My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 1880 Brother Yiyi

In the Yikun Palace, wontons were also placed on the small table in front of the Fifth Prince and the Ninth Prince.

The two sons are adult princes, and there are young concubines in the Yikun Palace. It is not convenient for Concubine Yi to invite her sons to have a meal, but she can still let them have a meal of steamed buns.

A biological mother and her son can only see each other three times a year.

Concubine Yi naturally looked at her two sons without blinking.

After getting up early in the morning and working hard all morning, the two brothers were already starving.

The wontons are as big as a child’s fist, filled with pure meat, and are made into small meatballs.

There were ten pieces in one bowl. After the Fifth Prince finished eating, his stomach was still empty and he looked at the Ninth Prince's bowl.

The Ninth Prince had a small appetite and half of the wonton was left.

The Ninth Prince was too embarrassed to let his elder brother eat his leftovers, so he quickly moved his wonton bowl away and said to Peilan, "Aunt, ask the kitchen to cook another bowl for the Fifth Brother..."

Aunt Perrin agreed and turned to go out.

"Just cook two bowls, forget it, three bowls, so that we don't have enough..."

The Fifth Prince quickly added.

Aunt Peilan paused, responded and went out.

Concubine Yi looked at the Fifth Prince, frowned slightly, and said, "This... is your appetite like this on a normal day?"

The Fifth Prince neither responded nor denied it, saying, "I got up too early this morning and ate less than usual, so I'm a little hungry."

The Ninth Prince looked at the half-eaten wonton in his bowl, then looked at the Fifth Prince's stomach and said, "Fifth Brother, overeating will damage the spleen, and a weak spleen will cause dampness. This is not in line with the principles of health preservation!"

The Fifth Prince glanced at him and said, "You are not an old man, why do you need to raise a child?"

The Ninth Prince shook his head and said, "Does it matter whether you should start taking care of your health early or late? My brother is aiming to live to be an octogenarian, so he should start taking care of his health early! The same goes for you, you can't eat too much and ruin your body!"

It was New Year's Day, and the Fifth Prince didn't want to argue with his younger brother about life, old age, sickness and death, so he turned his head and ignored him.

Seeing that Concubine Yi still had worry on her face, the Fifth Prince said, "Don't worry about my son. He has had a better appetite than his brothers since he was young. When he was in the upper study, he ate at least three bowls of rice from the dining room of the Palace of Heavenly Purity while others ate one bowl of rice..."

At this point, he looked at the Ninth Prince and said, "For someone like the Ninth Prince, his stomach is full of hunger. His appetite is like bird food, not a man's. He's already 21, but still has a body like a stick..."

The Ninth Prince said hurriedly, "What are you talking about, Fifth Brother? What bird food? I brought some snacks this morning. I ate a lot of beef jerky and peanut cakes. I wasn't hungry to begin with..."

Concubine Yi looked at her eldest son, then at her second son, and found that both of them had different appetites.

The custom of raising children in the palace is to let them go hungry from a young age.

In the case of the Ninth Prince, it was the Nanny who played a trick on him, causing him to eat late at night and hurt his spleen and stomach; in the case of the Fifth Prince, it was the Queen Mother who indulged him, and both brothers were different from the other princes.

The Ninth Prince injured his stomach by overeating, and the Fifth Prince had an enlarged stomach.

The Fifth Prince looked at the Ninth Prince and said, "Who is still eating snacks at such an age? I think you have eaten too many snacks and that's why you don't eat properly!"

After saying that, he looked at the Ninth Prince's waist and said, "Where are they? If you don't know how to give them to me, how can I be his younger brother?"

The Ninth Prince said, "How can I share it with you when we are so far apart? I ate half and gave the rest to the Seventh and Twelfth Princes."

"Humph!"

The Fifth Prince said, "You still didn't think of me. Why don't you just give it to me before scheduling it?"

The Ninth Prince said helplessly, "You should just eat your meal properly! Don't eat any snacks, and don't delay your meal, or you'll eat twice as much."

Concubine Yi felt helpless when she saw her two sons, who were now fathers, bickering with each other.

Let alone each of them, none of them behave like adults.

However, his youngest son, who was sitting next to him, looked like a little adult. He was very quiet and did not interrupt. He just listened to his brothers talking.

The Ninth Prince also saw the Eighteenth Prince sitting upright, and said to Concubine Yi: "Eighteenth Brother will be assigned a palace next year. At that time, he should choose a courtyard from the First or Fifth Palace. Do you have any ideas? I will tell the Twelfth Prince later..."

Now all ten courtyards of the prince's residence are full, but the prince's palaces of the twelfth prince, the thirteenth prince and the fourteenth prince are also under construction.

The Fourteenth Prince has not married yet, so he will not move out of the palace. The ones who vacated the courtyard are the Twelfth Prince and the Thirteenth Prince, and the empty space is the five-story house where the two of them lived.

Concubine Yi thought for a moment and said, "If we choose between these two places, then we can choose No. 5, which will be just right for me to live next to Little Seventeen, so we can take care of each other."

The Ninth Prince nodded and said, "Alright, the fifth room is in the corridor, no one passes by, it's the quietest..."

The Fifth Prince glanced at the Eighteenth Prince and said, "Is the Eighteenth Prince going to have his own palace? Why does he still seem so young?"

