The Virtuous Concubine

Malu also laughed when he heard him say this: "You still say you don't want it, but in your heart you have already decided that this dog is yours. Come on, don't be polite, come on, hold it."

As she spoke, she gently threw the dog into the Fourth Prince's arms. Just as she expected, the Fourth Prince caught the dog steadily, then hugged it tightly, and after a while, he was reluctant to let go.

Seeing this, Malu smiled and said, "Look how happy you are. You were trying to hold back just now."

The Fourth Prince smiled sheepishly and said, "Mother, I was just afraid that I couldn't protect it."

Ma Lu touched the Fourth Prince's head and said, "With Mother here, she will definitely protect you. In that case, you can give this puppy a name."

The Fourth Prince thought for a moment and said, "Mother, how about calling it 'The Clear Wind and Bright Moon Shining on the Clouds Returning'?"

what?

Of course not!

It’s so long, how do you call it?

Malu shook her head slightly: "Not good. Such a long name is hard to pronounce. It's better to have fewer words and something easier to pronounce."

The Fourth Prince scratched his head and said, "What do you think of calling it 'Ming Yue Yun Gui'?"

Malu was really speechless. Why not call him Zhang Yong? Aren’t they all called him Coconut, Milk Cap, Cloud, etc.?

A dog’s name should be cute!

The Fourth Prince proposed a few more ideas that Malu thought were very unreliable, but was rejected one by one by Malu.

The Fourth Prince was a little annoyed at last: "Never mind! Just let the breeze and the bright moon shine upon the clouds!"

Seeing him holding the dog tightly, Malu laughed: "Are you sure? Are you really going to call it like this when you look for dogs in the Imperial Garden in the future? By the time you called it once, my mother had already found the other two."

The Fourth Prince also realized this problem, and said, "It is not realistic to decide on a name for the dog in a short time. When the Emperor Father named me, he must have considered it for a long time. My son should also go back and think about it carefully."

Ma Lu couldn't help laughing: "Which prince in the palace is like you, comparing himself to a dog? Watch out for your father scolding you. Okay, take the eunuch who raises the dog and the things, and go back to think about it!"

In fact, Malu secretly thought that the way Kangxi named you was probably much more casual than the way you named your dog!

Poor child.

The Fourth Prince chuckled and said, "Thank you, mother, but what about the other two?"

Malu then told the Fourth Prince in detail how Crown Prince Toso-etu had found three puppies from the Kingdom of Rakshasa.

After hearing this, the Fourth Prince nodded thoughtfully and said, "I see. Then where are the other two now?"

Malu replied, "Both are still being trained in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I'll give one to each of your brothers and sisters later."

The Fourth Prince felt a little sad again: "I thought I was the only one who had it."

Malu smiled and said, "You, my mother originally found a dog just for you. After all, you are the only big kid who can take the responsibility of taking care of a dog. Who knew the prince would be so generous and directly arranged one for each of the three babies in Yonghe Palace."

When the fourth prince heard his mother calling him baby, his face turned red. Forget it, forget it, brothers and sisters are what they should be, and I was just being petty.

As he was talking, Malu gently tapped the Fourth Prince's forehead and said, "Don't be so petty, kid. I gave you this dog first, and you're still not satisfied?"

The Fourth Prince lowered his head and muttered, "Son, I know. This is just the beginning. Son thought I was just a bonus. If my younger brothers and sisters didn't have any, I would have thought of breeding with Qingfeng Mingyue Zhaoyungui, and then give the cub to my younger brothers and sisters."

Malu laughed loudly: "What are you thinking? No matter who is a bonus, you are not. Okay, okay, go to the prince's residence and settle the dog. Bring it to mother to see more often when you have time."

The Fourth Prince responded and left with the young eunuch and the dog-raising supplies.

After returning to his residence, the Fourth Prince sat at the table, supporting his chin with one hand, thinking hard about giving the dog a suitable name.

Zaohua and Baifu are not suitable. Now that he has become a prince, he must raise these two dogs. He has to keep their names, so what should he call them?

What a blessing!

The Fourth Prince felt sweet in his heart, but his brows were frowned. He wrote down the names one by one on the paper, but then crossed them out in dissatisfaction.

He kept muttering to himself: "Xiangrui, Fubao, Lingyu..." But he always felt that these names were not good enough.

It was my mother's strong request that the dog's name could only be two characters. But this is the Aixinjueluo family's dog, how could it have a name of only two characters?

At this time, Su Peisheng said, "Master, how about calling it 'Crazy Lion'?"

The Fourth Prince rolled his eyes at him and said, "What kind of words are these? They are not poetic at all."

Su Peisheng scratched his head and dared not say anything.

This dog looks silly and cute, how can it be poetic?

The fourth prince stood up and paced back and forth in the room. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he said, "I got it. Let's call it 'Xueying'!"

Thinking of this, a satisfied smile finally appeared on the Fourth Prince's face.

He squatted down, gently touched the puppy's head, and said, "Xueying, this will be your name from now on."

The puppy seemed to understand. It barked twice, then rubbed against the Fourth Prince's feet, wagging its tail.

From then on, the Fourth Prince began his happy life of raising a dog. Every morning, Xueying would follow him happily to the study, and then the eunuch would lead it back home.

When school was over, he would bring the dog to pick up the Fourth Prince. The Fourth Prince would take the opportunity to walk the dog to Yonghe Palace, pay his respects to Malu, and let Malu see how the dog was raised.

When he went back to do his homework, Xueying would curl up at the Fourth Prince's feet, waiting for him. The man and the dog were inseparable.

Kangxi originally blamed Concubine De for the Crown Prince's illness - although Concubine De was innocent from any perspective.

But he was also wondering why the prince had two illnesses, one because of the adoption of the Fourth Prince in Yonghe Palace, and another time in Yonghe Palace?

He summoned the Imperial Observatory and several foreign sorcerers to ask whether the horoscopes of Malu and the Fourth Prince would conflict with the Crown Prince. The leader of the foreign sorcerers was Nan Huairen.

Fortunately, Malu had asked the Fourth Prince to get in touch with Nan Huairen before, so that he could learn more about Western learning and had a good relationship with Nan Huairen. Although Nan Huairen had ulterior motives and acted improperly, he had one good thing, which was that he knew the current situation.

He knew that there were not many princes and concubines in the Qing court who were friendly to Western learning, and that Concubine De and the Fourth Prince were the most favored ones.

The Crown Prince has a very good relationship with the Fourth Prince and Concubine De. If he says something wrong, these three people will definitely treat him coldly. Who will he try to curry favor with then?

Therefore, he naturally refused to say anything bad about Concubine De and the Fourth Prince.

Foreign sorcerers didn't say anything, and the Imperial Observatory was even less likely to say anything. Otherwise, if the two sides' conclusions were inconsistent, the emperor would ask about it. It's better to have less trouble than more.

What's more, Defei did a lot of things that benefited the country and the people, from sweaters and lifebuoys to helping civilians, paying for free clinics, and adopting abandoned babies (thanks to the efforts of the cute little Rong Ji), and she was well-known both inside and outside the palace.

Anyone who dares to say that Concubine De and the Fourth Prince are the enemy of the people is an enemy of the people.

When Kangxi saw that the Imperial Hospital did not mention Concubine De and the Imperial Observatory did not say anything, he could only keep it in his heart and rarely went to Yonghe Palace recently.

However, he has been visiting the prince every day recently, and has been visiting the harem less frequently, so no one said anything.

It was not until the Fourth Prince became obsessed with dogs that he was asked about the dog and found out that it was a breed from the Western Regions and was given by the Crown Prince himself that Kangxi himself became very upset.