Chapter 81: Min and the Jade Eighty-first Chapter
As soon as Lin Daiyu hit the road, she ushered in the first rain of autumn.
Because they took the waterway, they could only postpone the trip, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, Lin Daiyu and they temporarily docked and found a small inn to live temporarily.
But the rain seemed to be longer than expected, and the night passed, and in the morning it was still raining.
Looking at the light rain outside, Lin Daiyu thought that when the day dawned and she was on her way, the road was forming at a faster pace, so she shouldn't miss the time to go back.
Looking at Yinzhen's side.
It was still dark, so Yinzhen changed his clothes and entered the palace early in the morning.
The lights in the imperial study are still on, and it seems that Kangxi hasn't slept all night.
Yinzhen was waiting outside, and he didn't have an umbrella, although the rain was drizzle, but after standing for a long time, the clothes would be wet.
After standing for about half an hour, Li Dequan came out of the imperial study.
"Fourth elder brother, long live the Lord will let you in." Li Dequan looked at the โกโก Yinzhen standing in front of him, and he looked at the usual inconspicuous brother Gao a little bit.
"Peace to the Emperor." Yinzhen asked Kangxi for peace, and Kangxi paused the pen in his hand and glanced at him.
Originally, Kangxi ordered not to see anyone, but he didn't expect Yinzhen to insist on not leaving.
"What?" Kangxi sat down and rubbed his temples with his hands, there have been too many things recently, even Kangxi of the ancient emperor can't cope with it.
"Erchen is willing to go south to assist in the investigation of the ink corruption case." Yin Zhen said, and then knelt down.
"Huh?" Hearing this, Kangxi was stunned for a moment.
At the moment, he was worried about this matter.
The case of greedy ink is not big, but it is not small either. Now that the war has just passed, it is time to recuperate, but in the past few days, there has been a drought in the north, and there have been many victims.
It seems that this year is another eventful season, there is only one emperor, and there is only one crown prince, but these things must be sent down to help.
Especially in this case of greedy ink, of course, you can't just send ministers to go, after all, when it comes to the face of the royal family, there must always be someone from the royal family.
But this time is unfortunate, if you go south at this time, and when you get there, it is estimated that it will be at the end of the year.
Although this time is embarrassing, going at this time undoubtedly caught those corrupt officials off guard, because they would not have thought that on such an important day, the court could come down to check on them, and they would definitely be lax in their work.
In addition, this Chinese New Year is a good time to give gifts, if you go at this time, there will be a lot of gains.
However, for the candidate to go south, Kangxi made a difficulty, and he had to send an elder brother to go.
Although this errand is done well and can be appreciated by Kangxi, while being appreciated by Kangxi, it has undoubtedly offended those ministers, no matter how it is calculated, it is a thankless task.
Which prince is allowed to go, they are unwilling.
Don't look at Kangxi's elder brothers now, they are not big, but they are all human spirits.
There is always a reason to refuse.
What Kangxi didn't expect was that at this time, Yinzhen actually stood up, for this son, although Kangxi didn't like it, he still agreed with him very much.
The last time I went to Yangzhou, Kangxi was very satisfied.
Although this time, Kangxi also moved the idea of letting Yinzhen go south again, but he immediately let him deny it, he didn't be in the palace during the last Chinese New Year, and he couldn't live with him.
In addition, this time it is such an unpleasant errand, no matter how biased Kangxi is, he can't pit a son.
"Erchen is willing to go south and eradicate these rotten bean curds for the Qing Dynasty" Yinzhen said again, his tone firm.
Kangxi didn't speak, just looked at Yinzhen quietly.
"You've figured it out." The current Kangxi is a little confused about Yinzhen's thoughts, and the other princes can't avoid it, what's wrong with this kid?
"Erchen has figured it out." Yin Zhen said respectfully, without a trace of reluctance.
Yin Zhen raised his head, looked at Kangxi with some doubts, first froze for a moment, and then lowered his eyes a little helplessly.
Such a reaction, of course, Kangxi saw it in his eyes.
Kangxi's heart was shocked, I don't know if it's because there are more and more sons, now he is much more suspicious than before, except for Yinren, he will speculate about what other sons do.
