The Fourth Prince didn't know whether the Third Prince was speaking in anger or really wanted to let him have this rare pastry, so he hurriedly shrugged it off and said, "Bo Rui's desserts are famous all over the world, and it would be a shame for Third Brother not to savor them."
The Third Prince sneered grimly, pointing out the old seven: "The barbarians in the foreign countries, what good things can they make? They are all embroidered pillows! Fourth brother, I don't want to see this shit, if you like it, take it back and eat it, don't let me see it!"
The fourth prince could not hide the surprise in his eyes, the knot in his throat rolled, he could not help but look at the expensive pastry, hurriedly stabilized his emotions and continued to exhort and push back.
Consort Tong at this moment has lost the good temper just now, looking at her son smilingly said, "Embroidered pillows are better than being a straw bag from the inside out."
The Third Prince froze and looked at his mother consort in aggravation and shock.
The corners of Consort Tong's mouth reared up in a smile, and she amiably turned her head to look at the Fourth Prince: "If Lao Si doesn't mind, and take it back for a fresh taste."
The Fourth Prince was flattered.
When Consort Tong gave her word, he didn't need to pretend to refuse, hearing Consort Tong's words of sending off, he went along with it, got up to thank her, and took the pastries with him to take his leave.
Only Consort Tong's mother and son remained in the room, and the Third Prince became restless.
He knew that Mother Consort would not sweep him off his feet in front of outsiders, and now that the outsiders were gone, the Third Prince didn't dare to play with his temper and lowered his head without uttering a word.
"Why don't you say anything?" Concubine Tong smiled skinlessly and sat down on the circle chair where the Fourth Prince had been sitting, staring sideways at the Third Prince: "Your Highness quickly vent your cynicism and complaints; you dared to talk nonsense in front of that underhanded slip of a man Lao Si, so why should you hold back in front of me?"
The Third Prince didn't squeak and lowered his head with a look of fear.
"What's wrong ah this?" Tong Fei coldly laughed: "mother in front of the consort instead of formal, this is not like your usual straightforward nature, according to my opinion, your highness might as well go to the palace of the heart to tell the emperor, just say that the old seven is a barbaric bastards, so that his majesty rewarded you dozens of boards, and then put me as a mother into the cold palace, it is all clean, so that I do not have to ask people to keep an eye on you at all times, and sit and sleep on your own in the Lin You Palace. "
"Mother consort's words, calling my son without a leg to stand on." The Third Prince did not dare to raise his head, but in his heart, he resented Consort Tong's alarmist talk.
Consort Tong's face steeply sank as she spoke in a low voice, "How much of a foothold do you think we mother and son have in this palace?"
"As soon as you were born, you were given by His Majesty to be raised by Noble Consort Ying, and for several years, if I wanted to see you, I had to curry favor with Noble Consort's subordinates, and if it weren't for those victorious battles your uncle fought so desperately to the death in recent years, you wouldn't have even had the status of a foreigner's bastard!"
Concubine Tong stared at her son's face, "You think that Your Highness is treating you more generously than my own mother, don't you? I don't know that that woman is intentionally indulging your nature, just waiting to see you one day act willfully and make a big mistake!"
At the mention of Noble Consort, the Third Prince's heart was filled with aggression.
He was raised by Your Highness before he was eight years old, and to him, Your Highness's pampering and forgiveness like that was what his birth mother should have been like.
Ever since Consort Tong took him back when she gained power, he's had to do everything with his tail between his legs.
But the third prince did not dare to say what was in his heart to his face, seeing that his mother consort was burning with anger at the moment, he could only pretend to be soft: "My son knows of your mother's bitterness, and will not dare to be capricious again."
*
The Fourth Prince carefully held the pastry box and rushed to the side hall of Chunxi Hall to find Noble Lady Yi.
Noble Lady Yi was his birth mother and lived in the Chunxi Hall with two other nobles.
Although she gave birth to a son, Yi Guiren still lives in the side hall, the emperor has never let her bedtime in ten years, and there is no difference between living in the cold palace.
The Fourth Prince walked into the side hall and saw that Yi Nobleman's personal palace maid was chatting and frolicking with the sprinkler maid without any rules.
He immediately sank his face, "What kind of place is this?"
The courtesan was startled, and when she turned around and saw the Fourth Prince, she wasn't afraid, she just bowed and didn't plead for mercy.
