There are not so many rules to be strictly followed in Changchun Garden. Yinzuo now understands why the emperor called this place "Chang" Chun Garden. It is indeed much more comfortable than staying in the palace.

Now, in addition to being able to play freely in the entire Back Lake area which is more than ten times larger than the Imperial Garden, he also did many things he had never done before, such as: climbing mountains, boating, fishing, and picking lotus seeds.

Of course the most important thing is: he can see his brother every day, and can run to see him whenever he wants, without having to do it like when he was in the palace. The upper study room is located in the Qianqing Palace, which is not only far away, but also can't run in at will.

Qionghua was a princess after all, and she couldn't come over every day, so Yinzuo, who had been playing with his three younger brothers for several days, finally got a little bored.

"Little Eight, Little Nine, Little Ten, I want to go play with my brother. Do you want to come with me?"

"Ah? Going to Qingxi Academy again?" Yin'e, who hated studying the most, looked reluctant.

Yinzhen also said, "That's right, my fourth brother and his friends are studying at Qingxi Academy, and there's nothing fun there, so why should we go there?"

Yinsi glanced at his sixth brother secretly. Although he didn't want his sixth brother to meet his fourth brother and others, he didn't want to say anything against his sixth brother's wishes and make him angry, so he smiled shyly and said a few words.

"I heard from my eldest brother last time that they were riding horses and shooting arrows together. It was quite fun."

"horse riding!"

“Archery!”

Upon hearing this, the two younger ones immediately became interested and looked at Yinsi with their bright eyes.

"Well, Hui'er Niang once said that the Emperor often praised my eldest brother for his outstanding riding and archery skills."

"Sixth Brother! Since Eighth Brother has said so, why don't we go and take a look too?"

"I have to tell you first, you are still young, and you are not allowed to get close to it recklessly. The horse is fierce and the arrows are blind. If something goes wrong, it will be bad." Yinzuo still pays great attention to the personal safety of his younger brothers.

"Oh! Now that we know it, Sixth Brother, we will all just stand aside and watch. We will definitely not run forward."

Only after Yinzuo got repeated assurances from each of them did he take the three of them with him.

It was afternoon now. The six princes who had already entered the study were now practicing horse riding and archery with Waian Da on the grassland. They looked really heroic and in high spirits.

The eyes of the little ones were wide open.

A hundred paces away, the prince in apricot-yellow riding clothes rode his horse sideways and started running. The horse was running faster and faster, and only a shadow of the prince could be seen. At this moment, the prince pulled out an arrow from behind the horse. With a whoosh, the arrow hit the red bull's eye. He shot three arrows in a row, and none of them missed the target.

"Brother Crown Prince is so brave!" Yinzuo almost couldn't help but applaud him. Fortunately, he still remembered that they were here to peek and must not be discovered by others.

At this moment, the eldest prince at the side sneered, squeezed his legs against the horse's belly, and started running. His speed was even faster than that of the prince. He took out three arrows at the same time, put them on the strings, and shot all three arrows at the same time, and they all hit the target!

Now everyone couldn't help but stand up and cheer for him.

"Brother is so awesome!"

Fortunately, it was not just Yinzuo and the others who were shouting excitedly. The exclamations of the crowd on the field were almost deafening, so no one noticed that the few of them who had secretly run in to watch the fun were also there.

The third prince Yinzhi who appeared later was not so impressive. Not only did his horse not run, but two of the three arrows missed the target.

"Third brother is really more suitable for reading and writing. Practicing martial arts is really too difficult for him."

Yinzuo had long heard from his brothers that his third brother had a good talent for poetry and prose, but his physical strength was indeed far inferior to that of his eldest brother and the crown prince.

Next, it was the Fourth Prince Yinzhen's turn. Yinzuo looked at him without blinking, and even when Xiao Shi and the others spoke to him, he didn't respond.

Yinsi on the side said with a bit of bitterness: "Fourth brother must be very capable too." Otherwise, Sixth brother would not admire Fourth brother so much and watch him so seriously.

"Why does fourth brother's bow look smaller than third brother's?" Little Shiyin'e blurted out.

