Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Kangxi has always been the most annoyed...

Kangxi has always been the most annoyed by the endless disputes in the harem, especially when he is happy, he has to come up and pour cold water on it. He directly demoted the concubines who were complained by Defei in Yonghe Palace without Wenshan's intervention.

Fortunately, Wenshan reported it before Defei got angry, so she and Concubine Niuhulu were not affected.

Kangxi took the initiative to take over the work, and Wenshan was also happy and comfortable. After Yinsi's advice, she turned around and gave the booklet to Concubine Niuhulu.

Concubine Niuhulu is now pregnant, although she is a little powerless, but she still doesn't want to give up the power of the palace. Kangxi was angry about this matter, so after taking it over, he quickly began to deal with the people above him.

After this outbreak, the harem became much quieter, until Concubine Yi, who was the oldest, went into labor first and gave birth to Kangxi's ninth prince in midsummer. Kangxi named him Yin'er, and Concubine Yi raised the child by her side as she wished.

The Fifth Prince had recently been visiting his brother from the same mother in Yikun Palace. When he met Yinzhen and Yinsi in the Shangshufang, he shared with them how cute his ninth brother was, how chubby he was, how he would sleep after eating and cry when he woke up, and how Concubine Yi had become exhausted from taking care of him day and night.

"The Empress Dowager told me that I should visit mother and brother less often recently. Mother has had a hard time taking care of my brother, and if I go there, she will have to do this and that for me. It will not be good

for her to worry about me anymore." The Fifth Prince is almost four years old this year. He is much more sensible than before, but he is still not very attentive in his studies. He slacks off in the Shangshufang all day long and now he cannot even understand Chinese books. But the Empress Dowager indulges him and even Kangxi cannot say anything. So the teachers just turn a blind eye.

Yinsi flipped through the book and glanced at the fifth prince who was lying on the table drawing a turtle out of boredom and said: "Master Zhang will check the homework later. You haven't written any of the fifty big characters yet."

The fifth prince was the least afraid of the two masters in the entire Shangshufang. He waved his little hand and said nonchalantly: "I will draw fifty little turtles or fifty puppies."

The eldest prince sitting in the front turned around and sneered: "Fifth brother, seeing that the sixth and seventh brothers are also going to school for enlightenment, it doesn't matter if you don't make progress, don't lead your brothers astray."

Since the prince occasionally went to Xianfu Palace for a meal, he would take care of Yinzhen and Yinsi more on weekdays, and the fifth prince followed Yinzhen and Yinsi all day long. Gradually, it seemed that these three were on the side of the prince.

The eldest prince, who had a good relationship with the fifth prince, also changed his face and was no longer as close to the fifth prince as before.

The fifth prince was a little confused and aggrieved at first, not knowing why his eldest brother suddenly stopped playing with him. Later, Yinsi told him that his eldest brother didn't like playing with children when he grew up, and he would definitely not play with his two or three-year-old brothers when he grew up.

The fifth prince thought about it and realized that he didn't like playing with his sixth and seventh brothers now, and he thought they were childish. It seemed that he could understand the change in his eldest brother.

And it seemed that his eldest brother did talk more with the prince who was about the same age, although his expression was not very happy.

The eldest brother made sarcastic remarks, but the fifth prince didn't understand it. He just smiled and said: "Don't worry, eldest brother, I won't lead my sixth and seventh brothers astray if I don't play with them, just like eldest brother doesn't like playing with me."

The veins on the eldest prince's forehead were bulging, and he gritted his teeth: "...Who taught you to say these things?"

The fifth prince was a little scared when he saw that the eldest brother was angry, and hid behind Yinzhen.

After writing, the prince turned around leisurely and sneered: "Brother, why are you angry with the fifth brother? The fifth brother has always been the most outspoken, and he was raised by the royal grandmother. Even if he is wrong, you should be more tolerant."

Yinsi was watching the show with his chin in his hand. The young and energetic eldest brother would definitely not tolerate this. Everyone knew that the prince and the eldest prince were not getting along now, but the fifth prince's words just now, although unintentional, also tore the eldest prince's face off and stepped on the ground.

