In the 55th year of Kangxi, the 24th prince was born.
No one knew that inside this little prince's body was actually a dragon cub that had just hatched from its egg.
While still in ...
When the princes left the Imperial Garden, Yinzhi suddenly remembered Yin'e's behavior of dragging him into this matter, and turned around and said, "Yin'e..."
"I haven't written any of my charter yet, so I'll go first."
As soon as Yin'e heard his voice, he guessed that he wanted to settle accounts with him, so he just said a few words and ran away.
Seeing this, Yinzhi subconsciously squatted down, rolled up a big snowball and threw it at him, hitting him right on the back.
When Yin'e felt it, he ran faster and soon his figure disappeared in the long palace road.
Really promising...
Yinzhen complained in his heart and did not go with him.
Yinreng took a different route from them. He went straight back to Xian'an Palace after coming out of the Imperial Garden. So after Yin'e ran away first, only Yin'er, Yinzhi, Yinzhen, Yinzhen and Yinli were left to travel together.
When they arrived at the palace gate, the princes each went to their own carriages, only Yinzhen followed behind Yinzhen.
Yinzhen noticed it and turned to look at him: "What's the matter?"
"Can't I just come to your house and sit for a while if there's nothing else to do?" Yinzhen asked instead of answering.
Seeing this, Yinzhen had no choice but to take him into the car.
After the carriage started moving, it soon arrived at Prince Yong's Palace.
Since he didn't say anything, Yinzhen was too lazy to ask any more questions. He brought the man back and went straight to the study.
Yinzhen followed him into the study room, picked up the tea brought by the maid and drank it intermittently for a while. When he put down the teacup, he finally couldn't help but look at the desk: "Fourth brother, are you writing the regulations?"
There was naturally a reason why he suddenly came back with Yinzhen. He had no idea about the rules required by Kangxi. When he heard in the Imperial Garden that Yinzhen's rules were almost finished, he thought of coming over to ask for advice.
Although the two brothers have been on good terms recently, it is true that they were estranged from each other for many years before, and Yinzhen was a little embarrassed to say it directly.
Of course, he could also ask Yinsi for advice, but he knew without thinking that Yin'e would definitely go to find Yinsi, and in this case Yinsi might not have that much time.
Yinzhen was indeed perfecting his own rules. After hearing his words, he nodded slightly and asked, "How is your rules going?"
After all, he is his biological brother, and their relationship has improved a lot recently, so Yinzhen is not stingy with his concern.
Hearing his active question, Yinzhen immediately replied: "I haven't written it yet..."
Before Yinzhen finished speaking, he saw his fourth brother's expression begin to turn cold, and he quickly added: "But I already have a rough idea."
"Tell me about it." Yinzhen didn't expect that he would dare to delay the task that the emperor had personally ordered him to do until now. It would be strange if his expression was not cold.
If Yinzhen really had an idea, he would have started writing long ago, why would he wait until now?
There was no other way. He had no problem leading troops to fight, but he really couldn't write regulations. And the regulations for reorganizing the Eight Banners were of great importance and must not be leaked before they were confirmed, otherwise it would cause a shock. Therefore, Yinzhen had no way to ask his subordinates to help with the advice.
When Yinzhen asked him about this, he could only say whatever he thought of: "In my opinion, those Eight Banners children are always causing trouble simply because they have nothing to do. The reason they are so idle is because they receive salary even though they have an empty title and do not have to work. If the salary is cut off, they will be busy with their livelihood and naturally have no time to cause trouble."
After hearing this, Yinzhen shook his head slightly, thinking that he was thinking too simply. Supporting the Eight Banners children with favors was a rule set by their ancestors and it was impossible to cancel it. Moreover, there was another rule that the Eight Banners children were not allowed to do business. If they were not paid, they would probably starve to death.
After Yinzhen explained the reason to him, Yinzhen frowned and said, "What should we do? If it doesn't work, I would arrest all those Eight Banners children who caused the trouble and give them a good beating. See if they dare to do it again in the future."
"This is only a temporary solution and not a long-term solution." Yinzhen shook his head.
Neither this nor that works, Yinzhen really can't think of any other way.
Seeing that he frowned and stopped talking, Yinzhen handed the memorial in front of him to him.
The document contained the regulations he had written, which were basically completed and only required some further refinement of the details and transcribing them before they could be submitted.
