EBE Chapter 68 The car hit a tree, and you knew to turn.
Chapter 68 The car hit a tree, and you knew to turn.
"I'm scared! Where's the infantry commander? He scared me to death! I finally managed to get out of here, and I never expected to run into such a troublesome fellow. Alright, now that we know whose he is, let's cut to the chase. Tenth brother, you come down and stand over to your ninth brother. Have the guards go and finish him off quickly. Once we're done, we can have someone take him to his father. Then we should head back. What a disappointment."
If we're talking about who could win in terms of family background in his past life, Yinzhuo definitely wouldn't have won, but in this life, he's determined not to lose.
"Tell me, who has the audacity to harm my son?"
It's often said that behind every bratty kid is an even bratder of parents. When Tuoheqi saw his son being carried back, his first reaction wasn't whether his son had done anything outside, but rather who was so bold as to dare hit his son. He didn't even consider whether he could afford to offend someone who dared to hit his son in the capital.
If someone dares to be so arrogant, they must have some powerful backing. First, they are the maternal uncle of the twelfth prince, Yin Tao, and a member of the imperial family. Second, they are deeply trusted by Emperor Kangxi, otherwise he wouldn't have given them the position of infantry commander. That's not all; they also secretly rely on the crown prince. So they have considerable power, otherwise he wouldn't have allowed his son to be so arrogant outside.
After learning that his son had been dealt with by the princes, Tuoheqi's arrogant demeanor vanished instantly. After all, he couldn't afford to offend any of the six, nine, or ten princes. He summoned the people who were with his son to find out what had happened, and then hurriedly rushed to Changchun Garden to apologize to Emperor Kangxi.
Although Kangxi knew that Yinzhuo and Yintang had gone out with their men today, he had no idea what had happened to them. When Liang Jiugong came over and told him that Tuoheqi had come to apologize, he was still wondering what the accusation was.
"Let him in."
After entering, Tuoheqi first respectfully greeted Emperor Kangxi, and then recounted to him the events that had occurred at Yajixuan that day. Even if Tuoheqi had ten times the courage, he would not dare to lie to Emperor Kangxi. His words were quite objective and rational, without the slightest exaggeration.
"Your Majesty, today's incident is all due to my failure to properly discipline my son, which caused him to offend the princes. I beg Your Majesty's forgiveness. I will certainly discipline him strictly in the future."
It's a good thing Yinzhi wasn't here, otherwise, after hearing his words, he would have asked him, "Why didn't you do this earlier? If you had disciplined him strictly from the beginning, would you have risked your reputation like this? It's like the car crashing into a tree and you only realize you need to turn; the snot is running into your mouth and you only realize you need to shake it off; the baby is starving and you only start breastfeeding now..."
However, Yinzhi was not here at the moment. After all, Tuoheqi was a trusted minister who had followed him for many years and was usually quite diligent in his duties. Although Tuoheqi did have the fault of not disciplining his son properly and indulging his son's unruly behavior, in the end, today's matter was just a little unpleasantness between a few children. Kangxi could not really punish him severely. In the end, he could only scold him a few times and send him away.
Tuoheqi felt a weight lifted from his heart after leaving Qingxi Study, but Kangxi was filled with mixed emotions. Although he didn't want to admit it, the fact was that the Eight Banners had indeed become a problem in the capital.
At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, a special system of governance was adopted, which used ethnicity as a bond to firmly bind the Manchus and the Eight Banners system together. At the time, this method was indeed effective and helped the Qing Dynasty quickly establish a stable military group in the short term, but it also laid the seeds of fatal hidden dangers for its later rule.
This hidden danger is the population problem. Although there were only about 300,000 Manchus at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the population grew rapidly after the environment stabilized. Although the Qing government also took a series of restrictive measures, such as separating Manchus and Hans in cities, restricting intermarriage, and prohibiting Manchus from going out to work, the results were minimal. As the population increased, it not only led to increased fiscal expenditures, but also caused a series of problems. One of these problems was the many Manchu descendants in the capital, like the son of Tuoheqi, who did nothing all day.
Emperor Kangxi rubbed his temples and pondered to himself. He knew that if the Eight Banners soldiers continued to be so undisciplined, the Qing Dynasty would inevitably fall into chaos sooner or later. However, after thinking it over, he had no good choice but to put the matter aside for the time being.
Regardless of how troubled Kangxi is now, Yinzhuo quickly put the matter out of his mind after returning. After all, he had already beaten him and vented his anger. At this moment, he was directing the people in the courtyard to make scrambled eggs with tomatoes for him.
That's right, it's scrambled eggs with tomatoes. Although he knew that tomatoes had been introduced to my country as early as the Ming Dynasty and were mostly grown as ornamental plants, he had never seen them in the palace before. He didn't expect to find such a pleasant surprise when he took a stroll around his mother's courtyard after returning from outside today.
"Master, why don't we eat something else? This wolf peach is so brightly colored, it must be poisonous."
Dexi is now almost driven crazy by his master. Not to mention that he just picked all the red fruits from the wolf peach tree in Consort De's courtyard, how furious Consort De would be if she found out. Just look at those brightly colored fruits, they are obviously inedible. If something happens to him or his master under his nose, he will be guilty of a thousand deaths.
"Don't worry, I've eaten this before, it's not poisonous. Not only is it not poisonous, it tastes pretty good too."
Okay, so you're talking nonsense just to get a taste for food, huh? When have you ever eaten it? As your personal attendant, how come I don't know?
It's no wonder that Dexi thought Yinzu was talking nonsense. After all, as his personal eunuch, Dexi was almost inseparable from him every day. Everything Yinzu ate and used had to go through Dexi before being delivered to him. So Dexi thought he knew perfectly well whether his master had ever eaten wolf peaches. But he never imagined that Yinzu was talking about what he ate in his past life.
Although everyone thought the wolf peaches were poisonous, they dared not disobey their master's orders. The scrambled eggs with tomatoes turned out quite well in the end, and smelling the familiar aroma from his memories, Yinzhuo was extremely excited.
"Dexi, go get a bowl of rice. Let me tell you, this tomato and egg rice bowl is absolutely amazing."
Would Dexi give him this rice so easily? Absolutely not. Even if this wolf peach is really as edible as his master said, he would only dare to give it to him after it has been tested.
"My lord, I have already had the chicken brought over. The servant is waiting outside. Let's have someone feed the chicken some first. If everything is alright, I will definitely give you the food later."