[Qing Chuan] The daily life of the seven princes

The little guy didn't know what was wrong, he was very clingy, his arms were tightly wrapped around the prince's brother's waist, and he refused to let go.

He is a martial artist, his hand strength is much stronger than the prince imagined, the prince tried to pull his hand, but he didn't pull it away after several times.

So, the prince simply patted the back of his head: "What's the matter, what's the matter?"

Yinyou buried his face in his chest, no matter what he asked, Yinyou just didn't speak.

The prince stroked his shoulder patiently: "Crying?"

Yinyou shook his head, rubbing his face on his robe, which happened to be where the dragon pattern was embroidered, and the gold thread scratched his face sorely.

So the little guy turned his head in another direction, still leaning against the prince's brother's chest, refusing to move away.

The prince continued: "Didn't you avoid me just now? Now you are acting like a baby again."

"It's because you don't want to see me." Yinyou finally opened his mouth, his voice muffled.

The prince smiled helplessly: "Make trouble for no reason."

"In two days... No, tomorrow, starting from tomorrow, you will get married. After the wedding, you will no longer be my prince brother."

The prince was baffled by what he said, why is he not his elder brother after getting married? Is there any necessary connection between this?

"Nonsense! I am your brother, so there is still a lie, I will always be your brother."

"You have a crown princess, she will move to the Nuan Pavilion in Dunben Palace, so I can't live there."

The prince patted his head: "The princess is the princess, you are you, it's different."

Yinyou asked: "Then do you like your brother more or the princess?"

"Of course it's my brother."

"Hey!" Yinyou couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud, "That's because you haven't seen the Crown Princess yet, and when you do, say hello to the Crown Princess."

The prince took his hand and walked back: "You still ask if you know."

"I'll just ask."

The prince brought Yinyou back to Yuqing Palace, and the East Palace has already started preparations for the prince's wedding.The inside and outside of the door are decorated with festive red silk and "囍", as is the inside of Dunben Hall.

Xiaotuanzi is really clingy, follow him every step of the way.

The prince smiled and said, "You have to let me change my clothes."

Only then did Yinyou push away two steps and get on the kang: "Then you change it."

He pushed it away, and the attendant stepped forward, helped the prince take off the court crown, court beads, and court clothes, and at the same time gave him clean regular clothes to change into.

Yinyou ate dinner in Yuqing Palace, but still refused to leave, so he ran to the study to find a book by himself, and sat aside to read it.

After watching for a while, he felt tired again, but the prince buried himself in reviewing the memorial after the desk.So the little guy ran into the yard alone.

As soon as he sat down on the platform of Dunben Hall, he saw Madam Xiong coming from the backyard with a cup of tea.

Yinyou asked: "Mother Xiong, what are you serving?"

Mammy Xiong was also a little surprised when she saw him, but she still replied, "This is ginseng tea for the prince."

"Oh. Then you send it in."

Mammy Xiong came out after delivering the tea, and when she saw Yinyou was still sitting there, she boldly asked, "Brother Qi, it's getting dark, why don't you come back?"

Yinyou said: "I won't go back, I will live in Yuqing Palace tonight."

Mammy Xiong nodded: "That's right, in the future when the crown prince marries the crown princess, you won't be able to come and stay here often."

She really didn't open any pot and carried which pot, Yinyou gritted his teeth and said, "I'm here!"

"That's great, with my sister-in-law here, you little uncle should avoid suspicion."

What kind of sister-in-law, brother-in-law, and avoiding suspicion? How could Yinyou understand these things? His intuition told him that this was not a good thing to say.

But after thinking about it, it seemed to make sense, so he became even angrier, and shouted angrily, "Back off!"

His voice alarmed all the princes in the hall, and he quickly put down the memorial and came out to check the situation.

As soon as he walked out of Dunben Hall, he saw Yinyou walking out aggressively, angry and funny: "What is this for?"

Yinyou shouted without looking back: "I'm going back."

"It's such a big night, why do you have to go back again?"

"avoid arousing suspicion!"

