My father is Yongzheng, and I am Qianlong?

Chapter 17: Concubine De shows goodwill
Yinshuang then held her stomach and glanced at Hongli in astonishment.

Hongli retracted his foot and looked at Yinshuang: "I'm going to tell Khan Mafa about this and see if he beats you to death!"

Hongli said this and turned and left.

"Fourth Prince, please have mercy on me. I will never dare to do that again!"

Yin Shuang was so frightened that her face turned pale. She immediately knelt down in front of Hongli and banged her head on the ground.

"Have mercy, Fourth Prince!"

Yin Shuang kept knocking her head.

After a while, his forehead turned black and blue.

She was really scared, so Hongli went to tell Kangxi about it.

Because if that happened, Kangxi would beat her to death without hesitation.

Won't ask the truth.

After all, her life as a servant is not important.

Kangxi would definitely choose to believe Hongli.

Because, in this matter, Kangxi would rather kill three thousand people by mistake than let go of a disobedient slave.

And at that time, Concubine De would definitely not protect her.

So, Yin Shuang had to beg for mercy.

In fact, it was Defei who instructed Yinshuang to spread this message.

Otherwise, as a servant, she would not dare to order the prince to do anything even if she had ten times the courage.

Defei did this after being pleaded with by Prince Fourteen many times.

She really didn't want to disappoint the Fourteenth Prince, and in her heart, she was just like the Fourteenth Prince, rejecting the Prince's party.

In addition, Hongli had behaved very respectfully and obediently in the Eighth Prince's Mansion before, which made people know that he was relatively precocious and would not be unaware of the pros and cons of this matter.

Therefore, Concubine De agreed to the Fourteenth Prince and asked Yinshuang to tell Hongli that she wanted Hongli to help drive Princess Shushen out of Changchun Garden.

But Concubine De also didn't want Kangxi to know that she was targeting Princess Shushen in order to help the Fourteenth Prince.

Therefore, De Fei immediately came out and asked in a confused manner, "What's going on?!"

"She said that Grandmother Fei wanted her grandson to help Uncle Fourteen and find a way to drive Sister Shushen away from Khan Mafa."

Hongli looked at Concubine De, answered, and then said, "But how could Grandmother Concubine ask her grandson to do such a favor, and how could she think that she was helping her Fourteenth Uncle?"

"After all, my grandson firmly believes that Grandmother Fei and Uncle Fourteen both love us younger generations. It is impossible for them to stop Khan Mafa from loving us younger generations a little more and have such sinister thoughts!"

Hongli used the same trick Hai Rui used to deal with Master Hu Zongxian to deal with Concubine De in front of him.

After hearing this, the muscles on Concubine De's face twitched non-stop, but she couldn't do anything to Hongli, so she could only agree: "That's right, I can't possibly have such thoughts!"

"You are such a dog slave, who allowed you to instigate the Fourth Prince like this?"

Defei also questioned Yinshuang about this.

Yin Shuang could only kowtow and cry at this moment: "Your Majesty, please spare me. This servant was just joking because the Fourth Prince was young."

"If that's the case, even if it's a joke, you deserve to die!"

Defei said something.

Then, Concubine De ordered, "Bring Yin Shuang in!"

"My dear, please spare my life!"

After Yin Shuang cried out, she was dragged into the house by the eunuch beside Concubine De.

And Defei also invited Hongli in.

Then, Concubine De dismissed everyone, and when only Hongli and Yinshuang were with her, she smiled, no longer as cold as when she first saw Hongli: "Hongli, tell my grandmother, how did Yinshuang offend you?"

"Grandmother Fei, what do you mean? I don't understand."

Hongli asked this question because he knew that Concubine De hoped he would not reveal the matter.

But Hongli didn't want to agree to her easily.

Because since Concubine De didn't really care about him, he didn't really respect her as his grandmother.

So, Hongli also pretended to be stupid.

Concubine De couldn't help but feel her heart burning. Then, she took a deep breath and said with a smile, "My dear grandson, Grandmother knows that you are different from other grandchildren. You are very smart and clever. Otherwise, you wouldn't be liked by your Khan Mafa. So, if she hadn't provoked you, how could you possibly refuse this and deliberately play dumb for me?"

"You don't really want to offend your fourteenth uncle who is the general king, do you?" Defei asked again.

