Chapter 109
Under the Seventh Prince's bewitching words, Yin Zuo still remained sober and said, "Children are fun, but I can't take care of so many children."
"Besides, they are not afraid of me. I will take them with me to skip classes."
"I don't dare to take responsibility for the future of our family's young children." Although the responsibility is heavy, Yinzuo is still worried that they will be led astray.
But the Seventh Prince was determined to find something for his Sixth Brother to do. When he was surrounded by a bunch of kids, he had no time to worry about anything else. And the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he could trust his own child to his Sixth Brother. His Sixth Brother was very good at playing. Wouldn't it be nice for his own child to live happily with him for a few years?
Of course, Sixth Brother would not be allowed to take care of the child by himself. Seventh Prince still remembered that Sixth Brother should not be allowed to get tired. However, their family had no shortage of servants and would invite many teachers. For example, didn't Sixth Brother, who opened a technical college, not have to do everything himself?
The Seventh Prince talked to his Sixth Prince about this and that, and finally Yinzuo said helplessly: "Okay, as long as your other brothers and sisters-in-law are willing to send their children over."
The Seventh Prince said, "Okay, once I have invited everyone, our kindergarten will open."
The Seventh Prince came and went, and never mentioned the matter of the Crown Prince from beginning to end, and Yinzuo did not notice his thoughts.
But except for the Seventh Prince, the Eldest Prince said it directly.
The eldest prince had been jealous of the crown prince for many years, and this time was no exception. He asked someone to invite Yinzuo to his house for dinner and said sourly: "I, your eldest brother, live next door to you, but you spend much more time on the crown prince than your eldest brother who is right in front of you."
Yin Zuo responded very skillfully, "It is because the Crown Prince is far away that I am more worried and think about him more."
The eldest prince said, "Oh, things that are far away smell good, but things that are close smell bad. I am the smelly one now."
Yinzuo's mouth twitched. His elder brother's words were quite tricky.
Yin Zuo: "Brother, please don't misinterpret my younger brother's meaning. It smells good, brother smells good."
Yin Zuo sighed and said, "It's not easy for the Crown Prince either."
The eldest prince disagreed with Yin Zuo's words. Who has it easy? Besides, the second prince is lucky.
The eldest prince did not say much to Yinzuo, and only said to Yinzuo: "You have been worrying about this and that since you were a child. It is more important for you to take care of yourself more."
"You should just eat, drink and have fun. It's not your turn to worry about anything. There are many capable people. If the sky falls, there will be taller people to hold it up. Don't let your small body make you live a life of worry and hardship."
The eldest prince himself didn't even want to use Yinzuo, so why should others need Yinzuo to worry about them? He felt uncomfortable watching this.
The eldest prince felt that with Yinzuo's background, current status and the favor he received, he should be the most reckless person in the capital. It would be okay for him to get into trouble every day. Didn't he have more capital to enjoy himself than those dandy sons of many ministers' families?
Yinzuo scratched his cheek and said embarrassedly: "I didn't do anything."
As he said this, he remembered and said to the eldest brother: "But now there is something I have to worry about."
Yinzuo told the eldest prince that the seventh prince wanted to send his child to him and that he wanted to open a kindergarten.
The eldest prince snorted, "Seventh Brother is quite good at planning."
"Not only did you take care of him when he was a child, but now you have to take care of his children too."
Yinzuo: “…”
This sounds weird.
The eldest brother said again: "Okay, I will send these from my eldest brother's house to you when the time comes."
Yin Zuo: "... If you don't think about it again, you don't have to send it over for the sake of my younger brother's face, or discuss it with my eldest sister-in-law?"
The eldest prince said: "Then I will talk to your eldest sister-in-law and send the younger ones to you, but I will not send the eldest and second princesses. I will send them to your eldest sister and let her teach them more."
Although several princesses were married, they often lived in Beijing. Over the years, they became more experienced and knowledgeable, so the princesses at home followed them and learned something from them.
Yinzuo listened to the eldest prince's few words to decide the matter, and couldn't help but ask: "Brother, are you sure you can leave your nephew and niece with me?"
Not to mention my niece, my eldest brother’s little nephew finally got one.
The eldest prince pulled Yinzuo's face. Although he was old, he would occasionally show his unruly side, such as the bad behavior at this time, which made Yinzuo's face, which was full of worry, deformed. The eldest prince smiled and said, "It's just to find a place for them to play. Don't take it too seriously."
You said it yourself, so don't blame me if it goes wrong.
As for the eldest prince, Yinzuo took the opportunity to inform the others, while as for the other brothers and sisters, the seventh prince invited everyone.
No one expected that the silent Seventh Prince would come up with a new idea and set up a royal nursery. Upon further inquiry, it was found that although it was the Seventh Prince who was responsible for the arrangements, it was still related to the Sixth Prince.
Why is this Sixth Prince so restless? A technical college is not enough for him to deal with, and now here comes this weird person?
Yinzuo was impeached again, and he was puzzled. Does the Censor have nothing to do? Why does he have to take care of even this?
Yinzuo himself didn't know why he took on this task. It would have been fine if he was not allowed to do it, but the Seventh Prince didn't want things to fail before they even started.
