On October 13th, Honghui dressed early and followed his mother into the carriage where his father was. The group headed straight for the palace gate.

It was still dark at this time, but there were already quite a few people on the road. He also saw carriages from several other royal palaces driving towards the Forbidden City one after another, apparently they were also going to attend the Golden Award Festival banquet.

"Father, can your son lift the curtain and take a look?"

Yinzhen nodded in agreement. Honghui had never seen the scenery of the capital since he was born, so it would be good to let him see the world.

The capital city was not busy at all at this time. Only a few stalls were open for business at the morning market, and most shops were closed.

He lowered the curtain and sighed in disappointment, "Ama, there's nothing to see."

"It's only the beginning of the morning hour now, so it won't be very busy. When we come back from the palace, you'll see that all the shops and teahouses are open for business."

Honghui was silent for a moment, then took the plate of snacks handed to him by his mother. He didn't dare to eat much in the morning and now he was a little hungry.

The carriage rumbled along for another half an hour before they saw the heavily guarded palace gate. At this time, many carriages were already parked in front of the palace gate.

The palace gates were already open, and the royal family and several ministers got off the carriages one after another and entered the palace gates in an orderly manner. There was no need for an early morning court session today, so they could come a little later, otherwise they would have to come around the hour of Yin to wait for the palace gates to open.

Honghui was held tightly by his father and mother. Along the way, he saw several children, all of whom were a few years older than him. They should be his cousins.

On the way, they also saw Uncle Thirteen and Uncle Fourteen, but no noise was allowed in the palace, so they just exchanged a few simple greetings and then walked towards Yonghe Palace together.

They had to pay their respects to Mama first before they could go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony for the banquet.

Yonghe Palace was neither far nor near. After walking for less than quarter of an hour, I could see Sun Zhuxi, the senior palace maid beside Mama, waiting for me at the door from afar.

The group quickly entered the Yonghe Palace, and Concubine De was waiting for them in the main hall to pay their respects.

"Your son greets your mother/Mother De", "Your grandson greets your mother", "Your daughter-in-law greets your mother"

The greetings came one after another. Concubine De was sitting in the main seat. The more she looked around, the happier she felt. She now had many children and grandchildren.

Scarcity makes things valuable. Only one grandson, Honghui, came to the three princes' mansions. Concubine De hurriedly hugged him in her arms, and then spoke to her sons and daughters-in-law.

Honghui was watching the whole situation. His fourteenth uncle was the least restrained. He could even act like a spoiled child while talking, and was the most favored by Mama. His thirteenth uncle spoke nicely, and his flattery made Mama laugh continuously. Only Ama was the most reserved, and he rarely exchanged greetings with Mama.

It's useless! The relationship between mother and son is already tense, and they are both stubborn. If no one tries to bring them together, Ama and Mama will become enemies just like before he was reborn.

Thinking of this, Honghui whispered in Mama's ear, "Mama, let me tell you a secret. Ama actually sings a song when he goes to sleep. It seems to be 'Go to sleep quickly so that you can grow up, grow up so that you can play the bow...' It's a little song to coax children."

This incident was true, Honghui did not make it up. His father had muttered a few words in his sleep, and he heard them and kept them in mind.

When she heard the first half of the sentence, Concubine De was a little annoyed. How could her eldest son be so unrestrained in front of a child? Then she heard the familiar nursery rhyme. Wasn't this the song she had sung to coax the Fourteenth Old Man?

The fourth child was already in his teens when he returned to his parents' care. How could he know?

De Fei stared at her eldest son, who always had a blank expression, and saw a little grievance in his eyes. She couldn't help but ask someone to serve a plate of snacks, "Fourth son, this is your favorite lotus root powder and osmanthus sugar cake. Have it with tea."

Everyone was stunned. Yinzhen was the first to react. "Mother, doesn't Fourth Brother dislike eating lotus root powder and osmanthus sugar cake? It's my son who likes it. Did you remember it wrongly?"

That was because he covered it up well! Ever since the day when the fourth son returned to Yonghe Palace, Concubine De noticed that he looked at the lotus root powder and osmanthus sugar cake a few more times. But the fourteenth son also liked to eat this cake, and the fourth son's stubborn personality never showed his love for the lotus root powder and osmanthus sugar cake again.

