Chapter 108 Mother and Son
Concubine Liang had long been worried about the issue of the eighth prince's offspring. When Concubine Hui was still Concubine Hui, Guo Luoluo would listen to her.

Now Huipin just stays indoors and doesn't take care of anything.

Concubine Liang tried to persuade her daughter-in-law every time, but her daughter-in-law agreed on the surface, but actually did nothing. After talking too much, she was directly humiliated. She was born in a poor family, had little influence, and did not want to cause discord between the eighth brother and his wife, so she could only endure it.

Over the years, I have been getting angry and anxious all the time.

Now with Kangxi's oral order, Concubine Liang was overjoyed and took out her little notebook, which contained all the women she liked who were named but not yet married. Now she could choose a few more for the Eighth Prince.

It would be best if she could achieve full success, then her life would not be in vain.

So within two days, there were two more princesses and four concubines in the Eighth Lady's mansion.

The Eighth Master had to obey Kangxi's orders, so he did not treat these six women coldly like he treated the concubines in the mansion. Instead, he would visit them every now and then, and would not leave after sitting for a while.

At the end of the month, Guo Luoluo found that she had only slept with the Eighth Master for a few days, and the rest of the time she was alone in an empty room. How could this work? She felt sour in her heart. Although she knew that the Eighth Master was doing it for the emperor to see and it was the right way to protect herself, when she thought about his increasing intimacy with other women, Guo Luoluo began to doubt herself.

Yinzhen's investigation yielded results. There were indeed a few maids who knew kung fu around the Eighth Concubine. The tall and thin one had not appeared since the Crown Prince's wedding banquet. After inquiring, she said that she had returned to her hometown. When they searched in the direction of her hometown, they only found some blood-stained strips of cloth. It was as if she had evaporated, leaving no trace.

It is basically certain that the Eighth Concubine destroyed the body and covered up all the evidence, which means that it was indeed the Eighth Concubine who did it on the day of the palace banquet.

Although Yihuan was not surprised by the results of the investigation, she was puzzled by the Eighth Lady's motive for doing this.

It was Yinzhen's words that woke the dreamer up.

"She did it for the Eighth Brother. This time, it was me who implicated you and your daughter." Yinzhen saw clearly, "She claims to be one with the Eighth Brother, and the Eighth Brother was rejected by the Ninth Brother and the Tenth Brother. The Eighth Brother must be very angry in private. She couldn't use her methods on me, so she naturally targeted you women."

"Huh?" Yihuan opened her mouth wide. It was not easy for Guo Luoluo to think of such a complicated plan. It was also amazing that Yinzhen could follow her train of thought.

Yinzhen stuffed a peeled lychee into Yihuan's mouth and asked, "How was the eldest princess today?"

Yihuan shook her head: "No doctor can give a definite answer. They all say that it will leave a scar."

"I asked Lao Jiu to go to Jiangnan to ask. It's very rich there, and there might be some talented people living in seclusion there. Whether we can find them depends on the luck of the eldest princess."

Yihuan nodded, not considering the eldest princess's luck, but the financial resources of the Ninth Master.

There will always be brave men when there is a big reward. This is an eternal truth.

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Honghui was lying on the bed recovering from his injuries. If he had known the current situation would happen, he would never have gone to his mother to show off his achievements.

After knowing that the Empress Dowager had bestowed a princess upon his eighth uncle and that Concubine Liang had also given him a few women, Honghui knew that his words that day had taken effect. As expected, the Empress Dowager could not tolerate the reality that the Eighth Concubine had monopolized his eighth uncle and had not given birth to any children, so she took direct action to deal with it.

Honghui felt somewhat smug in his heart. He had finally gotten revenge on his elder sister, so he couldn't help but tell Yihuan everything.

Yihua was stunned. She was still carefully planning how to fight back, but she didn't expect her son to be a man of action: "Why did you come up with this plan?"

"Mother, you taught me that I should not tell lies in front of the emperor and I should not have the mentality of taking advantage of him. What my son said is the truth and impartial. The emperor is just overthinking it." Honghui has absorbed Yihuan's teachings, and his methods have become much more advanced than when he was a child.

