Chapter 145: Outside the Yongjun Palace. As soon as he entered...
Outside the palace.
As soon as he got on the carriage, Qi Buchen dived into Yinzhen's arms like a young swallow. "Do you know what you just did?"
Yinzhen also hugged her gently and laughed, "I don't have Alzheimer's, how could I not remember what I just did?"
"No regrets?" Qi Buchen looked at him steadily.
Yinzhen's eyes were as gentle as water, and he said gently, "No regrets."
The next moment, Qi Buchen rushed over and blocked his mouth.
Yinzhen's pupils suddenly shrank. While carefully supporting the person, he glanced at Lan Hui and Rui Xiang who were serving him in the carriage.
The two little girls had already fallen to the ground, wishing they could become deaf and blind immediately.
Although he had never been so affectionate in front of servants before, Yinzhen did not want to push away the extremely bold wife at this moment. After seeing the servants sensibly retreat, he closed his eyes and enjoyed the wife's enthusiasm, his palms slowly stroking the wife's back.
After a long time, Qi Buchen gasped and let go of Yinzhen.
Yinzhen seemed to be at ease, patting her back to help her relax: "Are you not tired?"
The lazy voice made the two inexperienced maids blush.
Qi Buchen glared at him shyly, as if he made her sound useless, but she at least remembered that there was someone else in the carriage, so she just pinched Yinzhen secretly.
However, that little bit of strength seemed more like he was acting coquettishly than venting his anger. At least the smile on Yinzhen's face didn't change at all.
Qi Buchen leaned against Yinzhen's chest and asked worriedly, "Will the Emperor... ignore you?"
After Yinzhen finished speaking, Kangxi did not say anything else. He simply asked the two of them to leave without mentioning any rewards.
"No." Yinzhen played with her chubby hand, reassuring her. "Cowpox treatment benefits the people. How can my personal affairs be compared to that? Besides, the Emperor doesn't really care about us brothers. Look, my eldest brother hasn't had any children since my eldest sister-in-law passed away. He's only had Hongyu for all these years. Has the Emperor ever said anything? And the eighth brother, hasn't he been staying with Guo Luoluo all these years, and the Emperor hasn't even asked a question."
Speaking of Yinzhen, Qi Buchen was really surprised. She was worried about the children of the first wife at first, but since the first wife passed away, Yinzhen has been acting like a rare loving father and has spoiled the children to the sky.
Over the past four years, the Prince of Zhi's Mansion has only had five children born to the first wife. Not to mention sons, there has not even been a daughter.
This made Qi Buchen's favor towards Yinzhen higher than ever before.
Although he heard not long ago that a concubine in the Prince of Zhi's Mansion was pregnant, to be honest, Qi Buchen did not think that Yinzhen's golden body was broken because of this. Even in modern times, there are countless people who gave birth to children with new wives immediately after their wives died. It was enough for Yinzhen to be able to keep his wife together for four years.
Besides, he has never portrayed himself as a sentimental person.
As for Yinsi, it was true that he had been solely devoted to Guo Luoluo for all those years. This had become something of a legend in the capital: brothers, living side by side, would each be devoted to only one of their wives. It was unknown where this started, but many women believed that the street they lived on had good feng shui, and that living there would ensure a harmonious marriage.
The houses on their street were once fought over, and the wives of the ladies all urged their husbands to move in.
The momentum has only died down recently, and the reason is very realistic. Qi Buchen had been having sex for three years before she got pregnant, and there has been no news from Guo Luoluo until now.
Wouldn't this make many people retreat? Compared with offspring, what is a man?
Ever since Qi Buchen became pregnant again, Baya has come to her house more often, and her attitude has become softer each time, just wanting her to give her a secret recipe for having a baby.
Although Qi Buchen didn't like her very much, he didn't try to manipulate her in this regard. The first time he visited her, he told her truthfully some things he knew that could help her get pregnant. But Qi Buchen was very stubborn and refused to believe that she didn't take the medicine. She thought that Qi Buchen was hiding a secret recipe for having a baby and refused to give it to her.
Qi Buchen was speechless. It was impossible to reason with her. She just stubbornly believed what she wanted to believe. What could anyone do?