The prince still didn't know the summary of the previous story, so he asked in a cloud of confusion: "What suspicion do you want to avoid?"

Mammy Xiong stood aside, not daring to say anything.

Yinyou said: "When I have a sister-in-law in the future, my brother-in-law will avoid suspicion. People in the province will think that I want to compete with the concubine for the prince."

"Hahahahahahahahaha!" The prince almost died from laughing, leaning on the door frame, unable to straighten up.

Yinyou turned around, his brows were knotted together: "What are you laughing at?"

"That...hahahaha, avoiding suspicion doesn't mean that."

"???"

Yinyou pointed to Mammy Xiong at the side: "She said, there is sister-in-law here, so my little uncle needs to avoid suspicion."

The prince didn't know how to explain it to him, so he could only turn his head and scold Madam Xiong angrily: "You talk so much, Yuqing Palace has no work for you?"

Mammy Xiong quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "I don't dare, please forgive me, the prince!"

"Get off!"

After Mammy Xiong entered the backyard, the prince went to hold his younger brother's hand: "Okay, okay, don't be angry, let them bring you some snacks."

The princess was born in a family of generals, but she is a very gentle girl.

There is one more process for the prince's wedding than the prince's, that is, the princess concubine will be conferred in the Wenhua Palace, and the prince and princess will be given a banquet in the Wenhua Palace after they get married.

In addition to the princess, Kangxi also married the prince with two side Fujin, who, like the princess, are the daughters of generals.

After the wedding, Kangxi put more emphasis on the crown prince. Many government affairs in the court were entrusted to him, and many less important things were directly handled by the crown prince and the cabinet.

Except for Concubine Hui, everyone could see it.Kangxi has a completely different attitude towards the elder brother and the prince.

What I love about my elder brother is that I always take him by my side. He likes to join the army and fight, so let him learn more from the generals, and leave the military-related work to him.

Concubine Hui thinks that this is her love for her elder brother. As long as elder brother works hard to give birth to the emperor's eldest grandson as soon as possible, elder brother will still be able to compete with the crown prince.

Moreover, since the Battle of Ulan Butong, Mingzhu has been reinstated, which also shows that the emperor intends to check and balance the power of the prince and Suo'etu.

Although the prince is a gentleman as gentle as jade, Suo'etu acts arrogantly and domineeringly, and often makes enemies in the court under the banner of the prince.

Big brother is not without a chance.

But in fact, although Kangxi was dissatisfied with Suo'etu's actions, he was still very satisfied with the prince.He is gradually handing over state affairs to him, and letting the prince stay in the court when he is out, which means letting go and giving him the opportunity to do it himself.

Of the other princes, only the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother are about to come of age, and the rest are still young, posing no threat to the prince at all.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is cultivating successors for oneself.

But Kangxi didn't have any objections to Suo'etu in his heart. From the battle of Ulan Butong, a seed was planted in Kangxi's heart.

After the war, Fuquan came to report, originally to ask Suo'etu to lead the troops to support Tong Guogang, but Suo'etu did not arrive for some reason.This led to several generals struggling to support, and the Qing army suffered countless casualties.

But Suo'etu also had an excuse, the journey was far away, he had already traveled all day and night, and by the time he arrived, the battle had already been fought, and there was no other way.

Afterwards, Kangxi also thought carefully about Suo'etu's motives. Under his intentional support in recent years, the status of the two uncles in the cabinet has surpassed that of Suo'etu and Mingzhu, especially after depriving Prince Yu and Prince Gong of their political power. .

It is indeed a clever method to use Galdan's hand to help him get rid of his political enemies.

But another reason made Kangxi shudder.

Why did Yinyou suddenly run to the battlefield with a bow and arrow on his back, because the memorial sent by Prince Yu at the beginning said that the elder brother took the initiative to invite Ying, and wanted to lead the troops to go around and break the enemy's camel city.

Maybe Suo'etu didn't even know that the two uncles went to the battlefield in the end, and he always thought it was the elder brother.

He can't move Suo'etu for the time being, and he just considers that he is the prince's natal family after all, and the prince's only support in the court.

