Chapter 36
Unlike the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince, Concubine De could praise Mo Tuantuan with her eyes closed, making Yinzuo smile from ear to ear, and the Fifth Princess followed suit like a supporting actor.
Moreover, Yinzuo’s handwriting was not very good, but he was so ignorant that he grabbed his sister’s hand and taught her how to write.
I spent a lot of time on paper just for fun, practicing the only word I learned today several times.
Yinzuo and Defei talked about the things in the Eastern Palace, saying that the prince would find a way to cultivate his body and let him practice it before he learned martial arts. Yinzuo said, "Brother Prince is good to me."
Defei listened with a smile. The prince was indeed good to Yinzuo.
Although the mothers and uncles of the royal princes had their own thoughts at this time, the crown prince was quite favored by the emperor and his position was still very stable. Defei herself did not have a powerful maternal family, so she was happy that Yinzuo could have a close relationship with the next emperor.
And when Defei heard Yinzuo talking about meeting his fourth brother on the road, her expression remained calm.
During this winter, Yinzuo went to the Eastern Palace several more times. His handwriting could already be seen, which showed that Yinzuo was definitely not a fool.
It was snowing outside. Yinzuo ran to the palace gate and looked for a while, then happily decided to have a free meal in the East Palace.
"Brother Prince, would you please stay and eat the hotpot with me?" Yinzuo shouted while standing at the door.
The prince smiled and said, "You want to accompany me? Don't you want to eat the pot?"
Yin Zuo: "Let's go together. It's snowing, so it's a good idea to eat hotpot."
The prince did not say anything, but did not refute either. He sent a palace maid to the imperial kitchen to ask for preparation.
After a while, the prince saw Yinzuo still standing at the door, watching the snow outside turn from snow grains to snowflakes, so he called him back.
Before eating the pot, Yinzuo played two games of chess with the prince. However, Yinzuo even learned the rules of chess from the prince during these two visits. As a beginner, he was bullied by the prince on the chessboard.
Yinzuo quickly gathered the chess pieces and shouted, "Let's eat, eat." Eating on a snowy day was indeed warm and cozy.
The two chatted while eating. As they chatted, Yin Zuo looked at the heavy snow outside and asked, "Have you ever ice skated, Prince?"
The prince had never skated before, so he immediately understood what Yinzuo meant and asked, "Want to skate?"
Yinzuo lowered his head and ate the tender mutton, saying, "The ice is not too thin now."
"My prince brother has definitely never had a snowball fight."
"Ice skating and snowball fights are the best way to enjoy winter. It's so boring if we can't do anything."
"Not only do you not let me play, saying it's bad for my health, but why are you guys living such a boring life?"
They do live a boring life, but that's how they live.
The prince said helplessly to Yinzuo: "Why do you always want to play?"
Yinzuo: "If you don't want to play now, won't you be forbidden to play in the future?"
Yinzuo was quite aware of how strict his royal father was with everyone, having heard a lot from his third brother.
Yinzuo said to the prince, "I feel that I am in better health now. The health-preserving and body-building method you found is useful, prince brother." Having said this, Yinzuo smiled and scooped some vegetables into his prince brother's bowl.
"Thank you for your hard work, Prince Brother. Prince Brother is the best."
The prince snorted softly. He didn't know how many people this kid had said "the best".
The prince turned to Yinzuo's personal eunuch Ah Fu and said, "Watch your Sixth Prince and don't let him sneak down to the lake to skate."
Yinzuo's eyes widened and he said, "Brother Crown Prince, you can't do this. Brother Crown Prince, don't you want to try it and have some fun? You've never tried it before."
Yinzuo groaned and said, "Yinzuo is close to the Crown Prince, so he tells the Crown Prince everything and thinks about the Crown Prince all the time. It's wrong for you to do this, Crown Prince."
"I just want my brother the prince to relax and be happy."
"It's fine if Prince Brother doesn't want to go, but why is he asking people to watch me?"
"I should have told my brother earlier."
The boy sitting opposite him was mumbling a lot, and it was obvious that he was very dissatisfied. But the prince could not be angry with this childish boy, nor did he feel offended by him, as he heard that the boy, who was innocent and naive, was thinking about the prince in everything he said, and even his cheeks were puffed up with anger.
To Yinzuo who was angry and said, "I should have told my elder brother earlier," the prince said calmly, "Your elder brother won't be dragged into this trouble by you now."
The eldest prince was indeed more rough-bred than the crown prince and the others, and he was also bolder. He would readily agree to most of the games suggested by Yinzuo, so over the past few years, the eldest prince had taken the blame for Yinzuo several times.
Now you have learned your lesson, haven’t you?
Yinzuo is sensible now, and knows that he has implicated his elder brother many times. He has a good memory and can even remember the times when he implicated his elder brother when he was a little boy. He was ignorant at that time, but now he knows that he has seriously hurt his elder brother.
When the prince pointed it out to him, Yinzuo shrank his neck and remained silent out of guilt.
However, the prince miscalculated one thing. Although the eldest prince had learned his lesson, it was not much. On the first day after the snow stopped, after hearing what Yinzuo said, the eldest prince soon started to have his own ideas.
The eldest prince is also active and playful by nature, but he was just suppressed. However, after being encouraged by Yinzuo, who shared the same interests with him, he also felt that it was indeed true. It was a pity that he had never played ice skating before.
Yinzuo originally wanted to call his sisters and third brother, but the eldest prince stopped him: "You are moving too much. We will be stopped before we even get on the ice."
The eldest prince asked Yinzuo to go back first and not tell anyone, and when he had finished making ice skates for both of them, he would call him to go play together.
