The Qing Palace Never Meets Spring

"You have indeed been loyal to your duties and have lived up to His Majesty's special selection of you."

I won't ask you to do anything else, just to deliver the news of the little prince's birth to the princess.

If you still don't think it's acceptable, that's fine too, since the news of the little prince's birth will be reported to the Imperial Household Department anyway.

The princess will find out a few days later.

The guard lowered his head and pondered for a while. This was indeed not a big deal, nor was it any news. He had refused so many times, so it wouldn't hurt to agree this time: "In that case, this servant will send someone to tell the Tenth Princess that the Princess should return."

"Okay." Having achieved her goal, Qingwan didn't linger. She turned around and went back to see the newborn second prince.

Just then, I overheard Aunt Yan scolding the Second Prince's wet nurse: "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. No matter what, the Thirteenth Prince is still the master."

It is your blessing to be able to nurse his child. When the Second Prince grows up, he will not treat you badly. However, if the Second Prince suffers a mishap because of your negligence...

The Imperial Household Department won't listen to your explanations when dealing with you.

The birth of the second prince by the princess was sudden, and your arrival was also rushed; you probably weren't well prepared.

The Princess Consort has already decided to give you two extra months' worth of monthly allowances and has also bestowed upon you bolts of cloth.

Take good care of the Second Prince; you won't be treated unfairly.

"Yes, the officials from the Imperial Household Department gave us instructions before we came, so please don't worry, Granny."

Seeing that Aunt Yan had already considered everything for her, Qingwan couldn't help but smile and call out, "Aunt Yan."

The newly assigned staff who came to take care of the Second Prince couldn't help but look at Aunt Yan when they heard this title.

Aunt Yan turned around and said, "The Princess Consort is here. Did you sleep well last night?"

Qingwan nodded and went to look at the baby in the cradle: "This baby came at just the right time, but I don't know if he'll be of any use."

"We're stuck here now, and all we can see is His Majesty's attitude."

At Changchun Palace, after receiving the message, Yi Huan stood up and walked around several times before telling Xun Mei, "Go and find something that children can use, anything will do, and add some other things as well, it doesn't matter what, as long as it's useful."

“Princess, after the Thirteenth Prince’s accident, you went to His Majesty’s house several times to beg him, and that’s how he finally got the Emperor to order Consort Rong to take you back to Changchun Palace and not let you go out.”

It was only with great difficulty that the ban was lifted; if I go back, I'm afraid I'll be grounded again.

Perhaps we should wait a few more days. It's not just the Thirteenth Prince who's imprisoned; the other princes have also been imprisoned, and they've been gradually released over the past few days. Maybe the Thirteenth Prince will be released soon too.

"And Zhang Chun is still here. Let's find a way to send him back, and the message will get back too."

“No.” Yi Huan shook her head. “The other brothers were only imprisoned for a few days, and their families are all free. Only the brothers and the Crown Prince are free.”

Even my sister-in-law is the only one who doesn't know anything yet.

And then there's Zhang Chun. Who knows how long they can keep this from Consort Rong? If she finds out Zhang Chun is here, she'll probably have something to say again.

It turned out that on the day Yingyu gave birth, Zhang Chun took advantage of the chaos to sneak out, but it was too difficult to inquire openly.

He then thought of finding Yi Huan. Fortunately, Yi Huan's words were much more effective than Consort Rong's in Changchun Palace, even though it was behind Consort Rong's back.

So when Zhang Chun arrived and revealed his identity, he was taken to Yi Huan's side.

Then some things happened, and I didn't have time to go back.

No matter how Xunmei tried to persuade her, she couldn't stop Yihuan. Yihuan said, "I'm not going to plead for my brother. It's just that today is my brother's birthday."

My brother is still locked up somewhere; I only went to ask my father to let me deliver some things to this child who was born on the same day as my brother.

Seeing that Yi Huan was determined, Xun Mei stopped trying to persuade her. She led the others to pack their things and then went to Qianqing Palace with Yi Huan.

"Lao Anda conveyed my message: I wish to see the Khan."

When Yi Huan arrived at Qianqing Palace, Liang Jiugong was waiting outside the door: "Princess, why are you doing this? His Majesty is still angry with the Thirteenth Prince."

"I'm not pleading for Thirteenth Brother; I just want to send something to Thirteenth Sister-in-law."

Anda knew it was his brother's birthday, but he didn't know where he was being held, so he naturally couldn't celebrate his birthday.

He had another son, who was born to celebrate his birthday. Although the birth was difficult, he was born safely, which was a good thing.

Now, Thirteenth Sister-in-law is being held in the Prince's quarters with her several children. It's unknown whether anything has been confiscated, or even if the newborn child's belongings have been prepared.

These words were spoken under the window where Kangxi often rested, and Yi Huan's voice was not quiet, so it naturally reached Kangxi's ears.

"Let her in," Kangxi said, putting down the memorial.

"Yes, sir." The little eunuch guarding Kangxi immediately went out to deliver the message.

After Yi Huan entered, he knelt down first and then said, "Your subject kowtows to Your Majesty the Khan."

Kangxi did not tell Yihuan to get up, and Yihuan did not speak either, just kneeling with her back straight.

After a short while, Yi Huan smiled bitterly to herself, realizing that she was indeed spoiled and pampered; her knees couldn't take it after kneeling for such a short time.

"When Yinxiang committed such an unfaithful and unfilial act, he never thought that he had a younger sister from the same mother."

You're always thinking about him, and you even have to take care of his wives, concubines, and children.

The thought of the potential consequences of being disloyal and unfilial made Yi Huan shudder.

Looking up again, Yi Huan's eyes were clear: "Thirteenth Brother has thought of Eighth Sister, he has pleaded and done everything he could."

Didn't Khan Father also cruelly marry off Eighth Sister to the southern desert? I am Khan Father's daughter; no matter how much my brother thinks of me, in the end, it's no match for Khan Father's word.

"Are you blaming me?"

"Your subject dares not presume. You are my father, the emperor of the Great Qing, and the person my brothers and sisters and I admire most in this world."

My sister and I were well aware that we were princesses of the Qing Dynasty, and from birth, we carried a mission.

"But now you are questioning me, because of your brother." Kangxi spoke calmly, as if he were having a casual conversation with an ignorant child.

"But Father, what will happen to Thirteenth Brother if I don't come? After you returned to the capital, you kept all the other brothers under your control."

But after you locked them up for a few days, the ladies of the harem knelt at the gate of Qianqing Palace for several days and begged their grandmother for days.

I was in the inner palace, unaware of the situation outside, but here in the palace, only the Thirteenth Brother was there, and no one pleaded for him.

The only people in the palace who would plead for him besides me are his wife, but she can't leave now, and even if she could, she would have to take care of the baby that Thirteenth Brother just gave birth to after a difficult labor.

Father, I know that because of your early death, you were more fond of us three siblings. Why couldn't you have been more fond of your thirteenth brother one more time?

As for your claim that your thirteenth brother committed acts of disloyalty and filial impiety, you've watched him grow up since he was a child, so you know in your heart whether he would do such a thing.

After hearing this, Yi Huan felt a little uneasy, but fortunately, Kangxi simply said, "Get up. You rarely spoke so much in front of me before."