Chapter 57 Honghui Reads the Greeting Card
Yonghe Palace

As usual, Yihuan brought the eldest princess to pay respects to Concubine De. Hongyun was still young, and Yihuan would not take the child with her without a clear order from the palace.

Madam Lu bowed to Yihuan with an apologetic look on her face and said, "Fourth Lady, the Queen wanted to stay cool yesterday and drank an extra cup of herbal tea. She had a stomach upset at night and has finally fallen asleep but is still not awake. Would you mind waiting for a moment?"

"Is the queen's condition serious? Have you called the imperial physician?" Yihuan asked repeatedly.

"It's okay. The queen took some medicine and fell into a good sleep." After saying this, Nanny Lu did not lead the mother and daughter to the side hall. It seemed that she wanted her to stand at the door and wait.

Realizing that this was a hidden punishment from Concubine De, Yihuan knew why after a quick thought. Yinzhen, the nanny who governs the eldest princess, punished her without showing any mercy.

After these few days, the palace already knew what had happened in the Prince's Mansion.

Defei couldn't get angry with Yinzhen. She saw that people in the palace were gradually becoming cold towards her. It was impossible for Defei to get angry with Yinzhen just for a nanny.

What should I do if my mother-in-law always takes it out on me when she is angry with my husband? If this question had accumulated tens of thousands of unique answers on Zhihu in the previous life, it would show that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is an eternal problem with no solution.

"Come here, big princess, let the legitimate mother lean on you for a while." Yihuan put her hands on the big princess, pretending to be weak, "The queen is not feeling well, and as a daughter-in-law, I should serve you. But I am in a heavy body now, and I have been feeling groggy these days. Today I am in good spirits. I am sorry to make you laugh."

Yihuan thought that if she closed her eyes and fainted at the gate of Yonghe Palace at this moment, not to mention what Yinzhen would think, even Kangxi would say that Concubine De was unkind and treated a pregnant woman harshly.

But Defei is Yinzhen's biological mother after all, and although the two seem to be at odds with each other, they actually care about each other. Yihuan asks herself if she can't be a glue, but she also doesn't want to be a troublemaker.

She was reminding Aunt Green that she was a pregnant woman after all, and it was only appropriate to stop in moderation.

Nanny Lu understood, and Concubine De quickly "woke up". The eldest princess looked at Concubine De's delicate makeup thoughtfully, and she looked up at Yihuan silently.

Yihuan squeezed her hand and walked forward to serve Concubine De with a smile.

"I already know about the eldest princess's affairs." Concubine De changed her smiling face and looked a little dignified. "As the wife and mother of the children, you are guilty of negligence."

Upon hearing this, Yihuan could only kneel on the ground and apologize. Seeing this, the eldest princess also knelt down quickly. For a moment, the room was silent, and the sound of Concubine De picking up the teacup could be heard clearly.

"As a royal wife, it is important to manage the household chores, but what is more important is to raise offspring. Now the fourth child is alone, and I heard that you were still obsessed with him while you were pregnant. This is not what a wife should do." Defei vented all her anger during this period on Yihuan.

Yihuan frowned and looked at the eldest princess who had lowered her head and whose face could not be seen clearly: "Madame Lu, please take the eldest princess out to play."

"Yes." Seeing that Concubine De had no objection, Nanny Lu quickly pulled the eldest princess down.

"In reply to Your Majesty, Your Majesty attends court every day and studies after court. I think you set a good example for Honghui and there is nothing wrong with that." Yihuan was impatient with Concubine De always paying attention to the things happening in Yinzhen's backyard. Wouldn't it be better for her to take a nap instead of having that free time?

Yihuan felt that Concubine De's train of thought was quite strange. She stood on Yinzhen's side at the critical moment, but she felt that her relationship with Yinzhen was irreparable, so she had to send women to him in order to get close to Yinzhen through the women in the backyard.

This is simply going the far way!

"Forget it. I'm just a woman in the deep palace. It's up to you whether you listen or not." When Defei saw Yihuan was full of confidence, she knew that the couple had a good relationship.

In the past, Concubine De was happy to see harmony between husband and wife.

