In every restaurant that Yinzhen opened, he would reserve a private room for himself.

Before the little guy was born, when the fight for the throne was at its most intense, Yinzhen often gathered with Yinsi, Yin'e, and Yinzhen in their own restaurant, ostensibly to drink together, but actually to discuss various "big things".

Therefore, after entering the private room, Yinzhen glanced at Yinreng and felt an indescribable subtlety in his heart.

But thinking about the past, let alone inviting the Emperor to his own restaurant for a meal, even walking with him on the street as relaxedly as he did just now would have been impossible, Yinzhen became indifferent again.

"What does Cheng An want to eat?"

Since it was his own restaurant, Yinzhen put the little guy down on the chair beside him and asked subconsciously.

As for Kangxi, Liang Jiugong was ordering dishes for him from the shopkeeper and explaining all the details.

"I want to eat cuckoo chicken, sweet meat, chicken wings, squirrel mandarin fish..."

When Cheng'an heard his brother asking him what he wanted to eat, he immediately shouted out a bunch of things he wanted to eat.

These dishes were not difficult, but just hearing the word "cuckoo chicken" in the front, Yinzhen did not dare to serve him, but looked at Kangxi.

The little guy noticed that his eyes were moving away from him, so he turned his head and his voice dropped from high to low in an instant: "Ama, is it okay?"

Kangxi felt that his overall performance today was pretty good, so he nodded and said, "Okay, but you have to finish the dishes you ordered."

"Then can I eat a whole cuckoo chicken?" was the little guy's first reaction.

Yinzhen's eyes lit up when he said this, and he felt that he would most likely be disappointed.

"Do you think it's okay?" Kangxi asked back in a light tone.

Cheng An wanted to nod and say yes, but when he nodded, he hesitated and said, "I think... no..."

Seeing that he was aware of his own mistakes, Kangxi picked up the tea beside him and started drinking it.

When the dishes were finally served, most of them were Cheng'an's favorites, even a gourd chicken.

After Kangxi started eating, the little guy immediately picked up the chopsticks and prepared to pick up the gourd chicken.

With his chubby little hands, he has no problem holding chopsticks, but he needs more practice before he can pick up a chicken leg by himself.

Yinzhen reached out and used chopsticks to catch a handful for him, and the gourd chicken drumstick successfully fell into his bowl.

The little guy couldn't help but curl his eyes when he saw the golden chicken drumstick in the bowl, but before he started eating, he picked up the bowl and asked, "Ama, do you want to eat?"

"Why are you being so polite? There's more on the table."

After Kangxi finished speaking, the little guy asked in a baby voice: "What is false politeness?"

"I just let you eat it by yourself." Seeing that his eyes were glued to the chicken leg in the bowl, but he insisted on saying a few more words to him, Kangxi said unhappily.

When the little guy heard what he said, he lowered his head and took a big bite of the chicken leg.

“It’s delicious~”

After swallowing the chicken leg in his mouth, he shook his head and praised it, and held the bowl to ask Yinzhen beside him if he wanted to take a bite.

"Ninth brother has it." Yinzhen said, picking up a piece of gourd chicken and putting it in his bowl.

"Can you give it to An An to try?"

The little guy saw the chicken in his bowl and snuck up to him and whispered.

Yinzhen found it a little funny that he talked as if they were not eating the same gourd chicken, but he still picked up some chicken and fed it to him.

“This is delicious too~”

The way the little guy eats is really appetizing, especially when he praises the food from time to time while eating.

The first dish to be eaten on the table was the gourd chicken. On the one hand, it was because they wanted to finish it quickly so that the little guy wouldn't worry about it. On the other hand, seeing how relishing it was, Kangxi and the others couldn't help but eat a few more times with their chopsticks.

The little guy loves to eat, and he has a great appetite today because he is having fun out today.

"Ah, can I have another bite of meat?"

The little guy changed his seat several times while eating. Sometimes he sat next to this brother, sometimes next to that brother, and now he sat next to Kangxi.

"One last bite." Kangxi had touched his stomach just now, and seeing that he insisted on having another bite even though he was obviously full, he only gave him a small piece of meat.

After eating the last bite of meat, the little guy was finally satisfied.

