Chapter 66
After Yinzuo emphasized that he had spent ten taels of silver on the calligraphy he bought, he also honestly told the Fourth Prince that the one he had seen before cost three hundred taels of silver, but he could not afford it.
Yin Zuo said sadly: "I don't have that much money."
"But the boss said this one was also by Wang Duo."
"Take a look and see if you like it?"
Yinzuo stared at his fourth brother. His fourth brother was indeed different from him in many ways. Did his fourth brother know that they were born from the same mother? Zebutan and others said that brothers from the same mother are closer, but he and his fourth brother...
Although he is very close to his fourth brother in his heart, the fourth brother has a calm personality. He is more familiar with his eldest brother, second brother and third brother than with the fourth brother.
Fourth brother also has someone called E'niang.
Yinzuo changed his chin from his left hand to his right hand. The Fourth Prince looked up from his copybook under Yinzuo's gaze and said, "Thank you, Sixth Brother. I like it."
In fact, the calligraphy in my hand is a copy. My sixth brother believed what the boss said because it was Wang Duo's early work. But in fact, it is not only an early work, but also a copy of the early work. My sixth brother was deceived.
But I won't tell this to my sixth brother. The fourth prince looked at Yinzuo who was looking at him, and for once he violated his principle of being serious.
When Yinzuo heard the Fourth Prince say he liked it, he smiled brightly and said, "That's good."
"Fourth brother, you have to practice your calligraphy well. I think those calligraphy and paintings can make a lot of money." Yinzuo said this to the fourth prince earnestly, and he kept muttering about how much money the calligraphy and paintings he saw were worth, which could buy many things.
But unlike Yinzuo, who occasionally went out to buy things and spent money, and who was almost detained to wash dishes because he could not pay for the meal when he invited everyone to dinner for the first time out of the palace, and thus knew that money was a good thing, the Fourth Prince had some of the nobleness and detachment of a royal prince, and did not value money very much.
Although he disagreed with what Yinzuo said, he did not refute it at this time. Instead, he raised the corners of his mouth slightly and then retracted it, and said to Yinzuo who was nagging and urging him: "I think it's better for me to do this kind of thing myself. Why don't you practice it yourself, Sixth Brother?"
As Yinzuo's eyes widened slightly, the Fourth Prince said, "You should practice your handwriting." The Fourth Prince had long felt that Yinzuo's handwriting needed practice, but he usually wouldn't take the initiative to ask more about the Sixth Prince's affairs. But today, didn't the Sixth Brother come to him on his own? The Fourth Prince couldn't help himself.
Yinzuo didn't expect that urging his brother to practice calligraphy to make money would backfire on him so quickly.
Yinzuo wanted to leave, but his butt moved on the stool and he finally didn't leave.
"Write two words for me to see."
Yinzuo looked at his fourth brother and said, "Okay, go ahead and write it."
The Fourth Prince liked calligraphy and was self-disciplined. He had made some progress in practicing calligraphy. His calligraphy, which showed some style, was praised by the master in the study. Now he had the confidence to teach his younger brother, so he immediately gave a calligraphy lesson to his sixth brother who came to visit.
The eighth brother, who was as bad at writing as the sixth brother, practiced diligently, and the fourth prince had long felt that the sixth brother should practice as well. The fourth prince was diligent himself, but sometimes he could not stand the sixth brother who was lazy, playful and unmotivated.
Such a younger brother's personality is so different from his own, he should not like him, but it is hard not to like this younger brother, and this younger brother is different from others after all.
The Fourth Prince couldn't help but stroke the calligraphy sent by Yinzuo with his fingers. He had long wanted to encourage his younger brother to work hard... The Fourth Prince watched Yinzuo practicing calligraphy, glanced over to take a look, and gave another piece of advice.
Fortunately, although his handwriting is not good now, he is still obedient when taught, which makes the Fourth Prince quite patient in teaching him.
It was a good gift, but Yinzuo, who was suddenly given a small calligraphy lesson, left with a pale face.
The Fourth Prince said, "Remember to practice when you go back. It's not enough to just know what I taught you just now. You need to practice more."
After the Fourth Prince finished speaking, he thought for a moment and added, "I'll check on your progress in a few days. I hope my teaching you just now was not in vain."
"Your good handwriting is worth money. You should practice good handwriting to earn money."
Yinzuo: “…”
It felt like a mountain was falling on my head. Didn't I tell my fourth brother to practice calligraphy and make money? Why did it fall on my head again?
Yinzuo took a breath and forced a smile at his fourth brother: "Fourth brother, if I don't want you to practice for a while, can we sleep with our feet together today?"
Fourth Prince: “…”
The Fourth Prince did not think that Yinzuo was strange today. This younger brother was a very friendly person and some of his actions were sudden, like the sudden hug he received when he returned to the capital.
But it is impossible to sleep with your feet touching each other, the Fourth Prince said, "Just go back and practice."
Yinzuo was unwilling to leave, and recommended to his fourth brother, "I sleep well, and your seventh brother can prove it. We have slept with our feet touching each other."
