novelaction Chapter 160 The Front Yard of Prince Yong’s Mansion
Chapter 160 The Front Yard of Prince Yong’s Mansion
Chapter 160 The Front Yard of Prince Yong's Mansion
After discussing this topic, it was getting late, so Bu Erhe suggested that he wanted to go and see Hong Chang and Hong Jing, and the Fourth Lady happily agreed to go with him.
The topic just now was too heavy, especially since the Prince of Yuqing Palace went back and forth in the backyard and in the end no one was left, only Buerhe was there. She could only remind him not to go into too much detail. After all, as the old saying goes, do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you.
The Fourth Lady had come to her senses at this moment, or perhaps she had figured it out after Buerhe's persuasion, so she seemed to have put a big stone down in her heart, her expression became relaxed, and she began to have the leisure to introduce the scenery in the yard to Buerhe.
It can be said that the Fourth Master's aesthetic taste has always been online. Not to mention anything else, just look at the mountains, rivers and rocks in the Prince Yong's Mansion, the unique flowers and plants that form a scene in themselves, and the pavilions and corridors that are scattered around. If Buerhe had not known that this is the capital, he would have thought he had accidentally entered a villa in Jiangnan.
Buerhe: "The scenery of your house changes with the seasons throughout the year. I never get tired of it. It feels fresh every time I come here."
The Fourth Lady said, "Thank you for your compliments, Second Sister-in-law. Our Master would be very happy to hear you say that. This mansion is the product of our Master's hard work. Every blade of grass and every tree in this mansion was designed by our Master himself."
Buerhe looked at it and praised it, "Fourth brother, your ingenuity is truly admirable. And the mansions of ninth and tenth brothers were also built by fourth brother, and they are also very beautiful. Tenth brother's wife still often praises it in Ciren Palace, saying that the style of her main courtyard is very similar to that of the grasslands, combining the styles of the capital and the grasslands, and it is both convenient and unique. The Queen Mother has also praised it."
The Fourth Lady was proud of it. Although her master was sometimes very picky in doing things, he completed everything very well. Even her father often said that the Fourth Master was rigorous in his work.
After a few stops and starts, the group soon arrived at Hongjing's room in the front yard. Speaking of raising children in the Yongjun Prince's Mansion, it was a unique practice in the capital. As long as Yinzhen's children were raised by their mothers until they were one year old, they were all placed in the front yard. The eldest prince, Honghui, was a bit unique in that he was raised by the Fourth Lady for a little longer.
It can be said that there was a reason why Yinzhen did this. When Prince Honghui was born, the three remaining princesses in the mansion were all pregnant. Kangxi was afraid that Yinzhen would be wronged, so he added two beautiful princesses to his backyard.
As new arrivals, the two new princesses should have behaved themselves, but there was someone who acted like a spoiled child. This was Dong E, the one who claimed to be Yinzhen's true love.
She relied on the fact that she was pregnant and was the beloved of Prince Yong at that time. Since she could not bully Shi and Li, she could only make trouble for the two new princesses who came into the mansion.
The two princesses were of low status, and they were new to the mansion, without any foundation. They had never even seen the master of the house, so they could only swallow their anger when being bullied.
However, honest people also have tempers, not to mention that these two new princesses just didn't understand the situation in the mansion before, which doesn't mean they are soft persimmons that can be squeezed and flattened by anyone.
After spending a sum of money, they finally realized that Dong E was in the last tier among the masters in the mansion, and her status in the male master's heart was even lower than that of the charming and weak Li Gege.
After figuring out the situation, the two new princesses began to join forces to fight back. At first, they were just trying to win favor. After they happened to meet the Fourth Master in the garden, they both slept with him one after another. This left Dong E's lackeys in the mansion with no reason to deduct their share. After all, they were already the Master's women, and no one could be sure whether they would become his favorite concubine in the future. It would not be a wise move to offend them now.
Afterwards, the two of them began their plan to intercept people, or in other words, whenever the Fourth Master went to Dong E's courtyard, they would find an excuse to visit him, once, twice. The Fourth Master didn't go to the backyard very often, and Dong E was pregnant and couldn't serve him in bed. If this continued, Dong E didn't see Yinzhen for a whole month.
This really stirred up a hornet's nest, or directly hit Dong E's pain point, adding to her anger at not receiving special treatment because of her pregnancy.
When people are irrational, they always make some unexpected and incomprehensible decisions, just like Dong E. After being bullied by two new personalities, Dong E found a time to personally invite Yinzhen and prepared his favorite snacks and wine in advance.
Yinzhen always treated women who bore his children with special favor, so even though the two newlyweds came to invite him that night, Yinzhen did not leave. Instead, he was very considerate and accompanied Dong E for dinner.
If things had ended there, that would have been fine, but Dong E didn't want to. She wanted to impress the Fourth Master and be the most prominent woman in the backyard. So, while they were having dinner, she lit a ylang-ylang incense in the room.
Everyone who has watched the TV series knows that this is the incense used for flirting between couples. It is fine to use it as a romantic interest between couples, but the mistake is that Dong E not only burned ylang-ylang incense, but also used goose pear tent incense on her own Manchu dress.
This time, everything went wrong. When the two kinds of fragrance met, they quickly took effect. Before Yinzhen finished his dinner, he felt his throat dry and his body hot.
It wasn't just Yinzhen, the same situation happened to Dong E. There was no one else in the room, and the two of them gradually got closer.
It was a night of warmth and fragrance, with breaks from rain and dew. When Yinzhen woke up, he saw Dong E lying on the bed, breathing more than she exhaled, and half of the bed was covered in blood. The scene almost made Yinzhen vomit.
He subconsciously called out, "Su Peisheng," but when Su Peisheng pushed open the door and came in, he came to his senses and quickly pulled the curtain shut, asking him to call the imperial physician and the court physician.
The final result can be considered that Dong E was lucky. She was saved, but the baby in her womb was completely gone. She also completely lost her fertility and would basically have to spend the rest of her life lying in bed.
Afterwards, Yinzhen ignored the two new characters and set a rule in the mansion that if a woman in the backyard was pregnant, he would only visit her and would never stay overnight. After the children were raised by their mother until they were one year old, they would all be sent to the front yard for unified upbringing.
Kangxi had a conversation with Yinzhen about this matter, but after thoroughly understanding the situation in his family and Yinzhen's thoughts, this rule was implemented. Even the fourth wife, the mistress of the family, was no exception. When Hongjing was one year old, she was sent directly to the front yard according to the rules.
The layout of the front yard of Prince Yong's Mansion is very clear. The left side is the Fourth Master's territory, where he has his front yard study and his residence. The middle part is where the little princes and princesses usually study and attend classes. The row of houses on the far right is where these princes live now.
According to age, Hongjing's room was the third one. Bu Erhe and the Fourth Lady went up the stairs and soon walked into the room.
Even though he wasn't too close, he could hear Hong Jing's loud voice: "No, no, Brother Hongchang, can you just give me a hand? Let's do it again?"
Then came Hongchang's calm voice: "This won't happen again!"