Qing Chuan Zhi Wants to Be a Concubine

Chapter 234 Hong Zhou pretends to be stupid and curses

Hongxi did not delay and patiently introduced all his cousins ​​to Hongye.

Not only because he was the emperor's favorite youngest son, but also because Hongye's mother was a cousin of his stepmother, the Guwalja clan.

My stepmother, Guaerjia, is a very good person. She is worthy of being the Crown Princess chosen by the Emperor for my father after careful selection. During her time as Crown Princess, she never treated me harshly. Although she did not treat me as her own daughter, she was definitely a kind and generous stepmother.

Even when I was pregnant and didn't know the true gender of my younger sister, I never treated myself harshly and always treated myself the same.

Later... when my father lost his throne as crown prince and was imprisoned in the Eastern Palace and was in despair, it was my stepmother who stepped forward to manage the Eastern Palace, protect them, and even patiently taught me to win my grandfather's pity.

Later... In short, people like his stepmother are worthy of his respect.

Now that things have come to this, even if I am unwilling, I guess I... hehe, will not be able to accomplish anything in the end. In this case, why not help my cousin Hongye? By then, maybe because my mother is also from the Guwalja clan, she will treat my stepmother and stepsister better, and even my half-siblings will have a better life.

Hongxi was raised by the late Emperor Kangxi since he was a child. In addition, he is also very outstanding. Putting aside all the contradictions and simply looking at Hongxi himself, he is still highly praised by his cousins.

With Hong Xi's reputation, he was able to introduce all his cousins ​​to Hong Ye so patiently, which made the cousins ​​feel a little surprised.

It was really beyond their expectations.

But if you think about it, it seems to make sense.

I heard that in the last year of Emperor Mahafa's reign, he took Hongli to raise him by his side, but his relationship with Hongxi seemed a little cold, and it was just a face-saving favor.

The older members of the royal family went to school with Hongxi, so they knew Hongxi's personality quite well. Because of this, even though they had not had much contact with Hongli, they still had a bad impression of him.

After all, Hongxi's character is quite easy to understand. When he and Hongyu were fighting the most fiercely in the upper study, he never avoided mentioning Hongyu's strengths. When people around him said bad things about Hongyu, he always sought truth from facts and never denied Hongyu's strengths.

Even when she was with Hongyu, she had a fake smile on her face, just like when she was with Hongli. But if you look closely, you will find that there is actually unwillingness and admiration in her eyes.

Hongyu had a similar reaction.

Therefore, even though the relationship between these cousins ​​was tense because of their fathers' fight for the throne, they still approved of and admired the way Hongxi and Hongyu conducted themselves.

Similarly, the uncles and aunts also approve of the way they conduct themselves and do things, so they always let them learn from their two cousins.

But Hongxi was only false towards Hongli, without any resentment or appreciation.

Judging from what happened just now, Hongxi had admiration for Hongye's cousin, otherwise he would not have agreed to introduce a group of cousins ​​to Hongye.

However, they also admired Hongye's intelligence.

After getting to know each other, the grown-up descendants of the royal family gathered together in their own small groups, while Hongye walked over to his cousins ​​of the same age and played spinning tops and dice with them.

There is no intention of forcing oneself into the adult group to win over others.

This point still won the favor of the smart royal family members.

After all, there was such a person in the past. Although he was still a kid, he insisted on squeezing into the adult group. Tsk, who didn't know what he was thinking?

The plan has been made right in front of them, so how could they not know? They are just pretending not to know.

It’s just so annoying. If that person really... Tsk, he still doesn’t like the other person, it’s better to let the little one take over.

Even though they had just met each other, they thought the little guy was more pleasing to the eye than that guy.

As for who that so-and-so is, haha, it’s that…

  The Fourth Prince and the Fifth Prince are here!

Tsk, when you mention Cao Cao, he will appear. Many of the royal family members who had similar thoughts winked at each other, lowered their eyes, and when Hongli came in, they immediately saluted each other.

Hongli came in two steps after Hongzhou and moved sideways as soon as he came in.

Hongli, on the other hand, did not evade at all. He just raised his hand pretendingly and moved forward, walking in the same way as before, with no intention of speeding up.

But he said slowly: "My dear cousins, you are too polite. No need to bow. No need to bow."

Hong Zhou, who had moved aside behind him, agreed awkwardly: "Yes, my cousins ​​are too polite."

While Hongli was speaking, Hongxi and the others had already finished their greetings.

"Of course we don't have to. We are in the palace now and we should follow the order of hierarchy. It's as we should." Hong Xi said coldly with an expressionless face.

The other members of the royal family who were on good terms with Hong Xi all smiled falsely and echoed, "Prince Li is right."

When Hongli heard this, his face froze - there should be order of rank, it's only right, Hongxi is now the Prince of Li, so a mere prince himself cannot have the same dignity as the Prince of Li, so of course he has to pay his respects to him.

Hong Zhou also understood, but he didn't think there was any problem.

Not only Hong Zhou understood it, but Hong Ye also understood the verbal exchange.

The little guy silently shook his head at his fourth brother.

Hongli had no idea what Hongye was thinking of him, otherwise he would have been so angry that he would have vomited blood.

Instead of doing what he did now, he would bow to Hong Xi with a stiff smile and say, "Greetings to Prince Li."

"Brother Hongli is too polite. Since you said brothers don't need to be polite to each other, why do you have to be so polite?" After saying this, he paused and seemed to want to say something more, but finally waved his hand and said, "Forget it, cousin, you have always been so polite."

Hongxi suddenly ended the topic, meaning that the matter was over.

But Hongli seemed unwilling to give in and wanted to continue. Hongzhou frowned and opened his mouth to persuade him, but he knew that his fourth brother was stubborn in private and his persuasion would probably be of no use.

Moreover, he was used to the scene where his fourth brother would confront his cousin Hongxi every time he saw him. He had advised him against it before, but in the next few days he was always scolded by the Emperor and was troubled by his adoptive mother, Concubine Xi, both openly and covertly.

So, I won’t persuade you anymore.

"Fourth brother is fine!" Suddenly, a childish voice interrupted the words that Hongli was about to say.

When everyone heard the voice, they looked and saw that it was the eighth prince Hongye.

At this moment, the little fellow was bowing and greeting the Fourth Prince Hongli. Although he was small, his posture and gesture were very good.

Although Hongli was not happy to be interrupted, he did not dare to neglect his younger brother's greeting in front of everyone. He immediately helped Hongye up and said hypocritically: "My eighth brother is polite. You are too polite. I am your fourth brother. You don't need to be so polite in the future."

When Hong Zhou heard the familiar words, he couldn't help but frown, and he couldn't help but glance at his eighth brother Hong Ye with worry.

But soon, he was not only worried about Hongye, but also wanted to curse his mother and Hongli in his expressionless face.

Damn it, he had done this to himself in the past, saying that he was polite, but ended up being scolded by the Emperor for being rude to his brother. He didn’t understand when he was young, but he understood when he grew up. However, he had no interest in the throne, so he continued to be “rude to his brother”.

"Look at your fifth brother. Brothers should learn from him. There's no need to be so polite." Hongli said to Hongye in a gentle voice, and finally turned around to ask someone who agreed with him, "Isn't that right, Hongzhou?"