Chapter 19 Wen Shan heard Yin Si's childish voice...

Wen Shan was both surprised and delighted to hear Yin Si's childish voice. She ran over, picked him up, and kissed him several times.

"Baby, did you just call me 'Mama'? Say it again!"

Yinzhi was surrounded by Wenshan's enthusiasm. He turned his head and saw that his fourth brother was looking at him expressionlessly. He immediately turned around, hugged Wenshan's neck, and called out sweetly again.

Wen Shan was overjoyed by his words and praised him for being smart and cute, which made Yin Si's little tail stand on end.

"Hey, why is my face so wet?"

After her initial joy, Wen Shan finally discovered the traces of Yin Zhen's crime.

Yinzhi pointed at Yinzhen with a pitiful expression: "Brother...brother."

He originally wanted to say "Fourth Brother," but the pronunciation of those two words was still a bit difficult for him; reduplicated words were relatively easier.

Now it was Yinzhen's turn to change his expression, and he was overjoyed to hear Yinsi call him "brother".

"Say it again, little brother." Yinzhen asked expectantly, eagerly asking Wenshan to put Yinsi down.

Yinzhi looked at him as if he were a lunatic.

He pointed to the water on his face and cried out anxiously, "Brother!"

Then he pointed to Yinzhen.

This is the person who splashed water on him!

Mother, you must teach him a lesson!

"Mother Xuan, I was just playing with my younger brother." Yinzhen didn't shirk responsibility and honestly admitted it.

Even the lucky dog, still in the bucket, barked twice.

Wen Shan could tell at a glance that Yinzhen had just given Fuqi a bath.

"fine."

Wen Shan smiled and took a handkerchief to carefully wipe the water off Yin Si's face.

"Please take your younger brother to Yanxi Palace, so that Consort Wei can also hear her call her 'Mother.' And after you finish bathing Fuqi, Yinzhen, go and read your book, okay?"

Yinzhen nodded obediently.

Then Wen Shan carried Yin Si away with great interest.

As Yinzhi watched Wenshan and Yinzhi leave, he seemed to be thinking about something, and continued to bathe Fuqi.

The little black bean-like eyes stared at him, and as if sensing his low spirits, it stopped making a fuss and even leaned forward to lick his hand in a comforting manner.

Yinzhen rubbed its head, with Baoquan helping from the side. Seeing Yinzhen's mood suddenly change from excitement, Baoquan cautiously asked, "What's wrong, Fourth Prince? Do you want to go with His Majesty?"

Yinzhi shook his head and said nothing. He silently finished bathing Fuqi and then went back to his room to read.

Baoquan and Feicui looked around in the courtyard.

"What's wrong? The Fourth Prince has stopped smiling in just a short while." Baoquan wondered, and was also a little anxious.

Jade was also completely confused: "Just now, the Eighth Prince called the Fourth Prince 'brother' and seemed very happy."

"Alright, alright, let's go to the small kitchen and make some fruit. Fourth Prince liked those hazelnut pastries yesterday, I'll make some." Baoquan was a man of action, and he plunged into the small kitchen to prepare some delicious treats to appease Yinzhen.

When Wen Shan brought Yin Si back, Yin Zhen had already been in the room for more than an hour. Bao Quan pulled her aside and whispered to her that Yin Zhen had been in a bad mood ever since she left and had been staying alone in the room. He went in and brought him a plate of hazelnut pastries, but he didn't touch them much.

Yinzhi was drowsy, holding Wenshan's neck. His body was now stable and he needed to take a nap at noon, and it was almost time for him to go to sleep.

Just now, Yinzhi had done everything he could to please his two mothers, acting cute and charming. Now he was really exhausted, so he didn't hear Baoquan's words clearly when he spoke to Wenshan.

Wen Shan handed Yin Si to Emerald and asked her to take Yin Si to take a nap, while she herself knocked on Yin Zhen's door.