Seeing that he was willing to show him his rules, Yinzhen quickly reached out to take them. As he read them, he felt touched and thought that his fourth brother turned out to be a person with a cold exterior but a warm heart, and that he really shouldn't have looked at him with prejudice before.
"Fourth brother, I think your plan is good. You should let them play less and practice more martial arts, riding and archery..." After reading the memorial in his hand, Yinzhen felt as if he had suddenly realized something and wondered why he hadn't thought of these things.
Yinzhen was not someone who lacked recognition, but it was rare for him to hear his own brother's recognition of him. He didn't show that he was in a good mood. After he handed the memorial back, he asked, "Do you have any idea now?"
Yinzhen nodded, then showed an expression as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
"Just say it if you have something to say." Yinzhen said.
Yinzhen said with a somewhat embarrassed tone: "Can I refer to some of your ideas, fourth brother?"
He thought that his fourth brother's charter was written perfectly, and he felt that he could not think of a better one. Moreover, after reading the other party's, he now followed his thoughts unconsciously.
Yinzhen didn't mind this, but said: "Try to write more of your own thoughts, otherwise it will be difficult for the emperor to pass it."
If he wrote it exactly as it was written, he would be in big trouble when he handed it over to Kangxi.
Yinzhen was naturally aware of this, and nodded and said with a smile: "Fourth brother, you are so nice!"
The reason why Yinzhen said this was because he suddenly realized that his fourth brother was a good person. Of course, he might have been more or less influenced by Cheng'an. After all, the little guy kept saying this brother was good and that brother was good.
When the same words came out of Cheng'an's mouth, Yinzhen just felt soft in his heart and wanted to laugh unconsciously, but when they came out of Yinzhen's mouth, he felt uncomfortable all over.
He lowered his head and picked up the pen to hide his discomfort, but was still discovered by Yinzhen.
Yinzhen felt a little weird after saying that, but he was immediately unhappy when he saw his attitude: "Why, Fourth Brother only recognizes Cheng'an as his younger brother now, and not me?"
"What are you talking about? When did I ever mean that?" Yinzhen said with a straight face.
Yinzhen: "Then why do you smile when Chengan praises you, but you turn a cold face and ignore me when I praise you?"
Yinzhen: “I didn’t.”
"You obviously have it." Yinzhen was not really jealous of his kindness to Cheng'an, but when he said this, he couldn't help but think of the fact that he treated his half-brother Yinxiang better than himself, so he was somewhat taking advantage of the situation.
Thinking that he was much more kind to Yinxiang than to his own brother, Yinzhen couldn't help but snort.
In other words, Yinzhen didn't know what he was thinking, otherwise he would have said that it was he who got closer to Yinsi and the others first and was more intimate with them.
Seeing that he was being unreasonable, Yinzhen said in a serious tone: "Stop being childish and come over to write the rules!"
"How can I write without an empty folder or pen?" Yinzhen yelled when he saw his stern face.
Yinzhen simply gave up half of his desk and asked people to prepare things for him.
The regulations were due in two days, so it would be great if someone could help them finish writing them quickly. Yinzhen sat down next to him without hesitation, and even raised his hand to occupy most of the space.
Yinzhen was too lazy to argue with him, so after urging him, he continued to improve his own rules.
As the two brothers began to concentrate on writing the charter, the study suddenly became quiet, with only the faint sound of the pen tip scratching across the paper.
"Fourth Brother——"
Yinzhen hadn't finished writing the rules when he heard Yinxiang's voice coming from outside. He immediately raised his head and asked, "Why is he here?"
"What do you mean by 'he'? That's your thirteenth brother." Yinzhen scolded him lightly, then stood up and said to Yinxiang who had just come in, "Thirteenth brother."
Yinxiang came to ask him for advice with the rules he had written. When he saw Yinzhen sitting behind the desk, he was slightly stunned and quickly said, "Fourteenth brother."
"Thirteenth brother." Yinzhen responded perfunctorily, and then said, "Fourth brother, please help me take a look at this part I just wrote."
"Thirteenth brother, please sit down first." Yinzhen asked Yinxiang to sit down next to him before taking Yinzhen's memorial to read.
"It turns out that my fourteenth brother is also here to ask my fourth brother about the rules." Yinxiang said with a smile.
