[Qing Chuan] The daily life of the seven princes

The little tiger had a big head, round eyes, and a "king" character on his forehead. He kicked and kicked his two front paws, bared his teeth, and growled fiercely at him, "ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow".

Yinyou rubbed his chest, this little bastard was not big, but he was quite strong, he didn't know if he was being chased, but he ran into his arms in a panic, almost breaking his sternum.

The sound of horseshoes in the distance was getting closer and closer. It sounded like there were only two horses. Yinyou squinted his eyes and looked over, and saw two horses rushing out of the jungle one after the other and galloping on the grassland.

That was Brother Nine and his guards.

Brother Jiu came to Mulan Paddock to hunt for the first time, and he had a strong desire to show off in front of the emperor's father. A young man in his teens was at his most energetic.Riding a horse, ran from one end of the grassland to the other end of the grassland, and turned around in the woods several times. I wanted to chase and hunt every animal I saw, but I was not tired at all.

He was not tired, but the guards who followed him were so tired that the horse was almost running to death.

"Where's the tiger cub? I saw it run out from there, why is it gone?"

Yinyou looked over at him, Nine Brothers were sitting on the horse, holding the rein in one hand, the bow in the other, a quiver on his back, a short sword hanging on his waist, and dark red blood stains under his robe.

Yinyou frowned, how could there be blood?

When shooting prey, there must be a distance of at least a few meters to tens of meters. How could blood splash on a person's body when he was on the horse?

Unless... this is stabbing some animal to death at close range.

The guard over there replied: "Brother Jiu, although this is a grassland, there are rolling hills.

Brother Jiu asked again: "Can I still find it?"

"It's hard to find. There are wolves on the grassland after nightfall. It's very dangerous. Let's go back quickly."

"No!" Brother Jiu insisted, "This is an opportunity specially given to me by the emperor, I can't be ashamed in front of so many people, let alone disappoint the emperor, I must kill that tiger cub and bring it back. "

Hearing this, Yinyou turned over holding the little tiger, protected it in his arms, and turned his back to Brother Jiu and the others.

The little tiger was baring its teeth at him, suddenly turned half a circle in the air, frightened again, and went straight into his arms.

Although the little tiger cub had been roaring fiercely at him, it was actually trembling with fright. Just now, because the grass was too deep, it panicked and ran into his arms.

If you want to escape now, it's too late.

Seeing its fierce and gentle appearance, Yinyou thought it was very funny, stretched out his hand and scratched its chin, and the little tiger immediately opened its mouth wide to bite him.

Yinyou opened his mouth and took a look, oh, the little boy who has no teeth, really regards himself as the king of beasts.

Behind them, Brother Jiu got off his horse, planning to slowly search for traces of the grass being trampled on.

Listening to the voice, Yinyou predicted that the distance between them was only two or 300 meters, and the other party would find them soon.

However, this speed is faster than he thought.Because he was found out.

"Ninth elder brother, ninth elder brother!" The guard shouted cautiously, "Look, there seems to be something over there."

When Brother Jiu heard something, he immediately raised the bow in his hand, stretched his right hand to the quiver on the right, and was about to draw out an arrow.

His mind has always been very simple, there is no city, and he doesn't turn around. When the guard said there was something, he thought it was the little tiger hiding in the grass, and he was ready to shoot immediately.

But the grass in this grassland was deep and dense. With his height, he could only see a piece of yellow-green grass at a glance.

Yinyou protected the little tiger in front of him, feeling a little flustered: "I won't just be shot to death by my brother."

Brother Nine and the guards approached slowly, and then they saw clearly that there was a person lying on the grass.

Brother Nine said, "It looks familiar."

The guard reminded him: "That seems to be Brother Seven."

"Brother Seven?" Brother Nine rushed over immediately, "Brother Seven, Brother Seven! Why are you here?"

Yinyou was still lying sideways on the grass with his back facing him. The little tiger in his arms barked and bit fiercely at first, but now it was very quiet, only knowing that it was leaning against his arms and shivering.

