My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 1709 Repeatedly
After hearing what the Crown Prince said, the Fourth Prince also felt sad and said, "Children are hard to raise. My younger brother also lost his second son, and he can already call me father..."

Neither of them mentioned the Fourteenth Prince again.

The prince has been feeling very depressed in recent years.

He was trapped in the palace, watching his brothers, who were given titles and set up their own houses, becoming more and more famous.

Seeing that the Fourth Prince did not seem to have any resentment towards him, the Crown Prince felt like talking to him.

But he knew that there were some things that could not be said out loud, so he could only talk about trivial matters.

"The Crown Princess is cold and arrogant, and only has a good reputation, but lacks some caring. The princesses in the backyard are shallow and have no knowledge. Hongxi has left the upper study room, and I don't know what will happen to him in the future. Hongjin is dull and dull, and lacks intelligence..."

The Fourth Prince listened, but could not comment, so he could only remain silent.

As the prince was talking, he wanted to drink some wine, so he told the eunuch, "Ask the kitchen to prepare a table and send it up. I want to drink with the Fourth Prince."

The young eunuch responded and went down.

The Fourth Prince endured it and did not change his expression.

The prince looked at him and said, "Since we have made it in time, please have a few cups of wine with me..."

The Fourth Prince could only show concern and said, "It's already this late, drinking at night is harmful, so eat less, Second Brother."

The prince sighed, "If it weren't for my fourth brother, I wouldn't be able to find anyone to drink with me even if I wanted to..."

The fourth prince said, "My brother can't drink much, I'm afraid I can't enjoy the meal with you."

The prince thought of his childhood and laughed twice, saying, "I've seen it since you were young. When you were three years old, the Fifth Prince held a one-year-old celebration at the Cining Palace. You reached out to grab the wine cup, so I used chopsticks to feed you. As a result, you blushed and turned into a shrimp. You fell asleep before the banquet was over..."

The Crown Prince is four years older than the Fourth Prince. When the Fourth Prince was born, the Crown Prince was already able to remember things.

At that time, the eldest prince and the third prince were also brought back to the palace one after another.

Compared with the other two, the prince naturally prefers the more familiar Fourth Prince.

The Fourth Prince’s face turned red.

He really can't drink.

He had a quick temper when he was young, but after being reprimanded by his father, he began to learn to restrain himself and be tolerant.

Drinking can easily lead to misbehavior.

This was something he couldn't stand, so when the other brothers were in their teens and started to improve their drinking capacity, the Fourth Prince would only drink two or three cups each time.

As soon as the prince ordered the banquet, the entire kitchen started moving.

The stoves that had been sealed were lit up again.

But the prince always asks for big dishes, and big dishes take time to prepare.

When several managers got together, they felt a little confused.

"They are just stir-fried dishes. Aren't they too shabby?"

The foreman bowed and asked Tang Awen, the chef on duty.

No one dared to disobey the prince's orders, otherwise they would be punished, and losing their job would be the least of their worries.

The chef looked at the ingredients on the other stove, which were preparing breakfast for the emperor and the empress dowager tomorrow morning.

Among them is a dish of venison in a clay pot, which has been cooked but the pot has not been opened yet, so it will be convenient to heat it up tomorrow morning.

There are also soaked sea cucumbers, which are prepared for the sea cucumber porridge to be served to the Queen Mother tomorrow morning.

The imperial dishes cannot be used even if the prince requests a banquet, otherwise it would be a crime.

The Queen Mother was fine.

Even if it is misappropriated, just start preparing later.

These two dishes can temporarily serve as main dishes...

When the food was served, there were two main dishes, braised venison and braised sea cucumber, as well as a few quick dishes and cold dishes, totaling sixteen dishes, filling the table.

Looking at the main dish, the prince was not satisfied and said, "It's so greasy to eat this late at night..."

The Fourth Prince looked at it and glanced at the Crown Prince.

Although the prince only wanted the meal and did not order any dishes, the dishes prepared by the kitchen were specifically based on the prince's preferences.

Is what the prince usually eats too nutritious?
Thinking about what the prince had just said, he was also worried about the issue of offspring in Yuqing Palace.

When the wine came, the prince did not urge anyone to drink, but instead drank several cups himself.

The Fourth Prince did not try to show off. He not only offered a toast with one cup of wine, but also just touched his lips with the second cup.

As for the dishes on the table, he also avoided the two main dishes and only picked out vegetarian dishes such as black fungus and day lily.

The Crown Prince saw this and his eyes fell on the Fourth Prince's wrist.

On the Fourth Prince's wrist was a string of agarwood Buddhist beads, which were the relic of Empress Xiaoyi.

Empress Xiaoyi was a Buddhist during her lifetime, and Jingren Palace was the first of the six eastern and western palaces to have a small Buddhist temple.

The prince looked at the Fourth Prince again. He was wearing a royal blue satin casual suit with no embroidery.

Is this person really pure and simple?
Or just pretending?

The prince was unsure for a moment.

The Fourth Prince noticed the Crown Prince's gaze but pretended not to notice. He looked at the alfalfa and black fungus dish and thought it was not a good combination. The black fungus and yam or lily seemed to be a better match, with a clear contrast between black and white.

And this day lily, it was stir-fried with cabbage leaves, not cabbage stalks, and the heat was a bit too high...

In the Ninth Prince’s tent.

The Ninth Prince soaked his feet and yawned as he said to He Yuzhu, "Remember this place. When the emperor came back from Wengniute, he asked Chunlin to go hunting here to see if he could catch a few fawns. The concubine loves roasted venison."

He Yuzhu was puzzled and asked, "Sir, do you have to bring it back from so far away? There are also red deer in Nanyuan Paddock."