Yinzhen glanced at him, and his words were unconsciously a little bit harsh: "Why, is it not possible?"
"How could that be? I just think we have a tacit understanding."
From the fact that Yinxiang was able to go directly to the study after entering the mansion, it can be seen that he and Yinzhen had a very close relationship.
Now that the relationship between Yinzhen and Yinzhen has eased, Yinxiang will be more tolerant of Yinzhen for Yinzhen's sake, not to mention that the other party is also his younger brother.
Who has the same mind as you...
Yinzhen was secretly dissatisfied in his heart, but he didn't want to hit someone who smiled at him. Since Yinxiang's attitude was so good, he didn't want to go too far.
"Have you finished writing the charter?" Yinzhen couldn't help asking when his eyes caught sight of the memorial in his hand.
Yinxiang shook his head: "Not yet."
After he finished speaking, he saw Yinzhen staring at the memorial in his hand, so he raised his hand and asked, "Fourteenth brother, do you want to correct me?"
"Okay." Yinzhen was indeed a little curious, and took it without hesitation.
After reading it at a glance, Yinzhen had to admit that it was well written, but he said, "Your writing is not as good as Fourth Brother's."
Yinxiang didn't care. Instead, he nodded and agreed with Yinzhen's statement without even reading his rules.
Yinzhen was a person who would rather be soft-hearted than tough. The reason why he distanced himself from his elder brother Yinzhen and got close to Yinsi and others was probably because Yinzhen would only scold him with a cold face, while Yinsi would treat him gently and amiably.
Now Yinxiang was just giving him the thumbs up, so he couldn't find any more trouble.
At the same time, Yinzhen had carefully read the regulations written by Yinzhen, and after he finished talking to Yinxiang, he began to give detailed instructions.
Next, the two of them became three people writing the charter together.
Yinzhen and Yinxiang were fine, they were very focused, but Yinzhen couldn't help but sigh as he wrote: "Why am I writing this kind of thing..."
"Fourteenth brother is so smart, what can a few rules mean to you?" Yinxiang encouraged.
Yinzhen glanced at him and suddenly felt that he was not that annoying. He looked at the memorial in front of him and asked, "How much have you written?"
"We have just started." What Yinxiang did not say was that he had already perfected the charter under Yinzhen's guidance, and this was the formal copying.
When Yinzhen heard his words, he thought that he had already finished most of the work and he regained his motivation.
While they were forming a team to write the charter, the other brothers were also busy completing the charter.
Just as Yinzhen guessed, after leaving the palace, Yin'e went straight to Yinsi's house to ask for advice. When Yin'er came over later, the three of them wrote together.
In addition to them, Yinyu and Yinlu, brothers from the same mother, also gathered together to discuss the regulations.
Compared to them who had to work hard to write the charter in such a cold weather, Cheng'an was much happier.
After Kangxi brought him back to the Qianqing Palace, he took him to take a hot bath just in case.
It is quite comfortable to take a hot bath in winter. After the bath, Cheng An sat on the couch, drinking milk from the sippy cup with his little face flushed.
Although the little guy can already eat, he still needs milk.
"Father, do you want to drink?" Cheng An suddenly asked while holding up the cup after taking another sip.
Kangxi saw that he could still drink from the cup to the corner of his mouth, so he wiped it with a handkerchief and said, "I don't want to drink."
"It tastes good~" Seeing that he didn't drink it, the little guy brought it back to himself and started gulping it down.
When he finished drinking the milk, put down the cup and threw himself into Kangxi's arms, Kangxi suddenly felt that the smell of milk on him was stronger.
“Why are you lying around?” Seeing that he was lying around just after drinking, Kangxi reached out and hugged him and patted him on the back twice.
The little girl smiled at him, then leaned into his arms and shared her experience of visiting the Imperial Garden with her brothers.
"An An and my second brother are looking at flowers..."
The only thing that could be admired in the Imperial Garden at that time was the plum blossoms. When Kangxi heard him say that the plum blossoms were beautiful, he taught him to recite poems related to the plum blossoms.
The little guy learned well, especially the last sentence, which he read very clearly.
Kangxi, feeling very accomplished, immediately touched his head and said, "Cheng'an, read the whole thing to Father-in-law."
"Sheep horn hums plum branches..."
