But even if Yinzhi and the others didn't say anything, Liang Jiugong could understand what they wanted to express just by looking at their expressions. He smiled and nodded slightly at Yinzhi and the others, and then spoke seriously.
"Gentlemen, you have suffered a lot today. The Emperor is still waiting for you to come in and play the second half with him. Gentlemen, please stand up and follow me..."
Since they were kneeling outside with bare chests, Yinzhi, Yinreng and others naturally could not go in wearing cloaks. Before entering the door, they took off their cloaks and handed them to the palace servants waiting on the side. They only wore single clothes and followed Liang Jiugong into the house.
Yinzuo in the room had no idea that he was being tricked by his father and his brothers. He was standing at the door waiting anxiously. When he saw Yinzhi and the others coming in, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.
"Brothers, I'm so sorry. It's all my fault that you all have suffered today. But to be honest, it's not all my fault. It's mainly because our father is too willful. I've already said that I take responsibility for my own actions, but he insisted on making it a collective responsibility. See, the price I paid to save you from this dire situation is too high. If one day I can't help but drink, you must go easy on me, especially big brother. Even if you can't help but want to deal with me, try not to hit me in the face. Okay, enough talking, it's all tears. Come on, circulate it to each other, sign it if you think it's okay, and once the agreement is made, we're all tied to the same rope from now on..."
What's the point of passing it around? You have to know that Yinzhen, Yinreng and Kangxi are in the same group, and they know exactly what's written on it. Several people took the paper covered with Yinzuo's blood and tears from Yinzuo's hand, read it pretentiously, and then looked at Kangxi who was sitting next to them. The meaning was very clear - it's your turn.
"Do you have any objections to what's written above? If not, then this is settled. From now on, no one can give Yinzuo alcohol. Not only you, but I have to keep an eye on everyone else. Yinzuo, listen to me carefully. If you dare to touch alcohol again, I will punish your elder brother and the others..."
In one sentence, Yinzuo has now lost all his strength and means. As the saying goes, no one knows his son better than his father. It's true that his father is reluctant to punish him, but it's also true that he knows how to punish him. If he were the one being punished, Yinzuo would definitely not hear it, but if he were not punished, and if it was because of his fault that his eldest and second brothers were implicated, then he would feel... Well, you all look like men of steel, why don't you know how to resist? Let's not talk about anything else, aren't you guys signing the signature too happily...
But it was too late to say anything now. Seeing Fourteen pick up the pen and sign his name on the paper and affix his personal seal, Yinzuo's heart, which had been hanging in the air for a long time, finally died. He could only say that his father's move was very clever. This contract not only tied the two brothers together like grasshoppers on a rope, but also severed his fate with the word "wine" in this life...
Kangxi took the paper presented by Liang Jiugong and looked at it with great satisfaction for a long time. Then he folded it carefully and handed it to Liang Jiugong who was waiting on the side to take it away for safekeeping. Although the temperature in the Qianqing Palace was suitable, Yinzhen and others were princes after all. Standing here in only single clothes was a bit unsightly. Fortunately, they just took off their clothes and did not come here without clothes. Kangxi said a word, and someone went to get the clothes they had taken off before. In a short while, they all looked decent again.
"Father, I've heard that you haven't given me anything serious to eat these past few days except for medicine and porridge. I'm starving now. Could you please show some mercy and ask the imperial kitchen to send some food over? Big brother, second brother, third brother, fourth brother...does anyone of you want to eat anything? If so, have them send it over together. Eunuch Liang, I want to eat..."
Yinzuo verbally asked Kangxi if he could ask the imperial kitchen to send him some food, but his actions did not care at all whether his father allowed it. Look, Kangxi hasn't said a word yet, and he has already ordered half of the table's food. It can be seen that his question is just the emperor's new clothes, which is just to serve as psychological comfort. Anyway, I am asking for your opinion. As for whether you agree or not, that is not within my consideration.
Yinzuo had always been arrogant in his father's place, so no one, whether it was Kangxi, the owner of the Qianqing Palace, or Yinzhi and his group of brothers, thought there was nothing wrong with his behavior of taking the initiative. For example, the heartless Fourteenth Brother even came over to discuss with the Sixth Brother whether the ribs should be braised or stewed.
"Sixth brother, we're almost done. I've counted them for you. You've already mentioned over thirty dishes. How big is your stomach? Can you handle so many dishes? Don't be like last time, running around the garden with your belly full. It's so cold, you'll definitely catch a cold if you go out for a walk..."
Although it was a pity, Yinzuo had to admit that his elder brother was right. As he said before, although the meal was free, the stomach was his own. If he starved himself to death just to piss off his father, it would be a losing proposition no matter how you looked at it...
"It's okay, Yinzuo, continue ordering. There are so many of us here. If you can't finish it, just give it to the people below..."
Hey, mani? Mani? Who's educating a child here? What are you trying to do to mess with him? You have the nerve to say we're responsible for his condition? Isn't it because you spoiled him since he was a kid? Yinzhi now felt that his previous actions to stop Yinzuo from ordering were completely unnecessary. He should have been allowed to order, preferably a thousand or eight hundred dishes, and let the chefs in the imperial kitchen whip their iron woks around for three days and three nights. Aren't you spoiling him? If you can, just eat with him...
After complaining about his father in his heart for a while, Yinzhi finally felt a lot better. Seeing that Yinzuo and Fourteenth were still whispering and discussing endlessly, he walked over and took Fourteenth aside, then sat down in the seat he had sat in before.
"Sixth brother, didn't you just ask what big brother wants to eat? I just thought about it and I can think of a few dishes. Come on, let's add these..."
If you can't beat them, then join them. Yinzhen understood and absorbed the meaning of this sentence. Since he couldn't and didn't dare to resist his father's dictatorship and double standards, he would find another way to starve his father's precious little thing to death and see if he would feel distressed later...
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