Because he was worried about Hongzhou's condition, Yongzheng came back early today.

As usual, he went to Shen Jiang's yard first, but found that Shen Jiang did not greet him happily at the door as before.

"Is there anything going on in the mansion today? How is Hong Zhou?"

Su Peisheng said carefully: "The Fifth Prince is fine, but the concubine..."

"What happened to Nian?" Without waiting for Su Peisheng to report, Yongzheng strode in and saw Shen Jiang kneeling on the ground anxiously.

Shen Jiangsheng was frail, and in summer she only wore a thin Manchu dress, which was straight-tubed at the time, with no curves, making the waist look empty.

Yongzheng helped her up and asked, "Why are you kneeling on the ground? Do you still want your knees?"

When the weather gets hot, the carpets are removed and the floor is covered with marble tiles, which are not strong enough to withstand kneeling.

"I am guilty." Shen Jiang said in a small voice.

Yongzheng first helped her sit on the kang, then rolled up her trouser legs and saw that her knees were indeed red!

When he glared, Shi Liu and the others were so frightened that they fell to their knees and trembled.

"You guys are just going to let the master kneel like this? If he gets sick from kneeling, I'll ask you to pay all the compensation and it won't be enough to cover it!"

Shen Jiang tugged at his sleeve, tears in her eyes, and said pitifully, "Don't blame them, Master. I did something wrong."

Yongzheng said angrily: "What a mistake! You're going to break your body by kneeling!"

Shen Jiang wiped her tears and continued in a clip: "This morning I went to see Hong Zhou, and I happened to hear Geng talking about me." She slowly told Yongzheng what happened in the morning. The more Yongzheng listened, the tighter his brows frowned. Finally, when he heard that Shen Jiang slapped Geng, his brows smoothed out.

He turned around and said to Su Peisheng, "Geng is not a good parent. She will be punished with twenty strokes of the hand and Hong Zhou will be handed over to Song for care."

Su Peisheng responded: "Yeah!"

Shen Jiang was stunned. No, brother, did you hear it wrong? It was me who beat Geng, not Geng who beat me. How come the one who was beaten was also punished?

Yongzheng saw Shen Jiang's dumbfounded look and felt that she was pitiful and adorable. He smiled in a very good mood and said, "Master, don't you know your temper? You are the most fragile. You must be anxious because of the false accusation and feel sorry for Hong Zhou, right?"

Shen Jiang stared at him blankly, and suddenly burst into tears, choking and saying, "I felt so sorry when I saw Hong Zhou's pale face. I know that the women in the backyard would use some tricks to win favor, but I never thought that they would even take advantage of such a young child."

Yongzheng said in a deep voice: "Geng is not worthy of being a mother."

Shen Jiang: Oh, oh, you are really biased, but I am the one who is biased, and I am so happy.

She wiped the tears from her eyes and said in a green tea tone, "My master wanted to punish Geng just now. Geng should be punished, but Hong Zhou is still sick and needs Geng's care. It would be better to record this punishment first and punish Hong Zhou when he is better."

Yongzheng sighed, "You are still young, but you are more gentle and kind than Geng." As he said that, he called Su Peisheng out and asked him to go see Hongzhou first.

The two of them went to Geng's yard together. Geng was beaten in the morning and deliberately did not apply medicine. She originally wanted to wait for Yongzheng to come back and complain, but when she came out with a swollen face, she saw Shen Jiang.

"Your Highness..." Geng felt extremely aggrieved.

When Yongzheng saw her face, he was furious. He thought to himself, how could Nian be so weak and weak? Geng must have done it on purpose. She didn't know what method she used to make her face swollen like this in order to frame Nian.

He suppressed his anger and said to Su Peisheng: "Give me ten more strokes!"

Geng was stunned for a moment and looked at Su Peisheng in confusion.

Yongzheng walked past her and went in to see Hongzhou. Shen Jiang asked the system in her mind to give Hongzhou medicine. Once Hongzhou got better, Geng would have to wait for the consequences!

The system's medicine naturally cured the disease, and Hong Zhou was full of energy and vitality in just two days.

Before Geng had time to rejoice over Hong Zhou's recovery, she was beaten with thirty sticks on the hands. Hong Zhou was also assigned to Song's courtyard along with the other maids.

Geng was dumbfounded.

She cried and begged the princess, who said calmly, "If I had known this would happen, why did I do it in the first place? This is the prince's will, and it's useless for you to beg me."

Geng didn't dare to ask Yongzheng for help, so she could only watch Hongzhou being taken away by the nanny. She was forced to endure the pain of separation between mother and son.

After Hong Zhou went to Song's place, Song stopped associating with Geng.

Niuhulu came to see Geng and said meaningfully, "Who was it that whispered to you that Hong Zhou's illness was related to Concubine Nian? Who has benefited the most now? Think about it carefully!"

After saying this, before Geng could react, Niuhulu left.

Geng was stunned for a long while, her expression changing again and again, and she squeezed out two words from between her teeth: "Song!"

Song was the first to serve Yongzheng. She also gave birth to a petite and delicate child, but her complexion was not as good as Li's, and her luck was not as good as Li's.

Song had given birth to two princesses, but unfortunately they both died young. Now, a piece of cake had fallen from the sky and she had obtained the custody of Hong Zhou, which made her extremely happy.

Hong Zhou is only four years old. Although he still has memories of his biological mother, he will naturally become close to his adoptive mother after spending more time with her.

There were many concubines in the palace who raised other people's children, such as Queen Tong.

To be disrespectful, doesn’t the prince only remember this adoptive mother and treat his biological mother indifferently?

Just as she was happily preparing to welcome a new life, Geng suddenly barged in. She only had time to say, "Why is Sister Geng here?"

Geng rushed over and scratched his face.

"You vicious woman! I will not forgive you. Give my Hong Zhou back to me, give Hong Zhou back to me!" Geng used all her strength and scratched Song's face as if she were the murderer of her father.

The woman in the backyard was used to a life of luxury, and her nails were long and sharp. Soon, bloodstains appeared on Song's face.

By the time the maids recovered from their shock and tried to separate the two, Song's face was already ruined.

When Shen Jiang found out, she couldn't believe it. Is this still the Fourth Master's backyard that she thought it was?

Could this be the real backyard of the Fourth Master?

"Tongzi, is the Fourth Master's backyard so messy? Why do I feel like something is wrong?"

System: "I'm a hen!"

Now that Song is disfigured, she doesn’t have to raise Hongzhou anymore.

Both Li and Niuhulu had their own children. Shen Jiang entered the mansion late and was young, so he did not meet the standards for raising a child.

So, in the end, the custody of Hong Zhou was given to the princess.

The princess was the legal wife and had the responsibility to raise the illegitimate son. Originally, for some unknown reason, Yongzheng did not allow Ulanara to raise the child, but this time, Yongzheng allowed it.

For once, Yongzheng did not spend the night in Shen Jiang's courtyard, but stayed in his own room.

"Su Peisheng, do you think this is what she wanted?" Only Su Peisheng, who had always been by her side, would understand the past.

Su Peisheng hunched over and lowered his eyelids, saying, "I know that the prince is feeling miserable."

Yongzheng did not speak for a long time. When Su Peisheng thought he would not speak again, he said, "This time, let's do as she wishes and use this to exchange for Nian's safety."

Su Peisheng said, "Your Majesty has good intentions."

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