Yinyou said: "You are so noisy, I am sleeping here."

"Ah, sleep?" Brother Nine never expected that someone would fall asleep while hunting, "You, you... Where's the prey you caught?"

Yinyou perfunctory him: "I didn't hit it."

Brother Jiu took another two steps forward: "You are so good at riding and shooting, how could you not hit it?"

"I can only shoot an archery target in the palace, but I can't hit any living things." He waved his hand a little impatiently, "Go and play somewhere else, don't disturb me, I still want to sleep for a while."

Brother Jiu urged him: "Don't sleep, Brother Seven, it's getting dark, there are wolves on the grassland, be careful to take you away."

Yinyou said: "Then take me away."

Brother Nine was too lazy to chat with him, and was about to turn around and leave, and asked, "Brother Seven, did you see a little tiger running out of the forest?"

Yinyou asked him: "You dare to catch the little tiger, but you are not afraid that the tigress will eat you."

"The tigress has been shot to death by Ama with a musket."

Yinyou: "..."

It never occurred to her that she was holding an orphan in her arms.

Brother Jiu said again: "I stabbed two deer with a short sword today. Amah praised me for my good performance and specially gave me this opportunity to hunt that tiger cub back to him. He said that there will be rewards."

Yinyou: "..."

What can I do, the tigress is gone, and now there is only this little tiger left.Even if Yinyou dismissed Brother Jiu and let the little tiger go, he wouldn't be able to survive on the huge grassland.

At night, the wolves can tear it to shreds, and eat it until there are no bones left.

However, if he sent Brother Jiu away, he would take the little tiger back with him later...

I don't know if his ninth brother's unbending mind will think that he is trying to grab credit and Ama's reward, and deliberately hide the little tiger.

Now Yinyou is really "difficult to save the tiger". He doesn't know whether he should obediently surrender the little tiger and let his brother shoot him to death with an arrow, or whether he should be shot to death by his brother after returning home.

"Brother Seven, did you see that little tiger?" Brother Jiu stomped impatiently, "I left without seeing it."

"Wait...wait a minute." Yinyou hugged the little tiger and sat up, "Ninth brother, come here."

"What are you doing?" Brother Jiu was a little impatient, but he still walked over, "It's getting dark, I still have to find a tiger."

Yinyou turned around and dangled the back of the tiger cub in front of his eyes.The little tiger was caught off guard and gave an "owwow", which frightened Brother Jiu to stagger back two steps.

When the guard saw the tiger in Yinyou's hand, he was greatly relieved, now he could finally go back before dark.

"That's great, Seventh Brother!" Ninth Brother happily raised his bow and arrow, "Now we can go back and deal with the emperor's father."

Yinyou held down his bow-holding hand: "Can't you just take it back and hand over the errand?"

"Just... Just take it back like this?"

Yinyou held the little tiger up to him: "Look, how cute it is. It looks like you."

"It's...really?" Brother Jiu touched his face in doubt, "Does it really look like me?"

"Like!" Yinyou nodded firmly, "It looks like it!"

"Then bring it back like this?"

"This tiger cub is too small. It can't be stewed or roasted. The tiger's skin can't even make a pair of gloves. What's the use of killing it?"

With that said, Yinyou threw the little tiger into his arms.Brother Jiu caught it in a hurry, and the little tiger gave him a "wow" again, it was milky and fierce, so cute.

"Hey!" He lifted the little guy up with a smile, "Then take it back like this!"

Brother Jiu got on the horse, and the little tiger kicked and kicked wildly in his arms. He couldn't hold it at all, and almost fell off the horse with the tiger.

"Seventh brother, save me!"

Yinyou and the guards left and right, the guards supported brother Jiu, Yinyou carried the tiger back and held it in his arms.

A few people rode through the woods when they came, and Brother Jiu saw a little bear passing through the branches and leaves, and shouted at Yinyou: "Brother Seven, there is a bear over there."

Yinyou glanced at it from the corner of his eye, and heard his younger brother shouting from the side: "Take it back too, and keep it in the palace or Changchun Garden."

