Although the couple chose Zhang Tingyu as their son’s mentor, they really couldn’t take action on this matter for a while.

It's now the end of the year, and every household is preparing for the New Year, and the Zhang family is no exception.

It was only after the New Year that this matter was brought up to the Zhang family.

Luo Jianing has been frequently called into the palace recently.

On this day, she was called over by Concubine De again, so she took her son Honghui with her. After all, Concubine De had nothing to do in the palace, so it was good to show her grandson to her grandmother.

After Luo Jianing entered the palace, the tenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother happened to be playing hut in the yard of Yonghe Palace.

When the two of them saw the fourth sister-in-law, they hurriedly put down their things and came over to greet her.

Brother Fourteen whispered to Sister-in-law Four: "It's been very stressful in the palace recently, and I don't know what happened. It seems like something big has happened, but I don't know the reason."

Although he was close to his eighth elder brother and ninth elder brother when he was a child, as he grew up, he slowly became close to his fourth elder brother.

In the end, there is a difference between closeness and distance.

After he became close to his biological brother, he gradually drifted away from his eighth and ninth elder brothers, who were not from the same mother, and did not move around much.

Therefore, he did not know the specific details of the major event that happened to Brother Jiu this time. He could only detect "what happened" in the palace based on experience.

When the tenth brother saw that the fourteenth brother had reminded the fourth sister-in-law, he turned to talk about something else: "The seventh sister has been very shy recently, and she won't let us mention the fact that she is getting married. I'll see you soon, the fourth sister-in-law."

After you fall in love with her, remember to avoid this topic. Otherwise, the seventh sister will really not care if she gets angry."

After he finished saying this, he and Brother Fourteen looked at each other and shuddered.

Luo Jianing couldn't help but laugh: "What's wrong? You started talking to her, and then she made trouble with you?"

"It's more than that." The fourteenth elder brother grinned in fear: "She blushed and slapped me, and my brother stumbled and fell directly to the ground."

Even though it's a joke, I can't stand such a "joke". It's simply a deadly rhythm.

Luo Jianing smiled and said: "I know, thank you brothers for reminding me, I will definitely not mention this matter to her for a while."

The two elder brothers nodded desperately: "Fourth sister-in-law is smart."

Luo Jianing then entered the house.

The sun shone into the room and happened to shine on the seventh princess who was in a daze.

When she heard the palace people singing and saying that the Four Fortunes were coming, the seventh princess came back to her senses and looked up.

Luo Jianing didn't say anything yet. The seventh princess blushed first, took her hand and said, "Sister-in-law Fourth, please don't make fun of me. I've been talked about enough by those two brats just now.

You are not allowed to mention it now."

Luo Jianing didn't expect that she would also take the initiative to remind her. She couldn't help but laugh: "What on earth did they say?" After causing a "big fuss" among themselves, they all came to remind her.

When the Seventh Princess remembered what happened just now, she gritted her teeth angrily: "They were laughing and saying that Zhang Tinglu..." After a brief pause, her cheeks turned red: "They said that after Zhang Tinglu's brother entered high school, the Zhang family's fortunes will rise. In the future, I will

In the past, those who enjoyed happiness must have endured hardship. It was also said..."

When she got here, her cheeks became even redder and she couldn't continue talking.

Luo Jianing did not force her. After shaking her hand, she saluted Concubine De and said hello.

Concubine De quickly helped her daughter-in-law up.

When the seventh princess saw that her mother-in-law and sister-in-law had something to say, she turned around and ran out: "I'm going to go play with my brothers." She just left the room for them to talk.

The tenth and fourteenth elder brothers heard in the yard that the seventh princess was going out to play with them. After they looked at each other, they ran away.

The two ran in two directions respectively.

The seventh princess stood in the yard and found that the two people were missing. She stamped her feet angrily: "You two are not running to the same place. You tell me which one of you I will look for!"

"No one can catch up!" Brother Fourteen's voice floated over from far away: "We can run faster than you."

The seventh princess was so angry that she almost screamed.

Luo Jianing looked at the person and laughed.

Concubine De called softly in her laughter: "Come here, I have something to say to you. Close the window."

After Luo Jianing responded, she closed the window and came to Concubine De.

Now that there were only mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the house, Concubine De asked: "What happened that day?"

After finishing speaking, Concubine De said: "The eighth princess has been having a hard time recently. The emperor dealt with her and punished her by copying many things, with the intention of not letting her leave the house."

Since the family banquet on Laba Day, the Eighth Princess has received many requests from the emperor to "help copy things."

On the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, the emperor asked her to help copy scriptures, saying it was for the Queen Mother.

On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the emperor asked her to copy the girl's wedding ring, saying that her daughter's family should be gentle and respectful, and there was nothing wrong with writing and reading this more.

The eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month...

Every day after that, the eighth princess was busy with things to copy.

