The Fourth Master's Dog

When the Fourth Prince walked into the main hall of Chengqian Palace, he could hear the Emperor's hearty laughter coming from afar.

Hearing this hearty laughter, the Fourth Prince's eyes lit up, a smile appeared on his serious face, and he walked briskly towards the main hall.

Su Peisheng, who was standing next to him, finally let go of his worries. Looking at the Fourth Prince's brisk footsteps, he followed closely behind him.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine, the Fourth Prince is here." The young eunuch in the palace had already passed on the message.

As the Fourth Prince entered the palace, he knelt in front of the couch and paid his respects to the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine.

"Your son pays his respects to the Emperor, Father. May Your Majesty be blessed with good health. Your son pays his respects to my mother, Mother. May Your Majesty be blessed with good health."

Su Peisheng, who was following behind, also knelt down and respectfully paid his respects to the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine.

"Your servant greets His Majesty, may His Majesty be blessed with good health. Your servant greets His Majesty, may His Majesty be blessed with good health."

The emperor, who was sitting on the couch, still had a hint of smile in his eyes. He waved his hand casually and said in a calm tone, "Get up and come to the emperor. What did you do today?"

Concubine Tong, who was sitting on the other side, had a smile on her face and spoke in a gentle tone, "Little Four, tell your father what you did today."

The Fourth Prince stood up at the sound, walked quickly to the side of Kangxi, raised his chubby little head, opened his two big single phoenix eyes, and said in a light tone, "Father, I played with Duofu for a while today, practiced calligraphy for a while, and ate some cakes."

The current Fourth Prince is closer to Kangxi because of Concubine Tong and can often see Kangxi. Therefore, he is not afraid of Kangxi and is more favored in front of Kangxi. Apart from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he is one of the princes that Kangxi pays the most attention to at this stage.

The Imperial Concubine Tong, who was sitting next to him, gently held the Fourth Prince's hand, her eyes wandered, and she looked into Kangxi's eyes, with a deep smile in her eyes and a smile on her lips, "Cousin Emperor, our Fourth Prince's calligraphy is getting better and better."

The fourth prince standing next to him looked at Kangxi with bright eyes, nodded his head, and said in a loud and cheerful voice, "Yes, Father Royal, my handwriting is getting better and better. Today, my son has learned a few more words."

Kangxi put down the tea in his hand, looked at his son's approval, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously. He touched the little head of the Fourth Prince with his big hand and said gently, "Really? Is our little Fourth Prince's handwriting getting better and better? When you have time in the future, Father Huang must take a look at it in person."

Concubine Tong looked at the intimate actions of the father and son, and the smile in her eyes could no longer be hidden, she was very happy.

"Cousin Emperor, it's time to eat. Our Fourth Prince is starving." When Kangxi heard Concubine Tong say this, he couldn't help but think of the Fourth Prince's stomach growling yesterday, but he blushed out of shyness and refused to admit it. He then said in a naughty way that it was a puppy's stomach growling, and then he laughed heartily.

"Yes, serve the food. There are no barking puppies here now."

The Fourth Prince, who was standing next to the Imperial Concubine, opened his phoenix eyes wide, and two red clouds unconsciously flew up on his little face. He spoke in a wronged voice, "Father, my son's stomach is not growling."

Listening to the emperor's jokes about the fourth prince, Concubine Tong's smile became more obvious. She raised the fourth prince not only because she had not given birth to a child, but also to gain more favor. No one in the harem would complain that the emperor favored her too much. Watching the interaction between the fourth prince and the emperor, Concubine Tong felt that her depressed mood in the past few days had improved a little, and she felt much lighter.

Following Kangxi's order to serve the meal, the eunuchs hurriedly entered the palace one after another carrying the meals and placed them on the table in a certain order.

The Fourth Prince, who was sitting next to the table, looked at the food on the table, raised his head to look at Concubine Tong, and then turned his head to Kangxi, with a hint of request in his voice. "Father, my son Duofu hasn't had dinner yet, can you bring him over to eat with us?"

"Oh, is that the fat little puppy you raised yesterday?" Kangxi answered casually while waiting for the poison-testing eunuch next to him to test whether it was poisonous.

"I heard from your mother that you love him very much and even keep him in the same room with you. Is that little puppy really that good?"

The fourth prince, who was sitting at the table, could not wait to answer, "Father, the Duofu that my mother gave me is so good. Not only is he cute, but he can also understand what I say. He is so smart."

"Another very important point is that he is not fat, he just has more hair and looks a little fat, but he is actually not heavy at all."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Concubine Tong with a look of approval on his face, and turned his head to look for recognition.

Concubine Tong put down her chopsticks and covered her smirking mouth with her slender white hand, trying to purse her lips to prevent her laughter from coming out. "Yes, he just has a little more hair, he's not very fat. I heard that he eats a lot and sleeps after eating, just like a pig."

Kangxi put down his chopsticks and looked at his cousin who was smiling. A smile also appeared on his serious and majestic face.

"Then ask someone to bring the little puppy here so that I can take a look at what kind of clever little dog it is that my little fourth loves it so much."

Upon hearing this, the Fourth Prince immediately ordered Su Peisheng, who was standing beside him, to bring Duofu over, and looked at Kangxi with sparkling eyes.

"Father Emperor, let me tell you, my Duoduo is really very pretty."

Concubine Tong smiled as she watched her little fourth son talk non-stop to his royal father about everything related to the little puppy's good fortune.

She hadn't seen such a lively Fourth Prince for a long time. It seemed that her Fourth Prince really liked that little puppy.

Kangxi smiled as he looked at the gentle and charming Concubine Tong, and at his lively and lovely son. He felt his body, which had been tired for the whole day, became lighter. It seemed that he could come to Concubine Tong's place more often in the future.

Kangxi entered the harem to relax. Apart from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who else could make Kangxi spend more time to comfort him?

The atmosphere in the palace was getting better and better, and all the servants in Chengqian Palace felt relieved. When the masters were in a good mood, the servants would have a good life.

Qingmu and Qinglan, the maids who were standing beside Concubine Tong and serving her closely, looked at the smiling Concubine Tong and the happy Emperor, glanced at each other, and smiled, both happy for their masters.

Because they felt that His Majesty valued their mistress more, and seeing the gentle look in his eyes when he looked at the mistress, they all lowered their heads tactfully.

As the atmosphere in the palace heated up, Kangxi occasionally responded to the Fourth Prince with a few words, but his eyes were fixed on the charmingly smiling Concubine Tong.