After Luo Jianing gave up her original plan of making plum blossom cakes, she couldn't think of a better substitute for a while. Seeing that there were still some mung beans produced in her own farm in the kitchen, she had no choice but to make some mung bean puree.

When the mung bean paste was no longer so hot, she used the mung bean paste to make mung bean cakes and sent them to Zhang's house.

Although mung bean cakes seem a bit too ordinary, and because Si Age is "making trouble" next to them, the shapes of these pastries are not so regular.

But at least it was made by Si Age and Si Fujin with their own hands. The Zhang family was extremely happy when they received it. After all, it is extremely rare for these two to cook in person. As ministers, they can receive this gift from Si Beile and Si Fujin.

Such a generous gift, even though I was happy, I was a little reluctant to eat it.

Luo Jianing thought about it, it seemed inappropriate to only send things made by her own hands to her child's husband's family.

She then asked Yinzhen to make some mung bean cakes.

The next day they happened to enter the palace, and by the way, they gave some to the Emperor, the Queen Mother and Concubine De as a sign of filial piety.

The next day.

After their car stopped in the palace, the two of them walked inside hand in hand.

A young eunuch from the East Palace looked around and saw Si Age, and came up to Qian'er: "His Royal Highness has something to discuss with Si Beile. If Si Beile is free, please go to the East Palace to discuss it."

Yinzhen then said: "I will go to Qianqing Palace, Ningshou Palace and Yonghe Palace in a while. If I go to each of them, it will take about an hour. Then I will go to the East Palace to see His Highness the Prince."

The little eunuch listened to everything one by one, then bowed his head and left, returning to the East Palace to resume his duties.

The couple visited the three palaces together, and Yinzhen planned to go to the East Palace to find the prince. Luo Jianing, on the other hand, returned to Ningshou Palace to stay with the Queen Mother for a while.

The Queen Mother's two favorite children who were raised by her own hands, the fifth elder brother and the fifth princess, both left the palace one after another. The old man missed his two children and was very worried.

It happened that Si Fujin had a very good relationship with these two children, and they often communicated with each other. The Queen Mother asked Si Fujin to go to her palace to talk to her more, and by the way, she would tell her how the fifth princess and the fifth elder brother were doing.

The most important thing is the fifth princess.

Since the disaster at the Rehe Palace, the fifth princess's body has recovered, but she still suffers from minor illnesses from time to time.

When the news reached the palace, the Queen Mother was very nervous.

Even the imperial doctor said that the condition of the fifth princess is normal. Because her body is damaged and it is winter, she is easily infected with wind and cold. After a year or two, her body will be as healthy as ever.

However, the Queen Mother was still worried about the child, and was reluctant to let the Fifth Princess go back and forth between the palace and the Princess's Mansion under such circumstances, so she simply went to Si Fujin to find out more about it.

After Yinzhen sent Luo Jianing to Ningshou Palace, he went to the East Palace alone.

Because the couple came together this time, they didn’t bring many people with them.

Yinzhen thought that he was a grown man and had grown up in the palace. He knew all the walls and tiles here, so there was no need to bring anyone with him.

He left Su Peisheng who was following him in Ningshou Palace and went to the East Palace alone.

It's also strange.

After he arrived at the East Palace, he found that there were only two young eunuchs guarding the entrance of the courtyard. At a glance, there was no one in the courtyard.

Yinzhen was about to ask the two young eunuchs what was going on. But the two young eunuchs got together and said, "Let's go and have a drink quietly", and then left just like that, heading to a small courtyard next to them.

go.

The small courtyard is right next to the East Palace. It's very close to and from there, so it won't delay your errands.

Yinzhen secretly scolded the slaves for being such sneaky and cunning slaves, but did not call them to stop them and went to the yard on his own.

After entering the courtyard, he realized that there was no one in the courtyard.

The wind is a bit strong today, and the winter wind is so biting that it makes people’s cheeks hurt.

Yinzhen walked close to the wall, and the wind was lighter. He wondered why there was no one here, and also wondered why the prince had sent everyone away, and unknowingly came to the vicinity of the prince's bedroom.

He saw a figure moving here, so he came here. He wanted to find a young eunuch to ask if the prince was there, but it turned out that the door of the room was not closed securely, and he suddenly saw the prince inside through the crack in the door.

Yinzhen was stunned immediately.

The prince is still the same prince, so naturally he will not be so shocked.

What surprised him the most was that the clothes the prince was wearing were actually bright yellow!

This kind of bright yellow can only be worn by the emperor, no one else can wear it, not even the prince.

The prince is so arrogant!

Seeing that no one was around at the time, Yinzhen left quickly without disturbing anyone else.

He had just walked out of the courtyard when he heard a noise behind him. When he looked back, he saw that the two young eunuchs guarding the courtyard were just coming back.

Although they didn't see it, Yinzhen felt it was inappropriate and immediately pulled Si Fujin, who was accompanying the Queen Mother in the Queen Mother's Palace. The two went around the imperial dining room, and even asked Si Fujin for a lot of pastries, and helped him personally.

Sifujin carried him back to Yonghe Palace.

Yinzhen estimated the time, and after another hour, he slowly walked to the Prince's East Palace.

It won't work if he doesn't go.

