The Fourth Prince's Mansion was packed with guests and was extremely lively.

Except for a few princes and ministers who were particularly concerned about whether the Fourth Beile could succeed, most of the others surrounded Kangxi and Wang Ruofu and Honghui, mother and son.

So even if the Fourth Prince was drunk by his good brothers, no one cared.

Even Wang Ruofu temporarily put the Fourth Prince behind her, and brought the intelligent and sunny Honghui, the well-educated Huayang, and Li Jingyan's Hongshi around Kangxi to flatter and curry favor with him.

The other two little princesses, Ru Ling and Xi He, were still young and at the age where they loved to play, so Wang Ruofu did not restrain them for fear of making things worse.

The feeling of being surrounded by his children and grandchildren made Kangxi, who believed that he attached great importance to family affection, very satisfied.

I thought that according to the rumors that Wang Ruofu was jealous, she should especially hate illegitimate sons, but Honghui and Hongshi were very close to each other. Even Prince Hongyan, who was raised in a farm outside the capital and was born weak, is still alive and well.

As a daughter-in-law and a legitimate wife, she is quite qualified.

Especially compared with the Eighth Concubine of the Eighth Prince's Mansion, which also has the name of Hedong Lion Mansion, the Fourth Prince has few concubines and is not very good, but he still has three sons and three daughters.

On the other hand, the eighth brother had more concubines than the fourth brother, but they were only on the surface. Otherwise, he would not have had only one illegitimate son, Hongwang, in all these years.

It is very clear whether you are jealous or not.

Kangxi sighed silently and praised: "You have a sharp tongue but a soft heart. I was right about you."

Upon hearing this, Wang Ruofu immediately complimented him: "You have a keen eye. No demon or monster can escape your sight."

Unlike others, he did not pile up various poems and idioms to praise Kangxi to the sky. It may sound strange at first, but the praise is real.

At least Kangxi thought that the more this was the case, the more it showed that the praise was sincere.

Kangxi tried hard to suppress the upward curve of his lips. He was obviously very happy to be praised, but he had to find fault with it out of habit.

He said, "Madame Fang said that you have been studying books every day for more than ten years without missing a day, but how come your compliments are still so low-level?"

"..."

Wang Ruofu almost couldn't keep the smile on her face when she heard this. She read it every day, and read it very seriously and attentively, but she couldn't help forgetting it even faster.

Otherwise, why do they say that talent is required for everything? Fortunately, her good son Honghui in this life did not look down on her because of this. He was willing to tell her everything and listen to her chatter.

Facing Kangxi's question, Wang Ruofu decided to lie and said, "Those poems and lyrics are all from the Han people. We Manchus can learn them, but if we really recite them every three sentences, we will forget our roots."

He spoke with high spirits, but in his heart he felt weak and kept praying.

It is a sin, it is a sin, all the gods and ancestors of the Han people, but I, the younger generation, have to bow my head because of the pressure of the situation, please do not take it to heart.

"Hahahahaha." Kangxi laughed. "Well said! Honghui, did you hear that? From now on, you should learn more from your mother."

"We should learn from the Han people, but we Manchus conquered the world on horseback after all. We can't waste our time on horseback archery. Don't be like your father."

Honghui nodded obediently: "Don't worry, Madam, your grandson's riding and archery were taught by Uncle Thirteen and Uncle Fourteen, and they will never let you down."

"Oh? Old Thirteen and Old Fourteen." Kangxi raised his eyebrows and nodded again, "Okay, the two of them are really good at riding and shooting. I'll take a look at your riding and shooting skills someday."

The grandparents, grandchildren and daughter-in-law Wang Ruofu were chatting happily, which aroused the jealousy of many princes' wives.

They didn't dare to offend Kangxi, so they turned to pouring bowls of wine for the Fourth Prince and the Thirteenth Prince.

"This..." The Eighth Prince put down his wine bowl and looked at the Fourth Prince lying on the table with a helpless and casual expression, "What should I do? I didn't expect that Fourth Brother is still so bad at drinking. It's really my negligence."

The Tenth Prince also drank too much and said drunkenly, "How can this be your fault, Eighth Brother? Maybe Fourth Brother got drunk on purpose so that he could escape for a while... Hehehe."

"Pfft-"

I heard a laugh coming from somewhere, but it was quickly suppressed.

The ministers exchanged glances with each other, each revealing a knowing and teasing smile. The Eighth Prince and his companions were happy to see everyone laugh at the Fourth Prince, so they naturally did not bother to investigate further.

Although the Eighth Prince also thought the same as the Tenth Prince, he would not say it out loud. He pretended to blame himself and said, "It is a sin to let the newlyweds stay alone in an empty room on such a happy day. Tomorrow, when Fourth Brother sobers up, I will apologize to him in person."

He spoke sincerely and elegantly, which made people instinctively unwilling to doubt him.

"Tenth brother, you are drunk. Let me help you go back to Eighth Brother's house to rest. As for Fourth Brother..." Fourteenth Prince smiled and supported Tenth Prince, who was standing crookedly, and looked in the direction of Wang Ruofu.

"The Emperor is still talking to my eldest nephew with my fourth sister-in-law. Thirteenth brother, please take care of it."

"Hey? Don't leave, I drank more than him, and I still need someone to take care of me."

The Thirteenth Prince took over the unconscious Fourth Prince and tried to stop the masterminds who forced him to drink. He seemed a little flustered and could only watch them leave in the end.

He shook his head and muttered, "How unkind."

He patted the Fourth Prince on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Fourth Brother, Fourth Brother, wake up! They are all gone."

"Leaving?" The Fourth Prince responded dazedly, and laughed a few times, "Thanks to you for blocking the wine for me, Thirteenth Brother."

After saying that, he fell backwards.

The Thirteenth Prince was unable to react in time and was almost dragged down by him. "Oh my god, you really fainted. This is troublesome."

.........

In the evening, Mixiu Pavilion.

Nian Shilan took off her red veil and looked at the furnishings in the room. She frowned slightly and asked critically, "Why is it so small? Songzhi, what have you learned about the situation in the mansion? Does Lord Beile have a woman he particularly likes?"

He started off by complaining and getting straight to the point, which made Songzhi, who was only in her teens, very uncomfortable.

Apart from the main courtyard, the largest courtyards in the Fourth Prince's Mansion are the Fourth Prince's study and the side courtyard Hengqingyuan. However, Hengqingyuan was once home to a favored Nala Gege, and now it is home to Li Gege and her mother and son.

Of course, she would not let Li Gege and her son move out for Nian Shilan, but she didn't dare to say this directly to Nian Shilan.

"Say something." Nian Shilan urged.

She was brought up in a pampered state by her family, and the temper of a young lady cannot be changed by marrying someone, so she was already a little unhappy at the moment.

Songzhi was startled and replied.

"Concubine, you are really worrying too much. I have heard that this Mixiu Pavilion was specially decorated for you by the prince, and even the servants serving in our courtyard have been carefully selected."

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