Chapter 93 The Origin of the Gamble

On the morning of the second day, Yihuan, Yinzhen and Honghui had breakfast.

After so many years of biological clock training, Yihuan can already get up at four or five in the morning. If Honghui hadn't gotten up early as well, she was 100% sure that she wouldn't be able to get up.

Fortunately, she has more free time than men. She can take a nap for an hour at noon every day, which makes her feel energetic.

"Eat more shrimp wontons." Yihua saw that Honghui was only focusing on the millet porridge, so she scooped a bowl for him. It was really difficult for the child to eat in the morning, but it was not the child's fault. Who could eat at this time in the morning?

By Yinzhen's age, he has long been accustomed to the hustle and bustle of the morning court. Only by doing this every day can he work up an appetite.

Yinzhen's eyes fell on Yihuan's bun, and he smiled slightly when he saw the gift he had sent yesterday.

As expected, it matched the wife very well. Yinzhen nodded with satisfaction and thought that maybe he could look for a purple one, which should also be suitable.

Yihuan saw that Honghui was not paying attention while eating and was a little curious: "What's wrong with Honghui? It's the end of the month for the exam. Could it be that he has been lazy recently and is cramming for the exam?"

"That's not the case." Honghui was a little confused for once. "My son agreed to a bet. If he doesn't get first place in this ten-day exam, he has to circulate the Analects that the Emperor Mafa gave to his son to everyone."

Yinzhen raised his eyebrows: "Is our Honghui confident that he will definitely win the first place?"

Honghui shook his head: "The difficulty of horseback archery has increased this time. My son has no confidence."

Yihuan drank some goat milk and said, "How come the gift from your Majesty has become a prize?"

Honghui put down his chopsticks: "It was Brother Hongxi who provoked me, and Hongqing agreed on my behalf on impulse."

The matter is actually very simple. Every ten-day examination is a nightmare for these princes and grandchildren of the emperor. For example, Honghui, who ranks at the top, does not take it seriously, while those who rank at the bottom will be punished every time.

Unexpectedly, this time Hongxi came up and proposed that if Honghui could still get first place, he would give his Mongolian scimitar to Honghui, but if Honghui failed to keep the first place, he would circulate the Analects with Huang Mafa's annotations to everyone.

It was all because of Hongqing's big mouth. One time, he saw the collection at Honghui's place and carelessly let it slip. At a time when everyone thought Honghui had fallen out of favor, he meant well and said that the emperor had even given his own enlightenment reading materials to Honghui, so how could that be considered falling out of favor.

As soon as this sentence was uttered, everyone's eyes turned red, so Hongxi came up with this crooked idea.

Honghui didn't want to pay any attention to him at all. It was of no benefit to him. There were plenty of Mongolian scimitars in the Beile Mansion, and he didn't want any of them at all.

Who would have thought that Hongqing, who was a person who could not stand provocation, agreed directly after being provoked by Hongxi's harsh words.

It was too late for Honghui to stop it. He couldn't just lose face for his brother and say that his promise was invalid.

The matter was settled just like that.

Yihuan smiled after hearing this: "Hongqing is so impulsive, he will suffer sooner or later."

Honghui was rarely unconfident: "Mother, what if my son loses?"

"Do you think the most important thing right now is the ranking in the ten-day exam? I don't think so." Yihua peeled an egg for Honghui. "If I were you, I would go to another place before the ten-day exam."

Honghui patted his head and said, "Oh, Yangxin Palace."

Yinzhen watched from the side and found it interesting, but did not interrupt.

"I hope the Royal Family will know it so soon." Honghui took a bite of the egg in anger.

"This whole world belongs to the king. There is nothing in the Forbidden City that your Majesty cannot be unaware of." Yihuan was full, so she leaned back in her chair and yawned delicately.

"I understand, son." It was the first time that Kangxi saw Honghui kneeling on the ground and apologizing in such fear.

He never mentioned Hong Qing at all, and only said that he was wrong and should not have spread Huang Mafa's handwriting everywhere.

Kangxi knew about it yesterday. He was a little angry at first, but when he saw his grandson coming to apologize early in the morning, his discomfort was mostly reduced.

"As long as you can win the first place, there will be no problem." Kangxi also put pressure on Honghui, and then looked at the time and hurried to the court.

In the study
Before the teacher arrived, Honghui pulled Hongqing aside and bowed to him, "Brother Hongqing, it was my fault for giving you a chin bean last time. Honghui apologizes to you."

Hong Qing jumped up all of a sudden: "What are you doing? We are brothers. I know you are doing this for me."

Honghui's eyes turned red when he heard this: "That's good. I thought you were still blaming me, otherwise why did you and Hongxi work together to sell me out yesterday?"

"I just can't stand them." Hong Qing felt a little guilty. He didn't realize it at the time, but when he got home, he thought more and more that something was wrong. He knew that he was being used as a tool. "Besides, you are so capable, I believe you can do it."

Honghui turned his head away: "If the emperor knows about this, he will be angry with me this time."

"How could this happen!" Hong Qing's eyes widened. "Come on, let's go and ask for an audience with Huang Mafa. Tell him that this was all my idea and has nothing to do with you."

"We are brothers, your ideas are my ideas." Honghui looked at Hongqing, "Can you listen to me in the future? Don't make promises easily, so as not to hurt our brotherhood."

Hong Qing held up his hand and swore: "Hong Hui, I was reckless this time. I swear, I will obey you in the future."

Honghui pinched his shoulder and said, "What are you talking about? You are my brother, I have to listen to you. Let's go."

"What about the Xunkao?"

"Brother Hongqing has no confidence in his younger brother?"

"Yes, yes!" Hong Qing felt relieved when she saw Honghui's confident look.

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Yuqing Palace

The prince has been ill recently. He claimed to be ill and did not go to court. The princess took care of him day and night.

Yinreng was very moved. During the time he was bedridden, he only allowed the Crown Princess to serve him, and all the concubines in the Eastern Palace were not allowed to enter the room.

This means that after the last miscarriage, the Crown Princess's favor has been restored again.

The prince didn't know what disease he had contracted. He just said that he felt dizzy and couldn't get out of bed. The Imperial Medical Bureau consulted several times but could not come up with a solution. They could only prescribe medicine to see if it could relieve the symptoms.

One thing the Crown Princess had to do every day was to test medicine on the Crown Prince. Originally, this job was done by the Crown Prince's personal eunuch, but in the beginning the Crown Princess snatched this job in order to please the Crown Prince.

Sure enough, the prince felt that he saw the princess's sincerity and looked at her differently.

So, in recent days, every time the medicine was ready, the Crown Princess would drink the first sip before the medicine went into the Crown Prince's stomach.

After a few days, the prince's illness did not improve, but the princess became more and more haggard.

The Crown Princess's wet nurse advised her to take care of her health, but the Crown Princess insisted: "This is a chance to turn things around. As long as the Crown Prince recovers and thinks of me, he can give me another child, even if it's a princess."

In this way, the Crown Princess served the medicine diligently and thoughtfully, and finally on the day when Honghui had a headache and was about to take the exam, she fell in front of the Crown Prince's bed and spat out a mouthful of hot blood.