Now that it was really settled, Yinzuo started to worry about his elder brother again: "Will the Emperor punish my elder brother?"
Isn't it just copying books? The eldest prince was not afraid to have fun.
Moreover, the eldest prince said to Yinzuo: "During the New Year's Day, I don't have to go to the study room and can play with you. During the New Year, the emperor will not be so cruel to punish me."
During the New Year, the palace was cleaned up, couplets with the Chinese character "福" were pasted, lanterns were hung, and there was a festive atmosphere everywhere. Yinzuo ran to the eldest prince's yard, and Ah Fu was also entangled by the eunuchs around the eldest prince, and then the two went to the lake.
Yinzuo also said to the eldest prince with regret: "The crown prince can't play, he has never skated before."
The eldest prince snorted and said, "Him? He is not the type to do such playful things. How could the excellent Crown Prince do something that would displease the Emperor?"
Yin Zuo muttered, "Brother Crown Prince works so hard, why can't he have some fun? Why is Father Huang dissatisfied?"
The eldest prince flicked his finger on Yinzuo's forehead. He didn't like hearing this kid speaking for the crown prince in front of him.
Yinzuo covered his forehead and said, "Brother! You can't play more and more smoothly. Your brother's forehead is not a piano."
The eldest brother strode forward and said, "Hurry up."
The ice on the lake was already very thick, and people had tried it before. Otherwise, the eldest prince would not have come here to skate. Falling into icy water is no joke, and he is not taking it seriously.
Although the eldest prince had never learned to skate before, he had learned martial arts, had well-developed limbs and good balance. It didn't take long for him to be able to skate on the ice. Compared with his eldest brother, Yinzuo's hands and feet were quite inflexible.
After a long time, he was still moving forward cautiously and couldn't let go. He was wearing so many clothes and looked like a little stupid bear. And he still fell on the ice. Yinzuo squatted down, feeling the ice with his hands and slowly slid forward.
Although Yinzuo's skating was not graceful and handsome at all, the most important thing was the experience. He moved slowly and finally skated. He was very happy and smiled with his white little teeth and a pair of curved eyes.
The eldest prince laughed at his little stupid bear brother without any hesitation, and his hahaha laughter was ear-piercing.
Although Yinzuo thought it was fun to skate slowly, he was still quite envious of his elder brother who was gliding around him. He quickly spread his hands and said to his elder brother, "Brother, take me!"
Being held by the eldest prince's hand and guided along was a completely different feeling than Yinzuo moving forward at a snail's pace. The wind whistled on his face, a chilly and refreshing feeling in winter. Yinzuo's laughter was crisp, and although it was different from the milky feeling of childhood, the extremely exaggerated sense of joy in it was the same as before.
After being led by the eldest prince for a few laps, Yinzuo slowly figured out the trick and was able to skate smoothly for a short distance on the ice by himself. It was still not fast, but it was a big improvement, and this improvement made Yinzuo very excited.
The eldest prince was joking with Yinzuo. The prince controlled his speed and kept a distance of one foot from Yinzuo. If Yinzuo moved faster, he would move faster too. If Yinzuo slowed down, he would also move slowly, making it impossible for Yinzuo to catch him.
The eldest prince was having a great time, with a smile on his face all the time. However, when he noticed something was wrong, he turned around and saw his royal father, and then he paused.
I don't know if his father happened to walk here, or if he heard about it and came to arrest him. He was not in a hurry. It was New Year's Day, and even if the father punished him, he would be lenient. The eldest prince was always tense all year round. He had a good time today and he didn't regret it at all. Whether he was punished or not, he had a good time, and it was worth it!
Yinzuo was the one who was less panicked. He didn't feel panicked at all.
He was still grinning from ear to ear and yelling at his father, "Father! This is so funny!"
He was still sliding back, impatient to fall into the tiger's mouth, and excitedly invited his father: "Father, come with us."
"The Emperor has never skated before, has he?"
"The Emperor has never skated on the ice even at this age. He has missed so many winters. It's such a pity."
"Yinzuo started skating when he was five years old!" When the child said this, he felt that he was better than his royal father and was quite proud.
Liang Jiugong, who was standing behind the emperor, twitched his lips strangely. Although the Sixth Prince had become more well-behaved after growing up, it didn't seem to be much. It was also because the emperor upheld his status and didn't have the habit of beating his children himself. The Sixth Prince had grown up so big, but he had never been beaten by His Majesty!
The emperor looked at his proud son who was about to slide up to him. How could he allow such a tiny son to stand over him now?
Kangxi said calmly, "Well, your father has never skated at his age, unlike you who started skating at the age of five. But I can let you skate once this year, and you will never skate again."
The bright smile on Yinzuo's face, which was as bright as the sun, froze: "..."
Why is his royal father like this?
His royal father is too domineering.
This is not right.
Alas, his royal father has many shortcomings that need his tolerance.
Yinzuo extended his hand to Kangxi: "Father Huang, please come along. It's really fun. Yinzuo doesn't lie."
"Yinzuo will take you."
"It's the New Year, and the New Year is all about eating and having fun. Your Majesty has worked hard for a year, and he needs to take a break." This kid is still as bold as he was when he was a child, and he dares to persuade Kangxi even with soft and hard methods.
Yinzuo was still nagging, "It's not a snowball fight. It won't ruin the image of the Emperor. The Emperor can play."
The eldest prince looked at his father strangely. Could it be that his father still wanted to have a snowball fight, but didn't do it because of his image? Well, it must be said that his father and the second prince are very similar. Each of them has such heavy burdens.
Kangxi felt the boss's strange gaze: "..."
(End of this chapter)
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