Chapter 61
Kangxi asked Yinzuo to come over for dinner and said to him, "Those Mongolian nobles presented some rare local items. Aren't you going to prepare gifts for your mother and sister? Let Liang Jiugong take you to pick some things later."
Yinzuo smiled like a flower and asked Kangxi: "Did my son do the right thing this time?"
Yes, the boy who was thought to be playful and naughty actually did something serious! This time, what happened was definitely beyond Kangxi's expectations.
Yinzuo was very happy and asked Kangxi, "Do my sisters not have to marry far away?"
Kangxi paused, still thinking about this matter. He stretched out his hand and pressed Yinzuo's head, but still had to tell Yinzuo disappointedly: "Not yet."
Yinzuo's brilliant smile faded a little, but after a while he regained some confidence and looked at Kangxi and asked, "That should be of some use, right?"
Kangxi: “Yes.”
Yinzuo picked up a piece of vegetable with chopsticks and nodded in understanding, as long as it was useful, it was fine.
Yinzuo told Kangxi again: "I will go to my sister's house and live there and watch over them."
Childish and naive, but Kangxi did not argue with him seriously, and only said: "I have never heard that my brother-in-law who lives in my sister's house every day will dislike you."
"No, my sister likes me."
"What if your brother-in-law doesn't like you? You think you are so popular that everyone likes you."
"Then change your brother-in-law."
Liang Jiugong stood at the door of the imperial tent like an invisible being, listening to his master chatting with the Sixth Prince with a smile on his face. Whenever the Sixth Prince was around, the atmosphere would be strangely much more relaxed. The Sixth Prince was not so restrained in front of the Emperor, and the Emperor was more tolerant and patient with the Sixth Prince than with others.
The fact that the sons of Mongolian princes and nobles were studying in Beijing caused a great uproar among the Mongolian tribes, and it was inevitable that some people would be suspicious and wary.
Zebutan's father argued, "The emperor said that my son can come back at any time, and I can choose someone to go to the capital to take care of my son."
"What do you mean by quality? We asked for it. Didn't you see that the emperor's princes are the same age as our son, but much smarter than our son? I don't ask my son to be as good as the princes. I will be satisfied if he can learn half of them."
"Go to the capital to broaden your horizons and learn some skills. My son said he doesn't want to be a frog in a well."
"We are lucky to be here. It's not easy to get a place to study in Beijing."
Cebutan's father thought it through very thoroughly. Their Tushetu Khanate was just one of the three Khalkha Mongolian tribes. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was strong, with powerful soldiers and horses, and the emperor was young, strong, wise and powerful. Could he still compete with the Qing Dynasty?
Since he can't win, he has to show his loyalty and cling to the big brother. He can get more benefits by following the big brother. He knows the times and doesn't act like a pretentious person.
After the actions of Tsebutan Harcha and his tribe, many tribesmen were in turmoil. Perhaps they could also send their descendants to take a look?
The children like Tsebutanharcha were relatively simple-minded. They happily came over and said to Yinzuo, "We will be able to meet again in the capital soon!"
Yinzuo patted his chest and said, "I will protect you when we get to the capital!"
But there was one thing that Yinzuo felt guilty about. He looked at his friends who were full of longing for the capital and said, "Well... studying is a bit hard."
Harcha was very disdainful: "Only men from the grassland are not afraid of hardship!"
Yinzuo looked at him sympathetically. What a hard lesson he had learned!
Yinzuo wondered whether he should talk to his royal father, lest these people who had finally been brought into the capital be scared away before they had even studied there for two days!
This time they were separated again, because they thought they would meet again in the capital, so there was no sadness of parting. Yinzuo picked up the things he wanted to bring back to the capital, and he also missed his mother and others in the palace.
Yinzuo always felt that he walked faster on the way back than on the way here, and he didn't know if it was his illusion. More than two months had passed since he left and returned to Beijing. When Defei saw Yinzuo, her eyes filled with tears. She pulled him and said that he had lost weight.
Yinzuo pinched the flesh on his wrist and said to Concubine De: "I haven't lost weight!"
Yinzuo picked up the little girl beside his legs and rubbed her cheeks and forehead against his, making her laugh: "Do you miss your brother?"
The little princess said sweetly and crisply: "Yes!"
"I think about it every day!"
"Does my brother miss me every day?"
Yinzuo felt guilty when being questioned, he had so much fun outside, although he would think of his sister and mother, but not every day. Yinzuo quickly took out gifts to change the subject, and told them about his experiences and observations during the past two months away from home. This was a lot to talk about, he talked until his mouth was dry, but his mother and sister listened with great interest.
Living back in the palace was much more comfortable than on the road. Yinzuo lay back on his comfortable bed and rolled around comfortably like a cat.
It’s good to be outside, but now is the time to go home.
It was a pity that he had to go to school again. When Yinzuo was woken up by Ah Fu before dawn, he wailed and lay back on the bed.
"Master, if you don't get up now, it will be too late again."
Yinzuo closed his eyes and said, "Get up, I'll get up right away." When he sat back in the study and took the book in his hand, a sentence echoed in his mind again and again, "It's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it's hard to go from luxury to frugality." Although when he was away, the emperor also found someone to read books to them, but that was much easier than it is now!
