Chapter 351: The Fourth Master: The Emperor Wants to See Jiuer
Prince Zhi looked at his hands in disbelief: "I knocked the fourth brother off the stage with just one punch?"
He practiced for a while, and it was so obvious?
"That's right! Big brother, come on, punch my chest!" said the Tenth Master excitedly. He couldn't wait to feel the strength of his big brother.
Prince Zhi felt something was wrong and looked at his hands in a daze.
"Oh, Boss, you're right too. How could you just knock the Fourth Master down like that? The Emperor personally appointed the Fourth Master to teach the princes their lessons."
Concubine Hui looked at Concubine De with a rather embarrassed look on her face: "Sister Concubine De, please don't be angry. The eldest brother is a straightforward person. I'm afraid he didn't expect that the Fourth Master would be so tolerant of a beating."
Concubine Hui was originally somewhat dissatisfied with Emperor Kangxi's assignment of the Fourth Prince to test the princes' lessons. Her own son was born strong and sturdy, so how could he compare to the skinny Fourth Prince?
Even the Crown Prince couldn't beat his son. As the eldest son, he should be the one to test and teach his lessons. With the fourth son looking like this, it would be embarrassing for him to get involved.
Just two days ago, Concubine De was showing off in front of him, but now, she has been slapped in the face, right?
"Sister Huifei is exaggerating. Victory and defeat are common in the military." Defei said this with a cold face.
Concubine Hui suddenly smiled. "Yes, yes, sister Defei is right. That's exactly what she said. Speaking of which, our Fourth Prince is still quite young, and this is his first time. I'll ask the eldest prince to give him some pointers. After a few more years of practice, he should be able to achieve the same level of skill as the eldest prince."
Concubine Hui felt that Concubine De looked better today than before, and she was very displeased.
At such an old age, she still uses seductive tactics to seduce the emperor. How dare she do that!
No wonder the Emperor went to the harem a few days ago and chose to go to her courtyard! It turned out that at her age, she was still imitating those young concubines and was not ashamed.
Of the four concubines, Concubine De had the lowest family background and could barely read. How could she have deserved to be on the same level as the others?
"Sister Huifei, everyone has their own expertise. The fourth son usually focuses on writing." Defei said with a grim face.
"Oh, sister Defei is right. The Third Master's calligraphy is one of the best among the princes. His paintings and calligraphy were praised by His Majesty some time ago. The Fourth Master should learn from the Third Master." Concubine Hui said with a smile.
Defei could hardly maintain her composure. Was this Huifei saying that her fourth son was neither good at literature nor at martial arts?
But I couldn't refute what he said. I felt like I had a breath stuck in my chest, unable to move it up or down.
"Sister Huifei, you're being too modest," Rongfei listened and chuckled softly, saying, "The Third Master is a bookworm. Actually, it's hard for him to compete. Look, he just competed with the Fourth Master and got injured."
"Oh my," Concubine Hui said in surprise, "That child usually takes such good care of his face, how could he be injured like this? Sister Defei, you should also give the Fourth Master some advice."
Concubine De's hands were shaking because of their sarcastic remarks. To be honest, these high-ranking concubines had always been careless in getting close to her, and she had heard a lot of such sarcastic remarks over the years. But now there were a bunch of juniors around her. Where would she put her face in the future?
"Oh, why is Fourth Master here?" Concubine Yi acted as if she didn't hear the two people ridiculing Concubine De just now, and just spoke to the Fourth Master with a smile: "Winning and losing are common, Fourth Master, don't take it to heart." Concubine Yi did give some advice.
Because Lao Jiu had been getting closer to the Fourth Master recently and had told her a lot of things about the Fourth Master's house, and she had also eaten two extremely delicious meals of spicy hot pot with him, Concubine Yi became more amiable than she had in a long time.
"Thank you, Concubine Yi." The Fourth Master clasped his fists and bowed, then he greeted Concubine Tongde: "Greetings, Mother."
Then he turned around and said, "Greetings to Mother Hui and Mother Rong."
When Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong saw the Fourth Master, they couldn't bring themselves to say something unpleasant. They didn't know when this Fourth Master had such an aura! Although he didn't look as strong as the Prince of Zhi, he was actually more powerful than him. At first glance, he was not to be underestimated.
The Fourth Master had no intention of speaking to the two of them. He simply said to Concubine De, "Mother, the Emperor heard earlier that Jiu'er had entered the palace and wanted to see her. I want to bring her over to pay my respects."
Defei was originally a little angry with the Fourth Master. You said you can't beat him, so just say you can't beat him. Why are you running away? You'll make others laugh at you!
Seeing her tall son talking to her in a friendly manner for the first time in a long time, she couldn't even bring herself to scold him.
Finally, De Fei said stiffly, "Go ahead." She subconsciously glanced towards the area above Emperor Kangxi, who was currently talking to the Empress Dowager above. She didn't look at them.
He turned back and told Wen Jiu: "Jiu'er, remember the rules and don't go beyond them."
"Yes," Wenjiu responded immediately, and then walked obediently behind the Fourth Master with his brows lowered and his eyes closed.
