The swansong of the swansong
Chapter 19 They are all good actors
Chapter 19 They are all good actors
In order to show his filial piety, Kangxi would visit the Empress Dowager once in the morning and once in the evening every day. This is what is called: visiting the Empress Dowager every morning and evening.
When there were outsiders around, Kangxi always called the Empress Dowager: Empress Dowager Ene. When the mother and son were alone in private, Kangxi would affectionately call her Ene.
The current Empress Dowager was born in Mongolia and is the cousin of the deposed Empress of the Shunzhi Dynasty.
After Shunzhi took power, he put a lot of effort into wrestling with the Empress Dowager.
Objectively speaking, if Shunzhi had not brutally suppressed the clutches of the Empress Dowager, the Forbidden City of the Qing Dynasty would have been occupied by Mongolian women.
Uncle and nephew could not sit at the same table, so Hongxi simply stood beside the table and diligently poured wine and served food to Yinyou.
Yinyou ate a few bites of food and drank a few cups of wine, then he forcibly grabbed Hongxi's arm and pulled him to sit next to him.
Hongxi was extremely embarrassed. He didn't dare to just sit there, nor did he want to argue with Yinyou.
"Today is a family dinner, there is no need to be formal. Just sit down when I tell you to. If your second brother blames you, I will take the responsibility for you." Yinyu saw Hongxi's uneasiness, so he smiled and set up a ladder for Hongxi to climb down the pole.
When the Crown Princess heard Yinyou say the word "second brother", she was slightly stunned and couldn't help but feel deeply moved.
To be honest, this is the first time I have heard the term "Second Brother" since the wedding of Guaerjia and the Crown Prince.
Because the status between the monarch and his subjects had been determined long ago, even though he was the eldest of the Princes of Zhi, when he met the Crown Prince, he had to kneel down and respectfully address Yinreng as: Your Highness the Crown Prince.
As for etiquette, it all depends on the atmosphere of the scene.
Since it was a family dinner, it was barely acceptable for Yinyou to call him "Second Brother".
After ten rounds of drinking, Yinyou was surprised to find that Hongxi's alcohol tolerance was alarmingly high.
Having already drunk two pots of wine, Hongxi's face remained calm and his palms were not wet, as if nothing had happened.
The Bannermen have a bad habit when entertaining guests: they say they have had a good drink only when the guests are drunk and pass out!
The Crown Princess, Guaerjia, did not stay long but left the table in the middle.
After she left, Hongxi was obviously much more relaxed. He raised the wine cup, smiled and said to Yinyou, "Fifteenth uncle, let me drink first as a sign of respect." He tilted his head back and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.
Of course, Yinyou couldn't really get drunk, so he sat for a while and was about to say goodbye and leave when he suddenly heard a duck-like voice outside the door, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, I am Yinyou, your humble servant. May he be well and safe." Yinyou quickly put down the wine cup in his hand and knelt beside the table.
"Your humble servant Hongxi wishes His Majesty and Father all the best." Hongxi also knelt down and bowed to wish him the best.
Yinyou had almost never heard of the title "Crown Prince Father" before, and he really found it quite novel.
However, according to Manchu customs, Kangxi was Yinyou's Khan father, and Yinreng was Hongxi's Prince father, which is completely understandable.
Of course, Khan Ama is just a colloquial term. In official documents, it can only be "Emperor Father".
Yinreng walked up to Yinyu with a smile on his face, held his right arm with his own hand, and said gently: "Fifteenth brother is one of us. When you see me in the future, just call me second brother."
Yinyou secretly found it funny. When did he and Yinreng become close friends?
Since they had "encountered" each other, they had to continue to perform, no matter how difficult the play was. Otherwise, the one who would suffer would definitely be Yinyu, not Yinreng.
"I'm afraid it's inappropriate?" Yinyou asked Yinreng in surprise.
Yinreng was the superior and he could act amiable, but Yinyou could not take it for granted.
"What's wrong with that? Second brother and fifteenth brother are just right." When Yinreng was not angry, he really had the demeanor of a kind brother.
"Second brother." Yinyou pretended to be very obedient and changed the address honestly.
Yinreng seemed very happy. He raised his hand and patted Yinyu on the right shoulder, smiling and saying, "That's very good, that's very good!"
