Chapter 34: The 34th Day of Wanting to Die

What else could Kangxi be blamed for? It was all because of these three short-sighted sons.

Kangxi shook his head, picked up the cup and took a sip of tea.

Then he took out a handkerchief and wiped his face clean. Now he finally felt a little better.

Yinzhi also remembered, hey, when he bought it just now, he was struggling with whether he should also buy one for his father.

But I thought it was a gift for Xiaoliu, so I didn’t buy it.

Now looking at the emperor's attitude, he regrets it very much.

Yinzhen was also hesitant at the time, but since his third brother and Xiaowu didn't mention it, it wouldn't be good for him to mention it alone.

Maybe the Emperor doesn't care.

Besides, he has no experience in gift-giving.

Fu Jin is in charge of the gift list at home.

Yinqi's face didn't look good either.

But Kangxi just snorted and let the matter go. He was not a petty person who would hold a grudge.

The three of them finally put their minds at ease and looked at Kangxi timidly.

Kangxi ignored them. Besides, who said he didn't bear grudges? He did bear grudges. When his 100th birthday came, he wanted to see what birthday gifts these three filial sons would give him.

"How's the Ministry of Revenue?"

Kangxi pointed at Yinzhen and asked.

Yinzhen sat up straight and answered truthfully: "One third of the loans have been recovered. According to what the emperor said before, they will pay it back within three days. Most people are raising money."

This was also something Kangxi could have expected.

He just wants cash.

The cash flow in the capital city suddenly became tight because of the repayment issue.

Kangxi found the report ridiculous when he heard it.

Yinzhen continued to speak, and Kangxi listened with an expressionless face, while Yin Zhuo was still looking down at the three large radishes on the table.

[This American ginseng... I seem to have heard of it somewhere before? ]

Kangxi and his people did not find it strange.

The old ginseng from Changbai Mountain is the best, but the quantity is limited and the demand is now outstripping the supply.

These American ginseng must have been shipped from the other side of the sea.

Those foreigners presented gifts when they came to pay homage to Emperor Kangxi.

So it was not surprising that Xiaoliu had heard about it.

Yin Zhuo poked the big radish, his brows furrowed.

After a while he shook his head, then glanced at his three brothers and suddenly thought of something.

He exchanged glances with Kangxi, then held his face and looked at the three people opposite him: "Third Brother, Fourth Brother, Fifth Brother, can Xiaoliu ask a question?"

Yinzhen nodded: "Okay."

Yinzhi and Yinqi also nodded: "Ask."

The three of them also wanted to laugh when they saw Xiaoliu's clown face.

How did it become like this?

The three of them suddenly felt uneasy when they thought of Xiaoliu and Emperor Ama hanging out outside like this.

Those ministers won’t say anything, right?

But they changed their minds and decided that the ministers' opinions were not important, as they still owed money, and they would not dare to come and cause trouble at this time.

The three of them didn't dare to say anything. They had just made Kangxi unhappy, so now they could only be strict and wait and see. Anyway, as long as Xiaoliu was happy, the emperor would not be angry.

Yin Zhuo shook his head and said, "The Emperor forbids any hints."

Kangxi already knew what he was going to ask. He took a sip of tea and said in agreement, "Of course."

The three people, who were not nervous at first, started to sweat in their palms when they heard the emperor's words.

Everyone looked at Xiaoliu nervously with tense faces.

What would Xiaoliu ask?

Yin Zhuo pushed the American ginseng and said, "Brothers, you all know the price of this American ginseng. So, you three brothers should also know the price of an egg, right?"

[As Qianlong's father, how could his own children think that eggs were unaffordable for ordinary people? He, as the father, should bear the main responsibility. How did this biological father act? He was incompetent.]

Yinzhen looked confused.

No, aren't eggs a common thing?

How come people in later generations can’t even afford to eat eggs?

It's normal that poor people can't afford meat, but they can still eat eggs if they save some money.

Wasn’t Qianlong very rich?

Heshen alone had hundreds of millions of silver coins.