Palace maids and eunuchs are most afraid of being assigned to the cold palace concubines to work, the master has no money left over, it is impossible to give them a reward, they are outside than the same grade of slave girl face.
"Where is Liu Fang?" The Fourth Prince asked the palace maid as he suppressed his anger.
Liu Fang is Yi nobleman courtyard eunuch, at this moment is in the office room with other eunuchs gambling money, the palace maids do not dare to frankly say out, only said "slave girl this will go to find".
A few moments later, the eunuchs and court ladies arrived.
Only then did the Fourth Prince clear his throat and call out Yi Guiren in a pie-like manner, inviting her to come out and catch up.
Yi Guiren was doing women's red, heard her son's voice and rushed to welcome her out, it was rare to see all the palace maids and eunuchs from her own courtyard present, she was unexpectedly uncomfortable, scowling as she greeted the fourth prince for tea.
The fourth prince saw that people are all here, only then pretended to hold out Bori tribute pastries, said to Yi Guiren: "This is the father's reward for the pastries, is the Bori tribute, a total of only two boxes, another box of the father to the empress dowager, the box on the nobleman to enjoy."
He was deliberately ambiguous, trying to make the palace maids and eunuchs mistakenly think that the pastries were specially rewarded by the emperor to Yi Guiren, and he also took out the empress dowager as a companion to elevate Yi Guiren's status in the emperor's heart.
This group of lackeys usually did not put his birth mother in their eyes, the Fourth Prince had taken out his might to teach him a few times before, but in return, they intensified their efforts to put small shoes on Yi Guiren.
He has now moved to the East Palace and cannot protect Noble Lady Yi at all times, so he does not dare to offend this group of unruly slaves and can only intimidate.
The palace maids and eunuchs all raised their eyes to peek at the tribute rewarded by the emperor, their faces were suspicious.
Yi Guiren was also a palace maid before, served the unfavored master, of course, know that the son is to support their own face.
The Emperor was not a civil man, and could not possibly ingratiate himself with a woman he hadn't seen in years for no reason.
Usually it was the emperor's pleasure when serving the bed, and only after that could they be rewarded, and the order could not be switched over.
But she also does not poke, only thinking that there is such a son, this life is not miserable to the end, can not help but accept the pastries, open the box, let the fourth prince first taste.
The fourth prince did not push, ordered the palace maid to bring bowls and plates, and ate all the pastries in front of him along with Yi Guiren.
It is not that he coveted this mouth delicious, just know that if he is gone, this box of expensive pastries will fall into the mouth of this bunch of dilettante slaves.
Even if these unruly slaves ate the delicacies, they would not remember Noble Lady Yi's goodness, and would only have their appetites become bigger, expecting the next pie in the sky, and would instead oppress their unfavored masters more and more.
The fourth prince simply can't take these people, once upon a time, he was naive enough to think that he would give them a reward on behalf of his father, and that Noble Lady Yi would be able to enjoy the life of the other concubines.
He day to day to curry favor with the three emperors, all the benefits are used to share to this group of lackeys, I did not expect that this group of difficult slaves not only did not change, instead of staring at his money bag, a day is not rewarded, deliberately to Yi nobleman's meals mixed with sand and gravel!
After the mother and son finished enjoying the pastries, the fourth prince began to brag about how the third prince treated him kindly, what his father tested him on, and how he answered the questions to win his father's approval, describing himself as a person with a promising future who will surely be crowned king in the future.
These words were still used to shock the palace maids and eunuchs, it was already customary, and the Fourth Prince would brag about himself every time he came.
Noble Lady Yi was the one who believed this half-truth, she was proud of her son's performance in front of the Emperor, yet worried about his closeness to the Third Prince.
After Yi Guiren finished her tea, she let the Fourth Prince alone to go to the inner room to catch up.
Yi Guiren looked at her son and reminded in a low voice, "Qing Yu, don't just focus on the third prince, other brothers should also be taken care of, ask your elder brother for more learning on weekdays, and when you get good food and fun, remember to take care of your youngest seventh brother."
Yi nobleman onlookers clear, now the third prince but borrowed the light of the uncle with the army campaign, scenery is just a moment, the big prince is the person who should be flattered.
Moreover, the third prince is making enemies everywhere and has no one in his sight, he will not be able to become a great man in the future, standing on his team will instead lead to fire and burn himself.
