Chapter 45

Kangxi looked at Yinzuo with a look of disappointment, but after Yinzuo realized his mistake, he felt refreshed and his mood instantly became brighter.

Kangxi looked at Yinzuo from left to right and asked, "How can he be so useless?" Who did he inherit this useless and unmotivated look from? It certainly wasn't him, but Concubine De? Although Concubine De looked gentle, she wasn't someone who didn't have ambition, was she?

Seeing that his father was not receptive and wanted to punish him, Yinzuo racked his brains to persuade his father, saying: "Father, you can't be so narrow-minded. It's not that your son is bad, but your eighth brother is better. You should be happier."

Kangxi looked at Yinzuo's confident and proud appearance, and couldn't help but stretched out his hand to pinch the boy's cheek: "I didn't give you a double-faced face, did I?"

Yinzuo saved his thin-skinned face from Kangxi's hands and said to his father, "Father, you can't be so stubborn. My second uncle is also your brother, but he is not better than you in every way."

"Can't my second uncle still be my second uncle?"

Kangxi was so angry that he laughed: "Okay, you don't have any other skills, but you are very eloquent, full of twisted theories, and now you are talking about your elders."

Yinzuo hurriedly said to Kangxi: "Father, please don't criticize me. I am fast at math, so you should praise me too."

It was just that he was a little bit better. I was going to tell this kid about his backwardness in schoolwork, but he had the nerve to ask for praise? Kangxi was helpless with this kid.

Seeing that Kangxi had no intention of praising him and it seemed that he was still trying to find fault with him, Yinzuo said, "Your Majesty, when I came here, I seemed to have seen an adult waiting to be summoned. I dare not delay your business any longer. I will go back first. I will definitely study hard, so your Majesty, don't worry." Then he took his leave and ran away in one go.

Kangxi looked at the boy, who was like a chased rabbit and was not behaving at all, and thought that it was not unfair for him to be beaten three times a day.

Kangxi was worried. He had originally asked this kid to come and motivate him, but now he couldn't motivate him at all. Moreover, it seemed that he was not only useless but also ruined things. Why did the kid give people the feeling that he had given up?

After escaping, Yinzuo patted his chest, and when he met the Eighth Prince, he told him the matter without any hesitation.

"The Emperor called me over and told me that I was slow in my studies. I knew he wanted to punish me, but luckily I ran fast."

When the Eighth Prince heard Yinzuo speak, his eyes moved slightly. He turned his head to look at his Sixth Brother who was walking side by side with him, and carefully observed Yinzuo's expression.

"You also said that I am ashamed to be your elder brother, but Eighth Brother will not disown me as your brother, right?" Yinzuo said as he put his arm around the Eighth Prince's shoulder, with an attitude of brotherly love.

The Eighth Prince often saw Yinzuo and the Seventh Prince like this, but he and Yinzuo had never been like this. The weight on his shoulder made the Eighth Prince pause for a moment. He sighed and said quickly, "Of course not."

Yinzuo: "That's what I said."

The Eighth Prince stood up straight and took on Yin Zuo's weight. Only the Sixth Prince could do this kind of sudden physical closeness without any sense of abruptness or disobedience. The Eighth Prince looked at the Sixth Prince standing close by and complained, "For this kind of thing, it's obviously just that the Eighth Brother is smart and hardworking. The Emperor should just praise the Eighth Brother, but he always thinks of being harsh on me."

The eighth prince Yinsi lowered his eyes and whispered tentatively, "It is my younger brother who has implicated my sixth brother."

"Huh?" Yinzuo glared: "Why do you think so?"

"No."

"And the Emperor didn't punish me."

Seeing that his eighth brother was a little uneasy, Yinzuo hurriedly said, "Don't let your imagination get too narrow. It's a good thing to have a smart and outstanding brother. Don't deliberately give in to me and stop studying hard in the future."

As Yinzuo spoke, he started to rub the Eighth Prince's uneasy little face. Wow, it was all because of the Emperor and his brothers who were tapping his head and pinching his face, and now he can be so unscrupulous towards his younger brother. Not bad, not bad.

