Chapter 388
Compared with the older Gu Yanzhi, Ruirui is quite young. The child didn't think about anything and went straight into the room.
Eunuch Shi was a little surprised to see the two young masters coming together, but then he understood.
The fourth young master has always been lively and playful. Maybe he heard that there was a new younger brother, so he came over with the eldest young master to take a look.
I have to say that Eunuch Shi guessed half right.
Ruirui came to see the new child, but not out of curiosity.
I was thinking of going there to learn from him.
"The eldest son, the fourth son"
Seeing that the Fourth Young Master was about to run in without stopping, Eunuch Shi hurriedly stepped forward to speak.
Rui Rui then stopped and said, "Eunuch Shi? Is the prince also here to see his new brother?"
Eunuch Shi smiled kindly at Ruirui and reminded him: "The prince is inside."
Come to think of it, he had held the Fourth Young Master in his arms when he was a child.
Although Concubine Ji was a bit stingy, arrogant, and unreasonable, she did not despise Eunuch Shi for his unlucky appearance.
Although others seemed to respect him on the surface, that was all on the surface. Only Concubine Ji would give him the gift whenever the child asked her to.
Among the several young masters in the mansion, he has only hugged this one.
Soon, two little brothers entered the room.
As soon as he entered the door, Gu Yanzhi began to salute: "Father"
Ruirui ran two steps faster, but quickly caught up after being reminded by his elder brother.
"Your Majesty!"
He always called him Father when they had a good relationship, and called him Prince when they hadn't seen each other for a long time and were not familiar with each other.
When Ruirui thought of this, her little face was filled with sorrow and she sighed again.
If he waits until he gives birth to the baby in his belly, will the child be like this too and not call him father?
King Zhao looked at the two of them with some surprise.
He couldn't help but ask: "What are you doing here?"
Gu Yanzhi answered honestly: "Father, let's go see our new brother."
Ruirui's tone was much more lively: "My Lord, what does my little brother look like?"
As he spoke, he stretched his neck to take a look out of curiosity.
King Zhao set his eyes on the younger child and smiled, "Why, do you want to come to the front yard and live with your new brother?"
If that's the case, it's not impossible.
Gu Yanzhi couldn't help but look up at his father.
What does this mean, Father?
My fourth brother is still young, how can he live in the front yard now?
Or does my father value my fourth younger brother more?
If this was true, Gu Yanzhi felt depressed and confused for a moment.
Eunuch Shi, who was guarding outside the door, was shocked. Could it be that the prince valued the fourth young master more?
I don't usually notice this.
Ruirui didn't know what other people were thinking, he quickly shook his head and tried to clarify for himself: "I don't want to, I just came to take a look, I want to live with my mother, I'm still young"
King Zhao ignored the objective fact that "the child is still young" and seemed to be very interested in this topic.
It was rare for her to patiently advise him: "You are not a child anymore, you are not a baby who has not grown up, you can't always cling to your mother."
Children don’t like to be called small, but Ruirui doesn’t try to show off.
He looked at King Zhao in front of him warily: "I am still young, I want to live with my mother"
"Your Majesty, you are not envious of me because I can live with my mother, right?"
Eunuch Shi, who was guarding outside the door, pricked up his ears and wondered what the Fourth Young Master was talking about.
How could a prince possibly envy a child?
Gu Yanzhi quickly winked at his fourth brother, telling him to stop talking nonsense.
"Envy? Huh."
King Zhao sneered and said nothing.
Why are you so arrogant, little brat?
Even if you want to stay in the backyard, you can only live there for three or four years at most.
What can you compare with this king?
Ruirui was still thinking about looking after the child, so he waited for a while, but before King Zhao could continue speaking, he took the initiative to step forward.
The new little brother was placed on a small bed. Ruirui stood on tiptoe and tilted his head to take a look.
When he saw it clearly, he couldn't help but exclaimed "Wow".
"He's really big!"
Ruirui couldn't help it and touched her belly again.
Can he really give birth to a baby this big?
No, what if what Big Brother said is wrong?
He might as well ask someone else to confirm!
Thinking of this, Ruirui turned his gaze to King Zhao standing beside him.
King Zhao has several children, he must know all the problems!
Thinking of this, Ruirui gave King Zhao a friendly smile, and his voice became sweet: "Father, how do children come from?"
When King Zhao heard this question, he thought of the boy showing off in front of him just now, so he deliberately said: "Two people slept together, and then there was a child.
Just like this prince and your mother, that’s how it was, and then your mother gave birth to you.”
After saying this, King Zhao felt a little annoyed.
Why did he get angry with a little kid?
