Qin Yining smiled and nodded. The eldest prince was three months younger than her two darlings. Now, her Han and Zhao were almost one year old.
Thinking of this, Qin Yining could not suppress the longing that she had been suppressing all this time. She missed her children, and she missed Pang Xiao very much.
Her eyes became soft and full of longing. The Empress, who was also a mother, saw this and patted her arm understandingly.
Qin Yining came back to her senses and smiled slightly at the Empress.
At this time, Nurse Sun led a group of people in. "Your Majesty, the eldest prince is here."
The leader was a wet nurse in her twenties wearing a dark green palace dress. She had a delicate face and held a red swaddling cloth in her arms. She knelt and saluted, "The eldest prince pays his respects to Your Majesty."
"Quickly get up and bring Hao over for this empress to see."
"Yes."
The wet nurse got up and with the help of the other wet nurses, she tidied up the red swaddling cloth that covered the baby's face. Then, she handed the little baby, who was wearing a light pink brocade jacket and a tiger-head hat, to the Empress.
The baby was fair and clean. Qin Yining looked at him from the side and smelled the soft milky fragrance on the baby's body. She thought of her two darlings and almost cried.
She controlled her emotions and could not lose her composure. What, she was not happy to see the prince? If this was used against her, she was afraid that it would cause trouble in the future.
Qin Yining smiled and said, "His Little Highness is so cute and has delicate features. He must be an intelligent and filial child."
What mother did not like to hear her child being praised? The Empress suddenly felt that Qin Yining was even closer. She was not young anymore and was not favored by Your Majesty. She was afraid that she would not have the chance to have another child in the future. This child was her lifeblood!
The Empress happily hugged the child and brought him to Qin Yining. "Look, he is smiling at you."
The little prince stretched out his small white hand that was wearing a silver bracelet and waved it. He was smiling and drooling.
Qin Yining was very fond of it. He took off the gold and ruby cloud necklace around his neck and presented it to the little prince with both hands.
"Your Highness, this is this subject's gift to His Highness for our first meeting. I hope that Your Highness will not dislike it. I wish that His Highness will be smart and healthy, safe and healthy, and grow up healthily."
Qin Yining's words were simple, but they were exactly what all mothers hoped for their children. When all the mothers in the world had their own children, their initial hope was that their children would grow up healthily and safely, especially women who lived deep in the palace.
The Empress could feel Qin Yining's sincerity. She smiled and took the necklace and compared it with the little prince's body, "I thank you on behalf of Brother Hao."
When Qin Yining heard the Empress refer to herself as "I", he knew that this was the sincere gratitude of a mother and not the Empress.
The two of them huddled together and played with the child. The palace servants at the side were also laughing. The First Prince was also exceptionally happy today. His giggling made him look especially cute, and the people around him felt their hearts soften.
Imperial Concubine Yun could no longer practice her etiquette. She gritted her teeth and hid all her jealousy.
An old and ugly woman! What was so great about giving birth to a son? It was as if no one could give birth! In the future, she would definitely give birth to more and better children!
Imperial Concubine Yun also walked to the Empress' side and stretched her neck to look at the prince in the Empress' arms.
The baby with the fragrance of milk was indeed cute. His smiling appearance made people's hearts soften. But in addition to the softness, an unprecedented jealousy was like a raging fire that ignited her entire body.
This child was so cute. Your Majesty must be in great pain, right? If this child was allowed to grow up safely, then when she had another child in the future, wouldn't she have no chance?
If this child died, then that would be good.
Or if he was crippled or disfigured, anything would be good!
As long as this child had no fate with the throne!
Imperial Concubine Yun's jade-like hand, covered in bright red nail polish, reached for the child's face as if she was possessed. Her ring finger and pinky finger wore silver armor with a pearl at the sharp end. The sharp end was almost touching the child's cheek.
The Empress' side was facing Imperial Concubine Yun, so she couldn't see clearly. As for the other palace servants, even if they could see clearly, the other party was the Empress Dowager's niece, so everyone hesitated for a moment.
Only Sun mama, who was loyal and devoted to the Empress, cried out in alarm. However, she was too far away, and she was also old. Encountering such a situation, she was already flustered. She only knew how to scream, but there was no substance to it.
The Empress was startled by Sun mama's shout. She lowered her head and saw a hand with a warm jade ring firmly grabbing a hand with silver armor. The tip of the armor, decorated with pearls, was right next to the Eldest Prince's right cheek. If it had moved forward half an inch, it would have pierced the child's face!
"What are you doing!" The Empress hugged the child and quickly dodged.
Qin Yining angrily glared at Imperial Concubine Yun. Her eyes were like ice as she gradually tightened her grip on her hand. Through gritted teeth, she said, "Imperial Concubine Yun, can you bear the crime of harming a prince?"
"I, this one did not! Let go of me, ah! "
Imperial Concubine Yun woke up from a dream and quickly tried to pull her hand back. However, no matter how much strength she used, she couldn't pull out Qin Yining's fingers that were like iron pliers. She couldn't think of a reason. They were both women, but Qin Yining's strength was so great!
