Chapter 120: Worrying about each other. I thought about it for a long time but couldn’t come up with this…
I thought about it for a long time but still couldn't come up with this idea? What should I do? It's really that Kangxi's identity is too annoying. What should I do? There is no way around it.
Qi Buchen could only change the subject: "Why did you suddenly mention you?"
Yinzhen paused and said, "I don't know."
Look at myself, I forgot that this news was brought by that weird Yinzhi. How could he be so kind as to explain the whole story clearly?
Qi Buchen gritted his teeth in frustration, his hand squeezing the back of Yinzhen's neck to soothe him. He pondered, "Although I don't think you're frivolous or moody, since the Emperor said so, there must be a reason." That was just some bullshit reason, Kangxi going crazy. "Since it's already happened, there's no point in lamenting here. The first thing we need to do is understand why the Emperor said that. If it's a misunderstanding, then explain it. If there's something you didn't do well, that's fine too. Let's admit our mistakes and make corrections."
"No one is perfect, right?" Qi Buchen kissed Yinzhen on the corner of his mouth. "Even Confucius wasn't born a saint. It's perfectly normal for ordinary people like us to have flaws. It's enough to admit our mistakes and correct them. A prodigal son who returns is worth more than gold. Besides, we haven't made any mistakes, just character flaws."
Yinzhen didn't say anything, but responded to her kiss.
Qi Buchen continued, "Actually, this might actually be a good thing. Think about it, if the Emperor criticizes you now, and you work hard to correct yourself, and finally get him to take it back and praise you, wouldn't that be a good story? It might even become a legend passed down through the ages."
"You're right. I made a mistake." Yinzhen leaned against Fu Jin's forehead, a little embarrassed, "I got stuck in a dead end again."
Qi Buchen patted him comfortingly: "This is normal. Everyone gets stuck in a rut sometimes."
Yinzhen didn't want to talk about it anymore and asked, "Does it still hurt? Do you want to call a doctor?"
"It doesn't hurt anymore." Qi Buchen knew that he would have to adjust the rest by himself. "I haven't finished reading the blueprint yet, let's continue."
Although he was coaxed into no longer being autistic, Yinzhen's mood was still obviously much lower. He spoke less and most of the time one could feel that he was deliberately controlling his emotions.
He doesn't laugh much, nor does he get angry. Except in front of Qi Buchen, his emotions fluctuate a little. When facing other people, his emotions become increasingly calm, making it increasingly difficult to figure out what he is thinking.
Su Peisheng and other close servants complained bitterly for a while.
Qi Buchen was a little worried about his condition, but no matter how many times he tried to persuade him, it was of no use, and he didn't know what to do.
Just in this situation, new news came from the court that Kangxi approved the previous impeachment memorial.
The Crown Prince and Yinzhen were reprimanded and ordered to reflect on their actions behind closed doors. Longkodo was dismissed from his post as deputy governor of the Zhenglan Banner, and his concubine Li was ordered to be caned forty times.
Unexpectedly, Prince Wen was demoted to Beile for his misconduct.
"Have you found someone to inquire about Prince Wen?" Qi Buchen asked.
Yinzhen shook his head: "No."
"What's going on?" Qi Buchen muttered to herself, then quickly threw it away. "Forget it, ignore him. If you stay at home to reflect on yourself, can you not go out?" She was still thinking of taking Yinzhen to a farm outside the city to stay for a while. Changing the place might help him relax a little and not push himself so hard.
"Yeah." Yinzhen responded to Fu Jin, but he was thinking about other things in his heart.
He stood up and said, "I'm going to take care of something up front."
Qi Buchen looked at his back and sighed. Knowing that this was not a matter of one day or one night, he started to deal with the matters of the new shop first.
In May, the selection process began again. To be honest, Qi Buchen was still a little worried about whether the palace would grant anyone a title. However, nothing happened during the entire process. No one from the palace granted any title to any of the princes. Even Yin'er and Yin'e, who were supposed to be the candidates for the legitimate wife in this selection, seemed to have been forgotten.
If there weren't a few candidates left in the palace, Qi Buchen would have suspected that this draft had been cancelled.
But overall, she was happy that the palace didn't cause any trouble.
Bad news always comes suddenly when you are happy.
On a hot summer day, the eldest wife left her five children and passed away.
This gentle woman was the first person Qi Buchen could communicate with on an equal footing since she came here, and she gave her a lot of help.
Qi Buchen was very sad, especially when he saw the eldest daughter of the first wife, eleven years old, holding her three-year-old brother and leading her three younger sisters to return gifts to the guests who came to pay their respects, tears flowed down his face involuntarily.
"Good boy." Qi Buchen touched the head of the eldest princess of the Prince of Zhi's Mansion. "If you have any problems in the future, you can come to Fourth Aunt."
The eldest princess bit her lip stubbornly: "Thank you, Fourth Aunt."
Given the situation at this time and place, Qi Buchen didn't know what to say anymore. He could only touch the eldest princess's head again and get up to leave.
After reuniting with Yinzhen, Qi Buchen couldn't help but feel uncomfortable: "Will my brother marry a concubine soon?"
Yinzhen patted her comfortingly and said, "The selection will take place in three years at the earliest. By then, Hongyu should have moved to the front courtyard to start his studies."
"Then the eldest princess will be ready to get married by then." Qi Buchen murmured.
Yinzhen: "He has the Emperor."