Yinzhen rubbed his eyebrows, pulled Yinsi who was watching the show on the side and whispered: "Did you say that?"

It sounded like Yinsi taught him.

Yinsi blinked innocently: "Fifth brother is sad, I just comforted him."

"You comforted him? Who is the elder brother and who is the younger brother?" Yinzhen laughed, "Don't do this in the future, just tell me these words."

The eldest prince was already unhappy when the prince blocked his words, and he was even more angry when he saw them whispering together. Looking around, the whole Shangshufang was full of the prince's people.

"Fourth brother, eighth brother, what are you talking about? Let's talk about it openly and let everyone hear it." The eldest prince's face was livid and his tone was unfriendly.

"Brother, why are you so angry today?" The prince also responded tit for tat, not to be outdone: "Do all the brothers here have to be scolded by the eldest brother?"

The eldest prince was angry and retorted: "The prince is in a high position and has great power. I dare not show off my elder brother in front of the prince."

Seeing the tense atmosphere between the prince and the eldest prince, the third prince rolled his eyes and came out to make peace.

"Don't be angry, big brother and second brother, we are all brothers." The third prince winked at the eunuch beside him, and the eunuch nodded and ran out.

The eldest prince sneered: "How dare I get angry in front of the prince? As the eldest brother, I admire and feel ashamed that His Royal Highness cares about his younger brother."

Yinzhen thought something was wrong. Although the eldest prince had been at odds with the prince for a long time, he had always been able to get along with him on the surface. This was the first time he had such an argument with the prince in public.

Sure enough, the prince had grown up with the stars in his eyes and had never been so angry. The two of them were tugging and trying to go to Kangxi to make a clarification.

The fifth prince looked at his two brothers, blushing and at a loss, and almost cried. Yinzhen was also a little flustered. The cause of this matter was an unintentional remark by the fifth prince, but this was said by Yinsi to the fifth prince. If it really went to the emperor's father and implicated Yinsi, it would be bad.

Just as Yinzhen was about to step forward to dissuade him, Yinsi, who was standing beside him, pulled him back and said with a smile: "Don't worry, brother. Someone has already gone to get help."

Yinzhen was stunned, and following Yinsi's gaze

, he saw Zhang Ying rushing in from the door. "What are you doing, brothers!" Zhang Ying's beard was almost straightened with anger. He had just gone out for a while, but the eldest brother and the prince looked like they were about to fight.

Zhang Ying was mature and prudent, and his literary talent was highly respected by Kangxi, who specially invited him to be the master of the brothers. On weekdays, the brothers respected Master Zhang and were a little afraid of this somewhat rigid old man.

When the brothers were still young and could be controlled, the eldest brother and the prince stopped arguing and stood aside when they saw Zhang Ying coming in.

"Big brother, the crown prince is the heir to the throne. How can you argue with him?"

Zhang Ying is a Han Chinese who believes in the Confucian concept of heaven, earth, monarch, parents and teachers. In Zhang Ying's eyes, the crown prince is the heir to the throne. No matter whether the matter is right or wrong, the big brother has already been disrespectful to the crown prince by arguing with the crown prince.

The big brother calmed down at this time. It would not be good for him to make a big fuss. So he admitted his mistake and apologized to the crown prince with humiliation. Fortunately, the crown prince was tolerant and didn't care much, so the matter was over.

The little ones all went home at lunch time, leaving only the big brother and the crown prince because they had to practice riding and shooting in the afternoon and did not return to the palace. The eunuchs presented the lunch for the two brothers and retreated to the side to wait for the cleanup.

After the two brothers finished lunch, the palace people all retreated.

"Your Highness, there's really no need to focus all your attention on me right now," the eldest prince said, taking a glance. "Both the Imperial Concubine and the Noble Concubine Niohuru are pregnant. If we have two younger brothers, then that's something Your Highness should take care of."

These two women both had strong backgrounds, and if they gave birth to a prince, their mothers' families would be no less noble than the Crown Prince's.