Now that the prince is married, when he cultivates the influence of the concubine's natal family for the prince, it's time to settle the score with Suo'etu.

In the military class, Yinyou asked Zhang Yong: "From what Master Zhang sees, should we vigorously develop firearms now, or should we focus on riding and shooting?"

Zhang Yong didn't answer, but instead asked, "Then what does Seventh Brother think?"

Yinyou thought for a while: "Of course, we should vigorously develop firearms. Firearms are more powerful, have a longer range, and are more efficient. They are more deterrent to the enemy and can quickly resolve battles."

Zhang Yong nodded: "That's right, but the veteran believes that any war is a battle between people in the end..."

"A battle between man and man?"

"Yes, there is always a time when the ammunition is exhausted, and the bow and arrow are also exhausted. When your soldiers are unarmed, how do they continue to fight?"

"At any time, a soldier's personal combat ability is the most important. That's why Confucius said that a good man can teach the people for seven years, and he can be a soldier."

What Mr. Zhang said made Yinyou fall into deep thought. He thought that as long as he had more advanced weapons, riding and archery skills would no longer be so important.

But he neglected that weapons need to be operated by humans.It is irresponsible to equip the army with better weapons and at the same time improve their personal qualities so that they have strong combat capabilities, not just go to the battlefield to gather numbers.

Yinyou has another question. He is very curious: "Mr. Zhang, you have fought Galdan several times and know him well. Why didn't Ama let you lead the army last year?"

Zhang Yong smiled and shook his head: "Throughout the ages, there is no hero to find Sun Zhongmou. On the dance pavilion and singing stage, the wind is always blown away by the rain. Not every general is called Lian Po."

Time flies and it's winter again, and Yinyou is already 11 years old.The imperial concubine dragged her chin with one hand and stared at him intently. She became inexplicably sad when she saw it, and then she smiled like a cover-up: "How do I remember, you were a baby who was leaning in my arms yesterday, why are you so spoiled?" How big is it today?"

"Then I'm also a baby who can lean in Er Niang's arms and act like a baby."

As he said that, Yinyou really leaned over, only to realize that there was no room for a baby his size in Erniang's arms.

"Sit down, sit down, boy, don't act like a baby all the time, people will laugh at you."

"Let them laugh, it's okay."

Not only the imperial concubine was emotional, but Kangxi was also emotional when he saw his son growing to the height of his shoulders.That little brat who wants to be hugged by everyone, has grown up so much now, and in a few years, he will really be given a wife.

Yinyou grew up year by year, and the Empress Dowager inevitably aged year by year.

But the old lady is in good health, and she has not had any serious illnesses these years, and she can walk around on her own.When I lived in Changchun Garden, I would go to the lake when the weather was warm.

The old lady began to recall the past again these days, talking about those days in Shengjing Palace.

My aunt is the queen, and my elder sister is the most favored in the harem, and she, she married Huang Taiji at the age of 13, and her status has been lowered and lowered. There is no such thing as falling out of favor, and she has never been favored by her husband anyway.

After Huang Taiji's death, Dorgon, Duoduo, Azige and others eyed the throne covetously. She dealt with it and helped her six-year-old son to the throne.

No one knew what she experienced during that period. She and Yinyou talked about so many things in the past, but they only kept this one secret.

Yinyou listens to whatever she says, and Yinyou doesn't ask what she doesn't want to say.

One day after the Chinese New Year, the Empress Dowager made a request to Kangxi—she wanted to go back to Shengjing again.

This made Kangxi very embarrassed. Shengjing was a long way away, and the empress dowager was almost 80 years old. Not to mention the exhaustion of traveling, what would happen if she got sick on the road.

Just like when I went to Mount Wutai that year, I must do what the old lady insisted on.

Of course, going back to Shengjing is much easier than going to Mount Wutai.

After all, the road is flat, and you can take a carriage or soft sedan all the way, and you don't have to walk too fast. If you get tired, you can rest in the palace along the way.

But this can't just go away, Kangxi still has so many state affairs waiting to come out.

