The brothers quarreled until late at night before they dispersed. In the end, only Yinzuo and Yinsi, who had just moved in today, were left sitting with Yinzhen.
Yinzuo started to yawn, so no matter how thick-skinned Yinsi was, he couldn't force himself to stay here any longer.
"Since you are sleepy, Sixth Brother, why don't you come back with me? It's dark outside, and I..." Although Yinsi did not say it explicitly, his timid look made it clear that he was afraid.
Yinzuo stretched his body and said vaguely, "Well, brother, Xiaoba will be scared if he walks home alone at night, so I'll take him home. Remember to wake me up tomorrow."
Yinzhen lowered his eyes and did not speak immediately. He behaved calmly, leisurely raised the teacup, took a sip and then gently put it down.
Su Peisheng, who was standing by, quickly stepped forward and said on behalf of his master, "Sixth Prince, your room is not ready yet. I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep if you go back now. You should stay with Fourth Prince tonight. As for Eighth Prince, I will send him back personally. I guarantee that Eighth Prince will not lose a hair!"
Yinzuo did not have any doubts, because they moved in in a hurry today, and the imperial mother asked people to prepare a lot of things, more than a dozen large boxes. When they first arrived, they had no place to step in the house. It was thought that the servants in his own house could not pack them all up so quickly.
"Xiao Ba, let Su Peisheng take you back. If you are really scared, bring a few lanterns with you. Ask the servants around you to sleep by your bed at night so that someone can take care of you when you get up at night."
The smile on Yinsi's face was a little stiff. He looked at his fourth brother who had said nothing but arranged all his escape routes. In the end, he could only respond, "Okay, thank you for your hard work, Eunuch Su."
"That's not what you are talking about, Eighth Prince. This is all my responsibility." Su Peisheng smiled respectfully.
Yinsi forced a smile, looked at Yinzuo and said, "Sixth brother, fourth brother, I will go back first."
"Well, go ahead, be careful on the road and get some rest early. We have to go to the study room tomorrow morning."
Yinzuo wanted to give him a few more instructions, but out of the corner of his eye he saw his brother suddenly support his forehead and close his eyes, seeming to be feeling uncomfortable.
"Brother, what's wrong with you? Do you have a headache?" Yinzuo walked over with some concern, bent down and asked softly in his ear.
Yinzhen responded softly: "Yeah, a little bit."
"Then let me help you lie down on the bed so I can massage you!"
Yinzhen said, "It doesn't matter."
"How can that be possible! Go quickly!" Yinzuo urged anxiously.
It would be tactless for Yinsi to stay any longer, so he could only stand up awkwardly and walk out.
He stopped at the door and turned back to look inside.
"Eunuch Su, since Fourth Brother is not feeling well, you should go in and serve him. I can go back by myself."
Su Peisheng frowned, looked around the room worriedly, and then bowed to the Eighth Prince.
With a hint of apology in his tone, he said, "Thank you, Eighth Prince, for your understanding! I will ask them to prepare two more palace lanterns for you!"
In the end, Yinsi returned with only one eunuch who served him personally.
Su Peisheng, who had seen off the Eighth Prince, stood guard at the door and did not venture in. At this time, a little palace maid asked him in confusion, "Eunuch Su, why don't you go in? Isn't the Fourth Prince feeling unwell?"
Su Peisheng raised half of his eyelids and glanced at her, saying meaningfully: "As a servant, you must be discerning and know when to advance and retreat, when to be attentive and when to give way. You, pay more attention and learn well."
The young palace maid was a little confused, but she didn't dare to ask any further.
Yinzhen was lying on Yinzuo's legs in the room, enjoying Yinzuo's meticulous care.
"Brother, do you feel better now?" Yinzuo's light voice sounded in Yinzhen's ears.
Yinzhen, still with his eyes closed, replied: "Yeah, I'm better now, thanks to you, Xiaoliu."
"Does my brother often have headaches?"
Yinzhen heard the worry in Yinzuo's tone. He opened his eyes and said, "That's not the case."
After meeting his brother's clear and pure eyes, Yinzhen added: "It's just that sometimes I read too much, or it's too noisy around me, so it hurts for a while. It's nothing serious, don't worry."
"No wonder you don't like places with too many people, so that's why." Yinzuo secretly took note of this in his heart.
Yinzhen saw that his face was red because of the effort, so he held his hand and said, "Okay, go wash up and rest early."
"Brother, are you really okay?" Yinzuo asked again worriedly.
"Yes, really."
Yinzhen suddenly felt a little regretful. He shouldn't have used this excuse to attract Yinzuo's attention, which really made him worried.
