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On the tenth day of February in the 22nd year of Kangxi, the eighth son Yinhu's second birthday.The Empress Dowager was preparing to go to Mount Wutai at this time, and she would leave in two days, but she still celebrated a birthday for this great-grandson who lived in the Palace of Compassionate Ning for a long time and became increasingly fond of her.

There is a table of dishes in the eighth elder brother's residence in the supporting hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace, and the crown prince sits at the head seat. Among the princes, except Yinzuo who was sick and did not come, the rest are all ready.Yinhu went to salute one by one, but Yinzhen's complexion was not very good-looking, Yinhu also understood, after all, his own brother was ill, and Erniang was pregnant again.But he missed it, Yinzhen didn't even know that Yinzuo was his younger brother at this time.

Yinhu looked at the other six princes on the table besides him, it seemed that except for the third brother and the seventh brother, everyone had a good relationship with him at this time: the eldest brother and his nominally had the same mother; He also has a very good relationship; the fourth brother has a good relationship with him since he was a child; the fifth brother is often brought to the Palace of Compassion by the Empress Dowager, and has spent the longest time with him in the past few months.The brothers seldom get together, and this time the prince is also here, so the atmosphere is a bit stiff.

Because it's not a meal, but a treat, brothers have to talk!Yinhu had no choice but to find the topic carefully, trying to take care of everyone, and ask brothers and gentlemen what they look like, who won the Khan Ama Award, is it interesting to ride horses and archery, and use it from time to time Speak a few words in Mongolian with the fifth elder brother Yinqi, who makes this person not understand Chinese well.Seventh brother can't speak well, and he has to be hugged and fed by the wet nurse when eating, and Yinhu has to take care of it from time to time.

After eating a meal, Yinhu felt that his voice was going to be hoarse. Fortunately, the atmosphere became more lively, and the older ones also teased the younger ones. The prince also talked about the customs and customs on the road to Mount Wutai. Of course he didn't see it himself, he hasn't been there yet, he read it from a book.

After the meal was over, the brothers bid farewell one by one, and the prince stayed until the end. The reason was simple. As Yinhu's "half teacher" in recent days, the prince wanted to stay and give some instructions.Before the elder brother left, he was still a little depressed, which meant that he was the serious elder brother of the younger brother (the author messed in: Your Highness, you are the same as other brothers, you are the same father as the eighth master, don't be special!), how can the prince A posture that I'm covering for the old eight?Of course Yinhu also felt it, and after sending it away, he was able to comfort him a few words and came back to deal with the prince.

The prince saw that everyone had left, so he asked the personal eunuch to bring out something.A delicate glass pen holder, crystal clear and colorful.Yinfeng handed it to Yinhu himself, and said: "The ones on the gift list just now are not good, they are all according to the established rules. This pen stand looks exquisite and the color is good. Didn't the eighth brother start to practice calligraphy, brother?" There is nothing to give away, you can use this little gadget."

Yinhu naturally knew the value of colored glaze, and the color of this pen holder was excellent, and it must be extraordinary, but it was not a big deal, and it was not unreasonable.Put it away solemnly, and slapped a thousand: "Thank you, His Royal Highness, for the reward."

The prince smiled and hugged Yinhu, and Yinhu felt depressed for a while. Since the first round, every time he hit a thousand, the prince insisted on picking him up. Yinhu resisted several times, but all ended in futility.However, Yinreng has practiced martial arts for a long time, and his arms are extremely strong, and he hugs him very firmly, and he doesn't let go easily.Yinfeng said: "Today's Ergu originally promised the ancestors to help you take care of the guests, but who would have thought that you are more capable than Gu. If you don't know how to do it, you are not so good at everything. Isn't this a reward? Gu said, this is not enough reward. When Gu comes back, if the eighth brother has done well in his homework, he will go to Yuqing Palace to pick up two good ones and take them back." Sitting with Yinhu in his arms, he asked again, "Eighth brother Ming'er Just moved back to Zhongcui Palace?"

"Yes." Yinhu nodded, looking a little sad.

"Don't take it too seriously. I didn't take you this trip because you were too young, and I was afraid of being sick outside. When the ancestors come back, they will definitely pick you up to the Palace of Compassion. This trip will only take a month, at least No, I can come back in March. If there are servants in Zhongcui Palace who dare to bully you, you can clean up as you should, and if you can't clean up, come back and let you decide." Yinrong comforted.

Yinhu: "His Royal Highness, don't worry, Yinhu is fine. After all, he is also a prince, so how could he be bullied by slaves."

