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Prince Yi dragged his voice out, shaking his head while speaking, Yin Qi was worried, and hurriedly asked: "Just how?"

After intentionally making Yinqi anxious for a while, Prince Yi smiled and said: "It's just that you ask about government affairs when you meet, why don't you ask your brother how these days are?"

Yinqi was stunned, and then said in shame: "Yes, my younger brother was negligent. Seeing that Brother Thirteen is in good spirits, he didn't ask."

Prince Yi patted his hand and said: "I am fine. Don't look at my legs and feet are not very flexible, but in fact I am fine. I feel relaxed when I walk around by myself. But I just want to ask, how do you Don't you even ask the emperor?"

He looked at Yinqi, with an indescribable meaning in his expression, which seemed to be probing and complaining, and said: "The emperor has been ill for a long time. You didn't know it when you were in Shengjing. Could it be that this meeting Don't you know?"

Yinqi looked up at Prince Yi, then lowered his head, and said in a low voice, "I didn't know it when I was in Shengjing. It was my negligence. After returning, my brother's daughter-in-law told my brother that the emperor was ill, so... I Only handed over the sign, come here and ask to see."

After hearing this, Prince Yi looked at Yinqi for a while, then nodded slowly, raised the corners of his mouth, and said, "You just entered the city today? Did you come here as soon as you heard about it? You are a conscientious child, as expected of... ...The emperor loves you so much."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and patted Yin Qi's shoulder, then smiled and said, "Come on, what are you still waiting here for? But if you have the time right now, why don't you just go in and wait at the gate of the Hall of Mental Cultivation? Just now What you said is really good, you went to Shengjing once, and you have learned to be steady when you come back? Come on, Brother Thirteen will take you in."

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Because his legs and feet had old diseases after all, Prince Yi walked slowly all the way.On the way, I met the eunuch who came from the Hall of Mental Cultivation to deliver the decree. He probably brought Yongzheng's words to summon Yinqi, but when he saw Prince Yi, the eunuch who delivered the decree first said to Prince Yi: "Your Majesty is here rightly. It's time, the emperor just mentioned it, once you see Prince Duan, please invite him in."

Prince Yi smiled and said, "I've saved you the time to go back and forth again."

Putting away his laugh, Prince Yi asked solemnly again: "Is the emperor looking better today? Didn't he say that he felt very uncomfortable after the discussion with the Dutong Yamen yesterday, with fever and headache, and even half of yesterday's papers were approved?" Have you put your hands away? Today is busy again, and the people below us are also worried about the emperor's dragon body."

The eunuch said: "This morning, the emperor drank the medicine and asked to put ointment on the sun, so he sat on the kang to read the scriptures. This can only be said to your two princes, and others dare not Let them know. The emperor's face is not very good looking, I'm afraid that even if he doesn't have a fever, he doesn't have any fever. Why don't you persuade the emperor to rest for a while? The government affairs are also postponed."

Prince Yi put on a straight face, and said: "This is really just talking in front of the two of us, you slave is really bold! Those who know say you are loyal, those who don't know only say that you are talking about government affairs indiscriminately! Zhang Qilin, you are an old man who has been with the emperor since the mansion, there is no doubt about your loyalty, I only hope that you will be smarter."

That Zhang Qilin lowered his head, said "taught", and stopped talking.Yin Qi walked beside Prince Yi, watching coldly, this Zhang Qilin was really bold in speaking.But looking at the relationship between him and Prince Yi, it's really good.

Although this is not bad, we have to weigh the weight.Since Yin Qi can watch him teach Zhang Qilin a lesson, Prince Yi may not really trust him so much.

After a while, Zhang Qilin arrived at the front of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and Zhang Qilin asked the little eunuch who was following him to wait for Prince Yi to go to the side room to rest temporarily, and he himself led Yinqi to the hall.

After entering the gate of the palace, he did not go to the study, but turned to the Nuan Pavilion where Yongzheng usually lived.After entering the door and bypassing the screen, he saw Yongzheng half-sitting and half-lying, leaning on the kang with his pillow, his eyes half-closed.Standing beside the kang was a young eunuch, who was reading a book while holding a book. Yongzheng listened, interrupting from time to time, spit out one or two words of comments.

