Chapter 36 Concubine Yi's Suspicion

Just when Yihuan was shouting until her mouth was dry and her throat was smoking, Concubine Yi arrived, followed by the gentle-looking Fifth Prince and the limping Ninth Prince.

"Is Honghui awake?" Concubine Yi spoke quickly, rushing in and speaking in a high voice, "These two children kept it a secret from me. If it weren't for Old Nine being beaten with a stick, I wouldn't have known that such a thing had happened in the palace! Sister Defei, I've brought Old Nine here. If you're angry, you can beat him up again."

Another beating?
De Fei clenched her hands tightly in her sleeves, without showing any dissatisfaction on her face: "The children are just playing around, it's not a big deal. As long as Honghui can wake up, everyone will be happy."

"This is the hundred-year-old ginseng sent by my mother's family. The ones sold outside are not of good quality. I'll give it to Honghui to nourish his body. If you need anything, please ask me to find it. No matter what panacea it is, I will make sure to find it for you." Concubine Yi put down the apology, and seeing Yihuan's kind heart, she sighed and glared at her disappointing son.

If anything happened to Honghui, Defei and her family, who were narrow-minded, would try to make things difficult for him all day long.

The Fifth Prince bowed to Yinzhen and said, "Fourth Brother, this is all my fault. I, as your elder brother, did not discipline him well. If you want to blame someone, blame me."

Yinzhen was so angry that he almost laughed. Could it be that Honghui was injured like this and he had to comfort the ninth brother instead?

Concubine Yi seemed to have thought of something and asked, "The eunuch who reported the news was not clear. I vaguely heard that the fourth son was accompanying us at first, but then he left because of something."

"It's strange to say. This official business is certainly important, but the Ministry of Revenue has a Shangshu in charge. How come it has come to the fourth brother?"

Yinzhen turned the ring on his hand. He thought of this matter the first time he received the news that Honghui was in trouble. The minister surnamed Niu had been under close surveillance by his retainers.

There are also the Ninth, Tenth, Fourteenth, and even the Fifth who doesn't care about anything in front of us. What roles do they play in all this?

Several possibilities emerged in Yinzhen's mind, but he denied them one by one. It was too early to say anything now, and he must get to the bottom of it!

coincidence?

This is absolutely impossible!

"Thank you, Concubine Yi, for your concern. Yinzhen will visit my ninth brother in person someday. Honghui is recuperating from his illness and it is inconvenient for him to see many outsiders. Please go back." Yinzhen said coldly.

In the end, Concubine Yi left with her two sons in disappointment because he was about to lose his son.

After returning to the palace, Concubine Yi dismissed her attendants and asked quietly, "Why did you take Honghui to the horse race?"

Ninth Prince was a little confused: "Fourteenth Prince was looking for me."

"Hmph!" Concubine Yi raised the corner of her mouth, "The Fourteenth Prince has never been convinced by the Fourth Prince. This is because there can be no external thieves without internal traitors. Let's wait and see."

The Ninth Prince understood, and he retorted: "Fourteenth Brother likes Honghui very much, and Fourth Brother doesn't forbid Honghui to play with Fourteenth Brother. Mother, you are thinking wrongly."

Concubine Yi glanced at him and said, "It's either him, or you and Old Ten. Everyone knows that Old Ten is a fool. He has an appointment with His Majesty, so no matter how big a mess he makes, someone will cover it for him. Then who do you think others will think can't tolerate Honghui?"

The Ninth Prince jumped up and pulled his battered buttocks: "Mother, what does this have to do with me?!"

"May the best of luck to you." Concubine Yi said angrily, "Think carefully, who else knew that you were going to the horse farm, who instigated this incident, and who was behind it."

"If you can't figure it out, your mother can't protect you." Concubine Yi threatened the Ninth Prince. She wanted to teach her stupid son a lesson so that he would know who he can make friends with and who he can't!

