The eldest prince was furious. He thought he and Kangxi had a secret that no one else had, but it turned out that it was not a secret at all, and it was just a set of excuses Kangxi used to deal with them.
"Let's go tell our second brother about this!"
The Fourth Prince felt that regardless of whether Kangxi was testing the Crown Prince or them, letting the Crown Prince know in advance would allow him to prepare a response and also prevent him from overthinking things, which could affect the relationship between the brothers.
“Alright, let’s go to Yuqing Palace together!” the eldest prince said.
When the three princes arrived at Yuqing Palace, they only saw He Xue.
"Brother Crown Prince has gone to Suo'etu's residence. Why don't you stay and wait for him, elder brothers?"
"Nothing much, we just stopped by on the way. Since the second prince isn't here, we'll be leaving now!" The eldest prince didn't want He Xue to know about these upsetting things, especially since He Xue was currently pregnant.
"Okay, I'll tell the Crown Prince when he comes back!" He Xue knew that the First Prince and the others must have something on their minds, but she didn't ask any further questions.
"He Xue, are those two women behaving themselves?" the Fourth Prince asked.
If the Fourth Prince hadn't mentioned it, He Xue would have almost forgotten about the existence of Lady Li Jia and Lady Cheng Jia.
"Fourth Brother, they're behaving themselves! Don't worry, Fourth Brother, I'll handle it!"
"Alright, if you can't handle it, go find Mother!" the Fourth Prince said worriedly.
“Okay, I understand!” He Xue replied.
After seeing the three princes off, Xue thought to herself, "Fourth Prince and the others also have concubines and princesses by their side, yet they don't want the Crown Prince to have other women by his side. That's such a double standard!"
However, Xue also knew that the reason why the Fourth Prince and the others cared so much about the Crown Prince's harem was because they cared about her.
"Let's go directly to Father Emperor! Let's find out what he's up to. We've been trying to figure him out, but we just can't get it out of him!" The eldest prince thought it was better to ask him directly than to keep trying to guess what Kangxi meant.
The Third Prince and the Fourth Prince exchanged glances and agreed with the First Prince's statement.
"Should we invite the others as well?" The Third Prince felt that since they were all brothers, they should share the hardships together, because he didn't think that going to see Kangxi this time would be a good thing.
"No need to call them, let's go and find out first!" The eldest prince shook his head, rejecting the third prince's suggestion. In case the emperor punishes them, they need to leave someone to plead for them!
So the three of them went together to the Qianqing Palace to see Emperor Kangxi.
Upon arriving at the Qianqing Palace, Liang Jiugong informed Emperor Kangxi that the three princes had arrived.
Emperor Kangxi was also curious about what the three of them had come together for, so he asked Liang Jiugong to call them in.
After the three princes paid their respects to Emperor Kangxi, he asked, "What brings the three of you here together?"
"Father, you asked me to copy the Classic of Filial Piety before. I have finished copying it and brought it here for you to see!" The eldest prince said, taking out a piece of paper from his bosom.
"Finished copying? Didn't I tell you to keep copying? How many times have you copied it?" Kangxi looked at the palm-sized piece of paper that the eldest prince had. Even if he copied it once, he couldn't fit it all in!
“One hundred and twenty times!” the eldest prince said.
Not only was Emperor Kangxi shocked, but the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince were also very shocked. Although it had been quite some time, based on their understanding of the First Prince, it was impossible for him to have copied so much!
"Bring it here, let me take a look!" Kangxi said to Liang Jiugong.
Liang Jiugong took the paper from the First Prince's hand and was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped to the ground. This was the First Prince's 120 repetitions?
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