And saying such inappropriate things.
However, Ruirui no longer cared about King Zhao.
He stood on tiptoe again to look at the child lying on the bed, his mind filled with an especially heavy thought.
Ugh!
He seemed to know who the child's other father was.
In the past two days, Ji Yunqing discovered that Ruirui had a little secret and became extra diligent.
She looked at the little guy in front of her who was holding a book and learning to read seriously with mixed feelings.
Is this the awakening of King Zhao’s hidden bloodline?
There are actually children in the world who are so diligent in learning to read!
"Mother, how do you pronounce this sentence?"
Ji Yunqing collected his thoughts and hurried to read the book. He couldn't delay his child's studies.
After finishing the lesson, Ruirui asked for two more sheets of paper, saying that she wanted to use them to practice drawing.
Ji Yunqing generously gave the little fellow ten cards and encouraged him, "Take them all. You need to practice more.
When the lotus flowers bloom in the pond in summer, I will stand on a small boat and dance and play the piano, and you can draw me."
Ruirui felt a little guilty, but still nodded firmly: "Okay, I will practice hard."
King Zhao returned from outside the palace and was about to go into the main courtyard to change his clothes.
Eunuch Shi quickly reported as he walked: "Concubine Xu Shu has taken the Fifth Master away today."
The first one to be brought back was the Fifth Young Master, and the one who was raised by Concubine Cen came back later, so he was naturally the Sixth Young Master.
King Zhao said casually: "Hmm"
He gave the child to Concubine Xu Shu to raise. After Concubine Xu Shu gave birth to a daughter, she took the initiative to offer to raise Lao San's child, which showed that she loved children very much.
As the master and the servant were talking, Eunuch Shi suddenly saw a piece of paper in the corner of the wall, pressed down by a stone with only a corner sticking out.
"Hey, what is that?"
Eunuch Shi ordered the young eunuch to pick it up.
The young eunuch was illiterate, so he respectfully handed over the paper under the stone. It turned out to be a letter.
Eunuch Shi took it. There was something written on the envelope, saying "For Your Majesty"
Ok?
Your Majesty?
Eunuch Shi suddenly came to his senses and handed the envelope to King Zhao: "Your Majesty, please read this."
When King Zhao caught a glimpse of the crooked handwriting, he couldn't help but think of Ji's chicken-claw-like handwriting. He wondered what her handwriting had become now.
There was still no settlement with her for Ji's leaving the house without permission two days ago, so King Zhao quickly decided to visit her later.
For Ji's sake, King Zhao took the envelope.
Eunuch Shi said quickly: "Your Majesty, why don't you let me open this letter?"
After all, it is a letter from an unknown source, and what if it contains poison?
"not necessary"
King Zhao quickly entered the study, sat at the desk and opened the envelope.
There was only a piece of paper inside, and the handwriting on it was equally horrible. The ink was running rampant on the snow-white rice paper, leaving it all black.
After reading carefully for a while, King Zhao finally read out seven big words between the lines: "I am pregnant with your child"
King Zhao frowned, his face full of confusion.
what?
Who wrote this?
Eunuch Shi also saw these words.
His heart suddenly sank. Who is this lady?
Since you are pregnant with the prince's child, why don't you report it directly, or wait until the time is right to tell him? What kind of letter are you writing?
Could it be that... it's not the lady in the backyard?
——No, he has always been with the prince, but he has never seen the prince show any interest in the maids in the mansion?
King Zhao said sullenly: "Go check it out."
He added: "This prince has no connection with the maids in the mansion."
If the prince says no, then there is no.
Eunuch Shi's face turned serious and he immediately agreed.
In this case, you just need to check the masters of each courtyard.
The prince said it had nothing to do with the maid, and that meant it had nothing to do with her.
Soon, each hospital welcomed the court doctors to take the pulse and examine the patients.
Eunuch Shi was watching from the side, and explained to Concubine Li with a smile: "The prince is considerate of the masters of each courtyard, and specially ordered the palace doctor to see patients in each courtyard."
Concubine Li didn't believe this lame excuse. When had the prince ever worried about things in the backyard?
She rolled her eyes and tried to find out the news: "Don't be afraid of being laughed at by the eunuch, but the prince suddenly behaved like this, which made us feel terrified. We thought we had done something wrong."
Eunuch Shi just smiled attentively, his smile never changing: "The concubine is sitting upright, the prince has seen it all."
This dog slave!
Concubine Li cursed inwardly, but her face remained gentle and kind as usual: "What Eunuch Shi said makes sense.
But speaking of which, the prince has two adopted sons recently, and they look particularly cute. Could it be that he is thinking of adding a few more biological children?"
