Everyone says that the imperial cuisine is delicious, but why does Honghui feel it is so ordinary?

Seeing his son holding the small silver chopsticks, slowly picking up and putting down, picking up and putting down, and sighing faintly, Yinzhen just felt funny. Just now he was still so eloquent and impressive, not like a three-year-old child, but now he is so childish, but he showed it so obviously because he didn't have anything delicious to eat.

"The banquets in the palace are all prepared in advance, and they are all about balance. It's okay for adults like my father to eat, but a child like you is not used to it. Pick a few snacks to eat first, and after the banquet, my father will take you back to the Yonghe Palace to eat in the small kitchen."

Honghui took the snack plate handed over by his father, which included sachima, milk lumps, red bean cakes, and rose cakes. The taste was unexpectedly good.

The meat dishes taste much better when they are cooled.

Bite by bite, plate by plate, he soon finished all the snacks on his table. He touched his still deflated stomach and felt that he was only four-tenths full.

"Don't eat too many snacks. They are full of oil and sugar. You will feel sick if you eat too much. Just pick some dried fruits and candied fruits to eat. Today's banquet will soon be over."

Honghui didn't need to pick up the food himself. Wherever his eyes looked, Su Peisheng would pick it up for him and put it in the small bowl. But he didn't just bury his head in eating. Instead, he would look up at the center of the hall from time to time, and tell his father about the interesting things he saw.

Those involved are often confused, but those who are watching can see things more clearly! In the past, Honghui only complained that his father was cruel to his mother, forcing her to step into the abyss step by step. Now, after a few months of getting along, he has changed his opinion of his father.

Ama is a person who does not understand what love is, nor does he understand the normal way of getting along between father and son. He is also suspicious of everyone who is close to him. Ama fell in love with his wife at first sight and doted on her for three years because she was a simple woman that he could see through at a glance.

How can I describe the Di'er Niang? She spends her days enjoying romance, singing and dancing, and writing poems. She can neither handle the affairs of the mansion nor manage the relationships between the sisters-in-law and brothers for Ama. She is totally incapable of fulfilling the duties of a prince's wife. However, these shortcomings of hers became the reason why Ama doted on her and trusted her, because Ama could completely control her.

However, once the legitimate mother breaks the father's expectations, the backlash will soon come. At that time, the flaws hidden under all the beauty will be infinitely magnified and eventually collapse.

The elders had their own way to deal with their own affairs. He only needed to be the son that Ama loved the most, trusted the most, and relied on the most, so he would seize every opportunity to deepen his relationship with Ama. This was both a deliberate calculation and the natural relationship between father and son.

"Father, I am still too young to bring honor to you in front of the Queen Mother. But don't worry, I will study hard and bring honor to you in the future like my cousins ​​Hongxi and Hongyu."

"What?" Yinzhen didn't react. Then he looked up and saw Hongyu from his eldest brother's family and Hongxi from his second brother, the prince, standing on the left and right of the emperor. The two nephews were so glorious.

It turned out that Honghui had seen this scene! As a child, the first thing that came to his mind was not envy, but frustration at not being able to bring honor to his father.

"Honghui, you have brought honor to Father today. Ask your uncles and aunts, who among them doesn't envy Father for having a son like you? Father will fight for what he wants. You just need to study hard and learn martial arts diligently."

On the contrary, Yinzhen was worried that if his son performed too well, he would be suspected and envied by others.

The expansion of the Sticking Office must be done as soon as possible. There are only eight or nine eunuchs now, and they can't play a big role. Sooner or later, he will make the Sticking Office spread throughout the four princes' mansions, so as not to repeat Honghui's mistakes. He was kept in the dark and almost let his son die. This kind of thing must never happen again!

Perhaps everyone present had enjoyed the meal and drinks to their heart's content, perhaps the tit-for-tat between the Crown Prince and the eldest prince became increasingly intense, causing the next generation to also become more and more noisy, or perhaps the Emperor and the Empress Dowager were tired, the banquet in the Hall of Supreme Harmony did not last long.

Kangxi was in no mood to watch any more. He had personally picked up the whetstone of the eldest prince to hone the skills of the crown prince. But now the situation was completely out of control. The previous dynasty used his two favorite sons as bargaining chips to drag them into the situation, and the situation became out of control.

"It's getting late, you all should go away! I will send the Empress back to the palace."

