Seeing the Fourth Prince's expression, Consort De knew he was afraid, so she immediately softened her tone.
"Since you know it's dangerous, don't let your Hongjing run wild. Besides, he doesn't understand, so let him run wild."
At this point, Consort De's tone suddenly turned stern again, "You didn't even stop him, and you even allowed him to ride a big horse? Even riding a small horse requires someone to look after it, how could you be so careless?"
Because the Fourth Prince was close to Consort De, Consort De punched him with her fist, expressing her disappointment and frustration.
Fourth Master was taken aback. He would never agree to Hongjing riding a big horse. He only agreed to let him ride a small horse when someone was watching!
The Fourth Prince, realizing he had been tricked by Hongjing again, turned even darker.
"What, you're angry because I hit you twice?" Consort De glared angrily at the Fourth Prince.
The Fourth Prince quickly explained, "That's not true. It's because of Hongjing that I didn't agree to him riding a big horse."
Consort De was bewildered. "Then what did your fourteenth brother say? Hongjing said that you agreed to it."
Fourth Master's face was dark and gloomy, and a chill emanated from him. "What did Fourteenth Brother tell you?"
Consort De thought for a moment and said, "He said that Hongjing said you agreed to let him ride a horse."
Consort De was also clever. As soon as she finished speaking, she immediately realized, "He's nitpicking and trying to fool the Fourteenth Prince!" Riding a small horse is still riding a horse, and riding a big horse is still riding a horse.
Fourth Master remained silent.
Not only did they fool the fourteenth prince, they also tricked his father!
After leaving Yonghe Palace, the Fourth Prince couldn't wait to return to his residence and settle accounts with the scoundrel who had wronged him, but he still had business to attend to.
So, holding his breath, he went to the Qianqing Palace.
To his surprise, he was scolded by his father again.
Moreover, his purpose in disciplining him was the same as that of his mother, Consort De: it was all because of his fifth son, Hongjing, who was such a troublesome child.
The Fourth Master's face darkened after being scolded, and in his mind, he added a heavy stroke to Hongjing's account book.
Kangxi glanced at his fourth son, whose face was dark, and then picked up his teacup and drank it with a pleasant mood.
Li Dequan, who was standing to the side, had been glancing at the Fourth Prince with sympathy several times since the Fourth Prince was being reprimanded by Emperor Kangxi.
The Fourth Prince, who was holding his breath, didn't notice, otherwise he would have known that his explanation was in vain, and that his father, the Emperor, already knew.
Sure enough, Kangxi ignored his explanation and then treated the Fourth Prince's report to him very well, as if the person who had just scolded and reprimanded him was not the same person.
The Fourth Prince was somewhat bewildered by the drastic changes in Emperor Kangxi's behavior.
When they went outside, they met their third and fifth brothers, who had also come to report to their father, the Emperor.
After the brothers exchanged greetings, the Third Prince, Yinzhi, tugged at the Fourth Prince's sleeve as he was about to leave and whispered, "How is Father Emperor feeling?"
Fifth Prince Yinqi also looked expectantly at Fourth Prince, hoping that he could help spread the word.
Fourth Master shook his head, then nodded.
Third Master: "It wasn't good at first, but it's good now?"
Fourth Master nodded.
When they came here to wait, they found out that the old man was in a very bad mood, but now the fourth son is giving this answer.
Third Prince Yinzhi immediately cupped his hands and said to Fourth Prince in a low voice, "Fourth Prince! It's all thanks to you for holding the line and getting through the time when the old man was in a bad mood."
"Yes, thank you very much, Fourth Brother!" Fifth Prince Yinqi also cupped his hands towards Fourth Prince and echoed in a low voice.
Fourth Master's face darkened instantly!
How can you talk like that! What is this?
Although it's true, it's the truth, which is why it made him depressed.
What's wrong with the old man? His emotions are more volatile than a woman's.
When the Fourth Prince reached the palace gate, he suddenly stopped and, unusually, his expression changed several times.
The old man did it on purpose!
Indeed, the old man is quite wise. How could he be so easily fooled, thinking that he was so incompetent and indulgent towards the young prince, without even fear of trouble?
So, he was being used as a punching bag by the old man! He was using this as an excuse to vent his bad mood!
So he listened to his own explanation absentmindedly!
After figuring it out, the Fourth Master, whose face was already as black as it could possibly be, was still frustrated and helpless against the Old Master, so he put all the blame on Hongjing.
The Fourth Prince, with an icy expression, returned to the mansion and went straight to the Peach Blossom Courtyard in the backyard.
Upon entering Taoyuan, they began searching for Hongjing. When they saw the little guy, they grabbed him, pressed him onto their knees, pulled down his pants, and slapped his buttocks more than a dozen times.
Hongjing was stunned at first, then felt a pain in his buttocks and realized that he had been hit again.
A beat late, a loud "waa!" suddenly echoed throughout the entire Peach Garden.
Hongxuan, who was standing to the side, was stunned for a moment. After realizing what was happening, he tried to stop his father, but was stopped by Jiaming, who was also present.
"Mother?" Hongxuan looked at her in confusion.
Jiaming held onto Hongxuan's hand tightly, saying with interest, "Don't worry about it, it must be something your brother did that angered your father." She hadn't expected that the show she was looking forward to yesterday would actually happen today.
Anyway, the master knows what he's doing, so she wasn't too worried about Hongjing.
"Mother, do you know what he did?" Hongxuan asked Jiaming, looking at Hongjing who was crying loudly after being beaten.
Jiaming shook her head. "Mother doesn't know, but yesterday, when he came back, he was acting strangely. When he left, he was so happy that he was humming a little tune, but when he came back, he wasn't so happy or smug. Moreover, when I asked him, he was fidgeting and so on, clearly feeling guilty."
Hongxuan was a little confused when he heard this. "I took my younger brother out yesterday, but I didn't hear or see him do anything to upset Father."
Jiaming pondered, "Perhaps he's keeping it from you. After all, it was Xiaochengzi who went out with him, but the one he brought to Peach Garden wasn't him."
"Could it be that Xiao Chengzi knows something?" Hongjing wondered, glancing at Xiao Chengzi, as did Jiaming.
The Fourth Master, who was spanking Hongjing, also heard it.
Although he could guess the general outline of the matter from the words his mother and father in the palace reprimanded him, to know the whole story, he still had to ask the eunuch who served Hongjing personally, and that little rascal Hongjing.
Faced with the gazes of the concubine, the fourth prince, and the prince, and under triple pressure, Xiao Chengzi couldn't bear it. He knelt down with a thud, completely bewildered, not knowing what his master had done.
"Don't be nervous, just tell me what you know," Jiaming gently advised.
Little Orange calmed herself down and immediately told everyone she knew.
"...After the Fourth Prince was summoned away, he sent a servant to fetch water, saying he was thirsty. Seeing that there were other servants attending to the Prince, the servant obeyed and went to fetch water. After that, the servant knew nothing more. When he returned, the master was leading a small horse, with the Fourteenth Prince by his side."
It seems that if the master were to cause any trouble, it would only be during the time when he was away.
Since he didn't know, then... Fourth Master, Hongxuan, Jiaming and the others all looked at Hongjing, who was still sobbing.
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