Yinyou yelled at him: "I can't afford it, go away! Its Amma is right next to it, be careful when you slap your face."

In just two sentences, Brother Jiu had already fallen behind Yinyou, and the sky had already darkened. He was afraid that he would be left behind, so he hurriedly chased after him on horseback wholeheartedly.

Kangxi led the crowd to count today's harvest, and the surrounding ministers kept flattering him, saying: "Brother Jiu is so young, but he is so brave. He hunted two deer with a dagger, quite like the emperor in those days."

The emperor didn't show any expression after hearing this, and stared into the distance noncommittally.

After a while, everyone saw a few horses galloping from the other side of the grassland. It was the seventh and ninth elder brothers and their guards.

When approaching the camp, Yinyou slowed down and let his younger brother walk in front. He originally wanted to hand the tiger to Brother Jiu and let him take it to claim credit from Ama.

Before Nai He could speak, Elder Brother Jiu couldn't wait to run up to Kangxi: "Report to Emperor Father, I have brought back that little tiger cub."

Yinyou cooperated with his younger brother to present the little tiger. Although the tiger cub was trembling with fear when he saw so many people, he couldn't lose his momentum.

Kangxi was not mentally prepared, and his son was caught alive and returned.

The mother of this little tiger cub was still lying on the ground at this time. Although it was a beast, it might not be unable to feel the pain of the death of its loved ones, or maybe it was the beast's intuition that made him feel the danger, and it struggled more violently than ever.

Yinyou hurriedly hugged it to comfort him, stroked its head, and scratched his chin.Based on Brother Seven's years of experience in handling animals, the most comfortable place is behind each furry ear. If you scratch a few more times, they will lie obediently in your arms.

After a while, the tiger cub really quieted down.

Kangxi didn't look at Yinzhen, but stared at Yinyou, with a clear expression of "I knew it was you again".

"Others come to hunt, you come here specially to pick pets, once a year, every year you don't fall behind."

"..."

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yinyou quickly stuffed the tiger cub into his younger brother's arms, and began to blame: "Ama, you misunderstood, this belongs to the ninth brother, not mine."

"Hmph!" Kangxi snorted coldly, "You two are my adopted sons, I don't know what kind of character you have? If someone else encounters this tiger cub, he will be shot to death with one arrow. Only you... come every year, In all these years, not a single rabbit has been shot to death."

Yinyou was criticized but still had the look of "I'm justified". He was not ashamed, but proud, and bowed to Kangxi and clasped his fists: "The emperor taught you well, and my son must practice hard when he goes back. can gain something.”

These words were perfunctory, and Kangxi didn't want to haggle with him in front of civil and military officials.

Regardless of whether it is dead or alive, since brother Jiu brought the tiger back, he should be rewarded.

As for the tiger cub, Kangxi threw the problem to Yinyou again: "I'll leave this tiger cub to you, don't take it back to the capital!"

"..."

After finishing speaking, Kangxi glanced at his son's embarrassed expression, then snorted and turned away with his courtiers refreshed.

Brother Jiu heard that the emperor said that he could not take it back to the palace. Anyway, he had already received the reward, and he had no interest in the little tiger, so he stuffed it into Yinyou's arms again: "Let's leave it to Brother Seven."

Yinyou: "..."

That night, after the celebration banquet, the brothers learned that he had brought a cub back, and all of them came to the camp to watch curiously.

Everyone happily licked the big cat, and heard that the imperial father did not allow the little tiger to be brought back to the capital, so everyone left after having had enough fun.

Only the understanding Eighth Brother stayed behind: "Seventh Brother, what are you going to do with it?"

Yinyou was also worried: "I don't know either."

The eighth elder brother suggested: "Why don't you put it back on the grassland."

Yinyou shook his head: "The tigress is dead, and his teeth haven't grown yet, so he won't be able to live if he is put back on the grassland."

"Then..." Eighth Brother thought for a while, frowned and gave him a bad idea, "I can only take it back secretly."

