Yinzhen mechanically opened his mouth, and the soft, sticky white porridge entered his mouth, seemingly even more fragrant, sticky, and warm than the porridge Su Peisheng had fed him earlier.

One fed the other, and Yinzhen finished the remaining half bowl of porridge.

Kangxi's actions stunned all the servants in the room, but no one dared to say anything.

This was the first time Emperor Kangxi had fed anyone other than his crown prince and the deceased Empress Dowager. Seeing his son's indescribably shocked expression, he thought it was quite good.

Thinking about Yinzhen's current situation, Kangxi couldn't help but empathize. Back then, his father doted on Consort Dong'e, and couldn't see anyone else. The entire harem, whether concubines or princes, lived in constant fear.

He was in a similar situation where no one was there to take care of him, but his birth mother would eventually send someone to inquire about him and wouldn't completely ignore him. In fact, this son was in an even worse situation than him.

But at least his imperial father was a decent man.

So he felt compassion and that's why he fed the porridge just now.

"Your son thanks Your Majesty."

Yinzhen was a little shy when he said this.

Emperor Kangxi couldn't help but find it both amusing and heartbreaking; this was his son!

Emperor Kangxi comforted him, saying, "You have been unconscious these past few days, you must be exhausted. You should rest and recover before going to the study."

"Yes, Father Emperor."

As Kangxi listened to his increasingly rigid and formal answers, he thought of his other sons and realized that his sons were being overly cautious and wary of him.

Thinking about how his other sons would occasionally tease and joke with him, while this son seemed to never do that, and considering his cousin's dying words about neglecting Yinzhen over the years, coupled with the fact that Consort De didn't care about Yinzhen at all after his cousin's death, he realized that this child must have really been afraid of being ignored.

"Rest assured, you are my son, no one can bully you."

This world belongs to him, so he cannot tolerate others looking down on his son, even if the son is also born to him.

It seems he spoiled Consort De too much, to the point that she seemed to have forgotten her own status and how she was able to go from a palace maid to the Consort De whom everyone in the harem respected.

Yinzhen obediently replied, "With Father Emperor here, I am very relieved."

Kangxi said, "Take good care of yourself. I still have state affairs to attend to."

"Your son respectfully sees off Father Emperor."

After returning to the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Kangxi soon instructed Liang Jiugong to remove Consort De's green plaque for three months, citing illness as the reason.