Yinfeng: "Gu but I heard that the servants of Concubine Hui's mother were not very respectful when they beat you when you were young. Mrs. Liang didn't mention the rank, but the treatment of the emperor was promoted. Now it's according to the rules of concubines. Every day you give After Concubine Hui pays her respects, you can go to her place for a while. It will be a matter of time before Mrs. Liang moves out, and you don't have to put it with Concubine Hui if you have a concubine."

Yinhu asked in surprise: "When did this happen? Is...is it against the rules?" In his memory, Erniang was concubine in the 39th year of Kangxi. Even then, she never moved out and lived in the In Zhongcui Palace, she was already critically ill when she entered the imperial concubine position, and she had never been the lord of the first palace.Listening to what the crown prince said now, it seems that not only is there hope for Erniang to advance to the throne, but it is also possible to be the lord of the first palace.

Yinfeng smiled and said: "There is nothing against the rules. How can you worry about the emperor's father nodding? Gu Ke has helped you, is this a great gift?"

Yinhu was also grateful in his heart, hugged his neck in Yinrong's arms, and said: "Second brother is so kind, younger brother has nothing to repay!"

Yinfeng: "Isn't that just not reporting it! You study hard and practice calligraphy in Beijing, and if you come back and check for mistakes, don't blame Gu for not being sympathetic."

Yinhu responded with a smile, and talked for a while, seeing that it was getting late, Yinrong didn't mention it since he went back.

After that, Yinhu's life returned to the simplicity of the past. Apart from practicing calligraphy, most of the time was spent visiting An.

Greeting Concubine Hui every day is to accompany E Niang for a while, and then go all the way to the Palace of Mercy to greet the Empress Dowager who has not left the palace.By the way, I can also meet Fifth Brother, and from time to time, I take Fifth Brother to go to Yikun Palace to see the pregnant Concubine Yi.Concubine Yi is raising a baby, so I'm sorry, if the fifth elder brother wants to see Er Niang, he can only go to Yikun Palace to see her.It's strange to say that the fifth elder brother went by himself, and the queen mother was never at ease. Every time the eighth elder brother came, he could take his fifth elder brother to Yikun Palace.

Yinhu is full of expectations for Yinhu. In this palace, he has no one who really believes in him, and no one he can entrust to, except his unborn ninth and tenth younger brothers.He naturally wanted to be able to look at them from time to time since they were still in the womb, not asking them to entrust them again in the future, but only asking them to be safe and happy in this life.

Of course, what he said on the surface was that he was finally not the youngest elder brother in the Forbidden City. He was going to be an older brother, so he was naturally excited.Others only thought he was cute and had no doubts.Therefore, Tong Jiashi, who was pregnant at the same time, often went there in order to deceive others and not look too strange.

Most likely when returning from West Sixth Palace, I went to Gandong Third School to call Yinzhen who was dizzy from school, and together they went to Chengqian Palace to pay their respects.The imperial concubine is gentle to him, but guarded, not as enthusiastic as the concubine Yi, and of course Yinhu doesn't care.

The little conflict between Yinzhen and Yinhu last time has been completely forgotten by Yinzhen. It was originally a matter of catching wind and shadows, and Yinzhen has new troubles.Yinzhen knew that the concubine De lived in Yonghe Palace was his biological mother.

It's strange to say that Yinhu is Lianggui's life, and the palace has never shied away from it. Even Concubine Hui generously admits that she is just a adoptive mother, but Yinzhen is different. Until Tong Jia's pregnancy, he never It never occurred to him that he was not Erniang's biological son, but was carried from another empress.After Tong Jia's pregnancy, he also had some childish panic about whether his mother would dislike him if she had a younger brother, so this matter caused an oolong. Some people thought that he knew his life experience and came to comfort him, so they put The big secret was exposed.Yinzhen began to take the first step towards his gloomy personality.

This incident brought Yinzhen and Yinhu very close.Yinzhen was already on good terms with Yinhu, and at this time he was in the same boat, so he unconsciously confided a lot of his thoughts to him. The feeling of being a little adult in the past collapsed under the pressure of this incident.However, Concubine De was always deliberately cold towards Yinzhen, and Yinzhen was in a state of extreme insecurity. His biological mother abandoned him, and although his adoptive mother was very good, she was about to have her own child soon. Yinzhen had various entanglements in his heart.

Yinhu watched a passage with cold eyes at first, and Yinzhen said, he just listened, and didn't give much comfort, but just accompanied him to say hello when he was on the way.