When the dishes on the table were taken away and replaced with snacks, the little guy took the persimmon in his hand again without knowing when.

"Can Ama eat persimmons now?"

Seeing that he was thinking about eating persimmons right after his meal, Kangxi didn't want to talk to him for a moment.

"It's not good to eat persimmons right after a meal." Seeing that the emperor didn't want to pay attention to him, Yinreng touched the little guy's head and said.

The little guy turned to him and said, "Ama said we can eat after lunch~"

"I didn't tell you to eat immediately after lunch!" Kangxi raised his hand and tapped him lightly, his tone revealing annoyance.

Cheng'an raised his hand to touch the place where he was hit, trotted two steps and shrank behind Yinreng, revealing only his face and said, "I know..."

Since he couldn't eat persimmons, the little guy held the persimmons and lay on the table to look at them. He looked left for a while, right for a while, then raised his head and asked in a baby voice: "Can I eat it now?"

Seeing that the emperor was almost annoyed by his questions, Yinsi quickly asked, "Cheng'an, do you want to paint? Can my brother teach you how to paint persimmons?"

"good."

The private room is quite large. Not only is there a soft couch for resting, but there is also a ready-made desk and writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone.

Seeing that the little guy agreed, Yinsi took him up.

When he arrived at the desk, Cheng'an put down the persimmon in his hand, picked up the pen and started drawing on the paper.

Yinsi saw him casually draw a perfect circle and reminded him: "Persimmons are not that round."

"How do I draw it?"

"Take a closer look at this persimmon first..."

Yinzhen sat for a while and couldn't help but stand up to watch them paint, so only Kangxi and Yinreng were left at the table.

The relationship between father and son is much better now than when Yinreng was just released from prison, but it is still not as good as when they had many topics to talk about.

Just when Yinreng was wondering whether he should go over to watch the little guy paint, Kangxi asked him to play a game of chess with him.

Yinreng naturally would not refuse, so the father and son started playing chess.

It was relatively quiet while they were playing chess, with only the sound of chess pieces falling. However, it was very lively in front of the desk, with the little guy talking non-stop while drawing.

"Brother Jiu, do you think the big tomato I drew is pretty?"

"nice."

"Would you like to have a bite?"

Seeing him holding up the paper for him to eat, Yinzhen said with a half-smile, "Take one first and let me see."

“Ouch~”

The little fellow pretended to take a bite of the persimmon drawn on the paper and then held the drawing towards him.

"I want to eat this persimmon." Yinzhen pointed at the real persimmon on the desk and said to him.

Cheng An looked up and told him: "You can only eat this if your father says it's ok to eat it!"

After Kangxi and his friends finished their game of chess, the little fellow had drawn enough, so he ran back to the table holding the real persimmon in one hand and the painting he had just drawn in the other.

"Ama, look at the big tomato I drew~"

Kangxi reached out to take it. Regardless of whether it was a persimmon or not, it was indeed very big. One persimmon took up the entire piece of paper.

"Not bad." He praised casually after reading it.

The little guy smiled when he heard the compliment, then held the persimmon in both hands and asked, "Can I eat the persimmon now?"

After Kangxi agreed, the little guy broke the persimmon in half by himself without waiting for anyone's help. He lowered his head and took a bite of one half. The sweet juice and the soft and slightly crisp persimmon flesh were so delicious that his eyes lit up.

“This persimmon is so sweet~”

Kangxi saw him raise his head, his little face was all stained with persimmons, but he was still smiling so brightly. He wondered if persimmons were so delicious.

"Dad, you eat too!" The little guy's white and tender palms were covered with persimmon juice, but he still did not forget to hold the other half of the persimmon in front of him.

Kangxi looked at him for a while, wanted to refuse but finally did not. He used his handkerchief to hold the half persimmon he handed over.

As the persimmons were broken open, the unique sweet fragrance of persimmons filled the entire private room.

After the little guy shared the persimmons with him, he didn't forget his brothers. He held up his own half-bitten persimmon and said in a baby voice, "Ninth brother, you can take a bite now~"

The ripe persimmons were already quite soft, and after the little fellow broke them open and took a bite, it felt as if it were melting in his hands. If it weren't for the skin supporting it, it would have flowed directly down his hands.

