Chapter 39: Niuhulu
From this day on, the Fourth Prince's Mansion began to avoid visitors.
Honghui was very strong. Every day when Imperial Doctor Jiang came to change the dressing and remove the gauze, he never cried out in pain. Sometimes he couldn't help crying secretly under the quilt. When Yihuan found out, he would blush and say, "Mother, Honghui doesn't feel any pain."
Yihua did not poke the little man's self-esteem, and nodded seriously: "Mother understands, sometimes the eyes have their own ideas. Just like when mother wants to make sweet-scented osmanthus cake for Honghui, mother knows the steps by heart, but her hands just won't obey."
Honghui thought of the gray-yellow snacks of Sibu Xiang, and smiled secretly: "Mother, Honghui likes it."
Yihuan looked at him tenderly: "Then mother and Honghui have agreed that the next time the body has other ideas, we should respect it and not hide it."
Honghui had a head injury, so he couldn't think too much, let alone hide under the quilt.
"Will Father think that Honghui is useless and can't even ride a horse well?" Honghui held it in for a few days, but still couldn't help asking.
"How could that be?" Yihua shook her head and stretched out her hand to massage Honghui's leg muscles. After all, he had been lying down for too long these past few days. "Your father brought the little mare back and told the servants to train her well. When you have recovered, he will teach you to ride it himself next time. How about that?"
"Really?" Honghui's eyes lit up, and then he thought of something and shivered with fear.
Yihuan saw it all. This incident left a shadow in Honghui's heart. Perhaps he would be afraid of riding a horse in the future. It was up to Yinzhen to help him overcome the psychological barrier. At times like this, the father's strong shoulders could bring infinite strength to the child.
Although Honghui was lying down and recuperating from his illness, his studious gene soon became active.
Yinzhen sent a young eunuch who was good at reading to read to Honghui at his bedside every day, which satisfied Honghui's desire to learn knowledge.
Yihuan was very confused when she saw this.
My son, let's listen to some piano music and some little songs. At worst, we can ask a storyteller to tell us some stories, which is also a good pastime.
Are those Zi Yue really that nice to hear?
After attending a class once and falling asleep in the middle, Yihuan demonstrated a classic negative example to her son, and then she just let him go.
Who makes children like it?
The warm time between Honghui and his mother passed quickly, and Yihuan spent the rest of the time thinking about who was the ghost in her yard?
Nanny Chen and Yuxiao were her wet nurse and the maid she brought from her mother's home respectively.
These two people accompanied the original owner for the longest time. Did she really not make any mistakes during those few days when she traveled through time?
However, the idea of suspecting that the baby had been swapped because of the owner's different behavior was too bold and shocking.
Therefore, there is no problem in assuming these two people first.
Yihuan only recently discovered that the attributes of the people in the main courtyard are very complicated.
Some were brought in from their mother's home like Nanny Chen, some were brought in through connections when the prince lived in the palace, some were given by the empress when Yinzhen built his mansion, and some were sent to serve by the Ministry of Internal Affairs after he became a beile. Not to mention the floating staff in the main courtyard, east courtyard, south courtyard and the study room in the front courtyard.
How stupid she was to think that these people would be of one mind.
In the end, it was Yihua's mindset as a worker in her previous life that ruined her. She always thought that if the boss provided adequate benefits, the employees would work together.
Little do people know that here, the so-called welfare is far less important than rights.
After a period of investigation, Yihua fixed her eyes on three people. One was Yumei, a maid brought from her mother's family. She lived in the same room with Yuye, who once wanted to be promoted, and they were also from the same hometown. It is said that Yuye once gave Yumei's brother money to save his life, and the two had a good relationship. After Yuye was dealt with, Yumei tried to find out the news of the day from many sources. After being discovered by the eunuch Abao, she was severely beaten and had been doing the cleaning work in front of the court, and had no chance to enter the room.
The second one is Honghui's wet nurse. Due to Yihuan's thoughts in her previous life, Honghui's breast milk package was stopped early. And because the mother-son relationship is very good, the wet nurse's space for development has been greatly squeezed. Recently, Yihuan is thinking of giving her a generous sum of money and letting her go home.
The last one was a servant under the eunuch Abao. Yihua had an impression of him because he was responsible for raising dogs for Honghui. She suspected him because she found a hidden hole behind the doghouse that was barely wide enough for a person to pass through. Maybe someone passed messages back and forth through it. Others didn't know about this hole, but there was no reason why the eunuch who cleaned the doghouse all day didn't know about it.
After getting to know these people, Yihuan originally wanted to keep her troops in place and expose a flaw to lure the enemy out of their hole.
However, Yinzhen firmly opposed it and found an excuse to drive all three of them out that day.
"Yihua, you are not alone now. The slightest negligence may lead to disaster. You can't damage the jade bottle when you kill the mouse. At this critical moment, no matter whether it is you or Honghui, I can't accept that anyone else gets into trouble."
Yihuan knew that what Yinzhen said made sense, but she was still a little uneasy. What if these three people were all innocent?
"Don't worry, I will send people to keep an eye on these people. If they are really innocent, I will certainly not leave them without a place to live." Yinzhen has recently taken a liking to caressing Yihuan's belly, as if he could talk to the child in advance.
"If we take a step back, there are still people who have not been caught, and we will not take any action for a short time. After all, we have already alerted the enemy."
It’s no wonder that those in power are suspicious. Yihuan found that after this incident, her trust in the people around her was greatly reduced.
Sometimes, serious suspicion is forced out by reality.
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Not long after the Crown Princess was reprimanded, Kangxi seemed still unsatisfied. He waved his hand and gave a princess to each of his adult sons.
He seemed to be using this method to tell the prince that instead of doing other things, it would be better to have more children.
This was also the first time that Yihuan heard of the name of Niuhulu. Her father was a fourth-rank ceremonial official, and she herself was the longest-lived empress dowager, respected by Emperor Qianlong and the whole country. This blessing was something the original owner, Ulanara, had sought and envied all her life but never got.
A Bao bent his waist even lower. He saw that Fu Jin's expression was not right. When he heard that a new princess had come to the mansion, he kept silent. He thought she was jealous.
"My Lady, Nianhulu is just outside the door. Shall I send her back first?"
"Let her in."
Niuhulu learned the rules very well. She didn't look around after entering the house and her manners were very standard. Looking at the woman's bright and elegant appearance and her attractive figure, Yihua suddenly lost her previous curiosity.
She was not the original Ulanara, and would not be forced into such an unbearable situation by the woman in front of her.
"Get up. Your surname is noble, and it can be said to be one of the best in the prince's backyard. But the previous princesses have served the prince earlier than you. Don't take advantage of your birth to bully others. Sisters in the family should live in harmony."
"According to the rules, I will welcome you the day after tomorrow. You don't have to come to my place these few days. Go back."
Niuhulu felt a little bit of hostility from Yihuan and felt a little proud. She felt threatened, that's right.
After all, I am a blessed person.
Niuhulu believed it firmly ever since she had that bizarre dream.
Entering the Fourth Prince's Mansion made her feel even more like she had had a precognitive dream!