Breeze

In early May, Kangxi was going to Rehe again. After deciding on the name of Chengde Mountain Resort two years ago, Kangxi liked it even more.

Anyway, there are many temples in Chengde, Yin Qi touched his two-inch hair that had grown over the past two months, and calculated that he could go to Chengde to do the ceremony of getting rid of clothes, and then shave his head.

Watching along the way, the older brothers are also well-behaved, neither shaved nor shaved.Maybe they all still remember the time when the third elder brother was reprimanded after the death of the imperial concubine Jingmin in the 38th year of Kangxi.

It's just that the hair grew and the beard grew on his face. Yin Qi suddenly felt that he didn't know many people anymore.That day when he came out of the palace where he was temporarily staying, he saw Prince Yong head-on, and Yin Qi insisted on staring at him for a long time before he recognized him.

It seems that the fourth elder brother's hair grows faster than others, and now his hair is longer than others.A head of black half-length curly hair hangs down on his forehead, covering his eyebrows.Coupled with the same curly beard on the face, against the white skin, the bridge of the nose is high, looking from the front, you can't see the braids, only the curly hair all over the head, it looks like a mixed race.

He was dressed in a well-groomed prince's attire, but Yin Qi almost couldn't help laughing when he remembered watching entertainment shows in his previous life and seeing foreigners performing Qing palace dramas.

Prince Yong immediately frowned, and said, "Yinqi, what are you doing with such a weird winking?"

Yin Qi didn't know if he still couldn't help smiling, so he could only reply: "Your brother is really mighty when he sees the bearded face of the prince, and he admires him very much."

The fourth elder brother knew that he was lying, but it was not easy to expose it, so he just snorted and said: "You are the prince elder brother, you must pay attention to your words and deeds in everything! How can you act like some other people in such a frivolous way?" !"

Yin Qi couldn't help laughing again.It seems that he is not the only one who wants to laugh when he sees Si elder brother like this.

He lowered his head and answered obediently, not letting the fourth elder brother see his expression.The fourth elder brother couldn't control what he was thinking, so he was a little annoyed, snorted again, and went in to see Kangxi.

Yin Qi hid aside and laughed for a while, then he recovered, stood up straight, and continued to walk outside.

Seeing the thirteenth elder brother walking over in a hurry, Yinqi greeted him: "I have seen the thirteenth elder brother. Is the thirteenth elder brother in a hurry to see the emperor?"

Brother Thirteen stopped, smiled at Yin Qi, and said, "No. Did you see Brother Four just now?"

Yin Qi blinked and said with a smile: "See you. Fortunately, he taught me a lesson."

The thirteenth elder brother looked at Yinqi, suddenly smiled and said, "You too...?"

Yin Qi nodded, acting cutely, and said: "I just never knew that my fourth brother had curly hair. This time I saw it for the first time, and I found it novel. After looking at it a few more times, my fourth brother said that I was weird... ..."

The thirteenth brother laughed and said, "Fourth brother said I was frivolous."

The two laughed together, and Yin Qi suddenly felt that it was not easy to find someone who shared the same point of view—all thought the appearance of the fourth elder brother was funny.

After laughing, Yinqi said again: "I really should find someone to draw the fourth brother's current appearance. When I arrive in Chengde in a few days, I won't be able to see it except for my hair shaved."

The thirteenth elder brother couldn't help laughing, and after laughing, he acted like an elder brother, and said: "I dare not. Come back and teach the fourth brother, it's a good lesson."

Then he said, "What are you going out for?"

Yinqi said: "It's just that I've been in the car all day, and my whole body is stiff. Going out for a walk is also relaxing."

Elder Brother Thirteen said, "That's just right, let's go for a walk together."

As he was talking, he saw a few people coming over in a hurry. They were all dressed as guards, as if they were on official business. They were covered in dust, looking at the dust.

Seeing Elder Brother Thirteen and Yin Qi standing aside and talking, the leading guard greeted him and walked into the palace again.Brother Thirteen and Yin Qi watched them walk in, and then looked at each other.

