Jin Xin suppressed the anger that was about to burst out in her heart, continued to maintain her image of a loving mother, stretched out her hand to him, and invited him to come out.
"Hong'er, be good, come out first, my mother-in-law still wants to play with you."
Hong'er didn't doubt that he was there, and happily extended his hand to his mother and concubine.
After Jin Xin touched his hand, it was warm and not frozen. Jin Xin felt more at ease and continued to smile, "Come on, come out slowly."
Hong'er came out little by little along the cracks in the stone, threw himself into the arms of his mother-in-law, and raised his face proudly, "Mother-in-law, my son is great, no one can find me."
The emperor stood aside with a complicated look on his face. Looking at Jin Xin's face, which slowly changed from a smiling face to a gloomy and violent expression, he couldn't help but feel nervous for Hong'er.
Jin Xin didn't care too much. She grabbed Hong'er's hand and spanked her on the butt hard. She said angrily, "You are awesome. Do you know how worried mother and concubine are? You hide in that place. If you can't find it, you are stuck." What should I do if I can’t get out? Why are you so naughty?”
With that said, he was spanked again.
Hong'er burst into tears, but Jin Xin had no intention of letting him go like that. Then she picked up a dry branch on the ground, took Hong'er's hand, slapped the hand hard, and asked, "Do you know you were wrong?"
Hong'er just cried, with big tears falling down. He cried so sadly that he was beaten by his mother and concubine, which made him even more sad. She was the person he loved most, but she actually beat him.
The emperor felt a little helpless when he heard Hong'er crying, so he stepped forward and pulled Jin Xin, "Hong'er is just playful, but he doesn't understand that people would be so worried. Don't scare him."
Jin Xin got angry, put aside the emperor's hand, continued to slap Hong'er's palm, and asked sternly, "In the future, you are not allowed to enter this crevice and play with the slaves. You must inform them in advance. You are not allowed to have what you have today." Behavior, do you know?”
Hong'er's mouth opened wide, sobbing, and stubbornly refused to answer.
"Answer me." Jin Xin said again.
"I understand, concubine, I was wrong." Hong'er replied immediately.
The emperor was shocked by her reaction. Her violent look was completely different from before.
He immediately stepped forward and pulled Hong'er, saying, "Father, I want to know why you suddenly want to play hide and seek?"
"This place is..." Hong'er was about to say Concubine Xiao, but he held back the words.
Empress Xiao said that if he spilled the beans, his mother-in-law would be taken away by the gods in the sky, and then he would have no mother-in-law, so he couldn't tell.
Empress Xiao also told me about this place, saying that she could play hide and seek like this next time and no one would notice.
He looked at the angry mother-in-law, lowered his head in grievance, and whispered, "Every time I play hide-and-seek, I get caught. I just want to win."
After hearing this, Jin Xin covered her heart angrily, her head buzzing with anger, she rolled her eyes, staggered a few steps, and held on to the stone to steady herself.
The emperor smiled bitterly and stood up with Hong'er in his arms, "Then don't do this next time. When you want to play, you must inform the slaves in advance. Do you know that your mother and concubine just cried because of you."
Hong'er looked at Jin Xin. Although he felt aggrieved, he also felt guilty, "I'm sorry, concubine, my son won't dare to do it next time."
Jin Xin's face became much better now, and she stepped forward and hugged Hong'er, "Does the beating hurt?"
"No, Hong'er doesn't feel any pain. If the concubine is still angry, just hit her a few more times. Hong'er won't cry." Hong'er said in a very sensible and flattering way.
Jin Xin laughed helplessly.
"Okay, as long as everything is fine, the child is just playful and has not done anything serious. He is young and can be taught more," the emperor advised.
Her appearance just now reminded him of the Queen Mother who beat him many times for the sake of her sixth brother.
But what was different from Jin Xin was that the Queen Mother really hit him cruelly, as if to vent her anger, but it was not like Jin Xin's. She was obviously distressed, but she also wanted to teach him a lesson. Naturally, it was to make him remember the lesson and stop messing around. Come.
Hong'er is a loved child.
Then he thought of the third prince born by Rong Bin. This child was also a poor child. It seemed that he had not visited him for a long time.
When Jin Xin carried Hong'er away, she ordered her servants to seal the stone seam to prevent such a thing from happening again.
After everyone left, Concubine Xiao looked at the servants who were preparing to seal the crack in the stone, and then looked at the poisonous scorpion she had just brought back. There were too many people and she had no time to take action, so she missed a great opportunity.
"Your Majesty, let's go back quickly and destroy this thing." The slave reminded in a low voice.
Concubine Xiao gritted her teeth. What else could she do but destroy it? There would be no such opportunity next time.
She didn't expect that the emperor and the imperial guards would be alerted. When the servants were searching the palace, she spent a lot of effort to save the poisonous scorpion and bring it out. She didn't expect that when she came here, the palace people coming and going gave her no chance. Getting closer, the opportunity finally came just now. Concubine Xuan and Concubine Lan were chattering here for a long time, and Concubine Lan discovered this location.
Concubine Xiao was feeling panicked now.
"Take this thing and deal with it, don't let anyone see it." Xiao Guifei said coldly.
Then the group returned to the palace.
Back in the palace, Jin Xin taught Hong'er a lesson again. Hong'er had a good attitude in admitting his mistakes, so Jin Xin let him go, had him cleaned, and sent him back to his dormitory.
After Jin Xin calmed down, she remembered to ask about the emperor's whereabouts. Lianrong said helplessly, "The emperor has gone to Yilan Palace."
Jin Xin frowned when he heard this. Why did he want to go to Yilan Palace at this time?
Then she thought of the third prince, and Jin Xin finally came to her senses. The emperor was probably thinking of this son who had no biological mother, and he must have thought of himself when he was young.
Was it because he had been too excited just now because of Hong'er's incident, which reminded him of his childhood?
But Jin Xin was not in the mood to ask about this right now.
After a while, Hong'er came back with an aggrieved face and wanted to be hugged by his mother and concubine. Jin Xin had no choice but to pick him up and asked, "Concubine Mother, I ask you, why are you so scary? You are not a naughty child, you have never been like this, tell me, why are you like this today?"
Hong'er stopped talking and then snuggled into the crook of her neck. Seeing him like this, Jin Xin didn't want to press him. Maybe he was just being playful.
"I'm going to say it. The gods will take the mother and concubine away. I can't say it." Hong'er looked at Jin Xin with some fear. In fact, he really wanted to say it, but when he thought of Empress Xiao's words, he couldn't bear it. .
He didn't want his mother and concubine to be taken away, but he really didn't want his mother and concubine to be so angry.
"What kind of god would kidnap me? Who told you what?" Jin Xin was suddenly curious and felt something was even more wrong.
"I can't say it." Hong'er covered his mouth. In fact, he really couldn't hold it in anymore. He had to hold it back. He had to hold it back.
Jin Xin laughed, grabbed his hand, and said gently, "The gods will not capture the mother-in-law, because they will only arrest those who lie. The mother-in-law did not lie, but Hong'er did. If you tell the truth, the gods will I won’t arrest you.”
"I didn't lie. Madam Xiao asked me not to tell it."
