Yinzuo was tired and sleepy at this time, and naturally had no energy to deal with the enthusiastic Dexi. Seeing him following him and nagging non-stop, he couldn't help but quicken his pace a bit, and only stopped when he entered the courtyard where he lived.
"Dexi, please stop for a moment. Your master just wants to take a good bath and go back to his room for a good sleep, so don't let the kitchen send the food over yet. Go and close the door to our yard in a while. I won't see anyone who comes these days. Let me rest and we can talk about everything later."
With Dexi's help, Yinzuo took a simple bath, changed his clothes and returned to his room. After Yinzuo returned to his room, Dexi immediately asked someone to close the courtyard door according to Yinzuo's instructions, and he brought people to guard the door of Yinzuo's bedroom.
Yinzuo finally returned to his room to rest as he wished, while Yinzhen hurried back to his mansion outside the palace. The army was returning to Beijing today, and Dexi in the palace had received the news. Su Peisheng outside the palace naturally knew about it. He didn't know when his master would return, so he went to the gatehouse to wait early in the morning.
"Master, you are back. Would you like to go back to the front yard to rest first, or go to the main courtyard to see Fu Jin and the young prince first?"
Yinzhen wanted to go see his son first, but he looked at the clothes he hadn't changed for two days and finally gave up the idea helplessly!
"Let's go back to the front yard first. Wait for me to wash up and change clothes before going to the main yard."
Yinzuo had not had a good night's sleep in the past few months since he went to war with the army. Now that he was back to his own little piece of land, he relaxed his mind and slept soundly. He slept from mid-afternoon to noon the next day. Not only that, he got up and had a simple meal, then lay down again. It was not until the morning of the third day when he had a thorough sleep that he called Dexi in to help him wash and get up.
"Dexi, is everything okay at home while I'm away?"
Yinzuo lay comfortably on a lounge chair under a tree in the yard. The huge crown of the tree was like a big umbrella, shielding him from the scorching sun. He raised his hand to take the refreshing iced sour plum soup from Dexi, took a sip comfortably, and then slowly asked.
"Master, don't worry. During your absence, the courtyard has been managed by the two sisters, Chunxiang and Xiahe. The Empress Defei also sends people to help me from time to time, so everything is fine at home. It's just that when the Fourteenth Master learned that you were injured a while ago, he came to the courtyard and cried for several days. In the end, the Empress Defei found out and took him back and gave him a severe scolding."
Although Yinzuo did not see with his own eyes how his mother punished the Fourteenth Little Boy, he felt very sorry for him just by listening to Dexi's description. So he stood up, put the cup in his hand on the table beside him, and walked towards the house. Dexi didn't know why his master went back to the house for no reason, so he hurriedly followed him.
"Dexi, I remember Khan Ama once gave me a fine deer antler bow. Go find it later and give it to Little Fourteen along with this deer antler slingshot."
Basically, everything in Yinzuo's courtyard was managed by Dexi, Chunxiang and Xiahe, so when Yinzuo mentioned the deer horn bow that Kangxi had awarded him, Dexi immediately realized which one Yinzuo was talking about.
"Master, that is the first bow awarded to you by His Majesty. Are you sure you want to give it to the Fourteenth Master?"
Yinzuo was of course sure of it. After all, he now had a better bow and arrow, so he had nothing to be reluctant about giving it to Little Fourteen. However, what he never expected was that only half a day after he gave away the bow and slingshot, Little Fourteen used the slingshot he gave him and made him a bigger one.
"Dexi, I didn't hear you clearly just now. Tell me again, what did Fourteen do with the slingshot?"
Yinzuo now felt his head buzzing, and he could not believe what he had just heard.
"Master, I just said that the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Masters took slingshots and ran to the Shoukang Palace to shoot at bird nests. They accidentally startled the Empress Dowager. The Emperor was furious when he heard about this and was about to punish them with a cane. The Empress Defei sent someone to ask you to go to the Qianqing Palace as soon as possible..."
Goodness! Dad's so angry he's ready to whip. It seems Thirteen and Fourteen have really scared the old lady this time. His mother sent someone here just to ask him to go to the Palace of Purity to rescue those two boys, but does his mother know that the slingshot was given to Fourteen by him? If he goes there this time, he might get a beating too.
But the same thing goes, every wrong has its perpetrator, and he is closely related to what happened today. Since both he and I will be killed, he might as well go over and confess.
When Yinzuo hurried to the Palace of Heavenly Purity with Dexi, Thirteen and Fourteen's backs had been beaten to pieces by the angry Kangxi. Summer clothes were thin to begin with, and the blood stained their backs bright red through their clothes. Yinzuo couldn't help but shudder when he saw it. He quickly took a few steps to Kangxi and knelt down!
"Khan Ama, although Thirteen and Fourteen were responsible for what happened today, all of this trouble was caused by my son. It was my son who, on a whim, gave Fourteen a bow and arrows and a slingshot, which led to him causing such a terrible disaster and disturbing the Queen Mother. Thirteen and Fourteen are still young and cannot withstand such punishment from Khan Ama. Khan Ama, if you are still not satisfied, then punish your son."
When Kangxi saw Yinzuo kneeling down, he thought he was going to plead for Thirteen and Fourteen. Unexpectedly, he was not there to plead for his two brothers at all, but to receive punishment. Although Kangxi whipped Thirteen and Fourteen quite easily, he would find it difficult to whip Yinzuo like he did Thirteen and Fourteen.
But he had just beaten the two younger ones, Thirteen and Fourteen, so there was naturally no reason for him to let the older one, Yinzuo, go. In a dilemma, Kangxi simply threw the rattan in his hand to the ground, then raised his hand and slapped Yinzuo's back several times!
"Why did you have to give him a slingshot? You know those two guys were shooting slingshots randomly just now, and they almost hit your Royal Madam. If the Madam beside her hadn't helped to block it, the consequences would have been disastrous."
When Yinzuo heard what Kangxi said, he suddenly felt that the slaps he received were not unjust. It was a good thing that they did not hit the empress dowager, otherwise it would not be just a matter of a few canes and slaps.
"Khan Ama, is the Royal Madam okay now? It was indeed my son's fault for being negligent this time. I will go to Shoukang Palace to kowtow and apologize to the Royal Madam in a moment."
Yinzuo admitted his mistake in a good manner, and Kangxi's anger was relieved by his disturbance. He felt more and more angry the more he beat them, but when he saw the blood-soaked backs of Shisan and Shisi, he couldn't help but feel a little distressed. He first asked Yinzuo to help the two of them sit aside, and then called Liang Jiugong in and asked him to send someone to invite the imperial physician.
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