Chapter 56
The boy gnawing on lamb chops was named Cebutan. He was the son of the leader of the Tushetu Khanate, one of the three Khalkha Mongolian tribes. He lived in the northern desert, where the living environment was harsh.
This young man longed for the prosperous capital city and the princess in the capital city. It would be an extremely honorable thing to marry a royal princess.
During the Tang Dynasty, Songtsen Gampo of Tubo married a Tang princess and brought back many fine arts books. Cebutan's father taught Cebutan that it would be very successful if he could marry a royal princess. The Tushetu Khanate would be highly regarded in the entire Mongolian Desert! The Mongolian Desert has not yet been able to marry a princess.
However, although he longed for the royal princesses of the Qing Dynasty, Cebutan also wanted to find a princess who was good-looking and not fierce in temper.
Cebutan actually dared to be picky, Yinzuo was so angry that he almost died.
"Our princess will never marry into your family!"
Cebutan didn't understand why Yinzuo was angry, so he said to Yinzuo: "I have tried hard to learn skills from my father and become a hero in the future. My father said that only heroes with skills can marry royal princesses. I know this."
"When I grow up and learn the skills, I can marry her." This Mongolian kid from the northern desert had set his goal to marry a royal princess, but he also said to Yinzuo: "You said we are friends, don't worry, I will treat your sister well."
"She's not mean to me, and I'm not mean to her."
Yin Zuo: "How dare you be mean to her? My sisters are doing well at home and they don't want to get married."
Zebutan: "I understand. You are reluctant. I am also reluctant to see my sister get married, but she will definitely get married."
"So it's better to marry me than to marry someone else." Zebutan patted his chest and said, "I will become a great hero in the future. Look, I'm better at riding and hunting than you now, and I'm sure I won't be any worse in the future!"
Who cares whether this kid will become a hero when he grows up? Ahhhh, Yinzuo was almost pissed off by this guy. For the first time, Yinzuo, who had no ambition, regretted that he had not studied well before and was actually surpassed by others.
It’s okay to be compared to others, but being compared to this person at this moment is unbearable!
Yinzuo: "Don't just talk about riding and hunting. You know we have learned a lot. You are brave but not wise. Do you know the rules for students? Do you know how to count chickens and rabbits in the same cage? Do you know how to map the land? Do you understand astronomy and astrology?"
"Can you play the piano, play chess, paint or compose poetry? Can you talk to my sisters?"
Yinzuo's series of outputs stunned Cebutan, who rode on horseback every day and lacked cultural influence.
Zebutan: "Calm down, what are the rules for students? What is chickens and rabbits in the same cage?"
Do you think you are asking for advice humbly? Who has time to teach you this! If you don’t know these, let’s have a wrestling match between men!
Yinzuo and Cebutan had a manly contest on the grassland, and both were injured. Cebutan had been running on the grassland, and his body was strong. In fact, his wrestling level was better than Yinzuo, but Yinzuo was upset at the time, and his fighting ability soared. In the end, their robes were covered with grass debris, Cebutan's eyes were black and blue, and Yinzuo's mouth was red and swollen.
But even after beating Cebutan, Yinzuo still didn't feel happy, and Cebutan was not angry either. He even felt that Yinzuo, the prince, was more amiable.
When Yinzuo left angrily, Zebutan shouted to him, "Do you want to go chasing rabbits together tomorrow? Invite Harcha, Wujier and the others to join us?"
When Yinzuo returned to his tent, he was still angry and had no mood to eat when he was given medicine. The Fifth Prince had not been with Yinzuo these days. Wasn't he kept in the Queen Mother's palace? The Queen Mother's family, Khorchin Mongolia, and the Fifth Prince were getting along well these days.
After the Fifth Prince came back, Yinzuo talked to him about the princesses getting married, and the Fifth Prince said, "There's nothing we can do about it. They're definitely going to get married."
