Honghui is reborn in Legend of Zhen Huan, I will protect my mother

Qianqing Palace

When Kangxi dealt with memorials, they were all nonsense praising the emperor's achievements. He would write a red reply saying "I understand" and then throw them aside. These were not important memorials.

At this time, Liang Jiugong came in, "Your Majesty, Concubine De and Master Fourteen are outside the Palace of Heavenly Purity asking for an audience, saying they have something important to tell you!"

Kangxi put down the memorial in his hand. Defei had always been gentle and sensible, and would not easily come to the Qianqing Palace to ask for an audience without being summoned. Could it be that Yinzhen had gotten into trouble and came to beg for mercy from me?

"Declarate it."

After a while, Concubine De came in with Yinzhen, with no joy on her face.

"May your Majesty be blessed with good health. I have come to apologize to you!"

Could it be that I guessed it right? Kangxi asked tentatively: "Yinzhen, what mistake have you made again?"

Yinzhen, who prided himself on being the son of an old man, had always been favored by the emperor. He was not afraid of anything and started to complain: "Father, what are you talking about? I have always been sensible, but why am I guilty of so many crimes and bad deeds when I see you, Father?"

"Old Fourteen, shut up. You must be respectful to the Emperor. What's your attitude?"

"Your Majesty, this time Yinzhen is indeed wronged, and I am not here to plead guilty for him. To be honest with you, I am here to plead guilty for Yinzhen."

"Oh?" Kangxi became interested, "But what did the fourth brother do wrong?"

De Fei sighed, her face showing shame, "It's all an injustice! The fourth son's eldest brother Honghui had a high fever yesterday, and his whole body was burning hot. It just so happened that the fourth son's wife just found out that she was pregnant yesterday. The fourth son was worried, so he kept all the palace doctors waiting in the main courtyard. The concubine had no choice but to carry Honghui to find the fourteenth son at night. Fortunately, Honghui's life was saved."

"Concubine and Honghui are now in my palace. The imperial physician is still treating them. They both look unwell. I beg the emperor to allow Concubine and Honghui to stay in my palace to recuperate, otherwise I will feel uneasy."

Kangxi frowned. Three years ago, the fourth son made a fuss and asked to marry Ulanara Rouze, who was already engaged, which made him very unhappy. But after the fourth wife came into the family, he always favored her alone.

If she could give birth, the emperor would have nothing to say, but three years have passed and there is still only one eldest prince living all alone in the fourth brother's mansion.

"Liang Jiugong, go check it out."

"De Fei, please go back first! This matter cannot be blamed on you. I leave Concubine Jin and Honghui to your care."

Defei breathed a sigh of relief. If this matter was made public, it would only affect Rouze's reputation. As long as Yixiu and Honghui were still alive and well, the Ulanara family would not be greatly affected.

Defei knew a secret: Rouze had never stopped taking Xiji Pills to maintain her looks and figure! So Defei didn't hold out much hope for Rouze's pregnancy.

How can a sickly legitimate son compare to a healthy illegitimate son?

As for the fourth child, she also had to give him a warning. How could he contradict her mother for Rouze? Concubine De had long wanted to teach him a lesson through the Emperor!

Yinzhen was kept by Kangxi, so he didn't dare to act rashly at this time, for fear that the emperor would be angry with him again.

Soon, Liang Jiugong found out everything that happened in the Fourth Prince's mansion and brought bad news to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the gate of the Fourth Lady's main courtyard was struck by lightning last night, and it happened that the concubine was carrying Prince Honghui to the main courtyard to seek help but to no avail. Today, there was a commotion in the Fourth Prince's mansion, and the Fourth Lady had a quarrel with the Fourth Prince, so the Fourth Prince did not dare to take the concubine and Prince Honghui back for the time being!"

Kangxi threw the teacup in his hand away fiercely. He favored her alone, and favored her alone again!

What Kangxi hated most in his life was being favored only by one person, not to mention that the situation in the Fourth Prince's residence was very similar to that of the previous emperor's palace. Concubine Dong E was the only one favored, and she made all the concubines in the harem feel suffocated. The previous emperor even claimed that the Eighth Prince born by Concubine Dong E was his first son. Where did Kangxi and his brothers stand?

"Go and call the Fourth Prince to the palace! And then check if there were any other places struck by lightning last night?"

The emperor suppressed his anger. The culprit in this matter was the Fourth Lady. The Fourth Prince just failed to supervise carefully!

