The Crown Prince thought for a while but couldn't come up with a reasonable reason. The main reason was that his father was too shrewd, and no matter what excuse he made, it was easy to find flaws. So he decided to tell the truth, but he would embellish it a little.

Without hesitation, the Crown Prince went straight to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, where Emperor Kangxi usually reviewed memorials at this time.

Therefore, when Liang Jiugong saw the Crown Prince arrive, he immediately let the Crown Prince in.

"Your subject greets Your Majesty, may Your Majesty be blessed!" The Crown Prince bowed to Emperor Kangxi.

"Get up! Why is Bao Cheng here?" Kangxi put down his pen and looked up at the Crown Prince.

"Reporting to Father Emperor, He Xue just sent someone to find me. She said that Consort De went to Chengqian Palace to cry again. He Xue is worried that Fourth Brother will go to Chengqian Palace, and she doesn't want him to see such a scene. So she asked me to find a way to stop Fourth Brother from going to Chengqian Palace."

Your Majesty is worried about Consort Tong and wants to visit her at Chengqian Palace. However, both Consort De and Consort Tong are elders, and it is not appropriate for Your Majesty to go. Therefore, Your Majesty would like to ask Father to accompany Your Majesty to Chengqian Palace.

"My mother's health hasn't been very good lately, and I'm worried about her!" The Crown Prince was genuinely worried about Consort Tongjia. He knew that Consort De was a scheming person, and he was truly afraid that Consort Tongjia would be angered by Consort De.

"Ah, it's rare to find someone with such filial piety! Come on, I'll accompany you!" Kangxi said. He had recently heard that Consort De frequently visited Chengqian Palace, and he had also heard the rumors, but he had been preoccupied with affairs of the court and had forgotten about them for a while.

"Where is Yinzhen?" Kangxi suddenly asked. His birth mother and adoptive mother were practically fighting; how could he possibly stay there so calmly?

"Fourth brother should be in the prince's quarters. Your son hasn't had a chance to tell him yet!" The Crown Prince thought that Kangxi was worried about the fourth prince, so he didn't think much of it.

"Liang Jiugong, send someone to tell the Fourth Prince to go to Chengqian Palace!" Kangxi said to Liang Jiugong.

There are some things that need to be resolved. My cousin's health isn't very good either. In order to prevent her from knowing about the rumors in the palace, he has sent people to investigate where the rumors came from, but they haven't been able to find out yet.

But rumors can't be stopped forever, so we need to resolve this before my cousin hears them.

As for the Fourth Prince, he initially felt that Consort De's status was too low to be suitable for raising a prince, and since his cousin also had no children, he entrusted the Fourth Prince to his cousin to raise.

There's a rumor going around the palace that the Fourth Prince dislikes his birth mother because of her low status, and that's why he doesn't acknowledge her. If that's true, it means the Fourth Prince is wicked, and such a person is not suitable to stay with his cousin.

So Kangxi took the crown prince straight to Chengqian Palace.

The Fourth Prince knew that Emperor Kangxi wanted him to go to Chengqian Palace, although he didn't know why. But he still obediently went to Chengqian Palace.

Inside Chengqian Palace, He Xue finally saw Nan Xing's figure, and Nan Xing nodded to He Xue.

He Xue knew that the Crown Prince should have already gone to see Kangxi, and it seemed that Kangxi would arrive soon.

Consort De cried as she said, "Your Highness, I had my own reasons for entrusting the Fourth Prince to you. Otherwise, what mother would be willing to entrust her child to someone else to raise!"

"Consort De, you don't need to make it sound so high-sounding. Everyone knows perfectly well why you handed Yinzhen over to me!"

Consort De felt a surge of resentment. Over the years, she had been most reluctant to let others talk about her background, but why did the Imperial Concubine always bring it up?

Emperor Kangxi and the Crown Prince soon arrived at Chengqian Palace, where they happened to meet the Fourth Prince. Emperor Kangxi then led the two of them into Chengqian Palace.

When He Xue saw the signal Nan Xing gave her, she knew that Kangxi had arrived, so she prepared to start her performance!

"Why did you become the emperor's concubine in the first place? Don't you have any idea?"

The Emperor initially thought that I had sent you to his bed to compete for his favor!

Ask yourself honestly, did I let you climb into the Emperor's bed? You climbed into his bed on your own initiative!

When His Majesty came to my palace, I told him that I was not feeling well, and His Majesty knew this and prepared to leave!

"While I was washing up, you climbed into the Emperor's bed!" Consort Tongjia still feels heartbroken when she thinks about what happened back then.

She never expected that her cousin would disregard her dignity and actually favor a palace maid in Chengqian Palace.

Consort De was surprised that Consort Tongjia would bring up this matter. Back then, because of her ambiguous words, this incident had caused a huge misunderstanding between Tongjia Qingyao and the Emperor!

Even if Tong Jia Qingyao brings this up, so what? The Emperor isn't here. Even if the Emperor finds out later, so what? She can make the Emperor believe her once, and she's confident she can make him believe her a second time.

Only a fool like Tong Jia Qingyao would argue with the Emperor. If it were her, she would definitely fight for her own interests.

If she had Tong Jia Qingyao's background, she certainly wouldn't be a Noble Consort now. There's no such thing as true affection in the palace! Status and power are the most important things.