Chapter 46
Ever since Yinzuo had agreed with Kangxi to go out on the Dragon Boat Festival, he had asked people to keep an eye out for his second uncle and fifth uncle and call them whenever they came into the palace.
Yinzuo told Kangxi about this matter a month in advance, but more than half a month has passed and he still hasn't waited for his second uncle or fifth uncle!
Yinzuo was so anxious that he ran to Kangxi and said, "Father, can you see my second uncle and fifth uncle? Can you ask for me?"
Kangxi looked at Yinzuo with a gloomy gaze: "Your second uncle and fifth uncle also have their own things to do. Do you still want them to play with a child like you?"
Yinzuo: "My second uncle and fifth uncle are both very good. My son only needs them to accompany him for one day. They will not dislike him."
Yinzuo thought for a moment and then tried to test him: "If not, my son can go out by himself? Bring Ah Fu with you, and if the emperor lends me a guard, there will be no problem. This is the foot of the emperor ruled by the emperor, and my son is so smart that he will not be kidnapped."
Yinzuo kept talking to Kangxi, but his royal father was harder than the others. No matter how much he talked, his royal father just kept playing chess for himself and was unmoved by Yinzuo's words.
Kangxi finally spoke, but what he said was: "Sit opposite me, and I will agree to everything if you win this game of chess."
Isn't this making things difficult for Yinzuo?
Of course Yinzuo did not win. Kangxi tested him, but the kid's chess skills were far inferior to his, so he could not come to the conclusion that this kid was the worst at learning chess.
Yinzuo retorted: "My seventh brother and I have won and lost against each other, and I can also beat my eighth brother and fifth brother." Yinzuo said to Kangxi with relief: "Fortunately, I am not a bad chess player, and I have not been embarrassing my brother the crown prince."
But chess is just a small way to cultivate one's sentiments. As for the Chinese, Mongolian and Manchu languages that Kangxi valued the most, Yinzuo was at the bottom and could not catch up.
Yinzuo couldn't beat Kangxi in chess, and couldn't persuade him. He left in disappointment, but before leaving, he called Liang Jiugong out stealthily: "Eunuch Liang, Yinzuo wants to write a letter to his second uncle and fifth uncle. Can you help give it to them?"
Liang Jiugong smiled and said, "That won't do. Letters cannot be sent out from the palace without permission." Before Yinzuo could get upset, Liang Jiugong said, "Sixth Prince, why don't you ask His Majesty if he can spare some time during the Dragon Boat Festival?"
Yinzuo's eyes lit up: "Eunuch Liang, are you saying that the emperor won't be very busy during this period?"
Liang Jiugong still had that smiling and unfathomable face. He said, "I didn't say that. But if the Sixth Prince really wants to go with His Majesty, His Majesty is likely to be soft-hearted."
Yinzuo thought that his father was very hard-hearted, but seeing Liang Jiugong's smiling eyes, Yinzuo seemed to be thinking, why not give it another try? Anyway, he was thick-skinned and was not afraid of being rejected by his father again.
Yinzuo immediately turned around.
"Father, my son is back!"
Kangxi stopped writing and asked, "What else do you want to say?"
Yinzuo came over and smiled flatteringly: "Father, just leave the palace with your son!"
"The Emperor is busy every day and has no time to spend with his son. His son misses him so much."
"My son would be so happy if he could go out and play with his father for a day!"
"It's a happy thing that I will remember for the rest of my life! Even when my son's hair turns grey, he will still remember it!"
"Father, please agree to your son's request. This is so important to your son that he should remember it for the rest of his life."
Eunuch Liang covered his face with a Buddhist whisk. This Sixth Prince, when he was only one or two years old, he could speak all kinds of sweet words. Now that he has grown up, he can still say such disgusting words naturally and sincerely.
Even he can't flatter me like this!
Kangxi was also fed up with the shameless Yinzuo. How could he have such a son?
Kangxi said disdainfully: "You're talking nonsense! You're so young, yet you dare to say the same thing all your life? You're so smooth-talking." None of his sons are like this.
Yinzuo held up his finger and said, "I swear to heaven, it's all true." At this point, Yinzuo put on a face full of resentment again, "It's all because of my father. If my father had taken me out to play every year, I wouldn't have cherished this opportunity so much. If my father had taken me out to play more often, I wouldn't have cherished it so much, and would have remembered it even when my hair turned white."
It seems as if he can really see this boy turning into an old man with white hair, and he always recalls the scenes when he was a child playing outside the palace with his father.
I don’t know if it was Yinzuo’s shameless words that touched Kangxi, or maybe he had had enough and couldn’t stand this kid anymore, Kangxi finally relented: “If there is no emergency before the Dragon Boat Festival, I will accompany you out.”
"Wow!"
