three years old this year. He looks like his father and has a solid physique, just like the Lu Wang. Among the children no older than four years old, he was like a king of children.
He led Hao from the An family and Han from the Dai family, rushing in and out, running all over the room. Yu, the two-year-old from the Wu family, also stumbled behind him. Two palace maids and a little eunuch followed him, fearing that he would fall.
After playing for a while, Xuan threw down his bamboo horse and ran to provoke the only two little girls in the room. This boy was also a bad one. Seeing that Yueyue had two small tufts on her head, he came up and stretched out his hand to pull her.
How could a child know the severity of the situation? Yueyue was pulled so hard that her tears kept turning, but she didn't dare to cry.
Zhuzhu came up and hit his hand: "Brother Xuan, let go quickly, you hurt Yueyue."
"Don't let go, don't let go!" Xuan pushed Zhuzhu while jumping and laughing.
Zhuzhu was small and round, and was pushed and fell.
Yan Ge'er was surprised, but before he could move, Xiao Bao rushed over.
"If you don't let go, I'll have someone report it to Grandpa Huang." He scolded the two palace maids next to him, "You just let him cause trouble?"
These palace maids and eunuchs were all smart, and seeing that Xuan Ge'er was not causing trouble for the emperor's grandson or granddaughter, they did not step forward to stop him. When Zhuzhu was pushed to the ground, they hurried forward to pick her up, and saw Xiao Bao scolding them again. Although he smiled and tried to dissuade her, he was a little perfunctory.
After all, they were not the emperor's grandson or granddaughter, so they didn't care much and didn't want to cause trouble.
Yueyue's little tug was still in Xuan Ge'er's hand, and he even pulled it twice in protest. Yueyue had been sensible and had been holding back, but now she couldn't help it and burst into tears.
Xiao Bao's anger rose up in his head, and he didn't even look at the difference in size between them, and stepped forward to push Xuan Ge'er.
Xuan Ge'er has always been a bully. He has never met anyone who dares to push him. He lost Yueyue's little hairpin and fought back to push Xiaobao.
Xiaobao staggered after being pushed, and knew that he was no match for him, so he shouted to Yan Ge'er: "You are still standing. He bullied Zhuzhu, beat him!"
Xiaobao went first and hit Xuan Ge'er like a small pao bomb.
He was well raised by Yao Niang. Although he has grown taller, he is not thinner than before. With such a physique, ordinary kids can't withstand it. Xuan Ge'er was knocked to the ground by him, and before he could react, he was punched twice.
Chapter 143
Xuan Ge'er had never suffered such a loss before. He screamed and wrestled with Xiaobao.
Xiaobao was so much younger than him, so of course he had to suffer. Fortunately, Yan Ge'er also came. Yan Ge'er was the same age as him. No matter how powerful Xuan Ge'er was, he could only keep his head down and take the beating.
But Xuan Ge'er was not stupid. Xiaobao knew to call for help, and he also knew it, so he called Han Ge'er and Hao Ge'er, who were close to him, to help him.
The five children were fighting together. Several palace maids and eunuchs wanted to stop them but couldn't get their hands in. They were anxious and turned around.
Zhuzhu saw that her brother and Xiaobao were at a disadvantage, so she also went forward to help. However, she was small and her arms and legs were short, so she couldn't squeeze in even if she stood by. Yueyue was smart. She took the bamboo horse that Xuan Ge'er had just ridden from the side and used a small stick to beat Xuan Ge'er and others.
Hao Ge'er, who was beaten, turned around and chased Yueyue. The remaining three were against two. Although they couldn't get an overwhelming victory, they were evenly matched.
This was the situation that Yao Niang and Prince Jin faced when they arrived at Qin'an Palace.
The faces of several children were bruised and purple, with nail marks, and their clothes were pulled crooked. Several palace maids and eunuchs nearby were so scared that they knelt on the ground. Seeing that the situation was not good, they had already called people to help stop it, but the injuries left behind could not be healed.
They all planned to leave the palace, so they naturally came to pick up their own children.
