Rebirth: The Fourth Lady Wants to Lie Down

The next morning, Kangxi came out of Yonghe Palace and returned to Qianqing Palace. I didn't see the magic cube that everyone talked about yesterday, but I am still quite curious now, knowing that it was given to the princes by Yinzhen.

"Li Dequan, go and ask Yinzhen to come into the palace. Ask him to bring that Rubik's Cube to me for a look." Kangxi said to Li Dequan, asking him to invite Yinzhen into the palace.

"Yes, I'll go right away." Li Dequan took the order and went out.

Fourth Brother's Mansion.

When Yinzhen received the news, he hurriedly prepared to go to the palace. Thinking of the glass tea set that Fucun had sent him before, he took the most exquisite set and put it in a box, ready to bring it to Kangxi.

All the way into the palace, inside the Qianqing Palace.

"Your son pays respects to the Emperor, Father. May the Emperor be blessed with good health." Yinzhen paid respects to Kangxi and then presented the Rubik's Cube to Kangxi.

"Is this the Rubik's Cube?" Kangxi took it, looked at it carefully in his hand, and asked.

"Yes, Father. This was carefully made by Yi Ya's third brother Fucun. It consists of six sides, each painted in a different color, usually white, red, blue, orange, green and yellow. Look, Father, each side has nine small wooden blocks, and the entire Rubik's Cube has a total of 27 small blocks. All you have to do is shuffle these small blocks randomly, and then move the small blocks of the same color to the same side of the Rubik's Cube, that's it." Yinzhen explained to Kangxi.

Kangxi listened and tried to rotate it. At first, Kangxi was not very familiar with the rules of the Rubik's Cube, but he soon mastered the skills and began to enjoy the fun of solving the Rubik's Cube.

"As long as Your Majesty likes it." Yinzhen was very happy to see that Kangxi was so fascinated by the Rubik's Cube.

Then, remembering the main point he had brought this time, Yinzhen turned around and took the box he had prepared from Su Peisheng. He said to Kangxi, "This is a gift prepared by my son. Your Majesty, open it and see if you like it."

Li Dequan took it and opened it for Kangxi. Looking at the wooden box in front of him, Kangxi saw a set of glass tea sets inside. He had never seen such tea sets before. At first glance, he was immediately attracted by its crystal clearness and elegant shape.

He picked up a glass teacup and said admiringly: "This tea set is really good. It is not only beautiful, but also comfortable to the touch."

"Where did it come from? Did you buy it from foreigners?" Kangxi knew that foreigners had always been buying and selling glass in the Qing Dynasty.

Yinzhen was even more proud when he saw Kangxi appreciate this glass tea set so much. He calmly dropped a bombshell, "This was made by my son, Fu Jin's third brother."

"The kid from Ulanala Mansion?" Kangxi paused holding the glass teacup, and the cup almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Kangxi reacted quickly.

Kangxi had always known that glass was expensive and that foreigners made a lot of money from it. Many people were researching it privately, and he had asked people to develop it, but there was no progress, so he gave up.

Kangxi asked: "He is one of those foreigners who came to Fangzi. They will not cut off their own financial resources."

"I heard from Fu Jin that Fucun has liked to invent some strange things since he was a child. The Rubik's Cube was invented by him to entertain Yi Ya. As for glass, it seems that he made some changes to our method of making colored glaze. Unexpectedly, he really made it." Yinzhen responded respectfully.

"Then why are you giving me this now?" Kangxi asked.

"My son is here to give money to the Emperor."

"Oh! Sending silver?" Kangxi was puzzled.

Yinzhen did not keep the secret and said directly: "Fujin wants to open a glass shop and has handed over the glass craftsman to my son. My son plans to specialize in selling various glass items. My son would like to ask the emperor to put his name on it and give you 20% of the profits. What do you think, emperor?"

There is such a good thing? Kangxi thought to himself, but why should he refuse such a good thing? Isn't it nice to get free money? But he wanted to tease his son who never showed his emotions, so he said, "If I don't agree to be listed in your name, you are not going to share the profits with me?"

