Snow Color

"Empress Mother, look at Sixth Brother, he is bullying me again!" Guoguo pouted angrily and rushed in from outside the palace like a wronged little rabbit. She sat down beside Xueying, looked at her with tears in her eyes, and told her about the "unfair treatment" she had suffered.

Ping Ping followed him into the hall and retorted, "No! I just wanted to show you my new toy, but you were so careless and threw it away! Humph, I didn't even have the chance to blame you!"

Xueying looked at the scene and couldn't help but groan in her heart. Since the birth of these two little guys, it seems that they are destined to be enemies with each other. They are always at loggerheads, as if they had a deep hatred in their previous life. From time to time, they would quarrel over trivial matters, and then run to Xueying or the Fourth Master to ask them to judge right and wrong; sometimes even their eldest brother Honghui would be involved and could not rest in peace.

At this moment, facing the quarrel between these two funny people, Xueying felt overwhelmed. She sighed helplessly and tried to calm down the storm: "Okay, okay, both of you stop arguing, calm down, and tell the Queen Mother what happened?"

Xueying gradually understood the whole story as the two children talked about it: Pingping brought back an interesting toy when he came back from playing outside today, and he couldn't wait to share it with Guoguo and show it off to her. However, unexpectedly, when Guoguo saw the toy, she was frightened and thought it was a snake, so she threw it away in panic. Pingping saw his beloved toy being thrown away, and originally planned to have a big fight with Guoguo, but Guoguo was so scared at this time that she had to flee here in a hurry to seek shelter.

After Xueying heard about this, she immediately sent someone to retrieve the toy. After taking it and examining it carefully, she found that it was actually just a small whip made of cowhide and shaped like a rope; however, the maker ingeniously added some snake patterns on the tip of the whip, so when Pingping handed it to Guoguo, the latter mistook it for a real snake at first glance, which led to this farce.

"Pingping, your intention was good. You wanted to share something you found interesting or delicious with your sister, but the problem was that you didn't tell your sister what it was in advance, and you ended up scaring her to death! So, this time it's really your fault, do you understand?" Xueying told Pingping earnestly about the mistake he had made.

Then, Xueying turned her head again, her eyes full of pampering and tenderness, and she whispered to Guoguo: "Guoguo, do you know? Brother actually just wants to share this happiness with you. But who would have thought that you would be so scared by that thing. However, brother was really wrong this time. So... Guoguo, are you willing to forgive him?" Xueying spoke softly and patiently explained to Guoguo the real reason behind Pingping's actions.

Just as Xueying was talking to the two children gently, the emperor slowly walked into the room. His steps were steady, revealing a kind of majesty, but his face was full of a kind smile. As he approached, the emperor found a seat to sit down, then looked at Pingping and Guoguo and continued, "Pingping, Guoguo, you two should understand what the Empress Dowager said so clearly, right?" The emperor's voice was low and magnetic, which made people feel awe.

"Father and Mother, we know." Pingping and Guoguo answered in unison. Then they smiled at each other, held hands, and ran out to play.

Although the siblings have some small quarrels from time to time, their relationship is very deep. After each quarrel, they can make up in a short time, as if the unpleasantness had never happened. Moreover, if someone dares to say a bad word about the other in front of them, the other will definitely stand up to defend his or her sibling without hesitation. This sincere and pure emotion is really comforting.

"Fourth Master, the court has been very busy lately, so you should also make sure to get some rest." Xueying saw the emperor rubbing his brows with his hands, poured a cup of tea and handed it to him.

"I know, you don't have to worry. There are a lot of things in the court that need to be dealt with recently, so I can't come to see you." The emperor felt guilty about this.

"Fourth Master, I understand everything. For the sake of your health, I personally stewed a health-preserving soup. I will send someone to deliver it to you every noon. Fourth Master, you must accept my kindness." After Xueying sat down, she asked someone to serve the meal. She introduced her cooking skills to the emperor and specifically told the emperor to pay more attention to his health in the future.

Not long after, the Fourteenth Prince received the imperial edict and hurried back to the capital. After entering the palace, he went straight to Kangxi's coffin and knelt down without hesitation to kowtow, as if no one else around him existed, even ignoring the Fourth Prince who had just ascended the throne and was standing beside him.

The emperor was furious when he saw the 14th Master's rude behavior, but considering that they were brothers from the same father and mother, and their friendship was still there, he did not intend to pursue too much responsibility. However, unexpectedly, after learning that the 14th Master had returned to Beijing, Concubine De began to talk nonsense and spread rumors that the late emperor had intended to pass the throne to the 14th Master.

When the Fourteenth Prince heard the news, he became suspicious. He walked straight up to the Emperor and asked, "Brother, is the late emperor really going to pass the throne to me?" Faced with his brother's questioning, the Emperor had no choice but to order people to bring three copies of the imperial edict written in Manchu, Chinese and Mongolian respectively, and signaled the ministers who were present at the time to witness Kangxi's last will and testifications to come forward.

When the Fourteenth Master saw these three indisputable imperial edicts with his own eyes, he finally understood that it was legitimate for the Fourth Master to inherit the throne. Although the facts were before him, due to his long-standing prejudice and estrangement against the Fourth Master, the Fourteenth Master was still unable to accept the result and was even more unwilling to bow his head and admit defeat to the Emperor.

Finally, the emperor was furious when he saw his stubborn and unyielding brother, and he decided to deprive him of his title and demote him to Gushan Beizi. At the same time, he ordered the fourteenth master to go to the tomb of the late emperor to guard the spirit and not leave without the emperor's permission.