Chapter 193
Prince Yong's Palace
At the door of the small kitchen, Yihuan was sitting on a chair watching everyone making beef balls.

Honghui has been accustomed to putting snacks in his pocket since he was a child. His favorite is beef cubes, which are cooked in the small kitchen.

Yihuan hadn't seen her child for a few days and missed him very much, so she thought of making some for him and letting Yinzhen take them into the palace, so that Honghui would know that his family was thinking about him.

Sitting opposite her and drinking tea was the Ninth Lady.

It is indeed impolite to ask guests to wait at the door of the kitchenette, but if they are friends, then it's casual.

The Ninth Lady was staring at the small kitchen, where the egg custard she had specifically requested was still steaming on the stove.

"Fourth sister-in-law, you have heard about that incident, right? Concubine Liang committed suicide that night." The Ninth Lady lowered her voice, "It is a serious crime for a concubine to commit suicide. There is no one in her family, and the Eighth Prince is in such a situation. It is Eighth sister-in-law who has to suffer."

"It's good for Guo Luoluo to have something to do, so that she doesn't jump around and annoy people." Yihuan expressed her annoyance at her behavior of blocking Yinzhen many times. She is now barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. She is like a mosquito that will buzz even if you can't slap it to death.

"The son of a lowly maid in the Xinzheku." The Ninth Lady drank a mouthful of the egg custard as she wished, and felt much better. "The Emperor really doesn't care about the father-son relationship at all."

"The emperor has dealt with the eighth master. You should keep a low profile recently and try to persuade the ninth master." Yihuan said.

"Fourth sister-in-law, do you think the baby in my belly will be the same as our grandfather?" The Ninth Concubine asked with some hesitation.

"What? He is your and Jiu Ye's child, of course he will look like you. It would be bad if he looked like someone else." Yihuan joked.

"That's not what I meant. I was asking, will that medicine harm my child?" The Ninth Lady's words were incoherent, but Yihuan understood.

"Who told you this?" Yihuan reached out and touched the Ninth Lady's slightly bulging belly. "You are his mother. You know best whether he is healthy or not. You know better than any imperial physician."

"This is the most special connection between a mother and her child." Yihuan said seriously.

The Ninth Lady nodded. She was afraid. She didn’t know how she had survived the few months when Yinzhen was crazy.

"Honghui has gone to the palace, and Xiaolang is being looked after by General Fei Yanggu. Liuliu is still young, so you can now free up your hands to choose a good candidate for the eldest princess." The Ninth Concubine felt a lot more at ease after having Yihuan give her the reassurance.

Yihuan smiled. This was the only happy news during this period. After years of preparation, Yinzhen finally asked for the eldest princess's marriage autonomy, so she no longer had to be supported by him.

Although Mingxuan, who was previously chosen, was not very useful, Yinzhen still had several alternative options.

Yihuan has already chosen one and is planning to find a good day to inform the man.

Seeing that Yihua was not in a hurry, Jiufujin raised her eyebrows and said, "Looking at the look on Fourth Sister-in-law's face, are you confident?"

"It's okay to talk to you, but don't tell anyone else. Honghui's teacher is the eldest grandson of the Zhu family. He is about the same age as Honghui. His family background is simple, and there is a family rule that one can only take a concubine if he is forty and has no children."

"That child has a good relationship with Honghui. I have met him several times. His appearance, character, and knowledge are impeccable." Yihua became more and more satisfied as she spoke. "If our grandfather hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have thought that there was such a talented person around. It's really like being in the dark under the lamp."

The Ninth Lady finished the bowl of egg custard and wiped her mouth with satisfaction: "Fourth sister-in-law, you are like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law. The more you look at her, the more you like her."

Yihuan couldn't help laughing.

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Yinzhen sent people to check the list sent by the Tenth Prince, but found that none of these people existed and there were no files to check.

Such people are almost certainly assassins raised by the brothers.

Someone who could avoid the emperor's eyes and ears and insert his own people at the entrance of the Yangxin Palace was about to emerge. It was the prince.

Yinzhen read the information he had found again, and then threw it into the brazier and burned it.

He slowly raised the corners of his mouth. Now he was not afraid of the prince moving, but afraid that he would not move. The emperor was like a volcano that could erupt at any time. As long as the prince pushed lightly, he would be burned to pieces by the anger.

It seems that the chess pieces in the palace can be moved.

Yuqing Palace

Niuhulu's already abnormal mental state became completely insane after another miscarriage.

All day long she either talked about Hongli or called herself "Ai". Yinreng hadn't visited her for a long time. He didn't let her die because he still wanted to hear the prophecy from her.

Now, Niuhulu has only one maid serving her, who can barely keep her full every day.

"Princess, when will you wake up? Although I don't know what you and the Crown Prince said, I can see that you must have given the Crown Prince very important news. The Emperor is not in good health now, and the Crown Prince will soon be the Emperor. With your contributions, you will definitely be a concubine, or even a noble concubine."

"Princess, it's all my fault. Without money, those snobs in the Imperial Hospital won't prescribe any medicine. If you can wake up, our good days will come!"

The skinny little maid was muttering in Nianhulu's ear while cleaning. She noticed a gleam in the eyes of the disheveled woman, so she stopped talking and quietly did her work.

Niuhulu was indeed in a daze due to the great shock, but she was still unwilling to give up. Under the constant stimulation of her maid, she regained consciousness briefly.

She disliked the clumsy little girl, so she dressed herself up and went straight to Yinreng's study.

Tong Guining's spies discovered that Niu Hulu was behaving strangely and reported it immediately. She sent people to watch from a distance to see what this mysterious woman was going to do.

Yinreng was a little surprised to hear that Nianhulu wanted to see him, and he couldn't help but sigh at the tenacious vitality of this woman.

No one knew what the two talked about. Yinreng's study was the most heavily guarded in Yuqing Palace. The young eunuch sent by Tong Guining to keep an eye on him almost fell asleep on the spot and did not see Nianhulu come out.

The young eunuch squatted there for a whole day and night. The prince had gone to court, but he had not seen Niuhulu. Realizing the seriousness of the matter, he hurriedly reported to Tong Guining.

Tong Guining's heart was pounding. She felt that she was about to catch the truth, so she stared at the prince's study.

Sure enough, late at night the next day, a sack was carried out from the study. It looked to be as tall as a person. It was quickly carried out and finally thrown into the dry well in the cold palace.

Tong Guining touched his chest. That evil woman was dead. She must have discovered a very important secret of the prince. Perhaps something would be found on her body.

After hesitating for a while, Tong Guining made up his mind. On a dark and windy night, he dressed up as a young eunuch and went to the cold palace in person.

She lowered her head and didn't dare look around to attract attention. She avoided the patrolmen and looked at the unfathomable dry well in trouble. It was so dark inside that she didn't dare jump in.

Finally, Tong Guining gave up looking and walked back. Because she kept her head down, she actually found a piece of paper stuck in the crack of the ground.

She picked it up and read it quickly, and found that it was a secret letter.

The signature was clearly the Guard of the Capital Region.