Qin Yining missed her children. Looking at the eldest prince was like looking at Zhao Ge 'er and Han Ge' er in swaddling clothes. As a mother, how could she stand someone wanting to harm her children? Even if it wasn't her child, a person with a bit of humanity wouldn't harm an ignorant infant. For a moment, she couldn't care about anything else.
Qin Yining grabbed Imperial Concubine Yun's hand and twisted it, trapping her hand behind her back.
Imperial Concubine Yun screamed in pain. Due to the strength of her arm, she could only bend at the waist. Her other hand tried to pull on Qin Yining's hair, but Qin Yining only used a bit of force, causing her to twist her body to the side in pain.
"You dare! Let go of this concubine. This concubine is an imperial concubine. If you dare to touch this concubine, I'll kill you! "
"You're the one who doesn't want to live! You dared to touch the eldest prince in front of everyone. What are your intentions? "
"This concubine didn't! You're falsely accusing this concubine. This concubine only wanted to touch the eldest prince's cheek. How could this be harming someone! "
This was the palace. Qin Yining wasn't in charge. If someone dared to touch her son, Qin Yining would have broken that evil hand long ago!
Qin Yining shook her hand and released the strength in her grip. Imperial Concubine Yun struggled and rushed forward. She stumbled and fell to the ground, holding her arm. Her face was deathly pale and she almost cried out in pain.
"You dare! This concubine will go tell the empress dowager! "
The empress tightly hugged her son and angrily said: "You can go and see if the empress dowager loves her own grandson or you!"
Her angry roar was very sharp. The child who was originally giggling was scared into crying.
The empress coaxed the child with heartache. She patted the eldest prince's back and whispered: "Good Hao ge, don't cry, don't cry." She turned and angrily glared at Imperial Concubine Yun, who was being helped up. She coldly said, "You dared to touch someone in front of this concubine! How can I tolerate such a vicious person? Servants. "
"This servant is here." Sun mama and the servants of Kunning Palace responded.
"Tie up Imperial Concubine Yun for this concubine and hand her over to the Imperial Clan Court!"
"Yes!"
Sun mama rolled up her sleeves and walked forward with two palace maids to tie up Imperial Concubine Yun.
Imperial Concubine Yun cried out in pain: "Let go of me! What right do you have to say that I wanted to touch the prince! Which eye of yours saw it! I only wanted to touch the eldest prince's cheek. It was the Prince Zhongshun's concubine. Yes, she framed me! "
"With so many pairs of eyes watching, you still dare to quibble!" The empress was furious, "It seems that this concubine has been too lenient with you all. That's why you all are so daring!"
"This concubine only thought that the eldest prince was cute and wanted to touch him. It's true that this concubine has armor on her hands, but this concubine is already an adult. Naturally, this concubine would avoid it! How could this concubine hurt the eldest prince! It was clearly the Prince Zhongshun's concubine who framed me! "
"Take her away!" The empress flicked her sleeves.
Sun mama immediately obeyed and took her away.
Imperial Concubine Yun continued to struggle, shouting: "I didn't, I didn't! There are so many of you and you're all venting your anger. You're all working together to slander me! Empress, Empress, aren't you afraid of retribution for framing people like this? "
The empress angrily said: "You deliberately hurt a baby in swaddling clothes. Although you failed, you still wanted to kill him. Aren't you afraid of retribution? Do you dare to swear on your future child? "
Imperial Concubine Yun choked and her words were blocked.
Seeing Imperial Concubine Yun being taken away, the empress hurriedly coaxed the child.
When the eldest prince cried, the empress's heart ached and she also shed tears. She muttered: "It's Imperial Mother who is useless. It's all Imperial Mother's fault. If it wasn't for Imperial Mother being so weak, how could anyone dare to hurt you in front of Imperial Mother? It's all Imperial Mother's fault … …"
Seeing the empress holding the eldest prince, mother and son crying together, Qin Yining couldn't bear it and sighed.
In fact, the empress' punishment for Imperial Concubine Yun was too unwise.
Just as Imperial Concubine Yun said, even if her actions were caught by Qin Yining, the eldest prince's face didn't have any injuries. In fact, there were many things she could refute. Even if everyone present came forward to testify, it still wouldn't pass the Empress Dowager's eyes. Releasing Imperial Concubine Yun was only a matter of a word from the Empress Dowager. If she was used by someone with ulterior motives, she was afraid that she would also be implicated. She would be accused of sowing discord between concubines.
However, under the empress' anger, there was nothing she could do. She also couldn't find a position to persuade her. If she tried to persuade her at this time, it would only make the empress even angrier. It would also make her efforts over the past few days go to waste.
Qin Yining was a free and easy person. Although she understood the development of the situation, she didn't care too much. In any case, her crime was the same as Imperial Concubine Yun's. If she was accused of deliberately framing someone, the other party also didn't have any evidence. It was just a matter of fifty strikes. In any case, no matter how good her performance was, the fact that Li Qitian was afraid of Pang Xiao didn't change.
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