Although the Eighth Prince is young, he already has the potential to be a graceful and elegant man. Looking at him, one can imagine that he will grow up to be an upright gentleman. But no matter what he looks like in the future, he has not been able to escape the clutches of Yinzuo.

Under the sudden attack of Yinzuo, the anxious expression on the Eighth Prince's face finally lost its composure and he looked panicked: "Sixth Brother!"

Amid Yinzuo's hearty laughter, the Eighth Prince's smile, which was concealed with scrutiny, fell on that overly bright face without any trace of gloom, and he sighed that his Sixth Brother was really generous.

If one were to vent one's anger on him in such a matter, it would be normal for one to dislike and be hostile to him from then on. Even though this sixth brother seemed friendlier than others and was a relatively naive person, it was normal for even an innocent child to feel jealous and resentful when being outshined by his younger brother.

He knew best that jealousy was something that could easily breed in this palace.

But this Sixth Brother is often unexpected.

The Eighth Prince didn't quite understand this kind of person. His mind was probably broader than the pillars of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and he smiled in a not very smart way.

After being called away by Kangxi to talk about his study progress, the Crown Prince, as expected of a son who had a very good understanding with Kangxi, also called Yinzuo to talk about the fact that his progress lagged behind others.

Yinzuo listened to what his brother the Crown Prince said with his ears drooping, and secretly took a sip of juice from the cup.

The prince raised his voice: "Yinzuo!"

Yinzuo quickly sat up straight: "Here!" Alas, his royal father and brother the crown prince cared about his study progress much more than his mother and himself.

The prince was dissatisfied with Yinzuo's attitude: "Do you think I want to control you? I won't control you if it's someone else."

Yinzuo smiled and said, "Yinzuo knows that this is the case because the Crown Prince loves me, cares about me and is attentive to me."

The prince's expression improved a little, but he said, "Stop talking nonsense. I have taught you a lot and your current grades are embarrassing for me."

Did he even bring it up to the Crown Prince to be embarrassed as well? Yinzuo went behind the Crown Prince and massaged his shoulders and back to show his courtesy, saying, "It's not embarrassing, it's not embarrassing." Then he said something similar to what he had said to Kangxi to the Crown Prince.

"This is called the elder brother does not have to be stronger than the younger brother."

"Brother Crown Prince, I don't need to take the imperial examination or stand out from the crowd."

"It's not that bad, it's not shameful."

"They are only slightly behind the seventh and eighth brothers. Don't worry, the ninth and tenth brothers are still young. I won't let these two brothers surpass them." Yinzuo comforted the prince in this way, and it was hard to describe how comforted the prince was.

The prince said, "Eighth brother is not smarter than you. Can't you pay more attention and work harder, so you can catch up? You are not far behind now, there is still time."

Yinzuo just shook his head and said to the prince, "We can't always compare ourselves with each other like this."

"It's not shameful to lose to your brother."

"Look at it more lightly, look at it more lightly."

The prince glanced at him with a sidelong look, but are you too open-minded? How could I have such an unmotivated brother?

Both Kangxi and the crown prince were obsessed with TOP cancer. They could not understand Yinzo at all and always wanted to urge him to make progress, but Yinzo always came up with a lot of fallacies.

Yinzuo felt that he had disappointed his father and the prince in terms of literature, but he could still fight for it in terms of martial arts. The prince looked at his small body with disbelief, as it was only in this year that the boy's body was in good shape.

Yinzuo had already vowed to the crown prince: "I will serve as the general for you, my brother."

The prince let it go in one ear and out the other.

The prince didn't take it seriously, but Yinzuo was very interested in swords and various martial arts techniques like a little boy. He actually found an opportunity to touch the sword of the guard outside the Palace of Heavenly Purity, and asked him if he could climb trees or fly over eaves and walls.

He could climb trees, and although he couldn't fly over eaves and walls, he could still jump much higher than others by using the force of climbing. But unfortunately, they stood there motionless, refusing to let him even look at them.

"Yinzuo, what are you doing outside?" Kangxi raised his voice and called out.