"Then I might as well ask Ama, maybe he can beat me up and let me take it back."

Brother Eight nodded: "That's also a way."

Yinyou pushed him: "You really hope that your seventh brother will be beaten."

The eighth elder brother said a little wronged: "But, if you beat me up, Ama will not agree to take it back to the capital."

"..."

When the two brothers were at a loss, the imperial concubine walked in from outside, and the eighth elder brother quickly stood up and saluted: "Greetings to the imperial concubine."

The imperial concubine smiled and nodded, sat down and began to care about the complete schoolwork: "How is the eighth brother studying recently?"

She asked if it was okay, but as soon as she asked, Eighth Brother remembered that he hadn't memorized today's book, so he got up and went back to memorize in a hurry.

The imperial concubine sat down and looked at her son with a smile.He couldn't help reaching out to touch his shiny forehead.I sighed in my heart: "This hairstyle is really ugly, it's a pity that my son has such a high appearance."

Yinyou tilted his head impatiently, and rescued his head from Er Niang's grasp: "Oh! Don't touch me, I'm so bored to death."

Not only did the imperial concubine want to touch him, but she also hugged his head and rubbed it: "What's bothering you, is it just because of that little tiger?"

Yinyou pouted and nodded: "If it doesn't work, I'll go and beg Ama, at worst I'll get beaten."

"But have you ever thought about it? Tigers are not rabbits and foxes. They are close to humans and like to be raised in captivity."

"Tigers are ferocious beasts and the king of the jungle. They are born in the wild. If you take it back, what will you do to raise it? What should you do when it grows up?"

"But I don't want it to become the prey of other people or other animals before it grows up."

"Xiaoqi," the imperial concubine looked at her son, "Emiang has always wanted to ask you a question."

"Just ask."

"Why don't you hunt every time you come to Mulan Paddock? As your Ama said, you never even shot a rabbit."

The imperial concubine knew that his son was a very kind child who loved nature and small animals and couldn't bear to hurt them, but she still wanted to hear how her son would answer her.

Yinyou thought for a while, but it seemed a little difficult to speak.Then, he said calmly, "Probably... probably not hungry."

"Ah?" The answer was beyond the expectation of the imperial concubine, "That means, if you are hungry, you will also hunt and kill those animals."

"Of course! Isn't hunting a skill already written into our blood?"

The imperial concubine nodded: "That's true, your ancestors used to hunt for a living."

Yinyou said with certainty: "If I am alone in the wild and I am hungry, I must eat. I don't like to eat wild fruits on trees, so of course I can only hunt and eat meat."

"So, every time you come here, you don't hunt any prey, just because you are not hungry?"

Yinyou didn't answer, he bit his lower lip, suddenly raised his head to look at Er Niang, and said, "I don't want to..."

"Don't want what?"

"You can't tell people!"

The imperial concubine's appetite was whetted by him, but she couldn't wait for a long time for an answer: "Okay, okay, I promise not to tell others."

"Even Ama can't say it, definitely can't say it."

"I promise, no one will tell, not even your brother and your aunt!"

Only then did Yinyou rush over, and whispered in Erniang's ear, "I just don't want to kill because I like it. Animals don't prey on each other because killing other animals can bring them happiness."

The imperial concubine hugged her son. He has grown up and has his own thoughts and principles. Even his Ama and so many brothers cannot shake him: "You are right, real courage is not killing, but fighting. Forgiveness and mercy."

Yinyou patted Eniang's shoulder: "But, if I have to do it, then I will not be soft."

The imperial concubine nodded, expressing her agreement with his statement: "But I hope that in the face of life, you will always have a little more awe, even your opponents, you should respect them."

"Well! I remember."

The imperial concubine pinched his face: "Why don't you want Ama to know what you think?"

"He definitely doesn't agree with my idea. Since there are differences, then don't create conflicts."

Yinyou took her hands away from her face: "I'm already this old, and you still pinch my face."

"What's wrong with being so big, then don't you still act like a baby to Er Niang? If you can act like a baby, I can't pinch your face."

"..."

