The Virtuous Concubine

It was not convenient for the Fourth Prince to argue with the Crown Prince at this time, as Kangxi was watching them nearby.

He regarded the last time the eldest prince snatched a bag as a great shame, but when his mother came back, she easily took out a dozen bags and distributed them to everyone she met. After teaching himself not to value these material possessions so much and that people are more important than things, the fourth prince also became generous to the people around him, or at least pretended to be generous.

What's more, he thought secretly in his heart, no matter how good your relationship with your mother is, there are some things that only I, your biological son, have, and you have to rely on me if you want them.

The Fourth Prince stood aside and saw that the Crown Prince was getting better. Although he felt a little disappointed, he was also relieved. He still asked with some hope, "Second Brother, this sachet may help you feel better for a while, but you still need to pay more attention. Can we ask a doctor to come and see you later?"

The prince looked at the fourth prince, his expression softened a little, "My fourth brother told me that if your heart is not moved, the wind can do nothing to you. I will call the imperial physician when I return to the palace."

The Fourth Prince did not understand this sentence, but Chen Xin did. He accompanied the Crown Prince every day, and whenever the Crown Prince went to Yonghe Palace to practice zither art with Concubine De, he would serve beside him.

Concubine De likes to use ice, and she would like to live in an ice cellar in the summer. But the senior palace maids Bai Xia and Bai Fu around her think that using too much ice will cause coldness and is not good for women, so they save on Concubine De's ice every day. She would put more ice in the room when the prince came, and Concubine De would welcome the prince to Yonghe Palace.

Later, Bai Xia Baifu bravely discussed with the prince whether they could use less ice for the sake of Concubine De's health.

The prince, who had always been arrogant and extravagant and could not tolerate the slightest discomfort, actually agreed!

As a result, Empress Defei practiced the piano every day while muttering, "If you calm your mind, you will feel cooler. If you calm your mind, you will feel cooler."

The prince would laugh at her and say that if one's heart is not moved, neither the wind nor the ice can do anything to her.

Hearing the prince muttering this, Chen Xin knew that Concubine De and the Fourth Prince were classified as his own people by the prince.

The Fourth Prince decided to quit while he was ahead and returned to the team.

Kangxi took in the interaction between the two and was moved.

The place of this memorial ceremony was Gonghua City, where the coffin of Empress Hesheli was once placed. Her portrait and tablet were also here. Because of Kangxi's previous promise, he did not rush back to the palace after the memorial ceremony, but let others go first, and he brought the prince to burn incense for Empress Hesheli.

Kangxi lit the incense himself, and the smoke rose up, as if carrying endless sorrow for the deceased beauty. The prince also stepped forward, took the incense handed to him by Kangxi, and after devout worship, inserted it into the incense burner.

The two were silent for a while, both looking at the painting on the wall. The woman in the painting was elegant and graceful, with bright eyes and eyebrows.

In the white smoke, the expressions of the father and son were a little unclear.

Perhaps it was because the side hall was too cramped and there was too much smoke, the prince felt a little breathless. He quickly pulled off the sachet from his waist and smelled it, only then did he feel better.

Kangxi saw this and took him out, and the two of them took a walk in the solemn and dignified Gonghua City. When the wind outside blew, the prince shuddered, and felt that the turbid air in his chest had completely dissipated, and then he tied the sachet back.

Kangxi looked at him being so careful and smiled: "Is this the sachet Xiao Si gave you? What a deep brotherly love."

The prince pursed his lips and said reluctantly: "The Empress Defei found someone to match her, so it doesn't count as his."

Looking at his stubborn son, Kangxi felt that he liked him more and more. "Why? So it was given to the Fourth Prince by Concubine De, and you snatched it away?"

Before the prince could refute, Kangxi patted the prince's shoulder again and said, "No matter who it is, this kind of thought is worth cherishing. What's more, they are mother and son, so they naturally care about you and pay attention to you."

Before he finished speaking, Kangxi thought of Yinreng's mother's death at a young age. He thought what he had just said was wrong and would definitely make his son sad, so he changed the subject and said, "She cares the most about you children. She has always been thinking about you. For all these years, I have only got a screen from her, which I have to put in the study room of the Palace of Heavenly Purity every day."

The prince also laughed when he heard this: "Then the Emperor's father is treated the same as us. I only have this one, and the things that Xiao Si wears are also made by Jingyi, the senior palace maid beside him. There are three of us, father and son, and no one can envy anyone else."

Kangxi was curious after hearing this: "Where did all the things she made go?"

The prince shrugged, "She used them all herself. De'er Niang said that we all used clothes and accessories once and then put them in the bottom of the box without washing or using them, wasting her precious needlework. It's better for her to use them herself, so that she can see the light of day two or three days out of ten."

Kangxi laughed loudly: "I know she is frugal, but how can she be so frugal? She still wants to squeeze out the little money from us father and son." He also taught the prince: "You and Concubine De are so familiar with each other. Didn't you tell Concubine De not to be hard on yourself?"

The prince also spoke of this matter with great gusto, and felt as if he had endless things to say.

Of course, he didn't know that this mentality was called wanting to complain, so he opened his mouth and told his father everything: "Not only that, I even personally sent many things to Yonghe Palace, but they were all hidden in the bottom of the box. He said he wanted to avenge the fact that his hard work was hidden in the bottom of the box in the past."

After saying this, the prince also laughed: "Madam Defei is a person of true nature. She and my son will naturally get along well."

Kangxi felt very relieved and thought that his harem was particularly harmonious and beautiful: "The temperament of Concubine De is... indeed rare. I am very pleased that you can understand her like this."

However, Kangxi was still very cautious and could not help but instruct the prince: "Go back and ask the Imperial Hospital to call a few more people to look at this sachet. If there is no problem, I will prepare a few more for you and let the people around you carry them with you at all times, understand?"

The prince naturally agreed, and the father and son chatted for a while before setting off back to the palace.

Only the portrait of Empress Hesheli was left in the moonlight, as if watching all this silently.

After returning to the palace, Malu received a lot of rewards from Kangxi the next day.

She couldn't help but feel a little confused, so she asked Wei Zhu what was going on: "Eunuch Wei, the palace hasn't done anything special recently, what does the emperor mean by this... What does this mean? I hope the eunuch can give me some advice, otherwise I will be uneasy and worried for receiving the reward without any merit."

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Xia beside him handed Wei Zhu a heavy envelope, which was filled with two handfuls of silver ingots.

Wei Zhu took it with both hands with a smile on her face and said, "Your Majesty, you are too polite. Why do you say that? You have managed the affairs of the palace in an orderly manner, and you have given birth to such a smart and filial prince for the emperor. You have made an invaluable contribution. You deserve any reward."

Then, Wei Zhu told the story of the Fourth Prince sending the sachet to the Crown Prince yesterday, and explained in detail: "When the Emperor learned about this, he was very pleased and thought that the Queen had taught her son well, so he specially granted this reward as a reward."