"Yinzhen, may I ask that Mother Xuan come in?"

Yinzhen had barely turned a few pages of the Zuo Zhuan in front of him in over an hour when he heard Wenshan's gentle voice. He suddenly woke up and ran over to open the door for her.

"Why have you been reading for so long? Baoquan said he sent you hazelnut cookies, but you didn't eat them."

The plate of hazelnut cookies was indeed left intact on the desk, untouched.

"My master said he would hear our views on the Zuo Zhuan tomorrow, so I dared not be negligent and for a moment forgot about it." Yinzhen saw nothing wrong with it; he was usually this diligent in his studies.

But Wenshan had a feeling that he was a little unhappy.

"What's wrong? Why do you seem to be in a bad mood? Did someone bully you?" Wen Shan pulled him in front of her and asked.

Yinzhen shook his head: "No one bullied me."

Yinzhen didn't want to talk to Wenshan, nor did he want to force him. He just patted his head and took his hand to the main hall to prepare for lunch.

After taking a bath and drying off, Fuqi went outside to sunbathe and dry its fur. Fuqi was smart enough to know that it couldn't get close to people while it was wet, so it just barked twice and wagged its tail at them.

Yinzhi had woken up after a nap and was sitting on the couch. He couldn't sit for too long yet, so Wenshan specially sewed him a soft cushion with straps on both sides. She would tie it on him every time he sat down, afraid that he would lose his balance and fall.

"Mother!"

After calling out "Yin Si" for the first time, he felt his numb tongue and teeth finally obey him, and with the experience from his previous life, he spoke more and more fluently.

Now that Yinzhi can eat some complementary foods, Wenshan has prepared a variety of dishes for him. During lunch, she holds him in her arms and feeds this little darling first.

Yinzhen ate in silence, glancing up every now and then. Wenshan found it amusing and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Yinzhen pursed his lips and took a bite of the mushroom. The delicious juice burst in his mouth, but he found it somewhat tasteless.

"This afternoon, I would like to take my fifth brother and Fuqi for a stroll in the Imperial Garden. Is that alright, Mother?" Yinzhen hesitated for a moment before speaking in a low voice.

After saying that, he hurriedly lowered his head and shoveled a large mouthful of rice into his mouth.

Wen Shan almost dropped the spoon in her hand. Yin Si glanced at her and sneered, "Hmph, now you're starting to call me Mother?"

Still trying to compete with him for his favor?

After the initial shock, Wen Shan was overjoyed. At first, Yin Zhen called her Xuan Niangniang, just like the other princes and princesses. Later, after she raised him for a while, he changed his address to Xuan E Niang. Several months have passed since he was brought back from Chengqian Palace and officially raised by her, but Yin Zhen still hasn't changed his address to E Niang.

In fact, Wen Shan didn't care too much about this. After all, it must have been really hard for a three or four-year-old child for Yinzhen to move between Consort De, Consort Tongjia, and her palace. Let the child call her whatever he wants. She thought it was just a name and nothing to worry about. But when she heard Yinzhen and Yinsi use this name today, she realized that the emotion and joy she felt were incomparable.

"Of course you can. Your mother will make some snacks and candied fruit for you to take up with you later," Wen Shan quickly accepted the address.

"What a wonderful day!" Wen Shan thought happily, "I must circle today on the calendar later."

Today will definitely bring her good fortune!

Wen Shan fed Yin Si, but after only a few bites herself, she excitedly went to prepare food for him. Yin Si sat on the couch for a while and then felt a bit hot, so he slowly crawled a couple of steps to the cool mat that Wen Shan had laid out, which was closer to the ice.

Yinzhen jumped off the chair to play with Yinsi, coaxing him to call him "brother" a few more times. Yinsi, aloof and arrogant, ignored him and leaned against his small pillow, pretending to doze off.

Yinzhen had long thought that his eighth brother was very smart, completely different from other children. Not only did he not cry or make a fuss, but even before he could roll over, he seemed to understand what they were saying, like a little adult.

