activa-t Chapter 425 Father, has your son broken a heavenly law?
Chapter 425 Father, has your son broken a heavenly law?
Fourteen was kicked to the ground by the enraged Kangxi and didn't dare to breathe loudly, let alone defend himself. He obediently knelt down and watched Kangxi lead the imperial physician into the inner room before daring to look up at Yinti, Yinreng and the others beside him.
"Big brother, second brother, ninth brother... this time it really isn't my fault. I really don't know how this all happened so coincidentally..."
Although the Fourteenth Prince looks miserable now, neither Yinti nor Yinreng, nor the others, can feel any sympathy for him. The main reason is that this kid is just too troublesome. If he only made a fuss by himself, that would be fine, but he also dragged Yinzu into it. Even if they wanted to plead for him, they would have to dare to ask their father in his fury.
Although Yinzhu knew in his heart that he couldn't hide this matter from Kangxi, he still couldn't help but frown when he saw his father come in from outside with a sullen face. Well, he didn't even need to say a word. Just by looking at the old man's face, he knew that he would have to coax him this time.
Without Kangxi's permission, Imperial Physician Wang entered the room, carrying his medicine chest to Yinzhuo's bedside. He took Yinzhuo's hand, checked his pulse, and then instructed Dexi to bring him a chair. Afterward, he opened his medicine chest and took out his set of silver needles.
Although Kangxi had ignored Yinzhuo since he entered the room, he quickly got up from his seat and walked towards the bedside when he saw the imperial physician Wang take out the silver needles.
"Imperial Physician Wang, is Yinzhuo's condition serious?"
Wang Taiyi was well aware of Yinzhuo's position in Kangxi's heart, so he was always extremely cautious in dealing with Yinzhuo. Upon hearing Kangxi's question, he quickly stood up and replied.
"Your Majesty, although the Prince has not been in the water for long, it is the dead of winter and the lake water is cold. This coldness will inevitably invade his internal organs, especially his leg joints. This is why the Prince felt that his legs and feet had lost sensation. I will use acupuncture to help him improve his blood circulation and give him two doses of medicine to regulate his condition. He should be fine now."
Physician Wang was an absolute professional in treating illnesses and saving lives. Since he had said so, Kangxi naturally had no objections. As for Yinzhuo, who was lying in bed, he did have objections, but at this moment, his opinion was obviously not that important.
Having been silenced by a single glance from Kangxi, Prince Zhao could only watch helplessly as his legs were pricked like hedgehogs. He then had to obediently drink the bitter medicine soup that Dexi brought him, without any sweet candied fruit to accompany it. Prince Zhao, who had never suffered such humiliation since childhood, could only tolerate it at first because he felt guilty. But when Kangxi forced him to drink the bitter medicine soup again the next morning without any sweet candied fruit, he simply refused to accept it.
"No, Father, what law have I broken? Killing someone is just a matter of beheading them, you can't torture me like this. I obediently listened to you yesterday because you were angry, so what's going on today? If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, I definitely won't drink this medicine today."
A reasonable explanation? Fine, then you just wait and see. Kangxi's explanation for Yinzhu's stubborn resistance was to take two steps forward, grab his chin, take the medicine bowl handed over by Liang Jiugong, and pour the entire bowl of dark, bitter medicine down Yinzhu's throat.
"Didn't you want an explanation from me? Then let me ask, is Prince Zhao satisfied with this explanation? You scoundrel, do you know how scared I was last night when the guards reported that you had fallen into an ice hole? What would your father do if something happened to you?"
It's not surprising that Kangxi was so angry. Yinzhuo really frightened him this time. Yinzhuo was a good swimmer, and if he fell into a lake in the summer, Kangxi wouldn't be too worried. But this time was different. This was an ice hole. If someone fell in and got trapped in the ice, it would be difficult to get out.
Yinzhu coughed for a long time after being forced to drink that bowl of bitter medicine from Kangxi. When he finally managed to catch his breath, he saw that Kangxi looked angry and quickly reached out to tug at his sleeve, and began to be soothed by his father.
"Father, I was wrong this time. It was all because I was playing that I made you worry. Don't worry, I will be obedient from now on and stay by your side. I won't take you anywhere. But could you please not force-feed me my medicine like that at noon? I choked on the medicine you were feeding me just now. Also, didn't we agree before that you wouldn't scold me until after the first month of the lunar calendar?"
To say that Kangxi was really angry with Yinzhuo wouldn't be quite right; he was mainly afraid. Now that Yinzhuo had softened his stance, he naturally couldn't bear to argue with him anymore.
"You still have the nerve to say that? It's true that I said that, but there were conditions. I'm asking you, did you meet those conditions?"
Although Yinzhuo wanted to argue with his father, he ultimately chose to remain silent. After all, he had just appeased the old man, and if he angered him again, he would be the one to suffer.
Yinzhuo was rescued quickly after falling into the water yesterday, so apart from his legs and feet being a little numb from the cold, he was otherwise fine. Fearing that he might catch a cold, Kangxi had the imperial physician Wang prescribe some medicine for him. After Yinzhuo drank it for two days and saw that he was in good spirits and had no symptoms of catching a cold, Kangxi finally felt relieved.
It was only two days after the incident that Yinzhuo remembered his troublesome younger brother, the Fourteenth Prince. He asked Dexi to inquire at Ruyi Island and learned that the Fourteenth Prince had been punished by Kangxi to kneel all night on the night of the incident and then put in solitary confinement. Being forced to kneel all night in the dead of winter, even indoors, must have been unpleasant. Upon hearing this news, Yinzhuo immediately sent someone to the Imperial Hospital to fetch an imperial physician and then led his men to the Lotus Viewing Room where the Fourteenth Prince was being held in solitary confinement.
When Yinzhu arrived, the Fourteenth Prince was frantically copying books. When he saw Yinzhu push the door open, it was as if he had seen a savior. In his excitement, he didn't even put down his brush before rushing forward and giving his sixth brother a big bear hug. Naturally, the brush he was holding left a bold and colorful mark on Yinzhu's cloak.
"Fourteen, you bastard! I brought people to see you as soon as I heard you were punished by kneeling and locked up, and this is how you repay me? Look at the mess you made of my cloak, do you think these ink stains can be cleaned off? Come here, stand in front of me, I promise I won't beat you to death."
Fourteenth Brother wasn't stupid. He knew his Sixth Brother was clearly angered by him. If he went over there, he would be in big trouble. So when he heard what Yinzhuo said, he not only didn't go over there, but even turned around and hid behind the desk, putting some distance between himself and his Sixth Brother.