Call Me The Mother of Quick Transmigration

Chapter 77 – My Son is The Nine Thousandth (part 17)

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Xiao Qi Yu sneered.
“Older sister Chang Shan has been hiding in the empress’ palace since the incident and doesn’t dare to show her face.
The empress has always loved older sister Chang Shan the most.
When thirteenth younger brother had the accident, the empress made the immediate decision to beat the maids and eunuchs on duty in order to excuse older sister Chang Shan.
But, Concubine Shu is not to be underestimated.
Concubine Shu’s mother and the empress dowager are cousins, and she has always followed the lead of the highest-ranking imperial concubine.
This time, emperor father has to weigh who is more important, the empress and crown prince older brother, or the empress dowager and Concubine Shu.”

Li Yi Cheng lowered his head and thought for a moment.
“Your Highness, do you think that His Majesty is very embarrassed right now?”

Xiao Qi Yu glanced at Li Yi Cheng.
“What do you mean?”

Li Yi Cheng didn’t say anything.
He just smiled slightly.

Some of the children who grew up in the palace were really innocent.
Xiao Qi Yu immediately understood what Li Yi Cheng meant.
“Yi Cheng, follow me.”

Outside Tai Ji Palace, Cheng Jing Zhong looked solemn.
He had just sent away the highest-ranking imperial concubine and he sighed.
His Majesty was heartbroken over the death of the 13th prince, but Princess Chang Shan was involved.
The empress and crown prince had come separately, and so had the highest-ranking imperial concubine.
Another message came from Ci Xian Hall, asking for His Majesty to go there.
Although Concubine Shu did not show up, she cried in Qi Yin Hall.

Everyone was forcing His Majesty to take a stance.
Who could understand His Majesty? Chen Jing Zhong had accompanied His Majesty as he grew up.
Cheng Jing Zhong felt sorry for His Majesty.

“Companion Chen, Companion Chen!” Chen Jing Zhong heard someone call him.
He looked over and saw a prince-like person standing to the side, beckoning him.

Chen Jing Zhong frowned.
Was that the 12th prince? Why was he here?

Chen Jing Zhong walked over to the 12th prince.
“Your Highness, it is cold.
Why are you wearing so little? Are you here to see His Majesty? His Majesty is probably not in the mood to see you right now.”

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Xiao Qi Yu looked worried.
“Companion, I am not here to see emperor father.
With thirteenth brother gone, emperor father must be worried.
Companion, please take good care of emperor father and make sure he takes care of his health.”

Chen Jing Zhong was a little surprised.
The 12th prince had always been a transparent existence in the palace.
His birth mother was just a lowly court lady.
Because of her beauty, she had been favoured by the emperor.
The 12th prince was born after they had slept together once and she was tossed away after.
The title she received after she died was because the highest-ranking imperial concubine mentioned it casually in order to block the empress.
Nobody in the palace paid attention to the 12th prince.

“Yes, companion.
I’m just worried about father emperor.
Don’t tell father emperor I was here.
I’ll go back first.
Thank you, companion.” Xiao Qi Yu left with Li Yi Cheng.
On the way, due to either the snowy road or nervousness, Xiao Qi Yu almost slipped.
Li Yi Cheng went to help him, but both of them fell.

Chen Jing Zhong felt a bit funny.
He remembered that the 13th prince had died because he fell and hit his head.
He couldn’t help but frown.
“Quickly, you guys, help the twelfth prince go back.
Be careful.
Don’t let the prince fall.”

Several eunuchs chased after the 12th prince and escorted him back to Duan Ben Palace.

Chen Jing Zhong returned to Tai Ji Palace and saw that the emperor was still sad.
Chen Jing Zhan thought for a while, then treated the 12th prince’s words as a joke to the emperor.
“Your Majesty, even the twelfth prince knows that you have to take care of your body and not mourn too much.
I also hope that the thirteenth prince’s spirit is in the heavens, but I am afraid that the twelfth prince and I have the same idea.
Your Majesty should take care of yourself.”

 The emperor sighed.
“Qi Rui was Our son.
Bao Ling is Our daughter.
Both of them are Our children and We cannot bear to slight any of them.
All of them are forcing Us.”

Chen Jing Zhong sighed.
It was very clear who was in the right and who was in the wrong in the matter of the 13th prince’s death.
The eunuchs and the palace ladies did not serve the 13th prince well, but it was really because of Princess Chang Shan, who was arrogant and domineering and bullied those smaller than her.
In fact, His Majesty could only reprimand Princess Chang Shan, reduce her influence, then give her a reason to make a comeback in a few years.
In this way, His Majesty could address Concubine Shu’s anger and give an explanation to the empress.

The empress, however, did not care.
She blindly favoured Princess Chang Shan.

This put His Majesty in a difficult situation.

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It’s just that Chen Jing Zhong couldn’t say this, so he had to rack his brains to change the subject.
“Your Majesty, this servant saw that the people serving the twelfth prince were a bit uncomfortable.
In such a snowy day, the twelfth prince was wearing such thin clothes and only had one companion with him.
They also fell on their way back.
This servant set the twelfth prince back with a few of the eunuchs.”

Emperor Liang was distracted.
“You did the right thing.
Find a few honest people to serve Twelve.
Twelve is also a filial child.”

Even if the most respected son of Emperor Liang was the crown prince, Xiao Qi Ming, and the most loved son was Prince Qi, Xiao Qi Xing, the emperor also loved the other princes.
It was only Little Twelve.
His biological mother had died early and Emperor Liang didn’t have any impression of him.
He couldn’t even remember Twelve’s name.

