Secrets of Yuqing Palace

When mentioning his brothers, Yinreng changed the subject and continued speaking enviously.

"My son heard that Concubine Hui was very happy when she learned that my eldest brother was going to leave the palace to build a mansion. She summoned my eldest sister-in-law to the Yanxi Palace early."

"And when my sister-in-law left Yanxi Palace, she was holding a box in her hands and had a smile on her face."

"Even Concubine Rong is like this."

"I think the two queens are kindhearted and worried that the eldest and third brothers would be left without anyone to take care of them, so they gave them quite a bit of money."

He sighed and said, "It's where Fourth Brother is."

"Ah~"

"Khan Ama, my son can always empathize with my fourth brother."

"Empress Depin is completely devoted to my fourteenth brother. Ever since Mother Xiaoyi left, my fourth brother has become like a son, a child without his mother's protection and care."

"Khan Ama, my eldest and third brothers are both subsidized by our mother, so please take care of my fourth brother."

"If I hadn't been so powerless and too embarrassed to use the Crown Princess's dowry, I would have given some of my own money to my fourth brother."

As Kangxi listened to his son's gossip, he was confused at first, then distressed, and finally his fatherly love completely burst out.

Yes, all his sons have the support of their biological mother.

Even though Yinzhen did not have any money given to him by his biological mother, he still had 200,000 yuan of silver given by me, the emperor, to settle down.

Only Baocheng had a mother who had passed away for almost twenty years, and she had thought about him living in the palace, so she had never thought about the money to settle down.

He always felt that having the Imperial Household Department arrange the best of everything for his son in terms of food, clothing, housing, transportation, etc., even exceeding the standards of himself as the emperor, was a sign of his favor to the prince.

But he never thought that what he gave were things he could use, but never money.

Even those rewards, many of which were given by the emperor, could not be exchanged for silver or even given away at will.

Especially after hearing what his beloved son said, he felt even more distressed and annoyed.

As the Crown Prince! As my most precious son! How could you not have so much money?

Poorer than ordinary princes?

As the crown prince, his son has no money? He even wants the crown princess's dowry. How can this be allowed!

It turns out that my Baocheng suffered a great injustice in a place I didn’t know about!

Thinking of leaving the palace to set up his own house, he gave money to his son to settle down, but he did not give money to ensure his success.

Yinreng's words of sympathy for his brother made Kangxi feel self-blame, distressed, and even a little guilty.

This Liang Jiugong is really something!

I'm so busy with state affairs that I don't think about so many things, and this dog slave doesn't even bother to remind me!

Liang Jiugong, who was inexplicably shot: ...I am innocent!

Kangxi cleared his throat uncomfortably.

"Baocheng loves his younger brother and is a good brother."

"But I also hope that Baocheng can be more considerate of himself."

"You and Yinzhen..."

"Ah~"

"There's a saying among the people: 'A tree grows tall and branches out, and children grow up and branch out.' When children grow up and settle down on their own, the elders will give them money to divide the family so that they can better take care of their own families and assume the responsibilities of being the head of the family after they go out on their own."

"Now that you brothers are grown up, you are all getting married and will soon become fathers. It's time for you to take on the responsibility of supporting the family."

"As the head of the family, I am your Khan Ama, so it is natural for me to prepare some money for you so that you can have more confidence and ability to shoulder your responsibilities."

Yinreng did not respond to this, but pretended to be aggrieved and said: "Khan Ama, do you want to divide your sons?"

"Did my son do something wrong to make Khan Amma angry?"

"My son can't bear to leave Khan Ama!"

"Please, Khan, don't divide your sons."

Kangxi was satisfied with his beloved son's closeness to him.

He said with a smile: "I have already allocated the Zhai Palace to you, why would I divide you away?!"

"However, as the crown prince, and the next generation heir of our Aisin-Gioro family, you should also have your own team and shoulder the responsibilities of husband, father, and crown prince."

"So I will also give you some silver. Your brothers will have some, and you will have some too!"