Now, she couldn't help but worry, was Yinzhen too fond of his wife?
"Next time, bring Hongyun in for me to see." Defei suddenly changed the subject. "Li has been with the fourth prince for so many years and has raised a son and a daughter. Logically, she should be made a concubine. What do you think?"

Yihuan nodded obediently to indicate that she understood: "Thanks for your reminder, I will mention this matter to Lord Beile when I get back and see what he thinks."

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Honghui entered the palace with Yihuan recently. Kangxi had a lot of memorials to receive today and had no time to take care of him.

This kind of thing happened often. Honghui sat in front of the small table and chair prepared by Liang Jiugong, copying the big characters attentively. Kangxi rubbed his eyebrows and saw that his grandson's hands were very steady. He held the pen and wrote word by word slowly and steadily. His little face was tense, just like Yinzhen when he was a child.

After reading the memorials for a long time, Kangxi was tired. He wanted to change his mood, so he picked up the farthest pile.

He was flipping through the pages absentmindedly, and when he caught sight of his grandson's back, he suddenly had an idea.

"Honghui."

Hearing this, Honghui put down his pen and ink and turned back: "Huang Ma Fa?"

"You come."

Honghui walked over and was held in Kangxi's arms. He stood between Kangxi's legs and could see the table full of memorials when he looked up.

"Honghui, come and read this to me." Kangxi stuffed the memorial in his hand into Honghui's chubby hands.

Although Honghui is young, he has been repeatedly reminded by Yihuan and Yinzhen that he should not touch anything in the Yangxin Palace at will, and should ask Eunuch Liang if he wants anything. The most important thing is that the memorials must not be touched.

At this time, Honghui was a little confused. He held the letter tightly and raised his head to ask, "Huang Mafa, can Honghui see it?"

"The Emperor allows you to watch."

"Yeah." Honghui nodded vigorously. He had long been curious about what was written in the memorials that Kangxi had to review every day. However, his mother said that these were not something he should know, so he could only bear it. Today was just the right time to satisfy his curiosity.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, may you live long and well. Recently, there has been widespread rainfall in the area under my jurisdiction. The people all say that this is due to your Majesty's blessing. The heavens have been moved and have been blessed with sweet rain. I deeply agree with this..." Honghui felt a little strange as he read on. There were thousands of words in this letter, but there was no mention of business at all. It just said that it was raining and that it was all the emperor's wisdom.

Kangxi laughed heartily when he saw Honghui's puzzled expression. It was indeed more pleasant to get along with a young kid like Honghui than to face those old foxes in the court.

He flipped out another folded paper from the side seemingly casually but actually accurately, and gave it to Honghui without even looking at it: "Read it!"

Honghui opened it and saw familiar handwriting: "Your Majesty, the governor of Zhili, respectfully wishes you the best of luck. Recently, there has been a small amount of rainfall in my jurisdiction. The people have stored food for their families and the farmland has grown. All of this is thanks to your majesty's grace..."

After Honghui finished reading it, he looked at the signature date and found that it was one month different from the previous book.

That is to say, the governor of Zhili submitted a memorial every month, mainly saying that it rained here this month and last month as well, but not as heavily as this month.

Kangxi suppressed his laughter and asked Honghui: "What did you see?"

"Your Majesty, is this a letter of greeting?" Honghui was too embarrassed to say the word "flattery" out loud.

"This pile of memorials are all greetings from officials of all ranks." Kangxi handed his seal to Honghui, "Take a look at it. Just stamp it after reading it."

"This means you have read it." Honghui suddenly realized.

"Yes, I have read it but will not reply." Kangxi concluded, "There are also many interesting folk stories in it. Honghui can experience it for himself."

In this way, Honghui spent a long time reading the letters of greeting and witnessed all kinds of flattery. After reading them, he even began to doubt his life.

Seeing that it was getting late, Kangxi said to Honghui: "What happened today is a secret between us, grandfather and grandson. No one is allowed to tell anyone. Do you understand?"

"A gentleman's promise is his due." Honghui bowed and turned away.

Liang Jiugong was frightened when he saw Honghui accepting the memorial. If outsiders knew about this, it would cause a huge uproar. He quickly reminded the servants in the Yangxin Palace that no matter who asked, they were not allowed to reveal a single word about what happened to Prince Honghui in the Palace, otherwise death would be the lightest punishment!