Defei glared at Yinzhen and said, "You are so talkative. Go eat your snack." Then she turned around and started chatting with Honghui in private, no longer paying attention to any of her sons.

Yinzhen touched his nose awkwardly. Seeing that his mother ignored him, he could only turn to look at his fourth brother, wanting to take the pastries to help him out.

Then he stared in amazement as his fourth brother, who was always dignified and never behaved impolitely in front of outsiders, wolfed down a whole plate of pastries in two bites at a time without even drinking a sip of tea in between.

Yinzhen felt choked when he saw this. Why did Mother make things so difficult for Fourth Brother today? Fourth Brother was the same. He ate whatever Mother told him to eat.

At this moment, Yinzhen ignored the sympathy that was about to overflow from his fourteenth brother, nor did he pay attention to the obvious look of his thirteenth brother who was watching a show. He was only savoring the taste of the plate of lotus root powder and osmanthus sugar cake in his heart.

Mm! It's so sweet, it's sweet enough to touch his heart. It turns out that my mother knows his favorite snacks!

Defei, who was talking to Honghui in the main seat, had been paying attention to what was happening below and watched the whole process.

The Fourteenth Old Man is so careless that he needs to be taught a lesson. The Fourth Old Man! The Fourth Old Man is so good at pretending that he never says a word. She always thought that the Fourth Old Man had no feelings for her, his biological mother, but rather valued Empress Xiaoyiren, his adoptive mother.

It turns out that this is not the case! Defei breathed a sigh of relief. The deep-rooted knot in her heart showed signs of being untied. It would only take time for it to melt slowly.

Honghui also breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that his guess was correct. How could there be children in this world who didn't value their mother? After today's encouragement, the relationship between Ama and Mama had visibly improved.

There is still a long way to go, and he still needs to work harder to get his father and mother back together.

At this time, a palace servant came in and reminded that the time had come.

Honghui quickly stood up from Mama's arms and let his mother straighten his sleeves for him, because he was going to go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to attend the Golden Festival banquet with his father, thirteenth uncle and fourteenth uncle.

"Okay, all of you should go as soon as possible to avoid wasting time. Fourth Brother, you must take good care of Honghui and don't let him get into any accidents."

The three brothers Yinzhen, Yinxiang, and Yinzhi, as well as the little Honghui, quickly bowed and said goodbye to Concubine De before leaving. As for the women of each family, they all stayed in Yonghe Palace.

After leaving Yonghe Palace, Honghui couldn't help shivering. Winter comes early in the capital. After October, the weather starts to get colder, and the wind feels chilly on the body.

Yinzhen noticed his son's condition and was afraid that he would be cold, so he wrapped Honghui in his cloak and slowly walked towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony holding his little hand.

During the journey, Yinzhen even made a few expressions to Yinxiang, but Yinzhen and Honghui ignored them. It was more important to hurry on their way, so who would care about them?

What's all the fuss about?

Honghui had sharp ears and heard a few words, which seemed to be "Thirteenth brother, look, Fourth brother is such a serious person, but he can be so considerate?"

Thirteenth Uncle seemed to reply like this, "Fourth Brother has always been sincere to us brothers, never perfunctorily teaching us academically, and caring about our health. Fourteenth Brother, you have wronged Fourth Brother."

Then Fourteenth Uncle shouted, "Him? Thirteenth Brother, you didn't mention the wrong person, did you?"

Then I didn’t see them continue talking. I wonder why?

The reason, of course, was that Yinzhen glanced at his two younger brothers. Yinxiang and Yinzhi felt guilty, so they stopped telling jokes about their fourth brother in private, for fear that their fourth brother would get angry and teach them a lesson.

The two younger brothers knew the temper of the Fourth Master Yinzhen very well. He was very proud and vindictive, and was even described as having "moody tempers". If they let their Fourth Master get angry and humiliated, they would not have a good life from then on.

The few of them calmed down and hurried on their way, fearing that they would really delay the time. The Hall of Supreme Harmony was in front of the Palace of Heavenly Purity, so they could basically reach the destination in a quarter of an hour.

At the beginning of the morning hour, the time was just right. The four of them and their three attendants, or eunuchs who served them personally, arrived outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Honghui was still young and had not yet chosen the Haha beads.

They couldn't enter the palace at this time. They had to wait for the emperor to arrive and lead them in kneeling and bowing. There was also a whole set of rituals to be performed.

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