It was a coffee shop and the little guy smelled the aroma of coffee.

A few decades ago, the locals' favorite drink was wine, and the pubs were filled with people suffering from hangovers every day.

Until the arrival of coffee, this drink, which was claimed to be "good" for the body, quickly attracted everyone's attention.

Alcohol can give people a hangover, but coffee can sober people up. Many people who used to gather in bars to get drunk began to gather in cafes to chat.

As more and more coffee shops opened, locals became more and more fond of this place. In the aroma of coffee, they talked about the plays and novels they had recently watched, debated on something, and even conducted business transactions here.

It can be said that since the advent of coffee shops, many people who like this feeling are often either in coffee shops or on their way to coffee shops.

Maybe it was because it was still early, there were not many people in the cafe the little guy discovered.

While Yin'e was looking at the layout of the shop curiously, Yin'er was already talking to the shop owner in Latin.

Latin is the official language of Catholicism, so it is easy to find people who can communicate in Latin in the local area.

The owner of the cafe was an enthusiastic middle-aged man. He was very curious when he saw Yinzhen and the others come in. When he found that he could communicate with Yinzhen, he immediately led them to an empty table.

"I mean, where are you from?"

"The Qing Dynasty."

The Qing Dynasty is now truly a heavenly kingdom. Even though he is in a strange country, Yinzhen is still confident when talking about his country.

"Oh, is it the Qing Dynasty that produced so much silk and porcelain?" the boss asked excitedly.

As a businessman, the coffee shop owner knew something about that mysterious ancient oriental country. After all, the goods traded from there were very popular in London.

Yinzhen nodded slightly. Seeing that he seemed to have a lot more to say, he glanced at the little guy in his arms who was already biting his fingers unconsciously. Before he spoke again, he asked what kind of food was in the store.

The shop owner seemed very interested in these guests from the ancient oriental country. Not only did he immediately ask people to bring coffee and food over, he also generously offered to treat them to a meal.

Given the status of Yinzhen and his people, many people in the Qing Dynasty would not be able to invite them to dinner, so they were not uncomfortable with the boss's enthusiasm.

Of course, this is not the Qing Dynasty after all, so Yinzhen did not act as if it was a matter of course. Instead, he accepted it after a few polite words.

The little guy had been hungry for a long time. After Yinzhen asked for water to wash his hands, he immediately reached out for the coffee.

"Be careful, it's hot." Yin'e saw that there was still steam coming out of the cup and quickly helped him pick it up.

The little guy thought the smell of coffee was fragrant, but when he saw the color of the coffee clearly, he instantly thought of medicine.

For this reason, he hesitated for two seconds before trying to drink a sip. His eyebrows instantly twisted up, and he stuck out his tongue and said, "An An doesn't want to drink the medicine..."

The little guy's expressions are so rich, from the anticipation when he simply smelled the aroma of coffee, to the suspicion when he saw the color of the coffee, to the careful trial when he was curious about the taste, and finally to sticking out his tongue when he found that it tasted bitter. It makes people want to laugh.

The boss standing nearby was amused by the cute little guy and asked someone to bring a glass of milk to the table himself: "I think he is more suitable to drink milk."

At this moment, coffee has become synonymous with traditional Chinese medicine in Cheng'an's mind, and he doesn't want to try it no matter how fragrant it is.

Smelling the familiar milky aroma, the little guy immediately reached out to take it, saying, "Thank you~"

"What is he saying?" The boss couldn't help but ask Yinzhen when he heard his childish tone.

After Yinzhen translated, the smile on the boss's face suddenly became even more intense: "Oh, he is such a cute little guy!"

The little guy didn't understand what he said and started drinking the milk.

"Eat some of this." Yin'e picked up a piece of bread from the table and handed it over.

At that time, Western bread was not as soft and sweet as it is in later generations. The little guy took a bite and felt that it was not as delicious as the cakes he usually ate. But he was hungry at this time, so he didn't complain and ate it seriously with the milk at hand.

Compared to him, Yin'er and Yin'e didn't have such a good appetite. It wasn't that they simply thought the food was too simple, but they thought that Changchun Garden was probably in chaos because of their disappearance, so they had no appetite.

The coffee shop owner originally wanted to chat with these rare Qing Dynasty people, but he was soon called away by an acquaintance who just walked in from the store.

"Brother Jiu, what should we do now?"

Yin'e glanced at the foreigners in the store and couldn't help but sigh.

Yinzhen did not answer, but watched the little one in his arms eat while listening to the conversation of the guests around him.

The only language he could speak, listen, read and write was Latin, and he could even transcribe Latin into Manchu, but he was not so proficient in other foreign languages, but fortunately he could understand some of them.

"Brother, eat."

