The Virtuous Concubine

Yinzuo felt that he was betrayed by his trusted brother: "Brother, you went out to play without me? Yesterday we were still dependent on each other, why did you change your face today!"

Wen Xian was also unhappy. After all, not bringing Yinzuo meant that he couldn't bring her either.

The two children of average size started to act like spoiled brats, running to the princes' residence all day long and stopping the Fourth Prince from packing his luggage.

The Fourth Prince looked at his younger siblings who were playing tricks on him, feeling helpless and amused. He squatted down and patiently said to Yinzuo and Wenxian, "This time I am not going out for fun, I am following the Emperor on a southern tour. I have important matters to attend to. You are still young and cannot go with me. When you grow up a little, I will take you out to play."

However, Yinzuo and Wen Xian refused to listen and still held on to the Fourth Prince's clothes.

Although they didn't know where Jiangnan was, the fact that the Emperor wanted to go there and brought the Crown Prince with him meant it must be a good place.

The Fourth Prince had no way to deal with them, so he just gave them a lot of homework, and they could only go to Jiangnan after they finished it.

But the amount of homework was lethal. Two people, plus all the Haha beads, Aunt Dachun - Aunt Jingyi was pregnant and had to rest, so she couldn't help - Bai Fu, Bai Xia, etc., couldn't finish it!

Yinzuo and Wenxian looked at the mountain of homework with their eyes wide open, their faces full of disbelief.

"Brother, this is too much. How can we possibly finish it?" Yinzuo complained with a pout.

Wen Xian also echoed, "That's right, brother, you are deliberately making things difficult for us."

The Fourth Prince said seriously, "There is no other way. Only by completing these homeworks seriously can you prove that you have enough ability and perseverance, and then you will have the opportunity to go to Jiangnan. I wrote so many homeworks, so I was allowed to go to Jiangnan."

As he spoke, he pointed out to Yinzuo and Wen Xian all the books he had read, articles he had written, and characters he had practiced.

Yinzuo was small, but very clever, and it was not easy to fool him: "Brother, you can't do this. You are so much older than us. Even if you write a little every year, it is still more than us!"

The Fourth Prince suppressed his laughter and nodded: "Yes, so if you want to go to Jiangnan, you can either write a little bit a year like your brother to accumulate enough, or finish writing this amount before going to Jiangnan. In short -"

Wen Xiancai didn't listen. Because she looked like Kangxi, she was Kangxi's favorite, so she had the worst temper and the most correct ideas among the children in Yonghe Palace. It must be said that she was very similar to Kangxi in this respect.

Her eyes rolled and she came up with an idea. She was going to file a complaint with the emperor today!

She didn't insist and just pretended to give up, then pulled Yinzuo and ran out.

The Fourth Prince looked at the two people coming and going like the wind, smiled helplessly, and told the people around him to continue packing their luggage.

Wen Xian pulled Yinzuo and trotted all the way to the Qianqing Palace.

On the way, Yin Zuo asked Wen Xian hesitantly: "Sister, are we really going to the Qianqing Palace to file a complaint? Wouldn't that be a bad idea?"

Wen Xian put his hands on his hips and said angrily, "Humph, if my brother won't let us go to Jiangnan, we have to ask the emperor to judge for justice."

When they arrived at the gate of the Qianqing Palace, the guards were a little surprised to see two children running towards them, panting.

Wen Xian raised his little face and said seriously: "We want to see the emperor. We have important things to report."

After saying that, he politely greeted Liang Jiugong at the door: "Liang Daban, please tell the emperor father that we will wait until he is free."

Liang Jiugong dared not delay and hurried in to report.

Kangxi was handling government affairs. When he heard that Wen Xian and Yin Zuo were coming, he was very surprised, so he stopped what he was doing and let them in.

As soon as Wen Xian saw Kangxi, he started to act like a spoiled child and complained, "Father, I have something very important to discuss with you! Fourth brother is going to Jiangnan without taking us, and he has assigned us so many homeworks that we can't finish them at all."

Yinzuo also nodded in agreement.

Kangxi raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you disagree with the Fourth Prince going to Jiangnan, or do you disagree with the Fourth Prince not taking you with him, or do you not like doing homework?"

When the people in the Qianqing Palace heard Kangxi ask the princess this, they couldn't help laughing.

Kangxi originally just wanted to smooth things over, so he asked a bunch of tongue-twister questions in an attempt to confuse Wen Xian.

Who would have thought that after listening to Kangxi's question, Wen Xian tilted his head and thought seriously for a while, then said: "Father, Fourth Brother assigned so many homework just to deceive us, saying that we can go only after we finish it. This is one thing, and it has nothing to do with whether we like homework or not. Jiangnan must be very interesting, and we also want to go and see it."

Kangxi suppressed his laughter and nodded: "Your fourth brother is right, you have to do so much homework before you can go to Jiangnan."

Wen Xian and Yin Zuo were both a little bit unable to accept it. Was it true? Could it be that they had come all the way here, but still couldn't go to Jiangnan?

Wen Xian was skeptical: "Really? Who else is going to Jiangnan?"

Kangxi pretended to be in deep thought: "Your elder brother, your second brother the crown prince..."

Wen Xian couldn't accept it. Could it be that everyone could go, but she couldn't? She quickly asked Liang Jiugong beside her: "Liang Daban, are you going to Jiangnan?"

Liang Jiugong nodded.

She then asked the consultant next to her: "Manager Gu, are you going to Jiangnan?"

The consultant shook his head. After all, he had served in two dynasties and was highly respected, so he usually stayed in the palace.

Wen Xian immediately caught the loophole: "Liang Daban, you said you could go to Jiangnan, where are your homework?"

Then he looked at the consultant and said, "Manager Gu, you are so much older than Liang Daban, how come you haven't finished your homework for going to Jiangnan?"

Kangxi was extremely happy sitting on the throne, smiling as he watched Wen Xian embarrass Liang Jiugong.

Liang Jiugong was stunned for a moment by Wen Xian's question, then smiled and said, "Princess, I am not going to Jiangnan for homework. I am going to serve the emperor. This is my duty."

Wen Xian nodded: "Then Yinzuo and I can go too. I will serve tea and water to the emperor, and Yinzuo will grind ink and light the lamp for the emperor. Liang Daban, you don't have to go."

In just a few words, everything was arranged for everyone.

Kangxi finally couldn't help laughing out loud: "Then why is Liang Jiugong staying in the palace?"

Seeing his sister so brave, Yin Zuo couldn't help but interrupt: "Liang Daban, just do all our homework!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the servants in the Qianqing Palace could not help but smile.

Aunt Shu Yu, who was serving tea, saw this and winked at the little palace maid next to her.

The little palace maid understood what was meant and retreated quietly and silently, like a light feather, to go to Yonghe Palace to inform Concubine De.

Fortunately, Kangxi still had a way to deal with the children. He smiled and said, "How about this? You take your homework to Jiangnan to do it? If you can't finish it, don't come back!"

When Wen Xian and Yin Zuo heard this, their eyes widened, looked at each other, and actually began to consider whether they should bring their homework over.

Yinzuo was somewhat tempted, but Wenxian refused: "Then you won't be able to do your homework well, and you won't have fun playing. I will definitely finish it when I come back, okay?"