Chapter 98

Seeing that it was Yinzuo standing there, and that the Sixth Prince had a rare cold expression on his face, it was obvious from his expression that he had heard what they said. He moved aside again and said to distance himself from the matter, "I didn't say that."

The man from Western Mongolia did not expect that he was heard talking behind someone's back. Although he felt that what he said was correct and true, he also knew that what he said was not nice and he was in the wrong.

He bowed to the Sixth Prince and said with a chuckle, "Hello, Sixth Prince. I have no other intentions."

Yinzuo's pair of black eyes looked at him for a while, which made the man feel uneasy. Look, he said that none of the princes of the Qing Emperor were good people.

Yin Zuo said: "Be careful with your words, watch your mouth, and stop telling people these gossipy things."

Yinzuo was very angry, but not because of the man's disrespectful words, but because his words touched upon the hidden worries that had been lingering in his heart.

Yinzuo got along well with all his brothers and hoped that all of them could live in harmony, but could they? I'm afraid it was just his wishful thinking and he was powerless.

On weekdays, I just try not to think about it so much.

The excitement and excitement of watching the military parade was immediately dampened by this incident.

These tribal people had been here for quite a few days, and Kangxi and his ministers were very busy during this period. Not only had they entertained them with food and drinks, but they had also discussed many things, including overt transactions as well as covert trade competitions.

Defei was busy asking Yinzuo if he had any girls he liked. Your mother is much more open-minded than other mothers. You don't have to consider the power of the girl's family. Even if she is from the south or northwest and speaks gibberish, you can consider her.

Concubine De has been very happy these days. Her son's appearance in the competition arena was particularly handsome, and the heat of the performance is still lingering. Concubine De thinks that with her son's demeanor and manners, he will surely be liked by many young girls.

But her son still said the same thing: "No hurry, no hurry." He had no time to look at the girl. He was already worried.

Concubine De: "...your mother prepared so many clothes for you in vain."

Yinzuo was also speechless. His mother wished he could change three sets of clothes a day!

Yinzuo joked, "Mother, do you think it's a waste for your son to wear several pieces of clothes?"

Concubine De: "It would be a waste if we didn't find a wife."

How come his mother couldn't even say a few words before bringing up the matter of his wife? Yinzuo had no idea about this at all. He might as well figure out how to improve the musket, or read a storybook, or at least finish his studies in the upper study room as soon as possible.

Yin Zuo then said, "Mother, Little Fourteen is going to enter the upper study room. I have to catch up on my studies now, so I don't have much time to take care of him. Mother, you have to pay more attention to him."

"Give him some more enlightenment now. How can the master in the study room have as much patience as you, mother?"

Defei rolled her eyes at him and said, "Forget it, I don't care about you." The girls who came here are all leaving, so if this boy doesn't wake up, just wait a few more years.

Yinzuo smiled, no need to worry about these things for him.

Those people from various tribes who came to Beijing had to leave, and within a year the fifth, seventh and eighth princes moved out of the palace. The fifth prince got married, and the seventh and eighth princes were also arranged to be married. Good things were about to happen, and only Yinzuo was still his older student in the study.

Yinzuo was at Kangxi's place, and he complained to Kangxi: "It's so embarrassing."

Kangxi asked, "Do you realize how embarrassing it is now?"

Yinzuo: "I don't know if others are secretly laughing at me."

Seeing that Yinzuo was really gloomy, Kangxi asked, "Who has nothing better to do than laugh at you?"

Yinzuo only complained to Kangxi for a few words, and then talked about the big ship that finally went to sea to the West. Yinzuo said to Kangxi: "I don't know how long it will take to come back."

Kangxi: "At least two years."

Yinzuo thought of Kangxi's trip to Jiangnan and said to Kangxi, "Father, please take me with you when you go to Jiangnan. I can't go on a sea voyage to the West, but I can at least take a ride on the river boats of our Qing Dynasty, right?"

Isn't this ridiculous? Kangxi didn't let any of his sons go on the sea voyage to the West, so there was no chance for Yinzuo to go. So don't use this matter to tell him to settle for the second best.

Yinzuo seemed to see through Kangxi's thoughts and said, "My other brothers have all been there, but I haven't."

"Father Emperor, I want to go outside and take a look. I have never seen what Jiangnan looks like."

"Imperial Physician Liu said that I can take a boat, so I can just let Imperial Physician Liu accompany me when the time comes." Yinzuo has been taking medicine all the time over the years, but Imperial Physician Liu has worked hard to treat him for so many years, and the results have been very effective. He is not someone who will fall down easily.

In addition to patrolling the border areas outside the Great Wall to prevent unrest between the Mongolian tribes and the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi also had to worry about the Jiangnan area. He had already visited Jiangnan before, but had not brought Yinzuo with him.

This time, seeing that Yinzuo really wanted to go and felt that he would make a scene if he was not allowed to go, Kangxi said, "Okay, I'll let you go this time."

Yinzuo immediately became happy and told Kangxi happily that he wanted to go to Jiangnan to see this and that, and said that the scenery in Jiangnan was beautiful. Kangxi shook his head, saying that he was not going to Jiangnan for sightseeing.

As for Yinzuo, Kangxi said, "I will arrange for someone to follow you when the time comes, as long as you can handle it."

Yinzuo nodded happily.

Yinzuo was chatting with Kangxi, but he looked a little hesitant as he chatted. He finally said what he wanted to say today. He carefully looked at Kangxi's face and said, "Father, did you have a fight with the crown prince?"

Kangxi's relaxed expression fell, and he said to Yinzuo calmly, "It's some matters from the court."

The older his son got, the more ideas he had of his own. The prince had disagreed with Kangxi on political views several times in court and contradicted Kangxi, who also reprimanded him.

