Yixiu's Rebirth: Sending Bai Lianhua's Sister to Become a Concubine

At the banquet that day, Kangxi's marriage proposal was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples.

Li Rongbao was also affected.

He was the same age as Yinzhen, and was a few years older than the eighth prince Yinsi.

Ever since the incident with Rouze, he had no interest in marriage until he met Jinghua.

Therefore, early the next morning, Li Rongbao went to his elder brother Ma Qi's house.

"What's the surname of that woman? Wang Jia? What's Wang Jia's surname?"

Ma Qi's first sentence was a sincere question. He was in the Fucha clan and really couldn't see Wang Jia clan.

When Li Rongbao told him that they were just Han bannermen, Ma Qi was still taking deep breaths, telling himself not to be anxious. It was a good thing that the child was finally considering marriage.

He patiently tried to persuade her with emotion and reason: "If you really like her, you can take her as a concubine first. If she gives birth to a child, you can even promote her to a concubine."

"We in the Fucha family don't just look at family background, but you will inherit the title in the future, so your wife's status can't be too low."

Li Rongbao lowered his head and said nothing, obviously not agreeing with his brother's suggestion.

Ma Qi's eyes turned and a plan came to mind: "The girl's time cannot be wasted. She only has a few good years. You should listen to your brother. If the two families are deadlocked, it will harm the girl."

"By the way, how old is that girl?"

Ma Qi asked this casually, but Li Rongbao scratched his head and blurted out:

"I'm already twenty years old. I can't afford to delay any more. I don't need you to worry about me..."

"You little bastard, I think you're itching for trouble." Ma Qi pulled out the whip stuck on the side and swung it at Li Rongbao: "Stop, don't run, stop him!"

But the servants in the mansion were no match for Li Rongbao, and they didn't dare to actually attack their master.

Everyone pretended to sway a few times and then fell to the ground.

Li Rongbao jumped a few times, turned around and said with a smile: "Brother, my martial arts skills have not declined at all over the years. They tried to stop me but... Ouch!"

Li Rongbao was too proud of what he said and was not on guard, which gave Ma Qi an opportunity to catch him with a whip.

According to rumors spread by the servants of Fu Cha Mansion, that night, someone was kneeling and worshiping their ancestors in the ancestral hall of Fu Cha Mansion all night long.

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"The next year, the government was in good order and the people were in harmony. Everything needed to be rebuilt, so Yueyang Tower was rebuilt..."

Also on the second day after the banquet, Kangxi saw the copy of "Yueyang Tower Inscription" sent by Yinzhen.

Kangxi looked at the calligraphy and thought it was indeed good handwriting, but the copyist was not famous.

Concubine De watched from the side and said, "This fourth son actually chose a calligraphy by an unknown person. Isn't he no different from an ordinary person? The next time I see him, I must have a good talk with him."

"I will apologize to Your Majesty on his behalf first. Please don't blame him."

Kangxi smiled and looked at Concubine De who knelt down to apologize, and said, "I think this ordinary heart is the most precious."

"Although the relationship between the emperor and his subjects comes before that between father and son, the occasional reveal of the father-son relationship, which is the same as that of an ordinary family, makes me feel differently."

Defei's apology just now was just a pretense.

She had accompanied the emperor for many years, so how could she not understand Kangxi's expression? She immediately said:

"The fourth child doesn't talk much. Even when he came to Yonghe Palace to pay his respects, he didn't say as much to me as his wife, Yixiu. But he is thinking about the emperor in his heart."

"Yes. I know this, of course." Kangxi said, "I have given him several tasks to do in the past two years, and he has done them well. Now that he has grown up a little, his abilities are gradually showing, and I will naturally take care of him."

"By the way, his wife is your niece, right? I think she's pretty good."

De Fei said: "Yes. Yi Xiu and I are from the same family."

"Back then, the emperor and I saw that she had good character and ability, so after she gave birth to Honghui, we promoted her from concubine to concubine. The emperor still remembers."

"Yes, I still have some impression. The child is grown up now. If he comes to the palace to pay his respects to you, please bring him to me to see."

Kangxi was chatting with Concubine De about family matters when Sandezi came in from the door.

After taking a look at Sandezi's expression, Concubine De tactfully said goodbye.

"This evil creature, because he understood my painstaking efforts yesterday, I didn't expect that he would become even worse after returning home, and only knew how to hang around."

Kangxi let out a long sigh, and the slight bit of pity he had felt for the prince yesterday disappeared again.

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It has been raining continuously in Shandong since the beginning of the Chinese New Year.

Last year, when they went to offer sacrifices to Mount Tai, the flood had subsided, and although the harvest was poor, everyone still had hope.

With the help of Emperor Kangxi's southern tour, the court's disaster relief was implemented and the people were able to live in peace.

Unexpectedly, not long after they left, it started raining again in Shandong. It didn't stop until the end of January. Even Emperor Kangxi's personal climb to the top of Mount Tai to offer sacrifices was of no use.

There are rumors among the people that the current emperor has made a mistake, so natural disasters have been sent down from heaven.

However, with Yinreng's handling, the rumors were quickly quelled.

Because of this incident, the rift between Yinreng and Emperor Kangxi during the Chinese New Year seemed to have disappeared.

Yinzhi was very anxious.

Yinreng, oh Yinreng, you should stay confused forever.

If you keep indulging in that gentle land, won't the Emperor look at me more?

Nalan Mingzhu said to Yinzhi: "The prince wants to gain the emperor's approval. The best plan now is to go to Shandong to provide disaster relief."

Yinzhi didn't want to provide disaster relief at all.

Nowadays, there is continuous heavy rain in Shandong Province, and rivers are bursting and flooding the sea.

Yinzhi had read in a book before that during famine years, starving people would exchange their children for food. How had he ever come across such a thing?

Just thinking about it, he felt that those things had stained his noble clothes.

But if he wanted to defeat Yinreng, he had to take this step. He had to be useful in the heart of the Emperor.

Yinzhi hurried into the palace and went straight to the Yangxin Palace.

As soon as he walked outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he heard the sound of porcelain breaking coming from inside, and he stopped in his tracks.

Just as Yinzhi was hesitating whether he should go in, he heard Emperor Kangxi's angry shout from inside.

"Bao Cheng hangs out with that actor all day long. How could he take me, his father, seriously?"

"I think he calmed down those rumors just to plead for that damned actor."

Yinzhi looked around privately and saw that Eunuch Sandezi should have gone in to persuade the emperor, so there was no one guarding outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

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