At the same time, the Fourth Prince's mansion was peaceful.

When the master is not at home, everything is decided by the concubine. The concubine is busy practicing dancing, and the princesses are very well behaved.

Honghui ran between the front yard and Begonia Garden every day, and was taken to his fourteenth uncle's house from time to time. Fortunately, the autumn weather was clear and the weather was gradually getting cooler, so he didn't feel too uncomfortable.

One day, two days, three days...finally it was September 15th, the day when the emperor arrived in the capital.

It is said that the pomp and circumstance of the emperor's return to the capital this time was much grander than that of his southern tour. Honghui had no chance to go out and could only listen to the descriptions of his servants.

At the beginning of the afternoon, someone from the front yard came to report, "Reply to Concubine Concubine, reply to the eldest prince, the prince has left the palace and will be back home in less than half an hour."

"Okay, you go down first. My wife and the eldest prince will be waiting outside the mansion later."

After the man left, Yixiu hurriedly combed her hair, put on some makeup, took Honghui with her and walked towards the mansion gate.

Haitangyuan was close, so they were the first to arrive, but they didn't have to wait long, as others gradually arrived. Li and Song were not arranged to come over to greet them because their bellies were getting heavier.

It was said to be less than half an hour, but in fact I only waited for quarter of an hour.

"Father!" Honghui came forward from afar.

"Ah." In order to avoid hurting his eldest son, Yinzhen hurriedly got off the horse. "You kid, don't do this next time. What if my father can't control the horse?"

Honghui pursed his lips and said, "Father, you still say your horse riding and archery are not good? Obviously, you are much better than ordinary people. I wonder when your son can be half as good as you?"

While he was talking, the servant led the horse to the stable.

Since there were no outsiders here, Yinzhen smiled awkwardly, then tapped his eldest son's head twice without saying anything.

"Come on, let's go back home!"

……

The second half of September passed in complete peace, with nothing major happening either in the palace or at court.

At the beginning of October, there was a small rumor in the previous dynasty. Someone wrote a memorial to impeach the imperial physician for his disregard for human life, acting recklessly in the suburbs of Beijing, and killing many lives.

When Kangxi saw the memorial, his face turned green. It was obvious that the secret had been kept very well, so how come it was exposed now?

This Hanlin seems to be the third brother's man, right? He is still as ignorant as ever! There are so many people in the previous dynasty, including the royal family and the clan, and there are more than one or two who heard the news. Why didn't they come out to impeach? Only the third brother always does things that are inappropriate.

Yes, the emperor claimed to have kept it a secret, but who could not see that without the emperor's order, how could the imperial doctors dare to act so recklessly on the imperial farm? Although I don't know what the emperor is keeping secret, but in the officialdom, you have to act according to other people's wishes, and pretending that nothing happened is the most basic principle of being an official.

Kangxi suppressed his anger and said, "Li Dequan, keep this memorial and don't send it out. Go and call Prince Cheng!"

Later, Yinzhi was scolded severely and the matter was barely covered up.

Then on the eighth day of October, the eve of the Golden Award Festival, Song gave birth safely to the second princess in the mansion.

The second princess was still in good health, but Yinzhen was a little disappointed. Among the three princesses who were pregnant, two gave birth to little princesses, and only Li still had a little hope.

He thought, it couldn't be possible that none of the three gave birth to a prince?

Even if Li was not very smart, she felt a little pressure at this time. If she gave birth to the third princess right after that, would the prince get angry with her and her daughter?

Perhaps she was too worried, so on the day of the princess's third birthday banquet on October 11th, Li went into labor overnight and gave birth to a chubby, fair little prince.

The little prince was born in the early morning of October 12, which was unfortunately not the auspicious day of the Golden Award Festival. However, Li was very happy because she did not disappoint the prince's expectations and added a third prince to the family.

"Go, hang a bow and arrow at the gate of the mansion."

Yinzhen looked at the third prince wrapped in swaddling clothes with a smile on his face. The court physician came to examine the baby and said that the third prince was in extremely good health and had accumulated sufficient vitality while in his mother's womb.

It’s good to stay healthy so that you won’t die easily!

At this moment, he looked at Yixiu with a particularly gratified look in his eyes, and couldn't help but say, "Thank you so much for your help this time!"

Rouze has been the housekeeper for three years, but the mansion has not had any children. Yixiu has been in charge of the mansion affairs for only one year, but the mansion has had two princesses and a prince. The most important thing is that they are all in good health. This shows how virtuous Yixiu is!

Yinzhen felt regretful. If he had known earlier, he would have promoted Yixiu to be his wife! After many twists and turns, he was back to square one. These four years of hard work were wasted.

While he was lost in thought, he heard his eldest son's urging voice.

"Father, please move aside. Your son wants to see his third brother."

Honghui came closer and carefully observed the third brother's face. Even if the vernix had not yet faded and the baby had not yet grown up, the appearance was still visible.

Huh? The birth month is different, why does this face look so familiar?

Isn’t this Hongshi?

Honghui was shocked. Is this the revision of the world's will? How to explain the existence of the eldest and second princesses?

No matter what, whatever happens! This life is a fresh start, and the past can only be used as a reference, not as a standard!

Let Hongshi be Hongshi! But I have to spend more time to teach him, otherwise, with the third brother's brain, he will definitely be the last among the brothers.

Seeing that the time to go out to court was approaching, Yinzhen said decisively: "Alright, it's very cold outside, and the third prince will be frozen. Hurry and carry him back to the house!"

The nanny beside Li carefully carried the third prince back to the house.

After everyone had seen it, they said goodbye and left, each going their own way after leaving Qingyi Courtyard.

Before Yinzhen went to court, he gave one more instruction: "Yixiu, just send someone to inform the queen, and I'll tell the emperor father as well."

Yixiu responded, "Yes." There was still a trace of fatigue on her face. She had just been busy with the second princess's third-day bathing banquet, and now she had to hurry up to prepare for the third prince's third-day bathing banquet in three days. As the concubine who was in charge of the palace affairs, she had no time to spare!

It's time to share some of the affairs of the mansion. There will be more and more concubines in the mansion in the future. How can she manage it alone? She wants power and favor, and she also wants time to spend with her son!

Li? No, her brain can't bear the heavy burden. Song and Geng are also not good enough, one is unpredictable, the other is weak and a newcomer, neither of them can bear the government affairs.

Then only Qi is left. Let’s go back and ask my aunt for her opinion!

Yixiu was still troubled, but she had no idea how angry Song was when she heard the news.

Song was so angry that her teeth were itching. Even if the Second Princess's third-day bathing banquet was not interrupted by Li, she had an attack on the day of the banquet and gave birth to the Third Prince the next day. Didn't this steal all the limelight from the Second Princess?

However, because Li had the concubine as her backer and the third prince as her son, Song could only curse a few words in her heart and did not dare to say anything on the surface.

With the example of Gan Miao and the other two in mind, she didn't dare to stir up trouble in the backyard!

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