Yinzuo didn't understand what was going on, but he still subconsciously protected his brother.

"Maybe my brother likes to use this."

It has to be said that Yinzhen was quite skilled at riding a horse, but his archery skills were really on par with the third brother, both of them were one out of three.

Yinsi, who was standing aside, suddenly discovered that his fourth brother, who was madly worshipped by his sixth brother, didn't seem to be that remarkable. When he entered the upper study room in the future, he would definitely surpass his fourth brother!

When they had almost finished practicing, Yinzuo led the three younger ones over and showed up.

"Brother~" Yinzuo smiled brightly.

The prince rode his horse over and quickly stopped Yinzuo. He dismounted with a graceful posture and asked Yinzuo with a smile.

"Is Xiaoliu here to cheer for me?"

Yinzuo naturally would not offend his brother the Crown Prince in public, so he smiled and nodded, continuously pumping out compliments.

"Brother Crown Prince, you are so amazing! I just saw you riding a fast horse and you hit the target with three arrows!"

"Did you see that? It seems you arrived quite early." The prince handed the reins to a servant beside him, walked over and picked up Yinzuo.

Yinzuo smiled, stretched out his arms, and took the initiative to hug the prince's neck.

"Would you like to ride a horse?" the prince asked, looking at him lovingly.

"I want to! Is it really possible?" Yinzuo looked at him excitedly and asked.

"Of course you can. I'll carry you on my back and let you hold the reins."

As soon as the prince finished speaking, he stepped on the stirrup and climbed onto the horse's back, holding Yinzuo in his arms.

Yinzuo exclaimed, sat down firmly, and touched the horse's mane under him, enjoying the novelty very much.

Yinzhen was a little worried and followed quickly. He wanted to stop the prince from riding a horse with Yinzuo in his arms, but after seeing the smile on Yinzuo's face, he immediately changed his mind.

"Second brother, be careful."

The prince looked at Yinzhen with amusement, and felt relieved. This taciturn guy was not concerned about his second brother at all, but was obviously worried about the safety of his beloved younger brother Xiaoliu.

"Don't worry, it won't fall. I promise to return you a complete Xiaoliu. If there is any missing hair, just come to me."

When Yin'er and Yin'e saw their sixth brother being carried by the prince and riding on a tall and fine horse, they immediately clamored to try it themselves.

Later, Yinzhen was accompanied by his elder brother Yinqi. The eldest prince came over and lifted the tenth prince Yin'e onto his horse. Only the eighth prince Yinsi was left obediently where he was. The third prince Yinzhi couldn't bear to watch this anymore.

"Old Four, how about you take Little Eight for a walk?"

Yinzhen glanced at him calmly and said coldly, "Why didn't you bring it with you, Third Brother?"

"My riding skills are not as good as yours. I'm afraid of falling Xiaoba." Yinzhi said unhappily.

Yinsi said awkwardly, "It's okay. I'll just stay here and watch over Sixth Brother and the others."

Not far away, Yinzuo turned around and waved at them, shouting, "Xiao Ba! Come and play too, let your brother take you!"

Yinsi looked at his sixth brother not far away and his heart moved, but he quickly thought of his fourth brother's cold tone just now and did not dare to speak. The atmosphere suddenly became awkward, as if it was frozen.

"Brother~ Come here quickly with Xiaoba!" Yinzuo, who didn't know what was going on, just wanted to experience the fun of horse riding with everyone, so he kept turning his head to urge them.

Yinzhen looked at Yinzuo and his heart softened. The last life was the last life. In this life, Yinsi was still young and had not done anything. What's more, he was just a defeated general by him. Why should he care so much about him? The most important thing at this time was Yinzuo's happiness.

Finally, Yinzhen asked someone to bring his horse over, and finally he took Xiaoba on the horse and walked slowly towards Yinzuo and the prince.

"Xiao Ba, is riding a horse fun?"

Yinsi nodded slightly with his body stiff.

Yinzuo saw that his posture was very awkward, so he smiled and shared some of his own experiences with him.