Yinzhen didn't dislike him, but looking at the persimmons in his hand, he felt like he had no idea where to start eating.

"Nine Brother won't eat it, you eat it yourself."

"Why don't you eat it? This persimmon is very sweet~"

After he finished speaking, he called Yinreng, Yinsi and others to eat.

Earlier on the street, at Kangxi's signal, Liang Jiugong had his men buy all the old man's persimmons. Now he saw that several princes were in a dilemma and signaled with their eyes to their men to bring in a few persimmons.

After the persimmons were brought in, the little guy saw them with his sharp eyes and screamed before Liang Jiugong could say anything.

After making sure that his brothers also had persimmons to eat, he did not let them bite his persimmons, but lowered his head and concentrated on eating.

Yinreng saw that his face was getting more and more stained the more he ate, so he tried to wipe it off for him at first, but later he gave up and decided to wait until he finished eating.

"Okay, you can't eat the skin."

Half a persimmon is not much, and the little guy ate it all quickly. Seeing that he couldn't resist even taking a bite of the skin, Yinsi quickly reached out and took it away.

After the persimmon peel was thrown away, there was still persimmon juice left in the little guy's hands. The sticky feeling made him frown.

"Come here and wash your hands." Yinreng greeted him when he saw his expression.

After washing his hands and wiping his face, the little guy immediately recalled the aftertaste of persimmons and rubbed against Kangxi and said, "Ama~"

As soon as Kangxi heard him calling him, he guessed what he wanted to say and said directly, "No."

The little guy was stunned by what he said, and then showed an unhappy expression: "I haven't spoken yet!"

"You just want to eat persimmons." Kangxi didn't understand him yet.

The little guy was struck by what he said, and puffed his cheeks and said, "But I just gave half to Father..."

"Then I'll give you half next time I want to eat persimmons." Kangxi said lightly.

"Ama, don't you want to eat persimmons now?"

"I just ate, I don't want to."

Kangxi didn’t like persimmons very much. If the little guy hadn’t held it in front of him just now, he might not have been willing to eat it.

The little guy was a little disappointed, but his stomach was actually quite full, he was just greedy. Seeing that he could not eat persimmons now, he simply went to play with the little toys that Yinzhen had bought on the street before.

Originally, Kangxi took into consideration that the little guy had the habit of taking a nap in the afternoon and wanted to let him sleep in the private room for a while before leaving, but when he saw that he was in such good spirits, he gave up.

After leaving the restaurant, the group strolled around the street for a while until the sun set before preparing to take the carriage back.

In the past, when Kangxi took the little guy out to play, he always encountered the Eight Banners children who were causing trouble. However, he did not encounter this situation today. He was in a very good mood and felt that the rectification of the Eight Banners children was effective.

However, thinking of the gangster he met today who wanted to rob the little guy of his money, Kangxi felt that he still had to find the Shuntian Prefecture Governor and the Nine Gates Commander to deal with the problem of public security in the capital.

When the carriage just left the city, the little guy was looking out through the window with great interest, but soon he fell asleep leaning on Yinreng.

Kangxi saw that he didn't sleep when he was told to, but now he fell asleep when he was about to go back. He felt that he would definitely not have a restful night again.

However, seeing that he was sleeping soundly, Kangxi did not let anyone wake him up, but instead signaled Liang Jiugong to put a cloak on him.

The little guy slept through dinner time. When he woke up and had a simple meal, it was already late, but he was still in high spirits.

"If you don't want to sleep, go play outside." Kangxi had guessed this would happen, and didn't force him to sleep, but said.

The little guy didn't want to go play outside, so he quickly said, "I'm going to sleep!"

After saying that, he lay down on the bed obediently.

Kangxi said nothing more upon seeing this, and closed his eyes to rest.

As the bed curtains fell, the bed fell into silence.

Cheng'an lay down but still couldn't fall asleep. He opened his eyes and looked towards Kangxi, then started playing with his little hands under the quilt.

Kangxi, who had not yet fallen asleep, vaguely felt his little movements, but seeing that he did not make any noise, he did not bother to care.

