My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 1714 Teachings (Seeking monthly tickets)

Before the goshawk could fly into the air again, there was movement ahead.

The team has finished its rest and is ready to set off again.

The Fourteenth Prince looked around and saw the Thirteenth Prince riding over, so he reined in his horse and followed, walking beside the imperial carriage.

In the imperial carriage.

Ma Wu is replying.

"The Crown Prince did not get off the carriage. The Prince of Zhi asked for tea and went to the Prince's wife's carriage. The Fourth Prince had a cold, so the Thirteenth Prince brought the Fourteenth Prince to visit him. The Ninth Prince went to bring ginger tea..."

"Master Fifteen and Master Sixteen are right next to Master Nine's carriage, they haven't moved..."

"The Fourteenth Master and the Ninth Prince parted ways unhappily, and went to talk to the Prince of Zhi..."

"Mingsheng, the guard beside the prince, went to the kitchen to inquire about the news..."

The actions of the Crown Prince and several other princes were reported to the Emperor one by one.

Kangxi raised his eyebrows. Everyone seemed quite calm.

But even if you are confused now, you will understand it later.

In the past, even if Kangxi got angry with the people in the kitchen, he would find another excuse to get rid of the prince.

Not this time. Even if the prince's mistake was unintentional, it is still a mistake.

After Ma Wu finished his report, he got out of the imperial carriage and sat outside.

Liang Jiugong was the only one in the carriage.

Kangxi looked at him and said, "I respect the Queen Mother. Why do you, a bondservant, dare to disrespect her because of the Crown Prince?"

Liang Jiugong felt sweat coming out of his forehead and was too embarrassed to say anything.

Kangxi saw this and lost his temper. He said, "You, a slave, have become a snob too?"

Liang Jiugong hurriedly said: "I dare not, I dare not..."

He didn't want to say anything, but seeing that Kangxi was waiting for his reply, he could only bite the bullet, thought carefully, and said, "The emperor teaches by example, and the prince and the princes are all very filial, but the servants below are selfish and deliberately flattering, so there is no guarantee..."

Kangxi narrowed his eyes.

Is it the selfishness of the subordinates?

There is no greater achievement than following the dragon.

If we only look at the previous dynasties, most of the nobles who were related to the country were the nobles who "followed the will of heaven to quell the rebellion" during the Yongle reign, and most of the nobles who founded the country and assisted in its development had died.

Looking at the Qing Dynasty, the Tong family and the Hesheli family were able to become royal relatives because of the words "follow the dragon's merit"...

*
In the prince's carriage.

Mingsheng knelt on one knee and reported the information he had heard.

"The one who was punished by the stick was the one who was on duty last night. His crime... was to embezzle the ingredients of the Empress Dowager, which was disrespectful..."

The prince listened with a solemn expression.

He thought of last night's dinner.

Are there any precious ingredients?

Aren’t sea cucumbers common?
Deer meat was rare in the palace, and it was not available except as tribute.

But on the Northern Tour, is this thing rare?

Even if it was rare, the deer that Prince Wengniute sent him was directly placed in the kitchen, and he only had a plate of roasted venison for dinner, so it was not possible that the entire venison was lost.

"To be more specific..."

The prince said in a deep voice.

"The master called for a feast, and Bai Tang'a from the kitchen was afraid that the main dishes would take time and the master would be unhappy, so he used the prepared dishes from the empress dowager's kitchen. The emperor happened to be visiting his parents in the morning and had breakfast with the empress dowager, so he sent someone to the kitchen to get the order..."

As Mingsheng spoke, he felt a chill on his back.

This is truly an unforeseen disaster.

Who would have thought that the people working in the kitchen were so bold!
If this gets out, it will be seen as a lack of filial piety.

That Baitang'a has no good intentions!

But there is no time to pursue this matter right now. A man has been beaten with sixty boards. Even if he is not dead, he is crippled.

To make up for it.

He was the prince's confidant and loyal, so he couldn't help but say, "Master, when we get to the place where we're staying, will you go and apologize to the Queen Mother first..."

The prince leaned against the carriage with a bitter taste in his mouth.

What else can I do if I don't plead guilty?
That's the Queen Mother...

The prince inexplicably thought of his early years.

When he had just moved to Yuqing Palace, every year when the tributes from the governors of various provinces came to the palace, his father would let Yuqing Palace choose first, for he was afraid that the people below would neglect him.

This rule was changed after the Crown Princess married into the palace.

The tributes for the Yuqing Palace were selected after those for the Qianqing Palace and the Ningshou Palace.

It wasn't his fault, but it was caused by his order. The emperor's father didn't just spank the servant's butt, but also the face of the prince...

