Yinzhi limped out of the palace gate.

Outside was the head eunuch from the Empress's palace, who had watched him grow up. Upon seeing him come out, he immediately stepped forward to help him, his face full of heartache: "This is a blood-activating and stasis-removing ointment. Her Majesty specially instructed me to bring it. Her Majesty was unable to come here, so she specially asked me to wait here. Her Majesty must be heartbroken to see the First Prince like this, and I am heartbroken too."

"Alright, give me the ointment. Liu Bajin, help your master back." Yinzhi pretended to be impatient. "Wipe your tears, really."

Hearing Yinzhi's awkward words of concern, the head eunuch looked satisfied, quickly wiped away his tears, and carefully instructed Yinzhi's attendant eunuch Liu Bajin: "When you get back, first apply a hot compress with a hot towel, and then apply the ointment. Remember to light the brazier when you get back. Don't skimp on those two charcoal pieces. The prince's health is of utmost importance."

As he spoke, he lightly tapped Liu Bajin's head with the handle of his whisk.

"Master has been kneeling for so long, he must be hungry. The kitchen has stopped cooking at this hour, so remember to put a bowl of noodles on the stove for him. Don't put cilantro in it, he doesn't eat cilantro. Cut more beef, he likes it, to warm him up. Remember to stay alert tonight and watch out for whether he needs to get up at night for tea." Actually, what he wanted to say was to watch out for whether he would get a fever.

"Yes, yes, yes," Liu Bajin nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. Even as the chief eunuch of the eldest prince's residence, he was intimidated by Eunuch Dong, the chief eunuch of Consort Hui's palace.

However, Liu Bajin knew that the other person cared for his grandfather even more than he did.

"Alright, I'm hungry, it's time to go back." Yinzhi quickly interrupted him, how long would he keep talking like that? He was so sweetly long-winded.

Upon hearing that Yinzhi was hungry, the head eunuch immediately stopped talking and urged Liu Bajin to find a junior eunuch to tell the people in the prince's quarters that the master was coming back and to prepare to heat the floor and make hot water, and to get the stove hot.

When Yinzhi saw that Dong Shuangxi, the chief eunuch in his mother's palace, had finally left, he breathed a sigh of relief and muttered, "So long-winded."

The thought of facing her mother's tears tomorrow gave her a headache, and the thought of possibly facing her wife's tears again when she returned to the prince's residence gave her another headache. Women are such a hassle. Nevertheless, she quickened her pace, walking slowly despite her limp.

Thinking about it, I feel a little smug. I have a mother, do you, Yinreng, have one? I have a sensible, obedient, and virtuous wife, do you, Yinreng, have one? I have a healthy and strong legitimate son and daughter, do you, Yinreng, have one?

You, Yinreng, have arranged the marriage; the wedding is probably a long way off. And the legitimate sons and daughters will have to wait even longer.

"I think to myself with pride," the eldest son, Yinzhi.

This was something Yinzhi had a twisted idea about. Crown Prince Yinreng didn't get married until the 34th year of Kangxi's reign. There was a gap of four and a half years between the betrothal and the actual marriage. The Crown Prince was already 21 years old at that time. In Manchu families where early marriage was the norm, he would have been a father several times over by now.

In fact, besides the fact that the crown prince was the legitimate son, the fact that he had no mother was also a major reason why Emperor Kangxi favored him.

When he was a child, Yinreng had also met his mother, but he rarely saw the imperial concubines. At that time, there were no princes in the palace. The third prince and the eldest prince had been sent out of the palace, and another prince of Consort Rong had also died. So he knew about his mother, but he didn't know what she was. So he asked twice, but the eunuchs couldn't answer and lost interest. At that time, Emperor Kangxi gave him the stars but not the moon, which made up for his longing for his mother.

However, this was disrupted by that brat Yinzhi. The two fought for the first time. Although the Emperor was on his side, he didn't ignore Yinzhi either, which made the young Crown Prince feel a strong sense of crisis.