"Mother, do you have any other instructions?" The Fourth Master glanced at Wen Jiu and felt relieved.
"The Fourth Master and Concubine De are too polite in their words. The same goes for Concubine De. Why doesn't she show any concern? We are all family, so it's okay to relax a little." Concubine Hui slowly inserted another thorn into Concubine De's heart.
They are all old people in the palace, who doesn’t know who?
The biggest obstacle in Concubine De's heart was probably that she sent her son to be raised by Empress Tong when he was young?
In the past, when the Fourth Master was younger, he was very close to Empress Tong.
When Concubine De heard this, her face turned extremely ugly.
Looking at this from behind, Ulanara felt secretly pleased. She thought that Concubine Hui could really handle her mother-in-law's temper. In fact, she could have gone up to say a few words to help her, but she hadn't seen enough.
"That's right. Take the third brother for example. He's so old, but he still comes to me to act like a spoiled child and asks for a few business cards before leaving." Rong Fei said after she came back to her senses.
"The boss is the same. Yesterday he said that the snacks here are the best and he brought two plates back." Concubine Hui said.
Wenjiu saw Concubine De standing stiffly alone, and saw that the Fourth Master had no expression on his face. At this moment, Wenjiu deeply realized that these two were really mother and son.
The way they treat people is exactly the same!
She immediately smiled and said, "My Lord, the Empress loves you so much that she's naturally reluctant to give you any orders. Just now in Yonghe Palace, the Empress said that the food you send every day is very appetizing, but you shouldn't tire yourself out. Just send it every few days. The Empress knows how filial you are. She also said, 'You should think more about your own health. Just tell the Empress if you want anything. The other princes also ask the Empress for things, so don't just focus on being filial.'"
After hearing this, both Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong looked unhappy.
My own son asks for things all day long, while other people’s sons give things to me all day long. How can I be happy?
The Fourth Master was stunned when he heard the words, and subconsciously looked towards Concubine De, then he clasped his fists and said, "Mother, your son has everything he needs."
After thinking for a while, he added: "Mother likes to eat it. I'll ask Jiu'er to make some for you in the future. Her food tastes good."
De Fei was stunned for a moment, then her tense expression relaxed a little. She glared at Wen Jiu and said, "Alright, you should all go and pay your respects to the Emperor. Don't be late."
"Yes," the Fourth Master replied, and after packing his luggage, he wanted to leave.
"Fourth Master, are you leaving now? Actually, I still have a few heartfelt words to say to you," Concubine Hui continued sincerely, "This is something I shouldn't be saying, but, Fourth Master, your mother is right. You really shouldn't be focusing on these trivial matters. You should focus on practicing your horseback riding and archery."
The Fourth Master was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then said, "Write to Huimu's instructions. Yinzhen will learn from them."
Having said this, he wanted to take the warm wine away.
Seeing the Fourth Master's careless look, Concubine Hui beside him added, "Fourth Master, if you have difficulty making progress in riding and shooting, you can go and ask the Prince of Zhi for advice. I'm sure your elder brother will give you serious guidance."
The Fourth Master tilted his head and continued, "Yinzhen understands."
Concubine Hui curled her lips in satisfaction, looked at Concubine De, whose expression was unsightly, and said sarcastically: "Well, as long as you work hard, you can always catch up with your elder brother..."
bump!
Just as he finished speaking, a dull sound was heard. Everyone turned around subconsciously and saw a person being thrown out of the martial arts field.
"This...how is it possible?" Prince Zhi crawled out of the mud and looked at the Tenth Master on the field with disbelief on his face.
The Tenth Master was also confused: "Brother, are you giving in to me? Do you look down on me?" The Tenth Master frowned deeply and stared at his elder brother with big eyes.
The eldest brother defeated the fourth brother, how could he be defeated by himself?
Prince Zhi didn't believe it either, so he flew up to the martial arts arena again. This time he was well prepared and played against the Tenth Master with full concentration, but he still couldn't hold out for long before he was knocked off the stage.
Prince Zhi was completely stunned: "How could this happen? How did you suddenly become so strong? How old are you?!"
Before, when he saw the fourth brother defeating the third, fifth, ninth, tenth and thirteenth brothers in a group, he thought that these brothers were not practicing hard enough. Now, he couldn't even beat the tenth brother?
"Impossible, this is impossible!"
Everyone around was stunned when they saw this dramatic scene on the field.
What does this mean?
The Fourth Master won against five people at once, but he couldn't beat the Prince of Zhi. The Prince of Zhi, in turn, lost to the Tenth Master, who was defeated by the Fourth Master. So, who is more powerful?
The Tenth Master's eyes became brighter at this moment, and the next second, his fist went straight towards the Fourth Master.
"Fourth brother, let's play again. I may not lose!"
As the Tenth Master spoke, the spear was already approaching the Fourth Master.
The Fourth Master dodged sideways reflexively and quickly moved forward. With a bang, the Tenth Master fell to the ground like a meat bomb, and dust rose up.
For a moment, there was complete silence all around.
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