My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 1759 Helping in times of need
At the foot of Mount Tai.

The Thirteenth Prince got off the carriage, wearing his winter court robes, and looked at the towering mountains, his heart moved.

The first of the Five Great Mountains is Mount Tai, the Eastern Peak.

Today, he was ordered to offer sacrifices to Mount Tai on behalf of the emperor...

*
Dezhou Palace.

The Fourth Prince is writing big characters.

His heart was a little confused.

The day before yesterday, after the emperor summoned the ministers to an audience, he ordered the Thirteenth Prince to go to Tai'an to offer sacrifices to Mount Tai.

According to the itinerary, the Thirteenth Prince should arrive at Mount Tai today.

This is the first time in this dynasty that a prince has offered sacrifices to Mount Tai.

What does the Emperor want to do?
Is this intended to push the Thirteenth Prince to the forefront?

The Thirteenth Prince was only seventeen years old, how could he resist such temptation?

But if the Thirteenth Prince really had such an evil idea, would the Emperor tolerate it?

Or should he be used as the prince's second whetstone?
In recent years, the brothers have often accompanied each other on patrols along the Yongding River. They have similar conversations and have a bit of brotherly friendship.

The Fourth Prince was very anxious when he saw the Thirteenth Prince's situation, but he couldn't point it out.

Otherwise, it would seem like he was being mean and trying to sow discord between the Thirteenth Prince and his father, the Emperor.

It was early winter, the north wind was howling outside, and inside the house, the Fourth Prince was also shivering...

*
Capital city, Prince Yu’s Palace.

The Crown Prince Baotai looked at Prince Yu and said anxiously, "Father, there are pediatricians in the Prince Dun's Mansion and the Ninth Prince's Mansion..."

It turned out that Prince Yu’s youngest son, the Sixth Prince, was pregnant and had a high fever.

The court physician had limited knowledge and was at a loss as to what to do, and the pediatrician from the Imperial Medical Bureau was not invited back.

The prince became a little anxious and thought of these two places.

As soon as the epidemic broke out, these two places invited pediatricians from the Imperial Medical Bureau and sealed off their homes to avoid smallpox.

Prince Yu looked at his son, sighed, and said, "Baotai, who is more precious, the prince's bastard son or the emperor's grandson?"

The royal family is different from the clan.

The Crown Prince Baotai frowned and said, "Why compare? How can it be so serious?"

Prince Yu asked, "What if?"

Prince Baotai: "..."

He knew that the emperor was the most protective of his people. The reason why his father and uncle had been silent for more than a decade was because of the Battle of Ulan Butong, in which Tong Guogang died and the emperor's eldest son was almost killed.

He said with a trembling voice: "Then the sixth brother..."

Prince Yu closed his eyes and sighed, "The doctor has already examined me. I'll just leave it to fate..."

Having said that, Baotai, the elder brother who has become the head of the family board, cannot just sit back and watch.

He recalled an old story he had heard. The Fourteenth Prince and Yuqing Palace had a high fever and used alcohol to reduce the temperature. When he arrived at the front, he immediately called the chief secretary of the palace and ordered: "Go to the Imperial Hospital and ask for alcohol..."

When the Chief Secretary came back, he came back with the Eighth Prince.

The Eighth Prince went to the Imperial Hospital regarding smallpox and met the Chief Secretary of the Palace.

"My Lord, the alcohol in the Imperial Hospital has been used up. Only the Imperial Pharmacy in the Palace still has some left..."

The Chief Secretary said with a bitter face.

The medicines in the Imperial Pharmacy are prepared for use by the masters in the palace. No one can take them out without an imperial decree.

Baotai was very disappointed after hearing this and hesitated whether to go to the palace to ask the Queen Mother for help.

The imperial pharmacy must have a lot of alcohol on hand. It should be okay to ask for one for emergency use, right?
But thinking of what his father said, he hesitated again.

There are several young princes in the palace.