The guards wore white belts around their waists, which looked very conspicuous.

~~~~~~~

Prince Laozhuang passed away, and this news was another blow to Kangxi.

First Concubine Tong Gui, and then Prince Laozhuang.Seeing that most of the relatives of the older generation went to see the late emperor, Kangxi couldn't help thinking that his health was going from bad to worse, and he really didn't know if he would let go someday, and he looked a little listless these days.

The Ministry of Rites is busy again, drafting the posthumous title of Prince Zhuang, but there is still the matter of Chengjue.Prince Zhuang has no heirs, and he never asked for a crowned son during his lifetime.Seeing that his only remaining concubine son was dying because of his father's serious illness and funeral, he might not make it past the funeral of Prince Zhuang.

So Kangxi, who is a cousin, has to think about the fireworks behind his cousin.

He has many sons, and it is not a problem to adopt one of his cousins.

Just which one to adopt is very problematic.After looking around, Kangxi hesitated.

The son I like, I am reluctant to let him be the heir; if I don't like it, I don't want the son of a prince with an iron hat to fall on his head.After thinking about it over and over again for several days, Kangxi still couldn't decide who was the successor.

Yin Qi is very greedy for that prince.It's not just a matter of title, but also for the future.Such a prince has only advantages and no disadvantages.

The successor prince can't hinder anyone, and because he is the iron hat king, he can justifiably distance himself from the princes who are now fighting for the throne - it is taboo for the prince to make friends with the prince.

If you want to get involved in the court, you will have more opportunities when Kangxi passes away in the future.In the first few years of Yongzheng's accession to the throne, the Baye Party fought fiercely with him, preventing his subordinates from working for Yongzheng.According to historical records, sometimes even government affairs cannot be done.

At that time, Yongzheng was short of manpower, as long as he could work, he would be happy to squeeze anyone.Wouldn't it be much safer to think about going to that brother's side at that time?

It's just that this title will not fall on Yin Qi's head no matter what.

Now is the time for Kangxi to dote on him, and he is too young to continue this theory.

Moreover, according to the historical trajectory, this prince should belong to the Sixteenth Prince.If Yinqi was really succeeded by Kangxi and robbed Brother Sixteen of his title, he would still feel sorry for Brother Sixteen.

But now that Prince Zhuang passed away before reaching the first year of Yongzheng, it was not Yongzheng who decided who would inherit the heir, but Kangxi. There may be some variables.

Now Kangxi also dotes on Elder Sixteen and takes it with him no matter where he goes. It is estimated that he is also hesitant about whether to let Elder Sixteen succeed him.On the one hand, he wants to give his favorite son a good future, but on the other hand, he is reluctant to part with the affection between father and son.

There are more and more places that are different from the history, and Yin Qi is nervous and excited.He watched helplessly as Kangxi picked and picked among his sons, waiting to see if the Sixteenth Elder Brother had accepted the title this time.

Kangxi raised his head and saw Yinqi's eyes staring at him, so he asked with a smile: "Yinqi, what are you looking at me for?"

Yinqi hurriedly found a topic, and said: "Yinqi is thinking that the old uncle of Prince Zhuang has passed away, so don't you still have to observe filial piety for nine months? It's been a long time since I can't shave my head and face, and my brothers don't know each other anymore. It's still Huang Ama who looks the same as before, and Yinqi feels that Huang Ama is still kind to people."

Kangxi also thought about the appearance of his sons now, and said with a smile: "That's right. All of them have become savages. But the funeral of the clan uncle is not so strict. I will arrive in Rehe in a few days. Go to the temple. Bye bye, let them shave their faces clean first, so that I won’t even recognize them when I look at them.”

While talking, Kangxi closed the book about Prince Laozhuang reported by the Ministry of Rites.Sighing, Kangxi said to Xing Nian who was standing beside him: "Go and call Zhang Tingyu, I want to draw up an order."

After thinking for a while, Kangxi said again: "Forget it, don't call Zhang Tingyu now. You go tell Le Kehun and ask him to lead some people from the inner class, hurry up and go back to the capital to let the [-]th brother come over. The [-]th brother's errand Let the fifteenth elder brother go back and replace him."

~~~~~~~

Although Kangxi didn't say it clearly, the meaning of suddenly calling the twelve elder brothers who stayed in the capital over can be understood after thinking about it.

Probably thinking, let the twelfth elder brother succeed him.

Yin Qi was surprised by this for a while, but then calmed down.Hasn't history changed two years earlier? The 24 elder brothers all died early in the morning, and Prince Zhuang replaced the twelfth elder brother Dangdang, which is not a big deal.

Kangxi's candidate was well chosen.Elder Brother Twelve, who usually knows who this is?This person's sense of existence among the princes is as low as that of noble Jing in the harem.And the appearance rate is very low, staying at home all day, unless it is a New Year's Eve banquet in the palace, it is difficult to see him once in a year or so.

He is not a power in any aspect, and he is not very close to anyone.Usually getting along with brothers is a little timid, even Yin Qi feels that this brother does not look like Kangxi and his family.If you take him out alone, this man can be called both civil and military, but if you put him among a bunch of brothers, he is not so attractive.

