Chapter 191 The Past is Bloody
The fifth prince looked at the five box on the kang, followed Li Tian's fingers and introduction and looked at the five box one by one. The more he frowned, the more he frowned. Li Tian said very quickly: "... Mr. Shui only remembers the blis in this box. She didn't say that she had never seen it. Look, although these things are different, But the patterns on these lanyards, cushions and box are made by one person at a glance. Mother Wen has been serving her since her mother-in-law married. She said that the person who gave this longevity fruit was a well-dressed and beautiful servant. The old woman only said that it must be given by one person, but she didn't know who was the gift.
The fifth prince held the square inkstone, looked at it carefully, and then carefully looked at the yellow pear box. He gently stroked the ground-out at the bottom and looked at Li Tian and said, "This Duan inkstone and this box are indeed things in the palace. According to convention, the prince who has been the most popular in the window class in a year will be rewarded with the top grade Duan inkstone at the end of the year. I've seen it with my eldest brother. It's such a box.
"So this is an official thing? Who the hell is Aunt Yao? Li Tian motioned to show the fifth prince the grinding marks at the bottom of the inkstone. The fifth prince touched it absent-mindedly and whispered after a while, "I moved into the palace when I was seven years old. When I was in the mansion, I was still young. I don't know many things and I don't remember many things. Almost no one mentioned the old story of the hidden mansion. Dad himself never mentioned it, and he didn't like others to say it. I don't know much about the past."
Li Tian looked at the fifth prince expectantly. The fifth prince frowned and reasoned: "The Huang family and Dad have been dating for a long time." The fifth prince first started with the Huang family. Li Tian moved and sat down and listened to every word carefully: "In the year when Dad married and opened the house, he led the envoy to the northwest to inspect the army and horses. This is a bitter job. The Huang family's At that time, the business was doing well, but it was not a big merchant, but it was not even in Taiyuan Mansion. According to the meaning of the shopkeeper Huang, it was the Huang family that his father found. From then on, the Huang family first secretly and then helped his father do a lot of things.
The way of the fortune of major merchants in the world is one of the favorite topics for grandma to tell her when she was alive. Grandma said that the Huang family must have exchanged songs with the officials before Aunt Huang entered the mansion. It turned out to be true.
"When my mother entered the mansion, she was less than 16 years old. When Master Huang sent someone to send her mother to Beijing, he was transferred back to the Huang shopkeeper and prepare for him to enter the capital for dispatch. Before and after his mother entered the house, the Huang shopkeeper was very clear about it. He said that his mother's entry into the mansion was his father's intention. Originally, according to the old Huang family's plan, he was not ready so early. When sending his mother into the house, Mr. Huang's eyesight were extraordinary. According to his plan, he let his mother enter the house two years later and have children in the house for a year or two. If the luck is good, when my father was 60 years old, I was just in my early 20s." The fifth prince smiled sneered at the corners of his mouth: "People who are smart like this. They think that the world is in his calculation. In the middle of planning."
Li Tian saw that the fifth prince did not answer, and only made a cup of tea and pushed it to him. The fifth prince took a few mouthfuls of tea before he continued, "My mother was sick on the road and arrived in the capital two months late. Otherwise, she would have entered the house at the same time as Ye Guifei." Li Tian was stunned and entered the house at the same time as Ye Guifei! The second master and the third master are only half a year apart. Sun and Liu sidefei entered the house at the same time, and this is at the same time!
The fifth prince slowly shook the cup and looked down at the green tea. After a while, he continued to say, "My mother was pregnant not long after entering the house. She said that she died of dystocia. After his mother's death, his father summoned the Huang shopkeeper and reassured him that I would grow up safely."
Li Tian trembled slightly. In those years, the killing outside the hidden mansion continued, and the inside of the hidden mansion was also thrilling.
"When my mother entered the mansion, she brought four girls and a mother. The four girls died and dispersed. Only Mother Han had been by her side. After her death, she followed me until I was ten years old. It was said that there was an epidemic in the palace, and Han Mami was also infected and sent to the well yard to die. Huang Dazhang The cabinet tried her best to take her out. She didn't dare to let her stay in the capital and quietly send her back to Taiyuan Mansion to be raised. Mother Han was honest and had few words. From childhood to age, she only told me one sentence, saying that my mother repeatedly told her before she died, and asked her to teach me to respect my eldest brother as a father and treat Aunt Yao as a mother. "
The fifth prince met Li Tian's shocked eyes and said with a blank wry smile: "My mother's words must not be said casually. The shopkeeper Huang said that her mother is extremely smart. If she will enter the house in two years, she will definitely be able to live a good life. She was too young when she entered the house."
"Isn't it that the hidden residence has always been the management of Aunt Yao? After Ye Guifei entered the house, it was managed by Ye Guifei and Aunt Yao together?" There was something in Li Tian's words, and the fifth prince understood her meaning: "Because of my mother's words, I have always paid attention to Aunt Yao's affairs, but Aunt Yao seems to be a taboo. People who are sure to know like Zheng never mention her. There are very few letters that can be heard. Aunt Yao entered the palace at the age of eight or nine, and she was divided into A When her father married and opened the house, she was the chief steward of the outer court. Later, she was taken into the house as an aunt. She was still in charge of the outer courtyard. Before Ye Guifei, the inner courtyard was first the head of the queen, then Sun and Liu side concubine, and then Ye Guifei. What I heard, she should not have been in charge of the inner courtyard.
