It is no exaggeration to say that the court meeting on the first day after the Golden Award Ceremony was bustling with noise.

Only a few of the ministers attended the gold awarding banquet yesterday, and a large number of people were not qualified to go for the audience. Now that they have learned the news, they just want to relieve the doubts in their hearts.

Even those who had asked the prince a lot of questions yesterday were not to be outdone. They studied the memorial submitted by the imperial doctors word by word, not missing a single detail.

Looking at the chaos below, Kangxi was troubled by the noise and said, "You can ask the imperial physician for the details. I don't know that much."

Everyone shut up. They must not anger the Emperor!

Kangxi was satisfied, and stood up from the dragon throne, and continued: "The matter of vaccination against cowpox will be handed over to the imperial physicians of the smallpox department. To show my determination, I will start with the royal family, first the princes, then the grandchildren, and so on. Spread outwards."

The faces of the dozen or so princes standing in front of the palace turned pale instantly. Cowpox was a new thing without sufficient precedents. How could they dare to let their own children take this risk?

They only have a few children, and they can't have as many descendants as the emperor!

Even the prince's face showed some hesitation, but as the crown prince, he could not stand up and slap the emperor's face.

Kangxi took note of the expressions on his dozen sons' faces and couldn't help but sigh inwardly. As a parent, one must be extremely cautious when it comes to their children!

However, the promotion of cowpox vaccination was urgent and no one was allowed to object, even if that person was his own son, there would be no exception.

After retiring from court, Kangxi summoned all the twelve princes, from the eldest to the fourteenth, to the Qianqing Palace.

"Tell me, what do you think?"

Yinzhi was always impatient, and upon hearing this, he immediately stood up and said, "Father, I think we should not rush into the vaccination. We should at least wait until the people have had one or two rounds of vaccination before vaccinating the princes and grandchildren."

The prince immediately said: "I also think this is a better idea. After all, cowpox is a new thing, so we should be cautious." This was the first time he agreed with the boss's opinion from the bottom of his heart!

"What about the others? Do they all agree with what the crown prince and the eldest brother say?" Kangxi's mouth curled up, but his expression did not change at all. It was impossible to tell whether he was angry or not.

With the eldest brother and the crown prince speaking up, Yinzhi, Yinqi and others stepped forward and said in unison, "I agree with what the eldest brother and the crown prince say."

Yinxiang glanced at his fourth brother inconspicuously, and received a look of disapproval, so he stopped abruptly.

Then, seeing his fourteenth brother taking a step forward and about to rush forward, he pulled him back.

Yinzhen looked at his Thirteenth Brother with a puzzled look on his face and asked in a low voice: "Hey, no, Thirteenth Brother, why are you pulling me?" While speaking, he tried hard to break free, but his Thirteenth Brother was as strong as him, so no matter how hard he tried, it was in vain.

Seeing this, Yinzhen frowned, no longer as calm as before. He turned his head and glared at Old Fourteen, his eyes full of warning and murderous intent.

Yinzhen felt a little timid, his eyes were wandering, and he was pressed down on the spot without being able to move.

"Hehe..." Kangxi sneered. He could see clearly what each of his sons did. Except for the fourth son, all the others had objections. Only the thirteenth and fourteenth sons were stopped by the fourth son.

"Old Four, tell me, what are you thinking?"

Yinzhen stepped forward and replied calmly, "In reply to your Majesty, I believe that as a prince and grandson of the emperor, I must set an example for the people of the world. In addition, your Majesty is not only the sovereign, but also a father, and a relative of the princes and grandsons. You will not joke about the lives of the princes and grandsons."

"Have you heard everything? If I am not sure, would I let my own son and grandchildren take risks? You all only saw that cowpox was developed not long ago, and you are afraid that it may be dangerous. Aren't human pox and smallpox more dangerous than it? Smallpox is an incurable disease. It is considered lucky if one or two out of ten people survive. More people will survive human pox, but at most only half of them will survive. Can you guarantee that your children will be the lucky ones?"

Kangxi calmed down his anger as he spoke, and his tone became more serious: "If you don't get vaccinated now, smallpox may break out again someday, and it will be too late for you to regret it then!"

The princes immediately thought of the smallpox that the eldest prince in the Fourth Prince's mansion had contracted, and they all fell into deep thought.

Then, led by the Crown Prince, all the princes and brothers stepped forward and said in unison: "Your Majesty, what you said is absolutely right. Your sons and ministers obey your orders!"

"now it's right!"

Kangxi smiled with satisfaction: "Only children over three years old will be vaccinated this time. If there are children under three years old, they will be vaccinated when they reach the age of old. Just so you know, the eldest prince of the fourth family got cowpox, but he survived it, didn't he? The vaccine developed by the imperial physician will only be safer!"

For a moment, all the princes looked at Yinzhen. No wonder he acted as if nothing had happened, it turned out that he had already experienced it!

That's not right. Calculating the time, it seems that the imperial physician started studying cowpox only after Honghui's nephew recovered!

The princes looked at their fourth brother with eyes full of admiration and confusion. They could just refuse such a great achievement as the cowpox vaccine. If it were them, they would have developed the disease themselves and then report it to the emperor. By then, they would have easily won the emperor's favor and the people's hearts.

The prince looked at his fourth brother with trust, confusion, and blame, but not a trace of fear! He didn't make friends with the ministers and clan members, didn't make friends with the princes, and even didn't want the great credit of saving countless lives. This is another Prince Yu!

Fourth brother, don't worry, when I ascend the throne in the future, I will definitely use you. A loyal minister like you is much more trustworthy than other brothers!

No matter how explicit the looks of his brothers were, Yinzhen just looked ahead calmly. All the credit went to his father and the imperial physician, and he only played a tiny role.

His behavior deceived everyone, including Kangxi and Yinsi, and all the fears he had felt for being favored disappeared. No, it should be said that all the brothers just thought he was a fool, and no matter how loyal they were, they could not ignore their own future!

In this regard, Yinzhen could only say that people with different ideals cannot work together!

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