When Soetu followed the eunuch to Yuqing Palace, he was completely dumbfounded because there was a bloodstain outside the main hall of Yuqing Palace. It was the prince who had killed someone.
"I've already said it, I'm the Crown Prince, and as the Crown Prince I'm the master. Who gave you the guts to disobey my orders?
Since you dare to disobey my orders, you don't take me seriously. If you don't take me seriously, then die!"
"Your Highness, enough is enough. There's already blood outside. If word of what's happening here gets to the Emperor, it will be bad for you and the Yuqing Palace. We can't let outsiders get hold of us right now."
"Do I have to endure their gossip? I am the master of Yuqing Palace. If they dare to disrespect me, they must be prepared to be killed by me!"
"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you. What happened? There's a pool of blood outside. It would be easy for someone to frame you."
"Uncle, you are here. Please sit down. It's just that a few disobedient palace servants went against my will. I was unhappy and had them beaten to death. Uncle, don't pay any attention to it.
I summoned my uncle to the palace today to ask for his opinion. Now that she has become the queen, my fourth brother and I can no longer live in peace. What do you think I should do?
In two years, I will be able to marry the Crown Princess. Uncle, which noble lady do you think is worthy of my status as the Crown Princess? I might as well ask Uncle to help me keep an eye out for her. If she is suitable, I can ask for your permission."
Soetu was not a fool, so he naturally knew what he meant. It was just that Hesheli had no women of the right age at the moment, otherwise he would have been very happy.
What a pity! If the prince had been born two years later, the position of Crown Princess would definitely have belonged to the Hesheli family.
But it is too late to say this now. Since their family cannot produce a crown princess, let's see which family Kangxi chooses.
As long as they can be on good terms with the other party, the glory of the Hesheli family can be maintained. After a few years, they can send a woman to the Yuqing Palace as a concubine.
However, he could not say this to the prince. What he had to do now was to be of one mind with the prince and let the prince truly consider the issue from Hesheli's perspective.
"Your Highness, please forgive me for being such an embarrassment to you. Although I am your great uncle, I have no right to dictate your marriage while the Emperor is still alive.
But you are the crown prince, and the emperor will not randomly assign a crown princess to you. The other person must be of noble birth, otherwise she would not be worthy of your status.
Your Highness, why don't you take advantage of the moment when the Queen has just given birth to go to the Emperor and inquire about the news? If you can find out who the other party is, it would be great. Then I, an old minister, will visit him in person.
Although I don't know if Your Highness has someone he likes, this Crown Princess was chosen by the Emperor and will not be changed. You need to treat her well so that you can get the support of her family.
If Your Highness has a woman he likes, it doesn't matter. You can just let her be your concubine. If she is of a low birth, I will adopt her as my adopted daughter and she can enter the palace under the name of Hesheli.
Soetu's words made the prince a little unhappy. The first part was fine, but he felt that the last sentence was the key point.
How could he, the first crown prince of the Qing Dynasty, possibly like a woman of low birth? He even entered the palace under the name of Hesheli. He really thought too much.
But he was right. He had to show his face in front of Kangxi, otherwise he would probably forget the existence of his son in a few days.
"I understand what you mean, uncle. If you have nothing else to do, then please go back first. I will go to the Cining Palace."
"As long as Your Highness understands, I'll go back first. If Your Highness needs me for something, please send someone to summon me to the palace."
"Come here, escort my uncle out of the palace."
"Please, sir."
As soon as Soetu left, the prince set off for the Cining Palace. No matter how much resentment he had towards Mu Sili now, he still had to do his best to save his face.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty. I was saying before that I had too many brothers in the palace and wanted a sister. I didn't expect that Your Majesty would give birth to two sisters. I will treat them well in the future."
All the princesses of the Qing Dynasty were to be married off to foreign invaders, even the empress's daughters. He would treat them well and send them to marry off as soon as they reached the age.
"It's good that you think so. They are all your brothers and sisters. I hope you can always remember this. The future of the Qing Dynasty cannot be separated from them."
When Kangxi said this, he stared at the prince without blinking, so he could clearly see the disgust in his eyes.
He was a little disappointed. His son was really corrupted by Soetu's people. He didn't trust his own brothers but trusted others. He was really hopeless.
He has been looking for a candidate for the Crown Princess. Originally, the eldest daughter of the Shi family was chosen for him, but now he doesn't want to choose her anymore.
Anyway, how many years he can sit on the throne of the crown prince depends entirely on himself, so it’s better not to harm the daughter of the Shi family.
"Don't worry, Father. I'll keep my word. I'm getting older, though. Isn't it time to choose a Crown Princess for him?"
"How old are you? Why do you want to get married now?"
"I just feel a little lonely. The Empress Dowager only gave birth to me as a son. I want to give her a grandchild, which can be regarded as completing the mother-son relationship between me and her."
When Kangxi heard him mention Empress Yuan, he frowned tightly. He felt that the prince meant that he was fickle and had forgotten Empress Yuan.
"I will look after this matter for you. The person I choose for you must be someone of good character. You must not look down on him because he is not from a high family background."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I'm not that kind of person. I don't know who's daughter this is. I want to tell Your Majesty the good news right now."
"It hasn't been decided yet. Let's talk about it in two years."
The prince was a little anxious. How could he get Suo Etu to establish good relations with others in advance? How could he win over their hearts?
He wanted to say something else, but Kangxi didn't want to pay attention to him. He wanted to go see his newly born children.
Seeing this, the prince said nothing more, but turned back to Yuqing Palace and dealt with the palace servants who had offended him before.
Kangxi only heard about the incident in Yuqing Palace a few days later. He became more and more disappointed with the prince. Even as an emperor, he had never treated palace servants like this. Yet, he killed them all for a trivial matter.
"Your Majesty, how should this matter be handled?"
"I'm worried that the Queen might be harmed by keeping the news secret, so I've sent people to comfort the families of the palace maids. The Crown Prince's actions will be recorded in the account, and I will settle accounts with him sooner or later."
"yes."
The incident in Yuqing Palace was kept secret, and the prince was not punished. While serving the prince, the palace servants also developed resentment towards him.
They were killed just because they didn't do what he wanted. If he were to ascend the throne, how would they survive in the future?
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