The bread on the table was very ordinary, but the little guy liked the crispy biscuits. After eating two pieces, he found that he was the only one eating, so he immediately pinched two pieces of biscuits and fed them to his brothers.

After Yinzhen opened his mouth and ate it, he felt it was a bit too sweet, so he picked up the coffee in front of him and started drinking it.

"It's so bitter!" Cheng'an's little face wrinkled when he saw him drinking coffee, as if he could taste the bitterness.

As a person who owned many foreign goods shops under his control, Yinzhen had tried coffee before and naturally knew its taste. He took a sip and put down the cup.

"Isn't it bitter?" The little guy couldn't help but blink when he saw that his expression didn't change after drinking it.

After hearing this, Yin'e picked up the coffee in front of him and took a sip, then answered him on behalf of Yin'e: "Only children like you are afraid of bitterness."

"It's just bitter!" the little guy said, picked up a biscuit and took a big bite, and thought this one was still delicious.

As time passed, more and more people came into the cafe, and every time a customer came in, their eyes would unconsciously glance at their table first.

As the cafe became lively, some guests were discussing the fact that the South Sea Company had only launched one ship so far, some were discussing Newton's "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy", and some were telling about the new and interesting things they had heard recently. In short, it seemed that there were people talking about everything here.

Yinzhen listened quietly and finally got useful information from the various conversations of the guests in the store, that is, the place they are now in is indeed Great Britain, and this place seems to be the "London" he had heard of from missionaries.

Cheng'an was already full by now, and the lively little guy couldn't sit still and tried to get out of Yin'er's arms.

However, in such a completely unfamiliar environment, Yinzhen dared not let him go. In the end, he just let him stand on the ground and held one of his hands tightly.

The little guy was very curious. When he heard the guests around him talking in words he couldn't understand, he couldn't help but lie on the table and tilt his head to look at them.

His cute appearance soon attracted an uninvited guest.

"Hello!"

The person who came over was a blond young man. Although he had an accent, the little kid could understand that he was speaking Chinese. He immediately raised his head and imitated a sentence: "Hello~"

Upon hearing this, Yin'e couldn't help but rub the little guy's head, thinking that even if he wanted to say something, he should say "hello".

"My name is Brooke." After receiving the response, the blond young man introduced himself excitedly.

Yinzhen didn't expect to meet a foreigner who could speak Chinese here. He politely asked him to sit down and asked, "Have you been to the Qing Dynasty?"

Brooke shook his head and answered in not very fluent Chinese: "I haven't been there, but I am very yearning for Da... Qingxin and I really want to go and take a look..."

Is it what you long for?

Yin'e complained in his heart, but it was a rare opportunity to meet a foreigner who could speak Chinese, so he did not interrupt the other person because of this small detail.

Through communication, Yinzhen soon learned that this foreign uncle named Brooke was a missionary who had been to the Qing Dynasty. He also had some businessman friends and traveler friends who had been to the Qing Dynasty. After learning about the Qing Dynasty from them, he became very interested, so he taught himself Chinese and wanted to find time to visit the Qing Dynasty in person.

That's why Brooke was so excited when she entered the cafe and saw them just now.

After hearing these words, Yinzhen could understand Brooke's feelings. He taught himself foreign languages ​​because he was very interested in Western countries. However, as a prince, he had never thought of visiting the West in person. This time it was purely a coincidence.

The little guy was not interested in the content of their conversation. What interested him was Brooke's golden hair.

"An An, can I touch your hair?" After looking up for a while, he finally couldn't help but reach out and gently pull Brooke's clothes.

Seeing him making such a request to others, Yinzhen reminded him helplessly: "Cheng'an, don't be rude."

"Oh, it's okay, it's nothing." Brooke met the little guy's clear, innocent and curious eyes, and while lowering his head, he praised, "Your name is An An? What a very good name!"

The little guy touched his hair as he wished and immediately smiled brightly: "Your hair is so beautiful!"

Beautiful things have no borders. Brooke couldn't help but smile when she saw his smile.

His arrival gave Yinzhen a way to understand his environment in detail.

Brooke didn't think much of it, thinking that they had just arrived in London and were not familiar with the place, so he introduced them enthusiastically.

On the other side of the world, the Qing Dynasty.

After it got dark, the people who were sent out found no news of Cheng'an and the others.

This is normal. After all, if they were walking on the ground, they would be seen by others. But if they were flying in the sky, their speed was still so fast. If Liu Cai and the others were not there at the time, people would probably think that they disappeared out of thin air.

"Keep sending people to look for it!"

“Yeah.”

Kangxi waited from sunset until late at night, but never received any news.

"Young prince is blessed by heaven, and you have two princes accompanying you, so he will be fine." Liang Jiugong comforted him and advised him to rest first.

Kangxi was old and had little energy, and it would be useless to wait like this, so he was finally persuaded by him, but he left a sentence: "Tell me immediately if you have any news."

