diskusbooks Chapter 471 A scholar can be killed but not humiliated!
Chapter 471 A scholar can be killed but not humiliated!
The summer of the 55th year of Kangxi's reign was much hotter than usual. As the outside temperature rose, apart from accompanying his father to stroll in the garden every morning, Yinzhu spent most of his time indoors, and he filled the room with ice basins.
"Liang Jiugong, have someone come and remove a few of these ice basins. Yinzuo, you should also get away from that ice chest. Although it's hot outside, there's no need for you to be so greedy for coolness. If you get sick later, you'll suffer."
Yinzhuo is now relying entirely on this ice to prolong his life. It would be a sign of his modesty if he didn't go up and hug the ice chest, and he certainly wouldn't let anyone take the ice basin away.
"Father, please have mercy! Look at all this ice in the house. My son is only wearing his undergarments, and he's already feeling quite cool. If you have to take the ice away, he'll be sweating buckets in no time..."
Now that it's hot, Yinzhuo no longer lingers with Kangxi. He has someone move a rocking chair to the side of the large ice chest in the room, and while having someone fan him, he instructs Wanquan, who is standing next to him, to bring him an ice bowl.
The high temperatures persisted for more than half a month, which caused Yinzhuo to be unable to eat or sleep well. His listless appearance every day made Kangxi frown.
No wonder Yinzhi and the others always say that Yinzhuo was born to Kangxi himself. Look how spoiled that child is. If he feels hot, that's easy to fix. We can just find a cool place for him to stay.
The doting father simply waved his hand and said, "Mom, wife, son, grandson—anyone who's on my radar, take them all. Let's go to the summer resort in Rehe to escape the heat."
"Third brother, fourth brother, I'm so sorry, I really tried my best to persuade you, but Father just won't budge. There's nothing I can do. But don't worry, we'll be back when the weather cools down..."
Yeah, we're not in a hurry. We just feel a sudden itch in our hands. Listen to what you're saying, kid. What are you guys doing out here? We're going to escape the heat, aren't we? We're not going to wait until it gets cooler before we come back.
After offering token words of comfort to his unfortunate third and fourth brothers, Yinzhuo didn't want to stay a moment longer. He quickly climbed onto Emperor Kangxi's carriage and urged his father to set off quickly.
The emperor's procession was large, which meant that the procession could not travel quickly. The journey of just over 200 kilometers took nearly eight days to complete.
The weather in Rehe was indeed much cooler than in the capital. Because it was summer, Kangxi did not stay at his Yanbo Zhishuang Palace this time, but instead chose to stay with Yinzhuo at his Ruyi Island.
Ruyi Island is surrounded by water and shaded by green trees. The wind blowing from all directions makes it extremely cool. Now, even without many ice basins, Yinzhuo can sleep peacefully.
Although coming to Rehe did not mean that Kangxi and Yinti were completely idle, they were indeed much more relaxed than when they were in the capital.
Every morning, Yinzhuo would first accompany Kangxi for a stroll around Ruyi Island. After breakfast, while Kangxi dealt with official business sent from the capital, Yinzhuo would lead his men to find Yinti and Yinreng.
Although the brothers had already explored most of the area around the Summer Palace last year, it did not dampen their enthusiasm for revisiting the place. They wandered around every day, spending more than half a month to thoroughly explore the entire garden.
After the initial novelty wore off, Yinzhuo became too lazy to go out. Apart from accompanying his father to exercise every day without fail, he spent most of his time having someone bring a deck chair to the lakeside to lie down and fish with a rod.
"Sixth Brother, I'm not trying to be mean, but you can't fish like that. Even if you don't throw some bait to attract the fish, you should at least put some bait on your hook. It would be a miracle if you caught any fish with an empty hook like that."
Yinzhuo didn't even glance at Yintang's complaints. He reached out to adjust the straw hat covering his face and slapped Yintang's arm as he continued to nag.
"Shut up! What do you know? This is called 'willing to take the bait,' you know? Fishing is all about fate. What's meant to be yours will be yours, and what's not meant to be yours, you can't force. Go away, stop nagging and disturbing my fishing."
What the hell do you think I know? If you do know, then how come you've been sitting here all morning and haven't caught a single fish? Isn't it true that you can't force what isn't meant to be yours? Sixth Brother, are you sure this isn't just an excuse you're making for not catching any fish?
Although Yinzhen was inwardly complaining, he didn't dare to challenge his sixth brother's authority any further. He had someone move his chair aside, took the fish food from the servant's hand, and threw it all into the lake.
I won't force you. I'm sorry, but my brother really can't do it. I just don't believe that I can pour this whole bowl of fish food in and not even make a sound.
Unlike Yinzhen, who was struggling with himself, Yinzuo's main approach was to be carefree and let those who wanted to take the bait take the bait. Of course, even if they knew they were being baited, they might not be willing to pull them up. Didn't you see how many times the pole was moved, but he remained unmoved?
Our Ninth Prince's bowl of fish food was ultimately wasted. He hadn't caught a single fish by the time his brothers got up to have lunch. Yinzhuo, seeing Yintang's furrowed brows, stepped forward like an elder brother and patted him on the shoulder to comfort him.
"Alright, so what if you didn't catch any fish? It's no big deal. I already told you that fishing is all about fate. Look, even Sixth Brother didn't catch anything. Come on, let's go eat first, and come back this afternoon to try again."
Although Yinzhuo's words weren't entirely wrong, Yintang said he wasn't comforted at all. No, how can I compare to you? You were just willing to take the bait, while I threw in a whole bowl of fish food.
It has to be said that Yinzhuo's brothers are all stubborn. From that day on, Yintang really got into a fight with the fish in the lake. Every day, he would open his eyes and carry a fishing rod to fish. But it was really strange. You could say there were at least eight hundred or a thousand fish in the lake, but Yintang hadn't caught a single fry in the past few days.
“Hey Xiao Jiu, how about we just give up? Look at this, you’re throwing out over a dozen bowls of fish food every day. If this keeps up, you’ll probably feed all the fish in the lake. How about this, Sixth Brother will have someone find a boat, and you can take a net and go catch the fish. That’ll be faster…”
Taking a net to catch fish? Hey, who do you think you are? As the saying goes, a scholar can be killed but not humiliated. I don't believe I can't catch a fish.