The Empress of Tea

Empress Ming, Empress Xiaochunxian, of the Gu'erjia clan, from the Manchu Plain White Banner, younger brother is Grand Scholar Gu'erjia Jiahuan. When Shizong Yongzheng was a prince, she gav...

Chapter 211 Not Afraid

"What? The eldest prince is sick again?" Jiaming looked at Xiao Hezi, who was reporting to her, in disbelief.

What's wrong with this eldest prince? Why is he always sick every few days? With the wife's abilities, no one in the inner quarters should be able to harm him.

In fact, the eldest prince Honghui's illness was indeed related to the backyard, especially to her, Xiao Hongxuan.

Honghui and Xiao Hongxuan have always had a good relationship. When the rumors in the backyard were unfavorable to Xiao Hongxuan, he was always on edge, worried and anxious for Xiao Hongxuan. Now that the rumors were favorable to Xiao Hongxuan, Honghui suddenly relaxed and fell ill.

Fortunately, no one knows about this, otherwise, the Fujin, who had just put aside her thoughts about Taoyuan, would probably start up again.

"Yes!" Xiao Hezi replied respectfully, "Moreover, ever since she learned that the First Prince was ill, the Princess Consort has been busy taking care of him!"

Just then,

Little Hongxuan, who had rushed in like a cannonball, suddenly stopped, raised his little head, and asked, "Mother, Big Brother, what's wrong?"

Looking at her son's worried eyes, Jiaming sighed inwardly. Xuan'er and the eldest prince had such a good relationship. She then replied, "He's sick!"

"Is he sick?" Xiao Hongxuan paused for a moment, then turned and hurriedly ran outside, "To see my older brother!"

"Oh, young master, wait a minute!" Hongtao suddenly stopped Xiao Hongxuan, then looked at Jiaming anxiously and said, "Master, you must stop the young master, otherwise, it will be bad if he gets infected by the illness."

“I’m not afraid!” Xiao Hongxuan immediately retorted arrogantly.

Seeing the little guy's appearance, and thinking of the eldest prince Honghui, Jiaming immediately waved her hand and said, "Hongtao, there's no need to stop him. Xuan'er has always been healthy, and the eldest prince is his older brother. Besides, the eldest prince has always been very good to him. The two brothers have a good relationship. It's only right for Xuan'er to go and see him."

Upon hearing Jiaming's words, Xiao Hongxuan was overjoyed and said with a grin, "Don't stop me! I'm going to see my elder brother."

Listening to the way the man spoke, everyone in the room looked at the tiny little Hongxuan and suppressed a smile.

Xiao Hongxuan felt confused. What was wrong with his mother and the others? They all looked like him, uh, when he needed to poop but couldn't.

Fortunately, Jiaming was unaware of the little one's inner thoughts at that moment; otherwise, the little one would definitely not have been able to visit the eldest prince this time, because she would have stopped him in her anger and embarrassment.

Fortunately, Xiao Hongxuan didn't say it; he was lucky.

While Jiaming suppressed her laughter, she didn't forget her worries, so she instructed Xiao Hezi, "Xiao Hezi, you go with Xuan'er!"

It was still somewhat dangerous for Xuan'er to be accompanied only by the young eunuch sent by the Emperor, after all, even though the young eunuch was acting on the Emperor's behalf, he was still very young.

If someone else were to use brutal methods to deal with Xuan'er, that little eunuch would be too young to withstand it. She trusted Xiao Hezi the most.

In the Songtao Courtyard of the First Prince in the front yard, the Fourth Prince came here early after returning from the Ministry of Revenue.

Upon hearing the servant's report, he immediately frowned.

"The Fourth Prince is here?"

That calm tone always sent shivers down the spines of the servants.

Then, the little man's voice trembled and stammered, "Yes, yes, the fourth prince, the fourth prince, has brought two eunuchs and they are waiting outside. They said they want to come in and see the eldest prince."

He came by himself!

His tone remained calm.

The servant shuddered upon hearing this, and replied, "Yes."

Fourth Master turned the thumb ring on his thumb, but his furrowed brows remained unchanged.

What's wrong with Guarjia? How come she can't even take care of a child? Doesn't she know that children are easily sick? Why did she let her come over?

That's bad enough, but he even let Xuan'er come alone (ignoring the two eunuchs who were with him). Doesn't he know that the backyard is dangerous?

After inwardly cursing Jiaming for a while, Fourth Master finally relaxed his furrowed brows and ordered, "Su Peisheng, go and send him away."

Su Peisheng bowed respectfully and said, "!"

Su Peisheng had always known that the Fourth Prince was a troublesome child, but he never expected him to be this troublesome.

After he told the master to go back and wait, the fourth prince, Hongxuan, suddenly dodged Su Peisheng's outstretched hand and shook his head vigorously, saying, "Master won't leave, Master wants to see you, elder brother, Master won't leave."

Su Peisheng found it amusing that the young prince was so young, yet he was already calling him "Master"... But after all, the young master was still a master, and he couldn't be presumptuous, so he could only suppress his laughter.

Xiao Hongxuan: Su Peisheng is also constipated, just like his mother and the others (although he doesn't understand what constipation is at this moment, that's roughly what it means).

While suppressing his laughter, Su Peisheng did not forget his mission: to send the Fourth Prince back.

After the Fourth Prince refused to return despite his kind persuasion, he prepared to use force.

Su Peisheng bent down, preparing to pick him up and forcibly carry him away.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Hongxuan lay down on the ground and started throwing a tantrum, refusing to leave.

Su Peisheng was stunned. This was really the esteemed Fourth Prince. Why did he feel like he was seeing the village kids from his childhood?

Fourth Master was not far from Su Peisheng and Xiao Hongxuan. So, when he heard the commotion and Su Peisheng's inability to complete his mission, he couldn't help but come out to resolve the matter himself.

But when he came out and saw the scene before him, even the Fourth Master was stunned and dumbfounded.

After regaining his senses, Fourth Master flew into a rage: "Outrageous! Stand up!"

How could Xiao Hongxuan dare to disobey the Fourth Master's wishes? He immediately stood up.

But how could the Fourth Prince let him off so easily? He immediately reprimanded Xiao Hongxuan for his improper behavior, saying he had no manners whatsoever of a prince...

After being scolded, Xiao Hongxuan quickly became dejected, but when Fourth Master told him to go back, his dejection vanished instantly. His eyes widened, and he refused to compromise, saying, "No!"

The father and son stared at each other, neither willing to compromise.

In the end, Fourth Master was somewhat persuaded by Xiao Hongxuan's childish words—"I'm strong and healthy, and I never get sick except when I'm flowering"—and also because of the little guy's stubbornness and the good relationship between him and Honghui, Fourth Master gave in.

"Su Peisheng, take him there!"

There was a knock on the door of the First Prince's room where he was recuperating. The servants inside opened the door, and a small figure shot in like a cannonball.

As he approached the bedside, Xiao Hongxuan suddenly stopped and shouted, "Big Brother!"

"Fourth brother!" Honghui was overjoyed to see the small figure suddenly appear before him, but soon his expression changed drastically, and he frowned and shouted, "Fourth brother, get out!"

"Big brother!" Xiao Hongxuan was dumbfounded, feeling wronged, and his eyes even welled up with tears.