How is it possible that he cannot afford an egg, and how did he develop the distorted perception that eggs are a scarce commodity?

Didn't anyone tell him?

Yinzhen felt a little guilty, but more confused.

Well, he did neglect the food aspect, after all, he had no shortage of these things.

And the American ginseng that Xiaoliu mentioned is a rare thing.

It comes from overseas and has the same effect as ginseng.

Scarcity makes things valuable, so he knew the price.

But eggs...

Yinzhen thought about it carefully, but he still had no clear idea.

I didn't know the price for a while.

Yinzhi and Yinqi also lowered their heads in thought.

Eggs are quite common, but as for the specific price... they really haven't paid attention to it.

Kangxi knew that these people would react like this.

"You guys are not as good as Xiaoliu."

After the comparison, Kangxi liked Xiaoliu more.

The three of them said in unison: "We are ashamed."

"Hmph, go check it out for yourselves later. Think carefully about why Xiaoliu asked you about the price of eggs. Tell me your answer after the court session tomorrow."

Kangxi said slowly.

The three of them nodded in agreement.

But let’s not talk about how I feel.

What's there to check about eggs?

Forget it, tonight is another sleepless night.

Yinzhi glanced dimly at the culprit Xiaoliu, and seeing him staring at them with a frown on his face, he lost his temper for a moment.

Yinzhi asked unhappily, "What are you laughing at, Xiaoliu?"

Yin Zhuo immediately touched the corner of his mouth when he heard this: "Did my brother smile?"

[I didn't even know I was laughing. If I were Kangxi, I would throw these people to the grassroots level and train them well. At least start with county magistrates. If they don't even know the price of eggs, they probably don't know the difference between grains.]

Yin Zhuo shook his head.

This may be the trouble of rich people.

The gap between the rich and the poor is there.

Yin Zhuo admitted that at that moment he became hostile to the rich.

Kangxi touched his head and said, "Okay, Xiaoliu, don't be angry. I will teach your brothers a lesson. They are getting more and more outrageous."

Yin Zhuo nodded blankly, somewhat confused.

These three idiots are really annoying.

I miss my second brother and my eldest brother.

If the eldest and second brothers were here, it would definitely not be their turn to face the emperor directly. They could just watch the show from the side.

It has been like this since I was young. In front of the Emperor, the eldest and second brothers are at home.

These younger brothers didn't even dare to speak.

The Emperor is still as terrifying as ever.

I knew that coming here was no good.

Eggs...what kind of answer should this give?

The three of them looked at each other and decided to discuss countermeasures later.

Maybe, they can ask Xiaoliu for help.

I wonder if Xiaoliu will return to the palace...

But the Emperor has already caught up with them, so he will definitely bring Xiaoliu back no matter what.

The room was silent, and everyone was talking.

But I have a lot to say in my heart.

Suddenly at this moment, Yin Zhuo slammed the table.

Then he took a bite of the American ginseng in the box.

Kangxi: !!

The other three:!

"Xiao Liu!"

Yin Zhuo took a bite and then spit it out: "Father Emperor, is this American ginseng really as effective as the old ginseng?"

Yin Zhuo asked confidently.

He has remembered.

[Are you sure that this American ginseng is not packaged by foreigners to cheat people out of money? I forgot where I saw it, but after the foreigners found out that people in the Qing Dynasty liked ginseng, they went back to study it and eventually found a plant root that looked similar to ginseng in their country. However, the real ginseng was so scarce that it could not meet the needs of so many people. ]

[Those foreigners saw the business opportunity and named this thing "American ginseng", with the word "ginseng" in it. When promoting it, they said that it had the same effect as ginseng, but in fact its therapeutic effect was greatly reduced. It seems that there is a record that more than 3 billion taels of silver were defrauded from this American ginseng.]

Yin Zhuo's eyes changed when he looked at his three brothers, and he realized that his three brothers were really being taken advantage of.

Just like those elderly people who were sold on water purifiers.

[You big fool, you must have been fooled. I am dying of laughter. 】

Yin Zhuole is not good enough.

