The fourth elder brother said: "The matter involves Yuqing Palace, it is not a question of how much money you have."

We must not set this precedent. If we do not severely punish him, no one will dare to disrespect the crown prince in the future.

The eldest brother frowned and urged the third brother: "You should write a confession first. Khan Ama is still in the palace. I will go to see Khan Ama later."

We didn't know about this the night before, so no one moved.

Yesterday I didn’t know what was going on, so I was just waiting and watching.

But today I have to show up.

They are brothers, not enemies. Do you really want to watch the third elder brother sink to the bottom?

Just by looking at the charges listed, you can tell that it shouldn't be a big deal, but if there is a rift between father and son, there needs to be a way out.

The fourth brother looked at the eldest brother and said, "I will go with the eldest brother."

The fifth elder brother saw this and said: "And I..."

The fourth elder brother shook his head and said: "There is no need to go to so many people. My eldest brother and I will go over and see what Khan Ama wants first."

At this time, there were so many people and they formed a group, it seemed like they were going against the emperor's father, there was no need.

The fifth elder brother said: "Then if you need someone, just call me."

The third elder brother pursed his lips and took a pen and paper to write an apology note.

There was only one room in total, so everyone retreated outside the door.

The eldest elder brother looked at the ninth elder brother and said, "It's okay. You can go back to the Yamen. You can live in peace these days and don't ask around."

Don't worry about getting stuck in the bag, one bag doesn't come out, and another one gets stuck in.

Brother Jiu nodded and said, "Then brother will go back first..."

Before he could leave, the eighth prince came in a hurry, with sweat on his forehead.

The Punishment Department Yamen is on the west side of Qipan Street, some distance away. When he got the news and learned that the prince's brothers were all going to the clan mansion, he hurried over, but he was a step late.

Seeing that everyone was silent, the eighth elder brother looked at the ninth elder brother habitually.

Brother Jiu didn't want to grind his teeth, so he nodded as a greeting and left the clan's mansion.

When he returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the twelfth elder brother was in a dilemma over a volume of paperwork.

Seeing the ninth brother coming back, he breathed a sigh of relief, handed it to the ninth brother, and said: "Ninth brother, the report from the ice cellar just now said that the Empress of Qixiang Palace sent someone to the ice cellar to report that for the sake of Seventeen Gege,

I want to get more ice..."

Brother Ninth was very speechless.

This concubine really has no self-awareness. She has only moved seventeen squares for one day, and she wants more things in the name of the princess. Is it unreasonable?

Brother Jiu remembers clearly that this young girl was not in good health, and she had reported it when she was moved back to Zhongcui Palace from Zhaoxiang Residence.

Weak and afraid of cold.

So at that time, Ninth Brother approved that the number of charcoal fires in the seventeen grids would be increased by 50%. Exceptional charcoal fires would be accounted for and the ice supply would be used to make up for it the following year.

Brother Jiu had a bad impression of the concubine. Before the concubine moved to the Changchun Palace, she did not bully the concubine, but she used her name to control the concubine at will.

However, she was a concubine and could not be slapped in the face directly. Brother Jiu called He Yuzhu and said: "Go outside the West Sixth Palace and call the chief eunuch of Qixiang Palace to explain the matter clearly. Under the name of Shiqi Gege,

There is no regular ice at the moment.”

He Yuzhu agreed and went to the Sixth Palace in the West to send a message.

The ninth elder brother said to the twelfth elder brother: "Just write down clearly the price of silver and charcoal."

This document needs to be sent back to the ice bank for filing.

Only then did the twelfth elder brother realize that this matter still existed. He paused and said, "How could the ninth elder brother think of handling it like this at that time?"

Brother Jiu said: "You don't have to think about it. If the charcoal fire is not enough, just add more charcoal! But there are no rules and there are exceptions. You still have to make up for it. Otherwise, everyone will add more and it won't be enough. So there are two ways.

Ask the concubine for silver, or like now, take the unused portions of the seventeenth grid and exchange them for silver..."

However, the concubine's annual salary is not much in total, and her own expenses are tight.

Shiqi Gege himself has twenty taels of silver per month, but it is ridiculous to let a baby spend money to pay for the charcoal.

Having said this, he felt a little uneasy, and said to the twelfth elder brother: "You should pay more attention to the matters in Qixiang Palace. After these few days, I will go to the imperial palace and ask if I can bring the seventeenth prince to the throne." Gege, change places."

