Rebirth: My Life as Daddy's Favorite in the Great Qing

A benevolent, all-around best debater and "chicken-raising" professional father; a master of palace intrigue and "white lotus" drama queen mother; a difficult, petty elder brother who ...

Chapter 367: Iron-eating beast, black and white dumplings, oh my... national treasure

After sending Hongxu, the little burden, away, Yinzuo could be said to be free from worries. If it weren't for the extremely cold weather outside, he really wanted to call his friends to go out for a good walk. But as the saying goes, ideals are full, but reality is very skinny. No sooner had he sent Hongxu away than it started snowing outside...

"Father, don't you think your son's luck is too bad right now? I just got out of this miserable sea and wanted to ask my elder brother and the others to go out and have some fun together? Look, it's snowing today. Don't look at the snow being heavy, but it will melt as soon as it hits the ground. When the weather gets cold at night, the water will turn into ice. The road will be difficult to walk on when the snow falls on the ice. Father, do you know how your son has been living these past few months? It's no exaggeration to say that he's in dire straits. Don't you think I just want to go out and have some fun? Why is it so difficult..."

Kangxi knew how Yinzuo had been living these past few months. Although it couldn't be said to be extremely difficult, it was certainly much harder than his previous leisurely life. Kangxi glanced at Yinzuo who was leaning against him with his body half tilted, raised his hand and patted his arm to signal him to sit down, then took the teapot on the table and brought a cup of tea to him and pushed it over.

"Now that you know that life is not easy, I want to ask you what you did earlier. I have never talked to you about Hongxu's education before. What did you say then? Happy education? Haha, that naughty boy Hongxu has been quite happy in recent years. What about you? Do you still feel happy now?"

As the saying goes, if you raise your first child by the book, you'll raise your second child like a pig. In his previous life, Yinzuo was a single, office worker, and the only parenting knowledge he had was learned from watching videos on Douyin. His thinking was simple: his son was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. The precious little prince of the Qing Dynasty was destined to have no shortage of money or status in his life. So, why bother letting him start studying in kindergarten? Wouldn't it be better to let him have a few years of fun and enjoy a wonderful childhood? After all, the hard days of studying in the study room were all ahead.

"Are there any fathers like you? My son is already in such pain, and it's fine if you don't comfort me, but how can you still mock me? I admit that my so-called happy education seems to have completely failed now, but can I be blamed for this? Who is born to be a father? Isn't it all about crossing the river by feeling the stones and learning from failure? This is the first time in my life that I am a father to someone, so I always have to think about being nice to him. Although I was obviously too nice, fortunately I have come to my senses. Don't worry, I will definitely teach that kid a lesson in the future..."

As the saying goes, no one knows a son better than his father. Just as Yinzuo was worried about Hongxu, Kangxi was also worried about Yinzuo. In order to prevent Yinzuo from feeling suffocated and sneaking out in the snow, Kangxi simply asked people to invite Yinzhen, Yinreng, Yinzhi and others to Changchun Garden. After all, it's okay to raise one sheep or a flock of sheep. His garden is very big, so he is not worried about not having a place for them to live.

"Xiao Liu, I heard from Khan Ama that you haven't been in a good mood these days. Come and see what good things Third Brother has brought you. I'm telling you that you're in a bad mood at the right time. If it had been ten days or half a month earlier, I wouldn't have thought of anything to comfort you. I remember you asked someone to draw a picture of an iron-eating beast for Hongxu. I think you must like this thing very much, but don't even think about the adult iron-eating beast. Here, I'll give you a cub to play with..."

An iron-eating beast? A cub? A black and white ball... Oh my god... A national treasure! Yinzuo was stunned for a long time while holding the black and white ball that Yinzhi had stuffed into his arms. He finally came to his senses. He raised his hand and gently touched the fur of the little thing in his arms, which was as soft as a coral fleece blanket. Then he stretched out his fingers and pinched its little ears.

"Third brother, where did you get this iron-eating beast? Where is its mother? It's so young and can't survive without its mother."

Although Yinzuo liked the little thing in his arms very much, he had never thought in his two lifetimes that one day he would be able to hold this little thing in his arms and cherish it. Not to mention his previous life, after all, the idea sounded very cruel. In this life, although he wanted to have status and position, the idea of owning a panda sounded crazy. But now, right now, he was caught off guard and held it in his arms.

"Hey, don't mention it. It makes me angry just talking about it. Didn't a circus troupe from out of town come to the capital a few days ago? I heard they had a show with iron-eating beasts, so I asked your fifth brother to go watch it together. I'd say those guys are really worthless. They tortured two iron-eating beasts to death. I felt sorry for them and thought you might like them, so I planned to spend some money to buy the whole family of three. Who would have thought they would ask for a thousand taels? I bargained for a long time and finally spent eight hundred taels to carry the cage back. Now the two big ones are being kept in Khan Aman's Imperial Garden. I heard you were unhappy, so I cleaned up this little one and brought it to you to play with."

Yinzuo was originally afraid that this little ball was captured by his third brother in Shu without his permission. But after hearing what Yinzhi said, he realized that this guy had gotten permission from his father. In fact, think about it, this is Changchun Garden, and the iron-eating beast is a ferocious beast. Even though the little thing in his arms is just a cub, it has obviously entered the gate of Changchun Garden without Kangxi's nod of approval. But the problem facing Yinzuo now is that he doesn't know how to raise an iron-eating beast.

"Third brother, this little thing looks only about two months old, right? It still needs milk, right? You brought it to me like this, where can I get milk for it? This little guy is so cute, he can't starve to death here. So I'll play with it for a while and then you can find someone to take it back."

Yinzuo wanted to keep the little guy to play for a few days, but where could he get milk for the little thing? And even if he could find milk, what kind of milk should he prepare? Cow's milk, sheep's milk, or human milk?

Fortunately, Yinzuo did not worry too much about it. After all, the three little creatures were raised in his father's imperial garden. He could go and see them whenever he wanted. The only pity was that as the little guy grew older, he might not be able to have such close contact with him.

"Okay, since you're worried about it starving, I'll send someone back to the Imperial Garden after you play with it for a while. Actually, in addition to breast milk, the people in the Imperial Garden also give it some black dog milk these past two days. I think it's eating well. How about this, I'll have someone find you a black dog and send it back?"