activa-t Chapter 110 Sincere, Weak, and Helpless
Chapter 110 Sincere, Weak, and Helpless
He Junyi Erha was very calm and spoke with a bit of boasting.
"Grandfather! This is a shop owned by a friend of mine!"
"Oh? Which princess is it?"
"Well... she's not a princess from our Eight Banners noble family.
I met him when I was spending the summer in Shangying, Rehe. I only knew that he was from the family of the merchant Mr. Huang. I asked my father to look for him for a year before I finally found him! "
"...?"
That sounds weird.
But Dong E Gege is still young, so it seems normal for her to make strange friends and not know their family background. After all, no matter how thorough she is in doing things, she is still a child when it comes to playing.
After observing her for half a year, Empress Dowager Zhaosheng naturally realized that Dong E Gege was not a person who cared much about her family background and was not arrogant.
The arrogance and conceit that are common in official daughters, Heshuo princesses, and Doroggege are not seen in her at all.
On weekdays, she could have fun with the palace maids in the East Side Palace, not to mention the peers she met while spending the summer in Rehe.
Without waiting for the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng to ask anything else, she watched as He Zhun Yi Erha asked the palace maid to bring up a large pile of items and pushed them onto her small tea table while she spoke,
"Look, my dear ancestor, the Western items in this shop are really rare. It is worthy of being a shop owned by merchants from all over the country.
Last year, when I was talking with my good friend, I heard that Mr. Huang encountered three fierce beasts on the road when he was traveling in Liaodong area..."
Empress Dowager Zhaosheng and Sumalagu listened to Hezhun Yierha's vivid description. Although they found it interesting, they also felt that it sounded familiar for some reason.
However, there were so many things that were familiar to the two of them that they did not take it too seriously.
He just accepted He Junyi'erha's gift and expressed his appreciation for her kindness.
……
Naturally, this news also reached Kangxi.
The moment he heard the news, he frowned and realized what was wrong.
Didn't Yinreng say he was a good friend of the Dong'e family? How come it was Princess Dong'e who went to buy things?
After carefully recalling the conversation between the two, Kangxi suddenly understood!
Ah! This bastard Bao Cheng never told me clearly about his gender from the beginning to the end?!
Damn it, this is a private teaching! How can a prince act like this! And they even drag me into their hobbies!
Damn it! This princess from the Dong E family deserves to be killed too!
Dong E Gege is already six years old this year, but she doesn't even know the difference between boys and girls... Wait, there really isn't much need for precaution at a six-year-old.
Last year, the princess of the Dong E family was only five years old, and Baocheng had just turned nine years old.
what……
I was thinking too dirty.
Baocheng and Dong E Gege were truly childhood sweethearts.
After drinking a sip of tea, Kangxi's desire to control his "greatest work" was greatly reduced, and his emotions gradually calmed down.
Although the fact that Dong E Gege entered the palace to serve the Empress Dowager was not made public, as the emperor he naturally knew about it.
To be able to catch the eye of the Empress Dowager and receive her praise, his character must be guaranteed. Besides, he is too young to be as inappropriate and unruly as he thought when he was impulsive.
Dong E Gege had lived in the Cining Palace for such a long time, but she and Baocheng had never met each other. This shows that this princess had no intention of marrying off to a rich and powerful man, and she had very good family education, otherwise why wouldn't she find an opportunity to meet the prince?
Even the princesses from the families of princes and dukes would look for every opportunity to "meet the Crown Prince" or "meet the eldest prince" when they came to the palace.
Although his surname is Dong E, the family education of the Zhenghongqi and He Heli lineage is trustworthy.
Thanks to this fine family tradition, Baocheng's identity as Mr. Huang's son was kept a secret.
The naive Dong E Gege also left a letter saying that she hoped to have the opportunity to ask Master Huang's wife and her mother to take them out for a boat trip on the lake...
"Tsk, tsk."
Kangxi was shocked for a moment.
He was looking forward to the day when this kid's true identity would be revealed.
Let's see how he will deal with it and how he can maintain his status as the crown prince.
They are all in the palace. As the emperor, what can't he accomplish with a little manipulation?
I told you to play tricks on me, little brat!
As long as the emperor was happy, he would not make a big deal about Yinreng's concealment.
As long as the friendship between them as father and son exists, this will not be one of the evidences that the crown prince has committed the crime of deceiving the emperor.
"Liang Jiugong, go call the prince over!"
I have caught you by the tail, and if I don't give you a good beating, I would be unworthy of being your father!
So when Yinreng entered the Qianqing Palace, the first question he heard was,
"Baocheng.
I heard that Princess Dong E spent a lot of money in Chen Jian Pavilion. What do you think of this rumor? "
"..."
"How could I not know that this 'friendship of a gentleman', this 'close friend who hit it off at first sight', is actually a princess?"
"Hey Baocheng, do you think that General Dong E knows that Mr. Huang's legitimate son is you?"
"If General Dong E comes to cry in front of my Qianqing Palace in the future, can you come and help me?"
"..."
In response to Kangxi, Yinreng knelt down, a rare move.
"Father Emperor! I know I was wrong!!"
Sincere, weak, and helpless.
So the boy's mother suddenly softened her heart and decided to let her good son go for the time being.
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Since the classes began, Empress Dowager Zhaosheng would come to the small study room to give lectures every two days.
They could tell stories, read books, or handle palace affairs on the spot.
The diligence of this little study is completely different from the laziness of the Empress Dowager's palace: "Good boy, if you can't learn, then don't learn. Grandma will take care of everything!"
Without comparison, there would be no harm, and even less satisfaction and praise.
Thanks to Kangxi's generosity, Yinreng was not "exposed" until summer came and another trip to Rehe was approaching.
He Zhun Yierha followed the empress dowager to escape the summer heat, enjoying VIP fast-track treatment and accompanying the first group of people to arrive at Shangying in Rehe.
So from that day on, every afternoon, He Zhun Yierha would come to the garden where she and Huang Baocheng met last year, and sit there for the whole afternoon.
This incident was seen by Kangxi's intelligence team who were well prepared.
But what was "excessive" was that Kangxi did not reveal a single word of this news to Yinreng, and even deliberately kept him by his side to meet with officials and ministers and handle government affairs.
It was not until one day a guard reported that he saw Dong E Gege holding dozens of flowers, plucking petals from afar, crying and muttering "He's a liar, not a liar, he's a liar..." that Kangxi released the prince two days later.
So, on this sunny day, Yinreng changed into a dazzling new outfit, held a big package in his arms, and couldn't wait to trot to the garden without caring about his image as a prince.
But what he waited for was a brand new version of Dong E Gege, with rabbit eyes, chubby face, and a body that looked like she was possessed by a ghost.