mtl008 Chapter 536 No pain, no gain.
Chapter 536 No pain, no gain.
Yinzhen truly lived up to his reputation as a modern-day God of Wealth. He might lack other things, but he would never lack money. After receiving the task from his sixth brother, he immediately arranged for his men to take action.
Although everything is being done in private and in secret, don't forget that our Ninth Prince has been helping his Sixth Brother manage the Ministry of Works for many years. He has connections and methods. Besides, you have that saying, "Money makes the world go round."
So the day after Yinzhuo casually drew a circle, the once beautiful but deserted Jiaozhou beach became completely bustling.
Of course, Kangxi and Yinzhu didn't need to worry about any of this. The father and sons walked along the coast for a while and saw a small fishing village with decent scenery. They spent money to buy a house there and settled down temporarily.
"Sixth Brother, if you ask me, why don't we go to Rehe and stay there for a while? Once the houses here are built, if you're willing to come, we can move here. Look at this house, does it look like a place where people can live? Let's not even talk about our father, just look at you, can you sleep in a bed like this at night?"
Upon hearing this, Yinzhuo looked in the direction Yintang was pointing, and his brows furrowed. Although his men had done their best to buy the best house in the village, it was still just a small fishing village. How good could the house be?
"It's alright. There's a saying, 'No pain, no gain.' We've already been successful, so how could we not endure this little bit of hardship? So what if the house is a bit simple and the bed is a bit hard? It's fine, Sixth Brother can handle it..."
Yinzhen is now extremely worried. He was quite happy when his sixth brother was willing to take him out. After all, being able to go out and have fun was much better than staying in the capital and being a slave to his fourth brother. But now Yinzhen is regretting it to the core.
Yes, "No pain, no gain," but brother, you've clearly reversed the order. They endured hardship first and then became successful, but what about you? Are you sure you can endure hardship after experiencing the life of the successful?
Yin Tang asked a good question. Even if Yin Zuo was stubborn, his pampered and delicate body, which had been pampered for many years, was quite honest. After sleeping in this simple house for one night, he became obedient.
To be honest, our Prince Zhao was born to enjoy a life of luxury. Look at all these imperial relatives and nobles in this room, from Emperor Kangxi to Prince Yinzhen. They all adapted well, except for Yinzhen, who woke up one night with his body covered in rashes.
“Eunuch Liang, I said we shouldn’t be so timid. My body isn’t made of paper. I’m already itchy all over. If you keep holding back like this, I’ll feel even worse. Father, I think Xiao Jiu is right. If we can’t go on like this, let’s go to Rehe for a while. Facing the sea, with spring flowers blooming, it sounds wonderful, but experiencing it is truly suffering…”
The reason why Yinzhuo was able to be so stubborn before was entirely due to his limited travel experience in his previous life. Let's not even talk about how different the sealing of ancient houses is from that of modern houses. Just think about how modern hotels have high-tech features like air conditioning and dehumidifiers.
It has to be said that Shandong is a place with a lot of history, at least in terms of curing stubbornness. Whether it's Mount Tai, which once cured countless people of their stubbornness, or the seaside, which cured Emperor Yongzheng's stubbornness.
Having made up his mind to leave, Yinzhuo didn't want to stay a moment longer. Facing the sea with spring flowers in bloom, listening to the ebb and flow of the tide—none of these were as important as his own life.
Normally, if Yinzhuo were to act on a whim, Kangxi would surely reprimand him. But now that the child is covered in bumps, how could he bear to scold him? So, instead of saying anything, seeing Yinzhuo's disappointed and reluctant expression, he quickly comforted him.
"Alright, if you really like it here, then we'll have the Ministry of Works expedite the process, and I'll bring you over once the estate is finished. However, given your inability to tolerate dampness and your tendency to get rashes, forget about staying here permanently. You could come and stay for a short period each year when the weather is nice..."
Haha, you're really thinking of him so thoroughly. But is the difference between sons really that big? They're both flesh and blood, aren't they? It seems the flesh on the palm is a bit thicker.
Yinzhuo's body was covered in bumps, and it took four or five days of applying medicine before they showed any signs of subsiding. If you asked Yinzhuo to describe how he spent those days in a four-character idiom, he would definitely tell you—"scratching his ears and cheeks."
That description is no exaggeration at all. After all, the bumps on his body were really itchy. If it weren't for Emperor Kangxi watching him all the time and scarring him from time to time that scratching would leave scars, he would have wished he could have ten more bumps to scratch the itch together.
The unbearable itching was clearly more agonizing than the pain. Yinzhuo was so itchy that he couldn't eat or sleep, and in just a few days, he visibly lost a lot of weight. Emperor Kangxi, who always doted on his sons, was naturally affected, which indirectly caused Yinreng, Yintang, and Yinzhen to live very cautiously these past few days.
"Sixth Brother, it's not that I'm trying to criticize you, but what were you thinking? Why did you leave the perfect Summer Palace and insist on coming all the way to Laizhou Prefecture? And what did you get? You traveled all that way and all you got was a rash all over your body. If we had just gone to Rehe, you wouldn't have suffered like this..."
Although the bump on Yinzhuo's body has gradually subsided, it doesn't mean he's no longer uncomfortable. Yintang is deliberately bringing up the very thing that shouldn't be discussed; it would be strange if he were to benefit from this.
"Hey, Xiao Jiu, you've gotten too big for your britches after just a few days of not dealing with you, haven't you? If you're so capable, why didn't you stop me when I said I wanted to come here? What are you doing here, offering advice after the fact? Yin? You held me down, and all I got was a body covered in red bumps, right? Fine, to make sure this trip was worthwhile, before we even left Shandong, I'll reward you with a whole body of red bumps, consider it a souvenir to take back..."
Yinzhen carried out Yinzhuo's order to restrain Yintang without hesitation. He now understood that his ninth brother had earned every beating he received through his own strength.