For example, he now feels that his eighth brother is unhappy because he called out "Mother".

"Your mother isn't just yours alone," Yinzhen said in a low voice, watching the palace servants coming and going to clear the table. "We are brothers, younger brother."

"We will be the closest of brothers from now on."

Yinzhi rolled his eyes.

Your brothers are the sixth, the fourteenth, and oh right, the thirteenth!

When did I become your brother, the closest of kin? Pshaw!

However, after Yinzhen finished speaking, he felt that his younger brother seemed less resistant to the matter, so he happily went out with good fortune to meet with the Fifth Prince, who was a dog owner.

Seeing this, Yinzhi's eyes blazed with anger. They were supposed to be his closest brothers!

I never take him with me when we go out!

After Yinzhi learned to speak, Yinzhen became even more enthusiastic about teaching his younger brother to speak. However, he soon discovered that his younger brother seemed to be a genius, as he could say many words on his own without Yinzhi having to teach him.

Since uttering his first words, Yinzhi's progress has been nothing short of miraculous. A little over a month later, he was speaking fluently, prompting Wenshan to repeatedly marvel at how such a clever baby could exist.

Moreover, Yinzhi was gradually able to stand up and walk a few steps while holding onto things. Wenshan felt a motherly emotion as she watched Yinzhi grow up so quickly, as if he had been fast-forwarded.

However, after Yinzhi learned to walk, he inexplicably became very incompatible with Fuqi, the dog Yinzhen had raised. The two of them would always end up in chaos, and Yinzhen even scolded Fuqi a few times for this, telling it not to bully Yinzhi.

Yinzhi looked at the pitiful, silly dog ​​with a smug expression, but then Yinzhen turned around and began to scold him impartially: "Brother, you shouldn't always pull Fuqi's fur. What if it bites you if it hurts?"

Just kidding, how could he possibly get bitten by that stupid dog?

"Hmph, Fourth Brother just needs to keep this dog in check."

Yinzhen corrected him: "It's elder brother."

"..."

I don't know what the fourth brother is up to. Ever since he was able to speak, he has been calling him "little brother" instead of "eighth brother," and he also demands that he call him "older brother" instead of "fourth brother."

And they were very persistent in trying to correct him while he was still young.

"You never made the thirteenth prince call you brother before," Yinzhi muttered under his breath.

Yinzhen didn't hear him clearly: "Brother, what did you say?"

"I said this dog keeps barking at me!"

Yinzhen said in a serious tone, "Good fortune applies to everyone."

"Just move it a little further away!"

Yinzhen watched as Yinsi ran away feigning disgust and shook his head helplessly, wondering what his younger brother was being difficult about again.

Mingming really likes good fortune.

Last time, when Fuqi was sick, he and his mother accompanied the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager to offer incense outside the palace and couldn't come back. After they returned, Baoquan told him that Yinzhi barely slept that night and even secretly went out to check on Fuqi several times.

As Yinzhi became more agile and articulate, and began to frequently come over for meals, Emperor Kangxi gradually took notice of this youngest son.

He speaks logically and acts methodically, possessing a maturity and intelligence beyond his years. In addition, Wen Shan raised him well, and his fair and tender appearance made him very likable. Kangxi gradually grew to love Yinzhi.

Now, apart from the Crown Prince and the First Prince, who are the eldest sons and thus treated differently by Emperor Kangxi, the Sixth Prince Yinzuo and Yinsi are the most beloved sons in the palace.

As for Yinzhen, although his temperament had become much gentler than before and he no longer argued with Kangxi, Kangxi still treated him indifferently. Fortunately, Yinzhen didn't care about this and spent his days either in the Imperial Study or with Wenshan and Yinsi.

In December, the palace was bustling with activity, and the concubines, unable to sit still, began to visit each other.

The grand investiture of the six palaces is about to begin.