"Can I go out and play with the Emperor?"
"One day? A whole day, right?!"
"The Emperor has never spent so much time playing with his son!"
"My son will definitely remember that day for the rest of his life!"
It took Yinzuo a while to realize that his wish had finally come true. He jumped up and down in the Palace of Heavenly Purity with joy. Kangxi looked at his unstable appearance but did not scold him. Instead, a smile flashed in his eyes.
But in my heart I cursed: So disgusting!
Although he has grown up a little, he is still a child. His happiness is simple and pure, and his admiration for his father is still sincere and ardent.
Kangxi wanted to ask, was he so happy because he could go out of the palace to play? Or was he so happy because he had his father to accompany him? If his second uncle and fifth uncle accompanied him to play, would he be so happy?
But Kangxi kept asking this question in his mind, but he had no intention of asking it. As a king and a father, wouldn't he be laughed at if he asked such a petty question?
"Father! If you take Yinzuo out to play every year, your son will remember this time for the rest of his life, because this is the first time that Father takes your son out of the palace to play!"
"So, Your Majesty, please take your son out to play more often in the future, okay? It would be great if this Dragon Boat Festival could be regarded as a good start, right?" Yinzuo put his little face in front of Kangxi, looked at him eagerly and said.
That little face clearly showed his little thoughts.
Kangxi reached out and pushed his face away: "You are quite clever."
Alas, his royal father did not accept his brilliant idea, but Yinzuo soon cheered up.
"Emperor Father, Emperor Father, please take us all with you. We have all worked so hard in studying. Let's go out and play together for a day so that we can learn faster when we come back." Yinzuo began to beg for other things again. He was the one who climbed the ladder and was indomitable.
Yinzuo had already told his brothers about this, but they were so timid that none of them dared to tell Kangxi that they also wanted to leave the palace, so now Yinzuo said it for them.
Kangxi thought about the fact that he had to follow a group of boys and felt it was troublesome. He said, "There are too many people to keep an eye on."
Yinzuo: "Yes, yes, my brothers are all obedient and no one is running around, so the emperor doesn't need to worry too much."
Kangxi only twitched his eyebrows and said, "I still don't want to take so many people. Since it is a reward for hard work, it depends on who has done the best homework. I will choose whoever your teacher praises."
Kangxi, the bad father, would tease Yinzuo whenever he got the chance.
As expected, Yinzuo's eyes widened, and he exclaimed in self-awareness: "The one who is left behind is Yinzuo, my brothers are all doing well in their studies."
Kangxi smiled leisurely: "Who told you not to study hard?"
Yin Zuo was struck by a bolt from the blue, and looked at his father with a bitter face: "Father, please don't."
"You and your son have already agreed on this."
Kangxi: "If you really want to go, you can ask your teachers to double the homework, and you have to make up for it when you come back."
Yinzuo looked at Kangxi in accusation: "Father, it's almost a festival, can't you just talk about happy things? What are you talking about homework at this time?"
Kangxi: "Hmm? Are you going or not? If you don't go, you won't have to worry about anything."
Seeing that Kangxi was about to take back his promise, Yinzuo hurriedly said, "Go, I'll go!"
Kangxi: "Homework?"
Yinzuo: “I’ll do it!”
He would worry about his homework after the holiday. Yinzuo didn't dare to stay with his royal father any longer, fearing that his royal father would be capricious. After leaving the Qianqing Palace, Yinzuo soon became happy and started running while walking, wanting to quickly tell his brothers the good news.
Upon learning that the Emperor would take them out of the palace to play during the Dragon Boat Festival, everyone who got the news was happy and looked forward to it. Even the reserved Crown Prince and the usually cold Fourth Prince could be seen to be happy.
The third prince praised Yinzuo and said that he had done a good job. Ever since Yinzuo instigated him, he had wanted to talk to the emperor, but he was timid and scared when facing the emperor, and he didn't dare to say anything in front of the emperor like his sixth brother.
Amidst the general joy, there was one person who was different.
The Seventh Prince lowered his head. The joy of others could not affect him.
The day before the Dragon Boat Festival, Yinzuo was grinning from ear to ear and was very much looking forward to it.
When he saw his seventh brother coming over, he said to him, "Brother, have you prepared some silver? You also need some copper coins. I have brought enough. If you want to buy something tomorrow, I can buy it for you!"
The seventh prince Yinyou sat down, smiling with a forced smile and a hesitant look. The excited Yinzuo noticed that he looked wrong, so he asked with concern, "What's wrong?"
The Seventh Prince looked at Yinzuo and smiled. His voice was a little weak and his face was a little pale. He said to Yinzuo, "I feel a little unwell. I won't go out with you guys tomorrow."