But at this moment, Qi Rui died.
Qi Ming and Qi Xing, as the eldest and second son, did not know how to comfort him.
On the contrary, they spoke and talked about their own interests, which made him feel a bit cold.
On the contrary, Little Twelve, who had no presence, seemed to care about him.
That gave Emperor Liang a little more comfort, and he began to reflect on whether he had been too negligent about Twelve previously.

Chen Jing Zhong bowed his head and said, “Yes, this servant will do so.” Cheng Jing Zhong knew that the 12th prince was now on His Majesty’s radar.

The princes were all sons of His Majesty.
Chen Jing Zhong didn’t care who was spoiled.
He was just grateful for anyone who made His Majesty feel at ease.

That night, Chen Jing Zhong picked a few palace ladies and eunuchs and sent them to Duan Ben Palace.
Xiao Qi Yu handed these people to Si Zhen.

Si Zhen knew that these people were personally chosen by Lord Chen.
He knew that His Highness was now on His Majesty’s radar and he felt happy, but also a little worried.
He was afraid that His Highness would have new people to serve him and he would no longer be needed.
Now that His Highness handed these newcomers to him, Si Zhen was very excited.
This showed that His Highness still valued him the most!

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“All of you leave.
I want to read.
I don’t need too many people here,” said Xiao Qi Yu as he waved his hand.

Si Zhen led the eunuchs and palace ladies out.

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Since then, Xiao Qi Yu’s life slowly changed.
First, all the furnishings in the side hall where he lived had been renewed.
His diet was also more comprehensive.
When he read at night, he could have hot meals.
He also received a lot of clothes.
He felt a bit sorry for the firewood department, who sent ample charcoal fires.

This was the first time that Xiao Qi Yu felt like a prince.

In Cang Wu Palace, the crown prince and empress were fighting.
“Endure it until everything has calmed down.
This matter was originally Bao Ling’s fault.
It is very important for Bao Ling to take the initiative to come forward and admit her mistakes in order to calm down the emperor and imperial grandmother.
Even if imperial grandmother and emperor father are going to punish her, then the most that will happen is that she will lose her title.
As long as the children are well, do you need to worry about this?”

The empress knew this, but Xiao Bao Ling refused to do this.
“Why do I always have to endure it? It’s obviously not my fault.
I am an imperial princess.
No matter how you look at it, Concubine Shu is only a concubine.
Do you want me, an imperial princess, to bow to a concubine? The emperor’s son-in-law was punished and I have lost all face amongst my sisters.
If I was punished further with my money and title taken away, then what face would I have? I would rather die! Besides, what does Xiao Qi Rui’s death have to do with me? He was fated to have a short life!”

Xiao Bao Ling was also very wronged, okay? She was just distracted for a bit and bumped into Little Thirteen.
Little Thirteen was fine.
His jade horse was broken and he was unwilling to forgive her, so he kicked up a fuss.
She was upset, so she loudly scolded him.

She didn’t expect that Little Thirteen was so used to being spoiled by Concubine Shu that he immediately ran out crying.
He then slipped and fell to his death.
At that time, there was blood splattering the steps and she was terrified, okay?

“You are still saying this!” The crown prince trembled with anger.
“Fortunately, I haven’t been to court in the past few days.
The accounts attacking this incident have already begun to pile up on emperor father’s desk.
Empress mother, do you really have to wait until things have gone out of control?”

The empress’ face sank while Xiao Bao Ling’s eyes were red.
“You want me to endure it again.
Why? Why?”

The empress hugged her daughter, distressed.
“Good child, you have been wronged.
Believe in your empress mother.
Your empress mother will make it up to you sooner or later.
Your empress mother will get revenge for you for all the humiliation you have suffered today.”

When Xiao Bao Ling heard this, she knew what was going to happen.
She felt resentful, but there was nothing she could do.
She merely lay in the empress’ arms and burst into tears.

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Before long, the empress took the crown prince and Xiao Bao Ling to kneel in front of Concubine Shu’s Qi Yin Hall to admit their mistakes.
The situation turned around at once.
Concubine Shu got up from her bed and knelt in front of the empress.
What was her status? How could the empress and crown prince kneel in front of her palace? If this spread out, then people would think that she threatened the mother of the country.

In the end, everyone was happy.
The empress took Xiao Bao Ling to confess her mistake.
Concubine Shu forgave Xiao Bao Ling.

His Majesty decreed that Princess Chang Shan would have her counties cut to 500.
Her title had been on par with the crown prince, with 1000 counties, but now it was halved, making her just a common princess.1

Xiao Bao Ling lost face and hid in the princess’ mansion.

The empress summoned her several times, but Xiao Bao Ling refused to go.

Not long after, Lu Wen Da sent a message to Prince Qi, saying that Princess Chang Shan often talked about her resentment.

Jiang Zhi En suggested a plan to Prince Qi and Prince Qi accepted it.

On this day, the weather was clear.
Prince Qi entered the palace to greet Emperor Liang.
He talked about Xiao Bao Ling.
Prince Qi smiled and said, “I haven’t seen younger sister Bao Ling in the palace recently.
Emperor father’s punishment might have been too harsh.
Younger sister Bao Ling is a girl and she cares about her face.
Why doesn’t emperor father go see Bao Ling? Emperor father can show love for younger sister Bao Ling and it will also give her face.”

Emperor Liang thought about it.
Bao Ling hadn’t entered the palace for a few days and the crown prince was too angry.
However, these words were very pleasing, so he readily agreed.

1.(陛下下旨，常山公主削邑五百戶。常山公主原本的封邑是一千戶，位比親王，如今只剩五百戶了，在諸公主之間只是尋常。) I hope I got the meaning right there.
Not too sure about the 500 counties vs 1000 counties.