The fifth prince also mentioned to Yinzuo that the Khorchin tribe also wanted to marry a princess. The Khorchin Mongols had always had many marriages with their royal family, and the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager were both from Khorchin.
Yinzuo opened his eyes wide. It turned out that there were not just one family, but so many people who were eyeing them covetously?
The Fifth Prince knew that Yinzuo had a very good relationship with several princesses, especially the Fourth Princess. Although she was raised in his mother's palace, the Fourth Princess and the Sixth Prince had played together since childhood and had an even better relationship with her than with him. The Eldest Princess also took good care of the Sixth Prince and even made clothes for him herself. It was normal for Yinzuo to be reluctant to let her go.
The Fifth Prince said, "Sixth brother, don't worry too much. Our Emperor will definitely choose good princes-in-law for my sisters, and no one dares to treat our Qing princess lightly."
Yinzuo was not comforted: "But their place is so far away, we won't be able to see our sisters."
Even if she had to get married, why should she marry so far away? Yinzuo felt upset when he thought that it would be difficult for him to see his elder sister, fourth sister, and even his own younger sister in the future.
Yinzuo went to find the third prince again. When the third prince heard about this, he sighed. The second princess was his biological sister from the same mother. He had also heard his mother talk sadly about the future marriage of his second sister several times. No one wanted their daughter to marry far away.
Isn't there a solution?
They have had the habit of intermarriage between Manchus and Mongols since ancient times, in order to achieve integration between the Manchus and Mongols and strengthen control over the Mongolian border.
The Mongolian tribes are not little lambs. Just like the Mulan Hunting held by their emperor now, the use of force to deter, win over and appease, and the marriage between Manchus and Mongolians are all means. They sit high in the royal family, and if they want to sit there for a long time and steadily, it requires a lot of effort. The princess also has her own responsibilities.
Yinzuo frowned, not happy to hear this, but still said to the Third Prince: "Third brother, you have read a lot of books and know a lot, tell me more."
The next day, Zebutan came to Yinzuo to chase rabbits, but Yinzuo still didn't give him a good look. He felt annoyed when he saw him and refused to go with him.
Zebutan also said, "You are not angry, are you? You can't get angry about wrestling. Didn't I get beaten by you? Don't be so petty."
"I also want you to tell me what chickens and rabbits in the same cage are. Let's go catch rabbits."
Oh, it's so annoying. Yinzuo trod heavily and went out with Cebutan. They chased chickens and caught rabbits with Harcha, Ujir and others, and even demonstrated to them the classic arithmetic problem of chickens and rabbits in the same cage.
Yinzuo now looked at the men from Mongolia with scrutiny and caution. He didn't know how many of them wanted to snatch their princess. After crushing and torturing them with intelligence, he felt a little better.
Haha, if you can’t even do this, no one is worthy of their princess!
Yinzuo thought again and again about the fact that his sisters would marry far away in the future, but finally he couldn't help but went to find Kangxi.
"Is the Emperor busy? Do you have time to see me?"
Kangxi was not meeting guests at the moment, so the eunuch informed him and led Yinzuo in. Kangxi felt that he had not seen this boy for a while, but when he saw him today, he first saw the scar on the corner of his mouth.
"Did you have a fight?" He had been busy these days and hadn't paid attention to this, but since no one reported it to him in time, it was probably not a big deal. However, Kangxi still frowned slightly and asked, "Were you bullied?"
Kangxi thought Yinzuo was here to complain.
Yinzuo shook his head: "No, I was wrestling with Cebutan." Yinzuo also explained to Kangxi: "Cebutan is from the Tushetu Khanate of Khalkha Mongolia."
Kangxi nodded slightly. The child had followed his father to pay his respects to him before, and he remembered that.
Kangxi asked: "So did you win or lose?"
Yin Zuo: "I didn't win, but I didn't lose either."
Kangxi thought about the child he had met before and said reluctantly, "Not bad." Kangxi did not have very high expectations for his son Yinzuo, and it was good enough that he did not lose badly.
