Chapter 102 Honghui's Ordinary Day

The sixth day of the sixth lunar month in the forty-third year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi
Honghui got up and washed as usual, and looked at the bronze mirror for a while. The acne mark on the corner of his jaw was almost gone, but another one appeared on the right cheek. He lowered his head and smelled his clothes, which smelled like medicinal food.

The head maid came in with a plate with various purses on it. Honghui picked up one embroidered with a puppy pattern and hung it around his waist. It was filled with mosquito repellent herbs and some dried beef cubes in the compartment.

This was a habit she had developed since childhood. My mother was always afraid that she would be hungry and get a stomachache from eating too much, so she cut the beef into small pieces and put them in the purse she carried with her. Whenever she wanted to eat something, she would just put a piece of beef in her mouth.

Although he has grown up now, Honghui still keeps this habit, only the size and taste of the beef cubes have changed.

Braving the morning dew, Honghui arrived at the main courtyard. His father and mother were already dressed and breakfast was on the table.

There were steamed buns, dumplings, seafood porridge, various pickles, and the goat milk he had been drinking since he was a child.

What’s different today is that Liu Liu is awake.

Children sleep a lot, so when Honghui leaves every day, Liuliu is still not awake. But today is unusual.

Liu Liu snuggled in Yi Hua's arms, rubbing her sleepy eyes and holding her arm tightly, "Mother, mother, there is a monster chasing my brother. It's so scary."

Yihua gently shook her, and when she saw Honghui coming in, she smiled and said, "Dreams are always the opposite. Look, my brother is here."

Honghui held Liuliu in his arms with ease and played the lifting-up-high game with her.

"Stop playing and come and eat. It will get cold soon." Yihuan waved to everyone gently.

Yinzhen sat next to the seafood porridge and served a bowl to Yihuan. The family of four slowly enjoyed their breakfast.

Just like in the past month, there was a bowl of ginseng soup in front of Honghui. He closed his eyes and drank it all. Yihua looked at the empty bowl with satisfaction: "We will have your favorite sweet and sour pork ribs and drunken shrimp tonight. Come back after school."

"My son knows." Honghui tilted his head, lingered on Yihuan's palm for a while, and then followed Yinzhen to the palace.

The father and son parted ways at the palace gate. Yinzhen stopped for a long time, looking at Honghui's back and silently counting the sixth day of the sixth month in his heart.

When they arrived at the Shangshufang, Honghui came to his seat, first clapped hands with Hongqing behind him, and then took out his homework book under his eager eyes.

"Good brother." Honghui smiled happily and started copying quickly before the ink had even dried. After all, he couldn't finish copying if he didn't write quickly enough.

After just a cup of tea, the teacher arrived. Everyone stood up to greet him and then began their daily morning reading.

Lang Lang's reading voice was heard, mixed with the little prince's snoring, which was very harmonious.

During the break in class as usual, Honghui took out a piece of beef from his bag and put it in his mouth. It was spicy today, so he had another one.

During the horse riding and archery class, Honghui felt that he was using the bow and arrow very smoothly today. His mind and hands moved as his eyes moved. He looked carefully and saw eight rings.

Tsk, it turned out to be an illusion. I need to practice more.

During the lunch break, Honghui saw a familiar figure at the door. It was the young eunuch from the Yangxin Palace. He smiled at him. It turned out that the Queen had summoned him to accompany her.

Hongqing was a little unhappy as he no longer had a companion to eat with.

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Kangxi prepared sour plum soup for Honghui to cool down.

Seeing the sweet and sour pork ribs on the table, Honghui smiled secretly, picked up two pieces and put them into his bowl to eat slowly.

"Have you grown taller?" Kangxi looked him up and down and felt that this good grandson had grown taller after not seeing him for a few days.

Honghui was a little proud: "Back to Huangmafa, my grandson was measured yesterday and he has grown so much taller than last month."

