After Yinzhen finished drinking the sour bamboo shoot and old duck soup, he asked Yixiu, "Did you send any letter to the general's mansion?"

Yixiu nodded, "Father knows about it, and just told Rouze to take good care of her health and not to worry too much."

"However, Xinghui said he wanted to come and see his sister."

Starlight...

Could it be that Xinghui is here to give him a beating?

Although Hongchang, Rouze's biggest supporter for the time being, had fallen, Yinzhen could not do anything to Rouze.

You still have to treat her well for Xinghui's sake.

Although Yinzhen was not favored, he was still arrogant towards these people.

If Xinghui was not still useful to him, he would definitely not do this.

Yinzhen nodded and said, "Please count some medicinal herbs and supplements and send them to Longjing Pavilion."

What Yinzhen meant was that he didn't plan to see Rouze anymore.

But because Xinghui is coming to visit Rouze, Yinzhen will pretend to be nice to her.

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Although Kangxi was concerned about Hongchang's injury, he was too busy with the expedition to spare any more energy.

It was the spring of the 40th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign. There was rebellion in southern Xinjiang, and Emperor Kangxi wanted to lead the army in person again.

However, not long after leaving the capital, Kangxi felt a sharp pain in his heart while riding on his horse.

The battlefield was dangerous. After hesitating for a long time, Kangxi ordered Crown Prince Yinreng, who was serving as regent, to come and take him back to the Forbidden City.

While waiting, Kangxi looked at the new leaves sprouting in the suburbs. He recalled that he ascended the throne at the age of 8, took power at the age of 14, and then spent half his life in military service. He also taught the princes very carefully, but now occasionally he found himself unable to do everything he could.

The Crown Prince was his most beloved son, and he was the one who personally taught him riding and archery. Yinreng was very talented and could bend a bow with both hands when he was ten years old.

When he was thirteen years old and it was time for him to leave the palace and set up his own home, he simply had Yinreng move to the Yuqing Palace next to the Qianqing Palace. Later, when he went out to fight, he asked Yinreng to supervise the country in the capital. He also specially ordered people to return to the capital to send Yinreng's childhood clothes to him on the battlefield to comfort him.

But now, Kangxi felt old for the first time.

At this time, he really hoped that Crown Prince Yinreng would appear in front of him immediately and accompany him back to the familiar palace.

Looking up, Kangxi saw the geese flying in neat formations in the sky. The orderly rules seemed like the court and harem under his command.

But Yinreng's arrival did not comfort Kangxi.

"Father, I am here by your order, please return to the palace."

Kangxi was waiting for Yinreng to ask about his condition, but Yinreng became quiet and said nothing.

He knelt quietly on the ground, with his head lowered and his eyes submissive, seemingly no different from the docile servants and ministers in the court.

Kangxi felt disappointed. He was already depressed after returning halfway through his personal expedition. Seeing Yinreng's calmness and self-control made him feel like a huge rock of age was pressing on his heart, making it difficult for him to breathe.

But whether as an emperor or a royal father, he was unwilling to show that he needed more care and attention.

He nodded, and no longer had any thoughts of returning to the court with Yinreng. Instead, he sat alone on the dragon chariot that belonged only to the emperor.

Yinreng rode his horse behind, looking at Kangxi's guard of honor, but he felt uneasy.

He had just clearly felt that the Emperor's father was not in a good mood. He wanted to ask a few more questions, but was worried that the Emperor would suspect that he was intentionally prying into the Emperor's privacy.

After much hesitation, he chose to remain silent.

In the past two years, he has still been the crown prince.

But he also felt that the emperor's attitude towards him had changed. A few years ago, the emperor severely punished the servants close to him, and two years ago, the emperor bestowed titles on the princes.

Undercurrents gradually surged, and what the first crown prince of the Qing Dynasty brought him gradually changed from honor to fear.

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The next day, Yinreng came to the racecourse.

The Emperor's father had taught him riding and archery little by little here, and he tried to relive his family affection here.

However, as soon as he entered the horse farm, Yinreng saw that Yinzhen had arrived.

Yinreng put on a forced smile and said, "Fourth brother, you are here early."

Seeing Yinzhen, Yinreng felt more and more uncomfortable. He didn't know whether the emperor's coldness towards him yesterday was related to Hongxi's injury to Hongchang.

But no matter what, Hongchang was injured, and Yinreng felt a little embarrassed facing Yinzhen.

"Second brother." Yinzhen greeted Yinreng as usual: "Come and ride a horse to relax."

Take a break?

Is Yinzhen taking this opportunity to attack him?

Is it because Hongchang got into trouble that he, as his father, needs to relax?

Thinking of this, Yinreng became even more unhappy.

He also punished Hongxi after he returned. If his fourth brother still had any dissatisfaction, he should have told him directly as his elder brother. How could he be so sarcastic?

At this time, Yinzhen had already climbed onto the horse.

He was riding a white stallion today, galloping against the wind, and soon left Yinreng, who was swaying on the horse, behind.

Yinzhen was just dissatisfied!

He didn't even wait for his elder brother!

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Yinzhen actually lived a pretty comfortable life during this period.

After all, after Hongchang had a fever, he became dazed and stupid all day long. Although the imperial physician said there was still hope of recovery, Yinzhen thought that was just the imperial physician's words.

Now, Rouze has been rewarded for saving the emperor. Even if Hongchang has defects in the future, she can ensure that her son will have a rich and prosperous life.

"This pasture is wide. When my children grow up, I will bring them here to ride horses and shoot arrows." Yinzhen had already ridden his horse around, then turned to Yinreng and said, "I will teach them in the future, just like my father taught us in the past."

