"Since returning to the capital, Ninth Brother can't find Li'er."
The Fourteenth Prince knew that he could not escape the Tenth Prince's inquiries, so he had no choice but to answer.
"Can't find Li'er?" The Tenth Prince frowned. If he remembered correctly, didn't the Ninth Prince often have trouble finding Li'er?
"Ninth brother often couldn't find that girl before. Why does he look more sad this time than before?" asked the Tenth Prince.
Fourteenth Prince shook his head. He really didn’t know why.
Yinzhen was in a bad mood, and the Tenth Prince didn't dare to ask him. The Eighth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince didn't know the reason, so he could only worry about it silently.
Sitting at the main seat at the banquet, Emperor Kangxi was smiling and discussing something with the ministers who came to toast him.
The prince sat beside him and would say a word or two from time to time, and would always receive praise from Emperor Kangxi or compliments from ministers.
Looking at this scene, the eldest prince felt extremely annoyed.
"This trip to the frontier was very fruitful, and the ninth brother made an indelible contribution," sighed Kangxi who was sitting in the main seat.
"Oh? I wonder what the Ninth Prince did?" The minister was very curious and couldn't help asking.
Upon seeing this, the Crown Prince looked at Kangxi and said, "Your Highness, your ninth brother was very busy taking care of everything for your Majesty's trip this time. He got along very well with the princes of various tribes outside the Great Wall. Moreover, one of the palace maidens by his side was very outstanding. She helped our Qing Dynasty reach many agreements with the Hetala, Sochorolo and Xitala tribes."
After hearing what the prince said, all the ministers sighed that "the ninth prince is filial and capable", and they were also curious about what the palace maids around him had done to have such abilities.
Upon hearing this, the prince smiled and continued to speak, describing the birthday party planned by Jiang Ranli for Tuoya Gege as unique in heaven and hard to find on earth, and emphasized that "a harmonious family brings prosperity."
After hearing the meaning of "A Harmonious Family Brings Good Fortune", all the ministers praised it and praised "Ninth Prince for his remarkable abilities and the outstanding servants around him".
"The ninth prince did a really good job this time. The eldest prince, the fourth prince, the tenth prince, the thirteenth prince, and the fourteenth prince also did a good job," said Kangxi, praising his sons one by one.
Hearing the praise, the Tenth Prince, the Thirteenth Prince, and the Fourteenth Prince all smiled, and Yinzhen's expression also eased a little. Yin'er didn't have too many emotions because he was concerned about Jiang Ranli.
But the eldest prince's expression was quite interesting. He had a smile on his face, but his eyes were gleaming with coldness.
Many people were interested in the palace maid beside Yinzhen, but Kangxi did not mention it at all, and the prince was unwilling to say more. As a result, everyone's attention was gradually diverted, and for a while, they forgot about the extremely intelligent palace maid beside Yinzhen.
"Go ask people in Beijing to look for the woman named Jiang Ranli. Even if they dig three feet deep into the ground, they will find her for me."
In the imperial garden, the eldest prince, who came out on the pretext of sobering up, gave these instructions to the servants behind him.
On the other side, the prince came over at some point and smiled at the eldest prince who had a gloomy face.
"Why are you here?" asked the eldest prince.
The prince smiled again and said, "Brother, you came out to sober up, and so did I."
The eldest prince snorted coldly and was about to turn around and leave, but the prince stopped him.
"Brother, the Ninth Brother has been very popular recently, and many ministers in the court have switched to their camp. Aren't you worried?" said the prince.
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