However, Kangxi enjoyed the lychees, and when he took the lychees from him, he did not forget to ask, "How many lychees did you eat today?"

When Cheng'an heard this, he immediately put his hands behind his back, clenched his left and right hands together, and dared not say a word.

"How many extra did you eat?" Kangxi asked in a different way.

The little guy looked up at him, then stretched out a finger and whispered, "One..."

Seeing that he had told the truth and considering the two lychees in his hand, Kangxi finally just reminded him not to eat more next time.

Seeing that he was not angry, the little guy immediately relaxed, lying on his knees and asked, "Ah, why can someone eat three hundred lychees?"

For the little guy who could already count to hundreds, three hundred was too many. He couldn't help but feel envious just thinking about being able to eat so many lychees.

"Who can eat 300 lychees..." Kangxi asked halfway, and his mind automatically connected the words "lychee" and "300" to "Are you talking about the poem 'Eating 300 lychees a day'?"

"Yes~"

Seeing him nod, Kangxi laughed and said, "Three hundred is just a 'fictitious number', expressing the poet's love for lychees, not that he really ate three hundred."

The little guy nodded in understanding, and then his eyes fell on the lychee in his hand. "Aren't you going to eat it, Dama?"

"If you want to eat it, wait until tomorrow." Kangxi knew what he meant. Without waiting for Liang Jiugong and others to come forward to serve him, he peeled the two lychees he had given him and ate them.

Lychees were not a rare thing for Kangxi, but perhaps these two lychees embodied his son's filial piety, so he felt that they were particularly sweet and delicious when he ate them.

Kangxi thought that last night's dream was just a dream, but in fact he was not so calm. When he attended the morning court, his expression unconsciously showed a little coldness, which made some ministers who wanted to bring up the issue of establishing a crown prince dare not speak.

After chatting with the little guy for a while and eating the lychees he gave him, Kangxi finally relaxed and asked, "Do you want to go boating?"

Come to think of it, there is such a big lake in Changchun Garden, but ever since the little guy disappeared after going boating with Yin'e last time, he has never gone boating in the lake again, mainly because no one dared to take him there.

When he heard his father say that he would take him to the lake, the little guy almost jumped up with joy and said, "I want to go!"

It was still a while before noon, but the sun outside was already scorching hot. It wasn't until we reached the lake and felt the breeze blowing off the lake that it became a little cooler.

"This ship is so big!" said the little guy, looking up at the ship.

The reason why he said this was obviously to compare it with the last time Yin'e took him on a small boat.

Kangxi didn't think the boat was big, but he didn't say anything. He carried him onto the boat before putting him down.

This season is very suitable for boating on the lake. It is very pleasant to feel the cool breeze and appreciate the beautiful scenery around you.

Kangxi hadn't been on the lake for some time, so he sat down at the bow of the boat, drinking tea and enjoying the scenery.

The little guy couldn't sit still. He walked around on the bow, looking at the sky and then looking around.

There were some lotuses planted near the lake. When the little guy saw the lotuses, he immediately waved and said, "Look, there are flowers~"

Kangxi also sat there for a while. When he heard him calling him so loudly, he put down the teacup in his hand and stood up to go over.

"Ama, look!" Seeing him coming, the little guy pointed at the lotus not far away.

Seeing him standing on tiptoe, Kangxi reached out and picked him up so that he could appreciate the flowers with him.

"What is that?" The little guy suddenly found a lotus pod in the middle of the lotus.

It was not yet time to eat the lotus pods, and only a few tender lotus pods had emerged from the lotus patch.

"That's a lotus pod. Haven't you eaten lotus seed and white fungus soup before? The lotus seeds grow in the lotus pod." Kangxi said.

The little guy was definitely interested in anything related to food. After hearing what he said, he immediately asked, "Father, can I pick a lotus pod?"

"I will agree if you recite a poem about lotus first."

This naturally did not pose any difficulty to the already enlightened little fellow. He immediately started to recite, shaking his head, "Lotus can be picked in the south of the Yangtze River, and the lotus leaves are so lush..."

After he finished reciting, Kangxi nodded with satisfaction. When he was about to order people to move the boat closer to the lotus flowers to pick lotus pods, he saw a pure white Saker Falcon flying down.

