After breakfast, the brothers packed up and prepared to head to Qingxi Book House. Yinzuo, with his eyes wide open, leaned on Fourteenth as if he had no bones, and was supported by him as he walked forward. Yinzhen walked on the other side of him and occasionally extended a hand to help, so that Fourteenth, who was impulsive and unreliable, would not accidentally drop Yinzuo to the ground.
The distance from Shufengxuan to Qingxi Book House is not far, but because of Yinzuo's burden, Yinzhen and his friends wasted a lot of time along the way. When the three brothers arrived at Qingxi Book House, Yinzhi, Yinreng, and Yinzhi were already waiting at the door.
"Hey, it looks like Xiaoliu hasn't woken up yet. Come, let big brother wake you up."
The method that Yinzhi used to wake Yinzuo up was quite simple. He simply strode up to Yinzuo, raised his hands and reached into Yinzuo's collar. Yinzhi had been standing outside for a while in the middle of winter, and his hands were already cold. This gave the dazed Yinzuo a chill.
"Brother, how does my sleeping bother you? Why did you have to wake me up? Father, please come out and take care of my brother. He used his hands to freeze me..."
Yinzhi originally found Yinzuo's confused look amusing and wanted to tease him, but he never expected that the other party was really complaining. Seeing Yinzuo howling at the top of his lungs, he quickly reached out and covered Yinzuo's mouth.
"Oh, ancestor, please keep your voice down. This is not your Shufengxuan. Don't you see so many people standing outside the garden? My face is running out, so please save yourself from losing it."
Yinzuo's mouth was covered by his elder brother's hand, and even though he was unwilling to give up, he could not make any sound. He could only try hard to make some whimpering sounds to protest against Yinzhi.
In Qingxi Study, Kangxi had just returned to the flower hall after breakfast in the dining hall. He had just sat down when he heard Yinzuo's voice coming from outside. However, the voice seemed a little wrong, because he only heard the boy shout once and then there was no sound.
"Liang Jiugong, go outside and see what this kid Yinzuo is up to. If Yinreng and the others are here, let them in."
As soon as Yinzhi saw Liang Jiugong come out, he immediately released his hand that was covering Yinzuo's mouth. The first thing Yinzuo did after he was free was to rush into Qingxi Book House. Seeing his angry look, Yinzhi knew with his heels that this kid was going to go to their protective father to complain about him again.
"Please come in, everyone. His Majesty is already waiting for you inside."
Liang Jiugong pretended not to see what Yinzhi and Yinzuo had done just now. After greeting Yinzhi and others, he stepped aside to make room for them. As expected by Yinzhi, as soon as they entered the door, they saw Yinzuo sitting next to Kangxi, holding his father's arm and complaining about him.
"Father, my eldest brother has gone too far. You have to talk to your son about it later. Feel my neck, it's still cold. I got up so early today and I'm so sleepy. I was also bullied by my eldest brother. Shouldn't you compensate your son on behalf of your eldest brother? Otherwise, I'm really at a loss today..."
Kangxi had felt the cold collar on the back of Yinzuo's neck and was worried that he would catch a cold and get sick. But when he heard that Yinzuo was complaining and not forgetting to ask for some benefits for himself, his worry immediately subsided. He used a little force to pull his arm out of Yinzuo's arms, raised his head and slapped him on the forehead.
"Compensation? I owe you. Believe it or not, if you make any more noise, I'll have my eldest brother take you out and give you a good beating. Didn't you say you were sleepy? Then go lie down on the bed behind the screen and take a nap. Liang Jiugong, go call the people outside in."
When it comes to familiarity with Qingxi Book House, among the princes, Yinzuo dares to say he is second to none. Seeing that Kangxi wanted to do serious business, Yinzuo stopped making trouble with him and stood up and walked towards the bed behind the screen without the help of his attendants. Kangxi shook his head helplessly when he saw Yinzuo leave so abruptly. What he said yesterday was unnecessary. Even if this kid came, he would just sleep in a different place.
It must be said that Yinzuo's sleeping quality is really good. Even though the noise made by Kangxi and others during their meeting was not small, the impact on Yinzuo who was sleeping was minimal. He slept until the end of the meeting and did not wake up. Kangxi did not ask anyone to disturb him. He took Yinreng, Yinzhen and Yinsi who were left behind to the study to discuss the relevant matters of recovering the arrears.
"Eunuch Liang, what time is it now? Is the meeting over? Where is Khan Ama? Have my brothers and the others returned?"
When Yinzuo opened his eyes after a good sleep, he saw Liang Jiugong standing not far from the bed. He pricked up his ears and listened to the movements around him. Obviously, there was no one else in the hall except him and Liang Jiugong. When Liang Jiugong saw Yinzuo wake up, he hurried over and helped him sit up, then turned around and got his shoes for him to put on, and then happily answered his previous question.
"My Lord, it's almost noon now. The meeting ended around 3:30 PM. Your Majesty is now in the study with the Crown Prince, the Fourth Master, and the Eighth Master. Before he left, he told me that if you wake up and feel bored, you can go back to Shufengxuan first."
Although Yinzuo didn't know the reason why the treasury arrears incident, which should have broken out in the 46th year of Kangxi's reign, broke out more than a year later, he obviously had no intention of investigating it. Yinzuo knew that his father and his brothers would be busy for a long time to come, and if he couldn't help, he would naturally join in and cause trouble for others. So he briefly explained a few words to Liang Jiugong and got up and walked out of Qingxi Book House.
As expected by Yinzuo, the task of recovering the debt finally fell on Yinzhen. Of course, he was willing to take on this job. Even if Yinzuo did not pay special attention to it, there were many rumors that reached his ears these days, such as that the Fourth Prince was ruthless and forced a certain old man, Ziyi, to death, that a certain royal relative could not stand the Fourth Prince's relentless pressure and ran to the Taimiao and knelt for a long time, and that a certain censor and other censors had impeached the Emperor. Anyway, all kinds of news emerged in an endless stream, and were updated in various ways every day.
"Look, I told you before not to take on this hot potato, but you refused to listen. Now, your reputation has spread. I heard that the Khan's study is almost full of impeachment memorials against you. If you keep going like this, I'm sure someone will soon run to the Khan and commit suicide to prove their dissatisfaction."
How could Yinzhen not know what Yinzuo said, but he also said that if everyone chose to keep out of trouble, what would happen to the huge deficit in the national treasury? Since someone had to take the lead, he would naturally take the responsibility.
"Okay, if you have time to talk nonsense here, why don't you help your fourth brother find a solution? If you continue like this, not only will my reputation be ruined, I'm afraid I'll be ruined too."
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