Forget it, I am not a three-year-old child anymore. I should stop competing for favor with my younger siblings. It makes me look childish.
A month later, Mu Sili completed the ceremony of crowning the queen in Jiaotai Hall and returned to Kunning Palace.
"It's a good thing it's over, otherwise my head would have exploded."
"Your Highness, what nonsense are you talking about? This ceremony of conferring the title of Queen must be grand to show your status. In my opinion, it is a bit simple."
According to Nanny Chen, the ceremony should be more grand, otherwise it would not show her dignity.
"Let's not do that. I've had enough of this palace. I really don't know how Empress Yuan and my sister got through it. If I had known, I wouldn't have become the queen."
Nanny Chen was speechless.
"Your Majesty, so many people are eyeing the position of Queen, yet you are so disgusted by it. If Tong Jia were still alive, she would probably faint from anger."
"Madam, whatever she said, she is not in a clear mind. I'm afraid it will make Her Majesty feel unhappy."
"It doesn't matter. If she really becomes the queen, the harem will be in chaos. She has been obsessed with it her whole life, and it has made her unlike her original self. Sigh."
"Your Majesty, don't think too much. You should think about our Tenth Prince. He has been making great progress recently."
"He has to be more motivated. The twins are already born. If he doesn't make progress, he will be surpassed by Xiaojiu and he won't have the chance to enlighten them."
Nanny Chen and Yuzhi looked at each other, both of them speechless. The Empress loved to trick the Tenth Prince. Who knew if the Tenth Prince would make trouble with the Empress after he realized what was happening in a few years.
But this is a good thing. Not only can it deepen the mother-son relationship between the Empress and the Tenth Prince, it can also motivate the Tenth Prince to make progress, and it can also promote the brotherhood between the Tenth Prince and the Ninth Prince. It is simply the best of all worlds.
Inside the Qianqing Palace, the Crown Prince frowned slightly as he looked at Yin Xi, who had been living here for several months.
"Tenth brother, you are still young. You should live with the Empress Dowager in Kunning Palace. Living in Qianqing Palace all the time is not a good idea. It will affect the Emperor's work."
Kangxi suddenly turned his attention to the prince. Why did he feel that the prince was being too calculative?
Yinzhen is the legitimate son, and so is he. They should understand and help each other. At this time, he should take the initiative to guide Yinzhen instead of blaming him for living in the Qianqing Palace.
Could it be that someone is trying to sow discord between the Crown Prince and Xiao Shi again? This is unacceptable.
Everything his wet nurse and Ling Pu had done had been reported in great detail. After raising them for so long, it was time to reap the harvest.
"Prince, it's a good thing that you're here today. I have something to tell you."
"Father, please talk to my second brother. My son and my ninth brother are going out for a walk. We've been studying for so long and are a little tired."
"Go, Liang Jiugong, send someone to protect them both."
"yes."
Before leaving the Qianqing Palace, Yinzhen looked back at the Crown Prince with confusion in his eyes. The Crown Prince seemed to be hostile to him.
"What happened to my tenth brother?"
"It's okay, Brother Jiu, let's go to Kunning Palace to see the twins."
"good."
Kangxi watched the two men leave with a smile on his face. He could see that Yin must be having doubts in his heart, right?
No matter which older prince this happened to, he would probably be able to feel the prince's jealousy. It's also because Xiao Shi is still young, otherwise he would definitely be able to feel the prince's hostility towards him.
"If I remember correctly, the affairs of Yuqing Palace are all managed by your wet nurse. Over the years, she has stolen many of the imperial gifts from Yuqing Palace. Are you aware of this?"
The prince was a little confused. He didn't understand what Kangxi meant by keeping him and saying this to him.
He knew that Madam had stolen things from Yuqing Palace and moved them out, but he thought that one day he would get them back, so he didn't take it to heart.
Now that the Emperor has brought up this matter, I'm afraid he's going to settle accounts with the nanny. However, the nanny has taken care of me over the years and if he really settles accounts with her, I'm afraid I'll have to live alone again in the future.
Although the emperor is good to me, he is not the only son, and it is impossible for him to devote all his affection to me.
As a legitimate son, he always thought that his status would not be threatened, so he never cared about these things. After all, Tong Jia had been planning for many years but never got the throne of queen, so there was no need to care about it at all.
But now she is not the only legitimate son. After she became the queen, her children naturally became legitimate sons.
If she had the ambition to make Xiao Shi the crown prince, then I, the crown prince without my mother's protection, would probably be pulled down by her one day.
By then, he would no longer have the status of a crown prince, nor the status of the only legitimate son, so even Emperor Kangxi would probably not care too much.
Although the wet nurse had stolen a lot of things from Yuqing Palace over the years, she took good care of herself and gave her advice.
If Kangxi really took action against her and Ling Pu, he would have lost his right-hand man, and his position as crown prince would be in jeopardy.
Although he had his uncle Soetu to support him, Soetu's ability was limited, and he had always been outside the palace. He did not know as much as Ling Pu and the wet nurse who had stayed in the palace all year round.
To be honest, with the couple helping me, I feel very relaxed. It's okay to give them those things as a reward.
"Father, what are you trying to do by asking this all of a sudden? Although Mammy took some items back from my palace, it was with my tacit consent. You cannot settle accounts with them."
Kangxi stared at the prince for a long time, then showed a disappointed expression. He thought the prince didn't know about this, so he mentioned it to him. He didn't expect that this was the result of his indulgence.
After knowing that the old woman had done such things to deceive the emperor, he still chose to protect her, which shows how profound her influence on him was. As the prince, he should enforce the law impartially instead of choosing to shield others.
"Those are gifts from the emperor. How can a slave like her be qualified to use them? Besides, even if you acquiesce to her, she cannot touch the gifts from the emperor.
You may have forgotten that her actions constitute theft, and stealing the imperial gift is a capital offense. Are you sure you still want to protect her?"
After hearing the displeasure in Kangxi's tone, the prince became a little anxious. Although he cared about the wet nurse's kindness, when it came to his own interests, he would not think about the wet nurse all the time.
"It was my fault, Father Royal, you should just follow the rules and don't have to consider my opinion. This is Madam's own fault, you can't blame anyone else.
"But could Your Majesty give me a chance to retrieve those gifts from the Emperor? I was too confused to think straight, so I let the nanny secretly take them out of the palace. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me."
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