Seeing Honghui gesticulating, Kangxi was in a good mood: "It seems that the medicinal food was not in vain."

Honghui frowned: "Please stop talking about medicinal food. Just listening to it, these ribs taste like medicinal food."

Kangxi laughed loudly. The people serving in the Yangxin Palace were used to it. Whenever Prince Honghui came, there would always be laughter and joy. The emperor was in a very good mood and was the easiest to serve. Therefore, everyone liked Prince Honghui very much. Kangxi was a little sleepy today. Seeing this, Honghui took his leave after dinner. Seeing that it was still early for the afternoon class, he went directly to the Yonghe Palace.

Concubine De was about to take a nap when she heard that Honghui had arrived. She immediately let him in and told Nanny Lu to prepare snacks, fruits and milk tea.

Honghui ate two sweet fruits, chatted with Concubine De for a few words, and then went to his room in the side hall to rest.

"If the Fourteenth Lady's belly could be like Honghui's, I would wake up laughing in my dreams." Defei seemed to be thinking about something. She looked at the needlework on the couch, which was a tiger-head hat for children.

After a short rest at noon, Honghui washed his face and returned to the study.

There was a music class in the afternoon. Honghui was playing the guitar with both hands flying around, and it was obvious that he was very skilled.

Western musical instruments are always particularly popular in this class. Although the teacher prefers traditional instruments such as the guzheng, zither and flute, he cannot resist the brothers.

Imported products always give people a sense of novelty and yearning.

But as I grew older, I could no longer appreciate these things. I had never seen Western musical instruments used at any formal palace banquet.

Honghui felt very happy after satisfying his urge to play the guitar. The guitar at home was torn apart by Liuliu. Although his mother found someone to repair it, the tone was not the same as before.

After school, Hongqing followed behind and said that he wanted to go bird hunting during the day off, so he went to his father's garden and asked Honghui if he wanted to go.

Honghui remembered that his third uncle's garden was full of birdsong and flowers, with a new scene at every step, which was extremely rare. Brother Hongqing dared to shoot birds in it, which was obviously like touching the tiger's butt and asking for a beating.

For the sake of Hongqing's brother's butt, Honghui suggested changing the place.

Hong Qing disagreed: "What do I need to change? I just want to play around in my father's garden. My second brother memorized the book very well a few days ago, and father said that he will get the garden in the future. So I have to go and play to my heart's content first."

Honghui did not refute when he heard this. There were always conflicts in brother Hongqing's family. He hoped that one day he would not be bound by his family and could truly become the free and easy person he longed to be.

Yinzhen was standing at the palace gate waiting. Honghui took two quick steps, said goodbye to Hongqing and left.

The carriage drove steadily towards the Fourth Prince's Mansion.

Honghui could sense that Father was in a very good mood: "Father, is there anything happy today?"

Yinzhen smiled when he saw Honghui's eager eyes. This child really likes to listen to what happens in the court, and his analysis is always meaningful, worthy of being raised by the Emperor.

"Today is the same as usual, which is good." Yinzhen said something that Honghui didn't quite understand, and then he said nothing more.

When he returned home, Honghui saw that his mother was also very happy, so he was also very happy.

Liuliu is a cheerful person, and the family of four had dinner with laughter.

The sweet and sour pork ribs made by my mother are still the best, Honghui thought to himself. Just as he was about to reach out to take the medicinal food, he found that it was empty.

Yihuan handed him the cup of milk tea: "Mother thought about it today and realized that you are in good health. You really don't need to drink medicinal food every day."

Honghui's eyes lit up and his smile became more genuine.

At the request of little girl Liuliu, Honghui held her and swung on the swing for a while.

After reviewing his homework in the evening, Honghui fell asleep.

Today is indeed a good day!

Yihua coaxed Liuliu to sleep and suddenly said, "Look, my brother wasn't captured by the monster today. Dreams really are the opposite of what they used to be."

"Well, it's the other way around." Liu Liu repeated and slowly closed his eyes.