Chapter 126 Southern Tour
Yuying didn't know what Yinzhen and Yinsi discussed specifically, but in the following days, the two of them would come to Yongshou Palace to have lunch with her every day at noon.
As for where to sleep at night? The two of them took turns going to West Fifth Institute and Yongshou Palace, sleeping in each place for one night.
Today was their turn to sleep in Yongshou Palace, so when the two were having dinner with Yuying, Kangxi arrived.
Yinzhen and Yinsi quickly stood up and saluted Kangxi. Yuying was more casual. She waved at Kangxi and said, "Your Majesty, have you eaten yet? Do you want an extra pair of chopsticks?"
Kangxi also sat casually beside Yuying, "I don't need it. Ah Ying, you eat, and after you finish eating, I have something to tell you."
During this period, Yinzhen saw Kangxi more often than he did in the past year in Chengqian Palace. He even often worried about Yuying because of her casual attitude towards Kangxi, fearing that Kangxi would blame him.
But Kangxi never did that once.
While Yinzhen felt relieved for Yuying, he also recalled Tong Jia's cautious attitude towards Kangxi in Chengqian Palace.
Yinzhen couldn't help but glance at Kangxi.
Who is Kangxi? Yinzhen's eyes, which he thought were concealing, were obvious to Kangxi.
"Little Four?"
It's a questioning tone.
Yuying also looked at Yinzhen, and even Yinsi looked at Yinzhen curiously, as if he didn't understand why Kangxi suddenly spoke.
Being watched by several people, Yinzhen's face flushed. He immediately stood up and clasped his fists towards Kangxi, "Khan Father, I am fine."
Kangxi did not speak, but his eyes were still fixed on Yinzhen, as if he was thinking whether what he said was true or false? Ever since Kangxi learned from Yuying's inner voice that Yinzhen was the future Yongzheng, Kangxi's attitude towards Yinzhen became strange.
On the one hand, he understood that since he had deposed the crown prince, it would not be surprising if another son ascended the throne. But on the other hand, after all, that had not happened. Kangxi now looked at Yinzhen as if he had robbed the crown prince of his throne, and he felt uncomfortable in every way.
Seeing that Kangxi didn't respond, Yinzhen didn't dare to look up, so Yuying came out to smooth things over, "Okay, Xiaosi, sit down quickly, or the food will get cold if you don't eat now."
Yinzhen looked up at Kangxi, who snorted coldly, "Sit down."
Only then did Yinzhen sit down.
After the meal, the palace maids cleared the table and Yinzhen and Yinsi asked to leave.
"Don't be in a hurry to leave, both of you. Listen together." Kangxi said.
So the three of them waited together for Kangxi to speak.
Facing three pairs of curious eyes, especially the identical eyes of Yuying and Yinsi, both of which were full of anticipation, Kangxi sat upright and pretended to cough. Yuying hurriedly and attentively poured Kangxi a cup of tea.
Kangxi drank a sip of tea leisurely, and then announced to the others what he had decided in the court today: "I plan to tour the south."
"Southern Tour?"
Yuying's voice was surprised, and then she realized, "The emperor is planning to take us with him?"
Kangxi nodded, "Hasn't Ah Ying always wanted to leave the palace?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yuying immediately became excited, and did not forget to ask Yinzhen and Yinsi to thank Kangxi together.
"Khan Ama is so nice!"
Yinsi also followed Yuying in praising Kangxi. As Yinzhen grew older, his personality became more reserved, and he would never get involved in such things. But he did not mean to spoil the fun, and just stayed quietly aside.
Because of the news brought by Kangxi, the entire Yongshou Palace was filled with a lively atmosphere.
Yuying was happy too early.
The Southern Tour was not like the trip from the Forbidden City to Changchun Garden, which only took half a day. The journey was long, and Yuying was so happy that she completely forgot that she could only travel by carriage or boat.
And each of these made Yuying suffer a lot.
This was Kangxi's second southern tour since he ascended the throne. Kangxi had previously told Yuying the purpose of this southern tour and the places he would pass along the way.
Due to the continuous heavy rain in recent days, the Yellow River was flooding. The destination of Kangxi's southern tour this time was to go to Kuaiji Mountain in Shaoxing to pay homage to Dayu's tomb.
On the way back after the sacrifice, Kangxi would stay at his wet nurse Cao's house for a few days and also meet with ministers at Cao's house to show Kangxi's kindness to the Cao family.
Yuying was originally looking forward to the Cao family, after all, this family had produced Cao Xueqin, although Cao Xueqin was not yet born. But Yuying was lying powerlessly in the carriage at this moment, with regret in her heart. She would never follow Kangxi out again!