Yin Qi carefully listened to a few words, this note is not an important note, but a governor of a certain place who once served as a servant of Yongzheng's sect to greet and report some trivial things, the strange reason is that Yongzheng asked others to read it out to him.

But where did this eunuch come from?When did you come to Yongzheng's side?It turned out to be literate.

It must be known that the Qing court was different from the Ming Dynasty, and all eunuchs were not allowed to read and write.No matter how favored the great eunuchs around Kangxi were, they could not be taught to read, let alone contact with the government—that would be a charge of beheading.

Before Yinqi came close, Yongzheng noticed something, raised his hand to tell the eunuch to stop, opened his eyes, and took a look at Yinqi.After Yinqi finished paying his respects, he said, "Tell them to put the pier on the side of the kang, and you can sit next to it. I haven't seen you for a long time, and let me take a good look at what you look like when you grow up."

These words were unexpectedly warm and intimate, and Yin Qi was surprised, delighted and at the same time bewildered, feeling a little apprehensive.Xiaoxin sat down beside Yongzheng, and Yongzheng raised his hand and placed it on top of his head.

About ten years ago, outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Yongzheng, who was still Prince Yong at that time, once put his hand on Yinqi's head like this, and said something with a smile.

What was it said at that time... In fact, I don't remember anymore, I just remember that since that day, I have experienced many things, and I gradually got closer to this fourth brother, and gradually I was willing to get close to him, Gradually see him as a real elder brother, gradually willing to rely on him...

Then it took a sharp turn for the worse, because of suspicion, because of mistrust, the two of them regressed back to the beginning.

Now it's like going back to the past again.Back then, I faced him with trepidation, carefully worded and behaved, for fear that even the slightest inappropriateness would ruin myself forever.

When this hand was placed on the top of the head, my heart suddenly trembled.I don't know what Yongzheng will say next and what he will do.

And there is even a sad feeling, which suddenly surfaced in my heart.

Now it is the end of the seventh year of Yongzheng, and the fourth brother in front of him will not have a second decade.How is it possible that there is still time to go through it again from careful temptation to slowly getting close, and return to the original?

While thinking about the past in a daze, while silently feeling sad, Yinqi didn't wake up suddenly until he heard Yongzheng's voice. This was before Shengjia, and Yongzheng might not have so much soft mind to recall the past.

However, after returning to his senses, he heard Yongzheng say: "I don't know if you still remember, but it snowed so heavily that year, and in the courtyard outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, I touched your head like this. Our brother really said something."

Yin Qi couldn't help being startled again, and raised his head.On the opposite side, Yongzheng smiled slightly, his face was tired and softened, not like the original cold-faced emperor.Yinqi's heart tightened, and the sour taste became more intense, occupying his whole heart, and his nose was sour for a while.

Yongzheng's voice was also weak due to illness, and he sighed: "It has been ten years since that year. I am really old, and I always think about the past. From your last year After I left, in the past year, I also thought about a lot of things between us brothers, and I just felt that it was really not worth it to get angry with you earlier."

He raised his hand again, stroked the top of Yinqi's head, and said: "Speaking of which, I also angered you. It was a good thing that you were loyal to the late emperor, but it only involved Yunyu and others, so I will inevitably...not be smooth." You spoke a little harshly and reprimanded you a few words. This is your unjustified disaster. But you child, why are you so stubborn? You are, and you don’t know how to defend yourself."

Looking straight at Yinqi's eyes with deep black eyes, Yongzheng said slowly: "In the past few years, I know that you feel wronged in your heart, but you are always so awkward. Is it possible for me to feel at ease? As I said before, I and Queen, I have always raised you like a son, and I love you more than Hong Zhou and Hong Li. You are actually angry with me, how can I feel better?"

Raising his hand, Yongzheng stopped what Yinqi wanted to say, and continued: "Especially, I've been sick for a few days and you're not in the capital, so I always think of it. , At that time, you were still in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but you came here to deliver me meals and medicines every day, such a caring service, no matter how many people around me are serving, it can't compare to it."

Sighing again, Yongzheng closed his eyes slightly, and said, "I also have several children, and there are many loyal people around me, but none of them... can compare to your well-behaved and sensible. Now that I am sick, I miss you the most." Yes, it turned out to be you, a heartless little thing. You have been to Shengjing for so many days, and you didn’t know how to get a discount for the Chinese New Year. When you talk about returning to Beijing for the New Year, you really don’t want me at all... and Empress? I actually need an order to call you back!"