Li Tian was inexplicably relieved. Probably because of these gifts, she couldn't help but stand in Aunt Yao's position first, afraid that she would have any involvement in the death of the fifth prince's mother.
"I still remember Aunt Yao. She smiled very well, warmly, and spoke very kindly. I like to see her very much. I don't go there very few times." The fifth prince lowered his head and didn't look up for a long time. His voice was slightly vaguely low and said, "The year Aunt Yao passed away, I was just six years old. I don't remember how I hid in the curtain behind the coffin at that time. I saw my father come in and lay on Aunt Yao's coffin and cried." The fifth prince seemed to be thinking about how to describe it: "It's like my father It's like dying. I didn't dare to mention it with anyone. I had nightmares for many years. In my dream, I seemed to hear my father's crying again, and I felt that my father would die as soon as his crying stopped.
Li Tian looked at the fifth prince pitifully. He was born in the royal family. They were all poor people. Li Tian stretched out his hand and gently pressed it on the fifth prince's hand. She sighed but didn't say anything. The fifth prince looked down at Li Tian's hand and said abruptly, "Aunt Yao may be close to you. You and her smile are very beautiful and warm."
"Oh," Li Tian suddenly felt a little embarrassed. She suddenly withdrew her hand and hurriedly explained, "I checked it first from the old woman. The Ning family has no close relatives surnamed Yao. The old woman has no sisters, only a younger brother, that is, a cousin, and she has not married anyone surnamed Yao. Li There is no family. I don't think Aunt Yao seems to be related to the Li family," Li Tian's words after another, as if she kept saying so that she would not be embarrassed. "These gifts given by Aunt Yao are all related to my mother-in-law. My aunt was born, one year old and also had gifts. I asked my aunt to show them to me. They are similar to these, but big They don't have any of them.
"What about when my aunt got married?" The fifth prince asked unnaturally. Li Tian shook her head: "My aunt said that it was very messy at that time. Many makeup were put into the box without saying who gave it. Several boxes of such things are really indisputable." Li Tian said as he stood up and lifted the boiling water from the stove and made two cups of tea.
"I found someone to find out how Aunt Yao entered the palace and what people were in the family. It's not difficult to check." The fifth prince looked at Li Tian's unhurried tea. The fragrance of tea overflowed and his mood gradually calmed down. He exhaled gently and said, "This will not be wrong. Dad doesn't want me to stand on his own at all. He knows my temperament. No wonder you are married to me. Aunt Yao sent these things. Dad must know that the inkstone is an old inkstone. That's Dad. Something."
"The officials are very unusual to Aunt Yao." Li Tian thought for a moment and whispered. The fifth prince thought for a long time before shaking his head and said, "I don't know. If it's okay, first, Aunt Yao only gave birth to one eldest brother, and nothing has come out since then. Second, there are so many side concubines and aunts in the mansion, and no one can figure out the thoughts of the officials. In those nine princes, the crown prince was the direct one, and he stood up early. Dad's biological mother is humble. Wei was the most inconspicuous of the nine princes in those years. Who would have thought that when Dad ascended the throne, he was the only living son of Weng.
Li Tian sighed gently. In this tragic struggle for the crown prince, she must have heard much more past and various legends than the fifth prince. First, the prince, which was said to be poisoned in the palace of the former queen. His biological mother and former queen watched her son's seven orifices bleed to death in front of her. After the prince's death, he had been chaotic. Over the years, countless officials were implicated in raiding their homes. In those years, the sinful slaves that had not been released in the palace were full of trouble. Even the good female slaves in the capital and the city were not sold for a price. Eight princes, seven died one after another, and there were five people who destroyed the family. Is the new reincarnation going to begin again? Li Tian shivered gently and looked at the fifth prince with fear in his sadness and didn't know what to say.
"Now it's not as before. My father is not Weng. There is no father among our brothers, so relax." The fifth prince comforted Li Tian and comforted himself.
"What should I do about the Shangyuan Festival?" Li Tian looked up and asked, and the fifth prince took a deep breath: "You don't have to care about anything else, as long as you take care of two things. One is what Dad means, and the other is what the eldest brother means. Look at what Dad means, he is not allowed to fool around anymore. The eldest brother is more generous than Dad, but he can't figure out. No matter how deep his mind is, he must I definitely don't want to let the fourth brother get the lottery head of Shangyuan Festival. This lottery head can only strive to compete for it.
"It's hard for a clever daughter-in-law to cook rice!" Li Tian spread out her hands and smiled bitterly.
"Let's think about it again. Think about it again. You are so smart and I'm so smart that I don't believe I can't think of a surprising way to win!" The fifth prince and Li Tian sat on a bitter face. Li Tian looked at him with both hands on their cheeks and suddenly thought of Ye Shi Niang.