Yinzhen kept talking to himself, but Yinreng became more and more annoyed the more he listened. What did he mean by "taught us like that"? He was obviously the only one whom the Emperor had taught with all his heart.

A hissing sound.

The sound of horsewhips rang beside Yinreng.

Seeing Yinreng in a daze, Yinzhen handed over the whip to poke him and tidy himself up.

However, Yinreng grabbed it with his backhand and pulled it down.

Yinzhen was also caught off guard and immediately fell off his horse.

stupid.

Yinzhen was still dazed when he was lying on the ground.

He couldn't understand why he was pulled down when he was clearly talking peacefully.

He looked up at Yinreng, his eyes filled with more confusion than anger.

Seeing Yinzhen fall off his horse, Yinreng finally felt a sense of pleasure in his heart.

He jumped off the horse swiftly and whipped Yinzhen several times.

"Oh my, what happened to the prince? If there is any dispute between brothers, they can talk it out. Why did they resort to violence?"

Su Peisheng was waiting on the side. When he saw Yinzhen fall off his horse, he hurried over to stop him.

But he didn't have any kung fu skills, and when he ran over from a distance, he was already a little out of breath: "Prince... Master, Master, calm down."

Su Peisheng stood between the two of them, and kept winking at the young eunuch who was running over with them. That man was following Yinreng.

However, although the young eunuch was stamping his feet anxiously, he did not dare to come forward.

The Crown Prince's temper has been unpredictable these days. If he comes forward and makes Yinreng even angrier, he will surely be badly hurt when he returns.

Or...or should I ask the Fourth Prince to...take two more whippings.

Yinreng's whip went around Su Peisheng and hit Yinzhen twice before he threw the whip away in hatred, snorted coldly, and walked away.

"Lord Beile...are you...ok?"

As soon as he said this, Su Peisheng felt that he had just asked a nonsense question.

He fell off his horse and was chased and whipped several times. Red blood was already seeping out from his trouser legs. Anyone with enough blood could tell that Yinzhen was not feeling well.

Su Peisheng called for everyone to help Yinzhen into the sedan chair and carried him back to the Prince's Mansion.

The imperial physician had received the news and was waiting in the room.

After a careful examination, the imperial physician said that Yinzhen had mostly flesh wounds, so he prescribed some heat-clearing and detoxifying medicines, left two bottles of external application medicines, and then said goodbye.

But Yinzhen intended to make the matter bigger.

He discussed with Yixiu: "These days, I want to stay in the mansion more. I have watched coldly that the emperor and the prince seem to have some conflicts. Now I think that the emperor's conferring titles on the princes is probably intended to suppress the prince."

"Although the Emperor may not really want to depose the Crown Prince given his feelings for him, the current situation is unclear, so it would be better for us to have less contact."

Yixiu listened and thought that Yinzhen's consideration of the emperor, the prince and the court was indeed meticulous.

According to her memory, it was still 7 years before Yinreng was deposed for the first time.

However, the Manchu clan only began to accept and learn Han culture during the reign of Emperor Kangxi. At that time, Kangxi appointed Yinreng, who was only one year old, as the crown prince, which was also influenced by the Han system of primogeniture.

But under Kangxi's guidance, several adult princes were very outstanding, and they might not necessarily accept the title of primogeniture as quickly as Kangxi did.

Before the war begins, it is natural to keep a low profile.

Yixiu agreed with Yinzhen's idea and immediately agreed: "I will take turns with you sisters to take care of him. Prince Beile was on the battlefield a few years ago, and I think he may have some old illnesses. We can take this opportunity to recuperate together."

"In addition, in a few days, I will go to Ganlu Temple to ask for a peace amulet for Lord Beile."

Yinzhen was very satisfied with Yixiu's arrangement. As for the selection of the attendant, he thought for a moment and said, "Wanwan's injury has not healed yet, so she doesn't need to come. The others will be arranged by you."

On the one hand, Rouze is recuperating from his injuries, but more importantly, Yinzhen doesn’t really want to see Rouze right now.

Now that he had come to his senses, he felt that Yinreng's sudden rage was somewhat related to Hongchang's accident.

If I meet Rouze, I will think of Hongchang and Yinreng again, so it is better not to meet her.

Yixiu didn't care about this decision.

Standing in front of Rouze were Duoluo Gege, Xinghui, and even Fei Yanggu. As long as these people were there, nothing would happen to Rouze. As for her slight love affair with Yinzhen, it was the most insignificant thing to mention.

But when the news reached Longjing Pavilion, Rouze was so angry that she almost jumped up from her hospital bed.

"This Yixiu actually used this as an excuse to stop me from visiting Lord Beile."

Since returning home, Rouze has indeed been using the excuse that her wounds have not yet healed, and has rarely left Longjing Pavilion, let alone paid her respects to Concubine Yixiu.

Unexpectedly, Yixiu was so petty that she simply took the opportunity to stop her from meeting the Prince.

But Yixiu thought, could this stump her?

Now that she has the merit of saving the emperor, even Yinzhen has to be polite to her.

"Master, I heard that Fu Jin will go to Ganlu Temple to pray for Lord Beile in a few days. Then we can go to visit Lord Beile."

Fang Ruo was giving advice on the side.

"I still have to wait for her now?" Rouze said disdainfully: "She is a meritorious official, it is almost certain that Yixiu will listen to her."

"Wait, you said that woman is going to Ganlu Temple?" Rouze rolled her eyes and bad intentions immediately emerged.

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