Closing his eyes, his hands slipped from Yinqi's head and rested on Yinqi's shoulders. Yongzheng said: "Look at you, you really ran wild outside. It's really... Let me and the queen be in vain. I miss you all day long in the Northeast, worrying all day long about your suffering."

After saying this, Yongzheng sighed again, and stopped talking.After a while, he opened his eyes and looked at Yin Qi, his eyes were full of affection.Yinqi only felt soft in his heart. There was nothing left of those feelings of complaints, wariness and alienation towards Yongzheng.

Seemingly a little involuntarily, Yin Qi's lips trembled, and he could only call out: "Your Majesty..."

He called out, but didn't know what to say.It seems that there are thousands of words. I want to say that I have been wronged, sad and hurt, that I missed the people in the capital when I was in Shengjing, that I really complained before, and that I don’t care about anything after hearing such words. I don't care about it anymore... It's just that the words come to my lips, but really, I can't say anything.

Yongzheng smiled again, raised his hand and rubbed Yinqi's cheek with his fingers, and said, "You are such an adult, can you still cry like a disfigured cat? Needless to say, how can I not know you?" ?”

His fingers were sticky and wet, and Yin Qi realized that he was really crying.He quickly wiped away his tears, feeling a little embarrassed himself, and heard Yongzheng say again: "This is in front of me, I don't laugh at you. Don't you want to be ashamed to be outside? Now... your child is about to turn one year old, why don't you laugh at me?" Do you want to act like a child?"

Then he smiled and said: "However, maybe it is because you are in front of me that you dare to look like this? Anyway, I am not afraid of your strange appearance, and you are not worried about scaring others."

These words made Yinqi couldn't help laughing, and the complicated sadness in his heart faded away, and he said: "That's right. Except in front of the emperor, how dare you..."

After saying this sentence, Yin Qi suddenly felt that it seemed to be the case.

The reason why I have always felt a little depressed in the past few years is because, except in front of Yongzheng, I dare not show such a weak side of myself in other places...

Because I thought of Hong Zhou again.In front of Hong Zhou, Yin Qi actually didn't need to hide himself and showed his emotions.No matter how weak and hesitant, how timid and cowardly, Hongzhou understands him just as he understands Hongzhou.Again, Hong Zhou, who really likes him like that, is actually perfectly fine in front of him, there is no need to hide his weakness.

But... perhaps because she still treats Hong Zhou as a child, she can't trust him completely, that's why she suppresses her own vulnerability in front of him.

Moreover, the only few times when Hong Zhou understood his fragility was taken as an opportunity for him to take advantage of it. Before he figured out his feelings and mood, Yin Qi didn't want to indulge Hong Zhou's suspicion of his own feelings. invasion.

That's why there is a feeling of dependence on Yongzheng. Is it because only he can let himself show his repressed weakness?For Yongzheng, what he has is really... not a pure emotion.

Yinqi stopped the conversation, smiled, and said, "Yunqi has also made the emperor sad in the past few years. It's Yunqi's fault."

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After saying warm words to each other, the estrangement in the past few years has been lifted.It was Yongzheng who backed down first, and said something close to an apology. When Yinqi was surprised, he suddenly felt that if Yongzheng hadn't spoken first, even if they revealed the will on the surface, there would be a haze in his heart .

Just like a few years ago, on the face of it, it is still brothers and friends respectful, and the monarch and ministers are harmonious, but in fact...

After thinking about it, Yin Qi felt that, but it could be seen from this that Yongzheng really cared about his younger brother.Maybe he doesn't have the same trust and reliance on Prince Yi, but in terms of affection, maybe just like what Yongzheng himself said, he regards Yinqi as his son.This is to be closer than the younger brother.

After thinking about it for a while, Yin Qi didn't let himself dwell on this matter anymore, and asked: "I heard before that the emperor is ill, what is the symptom this time? Now it's winter again, and I have to worry about taking care of myself." , the emperor's illness... Seeing that he is in good spirits, it should not be a hindrance? It's just that the subordinates are unavoidably worried, and the emperor should rest more, heal the illness first, so that the subordinates can feel at ease."