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Honghui felt warm all over, as if he was soaking in a hot spring, and someone was giving him a massage. He enjoyed it very much.

Here, he met a skinny woman who looked familiar, but he didn't know where he had seen her.

The woman looked at him with eyes full of attachment: "You have grown so big."

Honghui stared at her face curiously: "Who are you? Do you know Honghui?"

"Who am I? Hahaha! Who am I?" The woman suddenly laughed, her voice was sharp and piercing. Honghui was not used to such loud voices and subconsciously moved away from her.

"Honghui! Honghui!" It was as if someone was calling his name in his ear. Honghui carefully distinguished the voice, which was intermittent, but he knew it was his mother's voice. "Where is this place? Is my mother here?" Honghui wanted to leave but couldn't find a way out, so he could only ask the woman in front of him.

"Of course your mother is here!" The woman suddenly became excited. "You shouldn't be here. Get out!"

She pushed hard and rushed through the darkness. When she came to Honghui, she looked even thinner, as if she had shed a layer of skin just by walking through the darkness.

"Get out! Don't come back!" The woman memorized Honghui's face and pushed Honghui out of the darkness with force.

Following the direction of the voice calling him, Honghui looked back before walking out. The woman had been completely swallowed by the darkness, not even a strand of hair was left.

"Mother." Honghui called softly, and it sounded like thunder in Yihuan's ears.

"Honghui!" Yihuan shouted in surprise, "Tell mother where you feel uncomfortable, okay?"

Yihuan's voice was extremely hoarse at this moment, as if she was swallowing shards of glass.

Honghui wanted to reach out and touch his head, but Yihua stopped him: "You can't touch your head. Let the imperial physician take a look at you."

The imperial physician came over to check the prince's pulse and finally breathed a sigh of relief. "All right, all right, my brother is awake. Stay in bed and rest for the time being. Wait until the wound on your head heals before getting up. You can't ride a horse for three months to avoid dizziness and vomiting."

"I will prescribe new medicine for you right away."

Concubine De could no longer hold on. She saw Honghui wake up, said a few words to him, and then went back to her room to rest.

The young eunuch trotted to the Yangxin Palace to report and brought back the emperor's reward, which was the Western sword that Honghui had been jealous of before.

"Does Honghui feel any pain?" Yihuan asked.

"It doesn't hurt." Honghui replied, "Father and mother, Honghui is a man, I am not afraid of pain."

Yinzhen supported Yihuan's body and was relieved to see that Honghui spoke logically and his eyes were clear, and it was obvious that he was not injured.

God knows how afraid he was that the clever and lively child would wake up and become stupid and dull.

The imperial physician left, and only the three of them were left in the room.

Yihuan personally fed Honghui half a bowl of porridge, and coaxed him to drink the medicine and sleep to rest.

"Master, I want to bring Honghui back home." Yihuan said.

Yinzhen wanted to, but Honghui was injured in the head and it was not convenient to move. Besides, it was hard to say whether Kangxi and Defei would release him.

Seeing that Yinzhen was in a dilemma, Yihuan asked angrily, "If it weren't for the people in the palace, Honghui would still be fine. If he had gone to the other courtyard with us today, how could he have met with such an unexpected disaster!"

"In the palace, Honghui will only become more and more unfortunate!"

"Fujin!" Yinzhen stretched out his hand to cover Yihuan's mouth, "Don't say such things anymore."

"I want to know the truth about Honghui's fall from his horse!" Yihua insisted, "If you don't investigate, I will investigate it myself."

"Don't worry, I will make the culprit pay the price sooner or later." Yinzhen said seriously, "After the imperial physician diagnoses Honghui's pulse tomorrow, we will move back once he is stable, okay?"

Yihuan nodded. As she relaxed, she suddenly felt a heaviness in her stomach.

She grabbed Yinzhen's sleeve tightly and fainted before she could say just one word.

"My stomach hurts!"