The prince had specifically come to see him before, saying that he had something to discuss with him. If he deliberately refused to go, it would appear that he had already "been here once" and he would be easily suspicious of the prince.

It would be better to come later and just say that you are late, which will make it seem like it is the first time you come back today.

After seeing Si Age, the prince remembered that the two had agreed to meet before. And it was not Si Age who asked for the meeting. He sent someone to call Si Age.

After carefully calculating the "come back in more than an hour" that Fourth Brother promised at that time, the prince was secretly shocked and broke out in a cold sweat.

The prince later remembered that he had asked his fourth brother to come to the East Palace, and he thought he would just wait. But by chance, he got the clothes.

At that time, he only wanted to send everyone out of the yard and leave two people to guard him. But he forgot about the fourth elder brother.

Calculating the time, if the fourth brother came to see him at the agreed time, it might happen to be the time when he was trying it on.

The prince was a little nervous and asked the fourth brother tentatively: "Has the fourth brother been here to look for me just now?" He then smiled: "The fourth brother has always been very punctual. We originally agreed to meet in more than an hour, but now it's more than two hours.

It's about time, and I just saw you, brother."

Yinzhen said with a smile: "I originally planned to come after delivering things to Huang Ama and the others, but Si Fujin suddenly wanted to eat snacks, so I accompanied Si Fujin to the imperial dining room. After coming out of the imperial dining room,

Only then did I realize that I had been delayed for too long, so I came here in a hurry. The result was this.""

Everyone in the palace knew that Si Fujin loved desserts, and they all knew that Si Fujin loved Si Fujin very much. Whenever Si Fujin had something to do, Si Fujin would forget everything else and only focus on accompanying Si Fujin.

Even if this matter is revealed like this.

Yinzhen asked again: "I wonder why brother Huang came to me?"

The prince suppressed his thoughts and said slowly: "As you know, my brother has never been able to accompany Huang Ama on the southern tour. This time during the southern tour, Huang Ama still asked me to stay in the capital. But I don't think much about it."

The prince sighed and walked to the window: "I plan to make a proposal to the emperor and ask him to take me with him this time. I hope that my fourth brother can help me to persuade the emperor."

Yinzhen said with a smile: "How can I convince Emperor Ama? I'm just trying my best to help the emperor brother. What Huang Ama values ​​most is the emperor brother."

The prince's smile deepened: "Fourth brother, there is no need to belittle yourself. You still have some weight in Huang Ama's heart."

Yinzhen twitched the corners of his lips and did not answer.

The two of them exchanged polite words, and then Yinzhen bowed and walked out. He didn't look sideways, making his steps look the same as usual, and walked out of the East Palace smoothly.

After he was a few hundred meters away from the East Palace, he quickened his pace and hurried to Ningshou Palace to find Sifujin.

After the prince saw the fourth elder brother leaving, he quickly called the two young eunuchs guarding the yard: "You two have been guarding outside the yard?"

The little eunuchs responded repeatedly: "Yes. The servants are doing the work, please don't worry, Your Highness."

In fact, the two people's delay was very short. It was just when they went to have a drink, so it was not long. Therefore, they felt that even if they left for a moment, they still felt that they were guarding the door very firmly.

"That's good." The prince murmured: "It seems that the fourth elder brother has not been here just now."

Emperor Kangxi's fourth southern tour was planned very well, but when it was implemented, it did not go particularly smoothly.

This time, Emperor Kangxi took the rare opportunity of taking Crown Prince Yinfeng with him. Because the Crown Prince wrote a letter saying that he had never followed Huang Ama to Jiangnan, and asked Huang Ama to give him a chance.

This was the child that Emperor Kangxi had personally raised, and his love for him was naturally different from that of the other princes and princesses.

Emperor Kangxi felt pity for his son and agreed to take him with him on this southern tour.

But the capital cannot be left unattended. The prince is not in the court, and the other elder brothers cannot support the scene. After thinking about it, Emperor Kangxi decided to only take the prince, fourth elder brother and thirteenth elder brother with him on this southern tour, and the rest

My elder brother stayed in Beijing to help with government affairs.

Originally, the eldest prince and the third elder brother were secretly competing. They wanted to see who of the two could control the government. However, they never thought that the emperor actually reserved such a trick.

After careful calculation, the eighth prince was actually the most powerful. After all, the eighth prince had stayed in Beijing several times to help the prince supervise the country. Moreover, the eighth prince usually interacted with ministers and had a very high reputation in the court.

Even Jiangnan scholars praised him highly.

Fortunately, the eighth prince was not too old and was just a Baylor. The eldest prince and the third prince did not particularly take him seriously.

Amid the fierce rivalry between the eldest prince and the third elder brother, all the elder brothers respectfully sent the emperor off to the capital.

Emperor Kangxi originally thought that although the travel list had changed drastically, at least he had arranged everything properly for Guo Jue, and there should be no major problems in the future.

Unexpectedly, when passing through Dezhou, Prince Yinreng fell ill. He also had a high fever and seemed to be on the verge of getting sick.

The group had to stay in Texas temporarily.

It's still winter.

Emperor Kangxi looked toward the south of the Yangtze River and stayed in front of his son's hospital bed all night long. He made a decision the next day and summoned Suo Etu to Dezhou to accompany Prince Yinreng.

After learning the news, the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother didn't say much.
To be continued...