Kangxi was in charge of the world and was rich. He had seen all kinds of good things in his life, including the seal and jade pendant carved by Yinzuo. If they had not been made by Yinzuo, they would never have had the chance to be placed in front of Kangxi given the craftsmanship.
What does it mean to love someone and love his dog? Just look at how Kangxi couldn't let go of the seal and jade pendant, and you'll understand. It's no exaggeration to say that even if you put the works of the country's top carving craftsmen in front of him, he would not hesitate to say that the seal and jade pendant carved by his son look better.
"Liang Jiugong, bring me the ink and paper."
With Liang Jiugong's sharp eyesight, Kangxi didn't even need to give any special instructions. As early as when Yinzuo came in with the box, someone had already brought the ink and paper. As soon as Kangxi finished speaking, someone put what he needed on the table.
The paper was spread out and the ink was opened. Kangxi took the seal in his hand, dipped it in the ink, pressed it lightly on the paper, and then lifted it up. Six small seal characters were left on the paper - the best father in the world. It must be said that Yinzuo's flattery was really good. When these six words came out, apart from anything else, at least the atmosphere of fatherly love and filial piety was full.
"When you said you wanted to use that jade ruyi to carve a seal and jade pendant for me, I thought you were just bragging. I didn't expect your skills, which you learned on the spot, to be quite good. Not only did you carve the jade pendant very well, but you also carved this seal very well. I thought you would choose the relatively simple official script or regular script for the seal, but I never thought you would choose the most difficult seal script..."
Yinzuo was able to complete these two works independently with his clever little head, and his reputation was almost reaching the sky. It would have been fine if Kangxi hadn't praised him, but after this praise, it was like he was soaring to the top.
"Right? My son also thinks my two pieces of work are well carved. Father, you don't know that my son used to see his third brother carving seals with such smooth movements that he thought it was easy to carve. But when he really tried it himself, he realized that what you learn from books is always shallow. Look at my son's hands. There are small cuts on the big ones. In a word, they are all scarred..."
Although Yinzuo had previously been interested in carving after learning from Yinzhi for two days, his skills were limited to theoretical study. In short, his eyes learned the art, but his hands didn't. Now, this was his first time properly wielding a carving knife, so it would be strange if he didn't have a few cuts on his hands. But so what? Would it prevent him from taking credit for these minor injuries to his father? Judging from his behavior, it was clear that he hadn't lost anything.
Although the wound on Yinzuo's hand looked quite large, it was actually just a minor skin injury. Dexi had treated him immediately after the injury, but was the severity of the wound important? Kangxi's focus was obviously on his beloved son's hand injury.
"What are the servants around you doing? They don't even help to heal the master's injured hand. And you, I'm not in a hurry to take this jade pendant and seal. Just heal your hand and then carve it. What if you get a scar in the future? Liang Jiugong, go to Doctor Wang and get him some scar-removing ointment. Bring it back to Dexi, who serves him. Don't forget to remind him to apply the ointment to his master on time..."
Kangxi and Yinzuo were living a happy life as a loving father and filial son, but Thirteenth and Fourteenth who were far away in Fujian were living a miserable life. Although Thirteenth and Fourteenth were princes, Kangxi had specifically mentioned in his decree to Wu Ying, the admiral of the Fujian Navy that they did not need any special care. So as soon as they arrived, they were thrown into the military camp under disguise. Now they were Azhen and Axiang, and had completely lost their original names.
"Thirteenth brother, why don't we write to Sixth brother and ask him to send us some hot sauce? I'm really fed up with the bland food in the barracks. Look at me, I've lost weight again recently. If this continues, I'm probably going to die here."
Although Thirteen and Fourteen had been prepared to endure hardships since the moment they received the imperial edict, they never expected it to be so hard. They could slowly adapt to the climate and environment, but the only thing they couldn't overcome was diet. It had only been less than two months since they came here, and they had both lost a lot of weight.
"I think it's feasible. I remember when we left, Sixth Brother was arranging for people to plant tomatoes and peppers in his small vegetable garden. It's probably almost snowing in the capital now, so the tomatoes and peppers should have been harvested long ago. Doesn't Sixth Brother always say that action speaks louder than words? I'll go back and borrow some paper and pen to write a letter to Sixth Brother. If I send it now, it should arrive before the New Year."
At this moment, Yinzuo had no idea that his two younger brothers, who were thousands of miles away, were eyeing his chili peppers. They were busy calling their friends to come to his waterside pavilion to enjoy the first snow with him in the 46th year of the Kangxi reign.
"Ama, look, the ground is already white. Can we go out and build a snowman now?"
Yinzuo was lying on a recliner in the pavilion with a blanket covering him, resting his eyes, pretending not to hear his son's call. Hongxu called Yinzuo a few times, but seeing that he didn't move, he thought his father was asleep, so he got down from the chair beside Yinzuo obediently, ran to the window, and put his little face close to the floor-to-ceiling glass to watch the snowflakes falling outside.
"Wow, it's Uncle Eldest, Uncle Second, Uncle Fourth, Uncle Ninth, and Brother Hongxi..."
Although Yinzhi, Yinreng and others were wrapped very tightly, Hongxu could still tell their identities from their movements. When the little guy saw someone coming, he naturally no longer cared about watching the snow, and ran towards the entrance of the pavilion with his short legs.
Just as Yinzhen and his companions reached the entrance of the water pavilion, before they could even reach out their hands, the door was opened from the inside, and then a slightly excited little baby voice was heard.
"Uncle, second uncle, fourth uncle, ninth uncle, brother Hongxi, I just saw you by the window."
Dexi had already chased after Hongxu with the little guy's cloak when he was running towards the door. He hurried over to put the cloak on the little guy before he opened the door of the pavilion. Seeing Yinzhi and others standing at the door, he hurried forward to give them gifts.
"This servant greets the Crown Prince, the Prince of Zhi, the Fourth Prince, the Ninth Prince, and the Youngest Prince."
Yinreng first waved his hand to signal Dexi to stand up, then took off his cloak and changed his shoes at the door, and then picked up Hongxu, who had been looking at them with a smile on his face with his little head tilted back, and walked towards the pavilion.
"Wow, our Crown Prince is quite fast today. Okay, let's not stand here at the door in such heavy snow outside. Sigh... it's still more comfortable in this room."
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