bookrandom Chapter 248's official吐槽 (tu cao, a form of online commentary) is the most lethal.
Chapter 248's official吐槽 (tu cao, a form of online commentary) is the most lethal.
Everyone says that Cao Cao is the fastest person in the world, after all, speak of Cao Cao and he appears. But Yinzhuo now thinks that his elder brother is not slow either. He just mentioned him the night before last, and he arrived this morning.
Yinti arrived at a rather opportune time, just as Yinzuo was being watched by his father to drink his medicine. Seeing Yinzuo dawdling over the medicine bowl, Yinti was so anxious that he kept stamping his feet. If it weren't for the fact that Kangxi was there to watch over him, he would have already snatched the medicine bowl from him and forced him to drink it.
"Hey Xiao Liu, are you even a man? Stop dawdling over your medicine. If you can drink it, just drink it now. If not, your big brother won't mind helping you."
Faced with Kangxi's threats, Yinzhuo at least dared to put up a fight with him, but faced with Yinti's intimidation, Yinzhuo didn't dare to say a word. After all, he really knew who was bluffing him and who would actually fight him. Under Yinti's threatening gaze, Yinzhuo had no choice but to bring the medicine bowl to his lips, hold his breath, and perform a gulp for his elder brother.
After finishing the bowl of medicine, Yinzhuo's face was contorted in pain. Seeing that Yinzhuo had finished the medicine, Liang Jiugong went over and took the empty bowl, then turned around and handed a plate of candied fruit to Yinzhuo.
"Your Highness, have a candied fruit to sweeten your mouth. This medicine is a bit bitter. After you finish this medicine today, I'll go see Physician Wang to see if he can adjust the prescription..."
Yinti glanced speechlessly at Liang Jiugong, who was circling around Yinzuo, then turned to look at Yinzuo sitting on the bed eating candied fruit from a small dish, and then at Kangxi, who was calm and collected and didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with Liang Jiugong's words. He had only one thought in his mind: this world has gone mad...
“Father, don’t you want to do anything about this? Listen to what Eunuch Liang said just now. Those who know will understand that he was talking to Xiao Liu, but those who don’t will think he’s just coaxing a child. And Xiao Liu, you’re twenty-six this year, how come you’ve regressed to six years old just because you got sick? Look at you, you even need to eat candied fruit to take medicine. What, are you planning to become a princess from a prince…”
That's why they say official criticism is the most deadly, right? When Yinti started criticizing Yinzuo, he didn't hold back at all. Yinzuo didn't dare to provoke his older brother, who was already in a bad mood early in the morning, so he could only look to Kangxi, who was sitting to the side watching him get scolded, for help.
"Father, my head is throbbing terribly. Could you please ask my brother to stop nagging? He must have learned that headband spell from Tang Sanzang. It's truly amazing that something that can subdue the Great Sage Equal to Heaven is so powerful. The more my brother nags, the more my head hurts."
Emperor Kangxi had already considered sending Yinzhuo to his elder brother for training, and now that Yinti had come to him of his own accord, it really saved him a lot of trouble. However, the old father still loved his son after all, and when he saw Yinzhuo with his brows furrowed and looking very uncomfortable, he softened his heart.
"Alright, eldest brother, stop for a moment. Your younger brother hasn't been feeling well these past few days, so he's bound to be a bit delicate. As the eldest brother, you should be more understanding. Your arrival today is timely, saving me the trouble of sending someone to fetch you. From now on, every morning you will come to my place and take this boy, Yinzhuo, for a couple of laps around the lake. His constitution is far too weak; he catches a chill as soon as it gets cold. If the weather gets any colder, what will become of him..."
Yinti could hardly believe what he had just heard. Taking Xiao Liu for a run around the lake so early in the morning? No, Father, is this some kind of challenging task? You're using a sledgehammer to crack a nut!
If when he first received the task, Yinti thought that his father's idea of making Yinzu run was like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, after witnessing firsthand Yinzu's difficulty getting out of bed during the task's execution, Yinti realized that he had been somewhat arrogant. He took back his previous statement, and realized that making Yinzu run was indeed a challenge.
"Little Six, I'm giving you one last chance. Do you want to behave yourself, or do you want your big brother to help you? Let's make this clear beforehand: if your big brother helps you, he won't be as gentle as your Dexi."
"I won't listen, I won't listen, my elder brother is chanting sutras..." Yinzhuo pulled the blanket over his head, closed his eyes, and covered his ears, pretending that his elder brother wasn't there. Yinti looked at Yinzhuo, who was wrapped up on the bed like a cicada pupa, and there was really nothing he could do.
If this were one of Yinqi's soldiers, he would have dragged the man off the bed and beaten him up by now. But facing his obviously shameless younger brother, Yinqi had no temper at all. If he went easy on him, Yinzhuo wouldn't be afraid at all. But if he went too hard, his doting father would probably object again. Even so, could he just abandon the task assigned by Kangxi? The answer was obviously no. Yinqi was now in a real dilemma, caught between a rock and a hard place.
“Your Highness, why don’t you come with me to the outer room for a seat, have some tea and snacks? My master coughed for half the night last night and only just fell asleep. Why don’t you let him sleep a little longer?”
Yinti didn't believe a word Dexi said. He had just visited the boy yesterday, and he hadn't seen him cough once. How come he started coughing in just a few hours, and it was so bad that he coughed for half the night?
But as the saying goes, what difference does it make whether you believe it or not? They've tried everything they can think of—coaxing, cajoling, threatening, intimidating—but they haven't been able to move the person off the bed an inch. Yinti has given up. Let whoever wants to take care of this unfortunate child can take care of him; he's not going to care anymore.
"Alright, since he wants to sleep, let him sleep. Dexi, you don't need to do anything else. I won't drink this tea. You stay here and take good care of your master. I'm going back now..."
After leaving Shufeng Pavilion, Yinti went straight to Qingxi Study. When he came in from outside, Kangxi was puzzled. The lake around Qingxi Study was not small. Could he run around the lake twice so fast?
"Boss, didn't I tell you to take that kid Yinzhuo for training? Why are you the only one who came? Where is Yinzhuo?"
Well, Kangxi's question ignited the anger that Yinti had been building up all along. Although he dared not criticize Kangxi, he was merciless in his criticism of Yinzuo.
"Father, I am utterly incompetent. You should find someone else to take care of my sixth brother's training. I arrived at Shufeng Pavilion early this morning, and Dexi and I spent over an hour calling out to your precious little corner of the bed, trying every method imaginable, but we couldn't get him to leave the bed. My sixth brother is like he's possessed by the god of sleep; he completely ignores what we say, wrapped up like a silkworm cocoon. When we call him from the outside, he'll twitch a little, and if we call him too hard, he'll just thrash around a couple of times, but he just won't get up..."