Chapter 427 I hate that I'm a wise ruler
"Chatting behind my back? Hmm?"
"Distracted in front of me?"
Emperor Kangxi walked back and forth in front of the eight men with his hands behind his back, looking at his sons who were all bowing their heads and not saying a word, and he was so angry that his teeth itched.
If Zhang Tingyu and his two companions hadn't completed the team game again and acquired the system chat function, or more specifically, the group chat function, Kangxi would still be in the dark.
Standing before Yinzhi, Kangxi couldn't help but shake his head: "Little Eight, Little Eight, you..."
Before he could utter a word of criticism, Kangxi noticed that all seven of his eldest sons were looking up at him, making him inexplicably nervous. Realizing what was happening, they all laughed in exasperation.
Everyone cares so much about Yinzhi, aren't you worried about making him angry? Is he, the Emperor, so lacking in authority?
Perhaps influenced by his sons' recent unrestrained behavior, Kangxi, in a fit of rage, hatched a wicked plan.
He reached out and pulled Yinzhi out of the ranks, stood beside him, and put his arm around his shoulder, saying, "Xiao Ba is the most innocent and kind-hearted, and he must have been corrupted by you all. So from today onwards, I will personally teach Xiao Ba, and he will stay in the Qianqing Palace."
"No!" *7
Without a second thought, the group retorted, only to be met with Kangxi's ambiguous smile before they realized their mistake.
"When I was reprimanding you just now, you all kept your heads down and didn't say a word. Now you can talk?"
Yinzhi objected, shouting, "Father, you are the Emperor, how can you take Xiao Ba as a hostage?"
"You know I am the emperor, don't you?" Kangxi glared at him.
Yinreng boldly pulled Yinsi back, skillfully handed him over to Yinzhen, and together with Yinzhi, stepped forward to block them.
"Father, it was because of you that I chose to talk to Xiao Ba alone. The situation in the game was unclear, and I was worried that Xiao Ba was too young to know how to explain it to you. That's why we created a group chat, and we haven't found a suitable opportunity to be honest with each other since then."
Listening to Yinreng's seemingly reasonable explanation, Kangxi snorted coldly, "In the end, it's still my fault?"
"To know one's mistakes and be able to correct them is of utmost importance."
Yinzhi subconsciously replied, and Kangxi looked at him with a cold face.
Yinzhi's panic was very superficial: "What I mean is that it's all our fault. Father Emperor is so tolerant and loving, please forgive us this once."
Kangxi's brow twitched. Could this game really change a person so much? Look at what it has turned his once introverted third son into!
At this time, Emperor Kangxi was in his prime and still had some fatherly affection for the sons he had raised with great difficulty. In addition, with the emergence of games, he had greater ambitions and became more tolerant of his sons who had "nine times the death" experience.
Therefore, when Yinreng and others crossed his bottom line and acted recklessly, Kangxi was displeased, thinking about his future reputation as a wise and benevolent ruler, but he could still tolerate it.
He could tolerate it, but for the sake of his reputation, Kangxi was not prepared to let it go so easily.
While silently putting pressure on them, Yinzhi suddenly popped his head out from behind, his eyes red, and explained, "It's all my fault. If I had explained things to Father Emperor earlier, it wouldn't have affected the father-son relationship between Father Emperor and my brothers. Father Emperor, scold me."
"What does this have to do with you?" Yinzhen's face was ugly. "Father Emperor is wise and mighty, he will certainly not blame you."
“That’s right, Father Emperor is the Son of Heaven, how could he not distinguish right from wrong?” Yin Zhi added.
The others also stepped forward and quietly coaxed Yinzhi.
Kangxi realized that if he scolded Xiao Ba, he wouldn't be wise and powerful, and wouldn't be able to distinguish right from wrong.
He hadn't even had a chance to say a harsh word!
Under the reproachful gazes of his seven sons, the proud Emperor Kangxi felt aggrieved, but what could he do? Could he vent his anger on his six-year-old son, the Eighth Prince, who was still young and ignorant, yet had risked his life for the Qing Dynasty?
He's supposed to be a future emperor of all time, can he really do it? Does he even have the nerve to do it?
Sometimes I feel that he was too enlightened as an emperor. Unfortunately, Kangxi, who was unwilling to be a foolish ruler, would never admit his mistakes!
But he can change the subject.
"Ahem... What have you all been talking about behind my back?"
I didn't expect him to say anything nice. I can't reveal the Kangxi Emperor emojis that are flying around in the group, but I can still talk about the bet.
As the eldest brother, Yinzhi took the initiative and said directly, "Father, if you want to scold me, then scold me. I made a bet with my brothers because I was curious about how Lord Suo, Mingzhu, and Lord Tong would react!"
"Hmm, this won't happen again." Kangxi quickly tried to change the subject, but having been led astray by his sons, he hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but ask, "What did you bet on?"
...
Something's not right. Something's extremely wrong.
Suo'etu, Mingzhu, and Tong Guowei, who had suddenly come to the emperor's attention, were on edge.
Soetu: Does the Emperor want this 51-year-old minister to abdicate in favor of a 61-year-old man? Sure enough, the Emperor can't stand seeing him and the Crown Prince together!
Mingzhu: You've been very restrained in accepting gifts lately. Could it be that the Emperor's petty secret of secretly touching crickets has been exposed?
Tong Guowei: Could it be that the Emperor found out about his secret plan to trap Suo'etu and Mingzhu?
Kangxi: So, how do they plan to treat Tang Bin? I've placed my bet too!
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