The Seventh Prince did not look well. When Yinzuo heard that he was not feeling well, he became anxious and asked hurriedly, "Where do you feel uncomfortable? Have you consulted the imperial physician? Did you catch a cold?"
The Seventh Prince hummed, "I caught a cold."
Yinzuo: "Have you drunk the medicine? Why did you come out to see me? It's been warm these two days, but you caught a cold this morning?" Yinzuo showed his concern in a series of words, and at this time he still acted like a brother.
Yinzuo reached out his hand to touch his brother's forehead. Although he didn't feel any heat, he said, "You have to take the medicine and go to bed early." As he said this, he pulled his seventh brother and sent him back, wanting him to take the medicine and go to bed early.
The Seventh Prince said, "I can go back by myself. You should also rest early so that you will have energy to play tomorrow."
Yinzuo: "It's a pity that you can't go." It's such a pity, Yinzuo said: "Then I will buy you more things and tell you about the fun things outside the palace."
The Seventh Prince smiled and said, "Okay."
But Yinzuo insisted on sending the Seventh Prince back, and said to the eunuch serving in the Seventh Prince's courtyard: "Please keep an eye on the Seventh Prince more at night. If he has a fever at night, call the imperial physician and also call me." The eunuch beside the Seventh Prince was a very low-key and transparent person like his master. He lowered his head at this time and responded.
Yinzuo said to the Seventh Prince, "There is still medicine. You must drink it before you can sleep."
"Don't be afraid of the bitterness. I have some candy here. Eat a piece of candy after taking the medicine and it won't be bitter." Yinzuo said as he took off his purse filled with candy and gave it to the Seventh Prince.
A smile filled the Seventh Prince's eyes, and something heavy in his heart seemed to become lighter. His little Sixth Brother has loved eating candies since he was a child and always carries some with him.
Seeing that Yinzuo was about to sit here and wait for him to boil the medicine, wait for him to finish drinking the medicine, and watch him sleep before leaving, the Seventh Prince took Yinzuo's purse and pushed Yinzuo out: "I'm just a little tired, I'll be fine after a rest, Sixth Brother, don't worry, Sixth Brother, go back, don't be so happy that you can't sleep, or you won't be able to get up tomorrow."
Yinzuo went back, but because of his brother's illness, his excitement about going out of the palace to play tomorrow was reduced.
After washing up and almost falling asleep, Yinzuo was still worried and wanted to take another look at his brother's condition before going to sleep.
But who would have thought that the man who had said he would take medicine and go to bed early was actually wearing a suit of Xi's military uniform. Although he had put away his bow and arrows, he had not had time to change his clothes.
"Sixth brother, why are you here? Are you still awake?"
Yinzuo stared at the Seventh Prince: "I should be the one asking you this, why haven't you slept yet?"
When Yinzuo looked serious, the look of a brother made the Seventh Prince's heart tighten. He said calmly and strongly, "It's still early, it's not time to go to bed yet, I can't sleep."
"Sixth brother, I'm going to sleep now." The Seventh Prince also acted obediently at this time. He turned around and walked towards his bed. He thought that his Sixth Brother was easy to deceive, so there should be no problem.
But Yinzuo was no fool. He stared at him and said, "You're not talking about fatigue, what about your clothes now?"
The Seventh Prince grasped his sleeves. He did not expect that his Sixth Brother would come to him again before going to sleep. He was very interested in riding and archery. He had a foot disease, so he could not accept being inferior to others in physical strength. Therefore, he would practice horse stance, boxing and archery in his courtyard.
Today was just like any other day, and because I was feeling a little upset, I decided to practice a little longer than usual.
The Seventh Prince said to Yin Zuo, "I couldn't sleep, so I thought I could move around so I could fall asleep earlier."
This time it was Yinzuo's turn to criticize others: "What kind of perverted logic are you talking about?"
Yinzuo looked at the Seventh Prince with suspicion. He frowned and thought for a while, then said to Ah Fu, "Go find an imperial physician."
The Seventh Prince said hurriedly: "No need!"
As Yinzuo looked over, the Seventh Prince said, "It's just a cold. I'll be fine after taking the medicine."
Yin Zuo: "You moved around a lot just now, I'm worried, I need the imperial physician to come and take a look."
The Seventh Prince said, "It's getting late, so don't bother the imperial physician anymore. Sixth Brother, don't worry about me. I know my own body. I'm fine. I'm fine."
Yin Zuo: "It's not too late yet. Even if I trouble the imperial physician, your health is more important. Your health condition will be determined by the imperial physician."
The Seventh Prince discovered that his Sixth Brother's gaze could actually penetrate people's hearts. Under Yin Zuo's gaze, the Seventh Prince compromised: "Sixth Brother, there's no need to call the imperial physician. I'm fine."
"I just don't want to leave the palace tomorrow."
(End of this chapter)
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