Yinreng's depressed mood did not dissipate until he saw Yinsi.
The reason...
Of course it was because the Eighth Brother was diligently helping him review memorials in the study.
Yinsi heard the noise and looked up to see his second brother approaching with an angry look on his face. A trace of confusion flashed across his face and he asked,
"What's going on?"
As far as I can remember, my second brother’s face has rarely looked so grumpy.
"It's still the old man..."
Yinreng walked over to Yinsi and sat down. He picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup. After drinking it down, he complained indignantly,
"He's already so old, why does he have to go out with the Akiko team? Isn't he afraid of something unexpected happening along the way?"
In addition to understanding the people's sentiments, Yinreng also wanted to relax and take his wife and children to appreciate the beautiful scenery of the Qing Dynasty. If Kangxi went with him, what if something happened on the way? Wouldn't his trip be ruined again?
Just thinking about it, Yinreng felt that the old man was too ignorant!
Yinsi's lips curled up when he heard this——
Yes.
Apart from a few nephews who get into trouble every day and make the second brother clean up the mess every day, only the one in Qixiang Palace can cause the second brother to have such big emotional fluctuations.
"It's not like you just found out he's stubborn today. If he wants to go, then take him. Even if something goes wrong, it's his own choice..."
As he spoke, the speed of the brush in his hand did not slow down at all.
Yinreng curled his lips.
"You seem to be quite open-minded, but I just want to go on a tour of the north in peace and without any trouble along the way."
Yinsi paused, then continued to flip through the memorial as if nothing had happened.
"He's already this old now. No matter how much he tries, how many chances will he have to leave Beijing? Just treat this as his last chance. If you want to travel in the future, there will be plenty of opportunities."
After the rebellion ended, Kangxi completely hated the princes who participated in it. In the past few years, they even went to pay their respects to Kangxi to show their filial piety.
They were all stopped outside the door and could only kowtow to him through the gate.
Later, the brothers were all busy with their own tasks. The eldest brother, the fourth brother and the thirteenth brother might not even come back during the Chinese New Year, and the number of visits to Qixiang Palace decreased visibly.
Until now, the only ones who could go outside Qixiang Palace to say hello every day were him, his second brother, and those younger brothers who had not yet entered the court on official business.
Even Yinzhen is now running around the Qing Dynasty and left for Shengjing half a month ago.
Go and investigate whether the local long-wool sheep are suitable for dehairing and spinning.
Maybe people are all mean-spirited. Now that his brothers no longer hang around him, he feels uncomfortable.
In the past two years, he would call them over every now and then to perform a show of loving father and filial son.
Oh……
A hint of sarcasm flashed across Yinsi's eyes.
He didn't even ask if they were interested in acting with him.
When Yinreng heard Yinsi say this, his face did not show any surprise.
To be honest, Kangxi's outrageous behavior ten years ago deserved his current fate.
You have to know that after he guessed that Kangxi could hear his thoughts, he almost revealed the fate of each of the Kowloons.
However, Kangxi knew clearly what his sons would go through, but when the time came, he still followed his own preferences, treating his sons' dignity as a joke and trampling on it wantonly.
If Yinzhi and the others had held a slightly higher position in his heart, the rebellion would not have happened.
Yinreng rubbed his eyebrows.
"I heard that Kejing's tribe is developing very well. I originally planned to go and see her this time. Now I'm bringing an old man with me. I don't know if I can make it in time."
"Sister Kejing?"
Yinsi put down the brush in his hand, and thought of his sister who was so skilled in martial arts. His frowning brows became more relaxed.
"I heard that over the past twenty years, she has reclaimed wasteland and built water conservancy projects in the area, attracting a large number of Han people from the interior to migrate there. She is truly a heroine."
"yes……"
Yinreng also exclaimed in praise,
"That's just the way things are in this world... Otherwise, there might be a hereditary queen in the court."
Kejing has been married to Khalkha Mongolia for more than 20 years, and it is no exaggeration to say that she has power over the entire country.
Moreover, she was extremely intelligent and could see the situation clearly. She was the first among the Mongolian tribes to submit to Yinreng.
There was no trace of Ke Jing in the friction that occurred in Xiangyi in the fifth year.
It may also be due to the fact that Yinreng also put in a lot of effort when his sisters got married.
It made their lives in Mongolia much easier.
Hearing this, Yinsi raised his brows slightly, and his understanding of his second brother Kuanren deepened.
Yinsi knew that in the eyes of most people in the court, his second brother was ruthless and cold-blooded.
Only those who have been in contact with the second brother for a long time know that the second brother is the one who truly loves the people like his own children.
And in his heart, the status of men and women is equally important.
Under the influence of his second brother, he also began to consciously observe and understand the injustice of the world towards women.
The situation of Manchu women was much better than that of Han women, but not much better.
Just look at the queen's status and you will know.
According to historical records, the empresses of every dynasty were the mothers of the country and role models for all women in the world. However, in this generation, the empress's duties were reduced to assisting in the management of the harem.
Even when noble ladies entered the palace during festivals, it was the emperor who knelt, and the empress became just a foil.
After the second brother came to power, the second sister-in-law, in addition to assisting in the management of the harem, was also responsible for receiving ladies of honor, organizing palace banquets, and arranging marriages for noble ladies from aristocratic families.
My second brother has already made it clear that no new people will be admitted into the harem, so the significance of the selection becomes less important.
It’s just that due to various considerations, the talent show model has not been completely abolished.
As the second sister-in-law gained more and more power, the aristocratic families in the capital became more and more strict in educating their daughters.
At a certain banquet, the second sister-in-law expressed her attitude that Yuanbao's wife in the future would not be bound by the distinction between Manchus and Han people, but no women with bound feet would be allowed to enter the palace. After that, the bad habit of foot binding among Han women gradually improved.
Everyone knew that this was the second brother using the second sister-in-law to warn those pedantic and stubborn Han people.
Due to the subtle influence of the past ten years, more and more women have been seen in the streets of Beijing. You know, in the past, unmarried women almost never left the house.
Women who could walk around outside openly were either servants or married women accompanied by men from their families.
You never see young girls in their twenties going out.
He didn't think it was wrong in the past until he heard his second brother say that as human beings, it didn't make sense for men to fight for their future while women had to stay at home, spending their entire lives surrounded by the stove and spatula, never having a chance to make a breakthrough.
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