"Then why are you targeting Uncle Eight and Aunt Eight?" Honghui realized that Yihua was not happy, so he restrained his expression and answered honestly: "Big sister's face cannot be hurt in vain. She can't hurt others and not allow others to plot against her. My son is so angry that he wants to find something for Aunt Eight to do so that she won't always keep an eye on our house. This time, Big sister is by your side. If there is a next time, it will be mother who is hurt. My son really can't imagine it."

Yihua took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down: "Mother has taught you to read and write for so many years, and taught you the teachings of saints, and you have learned these conspiracies and tricks?"

Honghui was a little hurt when he heard this, and raised his head unconvinced: "Mother, I have done my best to protect you and my elder sister. Is that wrong?"

"A gentleman is open and aboveboard, while a villain is always worried. You dare to say that these are the actions of a gentleman. Can you be open and aboveboard in front of the emperor in the future?" Yihua couldn't control her voice. "You took advantage of the love of your elders, and instead of feeling ashamed, you took pride in it. Did you turn a deaf ear to Confucius' words?"

"Besides, as for the matter of the women in the harem, my mother is here. Do you think she is incapable of seeking justice for the eldest princess?"

It was the first time that Honghui felt Yihua's harsh tone, and he couldn't help but retort: ​​"My son just said a few words in front of the Queen Mother that everyone knew. How can he be taken advantage of?"

"You don't repent and you've learned to talk back. You won't feel the pain if I don't beat you with a stick today." Yihuan gave the order and held Honghui down in the main courtyard and beat him with ten sticks.

Honghui gritted his teeth and said nothing. Hearing the sound of the board hitting someone, Yihua couldn't help but stick her head out, but she couldn't bear to watch. This happened several times. Nanny Chen bravely advised: "Fujin, calm down. The eldest prince is so filial. You can teach him slowly."

Yihuan sighed, "Honghui has been smart since he was young, and he thrives in the palace, but he always forgets that the emperor is the emperor. The emperor can see through his shallow thoughts at a glance, but he is just relying on the emperor's true love for him. But if this happens a few more times, how much of the emperor's sincerity will be left?"

"I have to endure so much scorn and bullying. If I don't hold him back and continue to let him waste his relationship with the emperor, that would be harmful to him."

Nanny Chen agreed in her heart: "Just explain the reason to the eldest prince. If you keep talking back and forth like this, won't it hurt the relationship between you and your son?"

"If I beat him up, he will no longer acknowledge me as his mother, and that would hurt our relationship." Yihuan said angrily.

When Yinzhen received the news and rushed over, the ten beatings had already been completed. Yihuan ordered people to carry Honghui back and ask the court physician to give him medicine and to eat light food. She hardened her heart and did not go with him.

Honghui kept his head down. Yihuan didn't see the look in his eyes, but she knew that the child was sad.

Yihuan sat on the couch, covering her handkerchief with both hands. Tears instantly burst out and the handkerchief was soaked within a few minutes.

Yinzhen stood there for a long while, and when Yihuan finally looked up, he laughed out loud when they looked at each other. She looked too much like a rabbit.

"Fujin is so majestic today, why are you so angry?" Yinzhen wiped the water stains on her face and asked softly.

"It's my fault that Honghui behaved this way. I'm not strong enough, so he felt he had to protect me." Yihuan finished explaining what Honghui had done and made a summary.

Yinzhen also just realized that his son had caused the Eighth Elder’s family to be restless just by being so careless: “Do you think Honghui did something wrong?”

"Yinzhen, I think he has been upright all his life. If he can use conspiracy to control the women in the harem, how can he still be an official? These are all low-level tricks. He succeeded this time and tasted the sweetness. Next time he encounters any difficulties, he will subconsciously choose to use conspiracy instead of overcoming the difficulties." Yihua said, "I don't think there are any problems in this world that must be solved by conspiracy. I hope Honghui can always walk in the sunshine. Do you understand?"

Yinzhen stopped smiling. He pursed his lips and wanted to speak but didn't know what to say.

Fu Jin was kind-hearted. She gave the child the best wishes and tried her best to make it come true.

People like him are no longer qualified to say such things, but maybe Honghui really can?