"Ling." Kangxi reminded.
"Ling Han Gu opened his mouth~"
"remote."
"Ah, I know it's not snow, because there is a faint fragrance~"
"Not bad." Kangxi applauded and said, "I won't remind you this time. Can Cheng'an read it all by himself?"
The little fellow nodded after receiving the compliment and recited again in a baby voice: "The sheep's horns are singing on the branches of plum blossoms, in the cold... in the cold they bloom. Aww... it's not snow, because there is a subtle fragrance~"
This was the first time that the little guy recited a complete poem, and Kangxi was immediately delighted.
Liang Jiugong, who was waiting on the side, couldn't help but smile when he heard the little guy could recite poetry so well at such a young age. After seeing Kangxi's expression, he couldn't help but join in the fun and praise him.
Seeing that his father was so happy, Cheng An also felt that he was great. He couldn't help but hold his soft little face and said, "An An, ah~"
"How can you praise yourself?" Kangxi said jokingly, then hugged him and said, "But you are indeed amazing."
Two days later, the princes came to the Qianqing Palace without any prior arrangement to present the regulations for the rectification of the Eight Banners descendants.
"Your son pays respects to the Emperor."
Kangxi signaled them not to formality, thinking that it would probably take quite some time, so he waited for Liang Jiugong to collect their documents on a tray and then told someone to seat them.
"Thank you, Father Emperor."
After expressing their gratitude, the princes sat down. Yinreng and others were fine, but Yin'e, Yinyu, Yinlu and others were a little nervous.
As Kangxi picked up the rules for the princes and began to read them, the atmosphere in the hall became serious.
When collecting the regulations, Liang Jiugong specially arranged them in order. This time, Kangxi started reading from Yinzhi.
Yinzhi was good at martial arts, riding and shooting, but he was still lacking in strategy, otherwise he would not have pulled Yinreng off his horse and implicated himself at the same time.
After reading his memorial, Kangxi shook his head almost imperceptibly, obviously not very satisfied.
Then he picked up Yinreng's book and couldn't help sighing as soon as he read the beginning.
The reason why Kangxi sighed was not because Yinreng’s writing was bad, but because he wrote too well, especially when compared with Yinzhi’s.
But the more this happened, the more regretful Kangxi felt, and in the end he only took a rough look at Yinzhi's memorial and replaced it.
Yinzhi's rules and regulations are not as good as Yinreng's, but better than Yinzhi's. Overall, there are some useful things in them.
After reading it, Kangxi continued to pick up Yinzhen's and nodded slightly with satisfaction. He felt that the fourth brother was indeed a man of facts. This charter did have many good points, but some parts were too tough, such as prohibiting the Eight Banners children from having fun and severely punishing them if they were found doing so.
The next book is for Yinqi. Because he was raised by the Empress Dowager, his Chinese proficiency is average among the other princes.
Fortunately, Kangxi also knew this, so he didn't say anything even if he didn't write well.
Next came the rules of Yinyou, Yinsi and Yin'er. Among these three, Yinyou's rules were quite standard, and Yinsi's rules were the best, but his methods were a bit gentle, which made Kangxi nod and shake his head at the same time.
As for Yinzhen's charter, because it expressed some of his own ideas on business, Kangxi took a quick look at it and put it aside, feeling a little unhappy.
This was normal. Kangxi didn't like that Yinzhen, as a prince, engaged in business and competed with the people for profits. Besides, it was the ancestral precept that the descendants of the Eight Banners were not allowed to do business. Therefore, Yinzhen's rules were naturally not welcomed by him. Not scolding him was already a way of raising his youngest son and being more tolerant of his other sons.
However, Kangxi's tolerance disappeared completely when he saw Yin'e's rules. He read through the letter quickly and slammed it on the dragon table: "Yin'e."
"Your son is here!"
Kangxi's voice was so calm that it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry, but Yin'e's heart skipped a beat and he stood up suddenly.
"I ask you, what your charter says..."
Kangxi asked a few questions casually, but Yin'e hesitated and did not answer very well.
Seeing this, Yinsi couldn't help feeling a little regretful and thought that he shouldn't have indulged Yin'e before.
It turned out that Yin'e went to Yinsi's house that day and said he wanted to ask for advice, but after Yinsi's instructions he was still unwilling to use his own brain and pestered Yinsi to copy one according to his rules.