Concubine Yi touched her youngest son's head and said, "You are five years old now. You can only stay in Yikun Palace for another year."

The Fifth Prince said, "The Fifth Palace is close to the Six Western Palaces, so it will be convenient for the Empress to send someone to check it out."

The Ninth Prince said, "Don't we still have Little Twenty? Little Twenty will be out of Zhaoxiang House by the end of the year. Should she still be raised by the Empress?"

Concubine Yi shook her head and said, "I have raised five children, that's enough."

The Fifth Prince said, "Yes, you should enjoy a few days of peace and quiet."

The Ninth Prince was idle, so he asked casually, "Which concubine will take care of Little Twenty? This time, it should be the concubine of Xianfu Palace, right?"

Concubine Yi recalled the several times she was summoned to the Qianqing Palace to accompany the emperor. Kangxi always liked to mention the past events and also mentioned the first prince born to Concubine Rong.

She had an idea in her mind.

Most of these twenty princes will live in Zhongcui Palace.

Concubine Rong has lost her energy and spirit, but she would be better off with a prince by her side.

But now that the matter has not yet been finalized, Concubine Yi pretended not to know and shook her head, saying, "I don't know. There are no princes in Chengqian Palace and Yongshou Palace either."

At this time, the wontons that were cooked later arrived.

The Fifth Prince ate three bowls of wontons and put down his chopsticks only after burping.

The Eighteenth Prince was stunned and couldn't take his eyes off the Fifth Prince's belly.

Seeing this, the Fifth Prince couldn't help but laugh and said, "You should also eat well and don't be picky. You will be as strong as Fifth Prince in the future."

The Ninth Prince curled his lips.

Is it strong?

Shouldn't it be fat?
The two brothers didn't want to stay in Yikun Palace for long, so they said goodbye and left.

The Ninth Prince thought of the wontons he had just eaten, and felt sad. He said, "They are filled with meat. The Queen prepared them especially for you, her precious eldest son..."

The Fifth Prince glanced at him and said, "Are you nitpicking? Who doesn't use meat in their wontons?"

The Ninth Prince said, "Not everyone eats meat. The wontons in the palace are divided into vegetable and meat and whole meat wontons!"

The Fifth Prince asked, "Have you told the Empress that you like to eat vegetables and meat?"

The Ninth Prince remained silent.

The queen didn't ask him either.

Seeing him like this, the Fifth Prince couldn't help but hit him and said, "You are so old now. You can't compete with me for my favor. Go compete with Little Eighteen!"

The Ninth Prince rubbed his arm and said, "You did this on purpose, didn't you? Were you swinging your fist or your hammer?"

The Fifth Prince was speechless and said, "It didn't take much effort..."

After the two brothers left the palace, the Fifth Prince did not return home directly, but went to the Imperial Hospital.

He came to take a look at Fifth Lady's pulse.

Today, after he had his wife escorted back home, he also sent someone to the Imperial Hospital to ask for the imperial physician...

*
In Changchun Palace, the East Palace.

The palace maids and eunuchs were all sent away, leaving only the mother and son in the room.

There was less affection between Concubine Liang and the Eighth Prince, and more tension.

"You are a prince, and your honor comes from the emperor, not from me, your mother. Your son is the grandson of the emperor and the prince of the Beile Mansion, so your honor comes from you..."

These are the words that Liangpin kept saying over and over again with all her earnestness.

Tell the Eighth Prince not to look down on princesses and concubines of ordinary birth, to treat them equally and not just rely on Fucha.

Fucha's biological mother only gave birth to her as a daughter.

The girl resembles her mother, which shows that she is not a good fertility candidate.

The Eighth Prince lost his composure and said anxiously, "Why are you saying these things, Madam? I have never thought that there is anything wrong with your background, and I have never been picky about you. It's just that your offspring came late!"

Liangpin's eyes turned red, and she said, "Don't I know you? You have always been very strong-willed since you were a child. Now there is a rule that only one grandson can be sent to the palace. You must be even more unwilling to have your eldest son born out of wedlock..."

Although the Han people practice monogamy.

But according to the old customs of the Eight Banners, a concubine is also a wife, and the children she gives birth to are also legitimate children.

The Eighth Prince exhaled and said, "So the Queen left Fu Cha to preach and let her arrange for her son to get the most out of his life?"

Liangpin lowered her eyes and said, "I was afraid that she would become overbearing, and you couldn't say anything directly to her because of Ma Qi, so I gave her a few words of advice."

The Eighth Prince looked at Concubine Liang, suppressed his annoyance, and said, "Your Majesty, this is a taboo. When has Concubine Hui ever interfered in the affairs of the eldest brother's house?"

Liangpin said: "Why didn't you intervene? Didn't the senior maidservant beside her become the eldest princess? The emperor is partial to you. I didn't choose anyone for you in the selection last year. This year, I plan to choose two young maidservants and teach them the rules..."

The Eighth Prince couldn't bear to listen any longer, and stood up, saying, "Don't make trouble. If Khan Amar hears about it, you and your son will be in trouble. Khan Amar won't tolerate concubines interfering in the affairs of the prince's mansion. The incident with my eldest brother was an exception. The eldest palace maid went there to take care of the grandchildren on behalf of the concubine..."