Emperor of the Red Chamber

Chapter 12 Qingbai makes me satisfied
There was once a competition between the princes in the Autumn Festival. In terms of archery and horse skills and the number of hunts, the ninth prince should have won the championship. However, due to the robbery by the seventh prince and others, the ninth prince failed to win. Instead, the seventh prince won.

At this moment, after listening to what Yuan Qingbai said, the Ninth Prince admired in his heart: "When we princes competed, my so-called brothers robbed me of my animal ears. Why didn't I think of such an explanation?"

"This third brother's son is really amazing. What's even more amazing is that this boy is only twelve years old!"

Emperor Jing'an suddenly fell silent. In silence, he stared at the twelve-year-old grandson in front of him, as if he saw himself in his youth.

He ascended the throne and became emperor at a young age. At that time, he was faced with a severe situation. If he had not excelled, he would either be ignored by the powerful ministers or the Great Zhou Dynasty would no longer exist.

After staring for a while and being silent for a while, Emperor Jing'an made a decision.

I saw him inspecting many princes and grandsons, and said loudly: "In today's competition, my grandson Qingbai satisfied me. From today on, Qingbai will be raised and trained by me."

The third prince and the ninth prince were very happy when they heard this.

The seventh prince hurriedly asked: "Father, Qingbiao won the championship in the competition, are you dissatisfied with him?"

Emperor Jing'an said: "I just want to raise and teach Qing Bai. As for Qing Biao, he performed well and will be rewarded."

The seventh prince became angry: "This... this is not fair!"

He was really anxious and angry. What the hell was he doing? He had worked so hard to let his family Qingbiao win the championship. Now that Qingbiao had already won the championship, why couldn't he compare to this brat Qingbai!

Emperor Jing'an glared at the seventh prince: "My decision has been made, no need to say more."

What Emperor Jing'an originally wanted was to choose one or two people who satisfied him and raise them and teach them.

But today he likes Yuan Qingbai very much. Although he thinks Yuan Qingbiao is good at archery and horse fighting, he is dissatisfied with the seventh prince and even the princes.

Yuan Qingdong and Yuan Qingmei, like Yuan Qingbiao, are the sons of the seventh prince.

Emperor Jing'an speculated that Yuan Qingdong and Yuan Qingmei snatched Yuan Qingbai's animal ears today because the seventh prince deliberately caused trouble to hinder Yuan Qingbai and ensure that Yuan Qingbiao won the championship.

Emperor Jing'an even speculated that this matter was probably deliberately caused by the princes.

Emperor Jing'an knew a lot about princelings and princelings!

At this time, Yuan Qingbai felt relieved.

Although he acted calmly just now, without being impatient, angry or depressed, he was actually somewhat nervous inside.

Now he was relaxed and excited.

He did it after all.

there is always a solution to a problem.

You have Zhang Liangji, I have a wall ladder.

If no one maliciously hinders Yuan Qingbai today, he can compete with Yuan Qingbiao for the number of animal ears with his true ability, and there is a good chance of winning.

With the obstacles of Yuan Qingzhe, Yuan Qingsang, Yuan Qingdong, and Yuan Qingmei, if he still strives for the number of animal ears, he will definitely not be able to match Yuan Qingbiao, and most likely will not even be able to rank among the top three.

He would also fight fiercely with the four people for the animal ears, and even fight.

And he knew that Emperor Jing'an valued filial piety and family affection.

In addition, he and Yuan Qingzhe's father were both third princes. If he had a violent fight with Yuan Qingzhe, his legitimate son and second brother, today, the third prince might be dissatisfied with him.

He changed his strategy.

First, he tried his best to shoot the animals, using this to prove that he was really capable of bowing and horsemanship. Then, he used some touching words, modified by his twelve-year-old age, to impress Emperor Jing'an.

The results show that he succeeded!
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This year's Autumn Festival lasted for twenty days, during which Emperor Jing'an hunted in person three times.