The little guy played quietly by himself and didn't fall asleep until a long time after Kangxi fell asleep.

After going out to play once, Cheng'an started to miss it and wanted Kangxi to take him out again from time to time.

Kangxi didn't have the time, so he immediately said that he would take him there when he could learn to write a hundred words.

In order to go out and play, the little guy suddenly became active. Before, it was the brothers who took the initiative to teach him to read and write, but now it was the other way around.

For example, today, Yinzhi came over to teach him how to draw, but he looked up and said in a baby voice, "Third brother, can you teach me how to write?"

"What? You don't want to learn painting anymore?" Yinzhi asked in surprise.

The little guy shook his head to indicate no and said, "I want to learn how to write first!"

"Okay." Seeing that he wanted to learn, Yinzhi naturally would not refuse.

In the following days, the little guy learned some words from this brother, and some words from that brother, and before he knew it, he knew a lot more words.

It was rare for Kangxi to see him so eager to learn. He felt that if he had known this earlier, he should have mentioned this request before taking him out to play last time.

While the little guy was trying hard to learn how to write in order to go out and play, Yinqi and his friends had already arrived near Ryukyu by boat.

Japan's maritime ban is stricter than that of the Qing Dynasty. Yinqi and others will naturally not start a war rashly, but plan to use Ryukyu to learn more about the situation first.

Ryukyu.

When the King of Ryukyu heard that the Qing Dynasty had sent people again, he was very surprised. After all, the enthronement ceremony was just completed last year, and it was not expected that the Qing Dynasty would send people again in a short period of time.

However, despite his surprise, he still went to greet him in person immediately.

At the same time, the Japanese who were sent here received the news and hid themselves while complaining.

"Why are there more people coming from the Qing Dynasty? What a trouble!"

"I don't think there's any need to hide. Even if we're discovered, so what?"

"Have you forgotten what the Daimyo said? We should not provoke the Qing Dynasty. What if they send troops to attack us?"

"I don't believe that the Qing Dynasty doesn't know about this. I think they are too lazy to care."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. Next, don't go out..."

Although they were hiding, these Japanese were actually not that afraid. After all, it was not the first time that the Qing Dynasty sent people to Ryukyu. They were a little frightened at the beginning, but they got used to it later.

These people lived a very leisurely life in Ryukyu. Even the Ryukyu king did not dare to offend them. They thought that they could come out and continue to act tyrannically after the Qing people left. However, what was waiting for them was the Qing navy.

However, when the King of Ryukyu learned that the person coming was a prince of the Qing Dynasty, he was very nervous at first. But when he heard the purpose of their visit, his face suddenly showed surprise and gratitude.

For Ryukyu, as a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, they only needed to pay annual tribute. However, Japan not only sent people to settle there, but also collected taxes from them. Naturally, they were unhappy.

The King of Ryukyu once considered whether to ask the Qing Dynasty for help, but in the end he did not dare to do so. After all, it would be good if the Qing Dynasty was willing to help their small vassal state, but if it was unwilling, it would anger Japan.

Compared with the Qing Dynasty, it was too easy for Japan, which was also on the sea, to target them. In the end, the King of Ryukyu did not dare to take the gamble and only made vague hints when the Qing envoy came to confer the title.

The King of Ryukyu originally thought that the envoys would not take his hints to heart, but he did not expect that the Qing navy would actually arrive, led by several princes themselves.

Yin'e wanted to deal with the Japanese quickly so that he could return. Seeing that the King of Ryukyu was still expressing his gratitude, he interrupted him and asked, "I heard that you have a lot of Japanese people here?"

When the King of Ryukyu heard his question, he thought of the Japanese people who were bullying their own country. If Japan had not been wary of the Qing Dynasty behind him, the Ryukyu Kingdom would have ceased to exist. He couldn't help but complain.

Yin'e was impatient to listen to his nonsense, but Yinqi soothed him with his eyes, asking him to be patient.

When the King of Ryukyu finally finished complaining, Yinqi and the other two felt a little unhappy.

After all, Ryukyu was a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty did not collect taxes from them. Japan's behavior was really shameless.