"Don't be nervous, Xiaoba. Just lean your back against me like I lean on the prince's arms. It will be much more comfortable."

"Oh... okay." Yinsi's voice was very soft. Although he responded with his mouth, he still didn't dare to come closer.

Yinsi felt uncomfortable because he envied and jealous of Yinzhen and did not want to be close to his fourth brother. Moreover, Yinsi had learned to read people's faces since he was young, and he could see that his fourth brother did not seem to like him very much.

Yinzhen was not much better. Although he tried his best to convince himself that it was something from the previous life and had nothing to do with this one, and nothing had happened yet, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

However, the one who had the most fun today was the tenth prince Yin'e. The eldest prince Yin'zhi took him to race the horse. Yin'e was not afraid at all and was laughing happily. Unlike the ninth prince Yin'er, who felt a little weak when he sat on the horse and kept shouting to slow down. His brother, the fifth prince Yin'qi, could only take him around in circles.

As for Yinzuo, the prince was worried that he would be frightened or bumped into something, so he just rode him slowly and did not run.

"Does Xiaoliu like riding horses?" the prince asked him.

"I like it~"

Yinzuo felt that it was not bad. It was more comfortable than riding in a carriage when he went out of the palace with his father before. The carriage was always bumpy, and people were huddled inside and could only see outside through the small window. Riding a horse was different. You could see the scenery outside clearly and feel the wind and sunshine.

"Since you like it, how about I go and tell Father Huang to let you enter the study room as soon as possible? You should have studied and practiced martial arts with us a long time ago. Xiao Qi, who is half a year younger than you, has been in school for nearly two years."

Yinzuo's eyes rolled. He didn't want to study hard, so he smiled and changed the subject.

"Brother Crown Prince, can you take me for a horse race? Just like how my elder brother takes Xiao Shi, my elder brother and the others look so majestic!"

The Crown Prince had always been at odds with the eldest prince. When he heard his favorite younger brother praising the prince in front of him, he immediately grabbed the reins, whipped his horse and ran after the eldest prince and the others.

"Brother! Wait for us~" Yinzuo shouted to the front while smiling.

Yinzhi turned his head to take a look and said provocatively, "The prince's riding skills were praised by the emperor himself last time, just catch up with him."

After saying that, he accelerated again. The prince was also aroused and chased after him.

Yinzhen frowned deeply, looking at the eldest prince and the crown prince in front of him, cursing in his heart, "At least put the two little ones in your arms down first before you compete."

"Hold on tight." Yinzhen suddenly said to Yinsi in his arms.

Yinsi instantly understood what his fourth brother meant. He was no longer restrained. He leaned back against his fourth brother and gripped the saddle in front of him with both hands.

Their horses ran a long distance in an instant like an arrow shot from a bow.

After he caught up and stopped the other two horses, Yinsi's face turned pale and he vomited as soon as he landed on the ground.

Yinzuo ran over quickly, extremely worried.

"Hachi, are you okay? Why did you vomit?"

Yinsi really wanted to answer his sixth brother's question immediately, but he felt so nauseous that he couldn't stop the urge to vomit.

Xiao Ba's condition was so serious that the prince had no choice but to call the imperial physician over.

Kangxi also knew about this matter immediately, and everyone was scolded. Kangxi also forbade the little ones to sneak over again.

Yinzuo was naturally unhappy because he couldn't see his brother.

Yinsi asked him cautiously: "Sixth brother, it's all my fault. I'm sorry."

"How can this be blamed on you, Xiaoba, don't think too much about it." Yinzuo patted his head.

"Fourth brother seems to dislike me even less."

Yinzuo really didn't expect Xiaoba to be so sensitive and actually guessed the truth.

He quickly comforted Xiao Ba and said, "It's nothing."

"Sixth brother, can I ask you a question?"

"Just ask whatever you want to ask." Yinzuo responded to him generously.

"If I were your biological brother like Fourth Brother, would you... like me the same way?" After Yinsi asked this question, he stared at Yinzuo, his palms starting to sweat from nervousness.

"Xiao Ba, what nonsense are you talking about? You are my biological brother." Yinzuo did not realize what question Xiao Ba really wanted to ask.