"Crack~"

The emperor broke a cup again. Why did the fourth wife dare to act recklessly? It can be seen that the fourth brother's usual attitude gave the fourth wife reliance! Even her own sister and nephew could not be tolerated, how could she be expected to tolerate the other heirs of the fourth brother?

An hour later, Yinzhen stood trembling in front of the emperor.

"Old Four, are you too busy with your duties to neglect the house?"

The emperor's tone was calm, but Yinzhen could hear dissatisfaction in it, and he immediately knelt down to apologize, "Father, please forgive me. I was also negligent for a moment. The wife was pregnant and unwell, and I was very worried. I was afraid that something had happened to the wife, so I decided to keep all the doctors in the palace. I just didn't expect this matter to become so serious!"

The emperor threw the memorial in his hand to the ground and scolded him harshly, "Asshole! Look for yourself, I have checked everything clearly. Your wife was found to be pregnant a long time ago, and she only said she was not feeling well when Honghui fell ill. I am using your power to keep all the palace doctors."

Yinzhen flipped through the memorials on the ground with disbelief on his face, "Impossible, Fu Jin has always been virtuous, and she feels sorry for Concubine Yi, and has been very tolerant of her since she entered the mansion. How could she intentionally harm Honghui?"

"You are so confused! If she didn't mean to do it, why would she have told the servants in the main courtyard to stop Concubine Jin from entering the door, and not to wake you up? If Concubine Jin hadn't acted decisively and carried the dying Honghui to Yinzhen's house, what you saw today would be the body of your eldest prince!"

Kangxi wanted to scold his fourth son to wake him up. He was a sober, self-controlled and calm son, but when he met his wife, his mind became unclear and people thought he was bewitched.

"You bastard, now that you have a legitimate son, the life of the illegitimate son is no longer important? That's your eldest prince, who is already three years old this year! I still remember that three years ago, you were so looking forward to the arrival of this child, but now you don't even care about his life! What else can I expect from you?"

Yinzhen was scolded so much that he kowtowed and apologized, "Father, please calm down. It's all my fault. Please forgive my wife this time because she is pregnant! I will definitely discipline my wife and stop her from attacking Honghui again."

Kangxi took a deep breath and looked straight at his fourth son who was kneeling below. "It's too late! Liang Jiugong has already passed the news up. There were thunderstorms last night. The gate of your wife's main courtyard was the only one in the whole capital that was struck by thunder. Fourth son! What do you think, if this isn't retribution?"

Yinzhen stammered, "Please calm down, Father Emperor!"

"Liang Jiugong, pass the decree. All the maids around the Fourth Lady will be beaten to death. The servants who stopped the Concubine last night will be beaten with fifty boards each. All the servants in the Fourth Prince's mansion will be ordered to watch the execution to warn them of their duties as servants! In addition, the maids of the Fourth Lady who failed to persuade their master will be punished with a hundred boards in public and expelled from the Prince's mansion. They are not allowed to stay."

"Also give the Fourth Lady two nurses to teach her. Liang Jiugong, go and personally select two well-behaved and honest maids and send them to her. Make sure they teach the Fourth Lady well and reform herself."

Seeing Yinzhen still pleading for mercy, Kangxi decisively interrupted, "Fourth Brother, I am only lenient with you for the sake of my grandson. Otherwise, if what happened last night gets out, everyone will think that I was unfair in my treatment. The retribution will be a thunderbolt!"

"Fourth Brother, from now on, there will be no such thing as favoring one prince in your house! After a while, I will ask Concubine De to find two good-looking princes to bring into your house. You are already 27 years old! You can't have only this one prince."

Yinzhen could only walk out with his head down, as he still had to go to Yonghe Palace to check on the conditions of Yixiu and Honghui!

Yinzhen watched the whole process. He shrugged his shoulders with a gloating look and tried not to laugh out loud.

Kangxi couldn't stand this wretched look, and shouted loudly, "Yinzhen!"

"Emperor Father?"

"You did a great job last night! What reward would you like?"

How could Yinzhen dare to push his luck? He was just in the right place, so he smiled and said, "Father, how about you take your son with you when you go hunting in Mulan Hunting Ground this time?"

"Alright, go ahead! Look at your behavior, be more steady. You are already seventeen years old!"

Yinzhen took his leave with a smile. Watching the fun also had its risks. Who knows, a bunch of old accounts might be dug up at any time, and he would be the one to be scolded.

After all, the fearless Fourteenth Prince Yinzhen lived for seventeen years and had countless old accounts to settle!