*
In the Ninth Prince’s carriage.

The Sixteenth Prince touched his stomach and felt a little full from all the eating and drinking.

He returned the favor and said, "Ninth Brother, when will Ninth Sister-in-law give birth to a baby? Then Brother Fifteen and I will go over to congratulate Ninth Brother and Ninth Sister-in-law..."

As a young prince, especially a young prince who entered the upper study room to study, it was not easy to leave the palace. One must have a legitimate reason.

The Ninth Prince calculated the date and found that there was a leap month in June this year, so he said, "The first month of the lunar calendar is about to end..."

Speaking of this, he thought of Fengsheng and others' vaccination.

Before leaving Beijing this time, the couple planned to choose a date before or after the New Year to vaccinate Fengsheng and his family, but now it seems that before the New Year is the middle month, and after the New Year is the birth period...

The Ninth Prince was a little hesitant.

But if we delay and the weather gets warmer, we’ll have to wait another half a year…

*
This time the team traveled for another two hours and arrived at the place where they were to stay.

The people from the Imperial Household Department who had set out first had already set up the imperial tent.

The Ninth Prince brought two younger princes down from the carriage and went to wait in front of the imperial carriage.

The Crown Prince and the princes all came, including the Fourth Prince.

Kangxi got off the imperial carriage, looked at his sons, fixed his eyes on the crown prince, and said, "Come with me, the crown prince. The others may go away!"

The prince lowered his head, responded, followed Kangxi, and entered the imperial tent with Kangxi.

The remaining brothers looked at each other.

The eldest prince looked at the fourth prince and said, "Are you feeling better?"

The Fourth Prince usually rides horses with the Eldest Prince and the Thirteenth Prince. Today, he took a carriage and the Eldest Prince knew the reason.

The fourth prince nodded and said, "I drank ginger tea at noon to induce sweating, and I am feeling better now."

The eldest prince wanted to tell him not to worry only about the ninth prince's riding and archery, as the fourth prince was not in strong health either.

But in front of his brothers, he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue and looked at everyone and said, "Everyone go back!"

Everyone dispersed.

After taking care of the children all day today, the Ninth Prince felt dry mouth and tongue.

I didn’t feel anything at the time, but I felt tired afterwards.

Back in the tent, he lay down on the couch.

Since the emperor father has been in a bad mood these days, I should just calm down.

The Emperor's father is a bully who only bullies the weak and fears the strong. Does he have the nerve to vent his anger on the Crown Prince?

The Ninth Prince was just complaining about this in his mind when he thought of what the Thirteenth Prince had mentioned and sat down with a jerk.

He Yuzhu was sorting out the Ninth Prince's clothes for tomorrow's change. He was startled and looked at the Ninth Prince, saying, "Master..."

The Ninth Prince's face was mysterious and profound.

Who else but the Crown Prince could make the Emperor so angry that he would attack his servants one after another?

What did the prince do?!
*
In the imperial tent, the prince knelt on his knees, his face filled with shame.

"It's all my son's fault. I hadn't had a serious conversation with the Fourth Prince and his two brothers for a while, so I invited them to have a drink and then asked for a banquet, which led to the trouble that followed..."

Kangxi sat cross-legged on the couch, looking at the prince, with no smile on his face.

"If it involves me, I won't be so angry. You and I are father and son. If you want something from me, just give it to you. But... if it involves the Queen Mother, I can't let those servants act so presumptuous!"

By the end of his speech, he had become stern.

The prince kowtowed and said, "I dare not do that. I was also shocked when I heard about this. I will go and apologize to the Empress Dowager..."

Kangxi exhaled a breath of foul air, and seeing that the prince truly admitted his mistake, he raised his arm and said, "Get up!"

The prince stood up and saw that Kangxi's face was still as gloomy as if water was dripping from it, and his mind was working fast.

Having offended the Queen Mother, the Crown Prince certainly would not think of making empty apologies.

But at this time, it is not appropriate to send apology gifts openly. What will happen then?

The two are grandparents and grandchildren.

Because when the prince was young, the Empress Dowager was still alive.

The prince was mostly taken care of by his great-grandmother and had a normal relationship with his grandmother, the Empress Dowager.

The more this is the case, the worse it is to appear unfamiliar in public.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, it’s a good thing.

Or should we delay it and wait until the Double Ninth Festival?
The prince was a little unsure for a moment.

Kangxi looked at him and said, "The Queen Mother doesn't know about this yet. She is kind and will not get angry about this, but you can't treat it as a small matter..."

The prince listened with his hands down and said, "My son will follow the teachings of Khan Ama and will also warn the servants around him not to do anything beyond the rules again..."

(End of this chapter)