Yinzuo finally felt relieved. He couldn't help but yawn again. It was indeed a little late now.
After washing up in a daze, I fell asleep as soon as I touched the pillow.
Yinzhen tucked the corner of the quilt for him, held him in his arms, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and slowly closed his eyes.
"Yinzuo, Yinzuo, wake up, it's time to get up."
Yinzuo was half asleep and half awake, and there was always someone buzzing in his ear, which was very annoying. He pulled his head into the warm quilt, trying to block out the noise.
"Yinzuo, it's time to go to the study, Yinzuo?" Yinzhen called for a long time but the little guy didn't get up. He had no choice but to pick him up with the quilt, and then ordered Shunfeng Shunshui to help put clothes on him.
With the warm handkerchief wrapped around his face, Yinzuo finally opened his eyes under the stimulation.
"Brother~ Let me sleep a little longer~" Yinzuo subconsciously acted softly and coquettishly like when he was a child.
"Yinzuo, be obedient and don't sleep any more. If you continue to sleep, you will be late and the master will spank you."
When he heard that he was going to be beaten, Yinzuo woke up with a start. He glanced outside and it was still dark.
Yinzuo muttered quietly: "It's too early!"
"It's getting late, Sixth Prince. Normally at this time of day, Fourth Prince would have already gone to the study to review his lessons." Su Peisheng helped.
It was indeed getting late, so the servants quickly helped Yinzuo get dressed and then hurried out the door. Coincidentally, they met an acquaintance outside.
"Xiaoliu! I was just about to call you!" Yinqi said to Yinzuo with a smile. Coincidentally, he saw Yinzhen walking out with Yinzuo.
"Fourth brother, why are you so late today?"
Yinzuo then realized that Su Peisheng had not lied. It seemed that he had delayed his brother.
"It's all because I got up late. I have never gotten up before dawn." As he spoke, Yinzuo couldn't help yawning again.
"Okay, let's go quickly. We can talk about anything in the study." Yinzhen was worried that the little guy would be scolded for being late and would cry out of grievance.
The three brothers then got on their sedan chairs and were carried towards the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
After all, it was still winter, and the cold wind blowing on the body was like a knife piercing into the bones, making people feel painful. Yinzuo wrapped himself in a cloak, covering every part of his body tightly, and then he felt a little warmer. The swaying sedan chair was really comfortable, and Yinzuo fell asleep again unknowingly.
"Yinzuo, wake up, we're here." Yinzhen looked at the little guy leaning on the sedan with some heartache.
In the end, I couldn't wake him up, so I just picked him up and walked to the study.
Yinqi followed behind, as if he was meeting Yinzhen for the first time.
He whispered, "Is this still the cold and indifferent Fourth Brother I know? It turns out he can still care about others."
The seats for the two little princes had already been arranged, and Yinzuo's seat happened to be right behind him. Yinsi put the little guy directly on the chair, gently wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, and patted his face.
"Yinzuo, don't sleep, the master will be here soon."
Now it was not just the fifth brother who thought Yinzhen was strange. Everyone looked at Yinzhen, who was squatting next to the sixth brother and gently coaxing him to wake up, as if they had seen a ghost.
"Hey! Did I see it right?" The third brother Yinzhi, who was sitting in front of the fifth brother Yinqi, turned around and chatted with him.
"Third brother, you also think this is unlike Fourth Brother, right? I just came here with them, and Xiaoliu fell asleep in the sedan chair. Guess what?"
Yinzhi sneered: "I'm not blind, the fourth child was carrying the sixth child in!"
"Tsk! Don't you find this weird? If it were you and me, do you think Fourth Brother would be like this? He would have kicked us over a long time ago! And he's still holding us?"
Just as the two of them were bickering, Yinzuo slowly woke up, rubbed his eyes, and opened them with difficulty.
"Brother~" The soft and sticky voice instantly made the entire study room quiet.
"Are you awake? Have a drink of water and cheer yourself up."
Yinzuo nodded obediently, and under the care of his brother, he drank some water and took off his cloak.
At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a patched robe walked into the hall. When Yinzuo passed by him, he noticed that the patch on his body was a kind of bird with white feathers, a red face, silky green neck, and long tail feathers.
He had seen this kind of bird painted by the Imperial Noble Mother, it was called the White Pheasant, and the Imperial Noble Mother also said that it was a bird that only civil servants of the fifth rank could wear.
At this moment, Yinzhen saw his brothers all stood up together and bowed, so he hurriedly followed suit.
"I have met Master Li."
"Hello, brothers. Please take a seat."
Yinzuo quickly sat down with everyone else and looked at Master Li above him obediently.
