"Your Majesty, our Empress has chosen a young lady from the Fucha family to be the twelfth consort, and she has sent me here to report this."
Emperor Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief; the marriage of his twelfth son was finally settled.
"Report to your mistress that I am also very pleased with the young princess from the Fucha family. You may go back now; I will visit later."
After bowing, Taozhi left without looking to the side, letting out a heavy snort as she passed the kneeling members of the Guoluo clan.
"What a piece of trash, acting like he's some kind of treasure."
The women of the Guoluo family wished they could bury their heads in the ground; they no longer dared to be as arrogant as they usually were.
Emperor Kangxi, who was inside the hall, finally spoke up: "Your Guoluo clan really produces a lot of talented people. One is Minglu, the other is Zhuoling. What kind of character do they have? It's a shame that they are still holding the title of legitimate daughters. Do you even deserve it?"
Consort Yi collapsed to the ground, seemingly anticipating what Kangxi was about to say, and looked at him with a mixture of fear and pleading.
"Hmph, issue my decree: Guo Luoluo is incompetent in educating her daughters. Order the Imperial Household Department to send three governesses to properly teach them. Furthermore, San Guanbao has failed in his duty of educating his daughters; he shall be fined three years' salary. All women of marriageable age shall be trained for three years before being allowed to marry."
All the Guo Luo family members, both inside and outside the hall, trembled and kowtowed in gratitude for the Emperor's grace.
Finally, Kangxi glanced at Zhuo Ling, whose face was blank with shock, and said, "As for you... since Guo Luoluo is not good at raising children, then let her stay in the palace to be raised. Liang Jiugong, send her to Cining Palace to be raised by Su Ma La Gu, and send her back to her residence after three years."
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhuo Ling froze for a moment before frantically kowtowing, "Your Majesty, please forgive me this time! Aunt, save me... Aunt, save me..."
Consort Yi collapsed to the ground, her face instantly looking haggard.
The daughter of the Guo Luo Luo family is finished. The emperor's decree clearly tells everyone that the daughter of the Guo Luo Luo family has problems with her upbringing.
In a short time, the families that had already been engaged to the Guo Luo Luo family began to cancel their engagements for various reasons, and the families that had been engaged disappeared without a trace.
This incident caused quite a stir in the capital. With the Nalan family's instigation, not only did the women of the Guoluo family have a hard time, but the men also encountered setbacks everywhere they went in their endeavors.
He suffered many injustices in officialdom, and even though Emperor Kangxi noticed something amiss, he said nothing.
Meanwhile, in the prince's quarters.
Yin Tao was sitting with Hong Yu drinking tea when Hong Xi, who arrived late, joined them.
"Twelfth Uncle, I heard your future wife is very beautiful," Hongxi said jokingly.
After that incident, Emperor Kangxi and Consort Yi sent many valuable gifts to the young princess of the Fucha family to make amends to Yin Tao.
Even the Guo Luo Luo family sent a generous gift, nearly a whole load of dowry, hoping that the other party would take their sincerity into consideration and not hold their unworthy descendants' misdeeds against them.
Yin Tao wasn't angry when his nephew teased him; a blush crept across his face. "She is very much so. I took a liking to her at the flower viewing party that day, and I didn't expect Mother to feel the same way."
Hongyu felt this was the best possible ending, but he couldn't help but complain when he thought about Zhuo Ling's crazy actions.
"The Fucha family is no less than the Guoluo family. I heard that Aunt Twelfth is beautiful and virtuous, and is quite favored at home."
Yin Tao scratched his head sheepishly before saying, "She is quite nice, but I feel very bad for causing trouble for my two nephews at the flower viewing banquet that day."
Hongyu and Hongxi exchanged a glance and then hurriedly waved their hands, "Uncle Twelfth, we are the ones who should apologize."
Yin Tao waved his hand, "We were all victims in that matter, so let's not bring it up again. After all, we have such a good relationship with Fifth Brother and Ninth Brother, we can't make things difficult for them."
"Yes, Uncle Wu and Uncle Jiu gave us a lot of gifts after that incident, so the matter was completely over."
The three uncles and nephews chatted happily, from the current situation of the Guo Luoluo family to the joys and sorrows of Yin Tao's official duties.
"I don't know much about court affairs, but how are you two doing at the palace academy? I heard that Hongyu and the Fourteenth Prince don't get along very well?"
Yinzhen was released from confinement two years ago and continued his studies.
Because Yinzhen and Hongyu were of similar age, they studied in the same class.
Everyone got along fairly well in literature classes, but things went completely wrong in martial arts classes.
Yinzhen would always use his status to challenge Hongyu to wrestling matches or other contests. If Hongyu won, Yinzhen would say that he was the uncle and it was only right for him to let his nephew win.
If Yinzhen wins, he will clamor that Hongyu didn't work hard enough, that he's a disgrace to be the son of the Prince of Zhi, and that he's nothing special.
This matter caused quite a stir in the palace school, but Hongyu never complained, so neither His Highness the Crown Prince nor Emperor Kangxi knew about it.
Although Hongxi was also studying at the palace school, he was not in the same class as them, so he only recently heard about this.
"Brother, Uncle Fourteen is clearly looking for trouble. You should give him a good beating." Hongxi was very angry.
Thinking back to when they were little, they wanted to hug them and jump into the lake, and now they wish they could kick them into the lake instead.
Hongyu, however, remained composed and waved his hand dismissively, saying, "He is, after all, my uncle. If I were to take action, it would give others cause for gossip. Let him be arrogant; in time, someone will take care of him."
And that day soon arrived.
During the martial arts class that day, the master had everyone practice wrestling.
Yinzhen chose Hongyu again without any surprise.
Hongyu's psychological principle is to strive for victory while ensuring that he is not hurt by the opponent, and also to avoid hurting the opponent.
But Yinzhen showed no mercy. This time, he pounced on Hongyu like a madman, as if he wanted to tear him to pieces.
After a couple of rounds, Hongyu realized something was wrong. "Fourteenth Uncle, I'm not feeling well today, so I'll concede."
After saying this, she bowed to Yinzhen and was about to leave when Yinzhen grabbed her from behind and threw her to the ground.
The martial arts instructor was terrified when he saw this and quickly led his men to separate the two.
"Fourteenth Prince, what you are doing is not allowed." The martial arts instructor was not a fool. He knew perfectly well how to choose between a favored prince and an unfavored prince.
Yinzhen didn't take his words seriously at all and shoved him aside. "Get out of my way! Who do you think you are to stop me? We fight to the death on the battlefield. Do you think I care whether you're attacking me from behind or not?"
Upon hearing the news, Hongxi rushed over and said, "But this is not a battlefield. It is beneath your dignity for Fourteenth Uncle to launch such a sneak attack."
Yinti originally wanted to take advantage of Hongyu's fall to the ground to kick him again, but Hongxi rushed over too fast, so fast that he didn't have time to stop his foot and kicked out directly.
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