Such a person really deserves the word "moderate".After succeeding Prince Zhuang, he will be another mediocre prince in the future, and no one can hinder him.

But things haven't been settled yet, so Yin Qi doesn't think much about it.He is not familiar with Elder Brother Twelve at all, and even his appearance is a little vague, so he doesn't care much about the matter of becoming a successor.

A few days later, when he arrived in Rehe, Kangxi asked all the accompanying elder brothers to go to the temple to worship and perform a ritual of removing their clothes, and then it was considered that it was the funeral of Emperor Huihui.

Then it officially began to mourn for Prince Laozhuang.

Prince Laozhuang is just a clan relative, and the blood relationship is a bit far away, so mourning does not need to be so strict.So when Yinqi came back from the temple, Kangxi asked someone to shave Yinqi's head.It's comfortable to look at like this.

Yin Qi looked at the hair on the ground, feeling very depressed.He has been dissatisfied with the bald hairstyle of the Qing Dynasty for a long time, but he dare not say anything.

Touching his bald head and coming out of the room, Yin Qi was taken aback when he saw the person walking towards him, and it took him a long time to recognize him.

You can't recognize it when you don't shave your head, but you can't recognize the beautiful face carved from white jade under the curly half-length hair without shaving your face.

After staring blankly for a while, Yin Qicai said with hesitation: "...fourth brother? Have you met fourth brother..."

The fourth elder brother simply ignored Yin Qi, his face was rather ugly, he snorted and strode in.

Yin Qi stood in a daze for a while, only to feel that what he saw just now was really shocking.

When Hong Zhou turned around from behind, he saw Yin Qi standing beside Xiuyun Gate in a daze, smiling and frowning at times, not knowing what he was thinking.

He leaned over, but Yinqi didn't see him, and was lost in thought.Hongzhou reached out and shook Yinqi's shoulder, and said, "Uncle 23, what are you doing standing here? Didn't you mean to talk with the emperor? You don't come to see me when you come out."

Yin Qi was shaken several times by him, and then he came back to his senses, looked at Hong Zhou's face carefully, shook his head, and said: "At first, I thought you and the fourth elder brother looked alike, but now it seems that you are not so It looks like..."

Hong Zhou was confused by what he said, so he asked, "Uncle 23, what are you talking about? Fourth brother and I don't look alike..."

Yinqi was talking about Prince Yong, but Hongzhou thought Yinqi was talking about Hongli.Yinqi didn't explain at the moment, but just looked at it carefully again with a smile, and said with a smile: "I said, once this hairstyle changes, it's like changing the appearance of a person. It's really amazing."

Hong Zhou rubbed his forehead and said, "Hairstyle? What is hairstyle?"

Yinqi smiled with an inscrutable expression on his face, and said: "This is a very important thing. I thought it was only useful for women at first, but now I suddenly discovered that it is also very useful for men."

Hong Zhou still didn't understand, so Yin Qi stopped talking about these unresolved things, and asked: "Didn't you say that you are studying with the fourth elder brother today? Why did you run out again?"

Hong Zhou said: "Originally it was Fujin who asked us to study, but today the prince said that it is an auspicious day, and we stop studying for a day, and go to the temple to do a religious service. In addition to dressing, we will shave our heads and take a bath. I will go out after cleaning up first." .”

He looked to the side and saw no one else, so he whispered again: "Fourth Brother hasn't finished it yet, let's go out quickly before he comes, so that he won't come back to pester you in a while."

Yinqi smiled and said: "You are too stingy. Anyway, if you go out to play together, let the fourth elder brother follow, isn't it more lively?"

Seeing that Hong Zhou was not happy, Yinqi said: "Come on, I want you brothers to get closer? You must know that in the future, when Prince Fujin is gone, I will count you as the closest. You are awkward with him at this time, alienate him, There will be times of regret in the future.”

Hong Zhou curled his lips, and said: "It's not that I don't know the truth, but I'm just impatient to see him pestering you. You can talk about anything else. I'll give him whatever he wants, such as books, food, and clothes that I like. I just don’t want to see you and him.”

Yin Qi stared at him and said, "You actually treat me as the same thing as yours!"

Hong Zhou hurriedly said: "I just said that, Uncle 23, don't be angry with me. Seeing that he wants to take you away, I feel uncomfortable. He clearly knows that we are good, so why do you want to get in the middle? ?He just wants you to treat him better than me, he wants to be the first in everything, and can't let me be better than him... This is also called brother!"