Hearing Kangxi's praise, Yinzhi and Yinzhen's tense faces relaxed, but Yinzhi immediately became unhappy again.

He thinks that his literary talent is better than that of his fourth brother. Since the emperor praises both him and his fourth brother, doesn't that mean that his level is about the same as his fourth brother's?

Yinzhi curled his lips secretly, but didn't dare to say a word.

Then, Kangxi asked about the progress of his other three sons. When he learned that Yinqi still could not speak Chinese fluently and Yinyou was not learning "three thousand and one hundred" as fast as Yinsi, who was younger than him, his face became gloomy again.

The atmosphere in the room was somewhat stagnant.

Seeing the signs of anger building up on Kangxi's face, the two little brats Yinqi and Yinyou showed a little fear on their faces, but their little beads were shaking, and they were almost scared to pee.

Yinreng shook his head.

"It seems that apart from the imperial physician, the princes' teachers and Hahazhuzi all have high-risk jobs. If the prince makes a mistake, they are the ones who get beaten. If they are not careful, their lives will be in danger."

"By the way, what is Hahazhuzi's role?"

"Advising the prince to study?"

'Hahaha...what a joke, here teachers can only call themselves slaves, let alone haha ​​beads.

Haha, if Zhuzi's advice was too mild, he would be scolded. If it was too harsh, he would be beaten. I have never seen a master who would listen to what a servant said!

Yinreng couldn't help rolling his eyes when he thought of how Xu Yuanmeng was beaten by Kangxi in the parade ground a year later, and how he had to drag his sick body to the Shangshufang to teach the next day.

"Xu Yuanmeng was unlucky. He was beaten even though he couldn't ride or shoot."

Yinreng glanced sympathetically at Xu Yuanmeng who was standing respectfully beside him installing the pillars.

Xu Yuanmeng was born in the Manchu Plain White Banner, while the other teachers who taught Chinese studies were basically Han Chinese. Xu Yuanmeng was beaten up for a disagreement, so one can imagine how others were treated.

Listening to Yinreng's chatter, Kangxi's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

His eyes fell on the shivering children in the last row.

The profession is easy to understand, and the high risk is also easy to understand.

Kangxi understood Yinreng's meaning almost instantly.

But I didn't take it to heart.

In his heart, no matter whether it was Xu Yuanmeng or those Hahazhuzi, as long as they did not have the blood of the Aisin Gioro family, they were all slaves.

Slaves are originally playthings of their masters. The difference lies in whether these slaves are still worth using.

However, the implicit implication of Yinreng's words that he felt sorry for these people made Kangxi somewhat angry.

In his mind, the most taboo for a ruler is to be too soft-hearted. If a ruler is soft-hearted to everyone, how can he manage the people under him?

Kangxi's long silence made the princes below tremble a little.

Xu Yuanmeng's face was not looking good either. It was Kangxi who had the urge to come to the Shangshufang on a whim, and it happened that he was teaching there.

If Kangxi severely punished the two princes here today, his own fate would not be much better.

This was also due to the fact that he was born in the Zhengbai Banner. If it were Zhang Ying and Wei Xizheng, they would probably have to stay at home for half a month.

Kangxi also gradually realized that the atmosphere in the room was not right, so he spoke,

"Prince."

"My son is here."

"Yinqi and Yinyou are neglecting their studies. How do you think they should be punished?"

"Forehead……"

"I knew it was no good when I called him. What should I do? The old man has been silent for such a long time, he must be very angry. If the punishment is light, he will definitely not be happy. If the punishment is too heavy, it will be difficult to explain to Mama."

Yinreng had a headache.

Kangxi was stunned. He didn't expect that this kid actually took the empress dowager into consideration. Yinqi was raised by the empress dowager since he was a child. He was taught by the empress dowager and could only speak Mongolian, not Manchu or Chinese. If the punishment was too severe, the empress dowager would have a hard time explaining it.

As for Yinyou, Kangxi sighed in his heart. His expectations for this son who was born with a leg disease were far lower than those for his several healthy sons. He was so focused on listening to Yinreng's thoughts that he forgot about this.

But now the atmosphere has been set to this point. If there is much thunder but little rain, will it damage his dignity as the emperor?

Thinking of this, Kangxi also felt a headache.

Now we can only hope that Yinreng will give us a way out.

And Yinreng did not disappoint him. As soon as he had this thought, Yinreng started to speak.

"Your Majesty, I feel that Yinqi and Yinyou are still young, and since this is their first offense, they should be given a lighter punishment."

Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief and pretended to ponder for a moment.

"Since the Crown Prince has pleaded for you two, and considering this is your first offense, I can forgive you this time. But if you behave the same way the next time I come, don't blame me, your father, for being merciless."

When the two children heard this, they first looked at Yinreng with gratitude, and then saluted Kangxi.

"Thank you, Father Huang, and thank you, Second Brother."

Yinreng was somewhat surprised to see that Kangxi let Yinqi and Yinyou go so easily.

Based on his experience in his previous life, he knew best that Kangxi liked to use silence to intimidate his subordinates. The longer the silence, the stronger the deterrent effect.

Generally speaking, at such moments, Kangxi was actually the most angry.

It's just that he doesn't want to punish the person who made him angry severely, so he uses this tactic to put pressure on people. In the end, whether the punishment is light or heavy depends on the other party's attitude of admitting his mistake.

Over the past few decades in his previous life, Yinreng had also summed up a set of useful methods. In a nutshell, the more miserable the screams and the faster they slid to their knees, the faster Kangxi's anger would subside.

However, in his previous life, in the entire Forbidden City, apart from him and Little Fourteen, no other prince or princess had such a thick skin.

They all think it's a loss of face.

There is also a Longkodo outside the palace.

Therefore, Longkodo was the most vicious criminal but received the lightest punishment.

In fact, in his opinion, Longkodo was not a good guy, but he was Kangxi's cousin and he had watched him grow up. Even if he made a big mistake, Kangxi would hold his nose and clean up for him.

Yinreng felt that Kangxi treated Longkodo much better than his own son.

As for that scoundrel Longkodo, the mistake he made was enough to deserve ten beheadings.

Kangxi also asked Yinsi to recite the "Thousand Character Classic" to him. Yinsi was the youngest among the group, but he could recite it clearly and fluently. It was obvious that he had put in a lot of effort in private.

Even though Kangxi didn't like his son very much at the moment, he still gave Yinsi some encouragement after listening to it.

Although it was not the first time Yinreng had seen it, he still could not help but marvel at it.

"Full-grade kindergarten kid brother."

"Aside from Yinsi, only Xiao Si and Xiao Shisan were able to memorize the Thousand Character Classic within six months of starting school. It's true that children who are not loved by anyone are the most motivated."

Kangxi was already accustomed to Yinreng's irrational thoughts, but his next words made Kangxi stunned for a moment, and then his brows frowned again.

But this time he didn't dare remain silent any longer. If he remained silent for any longer, not to mention laughing a few times, Xu Yuanmeng would probably be scared to death.

So he asked Xu Yuanmeng to keep an eye on the princes while they studied, and he took Yinreng away from the Shangshufang.