Chapter 156 Zhen Huan 32
Chapter 156 Zhen Huan 32
"If Concubine Hua knew about this, I wonder if she would make a scene."
As for Yin Qi’s curiosity, she really didn’t know whether Concubine Hua knew about it.
After all, no matter how many spies Concubine Hua has, they are no match for the Queen who has half of the people from the Ulanara and Uya clans. But the Queen is still waiting for Zhen Huan and Shen Meiyu to gain favor and fight with Concubine Hua to the death.
In fact, the Queen was really overthinking it. Concubine Hua is no longer the same as she was in her previous life. In the original plot, she dared to be so arrogant, firstly because Yongzheng was indulgent, and secondly because she had no worries.
But although she doted on Concubine Hua in this life, she had concerns because she already had a child, especially since Shen Meizhuang was not a concern at all for Concubine Hua.
In her private heart, she always felt that with Shen Meizhuang's stupid brain, even if she was favored, she would never be able to surpass her. As long as she was still the most favored in the palace, she could accept these bitches getting a little favor from the emperor.
"Don't worry, before Shen Zhen and the other two are favored, the Queen will cover for them."
Jinzhong knew the dark tricks in the harem better than anyone else, so when Jinzhong found out about many things, he would stop Yinqi from interfering.
At that time, they will do it secretly in a place where Yinqi doesn't know. Jinzhong has never been soft-hearted. As long as he is there, there is no need to dirty Yinqi's hands.
"Let them do whatever they want."
How the women in the harem compete for favor has little to do with Yinqi, as long as they don't offend him, with the emperor and Prince Yi's control over the harem of the previous dynasty, these women can do whatever they want in the harem like they did in their previous life, unless they also have cheats.
Time slowly came to mid-March, and Yinqi, who was already seven years old this year, finally entered the upper study room to study after he could no longer refuse.
Studying in the upper study room with him were Yongzheng's third, fourth, and fifth princes and their little beads, as well as Yinqi's little follower, the three-year-old cutie Jinzhong.
Before he came here, Yinqi was busy with other things and had really forgotten about it. Now that he came to the study and saw the 19-year-old Third Prince Hongshi, Yinqi was inevitably speechless for a moment.
After all, according to the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty, at his age, the Third Prince should have married, had children, and entered officialdom. But for some reason, even though he is the eldest son, Hongshi has been forgotten.
Until now, he still goes to class with his younger brothers every day. Of course, Hongshi also has troubles sometimes, that is, he is always scolded by his royal father for being stupid.
It's understandable that the emperor was so busy with state affairs (chasing true love) that he didn't remember such a big thing. It's also understandable that the queen is not narrow-minded and wants to pave the way for the Ulanara family so much that she waits for her niece Qingying to grow up.
Concubine Qi also looked like she didn't care at all. All she did every day was gossip and curry favor with the Queen. This was really hard for Yinqi to understand. He couldn't figure out if there was anything else on her mind besides being worried about the Third Prince's growing height.
The Third Prince himself didn't seem to care at all. He acted like an older brother every day, following the Fourth Prince foolishly and serving as his pawn.
These two people, one acts like an elder brother and feels sorry for his younger brother who has no mother, and the other one is thinking about using his third brother's stupidity to highlight his own intelligence and strive to get the emperor's attention. They are really a perfect match.
Speaking of which, Yinqi hasn't asked about Hongli's news for quite a while.
Hongli is thirteen years old this year and will soon be an adult. Because he has been brainwashed by Yinqi's puppets and was brought back from the Old Summer Palace by the emperor a few years ago, even though he is still not welcomed, he has been seen by Yongzheng several times.
So now Hongli has changed a lot. Although he is still very selfish, he is no longer as ambitious, suspicious and intolerant as in the original drama. This also leads to the fact that although he now uses the Third Prince, he never hurts him.
The fifth prince Hongzhou, who was thirteen years old like Hongli, was a naughty boy. He skipped classes nine out of ten days and made chaos in the West Five Institute and the Imperial Garden every day.
Fortunately, although Hong Zhou was naughty, he was very smart. He knew from his mother how difficult it was for his father to inherit the throne.
So even though Concubine Yu never stopped him from fighting for that position, Hong Zhou was still not very interested in the throne.
He likes horse racing and freedom, and he hopes that in the future he can be just a rich and powerful prince like his fifth uncle Yinqi.
In fact, Hongzhou was also a good boy who studied hard when he was young. At that time, he and Hongli were still in the Old Summer Palace. Hongli was not liked by the emperor, and he had to rely on his teacher to attend classes. Hongzhou felt very sorry for Hongli at that time.
But not long after, one day Hongli, who was only six years old, actually started to ask him questions, asking him if he wanted to be like the emperor. Hongzhou then knew what Hongli was thinking.
This incident can be said to have made Hongzhou, who regarded Hongli as his best friend, very sad.
So when he returned home that day, Hong Zhou told Yupin what happened during the day with a wronged look on his face. The mother and son had a long heart-to-heart talk about this, and the final result was that Hong Zhou started to become what he is now.
Although he could no longer study with his master and could only learn secretly with his mother, Hong Zhou comforted himself that he had found solace in riding and archery, so now he was the best among his three brothers.
And after he changed, Hongli became much more sincere to him. Even Yongzheng, after realizing that he had no ambitions, had no choice but to let him go free. This result hit Hongzhou's heart.
It is said that Hong Zhou was able to develop such an open-minded character thanks to his biological mother, Concubine Yu. After all, she was a cheerful, generous and clear-headed person. When she was young, she was the only woman who could often accompany Yongzheng to drink and chat, and could even make Yongzheng drunk twice.
So even though she is old and out of favor now, she is still very respected by Yongzheng. Yongzheng will meet with her once or twice every month and will not forget her when giving any rewards.
In fact, it is wrong to say in the original drama that Concubine Yu was out of favor. Yinqi felt that after entering the palace, she might have seen through Concubine Yixiu's nature of harming the royal heir, so after she became pregnant, she hid away for the sake of the child.
If she was really out of favor, how could she ask the emperor to let her move out, and how could she raise a prince under Yixiu's care.
Moreover, she was clear-headed enough to know that she was born in the Han army banner, and the future emperor would definitely not allow Hong Zhou to ascend the throne unless it was absolutely necessary.
Therefore, it is understandable that she would teach Hong Zhou in an indulgent way. However, judging from the fact that Hong Zhou, although naughty, also behaved very sensibly, we can see her great wisdom.
As for the remaining Sixth Prince and Seventh Prince, they were still infants. Concubine Jing was gentle and sensible, and Concubine Xin was straightforward and had no bad intentions, so they posed no threat to Hongli.
In fact, if the plot hadn't been changed so much that it would be corrected, Yinqi would have wanted to give them both a try in training.
The days in the study were spent slowly by Yinqi and Jinzhong watching the third and fourth princes being friendly and respectful to each other.
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