This year Kangxi is sixty years old, but his birthday is always celebrated according to his age, so the grand "Banquet for a Thousand Old Men" will not be held until next year.

A few days ago, after Kangxi ridiculed Yinsi in front of all the ministers in the Southern Study, saying that he was the son of a lowly woman in the Xinzheku, the atmosphere in the capital has been weird for a while.

Yinzhi and Yinzhen seized this opportunity and frequently reported important members of his faction, as if they were trying to "beat a drowning dog".

However, Kangxi kept all those memorials and did not publish them.

I don’t know if it was because he felt that his words were too harsh, but he also felt a little guilty towards Yinsi.

Although he did not have to attend the morning court on the day of his birthday, he did have to go to the Taimiao to offer sacrifices, so Yinreng still could not sleep in.

He had been in Weihaiwei for a long time and was used to the lifestyle of working from 7 am to 3 pm. When he returned to the capital to live this kind of life, Yinreng felt bitter inside...

When he got up, Guaerjia was already dressed and putting on makeup.

In fact, when Yinreng was first deposed, Guwalgiya was somewhat uncomfortable with it.

After all, she has lived in the palace for more than ten years, and has been in charge of the palace power during this period. All the big and small matters in the palace have to go through her hands.

So after suddenly becoming free, she had nothing to do.

However, in just over a month, she had completely adapted to her current life.

The reason was simple: after moving out of the palace, she didn't have to be so cautious about everything.

She was too comfortable without the pressure of the untouchable people in the palace. She felt a little scared when she was asked to move back.

In recent years, because the Eastern Palace had no children, the emperor looked at her with more and more strange eyes. Even though everyone knew that the problem was not with her, Guaerjia knew that the emperor did not have any resentment towards her.

Sometimes Guaerjia also regretted that she had made a hasty decision, but after seeing the intrigues and bloodshed in the court, Guaerjia no longer had any regrets.

Even began to feel fortunate.

Fortunately, neither Yinreng nor she was caught up in the quagmire.

After Yinreng got up, the couple had a simple breakfast and then set off for the palace.

When we arrived at the Meridian Gate, many officials were already waiting outside.

On important festivals like this, the Meridian Gate would be opened, guarded outside by imperial guards, and all people entering and leaving the palace would be checked to ensure that no one brought poison or weapons into the palace.

In this case, Yinreng and Guwalgiya had no privileges.

Yinreng was examined by a few young eunuchs, but he was personally accompanied by the newly appointed Governor of the Nine Gates who had just taken office last year. Even though he had been deposed as the crown prince, Wenctot was still respectful and his words and attitude were impeccable.

Yinreng glanced at him and felt that Yinsi had a good eye for people.

After entering the palace, the couple quickly parted ways.

Guwalgiya had to go to guard the Empress Dowager, and Yinreng had to go to pay his respects to Kangxi.

When Yinreng arrived at the main hall of the Palace of Heavenly Purity, he found that Yinzhi, Yinsi and Yinzhen had already arrived.

Several of them also brought their older sons with them, and the Qianqing Palace was bustling with activity.

The other brothers should be on the way.

Yinreng walked forward to greet Kangxi, who calmly asked him to find a place to sit.

Yinreng also knew that Kangxi did not like him for the time being, so he curled his lips and sat down below Yinzhi tactfully.

Seeing this, Yinzhi's mouth corners unconsciously curled up.

He had been carrying the label of "the eldest son but not the legitimate son" since he was a child. The first thing he did when he saw Yinreng was to bow. He had never surpassed Yinreng in status even a little bit.

Only recently, after Yinreng was deposed, did he feel the superiority of being an older brother.

However, when he thought that this treatment would soon be taken back, the corners of Yinzhi's mouth drooped again in an instant.

Tsk... the younger brother of the second son is really not liked by others.

Yinreng had no idea what the eldest brother was complaining about. He was thinking about finding an opportunity to ask him what they meant by what they said when they came to his house that day.

While waiting for the arrival of other princes, Kangxi had a lively chat with Yinzhen and several grandsons, and the topics were nothing more than daily life and academic progress.

Yinzhi could even occasionally interject.

Yinreng and Yinsi were simply ignored by Kangxi, and Yinreng was happy to have some free time.

Yinsi looked at the ground calmly, sitting there like a sculpture.

Yinreng couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

"The old man is really not a human being! He can say that he is the son of a bitch from Xinzheku. He is the one who has no right to say that!"

Kangxi was happily chatting with his grandson when he suddenly heard Yinreng's thoughts and his face darkened in an instant.

This made the people around him look confused, and the atmosphere became silent for a moment.

Kangxi quickly put on a smiling face again.

"Who did I just ask?"

"Marfa, you asked me..."

"You look down on me for my low birth. If you have the guts, don't favor me! You can't control your own lower body, and then you put the blame on the woman and the child. Bah... you're not a real man!"

"Originally, the eighth brother had the greatest hope of ascending the throne, but in the end, his power was too great and threatened the imperial authority, and he was ultimately imprisoned and died of illness. Alas, if the fourth brother had ascended the throne in this life..."

Yinreng felt that it was understandable that Yinzhen was cruel to Yinsi. After all, no matter who sat on the throne, he would feel uncomfortable knowing that there was a brother in the court who could compete with him.

What's more, the group of ignorant people under the Eighth Prince instigated the other person's son to stab Yinzhen in the back. Under such circumstances, as long as it was not Yinsi who sat on the throne, his end would not be good.

It's all because Yinsi was too lenient, and his subordinates didn't understand the situation...

Kangxi listened to the whole thing with a smile on his face, but the veins on his forehead were throbbing.

His eyes also turned cold.

Before the children and grandchildren around noticed, a young eunuch came to the door to announce something, attracting everyone's attention.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Kangxi glared at Yinreng fiercely.

By the time a large number of Kangxi's children and grandchildren rushed into the Qianqing Palace, the time was almost up.

Under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Guards, everyone quickly took their positions and headed towards the Taimiao.

After the sacrifice, Kangxi returned to the Forbidden City and held a grand court meeting in the Hall of Supreme Harmony to accept congratulations from princes, ministers, people from all over the country, and even envoys from foreign countries.

After the court meeting, Kangxi returned to the harem to accept congratulations from concubines, princes and princesses.

The birthday banquet started around two o'clock in the afternoon.

After going through the whole process, Yinreng felt like his bones were almost broken. After finally sitting down, before he even picked up his chopsticks, he had to follow everyone in toasting and singing birthday songs to Kangxi.

The sixty-year-old Kangxi was still enjoying the performance with his ministers with great interest.

Sure enough, the sixty-year-old man is full of energy, while the forty-year-old middle-aged man is exhausted...