This early winter season is also a time when epidemics are prone to occur.

Even other masters cannot avoid catching colds.

If the palace really were to be short of alcohol due to the use of alcohol from the imperial pharmacy, the consequences would be unbearable.

The Eighth Prince had heard the reason from the Chief Clerk on the way, and seeing Baotai's disappointment, he said, "I still have some in my house, and I have just sent someone back to get it."

Bao Tai was very grateful after hearing this and said, "Thank you, Master Ba, for your help..."

The Eighth Prince waved his hand and said, "You and I are brothers, it's unorthodox to say this!"

The two men are of similar age. They studied together in the upper study in their early years and have a good relationship as cousins.

At this point, the Eighth Prince paused and said, "When I arrived at the palace, I should have gone to pay my respects to Uncle Wang, but I went to a few places outside today and met a lot of people, so I won't go to see Uncle Wang first!"

Prince Yu is in poor health. Although he went out on errands at the beginning of this year, he still stays in the palace most of the time.

In addition, Prince Yu suffered from arthritis, and the autumn and winter were difficult for him, so he even saw fewer guests.

The Eighth Prince came to help someone in need, so he wouldn't be a bad guest.

After a while, the Eighth Prince's men brought the alcohol.

The Eighth Prince said goodbye and Baotai saw him off personally.

He then arranged for someone to deliver alcohol to the palace physician, went back to bathe and change clothes, and then went to see Prince Yu and told him about the Eighth Prince's help.

Prince Yu was silent for a long time, then looked at Baotai and asked, "How does the prince treat you on weekdays?"

Bao Tai frowned when he heard this and said, "The Crown Prince has always been pure and honest. He was like this in his early years in the upper study, and he is still like this now."

He has been officially canonized as the Crown Prince, ranking before Prince Duolo, but he is still not in the eyes of the Crown Prince.

Not only because he was a prince from the prince's mansion, but also because he was conferred the title of Crown Prince as the son of a concubine, which made the Crown Prince dislike him even more.

Prince Yu sighed.

Although they are both Heshuo Princes, he has personally experienced the circumstances of the Heshuo Princes who are valued by the emperor and those who are not.

He is still the emperor's brother, so there is still some superficial affection between them; but as for Baotai, he is just the prince's cousin, so there is no affection between them.

As for the eldest prince, they had become tired of each other since the 29th year of Kangxi's reign.

The prince has no feelings for the incense either.

Prince Yu was thinking about what would happen after his death and couldn't feel at ease.

"Where's the eldest brother?"

Prince Yu continued to ask.

Baotai replied honestly: "The Prince of Zhi and my son are much older than each other, so they don't have much contact with each other on a daily basis."

Prince Yu exhaled and asked, "Where's the Third Prince?"

Baotai shook his head and said, "There is no contact. My son sees that after the Third Prince's mother's family left, he has attached more importance to his wife's family. In the past two years, he has had a better relationship with his cousin in Prince Gong's mansion..."

*
South Second House, wing room.

The Third Lady stood by the kang, her body weak.

Lying on the kang was a princess with a purple face.

A group of people knelt on the ground.

The eldest princess's wet nurse, nanny, and the people around the third wife all knelt down...

*
The Ninth Prince's Mansion has a building behind the main courtyard.

"Enie, Enie, my brother has three pigeon eggs..."

Niguzhu looked at his own food plate and then at Fengsheng's, and felt a little dissatisfied.

There was only one lonely one on her plate.

Shushu said, "Didn't you eat two in your room just now? Did you forget?"

Today is the seventh day of October, the fifth day since the three children were vaccinated.

Niguzhu's fever had subsided long ago, and he was full of energy and energy. He couldn't stay in the room any longer.

Because Shushu and the Ninth Prince had been in the back building accompanying Fengsheng and Akdan these past two days, Niguzhu came running over.

Today was the same. She came over after dinner and when she saw everyone eating, she wanted to eat too.