No matter what, even if he was going to Shengjing, it had to be properly arranged, so he could take the Empress Dowager with him at ease.

Yinyou has only been to the south at such a young age, but has not been to the north.I was a little excited, thinking that I am already this old, it is impossible for Ama to go out without bringing herself.

So, when the little guy was looking forward to this winter training, another thing happened suddenly.

He just finished class that day, stretched himself, stood up from the chair, and said casually, "Put away the pen and paper."

After speaking, he was about to go out the door, but found that Cao Yan who was standing beside him was motionless.

"Xiaoyu?" Yinyou called him, "Why are you in a daze, I asked you to clean up the table."

"Ah?" Cao Yan came back to his senses and started working immediately, "Let's clean it up now."

Yinyou looked at him suspiciously: "What's the matter with you today? You're restless."

Cao Yan didn't speak, and continued to work with her head down.

The more he was like this, the more curious Yinyou became: "Tell me quickly, what's the matter? My aunt Xi is pregnant again?"

"No."

"Then what happened to you?"

Cao Yan tidied up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table in an orderly manner, put the book back on the clip at the back, and then turned around: "Seventh brother, I have to go."

"Yinyou nodded, it's time to leave the palace and go home."

"No." Cao Yan bit her lower lip, "I'm leaving the capital."

"Ah???" These words really surprised Yinyou, "You are my haha ​​bead, where can you go without my consent?"

"My father wants to go back to Jiangning, and they said they want me to go back with them."

"Your father?" Yinyou didn't respond, "Which father are you?"

For the past two years, Yinyou and Kangxi spent the New Year in Changchun Garden. Changchun Garden was built on a mountain. See you only once in a few months.

"It's my father, Cao Ziqing."

Yinyou didn't think much about it until here, he just thought that this is Cao Yin, he took his family back to Jiangning to have a look.

"Then how long have you been back and when will you be back?"

Cao Yan's voice gradually quieted down: "I won't be coming back, my father is going to be an official over there."

"!!!"

Yinyou didn't speak, turned around and ran away, crossing Qianhu all the way to Danningju in the east.Without saying a word, he was about to rush into the house, Wei Zhu almost scared him to death, and hurried forward to stop him.

"Seventh elder brother, seventh elder brother! What is this, the emperor is discussing matters inside."

Yinyou calmed down, followed Wei Zhu and stood aside.

After standing for a while, feeling a little impatient, he asked, "Who's in there?"

"Lord Cao."

Yinyou gritted his teeth: "Cao Ziqing?"

Wei Zhu nodded: "Yes."

Yinyou walked back and forth for two steps, feeling his mouth was dry, he called to the little eunuch next to him: "Go and get me a glass of water."

The little eunuch handed him the water, and Yinyou poured it down as soon as he raised his head: "One more glass."

After drinking the third cup, Cao Yin can be regarded as coming out of it.Without further ado, Yinyou stepped forward to stop him: "Don't leave yet."

Cao Yin smiled at him, and asked, "What orders does Seventh Brother have?"

"Wait by the side."

Yinyou rushed into the room, Kangxi was looking down at something, when he heard the movement, he raised his head, saw Yinyou standing in the middle of the room, and frowned displeasedly: "The older you are, the more unruly you become?"

Yinyou had no choice but to bow and salute: "I send my respects to the emperor."

"Tell me, what are you doing here?"

Yinyou asked: "Ama, do you want Ziqing to go to Jiangning to be an official?"

Kangxi threw the notebook in his hand on the desk: "Is this what you should ask?"

"Are you going to Jiangning, and you won't come back in the future?"

I didn't want to hide it from him at first, but I was busy these few days and didn't have time to tell him.

"It's not Jiangning, it's Suzhou."

Yinyou thought for a while, Suzhou and Jiangning are both in Jiangsu, not far away.

Yinyou bit his lower lip: "Do you have to let him go? You can't let others go."

"He has to go, no one else can." Seeing his panicked expression, Kangxi recalled the year when Li Xi left the palace, the little thing cried so emotionally, he finally couldn't bear it, and said, "If you don't want to , let Cao Yan stay with you."