“Yeah.”

However, after lying on the bed, Kangxi still couldn't fall asleep. He couldn't help but wonder where the little guy was, how he was doing, and whether he had dinner...

The worried old father did not fall asleep until the second half of the night. When he woke up the next day, the first thing he did was to ask about the little one.

The person is no longer in the Qing Dynasty, so naturally there will be no news.

It was because of the thought of Yinzhen's company that Kangxi didn't get so worried that he would do nothing but wait because there was no news from the little guy for a whole day and a night.

As for Yin'e, Kangxi didn't want to mention this son now, otherwise it would be because he was not in front of him. Otherwise, Kangxi could teach him a lesson personally and let him understand what it meant to cause trouble with the mouth.

Kangxi was already in a bad mood because his youngest son was missing. He was basically dissatisfied with everything. For this reason, the palace maids and eunuchs serving in Qingxi Study were all trembling with fear.

At this time, some officials in the court were reported for corruption and bribery, which fell right into Kangxi's hands and he was severely punished.

Not only Kangxi, but other princes were also extremely worried when they learned that there had been no news from the little guy all night.

"Fourth brother, where is Cheng'an now? Why is there no news at all..." Yinzhi said worriedly.

He was not worried about anything else, but what if they ran away to a remote mountain forest? By then, Yin'er and Yin'e wouldn't be able to take care of themselves, let alone the little one.

Yinzhen shook his head, not showing it on his face, but he was just as worried as his father.

Not only them, but also Yinreng and others who were sent out by Kangxi yesterday learned that there was no news about the little guy. They were worried and led people to continue searching further away.

Yinreng thought that since there had been no news for such a long time, it meant that the little guy must have flown very far, so he simply decided to look for him in the direction of Tibet.

While we are still trying to find that person here, on the other side of the world, in Great Britain.

After coming out of the cafe, Yinlu and his friends checked into a hotel.

Originally, Brooke enthusiastically invited them to stay at his home, but when traveling abroad, one must be on guard against others, so Yinzhen did not agree. Instead, after asking around for a while, he found a hotel for himself.

Brooke felt a little regretful, but still left them his home address and said that he would come to the cafe every day and hoped to have another chance to chat with them.

On the way to the hotel, they took a walk along the street.

Considering that they definitely couldn't go back today, Yinzhen carefully used the gold melon seeds in the little ones' pockets to buy them a few clothes and hats to wear. On the one hand, it was for changing, and on the other hand, it was to keep a low profile and not attract so much attention.

The hotel rooms are definitely not as good as the ones in the palace, and even the ones in Yinzhen’s house cannot compare to them, but the situation is special now and there is no way to be too picky.

call……

Yin'e was a little uncomfortable with the environment outside where there were foreigners everywhere. After all, he was not as proficient in foreign languages ​​as Yin'er, nor was he as ignorant of sorrow as the little guy. So he entered the room, closed the door, sat down, and let out a silent breath.

"Brother Jiu, where is this?" Cheng An turned his head and looked around the hotel room.

"It's an inn."

From the moment he landed on the ground, Yinzhen either held him in his arms or held one of his hands tightly all the time, until the little guy's wrist turned a little red, and he finally let him go.

It’s not Yinzhen’s fault for being cautious. The kid is really too young and this isn’t the Qing Dynasty. He doesn’t even dare to think about what would happen if he didn’t keep an eye on him.

"Aren't we going back yet?"

After Cheng An was freed, he immediately looked around the room, asking questions.

Now the question is how to get back...

Yin'e sighed silently in his heart.

“I can’t go back for now.”

When the little guy heard Yinzhen's words, he didn't think much about it and thought that they would be back soon.

The layout and furnishings in the room were new to him; even the bed seemed interesting.

Yin'er and Yin'e stopped talking, and watched the little guy quietly as he touched himself here and there, and finally fell asleep on the edge of the bed.

"Asleep."

After Yin'e confirmed it, he gently carried him to the bed to sleep.

After the little guy was settled, the two brothers sat on the chairs next to each other. Yin'e couldn't help but lower his voice and asked again: "Ninth brother, what should we do now?"

"You just heard what Brooke said. It will take at least four to five months to get from here to the Qing Dynasty." And that's assuming everything goes well at sea.

"Four or five months..."

Yin'e thought about the time and felt that if he really went back in four months, he would probably be skinned alive by the Emperor.

"I'm afraid it will take more than four or five months." Yinzhen added after hearing his concern. After all, finding a ship to the Qing Dynasty might not be an easy task.

"The Emperor must have known about our disappearance by now, and I don't know why he's so angry." Yin'e's scalp tingled at the thought, "I will never talk nonsense again next time..."

Yinzhen felt a little nervous when he heard his words, but since things had already happened, he could only take care of the present.

