I was reborn by the emperor

Chapter 8

Boys of this age feel too much.

The younger brother of Xu Lianlang's family, Xu Lianpo, is two years younger than Lu Jieming. In A Niang's words, he sleeps like a pig all day long, and won't wake up when the sky falls.

Dad also said that boys always sleep deeply when they are tall.

Hence, Xu Lianlang groped into the side hall in the middle of the night.

She took off her shoes and socks outside, tried not to make any noise with her bare feet, and in her arms was a bunch of medicine bottles that she had asked for from Nanny Chen today.

According to the Seventh Prince's current temperament, he would definitely not be allowed to take medicine, so she had to come secretly.

She went to the bed lightly. Lu Jieming was lying on his back and fell asleep, breathing steadily. He was sleeping very well, with his hands curled up outside the quilt, and his fingers grasping the edge of the quilt.

It is a very obedient and insecure sleeping position.

The quilt on his body was too small to cover his growing body, his whole feet were exposed, and his toes were red from the cold.

At his feet, there was a brand new and soft quilt, which was one of the three quilts that Xu Lianlang wanted to bring, and she had folded it and put it here during the day.

But Lu Jieming turned a blind eye to it at all, and was unwilling to cover it even after being frozen like this.

Xu Lianlang pursed his lips, complaining in his heart that the child was too difficult to comfort, but the movements of his hands were extremely gentle.

She lit an oil lamp, and slowly lifted the quilt from Lu Jieming's body.

If she remembers correctly, she hurt her arm, her back, and her left foot.

The wound on the arm was a whip, Concubine Rong loved to play with the whip and always kept a thin whip next to her pillow, she still had this habit in the palace, this time she used it to hurt Lu Jieming.Concubine Rong was so annoyed that she cut up the whip and burned it to avoid another time.

Xu Lianlang absolutely believed that in this world, there is no one who loves Lu Jieming more than Concubine Rong, so it hurts his son's body and his mother's heart, Concubine Rong is already sad and guilty, so how could he be more harsh.

The wound on the arm was a bit frightening. The thin whip whipped open the flesh, and blood came out immediately. Fortunately, the weather is cold now, so there will be no pus. Xu Lianlang took the medicine and bandaged it carefully.

The left ankle was still slightly swollen, Xu Lianlang stretched out her hand to check it, and it wasn't too serious, but she still reached out to pick up a large piece of ointment, warmed it in the palm of her hand before touching his ankle.

The boy's ankle is very thin. She made a rough comparison and felt that she could wrap it around with one hand.

His feet were exposed to the cold air, and when he touched them, they were all cold. Xu Lianlang threw the small and torn quilt covering him to his feet, and grabbed the quilt she brought to wrap him.

The soft quilt wrapped his whole body, and Xu Shi finally felt comfortable. His curled fingers slowly stretched out, and then, he suddenly grabbed Xu Lianlang's sleeve.

The raving in sleep, whispered, "Mother..."

Not "mother concubine", but "mother".

He couldn't tell the difference, and he returned to his childhood in a trance. At that time, Concubine Rong was in full swing, and he was also the most beloved prince of his father. There were five palace guards and only night watchmen, but the mother and concubine were still worried. I personally guarded him until he fell asleep.It was like this back then, the concubine mother was afraid that he would be cold, so she gently changed him into a thicker silk quilt.

Xu Lianlang bent down to look at him, but he didn't miss the teardrops that flickered past the corners of his eyes, buried in his hair, and disappeared.

It was like he was pretending to be strong, only dared to poke his head quietly in such a late-night dream, and then hid deeper.

Xu Lianlang said softly, "Jie Ming is good, mother is here."

She wanted to appease him so that he could continue to give him medicine, but she didn't expect that this boy with an extremely hard appearance suddenly reached out and hugged her waist, rubbing his fluffy head again and again, "Mother, I good."

"If I'm good, can you get better? I'm afraid."

Xu Lianlang froze suddenly, she stroked his shoulder blades, and tried to soften her voice, "Jieming, I won't be afraid in the future, I'm here, I'm here."

Lu Jieming huddled on her knees, his sparse eyelashes trembling slightly, he struggled to wake up, but couldn't help himself, but fell into a deeper dream.

During the day, Concubine Rong treated her as the last straw, and talked to her about many things between their mother and son in the past two years. What she talked about the most was that Lu Jieming didn't want to get close to her anymore.

Xu Lianlang was puzzled, that day when Concubine Rong suddenly went crazy, Lu Jieming knelt in front of her and said "Mother Concubine, you still have me", obviously he loved her endlessly.

Concubine Rong sighed, and said: "Only in this kind of time will he come to me. He still dislikes me and loathes me. Lian Lang, he has never been willing to eat at my table."

Xu Lianlang came here not long ago, so she couldn't see through many things.But if she tried to empathize with her in another role, she would probably stay away from her mother's nonsensical beatings and scolding.