Because Yuying had been in poor spirits since the beginning of the journey and even kept vomiting, there was no improvement even after the imperial physician prescribed medicine. Kangxi had no choice but to take Yuying to his carriage to rest.
Compared with the concubines' carriages, Kangxi's carriages were in better condition, more spacious and more stable. But for Yuying, it was just a difference from a tractor to a small three-wheeled carriage.
Yuying noticed that the carriage had stopped and asked Kangxi curiously: "Your Majesty, why did the carriage stop?"
"Aying, we'll stop here for today and set up camp to rest."
"Your Majesty, it's still early. Why don't you walk a little longer?" Because Yuying was not feeling well, their journey had been slowed down a lot. Yuying felt very embarrassed about this.
But Kangxi refused outright, "It doesn't matter. We will arrive at Dayu's tomb tomorrow. It doesn't matter if we arrive earlier or later."
After hearing this, Yuying felt relieved.
When the carriage stopped, Yuying could not wait to get off. Kangxi only brought her as a concubine on this southern tour, and also brought a group of princes who had entered the study room to study, including the eldest prince and the youngest tenth prince.
After Concubine Niohuru and Concubine Yi learned the news, especially when they knew they were not in the southern tour team, they sent gifts to Yongshou Palace countless times, hoping that Yuying could help them look after their sons.
As soon as Yuying got off the carriage, the three princes, eighty, ninety and ten, surrounded her.
Yinsi walked in front. Yuying saw that the ninety-two princes were already forming a group with Yinsi as the leader. The two of them followed on both sides of Yinsi.
Yuying looked at the children coming over and sighed for a while. No matter which time and space, the three of them, Eighty, Ninety, and Ten, were inseparable from each other, but fortunately for her, the relationship between Four and Eight did not deteriorate.
"aunt."
"Hello, Madam Jin."
The three of them paid their respects to Yuying.
"Aunt, are you feeling better today?"
The concern in Yinsi's eyes was real, and Yuying felt warm in her heart. The longer they spent together, the more she seemed unable to connect the well-behaved boy in front of her with the Eighth Prince who was good at dancing with his sleeves in history.
Yuying reached out and touched Yinsi's little bald head. "Aunt is much better now. Why are you two together? Where is your fourth brother?"
"Let me tell you, let me tell you!"
As soon as Yuying asked the question, Yin on the side couldn't wait to speak.
Yuying looked down at him.
Yin is 5 years old now, but he is still the same as when he was a child, chubby and looks blessed, with rosy little cheeks, very cute.
Yuying couldn't help but pinch it twice, and it felt great.
Yin was so scared that he kept yelling: "Eighth Brother! Ninth Brother! Save me!"
Before leaving the palace, his mother told him that if he had any problems along the way he could go to Concubine Jin, but his mother did not say that Concubine Jin liked to bully children!
Yuying was so amused by his funny look that she pinched his mouth so that he could not speak. He could only wave his hands and make a humming sound.
"Okay, stop doing bad things! Empress Jin will let you go." Yuying deliberately put on a stern face.
Yin nodded repeatedly.
Yuying let go of his mouth, and he quickly hid behind Yinsi, not even looking at whether Yinsi's small body could block him? He even carefully poked his head out.
Yuying laughed out loud. Playing with the child made her headache less painful.
Following Yuying's laughter, Yinsi and Yin'er also laughed, and even the servants guarding them couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Yin's face turned red.
"Don't laugh, don't laugh!" He walked out from behind Yinsi, stood on tiptoe and finally covered Yinsi's mouth, and then wanted to cover Yin'er's mouth. He wanted to cover both ends, but he couldn't take care of both, which made him very busy.
Yuying had laughed enough and signaled everyone to stop.
"Okay, everyone stop laughing. Xiao Shi, tell me how the three of you got together?"
"Hmph." Yin turned his head away proudly.
Seeing this, Yuying couldn't help teasing him again, "Oh, Xiao Shi doesn't know? Then it seems that I can only ask Xiao Jiu and Xiao Ba. It seems that the prepared reward can only be given to Xiao Jiu and Xiao Ba."
"No! I know! I want it too! Let me say it!"
"My ninth brother and I are making a bet, and we're asking my eighth brother to be the referee for us!" Yin looked like he was about to praise me.
Yuying raised her eyebrows, "So who won your bet?"
"Don't ask!" Yin pursed his lips.
Well, now he’s admitted it himself. It’s obvious that this little fat boy has lost.
Concubine Niu Hulu regarded her only son as dear as the apple of her eye. Yin was protected under the wings of Concubine Niu Hulu, and did not need to scheme or plot anything, which is why he developed such a simple character, which was almost unique in the palace.
"Okay, then don't ask. Xiao Ba, where is your fourth brother?"
