It is said that the seventh-rank official is the most important person in front of the prime minister. As Kangxi's close attendant, Liang Jiugong's name is much more famous than some unfavored royal relatives. Although he is just a servant, it is not an easy thing to meet this great steward. Fortunately, the guard who came today was smart enough to use Yinzuo's tiger skin as soon as he came up. Look, he passed the first hurdle very quickly.
"Wait here first. I'll send someone in to inform you. If Eunuch Liang is willing to see you, he will probably come out soon."
Although the young eunuch said, "If Eunuch Liang is willing to see you," he knew in his heart that Eunuch Liang would definitely come out to see the guard. Every servant in the Palace of Heavenly Purity was a shrewd and calculating person. Who was the Prince of Zhao? He was the treasured child of this master. No matter what the reason was for wanting to see Eunuch Liang in the middle of the night, as long as he wanted to see him, Eunuch Liang had to go.
As expected, Liang Jiugong came out in a hurry, sleepy-eyed, not long after the eunuch went in. Seeing the guards, he grabbed his men and headed out without a word. After all, the ancestor was still waiting at the palace gate. In this cold weather, if his delay caused the gentleman to freeze to death, his master would skin him alive.
"Do you know why the prince is looking for me?"
The man who came was just an ordinary guard, to put it bluntly, he was just a messenger, what could he know? But since Liang Jiugong asked, he had to speak out, so he could only say a few words based on what he knew. Liang Jiugong was best at listening to what was said, and he figured it out in just a few words. That gentleman didn't want to see him, he clearly wanted to see his master.
Since Liang Jiugong had arrived, the palace gate was naturally opened. Although Yinzuo looked much calmer and composed than before, it was not difficult to tell from his steps towards Liang Jiugong, which were obviously much faster than usual, that he was still confused.
"Oh, my little ancestor, why did you come here on horseback in such a cold weather? Dexi, you too, what's the point of bringing a sedan chair instead of a carriage or a sedan chair? Come on, this palace gate is not a place to talk. Your Highness, please come in with me first. Let's go back to the Qianqing Palace quickly. Don't freeze in the middle of the night."
Although it was the coldest time of the year, Yinzuo was wearing a cloak inside and a blanket outside, and there were so many charcoal braziers beside him, so how could he feel cold? Seeing Liang Jiugong chattering all the time, he didn't seem to be annoyed. After all, if Liang Jiugong could chatter, it meant that nothing was wrong with Kangxi.
"Don't worry, Eunuch Liang. I'm wearing warm clothes, so I didn't feel that cold. I had a nightmare just now and felt uneasy, so I wanted to come to the palace to check. Now that you can still smile, I think Khan Ama should be fine. I won't go to the Qing Palace in the middle of the night to disturb Khan Ama's rest. Okay, you should go back soon, I'm leaving now."
Go? Where to go? Could Liang Jiugong let him go like this? Although disturbing the emperor's rest in the middle of the night sounded very exciting, but in the middle of the night, if he let this gentleman go back like this... No matter how you think about it, the latter seems much more exciting than the former.
"Look at what you're saying, Your Highness. How can this be considered a disturbance? To be completely disrespectful, if His Majesty knew you cared so much about him, he would surely be delighted. Besides, you wouldn't be able to rest easy without seeing His Highness today. Even if you return now, you'll have to make another trip tomorrow morning. Besides, it's so cold riding back in the middle of the night. If you take a sedan chair, even though your residence isn't far from here, it'll still take a while to get there. So, why don't you just come back with me to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to rest? That way, you won't have to make another trip tomorrow morning."
How could Liang Jiugong have stayed with Kangxi for so many years? This analysis of pros and cons was simply amazing. Yinzuo followed his words and thought, hey, isn't that the case? Although he now knows that his father is fine, he still feels uneasy without seeing him. Even if he goes back, he must come back tomorrow to check on him. Waking up early in the winter is really too challenging for Yinzuo. Now it seems that going to the Qianqing Palace with Liang Jiugong to rest is really the best solution.
"It's Eunuch Liang who understands me. It's so cold, and it's killing me to get out of bed so early in the morning. Okay, let's go now. It's getting late. If we go back early, we can rest earlier. I didn't feel it just now, but now I'm really a little sleepy."
Can you really rest earlier if you go back earlier? That's not necessarily true. When Yinzuo arrived at the Qianqing Palace with Liang Jiugong, the huge Qianqing Palace was already brightly lit. It turned out that Liang Jiugong had already sent someone back to report to his master after hearing the answer of the guard who came to deliver the message. Oh my god, when Kangxi heard that his eldest son broke into the palace gate in the middle of the night to see him, how could he sleep? Kangxi was the master of the Qianqing Palace. As soon as he stood up, the huge Qianqing Palace was in operation.
"Yinzuo, what are you doing so late at night? If you have something to say, why don't you wait until dawn to discuss it? Why do you have to come to the palace now? It's so cold, and you don't even wear a hat before going out. Look at your face, it's frozen like a monkey's butt. Liang Jiugong, quickly go get a hot water bottle to warm your Sixth Master."
Well, it seems that what happened in the dream really doesn't count. Look, the voice is so powerful when he scolds people, it seems that there is really nothing wrong. Yinzuo has been worried since he woke up in the middle of the night. Now that he sees that Kangxi is fine, he can finally put his heart at ease. He didn't feel anything when he was tense before, but now that his mind is relaxed, Yinzuo holds the hot water bottle with only one thought - to sleep.
"What do you mean by 'my face is frozen like a monkey's butt'? I didn't sleep at home this late at night and had to come to the palace to check on you. It's because I was worried about you. I just had a nightmare. I dreamed that something happened to you. After waking up, the more I thought about it, the more uneasy I felt. That's why I couldn't help but want to come and see you. But you, as soon as you saw your son, scolded me without any reason. It's a pity that your son was so worried about you all the way here. You made your son worry too much."
Kangxi obviously did not expect that Yinzuo broke into the palace at night for such a reason. He was stunned when he heard it, and then he was moved to tears. It is said that no one knows a son better than his father. As a father, Kangxi knew very well what his son usually did. The fact that such a lazy person had to come to the palace in the middle of the night just because of a nightmare showed that he had a very high status in his heart.