The Crown Prince sighed, "Brother, why have we come to this?"

Although Yinreng, not yet ten, had learned from historical texts that the struggle for the throne was never about family affection, he was favored and protected by Kangxi. Although he was a bit arrogant, he didn't really have any life-and-death ambitions towards his brothers. He had

only confronted the eldest prince today because he couldn't stand him bullying his usually obedient fifth brother.

The eldest prince snorted disapprovingly, calling it hypocritical and insincere.

Would the Crown Prince still be as calm and composed when the Imperial Concubine and Noble Concubine Niohuru's child was born?

Although the eldest prince is only three years older than the crown prince, his wedding will be on the agenda in two or three years. Now he understands more and more how hard his life will be as a concubine's eldest son.

Moreover, the emperor dotes on him now, and Mingzhu also supports him secretly. How can he not think about that position?

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On the way back to Xianfu Palace, Yinzhen reminded Yinsi again and told him not to say these words to the fifth prince in the future. Today really scared him.

"Brother, I'm only two years old, and the fifth brother is only three years old." Yinsi stretched out two fingers, "Children's words are innocent, who will really care."

Today, the eldest prince can only suffer this loss in silence, otherwise even if he makes trouble in front of the emperor, it will be the eldest prince who suffers.

Yinzhen looked at him suspiciously, always feeling that this kid was malicious and intentional.

He knew that his younger brother was smart and extraordinary since he was young, but as the saying goes, if you walk by the river, you will get your feet wet. Yinzhen could only threaten Yinsi and say that if he did anything wrong again, he would report it to his mother and ask her to cut off his snacks.

Yinsi surrendered immediately. This was really terrible.

"Brother, something is wrong today."

"Do you know something, huh?" Yinzhen asked again.

Turning around the two small roads in front, they returned to Xianfu Palace. Yinzhen's eunuch went back to the palace to tell Wenshan as usual. Wenshan warmed up the food and the two brothers returned to the palace just in time for dinner.

Yinzhen was very perceptive and he noticed the abnormal behavior of the eldest prince today. Yinsi was not surprised at all and still walked slowly holding Yinzhen's hand. When he heard Yinzhen's next sentence, Yinsi raised his head and exclaimed, and said in an exaggerated manner: "You can see all this?"

Yinzhen pinched his little face: "I don't know you yet. The look on your face today that you are enjoying the show shows that you have some bad ideas."

The two turned around the last small road and the gate of Xianfu Palace was already faintly visible. Yinsi said: "Yesterday, Concubine Hui and Concubine Ping did something dirty. Concubine Ping relied on the prince and said some ugly words."

No matter what, Concubine Hui was an old person in the palace. She had the eldest son and was the head of all the concubines. Being humiliated by Concubine Ping was a great shame. The eldest prince and his mother could be said to be dependent on each other. Today, it happened that the prince stood up for the fifth prince again and provoked the eldest prince's anger.

Yinzhen suddenly realized, and after a moment he paused and asked: "How did you know?"

This matter may not even be known to mother.

Yinsi blinked, and without hesitation pushed the blame to Wenshan: "Mother told me."

Then he ran into Xianfu Palace at a high speed.

"Mother, my brother and I are back!"

Wenshan looked at Yinsi who ran in with a red face and squatted down to wipe the sweat from his forehead: "Why are you running? It's so hot and sweaty."

Yinzhen followed behind with a frown. Wenshan asked Yinsi: "What happened?"

Yinsi briefly told Wenshan about what happened in the Shangshufang today. Wenshan was not interested after listening for a while. In her opinion, it was just a quarrel between brothers. She told them not to quarrel with other brothers in the Shangshufang, and if they really quarreled, they should try not to fight. If they did fight, they should strike first to avoid being beaten, and then led them into the house to eat.

Yinsi was in a good mood today. After lunch, he strolled to the yard to see Fuqi. It was strange that Yinsi didn't get along with Fuqi but liked Laifu very much. He almost did everything himself from feeding.

