As the saying goes, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles. As expected, Yinzuo's bold words spread throughout the palace the next day. Other people in the palace might have just listened to them for fun, but Concubine De, who wanted her son to become a successful person, frowned and poked Yinzuo on the forehead.
"You are such a child! What can I say about you? Not only do you not think about working hard to improve yourself and help the Emperor in the future, but you actually want to be a playboy who only eats, drinks and has fun, and squanders the Emperor's private treasury. Can you say such things casually? If you say such things, how will your Khan Father look at you? How will the people in the other palaces look at you? Mother still has to rely on you in the future..."
Yinzuo didn't care about Defei's worries at all. He dodged his mother's poking fingers and pushed the teacup in front of him towards Defei in a flattering manner, trying to act nicely to calm his mother down and make her scold him less.
"My son only said that. How could you be so angry? Come and have a glass of water to calm down. I have heard that anger is harmful to the body. Please don't let me make you sick."
Yinzuo felt that his mother was a little too worried. Even though there were rumors flying around about him, he thought everyone was just watching out of boredom. The main reason was that he was only six years old and no one would take a child's words seriously. As for Kangxi, Yinzuo actually hoped that he would take them seriously.
He originally said this to Kangxi, as a precautionary measure to prevent him from being the last in every subject and becoming unpopular after he entered the Shangshufang. If Kangxi's expectations of him were lowered to the lowest level from the beginning, then every bit of progress he made would be a surprise to Kangxi.
"Don't ever say that again. If I hear you say that again, I won't forgive you. You'll be going to school in two months, so study hard. I'm counting on you in the future..."
It is said that Yinzuo is the apple of Defei's eye. Even though she was driven crazy by Yinzuo's bold words, Defei immediately calmed down when she saw the little guy's pitiful flattery. In the end, she just lifted him up high and then put him down gently. Since she was reluctant to punish her precious son, she could only persuade him with all her heart.
"Excuse me, mother, for interrupting you. I dare not say anything about the future, but there is one thing I can guarantee: I will definitely be a playboy. Please do not expect me to achieve much in the future, because it is impossible. What I said before about squandering Khan Ama's private treasury was a joke. After all, even if I wanted to, Khan Ama would not let me do it. But I really want to be a playboy who only eats, drinks and has fun. You might as well count on Fourth Brother instead of me."
It would have been fine if Yinzhen wasn't mentioned, but once Yinzhen Defei was mentioned, it was as if a taboo word had been touched upon. Her attitude suddenly changed from that of a loving mother who just loved her child to one that was sour and harsh.
"I can't count on him. He only recognizes the woman in Chengqian Palace as his biological mother. How can he even remember that he crawled out of my belly? That woman taught him well. He doesn't even recognize me as his biological mother. How can I count on him in the future..."
After hearing what Defei said, Yinzuo shook his head and said that she didn't recognize him as her biological mother, and considering her attitude towards her, she was being generous to him by being so gentle to him. He also realized that his mother didn't hate his fourth brother at all, but obviously hated Concubine Tong of Chengqian Palace. However, she also knew that she couldn't touch her at all, so she hated Yinzhen as well.
Although Yinzuo felt that Defei was a bit pretentious and couldn't stand her behavior from the bottom of his heart, he didn't plan to persuade her. After all, once a person gets stuck in a dead end, ten cows can't pull him back. Defei's mindset is probably completely irreversible. Yinzuo can only hope that he will have more contact with his cheap fourth brother from now on, hoping to cultivate a deep brotherhood. In the future, when his fourth brother ascends the throne, he will be more tolerant of his pretentious mother and his stupid brother for his sake, so that one of them will not enter the imperial mausoleum and the other will go to guard the imperial mausoleum.
Of course, Yinzuo's bold words were not without some side effects. Since these words had reached the ears of Concubine De, Kangxi, as the master of the palace, naturally could not have failed to hear about them. These words were said yesterday, and the rumors came out today. Before it even got dark, the person who was threatened to squander the private treasury came to the door.
"Xiao Liu, I heard that you not only plan to be a playboy in the future, but also want to squander my private treasury. There are many good things in my private treasury. Come, come to my place and have a good talk with me. How do you plan to squander it?"
Although the other person's tone was gentle and his attitude was quite good at the moment, Yinzuo also knew that this was just the calm before the storm. If he didn't speak well later, he would probably have to eat a meal of stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots. But after all, the other person was his father and he was his son, the other person was the monarch and he was his subject. He didn't dare to refuse when he was asked to step forward.
So Yinzuo first glanced cautiously at his father who was sitting on the couch with a normal expression and drinking tea from a cup, and then looked pitifully at his mother who was sitting opposite Kangxi. The meaning was obvious: four words, mother, save me.
When the mother and son's eyes met, Concubine De just gave Yinzuo a look that told him to wish him good luck and then looked away. Yinzuo sighed helplessly, realizing that he could no longer rely on his mother and now he could only rely on himself.
So Yinzuo's pitiful expression disappeared and he put on a flattering smile and ran towards Kangxi. When he was in front of Kangxi, he leaned into his arms without thinking, raised his hands and hugged his father's neck and started to act coquettishly and put the blame on others.
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