Chapter 162: Compensation After my heart-to-heart talk that day, Yinzhen...

After a heart-to-heart talk that day, Yinzhen reluctantly agreed with her statement, but this did not stop him from becoming more demanding and asking Qi Buchen to "compensate" him.

Qi Buchen worked hard that night, but this man acted like Liu Xiahui, with a cold expression and said, "That's it?"

Hey, has your realm been elevated? Okay, you wait.

Qi Buchen was successfully provoked and racked her brains to think of how to make Yinzhen fall in love with her.

Yinzhen never showed up in front of Kangxi. He stayed at home every day, keeping an eye on the studies of the triplets while leisurely serving as a "training tool" for Qi Buchen.

Qi Buchen tried several times but got no response. He said dejectedly, "You're just going to stay at home? Don't you want to go on errands?"

"Princess, are you dissatisfied with me for eating for free at home?" Yinzhen asked without raising his head while reading a book.

Qi Buchen held his breath and said in a muffled voice: "No, it's just, aren't you bored at home?"

Yinzhen raised his head and smiled slightly, "I'm not bored at all. Every day I see the princess trying so hard to think of ways to 'compensate' me. I don't know how happy I am."

Qi Buchen tucked in his chin and rolled his eyes, clearly enjoying himself at her joke.

After teasing her for a while, Yinzhen put down the book and waved her over.

Qi Buchen walked over hesitantly and asked in a rough voice, "What are you doing?"

Yinzhen chuckled, pulled the person to sit next to him, and said seriously, "Now that Mingzhu has left, we don't know how chaotic things will be outside. We can't say for sure if something big will happen next. For the time being, it's best for me to stay in the mansion and wait until the situation outside becomes clearer before we discuss other matters."

Speaking of business, Qi Buchen also became serious and said worriedly: "Then Honghui still went to the study..."

"They are the younger generation. Even if something happens, it will not involve them. It's okay." Yinzhen was still confident about this. Brothers could fight with each other, but whoever dared to reach out to the children would only become the target of public criticism.

Besides, he didn't intend to fight, Honghui was a pure outsider.

However, Yinzhen wanted to stay at home, but others didn't want to see him so idle.

Mao gave birth to a daughter for Yinsi. Only Qi Buchen showed up at the third-day celebration, while Yinzhen stayed at home. Unexpectedly, Yinsi visited her three times in a short period of time. Although each visit was indeed to ask for advice on matters from the Ministry of Revenue, others could not help but wonder if Yinzhen was leaning towards the eldest prince's party?

Yinzhen acted decisively, packed up his wife and children and left the city, and moved into the Old Summer Palace. He simply told others that he wanted to study Buddhism and closed the door to visitors.

Qi Buchen was not invited to the full moon banquet for Mao’s daughter.

Yinzhen, who lived in the Old Summer Palace, did not really comprehend the Buddhist principles, but Qi Buchen would rather he comprehend some Buddhist principles.

I don't know what was wrong with this person. After confirming with Qi Buchen that she had people grow sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn in recent years with the intention of researching how to increase yields, she insisted that Qi Buchen move part of the experimental field to the Old Summer Palace. Then she took the triplets to the fields herself and followed the old farmer to learn how to farm, separate seedlings, breed and hybridize.

Qi Buchen was also required to dress up properly every day and carry a basket to deliver meals on time, under the pretext of experiencing the life of a farming couple.

Bah! You clearly just want to play role-playing, so stuffy!

The triplets followed suit for two days, then hugged Qi Buchen's thighs and cried, "Mom!"

“I want to study!”

"I want to learn calligraphy!"

"I want to recite poetry!"

“I don’t want to farm!”

Each person spoke a sentence, and the performance was like a crosstalk.

Qi Buchen's head hurt from yelling at them, but it was impossible for him to do what they wanted, so he played dumb and said, "You want to study and practice calligraphy? Aren't you studying and practicing calligraphy every day? Getting up early to read in the morning, practicing calligraphy at noon, and memorizing at night, isn't that a good arrangement? Or do you want more time to study? That's not possible. You are still young and need to get enough sleep, otherwise you won't grow tall. Be good, mother knows you are all studious children. It's okay, there is still a lot of time in the future, and you will have plenty of time to study."

Faced with their mother who was pretending to be stupid, the triplets were in tears. They didn't complain that they didn't have enough time to study, but they didn't want to go to the fields after morning reading and calligraphy practice at noon!

"Mother~"

Hongshi, who usually doesn't even bother to talk much, also wiped away his tears at this time: "Mother, my body hurts so much, please talk to my father, don't let me..."

"Don't let you do what?"

When Yinzhen walked in, the triplets fell silent immediately. Hongshi pursed his lips and dared not speak. Yinzhen usually played the role of a strict father, and after two days of training in the fields, his image in the triplets' minds has been completely promoted to a big devil, who can achieve the effect of enforcing orders.

"Have you finished reciting today's lessons?" Yinzhen glanced around the room like a villain and called out, "Hongyu, recite what you learned today."

Hongyan had a bitter face. It was clearly his fourth brother who said it, so why was he the first one to be mentioned?

He finished reciting it relatively smoothly. After Yinzhen nodded, he sat down as if he had been pardoned. Then it was Hongyun and Hongshi's turn.

Hongyun also finished reciting it smoothly, but Hongshi stuttered a little.

Yinzhen frowned: "What's going on?"

He was not the kind of parent who blindly set a learning load for his children. His daily learning progress was determined to ensure that they could absorb enough. Besides, there was no obvious difference in IQ among the triplets. Hongshi was even slightly smarter than his two older brothers, yet he performed so poorly today.

