Su Peisheng responded and stepped back. Soon he invited the Fourteenth Master into the palace and stood guard at the door, allowing the Emperor and the Fourteenth Master to talk freely in the hall.

After recuperating in the capital for so many days, the Fourteenth Master has long since shed the haggard look he had when he first came to the capital. He now looks like the great general who once fought on the battlefield, full of energy and high-spirited. His temperament is not comparable to that of Prince Guo, who only knows how to compose poetry and travel.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." Yunzhen walked in with a smile and gave the emperor a simple salute.

When he returned to Beijing, he was full of resentment and even wanted to kill Yinzhen to vent his anger, but... humph, that boy gave birth to a good son. After all, it was through Hongyao's help that they successfully resolved the long-standing misunderstanding.

How could the two brothers really have such a deep hatred? It was nothing more than that when they were young, Yinzhen was extremely strict with Yunzhi, scolding him at every turn, and often letting Yunzhi see his mother crying because of Yinzhen, which made him dislike his black-faced fourth brother even more.

The reason why he followed the Eighth Prince was because he was so gentle to him! But his Fourth Brother was only good to Thirteenth Brother. What was wrong with him being so angry and young and hot-tempered and running to serve his brother's mortal enemy?

Comparing the two, isn't it... once the two become opposed, the misunderstanding will only get deeper and deeper.

He wanted to prove to his fourth brother that he was a good brother worthy of his praise, so after the eighth brother was suppressed, he took over the connections of the eighth brother and competed with his own brother.

After the misunderstanding was resolved that day, the two brothers drank all night and talked about brotherhood. They finally reconciled and became good brothers who could talk about anything. However, he still competed with the Thirteenth Master for the emperor's attention and respect, and even disliked Prince Guo, who was rumored to be on good terms with his fourth brother.

When the emperor saw Yunli coming, he stood up on his own without even waiting for him to call him. He was not angry, but he had some thoughts in his mind.

"Fourteen, you are here. I have been thinking about what you told me before, that you wanted to go overseas to investigate something. Now I have thought it through, and I feel that maybe I really need to go out and take a look. It seems that it is really as that monster said that year, overseas development is rapid. If we don't prepare in advance, I am afraid that those things will always happen in the future." The emperor rubbed his temples, and his eyelids twitched rapidly when he mentioned the monster who was said to be a time traveler.

That man had strange ideas, could not blend into society, and even spoke nonsense. Under the banner of equality for all, he wanted the emperor to abolish slavery, the system of having three wives and four concubines, and a series of other systems. That touched other people's interests, and before the emperor could take action, he was killed by a hired killer.

It was just that the things he had talked about with the emperor about the future, about opium, about the Eight-Nation Alliance… many humiliating incidents always lingered in the minds of the emperor and his brothers, especially the thirteenth and fourteenth eldest brothers, each one more excited than the other, wishing they could personally take action and beat those ignorant guys into submission and obedience!!!

Hearing that the emperor had softened his stance, Yunzhen's eyes lit up and he quickly said, "Your Majesty, it's great that you can think it through. I volunteer to go ahead and ask Your Majesty to allow me to take a group of elite soldiers out to investigate the situation. No matter what happens outside, I will return to Beijing to discuss the next step with Your Majesty after the investigation!"

The emperor had no objection to this. After giving a few instructions and agreeing to assign a team to Yunli, he let him visit the empress dowager.

"Xia Qian, when the time comes, you will send two people to infiltrate that team and keep an eye on Yunzhi at all times. If Yunzhi makes any unusual movements, be sure to report it to me immediately." The emperor looked at Yunzhi's departing back and said to the air.

But a male voice came from the beams above the air: "Hey."

Shoukang Palace

When the Queen Mother learned that Yunzhi had entered the palace, she was eagerly waiting for her youngest son to visit her. She even asked Zhuxi to prepare Yunzhi's favorite cakes and tea.

Because of her anticipation, the Queen Mother always looked towards the door from time to time, her eyes full of joy, which made Zhu Xi, who was standing beside her, look helpless.

"Empress Dowager, I believe the Fourteenth Master must be on his way. You just need to lie down well. Your health is the most important." Zhu Xi said as he twisted the quilt for the Empress Dowager. Her mistress's health had been getting worse over the years, especially the year when Lord Longkodo passed away. The Empress Dowager almost didn't survive. Fortunately, when she learned that the Fourteenth Master could come back, she held on and asked the imperial physician to save his life. However, she could never leave her bed again and could only rest.

The Queen Mother sighed, unable to suppress her inner excitement, and could not help but say, "Zhu Xi, I know everything you said, but after Fourteenth came back, he was busy all day and had little time to visit me. The Emperor finally summoned him to the palace, and I just want to see him to see if Fourteenth has lost weight because of his fourth brother. Alas, you don't understand how I feel at this moment!"

Zhu Xi chose not to respond to the Queen Mother's self-pitying words, and just took seriously what the Queen Mother said about him being the one who didn't understand her feelings.

You know, since the Fourteenth Master came back, the Emperor often summoned him to the palace, but he was very busy in the first year and didn't have much time to pay respects to the Empress Dowager. After that, he would pay respects to the Empress Dowager every time he entered the palace. But because of that busy year, the Empress Dowager blamed everything on the Emperor. She insisted that it was the Emperor who didn't want her to see the Fourteenth Master. What could she, a servant, say?

But over the years, Zhu Xi has seen the feelings between several people. The Emperor and the Fourteenth Master are brothers in harmony, and the Emperor even promoted the Fourteenth Master to a prince. The two brothers are on good terms, but the Empress Dowager is very partial to them.

Zhu Xi felt sad, but as the head nanny in the Empress Dowager's palace, her nominal master was the Empress Dowager, so she could only give her a few vague suggestions and dared not say anything else. As for whether the Empress Dowager would listen or not, that was not her concern.

"Your Majesty, Prince Xun requests to see you." The voice of a palace maid came from the door.

Hearing this, the Queen Mother's eyes lit up, and she quickly grabbed Zhuxi's hand and asked, "Zhuxi, I look okay. Do you look too haggard? Will it scare Fourteen?"

"My queen, you are fine. The prepared pastries are almost cold. Please invite Fourteenth Master in." Zhu Xi looked at his own tightly held hands and patiently comforted his now insecure master.

After hearing Zhu Xi's words, the Queen Mother finally breathed a sigh of relief and tried to make her tone more normal: "Let Old Fourteen come in."

Yunyu stepped into the palace and quickly stepped forward to salute the Queen Mother: "Your son greets the Queen Mother. How are you these days?"

"There is no need for such a heavy gift. Come...come to me quickly and let me see you." When the Queen Mother saw her beloved son, she immediately let go of Zhu Xi's hand and waved at her son, motioning him to sit next to her.

Zhuxi brought a stool for Yunzhi and allowed him to sit down beside the Queen Mother's couch. The Queen Mother held Yunzhi's hand and looked him up and down with tears in her eyes, as if they were a mother and son who had been separated for a long time and were reunited.

This made Zhu Xi a little confused. If she remembered correctly, the Queen Mother and the Fourteenth Master had just met last month and had dinner together.

"Fourteen, you've lost weight! Is your fourth brother forcing you to work for him again? If you have any grievances, you can tell mother, and she will take care of it for you!" The empress dowager stroked Yunli's cheek, as if she touched a bone. She felt heartbroken and her resentment towards the emperor deepened.

I'm afraid the misunderstanding between this mother and son will never be resolved in this lifetime.

ps: I have tested the book, tested the book, 7-10 days, if I don’t get up, I will finish the book, woo woo… please help me write a book review, please

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