"Hey, here it comes, here it comes."

Yinzuo behaved very well today. He poured tea and ground ink for Kangxi, and said to Kangxi, "Your Majesty, your son has made great progress in archery. Did the master praise me?"

Kangxi snorted. He had no way to deal with this shameless son. He said, "You haven't become a master archer yet."

Yinzuo: "There has been some progress."

"It's all because of my hard work and dedication. Of course, the most important thing is the good teaching of the Emperor. After the Emperor taught me once, I got the hang of it very quickly and made rapid progress."

This flattery made Kangxi's mouth curl up slightly.

"Father Emperor, I think that although I am not outstanding in literature, you can expect me to be good at martial arts."

Kangxi: "I hope you are serious and not just talking big."

Yinzuo: "No, no." Yinzuo stated his purpose: "Father, your son has made great progress. The Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon. Can you take your son out of the palace to see how the Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated outside the palace?"

"My son hasn't seen it yet."

Kangxi felt pain in his eyes when he saw the flattering look on his son's face as he was grinding the stone!

Kangxi lowered his head to drink tea and said, "I am busy."

Yinzuo did not give up: "Your Majesty is busy every day, and you only have one day to rest. The Dragon Boat Festival only comes once a year, doesn't Your Majesty want to go and see it? Don't you want to at all?"

"Has the Emperor ever seen it? Could it be that the Emperor has never seen it in his entire life?" Yinzuo's eyes were full of disbelief.

Looking at Yinzuo's eyes at this moment, Kangxi always felt that he was very ignorant in the eyes of this boy.

Kangxi said: "Of course I have seen it."

Yinzuo nodded: "My son thinks so. Your Majesty is so old now, he can't have endured it until now and not gone to see it." However, if he really had endured it until now, it would be easier to persuade Your Majesty to go outside and take a look together.

Yinzuo was curious about when Kangxi went there, how the Dragon Boat Festival was celebrated outside, and how lively it was. A series of questions interrupted Kangxi, who was about to glare at and rebuke Yinzuo for talking to his father.

Kangxi told Yinzuo some of the stories under his curious eyes. He had been there when he was young and after he took power, so he was not curious about the Dragon Boat Festival outside. But Yinzuo was tempted by the excitement Kangxi talked about.

Kangxi saw him like that and said, "It's just that there are more people on the street."

Yinzuo said, "My son has never seen the streets outside, and he also wants to watch the boat race."

Kangxi: "You always want to do a lot of things, can I still give in to you?"

Alas, who made his emperor father not a good father who dotes on and indulges his children?

At this time, he needs to use his own brain. If the emperor father has not gone out to watch the Dragon Boat Festival, there are ways to go out. Yinzuo's eyes turned and said to his emperor father: "The emperor father should go and see it, and understand the people's feelings."

"It was several years ago that Your Majesty last went to see the Dragon Boat Festival outside the palace, right? Let's go out and see the changes, and compare them with what Your Majesty saw last time, to see if the people of our capital have had a better life in the past few years?"

Kangxi glanced at the boy. Although he was not good at other things, he was very smart when it came to playing around.

Kangxi stretched his legs and wanted to watch the boy a little longer as he racked his brains to come up with something.

But Yinzuo saw that Kangxi seemed to be as determined as a rock, so he thought for a moment and said, "If the Emperor is too busy, can I go by myself?"

Kangxi: "Without an adult, do you think you can do it yourself?"

Yinzuo: "What about with my elder brother?"

Kangxi said nothing.

Yinzuo: "Then my son will be with my second uncle."

Kangxi pulled his son out of this corner with a calm face: "Have you agreed with your second uncle?"

Yinzuo shook his head: "No." Yinzuo said optimistically: "Isn't there still a month? Second uncle has enough time to arrange things. And if Second uncle really has something to do, there is still Fifth uncle. Fifth uncle can't be unable to leave."

Kangxi said expressionlessly: "Oh, that's very thoughtful."

Yinzuo chuckled and said, it’s okay, not a big deal.

(End of this chapter)