Yinzhen was stunned for a moment, and then he said in a steady voice: "It is my duty as a son to honor my father. Besides, you have raised me for more than ten years, and now it is time for me to honor you. I am also planning to replace all the windows in your Qianqing Palace with glass, so that you can work in the Qianqing Palace more brightly."

"Okay, just because you installed this room full of glass for me, I can't refuse." Kangxi looked at Yinzhen with a smile in his eyes.

"Yes, son, thank you, Father Huang."

Then Kangxi thought of Fucun and said to Yinzhen: "I remember that Fucun is Fei Yanggu's illegitimate son!"

"Yes, my Royal Highness."

"This old man Fei Yanggu actually got such a good son."

Afterwards, Kangxi asked Yinzhen to stay for dinner. The father and son had a good chat, and then Kangxi let Yinzhen go back.

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At the same time, in the eldest prince's mansion, after learning that Kangxi had summoned Yinzhen, the eldest prince hurriedly sought out Mingzhu to discuss the matter.

"Uncle, what do you think about the Emperor summoning Yinzhen?" Yinzhi asked.

"Don't worry, Eldest Prince. It's just a small thing. The Emperor only summoned the Fourth Prince out of curiosity." Mingzhu comforted.

"This Fourth Prince, he made a little toy without making any noise and he thought he could get the attention of the Emperor. He doesn't know his own limitations." The eldest prince said angrily.

In fact, Yinzhen had never thought about it this way, but he could not change the thoughts of the eldest prince and others.

"Don't worry too much, eldest brother. The most important thing now is to make the emperor hate the prince."

"The Crown Prince has always been on good terms with the Fourth Prince. I want to see what he will do this time. Isn't he afraid that the Fourth Prince will catch the Emperor's eye?"

"That's what the eldest brother said."

At this time, in Minqing Palace, the lights in the prince's study were brightly lit.

"Prince, the Emperor summoned the Fourth Prince today. This has never happened before. You must take precautions early!" Soetu said worriedly.

"Uncle, don't worry. The fourth brother is quite close to me, and he has always been on my side. If he is really valued by the Emperor, he will be able to do things for us in the future." Crown Prince Yinreng said nonchalantly.

"Despite this, Your Highness must still be on guard!" Soetu advised.

Yinreng became impatient with the persuasion and said perfunctorily: "I know, I know, I will pay attention to it."

In the evening, Yinzhen returned home and went straight to the main courtyard with a barely perceptible smugness on his face. When he saw Yiya, he quickly said, "Fujin, the emperor has agreed to open a glass shop. Not only did he agree to our request, he also plans to personally write an inscription for the shop."

After hearing this, Yi Ya's face suddenly broke into a bright smile, and her joy was beyond words. She hurriedly thanked Yin Zhen: "That's great, Master. Thanks to you, we can tell our fathers to start preparing."

Yinzhen smiled and nodded, he knew that this news meant a lot to Yi Ya.

He continued, "Today, the Emperor asked me to bring the Rubik's Cube to see him. He liked it very much. Later, I presented the glass tea set to the Emperor. He was very surprised. I told him that it was made by your third brother, and the Emperor praised him."

"Thank you, Grandpa. My father and third brother will be very happy when they know this."

Thinking of what she had promised Kangxi to install glass windows in the Palace of Heavenly Purity, she said to Yi Ya, "I told my father today that we should replace all the windows in the Palace of Heavenly Purity with glass ones, so I need to ask Fu Cun to hurry up."

"Master, don't worry, my third brother has already made preparations. However, I will send someone to him as soon as possible so that he can hand it over to them." Thinking of what his third brother said about going to find Dai Zixueyi later, he said to Yinzhen and asked him to send someone to take over the glass shop as soon as possible.

"Okay, I'll send someone over in the next few days." Yinzhen replied.

Afterwards, seeing that the matter had been discussed, Yinzhen went to the front yard to handle government affairs.