Yinsi lowered his head, feeling a little lost.

Yinzuo felt that it was because of his desire to race horses that the Crown Prince and his eldest brother became competitive. His brother brought Xiao Ba to catch up with them out of concern, which was why Xiao Ba felt uncomfortable and ended up causing all his brothers to be scolded as well.

So in recent days, I have been particularly nice and caring to Xiaoba, asking him about his health and even going out of my way to feed him medicine, feed him and put him to sleep.

Su Peisheng found out all these things from Shunfengshunshui, and all the details were passed on to Yinzhen's ears.

At the end of summer, everyone returned to the Forbidden City again.

Yinzuo had a younger sister, the seventh princess Yaohua. Yaohua was extremely lazy. She never cried or made a fuss, didn't like to move, and didn't care about people. However, she seemed to have a curiosity about Yinzuo that she didn't have towards others, and she always liked to stare at him.

"Yaohua, why are you staring at Sixth Brother again? Is there something wrong with Sixth Brother's face?" Yinzuo deliberately moved in front of Yaohua to make her laugh.

Concubine De smiled as she looked at the siblings and continued to play checkers with her eldest daughter Qionghua.

"Your servant Su Peisheng pays respects to the Empress Defei and to all the young masters."

Yinzuo grinned at him and asked, "Su Peisheng, why are you here in Yonghe Palace? Where's your brother? Is your brother coming back today?"

Su Peisheng quickly answered them one by one: "In reply to Sixth Prince, Fourth Prince is still in the study room and I'm afraid he won't be back today. I made this trip because of Fourth Prince's instructions."

"Okay, Xiaoliu." Defei gently stroked her son's back, then looked at Su Peisheng and asked, "What did the Fourth Prince ask you to do? Tell me quickly."

"Fourth Prince heard that a Thirteenth Prince was born in the palace today, so he specially prepared a gift for the Thirteenth Prince and asked Concubine De to deliver it."

Defei felt a little strange, but she didn't want to ask a servant like Yinzhen what he thought.

"Put the things down. When I go to see the Thirteenth Prince later, I will take them with me."

"I'll take my leave."

Yinzuo felt a little uncomfortable.

"Mother, which palace queen gave birth to Thirteenth Brother? Why does my brother care about him so much? He even specially gave him a gift."

"The Thirteenth Prince's biological mother, Zhang Jia, was a maidservant serving your father. After she became pregnant, your father let her live in the west hall of our Yonghe Palace. She has not yet been officially promoted, but it will be soon. Perhaps your brother has seen her in front of the emperor, so he wanted to send her a gift."

This was the only reason Defei could think of. After all, after Zhang Jia moved into Yonghe Palace, she never left the house and rarely went out, so it was unlikely that she would meet Yinzhen.

"Oh..." Yinzuo still felt uncomfortable after hearing this.

"Come to think of it, the last time I saw my brother was during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It's been two months. Why didn't my brother think of giving me a gift..."

Concubine De chuckled and said, "Xiao Liu, are you jealous of Xiao Shisan? Whenever your brother got something new and precious, he would always send someone to deliver it to you. How can you still be angry?"

"No, I just miss my brother. I'm afraid I'll have to wait until New Year's Eve to see him next time." Yinzuo said in a low voice with his lips pouted.

But the fact is, a month later, at Xiao Shisan’s full moon banquet, he unexpectedly met his long-missed brother.

He watched his brother walk up to the biological mother of Little Thirteen, the newly appointed Concubine Min by the Emperor, present a gift, and then take the initiative to hug Little Thirteen. The look in his brother's eyes when he looked at Little Thirteen was very different, an emotion that Yinzuo could not understand.

Yinzuo was a little panicked.

He began to have wild thoughts, as if he had rarely seen his brother since he was scolded by the Emperor in Changchun Garden last time. No, he had only seen him once, and at the Mid-Autumn family dinner, he didn't seem to have had time to say much to his brother.

Because Xiao Ba seemed to be unwell again that day, and Xiao Jiu, Xiao Shi and Qiong Hua were all around him, he really couldn't divert more attention that day. Could it be that his brother felt that he had neglected him, so he wanted to find him a new brother to be good to him?

