The Virtuous Concubine

Just because the prince was so indulgent and extravagant, they, as teachers, theoretically did have the responsibility to fail to give him adequate advice.

Zhang Ying frowned, Li Guangdi looked down, thinking about how to resolve this crisis. Xiong Cili's face was solemn, Tang Bin clenched his fists, sighing silently in his heart.

Who is this? If you don’t want to live anymore, don’t take them with you!

At this time, the atmosphere in the court became increasingly depressing, and everyone was waiting for Kangxi's statement.

Kangxi glanced at the silent crowd, his face became more gloomy, and his gaze seemed to be able to pierce through the censor who raised this matter. He slowly said: "Did the prince really do this?"

The censor was so frightened that he was trembling all over, but he still said with a stiff upper lip: "Your Majesty, every word I said is true, not a single word is false."

Kangxi shouted angrily, "How dare you slander the prince! Come, drag him away!"

The guards at the side immediately stepped forward and dragged the censor away.

Kangxi glanced at the crowd coldly and said, "The prince has been diligent and studious since he was young, and has good conduct. Someone must have deliberately framed him. This matter ends here. Anyone who dares to make irresponsible remarks again will be severely punished!"

Everyone knelt down immediately and shouted in unison: "Your Majesty is wise!"

This news was quietly passed to several powerful concubines in the harem, and everyone had their own thoughts.

The Fourth Prince naturally knew about this, and when he discussed it with Malu, he was quite emotional: "I don't know if the second brother, the crown prince, will change."

He really cared about money. Now that he knew that the emperor was actually very rich but had spent all his money on the prince, he felt even more depressed.

Malu shook his head: "What to change? To be fair, this is not for the prince to use. It's the emperor who wants the prince to use it."

This was the first time that the Fourth Prince had heard of such a statement. He asked Ma Lu, "Mother... why do you say that?"

Ma Lu smiled and took out the account book and pointed it to him: "Look, the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Qingfeng Division recorded 100 baskets of apricots last month, and the prince got 54 baskets. Do you think your second brother, the prince, can eat 54 baskets?"

Ma Lu paused and added, "The Crown Prince doesn't even eat apricots, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs has no choice but to send them to Yuqing Palace, and will actively send them there."

The Fourth Prince thought for a moment and understood: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs wants to enrich themselves and make some money. But they don't dare to embezzle so much!"

Ma Lu thought, why wouldn't they dare? However, the governance of the Imperial Household Department and the Baoyi family will have to wait until you ascend the throne. Now they are still useful, so he said against his conscience, "Of course they don't dare. What's more, to please the prince is to please the emperor."

The Fourth Prince frowned and said, "Even so, it is really wrong to squander like this. The money in the national treasury cannot be wasted like this."

Ma Lu agreed, "Brother, what you said is very true, but now the emperor has made up his mind, and there is nothing we can do. We can only wait until you have the ability to change everything in the future."

The Fourth Prince pondered for a moment and said, "But we can't let this situation continue, otherwise it will be bad for the country and the people."

The Fourth Prince couldn't wait any longer. This was all pure silver! How many houses would he have to confiscate to make up for it?

If possible, he wants to have a good reputation in his life and doesn't want to be called the emperor who robs property anymore!

The mother and daughter were discussing the prince's expenses behind his back, and when they were talking about others, the real culprit showed up.

The prince was also very depressed at this time. He felt that why was he so unlucky this year?

First, he had an argument and even a fight with the eldest prince during hunting, then he was unfortunately poisoned, and now he is being scolded for overeating. He feels really wronged.

He wanted to refuse, but since it was a gift from the elder, he dared not decline.

Whenever he felt depressed, he liked to go to Yonghe Palace.

This time too, after being scolded by his father, he didn't care at all about what Kangxi told him to reflect on, and went straight to Yonghe Palace.

When the Fourth Prince saw the Crown Prince coming, he did not feel the slightest sense of urgency as he was about to be caught talking bad about others behind their backs.

He thought the prince wanted him to come and look at the dog. After all, the dog was given to him by the prince from the West.

He didn't notice at all that, in fact, the prince was looking for him for Malu. He thought that he had made a name for himself in this life and the prince wanted to win him over.

The Fourth Prince quickly stood up and saluted, saying, "Why is His Royal Highness here?"

The prince snorted and said, "I came whenever I wanted. Do I need to explain to you?"

The prince is usually spoiled, and today he was in a bad mood, so his words were as angry as if he had eaten gunpowder.

Malu couldn't bear to listen any longer and protected her son, "Then what is the matter with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

The prince became even angrier after hearing this. He felt that Malu only had her own son in her heart and eyes, not him!

He didn't know why, but he just felt a little sour.

However, he still gave Malu face and said dejectedly that he came to get the music score.

Why does he need to come in person for such a small matter?

Seeing that the prince was timid on the outside but actually very soft-hearted, Malu also smiled: "Okay, okay, it's just that I scribbled on it before, so there's never a clean copy. Now I'll go and copy it for your Highness personally. I wonder if your Highness has time to wait for a while?"

The prince felt better now. It was copied by hand, which showed sincerity!

He nodded modestly, but still said with a straight face: "Then you go quickly."

As he said this, he turned around and looked like he was going to follow.

When the Fourth Prince saw the two of them getting along like this, his jaw dropped in shock. But in his mind, his own mother was the elder, so how could she copy for the Crown Prince?

It was really insulting! He stopped Malu and bowed to the prince: "Let the younger brother copy it for the second prince!"

The prince was somewhat puzzled: "Who wants your dog-crawling handwriting? I want the one written by Consort De."

Malu's handwriting is indeed better than Yinzhen's, but Yinzhen's handwriting is certainly not bad either.

Having said that, he simply strode forward and went to the piano room by himself, without being polite to Malu and the Fourth Prince at all.

Malu knew that she was asked to coax him!

The Fourth Prince muttered to himself, "My handwriting is also very good."

Malu couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, I guess the prince is in a bad mood, don't provoke him, or he will beat you up."

This actually happened in history - the Crown Prince kicked the Fourth Prince in the heart, and the Fourth Prince fainted on the spot.

The Fourth Prince was still frightened by this incident. He nodded, then slipped away with his tail between his legs.

Anyway, the prince only wants to talk to his own mother, so he won't join in the fun.

Seeing the prince sitting there angrily, Malu personally brought him a cup of tea and placed it on the zither: "What's wrong? Did you eat firecrackers?"

The prince snorted coldly and said, "It's still those little villains who gossip about me in front of the emperor!"

As he said this, he slammed the piano keys hard, causing the keyboard to make a roaring sound, which scared Malu.

Malu calmed himself down, patted his chest and said, "Don't get angry, Prince. It's harmful to your health."

The prince became even angrier: "Injury to the body? You still care about injury to the body? They want to kill me!"

Malu smiled and said, "You want to hurt me! Your Highness, are you here just to scare me?"