Upon hearing this, the Eighth Prince's handsome face instantly turned gloomy.
He lowered his head in silence, ignoring the Prince Zhi.
But Prince Zhi was still being sarcastic and sarcastic, and he couldn't take it anymore.
“Brother, we’ve grown up together since we were little. Watch your words in front of the Qianqing Palace,” said the Eighth Prince.
Prince Zhi raised an eyebrow: "Oh, finally losing your temper? I thought you were someone without a temper. We all grew up together. The Crown Prince treated you so well back then, and you still took advantage of him whenever you wanted. Don't try to intimidate me with the Qianqing Palace; I speak like this no matter where I am."
The Fourteenth Prince and Prince Zhi didn't spend enough time together; he had never even met Prince Zhi in person.
"Ninth Brother, does Eldest Brother always speak so directly?" Fourteenth Prince nudged Ninth Prince's arm and asked in a low voice.
The Ninth Prince's posture was so dashing and unrestrained, he was practically ready to pull out a fan and pretend to be a refined scholar.
“You just found out? Well, you were younger before, so you didn’t see your eldest and second brothers competing with each other much. Your eldest brother was the only one who dared to openly compete with your second brother, and although he always lost, his courage was commendable.” Ninth Prince explained to his younger brother.
Prince Zhi suddenly turned his head and glared at him: "You think I can't hear you, don't you?"
“Brother, we’re family, please be understanding. I’m just promoting your glorious and unyielding image from the past, and also broadening the horizons of my fourteenth brother.” Ninth Prince said with a grin.
"Whatever." Prince Zhi didn't argue with him; he wasn't wrong anyway.
Eighth Prince didn't expect that the tension between him and Prince Zhi would be so easily dispelled by his two younger brothers' witty banter.
He looked at Ninth Prince with a slight pang of heartache, and Ninth Prince shivered.
"Eighth Brother, don't look at me like that. When I was little, I was naive and you used me as a pawn many times. Now that I'm grown up, my memory is very good, and I won't make the same mistake twice," Ninth Prince said warily.
He was afraid that the Eighth Prince would pull him into reminiscing about the past, talking about the time when they were inseparable when they were young.
“Ninth Brother, you must have misunderstood. I have always regarded you as my own brother.” The Eighth Prince seemed very sad.
Ninth Prince rolled his eyes gracefully: "I have an older brother, and my mother's surname is Guoluo."
The obvious disdain made the Eighth Prince very embarrassed.
The Eighth Prince fell completely silent. He knew they all looked down on him. But what did it matter? One day they would all regret it.
"Prince Zhi, Eighth Prince, Ninth Prince, and Fourteenth Prince, His Majesty summons you to the palace." Wei Zhu ran out to announce, her eyes fixed straight ahead, not even glancing at the Eighth Prince.
The Eighth Prince's heart sank, and he had even worse expectations for the outcome of this trip.
That old eunuch Wei Zhu, no wonder he can't compare to Liang Jiugong. Just look at his treacherous attitude, he deserves to always have someone above him.
As soon as the Eighth Prince entered the hall, he met Kangxi's unpredictable gaze, and his legs went weak, causing him to kneel down on the ground with a thud.
“Father, your son is innocent,” said the Eighth Prince.
Kangxi ignored him and looked at his other three sons: "Why are the three of you gathered together today?"
Ninth Prince chuckled: "Just a chance encounter."
The Fourteenth Prince also boldly said, "When my son was strolling in the garden, he saw the Ninth Prince enter the palace, so he followed the Ninth Prince all the way."
The Prince of Zhi was the most straightforward. He glanced sideways at the Eighth Prince, who was kneeling on the ground like a white lotus flower: "My son came to watch the play."
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