Moreover, these things must be written on the same day. In the evening, Emperor Kangxi would check them one by one and carefully check whether they were the eighth princess's own handwriting.

The eighth princess complained endlessly, but she did not dare to disobey the emperor's wishes. She could only accept her fate and write every day. Her wrist was almost broken, but she did not get the emperor's permission to say that she did not need to copy anymore.

Although the emperor nominally asked her to "help copy," anyone with a discerning eye could see that the emperor was grounding her in disguise.

Because the eighth princess didn’t do anything wrong in the Laba incident. Therefore, the emperor couldn’t deal with her openly, so he thought of this way to let her stay in Yikun Palace honestly and stop running around.

Make trouble again.

I write a lot of words every day, and if I can't finish them, I naturally won't have the chance to go out.

When Concubine De said this, she couldn't help but sigh: "Concubine Yi is also very stubborn, and she didn't even say a word or two to the Eighth Princess."

The eighth princess's biological mother, Zhang Jia, has long since died. Moreover, the eighth princess has never been close to Zhang Jia.

Now the only person closest to the eighth princess is Concubine Yi, who raised her.

But Yifei never said a word from beginning to end.

"The emperor is really angry with the eighth princess now. Even though the palace speculates about the Dong E family's replacement, the punishment for the eighth princess has not been reduced." Concubine De sighed: "In addition, Concubine Yi also ignored the punishment of the eighth princess.

Without asking, basically everyone can guess about 70% or 80% of what happened.”

"Actually, what happened that day was a bit serious." Luo Jianing told Concubine De exactly what happened at that time: "It's just that no matter how much you guess, you can only scratch the surface."

Luo Jianing and Concubine De had briefly mentioned the incident between Eighth Prince and Xiao Dong E. Concubine De did not expect that the matter was so serious and that the jade pendants were actually entangled with them.

"Can you still wear jade pendants?" Concubine De felt curious: "And there are two very similar jade pendants?"

Luo Jianing: "Who says it's not the case? It's just a side story, but this thing is irrefutable proof."

Concubine De was stunned for a while and then said softly: "Is there any real feelings in this matter?"

The implication is, do the Eighth Prince and Xiao Dong E have "real feelings"?

Luo Jianing: "I don't know about this. But judging from Huang Ama's treatment, whether it is true or not, the two of them will eventually be punished. Comparing the two, Huang Ama will naturally choose to keep Ba Age.

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Concubine De sighed softly and shook her head slightly: "Then the eldest brother of the Dong E family is really stupid. Why bother with the eighth prince when he has nothing to do? Then the eighth prince..."

She wanted to say that Eighth Prince seemed gentle and harmless, but in fact he was troubled in his heart.

Luo Jianing said with relief: "Concubine, you don't have to think too much about this. Since the eldest princess of the Dong E family dared to rush over to find the eighth elder brother like that, she must have had some confidence in her heart and knew that her collision would be successful. But she didn't expect the eighth princess.

When she got there, she happened to bump into him, which made her plan fail and instead ruined her future."

If the eighth princess hadn't happened to see it, even if this matter had been discovered, it wouldn't have become as big a fuss as it did now.

At least it wouldn't make Emperor Kangxi feel embarrassed.

When Luo Jianing saw the scene between Eighth Prince and Xiao Dong'e, the reason why she chose to leave silently was because she understood the consequences of speaking out.

Emperor Kangxi was very face-conscious.

No matter who it was, Emperor Kangxi would not be happy if he revealed the dirty things in the royal family to outsiders.

If she was the one who screamed this time and let Suo'etu see that scene, then she would also be snubbed by the emperor this time, and it might even involve the fourth elder brother who would be snubbed as well.

The current situation of the eighth princess is a good reference.

So she made a decisive decision and walked out without revealing the fact that the two people bumped into each other. She just didn't want to make a fuss about it on a day when "non-close relatives came to the palace to attend the banquet."

This time, it was not only the eighth princess who made things worse by screaming. There was also a person who successfully escalated the matter, so that Emperor Kangxi had to spend the Laba family banquet with a dark face, and had to face those two people again.

The people who were entangled with the jade pendant interrogated them, causing a stir in the palace to speculate privately.

"Lord Suo'etu." Luo Jianing whispered: "This time, it's thanks to Lord Suo'etu that this matter just started."

If only brother Fujin and the princess were present at that time, no matter what, it would be an internal "household matter." Even if the emperor would be annoyed by the eighth princess, the negative impact of this incident would not be that great.

At the very least, it won't cause the entire harem to panic, watching Emperor Kangxi's face become gloomy day by day, and secretly guessing what happened.

That day, Suo'etu appeared after the eighth princess screamed.

This is where things get tricky.

Suo'etu was not only an important minister in the court, but also the uncle of the late Queen Hesheli, the uncle of Prince Yinreng, and the elder of Emperor Kangxi.

Such an elder is closely related but not close enough to be a close relative. With him in charge, this matter cannot be resolved so easily.
To be continued...