"I heard that there are two new students here today, so please introduce yourselves to me so that I can get to know you."
Yinzuo was the older brother, so he was naturally the first to stand up.
"Master Li, my name is Yinzuo, the sixth child in my family. You can also call me Xiaoliu like everyone else. I have just learned &￥#@."
Yinzuo was not at all timid and spoke a lot with great confidence. Even people who didn't know him could get to know him quite well from his self-introduction. Li Guangdi also liked this lively, cute and articulate Sixth Prince.
His tone unconsciously became a little softer than when he spoke to other princes.
"Sixth Prince, please take a seat."
Next it was Yinsi's turn. Yinzo gave him an encouraging look. With Yinzo setting the example in front, Yinsi also followed suit and learned it.
Today's enrollment was quite pleasant for both teachers and students.
The next step was to have the brothers review what they had learned before the holiday. Master Li individually told the two new brothers which passage in which book they needed to learn, led them to read through it, and then let them recite it on their own.
Yinzuo had a good memory, so this was not difficult for him at all. After reading it twice, he became a little lazy. He began to look around, scratching his fingers and turning the pen, completely unaware that all of this was seen by Kangxi who was standing outside the window.
"The Emperor has arrived!"
Yinzuo subconsciously turned his head to look at the door, and it was indeed the Emperor!
"Greetings to the Emperor!"
Yinzuo saw that Master Li stood up and gave up his seat, and the emperor sat on it, and then asked them to stand up.
Then the climax came. The Emperor began to call on people one by one to ask random questions. The first four brothers answered fluently until the fifth brother who got stuck. Yinzuo couldn't help but quietly give him some advice, because what the Emperor asked happened to be what the master had asked them to read this morning.
"You barely passed, Yinqi. You still need to work harder and don't slack off." Kangxi glanced at Xiaoliu who was cheating for Laowu.
Then he deliberately bypassed him and started talking about Xiaoqi.
Yinyou was also not a very courageous person, but he was more knowledgeable than the fifth brother Yinqi. Although he answered with a stutter, at least he answered his own questions.
Yinzuo thought to himself: It’s finally my turn now!
So he straightened his chest, stared at the emperor with his bright eyes and smiled, waiting for him to ask questions.
Kangxi first asked a question, and Yinzuo opened his mouth to answer, but suddenly heard
"Xiao Ba, you answer this question."
Yinsi looked up in surprise and answered shyly.
"Well, they are all good. Then you can continue to learn from the masters." Kangxi pretended to stand up and leave.
Yinzuo got anxious and stood up and shouted loudly: "Father Huang~you! You haven't asked me yet!"
"Really? I didn't ask the Sixth Prince just now?" Kangxi seemed surprised as well.
"That's right! Father Emperor, please ask me!" Yinzuo also wanted to get praise from his father emperor.
Liang Jiugong lowered his head and looked at his feet with a smile. He knew in his heart that the emperor was deliberately teasing the Sixth Prince. The other princes were afraid to ask questions, but the Sixth Prince was the only one who was afraid that the emperor would not ask questions.
Kangxi walked up to Xiaoliu, picked up the book in front of him, flipped a page, and said, "In that case, I will test you, Xiaoliu."
The question was not difficult, it was just a simple recitation, but Kangxi deliberately made it a little more difficult.
"Backwards."
Many people in the room looked at Xiaoliu worriedly, thinking that he would not be able to answer and would be scolded.
Yinzuo didn't think his memory was that good at all. He just started reciting things as soon as he opened his mouth.
Li Guangdi quickly took a book from the table and started reading.
"Li Guangdi, do you think he recited it correctly?" Kangxi originally wanted to teach this ignorant little guy a lesson. He had just had an improper attitude and deliberately gave hints to the fifth brother. He didn't expect that this child would give him such a big surprise.
"Your Majesty! Not a single word is wrong!"
"It seems that my Xiaoliu has been keeping a low profile." Kangxi hinted.
After hearing this, Yinzhen frowned slightly.
"Are you praising me, Royal Father?" Yinzuo looked up at his Royal Father with a smile.
"Of course. My little six is very smart and is my pride."
Yinzuo was so happy that his tail raised after receiving the praise.
"Follow the master and learn well." Kangxi rubbed the little guy's head and walked out with a smile.
Li Guangdi escorted him all the way out of the palace and heard the emperor say, "Teach him well for me. I don't want a son who will become arrogant in the future."
"I obey the decree!"
Yinzuo, who was sitting inside, didn't know yet that his happiness would soon be gone. In the future, he would regret it deeply and wonder why he didn't hide his shortcomings and show his talents in front of others.
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