Chapter 407 Players

The next day, the Imperial Study was visited by a group of princes with dark circles under their eyes.

"..." Zhang Ying paused as she walked in. Was there a lot of homework assigned yesterday? Why do all the princes look so stressed?

"..." Kangxi, who had decided on a whim to check on his sons' studies, glanced at Liang Jiugong and asked him to investigate what his sons had been doing last night. They looked like they hadn't slept all night.

"..." Summoned to the Qianqing Palace by his father, Yinreng was surprised to find that all his brothers were there. He glanced at the particularly "conspicuous" Yinzhi and couldn't help but be taken aback.

His gaze swept over his other brothers, confirming that they were all looking at Yinzhi intentionally or unintentionally. Having confirmed certain truths, Yinreng was once again certain of one fact: Yinzhi was not mentally sound.

Kangxi squinted and suddenly asked, "Baocheng, what were you looking at just now?"

Yinreng paused for a moment, then said, "Brother, you've grown taller again."

"Is that so?" Kangxi asked with a hint of doubt.

"Really?" Yinzhi asked with surprise.

"Yes, yes." Three, four, five, six, seven, eight nodded in unison.

Kangxi, increasingly suspicious of them, noticed the dark circles under Yinreng's eyes and asked, "What happened last night? Didn't any of you sleep well?"

Without names, they weren't being called out, and everyone remained silent.

But Kangxi wasn't going to let them off the hook, pointing at them one by one, "Baoqing?"

"Huh?" Yinzhi chuckled awkwardly. "Your subject was lazy yesterday and didn't finish memorizing the book. I felt guilty and didn't sleep well."

"Baocheng?" Kangxi looked at Yinreng.

Yinreng remained calm and composed: "I studied the policy proposal that Father Emperor gave me yesterday for a long time. I was very anxious and didn't sleep well."

After saying this, he took out a prepared document from his sleeve and handed it to Kangxi, saying, "Please take a look, Father Emperor."

Kangxi slightly reduced his suspicion of Yinreng, accepted his article, and turned his gaze to Yinzhi and the others, "And you?"

Yin Zhi: "Your Majesty, I read a wonderful article yesterday and was so excited that I couldn't sleep well."

Yinzhen: "Yesterday, your son went to Chengqian Palace and Yonghe Palace to pay his respects."

Yinzhen's self-revealing remarks drew everyone's attention; he was a ruthless man.

"I had a nightmare." *3

Yinqi, Yinzuo, and Yinyou, who were "honest," gave the same answer.

Kangxi snorted coldly, letting them go for the time being, and looked at Yinzhi. The others couldn't help but look at Yinzhi with concern, only to find that Yinzhi seemed to be in better condition.

"Your subject slept very well."

Looking at his eighth son, whose complexion was unusually rosy, Kangxi found it hard to go against his conscience and say that he hadn't slept well.

Let him go, then look at his seven sons in front of him, and Kangxi sees something wrong with them no matter how he looks at it!

They're all young, but incredibly bold, daring to outsmart him. Don't they know he can't find out? He's the emperor!

"Go down."

Emperor Kangxi waved his hand, dismissing them, and prepared to send people to investigate himself.

Relieved, everyone obediently withdrew without discussing anything further, and headed straight for Yinzhi's courtyard.

He happened to run into Yinzhen and Yinzhen, who were waiting in his courtyard.

I've seen it in their eyes; they're the kind of people who don't have dark circles under their eyes and don't look at Yinzhi. So... "Ninth Brother, Tenth Brother, your brothers have something to do, you guys go back and have some fun."

Can't we listen?

Yinzhen looked suspiciously at Yinqi, who was trying to persuade them to leave. What was wrong with his fifth brother? Was he openly ostracizing him?

“No,” Yinreng smiled, but the Crown Prince’s decision was not to be questioned. “Listen to me, go back and play.”

"Children should stay out of adults' business."

Yinzhi handed the two men over to the palace servants who were following him, and then closed the door without any ceremony.

"..." Yinzhen and Yinzhen exchanged a glance, realizing they couldn't sneak in, and could only leave angrily. It's alright, it's alright, they'll get their revenge sooner or later! Everyone's been an adult before!

Yinzhi closed the door, and as he turned his head, he saw his younger brothers staring at him with mixed feelings... on their faces? Or on their heads?

Yinzhi touched his face and head helplessly: "What are you looking at? Is there something on my face or on my head?"

Seeing the two large characters "Player" prominently displayed above Yin Zhi's head, Yin Zhi couldn't help but ask, "Brother, didn't you know?"

"Know what?" Yinzhi asked, looking puzzled.

Everyone couldn't help but sigh. The only one who still had a bit of "childlike innocence" was Yinzhuo, who gently patted his head, and then the word "player" lit up above his head.

"You, you, you're a player too?"

Yinzhi's outstretched fingers were trembling.

Yinzhuo nodded honestly, and Yinzhi looked around at everyone, "So, you are too?"

The others nodded in agreement.

Yinzhi subconsciously questioned, "Then why don't you have the words 'Player' above your heads?"

Yinreng looked at him with pity: "Is it possible that the word 'player' can be hidden?"

Yinzhuo patted his head again in response, and the words on his head disappeared instantly.

Yinzhi suddenly realized, then hurriedly waved his hand above his head: "So, I've been wearing the 'Player' badge all along?"

As he spoke, he imitated Yinzhuo's gesture by patting his head, asking as he did so, "Has it disappeared?"

Unable to bear watching, Yinreng sighed speechlessly. His eldest son's brain was so thick that he could become a player; the identity of a player sounded so meaningless.

Kind-hearted Yinzhi reminded Yinzhi: "Brother, the method of hiding was set by yourself. Did you exit without noticing the settings?"

Upon hearing about his relationship with his eighth brother, Yinzhi couldn't help but complain: "Who has time to set that up? There wasn't even time to escape. I almost died inside."

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, everyone was somewhat surprised. Yinzhen frowned and asked, "Brother, aren't you different from us? Don't you complete the selection, while not exceeding the error limit in the role-playing, and then answer the question at the end?"

"Yes, but I made the wrong choice, entering the battle royale..." He stopped abruptly, looking at the others with surprise, "None of you answered incorrectly?"

"It's very difficult to achieve something like what you, brother, have with such a wealth of experience."

Yin Zhi's use of yin and yang was very subtle.

Yinzhi's face darkened, but he had nothing to say.

Skipping that topic, the eight people shared what happened last night and the roles they played. Apart from the little maid "Parrot" that Yinzhi drew because he went overtime, the others were all key figures in welcoming the guests from afar.

Yinreng's Wang Xifeng, Yinzhi's Li Wan, Yinzhen's Lady Wang, Yinqi's Yingchun, Yinzuo's Tanchun, Yinyou's Xichun, and Yinsi's Lin Daiyu.

Speaking of Lin Daiyu, with the guidance of her younger brothers, she found her personal panel and used all the points she had earned from the mission to remove the "cold and gloomy" debuff from her body. The penniless Yinzhi suddenly cried out in surprise.

"Wait a minute, I've gained Lin Daiyu's favorability!"