in2ebook Chapter 355 Don't worry, I'm not senile yet.
Chapter 355 Don't worry, I'm not senile yet.
Yinzhuo's words were not an exaggeration. After all, Emperor Kangxi spent almost the entire last twenty years of his life doing one thing—selecting his successor. Yinzhuo now understood that his brothers were even smarter than the nine dragons in history. They all understood the principle that touching the dragon's reverse scale means certain death.
Yinzhuo now avoids the capital city, a place of trouble, like the plague. Now that his duty to visit has been fulfilled, he wishes he could grow wings and fly back to his Enze Garden as soon as possible. But as the saying goes, the eunuchs' anxiety is useless to him. After all, he can't leave unless his father, the emperor, gives the green light.
"Father, is there anything else you need to do? If not, I'll head back now. I made plans to go fishing with my second brother before I left, and he must be getting impatient by now."
Kangxi knew perfectly well what kind of trouble Yinzhuo was causing. Was the position of Crown Prince some kind of monster that made him turn pale with fear and want to run away? Well, today I won't grant your wish.
"What's the rush? Your second brother is a grown man. If he can't wait for you, he'll learn to go fishing on his own. Look at you, so pathetic. You used to love staying in my Qianqing Palace. Why are you so scared today? Don't worry, I'm not senile. With your lazy nature, if this great country were handed over to you, it would probably be on the verge of collapse..."
Hey, why resort to personal attacks when you're just talking? What do you mean by saying that handing over such a beautiful country to me means we're not far from national destruction? Is that polite of you to speak? Have you forgotten that you just said I was exceptionally intelligent from a young age and could do everything perfectly?
"What do you mean I'm pathetic? What's wrong with me? Fine, you can stay on the throne and never pass it on to me, or I'll definitely destroy your great empire. And Father, you can't use reverse psychology on me. You don't think you can ignite my fighting spirit by saying this, do you? If you really think that way, then I'm telling you, you've miscalculated."
It must be said that Yinzhi and the Fourteenth Prince truly deserve to be called siblings from the same mother. He always said that the Fourteenth Prince earned all his achievements through his own strength, and now it seems that this statement also applies to him. Kangxi swears that he really wants to be a kind father, but unfortunately, his own mischievous son won't allow it. Looking at his son smiling at him across the room, Kangxi now has only one thought in his mind—to beat him until he cries.
Yinzhuo's exercise quota for today is obviously going to be completed in another tug-of-war between father and son. Don't be fooled by the fact that Yinzhuo usually presents himself as a delicate and weak person. When it comes to how to avoid his father's ruler, he dares to say that you can find someone in the whole world who is second to none.
“Father, that’s enough already. If we keep chasing him like this, our son will exceed his exercise limit today. How about this, I’ll stand here and let you hit me a few times to vent your anger. Look at how I’m sweating all over in this cold weather, why bother?”
Did Kangxi want to vent his anger by hitting Yinzhuo a few times? Well... maybe that was true at first, but in the process of chasing and hitting Yinzhuo, his initial anger had long since dissipated. Later on, he was just using it as a way to play with his child. Otherwise, after chasing and hitting him for so long, how come the ruler never actually landed on Yinzhuo?
"Fine, stand there and let me hit you a few times and I'll let you go. You've ruined my great country. If you dare to talk nonsense like this again, you'll see how I beat you until your face is covered in bruises."
He said he would have Yinzhuo stand there and hit him a few times before leaving, but when Yinzhuo actually stood there and didn't move, Kangxi couldn't bear to do it anymore. He casually threw the ruler in his hand to the ground and turned to walk towards his desk.
"Yinzuo, go out and find somewhere to play. After I finish dealing with these memorials, you can have a meal with me before going back."
Although he couldn't have this beautiful land, Yinzhuo wouldn't refuse to have a meal with his father. Since Kangxi was busy at the moment, Yinzhuo didn't disturb him. He bowed to his father and turned to walk out of the study.
It was still early before dinner, and Yinzhuo didn't want to go back to the side hall to sleep. Remembering that he hadn't seen his mother for a while, he simply took Dexi out of Qianqing Palace and wandered towards Yonghe Palace.
"Oh, are you all busy? It seems I've come at an inopportune time. Consort Yi, you seem to be having good luck today. Look at how many you've won. I just wonder if your son will have the honor of receiving a celebratory gift from you."
Yinzhuo's arrival today was truly opportune. The four consorts, Hui, Yi, De, and Rong, were all gathered together playing mahjong. It's true what they say about Yinzhuo—he can say whatever he wants to anyone. Look, in just a few words, he coaxed Consort Yi into giving him all the silver in front of her.
"Look, what wind blew our Prince Zhao to my Yonghe Palace today? People who know me have three sons, but people who don't might think I only have one son now, the fourth one!"
Well, they've made their intentions so clear. Yinzhuo isn't stupid; how could he not understand? His mother is blaming him for not coming to Yonghe enough. What can he do now? This is such a huge burden; he can't carry it all.
"Mother, are you upset that your son hasn't come to visit you enough? Let me tell you, I'm not taking the blame for this. If you want to blame someone, blame Father. If he hadn't been scaring me every day, would I have had to go to the garden to live in this freezing weather? Look at me, I've gotten so thin from worry lately. How about this, could you go to Father and plead with him to stop scaring me? If I move back, I can come to visit you every day."
Even though the Qing Dynasty stipulated that empresses and concubines could not interfere in politics, it did not mean that they were completely unaware of what had happened in the previous dynasty. Nowadays, who doesn't know that the Qianqing Palace is a place of trouble and disputes? People are trying to avoid it, let alone plead for you? The moment Yinzhuo said these words, Consort De suddenly felt that having only one son, Yinzhen, was not so bad.
"Plead for mercy? You wish! Everyone knows your father loves you the most. If he's willing to punish you, then who knows what you've done to anger him? But judging from how fast you can run and jump, your father probably didn't go too far. In that case, you'll just have to suffer."
It is said that fatherly love is like a mountain and motherly love is like water. Yinzhuo felt that his mountain was indeed reliable, but his water did not seem so gentle. What do you mean by "just bear with it"? Mother, shouldn't you get up and take a look at your son to see if he has lost weight recently?
Yinzhuo was subjected to a baptism of his mother's overwhelming maternal love at Yonghe Palace, and finally decided to go back to his father for some comfort and to replenish his blood. There was no way around it; the saying "maternal love is like water" is true, but his mother's love was clearly a flood mixed with mudslides.