"Just now, the second prince came to look for the fourth brother, and the fourth brother followed the second prince."
Yuying looked in the direction of Yinsi's finger and saw an apricot-yellow and indigo-blue figure in the distance.
Yuying nodded, looked away and stopped paying attention.
Yin, who was standing by, saw that Yuying seemed to have forgotten something. He was anxious and his face turned red, but he still didn't say anything.
Seeing Yuying turning around and seeming to go back to the carriage, he hurriedly said: "Madam Jin! You haven't given me the reward yet!"
Yuying was about to step into the car when she turned around and said, "Madam Jin was just about to get it for Xiao Shi."
"Then please go quickly, Madam Jin. We will wait for you here."
Yuying got into the carriage. Kangxi did not get off just now. Seeing Yuying coming in, he felt much better and felt more at ease.
Yuying looked at Kangxi, and thought of Yin who was still outside the carriage. The joke she saw on the Internet in modern times suddenly came to her mind.
[It is said that in terms of bloodline, Yin is more legitimate than Kangxi. I wonder what Kangxi thinks?]
Yuying thought about it for a moment and turned around to get the things she had prepared for Yin and the others, leaving Kangxi in the carriage with a frown on his face.
After a moment's thought, Kangxi understood what Yuying meant.
Seeing Yuying coming back, Yin, who was the most emotional, immediately came over to her.
Yuying asked him to stretch out his hand and gave everything in her hand to Yin. She gave Yin the candy she had made when she was bored in the palace.
"Madam Jin, what is this?"
Yinsi had tasted it before when it was made, so he took the initiative to talk to Yinsi about it.
When Yin heard it was candy, his eyes immediately lit up.
Yuying gave him about 7 or 8 candies. He then looked at everyone and started to share the candies.
Mynah got one... Mynah got one... I got one... Mynah got two... Mynah got two... I got two...
After everyone got two, he only had two left. He looked at Yuying with some embarrassment, "Madam Jin, do you have any more?"
“No more.”
Yin was dejected for a moment, but after thinking about it, he gave the remaining two candies to Yinsi and Yinlu.
"Then the remaining two are for eighth and ninth brothers!" If you ignore his reluctant look, Yinsi and Yinlu will definitely feel comfortable accepting them.
But seeing that he was so reluctant to give it up, Yinsi placed the extra one in his palm and said, "Give it to Xiaoshi, Eighth Brother has already eaten it."
The same was true for Yinzhen.
Yin glanced at Yinsi, then at Yinlu, "Thank you, Eighth Brother and Ninth Brother. When Xiaoshi grows up, he will definitely be good to Eighth Brother and Ninth Brother!"
Yuying's heart softened when she heard his words. After all, he did it in history.
The three of them happily shared the candy.
On the other side, Crown Prince Yinreng looked at Yinzhen seriously, "Fourth brother, have you remembered it?"
Yinzhen nodded, "I've remembered everything. Thank you, Prince Second Brother."
Yinzhen glanced at Yinreng. The second brother, the crown prince, was very kind to him. Tomorrow when they arrived at Dayu's tomb, Khan Ama wanted all of them to go with him to pay homage. Except for the crown prince and Yinzhi, it was the first time for the other brothers, so when the carriage stopped today, Yinreng stopped Yinzhen and told him what he should pay attention to tomorrow, as he was afraid that he would be too busy tomorrow and not be able to make it.
Yinreng looked at his younger brother with satisfaction and glanced at Yinzhi who was competing with Yinzhi in swordsmanship not far away, completely ignoring Yinzhi's reluctance.
As expected, he was the only qualified elder brother! Yinreng was filled with pride.
But seeing that Yinzhen seemed to be hesitant to speak, Yinreng asked in a good mood: "Fourth brother, do you have anything else to say?"
"Brother Crown Prince." Yinzhen called him, "Can I teach all this to my eighth brother and the others? I'm afraid they won't know how to do it tomorrow."
Yinreng became even more proud when he heard this.
He is indeed his good brother, and is as friendly and respectful to his brother as him!
"Of course!"
"Thank you, Prince Second Brother! Then my younger brother will go over first!"
Yinreng nodded and watched Yinzhen run away.
The next day, it rained heavily.
Finally they arrived at their destination. Yuying no longer had to stay in the carriage every day, and Kangxi placed her in a villa.
Yuying was sitting in front of the window of the villa at the moment. She glanced at the sky outside which was raining like a leak in the sky, and was a little worried about Kangxi and his party who were going to offer sacrifices.
Yuying originally wanted to persuade Kangxi not to go, but Kangxi was stubborn and insisted that the trip could not be delayed no matter what, especially since there were so many people there, so Yuying could rest assured.
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