"Khan Ama, how can you be like this? Aren't you fooling people? If the ministers knew that this word "Fu" was written by your son, I'm afraid they would be so sad that they wouldn't be able to celebrate the New Year. Besides, you are the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. How can it be wrong for your son to practice your calligraphy every day..."
That's right, Yinzuo was captured by Kangxi and worked as a laborer in the Palace of Purity again. It can be said that Kangxi taught him calligraphy step by step, so it is inevitable that his handwriting is somewhat similar to Kangxi's. One year during the New Year, Kangxi wrote the word "Fu" for blessing the ministers. He found it interesting and took a pen to copy a few of Kangxi's characters. Unexpectedly, Kangxi saw that his handwriting was good and gave the job to him. What he didn't expect was that after the characters were given out, no one noticed that they were different from the previous ones. So Yinzuo was miserable in the next two years. Every New Year, Kangxi would send people to bring him here to serve as free labor.
"Don't talk nonsense. Just write when I tell you to. I'm not afraid of you, so why should you be afraid?"
Yinzuo, who failed to complain and was slapped on the back, couldn't help but curl his lips when he heard this. You are definitely not afraid of this nonsense, but I am afraid. You know, the imperial family is the most ruthless. Although the handwriting of his word "Fu" is similar to Kangxi's, he has a bad criminal record. If something happens in this regard in the future, he will be the first suspect.
But what could he do if he was dissatisfied? One has to bow his head under the eaves, so Yinzuo wrote furiously while in his heart he angrily scolded Kangxi countless times.
Fortunately, although the world is big and there are many civil and military officials in the court, there are not many people who are qualified to receive the word "Fu" written by Kangxi himself. Yinzuo was busy in the Qianqing Palace for an hour every day, and he finished his work on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month.
On New Year's Eve, Kangxi put down his pen, and the princes like Yinzuo who were still studying in the Shangshufang finally had a rare holiday.
It was a rare day in the year when he didn't have to get up early. Before going to bed the night before, Yinzuo specifically told Dexi not to wake him up the next day. Not only did he sleep until almost noon, but he also stayed in bed and didn't move until mid-afternoon when Dexi pulled him out of bed. After carefully packing up and using some simple things, he slowly took Dexi to the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
On New Year's Eve, Kangxi would hold a family dinner in the Palace of Heavenly Purity. In addition to the princes, some royal relatives would also attend. Yinzuo was really looking forward to the New Year's Eve family dinner in the Palace of Heavenly Purity when he first came. But after attending it once, he started to have a headache every year at this time. In his words, this family dinner was not good except for the high-end quality and rewards. Not only was the fun and food not good, but he also had to keep his mind tense and remind himself to pay attention to the rules and etiquette and not to misbehave in front of the emperor. It was simply a living torture.
"Sixth brother, you're here. It's still early for the palace banquet to start. Let's take a look at what fifth brother brought you."
When Yinzuo arrived at the Palace of Heavenly Purity and just found his seat according to the seating arrangement, the fifth prince Yinqi, who was sitting in front of him, turned around and handed him a purse mysteriously, and signaled him with his eyes to open it.
"Fifth brother, you are so good to me. You think of your younger brother when you have good things..."
The purse felt heavy in his hand, and felt like small hard pieces. Yinzuo initially thought that it contained some snacks to kill time and didn't pay much attention to it. But when he casually picked up the plate on the table, opened the purse and planned to pour out the contents, he was immediately dazzled by the bag of gold.
"Fifth brother, are you going to give all these to me?"
As a prince favored by Emperor Kangxi, Yinzuo had no shortage of these things on a daily basis. But as the saying goes, who doesn't love gold? He planned to be a playboy and a spendthrift in the future, so the more of these gold and silver things, the better.
"Yes, this is for you. This is a new style made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs this year. I just sent it to the Imperial Madam this morning. The Imperial Madam gave me quite a few. I saw that they were new, so I brought some to you."
Kangxi attached great importance to filial piety. After the death of the Grand Empress Dowager, as the only elder in the palace, any good things would naturally be sent to her first. As the prince raised by the Empress Dowager, Yinqi was the most favored by the Empress Dowager, so he naturally had to do with these things.
"Thank you, Fifth Brother. I like these things very much..."
The two brothers were just huddled together to examine the pattern of the gold nuggets in their hands when Kangxi arrived. Everyone stood up and saluted him when they saw him coming.
"Please stand up."
Kangxi walked to the seat at the top, sat down, raised his hand and called out, glanced around at the princes below, and was about to order the palace servants beside him to prepare for the banquet, but when his eyes passed by Yinzuo, he saw what seemed to be a plate of something golden on the table in front of him and paused.
"Yinzuo, that's a golden nude in front of you, where did it come from?"
If Kangxi hadn't mentioned it, honestly, no one would have noticed what was on Yinzuo's desk. But as soon as he said this, everyone's eyes suddenly turned to Yinzuo. Being stared at like this, Yinzuo didn't panic at all. What was there to be afraid of? He didn't steal it.
"To answer Khan Ama, this was just given to me by my fifth brother. Today, the Queen Mother gave him some gold nudes as a reward. My fifth brother saw that the style was new, so he gave some to me."
In fact, Kangxi just asked casually just now. He nodded indifferently after hearing it, turned around and ordered the palace servants beside him to start the banquet.
After the banquet began, Kangxi spoke a few words as usual, which were nothing more than reminiscing about the past and looking forward to the future. After that, the prince, as the crown prince, stood up and raised his glass to toast Kangxi. Then it was Yinzhen, the eldest brother, who stood up. The rest of the process was simple, and everyone lined up according to their rank.
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