Yinzuo thought more and more, and became more and more biased, and he felt more and more unhappy.

Concubine Min’s position was not high enough to raise Little Thirteen herself, so she gave the child to the mistress of Yonghe Palace, Concubine De, to raise.

The next day, when Yinzuo came to pay his respects to his mother, he saw a small silver lock on the neck of little Thirteen with the word "Yi" engraved on it. Yinzuo was very familiar with the handwriting and knew it was written by his brother himself.

It turned out that his brother liked another brother and didn't want him anymore. Yinzuo's eyes immediately turned red.

A few days later, it was the fifteenth day. When the emperor came to Chengqian Palace, Yinzuo ran over and hugged his thighs and said, "Imperial father, Xiaoliu wants to go to the study room to study with my brothers!"

Kangxi quickly glanced out the window and said to the Imperial Concubine, "Look, where is the sun coming from today?"

Tong Jia smiled and glanced at Yin Zuo, and replied: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid he didn't come from the west. I'm afraid I remembered it wrongly."

"No, the sun rose from the east today!" Yinzuo corrected them firmly.

Both Kangxi and the Imperial Noble Consort laughed.

Only Yinzuo looked at the two of them in confusion.

Kangxi held him in his arms and asked, "Didn't you always say that you didn't want to go to the upper study and move to the South Third Residence? Why did you take the initiative to come and beg me today?"

"My son will be seven years old in two or three months. Of course he should go to the study room to study. Otherwise, he won't know anything and will be despised..."

When Yinzuo said this, he suddenly felt a little aggrieved and his voice became choked.

"What's wrong? Who dares to despise my son? Tell me and I will make the decision for you!" Kangxi himself didn't despise him, so who would be so bold!

Yinzuo was also unwilling to say that his beloved brother fell in love with another brother and did not want him, his own brother who knew nothing.

"Father Emperor, can you please promise me?" Yinzuo was so anxious that tears began to come out of his eyes.

"Okay, okay! How can I not agree if you want to study? I am so happy. In this case, there is only one month left this year. Then after the New Year, you..."

Kangxi said this, then looked at the Imperial Noble Consort and asked, "Are there any other princes of the right age who should go to the study room? Why not ask them to go together?"

"Little Eighth Yinsi will be six years old in February next year, so Little Nine and Little Ten can stay for another year."

"Then let Xiaoliu and Yinsi enter the upper study room together next year. You should make arrangements in advance."

"Yes, I obey your command."

"Thank you, Father Emperor, for your grace!" Yinzuo also obediently hugged the Emperor's neck to thank him, and happily leaned over to kiss him.

"I just said that I felt you have grown up, and now you have become disrespectful. How did I tell you before that you should not behave so rudely in front of other people?" Although Kangxi said this, the smile on his face was real.

"Xiao Liu thinks that the Emperor is the best. There are no outsiders here, so what if I kiss the Emperor? If the Emperor doesn't like it, I will never do it again."

Before Yinzuo could finish his words, his little mouth was pinched by his father, and now he looked like a little duck with a flat mouth.

"When did I say I didn't like it? You, don't talk to the masters like that when you go to the study room, remember? Otherwise, if you are punished by the masters, don't come to me and cry."

Yinzuo snorted heavily, held the hands of his father that had just pinched his mouth with both hands, and immediately started talking with his mouth free.

"Don't look down on me! I'm so smart and cute, the masters won't punish me!"

"Let me feel it and see how thick your face is. How can you be so shameless? Who would praise themselves like this?" Kangxi laughed so hard that he couldn't stop.

"No, no! It's not as thick as my father's anyway~" Yinzuo covered his face and struggled to slip away and escape from the clutches of my father.

"How dare you say that I am thick-skinned? I must see today, who is thicker-skinned, you or me."

Kangxi held him in his arms and laid him on the couch, and the father and son started to quarrel.

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Yongzheng’s only good brother, Prince Yi, is about to come online, and Xiaoliu’s sense of crisis increases!