"I have a jade pendant and a jade ring on me, what do you have?"

The little guy's purse didn't have much gold, so Yinzhen felt that the most urgent thing was to find out what other valuables they had on them.

"If I had known this would happen, I would have put some gold in my purse." After Yin'e searched his entire body, he found only a jade pendant and a purse with a few silver bills.

The silver note would certainly not be used at this moment, but Yin'e thought of the things that the foreigners liked most when they came to the Qing Dynasty, such as silk, porcelain and tea, and thought that perhaps at a critical moment, this exquisitely embroidered purse could be exchanged for some money, so he asked Yin'e to keep it well.

"Brother Jiu, there are a few gems on my belt. Do you want me to take them off?" After Yin'e continued searching on his body for a while, he finally found something valuable.

As the richest prince in the Qing Dynasty, Yinzhen had never been short of money. Hearing this, he felt a little uncomfortable and waved his hand, "Put it aside for now."

Yin'e didn't move the gemstone on his belt, but after a while he couldn't help but sigh: "I feel like when we go back, it's going to be tough..."

"Instead of worrying about this, we might as well think about how we are going to get back." Yinzhen heard him sighing and gave him a sidelong look.

Yin'e then thought about it, and after a moment he said, "I got it. Let's go directly to the Emperor of Great Britain, reveal our identities, and ask him to send someone to send us back."

Upon hearing this, Yinzhen shook his head slightly.

He had also had this idea, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was not very safe. After all, Great Britain and their Qing Dynasty had no friendship. After revealing their identities, he could not guarantee that the other party would send them back in a friendly manner, or would imprison them in disguise to seek benefits.

The main reason was that Great Britain was too far away from the Qing Dynasty, and no one knew they were here at the moment, so Yinzhen didn't dare to gamble.

After hearing his thoughts, Yin'e was shocked and said, "They shouldn't dare, right? Otherwise, if they offend our Qing Dynasty, the Emperor will definitely send troops to attack them!"

"It's fine for the Qing navy to attack Taiwan, but how to attack here? How can they attack from such a long distance?" Yinzhen asked back.

"Then we can't go back?"

"Let's see the situation first. If it doesn't work, then consider this method." Yinzhen said.

After he finished speaking, he stood up and walked to the window of the room, looking out the window at the scene outside which was completely different from the Qing Dynasty.

After sitting alone for a while, Yin'e also came over.

"The West is a little better than I imagined." Yin'e couldn't help but say as he thought of everything he saw today.

The Qing Dynasty considered itself the Celestial Empire and had a somewhat condescending attitude towards the West. Yin'e once thought that the West was probably not as good as some of the remote towns in the Qing Dynasty. Now that he had seen it with his own eyes, he found that it was not that bad.

"It's just strange. It was already afternoon when we were boating on the lake before. Why did it take so long for the sun to start setting?" Yin'e looked at the sky outside with some confusion.

You know, they had been in the cafe for several hours before, not to mention strolling on the street for a while.

Regarding the time difference between the Qing Dynasty and the West, Yinzhen had heard about it from missionaries a long time ago, and he would directly relay it to Yin'e.

There was no instant communication at that time, and the problem in this area was only known through the discovery of astronomical phenomena by Western navigators.

Yin'e seemed to understand what he heard, but he roughly understood it.

When the sunset filled the sky, Cheng An woke up, rubbed his eyes and sat up from the bed.

The little guy, who was still in a trance, opened his eyes and found that the surrounding environment was very unfamiliar. He immediately shouted anxiously: "Ama, brother..."

When Yin'er and Yin'e heard his voice, they immediately took a few big steps to the bed.

"Brother is here." Yin'e quickly reached out and hugged him in his arms.

The little guy snuggled into his arms, and after he woke up from his sleep, he raised his little face and said, "An An wants Ama."

Hearing this, Yin'e and Yin'er looked at each other and were silent.

Seeing that his tenth brother didn't say anything, Cheng'an turned around and called Yin'er.

"Is Cheng'an hungry?" Yinzhen changed the subject.

It had been several hours since they arrived here. They had just had a simple bite to eat in the cafe, so it was indeed time to eat.

When the little guy heard what he said, he touched his stomach and nodded: "I'm hungry."

"Then Brother Jiu, go get someone to bring up some food."

After Yin'e finished speaking, he told Yin'e to keep an eye on the little guy in the room. When he picked up the hat he had bought earlier and put it on his head before going out, he also told Yin'e to close the door and not open it for others unless he came back.

Yin'e felt fine at first, but after hearing his instructions one after another, he suddenly became a little nervous. After he left and closed the door, he couldn't help but hug the little guy tightly in his arms.

"Brother Shi, aren't we going back yet?"

As the sun began to set, the light in the room began to dim, and the little guy felt a little uncomfortable leaning in his arms.