"No snoring, no talking in sleep, no grinding of teeth, no farting. Fourth brother, fourth brother, I won't leave today."
"The weather is getting cold. Let me warm the bed for Fourth Brother."
This kid was very good at pestering people, and sometimes even the Emperor couldn't do anything about him, and the Fourth Prince couldn't argue with him either, so he resorted to a simple and rough method, simply bending the person's small body, turning it around, and then pushing it out.
Until the person is pushed out of the yard and the door is closed.
However, to the eunuch Liu Shu who served in the courtyard, the Fourth Prince's rudeness seemed cold, but there was a sense of closeness in it.
The Fourth Prince did not care about the eyes of the people in the courtyard, nor did he worry that they would report the matter to the Imperial Concubine. Although the Fourth Prince was not as involved in the affairs of the court as the eldest prince and the crown prince, since he had lived in the prince's residence for so long, he also had his own people who obeyed his orders, just like the close servants in the courtyard, who knew what to say and what not to say to the Imperial Concubine.
It’s not that there is a estrangement between the Fourth Prince and the Imperial Noble Consort. Over the years, the Imperial Noble Consort has continued to care for and take care of the Fourth Prince as if he were her own son, but... she still has no biological son.
The Fourth Prince was filial and grateful to the Imperial Noble Consort, but he had grown up and did not want the Imperial Noble Consort to know every detail of his affairs.
Until he was pushed out, Yinzuo never said a word about the fact that they had the same mother, nor did he try to ask the question. When he saw his mother again, he was even less allowed to mention it.
Alas, Yinzuo, who could tell anyone everything, actually had something on his mind, and he couldn't tell anyone.
There were indeed people in the palace who could not raise their own children. His fourth sister was not raised by her biological mother. Concubine Yi was actually her aunt. Yinzuo also vaguely knew that it was because her biological mother was of a low status that she was not allowed to raise her.
Yinzuo felt that this was not a good idea.
And he suddenly realized the huge disparity between high and low rank in the palace. Not only were there differences in food, clothing and other expenses, but they couldn't even raise their own children.
After Yinzuo found out that his fourth brother was his brother from the same mother, he felt a mixture of happiness and conflict. But after learning more, he felt even more depressed.
One day when he was reading a book, he suddenly stood up. It was the Eighth Prince who was standing next to him who pulled him. Seeing his face change drastically, he couldn't help but ask, "Sixth Brother, what's wrong?"
As the Eighth Prince spoke, he looked at the book on Yinzuo's desk. He had also read the page that was currently open. He didn't understand what was written on the page that would make Yinzuo's face change so drastically.
The others in the upper study also looked over at Yinzuo, who sat down and said, "No, nothing."
It was really nothing, he just saw the word "adopted", which was more serious than what he knew recently that he was not being raised by his biological mother. It would mean that he would live in a completely different home.
All these things together touched Yinzuo's sensitive nerves, making him feel a little confused.
The Third Prince came to Yinzuo, threw him a few beautiful glass beads, and said, "Here you go."
Yinzuo smiled, rolled the glass beads on the table and talked to his third brother: "Isn't this something that Third Brother likes to collect? You don't want to give it to me?"
The Third Prince thought to himself that you have been listless these past few days, so he said, "Why don't you give it to me after you're done playing?"
Yinzuo: "Third brother is stingy."
The Third Prince: "Then bring it here now." He tried to grab the glass bead, but Yinzuo quickly grabbed it and said, "No."
The glass beads collected by the Third Prince were so beautiful, but it was a bit of a waste to let Yinzuo roll them around. The Third Prince even said to him, "Why don't you just take a few round stone beads and play with them? Why do you have to play with Third Prince's precious things?"
Yinzuo chuckled: "It feels different when playing."
So the Third Prince also played the little game of bumping beautiful glass beads with Yinzuo for a while. The Third Prince himself enjoyed it very much. After playing for a long time, seeing Yinzuo smiling happily, the Third Prince asked, "Why have you been so quiet these days? I haven't seen you running around. You haven't been to the riding field of the second sisters for several days. The second sisters were not happy playing polo, so they are playing Cuju now."
Yinzuo: "Really? Then I'll take some time to go and have a look tomorrow." He then replied to his third brother: "I've been practicing calligraphy these days, and my fourth brother taught me a little."
So that's how it is. The Third Prince said, "Little Fourth's handwriting is indeed pretty good."
The Third Prince thought for a moment and said, "Are you tired these days? Xiao Si has a strict temper. Don't listen to him." He has already made others depressed, and he has also become as cold-faced as Xiao Si? He is not used to it.
Yinzuo hummed.
The Third Prince continued to play with the glass beads happily with Yinzuo. Yinzuo chatted with the Third Prince and asked, "Third Brother, I saw in the book that it said he was adopted."
The Third Prince asked, "What book is it? Household Law? Can you understand it?"
It’s not the household law, it’s just a little mentioned in the background of the story in the book, but this concept struck Yinzuo’s mind hard.
Yinzuo took the opportunity to ask his third brother: "What does the household law say?"
