My father is Yongzheng, and I am Qianlong?

Chapter 44 Hongchun is reprimanded by Lao Ba
Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

Hongli and the people in front of him looked at each other in surprise. He even unconsciously recalled the scenes of his interactions with Kangxi over the past two years.

"The Fourth Lady summoned the Fourth Prince!"

The silence was not broken until the eunuch beside the Fourth Lady arrived.

Niohuru hurriedly took out the knee pad she had recently made and tied up Hongli.

Next, for a period of time, the princes, grandchildren, and others would have to kneel for long periods of time.

Therefore, Niu Hulu had already made preparations for this.

Seeing this, Haitang hurriedly squatted down and helped Niu Hulu tie it up.

Geng's mouth opened in astonishment: "Why didn't I think of making this preparation?"

Hong Zhou curled his lips.

Geng smiled awkwardly.

"I have something prepared for Hong Zhou. Go look in that cabinet yourself."

Niu Hulu pointed and said nothing more.

Geng did not say thank you, but ran over immediately, opened the cabinet door and searched. After finding the knee pad, she walked over and tied Hongzhou up immediately.

However, Geng was in a panic and couldn't tie it up for a long time.

"I am a fool!"

Geng was so anxious that she was sweating and cursing herself.

Hong Zhou said, "Princess, don't worry. I don't need to go see Fu Jin."

Only then did Geng feel much more relaxed and tied a knee pad for Hongzhou.

At that time, Niohuru had at some point stuffed a hand warmer embroidered with auspicious patterns into Hongzhou's arms.

Geng and Hong Zhou looked at Niu Hulu with emotion.

At this time, Hongli was already holding a hand warmer, and accompanied by Haitang, he followed the Fourth Lady's people and came to the Fourth Lady's place.

The Fourth Lady knew that Hongli was valued by Kangxi and had a high status in her heart.

Therefore, the Fourth Lady was afraid that something might happen to him, so she decided to keep Hongli by her side, just like her own legitimate son.

The Fourth Lady was the prince's legitimate wife, and had a fairly large guard battalion to protect the emperor and clear the roads.

Therefore, it would be safer for Hongli to stay with the Fourth Lady.

When Hongli was led out by the Fourth Lady, he saw that the huge capital city was suddenly as bright as day under the heavy snow, and it was also as noisy as the Huguo Temple on market day. No sound could be heard.

All he could see were many nobles and ladies hurrying into the carriage.

Everyone looked solemn.

But there were also princes and nobles who were pushing and shoving each other because of some bumps and bruises.

There were also little princes and grandchildren who were forcibly carried out of the house, crying loudly, leaving the women holding them at a loss.

The horses of various colors shook their heads, bumped into each other, and kept exhaling white air. The impatient Baoyi raised his long whip to hit them.

The long rows of lanterns stretched across the sky like the Milky Way, extending into the darkness ahead.

Soldiers stood around with guns and armor on. Soon, the cotton helmets and armor were covered with snow.

Under the dark blue sky, the huge and chaotic team seemed to be moving through icebergs and snow forests.

Before the first tire tracks were covered by the new snow, the second tire tracks appeared.

This went on and on, as if they were not moving at all, and were all frozen in the city of Sijiu.

Only the lanterns are flowing, and heading to the same place.

Hongli sat by the stove, held in the arms of the Fourth Lady.

But he could feel that the Fourth Lady herself was trembling.

He knew that the Fourth Lady was nervous.

He had no intention of comforting her.

The road to Changchun Garden is very long, and it is especially long tonight.

It seemed like a long time before we arrived at the Huguo Temple area.

At this moment, Hongli's gaze stopped at a noodle restaurant here.

The noodle shop is closed.

But it seemed that an old man and a young man came out from inside, talking and laughing, in the hazy vision, then turned and entered the West Corridor Hutong, and went to the residence of Hanlin Fang Bao.

The fourth lady wiped Hongli's eyes with a handkerchief and said, "What a filial and kind child!"

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Hongshi finally left Prince Yong's Mansion.

His face was flushed, as if he had drunk two jars of wine. He pulled the reins to his horse, and he couldn't wait to fly to Changchun Garden!
But there were too many vehicles and people, and they were all dignitaries, relatives or friends. It was not appropriate for him to drive or shout, so he could only move slowly with the crowd.

Not long after, he met Hongchun coming out of the Eighth Prince's Mansion. He ignored him and quietly took a detour.

Kangxi suddenly became seriously ill and urgently summoned royal relatives and important ministers to the palace.

