The Virtuous Concubine

Malu didn't know that she would have to wait for eighteen years.

If she knew, she probably wouldn't agree.

With such a huge age gap, isn't this a waste of the girl?

At the moment, she only felt that her son was caring, just not much. However, she did not want to interfere too much and just told him to know it himself.

Yinzhen left a lot of gifts and rare treasures to his mother and two sisters in a depressed mood, then turned back to his elder brother's house to grieve over his love. He even ignored Fourteenth Brother who came over excitedly to find his fourth brother.

Fourteen rushed over with a frown on his face and hugged Malu's legs, knocking Malu so hard that he almost lost his balance.

Like a small cannonball! He is indeed the Husky among the princes, the future great general king. At such a young age, he has a very unique skeleton.

Bai Xia held back her laughter and pulled Fourteenth Prince away. Bai Fu helped the Empress sit down. Ma Lu then reached out and hugged the complaining Fourteenth Prince: "Little Ancestor, watch out, don't fall."

Fourteen waved the rattle in his hand, making a dong-dong-dong sound. "Mother, why is Fourth Brother ignoring me? I wanted to show him this rattle, with his name engraved on it."

Malu looked at the Fourteenth Prince in her arms, her heart full of love. She gently patted the Fourteenth Prince's back to soothe his emotions. "Fourteenth, your fourth brother is in a bad mood today, don't blame him. When he is in a good mood, he will accompany you naturally. Come, mother, take a look at this rattle."

The Fourteenth Prince looked at Malu as if he understood, with a hint of grievance still on his little face, but he still obediently handed the rattle to his mother.

Malu looked at the rattle that had been used by all the children in Yonghe Palace, and felt a lot of emotions in his heart.

Yinzhen's possessiveness was indeed too strong. He used his fingernails to pinch a "Zhen" character on the handle of the rattle, which was deeply engraved in the wood.

It was really difficult for him! Such a complex Chinese character, such a young child, was pinched out without any sharp tools.

Malu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She scratched Fourteen's little nose and said, "Your brother was the first to use this. Later, your seventh brother and seventh sister also used it. When you were younger, Thirteen used it with you. Now I'm going to give it to my two younger sisters."

The Fourteenth Prince blinked his big eyes and asked in confusion: "Then why does Fourth Brother think this is his?"

Malu didn't know how to answer for a moment.

She carefully chose her words for a long time, and then asked Fourteen, "Then who do you think this rattle belongs to?"

The Fourteenth Prince tilted his head and thought for a while, then said in a baby voice, "The Fourteenth Prince thinks this rattle belongs to everyone, and everyone can play with it."

Ma Lu smiled slightly, touched the Fourteenth Prince's head, and said, "Fourteenth is right, this rattle belongs to everyone. You are all brothers and sisters, you must learn to share. Your fourth brother, when he was a child, may not have understood this principle very well, so he left this word."

After a pause, Ma Lu asked Fourteen, "Then, what if the other princes in Yonghe Palace asked you for it, or even snatched it from you?"

Fourteen was suddenly embarrassed.

He just said that this belonged to everyone, but subconsciously he didn't want to let anyone other than his brothers and sisters to play with it, so he frowned and fell into deep thought.

Soon he looked up at Malu and said, "Mother, Fourteenth feels that if another prince wants to snatch it, Fourteenth will tell him that it belongs to everyone and cannot be snatched. If he doesn't listen, Fourteenth will go to the Emperor to seek justice."

Malu smiled and nodded, saying, "Fourteen is very brave and has his own ideas."

She felt that her son now understood this truth and was able to secure his own future.

When she was about to take her son to see his sister, Fourteenth heard what she said and murmured, "If the Emperor is also unreasonable, then I can only make them understand that this thing is mine and they can't take it away from me."

The corners of Malu's mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but realize that among all his sons, except Yinzuo, there was probably no one who could give him peace of mind.

She suddenly lost the desire to continue discussing this topic and wanted to use a new toy to divert Fourteenth Prince's attention.

Unfortunately, the Fourteenth Prince was indeed born with supernatural powers. He was not paying attention with his hand and directly took apart the Jade Nine Rings, which was originally intended to be untied.

Malu's eyes widened, then he shook his head helplessly and said, "Fourteen, this jade nine-ring chain needs wisdom and skills to be solved, not brute force."

Seeing his silly smile, Malu gave up completely and sighed, "Forget it, kid, it seems that this delicate thing is not suitable for you. I will take you to the training ground some other day. Your brothers should still be practicing martial arts. You can go and see if it's fun there."

That night, Kangxi called Malu to come to Yonghe Palace because she was in confinement after giving birth. As soon as he came in, he saw Malu holding her chin and sighing softly at the white jade nine-ring chain on the table.

"My beloved, why are you sighing?"

Malu came back to his senses, stood up and saluted, saying, "May the emperor be well."

But the sad look on his face still persisted.

Kangxi looked carefully at the untied nine-linked ring on the table, and somehow felt a little sad: "Good things are hard to keep. I spent so much time to untie it. I was so happy when I untied it, but now I feel so sad--"

Seeing that Kangxi had completely gone off the track, Ma Lu couldn't help but laugh: "Your Majesty, this was torn apart by your Fourteenth Prince with his bare hands in the blink of an eye, but it wasn't untied."

Kangxi was stunned at first, then he burst into laughter, thinking that the children in Yonghe Palace were all very sensible and interesting!

"This Fourteenth Prince is really a tiger boy."

After laughing, Kangxi looked at Malu again and said, "I think you don't need to worry about this. This child has such supernatural power. He will definitely become a powerful general of the Qing Dynasty in the future."

Malu was helpless: "I am just worried that he is too reckless and doesn't know how to restrain himself, and accidentally hurts someone."

Kangxi naturally understood and told Malu not to worry. He directly asked Liang Jiugong to arrange a few instructors for the Fourteenth Prince. Since he had no place to use all his energy, he might as well practice with his brothers in advance.

Seeing that the matter was resolved, Malu stopped acting and restrained the gloom on her face. She let Kangxi lie down. She picked up some rose essential oil with her fingernails and applied it on Kangxi's temples to massage him.

Kangxi felt no guilt at all for ordering Malu, who had just come out of confinement, to do his bidding. Instead, he felt that this comfortable feeling was so long ago and hummed in relaxation.

As he was massaging, Kangxi suddenly asked with his eyes closed: "You like jasmine, and there is also jasmine scent in this palace, but why are they using rose oil?"