I gave her a pigeon egg, but she still refused to do it.

Fengsheng's high fever had subsided, but he was still feeling a little unhappy and had no appetite.

When he heard his sister wanted to eat, he pushed his plate over and said, "Here, sister."

Shushu pushed it back to him and said, "Sister eats her portion, this portion is yours."

Feng Sheng glanced at Niguzhu and said, "Sister, there will be more tomorrow. Uncle Shi gave a lot."

He heard Shushu mention it to the Ninth Prince and he remembered it.

Niguzhu glanced towards the west room and asked, "Does the second brother have three as well?"

Akdan had a high fever, vomiting and diarrhea last night. He tossed and turned all night and is still catching up on sleep.

Shu Shu said: "There are also three of them. All three of you are the same..."

Niguzhu glanced at Shushu and said, "What about Mama? What about Enie and Ama? Are there three as well?"

Shushu shook his head and said, "No, we are elders and adults, and we have a big appetite, so we need more than three."

In fact, pigeon eggs are not a rare thing. They are just used to change the taste of children so that they don’t have to get tired of eating eggs all the time.

The Tenth Prince asked someone to send a basket over, and in addition to giving some to Fengsheng and the others, he also gave some to the Seventeenth Princess and the Nineteenth Prince.

But in front of Niguzhu, Shushu would not say that the adults didn't have it.

We must not let children develop the illusion that good things can only be given to them and not to adults.

Niguzhu became obedient and ate her pigeon eggs obediently.

*
In the study room in the front yard, the Ninth Prince was listening to Fusong talking about the news outside.

"A little princess passed away in Prince Gong's Mansion, and the Sixth Prince in Prince Yu's Mansion is seriously ill..."

Fusong said.

The Ninth Prince was surprised and asked, "Why didn't these two families leave the city to avoid smallpox?"

Fu Song said, "Prince Yu has arthritis, and Prince Gong sprained his waist while fishing a while ago."

Since the two men did not move, the children and grandchildren of the two families did not move with them.

No one expected the smallpox epidemic to spread so quickly.

"More people have left the capital in the past two days, and more families have settled in their mansions..." Fusong continued.

The Ninth Prince said, "After this incident, no one will dare to take chances anymore. There should be more people getting vaccinated."

Fu Song said: "Someone from Prince Gong's Mansion went to the palace today to look for Prince Cheng and borrowed the imperial physician from Haidian..."

The Ninth Prince frowned and said, "What's going on? Didn't they say that the two princesses in the Third Brother's family are getting pregnant? How can they be without someone by their side at this time?"

Fu Song said: "Maybe his condition has stabilized, or maybe Prince Cheng can't refuse."

The Ninth Prince rolled his eyes and said, "It's already this time, and you're still thinking about doing favors? Are you stupid?"

Thinking of this, he thought of the Fourth Prince's Mansion and stroked his chin and said, "If I hadn't sent He Yuzhu there the day before yesterday, would Fourth Sister-in-law have asked me for help?"

Fu Song pondered for a moment and said, "If it was in the past, the Fourth Lady would not have spoken; now that the two houses have good relations, the Fourth Lady might send someone to ask."

The Ninth Prince nodded and said, "Yes, but don't make it difficult for them. It was you who was thoughtful and included the smallpox vaccine that their family needed."

If the Fourth Lady asked to borrow the imperial physician at this time, the Ninth Prince would also nod.

After all, Fengsheng and his brothers all got pregnant successfully. But if it were someone else, the prince's family would still consider it, but other families would forget about it.

Fortunately, no one else asked him for help, otherwise he would have had to refuse.

Thinking of this, the Ninth Prince said to Fusong, "Look, being unpopular is not a bad thing. Others don't dare to come to your house at this time..."

Now he no longer felt the panic he had felt in the past few days.

Not only did the three Fengsheng brothers get pregnant smoothly, but the young prince of the Dunjun Palace also got pregnant smoothly...

(End of this chapter)