At the foot of Mount Tai.

The thirteenth brother got off the carriage, wearing winter clothes, looking at the majestic mountains, his heart was filled with excitement.

The first of the five mountains, Dongyue Mount Tai.

Today, he was ordered to offer sacrifices to Mount Tai on behalf of the emperor...

*

Texas Palace.

Fourth elder brother is writing big characters.

His mind was a little confused.

The day before yesterday, after the Holy Master summoned his ministers to meet him, he ordered the thirteenth elder brother to go to Tai'an to offer sacrifices to Mount Tai.

Calculating the itinerary, Brother Thirteen should arrive at Mount Tai today.

This is the first time in this dynasty that a prince has offered sacrifices to Mount Tai.

What on earth does the royal father want to do?

Is this going to push Brother Thirteen to the forefront?

Thirteenth Brother is only seventeen years old, how can he withstand such temptation.

But if the thirteenth elder brother really has evil thoughts, will the emperor tolerate it?

Or should he be regarded as the prince's second whetstone?

In the past few years, the brothers often patrolled the Yongding River together, and they talked in harmony, which was a bit of a brotherhood.

The fourth elder brother looked at the situation of the thirteenth elder brother and was very anxious, but he couldn't explain it clearly.

Otherwise, it seems like he has a villainous heart and is trying to instigate the father-son relationship between the thirteenth elder brother and the emperor's father.

In early winter, the north wind is blowing outside, and the house and the fourth brother are also getting chilly...

*

Beijing, Prince Yu's Mansion.

The Crown Prince Baotai looked at Prince Yu and said anxiously: "Ama, there are pediatricians at Dunjun Palace and Jiubele Palace..."

It turned out that Prince Yu's youngest son, the sixth elder brother, had a high fever when he saw the joy.

The government doctors had limited talent and knowledge and were helpless, and the pediatrician from the Tai Hospital was not invited back.

The prince became a little anxious and remembered these two things.

As soon as the epidemic broke out, these two places invited pediatricians from the Tai Hospital to come and seal the houses to avoid acne.

Prince Yu looked at his son, sighed and said, "Baotai, who is more valuable, the prince's concubine or the emperor's grandson?"

The royal family is different from the clan.

Prince Baotai frowned and said: "Why compare, how can it reach this point?"

Prince Yu said: "What if?"

Prince Baotai: "..."

He did know that the emperor was protective of his own shortcomings. The reason why his mother and uncle had been silent for more than ten years was because of the loss of Tong Guogang in the Battle of Ulan Butong and the loss of the emperor's eldest son.

He said with a vibrato: "Then sixth brother..."

Prince Yu closed his eyes and sighed: "The doctor has already seen it, just leave it to fate..."

Having said that, Baotai, the elder brother who had become the director of the family, could not really sit back and watch.

He remembered an old story he had heard. The fourteenth prince and Yuqing Palace had a high fever. They used alcohol to cool down the fever. When they arrived at the front, he immediately called the palace chief Shi and said: "Go to the Taiyuan Hospital and ask about alcohol..."

When Chang Shi came back, he came back with his eighth brother.

Because of the pox epidemic, the eighth prince happened to go to the Imperial Hospital and met the chief minister of the palace.

"Your Majesty, all the alcohol in the Imperial Hospital has been withdrawn, but there is still some stock in the Imperial Pharmacy..."

Chang Shi said with a bitter face.

The medicines in the imperial pharmacy are reserved for the palace master's use. No one can get them without an imperial edict.

Baotai was disappointed after hearing this and hesitated whether to go to the palace to ask for help from the Queen Mother.

The amount of alcohol prepared in this imperial pharmacy will definitely not be small. Please ask for some help. Is everything going to be okay?

But thinking of Amma's words, he hesitated.

There are also several younger brothers in the palace.

This early winter is also a time when epidemics are prone to occur.

Even for other masters, catching a cold is inevitable.

If the royal palace uses alcohol from the Royal Pharmacy and the palace mistresses are unable to use it, the consequences will be unbearable.

Brother Ba had heard Chang Shi explain the reason on the way. Seeing Baotai's disappointment, he said, "I still have some in my house, and I just sent someone back to get them."

After hearing this, Baotai was very grateful and said: "Thank you, Mr. Ba, for your help..."

The eighth prince waved his hand and said: "You and I, brothers, are heretics when you say this!"

The two are similar in age. They studied together in the study room in their early years and have a good relationship as cousins.

Speaking of this, the eighth prince paused and said: "When I arrived at the palace, I should have gone to see Uncle Wang to say hello, but today I went to several places and met a lot of people, so I won't go to see Uncle Wang yet. Got it!"

Prince Yu is in frail health. Although he went out on errands at the beginning of this year, he was still in the palace most of the time.

In addition, Prince Yu has paralysis, which makes autumn and winter difficult, and he even sees fewer guests.

The eighth elder brother is meant to be a "helper in times of need", and he will never be a bad guest.

After a while, Eighth Prince's people brought alcohol to him.

The eighth prince took his leave and Baotai sent it out in person.

Then he arranged for someone to send alcohol to the doctor, went back to bathe and change clothes, and then went to see Prince Yu and told the eighth prince about his help.

Prince Yu was silent for a long time, looked at Baotai and said, "How does the prince treat you on weekdays?"

Hearing this, Baotai frowned and said, "The prince has always had a clean eye. He was like this in his early years in the study, and he is still like this now."

He has been officially canonized as the prince and crown prince, and is ranked before Prince Doro, but he still does not catch the prince's eye.

Not only because he was the prince's elder brother, but also because he was appointed as the crown prince as a concubine, which made the prince unhappy even more.

Prince Yu sighed.

He was also Prince Heshuo. He had personally experienced the plight of Prince Heshuo, who was valued by the emperor, and Prince Heshuo, who was not valued by the emperor.

He was still the emperor's brother, and had a close relationship with him; but as for Baotai, he was just the prince's cousin, so there was no real friendship.

On the eldest brother's side, as early as the 29th year of Kangxi's reign, we had grown tired of each other.

The prince has no romantic feelings either.

Prince Yu thought of his own death and couldn't feel at ease.

"Where's the eldest brother?"

Prince Yu then asked.

Baotai replied honestly: "Prince Zhi and his son are different in age, and they have no contact with each other on weekdays."

Prince Yu exhaled and said, "Where is the third elder brother?"

Baotai shook his head and said: "We haven't had much contact with each other. As my son sees it, after the death of the third brother's mother's family, he pays more attention to the wife family. In the past two years, he has had a better relationship with his cousin from Prince Gong's palace..."

*

South Second House, wing room.

Sanfujin stood beside the kang, his body weak.

Lying on the kang was Da Gege with a purple complexion.

There were people kneeling on the ground.

Da Gege’s wet nurses, nannies, and people around San Fujin all knelt down...

*

Jiubele Mansion, the building behind the main courtyard.

"Enie, Enie, eldest brother has three pigeon eggs..."

Ni Guzhu looked at his own food plate and then at Feng Sheng's, feeling a little dissatisfied.

There was only one lone dish on her plate.

Shu Shu said: "Didn't you just eat two in your room? Forgot?"

Today is already the seventh day of October, and the fifth day of vaccination for three children.
To be continued...