The Virtuous Concubine

Nalan finished the painting quickly and inscribed on it the poem he really wanted to write.

"Everyone raises a son hoping he will be smart, but I have been misled by my intelligence all my life. I only hope that my child will be simple and rude, but will become an official without any disaster or trouble."

Nalan believed that he had lived a peaceful and smooth life, with the exception of the love disaster caused by Malu and the occasional depression caused by his frustration.

Only now that I have a child do I understand what Su Shi meant by "I only hope that my child will be stupid and rude, and will become an official without any disaster or trouble."

Malu soon received a thick bundle of letters from the Fourth Prince. She lost interest after reading two pages, realizing that the Fourth Prince was not writing to her, but was acting for Kangxi.

To what extent did Kangxi want to control? He would personally read any letter sent from the army to the palace.

With a roll of his eyes, Malu handed all the letters to Jingyi.

"Okay Jingyi, please help me take a look when you are free. If there is anything important, please tell me!"

Jingyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "My queen!"

Malu really doesn't like reading anything with words recently. She wishes she didn't know any words at all. She gets a headache when she sees words. She doesn't know why, maybe it's because of the emotions during pregnancy.

The world is big, but a pregnant woman is the biggest. Don’t say she just doesn’t like reading. If she wants to burn books, everyone in Yonghe Palace will go along with her.

But Wen Xian was so angry that she screamed and said that the baby in her belly must not like to study. She read to her sister in her belly every day, but her mother didn't allow it, saying that it made her head hurt.

Since Ma Lu gave birth, she has relaxed her mind. As for children, she has all kinds of children, some are ambitious, some are sensible, and some are considerate.

Now that the two daughters in my belly have older brothers and sisters to take care of them, that’s enough.

As long as they do not break the law, are not extravagant and arrogant, and live a peaceful and wealthy life, Malu will be satisfied.

The identity of a princess is precious enough, and they have enough capital to do whatever they like.

Jingyi read it very carefully, not daring to miss a single word. But when she saw the fourth prince confessing that he had whipped Galdan Khatun's corpse in public during the battle between the two armies, and was finally stripped of his title by the emperor, for failing to live up to his mother's teachings, she felt dizzy and could not even stand steadily.

Jingyi tried hard to keep herself steady, her heart filled with shock and worry. This matter was of great importance, and the Fourth Prince's move would surely cause an uproar.

What should the queen do? What should the Fourth Prince do? What should Yonghe Palace do? The more Jingyi thought about it, the more scared she became. She must tell the queen about this, but how should she tell her?

The Queen is pregnant with twins now, and can’t stand any stimulation! But the Queen will know sooner or later. If she knows when she is a month older...

Jingyi calmed herself down, looked back, and thought about how to tell Malu about this.

However, she did not mention this matter again in the subsequent letters. She was worried but finally gritted her teeth and called for Doctor Gu. If anything happened due to her overexcitement, Doctor Gu would definitely be helpful.

Malu was playing with the rattle to entertain Fourteenth Prince. The rattle was used by the Fourth Prince, then by the Seventh Prince, and now it was Fourteenth Prince's turn. The gold paint on it had fallen off, and it looked quite old.

Bai Xia and Bai Fu had mentioned several times that Malu should get a new one, but Malu refused to do so. In her opinion, this was called "inheritance".

Malu was a little surprised to see Jingyi and Doctor Gu walking in with a serious look on their faces.

"What's going on here?"

Seeing the two of them so serious, Malu felt uneasy.

Jingyi bowed her head slightly and whispered, "Your Majesty, I just saw in the letter from the Fourth Prince that he whipped the corpse of Galdan Khatun in public during the battle between the two armies and was stripped of his title by the Emperor."

Malu's face darkened: "What?"

Seeing that the Empress was angry, everyone in Yonghe Palace knelt down.

Seeing a group of people kneeling again, Malu couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand: "What are you all doing? Get up! It's not like you whipped someone's corpse!"

Everyone stood up and bowed their heads, not daring to speak. Jingyi looked at Malu nervously, and was relieved to see that she was just angry, and not furious or having a miscarriage.

Malu asked Jingyi again: "How did the emperor punish me? Did he say anything else?"

Jingyi shook her head: "It was just the seizure of the title. After that, the Fourth Prince talked about the scenery on the grassland and the battlefield, and said he would bring back a painting."

When Malu heard the news, his anxiety was slightly relieved. The emperor would not easily let go of anything that damaged his image as a benevolent monarch.

The seizure of the title was probably intended as an opportunity to suppress someone, and also as a show for others to see.

This was done by my son, not me, and I have already punished him. What the Fourth Prince said in the letter was actually hinting that he still had room for redemption.

After all, the fact that he was so leisurely was enough to show that the war was going extremely smoothly and that he had not really angered Kangxi.

Otherwise, Kangxi would have scolded him severely and imprisoned him for several years. How could he have allowed him to wander around and write poetry and paint?

Ma Lu was completely relieved when he thought of this, and he comforted the frightened people in Yonghe Palace: "Okay, okay, don't be scared, he will be fine."

Jingyi and Bai Xia Baifu looked at each other and thought, maybe the queen has gone crazy?

He was promoted to the position of Beile with great difficulty, and when he comes back to get married, he will become a prince. Is this not a big deal?

Such a thing would pose such a huge threat to the Fourth Prince's reputation. Doesn't the Empress have any idea of ​​this?

Could it be that the saying that pregnancy makes people stupid for three years is true?

Bai Xia whispered: "My Lady! This is a title."

Malu waved his hand and said, "It's fine as long as they are fine. Titles and such will come naturally when they are old enough. It's a good opportunity to temper their tempers. These kids are more disobedient than the other!"

There is a subtle implication in these words that Kangxi was making an example of the Fourth Prince, who had tragically fallen into the position of a negative example for the princes and princesses.

Jingyi was relieved to see that Malu was fine, and comforted him, "Fourth Prince is a man of great talent and strategy, he will surely make a comeback."

After hearing Jingyi's words, everyone felt a little relieved.

Malu smiled and nodded, "Yes, but you guys should behave yourself recently. Jingyi, I'll have to trouble you to write a letter for me and scold him. Forget it, I'll write it myself, otherwise it won't be enough to make me feel better. Find the letter in which he mentioned this matter and give it to me."

At the same time, Malu also asked Bai Fu to call Wen Xian and Yin Zuo. Although she believed that Yin Zhen would not do anything reckless, her brother's being stripped of his title was no small matter after all.

They still have to be aware of this and behave themselves recently. They usually rely on the Fourth Prince, but now that the Fourth Prince has lost his title, his duties in the Banner Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will probably be completely dismissed, so they have to persuade Wen Xian to be more careful.

But as soon as Malu wrote the title, he felt something was wrong.

She put down her pen and asked Jingyi who was standing beside her: "The emperor's messengers have come to the palace many times, and have also written several letters to me. How come he didn't mention anything about this matter?"

Malu realized why Kangxi never told anyone about this matter!