Yonghe Palace

Concubine De is taking a nap.

"How is the Fourth Prince doing lately?"

Since her son Zuo'er died in the 24th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, she no longer had the chance to meet the Fourth Prince.

Firstly, she was immersed in the pain of losing Zuo'er, and secondly, it was because that woman, the Imperial Noble Consort, always prevented her from meeting the Fourth Prince.

As a result, in the past two years, she was able to see her eldest son only during the New Year holidays.

This made her dislike for the Imperial Concubine even deeper.

In addition to this, her feelings towards the Fourth Prince Yinzhen were even more complicated.

As early as when her Zuo'er was still alive, she had already let the Fourth Prince know the truth, knowing that she was his biological mother and Zuo'er was his biological brother.

But the child not only preferred the daughter born to the Imperial Noble Consort who died young, but was also extremely filial to the Imperial Noble Consort, and did not care about her biological mother or her younger brother Zuoer at all.

Even when Zuo'er died young, he didn't seem to be very sad.

It was hard for Concubine De not to feel resentful.

But she still wanted to give her eldest son a chance, but he knew clearly that she was his biological mother, and he had not come to Yonghe Palace to see her in the past two years.

She was really hurt.

The palace maids around her all knew that she cared about the Fourth Prince, and they would always pay more attention to the Fourth Prince's situation and then report to her.

Just like at this moment, as soon as Defei asked about the Fourth Prince, the head palace maid came forward to report.

"Your Majesty, the Fourth Prince has been living in His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's Yuqing Palace recently. Apart from having dinner with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at Chengqian Palace yesterday, he did not stay in Chengqian Palace for long."

Concubine De nodded silently and motioned for her to leave.

She was playing with an unfinished necklace in her hand, wondering about the situation in the palace.

Before she could come up with anything, the senior palace maid who had just left came up to report: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine brought the Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince here, saying that the two princes want to see the Thirteenth Prince."

"She... asked the imperial concubine to come into the palace and have someone bring the Thirteenth Prince here."

Concubine De frowned slightly. She and Chuxiu Palace had always gotten along well and never interfered with each other. She never went to the other side suddenly. What happened today did make her a little confused.

Just the Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince?

Concubine Yi really dared to hand her son over to someone else.

Before she knew it, she had finished dressing and left the inner hall.

In the main hall, the imperial concubine smiled at Xiaojiu and Xiaoshi, and when she saw Defei coming over, she began to greet her freely.

"These two children have been clamoring to see my Thirteenth Brother, so I brought them here to disturb you. I hope Sister Defei will not be upset."

Although the imperial concubine's rank is higher than that of the virtuous concubine, she entered the palace later than the virtuous concubine after all, so calling her sister is not a big deal.

It was impossible for Concubine De to get upset over such a small matter. She looked at Little Nine and Little Ten with a smile and said, "It's not a bother at all. I actually hope that the little princes will come to Yonghe Palace more often to make it more lively."

While the two concubines were interacting with each other with polite smiles, the wet nurse had already brought the Thirteenth Prince over.

Little Nine and Little Ten saw the swaddling clothes from afar and immediately stepped forward on their short legs, both stretching out their hands to hug the Thirteenth Prince.

"Give it to me, give it to me, I want to hold my Thirteenth Brother."

Xiaojiu raised his hands high and stared at the wet nurse closely, which made the wet nurse extremely panicked.

"Ninth Prince, you are still young and cannot hold Thirteenth Prince."

"If you can hold it, just give it to me."

Xiaojiu was not convinced. Why couldn't he hold his thirteenth brother? He was so ...

It seems like I really can’t hold it?

In the excitement, Xiaojiu had forgotten his short stature.

With his short arms, it would be strange if he could hug the Thirteenth Prince.

After suddenly realizing the truth, Xiaojiu became autistic.

Xiao Shi couldn't laugh at him because he was also a fat boy with short arms and legs.

I want to embrace my thirteenth brother, but I don’t have the ability yet.

The two little princes were both autistic, and everyone present, whether it was the imperial concubine or the virtuous concubine or the palace maids and eunuchs, could not help laughing.

De Fei shook her head in amusement, pointed to the side hall, and said, "Ninth Prince, Tenth Prince, go over there, and let Nanny put Thirteenth Prince on the couch, and then carry you up."

It's safer to go to the couch.

As for her and the imperial concubine, it is not appropriate for them to participate in the emotional exchanges between the princes.

When Xiaojiu heard what Concubine De said, his eyes lit up. He was still worrying about how to be alone with his Thirteenth Brother, and Concubine De gave him this opportunity.

Considering this, he reluctantly showed a bit of kindness to Concubine De.

"Okay, thank you, Madam Defei~"

He was small, and spoke in a baby voice, which surprised Concubine De. She couldn't help but show a loving expression, "Well, go ahead."

Her Zuoer was also so cute when he was a child.

Unfortunately ...

There was a flicker of emotion in Concubine De's eyes, but she soon regained her composure.

While she was talking to the imperial concubine, in the side hall on the other side, after being placed on the couch, Xiao Jiu immediately chose to dismiss the palace servants: "All of you go down, this prince wants to have a good talk with Thirteenth Brother."

Although he is small, he acts very arrogantly, which always makes him look a little funny.

The palace servants all retreated obediently and stood guard at the door.

Since the Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince wanted to have a private conversation with the Thirteenth Prince, they naturally had to be tactful.

Although they were really curious about how the two princes would communicate with a baby.

After sending the palace maids and eunuchs away, Xiaojiu and Xiaoyi surrounded the cradle Thirteenth Prince from both sides, examining him.

"Ninth brother, is Thirteenth brother asleep?"

Xiao Shi curiously stretched out a finger and poked Thirteenth Prince's little face.

Seeing the chubby little face sink into a pit and then quickly bounce back, I was immediately happy.

This is fun!

"What are you doing?"

Xiaojiu was almost scared to death by Xiaoshi.

He just looked at Thirteenth Brother who had his eyes closed, not knowing whether he was asleep or not. Little Ten next to him treated Thirteenth Brother as a toy.

This childish guy really made him angry!

"If Thirteenth Brother didn't come back, and you woke him up again, would you comfort him if he cried?"

Xiaojiu scolded in a low voice, he didn't know how to coax a child.

"Oh yeah, so did he come back?"

"He didn't open his eyes either, so we didn't know if he was asleep or not."

Xiao Eleven looked depressed, knowing that it would be as difficult as climbing to heaven for the two of them from the Eighth Master's party to come and test the second-in-command of the Fourth Master's party.

"If Fourth Brother were here, would he be awake or asleep?"

Xiaojiu also wanted to poke Thirteenth Prince’s face. Thirteenth brother, why don’t you open your eyes?

Just open your eyes!

Whenever!

"Oh my!" Xiao Shi exclaimed, "Brother Jiu, Brother Jiu, he's awake, he's awake."

Xiaojiu suddenly came back to his senses and met a pair of big round eyes.

They all have the Aisin-Gioro family's ancestral phoenix eyes, but the Thirteenth Brother's eyes are particularly bright, and his pair of pure black eyeballs seem to be able to see through people's hearts.

Being stared at, Xiaojiu was panicking, "Uh, Tenth, Thirteenth Brother, you're not asleep yet?"

The Thirteenth Prince who is always awake: blowing bubblesjpg.

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