"Then he must stay!"

Yinyou knew that Cao Yan was not Cao Yin's biological son, but Cao Yin's nephew. His father was Cao Xuan, but Cao Xuan's wife didn't like him.

He has been making his haha ​​beads for so many years, Yinyou has already gotten used to it, how could he let him go.

Cao Yan is already ten years old. Even if Cao Yin doesn't return to the capital in a few years, Cao Yan will come back. Isn't leaving now a delay to his future?

But Yinyou mainly made another request to Kangxi: "I want to leave the palace."

"Now?"

Yinyou nodded: "Can you?"

Kangxi pondered for a while, then glanced out of the window, Cao Yin was still standing in the yard.

The old father was always reluctant to refuse the boy's request: "Go and call Ziqing in."

Cao Yin went back to the house again, Kangxi gave him a task, took the seventh elder brother to reply, and sent him back safely before dark.

Yinyou went back to Chengluxuan, changed into the uniform he was going out with, took Zhao Cheng with him, and then followed Cao Yin to the common gate.

On the carriage at the gate of the palace, Cao Yan was sitting there, waiting for his father.

Standing in front of the carriage, Yinyou patted Cao Yan's head, and suddenly remembered that the child hadn't shaved his head when he was young, so he always called him sister.

Now that Cao Yan has grown into a young man, she will no longer be recognized as a girl.

Cao Yin patted Yinyou's shoulder: "What are you doing in a daze, go up."

Yinyou ignored him and said to Cao Yan, "Sit inside."

Cao Yan always listened to him, and he did what he said, obediently turned around and got into the carriage.

Yinyou put down the curtain and said to the coachman, "Let's go."

He turned around and looked at Cao Yin: "Let's go."

"Okay," Cao Yin smiled and put his hand on his shoulder, "Anyway, I'm with you, if you say go, then let's go."

The two walked along the avenue in front of the palace gate. After all, this was the facade of the Royal Garden. The road was well-built, and there was not even a steep slope along the way.

Yinyou asked him: "Is it true that you won't come back after you go?"

"I don't know," Cao Yin always had a slight smile on his face, "Perhaps, he will come back when Xiang Huang takes up his post."

"Although I can't see you for a month or two now, I can still go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find you when I want to see you. In the future, when I want to see you, I won't be able to see you either."

Cao Yin asked him: "Seventh elder brother, is this reluctant to part with me?"

Yinyou turned his head to the other side and didn't speak.His hand tugged at his robe.

"Who can't bear you, I can't bear my Aunt Xi."

"Don't worry, I promised you to take good care of her. She is now taking care of her husband and children, reading books, writing and writing, and occasionally writing the first words. I don't know how happy she is."

"Complete the lyrics," Yinyou knew that Aunt Xi had studied and was a talented girl, but he didn't know that she could write lyrics, "Who are you filling in for?"

Cao Yin laughed loudly: "Of course it's for me, her husband."

Yinyou curled his lips: "Aunt Xi is so nice, it's really cheap for you."

Cao Yin laughed: "What do you mean, am I not good?"

"You are good too."

The two walked for a while, Yinyou remembered something again, and suddenly asked: "What kind of official are you going to Jiangnan?"

"Weaving in Suzhou."

Yinyou was curious: "Is it the same as your father?"

Cao Yin smiled and shook his head: "He is Jiangning weaving."

"Suzhou is not far from Jiangning. It's not difficult to make clothes for my Ama."

"Oh!" Cao Yin sighed heavily, and shook his head with a wry smile: "My brother, you don't know how difficult my situation is."

Of course Yinyou doesn't know everything, anyone can make clothes, Kangxi doesn't need to send the people closest to him all the way there.

He sent Cao Yin there, there must be a reason for Cao Yin to go, no one else can replace him.

Because of his mother's family background, his own literary achievements, and his deep friendship and close relationship with a famous scholar, Cao Yin enjoys a high prestige among these famous scholars.