The Seventh Prince, who had never fought for his country, showed extraordinary fighting spirit in the face of the censor, and even came back to say to Yinzuo: "My third brother, fourth brother, fifth brother, and eldest and second sisters are all willing to send their children here."
They really believed in him.
This matter also alarmed Kangxi. Kangxi looked at Yinzuo in front of him and couldn't help but doubt: "Can you do it?"
Judging from the current invitation list, it almost includes the third generation of their family, so Kangxi had to take it seriously.
Kangxi looked at Yinzuo, who had not yet married, and felt that he was unreliable.
Yinzuo himself had no confidence, but faced with Kangxi's doubts, he couldn't help but curl his lips: "It's not my son's request, it's everyone who took the initiative to force it on my son. They all believe in my son!"
Kangxi thought for a moment and said, "It would be good if they could stay in one place for a long time. Otherwise, these young people might not recognize each other."
Speaking of this, Kangxi felt quite disappointed.
But Kangxi quickly changed the subject: "It's ok for children to play, but when they start to learn, they can't be too casual."
Kangxi raised his sons very well. He knew that he had put in a lot of effort and did not think that Yinzuo, who had not yet married, could shoulder such a heavy responsibility.
"Forget it. I will arrange a few gentlemen for you when the time comes."
Yinzuo said with sympathy: "Father, don't you want to make it like the Shangshufang?" That would be too miserable for your nephews.
Yinzuo said, "That won't work. Since it's my son who wants to run the kindergarten, I have to listen to him. I've finally survived the study room, and now I won't help the tyrant and harm my nephews again."
Kangxi stared, wondering how could his son be so irritating!
Kangxi said angrily: "Nonsense! Which one of you was not taught well by me?" Although each of them had his own shortcomings, compared with other families' sons, Kangxi felt that his own sons were pretty good.
Yinzuo: "Anyway, my son won't do that. He is the headmaster, so he has the final say."
Yinzuo also quickly said to Kangxi: "Since it is the eldest brother's child, then they should each take turns to take care of the child for half a day. If everyone participates, it will also avoid the accusation that the son was led astray."
Kangxi narrowed his eyes, thinking that if there were any signs of going astray, he could stop you at any time.
The eldest brother and his friends thought they could just push the child away and have the worry gone, but they didn't expect that they would have to get together to discuss taking turns to take care of the child.
The Fifth Prince said, "I don't spend so much time with my children even in my own house."
Yinzuo said: "Then you are an irresponsible father, not as good as our Emperor Father."
The Ninth Prince said, "My child can't walk yet, and now you won't send him over. Should I come and take care of him too?"
Yinzuo: "Yes, you are the uncle, so of course you can take care of the child. I don't have any child yet, and I didn't say anything, did I?" Yinzuo's words left the person speechless.
The brothers were increasingly showing a tendency to form cliques or create trouble outside, and no one expected to get together to discuss how to raise children.
However, no matter what happens between adults, the grudges will not fall on the heads of children. Although several of them were reluctant, they began to come up with their own ideas as they talked.
The Third Prince was quite happy to say that he could teach them poetry and prose, and he also said that the Fourth Prince could teach calligraphy, the First Prince could teach archery, and as for the Tenth Prince, he could just play with the children...
In addition, there are several princes and princesses in the capital who also need to be arranged, so that everyone can be put to good use.
The discussion was quite enjoyable for a while, Yin Zuo watched with a smile, wouldn't the matter be resolved like this? He only needed to move his mouth, the children would play if they wanted to, and if they didn't, there were their fathers and uncles. It was easy to be the principal of this royal kindergarten!
Afterwards, Yinzuo went to the East Palace again and asked the Crown Prince if he wanted to get involved. Although it seemed beneath his status as the Crown Prince to take care of and teach children, Yinzuo was worried that the Crown Prince would be isolated if his brothers and sisters were all involved.
Yinzuo felt that it would not be a bad thing for the crown prince and his brothers and sisters to spend more time together outside of court affairs. Moreover, although a group of noisy children might be a headache, the liveliness could also inject some vitality into people.
Yinzuo said to the prince: "They are not others, they are all our own children."
But unfortunately, the prince did not accept Yinzuo's suggestion. He only said that he would go over when he had time, but he was very busy at the moment.
Since the prince had refused, that was fine. However, Yinzuo was a little worried when he left, and asked the prince if he had read the scriptures. There was no end to the work, so he asked him when they could go hiking, visit temples, or go to a teahouse.
The prince agreed to all of them.
But the prince himself knew that as long as he was still in the position of prince, everything he did would only be a temporary solution and he would probably disappoint Yinzuo.
The prince didn't get along with everyone, and the prince's children didn't come either. The eldest prince said something sarcastic as usual: "He's the prince, shouldn't he be arrogant?"
"How could you condescend to come and take care of the child?"
"Haha, Xiaoliu, your face is no longer useful, right?" He said this while gloating over other's misfortune.
Yinzuo frowned and said unhappily, "Brother, I don't like you talking about the Crown Prince like this."
When the eldest prince saw that Yinzuo was really angry, he was embarrassed for a moment and tried to make amends: "Did I say something wrong?"
"Okay, it's inconvenient for him to live in the palace, is this okay?"
(End of this chapter)
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