Honghui followed his father and stood up, performed the ritual of kneeling and kowtow nine times, and respectfully saw Huang Mafa and Ukumama off, and then the banquet was declared over.

Uncle Fourteen seemed to be a little drunk, and his walking posture was a little unsteady. He and Uncle Thirteen supported each other as they walked towards him.

"Fourth brother, drink, drink! I'm not saying anything to you, but at today's banquet, in addition to toasting the Emperor and several brothers, have you also toasted other clan members and ministers? Feelings, feelings are connected, you, why are you so unmotivated..."

Yinzhen's forehead was throbbing with veins when he heard this. He was ignorant and thought too superficially. With his elder brother and the crown prince in front of him, anyone who dared to play tricks in front of the emperor was coveting the throne.

Is it possible to make progress by contacting ministers and clan members everywhere? People with different ideals cannot make plans together!

"Thirteenth brother, you hold this side, and I'll hold the other side. Let's help this drunkard back to Yonghe Palace first, so that he won't say anything more nonsense."

Yinxiang also drank a lot, but he was not drunk, so he walked steadily. Facing his fourth brother, he put away his unruly attitude and acted very well. "Fourth brother, just hold on. I am here, so I won't fall."

Ignoring Yinzhen's constant chanting of "I'm not drunk, my master is not drunk", the group walked out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and headed straight for the Yonghe Palace, not even hearing someone calling out from behind.

"Thirteenth brother, was there someone calling us just now?"

Yinxiang thought carefully for a moment: "No! No one spoke just now. Fourth brother, let's go back quickly, fourteenth brother is too heavy." He was afraid of pressing on fourth brother again, because fourth brother was the weakest among the brothers.

Honghui secretly replied in his heart that it was Uncle Eight who called Uncle Fourteen from behind, probably to win over Uncle Fourteen. But Uncle Fourteen was taken away by Father-in-law and Uncle Thirteen, which made Uncle Eight fail.

Go, go, go, go back quickly. Uncle Eight has too many tricks, and Uncle Fourteen is so simple that he can be fooled by them.

It took nearly two quarters of an hour to get back because Uncle Fourteen walked crookedly, so everyone slowed down to match his pace.

Yinzhen's forehead was covered with sweat. When he saw the palace maids in Yonghe Palace, he lost his reserve and said, "Two people come to help your Fourteenth Master walk inside, and then ask the Queen to bring a few bowls of sobering soup..."

Old Fourteen's big frame must have exhausted him!

Yinzhen was in such a terrible state and Yinxiang had also drunk quite a bit, so Defei was extremely angry and couldn't help nagging him.

"Drink, drink, drink. All you do is drink. You're not young anymore, but you still don't know your limits! Someone, give these gentlemen some hangover soup."

She knew that the fourteenth child never listened to the fourth child, so she did not blame the fourth child, lest the mother-son relationship, which had finally eased, become strained again.

"Myna, we won't go home until we're drunk..."

The expression of Concubine De changed instantly. Silly boy, you only know your brother. If your brother really did it for your own good, why would he watch you drink like this in front of the emperor? He was just trying to coax you with words, and bullying you for not having much experience.

"Old Four, please take care of Old Fourteen here. Mother doesn't even know what to say to him!"

Yinzhen understood what his mother meant. She wanted Yinzhen to stay away from his eighth brother and his family, and also wanted the two brothers to have a better relationship. "Mother, I know what to do. I will keep him in the mansion to study official duties and not let him go out to cause trouble."

Concubine De understood the temperament of the Fourth Prince, who always did what he said, but she also knew that the Fourteenth Prince could not be easily restrained, so she did not force him.

"Just do your best. This brat wants to get into the Ministry of War, but the Ministry of War is the home of the Prince of Zhi. Who would want someone to go in and share power? Let him run into more obstacles and he will know what's good for him."

"Father, my son is going to learn martial arts from Anda after the new year. I heard that Uncle Fourteenth is very brave. Can I ask him for advice?" Father and Mama didn't know how to restrain Uncle Fourteenth, but he knew!

Without waiting for Yinzhen to answer, Defei took the lead in agreeing on Yinzhen's behalf, "Okay, your fourteenth uncle wants to teach you riding and shooting, so let him come to your house more often."

What a rare opportunity for the two brothers to get closer! How stupid would Concubine De be to refuse?

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