He Xue continued, "Uncle Emperor, I've heard that every time Fourth Brother goes to Yonghe Palace, Consort De deliberately makes things difficult for him and prevents him from entering."

Only if the fourth brother stood at the entrance of Yonghe Palace for half an hour would he be allowed to enter.

In the past, when Fourth Brother went to Yonghe Palace to pay his respects to Consort De every day, Consort De would have Fourth Brother stand at the entrance of Yonghe Palace and then have Fourth Brother kowtow directly outside the palace gate.

He Xue believes you must have also received complaints from the Imperial Study Master! It is said that Fourth Brother is always the last to arrive at the Imperial Study.

In order not to be late for his trip to the Imperial Study, Fourth Brother got up early to pay his respects at Yonghe Palace. However, this angered Consort De, who said that he was deliberately disturbing her rest.

Fourth Brother wasn't good with words and didn't explain anything to Consort De. Perhaps he felt that even if he did, Consort De wouldn't believe him and would only think it was a made-up excuse!

Upon hearing He Xue's words, Kangxi indeed recalled that for a period of time, people from the Imperial Study had told him that Yinzhen was always late, and he had even scolded Yinzhen for it. Who knew that this child had such a difficult situation.

Consort Tongjia was sobbing uncontrollably on the side. She felt that she was a bad mother and that Yinzhen had suffered so much.

Consort Tongjia looked at Consort De with eyes that seemed to be poisoned; she was determined to make Consort De pay the price.

"Uncle Emperor, yesterday Fourth Brother went to Yonghe Palace again. Consort De asked Fourth Brother to bring him medicine. As soon as Fourth Brother picked up the medicine bowl, Consort De raised her hand and knocked the bowl over, and the whole bowl of medicine fell into Fourth Brother's hands."

The medicine had just been brewed, and Fourth Brother's hands were burned!

As soon as He Xue finished speaking, Consort Tongjia rushed to the Fourth Prince, took out his hand that was hidden behind his back, and sure enough, there was still a very obvious burn.

"Consort De, how could you be so heartless!" With that, Consort Tongjia slapped Consort De across the face.

"You dare hit me? What right do you have to hit me?" Consort De asked incredulously, covering her face.

"I hit you as I pleased, did I need to tell you beforehand? You dared to bully my son, I'm being lenient with you! How dare you treat Yinzhen so disrespectfully!"

Besides, I am a Consort personally appointed by the Emperor. What reason do I need to hit you?

Consort De laughed upon hearing Consort Tongjia's words, "Your Highness has misspoke. Yinzhen was born after I carried him for ten months. He is my son on the imperial genealogy, not Your Highness's son!"

"Heh!" Consort Tongjia looked at Consort De with disdain. "What does a jade register mean? From the day Yinzhen brought him to Yonghe Palace, he has been my son, Tongjia Qingyao's son!"

Since you care so much about that imperial genealogy, then just change Yinzhen's imperial genealogy directly!

"You can't do this! Yinzhen is my son, and he will always be my son!" Consort De shouted.

Consort De crawled on her knees to Emperor Kangxi's feet. "Your Majesty, you cannot alter Yinzhen's imperial genealogy. He is my son! If you alter the genealogy, you might as well take my life!"

The Fourth Prince now has a vague hope: could he perhaps change the imperial genealogy to his mother's name?

"Consort De, I want to ask you, is what you just said to Xue true?" Kangxi only wanted to know if what He Xue said was true.

If it's true, then he really didn't expect that the usually gentle and considerate Consort De would be like this. In fact, when he saw the injury on Yinzhen's hand, he already believed He Xue's words.

Consort De quickly racked her brains for a solution. "Your Majesty, you know that Yinzhen is very distant from me. I really want to repair my relationship with Yinzhen, but he always puts on a blank face when he sees me."

The concubine was also very angry, so she asked Yinzhen to wait outside the palace gate for a while longer. Who knew that so many misunderstandings would arise!

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, Yinzhen isn't bad at speaking; he just doesn't want to talk to me. Didn't he tell Consort Xue about his grievances against me?"

Consort De subtly sowed discord among the Fourth Prince's eyes.

"Your Highness, you misunderstand! This wasn't said by Fourth Brother. After all, a son shouldn't speak ill of his mother! Even if you went too far, Fourth Brother wouldn't say a word against you! I asked Da Sheng about all of this!"

He Xue had someone bring Su Peisheng over last night to ask him questions, and I didn't expect it to come in handy today.

Looking at the Fourth Prince, who was holding back his anger, Kangxi's clenched hands betrayed his feelings. On one hand, there was Consort De, who kept accusing her son of his mistakes, and on the other hand, there was her son who did not speak ill of his mother. Kangxi's heart naturally leaned towards the Fourth Prince.