[How stupid! The Emperor is also stupid. Don't think that anything brought by foreigners is good. They have cheated you out of your silver. When the time comes, you won't even be able to find a place to cry when the time comes.]

Kangxi looked very unhappy. He couldn't believe that those people dared to be so bold.

American ginseng has indeed become popular in the past two years.

His daily food has also become this, and he really doesn't notice the difference.

Kangxi heard Xiaoliu cursing them in his heart but could not say anything to refute him.

Xiaoliu was right. Weren’t they deceived?

But what made him even more angry and humiliated was that he had been fooled to such an extent, and no one in his Qing Dynasty noticed that something was wrong.

No, maybe someone has discovered it but doesn’t dare to say it.

Just like those eggs that cost a few taels each.

Kangxi sighed: "What do you think, Xiaoliu?"

Yin Zhuo: …

How can I feel?

Yin Zhuo pouted, a little proud, he seemed to be the smartest kid in the Qing Palace.

Tsk tsk, these people are so stupid.

"Wouldn't it be better for your father to ask the imperial physician?"

The imperial physician should be able to identify this kind of thing.

"Xiao Liu is right." Kangxi nodded. He should indeed go and ask the imperial physician.

He never cared about these things, and Kangxi found himself living in confusion.

For the first time, he showed a trace of fatigue: "I am tired. Can you three tell me where this American ginseng came from? How much is it?"

Kangxi rubbed his brows, not wanting to look at his three miserable sons.

Yinzhi's face turned pale.

Were they deceived?

Yinzhi said in a low voice, "I bought it at Huichuntang."

That was a famous medical clinic in the capital, and the American ginseng had just arrived, so the three of them just happened to catch it.

Yinzhi also planned to ask someone to buy some for his mother to take back to the palace to nourish her body when he returned.

Yinzhi was frightened for a moment, fortunately he did not buy it, otherwise he would have regretted it if it had harmed E'niang.

Seeing that they all looked unhappy, Yin Zhuo said directly, "Brothers, take this American ginseng back. I don't need any big tonic. My body is too weak and needs to be taken care of."

As soon as Yin Zhuo finished speaking, the three of them took the radish back in unison, fearing that Yin Zhuo would regret it.

Yinzhen was also very angry.

Fortunately, Xiaoliu discovered the problem before they could eat it, otherwise if something happened to Xiaoliu's body, they would really be dead.

They couldn't bear the emperor's wrath alone, let alone the rest.

Yin Zhuo was speechless.

No, it was really taken back?

Yinqi forced a smile and said, "We are too busy today. Fifth brother doesn't have a hundred-year-old ginseng. I will send it to the palace for the emperor and my younger brother to use."

Yin Zhuo waved his hands: "No, no, give it to the emperor, he is too old."

Kangxi's face darkened: "You are disrespectful."

Yin Zhuo chuckled.

Kangxi pointed at him and shook his head, not in the mood to say anything.

"Let's go back to the palace. You are tired." Kangxi took Yin Zhuo back.

The matter of American ginseng was handed over to Yinzhi for investigation.

This was the first time that Yinzhi had received such an important task. He was a little nervous for a moment and quickly replied, "Yes, I will obey your order."

"Okay, let's do what we need to do. You are all annoying people."

Kangxi said without any concealment.

Disdain is written all over his face.

Yin Zhuo smiled and said, "I am not a nasty person."

Kangxi said lovingly, "Of course, if your three brothers were half as sensible and considerate as you are, I would be relieved."

So Kangxi got on the carriage and took Yin Zhuo away.

The three annoying ghosts stood there alone.

Yinzhi sniffed, then turned around and held Yinzhen and Yinqi's hands: "Fourth brother, fifth brother, please help third brother. We bought this American ginseng together."

Yinzhen pulled his hand back and said coldly, "Yeah."

Yinqi also quickly responded: "Don't worry, Third Brother, but I want to ask the two elder brothers about the egg matter."

After hearing this, the three of them were even more confused.

Besides eating eggs, what other meaning do they have?

Hatching chicks?