Rebirth: I'm a Daddy's Darling in the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 543 What a blatant favoritism, what a blatant attempt to shift the blame!

To be honest, the brotherhood between Yinti and his brothers was a bit too superficial. Just now, they were all sympathizing with Yinzhen, but as soon as the topic of returning to the capital came up, they all changed their tune as if they had learned to change faces.

"Fourth brother, it's not that I don't want to go back to the capital to help you, it's just that I'm really getting old now. My eyesight is failing and my stamina isn't what it used to be. Look, I just ran those two steps and I'm still not out of breath."

Heh, I don't believe you for a second. You old rascal, you're really wicked. Even if you want to find an excuse to fool me, at least put some effort into it. Putting aside your eyesight, you can't even keep up with the stamina. Who was that who was carrying that 100-plus-pound Xiao Liu so nimbly just now?

"Fourth brother, I'm really sorry. Even if I wanted to help you, I'm powerless to do so now. You know my health has never been good, and I can't withstand your high-intensity work pace. If you want me to live a few more years, let me stay by Father's side to take care of him."

Hey, are you trying to morally blackmail me? What, if I don't agree to you staying by your father's side to fulfill your filial duties, are you going to pretend to die on the spot?

"Fourth brother, I can go back with you, but we have to make this clear beforehand. First of all, I am a human being, and I need to have a normal daily routine. If you still treat me like an animal, then I won't agree to it."

Whether you agree or not is a matter for the future. Right now, the most important thing is to fool as many people as possible. When I get back, I'll set up a tight net around the capital. I don't believe I can let you escape even once.

When Yinzhu saw his fourth brother looking at him, he quickly rushed to Kangxi's side, raised his hands and hugged his father's arm, the meaning of which was very clear: wherever my father is, I am.

Yinzhen's gaze lingered on Yinzuo for only a moment before shifting away. He decided to let it go; Yinzuo was already incredibly lazy, and yet he was tied to a powerful backer that even Yinzhen couldn't control. It was uncertain who would help whom if they were taken back.

You know, sometimes people are just so shameless. Just now, when they were looking at him, he was afraid of being conscripted, but now that they're not looking at him anymore, Yinzhu feels that his personality has been insulted. Wait, what happened to treating everyone equally? Why should I be the one who gets skipped over?

"Fourth Brother, you're showing favoritism! Why didn't you ask me? Maybe I would have been willing to go back to the capital with you to help you?"

What a blatant favoritism! What a twisted accusation! Why didn't I ask you directly? Don't you have any self-awareness? I'm asking you, who was it that grabbed your father's arm and threatened me just now?

It was me, it was me, it was definitely me. After understanding the meaning behind Yinzhen's eyes, Yinzuo was unusually embarrassed. He smiled awkwardly at his fourth brother, then raised his hand to his mouth to make a shushing gesture, and then obediently retreated to sit down next to Kangxi.

Yinzhen and Yinzhen never aspired to the court. Now, with their elder brothers setting such a shining example, they naturally didn't want to let go of this golden opportunity. However, their resistance was clearly weak, because after they finished explaining their views, they suddenly discovered that their brilliant and mighty fourth brother seemed to have suddenly gone deaf...

This spectacular escape has now come to an end. No matter how much Yinzhi and Yinzhi resisted, they could not escape the arrangement of fate. As the emperor, Yinzhen could not stay in the manor any longer. After resting for a night, he took Yinzhi, Yinzhi, and Yinzhi back home.

As the Spring Festival approached in the first year of Yongzheng's reign, Yinzhuo received some very pleasant news: his family member, who had been away from home for many years and was now thirteen or fourteen, had finally returned from that godforsaken place in the northern desert.

Although Yinzhuo usually showed no mercy when dealing with the Fourteenth Prince, this was his own brother from the same mother. After not seeing him for many years, how could he not miss him? Upon receiving the news, Yinzhuo urged people to pack their things and dragged his father back to the capital.

The father and son hurried along and finally arrived in the capital before the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, just before the Little New Year. Yinzhuo's eyesight was always good, and he spotted his conspicuous little brother, Bao Bao, jumping around, even when they were still far from the city gate.

"Sixth Brother, Sixth Brother, you're finally back! Why did you go all that way? I've had people waiting here ever since I heard you were coming back. I've missed you so much all these years..."

"You missed me so much? Hmph, I didn't see that coming. The grip you're using really makes me want to die. If you don't let go soon, you're going to strangle your sixth brother to death..."

Fourteenth Prince hadn't been idle on the front lines all these years; his strength alone was much greater than before. When he was given such a bear hug, Yinzhuo almost couldn't catch his breath and struggled for a long time before finally pulling the excited Fourteenth Prince away.

Compared to the passionate Fourteenth Prince, the Thirteenth Prince expressed his longing in a much more subtle way. At least he remembered the etiquette he had learned before. He first stepped forward to pay his respects to Kangxi, and only walked to Yinzhuo's side after being called up.

The city gate was clearly not a place for conversation, and the group did not linger for long before following Kangxi into the palace. Although Kangxi was now the retired emperor, he still lived in the Qianqing Palace, where he used to reside, while the new emperor, Yinzhen, moved from the Yuqing Palace to the Yangxin Hall.

After a long and tiring journey, Emperor Kangxi did not keep the thirteenth and fourteenth brothers for long. After returning to the Qianqing Palace, the father and sons sat down and chatted for a while before he excused himself by saying he was tired and sent the thirteenth and fourteenth brothers away.

For Yinzhuo, whether his father was the emperor or his brother was the emperor, it had little impact on him. After all, apart from having to spend more time with his father every day, everything else was the same as before.

This time when he returned to the capital, he was still staying in a side hall of the Qianqing Palace. The courtyard in the South Third Palace that once belonged to him was still empty. He could still order people to order food from the Imperial Kitchen without any restraint, and he could still freely enter and leave the palace with his token as before.

If there's any difference, it might be that his mother moved from Yonghe Palace to Shou Kang Palace, replacing his maternal grandmother, or that there are some unfamiliar faces when he occasionally strolls in the Imperial Garden.

Yinzhuo and his entourage returned to the capital a few days before the Little New Year, and then came the Lunar New Year's Eve. With the retired Emperor Kangxi present, the family banquet in the Qianqing Palace was naturally no different from usual.

Even though Yinzhen is now the emperor, he still sits in the seat below Kangxi, while his brothers Yinti and Yinreng are arranged in order of their respective ages.

Yinzhuo's position remained the same as before, with his fifth brother Yinqi on his left and his seventh brother Yinyou on his right. The three brothers had not seen each other for a long time, and they started chatting quietly as soon as they got together.