If this is the case, Concubine Li will have to think more about it.
She has never been happy since she gave birth to Zhier. Could it be that she wants to choose a loyal and reliable maid?
Scanning the faces of the maids, Concubine Li was dissatisfied with each of them.
What the hell is this?
After the court physician finished taking the patient's pulse, Concubine Li still wanted to keep Eunuch Shi to get more information.
Eunuch Shi took the red envelope and secretly felt the feel of it.
It's not small change, it should be silver notes.
He smiled and declined: "Concubine, the prince has told me to finish my work as soon as possible. There are still many courtyards left to visit."
Go to every yard?
Concubine Li's eyebrows moved: "The two concubines... have also gone there?"
After receiving the banknotes, Eunuch Shi was no longer so strict: "I came from Concubine Liu's place, so I came directly to Concubine Li's place, didn't I?"
"That father-in-law is really hard-working. There are still ten or so places to go!"
"That's right, we really can't afford to delay."
After Eunuch Shi finished speaking, he hurriedly took the court doctor to other courtyards.
It’s all the fault of the person who wrote the letter. If he had told the prince directly, it wouldn’t have been so troublesome.
It is also possible that other people knew that someone in the mansion was pregnant and deliberately took the opportunity to cause trouble.
But no matter what, we have to find this person as soon as possible.
Concubine Li stood there with a frown on her face.
Cui Liu, the maid beside her, stepped forward cautiously and said, "Master, it's windy outside, please go back quickly!"
"master?"
Concubine Li suddenly looked at her.
"Cui Liu, how old are you this year?"
Being caught off guard by her master's question, Cui Liu subconsciously replied: "Master, I am twenty-one years old this year."
The age limit for maids in Prince Zhao's mansion to leave is 22 years old, so she will be able to leave in half a year.
Her family had already arranged a marriage for her, with her becoming a minor steward in the mansion, and she was just waiting to get married after leaving the house.
"You're not young anymore!"
Hearing her master sigh slowly, Cui Liu felt uneasy.
"Master, my family has already arranged a marriage, and we are just waiting..."
"Not urgent"
Concubine Li interrupted her and looked her up and down again.
"If you don't pay attention to this one, our Cui Liu will grow up and become more and more beautiful. It's really hard to take your eyes off her!"
Cui Liu's appearance can only be described as ordinary, but she has been serving her master for many years and as a maid, she doesn't have to do any work at all.
Therefore, with her fair skin, black and shiny hair, and her youthful and delicate appearance, she can be considered a pretty lady.
Cui Liu lowered her head and stammered, "Master..."
She hoped that her master would let her go because she had served him for so many years.
Concubine Li Shufei said something else: "Eunuch Shi has been with the prince all year round, but he doesn't know how to treat him. Cui Liu, tell me, what should we do?"
Cui Liu suddenly knelt down, tears in her eyes: "Master!"
She was confused. How could she not know what the concubine meant?
Eunuch Shi is, but, a eunuch!
But Concubine Li just bent down, gently touched Cui Liu's cheek, and said in a scolding tone: "What are you doing? Can't you just stay in the mansion and accompany me?"
Cui Liu shuddered with fright.
But he didn't dare to dodge at all.
Eunuch Shi brought the court doctor into each courtyard. The two concubines were not pregnant, and the four concubines... three had already been checked.
There is still one concubine left, Ji, from the Guihua Courtyard.
Eunuch Shi looked towards the courtyard and saw that the gate was guarded by the prince's familiar men.
The prince was not affected at all by the letter!
Osmanthus Courtyard
When King Zhao entered the room, Ji Yunqing was holding Ruirui and learning to read in the yard.
Ruirui is a serious person. He thinks that since he has started to recognize words, he might as well continue to learn them!
Anyway, recognizing words is very easy.
Other maids in the yard: ...How can it be easy to recognize and write?
He is just young, and his mother only lets him hold a pen for a short time every day, and she has to leave time for drawing, so he can only write a few words now.
Looking under the osmanthus tree, the mother and son, one teaching and the other learning, both of them looked particularly serious.
King Zhao's heart moved. He had never seen Ji teaching others before. He lost his usual liveliness and became calm, with a hint of gentleness between his eyebrows.
In fact, it has a unique charm.
When Ji Yunqing saw King Zhao, his eyes showed surprise.
He quickly let go of the child, forgetting to put down the book in his hand, and ran straight to King Zhao.
He narrowly avoided pouncing on King Zhao, and only remembered to salute when he was right in front of him, while still looking at King Zhao with bright eyes.
"My lord, why are you here?"