In the end, Yinyou didn't bring the little tiger back to the capital either.He gave it to an official who guarded Mulan's paddock, and told him to take good care of it, and he would come back next year before releasing it back into the woods.

No matter how unwilling the man was, he could only agree to Seventh Brother's order.

The Mulan paddock was full of pheasants and hares, and the little tiger would not starve to death, but at night, he had to be called back to prevent him from being picked up by wolves.

Back in the Forbidden City, Kangxi immediately took everyone to the Palace of Compassion and Ninggong to greet the Empress Dowager, and the old lady mentioned that she wanted to go back to Shengjing to have a look.

Kangxi was stunned for a moment, thinking that she had forgotten about this matter, so no one was allowed to mention it again, and it just passed.

Unexpectedly, although the Empress Dowager is old and her memory is not very good, she is quite persistent about some things.

But now that September is approaching, even the weather in the capital is gradually getting cooler, let alone the Northeast.

Kangxi comforted the emperor's grandmother: "The ancestor really wants to go, let's go next year, this year it will be late autumn, it's too cold."

The empress dowager just looked at him like that for a long time, and said without beginning and ending: "Xuan Ye has grown up, my Xuan Ye has grown up."

Kangxi thought she was a little confused, and thought it was the first few years when he was in power.

Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager changed the subject and said with a sneer: "Now you know how to fool me, the imperial grandmother."

"..."

Kangxi kept saying that he didn't dare: "We will set off when the weather is warmer in spring next year. It happens to be summer when we arrive in Shengjing. It's cool there. We'll come back in autumn."

The old lady was satisfied for the time being, so she didn't say anything more.

Coming out of the Compassionate Ning Palace, Yinyou endured it, but he couldn't hold it back.

When everyone returned to the palace, he said to Kangxi: "Although Ukuma is old, she knows everything and remembers everything. If Ama can't do something, don't promise her, promise Don't let her down."

The father and son stood on the square in front of the Qianqing Palace. Today's wind is very strong, and the robes are rattling.

Kangxi looked at his son with his hands behind his back: "Have you ever thought about it, Mama Ukuma is already eighty. Do you know how far it is from the capital to Shengjing?"

He half-closed his eyes and looked at the flag that was used to measure the wind direction every day: "Every time I take her to Changchun Garden, I have to be very careful along the way, let alone a trip to Shengjing."

Yinyou said: "Then I will take her there, and I will take care of her along the way. Let's walk slowly, but no matter how long we walk, we will always reach Shengjing."

Kangxi turned his head to look at him: "You want to go."

"..."

Even Yinyou would not admit it: "I just don't want Mama Ukuma to have any regrets, I hope to fulfill all her wishes."

Kangxi bent his fingers and knocked on his forehead: "Go back and read your book!"

It is impossible to read books. When you come back on the first day, you have to take a good rest no matter what you say.

Yinyou couldn't sit still in his yard, so he went out to play with his brothers in other yards.

The ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother were in the eighth elder brother's yard again. The tenth elder brother failed to follow the emperor's father on a tour outside the Great Wall, and pestered the two elder brothers to tell him about Xingwei.

Brother Jiu talked about how he hunted and killed two deer with a dagger. He was very proud. How the deer was driven to him by the guards, and how he stabbed the dagger into the deer's chest and abdomen. Deer liver is so delicious when grilled...

He also said that they caught a little tiger from the grassland, but unfortunately the emperor refused to let him bring it back to the capital.

The tenth elder brother's eyes were full of envy and yearning, and then he was a little disappointed: "I don't know when I can go hunting with Ama."

"Come on, you're ten years old now, maybe you can go together next year."

Yinyou listened at the door for a while, but didn't go in, turned around and went to the fourth elder brother's yard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, he didn't see the fourth elder brother, but saw the thirteenth elder brother, sitting under the corridor, reciting "Thousand Characters" word by word: "The heaven and earth are mysterious and yellow, the universe is prehistoric. The sun and the moon are full. , Chen Su Lie Zhang. Cold comes and summer goes, autumn harvests and winter hides. Runyu becomes a year old, and Lu Lu adjusts Yang."

