In the study in the front courtyard of Yuqing Palace, Hongyu played with Hongxi and occasionally told him about things in the palace academy.

Since Baotai was sent to Yinti, the imperial clan children in the palace school have become much quieter.

Yinreng put down the memorial in his hand and rubbed his temples. "Hongyu, are you adjusting well to studying at the palace academy?"

Hongyu immediately looked at Yinreng and respectfully replied, "I'm adapting well, everything is fine."

"Your father won't be able to come back for New Year's Eve this year, so you can spend the New Year with us in Yuqing Palace."

Hongyu didn't agree immediately. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Second Uncle, may I go see Father?"

Yinreng was taken aback. He originally wanted to refuse, but then he thought that this boy had indeed not seen his father for a long time, and it was normal for him to miss him.

"If you want to go see your father, I can send someone to take you. But it will be a difficult journey. Are you sure you're okay with that?"

Upon hearing that he would be able to see his father, Hongyu's eyes immediately lit up.

"no problem."

Therefore, after consulting with Emperor Kangxi, Yinreng sent a hundred imperial guards to escort Hongyu to find Yinti.

They rushed along the way, arriving at the camp on New Year's Eve.

On the hill, Hongyu reined in his horse and stood looking down at the large camp below. He thought that his father was in one of the tents at that moment, and he felt extremely excited.

At this moment, Yinti was sitting on a small hill outside the camp, holding a wine jar, while Yinyou was calmly watching the soldiers drinking around the campfire.

"Brother, you mean Father and the others are holding a banquet in the palace right now?"

Yinti took a big gulp of wine. "That's right, that brat Hongyu is probably playing with Hongxi right now."

Having been gone for so long, I wonder if that brat still remembers me.

When Yinyou heard his elder brother mention his son, he immediately thought of his wife.

I've been gone for so long, I don't know how things are at your residence.

"What, missing your wife?" Yinti teased his younger brother. Seeing the other chuckle, he said, "I didn't expect you to adapt to military life so quickly, nor did I expect you to be so hardworking."

Yinyou raised his chin with a hint of pride. "Because of my leg ailment, I suffered a lot of disdain from others when I was little. My mother always comforted me, saying that as long as I could grow up safely, nothing else mattered. But I still wanted to prove myself."

"I wanted to prove that I was also a useful person, and that even though I had a leg ailment, it wouldn't prevent me from doing other things. So I studied hard and always wanted to get the best grades. After I entered the court to perform my duties, I always thought about doing every task that my father, the emperor, had assigned me well."

Yinyou was silent for a moment, seemingly lost in thought, before finally saying, "I once thought that being a prince with a leg ailment was like being a cripple. I always wanted to try different things, to prove my abilities by doing everything well."

Yinti listened silently to Yinyou's words, and a wave of sadness suddenly welled up in his heart as he thought about the repression he had suffered over the past ten years.

"Seventh brother, you are already very good. Whether it is poetry and literature or horsemanship and archery, you are excellent."

Yinyou smiled somewhat embarrassedly, "Now I'm thinking about making a name for myself in the army. The Dzungars are eyeing our Qing Dynasty with hostility, and a war between the two sides is inevitable sooner or later. I hope I can have the opportunity to participate."

Yinti patted Yinyou on the shoulder and sincerely praised, "Good lad, I'll help you earn this credit too."

The two brothers laughed heartily, raised the jar, and drank it down.

“Father.”

A familiar voice drifted through the cold wind. Yinti was startled at first, then shook his head.

I've really had too much to drink; I could even hear my son's voice.

Yinti gave a wry smile, shook the empty jar, and casually tossed it aside.

“Father.”

The familiar voice rang out again, and Yinti jumped up. He looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young man wearing a black cloak slowly walking out of the night.

His features were so familiar, and his smile was so genuine.

Yinqi suddenly stood up, "Hongyu!"

Hongyu was so excited that tears welled up in his eyes. He ran forward and threw himself into Yinti's arms, choking back tears as he said, "Father, your son has finally met you."

Yinti was completely stunned. He repeatedly confirmed whether the boy in his arms was Hongyu. Only when he saw He Yuzhu walking out of the crowd did he excitedly pick up Hongyu and spin him around in the air a few times.

“Hongyu, your father has finally seen you.”

Yinyou's eyes reddened the moment he saw Hongyu; his wife was probably thinking of him too.

Unfortunately, he and his wife had no children yet.

Thinking about it this way, Yinyou suddenly felt sorry for his wife.

In his ambition to achieve great deeds and prove himself not to be incompetent, he actually left his wife alone in the mansion.

He Yuzhu stepped forward and said, "This servant greets the two masters. His Highness the Crown Prince instructed this servant to escort the First Prince all the way. Now that the prince has been delivered, this servant will be returning to the manor tomorrow."

Yinti waved his hand and said, "Today is New Year's Eve, yet we have troubled Eunuch He to come all this way. I will remember this kindness."

He then looked at Li Zhong behind him and said, "Take Eunuch He to rest."

He Yuzhu was taken away by Li Zhong and others to rest, while Yinti took Yinyou and Hongyu back to the tent.

He first inquired about what had happened in the capital and the palace. When he learned that Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang had been tricked into falling into a coma by a former Ming palace servant, he was so angry that he raised his hand and smashed a wine jar next to him.

"Consort Yi found the murderer in Cining Palace, while Second Uncle completely eradicated the White Lotus Sect through the struggle between the White Lotus Sect and Buddhism."

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