Seeing that Yinreng was in a good mood, the fourth prince plucked up his courage and

"Is Second Brother feeling better now?"

Yinreng nodded, and looking at Yinzhen who was a little too silent, he couldn't help but slow down his voice.

"Well, it's not a big deal, but it made my two younger brothers worried. It's my fault as an older brother."

This fourth brother is really pitiful. I don’t know whether he will still be the final winner.

Considering that before he died in his previous life, several of his brothers had occupied positions in the court, it would not be easy for Yinzhen to ascend to the throne.

Upon hearing this, the anxiety in the Fourth Prince's heart finally eased a lot.

He is nine years old this year and has known for a long time that he is not welcome. Four years ago, when Tong E'niang, who adopted him, became pregnant, he learned from the palace people around him that he was not Tong E'niang's biological son, but was born to Depin and given to Tong E'niang to raise.

When he first learned the truth, he foolishly ran to Tong E'niang to ask if it was true. Tong E'niang did not answer him yes or no, but just comforted him by saying that he would always be his son.

Children of the royal family are all precocious. Although he was five years old at that time, he also understood that Tong E'niang's attitude was the answer.

So he was sad for a while, and then went to see Concubine De with full hope, thinking that she would care about her own son, but reality gave him a loud slap in the face.

At that time, Concubine De already had the Sixth Prince Yinzuo. When she saw the Fourth Prince barging in front of her, she looked at him as if he were a stranger.

It was completely different from the way she looked at her sixth brother.

Later, when Tong E'niang was pregnant, he approached Depin several times, but the result he got was that he was asked to take care of his sixth brother more.

Gradually, his heart grew cold.

So he knew at a young age that no one in this palace valued him. Sometimes he even envied his eighth brother. Even though his mother had such a terrible background, Wei at least cared about his eighth brother.

He has nothing.

So wherever he went, he was always cautious, for fear of causing displeasure to others.

"Brother, can I take a look at the books you have here?"

While Yinzhen was immersed in his own thoughts, Yinzhi was already eager to find a book to read on Yinreng's bookshelf.

Yinreng nodded, "Okay, but be careful, there are many rare copies on it."

He was not exaggerating. The books on the bookshelf were not valuable in themselves and could be bought by poor families. What was valuable were the annotations by the great scholars. Some of those great scholars were no longer with us, so they were rare copies.

"Okay, thank you, second brother."

Seeing Yinreng's agreement, Yinzhi instantly became excited. He was always obsessed with Chinese studies. Although there were many things he didn't understand, he read it several times and took notes. When he had time, he would ask Xu Yuanmeng and other teachers for advice, and he would always learn something.

Seeing that Yinzhi could ask for what he wanted with peace of mind, a hint of envy flashed in Yinzhen's eyes.

"Yinzhen, go take a look too. My second brother has all the scriptures you are studying, as well as annotations by different great scholars."

Yinreng did not miss the envy in Yinzhen's eyes, so he spoke.

Yinreng did not have much resentment towards his younger brothers. After all, people are selfish. If they did not do anything that was against the will of heaven, Yinreng would generally not bother to preach to them. What's more, Kangxi was really good at raising children. Except for Yinzuo who died early, all the others could stand on their own if they were released.

In fact, compared with the Fourth Prince, Yinreng prefers the Ninth Prince who is bold and rebellious.

As for Yinzhen, it was more of a feeling of heartache for the poor child as an adult.

He had also raised younger brothers in his first life and knew how to talk to them on an equal footing. So, apart from spending some effort on the eldest brother in his previous life, he easily won over the rest of his brothers.

But this time, Yinreng was determined to do whatever he wanted and it was impossible to buy him off.

Yinzhen stood up with a look of surprise on his face and saluted Yinreng solemnly.

"Thank you, Prince."

Yinreng nodded and continued to read the book in his hand.

Yinzhen ran to the bookshelf and began to read carefully.

Soon, several young eunuchs came in one after another and filled the small table where Yinzhi and the other had just sat with snacks.

Yinreng called the two little guys and said,

"Don't look at it yet, come and have something to eat."

Upon hearing this, Yinzhi and Yinzhen put the books in their hands back on the bookshelf and returned to their seats excitedly.

The two of them were very polite and thanked Yinreng first before picking up the snacks on the table and starting to eat them.

The two kids are of similar age and study martial arts together all day long. Although their relationship is not very good, it is not bad either.

Yinlu was reading a book in his hand, ignoring the two of them. The study was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Soon, the two little brats couldn't help it.

Yinzhi bravely glanced at Yinreng, then turned around and spoke to Yinzhen. The content of his conversation was quite ordinary, such as who was scolded by the teacher in class, or who was punished for his haha ​​beads.

Yinreng just looked up and pretended to turn his attention back to the book.

In fact, he pricked up his ears and started listening to gossip.

Yinzhen was a little hesitant at first, but when he saw that his second brother didn't react, he became very interested in chatting with Yinzhi.

Soon, another eunuch came to the door to announce that it was the Fifth Prince, the Seventh Prince, and the Eighth Prince who had arrived.

The Sixth Prince died last year. Yinreng never saw him in his previous life, and he didn't see him in this life either.

Looking at the mistresses who were chattering just now, Yinreng felt a little helpless. Now all the idiots were caught together, and he could imagine how noisy it would be later.

However, they were all brothers, so Yinreng could not favor one over the other, otherwise it would be embarrassing if it got out. So he asked He Zhuer to bring the man to the study.

He Zhuer felt a little numb.

Didn’t Madam Yehele say that Master usually hates others entering and leaving his study?

Why did he bring all the young masters to the study...

He Zhuer couldn't figure it out, but he didn't dare to interfere with the prince's orders. He quickly invited the princes who had just arrived to the study.

As soon as the five princes Yinqi, the seventh prince Yinyou and the eighth prince Yinsi entered the door, they saw their third and fourth brothers sitting at the small table eating snacks, and they were not surprised at all.

Except for Kangxi, the whereabouts of other masters in this palace are transparent. If the third and fourth princes had not come to Yuqing Palace first, the adoptive mothers or biological mothers of the other princes would not have remembered to let them come to Yuqing Palace to visit the prince.

It’s not that they don’t know the rules, but the prince was lying in bed unconscious yesterday, and he recovered suddenly today. Almost everyone decided to prepare gifts and come to Yuqing Palace again tomorrow. However, they didn’t expect that the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince would come as soon as they received the news after class, catching them off guard.

What else could they do? Concubine Yi and Concubine Hui had no choice but to choose gifts and give a message to Yinqi and others, asking them to come to Yuqing Palace.

As for the other princes, they are all still young, and all those who came today are already studying in the Shangshufang.