Hongli said, "Sure enough, I can't hide it from my grandmother."

"This bitch has offended my grandson!"

"My grandson saw the apples in your room and only glanced at them out of curiosity. But she thought I was trying to steal them and warned me not to touch them, saying that you were going to give them to Brother Hongchun."

At this point, Hongli looked at Yinshuang and said, "You look down on me. I didn't even touch the apple, so why do you think I want to touch it?"

Upon hearing this, Concubine De's eyebrows furrowed. She looked at Yin Shuang and ordered in a cold voice, "Slap her in the mouth! Twenty times first!"

"Whoo!"

Snapped!
Snapped!
Yinshuang was soon slapped in the face by Defei's men.

After twenty slaps, Yinshuang's face was swollen like a pig's head and the corners of her mouth began to bleed.

Concubine De then rebuked Yin Shuang, "You unruly servant! No matter how young the Fourth Prince is, he's still your master. Who told you to warn him? Don't even mention that the Fourth Prince didn't move. Even if he did, you could only tell me afterward! It's not your place to interfere in who eats what between the brothers!"

"I was wrong."

"It is what the Queen blames."

"Please, Your Majesty, please have mercy on me, Fourth Prince!"

Yin Shuang spoke with tears in her eyes.

Concubine De looked at Hongli and continued with a smile, "Hongli, Grandmother was actually thinking of you too and had prepared an apple for you, but it was just a momentary oversight and I only asked them to look after the one for your brother Hongchun. So, you may think that Grandmother was only thinking of you, Hongchun. Grandmother hopes you don't misunderstand me. Also, please don't really spread this matter and make Grandmother embarrassed. Just consider it as understanding, what do you think?"

"Since Grandmother Fei said so, then this grandson will not tell anyone about this."

Hongli wanted to play tricks on Concubine De once more in order to help him more smoothly usher in the day when Yongzheng would successfully seize the throne, so he nodded solemnly and agreed.

Defei really thought that Hongli was deliberately using this incident to get angry because Yinshuang had offended him, rather than refusing to help the Fourteenth Prince drive Princess Shushen out of Changchun Garden, so she smiled broadly:

"What a wonderful grandson of your grandmother!"

Then, Concubine De looked at Yin Shuang lying on the ground and said to Hongli, "I don't know if my grandson has vented enough anger. If not, grandmother will have her beaten again until my grandson is satisfied."

"That's it!"

"After all, she belongs to Grandmother Fei, and she has been taught a lesson. I will not hold it against her anymore."

After saying this, Hongli said goodbye and left Defei.

Defei smiled and said that there was no need to inform Hongli next time he came.

Yin Shuang also kowtowed to Hongli and said, "Thank you, Fourth Prince, for your great kindness!"

It was not until Hongli really left that Defei stopped smiling and let out a long sigh.

"You all should be careful. Don't mess with this Fourth Prince in the future. Even if it is very likely that your Fourteenth Prince will be the one to come out on top in the future, don't let this make the relationship between the two families worse and cause trouble!"

Then, Concubine De began to give instructions to her trusted servants.

"Whoo!"

These people all responded.

And Concubine De also looked at Yinshuang with disgust.

After Hongli returned from Concubine De, he went back to Guanlan Pavilion to read the imperial edict with imperial comments that Kangxi wanted him to see.

But not long after, someone from Concubine De's place came and said that Concubine De had sent him strawberries.

Hongli smiled slightly, thanked him, and told Haitang to give the visitor some money, and then accepted the strawberries.

He knew that strawberries were a rare fruit in that era. The fact that Concubine De was now taking the initiative to send rare fruits to his grandson showed that she no longer dared to underestimate him and was really afraid that he would turn against her.

This is how people are. If they are too humble, they will be seen as easy to bully.

Hongli continued reading while eating strawberries.

These strawberries are as red as gems. When you chew them, the sweet juice fills your mouth and makes you feel good.

As a result, he felt more and more that his kick at Yin Shuang was not in vain.

The next afternoon, Princess Shushen, who couldn't wait any longer to listen to Dream of the Red Chamber, suddenly came to him and said with a smile, "Brother Hongli, are you free today to tell me Dream of the Red Chamber?"

"Sister will make you some tea!"

"If that doesn't work, you can take any of the treasures from my sister's collection."

"I'm begging you, okay?"

(End of this chapter)