Only then did Yinreng's mood turn from gloomy to cheerful, and a bright smile appeared on his face.

"Yes, my son will definitely live up to my father's expectations!"

"As long as Khan Ama doesn't separate his sons, they will listen to him."

Then he chuckled and asked, "How much does Khan Ama plan to give his son?"

But without waiting for Kangxi to answer, he continued to talk to himself excitedly, as if he was really looking forward to it and very happy.

"Now my son is also a member of the family!"

"Khan Ama may not know that the Guwalja clan has raised hundreds of thousands of taels of silver for the Crown Princess's dowry."

"Although my son's storehouse is full of good things, they can't be exchanged or resold or given away, so there's no money on the books."

"So every time my son faces the Crown Princess, he feels a little insecure."

When Kangxi heard that the Crown Princess had a dowry of hundreds of thousands of taels and that his son was not confident enough to face the Crown Princess, he swallowed the 300,000 taels that he was about to offer.

Originally, he thought that it would cost 200,000 taels for an ordinary prince to build a mansion outside the palace.

Yinreng was the crown prince and also his favorite son, so 300,000 taels would be enough.

But when he heard that his son was short of money and lacked confidence in front of the Crown Princess who had a dowry of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, he felt that he couldn't give too little.

Otherwise, what should we do if the prince loses his authority?

So he said to Yinreng: "I plan to have the Ministry of Revenue prepare 200,000 silver coins for each of your brothers when they leave the palace to build their own residences."

"Although you don't have to leave the palace to build a residence, you are the prince, and you can't be left behind by what your brothers have."

"So I'll prepare three hundred thousand taels for you."

"But I will give you another 200,000 taels from my private treasury."

"But Baocheng must not spread this matter."

"You are the Crown Prince, the master of Yuqing Palace. You must be tough in front of the Crown Princess."

"The future of my Qing dynasty belongs to you. You can't back down just for a few hundred thousand taels! This is unacceptable!"

Yinreng's eyes lit up.

【It’s done! 】

He wiped his eyes with his sleeves in emotion, and looked up at Khan Ama with red eyes.

Then he knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Kangxi, feeling quite moved.

"I have no way to repay Khan Ama's kindness to me. I only hope that with this mortal body I can show my filial piety to Khan Ama."

"Although Baocheng has been without an imperial mother since childhood, he has the true love of Khan Ama. I feel that I am the luckiest person in the entire Qing Dynasty."

"When I was young, I envied my brothers for having their own mother's love, but now that I have grown up, I understand the fatherly love that Khan Ama has for me, and I am extremely satisfied."

Kangxi looked at his beloved son's forehead, which was faintly stained with blood, and his eyes were filled with tears, and felt extremely distressed.

Listening to his heartfelt words, I felt that Baocheng was extremely filial!

He hurried to Yinreng with heartache and carefully helped him up.

"Liang Jiugong, hurry!"

"Bring me the purple cloud ointment that the court envoy presented me a few days ago. I want to apply it to Baocheng myself."

Liang Jiugong was also frightened by the prince's appearance.

He quickly bowed and replied, "Yes, I will go right away."

Kangxi said earnestly, "Baocheng, does it hurt?"

"How could you be so confused?! Never do that again!"

"Our bodies and hair are a gift from our parents. Seeing this injury, Khan Ama feels heartbroken."

Yinreng shook his head and grinned, "Khan Ama, my son doesn't feel any pain!"

"I once heard a saying among the people, 'A child with a mother is a treasure,' and I deeply believed it at the time."

"But now I feel that with such a good father like Khan Ama, I am like living in a honey pot. Even if my mother is not around, I am still a treasure!"

Kangxi was so soft-hearted at this moment. After all, this was the child he had raised, and the one closest to him.

However, when Kangxi applied medicine to him gently, he noticed that he frowned from time to time.

Kangxi, feeling sorry for his son, immediately became gentler in his movements and even blew on him while applying the medicine.