Even a person like Fu Shan, who Kangxi couldn't please in every possible way, could invite him to be Yinyou's master, which shows his connections and skills.

The two of them walked all the way to the gate of the palace at the foot of the mountain, and they had to take a carriage for the rest of the way.

Yinyou suddenly remembered something: "Let Xiaoyu stay."

Cao Yin was taken aback: "Why?"

"Staying by my side is better than following you."

Cao Yin thought about it, what he said was indeed correct.After all, Cao Yan is not a child. In the future, he will either become an official through the imperial examination, or he will always follow Seventh Brother. It is indeed not wise to take him away from the capital now.

"I can, but you'd better ask him if he wants to stay."

Yinyou raised his eyebrows, and asked confidently: "Then do you still need to ask?"

"Not necessarily."

The two got into the carriage, and Cao Yin pulled Cao Yan over: "Xiaoyu, dad asked you, would you like to go back to the south of the Yangtze River with dad, or would you like to stay in the capital and accompany Seventh Brother?"

Cao Yan looked at Cao Yin, then at Yinyou.Some asked unsurely, "Can I choose?"

"of course."

"Then I would like to stay."

Yinyou proudly raised his chin at Cao Yin: "I won."

Cao Yin took Yinyou back home, but the housekeeper said that his wife was in the garden, and the three walked through the corridor and went straight to the garden.

Just arrived at the yard, and ran towards him. The three-year-old baby was about to pounce on Cao Yin, when he suddenly saw Yinyou next to him, raised his head and widened his eyes curiously, and said in a childish voice, "Hey, A big brother came today."

Yinyou lowered his head to look at him, this child is really beautiful, with big eyes and round face.

Yinyou pinched his face and asked, "What's your name?"

"Liansheng."

"Do you have a name?"

Liansheng shook his head, then went to look at Cao Yin who was at the side: "What is a daimyo?"

Cao Yin picked him up and said, "My name is Cao Yong."

Yinyou asked again: "Which 'Yong'?"

Cao Yin hugged his son and bumped him with his arm: "Ancient beasts, haven't you read the "Shan Hai Jing"?"

Yinyou shook his head: "No."

"I'll give you a copy."

Yinyou couldn't help it, and pinched Liansheng's cheek again: "It looks like you."

"Your Aunt Xi also said that she looks a bit like you when you were a child."

Yinyou couldn't help raising the corners of his lips: "That's because Aunt Xi misses me, everyone looks like me."

Li Xi felt a little strange when he heard the voice, but also a little familiar.After all, she hasn't seen Yinyou for two years, what the little guy looks like depends on Cao Yan coming back to tell her.

"Seventh Brother!" Li Xi walked up to them, his eyes fell on Yinyou and he couldn't leave him, looked him up and down, and couldn't help but look again and again, "It's really Seventh Brother. "

Yinyou pouted: "Aunt Xi, you don't even know me anymore."

Li Xi held his head: "Why don't you know me? I think about you every day, and I dream about you. You have grown so tall."

In her mind, Yinyou was still at the age of six or seven. Even if she saw her twice later, she still couldn't refresh her memory, as if the moment she left the palace, Yinyou's appearance and height had already been frozen in her memory.

Li Xi dragged him into the room and asked someone to make some snacks. She still remembered what Yinyou liked to eat and drink, and she remembered everything clearly.

As he grows older, Yinyou is not as crazy about sweets as he was when he was a child, but in order to make Aunt Xi happy, he still eats a few pieces.

Liansheng leaned in his father's arms and asked in a low voice, "Is this my brother?"

"No."

"Yes!"

Cao Yin's and Yinyou's voices sounded at the same time, Yinyou teased him with a snack: "Want to eat?"

Liansheng sucked in his saliva: "I want to eat."

"Call Seventh Brother and I'll eat it for you."

"Seventh brother."

Liansheng ate his snacks and secretly told his father, "He must be my mother's brother who was born outside secretly. Mother treats him better than me."

Yinyou sat with Li Xi at Cao Yin's house all afternoon, talking about what had happened in the past few years, and for some reason, he talked about the battle of Ulan Butong the year before last.

