After the New Year, Yinzuo was forced by his father to stay in the Qianqing Palace and drink bitter medicine for a period of time. It was not until the imperial physician Wang confirmed that his body had recovered that he was allowed to move back to his Prince Zhao's Mansion.
Although it was cold outside at the end of the first lunar month, Yinzuo's courtyard was warm as spring with the floor heating on. The pots of daffodils he kept were in full bloom these days, and a sweet fragrance similar to that of jasmine was wafting through the air throughout the house.
"Father, can I pick a few of these white flowers and give them to my mother?"
Yinzuo has always been generous to his only child. Now that the flowers are in full bloom, there is nothing wrong with the child wanting to pick a few to honor his mother. So when he heard Hongxu's request to pick flowers, Yinzuo agreed without thinking.
Hongxu really demonstrated the principle of "picking flowers when they are ready and not waiting until there are no flowers left to pluck" to the fullest. He was really ruthless in his actions. While Yinzuo was taking a walk outside, he had plucked all the dozen pots of daffodils in the room, leaving only leaves.
"Hongxu, isn't this what you meant by picking a few flowers?"
Yinzuo looked at the layer of white and yellow daffodils in the small basket in Hongxu's hand, and his head was buzzing. No, you picked so many to eat?
Hongxu obviously didn't realize the seriousness of the matter at this time. He nodded obediently when his father asked him, raised the small basket in his hand and held it in front of Yinzuo, asking him to smell the fragrance of the flowers in the basket with him.
"Father, do you want to smell the fragrance of these flowers? I want to pick some more and give them to my mother so that she can make a sachet..."
Yinzuo smelled the flower. Is it fragrant? Haha, isn't that nonsense? If it wasn't fragrant, would it still be lying in this basket now? Yinzuo looked at the millions of flowers in my hand, and his heart ached, but his expression remained pleasant.
"Father, I understand. If Hongxu has nothing else to do, please give this flower to your mother. If it's too late, the fragrance will dissipate."
Since he couldn't deal with the filial and naughty child, Yinzuo simply turned a blind eye and watched Hongxu skipping out with a small basket. Then Yinzuo raised his head and pressed his forehead, then walked to the dozen or so pots of daffodils that had been plucked out, touching this and touching that. It took him a while to accept this cruel reality with difficulty.
"What a sin, Dexi! I remember I wasn't so hated when I was little. Why did Hongxu take on that naughty little Fourteenth brother's personality? Even with him like this, Fourth Brother still has the nerve to say that good shoots come from bad bamboos? Humph, I'll give him the good shoots tomorrow."
Yinzuo was not just saying that he wanted to send Hongxu to Yinzhen for education. He really dared to think and act. The weather was good the next day after he said this. Yinzuo got up early in the morning and waited at the door of the Shangshufang for more than an hour. As soon as Hongxu finished class, he took him to Yuqing Palace.
"Fourth brother, I have no idea what to do with this kid. Don't you like him very much? Then let him stay with you from now on."
What a straightforward approach! When Yinzuo saw his fourth brother, he didn't beat around the bush at all. He pushed Hongxu in front of Yinzhen and stated the purpose of his visit today. Yinzhen stared at the little guy who was grabbing the corner of his clothes for a long time before he reacted. He raised his hand and patted Hongxu's little head, told him and Su Peisheng to go play aside, and then pulled Yinzuo towards his study.
"Sixth brother, what did you mean by that? Are you planning to leave Hongxu with me to raise him?"
As soon as he entered the study, Yinzuo shook off his fourth brother's hand that was holding his arm, and walked around Yinzhen's study as if he was familiar with it, touching and looking at the desk. After a while, he found a place to sit down.
Yinzuo nodded without hesitation in response to the question raised by Yinzhen. Those who knew that they were discussing the future education of his own son would have thought that Yinzhen was asking whether the weather was good today.
"Yes, I'll have to trouble you, Fourth Brother, to help me take care of Hongxu from now on. Fourth Brother also knows that I, your younger brother, have always been lazy and not very good at educating children. If I teach him, it will probably be a waste. I can be a playboy and a spendthrift because my father is the emperor. He has to learn some real skills, right? Fourth Brother, you will help me, right?"
Good man, you are really honest. Otherwise, it is said that Yinzuo has a good life. Yinzhen is really Yinzuo's second father. Look, the methods of pampering the children are exactly the same. The main thing is to grant any request. Of course, compared with Kangxi, Yinzhen still has some principles.
"Okay then. I'll have someone send Hongxu to your fourth sister-in-law's house soon. Let him stay there for a while. Once he's adjusted to the new environment, I'll move him to Honghui's courtyard. Don't think that you can just leave the child to me and be a hands-off boss. You have to know that he's your son..."
Anyway, now that the matter has been settled, Yinzuo just listens to Yinzhen's nagging and forgets it. After listening to it for a long time, he can even refute it word by word in his mind, hey, what's yours and mine? If you like this son, Fourth Brother, I can give it to you, right?
After getting rid of the little trouble of Hongxu, Yinzuo felt like he had gotten rid of a heavy burden. When he came out of Yuqing Palace, his steps seemed to be much lighter. He was naturally very satisfied with his fourth brother's arrangement. His fourth brother would be the emperor in the future, and if nothing unexpected happened, Honghui would also be the emperor in the future. Hongxu had been able to stay with them since he was a child and receive their teachings. As long as he did not make any mistakes in the future, his future would be bright and perfect.
It would be fine if he didn't go into the palace, but since he had already arrived at Yuqing Palace, it would be a bit unreasonable if he didn't go to Ganqing Palace to see his father. It happened to be almost lunchtime, so he could just go to his father's place and have a meal.
"Father, have you asked someone to serve the meal? My son is hungry."
Well, even if he didn't hear the sound, Kangxi knew who was coming because the sound came before he saw the person. Anyway, the official business was almost done now, so he simply put down the brush in his hand, stood up, walked around from behind the desk, and went out of the study to greet him.
"You said you were hungry, so why are you clamoring for food? Don't you usually come around mid-afternoon? Why are you up so early today?"
Yinzuo followed Kangxi to the flower hall outside the imperial study, found a seat next to Kangxi, and sat down. He reached out and took the teapot on the table beside him, poured himself a glass of water and drank it all before slowly speaking.
"It's all because of that little bastard Hongxu. Father, I remember I was quite calm when I was little, but how come his nine genes have mutated? I can't control him anymore, so I took him to my fourth brother to help teach him. After all, he is his nephew, so he doesn't deserve this."
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