Other than that, the ones who really had no power involved and were the most favored by the Holy Spirit were actually Consort Shio's mother and son.
Shih Fei is a rare beauty in the world, coincidentally gave birth to a prodigy son, leaving aside the orthodox status of the eldest prince, the third prince's foreign relatives scenery, the emperor's heart is most favored Shih Fei mother and son, so it should also be flattered.
Yi nobleman from the previous three times to imply son, should go to flatter the big prince, but smooth and intelligent son never enlightenment.
This time, the fourth prince also find excuses to stall: "big brother and seventh brother I naturally take care of, just big brother older than me a lot, he is concerned about the livelihood of the people, weekdays to talk about things I can not insert on the mouth, but also reluctant to come. The seventh brother is also not general speech, every time we talk are half a day only to answer me a sentence, out of the words also call people puzzled, I only got toys to give him, he will be happy."
The first half of the sentence was a lie, the Grand Prince listened very much to the Empress and didn't give a damn about the Fourth Prince.
The seventh prince spoke he did often fail to understand, the genius child's head was clear, perhaps there was a generation gap.
*
The Seventh Prince had been in a low mood after the shock.
Xue Yao had planned to accompany the Seventh Prince back to the Qing Dome Palace today to show the fruits of his cultivation to Consort Shi, and have the Seventh Prince tell a story on the spot.
He wanted to take the opportunity to talk to Princess Shio about the Emperor's intention to offer Shu Road.
According to the plot time in the original story, the Seventh Prince started around the age of six and suffered bullying because of the charge of Princess Shio's red face.
By the time the seventh prince was six years old, the Shu Road had been repaired for more than two years, and once he counted the time, the emperor was likely to bring up the matter of taking Consort Shio to Bashu for a cruise during this time.
Danger was imminent, Xue Yao must be warned in advance.
I just don't know if Princess Shio will listen to his eight year old fart's advice.
There are pros and cons to him wearing into this young body, the biggest pro lies in being able to use Wanted Milk to turn the tide and save his tail and little life before the Seventh Prince blacks out.
And the downsides are so much more; a lot of things simply can't be done at this age.
Xue Yao had no bottom in his heart and turned his head despondently to look at the Seventh Prince.
Having just gotten up from a nap, the Seventh Prince and the Sixth Prince were sitting in front of the small eight-century table in the warm pavilion.
The palace maid brought desserts and delicacies and set them in front of the two frightened little emperors.
Sixth prince mood is low, took the palace maid wrapped good hand over the pastry, but not open to eat, only look at the desktop daze.
The Seventh Prince was also in a low mood, angrily eating a piece of pastry and stretching out his little fat fingers towards the roasted chicken leg again.
The Sixth Prince's personal palace maid came forward and advised, "Your Highness eat a few bites to suppress the shock."
"I have no appetite." The Sixth Prince muttered in an aggravated whisper.
"This hawthorn cake is appetizing, your highness try a bite and see?" The palace maid wrapped the sugar cake and fed it to the sixth prince's mouth, the little guy still shook his head unhappily.
And the Seventh Prince's chicken leg was almost finished.
Xue Yao felt sorry for Baby Warmth and stepped forward to coax, "Is Your Highness afraid of grease? Why don't you drink some milk first to moisturize your throat?"
Hearing the word "milk", the seventh prince's little bun face was startled, immediately stopping his movements of gnawing on the chicken leg, and waiting obediently for Yao Yao to ask if he wanted milk.
"If you don't eat your stomach will get hungry." Xue Yao's attention was still on the Sixth Prince, completely ignoring the little chubby cub's anticipation.
Can not wait to "ask the milk" of the seventh prince to analyze the reasons, summed up the lessons, and then pushed the chicken leg bones he ate in front of the sixth brother, pretending that it was the sixth brother's masterpiece.
His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince has not even eaten oh, very hungry, want to drink milk!
"I have no appetite." The Sixth Prince jumped off the small bench and went out with a despondent expression, "Where's Fifth Brother? Let's continue practicing soccer."
Xue Yao helplessly turned his head back, and only then did he notice the seventh prince's snowy pupils!
He laughed, walked over to the little fat cub, leaned down and whispered, "If Your Highness wants to drink milk, promise me one thing, that when you return to the palace today, you'll tell a story to Auntie Shio, okay?"