"Alas, Mr. Guo is right. Sake makes people famous, and cool silver warms the heart. Dexi, your master's heart is really cold right now."
Ever since he no longer had to go to the Shangshufang and court, and could stroll out of the palace when he had nothing to do, the small treasury that Yinzuo had accumulated over the years was shrinking rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. As the saying goes, money is the courage of a hero, and life is hard without money in your pocket.
"Master, you haven't left the house for several days. How about I accompany you for a walk in the Imperial Garden, or ask the guards to accompany you out of the palace to relax..."
Dexi is also very worried now. After all, when the master is in a bad mood, they, as servants, have to be more careful in their duties. Even his two sisters Chunxiang and Xiahe have come to see him in the past few days, but what can he say? He can't say that the master is like this recently because he is worried about having no money.
"Others may not know, but you are aware that the reason I'm like this is because I've been out of the palace too often lately. Going out for a walk is fine, but sitting here won't make any money anyway. Why not go to the Qianqing Palace for a stroll and see if I can get some money from Khan Ama?"
Dexi couldn't respond to this. After all, he was just a servant. How could he be qualified to comment on the affairs between his master and the Emperor? Although asking for money from the Qing Palace sounded unreliable, his master never played by the rules. Maybe this matter could really be accomplished by him!
Since he had decided to go to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to ask for money from Kangxi, Yinzuo did not waste any time and took Dexi with him to the Palace of Heavenly Purity. Along the way, he was making plans in his mind, thinking about how to divert the conversation without making any noise.
When they arrived at the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Kangxi was reviewing memorials. When he heard the noise, he just looked up and ignored Yinzuo, then buried his head in working on the pile of memorials on the imperial desk. Seeing that Kangxi was busy and ignored him, Yinzuo didn't care. He walked to the bookshelf nearby, picked up a travelogue, and found a place in the imperial study to sit down and read it by himself without leaving.
"What have you been busy with recently? You haven't been here for a few days. How come you have time to come to my place today?"
Isn't that a coincidence? Just when he was about to fall asleep, someone handed him a pillow. Yinzuo was still thinking about how to start the conversation, but he didn't expect his father to be so considerate and give him a way out with his first words.
"My son has been feeling a bit down these past few days, staying in his own yard and not going anywhere. Today, he felt bored, so he came to sit with Khan Ama for a while."
When Kangxi heard Yinzuo say that he was not feeling well, he thought he was sick, stopped writing, stood up and walked towards him!
"Having a chestache is no small matter. Have you called the imperial physician? What does he say? Forget it, Liang Jiugong, go to the hospital and call Imperial Physician Wang over. Have him take a closer look at Sixth Prince."
Yinzuo originally wanted to play the victim so that Kangxi would continue the topic and ask what made him feel uncomfortable, so that he could take advantage of the situation and say that someone was short of money. Unexpectedly, Kangxi misunderstood that he was sick and had to ask for a royal physician for him.
"Eunuch Liang, please stay. Khan Ama, my son is in good health. There is no need to call a doctor. Even if a doctor came, they would not be able to cure my son."
If Kangxi still didn't understand Yinzuo's meaning after hearing this, then his decades as emperor would have been in vain. Now that he knew Yinzuo was fine, Kangxi sat back at the imperial desk, folded his arms across his chest, and watched with interest how Yinzuo would act next.
"Then tell me, how can you cure this disease?"
Yinzuo was secretly happy, but on the surface he still looked pitiful.
"Khan Ama, you know that I've been out of the palace quite a lot recently. The monthly allowance from my family isn't enough to cover my expenses. This is why I'm so worried. Could you please help me out? I'm so broke lately..."
When Kangxi heard this, he was stunned at first, then he realized that this brat was here to fulfill his childhood wish. Thinking of this, Kangxi picked up a brush from the pen holder and threw it at Yinzuo.
"Why didn't you say you were free today and came over? Turns out he's really set his sights on my private vault. Liang Jiugong, get this bastard out of here, or I'll get a headache just by looking at him."
Yinzuo dodged the brush nimbly, walked quickly to Kangxi's side, hugged his arm and continued to play the victim.
"Khan, Father, you are the Son of Heaven, the richest man in the world. Could you bear to see your beloved son in poverty? You don't know how miserable your son was the last time he left the palace. His pockets were empty, and even if he saw something he wanted to buy, he had to borrow money from the guards beside him. Father, who knew that your second son was in such a plight? That guard was also in such a plight. It is said that his family controls him very strictly, only giving him 100 taels of silver a month. If he lends the money to his son, I am afraid that this month he won't even have money to go out for a drink with his colleagues..."
Kangxi had a stern face at first, but after hearing this he could no longer keep it straight and could not help but laugh and scold.
"You little monkey, you're always thinking about my money. If that guard is really as miserable as you say, it's your fault. Well, seeing how miserable you are, I will help you this time. Liang Jiugong, go get 10,000 taels of silver for your Sixth Prince. You should be frugal with it. My money doesn't come from the wind."
"Thank you, Khan, my son will definitely not waste money. Eunuch Liang, please don't waste time. Let's go get the silver quickly."
After hearing what Kangxi said, Yinzuo immediately smiled and happily pulled Liang Jiugong to get the silver for him. Kangxi looked at his departing back, and although he shook his head helplessly, his eyes were full of smiles. Alas, he still hasn't grown up.
As expected, the immature Sixth Prince started shaking as soon as he got the money.
"Dexi, we have money now. Let's go. Send someone back to the South Third House to notify the brothers to gather in our courtyard. While it's still early, let's leave the palace now. Didn't Lao Jiu say he wanted to eat roast duck last time? Let's take him to eat roast duck today."
"Master, please keep your voice down. We haven't even left the Palace of Heavenly Purity yet. Have you forgotten what you promised His Majesty? Didn't you say you wouldn't waste money recklessly? It's only been a short while and you've already changed your mind..."
Yinzuo was standing not far from the imperial study, and he raised his voice. Naturally, Kangxi in the study could hear the conversation between the master and servant.
"I really can't trust this bastard. Liang Jiugong, next time he comes, you'll just kick him out..."
When Yinzuo brought Dexi back to Nansanso, Yinzhen and the others had already received the news and gathered in his yard. When they saw Yinzuo coming in, Yinzhen stood up and ran towards Ran.
"Sixth brother, I heard that you just cheated money from Khan Ama and wanted to take us out of the palace to eat roast duck..."
What if this guy wasn't such a bad mouth? Look at what he said, lie, how ugly it is.
"Yin'er, if you can't speak, just shut up. What do you mean by lying? Couldn't it be that Khan Ama was so happy to see me that he gave it to me on his own initiative?"
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