"It was only later that I heard that you went to the battlefield alone, and your heart was lifted."

Cao Yin added from the side: "I have had nightmares for several days and woke up calling your name."

Yinyou blinked: "Then why didn't you tell me?"

"What is there to say?"

Yinyou remembers that at that time, everyone ignored him, his Ama beat him up hard, Er Niang also slapped him twice, and even Mama Ukuma gave Ama a good reprimand.

But he didn't expect that in a place he didn't know, someone was frightened for him, and couldn't sleep well for several nights.

"Aunt Xi," Yinyou held Li Xi's hand, "I don't know if you are used to living in the south."

Li Xi said: "When I was young, my father was the governor of Zhejiang Province, and I have always lived in the south."

"Oh, I haven't been to Zhejiang."

Li Xi smiled and patted his head: "Then you come if you have a chance, let Ziqing take you to see, Hangzhou has the West Lake, the West Lake has the remnant snow on the broken bridge, the sunset of Leifeng, the evening bell in Nanping, the moon reflected in three pools..."

"I've read it in the poem, I'll have a look later."

After talking with Li Xi for a while, he teased that little bun-shaped Liansheng.

He insisted that Yinyou was his mother's elder brother secretly born outside, so he was so angry with his father that he threatened to beat him up.

In the afternoon, someone sent an invitation card to Cao Yin. The person who wrote the card was surnamed Hong, inviting him to a gathering in Jicuilou, saying that he was invited to attend a play.

Li Xi asked casually: "It's Fang Si, why don't you come to the house to listen to the opera?"

"Maybe he wrote a new paragraph and asked us to review it."

Li Xi smiled and said: "Then you can't go today, you have to send brother back to the palace."

"No."

Cao Yin put aside the invitation and called Xiaosi, and was about to ask him to answer, when Yinyou suddenly asked, "Where is Jicuilou?"

"It's a restaurant in the capital."

Yinyou asked again: "Is Rong Ruo going?"

"Let's go."

"Then I want to see it too?"

"Huh?" Cao Yin waved his hand, "Don't hurt me, I have to take responsibility for bringing you out, and if the emperor finds out, a few heads are not enough to look at."

Yinyou rolled his eyes at him: "I, Ama, would not be willing to cut off yours if I cut anyone's head off. Let's go!"

Li Xi hurried over and pulled Yinyou: "Brother, don't make trouble."

"Aunt Xi, I just want to go and have a look." Yinyou shook her hand, "Just ask Ziqing to take me there."

As soon as Liansheng saw him acting like a baby to his mother, he yelled: "Father, look, he is my brother!"

Cao Yin covered his son's mouth with his hands: "You are not so eager to cuckold your own father."

Li Xi turned his head and gave him a hard look: "What are you talking about in front of the child?"

Cao Yin hurriedly said with a flattering smile: "Madam said yes, I was the one who said what I said, I should be beaten!"

Yinyou pulled him and ran out: "Come back and fight again!"

"Hey..." The two had already thrown it out, Li Xi wanted to stop her, but his son hugged her leg, "Mother, mother, that's my brother, right? That's my brother."

Li Xi couldn't leave, so he could only shout at the backs of the two: "Be careful, go back to the palace earlier."

"understood."

The two of them were sitting in a carriage, and when they arrived at the gate of Jicui Building, they happened to meet Nalan.

"Rong Ruo!"

Among the noisy crowd, Nalan was startled when he heard the voice, turned his head, and saw the person who should not be seen here.

When the two walked in, he suppressed his voice and scolded Cao Yin: "You are tired of work, bring him here."

Cao Yin shrugged his shoulders, a little wronged: "Why can't you come to a serious restaurant?"

Nalan didn't mean that, and he was even more annoyed when he said that: "How did he come out of the palace?"

"The master asked me to take him to my house for a sit-down. Didn't Fangsi ask me to come and listen to the opera? Let him hear it, and he will follow."

They are all here, but there is no other way, Nalan and Cao Yin sandwich Yinyou from left to right, go upstairs and into the private room, someone immediately waved to them: "Lixuan, Rongruo, Come on, sit here."

