Early in the morning, just after the Empress Dowager finished her breakfast, Yinti rushed in and, after exchanging greetings, sat down with a smile.
"What did Grandma eat this morning? I haven't had breakfast yet."
The Empress Dowager was astonished.
What's going on? Prince Zhi has already started coming to her palace for breakfast?
Su Ma La Gu, who was standing nearby, hurriedly ordered the palace servants to bring breakfast and said with concern, "It's not good for Prince Zhi's household to be without a mistress."
The Empress Dowager nodded in agreement, "Yes, this time we must choose a second wife for you. Speaking of a second wife, I have something to tell you."
Yinti chuckled, "Your grandson also has good news to tell you."
The Empress Dowager was taken aback. "Good news? What good news?"
It's rare for the eldest brother to come see her, especially so early in the morning, and he has such a beautiful face. Could it be that he's encountered a peach blossom?
As the old lady was thinking, she heard Yinti say, "I have found a suitable match for Hongyu, namely Hesheli Xiuya, the eldest granddaughter of Gerfen. Although she is a bit young, we can take advantage of this selection to settle the matter first, and it will not be too late to get married in a couple of years."
The Empress Dowager's expression darkened, and she immediately understood the purpose of Yinti's visit today.
Eating breakfast was a pretense; the real purpose was to ask for a marriage decree.
Perhaps they didn't come to ask for a marriage decree, but simply because they knew she was going to introduce a marriage prospect to Hongyu, so they came early in the morning.
Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager sneered, "Could it be that the eldest son waited outside the palace gates for most of the night, just waiting for the gates to open so he could rush in and tell me about this matter?"
Yinti chuckled and waited until the palace maids had set out breakfast before saying, "Grandma, you flatter me. I only learned of the news last night, and thinking it was a good thing, I came to pay my respects to Grandma this morning."
After saying that, Yinqi picked up his chopsticks and prepared to eat.
"I'm tired, you should go back now."
Yinti, who had just picked up a steamed bun with his chopsticks, secretly pursed his lips. He had long expected that the old lady would be unhappy, but he didn't expect her to be so honest.
Yinti stuffed a steamed bun into his mouth, stood up, and mumbled, "Grandson takes his leave." He then took a plate of steamed buns and left in a magnanimous manner.
The Empress Dowager stared wide-eyed at the scene. Only after Yinti's figure had completely disappeared from her sight did she turn her stiff neck to look at Su Ma La Gu, her face full of disbelief.
"Boss..."
Sumalagu swallowed hard, trying her best to find an excuse for Yinti in her mind.
"Perhaps Prince Zhi is used to being in the military camp, so..."
So, since I didn't get anything good from you, I just took a plate of steamed buns.
The Empress Dowager slammed her hand on the table. "Summon Consort Hui here."
"Immediately, right now, immediately!"
In the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Kangxi sat on his dragon throne, looking speechlessly at Yinti, who was sitting below him drinking tea.
He is still unaware of what happened at Shou Kang Palace, and the eldest brother ate the plate of steamed buns on the way here.
Thus, Kangxi saw his handsome eldest son sitting in the hall drinking tea with a roguish expression.
"My lord, I have already promised to grant you the marriage, why aren't you leaving yet?"
If the eldest brother can keep his job, that would be great; he can stay and help him review memorials.
But this kid can't do anything, and staying with him will only be an eyesore.
"Father, I miss you and want to see you more. You are busy, so I will not disturb you."
Emperor Kangxi was so angry that he rolled his eyes.
He understood the boy's purpose, of course: he wanted him to issue the imperial decree of marriage now, so that the old lady would not change her mind.
But he had to communicate with the Empress Dowager before issuing the decree, otherwise the old lady would lose too much face.
Kangxi was somewhat irritated. "I won't go back on my promise to you. Get out of here and stop getting in my way."
Yinti immediately put down his teacup, looked at Kangxi with a wronged and innocent expression, and even his eyes were about to well up with tears.
"Father, how could you be so cruel to your son? I've been fighting on the front lines for years, and whenever I hear others reminiscing about their fathers and mothers, all I see in my mind is your face. It's such a pity I couldn't be by your side to fulfill my filial duty. But now I've finally returned..."
"Shut up."
Emperor Kangxi had a headache.
What a fine kid! I don't know who he learned it from, but now he's so glib and slick.
"I will now issue an imperial decree to bestow the marriage upon you."
Faced with the choice between offending the Empress Dowager and letting himself go, Emperor Kangxi decisively chose the latter.
He was the emperor, and he wanted to live happily for a few more years.
If this kid doesn't leave soon, he's afraid he'll die of anger here today.
A moment later, Kangxi threw the written imperial edict to Yinti, saying, "Take this imperial edict and get out of here right now."
Yinqi opened the imperial edict, glanced at it, and left happily after confirming that there were no problems.
Kangxi watched his retreating figure and shouted at Liang Jiugong, "That little bastard actually checked the imperial edict before leaving! What did he mean by that? I am the emperor, would I lie to him?"
Liang Jiugong remained silent, tears welling in his eyes, and gestured with his eyes for him to hurry up and find His Highness the Crown Prince.
At this moment, as if he had heard Liang Jiugong's prayer, Yinreng strode in.
As soon as Kangxi saw him, he immediately complained, "Baocheng, that bastard of an elder brother actually came to provoke me first thing in the morning. Go and get him away, the farther the better."
Yinreng looked at Liang Jiugong, who immediately stepped forward and recounted what had happened that morning.
Yinreng listened quietly and smiled, "On the way here, I heard that Consort Hui was summoned to Shou Kang Palace early this morning by Imperial Grandmother and scolded. It is said that when she came out, she was pale and had tears in her eyes."
Emperor Kangxi was shocked when he heard this.
"The Empress Dowager has always been gentle and kind to the concubines in the harem. What's wrong with her today?" Kangxi said as he got up and walked out.
Consort Hui is an old woman, and being reprimanded like this by the Empress Dowager is bound to cause a stir. He cannot pretend not to know at this time.
As Kangxi reached the door, he suddenly turned to look at Yinreng and said, "Baocheng, come with me to Yanxi Palace."
Yinreng paused, looking at Kangxi in astonishment.
Father Emperor, your concubines may not want me to go.
"What are you waiting for? Let's go."
Emperor Kangxi kept urging him on, and Yinreng had no choice but to get up and go with him.
Yinreng knew in his heart that today's commotion was most likely related to his eldest son.
However, he was not quite clear about the matter of requesting a marriage decree, so he was even more surprised when he entered Yanxi Palace and saw the palace servants' trembling silence.
Consort Hui was always a kind person in the palace, and she was kind to the palace servants. It was rare to see the palace servants in Yanxi Palace behaving this way.
It seems that Consort Hui has suffered a great injustice, and she might be hiding in her bedchamber crying right now.
Yinreng was still pondering in his heart that it was very necessary for his father to comfort him at this time, and he seemed to be a bit superfluous.
Just as he was lost in thought, he heard a shrill female voice coming from inside the hall, a voice that shook the heavens.
"Go and bring that little bastard to the palace. I'm going to fight him to the death today."
Kangxi and Yinreng, who were about to step across the threshold, both stopped in their tracks.
This... is not quite what I expected, so I'm a little reluctant to go in.
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