Before coming to the Eastern Palace, Yinyu carefully studied Yinreng's personality. How should I put it? Because of his noble birth and being made the crown prince at a very young age, Yinreng developed the bad habit of being bossy.
However, when Yinreng was a teenager and needed education the most, Kangxi chose to indulge and spoil him.
It was precisely because of Kangxi’s doting that Yinreng mistakenly believed that he owned at least half of the Qing Dynasty.
However, no one expected that Kangxi, who had originally been in poor health, would live to be nearly 70 years old.
The current situation has become extremely embarrassing. The prince has grown up, but Kangxi has not died yet!
Faced with the fully-fledged Crown Prince Yinreng, Yinyou's most reasonable choice was to keep his distance and not provoke him!
Yinreng got on the sedan chair and led Yinyou to the study in Yuqing Palace.
Seeing Yinyou walking on the ground and Yinreng sitting on the sedan chair with a swagger, Hongxi felt that something was wrong, but he didn't have the courage to remind Yinreng.
Although Yinyou didn't say anything, he knew in his heart that the prince wanted to show closeness to him but didn't find the right way.
Why does Lao Ba have such a good reputation? To be honest, Lao Ba is truly courteous and approachable.
They are all sons of Kangxi, but each has different basic conditions and attitudes towards people are also very different.
The eighth brother’s maternal family, the Juechan clan, were merely bondsers of the imperial family and could not be compared with the most prominent foreign relative family of the Qing Dynasty, the Hesheli clan.
Yinreng had two study rooms. The outer study room was located on the east side of Dunben Hall, and the inner study room was the second east room of Yuqing Palace.
Yinyou followed Yinreng and walked into the inner study together.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw a huge scroll rushing towards me.
Yinyou took a closer look and saw two large characters written in a flamboyant style on the scroll: Control your anger!
Well, Yinreng was not stupid at all. He knew his bad habit of getting angry easily, and he used a striking motto to remind himself.
It’s a pity that Yinreng was smart all his life but confused for a moment, and completely forgot the truth that there can be no two suns in the sky and no two rulers in a country.
When Yinreng was first appointed crown prince, he was still a little kid. He posed no threat to Kangxi's throne, so naturally the father was loving and the son was filial.
When Yinreng came of age, he had gathered a large number of followers around him, and it was impossible for Kangxi not to be wary.
Back then, in order to seize power, Kangxi deliberately launched a surprise attack and took the initiative to capture Oboi.
In this way, the power structure in which the Empress Dowager issued orders internally and Oboi cooperated closely externally was completely broken.
However, if the Empress Dowager had not been lenient and did not order a counterattack, Kangxi would have been deposed long ago.
Therefore, Kangxi was truly grateful to the Empress Dowager, rather than just showing false respect.
"Fifteenth brother, please sit down casually." After Yinreng entered the inner study, he seemed to have become a different person and leaned back on the chair very casually.
Since Yinreng wanted to get closer to him, Yinyou didn't hesitate and followed his example, leaning back in his chair.
Perhaps he was surprised by Yinyu's carefree attitude, so Yinreng asked him calmly, "What books do you read every day, my fifteenth brother?"
Yinyu stood up and answered, "Brother, I have finished reading the Four Books."
"Oh, then I want to test you, my foolish brother." Yinreng asked casually, "Mencius said: What is meant by benevolence is internal and righteousness is external?"
Yinyou had been studying hard, and he knew as soon as he heard the question that Yinreng was asking about the classic questions and answers in "Mencius".
"To answer my second brother, being friendly to one's brothers and respectful to one's younger brothers is called benevolence, being filial to the emperor and father is called benevolence, and being kind to one's subordinates is called righteousness."
The opportunity was extremely rare, so Yinyou simply said some words from his heart, advising Yinreng in disguise that even if you have been the crown prince for thirty years, you must be respectful and obedient, otherwise, good or bad fortune would be unpredictable.
Under Kangxi's encouragement since childhood, Yinreng's academic foundation was extremely solid. After hearing Yinwei's words, his face suddenly changed, and he stared at Yinwei, unwilling to move his eyes away for a long time.
(End of this chapter)
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