After leaving Jingren Palace, Hongshi kept in mind what the Empress had told him. He walked around the back garden and arrived at the Yangxin Hall, the residence of the Fourth Prince.

Hongshi suddenly hesitated. He had always held the Fourth Prince in awe, and thinking about his previous despondency and indulgence in pleasure, he couldn't help but worry that his father would be angry.

"Your Highness, you've arrived?" Su Peisheng, accompanied by a group of servants carrying food boxes, slowly approached. He was quite surprised to see Hongshi: "This servant greets Your Highness. Has Your Highness come to see the Emperor?"

Hongshi smiled awkwardly: "I... I was just passing by and wanted to pay my respects to Father Emperor, but it was getting late..." Su Peisheng noticed Hongshi's hesitation at a glance. He thought that the Fourth Prince had been depressed and worried about Hongshi's affairs these days. It was rare for Hongshi to take the initiative to come and see him. Perhaps it would be good to relieve the Fourth Prince's worries.

He stepped forward and stopped Hongshi: "His Majesty left court early today and has been reading memorials in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. I just happened to prepare dinner, so why don't you, Your Highness, deliver it to me..."

Hongshi was taken aback. He looked up at Su Peisheng's meaningful smile and immediately understood what Su Peisheng meant.

"Thank you for your trouble, Eunuch..." Hongshi accepted the meal box and thanked Su Peisheng. Su Peisheng nodded knowingly and made way for Hongshi. Hongshi had no choice but to bite the bullet and enter the gate of Yangxin Hall.

Hongshi knocked cautiously on the door and entered hesitantly. He saw that the Fourth Prince was engrossed in reviewing memorials without even looking up. Hongshi nervously stepped forward and knelt down on the ground, saying, "Your son greets Father Emperor..."

Upon hearing Hongshi's voice, the Fourth Prince looked up in surprise. Hongshi, startled by the Fourth Prince's gaze, shrank back and cried out, "Father, please forgive me! Your unfilial son was momentarily confused and has disappointed you..."

The Fourth Master walked down gracefully, looking at Hongshi expressionlessly. Hongshi was already in tears, overwhelmed with shame.

The Fourth Prince was initially angry with Hongshi, but upon seeing him, he noticed he had lost a lot of weight and looked unwell. Knowing that Hongshi was deeply affected by the death of his wife, Lady Irgen, he swallowed his words of rebuke and could only say, "It's good that you understand now..."

Hongshi was prepared to be scolded, but when he heard the Fourth Prince say, "It's good that you understand," he looked up in surprise, unable to believe his ears: "Father, aren't you angry with your son?"

"I know that the death of Lady Irgen in childbirth was a heavy blow to you, and it's understandable that you're saddened by her loss. I know all that. You are my son, and your personality naturally follows mine; you are loyal and righteous, so how could I blame you... It's just that in your grief you forgot your place and did some foolish things, which truly disappointed me..."

Hongshi felt a warmth in his heart and cried even more emotionally, "Father, I was wrong, I was wrong..." The Fourth Prince saw the food box in Hongshi's hand and said with a smile, "Alright, I'm hungry. You will have a meal with me..."

Hongshi immediately stopped crying, wiped away his tears, and took out the food and wine from the meal box.

The father and son ate together, as if all the unpleasantness from before had vanished.

After drinking, the Fourth Prince suddenly thought of something, patted Hongshi on the shoulder and said, "You're not young anymore, and you've been granted the title of Beile. You can't keep living such a carefree life. I'm planning to arrange for you to go to the Ministry of Revenue to learn from your Thirteenth Uncle. What do you think?"

Hongshi hadn't expected the Fourth Prince to speak to him in a consultative tone. He was so excited that he almost dropped his wine cup. He hurriedly said, "Your son obeys! Your son will definitely learn well from the Thirteenth Uncle and not disappoint Father..."

Seeing that Hongshi agreed so readily, the Fourth Prince laughed and said, "Hahaha... Good! With your confidence, I'm relieved..."