Woo, Yinzuo's little waist collapsed, and he fell back on the table in frustration. The next moment, Xiaoba pushed him up and he sat up again. He was listless all morning, and only when it was time for breakfast did he finally regain his energy.
Yinzuo gave a bear hug to his fourth brother, whom he hadn't seen for two months, as he passed by him: "Fourth brother, I missed you!"
The Fourth Prince was stunned, unable to control the calm expression on his face. He tried to push Yinzuo away with his arms like a fool, but froze there. The Third Prince laughed and said to Yinzuo, "What are you talking about?"
Yinzuo didn't care what he said. After hugging his fourth brother, he hugged his seventh brother. The eighth prince smiled and raised his arm without waiting for Yinzuo to come over.
Yinzuo even tried to push the Eighth Prince upwards. Although he didn't lift up, he just pulled up a little. However, he still said to the Eighth Prince excitedly: "They say that you gain strength on the grassland. I think I have gained strength."
The Eighth Prince nodded in agreement and said, "I also think that Sixth Prince looks better and stronger." But in fact, it was just that the wind on the grassland made his skin less delicate.
Yinzuo said happily: "Isn't it?"
When they all sat down to have breakfast, Yinzuo and his seventh brother were huddled together. Yinzuo asked his seventh brother how he had been doing during the two months since they were away: "Did your father feel more relaxed now that he's not around?"
The Seventh Prince shook his head. Everyone was away. The oldest person in the study was the Fourth Prince. The Fourth Prince was very strict with himself without anyone restraining him. With the Fourth Prince around, they dared not do anything reckless. Besides, both he and the Eighth Brother needed to study hard.
The past two months were actually quite boring, but after my sixth brother and his friends came back, things suddenly became lively and lively.
Yinzuo said to his seventh brother: "It's very big there." Anyway, Yinzuo himself had never seen such a vast place, and he couldn't even run across it on horseback.
"Our Emperor looked so majestic when he rode a horse and shot arrows. Everyone was stunned!"
"Our eldest brother and the prince are also very capable!"
"I have made quite a few Mongolian friends. They will come to Beijing in a while. I will introduce them to you."
"They gave me plenty of kumis for you to try."
Yinzuo and his seventh and eighth brothers who were sitting next to him had a lot to say, but the others didn't say much and just listened to him chattering. When he talked about kumis, several glances suddenly came over.
Under the gazes of his eldest brother and the crown prince, Yinzuo remembered the good things he had done and said hurriedly, "I just want to give it to my fourth, seventh, and eighth brothers to have a taste. Just a taste."
The casual chat during the morning meal was pleasant enough, but it became unpleasant after the morning round of classes. Alas, after two months of relaxing outside, I have fallen behind in more and more lessons compared to my eighth brother.
After Yin Zuo was worried for a while, he was no longer worried about the debt. Falling behind by a small distance is still a fall behind, and falling behind by a large distance is also a fall behind. It doesn't matter. Fortunately, his ninth and tenth brothers are still young and there is still a long time before they can go to school. He will not fall behind his ninth and tenth brothers.
After returning to the palace, Yinzuo and the fifth prince, who had been living a lazy life on the way, took several days to adjust. After a while, Harchatsebutan and his group were also coming to Beijing. There were seven or eight children in this group, and each brought their loyal servants to help. They could not stay in the palace, so Kangxi arranged another place for them outside the palace.
As for the location of the classes, they were not arranged in the study room because the progress was different, and since they did not live in the palace, they would not be able to make it to the study room in the morning.
They will attend classes together with the sons of several royal princes. Yinzuo looked at the class schedule and found it was much more relaxed than the study room. They don't have to attend classes before breakfast!
Yinzuo lingered in Kangxi's imperial study: "Halcha and the others are my son's friends. They just came to the capital and are unfamiliar with the place. Why not let my son accompany them?"
"I will take them around the capital and show my hospitality to them, what do you think, Father? Why don't I move in with them first and keep them company? If they feel uncomfortable, please tell me."
“My son will definitely entertain them well and make them feel at home.”
Kangxi looked at Yinzuo and asked, "Move out of the palace?"
Yinzuo nodded, with an innocent look on his face: "Accompany them to adapt to the capital."
Kangxi: "How long will you live outside?"
Yinzuo was delighted. Did he agree to it? How long would it take? If he said it was too long, the emperor would not agree. If it was too short, he would lose money. Yinzuo said vaguely, "Let's wait until they get used to it."
Kangxi knocked Yinzuo on the head with a memorial: "Stop calculating!"
"Why are you so wild? Do you think living in the palace is unfair to you? You've only been back for a few days, and you're thinking of running away again?"
"I didn't tell you how much you've fallen behind in your studies, but you're getting even more arrogant?"
Yinzuo covered his head. Wasn't he fine just now? How could he turn against me so suddenly?
Yinzuo was scolded by Kangxi, but he was unwilling to give up. He said fearlessly in front of Kangxi's sullen face: "If you don't want to live outside, then don't live outside."
"Then let my son visit them outside the palace more often. They are only familiar with my son in the capital."
Bargaining? That's how it works.
(End of this chapter)
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