Yinyou recalled that Erniang said that the thirteenth elder brother was raised in Yikun Palace when he was a child, and his life was not good.In fact, he also has two younger sisters, one is five years old and the other is two years old, they are raised in other concubines' palaces, not his biological mother concubine Zhang Jiashi personally raised them.

Yinyou went to the porch, sat next to Elder Brother Thirteen, and asked him, "What about autumn harvest and winter?"

"Hidden, what is hidden."

"No, it's Tibet, Tibet's Tibet."

Thirteen frowned: "But, the fourth brother is called Zang, which means restraint. It comes from "Historical Records Tai Shi Gong's Preface": Husbands grow in spring and grow in summer, harvest in autumn and store in winter, this is the great scripture of heaven."

The six-year-old baby is so difficult to fool, mainly because the fourth elder brother teaches well.Yinyou had no choice but to admit defeat, and put his arms around his shoulders: "Okay, okay, brother Qi lied to you, it is indeed Tibetan."

Brother Thirteen laughed and said, "It's Brother Seven who is testing me."

Yinyou took out a candy from nowhere and handed it to him: "Does Xiao Shisan want to eat candy?"

Brother Thirteen nodded: "I want to!"

"Then you say, Seventh Brother is the best, you like Seventh Brother the most, I'll give you candy, and I'll bring you some desserts, peach blossom cakes, almond cakes, mung bean cakes, golden jujube cakes, Sachima, Queen Mother cakes ..."

He said more than a dozen snacks in one breath, and Brother Thirteen was taken aback for a while, and swallowed his saliva in his stomach.

Yinyou put his arms around his younger brother and coaxed him softly: "Speak."

Thirteenth brother bit his lower lip: "I like fourth brother the most."

Although Brother Thirteen is young, he has a firm stand and will never be bought off by one or two candies.

Yinyou withdrew his hand and stuffed the candy into his mouth: "Then don't eat it, my mother-in-law said that eating too much candy is not good for your teeth."

"..."

At this time, the fourth elder brother came out from behind the flower stand, and took a pair of scissors for pruning branches and leaves in his hand: "Do you think that everyone is like you when you were a child, as long as there are snacks and candies, you can do anything."

Yinyou poured out another handful of candies from his purse, sesame, peanut, walnut, all kinds of flavors.Grabbing another handful of pine nuts and hazelnuts, he met Elder Thirteen and said, "Little Thirteen, tell me, who do you like the most?"

"I……"

The thirteenth elder brother looked at Yinyou and then turned to look at the fourth elder brother. The embarrassed look on his face made his seventh elder brother so cute.

"Forget it, forget it, I can't force you, I know you like fourth brother, I just show you."

The fourth elder brother smiled helplessly and shook his head: "He will cry for you later."

Yinyou finally gave all the candies and nuts to his younger brother, stood up and stretched, then suddenly stood up straight again, gestured with his hands, and then said in surprise: "Brother!"

"Huh?" Brother Si raised his head, "What's wrong?"

"Look, I'm only a little shorter than you, maybe next year I'll be taller than you."

He still has more than three months to turn 12 years old, and the fourth elder brother is already 14 years old, which is the age at which a boy's stature grows crazy.

However, when Yinyou said this, the fourth elder brother took a special look, and indeed, he didn't seem to love him much more than himself.

Yinyou frowned and recalled: "I seem to be taller than Fifth Brother."

When he was young, he didn't like to grow tall, and he was always the shortest among his brothers, not even taller than his eighth brother who was a few months younger.So much so that when he was four or five years old, he could still act like a baby in the arms of his parents and elder brother, wanting to be hugged with peace of mind.

I don't know when it started, but when he went to sleep at night, his legs felt so sore, especially in spring, sometimes the pain was so painful that he couldn't sleep well.

But it was also during this period that the height increased rapidly.

Unknowingly, he has now surpassed the fifth elder brother who has been far ahead in height for more than ten years.

