Chapter 62
Yinzuo's plan to go out of the palace to visit his friend was finally successfully negotiated and finalized with Kangxi. Yinzuo was happy in his heart. Wouldn't it be more likely to go out of the palace by using the excuse of visiting his friend?
Indeed, during the first few days when Harcha and Cebutan arrived, he went out every few days. He claimed that he was guiding Harcha and the others to familiarize themselves with the capital, but he himself was more enthusiastic than anyone else in listening to books in the teahouse.
Halcha said bluntly: "Why do I feel like you are not very familiar with these things?" Basically, he is as worldly-wise as them.
Speaking of this, I am talking about a sad thing: "I will have to study hard in the palace every day."
In the past few days, Yinzuo has often talked about his terrible class schedule and his envy of them. Harcha sympathetically pushed the fruit towards Yinzuo and said, "Listen to the story, listen to the story."
Although Harcha considers himself a man of the grassland and should eat meat, he also unexpectedly likes to eat the fruits here, as fruits are rare in their place.
The stories told here are also interesting, the magic tricks are also interesting, and the prosperous capital city makes the boys on the grassland dazzled. But play is play, and classes still need to be attended.
Although their course schedules were not as abnormal as those of Yinzuo and others, the teachers were all carefully selected by Kangxi, and they were all people with real knowledge and talents. Since they were sent to Kangxi, Kangxi would teach them to be decent, otherwise he could not afford to lose face.
Of course, he must review the teaching content, and perhaps there will be some personal opinions mixed in it.
When Harcha and his friends started attending classes and had adapted to life in the capital, Yinzuo stopped running out of the palace every other day. Is he that honest? Yes. Yinzuo was holding a pen and doing his homework seriously.
It's not too much for him to go out once every ten days, right?
He can't go too far, otherwise his royal father or his brother the crown prince will be displeased and will cancel his chance to leave the palace. What if?
He has already summed up his experience and learned that he should not be carried away by success or squander money recklessly, but should know when to take things into account. He is smart.
In fact, this trip to the grassland did bring Yinzuo a reputation for intelligence. Although it was not his original intention, as the sons of nobles from the Mongolian tribes came here, Yinzuo, as a matchmaker who guided these people here, inevitably attracted the attention of many people.
Among the several princes that the emperor took to hunt outside the frontier, the eldest prince's excellent riding and archery skills stole the show, and the crown prince's status was high, and it was said that his every move showed good demeanor of a crown prince. However, the young sixth prince unexpectedly jumped out in a way that no one expected.
The eldest prince's mother, Concubine Hui, was not happy that someone had stolen her son's limelight: "He is quite cunning, though it may not be obvious, he is just as thoughtful as his mother."
The eldest prince frowned and said, "What are you talking about, mother? My sixth brother is still young, how can he have the thoughts you mentioned?"
Concubine Hui: "Still young? If you are young, you won't grow up?" Concubine Hui said to the frowning eldest prince: "You are close to him, but I think he is closer to the prince."
In any case, in Hui Fei's opinion, the Sixth Prince would never stand on their side no matter what, so the eldest prince should not show true feelings to others. It would be better for him to pay more attention to the Eighth Prince. Hui Fei thought so and analyzed the Eldest Prince in this way.
The eldest prince came out from Concubine Hui, thinking, is this true love? Maybe. Although Xiaoliu has grown up, he always feels that the child was held and played by him yesterday, and he is used to it. He didn't think about Xiaoliu's choice between him and the prince, nor did he think about winning people over to support him. He always felt that those things had nothing to do with Xiaoliu.
There is a cheerful person in the palace. Although he is in the palace, he is freer than others. It's pretty good to see him.
"Brother, brother, I have already made an agreement with the Emperor. He has allowed us to go out of the palace and play polo with Harcha and the others!"
The eldest prince looked at the boy suspiciously: "Are we all going?"
Yinzuo puffed out his chest and said, "Yes, yes, we can all go out and have fun." He was not just thinking about himself, now all his brothers could go out together.
Yinzuo also said: "The Emperor will also go to see it."
Yinzuo excitedly went to tell everyone the good news one by one. When he told the Seventh Prince, he saw that his Seventh Brother did not say anything immediately. He said, "You don't want to go again, do you?" He remembered that his Seventh Brother wanted to pretend to be sick and not go during the last Dragon Boat Festival trip.
But this time, the Seventh Prince smiled and said, "No, I will go with everyone. Didn't you say you would introduce me to your friends?"
Yinzuo smiled brightly: "Yes, yes, they also raise eagles, which are majestic, beautiful and obedient. Let's see if there is a chance for you to touch it."
Although it was just a group of boys playing polo, and they didn't dare let them ride big horses, but only a group of docile mares, so it couldn't be that intense and exciting, but Kangxi did go to watch it as promised.
Children from Mongolian tribes like Harchatsebutan came from far away without their parents. Although Kangxi had met them once in the palace before, he could not leave them aside.
Moreover, Kangxi also had some expectations for the future of these children.
As soon as Kangxi arrived, everyone became serious, no matter they were the sons of royal princes in the capital, the children from the grassland, or the princes themselves. They were all eager to perform well in front of Kangxi.
Yinzuo ran up to Kangxi and said, "Father, do you want to come down and join us?"
Kangxi shook his head. He didn't want to play games with a group of boys.
The prince said, "If the emperor father comes down, the winner will be decided, and we will have no fun."
Yin Zuo said regretfully, "Okay."
Just as they were about to divide into teams, the crown prince and the eldest brother were in one team each. Yinzuo was confused and asked Kangxi: "Father, do you think it is better for me to be in the same team with my eldest brother or with the crown prince?"
