Because he had fallen asleep on his wedding night, Yinzhen felt indebted to his wife, and was very considerate and gentle all morning, making the couple seem harmonious for a time.
Yonghe Palace
Consort De smiled broadly as her youngest son and his wife arrived hand in hand. She then placed her phoenix hairpin directly into Wanyan's hair, saying, "Good child, Fourteenth is a lively one. With you looking after him, I can rest easy."
Wanyan said with a face full of shame, "Replying to Mother, your daughter-in-law is stupid and clumsy. I will definitely serve the Fourteenth Prince with all my heart in the future. Yesterday was my first day in the mansion. I was unfamiliar with everything and troubled all my sisters-in-law to help me. However, the men still caused a commotion. I beg Mother to punish me."
Yi Hua was feeding Liu Liu some snacks when she heard this and glanced discreetly at the newly appointed Fourteenth Princess Consort. This sister-in-law didn't seem as easy to get along with as she appeared.
Before anyone could speak, Yinzhen suddenly stood up: "Father is still waiting for you. Go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation first, and then talk to the Empress when you come back."
Consort De silently processed the terms "Mother" and "Your Majesty" in her mind, her expression unchanged: "Yes, don't keep the Emperor waiting, go."
The princes, both young and old, were kneeling on the ground at the entrance of the Hall of Mental Cultivation; they were men still hungover from yesterday's drinking session.
Emperor Kangxi did not make things difficult for Yinzhen and his wife. He offered them a few words of encouragement and then let them go, but he kept Yinzhen behind.
"Who among you can tell me what exactly caused the disturbance at the Fourteenth Prince's wedding banquet?"
For a moment, there was complete silence. The older princes could not express their inner turmoil in public, and the younger princes, seeing that their elder brothers were silent, dared not utter a sound either.
Only the tenth prince was a simpleton. He knelt down and replied, "Your Majesty, I discovered that my fourth brother was drinking fake wine. This is unacceptable, so I brought him real wine. But he got so excited that he drank it all."
Kangxi casually picked up the brush and threw it at him, thinking that his son's head was full of fake wine.
"Each of you go and receive ten strokes of the cane, then go back and sober up." Kangxi didn't want to see these troublesome sons. "What kind of behavior would it be if the ministers saw you all reeking of alcohol!"
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