The Ninth Prince said, "Khan Ama will hunt in the Nanyuan Paddock in the twelfth lunar month. When he is not there, it is not appropriate for me to send people directly to the Paddock to ask for things."

With Shushu's repeated reminders, the Ninth Prince clearly separated his own things from the royal family's things.

Once something comes into contact with something used by the emperor, you cannot touch it yourself.

If it is related to the royal family, one cannot touch it without the emperor's permission.

You can't take advantage of that. If you do, you will suffer a great loss and it's not worth it.

As the master and servant were talking, there was movement at the entrance of the tent.

It turned out that Li Gege was worried about the Fourth Prince not returning, so she sent the eunuch over.

The Ninth Prince felt something was wrong and took out his pocket watch from his pocket and took a look at it.

The beginning of the year of Hai.

He was no longer confident about the Fourth Prince.

What's wrong with the prince?

Why don’t you let him go!

The Ninth Prince took his feet out of the foot basin and said to He Yuzhu, "Let's go and take a look..."

He Yuzhu responded and hurried to light the ox-horn lamp, then turned over the quilted cloak for the Ninth Prince to tie on.

When the Ninth Prince saw this, he said with disdain, "How can it be that serious?"

He Yuzhu said: "Sir, the wind is blowing..."

The key is that I soaked my feet and sweated.

The Ninth Prince said nothing more and let him tie his cloak.

Before leaving the tent, the Ninth Prince said to the young eunuch, "Okay, go back and tell your princess not to worry, the Fourth Prince has gone to the Crown Prince's place."

The young eunuch bowed and responded, then retreated.

The master and servant came out, and the ones standing guard outside the tent were Fu Qing and Chun Lin.

The two followed.

The master and his servants went to the prince's tent.

It was only a few steps away, and there was enough time to talk.

In the prince's tent, a pot of wine had been finished.

The prince was a little drunk.

Even if the Fourth Prince drank a little, after three or four cups, he would start to feel a little embarrassed.

The prince looked at the Fourth Prince and thought of the First Prince and the Third Prince.

If we really talk about his origin, the Fourth Prince, the Queen's adopted son, is a fake legitimate son and is more noble than the First Prince and the Third Prince.

Apart from himself, the Fourth Prince was also the first prince who was not sent out of the palace to be raised.

The Emperor's father valued himself as the crown prince, and also "loved the whole family as well" and doted on the Fourth Prince because of Empress Xiaoyi.

The Fourth Prince stroked his forehead, feeling really uncomfortable.

I didn’t get enough rest last night, and I didn’t have time to make up for the sleep during the day. Now I’m so sleepy and have a splitting headache.

The prince's eyes were blurry with drunkenness, but he was considering whether he should take advantage of his drunkenness to sleep with his brothers side by side.

If that happens, what will the eldest prince think, and what will the emperor think?
The prince began to feel some malice.

When the time comes, if the Fourth Prince wants to distance himself from his close relationship with me, will he be able to do so?
At this moment, Mingsheng came in to deliver a message.

"Master, the Ninth Prince has arrived, looking for the Fourth Prince..."

The prince frowned.

The Fourth Prince was startled, then he put down his hand from his forehead, stood up and said, "Second Brother, it's getting late, you should settle down earlier, I will go back first..."

The prince snorted lightly, with an unhappy look on his face, and said, "What's going on? I coaxed you this afternoon, what do I want to do with you in the middle of the night?"

The Fourth Prince knew that the Ninth Prince was not a worrywart, and if there was no reason, he would not have thought of coming out to look for someone.

He knew it was probably because of Li Gege, so he told the truth: "It should be that my brother's Gege saw that I didn't go back, and thought that I was with the Ninth Prince, so she sent people to look for me..."

After hearing this, the prince relaxed his expression and said, "Isn't it too rude for a princess to act as a mistress looking for someone?"

The Fourth Prince nodded and said, "She was a little out of line. I will reprimand her later."

The prince thought of his own Princess Li and said to the fourth prince, "Banyi women have limited education and only know how to make money and win favor. Don't pamper them too much..."

This time, the Fourth Prince did not nod immediately.

Mingsheng was listening and felt something was wrong, and he felt frightened.

Seeing that he did not respond, the prince shook his head and said, "If you don't restrain yourself, you will suffer in the future. Li Shi from my place and the princess sent away by the fifth brother are all lessons from the past..."

The Fourth Prince then nodded slowly and said, "Thank you for your teachings, Your Highness. I will take note of it."

The prince did not keep him, and waved his hand, saying, "Then go back quickly, don't keep the Ninth Prince waiting!"

The Fourth Prince retreated.

Mingsheng then whispered to the prince: "Master, Concubine De is also a bondservant woman..."

Not only Defei, but among the ten main people in the harem, only Xianfu Palace Concubine, Tongfei and Hepin were not bondservants, while the other three concubines and four imperial concubines were all bondservants.

Is it too much to talk about the biological mother's upbringing in front of her son?
The prince raised his eyebrows and said, "Didn't the Uya family raise the bannermen? If the Fourth Prince still cares about his origin and thinks he is a bannerman prince, then it's meaningless..."

If I don't remind him, he will really think of himself as the prince of the Tong family. Wouldn't that be a joke?
Mingsheng looked at the prince, feeling a little anxious.

He couldn't understand why the prince was so stingy?

Everything seemed to be going well tonight. The Crown Prince acted like a brother and the Fourth Prince was respectful to him.

After tonight, both the Emperor and the Prince of Zhi will know that the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince have resolved their rift and are as close as before. But at the last minute, this happened. Why?
(End of this chapter)