"Whichever team I join, will I be a drag on that team? Will I be cheating people?"
Kangxi glanced at the boy and realized that these words were not said by him.
It sounds pathetic.
But who would have thought that the Crown Prince and the eldest prince heard what Yinzuo said and wanted Yinzuo to join their team.
It's not that I feel bad for my brother. But if you don't join my team, do you look down on me? Do you think I need you to hold the other team back in order to win?
You have to join my team.
The eldest prince pulled Yinzuo and said, "Sixth brother, come to my place." Because Kangxi was here, he did not speak in a sarcastic tone, but said politely, "I am two years older than the crown prince. It is only fair for Sixth brother to come to my place to mediate."
The crown prince pulled Yinzuo towards him and said, "When it comes to playing polo, it's not about who is taller and stronger. Big brother may be better than me in riding and shooting, but don't think you've won before the game."
Yinzuo looked at his eldest brother on his left, and then looked at his brother the Crown Prince on his right. Although he has always been a cute, caring and lovable younger brother, he has never faced such fiery popularity!
Harcha looked at Yinzuo who was being fought over, and said to Cebutan in confusion: "Why are the people in the capital so weird? They don't choose teammates based on the strongest ones?"
Zebutan coughed and said, "You can't say that. The Sixth Prince is not bad either. Remember, he has beaten us."
Halcha nodded and said, "You are right."
Being pulled by his two brothers, although Yinzuo was happy that his two brothers did not dislike him and that he was so popular, he was still in a dilemma because he could not refuse the kindness of his two brothers.
In the end, Yinzuo chose to draw lots, which was really a good way to cure his decision-making difficulties.
In the end, the names of the other people were also written down, and the method of drawing lots was adopted, allowing the eldest brother and the prince to choose their own team members, thus saving the headache of allocation.
Kangxi was tolerant of these children and did not interfere with them. He just watched them bustle around until they were finally divided into teams.
After this distribution, everything was messed up. In the team, there were princes, sons of royal families, and Mongolian boys. Although riding a docile little mare was not exciting enough, these boys were more energetic than each other, rubbing their hands and howling with vigor, which was quite interesting.
Kangxi looked at the prince who had gathered his teammates and was adjusting the attacking formation, and tapped his palm with his folding fan. He thought that this kind of polo activity was quite interesting. If Xiaoliu urged everyone to play this again in the future, he would probably agree.
Yinzuo had no time to care what his royal father was thinking. In the end, he was assigned to the crown prince's team. He ran around the field happily, but it seemed to be in vain. He ran very hard, but he could not compare with those guys on horseback like Harcha. He always followed behind others and was a beat slower than them.
He is the one who makes up the numbers on the court!
Yin Zuo was worried that his bad luck would succeed and cause their team to lose. But after they adjusted their formation, although he still couldn't provide any help, the number of goals they scored was increasing!
After playing for quite a while, Kangxi called a halt, and Yinzuo's team was ahead. Yinzuo's team was very happy, and they had become more familiar with the royal family members after playing together, and they happily high-fived them everywhere.
The prince was also in a very good mood. He had rarely beaten the eldest prince in this kind of sport, so today made him particularly happy. The prince said to the dusty eldest prince, "We won."
Where there is a winner, there is a loser. The eldest prince complained that several members of his team did not cooperate well this time, and said to the prince unconvincedly, "Let's compete again."
The prince raised his head to challenge: "Okay."
Kangxi glanced at the prince. He had rarely seen the prince so "active", but he had to say to his two sons who were full of fighting spirit: "It's time to return to the palace."
oh.
But when the eldest prince was leaving, he quietly pulled Yinzuo and whispered: "Why don't you find another time to go find the Emperor, and let us come out to play polo with everyone again?" It was not that he instigated his younger brother to do bad things, but that the sixth brother was the most experienced in this kind of thing.
Yinzuo looked at his elder brother. It turned out that his elder brother was even more addicted than him?
It's not that he is addicted, but he wants to win the prince back.
Yinzuo rolled his eyes and lowered his voice like his elder brother: "Well, I'll go to my elder brother's place and eat his ice bowl. My elder brother will cover for me, and I'll go talk to my father-in-law about this matter."
The eldest prince stared at him.
Yinzuo looked back, not backing down, his eyes crackling.
They came back from the grassland and did not go to escape the summer heat this year. The weather was still a little hot. His eldest brother loved to have a bowl of icy cold fresh fruits and eat it in big mouthfuls. However, his eldest brother could finish two bowls a day, but he could not taste any at all!
Concubine De watched him closely and told everyone in his courtyard not to let him eat this. His brothers also refused to let him eat it. Wouldn't he be greedy when he saw it? The less he was allowed to eat, the more greedy he became.
The two were fighting with each other with their eyes, and they fell behind everyone else. The prince turned around and shouted, "What are you two doing?"
Yinzuo and the eldest prince both covered each other's mouths. The eldest prince didn't want Yinzuo to tell the emperor that he was going out of the palace to play polo again, and he wanted to wait for a while before it would be a good time.
Yinzuo couldn't let the eldest prince tell him about his plan to eat the ice bowl secretly, and he had to hide it from the crown prince, because the crown prince wouldn't allow it. The crown prince wasn't as open-minded as his eldest brother in this regard. He could ask his eldest brother for help with things like playing and eating secretly, but he definitely couldn't ask the crown prince.
Seeing Kangxi also looking over, the two put their hands down together, and Yinzuo said, "Nothing, we'll be right over."
The prince frowned, feeling that the two were not talking about anything good.
(End of this chapter)
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