Afterwards, Yinqi and his two companions sent troops to the island, and with the cooperation of the King of Ryukyu, they captured all the Japanese in the country.

After all, the Japanese in Ryukyu are still a minority. If it were not for the concern for Japan, the King of Ryukyu would be able to arrest all these people himself. Now that he has the Qing Dynasty as his backer, he naturally has nothing to be afraid of.

No country would like outsiders who bully them, so when the Ryukyu King gave the order, the Qing Navy did not even have to land on the island to do it themselves. The Ryukyu people, who had long hated the Japanese on the island, had already actively captured them all.

After all the Japanese in Ryukyu were captured, Yinqi and the other two went ashore.

"Let's finish the fight quickly and go back. I'm really uncomfortable staying on the sea." Yin'e said.

There was no need to rush into a war. Yinqi shook his head. Seeing that he was feeling uncomfortable on the boat, he said, "Why don't you go around the Ryukyu Kingdom and see if there is anything that Cheng'an would like and bring him something."

When Yin'e heard this, he became somewhat interested and thought it was possible.

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

After pacifying him, Yinqi and Yinxiang first sent people to torture the captured Japanese, and at the same time asked the King of Ryukyu to mobilize domestic troops to prepare for the attack on Japan.

They came to help Ryukyu, so there was no reason for them to let their people fight in the front while Ryukyu, the country concerned, watched the show from behind.

At the end of October, the Qing Navy officially launched an attack on Japan, catching Japan off guard.

This time, Kangxi sent out almost all of the "bird boats" of the Qing Dynasty. Each of the twenty-meter-long bird boats was equipped with nearly forty large cannons. When the cannon sounded, how could the small Japan be able to stop it?

On a ship behind the battlefield, Yin'e raised his telescope and looked ahead, his tone revealing a bit of displeasure: "The Japanese actually have so many large ships and artillery, no wonder they even dared to rob Brother Jiu's ship!"

When Yinqi heard his words, his expression did not change.

On the battlefield ahead, Japan did send ships out to fight back after it reacted, and even set up cannons in front of the coast. However, whether in terms of large ships or the range and power of cannons, they were obviously inferior to the Qing side.

Japanese country.

"Damn it, why would the Qing Dynasty suddenly attack us?"

"Could it be that they discovered the Ryukyu incident..."

"I've said it before, Ryukyu has the Qing dynasty behind it, don't touch it, but now it's like this!"

"We in Ryukyu have been very low-key. Every time the Qing envoys come, we hide and avoid attracting their attention. Who knew that the Qing would suddenly go crazy?"

"That's right, it's just a small Ryukyu, why are you so unreasonable..."

Obviously, the sudden attack by the Qing Navy made all the Japanese people panic.

When the fighting broke out here, Ganzhou, Yinzhen and Yinzhi also launched an attack on Tsewang Arabtan again.

However, just as the two were preparing to attack Tsewang Arabtan's lair in one go, it suddenly started snowing on the grassland, and the snow was getting heavier.

The winter on the grassland is already cold, and with the heavy snow, it is obvious that the war cannot be fought for the time being.

When the news reached the capital, Kangxi thought about calling the two back and planning to discuss countermeasures with them before sending them to continue the campaign against Tsewang Arabtan next year.

After dinner that day, Cheng'an showed Kangxi the new characters he had learned one by one.

Kangxi had a smile in his eyes and would occasionally point to a word for him to recognize.

"This is the word '乖'." The little guy said, and added in a baby voice, "It means I'm very good~"

"I think it's almost the same whether it's not obedient or not." Kangxi said deliberately when he saw him praising himself.

"I'm good!"

The little guy immediately became unhappy when he heard his words, and turned away with puffed cheeks.

Kangxi was not in a hurry and continued to look through the remaining words. When he finished reading and saw that he was still ignoring him, he slowly said, "Yinzhen, Yinzhi and the others..."

The little guy's ears perked up immediately when he heard his brother's name. Seeing that he stopped halfway through, he couldn't help but turn around and ask, "What's wrong with my brother?"

"I'm a little thirsty."

As soon as Kangxi finished speaking, the little guy immediately picked up the tea on the table and gave it to him: "Father, have some tea!"