Except for the first time, the second and third times Emperor Jing'an hunted in person, he took Yuan Qingbai with him and asked Yuan Qingbai to hunt with him.

As a result, Emperor Jing'an witnessed Yuan Qingbai's bow and horse skills at close range, and gained a better understanding of Yuan Qingbai's extraordinary physical ability.

In the past twenty days, Emperor Jing'an had been living in the camp in Chengde Weichang. Although he still had to review memorials and deal with government affairs, he also squeezed out a lot of free time.

Using his free time, Emperor Jing'an summoned Yuan Qingbai to his camp three times to chat and teach him.

These three summons made him feel more and more that the 12-year-old grandson of the emperor was indeed a smart, calm, brave, and knowledgeable person, which made him love the grandson of the emperor even more.

Alas, he is old, and it is rare to find such a gifted and talented grandson. Moreover, this grandson is as "cute" as a twelve-year-old. He also values ​​family ties, but he quickly fell in love with her!

After twenty days of autumn, when Emperor Jing'an returned to the summer resort from the paddock, he let Yuan Qingbai live in the Wanhe Zhengliu Palace in the mountain resort.

Wanhe Zhengliu Palace is adjacent to Yanbo Haomiaozhai, which was the palace of Emperor Jing'an in his summer resort.

Yanbo Haomiao Zhai, named "Zhai", is actually a palace. This palace has green tiles and gray bricks, with a simple and elegant appearance. The interior of the palace is gorgeously furnished, dazzling and dazzling.

The West Room of Yanbo Haomiao Zhai, also known as Xinuang Pavilion, is the bedroom of Emperor Jing'an.

On the north side of Xinuan Pavilion, there is a bed inside the nanmu floor-to-ceiling cover.

There is a South Kang under the south window, and a red sandalwood Kang table, the Four Treasures of the Study Room and other objects are placed on the Kang. It is a place for reading books and reviewing memorials.

That night, Emperor Jing'an was tired of reviewing memorials and suddenly wanted to play chess. He subconsciously wanted to call Yuan Qingliang to play chess with him.

Yuan Qingliang is the second son of the prince. Since the prince's first son died young and did not even have a name, Yuan Qingliang became the eldest son of the prince and the eldest grandson of Emperor Jing'an.

Yuan Qingliang was raised and taught by Emperor Jing'an since he was a child, and was deeply loved by Emperor Jing'an. Even though he is now over 20 years old and has a biological son, he still lives in the palace.

Even Emperor Jing'an raised Yuan Qingtang, his grandson, and now fell in love with Yuan Qingbai. In his heart, his favorite grandson was still Yuan Qingliang.

This time, Yuan Qingliang naturally followed Qiu Xi, and Emperor Jing'an also asked him to participate in the Qiu Xi competition among the emperor's grandchildren.

Although Yuan Qingliang's performance in the Qiu Xiang Competition was not as good as that of Yuan Qingbiao, and his performance was not as innovative as Yuan Qingbai's, Emperor Jing'an was still satisfied.

Yuan Qingliang also lived in the Summer Resort.

Growing up, he played chess with Emperor Jing'an many times.

Now that Emperor Jing'an wanted to play chess, he subconsciously thought of Yuan Qingliang.

However, after Emperor Jing'an hesitated for a while, he gave up the idea and instead asked the eunuch to go to Wanhe Zhengliu Palace to summon Yuan Qingbai.

When the eunuch found Yuan Qingbai and informed him of his intention, Yuan Qingbai was naturally willing to accompany him, seeing it as an opportunity to get closer to Emperor Jing'an.

Yuan Qingbai, who left the Wanhe Zhengliu Palace, followed the eunuch and walked in the night. Because the weather was cold, the night wind blew on his body with a chill, but soon he entered Yanbo Haomiaozhai, the imperial grandfather's palace.

(End of this chapter)