Fortunately, after Yinzhen came back, he stopped her twice and she stopped coming to his house.
When they met in the palace this time, and Baya heard that she was pregnant with twins, she looked as if she wanted to eat her up, and she was not in a good mood the whole time, but Qi Buchen didn't care.
Anyway, even if Yinzhen and Yinsi were not political enemies, their personalities meant that they would not have any deep brotherly love, so there was no need for her to have a good relationship with Baya.
"I hope so." Qi Buchen couldn't completely let go of his worried heart.
Fortunately, Kangxi still had a conscience and did not let her worry for too long. On the last day of his longevity festival, Kangxi announced in court that Yinzhen would be promoted to a prince and given the title of Yong.
Moreover, Yinzhen was not asked to go through the procedure of requesting the title of Princess of a County. He directly stated that Qi Buchen was the Princess of a County and that he had not forgotten Honghui, so he made Honghui the Crown Prince.
The whole family is complete.
Yinzhen and Honghui received the imperial edict and expressed their gratitude. Kangxi then called Honghui, the newly crowned Prince of Yong, and asked him, "How many characters does Honghui know now?"
Honghui still didn't quite understand the change in his status, but his family had already taught him how to face Kangxi, so he honestly said, "Your Majesty, Honghui can't read yet."
"Oh?" Kangxi glanced at Yinzhen, "Honghui doesn't want to learn to read?"
"No." Honghui shook his head. "Mother said I'm still young. Children should have fun and learn to read. There will be plenty of time in the future."
Kangxi glanced at Yinzhen again and patted Honghui's head: "Go find your father."
Yinzhen sent Honghui to the circle with the emperor's grandchildren before returning to his own seat. Yinzhi came up to him and said, "I didn't expect Fourth Brother to be such a kind father. I can't compare to Fourth Brother. Hongqing has to do red tracing every day now. Your Third Sister-in-law complains to me every day, saying that Hongqing's wrists are swollen. But I can't do anything. He has many brothers, and he will have to rely on himself in the future. Unlike your Honghui, he is an only child."
Yinzhen curled his lips and said, "Third Prince is wrong. This prince's wife is pregnant with twins now."
Yinzhi's face immediately darkened. What the hell is this Fourth Brother? He only became a prince because of his efforts, but this prince has already used all his strength? Isn't he afraid of getting his tongue blown away by the wind?
"Although they are twins, I advise you not to hold out too much hope. What if they are both girls?" Yinzhi said sarcastically, "Oh, I forgot. Even if they are girls, you don't have any. I guess you will be happy when the time comes."
"Of course, regardless of gender, they are my children, and I should be happy." Yinzhen said bluntly, "What does it matter if I have many children? What matters is that I raise them alive."
The blow was extremely cruel. So far, Yinzhi has lost three sons and one daughter.
Yinzhi's fingers, gripping the cup, turned white, his eyes sharp as a knife: "I advise you to be more virtuous for the sake of your unborn child."
"I would also like to say this to the Third Prince." Yinzhen didn't even raise his eyelids. If Yinzhi hadn't flirted with him again and again, he wouldn't have bothered to pay any attention.
The two parted on bad terms, but unlike the previous day, this time there was an endless stream of people coming to congratulate Yinzhen.
Yinzhi sat very close to him, which made the two of them look even more desolate. The second half of the meeting ended with Yinzhi drinking alone.
Yinzhen was unable to pick up Qi Buchen as he was drunk and was escorted all the way to a carriage outside the palace.
Although Qi Buchen was following behind, he also received the order from Kangxi halfway. He guessed that Yinzhen could not escape being forced to drink, so he did not expect him to come to pick him up and left the palace on his own.
As soon as she got into the carriage, Yinzhen came over and hugged her: "Fujin... No, it's the princess, princess~"
Qi Buchen covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief. She couldn't stand the smell now. "How much did you drink?" she pushed him again. "Go sit over there. I feel like vomiting."
Yinzhen frowned and pouted: "You despise me!"
"Be good, don't make trouble." Qi Buchen comforted the drunk man who was about the same age as Honghui, "I can't stand the smell of alcohol because I'm pregnant. It's not that I dislike you."
