Chapter 1234: Persuading Ruoxi to sleep with Yixiu

"You were looking for death, weren't you?"

"No! It was an accident!"

"What happened a few days ago was indeed an accident, but what happened just now was definitely not."

"Maertai Ruoxi, I'm telling you solemnly now that I've saved you twice in a row. Now I won't allow you to die, and you can't die, understand?"

Su Mingzhe's tough statement made the girl angry. Her big watery eyes flickered. She knew she couldn't win the argument with the man, and she began to mutter to herself:

"This stinky old fourth brother thinks he is a domineering president... No wonder others nicknamed him the 'cold-faced king'! I wonder if he treats his women like this at home? If so, then the women who marry him will be miserable..."

One of the two people spoke, and the other didn't listen.

After a long stalemate, Su Mingzhe saw that the girl was adamant and could only compromise and soften his tone:

"Girl, how old are you this year?"

When the girl saw the man looking at her with the eyes of an old father, she knew that she was being looked down upon. She immediately pouted her lips in anger and replied angrily:
"I'm already thirteen!"

"Only thirteen years old... no wonder!"

"I guess you must have encountered difficulties, otherwise you wouldn't use such an extreme method to seek death. But I hope you will think twice before you act. After all, no one knows where you will go after you die."

"Let's take a step back and say that if you die and continue to be reincarnated as a human, it will be a complete resolution for you, but have you ever thought about what punishment the person who hit you to death will receive? Will the maids and servants who served you be buried with you?"

Su Mingzhe tried his best to explain the truth to the girl. Seeing her expression moved, he knew that she had listened to his words. Then he took off the jade pendant hanging on his waist and handed it to her:

"Take this. I don't know if I can help you, but if you don't mind, you can come to me with this if you have any requests in the future. I promise you that as long as it does not violate the laws of the Qing Dynasty and does not violate public order and morality, I can agree to it!"

The girl held up the jade pendant the man had stuffed into her hand, looked at the dragon and phoenix emblems on it, and when she looked up again, she saw that the man had turned and left.

For some reason, the girl recalled the historical evaluation of Emperor Yongzheng. Looking at this slightly bleak and lonely figure, a sentence suddenly popped up in her heart:
"This stinky old man always likes to have a stern face, but he is actually a very nice person..."

……

Kangxi's carriage returned to the capital safely. The journey was smooth and nothing happened.

Two days later, the imperial court held a grand court meeting.

Su Mingzhe received several compliments for his diligent work attitude over the past few months.

As for the crown prince, Kangxi also praised him a few words because he did not cause any trouble during his tenure as regent.

To outsiders, the position of crown prince is still stable.

However, Su Mingzhe noticed that when Kangxi was praising the prince, there seemed to be a hint of decadence in his tone.

It seems that Kangxi also heard about the prince's absurd behavior.

It was only for the sake of everyone's face that I didn't say it in public.

After the grand court meeting, the princes who did not hold official positions returned to their respective residences. Princes like the Third Prince, Su Mingzhe, the Fifth Prince, and the Eighth Prince returned to their respective official residences to work.

Su Mingzhe was originally the Fourth Prince. He was an extremely capable person and a backbone of the Prince's Party. He had always been entrusted with important tasks. Now he was in charge of the Zhenghong Banner among the Eight Banners, and was assisting in the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel.

After a busy day, I returned to Prince Zhen’s mansion.

The principal wife, the concubine, and several concubines surrounded the man in a circle and greeted him in various ways.

Compared with the harem of Prince Eighth Prince Yinsi, where there were constant infighting and strife, Prince Four Prince Yinzhen's harem was peaceful and harmonious, with no intrigue or scheming happening.

Su Mingzhe was also quite satisfied with this.

The wife Rouze waited for the man to sit down, then took a sandalwood treasure box from the concubine Yushu:
"Master, have you taken a fancy to another little girl outside?"

Su Mingzhe was puzzled and smiled, "Why do you say that?"

"The Eighth Prince's concubine came today to thank the Fourth Master for saving her sister. This is the thank-you gift they brought."

As Rouze spoke, she placed the treasure box on the table and opened it, revealing several Buddhist scriptures inside.

Watching the man reading the Buddhist scriptures, the first wife said sourly:

"We sisters have seen that girl and think she is really good. There are really few in our courtyard who can compare to her. If you really like her, I will go to the palace tomorrow to find the queen, or even ask the queen mother to grant me a marriage, so that the girl from the Maertai family can marry into our family. What do you think?"

"……never mind."

Su Mingzhe really wanted to win Ruoxi back, but after a brief thought, he rejected Rouze's proposal.

Ruoxi has only been in this plane for more than a month, and she is not used to the hierarchy in feudal society. If I force her to be my concubine or a concubine, I am afraid I will really force her to continue to seek death.

Rouze didn't know that the man was feeling sorry for another woman. She thought that the man was "strict with himself" and was not tempted by the woman from the Maertai family. She immediately ordered people to prepare wine and dinner, preparing to reward the man well in the evening.

Had dinner.

Su Mingzhe decided to rest in the courtyard of the legitimate wife, and the other women left on their own initiative.

As a result, after taking a bath, Su Mingzhe entered the bedroom and saw his wife Rouze, who was actually holding her sister-in-law Yixiu. The two sisters were both wearing plain gauze and sitting gracefully on the edge of the bed.

Is this allowing yourself to enjoy it in advance?
Although the two sisters had already decided to let Yixiu become Su Mingzhe's concubine, Kangxi had not returned to Beijing before, so this matter was just talk and they did not go to the palace to ask for permission.

Today, it seems that the two sisters are ready to let the man have a taste of what's new in advance.

Soon, the sweet sweat of the two beauties soaked the mandarin duck quilt.

Yixiu, who had been a widow for half a year, was naturally very happy to taste the wonderful taste again.

Even Rouze knew for the first time that there is so much knowledge to learn.

The two women had just fallen asleep when the concubine Yu Shu, who was serving outside, quietly opened the curtains:
"Master, it's time to get up!"

"Well, let's get up right away!"

Although Su Mingzhe had only slept for an hour, he immediately sat up from the bed when he heard the noise. With Yu Shu's service, he washed, had his meals, and then went to the yamen to report for work as usual.

At dawn, Yixiu got up to go to the bathroom and suddenly saw that she and her sister were the only ones in the bed. She was so scared that she thought the man was having an affair with the maid.

Rouze, who was awakened, saw this and explained briefly.

"Sister, does my brother-in-law get up so early every day?"

Yixiu immediately complained to her sister:

"If you don't try to persuade me, won't I end up ruining my health?"

Because her 'ex-husband' was a heavy drinker and a womanizer, he had weakened his body early on, and when he encountered an epidemic, he died immediately.

Now Yixiu doesn’t want to be a widow again.

After hearing this, Rouze just smiled faintly and said:
"It's like this when you're an official in the imperial court. You have to get up at 1 p.m. and report to the government office at 3:30 a.m. When there's a big court meeting, you can't even eat breakfast. You can only eat some snacks to fill your stomach... Wasn't our father the same when we were at home?"

"I forgot..."

The royal relative that Yixiu married into did not hold a formal official position and did not need to attend court, so naturally there was no need for her to do so. When she was still in her natal family and had not yet married, she did not care about her father's affairs. She only remembered to report for duty at the hour of Mao, but did not know to get up at the hour of Chou.

This is like someone who has never been on a plane, only knowing that planes fly faster than high-speed trains.

However, these people do not know that taking a plane requires various procedures, and there is often a risk of delays due to various bad weather conditions. It is far less convenient, efficient and safe than taking a high-speed rail.

(End of this chapter)