"Bai Bai!" The little fellow was very happy to see it. He called out and pointed at the lotus pod in front of him and said in a baby voice, "Can you help me pick a lotus pod?"

The Saker Falcon flew in the direction of his finger, picked up a lotus in its mouth at a very fast speed, and handed it to him while standing on the edge of the boat.

"Bai Bai is amazing!" The little guy took the flower and praised it, then continued pointing at the lotus pod and said, "An An wants that~"

After turning its head and looking carefully for a while, the Saker Falcon spread its wings and flew out, and this time it successfully picked a lotus pod.

Seeing that he didn't even need anyone to help him pick the flowers, Kangxi felt a little amused and helpless.

The little guy held the lotus in his left hand and the lotus pod in his right hand. After praising Baibai a few words, Kangxi carried him back to the table and sat him down.

After helping, the Saker Falcon did not leave immediately, but stood on the bow of the boat, enjoying the wind and tidying up its feathers.

"Father, are these lotus seeds?" Cheng'an put the lotus on the table, took the lotus pod and picked out the lotus seeds one by one and asked.

"Not bad." Kangxi nodded, took one, peeled off the green skin and asked him if he wanted to eat it.

“Can I eat this?”

The little guy had boiled lotus seeds before, and only asked when he saw him feeding him directly.

"Of course." Kangxi nodded, with a barely detectable smile in his eyes, especially when he saw him open his mouth to eat.

The lotus seeds, which are not yet fully ripe, have a very tender taste and a unique fragrance. However, when the little guy chewed them a few more times, his face immediately wrinkled.

"Look at me, I even forgot to pick out the lotus seeds." Kangxi said and picked up the cup and brought it to his lips.

The little fellow gulped down a few sips of water to suppress the bitter taste in his mouth, and raised his head and said, "This lotus seed is bitter and not delicious. Father, please don't eat it."

Kangxi just wanted to tease him on a whim, but he didn't expect that his first reaction after eating the bitter lotus seeds was to remind himself not to eat them. He felt a little guilty for a while.

"Lotus seeds are not bitter, it is the lotus seed core that is bitter." After saying this, Kangxi peeled another lotus seed, cut the lotus seed in half, and pointed to the lotus seed core inside to show him.

"As long as you don't eat the lotus seed core, it won't be bitter." After he said that, he put the lotus seed with the lotus core removed to the little guy's mouth again.

The little guy trusted him and ate it without hesitation. When he found that it was not bitter, he immediately laughed and said, "Father, this lotus seed is not bitter anymore!"

Kangxi couldn't help but rub his head and a smile appeared on his face.

After all, lotus seeds are not meat. The little guy tasted two and put the rest into his pocket, then picked up the lotus on the table to play with it.

"Ama, look, there's a nice little lotus pod here!"

Seeing him pointing at the lotus pistil and making a surprised sound, Kangxi told him that the lotus pod is the "small lotus pod" that grows from after the lotus withers.

Speaking of this, Kangxi also told him that he liked to eat lotus roots, which are the rhizomes of lotus flowers.

After the father and son talked about lotus pods, lotus flowers, and lotus roots, the little guy touched his stomach and indicated that he was hungry.

It was already noon, so Kangxi simply asked someone to row a small boat to deliver lunch to the boat.

It was the little guy’s first time to eat on a boat and it felt very fresh.

"Baibai, we are going to eat here~"

“Tsk——”

Kangxi was so happy to see that he had a different dining place that he even ran to talk to Hai Dongqing and couldn't help laughing.

After lunch was served, the little guy washed his hands and immediately sat down at the table to eat.

"Eat it." Kangxi picked up a chicken wing he liked and put it in his bowl, indicating that he could start.

Cheng'an is pretty good at using chopsticks, but picking up chicken wings is still a bit difficult for him, and he ultimately has to use his hands to help.

Seeing that he still couldn't pick up the chicken wings, Kangxi removed the bones before serving him food.

Surrounded by the aroma of lotus, the little guy enjoyed the meal very much.

It is easy to feel sleepy after eating and drinking too much. Finally, the little guy took a nap on the boat before being taken back to Qingxi Book House by Kangxi.