Honghui sat on the side and watched curiously. He had never seen his father in such a posture before. It was a bit... well, a bit unbearable to watch.
"Father, shame on you." Honghui shaved his face. "You're so old, and you still need your mother to coax you."
The child's voice finally sobered Yinzhen up a little. He stopped leaning on Qi Buchen and sat upright.
Qi Buchen smiled secretly, wondering if this person would die on the spot when he woke up and remembered what happened.
Qi Buchen, who was looking forward to seeing a famous scene, was disappointed. When Yinzhen woke up the next day, he acted as if nothing had happened and remained calm.
After the Wanshou Festival, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Works came to the door and wanted to change some of the regulations of the Fourth Beile's Mansion to the specifications of a Prince's Mansion. Taking into account that Qi Buchen was pregnant and could not stand the noise, Yinzhen postponed the change to next year.
Only the plaque in front of the gate was changed.
The plaque of Prince Yong's Mansion was hung high, and Yinzhen stood below, feeling quite proud and satisfied.
Honghui stood beside his legs, looking at the plaque in curiosity: "Father, what's written on it? Huh?"
Yinzhen: "..." He bent down and picked up his son, "Come on, father will teach you how to read."
"Ah?" Honghui was somewhat reluctant. "But mother said that we can't teach our son to read until he's six years old."
"What your mother says doesn't count!" Prince Yong not only got promoted, but also became bolder. Is he ready to ride on the head of Concubine Fujin?
Qi Buchen, whose words were not final, said: "...If you want to teach me, start with the simple strokes. Just teach me a few a day. Don't use the palace rules right from the start."
"This king doesn't know this yet?" Yinzhen was a little dissatisfied.
"..." Qi Buchen laughed, "Yes, yes, I was wrong. Your Highness understands best."
Recently, Yinzhen didn't know what he had taken wrong with the medicine. He was so arrogant in front of her, but Qi Buchen was willing to go along with him and coax him. After all, when she was sick during pregnancy, she also made Yinzhen suffer a lot.
"I heard that both uncles are ill. Do you think you should prepare some gifts and visit them in the next two days?" Qi Buchen talked about business.
Yinzhen's expression was somewhat serious: "Don't worry about this matter, I will take care of it."
Qi Buchen saw that his reaction was a little strange: "What? Is there a problem?"
Fuquan and Changning are not young anymore, and the weather has been hot recently, so it is common for them to get sick. What's wrong? Does Yinzhen's expression look a little off?
"It's okay." Yinzhen patted her hand, "Just take good care of your baby and don't worry about what's going on outside."
Qi Buchen was fine after hearing this, because now he had the cowpox virus to protect him, so his family would not be implicated.
Qi Buchen was concentrating on taking care of the baby, but the situation outside was changing rapidly, catching everyone off guard.
Soetu was detained!
Qi Buchen was eating fruit when she heard the news. She was so shocked that her eyes widened and her mouth opened wide, and the unchewed fruit rolled out of her mouth.
Lan Hui quickly took a handkerchief and wiped her: "Fujin, are you okay?"
"It's okay." Qi Buchen came back to his senses, took the handkerchief and snored twice, then stared at Sun Liangping and asked, "Is the news confirmed?"
"It's confirmed!" Sun Liangping said, "Many people saw with their own eyes that Lord Suo was taken to the clan residence."
The Imperial Clan House? Qi Buchen was puzzled. "What? Do you know the reason?"
Sun Liangping shook his head: "I haven't heard any news."
"Where is the prince?" Qi Buchen asked, holding a handkerchief.
Sun Liangping replied, "The prince has not returned from Master Gu's residence yet."
Qi Buchen remembered that he learned yesterday that Gu Badai was also ill, so Yinzhen said he would visit him today.
"Go and find out more information."
After sending Sun Liangping away, Qi Buchen sat in the house feeling a little uneasy. She knew that the crown prince had been deposed and reinstated twice in history, but she could not remember the exact time.
Is this the time when he was deposed? It shouldn't be like this. Kangxi and the crown prince even showed their deep affection for each other during the Wanshou Festival. It doesn't make sense to do it so suddenly.
But Suo Etu was detained! He was the face of the Prince Party! What did his detention mean? Could Kangxi not have known this?
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