Yinreng has lived for three lifetimes. In this life, he just wants to get along well with his brothers, be a carefree prince, live a life without worries about food and clothing, and explore the be...
Yinqi quickly pulled Yinzhen to pay his respects to Yinreng.
"My younger brother has met the second prince."
"My brother has met Prince Guoguo."
As for Yinzhen, who was actually less than two years old, he could only nestle in the wet nurse's arms and drool.
In fact, Yinzhen's health was not very good since he was born, but he had a favored mother who took good care of him for more than a year, which also gave Concubine Yi hope of raising him.
As for Yinzhen, he can compare with his fifth brother in physique at such a young age. If they were the same age, it is not certain who would be fatter.
But Yinzhen inherited Concubine Yi's good looks. The facial features on his chubby face, which was only three years old, were round and delicate, which made Yinreng very fond of him at first sight.
In his previous life, he actually liked Xiaojiu the most among his brothers.
Yin'er's personality is bold in love and hate. Even though he is domineering, he knows how to keep within limits. He smiles at people but shows no mercy when attacking them behind their backs. This is the character he wants but cannot have.
In fact, there is another younger brother whose temperament is similar to Xiaojiu, and that is the unborn Xiaoshisi.
It’s just that Little Fourteen was taught by Concubine De to be too “bullying the weak and fearing the strong”. Except for a very few people whom he couldn’t afford to offend and could still submit to, he could do whatever he wanted to the rest. Proper manners meant nothing to him.
Yinreng smiled, bent down, picked up Yinzhen and weighed him.
"Xiaojiu, shouldn't you lose weight?"
Concubine Yi, who was sitting nearby, was shocked when she saw Yinreng's actions. She thought the prince was going to bully her ninth daughter, but when she heard Yinreng jokingly asking the ninth daughter to lose weight, Concubine Yi felt relieved.
Yinzhen blinked his big black eyes and pouted his little mouth.
“Not fat!”
Yinreng laughed even more heartily. He half squatted down and poked Yin'er's soft belly.
"Then what is this? Could it be filled with air? Hehe..."
Perhaps because it felt good, Yinreng poked it a few more times.
Yinzhen puffed up his face and complained directly to Empress Xiaozhuang.
"Wuwu Mama, Guoguo, bad!"
There was silence in the warm room for three seconds, and then there was a burst of laughter.
“Hahahahahaha…”
Xiaozhuang smiled so hard that her teeth were showing. She really didn't expect that Yinzhen would come to her directly to complain instead of choosing Concubine Yi.
Yinreng pinched Yin'er's chubby face.
"Okay, okay, Guoguo is bad. Guoguo shouldn't call our Xiaojiu fat. Our Xiaojiu is so suave, so handsome, so elegant, and so unrestrained that even Prince Guoguo can't compare to you..."
A group of people watched Yinreng teasing Yin'er, and no one interrupted him.
Seeing her great-grandchildren living in peace with each other, Xiaozhuang felt relieved and her weak body felt a lot more relaxed.
Concubine Yi was a little shocked.
She had not had much contact with the prince, but there were always a few family banquets throughout the year when she needed to meet him.
In the past, no matter how friendly Yinreng pretended to be, she could always feel the arrogance hidden in his bones, as if he was imitating the Emperor, looking down on everyone with an air of arrogance.
Seeing him interacting with her son today, Concubine Yi felt that her previous views were prejudiced.
She had never really had close contact with the prince, so she had no objective evaluation of him.
But it was a good thing that the prince had a good relationship with his own child. She might have to give Xiaojiu some advice and encourage her to get closer to the prince.
If he could get the Emperor's favor a few times, it would be good for his son's future.
Yinreng was joking with his younger brothers, while Xiaozhuang was chatting with the empress dowager in Mongolian. Concubine Yi could only serve as a foil, but she did not feel uncomfortable.
After all, the status of these people is there, and she is already benefiting greatly from the Queen Mother's kindness to be able to sit here today.
It was soon the beginning of the afternoon, and Su Malagu began to prepare a sedan chair for Empress Xiaozhuang.
The rest of the people also have their own servants to take care of things.
The Empress Dowager came first, followed by the Empress Dowager, the Crown Prince, and then Concubine Yi and her three sons.
After entering the Qianqing Gate, Su Malagu directly ordered someone to carry the sedan chair outside the warm room.
At this time, there should be many concubines and princes and princesses waiting in the main hall. It is too noisy. Xiaozhuang has a high status, so it is not advisable to go there too early to avoid putting pressure on them.
Besides, Empress Xiaozhuang’s health can no longer withstand the impact.
The Empress Dowager and Yinreng supported Xiaozhuang on both sides as she entered the warm room, while Concubine Yi was tactful enough not to follow them and went straight into the main hall with her sons.
Half an hour later, Kangxi, dressed in a dragon robe, floated into the warm room with a chill.
As soon as he came in, he confessed his crime to Empress Xiaozhuang.
"Just call Mama and wait. It's my grandson's fault."
Xiaozhuang waved her hand.
"Compared to the family dinner, the previous matter is more important. How is it? Is there any trouble?"
Kangxi sat down on the chair next to Xiaozhuang. Yinreng could smell the alcohol coming from him. It seemed that he had drunk quite a lot of alcohol.
"No, it's just that a few foreigners toasted me with a few extra glasses of wine."
"It's almost time now, Mama, please look..."
"Then let's have the feast."
As Xiaozhuang spoke, she stood up and walked towards the connecting door between the warm room and the main hall.
Seeing this, Kangxi hurriedly supported him.
Yinreng wisely supported the empress dowager.
There was no noise in the main hall because when Kangxi returned, there was a young eunuch guarding the door, so the masters of each palace were informed in advance.
Due to Kangxi's majesty, no one dared to say a word, even the baby in his arms.
Of course, if he was too young, for example, Thirteen was only two months old, Zhang Jiashi would not need to bring him.
After escorting the Grand Empress Dowager to her seat, Kangxi sat down at the head of the table. He then called up the concubines and children who were to kneel and kowtow to him. When everyone was seated, Kangxi raised his glass.
Everyone below raised their glasses as well.
After saying a few auspicious words and drinking the wine in the cup, it was time for the banquet.
The specifications of this family banquet include 40 cold and hot dishes, 20 tea dishes, 20 wine dishes, and snacks, totaling 108 dishes.
In addition to the individual rules for concubines and princes, the main dishes had to wait until Kangxi took a piece of them with chopsticks before the eunuchs would serve them to the concubines and princes and princesses.
To be honest, it was so cold that even though the imperial kitchen had tried its best to maintain the heat of the hot dishes, they still didn't taste as good as when they were freshly cooked.
In the afternoon, Kangxi hosted a banquet for all officials outside the Baohe Hall. He was as cold as his grandson and had drunk a lot of wine. He had no appetite at all.
Even Yinqi, who usually loves to eat, hardly picked up his chopsticks and was only concerned with taking care of his younger brother beside him.
Yinreng picked up the exquisite cold dishes and ate a few bites of the snacks. As for the hot dishes, he couldn't eat them at all when he saw the soup that showed signs of solidification.
Since he couldn't eat anymore, he turned his attention to the concubines and princes and princesses below.
Most of Kangxi's daughters who survived to grow up were married off to various Mongolian tribes and were trapped on the endless grasslands for the rest of their lives.
In his previous life, he changed the endings of Chunxi, Rongxian and Duanjing, allowing them to have a home in the capital. Kejing was ambitious and wanted to marry to Mongolia, so Yinreng did not stop her.
As for the others, he was already powerless at that time.