This person is Hong Sheng and Hong Fangsi who invited friends to listen to the play together today.

Hong Sheng was surprised to see that there was someone between Nalan and Cao Yin. He was a half-grown child, and he could tell by his clothes and accessories that he was not a child from an ordinary family.

"Who is this?"

When Yinyou was young, he could still joke that he was his son.

When I grow up, I want to reveal my secrets by saying so.

Cao Yin reacted quickly, pointing at Nalan: "His... cousin."

Nalan immediately said, "That's right, my cousin."

It is indeed his cousin, there is nothing wrong with that.

Yinyou also cooperatively called out to Nalan: "Cousin."

Hong Sheng asked again: "I don't know what to call the young master?"

Even Nalan didn't know how to answer this, so he could only turn his head to look at Cao Yin.

Cao Yin said: "Small characters inherit the sky."

Yinyou was taken aback, this was indeed his baby name, but few people called him that, everyone called him Xiaoqi.Except for the fourth elder brother, even the other brothers didn't know that he had such a baby name, but Cao Yin did.

After the three of them were seated, Yinyou couldn't wait to pull Cao Yin: "Why do you..."

"How do I know?" Cao Yin said deliberately, "I won't tell you."

Nalan poured himself a glass of wine, tasted it first, and then said with a smile: "Why doesn't he know, there is nothing he doesn't know about your Ama."

"Coincidentally, I happened to be present when I named you, and your Ama wrote the words 'Cheng Tian Zhi Bless' with your own hands."

Now Yinyou is also a scholar who has studied the "Book of Changes", "God blesses him, and there will be no disadvantages." After carefully tasting it, I feel that his Ama gave him this name out of his heart.

People came in one after another at the door, and Yinyou didn't know any of them, but when they came to say hello, Cao Yin and Nalan both knew each other, and when they reported their names, they sounded familiar, and several of them were officials in the court.

Yinyou sat between Cao Yin and Nalan. After a long time, someone he knew came in at the door, and he had met him before.

The man greeted everyone at the banquet one by one, and when he arrived at their place, he was a little surprised to see Yinyou, as if he didn't understand why there was still a half-grown child.

After hearing Nalan's introduction, he took another look. He always felt familiar, but he was sure he didn't know him.

Thinking of Nalan's cousin, who is also a relative of the emperor, maybe he has actually met him, or maybe he just met his father and brother.

So, no more entanglement, just sat back to his seat.

Yinyou sat down with Nalan and Cao Yin, and whispered to them, "He didn't recognize me."

This time it was Cao Yin who was surprised: "Have you seen him?"

Nalan laughed and said, "There are things you don't even know about."

Yinyou turned his head away, and Nalan exchanged a look, intending to whet Cao Yin's appetite: "Of course I've seen it before."

Cao Yin really couldn't figure it out: "He just returned to Beijing to work the year before last, how did you meet him?"

Yinyou stuck out his tongue at him: "I won't tell you."

"..."

Cao Yin leaned on the cushion behind him: "If you don't tell me, I know, let me think about it. In the 23rd year of Kangxi, when you returned from Jiangning and passed by Qufu, your Ama ordered someone to speak "The Analects of Confucius" in the Confucius Temple. This Kong Shang is Mr. Kong."

"Afterwards, your ama brought him back to the capital and awarded him the title of Doctor of Imperial College."

Yinyou pouted: "Really, there is nothing you don't know."

Cao Yin picked up a chopstick dish for him: "Try this oily and crispy dish, is there any delicious one made in the palace?"

This is Shandong cuisine, which Yinyou had never eaten in the palace.Curiously, I tasted it, and the taste is really good.

Cao Yin introduced to him: "This dish uses chicken gizzards and pork belly as the main ingredients. It has extremely strict requirements on the heat. If it is less than a second, it will not be cooked, and if it is over a second, it will not be crispy."

Compared with food, Yinyou is more curious about today's drama.He whispered to the two people around him: "The queen of Confucius