Seeing that the Crown Prince and the others had come down, He Xue knew that everything should be alright.
She led the Tenth Prince aside, saying, "Little Tenth, you can't be so impulsive next time. If it weren't for your brother, the Crown Prince, you would have gotten hurt!"
“Exactly, you’d be nothing more than a punching bag!” the Ninth Prince chimed in from the side.
“Tenth Brother was just worried about Eldest Brother, which is understandable, but you can’t do this again next time!” Eighth Prince said.
He Xue rolled her eyes inwardly. The Eighth Prince was giving a concluding speech, but the good guy had become the Eighth Prince!
The Tenth Prince kept his head down and remained silent.
He Xue thought her words had been too harsh, "Xiao Shi..."
"Sister, don't worry, I will definitely practice martial arts with my elder brother from now on. I also want to become a Baturu of the Qing Dynasty!" the Tenth Prince said, clenching his fist.
"Okay, I believe you, sister!" He Xue patted the Tenth Prince's shiny forehead.
"Ninth Brother, do you want to practice martial arts with me?" the Tenth Prince asked the Ninth Prince.
"No, that's not my ambition. I want to be the richest man in the Qing Dynasty!" The Ninth Prince refused. He still needed to earn money, and practicing martial arts would interfere with his money-making.
"Alright then, don't worry, Ninth Brother, I will protect you from now on!" the Tenth Prince said, looking at the Ninth Prince's thin appearance.
"Okay, that's enough. It wasn't for nothing that Ninth Brother took all the blame for you!"
"Ninth Brother, I'm always the one who takes the blame for you!" the Tenth Prince protested.
"Oh dear, do we brothers need to distinguish between you and me?" Ninth Prince said, putting his arm around Tenth Prince's shoulder.
The Tenth Prince wanted to say, "We still have to divide it!" But before he could open his mouth, the Ninth Prince covered his mouth.
At this moment, the Crown Prince and his entourage also came over.
The eldest prince approached the tenth prince and said, "Tenth prince, not bad, worthy of being my brother!"
"Brother, I want to be a Baturu of the Qing Dynasty like you in the future!" the Tenth Prince said.
"Good, that's ambitious! From now on, your elder brother will train you together!" the eldest prince said.
"I want to come too!" the Fifth Prince said in broken Chinese from the side.
Because the Fifth Prince was raised by the Empress Dowager, he was not very fluent in Chinese.
"Alright, alright! Let's all practice together!" the eldest prince replied, finally finding a like-minded younger brother. Before, no one had accompanied him in practicing martial arts.
Although the second son was decent in martial arts, he was the crown prince and didn't have much time to train with him. As for the third and fourth sons, they were no match for him at all. He had to fight them carefully, afraid of breaking them apart.
Unexpectedly, his younger brothers shared the same ambitions. He had overlooked this before. It seems that having so many brothers wasn't useless after all. The Emperor should have had more so that he could form a brotherly army and lead his brothers into battle. Just thinking about it makes him feel so powerful.
The imperial concubine selection is coming soon, and he wants to tell his mother to try to select more concubines for his father, the emperor, so that they can give him more younger brothers.
When He Xue saw the Seventh Prince beside her glance at the First Prince, his eyes dimmed again.
He Xue knew that the Seventh Prince was like this because of his leg problems, and that was probably why even Emperor Kangxi didn't value the Seventh Prince.
Because of his leg disability, the Seventh Prince was directly excluded from the line of succession to the throne. He himself understood this and became cautious, careful, and law-abiding, which is why he was able to become one of the few brothers of Emperor Yongzheng who died peacefully.
Although the Seventh Prince had a disability since childhood, he was determined and hardworking. He practiced riding and archery, and Emperor Kangxi saw his efforts.
He once led the Bordered Yellow Banner camp to fight against Galdan with Emperor Kangxi and made great contributions. Emperor Kangxi promoted him to Beile, and his mother, Consort Cheng, was also promoted to Imperial Concubine because of her son's status.
However, the Seventh Prince is still just a child, and the strange looks from those around him still make him feel inferior.
"Seventh Prince, aren't you going to practice martial arts with the eldest brother and the others?" He Xue came to the Seventh Prince.
The Seventh Prince said with a wry smile, "He Xue Gege, do you think I'm capable of this?"
The Seventh Prince knew He Xue; he had encountered her several times when he went to pay his respects to Consort Tongjia.
"Seventh Prince, you can just call me and Xue. There's no rule saying you can't go when Seventh Prince practices riding and archery!"
"You don't understand!" The Seventh Prince felt that a pampered girl like Xue could not understand his pain, because he was born with a disability, which caused his father, the Emperor, to not value him, and his mother to cry every day.
Although the palace maids and eunuchs wouldn't say anything to his face, he could still see the mockery in their eyes.
He Xue wasn't trying to be a saint; she knew that the Seventh Prince would eventually pull himself together, it was just a matter of time.
But she still wanted the Seventh Prince to cheer up as soon as possible, because perhaps he could achieve even greater things.
"Seventh Prince, although I cannot fully understand your feelings, there is someone who must be even more distressed and in pain than you, and that person is Consort Cheng."
Even Consort Cheng didn't despise you, so you shouldn't. After all, Consort Cheng gave you life; she went through life and death to bring you into this world, not so you could give up on yourself like this!
He Xue knew that what she was saying might seem like a fantasy to people of the same age as the Seventh Prince in modern times, but He Xue knew that the Seventh Prince, who lived in the Qing Dynasty, would understand.
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