The Crown Prince helped He Xue sit down, then said to the eldest prince, "Elder brother, in a little while, you will personally take the fifteenth prince to Father Emperor and tell him what just happened!"
The Crown Prince was worried that if this matter were used by someone with ulterior motives, even though it was just a joke by the Fifteenth Prince, if it was said too many times, Kangxi would inevitably become suspicious.
"Alright! I understand!" The eldest prince also understood the crown prince's meaning. If Emperor Kangxi was not in his right mind and really thought that he had something going on with the concubines in the harem, his lifelong reputation would be ruined.
The eldest prince brought the fifteenth prince to the Qianqing Palace.
When Emperor Kangxi heard that the First Prince had brought the Fifteenth Prince with him, he was quite surprised. He knew that the First Prince and the others had gone to Yuqing Palace today. Why was the First Prince bringing the Fifteenth Prince to see him? Had the Fifteenth Prince gotten into trouble?
Kangxi then immediately summoned the eldest prince and the fifteenth prince.
"Father, you should take good care of your son and stop claiming him as your father everywhere!" The eldest prince retorted to Kangxi.
Emperor Kangxi was completely confused. "What's going on? Explain yourself clearly!"
So the eldest prince vividly recounted to Emperor Kangxi everything the fifteenth prince had done in Yuqing Palace.
Upon hearing this, Kangxi burst into laughter and looked at the Fifteenth Prince, asking, "How am I not your father anymore?"
The Fifteenth Prince kept his head down, neither looking at Kangxi nor speaking.
“He said you’re too old!” the eldest prince said on behalf of the fifteenth prince.
A slight crack appeared on Kangxi's face. Was he old?
Seeing Kangxi's appearance, the eldest prince, unusually, spoke up to comfort him, "Father, you are not old at all. I believe you can still give me a few more younger brothers and sisters."
Kangxi gave a cold "snort" and looked at the eldest prince, pointing behind him, "Do you see what that is?"
"The door!" the eldest prince exclaimed.
"Get out of here right now!" Kangxi said.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I take my leave!" The eldest prince bowed and left immediately, ignoring the fifteenth prince.
Looking at the bewildered fifteenth prince, Kangxi said, "The debts of children must be repaid in this life!"
Emperor Kangxi sighed helplessly, thinking that the child was still young and spoke without thinking, so he did not blame him.
"Fifteen, you can't say such things so casually anymore!" Kangxi earnestly instructed.
The Fifteenth Prince nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
Then Kangxi personally escorted the Fifteenth Prince to Consort Mi's palace.
That day, He Xue was watching Xia Bing and Qing Dai sort through the things they had received in the past few days. Almost everyone in the palace had sent her a congratulatory gift after learning of her pregnancy.
She had Xia Bing and Qing Dai register these items, and then find a spare room specifically for them, since Xue wouldn't use them.
She's read a lot of palace intrigue novels, and nobody knows what's mixed in with them. She doesn't want any accidents to happen.
Suddenly, Xue was drawn to a splash of red. "Xia Bing, open that and take a look!"
Xia Bing followed the direction He Xue pointed and found a box. Inside was a string of red beads, the color of which was exceptionally bright.
"Your Highness, these are red jade fragrant beads sent by the Ninth Princess!" Xia Bing said.
Looking at the string of red jade beads, Xue thought, "Isn't this the same musk beads that Yixiu gave to Gua Liu in 'The Legend of Zhen Huan'?"
Are these beads really musk beads? And they were sent by the Ninth Princess, so Xue couldn't help but wonder.
"Qingdai, go to the Imperial Hospital and fetch Physician Liu!" He Xue said.
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