Yinsi advised him that this was not a good idea, but Yin'e felt that the emperor would definitely not use his rules anyway, so he just wrote them casually and got the job done.
He was so annoying that Yinsi finally had no choice but to agree to let him imitate.
Although Yin'e was not stupid enough to copy it verbatim, and even cleverly imitated part of the regulations of Yinsi and Yin'er respectively, it was impossible for Kangxi to fail to see it with his keen eyesight.
In fact, if Yin'e had known that Kangxi would read the charter so carefully in front of them after getting it, he would not have dared to cut corners.
But now, it was too late for Yin'e to regret.
"I am not smart, so I asked my eighth and ninth brothers to show the rules to me before writing them. Please forgive me, Your Majesty." Yin'e admitted his mistake honestly.
Although he had already taken the blame on himself, Yinsi and Yinlu could not remain indifferent and quickly stood up to admit their mistakes.
Yinzhen didn't expect Yin'e to be so bold that he dared to write directly according to the regulations of his eighth and ninth brothers. He was suddenly glad that his fourth brother was strict with him. Not only did he ask him to revise it several times after he finished writing, but he also asked him to understand the contents of the regulations thoroughly.
Thinking of how his fourth brother was impatient when he asked him to revise it for the second and third time, Yinzhen secretly cast a grateful look at Yinzhen.
Yin'e's behavior could be considered minor or major. At the very least, it was just copying homework, but at the most, it meant he was pretending to obey Kangxi's will but actually disobeying it.
Kangxi thought about how his son had always been unreliable. When he was asked to work in the Ministry of Works, he just knew how to get by. Now he was asked to write a regulation but he was unwilling to use his brain. He was really angry for a moment.
"Is my brother here~?"
Just when Kangxi was about to explode with anger, Cheng'an's babyish voice suddenly came from outside the door.
The princes were busy with the rules these two days and had no time to take care of him. The little guy missed his brother, so he prepared to go find Yinreng by himself.
Before he went to Xian'an Palace, Liu told him that the princes were all on Kangxi's side.
Liu Cai's original intention was just to prevent him from making a wasted trip, but when Cheng'an heard that his brothers were all at Amana, he immediately ran over excitedly, and no one could stop him.
Perhaps because he was often scolded by Kangxi, Yin'e was quite sensitive to Kangxi's emotions. He felt bad when he saw that he did not get angry at first, because it meant that the emperor was really angry and was accumulating anger.
When Yin'e heard Cheng'an's voice at this moment, he suddenly felt like he was hearing the sound of nature and felt that he had come at the perfect time.
"Who asked you to come here?" Kangxi saw Cheng'an running in directly, with a hint of anger in his voice.
Upon hearing this, Yinzhi was a little worried that the little guy would be angered, and he couldn't help but glare at Yin'e, thinking that it was all his fault.
Cheng An's eyes lit up when he saw so many brothers. When he felt that his father seemed a little unhappy, he ran towards him first, lay on his knees and said coquettishly: "An An misses his father~"
Even though he knew that his words were false, the fire in Kangxi's heart was still partially extinguished by his soft voice.
"Why isn't Daddy happy?" After acting coquettishly, the little guy asked with concern again.
Seeing him looking up at him with concern, Kangxi said coldly, "You are still your good tenth brother."
"Tenth brother is not obedient?" Cheng'an turned his head to look at his brothers who were still kneeling on the ground. Suddenly, he ran to Yin'e and put his left hand on him, then slapped his left hand with his right hand.
Yin'e noticed his actions and wanted to laugh, but he didn't want to laugh and make Kangxi even angrier, so he quickly held back his laughter and lowered his head even lower.
After the little fellow finished all this, he returned to Kangxi and said to him: "Don't worry, Tenth Brother, Father is not angry~"
The originally cold atmosphere in the hall unconsciously became relaxed because of the arrival of the little guy.
Kangxi was not blind, so how could he not see that he was pretending to fight? However, he still laughed when he thought of his actions just now. He reached out and picked him up and said, "Who did you learn this trick from?"
This happened one time when Yin'e had teased Cheng'an a little too much. Yinsi saw that the little guy was aggrieved, so he pretended to hit Yin'e twice to vent his anger, making the little guy laugh while also teaching him this trick.