Hongshi's eyes were filled with tears: "My body hurts."

Qi Buchen was shocked and quickly pulled the man in front of her: "Does it really hurt? What's going on? Where does it hurt? Is there a wound or a bruise?" Just now, Hongshi said it hurt, and she thought it was an excuse, so she didn't mind.

Hongshi felt a little aggrieved. He was not a child who loved to lie: "My whole body hurts, but there are no wounds or bruises."

"Why does it hurt? Is it pain in the flesh, tendons, or bones?" Qi Buchen asked in detail.

Hongshi thought about it for a moment and said, "It hurts."

Qi Buchen asked again: "Is it a pain like a needle prick, or a pain that comes and goes, or a sore and painful feeling?"

"It's sore and painful." Hongshi was very sure this time.

Qi Buchen breathed a sigh of relief and let go of his hand: "It's okay, you're just too lazy and you over-exerted suddenly, so it hurts. It's okay, just soak in some hot water and then have someone give you a good massage and it will be fine."

Although Yinzhen didn't say anything, he was very nervous and ready to ask someone to call the imperial physician at any time.

After all, Hongshi was the weakest and suffered the most disasters since he was born.

Hongshi asked with hope in his eyes, "Can I not go to the fields tomorrow?"

Yinzhen didn't say anything. He didn't have enough judgment on the seriousness of the situation.

"No." Qi Buchen refused flatly. "Your problem is that you don't move enough. You're only a little old, and you've already developed this habit. You can't be lazy anymore. Even if you don't follow your father to the fields anymore, you have to move around. Hongyu and Hongyun, as his older brothers, you two have to help mother supervise him. You have to urge him to move around more on a daily basis."

"Okay, mother!"

"No problem, mother!"

Hongyu and Hongyun agreed very readily. The triplets have a good relationship, of course, but who doesn't want the pleasure of taking care of their younger brother as ordered? Hehe.

Hongshi was so sad that he could not even cry. He did not expect that not only did he fail to sell the product, but he also got himself into trouble.

Qi Buchen called the servants and told them to find someone to massage the triplets, then packed up and sent them away.

It's late at night, time to rest.

After the people left, Yinzhen asked worriedly: "Is there really nothing wrong? Why don't we ask the imperial physician to take a look?"

Qi Buchen couldn't explain the lactic acid accumulation to him: "It's really okay, don't worry, I often have this problem. I don't exercise for a while, and then I feel sore all over when I move suddenly. Most people will feel this way. I'm sure you have experienced it too."

"But there are really few children like this." Qi Buchen complained, "Hongshi is really too lazy. This won't work. But you should not let him do too much tomorrow. Don't do it too hard all at once, it's easy to strain your muscles. Let him take it easy first and let his body slowly develop the habit."

Yinzhen nodded. He was not a child abuser. He took the triplets to do these things so that they could understand the people's livelihood and not become lazy and ignorant in the future.

After confirming that the child was fine, he finally had the leisure to settle old scores: "It's been almost a month. When will the princess deliver on the 'compensation' she promised me?"

Qi Buchen bit his lip, rolled his eyes at him, and then said smugly, "It's almost ready, just wait."

Is this a surprise?

Yinzhen raised his eyebrows, a smile on his lips: "Then I'll wait."

While waiting for the surprise, Yinzhen also received news from the capital that Kangxi, who had just returned from Rehe, was going to Mulan Hunting Ground again.

The people accompanying him this time were still the same ones he had brought with him in the past two years, namely Yinzhen, Yinreng, and the thirteenth to eighteenth princes.

The princes who stayed in the capital also nominated four people, Yinzhi, Yinzhen, Yinqi and Yinsi, to be in charge of government affairs.

Qi Buchen came to ask him: "When will you return home? I'll ask the servants to start packing."

"No." Yinzhen said, "Just stay here peacefully. It's so hot in the city, what's the point of going back?"

Qi Buchen was surprised: "Ah? But didn't the Emperor ask you to..."

Yinzhen disagreed and said, "It's just a title of Prime Minister, without any actual position. Who among those corrupt officials would listen to me? Besides, don't we still have the 'Eight Wise Princes'? He is enough."

It was Qi Buchen who let slip the title of the Eighth Wise King.

Ever since Yinsi accepted Yinzhen's job in the Ministry of Revenue, he was praised by the outside world for being kind and gentle, and treating people like a spring breeze and rain, unlike Yinzhen who was like an evil spirit and only knew how to collect debts every day. People said that he was virtuous and kind, and respectful to others, unlike some people who were cold-hearted, mean and ungrateful.

Who are these "some people" referring to? I almost read out their ID numbers.

Qi Buchen had no objection to them praising Yinsi, but you can't drag him down! What happened to my Yinzhen? My Yinzhen was clearly fair and just, sticking to principles!

"You love 'Xian' so much, you are truly the Eighth Wise King."

When Qi Buchen was mumbling, Yinzhen heard him and laughed, "Eighth Wise Prince? Chenchen is really a fitting title."

Only then did Qi Buchen realize that at that time Yinsi was not called the Eighth Wise King?

Later, no one knew what Yinzhen did, but the title of Eighth Wise King spread, and some people used it to please Yinsi.

This also led to a period of time when people who didn't know about this were often confused. The Eighth Prince was clearly a Beile, so why did so many people call him the Eighth Wise King? When did the emperor canonize the Eighth Prince? How come I didn't know?

Whenever there is confusion, there will be someone to answer it, and later it became a name that almost everyone agreed on.