So not only King Jin and Yao Niang, but also King Lu, King An, King Dai, etc. came, and there were also people from the Zhenguogong Mansion. The wife of the Zhenguogong's son heard that her daughter had a fight with someone, and the one who beat the emperor's grandson was so scared that she hurried over with her mother-in-law.
When she arrived, she saw a room full of princes and princesses standing in the room. She was so scared that she dared not say a word, and rushed over to hug Yueyue, who was also hit on the face.
"What happened?" King An was the oldest here, so naturally he spoke first.
His son was also beaten. Although Hao Ge'er was not born to the princess, he was born to a concubine who was more favored by King An. This kid is also smart, and is usually very much loved by Prince An.
The maid next to him did not dare to hide it, so she told the whole story.
However, she was afraid of being punished, so she did not dare to say that she and others did not pay attention at the beginning, which led to the fight between these imperial grandchildren.
In the end, each of them was given fifty strokes of the cane. Xuan Ge'er and his friends were wrong to bully the weak, but Xiaobao and his friends were the first to start. Especially when little kids fight, they are ignorant, how can adults fight for a little thing. And the injuries were not serious, after all, how heavy could a child's hands be, so no one pursued it.
The most seriously injured was Xuan Ge'er, his face was blue and red, and he is still crying.
Xiaobao was black-hearted, and he pinched the soft flesh, all the places that made people hurt, but also made people unable to grasp their hands and feet.
Prince Lu was heartbroken. He had countless wives and concubines, but he only raised such a son. Usually he looked like an eyeball in the mansion, and now he was beaten like this, it would be strange if he could stop.
The culprit was Xiaobao, so he went straight to King Jin.
"Fifth brother, I can't tell that your kid is small, but he is a troublemaker."
King Jin looked at King Lu with a crooked mouth and squinting eyes, and he didn't like him.
He just sneered and didn't say anything.
"Your son beat my son." King Lu accused.
"How old is my family? How old is your family? Why don't you look for the reason in yourself after being beaten?!"
"So, my family was beaten in vain, fifth brother, you can't say that!"
"Then what do you want? Otherwise, you go out and practice with me? I haven't tested your martial arts for a long time."
When King Jin squinted at him, King Lu immediately became timid.
He was arrogant, but he was not stupid. He had been beaten by King Jin many times in the past because of his temper. The key is that his martial arts were superior to others, but he couldn't beat the seemingly weak King Jin.
He had never been able to win since he was a child, and until the Prince of Jin was sent to the vassal state, he was beaten every time he provoked the Prince of Jin, and never got the upper hand.
"You are arrogant and unreasonable!"
The Prince of Lu, who was known for his arrogance, actually said that someone was arrogant and unreasonable, which was unprecedented!
The Prince of Jin was too lazy to pay attention to him, and glanced at Yao Niang: "Let's go."
Yao Niang followed the Prince of Jin with Xiaobao in her arms.
The Prince of Qing laughed and also signaled the Princess of Qing to lead the child away.
When they arrived outside the palace gate, Yuchan came up from the side.
These children were brought down by Emperor Hongjing, so the maids and nurses brought in from outside from various mansions were not allowed to get close to them, and the people serving inside were all people around Emperor Hongjing. This was also to prevent the children from being ignorant and someone taking the opportunity to attack, after all, it was hard to prevent. It is easy to solve the problem if you don't let them get close, and you can prevent a lot of unnecessary trouble.
But it didn't prevent a few children from fighting each other.
"Does it hurt?" Yao Niang looked at Xiao Bao's chubby face with some heartache.
"No." In fact, Xiao Bao wanted to gasp in pain. It was the first time he was beaten in his two lives, but it felt good!
The King of Jin glanced at him and snorted, "What do you mean you don't want to learn? You are learning to fight with others."
Yao Niang was not happy to hear this and said angrily, "It was not the children of the King of Lu who bullied the two girls, but Xiao Bao who protected Xiao Zhuzhu that fought with others. If you see people bullying brothers and sisters, you stand there and watch. Are you a good child?"
"Stupid!"
This is the judgment made by the King of Jin.
It is indeed stupid. Obviously, they are not equal, but they chose the stupidest way to show off their courage.