Until one day Yinzhen invited him to Qiandong No. [-] Institute, and he talked almost non-stop for two hours, analyzing all the words and eyes of Concubine De that he could think of when seeing him, and analyzing that the imperial concubine deliberately refused to let him go. He got close to Concubine De, and analyzed the various differences that the imperial concubine treated him after she became pregnant... only to hear Yinhu's ears get callused, and he sighed in his heart: I have never found that the fourth brother is so talkative!It seems that the reason why critics like to talk nonsense comes from the womb.

In the end, Yinhu finally went crazy, so he had to say angrily: "What does the fourth brother want? Stay with Concubine Tong, or do you want to go back to Concubine De?"

Yinzhen was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said, "Naturally stay with Er Niang." This Er Niang obviously refers to the imperial concubine.

Yinhu smiled, "The fourth brother still cares about these things. I think Concubine Tong really treats you as her own son. The reason why she treats you differently after pregnancy is because she is weak and gets tired easily. I care less about you. Even so, didn’t Concubine Tong help you with food and use in the third institute? Fourth brother, you are an older brother, why are you still fighting for favor with your unborn younger siblings?" Yinhu said. He has no plans to bridge the relationship between Yinzhen and Concubine De. He knows that the imperial concubine will die early, and Yinzhen will return to the name of Concubine De. It's easy to handle.

Yinzhen thought about it, and asked a little ashamedly: "What about Concubine De? If I don't know, it's fine, now I know..."

Yinhu was so sleepy that he had no choice but to help him think of a solution: "You should make it clear to Concubine Tong first, you can't just tell me about this, right? The imperial concubine is reasonable, you explained that you want to stay under her name , she will definitely not stop you from seeing the concubine De. Even if the concubine De is not close to you, brother Liu is not in good health, you should visit him from time to time, and she will appreciate your thoughts."

After the Empress Dowager came back, Yinhu moved back to live for a while.When the ancestor went to Gubeikou to escape the summer heat in summer, he asked him if he wanted to go.Yinhu knew that this journey would take three months, and she was afraid that it would not be in time for Xiaojiu's birthday, so she reasoned that she was still young and had to be taken care of on the way, so it was better to watch her brother's birth in Beijing.At this time, the imperial concubine Niu Colushi was also pregnant, and Yinhu was very happy. In a few months, he would be able to see his ninth and tenth younger brothers.

On June [-]th, the great victory in Penghu.The imperial concubine Tong Jia's labor was difficult.On the nineteenth day of the intercalary month, there was a vision in the sky, and the sky was full of rays of light. The imperial concubine Tong Jia finally gave birth to a prince after ten hours.

When Yinhu heard the news, he almost spit out a sip of tea from his mouth.Shouldn't the imperial concubine have a daughter?What's going on?Didn't that daughter go before the full moon?So two serious questions immediately came to the table: Is this kid Xiao Jiu?If yes, will die early?Yinhu's heart is already in his throat, what is this all about!Whether it's Xiao Jiu or not, you can be sure if you have seen it with your own eyes.As for whether to die early, it can only be resigned to fate.

In view of Yinhu's enthusiasm for his younger brother since a few months ago, it is not surprising that he gave birth to a little brother at this time, and he went to see him immediately.What's more, he took Yinzhen to go with him, so no one stopped him.As a result, Yinhu was dumbfounded when he saw the child: he couldn't tell if the child was Xiaojiu at all.The eyebrows and eyes seem to be somewhat similar, but I can't be sure.But I know another thing, this child is quite healthy, strong in body, loud in crying, quite big in size, a full-term child, and does not appear to have died young.Yinhu feels quite at ease, as long as he is properly protected, he should be able to survive. He still believes in the means of the imperial concubine.

When the little elder brother of Chengqian Palace was full moon, the Holy Majesty had already drawn up a name, and it was called Yinzhen.This decree did not make Yinhu feel at ease, but instead deepened his doubts.It wasn't until August 23, when Concubine Yi gave birth to the eighth daughter of the Emperor, that Yinhu could be sure that his ninth younger brother seemed to have really changed his belly and ran out early.

After Kangxi went back to the palace to see Yinzhen, he also liked it very much, but Tong Jia's vision during childbirth was completely suppressed by him.Afterwards, Liang nobleman Wei Shi canonized Liang Concubine, who lived in the rebuilt Qixiang Palace, and the eighth son of the emperor, Yinhu, belonged to her and was raised by the Empress Dowager.

On the second day after Yinhu officially moved into the Palace of Compassion, the noble concubine Niu Gulu gave birth, and once she gave birth to a son, Kangxi immediately named him Yinyu.

Since then, Yinhu has been living under the control of his younger brother for many years.