Yinzhen felt relieved and asked Sixi to change clothes and wash up for him. When everything was tidied up, Ling Ruoyi walked in from outside, followed by Hongli.
After Hongli stepped in, he bowed politely to Yinzhen and said hello. Yinzhen nodded and said, "Why do you get up so early?"
"My son woke up in the middle of his sleep and heard a noise outside. He got up to take a look and found out that it was E Niang who was preparing breakfast for the emperor, so my son also followed to help."
Yinzhen said with a surprised look on his face: "Oh? Can you make breakfast?"
Ling Ruo was laughing on the side, while Hongli said sheepishly: "I don't know how, so I can only help E Niang watch the fire."
Hearing what he said, Shui Xiu couldn't help but pursed her lips and laughed. When Yinzhen asked why, Shui Xiu said: "The fourth elder brother should tell you that while watching the fire, he burned all his clothes and changed them."
Come and see the Emperor."
Hongli was greatly embarrassed when he heard this, and argued: "There is no such thing. It's just a hole burned. Besides, I didn't know that grass would burn so quickly."
Yinzhen turned his eyes to Ling Ruo and waited for her to explain. Ling Ruo chuckled and said: "When Hongli was making a fire, he took some straw to ignite the fire. As a result, the straw burned too fast and all of it caught fire before he could put it into the stove hole.
, Hongli panicked and wanted to throw away the burning straw, but ended up throwing it on his clothes, burning a big hole. Later, his good eyesight and quick hands put out the fire quickly, so no one was hurt."
Yinzhen laughed and looked at Hongli, who was blushing, and said, "I never thought that the fourth elder brother who Zhu Yi always praised so much would be in a hurry." Zhu Yi was Master Zhu who taught Hongli and the others.
Hongli lowered his head and said: "Huang Ama, please stop making fun of me. I really don't know, so I make jokes. I won't do it again."
After Yinzhen laughed, he waved his hand and said, "That's all, I'm joking with you. You don't have to learn this kind of thing. There are servants who can do it. Besides, my dear brother is a student of cooking. If you say it, it won't make people laugh."
"I think there is no harm in letting Hongli learn more. If he goes out in the future and there is no one around to wait on him, at least he will make a fire to cook so that he will not go hungry."
Yinzhen said disapprovingly: "Ruo'er, you really think too much. Hongli is my son. Even if he builds a palace in the future, there will be a lot of people following him. How can he be hungry? Such a thing will never happen even by chance.
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Before Ling Ruo could speak, Hongli said first: "Even so, it is not a bad thing to learn more. Besides, I have always wanted to be like E Niang and cook breakfast for the emperor."
Yinzhen took the chopsticks handed by Si Xi and said with a smile: "Since you have this filial piety, I will wait to eat the breakfast you made by yourself."
"Yes." Hongli agreed happily and sat down at the last seat. Yinzhen had a good appetite and ate two bowls of oatmeal porridge before he put down his bowl and chopsticks.
As soon as he stopped, Si Xi came up to him and said, "Your Majesty, it's almost time. It's time to go to Qinzheng Hall for the morning court. All the adults should be here." Qinzheng Hall was where Yinzhen used to attend court and listen to government affairs during his stay in the Old Summer Palace.
The place and the morning court were all held there.
Yinzhen nodded, stood up and walked a few steps when he suddenly turned around and said to Hongli, who was bowing his head and saluting, "Would you like to accompany Huang Ama to the morning court?"
Hongli was startled, and then asked happily: "My son, can I go?" He had been going to see with his own eyes what the early court was like, but because he had not yet opened his teeth to build a palace, and had not received any errands in the court, he could not
I dare to have such a delusion, and now I am very happy to hear Yinzhen ask this question.
Yinzhen's smiling eyes passed over Ling Ruo, who was also surprised, and finally fell on Hongli, "You are my son, and there is nowhere in the world that you cannot go."
Hongli was so happy that he didn't know what to do. He wanted to go to the morning court with Yinzhen immediately, but he still looked at Lingruo subconsciously, waiting for her consent. If Eniang didn't allow it, he wouldn't go no matter how much he wanted in his heart.
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Looking down at his longing eyes, Ling Ruo suppressed her surprise and said with a smile: "Why don't you listen to Huang Ama's words and follow him quickly? If your emperor Ama misses the morning court, you can't afford it!"
Hongli knew that she had agreed, so he agreed and quickly followed Yinzhen out of Wanfang He'an. After they walked away, Shuixiu said happily: "The emperor is paying more and more attention to Brother Si. It seems that,
The emperor's heart has been determined."
Ling Ruo was not as optimistic as she was. She shook her head and said: "It's not that easy. The emperor now wants to practice and test Hongli. Only when Hongli passes everything will he consider passing the throne. And those ministers saw Hongli.
As my elder brother, I have always accompanied the emperor to the morning court, so I will definitely have a lot of words to say."
"This is a matter decided by the Emperor. How dare they say anything without fear of being reprimanded by the Emperor?"
Ling Ruo looked away, took a piece of kidney bean cake and said, "If you don't believe it, just watch it."
Things did not go as Ling Ruo expected. Hongli's appearance in court caused an uproar among the ministers, because under normal circumstances, only the prince could accompany him to court and listen to politics since childhood. The other elder brothers could only
After receiving the mission, he could go to court as a courtier. At that time, Hongshi, who was standing at the bottom, was even blue in the face. Hongli was on the imperial steps. When he kowtowed, wasn't he also saluting Hongli in disguise? It was simply
How unreasonable!
However, although he was so filled with hatred that his teeth were about to break, he still remembered what Na Lashi said. In order to avoid deepening Yinzhen's displeasure with him, he just didn't say a word.
However, Hongli acted like this, even if Yinzhen allowed it, he was undoubtedly more arrogant. If Hongshi didn't say anything, those ministers would not remain silent, especially the ministers who were on Hongshi's side. The courtiers impeached the matter in front of Hongli on the spot.
, Although Yinzhen suppressed all these, Hongli was still depressed after going to court.
Yinzhen saw all this in his eyes, signaled Sixi to go down with the folded book, and then said to Hongli: "Come with me to the garden."
"Yes." Hongli agreed and followed Yinzhen out of the Qinzheng Hall. Su Peisheng followed far behind. It was already February, the ice and snow had melted, and the branches that had lost their green leaves began to regain a touch of green, indicating that
Spring will arrive soon.
When passing a floating bridge, Yinzhen stopped and looked at the water surface that was ruffled by the breeze from time to time and said, "But are you still thinking about what happened just now?"
"Yes." Hongli agreed dully, and then said a little guiltily: "I didn't know that following Emperor Ama to court would cause so much trouble. If I had known this, I would have..."
"Just what, won't you follow me to court? When did my son become so timid and afraid of getting into trouble? He is timid just after being impeached for a few words." Although Yinzhen did not raise his head, he could see Hongli's reaction through the water.