I don't want to, today actually hurt Yinzhen's filial piety.
Is it really old and confused? Kangxi walked in front of Yinzhen, stretched out his hand to help him up, and looked at Yinzhen with loving eyes, "This time you go south, you have to be careful all the way." โ
"Xie Huang Ama." Yinzhen was about to kneel, Kangxi helped Yinzhen, he didn't speak, just patted Yinzhen on the shoulder.
He glanced outside, it was still dawn, "Stay here today and have breakfast with me." โ
Kangxi rubbed his eyes, which were a little sore because of staying up late.
Seeing this, Li Dequan hurriedly asked the palace maid serving tea to bring two bowls of cheese.
Yinzhen stood there motionless, Kangxi took the bowl, looked at his expressionless son, picked up another bowl of cheese, and handed it to Yinzhen.
Yin Zhen took it, his face was still stiff, but his eyes seemed to light up.
Kangxi first sighed, then smiled.
He looked at Yinzhen, I don't know when, his son has become the current iceberg face, now thinking about it, it seems that he has never seen Yinzhen smile.
Thinking of this, Kangxi's father's love was a little overflowing.
This son, he did ignore for too long.
Since Tong Jia's death, Yinzhen's sense of existence is really low and can't be low, although his biological mother Concubine De is still there, but in front of Kangxi, she never mentioned that there is a child like Yinzhen, and her topic is only the old fourteen.
At first, Kangxi still felt that this Wu Yashi really understood the proportions, and when he let Yinzhen be raised by Tong Jia's family, there was no hypocrisy, and the boundary was clearly demarcated, but now that I think about it, it is a little bit of affection.
"Warm your stomach with cheese in the morning." Kangxi said to Yinzhen, the indescribable kindness in his words, this really made Yinzhen stunned, such a tone, he only heard it when Kangxi and Yinren were talking.
Yinzhen nodded, picked up the bowl, this cheese is warm, with the aroma of milk, sweet but not greasy, drinking it, it really warms the stomach.
After drinking the cheese, Kangxi didn't go to rest immediately, but talked to Yinzhen for a while, waiting for the sky outside to be polished, and then he took a nap.
When I woke up, I had breakfast with Yinzhen again.
The news in this palace is that he is dressed quickly, and it is estimated that as soon as Kangxi's bowl for dinner was put down, the people in the palace knew that Yinzhen and Kangxi had eaten together.
Some people regard this news as a wind in their ears, but others as a thorn in the flesh.
But when they learned that Kangxi was going to send Yinzhen south again, Fang Cai's jealousy was gone.
It turned out that Kangxi was slapping and then giving a red date, and at this time he went south, and he couldn't spend this year in the palace, which was really pitiful.
Yin Zhen doesn't care about other people's thoughts at this time, just achieve his goal this time, although he sacrificed a little too much.
If there is no reason for such a tricky errand, who will go next.
Presumably needless to say, everyone also knows who Yinzhen's reason is, at this time, he went south, and he also took the waterway, which seemed to be on the way with someone.
Yin Zhen also knew that he was a little impulsive this time, but he didn't regret it.
Now the situation in the capital is tense, the eldest brother and the eighth elder brother are eyeing Yinzhen, instead of dealing with them here, it is better to go out and avoid them, they like to fight and let them fight, anyway, in the end, they made wedding dresses for others.
However, this step seems to be a lot of sacrifice, but Yinzhen won't know that he has gained far more than he has lost.
Investigating corruption and dismissing corrupt officials, although it will offend the strength of one piece, but what about offending everyone, with Kangxi's eyes, what do those people count, they have great power, and they are not as big as the imperial power.
Yinzhen's move undoubtedly increased his score in Kangxi's heart, and it also made Kangxi a little disgusted with Wu Yashi, which was really killing two birds with one stone.
Although this time it was all something he didn't expect.
After receiving the order, Yinzhen simply cleaned up and went on the road.
Although Lin Daiyuti left Yinzhen two days ago, she will definitely delay a little time on the road when she catches up with this autumn rain. Just need to speed up the trip, and Yinzhen can catch up with Lin Daiyu.
Therefore, a "chance encounter" is inevitable.