Lu Jieming is six years younger than her, with a childlike nature, he will subconsciously seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, so how could he not have resentment towards Concubine Rong.

So she originally thought that Lu Jieming was resentful towards Concubine Rong, that she didn't care about her, that he was hurting her, and even more that he was insane and caused the pain in the adult world to be imposed on him.

But he didn't expect that he didn't complain, but subconsciously relied on her deeply.

It was already midnight after Xu Lianlang finished applying the medicine to Lu Jieming, she carried her shoes and socks back to the west wing room, her body was obviously very tired, but when she closed her eyes, her brain became excited.

Lu Jieming's words "I'm afraid."

He should be afraid, he is only ten years old.

But he would only say in his dream that he was afraid, and once he woke up, he would appear indifferent and loveless again.

She thought, why Lu Jieming didn't want to get close to Concubine Rong, he didn't want to get close to Concubine Rong, but he was willing to guard her when she went crazy without punching and kicking her.

Lu Jieming's thoughts were buried too deep, Xu Lianlang found it difficult to guess.

She didn't know when she fell asleep, and when she opened her eyes again, the sky was bright.

She instinctively felt that she got up late, and when she was in a hurry to get dressed, her inner shirt and outer skirt got tangled up, so she simply gave up on herself and sat on the bed looking at the mess of clothes.

Maybe the short sleep really played a role. What I couldn't figure out last night suddenly became clear.

The reason why Lu Jieming doesn't get close to Concubine Rong now is probably because he doesn't want to see his always dignified and elegant concubine mother slowly turning into a lunatic in the eyes of others.

His own mother was tormented by such an illness, but he couldn't do anything about it.

He chose to escape.

Instead of cherishing the time spent with the sober Concubine Rong, he ran away far away, as if he could keep the concubine mother in his memory.

But on the contrary, the more he escapes, the more reality pushes him to the past.

Because when Concubine Rong got sick, he couldn't ignore it.

Xu Lianlang figured out the twists and turns, and wanted to protect Lu Jieming even more urgently.

She clenched her fists hard, she had to let Lu Jieming live the life a ten-year-old child should live.And Concubine Rong, although the disease in her head is not curable, there is always a glimmer of hope.

She secretly cheered herself up, squatted down and continued to struggle with her clothes.

She probably didn't sleep much last night, and when she got dressed, washed, and stood in front of the hall waiting for breakfast, she was already yawning profusely.

Her eyelids were so heavy that she couldn't open them, she rubbed her temples, trying to calm herself down.

The meal was delivered by a young eunuch sent by the nanny in charge of the Rehe Palace.

The little eunuch raised his orchid fingers and threw the food on the table, no matter whether the soup was spilled or not, his eyes were about to roll to the sky.

Xu Lianlang gave him a sideways look, he was not energetic, he was too lazy to deal with it, so he quickly sent him out.

She slowly arranged the dishes, but in fact there was nothing to present, the porridge and side dishes, without any oil or water, two dry steamed buns, served with a bowl of herbal tea.

This dish is barely enough to satisfy one's hunger, and the Seventh Prince is still young, so Xu Lianlang worried that he would not be able to grow tall because of starvation.

She was thinking about looking for eggs, but when she turned her head, she bumped into Lu Jieming whose eyes were full of anger.

He was used to not showing his emotions, but now his eyebrows were frowned, his teeth were clenched on his lower lip, and the muscles on his tensed face were showing. It was hard to see that he was so angry.

Xu Lianlang just felt that it would be better for children to have such vivid expressions, not to mention, beautiful milk dumplings are beautiful to stare at.

But looking cute is one thing, and it's another thing for him to be angry. She cleared her throat and preemptively said, "I didn't know what happened last night, but I slept until dawn and almost got up late. A whole night's dream, oh, the dream is a mess! Your Highness, did you sleep well last night?"

Lu Jieming almost squeezed out the words between his teeth, ignoring her words at all, "Who allowed you to enter the master's inner room privately?"

Xu Lianlang scratched his head, pursed his mouth innocently, "I didn't enter!"

"Has your Highness lost anything?"

Seeing her pretending, Lu Jieming snorted, "It's a loss for my sister not to be an actress."

Xu Lianlang had a thick skin, "The actor is babbling, my voice is not good, has your Highness never heard of the snail girl? Maybe it was the snail girl last night."

She talked about it, Lu Jieming felt that no matter how much entanglement, it would be fruitless, and finally said angrily, "Since you are a maidservant, if you don't behave yourself again, I will drive you out."

"Come on!" Xu Lianlang showed a big smile, and lowered his waist to look directly at him.

Lu Jieming felt that he had been choked, and was about to leave in a bad mood, when he suddenly saw the blackness in Xu Lianlang's eyes.