The Tenth Prince was immersed in the pain of not being able to sleep. When he heard someone calling him, he immediately raised his head and pretended to be energetic, "The Emperor is right."
Seeing him talking nonsense with a serious look on his face, the Fourth Prince and the Thirteenth Prince were both stunned.
Emperor Kangxi's expression darkened slightly. When the Thirteenth Prince saw this, he quickly moved closer to the Tenth Prince and whispered, "Tenth Brother, the Emperor asked you to explain the meaning of the first paragraph in Mencius's 'The Book of Learning'."
Hearing this, the Tenth Prince suddenly realized what was going on and cried out in his heart, "Not good!" He quietly went to check on his royal father's reaction and became even more anxious. After a while, a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"The Book of Learning, Master Meng's The Book of Learning. Father, please don't be anxious. Let your son think about it."
The Tenth Prince smiled awkwardly at Emperor Kangxi while quickly mobilizing all his life's learning to think about what the first paragraph of "The Book of Learning" was. However, after a long time, he still got nothing.
In a hurry, the Tenth Prince turned his gaze to the Thirteenth Prince beside him, signaling him with his eyes to help quickly.
The Thirteenth Prince wanted to help, but his royal father was watching him, so he didn't dare to speak.
Seeing this, Yinzhen said, "Tenth brother, among us brothers, you are the best at Bu Ku and wrestling. Although the emperor often teaches us to practice martial arts diligently, you must not forget that the emperor asked us to read the classics and history books carefully."
Upon hearing this, the Tenth Prince's eyes lit up and he quickly stood up, walked into the tent and knelt down, "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. In the future, I will read more classics and history, and no longer focus only on martial arts. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me this time."
Emperor Kangxi's expression eased a little, and he said, "Considering that you are diligently practicing martial arts to comfort me for your teachings, I will forgive you this time. However, you must be punished. I will give you three days to rewrite the "Xue Ji" twenty times."
When the Tenth Prince heard that Jun had written "The Book of Learning" twenty times, his heart trembled. He did not like reading those nonsense, and even less did he like playing with words.
However, no matter how much he disliked it, the Tenth Prince did not dare to refuse and could only accept his fate and shout, "Thank you, Emperor Father."
As the saying goes, no one knows a son better than his father. Emperor Kangxi looked at the sad face of the Tenth Prince and smiled helplessly in his heart. His son was straightforward and rough in character. If he didn't find a way to control him, who knew what trouble he would cause along the way.
After leaving Emperor Kangxi's tent together with Yinzhen and the Thirteenth Prince, the Tenth Prince hurriedly thanked Yinzhen, "Thank you, Fourth Brother, for speaking for me in front of the Emperor just now."
Yinzhen still had an indifferent and stern look on his face. He said it was okay and was about to leave. However, after hearing the next words of the Tenth Prince, his feet seemed to be rooted to the ground and he stayed there motionless.
"Hey, why is Ninth Brother's tent dark? Are he and Li'er asleep?" Tenth Prince looked towards Yin'er's tent and muttered to himself.
When the Thirteenth Prince heard those words, a look of shock flashed across his eyes, and then he looked at Yinzhen, who was even more stern beside him.
"Fourth brother, it's getting late. I'm going back to the tent to rest," said the Tenth Prince, and waved to the Thirteenth Prince, "Old Thirteen, Tenth Brother is leaving."
After saying that, the Tenth Prince was about to return to his tent, thinking that he would go find Jiang Ranli to play with him at daybreak, and by the way, settle accounts with his Ninth Brother and Fourteenth Brother. If it weren't for them, he wouldn't have been punished by the Emperor.
"Tenth Prince, is Li'er doing well with Ninth Prince?" Yinzhen said as he watched the Tenth Prince leave.
The Tenth Prince was preoccupied with settling accounts with his Ninth and Fourteenth Brothers. When he heard Yinzhen's voice, he didn't think much about it and said directly, "She's fine. Ninth Brother likes Li'er so much, how could she not be good?"
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