Chapter 165 Yinzhuo is ill
"Let me go! I want my brother, the Crown Prince, not you!"
Yinzhuo screamed, which wouldn't normally be a problem for a child. But the person holding him was Yinzhen, his own brother.
Apart from Yinqi and Yinyou, who knew nothing, even the youngest Yinsi sensed something was amiss.
Yinreng took Yinzuo from Yinzhen's arms, looked at the chubby little boy with a slightly serious expression, and said, "Yinzuo, you can't talk to your brother like that. Apologize."
Four-year-old Yinzhuo was spoiled rotten by Consort De and was a little tyrant in the palace. But under Yinreng's guidance, he also learned to distinguish right from wrong.
She pursed her lips unhappily, but still apologized to Yinzhen: "I'm sorry, Fourth Brother, I didn't mean to."
"fine."
Yinzhen shook his head, saying he was fine, but the disappointment in his eyes was undeniable.
"Yinzhi, you stay here to teach Yinqi," Yinreng placed Yinzuo on the soft couch, stood up and took Yinzhen's hand, "I have something to do with your fourth brother. Yinzuo, Yinyou, Yinsi, are you staying in Cining Palace or going back?"
The three little ones pouted unhappily. "Even our Crown Prince brother isn't here anymore, so what are we still doing here?"
"I'm going back to Yonghe Palace."
“I’ll go back too.” Yinyou nodded in agreement.
Yinreng's gaze fell on Yinsi, who smiled sweetly at him, "Crown Prince, don't worry, Yinsi can do it. Mother Hui is talking to Big Brother, Yinsi will go back and talk to Big Brother too."
Yinzhen couldn't help but glance at him. Both of them were going back, but Yinsi spoke as if he had suffered some great injustice.
Yinreng glanced at him with concern, then turned to the palace servants attending to them: "Take good care of the Sixth Prince and the Seventh Prince and send them back. Liu Xi, take the Eighth Prince back."
"Yes, sir."
"Thank you, Crown Prince." Yinzhi smiled especially happily. He was going back anyway, but he received the best treatment, with the Crown Prince's personal eunuch escorting him.
A sense of crisis rose, and Yinzhen gripped Yinreng's hand slightly tighter. That wretched Yinsi! They had been raised together in Jingren Palace, so who didn't know who?
...
The shadows cast by the palace walls stretched out in a long, narrow shape. The afternoon was quiet and somewhat oppressive. On the palace path, Yinreng led Yinzhen slowly along.
"Xiao Si, it's been a while since we had a proper talk. I've been thinking about you a lot."
Hearing Yinreng's address, Yinzhen felt a warmth in his heart. Compared to Yinzuo, he was much more domineering when he was young. Because his elder brother, the Crown Prince, kept crows and peacocks named Xiaowu and Xiaoliu, he demanded that his elder brother call him Xiaosi, and that was the only way to address him.
That's why the Crown Prince liked him the most and granted his request.
In the past two years, because he has entered school, his elder brother, the Crown Prince, has started to call him "Yinzhen" for the sake of formality, but in private he still calls him "Little Fourth".
Having gone through so much, hearing this title again always made Yinzhen happy, and he realized that he was indeed favored by someone.
"Your Highness, don't worry, Xiao Si is fine."
Yinzhen looked at Yinreng earnestly, his eyes filled with sincerity; he was truly no longer sad.
Even knowing that his mother was not his biological mother, even discovering that his birth mother, Consort De, favored his sixth brother, and that his mother, Tong, cared more about his sister who died at birth, the difficult days were over because of his elder brother, the Crown Prince.
His elder brother, the Crown Prince, showed him a lot of favoritism. He was no longer a child who lacked love, and he was truly alright.
Yinreng patted his head and said, "You're still a child. With your elder brother, the Crown Prince, here, you should speak up if you've been wronged."
Yinzhen shook his head and gave a bright smile. "Crown Prince, I really am not wronged. I study and practice martial arts every day. Mother... has not mistreated me either. I know that. She just can't accept my sister's departure. With Crown Prince by my side, I don't feel lonely."
Well, there are still some regrets, but not as many as he showed in the Cining Palace. That was just an act because he sensed the crisis brought by Yinzhi.
After all, during his most difficult times, he was taken to Yuqing Palace by his elder brother, the Crown Prince, and felt the clear favoritism he received. He had truly come to terms with it.
But in this world, there is a kind of grievance called "your brother thinks you've been wronged."
So even though Yinzhen said that, Yinreng didn't believe him and took Yinzhen back to Yuqing Palace, where he stayed for half a month. In the end, it was only after his father, Emperor Kangxi, who couldn't stand it anymore, gave an order that Yinzhen was allowed to move into the Prince's Residence.
Of course, there is another kind of worry in this world, called the worry of an old father.
After the smallpox outbreak, Emperor Kangxi became extremely vigilant about the idea of "willing to suffer immeasurable pain on behalf of all sentient beings."
It was his negligence that caused Bao Cheng to suffer for the sake of all living beings, so he would never allow it to happen again!
If the common people are no good, then the imperial heirs in the palace are even less so.
Therefore, when Consort Tongjia was pregnant, Emperor Kangxi learned from the imperial physician that her pregnancy was not going well, so he cut off all contact between Baocheng and Jingren Palace early on.
Therefore, since Consort Guoluo's son, Yinzhi, was weak, Emperor Kangxi separated Baocheng and all the other princes in Yikun Palace from him.
When Tongjia's daughter and Yinzhi died young, Kangxi was saddened, but he also took even closer care of Baocheng.
Even though the sensible Bao Cheng explained repeatedly that he was able to save Chang Quan because Chang Quan had accidentally fallen into the water, and that he couldn't change the natural laws of birth, aging, sickness, and death, Kangxi was still worried.
Looking at his increasingly outstanding son, Kangxi shook his head inwardly. Bao Cheng still knew too little about him, but he wouldn't reveal it to anyone.
But not everyone can remain unmoved by such wonders.
In the early spring of the third month of the twenty-fourth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Yinzhuo, who was already five years old, fell ill.
It was originally just a common cold, but for some reason, it dragged on for half a month without getting better. Seeing her chubby son getting thinner and thinner, and his vitality getting weaker and weaker, Wuya couldn't bear it any longer. She mobilized all her people to block Yinreng on the palace road.
"Please, Your Highness, please save Yinzhuo! He's still so young..."
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