My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 1914 The fox is sad when the rabbit dies
At the gate of the Ninth Prince’s Mansion.

The Fifth Lady's carriage was parked.

She knew that since she had recovered from her illness, she should visit her sister-in-law who was in the postpartum period, which was the proper etiquette.

When I left home this morning, I asked someone to prepare a gift box.

But when she got there, she could not open her eyes and her head was dizzy. How could she come to visit in such a miserable state?
She let out a breath and told the maid, "Go back home..."

The maid opened the curtain and instructed the coachman outside.

The carriage started moving and left the entrance of Beile Mansion...

When the Ninth Prince came back from having lunch in the North Garden, he heard Cui Baisui report that the Fifth Lady's carriage had stayed there in the morning.

The carriage was decorated with red wheels, and some of the guards accompanying it looked familiar.

However, when Cui Baisui got the news and went out to greet them, the carriage had already left.

The Ninth Prince asked about the approximate time the carriage stayed and found out that it was when the Fifth Lady came back from Haidian. He couldn't help but feel strange.

After a simple wash, he went to the backyard and brought return gifts from Concubine Yi and the Empress Dowager.

Concubine Yi has a box of donkey-hide gelatin and a box of bird's nest, while the Empress Dowager has a box of sea cucumber and a box of isinglass.

They are all nutritious.

"The Queen Mother and Her Majesty are both thinking about you, and have asked me to take good care of you..."

Shushu was not lying in the north room. She had just finished seeing her youngest son and when she saw the Ninth Prince coming, she went to the outer room.

There was a cotton cushion on the chair, and the couple sat in the outer room and talked.

Shu Shu said: "The Queen Mother and the Queen have always been kind and gentle, and they are also kind to the younger generation..."

The Ninth Prince thought of the Fifth Lady and said, "Something is not right. She went to pay respects in the morning and left at around noon. The Empress Dowager didn't leave any food for her..."

He also talked about the incident of the Fifth Lady's carriage lingering outside his mansion.

After hearing this, Shushu sighed inwardly.

It seems that my guess was true. There was indeed something wrong with the eldest prince of the Fifth Prince's Mansion.

She glanced at the Ninth Prince.

Even if he is your uncle, it is not a good idea to bring up this matter.

She followed the Ninth Prince's words and said, "This does not sound right. Are you going to come visit me? I don't know why you changed your mind..."

The Ninth Prince thought for a moment and said, "I'm sorry to come here at dinner time, right?"

If it were the Seventh Lady or the Ninth Princess, they would go in and out of their own house, hoping to catch up with mealtime.

But the sister-in-law, Mrs. Wu, is not like that. She is always polite and courteous.

Shu Shu: "..."

The Ninth Prince looked a little confused, and said, "It seems that the Fifth Sister-in-law is really not very smart. The matter of the North Garden cannot be hidden from the Imperial Court. She paid respects from morning to noon, and even made the Imperial Grandmother unhappy. How can this end well?"

Shushu couldn't help but frown as she listened.

Is this another revision of history?
In history, the Fifth Lady had no son, but she gave birth to a son, who was healthy. If nothing unexpected happened, he would be the heir to the throne of that branch.

As a result, there was a smallpox epidemic and the little prince became "ill"...

After the Ninth Prince said this, he felt sorry for his brother and said, "We arranged a marriage in the same year. Let's not talk about other people. Even if it's just exchanging the Seventh Sister-in-law with the Fifth Sister-in-law..."

Everyone has different degrees of closeness and distance.

Compared with her sister-in-law, with whom she has little contact, she naturally feels that her brother is wronged.

Shushu thought of the Seventh Lady's temper. She was straightforward and generous, and was used to making her own decisions.

The same is true for the Seventh Prince, and the couple seems to be somewhat competitive.

If it weren't for the fact that the Seventh Concubine had trouble having children, they might have become a pair of bickering lovers.

If the Seventh Concubine was married to the Fifth Prince, given her intelligence, her life would not be bad.

It's a pity that there is no if...

As for the Fifth Lady, she is too reserved and cannot establish herself. If she is given to the Seventh Prince, facing Nala Gege, who is fertile for bearing a child, her situation may be even worse than her current one.

Shushu felt heavy in her heart.

I'm afraid the Fifth Prince will also have a concubine.

The Fifth Lady disturbed the Empress Dowager, which was a big taboo.

Even if the Fifth Lady would not directly "recuperate" like the Eighth Lady, she would not be as decent as before.

This is royalty.

There is a knife hanging over your head, which makes people feel uneasy.