Yin Zuo: "Aren't all the affairs of the court quarrelsome? I only attended that one court session, and it left a deep impression on me. The quarreling skills of each of them were extraordinary."

"The affairs of the court are the affairs of the court. After the quarrel, it will be over. Outside the court, the emperor is not angry with the prince, right?"

How could anyone tell the difference so clearly? Kangxi was very unhappy with the prince's defiance, whether in the court or outside the court.

Kangxi said: "I can't be angry with him?"

Yinzuo had seen Kangxi with a sullen face countless times, so he said, "Yes, why not?"

Yin Zuo said with a playful smile: "I have made you angry a lot since I was a child, but the Crown Prince is so worry-free. How can I make you angry now? This is normal."

"The son thought, how could there be a son who doesn't make his father angry?"

"Otherwise, isn't being a father a little too easy and pleasant?"

"Now that my son has grown up, is it finally the prince's turn to give you a headache?"

Kangxi: “…”

Kangxi was speechless at Yinzuo's smiling face, and his unhappiness was even suppressed when the matter of the crown prince was mentioned.

Kangxi said angrily: "You are still not sensible now, why did I give birth to bastards like you?!"

Yin Zuo: "This is unbelievable, this is unbelievable, is the bastard that the Emperor Father is talking about the Crown Prince? My son has enjoyed the treatment since he was a child, is it finally the Crown Prince's turn?"

"I remember the emperor beat his son."

"How about letting the prince experience it as well?"

"The Emperor called the Crown Prince over, and my son helped the Emperor catch the Crown Prince. The Emperor also slapped the Crown Prince on the palm of his hand!"

Kangxi: "...your brother the crown prince loves you very much."

Yin Zuo: "Yes, yes, the Emperor's father loves me too. Since the Crown Prince has made the Emperor's father angry, I must make the Emperor calm down."

"The Emperor scolded the Crown Prince and beat him. After the scolding and beating, we will not be angry anymore."

"Crown Prince, you haven't had a meal with the Emperor for a while. Call him over and let's have a meal together, shall we?"

I don't know when it started, but the relationship between Kangxi and the prince became more like that of a monarch and his subject, and things like chatting and dining together became less and less common.

Kangxi said in a bad tone: "Your brother, the crown prince, is already an adult with a family and a career. He has many people to accompany and many things to do. He doesn't have so much free time to come to my place for free meals like you do."

Yinzuo looked at his father strangely and said, "Father, do you feel that the crown prince has neglected you because he has started a family?"

Kangxi was annoyed by Yinzuo's choice of words. When will this bastard stop using random words? ! But before Kangxi could scold him, Yinzuo's eyes lit up, as if he had found something wrong.

"I told you guys that there's no rush to get married, but you guys keep pushing me. After getting married, you'll inevitably give me some more attention. I also feel that the Crown Prince has been a little more negligent towards me than before. But, Father Huang, we have to be reasonable and understand each other."

"So, Royal Father, please don't urge me to get married anymore. Otherwise, I won't be able to spend as much time with you as I do now."

Kangxi: “…”

Kangxi wants to beat someone up again.

Yinzuo also saw it, and he hurriedly said, "Father Huang, don't beat me, call the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince can take the beating."

Yinzuo smiled and said, "My son has never seen the Crown Prince being beaten." He looked quite expectant.

Kangxi: “Asshole!”

Yin Zuo: "Don't be angry, Father Huang. It's too early to be angry now. When the Crown Prince comes, you can scold him."

Kangxi: “…”

How could he have raised such a little bastard!

As soon as the prince came over, Yinzuo stepped forward and grabbed the prince's arm. The prince was about to ask Yinzuo what was going on, but he heard Yinzuo excitedly say to Kangxi: "Father, I caught the prince, you come and beat him!"

Prince: ? ?

"Use a ruler!"

"Right, hit the left hand." Yinzuo went around to the left side of the prince, grabbed the prince's left hand, and said to Kangxi: "Father, come here!"

The prince was very confused.

Yinzuo explained: "Brother Crown Prince made Father Huang angry."

The prince's eyelashes drooped, his lips tightened, and he was about to kneel down to apologize to Kangxi, but Yinzuo grabbed his arm and used force on his hand, looking at him and said, "So you have to let the emperor slap your palm to calm down."

Yinzuo thought for a moment and said, "I was spanked when I was six, right? My brother the Crown Prince was in his twenties before he was spanked once."

After saying that, he looked at Kangxi and said, "Isn't it possible that the Emperor is reluctant to hit the prince again? I know that the Emperor is partial and never reluctant to hit the prince."

Kangxi had no intention of beating the crown prince. It was Yinzuo who kept talking. And even if he was going to beat him, the crown prince was already so old, what was the point of hitting his palm?

Neither fish nor fowl.

And with Yinzuo making a fuss and looking impatient beside them, it seemed like a joke and the process couldn't go on any further.

Kangxi said: "When you were beaten, your brother the crown prince stopped me and comforted you, not like you are now."

Yinzuo let go and sighed, "I thought I would see the crown prince get spanked today."

"Since the Emperor is reluctant to hit him, why don't you just scold the Crown Prince to vent your anger?"

It’s easier to scold when you’re in a bad mood, but how should you scold now?

Kangxi said with a straight face: "Why are you talking so much? Set the table and eat!"

Yin Zuo said disappointedly: "Father, your Majesty is making so much noise but doing nothing? You don't want to beat me or scold me?"

The prince looked away from Yinzuo and finally said, "Father Huang can scold me."

"You can also hit me." As he said this, he stretched out his hand towards Kangxi.

Yin Zuo said happily, "Look, the Crown Prince asked for it himself! Father Huang."

(End of this chapter)