Yinzuo said to Kangxi: "Father, I will practice hard in the future."
Kangxi said with relief: "Why? Were you provoked? It seems that it was not in vain that I brought you out this time."
Yinzuo was not convinced and said, "I have been practicing hard. I want to be a general in the future!"
Kangxi just smiled and said nothing.
This time, when Yinzuo saw Kangxi, he finally expressed his admiration for his father. In Yinzuo's eyes, the heroic figure of his father leading the army on hunting trip was like a god.
Yinzuo finally became happy again after talking about these exciting things, and said to Kangxi: "I have wanted to come to the emperor's place to talk for a long time, but I was worried that the emperor was too busy here, so I didn't come."
"Father, I caught a rabbit today and sent it to you. Please have a taste."
"Can I also try some of the prey hunted by my father?"
Most of the time, Kangxi was very easy to talk to Yinzuo and would readily agree to send him a portion of anything new they caught.
Kangxi also said to Yinzuo: "Will you stay here for dinner?"
Yinzuo said hurriedly: "Okay, okay."
Yinzuo's happy look made Kangxi's smile deepen, and he chatted with Yinzuo about what he did every day.
I didn't do anything. I just strolled around the grassland, chased eagles in the sky, chased rabbits on the ground, looked at the fish in the water bubbles, and met some friends from Mongolia.
When Yinzuo talked with Kangxi, he realized how big the world outside was. Qinghai and Mobei were so far away from the capital.
Yinzuo looked at Kangxi with a small look in his eyes, not knowing whether his royal father would still let him stay to finish the meal if he said everything now.
Or should we wait until we finish eating?
But Kangxi had watched this child grow up from a small dumpling and knew him very well. Just by looking at him, he could tell that the child must have no good intentions in looking for him this time. Look at the guilt in that little look!
Kangxi said unhappily, "You seem to be feeling uncomfortable. Just tell me what you want to say."
It's not that there's nothing good, I just want to talk to his royal father about it.
Yinzuo looked at Kangxi and said, "Cebutan wants to marry our sisters."
Kangxi's expression was indifferent, and Yinzuo could not tell anything. He only heard Kangxi say, "You don't like him?"
Yinzuo nodded heavily: "Yes!"
Kangxi said: "If you don't like him, just change him. Besides, he is still young, it's too early."
Yinzuo was not happy, but shook his head and said, "I don't like them at all."
Kangxi glanced at him and said nothing.
Yin Zuo: "Do we have to marry my sisters so far away? We won't be able to see them anymore and will miss them. Besides, if my sisters are far away and get bullied, we won't know it."
Kangxi said to Yinzuo: "If you are successful, no one will dare to bully your sisters."
Yinzuo puffed up his cheeks and said, "Yinzuo wants the sisters to stay in the capital."
Kangxi scolded him: "You think too much." You are just talking like a child.
"Even I can't do whatever I want."
But Yinzuo did not just talk nonsense in front of Kangxi this time. He had thought about it seriously. Yinzuo said to Kangxi: "My son knows that we need a marriage between Manchu and Mongolia."
"Then their son can marry and live in the capital with his sister. Isn't it the same? They themselves also say that the capital is good."
Yinzuo looked at Kangxi with eyes full of anticipation, thinking that his idea was brilliant. Wouldn't this open up his mind?
Kangxi said: "Ridiculous! Which outstanding tribal heir would marry into the capital?" How could a man use the word 'marry'? He was led astray by this kid.
Yinzuo frowned and thought, this is a problem. Since the good ones are unwilling to marry to the capital, his sisters can only settle for the second best and marry ugly ones.
But Yinzuo's eyes lit up, and he thought of a good idea: "This is not a big problem. It's okay to have a brother-in-law who is one level lower. I can just marry a few more good ones for my sister. This way, my sister won't be wronged. We can also afford to support a few more people to eat."
Good guy, you really care about your sister. Your sisters have treated you well for a lot!
(End of this chapter)
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