Seeing Shushu in a low mood, the Ninth Prince said, "Let's not talk about others. The matter in Xianghe has been reported. I will write to Gao Bin and ask him to prepare corn and potatoes this year..."

Shushu nodded and said, "Then the materials for brewing wine are enough..."

The couple talked for a while, and seeing that Shushu looked listless, the Ninth Prince asked, "Are you sleepy? Do you want to take a nap?"

Shushu was feeling a little depressed and didn't want to talk, so she nodded and said, "I woke up early in the morning and I'm a little sleepy."

The Ninth Prince urged her to go to the north room to rest, and he went back to the front yard.

Shushu felt a little tired and lay down on the kang.

Baiguo saw that she was not in a good mood and became worried, so he followed her around.

Shushu waved her hands and said, "I'm just sleepy. I'll be fine after a nap..."

After saying that, she closed her eyes.

It's really not easy.

She has witnessed the plight of her sisters-in-law over the years.

Counting from the beginning, no one is comfortable except myself.

I myself have spent a lot of effort to become a barely qualified wife of the prince.

But if I really want to be picky, I have been like that myself.

She has the trait of "jealousy" and lacks the magnanimity of the legitimate wife.

It was just that she was lucky, having given birth to children one after another, and having met a good mother-in-law, Concubine Yi, who didn't like to be mean to her daughter-in-law, so no one exposed the matter.

This is also a hidden danger.

If I were a smart person, I wouldn't do this.

In this case, if you make any mistakes in the future, you will be punished for multiple crimes.

But sugarcane is not sweet at both ends.

If you want to live a comfortable life, you have to accept this hidden danger...

*
Front yard study.

The Ninth Prince picked up the pen and wanted to write a reply to Gao Bin, but he remembered the strangeness of the Fifth Concubine and the strangeness of the Concubine after he mentioned the Fifth Concubine, and he felt a little confused.

He put down his pen, filled with regret.

I can see that Fifth Lady will suffer a bad end, and Lady Fujin must have thought of it as well.

No wonder she turned pale, she was frightened.

Fujin has always been timid...

He knew that Fu Jin had been uneasy recently, so why did he still talk about things outside to disturb her?

The Ninth Prince stood up suddenly, left the study, and went to the backyard.

After entering the west wing and standing at the door of the north room, the Ninth Prince lifted the curtain but did not go in.

These days, he stopped at the door and didn't go in, not because he was afraid of "bloody disaster", but because he was worried that if he accidentally made a mistake, he would be implicated in the "bloody disaster".

The same is true now.

He was about to go out, and traveling by boat or horse was extremely dangerous.

Whenever something went wrong, someone would go to the emperor to gossip, putting the blame on themselves for entering the delivery room, and then put the blame on Fu Jin.

Shushu was covering her eyes when she heard some rustling sounds at the door and looked over.

The couple saw it clearly.

"Master..."

Shushu was very surprised to see the Ninth Prince coming back and sat up.

The Ninth Prince noticed the paleness on her face and said, "Don't worry, I will be fine, and you will be fine too..."

Somehow, Shushu understood.

She looked at the Ninth Prince, smiled and nodded...

Isn't this emotion of mine just wrong?
It’s easy to be pessimistic, but it shouldn’t be…

Shushu couldn't help but wake up.

I need to add two more sweet dishes to my dinner to make myself happy...

*
In Huichun Villa.

Kangxi's face was as gloomy as water. He said to Concubine Yi, "There is no need to wait until next year for the selection. Pick a girl from the last selection and give her to the fifth son. Hetala is stupid and unfilial..."

If he hadn’t taken the Fifth Prince’s reputation into consideration, he would have wanted to let the Fifth Lady “recuperate” directly.

Concubine Yi was sitting down, and after hearing this, she did not stand up. She sighed and said, "It is indeed not right to act like this. The Queen Mother has grown old."

She did not stand up to apologize on behalf of her daughter-in-law, nor did she apologize for herself by saying anything about her poor discipline.

If she really did that, it would be a stupid act, and she would be one more person to be angered by Kangxi.

Kangxi said: "Among so many granddaughters-in-law, the Queen Mother treats Hetala the only one. What's the result? In the early years, she was well-behaved, but now that she is a mother with a son, she has become frivolous..."

How could there be such a stupid prince's wife? !

Kangxi had to admit that he had chosen the wrong person.

"I was confused. I only thought that her grandfather was very handsome and intelligent, so this granddaughter would be no different. But she turned out to be so stupid..."

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I have been lying down for another day and I owe two updates. I will make up for it as soon as possible.