The fourth elder brother patted his younger brother on the shoulder: "Grow up."

Yinyou was rather elated: "I have to compare with him."

The fourth elder brother frowned, and just praised him for growing up, and doing such childish things again: "Now?"

Yinyou smiled and said: "I think so, but he should be with the queen mother, so I won't go, let's go another day."

He took his brother's hand and walked into the house: "I haven't played chess for a long time, my hands are a little itchy, my brother will play two games with me."

He dragged the fourth elder brother into the house, suddenly remembered something, turned around and took the hand of the thirteenth elder brother: "Go, seventh brother will teach you how to play chess."

The three of them walked into the room, Yinyou kicked off his boots and sat on the kang, and treated Su Peisheng as his valet: "Grandpa Su, serve tea!"

Brother Seven is like a girl, he likes sweet and sour tastes.It's either plum or hawthorn. If you don't add rock sugar, you can add honey.

Su Peisheng had figured out his preferences a long time ago, and the tea served must be his favorite.

Yinyou patted the open space beside him: "Xiao Shisan, come here!"

The thirteenth elder brother sat next to him according to his words, and Yinyou asked him: "Tell me, who will win, seventh brother or fourth brother?"

The thirteenth elder brother replied without thinking: "Fourth brother."

The fourth brother is the closest person to him after he went to study in the upper study. He was asked to read, practice calligraphy and do arithmetic, patient and meticulous.

Yinyou pinched his face: "That's all right, you take care of it."

After a few games of chess, it was almost dark. Although the two of them won or lost, the fourth elder brother could clearly feel that it was his younger brother who let him go.

He is a person who learns to lead soldiers and fight all day long. What he thinks about is how to make buckles for his opponents and lure them into traps. He has a good memory and a strong view of the overall situation. When playing chess with him, the less you lose, the more you win.

Yinyou turned his head and asked Elder Thirteen again: "Little Thirteen, who is stronger, me or your fourth brother?"

"..."

Brother Thirteen bit his lower lip and refused to speak. Although he already admitted in his heart that Brother Seven was powerful, he was unwilling to say it because he didn't want to admit that others were better in front of Brother Four.

Yinyou, a social expert, has not been able to deal with his brothers and sisters without him for so many years. Even if it is not his brothers and sisters, he can get closer to people with just a few words.

Here at Elder Brother Thirteen, it was the first time that he discovered that there was a brother that Brother Seventh Brother could not conquer!

It was getting late, Yinyou had no choice but to go back first, sum up his experience, and fight another day.

Back in the palace, Yinyou's life is still the same as usual. Yinshi gets up to practice swords with Mr. Fu, changes clothes at Maoshi, learns the art of war with Zhang Yong, and then studies with Mr. Fu in the afternoon. Royal, book, math, everything.

Yinyou also made a special trip to take out the part of "The Palace of Eternal Life" that Cao Yin gave him to watch with Mr. Fu. In addition to the long story, there are also songs marked in the playbook.

There is a wide range of materials for the selection of tunes. In addition to Kunshan tune, there are also some other operas, including both southern and northern tunes, and Mr. Fu can even sing a few lines in some parts.

Yinyou sounded interesting and hummed along.

He only dared to bring this kind of idle books to Mr. Fu, and the two masters and apprentices admired them together. He never dared to be discovered by the master who went to the study. If his Ama found out about this, he would probably be beaten to pieces with a stick.

Since the Battle of Ulan Butong two years ago, Galdan retreated from the Qing army, but when he returned, he found that his old nest had been ransacked by his nephew, and what was even more unfortunate was that malaria broke out in his army and died. Thousands of people.

Then he took the initiative to confess his guilt to the Qing Dynasty and swear an oath, and wrote a letter to surrender.Back in his Moxi Mongolia, An Anxin behaved with his tail between his legs.

All the ministers in the court thought that Galdan really surrendered to the Qing Dynasty this time, but Kangxi didn't think so.Galdan is no longer young, and his dream of committing crimes in the Central Plains in the south has not been realized. He must be determined to commit the crime again.