But until now, there has not been time to issue an order to recall the Fourteenth Prince.

This made Hongshi begin to feel that the eighth brother, who had more appeal in the court, might have a greater chance of winning.

Therefore, it was inconvenient for him to get closer to Hongchun.

Hongchun's face turned pale.

The capital city had already been under martial law, and the people in the Infantry Commander's Office were even more uncooperative, making it impossible for him to send anyone to inform his father.

Of course, he also knew that he didn't have time to notify them.

Because Kangxi became seriously ill too quickly this time.

And his eighth uncle probably didn't really want to help his father return to Beijing early.

So, Hongchun is not as excited as Hongshi now.

The congestion of carriages, horses and people made him look irritated and grimaced, and he couldn't suppress his anger, so he whipped a servant who was blocking the way.

Although many people came, Hongli finally followed the Fourth Lady to Changchun Garden.

After watching him go to where the princes and grandchildren were, the Fourth Lady felt at ease and went to where the concubines and other wives were standing.

Kangxi had many sons and grandsons. When Hongli came into this group, he could only see a sea of ​​heads in front of him.

Some acquaintances were still chatting with each other.

"Are you Hongli?"

When Hongli was looking for Hongzhou to come, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder.

Hongli looked back, but did not recognize the young man in front of him who looked about the same age as him.

There was no way. Kangxi had too many children and grandchildren, and Hongli had uncles and brothers whom he had never met, let alone know.

"He is Yinxi, your twenty-first uncle."

At this time, the eighth prince Yinsi came over and said something.

Hongli hurriedly bowed to the young man in front of him and said, "Greetings to my eighth uncle and twenty-first uncle."

"Get up."

After Yinxi nodded, he whispered to Hongli, "When I entered the garden the other day, I heard you repeating to Shushen, 'With so much behind you, you forget to withdraw; with no road ahead, you want to turn back.' It's quite profound, and I've always wanted to ask you, where did you pick up that line?"

"I heard it by chance. I'll tell Uncle Twenty-one another day."

Hongli smiled awkwardly.

"it is good!"

Yinxi responded and stood side by side with Hongli on his left.

At this time, the eighth prince Yinsi also took the initiative to ask Hongli: "Hongli, do you know where your father is now?"

Hongli knew that the Eighth Brother wanted to know Yongzheng's current situation through him, and he also wanted to give him another chance. As long as he answered truthfully, if the Eighth Brother really became the emperor in the future, he would look at him differently.

But Hongli just shook his head: "Eighth Uncle, I don't know where Ama is now."

Lao Ba nodded slightly disappointedly.

"Uncle, you don't know. Hongli has always been ungrateful. If you don't teach him a lesson, he won't behave himself."

At this time, Hongchun also appeared behind Hongli and said something to Lao Ba.

Hongli sneered inwardly. He knew that Hongchun was instigating the Eighth Brother to argue with him at this time. It was obvious that Hongchun had started to panic because the Fourteenth Brother did not show up in time, and was also beginning to be dissatisfied with the Eighth Brother.

In response, Hongli simply bowed to the Eighth Brother and said, "Eighth Uncle, I really don't know where my father is now. As for Brother Hongchun saying that I don't know what's good for me, it's not that I don't know what's good for me, it's that I don't even know what's good for me right now."

"you!"

Hongchun gritted his teeth and glared.

The Eighth Prince Yinsi was not fooled either, and hurriedly pulled back Hongchun, who seemed to be about to attack him: "Hongchun, you shouldn't say that about your brother Hongli! Although Hongli is your brother, he is obviously more sensible than you. You should learn more from him!"

"Khanmafa is seriously ill right now. If you really want to know what's right for you, you should know how to behave properly at this moment!"

Lao Ba's words were a bit harsh, so Hongchun could only nod, his expression becoming even uglier.

Then, the Eighth Uncle looked at Hongli again and said, "Since you don't know, forget it. Uncle Eight actually likes your sharp tongue!"

Lao Ba said this and left.

Yinxi, who was standing by, grabbed Hongli's neck and whispered, "How dare you? You even dared to confront Hongchun. Aren't you afraid that he will fight you on the spot?"

"Uncle Eight won't let him do it."

Hongli patted Yinxi's arm, and Yinxi let him go.

At this time, Liang Jiugong came over.

Everyone immediately held their breath.

Liang Jiugong called out, "There is an imperial decree, summoning Prince Hongli to the audience!"

(End of this chapter)