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

Chapter 183 My God, I'm such a genius!

Yinzhu proved with his own experience that the claim that one would have a blackout after getting drunk was pure nonsense. When he woke up the next day, not only did he not have a blackout, but his words and actions from the previous day became even clearer, thanks to the faint headache that accompanied them.

"Heavens! Yinzuo, you really are the sixth son! It's one thing to sing 'The Horse-Taming Man' to your eldest brother, but how could you sing 'Little Cabbage' to your second brother..."

But no matter how much he regrets it now, the song has already been sung, so what can he do now? Sigh, he should get up and go apologize to his second brother with a thorn on his back. They say drinking can lead to trouble. Yinzhuo was probably still a bit tipsy. The saying "apologize with a thorn on one's back" was truly fitting. It didn't matter that there were no thorns in the palace, so he swept around the courtyard and then carried a rather lush cactus on his back.

His stroke of genius stunned not only the people in his courtyard, but even the well-informed Yinreng was stunned for a long time when he saw Yinzuo carrying a cactus to apologize to him. Looking at Yinzuo's remorseful face as he apologized, Yinreng almost pinched his thigh until it turned blue in order not to laugh in front of Yinzuo.

"Sixth brother, there's no need to take it so seriously. Second brother knows you were drunk and talking nonsense yesterday, so I won't hold it against you. However..."

Yinzhuo was relieved when he heard Yinreng say he wouldn't hold it against him, but Yinreng's next words, "but," made his heart jump again.

"But what? Second brother, just tell me what you need. As long as I can do it, I will definitely not refuse."

Yinreng was waiting for him to say that. It would be good if he didn't refuse. After all, if he did refuse, it would be difficult for Yinreng to force him. After all, Yinreng is a man of principle.

"That's good. Second brother's request is very simple. Next time you see eldest brother, just sing the song you sang yesterday to him again. I know you didn't finish singing the song yesterday."

Upon hearing Yinreng's words, Yinzuo felt relieved. He had thought it was something serious. It was just about having that horse-riding man sing it again in front of his elder brother, right? What a small matter! If it weren't for the lingering pain from the cactus thorns on his back, Yinzuo might have been exchanging a few sarcastic remarks with his second brother—"Heh, not only did I not finish the song I sang for my elder brother yesterday, but I also still have half of the song I sang for you left. Do you want to listen to it too? I'll give it to you for free, no money required."

When he was carrying thorns to apologize, Yinzhuo thought he had definitely won the battle of wits that day. But when he came back and cleaned the cactus thorns off his back, Yinzhuo had only one thought in his mind—damn, I'm really smart.

"Ouch, that hurts! Father, please be gentle, I'm your own son."

What Yinzhi did could not be hidden from Kangxi's eyes. So, as soon as Yinzhi went to Yuqing Palace with a cactus on his back, Kangxi received the news. After Yinzhi apologized and begged his second brother for forgiveness, his father immediately dragged him over.

Although Emperor Kangxi already knew what Yinzhi had been doing at Yuqing Palace, the shock he felt when he saw Yinzhi shirtless with a cactus on his back was no less than that of Yinreng. If he hadn't been worried that his son would be angry, he would have definitely slapped his thigh and laughed for a while without caring about his image.

"Of course I know you are my biological son, but even so, I really don't want to admit that my son is so stupid. Come, tell me properly, what were you thinking back then? Carrying a cactus to apologize, how could you even think of that?"

What's there to say? If I could explain what I was thinking back then, would I have been carrying this thing around the palace, making a fool of myself? Don't ask, the answer is that the wine I drank yesterday didn't even go down my throat, it all went straight to my brain.

"Father, I don't want to admit that someone as smart as me could have done something so stupid. I'm definitely not the problem; the problem must lie in the wine my elder brother and his men made me drink yesterday. Father, could you please issue a decree... But never mind, issuing such a decree would only make me more embarrassed..."

It has to be said that people who don't suffer from internal strife deserve to live so happily every day. Look at Yinzhuo, he made such a big blunder this morning, but he doesn't think it's his fault at all. He truly embodies the wise saying that it's better to blame others than to blame yourself.

Although Emperor Kangxi laughed at Yinzhuo for his foolishness, he was genuinely distressed to see the cactus thorns on Yinzhuo's back. He not only personally removed the thorns and applied medicine, but also summoned Yinti and the others from outside the palace and gave them a severe scolding. In the end, he even strictly forbade them from giving Yinzhuo any more wine.

Yinzhuo truly hadn't expected that his father would so quickly present him with this opportunity after he had just agreed to his second brother's request. As the saying goes, once an opportunity is lost, it will never come again. Since he had already embarrassed himself once, he didn't care about losing face again. So, as soon as Yinti came in from outside, Yinzhuo jumped up from the bed and ran towards his eldest brother without even putting on his shoes. He then pulled Yinti to sit down on the edge of the bed where he had been lying and started singing a song for his eldest brother. Yinti was so frightened that he quickly pulled him back, raised his hand and touched Yinzhuo's forehead. What's wrong with this child? Is he having a fit?

"Hey brother, don't mess with me. I'm not singing you a song. I'm just completing a mission. If you make me fail to complete the mission, I'll move into your house and give you this 'Horse-Taming Man' performance every day..."

"It's not singing, it's a task? What task?" Although Yinti was also full of questions, when he thought about Yinzuo really moving into his mansion and belting out such a song for him every day, he immediately stopped moving and endured the piercing sound of his voice before cautiously asking.

"Sixth brother, can you explain that to your elder brother? What do you mean by that? Where did this mission come from? Who gave you this mission?"

Not only was Yinti curious, but Yinzhi and Yinzhen were also curious. When Yinti asked, all of them perked up their ears. Yes, tell us more, they were also very curious.

"Not yet... Oh no, that was close, that was close. I almost got this secret out of you, brother. Haven't you heard? The reason this secret is a secret is because it can't be told."

The more Yinzhuo tried to avoid talking about it, the more curious Yinti and the others became. But this was the Qianqing Palace, and there was that fiercely protective father there. Outside, they might be able to use violence to force Yinzhuo to cooperate for a while, but they wouldn't dare do that here.