This was the right person to ask. The third prince told Yinzuo a lot of things, but Yinzuo was not very interested in things like property inheritance rights. Instead, he knew that what he had yelled at his royal father before was actually wrong, and that a son could no longer be a son, and a father could no longer be his father.
And a brother like the third brother would not be his own brother. Yinzuo felt uncomfortable just thinking about it.
Yinzuo asked his third brother: "Do royal families like ours also have the practice of adopting children?"
Yes, if the royal family has no children, they will adopt from the clan.
Yinzuo didn't care about this either. He asked, "Are there any royal children adopted out of the family?"
The Third Prince thought for a moment and said, "No." Before Yinzuo could put his mind at ease, he heard the Third Prince's next words: "But there are those who have been expelled from the royal family."
Yinzuo's eyes widened: "Expelled from the royal family?"
OK.
The third prince, who was a gossipmonger, also told Yinzuo a piece of gossip. He thought about it and realized that there was indeed no royal adoption in the previous dynasty, but theirs was different. It was said that the emperor's father wanted to adopt his seventh brother out at that time.
Yinzuo opened his mouth wide: "Ah?"
The Third Prince said, "It's not bad. We can inherit the title of a king. When we grow up, we don't know how long it will take for us to get a throne."
Everyone felt that the Seventh Prince was not favored or valued by the Emperor, and he had a foot disease, so it would be difficult for him to achieve much in the future. It would be great for him to be awarded a title of prince.
Yinzuo was unhappy.
Yinzuo ran to Kangxi, and his frowning face showed it clearly.
Kangxi glanced at him. What was going on?
Yinzuo asked Kangxi: "Father, is it that my son is not good at his studies and does not like to study? Is he the one who worries you the most and always causes trouble for you?"
Kangxi wondered why this boy was so abnormal today, and said, "Well, now you know it?"
Yinzuo: "Doesn't the Emperor want a son like me?"
Kangxi said nonchalantly: "That can't be sold either."
If this had been said a month ago, Yinzuo would have smiled and ignored it. The natural father-son relationship could not be changed. It was the source of his confidence and security. But now he didn't feel so secure.
It turns out that you can do without a son.
Yinzuo said sadly, "You can adopt him. If my son always makes the emperor angry, will the emperor adopt him out?"
Kangxi turned his head and looked at Yinzuo.
Yinzuo pinched Kangxi's sleeve and said, "My son, study hard and learn calligraphy in the future. Your Majesty, please don't adopt me. I want Your Majesty to be my father."
This kid finally said that he would study hard and practice calligraphy. Kangxi could have just gone along with it and threatened him, but seeing Yinzuo's eyes were red, Kangxi frowned and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"When will I adopt you?"
"What are you thinking about every day? I think you still don't have enough schoolwork."
Yinzuo was so sad that he almost cried, "I will do more homework in the future, please don't give up your son, Father."
Kangxi frowned even more: "You don't do your homework and make trouble every day. I didn't say I don't want you. Don't put the blame on me." Kangxi sensed his son's uneasiness, patted his little body, and rubbed his head with his big hands. At this time, he stopped reading the book in his hand and asked solemnly: "What's wrong?"
Yinzuo lay in his father's arms: "If I don't do my homework and make trouble and make my father angry, my father won't give up his son, right?"
Kangxi: “…”
He suspected that the brat was setting a trap for him.
But Kangxi patted him again and said, "Well, I won't refuse."
"I've put a lot of effort into raising you, and you haven't given me anything in return. I won't abandon you."
With Kangxi's assurance, Yinzuo felt more at ease: "Not to inherit the throne nor to remove his name? If he makes a mistake, you can punish him, but don't remove his name, okay?"
"The Emperor is my son's father, and my son is my Emperor's son." It sounds awkward, but the child's stubbornness and the strong emotions that only a child's innocence and sincerity can have are also moving.
Kangxi said: "You heard all this nonsense, how can you not make mistakes?"
Yinzuo wiped a handful of tears on Kangxi's clothes: "Your Majesty said it yourself. I always make you angry. It's hard not to make mistakes."
How could the mistake of expulsion be compared to those petty actions of Yinzuo? However, Kangxi felt that his sixth son would not make such a big mistake.
But Kangxi was still amused by Yinzuo's words that "it's hard not to make mistakes".
"Father Emperor, your son will take care of you in your old age. You won't lose money raising your son. Please don't abandon me."
Have I fallen to the point where I have to let you take care of me in my old age?
Raising a son for me is definitely a losing business.
But there was a sound of crying in the child's voice, and he rubbed his little head in his arms again.
Kangxi sighed and promised again: "Okay, I won't inherit the throne, I won't remove your name, I won't abandon you."
He couldn't help but said helplessly: "He keeps making trouble every day. What are you thinking?" Apart from this son, there was no other son or daughter who could be coaxed like this. Kangxi thought this was the end of coaxing. He grabbed Yinzuo by the back of the neck and pulled him out of his arms.
Looking at Yinzuo with red eyes, and then looking at his own clothes, Kangxi asked, "Did you wipe your nose on my clothes?"
(End of this chapter)
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