The Empress of the Qing Dynasty is from the Northeast

Chapter 164: The Decline of the Eastern Palace

On the second day, everyone got up quite early, even Honghui, Hongyan and Hongzhao came after breakfast.

As soon as the three boys arrived, they greeted all the uncles and aunts. All the uncles had sons, and they were very surprised to see the little boys, especially Hongzhao, who was chubby and had a small mouth. He was a social phobia and soon collected a lot of small gold and silver items.

Even the prince specially gave him a warm jade pendant.

He grinned so hard that Fourteen also laughed when he saw him like that: "Hong Zhao, you are really talking nonsense. No wonder our Hong Chun keeps talking about you all the time."

"Uncle Fourteenth, that's not the case. Hongchun and I are soulmates, and we are both passionate people." Hongzhao pretended to be profound and serious, which made everyone laugh.

When Yinzhen arrived, he found that his sons were chatting happily with their older brother, so he knew that Hongzhao must be acting funny again. The other two, Honghui and Hongyan, must be abiding by the rules and would never do anything out of line.

The only one is Hongzhao, who is a little smart boy with a chatterbox, but very powerful.

The tenth uncle also wanted him so much that he picked up Hongzhao and turned to Yinzhen and said, "Fourth brother, you really have a good son. Give Hongzhao to me. Hongzhao, go back to the mansion with your uncle and be his son."

Hong Zhao knew he was joking, but he didn't show any fear. Instead, he looked thoughtful and smiled: "Then Uncle Shi, give me a gift first."

Before the Tenth Old Man could say anything, the Ninth Old Man nodded at him and said with a smile: "Little bastard, didn't your Tenth Uncle just give you two little golden pigs?"

"No, no," Hong Zhao shook his head, "That's a gift from an uncle to his nephew, not a gift from a father to his son. Uncle Shi, your intention is insincere, I don't recognize it, my own father is still the best."

"Hahahaha, this brat." Prince Zhi also admired this clever little nephew.

Yinzhen rolled his eyes at Old Eleven and said, "Hurry and put my son down."

Hong Zhao struggled to get down from the ground, and quickly ran behind his father, his little eyes rolling around.

When everyone was together, they went to the vegetable field. Hong Zhao didn't want to do farm work, so he shrank to the back secretly and whispered to Hong Yan: "Brother, there are so many uncles working today, it shouldn't be our turn, right?"

Hong Yan also cooperated and whispered in his ear: "Uncles and uncles, how to live here? I guess we need to teach you."

When they arrived at the vegetable garden, all the princes began to look around.

"Fourth brother, you have done a great job in tidying up your vegetable garden. There are so many vegetables, and they tasted pretty good yesterday."

Lao Wu praised first, even though he just came along for the fun, after all, all the brothers were there and he couldn't stand out.

The seventh brother has always been a free and easy person. He knows that he has no chance of becoming emperor, so he lives a more relaxed and comfortable life. Although the emperor father always subconsciously ignores him and his mother lives a miserable life in the palace, he is also silently thinking about which brother he can rely on.

After some observation, he felt that the fourth brother was a sincere man. He was very sincere to the Thirteenth Brother and was particularly concerned about the affairs of Princess Wen Ke and Princess Dun Ke. He went into the palace again and again to keep an eye on the affairs of the Imperial Household Department. He had almost walked all the way to the entrance of the Imperial Household Department.

Although Old Fourteen is not very reasonable, he still has his brother to clean up his mess behind him.

When his mansion was being built, it was also his fourth brother who was in charge, so the seventh brother now wanted to cling to Yinzhen's thigh and hurriedly followed suit to praise him.

"Fourth brother is really smart and has endurance. Farm work is not easy and requires meticulousness. Fourth brother has a lot of experience in managing agriculture in the Ministry of Revenue."

Yinzhen glanced at the seventh brother and said with a smile: "Seventh brother, this is just to add luster to your brother."

The prince did not say much, but just squatted down and carefully observed the growth of the crops.

Old Fourteen was the most unassuming. He went straight into the field and picked a cucumber. He rubbed it on his clothes and started to chew it: "Oh, it's really crisp, but a little old."

Lao Ba smiled and said, "Fourth brother, how do you think we should work?"

Lao Jiu rubbed his feet and felt the soles of his shoes were covered in mud, feeling a little disgusted.

Yinzhen gave Su Peisheng a look, and a group of young eunuchs bent down and handed him a bamboo basket.

"Pick these vegetables first. They will be delicious in the evening. If you don't mind the hard work, I plan to open up a new piece of land this year to increase the yield. Let's open up the same piece of land."

Everyone thought it was quite novel and tried it out as if it were a game.

It's true. When Yinzhen looked up, he found that his brothers were really good at hard work. They pulled the plow easily, but they didn't coordinate with the oxen very well.

Old Fourteen was so angry that he jumped up and down again: "You are such a blind old cow, how dare your Fourteenth Master act so presumptuous here!"

The fifth and seventh brothers were working hard and just smiled when they saw this.

However, Old Eight secretly glanced at the young eunuch who was standing with his head bowed not far away, and walked up to talk to the prince.

"Brother, the ground is hard here. Is it easy to plow over there? Look at me."

The prince looked up at him.

The two men talked while working, gradually moving away from the little eunuch.

Seeing that they were some distance away, if they were any further away, the man would notice and follow them. The prince whispered, "Old Eight, what's the matter?"

The Eighth Prince lowered his eyes and said, "I know that you are in trouble now, do you have any solution?"

The prince didn't say anything, but the air around him became a little colder.

The Eighth Prince was unsure of what he meant. His years of prestige as the crown prince made him somewhat in awe of his second brother, the Crown Prince, but he still gritted his teeth and tried to finish what he was saying.

He had planned it long ago, and finally asked for permission to come to his fourth brother's farm, giving him a chance to get close to the prince. The emperor had spies everywhere in the palace, and the prince was being watched closely. The only way to get a chance was if he left the palace.

"Prince Suo came to see my brother and said, why don't you imitate the Xuanwu Gate Incident?"

These words were spoken very softly. If the Eighth Prince had not noticed the Crown Prince's eyes suddenly becoming gloomy, he would have thought that the Crown Prince did not hear them.

"The Eastern Palace is in decline, and the solution depends on my second brother alone. I am willing to follow your lead."

The Eighth Prince was very nervous at this moment. He could only hear the autumn wind rustling in his ears, along with the heavy beats of drums.

Finally, after a long silence, he saw the prince's lips moving.

Yinreng's face, which had always been as noble as the moon, now showed a slightly sarcastic expression: "My eighth brother has great ambitions, but I wonder if Mingzhu knows about it?"

The Eighth Prince wanted to explain further, but the Crown Prince turned around and went to plow another field. He wanted to continue persuading him, but was afraid of attracting attention, so he gave up.

He knew what the prince was worried about.

He and Prince Zhi were in the same party and had always been close to Mingzhu, and Mingzhu was a strong rival of Soetu, so what he said was really not credible.

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