Although the capital city in December cannot be said to be frozen to the point of freezing, it is still snowy and windy.

It took Yinreng twelve days to heal the wound on his buttocks before he could get out of bed and walk normally.

During this period, no matter how busy Kangxi was, he would always take time to sit with him for a while to show his love for his son as a father.

As for Yinzhi, after that day, he packed up and left Yuqing Palace.

Returning to the Shangshufang again, he felt like a fish returning to the sea, with every part of his body clamoring for freedom.

Although he still envied Yinreng's status and his share of the throne, which was almost equal to that of the emperor, he was no longer so eager to replace Yinreng.

When his younger brothers asked him about Yinreng being beaten, Yinzhi was vague and just said that he didn't quite understand why the emperor was so angry.

In the past, even if he was the culprit of this incident, he would find an excuse to shirk responsibility, or even shift the blame to someone else and add some stigma to Yinreng, but this time he did nothing.

During the five days he lived with Yinreng, he found that Yinreng was actually a very gentle person who never lost his temper. Even when the emperor's father was giving him academic advice and his words were too sharp, he just accepted the comments calmly and never made things difficult for irrelevant people afterwards.

Even though he would sometimes tease Yinreng to annoy him, Yinreng would just ignore him.

To be honest, being ignored felt terrible. His constant provocations were only met with a reply: "Aren't you tired? You have to get up early tomorrow, so try to catch up on some sleep when you have time."

At first he thought Yinreng was just showing off, but after five days of classes, he finally understood why Yinreng seemed indifferent to everything.

The pressure from the Emperor is too great.

He was already fifteen years old, and he had spent all his free time during these five days studying hard by lamplight. What's more, Yinreng should be more tired than him.

While Yinreng was recuperating, Yinzhi visited him many times.

Every time he went there, Yinreng was fiddling with a pile of Luban locks and other toys that only children played with.

Yinzhi felt even more sympathetic towards Yinreng.

In his opinion, this was because the emperor didn't let Yinreng play when he was young. Now that he had the chance, he had to play with those things he had never played with before.

Yinzhi couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for Yinreng.

Compared with Yinreng, the days he spent in the Nalan family before he was six years old were really comfortable.

If Yinreng knew what he was imagining, he would definitely laugh to death. He played with the Luban lock purely because Kangxi was reviewing memorials next door. If he made any noise, even if Kangxi would not do anything to him, the people around him would suffer.

Even though he had experienced many situations in his previous life where lives were treated as worthless, he still retained a conscience in his heart.

As soon as the twelfth lunar month began, all the palaces and places began to prepare for the New Year. When Yinreng was in the Qianqing Palace, Kangxi was afraid that someone would disturb his peace, so he specifically instructed Liang Jiugong to start preparations elsewhere.

It was not until Yinreng returned to Yuqing Palace from Qianqing Palace that he realized the New Year atmosphere in the palace had gradually become stronger.

According to convention, the end of the year has always been the busiest time for Kangxi. The nine ministers and six ministries each have their own matters to settle, and Kangxi needs to review them in the end to have a clear idea of ​​what is going on.

Among them, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, the Imperial Household Department and the Ministry of Clan Affairs are the busiest departments.

As an important department of the Qing central government, the Ministry of Revenue was responsible for the country's financial management and people's livelihood economy.

At the end of the year, the Ministry of Revenue needs to conduct a comprehensive financial settlement, which includes reviewing the fiscal revenue and expenditure of each province, ensuring that the accounts are clear and that every penny of treasury revenue and expenditure is compliant.

The Ministry of Personnel is responsible for reviewing officials at all levels. Through this process, the Ministry of Personnel evaluates the officials' political achievements, abilities, and moral performance.

The assessment system of the Ministry of Personnel usually includes "four criteria and eight methods", which means evaluating the performance of officials from four aspects: morality, talent, integrity, and politics. If the performance is not good, the Ministry of Personnel will assess the grade and then submit it to Kangxi for review, and finally punish according to the law.

Of course there are rewards when there are punishments. If the performance appraisal is excellent for several consecutive years, the Ministry of Personnel will also submit an application for promotion to Kangxi.

Several other departments are busy at the end of the year, most of which are related to the royal family. The Ministry of Rites is not too bad, after all, there are old rules there. The emperor has prepared regulations for offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors, and he just needs to follow them when the time comes.

The busiest department is actually the Imperial Household Department.

There are more than seventy palaces of various sizes in the Forbidden City. Each palace must be cleaned inside and outside according to the rules, damaged parts must be repaired, lanterns must be hung, and Spring Festival couplets must be posted. Except for the palaces where the main concubines live, all other places are managed by the Imperial Household Department.

Yinreng was the kind of person who just lived a life of idleness and waited for death, and just lay in bed watching others busy themselves.

The point he criticized most was that Manchuria valued white, so the colors of Spring Festival couplets and door gods were all white. Even with the red door as the base, Yinreng felt that the Spring Festival couplets and door gods would definitely be useless.

Who would consider white as an auspicious color?

However, Yinreng's leisurely days did not last for long. On the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month, when his buttocks were almost healed, he had to go back to his study to attend classes.

This time it lasted until the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month.

He still has to go to class today, but fortunately he can finish school early in the afternoon.

In his previous life, after he got married, he spent almost every New Year's Eve with Kangxi. The reason why he didn't faint from exhaustion after going through the whole process was because he had good training in riding and shooting.

At the end of noon, the class ended. Yinreng had a quick bite and then went back to Yuqing Palace to take a bath and change clothes.

There is a family dinner in the evening and he cannot be impolite.

The family banquet in the palace was held after the banquet for all officials.

This banquet for all officials not only entertained high-ranking officials and royal relatives of the Qing Dynasty, but also ministers from foreign vassal states.

Yinreng was not old enough at that time, and Kangxi was afraid that Yinreng would be threatened in such a chaotic occasion, so he never attended any banquet for officials before he was fifteen years old.

The Banquet for All Officials ends at the time of Shen, and the family banquet is scheduled to be held after the Banquet for All Officials ends.

After changing his clothes, Yinreng went directly to the Cining Palace, intending to wait until the appointed time to go to the Qianqing Palace with the old lady for the banquet.

After arriving at the place, he found out that Concubine Yi had the same idea as him.

Concubine Yi had an extremely aggressive and beautiful face, and Yinreng was also amazed at her when he first saw her at a family dinner in his previous life.

At that time, I only had one thought, that is, this woman was more beautiful than the stars on TV in my previous life.

No wonder she remains so popular.

Since she came, she naturally brought her children with her.

Eight-year-old Yinqi, four-year-old Yinzhen, and two-year-old Yinzhen were all there.

The Queen Mother is also there.

Yinreng greeted them and then said hello to the little ones.

"Fifth brother, ninth brother, and eleventh brother, are you coming over to keep Ukuma company and entertain her?"