Within two days, Kangxi suddenly summoned all the princes to Danningju.

The princes met outside Danning Residence. Seeing that the emperor had summoned more than just them, they were all curious about what it was about.

After everyone arrived, Kangxi looked at his sons and said, "I intend to attack Japan. What do you think?"

Apparently, that dream still had an impact on Kangxi. He had originally planned to send people to Japan to give them a verbal warning and ask them to withdraw from Ryukyu, but now he was ready to fight directly to deter them with force.

The princes had recently heard about the ship sent by Yinzhen being hijacked by Japanese pirates, as well as the incident in Ryukyu, but they all thought that the emperor would at most send someone to give a warning, so they were inevitably surprised to hear this.

But then, Yinxiang's eyes lit up and he took a step forward, "Your Highness is willing to share your worries!"

Yinzhen is younger than him, but now he is already a general and has made great achievements in the field. As his elder brother, how could Yinxiang not be envious?

He also knew that he had displeased the Emperor because of some things that happened in previous years, but he still couldn't help but want to fight for it.

Seeing this, Yinzhen stepped forward and spoke for him.

Afterwards, Yinqi thought about it and stepped forward and said, "Your Highness is willing to share your worries!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yinlu, Yinyu, Yinlu and Yinli all stood up.

Kangxi originally wanted to ask for their opinions, but they just started to grab the job, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

However, since he had brought it up, he already had this plan. Seeing that they agreed, he glanced at the people below and finally mentioned the names of Yinqi and Yinxiang.

After raising his youngest son, Kangxi became a little more tolerant towards his other sons. Since he had released Yinzhi and Yinreng, he naturally would not bother about Yinxiang anymore.

When Yinqi and Yinxiang were named, they looked at each other and thanked him in unison.

Yin'e was just a spectator, feeling happy for his two brothers in his heart, but he was also named by Kangxi the next second.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty..."

Yin'e was shocked and subconsciously wanted to say that he couldn't do it, but when he met Kangxi's gaze, he finally obeyed the order obediently.

The people have been selected, but it is not that easy to start the fight. After all, pre-war preparations take time.

Kangxi chatted with the princes about the matter for a few more words, told Yinqi and the other two to write a charter and present it to them, then waved his hand for them to leave.

"I'll take my leave."

As soon as the princes stepped out of Danning Residence, Yin'e started to shout, "What should I do with my eighth and ninth brothers? I don't know how to fight, let alone lead a navy!"

"Don't think too much. The emperor obviously wants you to go along and see what's going on." Yinzhen said.

Yin'e was slightly relieved when he heard this, but when he thought about having to write the charter, he suddenly got a headache again. He pulled Yinsi and Yin'er and asked them to help him.

Next to him, Yinzhen was patting Yinxiang on the shoulder. His expression was rarely so cold, and he was obviously happy for him.

"Thank you, Fourth Brother." Yinxiang thought of how he had just spoken for him and thanked him with a smile on his face.

The princes were walking and chatting, and just before they were about to part, Yinzhen suddenly asked them to go to his place for a drink.

Obviously, he always said in private that Yinzhen was narrow-minded, and in fact he was not narrow-minded either. He was still very unhappy that those Japanese pirates dared to touch his ships, so when he heard that Kangxi was going to attack Japan to teach them a lesson, he was in a very good mood.

Yinqi, the elder brother, was the first to agree, and then the other princes did not refuse, so they followed Yinzhen back together.

On the way, Yin'e had originally suggested calling the little guy over, but Yin'e rejected the idea, saying, "If we call him over, we won't drink anymore. We have to drink milk with him instead."

Yin'e thought about it and agreed, so a group of brothers gathered together to have a meal with the little ones on their backs.

As the richest among the princes, Yinzhen naturally has a lot of good wine. As soon as the wine is served, bursts of aroma waft into the air.

Yin'e unceremoniously picked up the cup and drank it all, sighing, "It's really a good wine!"

Then, at Yinzhen's invitation, everyone picked up their glasses and started drinking.

Compared to Yin'e's heavy drinking, Yinreng slowly picked up the glass and sipped the wine.