After drinking the porridge, Yinsi glanced at Wenshan and asked: "Mother, do you know what happened between Huifei and Pingfei yesterday?"

"I know, they had a quarrel." Wenshan said with a smile.

It was really mother who told her brother.

Yinzhen breathed a sigh of relief. After dinner, he ran out and played with the two dogs in the yard with Yinsi.

Wenshan didn't finish a sentence. She knew it, but it was Yinsi who told her.

A few months ago, Yinsi didn't know how he suddenly knew all the trivial matters in the palace. When he had nothing to do, he would pick a few interesting things to tell her for fun.

The quarrel between Huifei and Pingfei yesterday was one of them.

Before going to bed at night, Yinsi sat at the table wearing his outer robe. His face was chubby but he looked calm. He flipped through the news that had just been handed to him.

"Well done, go down and get your reward."

The eunuch who was hunched over responded and retreated respectfully.

"Anhai, let Xiao Shunzi keep a close eye on Yongshou Palace." Yinsi jumped down from the chair and prepared to go to bed. He had to get up early to go to the Shangshufang tomorrow.

Yinsi's personal eunuch Anhai bowed and went down to make arrangements.

Concubine Niuhulu was about to give birth soon. The child was the tenth child who was very close to him in his previous life. Whether out of the friendship in the past or for the sake of his mother, he could not let anything happen to Concubine Niuhulu's pregnancy.

Nowadays, there are many concubines who are pregnant in the palace, and there are many disputes. Wen Shan, who is in charge of the six palaces, will be the first person responsible if something happens at this time. Yinsi has no choice but to keep an eye on the movements in various places in the palace. If he does not have his own intelligence network in this harem, he will be unable to move forward.

Before falling asleep, Yinsi thought that his fourth brother seemed to have noticed something today, and the corners of his lips slightly raised. He was deliberately hiding it from his fourth brother to see when he would find

out. A few days later, Concubine Niuhuru also gave birth to a strong little prince. Kangxi named him Yin'e. The Niuhuru family sent two daughters to the palace and finally gave birth to a prince. They were very happy and sent a lot of things in. There were two more healthy little princes in the palace. Even Kangxi, who was no longer short of sons, was very happy recently. Moreover, the Imperial Concubine and the Virtuous Concubine were pregnant with two more. Whether it was a boy or a girl, it was a happy event with many children and blessings.

When the tenth prince was one month old, Wen Shan sent some gifts as usual. When choosing, she looked at Yinsi and asked casually: "Yinsi, do you want to go to Yongshou Palace with your mother to see your tenth brother?"

After all, he was one of Yinsi's closest brothers in his previous life. Yinsi fiddled with the book and shook his head. He was still a little kid, what was there to see? Let's wait until the ninth and tenth brothers grow up.

Unexpectedly, Yinzhen was quite interested and took the initiative to say that he wanted to go to Yongshou Palace with Wen Shan to attend the tenth prince's full moon banquet. As soon

as Yinzhen said he wanted to go, Yinsi changed his face and said that he also wanted to go to see his tenth brother.

Wen Shan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she asked them to go downstairs to change clothes and go to Yongshou Palace together later.

There were many people in Yongshou Palace today. Except for the pregnant imperial concubine and Defei who were not suitable for walking, almost all the other concubines came, and even Yifei, who had just finished her confinement, was at the table.

"How is your health? Is the Ninth Prince still obedient?" Wen Shan sat next to Concubine Yi and chatted with her.

Concubine Yi smiled as if she was in the spring breeze, but she still scolded her: "Yin'er is a very naughty child. I can't sleep all night long because of him making noises. There is nothing I can do."

As long as the child can be raised by her side, it is better to accept his noises than to miss him every day.

Wen Shan and Concubine Yi were chatting, and Yinsi looked at Yinzhen who was sitting upright and wondered why his fourth brother would take the initiative to join in the fun today. He has always disliked these banquets, especially those hosted by the ladies in the harem.

It didn't take long for him to finally understand the purpose of his fourth brother's behavior today.