Xi Concubine is the head of Qixiang Palace. When Shiqi Gege moved here, she was raised by Xi Concubine by default. However, Xi Concubine made people uneasy.

As long as Seventeen Gege is a healthy little Gege, it won't be a big deal in raising him; but since he is weak, he should be careful no matter how careful he is.

The twelfth elder brother glanced at the ninth elder brother and nodded.

*

Qianqing Palace, Xinuang Pavilion.

Kangxi was talking to Zhao Chang.

In the morning, Zhao Chang took people to Yuqing Palace and Xiefang Palace, and checked the place where the prince lived. The excuse was to check the records of Yuqing Palace, but in fact he was looking for rose perfume with musk added.

Found the bottom of a used perfume bottle in the Prince's inner warehouse.

After asking, I found out that this was used for fumigating clothes.

The prince's clothes are all fumigated. The osmanthus essential oil used earlier was replaced with rose essential oil in the middle of the twelfth lunar month last year.

Not only do I smoke my clothes, but I also use it for bathing. I have been using it for half a year now.

Over the past six months, a total of twelve bottles of rose essential oil have been used, all of which were purchased outside by people from the East Palace.

Kangxi was not surprised by this result.

This was the reason why the Ma He family took the lead in the Shenxing Department before. Concubine Rong spent a lot of money to bribe a nun in Yuqing Palace. This nun was an official daughter of the Empress Yuan during her lifetime.

In fact, this nun was not serving at the side of Empress Yuan, she was just a little palace maid assigned to her.

The prince was nostalgic and asked about the old people around Empress Yuan, and this nanny also did the math.

She only had one son, who fell from a horse and became paralyzed. Her family was in dire straits, so she took the money from outside. During the birth ceremony of Queen Yuan, she told the prince that she didn't like osmanthus during her lifetime, and what she really liked was roses. But because she wanted to be a good queen, she had only one son. , to appease the favored concubine, he gave the rose perfume to Concubine Rong.

The prince asked people to inquire privately, and found out that Concubine Rong was the only one using rose perfume in the harem, so he ordered all the perfumes to be replaced with rose-flavored perfumes.

Half a year...

Kangxi thought about Concubine Rong's words and felt uneasy. He lowered his head and looked into his hands.

In his hand was the prince's veins from the past year, which were no different.

Kangxi thought about the pulse diagnosis made by his ninth elder brother yesterday. If he had not asked a few questions, the imperial doctor would not have put "yang deficiency" on the pulse, but would have also filed it as "sleepless at night".

The prince's Ping'an pulse looks normal, will it be the same?

He then ordered Liang Jiugong, "Pass it to Lu Shoushan..."

This is one of the imperial doctors of the Taiyuan Hospital, responsible for the prince's daily safety.

Liang Jiugong responded and went.

Such old imperial doctors do not take turns in the palace. They come in at fixed times to ask for Ping An's pulse.

He went outside and asked the guards to come out of the palace to deliver the message.

He had just finished explaining to a guard when he saw the eldest brother and the fourth brother entering the Qianqing Gate.

"Prince Zhi, Sibeile..." Liang Jiugong bowed.

The eldest brother waved the paper in his hand and said: "San Beile has written the apology paper. I and Si Beile are here to deliver the paper on behalf of San Beile. Can I please pass it on to Manager Liang?"

Liang Jiugong bowed and said, "I will go and report this to the Emperor right now."

After saying this, he entered Qianqing Palace, arrived at Xinuang Pavilion, and reported in front of the emperor.

The emperor has been stuck in his heart these past two days. It would be a good idea to ask the princes to clear it up.

Kangxi felt particularly complicated when he thought of his third elder brother.

If there was no matter about Concubine Rong, Third Prince would have been whipped dozens of times or even beaten to death, but he would not be relieved.

But when Concubine Rong's incident happened, it became even more difficult for Third Brother to deal with her.

The eldest brother and the fourth brother came here to give away discounts, not Prince Jane...

Kangxi pondered and made a rough guess.

After hearing the news of Concubine Rong's demotion, the eldest son and the fourth son both felt sympathy and went to persuade the third son.

Otherwise, the third child, who seems to be smiling on weekdays, is actually very depressed and would not be so happy to plead guilty.

Just like the day before yesterday, if he said more nice things and acted more shamefully, even if he reprimanded him, he would still appease him.

But he got excited...

Is it a virtue to be arrogant and never bully those below?

"Pass it..."

Kangxi closed the eucalyptus in his hand and nodded.
To be continued...