Apart from the banquets in the palace, the princes seemed to have never gathered together to drink like this in private. Although the atmosphere was not awkward, it felt a bit dry.

"What are you looking at?" Yin'er noticed that Yin'e was looking towards the door and couldn't help asking.

"I wonder if Cheng An will suddenly come over..."

If the little guy comes over, they will definitely not be able to drink the wine. Yinzhen glanced at him and said, "Stop talking nonsense."

"Cheng'an should still be sleeping now." Yinreng said.

Kangxi summoned them after lunch. It was still afternoon, the right time for the little ones to sleep.

"Even if he's in good spirits, he may not sleep at this time." Yin'e said.

Yinzhen: "He wouldn't just come to my place. Besides, people outside the door are not decorations. If he comes, someone will say something."

When the topic of the little guy was brought up, the brothers immediately started chatting unconsciously.

"I went to see Cheng'an yesterday, and he gave me some lotus seeds, saying that he picked them while boating on the lake. He even put them in his purse and left them for me." Yinzhi said with a smile.

Yin'e was a little unhappy when he heard this, "What should I leave to you? Cheng'an also gave it to me, but the lotus seeds are so tender."

"It tastes really good." Yinzhen said that he had some too.

Yinreng had received lotus seeds the morning after the little guy went boating on the lake. Seeing that they thought this was worth bragging about, he raised his hand and took another sip of wine.

"Why don't I have it?" Yinluo continued.

Yinxiang laughed when he heard this. "You didn't go to see Cheng'an these two days, did you? When my fourth brother and I went to see him yesterday afternoon, he gave us the last few lotus seeds in his purse."

Qingxi Book House.

The little guy had woken up from his nap. After sitting on the bed for a while, rubbing his eyes, he subconsciously looked for Kangxi in the room.

When he found that Kangxi had not returned yet, he rode his wooden horse for a while and prepared to go out to look for his brother.

Naturally, the subordinates would not let him run in vain. When they heard that he wanted to find other princes, they took him directly to Yinzhen.

In the hall, Yinzhen and others had only finished drinking half of their wine when someone suddenly came jogging from outside and said that the Twenty-Fourth Prince was coming this way.

"You really have a bad mouth." Yinzhen couldn't help but look back at Yin'e.

Yin'e showed an innocent expression, "Cheng'an likes to look for his brother anyway. It's normal for him to find him when we are all together."

Yinzhen didn't bother to pay attention to him and ordered someone to remove the wine from the table immediately.

"elder brother!"

The wine jug, wine glasses and side dishes on the table had just been replaced with tea and snacks when the little guy came running in from outside.

When he saw that all his brothers were really here, he immediately smiled happily.

It was hot at the moment, and the doors and windows were open. Normally, the smell of alcohol would dissipate quickly, but the little guy had a keen nose. When he ran to Yinlu, who was closest to him, he hugged him, sniffed him twice, and asked, "Sixteenth brother, have you been drinking?"

Yinlu didn't want to lie to him, but didn't know how to answer, so he looked at his other brothers.

"Would Cheng'an like to eat some pastries?" Yinsi picked up the pastries on the table to help him out.

The little fellow was no longer restricted to three pieces of cakes a day, but could eat more. When he heard Yinsi's words, he immediately ran over and said, "I want to eat!"

Yinsi handed him the pastry and picked him up at the same time.

As soon as the little guy got close to his arms, he immediately pointed out in a baby voice, "Mynah also drank~"

Seeing that he couldn't hide it from him, Yinsi reached out and scratched his little nose and said, "Mynah brother only drank a little bit. You are still young and can't drink."

"Got it." The little guy said and lowered his head to eat the cake.

"Cheng'an, why is it that only the twelfth brother has no lotus seeds?" After he finished eating the pastries, Yinlu couldn't help but ask when he thought of the topic they just talked about.

Having also not received the message he gave to Lianzi, Yinyou, Yinyu and Yinli also spoke up.

Cheng An blinked, and when he realized what they were talking about, he patted his purse and said, "No more lotus seeds!"

After saying that, he thought about it and said, "How about I wait for An An to pick lotus seeds for you next time?"

"good."

Yinluo and the others didn't really need a few lotus seeds, so they naturally agreed when they heard his words.