Yes, how could she? She forgot that in history, the daughters of these princes were almost all married into Mongolia, so there was no need for Yinzhen's future concubine to do anything.
Thinking of the early deaths of those princesses who were married to foreign princes, she felt even more depressed. She snuggled into Yinzhen's arms and whispered, "Yinzhen, I don't want to have a daughter."
Yinzhen patted her hand and paused: "What?"
"I don't want her to marry a Mongolian woman." Qi Buchen murmured.
Yinzhen patted her and didn't say anything.
The death of the First Wife hadn't brought any significant changes to the capital. Although Qi Buchen felt sorry for her children, all he could do was send people to deliver gifts more often. Even these visits had to be kept to a minimum, lest anyone misunderstand that his family was siding with the First Prince's faction.
At the end of July, Kangxi suddenly wanted to go on an imperial tour to the frontier on behalf of the Empress Dowager. This was the first time in so many years. Qi Buchen thought that Yinzhen could take this opportunity to lift the ban, but who knew that when the decree came down, Kangxi brought one, three, five, seven, nine, and thirteen, and was missing two, four, eight, and two.
The twelfth prince has been living in seclusion with Su Malagu and is a little "invisible".
However, the eighth prince Yinsi could not go because his wedding was scheduled for August.
So in the eyes of others, Kangxi was targeting the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince this time. Considering Kangxi's previous comments on the Fourth Prince that came from the palace, it seems that the Fourth Prince was really disliked this time.
There were rumors going around outside, and even though Qi Buchen tried to persuade them, Yinzhen remained silent day by day.
On the day of Yinsi's wedding, Yinzhen still went out of the house to attend. What Qi Buchen didn't expect was that the place where Yinsi's wedding banquet was held was not in his Eighth Prince's Mansion, but in Prince An's Mansion.
What is this? How does the bride respond?
Qi Buchen watched the entire process in Prince An's mansion with a confused look on his face, and was unable to recover until he returned home after the end.
"What's wrong? That expression." Yinzhen touched her face.
Qi Buchen blinked and said, "Eighth brother's wedding banquet..."
"Yes." Yinzhen said calmly, "The Emperor agreed."
Qi Buchen was speechless. In her opinion, today's process did not look like marrying a daughter. It was clearly marrying a son-in-law.
Master Kang actually didn't care? This was the most incredible thing. You have to know that in ancient times, the status of a son-in-law was the lowest.
"Why?" Qi Buchen asked in a low voice.
Yinzhen stared into space and said calmly, "Yue Le has made outstanding military achievements and has a great influence among the Eight Banners, the court, and the royal family."
It is clear that this means that his son will inherit the other party's political legacy.
"But..." Qi Buchen's voice became even quieter, "Eighth brother has been raised by Concubine Hui since he was a child..."
Yinzhen looked at her with a lightning-like gaze, which startled Qi Buchen, who stammered, "Did I say something wrong?"
Yinzhen closed his eyes and said, "No." He pulled the person over and hugged him in his arms, "Don't think about it anymore. It's none of our business."
After he said this, Qi Buchen was startled. She suddenly realized that after asking Yinzhen that question, she had been talking to him about this matter more and more. But it shouldn't be like this. She didn't want Yinzhen to fight for that position, so she shouldn't have brought up these things again and again, disturbing Yinzhen's mind and making him unknowingly plant the seeds of ambition.
Qi Buchen closed his eyes, leaned on Yinzhen's chest and reflected deeply on himself.
Afterwards, Qi Buchen tried to hypnotize himself, so that he would no longer pay attention to the so-called big events and forget the identity of Prince Yinzhen. He just dragged him into the pile of old papers, and they urged each other to study and discuss purely academic issues.
To this end, she worked hard to read professional books that she had no interest in before, such as water conservancy, architecture, astronomy, etc., and also encouraged Yinzhen to read Western books on chemistry, drama, music, etc.
Yinzhen was reluctant at first. He felt that these were useless, especially chemistry. He thought it was a scam similar to the alchemists making elixirs.
It was not until Qi Buchen gave him a simple chemistry experiment, in which he dropped alum oil into a small amount of white sugar to create several times more "black snow", that he became interested.
The time spent studying always passed quickly, and Kangxi's return to Beijing did not affect the couple. It was not until the Spring Festival that they raised their heads from the piles of papers, packed up and went to attend the palace banquet.
Qi Buchen was actually a little worried about Yinzhen. This was the first time he met Kangxi after being reprimanded. He was afraid that Kangxi or Yinzhi would say something that would upset his calmness.
She stole glances at him from time to time, and Yinzhen couldn't help but notice it. He took her hand and said with a smile, "Are you that worried about me?"
Qi Buchen nodded twice, then felt something was wrong and quickly shook his head.
Yinzhen laughed and squeezed her hand: "Don't worry."
He has already received such an evaluation, and it is impossible for him to make others think that he is really "as he says".
"It's you," Yinzhen mused. "Don't worry about what others say. Relax a little."
The concubine hasn't gotten pregnant yet, and the empress in the palace might be dissatisfied.
Yinzhen was actually a little anxious. Before, the two of them took the initiative to use contraception, but since this year, they have let it go, but there has been no news at all. If he didn't know that Doctor Fu was a straightforward person who would not hide things, he would have suspected that there was something wrong with their health.
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The author has something to say: Note: Green vitriol oil is the ancient name for sulfuric acid.
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