Therefore, Kangxi readjusted the deployment of troops in northern Xinjiang, strengthened the defense forces of the important border towns, and organized Khalkha Mongolia, which fled to Monan, into 37 banners, which were listed with the 49 banners of Inner Mongolia. In the Mongolian post station, a firearms battalion was formed among the Eight Banners soldiers.

On this day, Yinyou was summoned by Kangxi to the South Study Room. When he arrived, Kangxi was discussing matters with Minister of Industry and other ministers.

After a while, the prince also came, and the two brothers talked a few words before they realized that they were discussing road construction.

Kangxi was a very vigilant person. He never believed that Galdan surrendered to the Qing Dynasty sincerely. If he was not captured alive, he would not feel at ease.

When building roads, what we build is the westbound road.

Coincidentally, the Yellow River dams built by burning cement over the years have not experienced large-scale breaches, which is enough to show that concrete is indeed much stronger than raw soil.

After several years of research, the local area is now proficient in firing cement, and Dai Zi was also transferred back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation by Kangxi to continue developing firearms and step up training. 【Baidu Encyclopedia】

That being the case, then use cement to build the route of the Western Expedition.

In fact, whether this battle can be fought, and when it will be fought, is still unknown.But Yinyou admires Ama's courage very much, taking precautions in all aspects, not everyone can do it.

After dealing with the government affairs, Kangxi called his two sons into the South Study Room, and did not mention the road construction again.Instead, let them each write two words to see.

Yinyou showed some new skills to his Ama and the prince brother today, and wrote a set of official script, with a few strokes, to outline a landscape.

Kangxi held it in his hand and read it over and over again. He liked it very much, and finally gave him a comment: "The serious books of sages are not easy to read, but you are proficient in all kinds of poetry, calligraphy and painting."

Yinyou grinned: "I'm still good at kung fu. Let me show you the dance swordsmanship?"

Kangxi waved his hand: "I'll see you another day."

He asked Wei Zhu to fetch the set of Twelve Flower God Cups, make a pot of tea, and asked his two sons to sit down and chat with him.

The chat between the father and the son was nothing more than what books they had read recently and what they had learned. The prince sat there alone and spoke eloquently.

Yinyou sat at the side, thinking about the books he read recently, "The Palace of Eternal Life", "Fengshen Yanyi", "Yu Shiming Yan"... I don't know which one to name, and the beating will be lighter.

Forget it, it probably won't be light, in order to avoid this beating, he decided to talk to his Ama about the art of war.

This is something the prince has never learned. He grew up reading sage books seriously, and he learned how to govern the country. He found it interesting to listen to his younger brother's art of war, as if he was telling a story.

Yinyou said with a smile: "I'm just picking up interesting things to tell you, most of them are boring, I'm afraid you will fall asleep after I told you."

His personality is more lively and outgoing than his brothers, and he is bold and eclectic in speaking and doing things in front of Kangxi, which often makes his Ama jump back and forth between wanting to beat him and admiring him.

Later, the topic of chatting and chatting came to the prince.

"I heard Concubine Rong say that the Crown Princess is happy."

As soon as this remark came out, the prince smiled and lowered his head, a little shy.

Yinyou's eyes widened when he heard this, and he said in surprise, "Wow, the prince's elder brother is going to be Ama too!"

This matter is no longer a secret in the palace, everyone is very happy for the emperor, except Concubine Hui.

If the princess concubine gave birth to the emperor's grandson, it would be the real eldest grandson, no matter how hard the elder brother tried, he would not be able to compare.

Concubine Hui only dared to keep her unhappiness in her heart, and did not dare to show it.

She entered the palace at the same time as the former queen, and because the other party was Sony's granddaughter, she became a queen, but she was just a concubine.

In her heart, she fought with a woman who had been dead for almost 20 years, but in the end, she still got nothing.

Yinyou talked about this matter with the imperial concubine in Chengqian Palace, and he was quite worried: "Brother already has a little Gege in his family, and the princess will give birth to a child."