My father is Yongzheng, and I am Qianlong?

Chapter 37: Imprisonment of Hongchun
When Hongchun heard the voice, he forgot the pain in his feet for a moment and hurriedly stood up and knelt in front of Kangxi.

Kangxi looked at him coldly.

Seeing Kangxi's expression, the people around him didn't even dare to breathe, and then they all knelt down.

Concubine De tightened her heart even more and glanced at Princess Shushen not far away with a complicated expression.

At this time, Lao Jiu laughed secretly and quietly bumped Lao Ba's arm with his elbow.

The eighth elder pondered for a moment without saying a word. He noticed that Kangxi was stealing glances at him. This sudden change made him frown in uneasiness.

Only the Tenth Brother looked at Hongli with an expression of serious thought.

Hongli also knelt down. He was laughing in his heart and wanted to hear how Hongchun would respond.

But Hongchun just stood there in a daze.

"answer!"

Kangxi's voice became a little stern at this time.

Hongchun had no choice but to admit his guilt: "My grandson was momentarily in pain and spoke rudely to the emperor's sister. This has damaged the royal family's etiquette and rules. I will be punished, but I ask the Khan to punish me!"

"Sister Shushen, I apologize to you."

Hongchun gritted his teeth and said something to Princess Shushen.

Princess Shushen simply replied, "Sister, I dare not!"

"Just because your feet hurt, you can't scold me like that. I really love you for nothing!"

Kangxi questioned Hongchun and then said this.

Hongchun just trembled.

Kangxi was still angry, but since the Fourteenth Prince was not there, he didn't want to scold the Fourteenth Prince's wife. Instead, as a father-in-law, he accused his daughter-in-law of not teaching her son well. Only at this time did he look at where the concubines were.

"Uya!"

Kangxi called out at this time.

The Uya he called was Concubine De.

It can be seen that Kangxi was really angry and called Concubine De by her surname.

De Fei came over: "I am here!"

"The Fourteenth Prince is leading troops away, and his wife is still young. As his grandmother, you don't know how to intervene. Do you have to wait until he completely embarrasses your son?!"

Kangxi reprimanded Concubine De in a stern tone.

De Fei's eyes turned red, she felt very aggrieved, but she didn't dare to refute: "I am guilty!"

"And you, Eighth Brother, everyone says you're the virtuous prince, and you're closest to Fourteenth Brother, even closer than his own brothers. He treats you with more respect than he treats his own father. Your nephew is so uneducated, what do you, his uncle, do all the time?"

"I really don't know where you are now."

Because he didn't want to speak harshly to his grandchildren, Kangxi blamed the eighth brother again.

The eighth elder had already prepared himself mentally and quickly bowed his head, saying, "I am guilty of neglecting to care for Hongchun."

Kangxi snorted and continued walking towards the theater. However, when he passed by Hongli, he stopped and took another look at him.

After seeing Hongchun being so reckless, and thinking about how Hongxi only wanted to crack down on dissidents when he was in power, he became more and more satisfied with Hongli.

Kangxi then helped Hongli up and said, "Hongli, help Khan Mafa upstairs!"

"Grandson, I obey your command. I have already counted the thirty-six steps in the theater. I will count them for you as you go up so that you don't miss any."

When Princess Shushen signaled to him, Hongli was waiting to show his understanding to Kangxi, so he counted the stairs of the theater in advance.

Details are the most touching.

Kangxi, who lost his father at the age of eight and his mother at the age of nine, lacked love in his life.

Therefore, he is very sensitive at heart.

Seeing Hongli caring about him so much, Kangxi was naturally very moved, and smiled and patted Hongli on the shoulder. His mood also improved, and he waved his hand: "Everyone get up, it's a good New Year's Eve, don't ruin the mood. As for Hongchun, let the clan office put him in confinement first!"

Everyone hurried to express their gratitude.

Kangxi never criticized Princess Shushen for her rashness. This was not because he really doted on Princess Shushen more, but because he was too lazy to blame her.

Because the Qing Dynasty did not have such strict requirements for the emperor's daughters and granddaughters, they did not have to be knowledgeable, polite, strategic, brave, and broad-minded like the emperor's sons and grandsons.

After going upstairs, Kangxi whispered meaningfully to the fourth son, Yongzheng: "You have taught Hongli well!"

Yongzheng tried his best to suppress the upward curve of his lips: "Khan Ama, you praise him too much."

Kangxi said nothing more.

After following Kangxi to the theater, Hongli looked back at Hongchun who was being taken to the clan house by the guards.

He couldn't help but secretly rejoice that when Hongchun stepped on him, he held back and didn't attack immediately.

Putting aside whether he could beat Hongchun, who was already 19 years old at the time, just because of his disrespect he angered the late Kangxi, his fate would probably be imprisonment, or even more serious consequences.

What made him even more relieved was that Hongchun couldn't help but curse, which led to even more serious consequences, and Defei and Lao Ba were also scolded.

Of course, in Hongli's view, if Hongchun had been more calm, he would not have provoked him by secretly stepping on his foot.

He has never hesitated to use various means to deal with such sinister people.

As the saying goes, if you repay evil with kindness, how can you repay kindness?
But Hongli also noticed that Hongchun was also looking at him, with a look of resentment in his eyes.

He knew that although Hongchun was vicious and domineering, he was not really stupid and would guess that he was related to the fact that Princess Shushen hit his foot.

After all, he had just stepped on his own foot maliciously and hurt it, but not long after that, Princess Shushen hit his foot.

However, after midnight tonight, it will be the 61st year of the Kangxi reign.

He really doesn't have to worry about what big waves Hongchun will cause in the next year or so.

Of course, Hongchun himself didn't know.

In the blink of an eye, New Year's Eve passed and it was the first month of the 61st year of the Kangxi reign.

As emperor, Kangxi was much busier than usual during the first month of the new year.

Because after the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, it mainly inherited the Ming system and ruled the world with rituals.

Therefore, as Emperor Kangxi, he had to participate in many sacrificial ceremonies in the first month of the lunar year.

Many times, whether the emperor personally attended various ceremonies was an important criterion for judging whether he was diligent.

Therefore, after New Year's Eve, Hongli did not see Kangxi as many times as before the New Year.

He actually spent more time with Princess Shushen.

"Good brother, I have done you such a great favor and made you even more liked by Hanmafa. Shouldn't you tell me about Lin Daiyu and the others' poem about the white crabapple?"

When Princess Shushen was alone with Hongli, she smiled and spoke to him.

Because she originally intended to vent Hongli's anger, and she has always disliked the group of the Eighth and Fourteenth Old Men, Hongchun's scolding had no effect on her.

Instead, she was only concerned about whether Hongli would continue to talk about the content of "Dream of the Red Chamber" about "Tanchun's Poetry Club" that Hongli had not mentioned for some days because he owed her such a big favor.

"I am willing to serve the emperor."

Hongli also replied with a smile.

Princess Shushen sat up straight, listening more attentively than when the governess was giving a lecture.

"Then I'll recite Daiyu's Ode to Baihaitang first?"

Hongli asked.

Princess Shushen nodded.

"The curtains are half rolled up, the door is half closed, ice is ground into soil, jade is used as a basin."

"I stole three parts of the white from the pear blossoms, and borrowed a wisp of the soul from the plum blossoms."

As soon as Hongli read this, Princess Shushen stood up and said with a smile, "What a great sentence!"

Princess Shushen then reached out to stop Hongli from reading, saying, "Wait until I write it down before you read it!"

Then, Princess Shushen walked towards the desk.

(End of this chapter)