With so many brothers around, the little guy is happy even if he does nothing but just talks to them.

However, when Yinzhen asked him whether he had written anything today, the little guy could no longer laugh.

"Fourth brother, why are you asking this? It's just ten words. It won't take a while to write them." Yin'e spoke for him.

"An An hasn't written it yet."

The little guy finally told the truth.

"Would you please let Fourth Brother finish writing with you?"

After Yinzhen finished speaking, Yin'e coaxed, "Then Cheng'an, hurry up and write. When you're done, I'll take you out to play."

Of course, the outside he mentioned refers to outside the house, not outside Changchun Garden.

When Cheng'an heard the word "wan", his eyes lit up again and he nodded and said okay.

So, accompanied by a group of older brothers, the little guy walked from the hall into the study.

It was his first time to come to Yinzhen's study. When he found his own portrait on the wall, he said in surprise, "It's me!"

There were enough brothers and sisters there, so they didn't let the servants enter the study.

At this time, Yinzhen personally spread the paper for him, and Yinsi started to grind the ink.

"Have you decided what to write?" Yinzhen asked, standing beside him.

Cheng An tilted his head and thought for a while, then raised his hand and said, "Write brother!"

After deciding what to write, the little guy began to write surrounded by a group of older brothers.

“Don’t be lazy, write each stroke carefully.” Yinreng felt amused and helpless when he saw that he simply drew a circle to replace the character “口”.

Yin'e praised, "It's quite round!"

"It's not a question of whether it's round or not." Yinzhen glanced at him and reached out to change a piece of paper for the little guy so that he could write well.

"Then give me this piece of calligraphy." Yin'e thought the little guy's writing was quite interesting, and reached out to take the round word "brother", but Yin'er got there first.

"Brother Nine!"

"This is my paper." Yinzhen said.

Yin'e couldn't grab him, so he said to the little guy, "Cheng'an, write another circle for Brother Ten."

"Can you teach him something good?" Yinzhi couldn't help but speak when he saw that he specifically asked the little guy to write like this.

The little guy was very willing to write for him, but in the end he had to write the ten characters "哥" stroke by stroke under the guidance of Yinzhen and other brothers.

"Finally finished~" The little guy put down the pen, shook his head lightly and let out a breath.

The brothers all found it funny that he looked so troubled.

"Brother Ten, I copied the Analects a hundred times but I'm still not as good as you." Yin'e rubbed his head and said.

In any case, after writing these ten words, the little guy felt liberated and immediately pulled his brothers to go out and play.

The brothers had nothing to do for the time being, so they accompanied him out.

As soon as he got outside, the little guy started to play happily, running around his brothers and calling for people to chase him. However, the eldest brother would at most wait for him to run to their side and then reach out to grab him. Only Yin'e really ran with him.

Kids are the type that will run like crazy if you don’t chase them. When you catch up with them, the little guy is still very energetic, but Yin’e is already exhausted.

Yinreng and others followed slowly behind, listening to the little guy's cheerful laughter, and they all had smiles on their faces to varying degrees.

When the red sun moved westward, the brothers prepared to send the little guy back together.

When they walked near the front lake, the little guy saw a white figure in the sky, and immediately looked up to call it down, gesturing with his hands and whispering in front of it.

The brothers didn't care about it. They just thought he was playing with the Saker Falcon. When the Saker Falcon flew away again, they would continue forward with him.

Unexpectedly, when they reached the vicinity of Houhu Lake, the Saker Falcon flew back again with several tender lotus pods in its claws.

"Brother, give it to me!" The little guy took the lotus pod from Baibai and faced his brothers with a bright smile.

Under the warm setting sun, the fair and tender little creature slightly raised the lotus pod, which was as beautiful as a painting, and it inspired Yinzhi to paint again.

Yinluo and Yinyu thought that these lotus pods were for them, but they didn't expect that the other brothers would also share them. They couldn't help but ask, "Third brother, didn't you already have some?"

"Everyone who sees it shall have a share."

As soon as Yinzhi finished speaking, Yinreng broke off half of a lotus pod and held it in his hand. Yinzhi was not there, and the other princes looked at him, but dared not say anything.