The gourd chicken was finally served, but Kangxi looked at the little fellow who had just said he didn't want to eat it, and asked with a half-smile, "What are you eating now?"

"It's cuckoo chicken~" Cheng An seemed to have just realized something after saying that. He looked at him and whispered, "My brother said he couldn't finish it..."

When the gourd chicken was first served, he did resist the urge to eat it, but his eyes kept glancing over there.

Seeing this, Yinzhi picked up a piece of gourd chicken and put it to his mouth.

"I don't want to eat..." The little guy kept saying he didn't want to eat, but he couldn't refuse the meat that was delivered to his mouth, especially when Yinzhi coaxed him and said that they would definitely not be able to finish such a big gourd chicken.

"I didn't say you can't eat it." Seeing that his voice was so soft, as if he had done something to him, Kangxi said unhappily.

After hearing what he said, the little guy continued to pick up the piece of gourd chicken in the bowl, and said in a baby voice: "I will not eat this piece after I finish it~"

He really did what he said and from then on he didn't even look at the gourd chicken anymore.

In the past, when there was gourd chicken on the table, he would find ways to eat more bites. Seeing this, Kangxi felt that it was rare for him to do so today.

Cheng'an tried to hold back and not eat anymore, but Yinzhen and the others couldn't help but feel sorry for him seeing how sensible he was.

"Cheng'an, do you want to have a chicken leg? No one eats these chicken legs." Yinzhen picked up the chicken leg and said to him.

The golden chicken legs exude an enticing aroma and look delicious just by looking at them.

The little guy moved his mouth subconsciously, and then asked: "Brother Fourteen, don't you want to eat?"

Yinzhen shook his head and put the chicken leg directly into his bowl. The little guy looked at the chicken leg in the bowl, looked up and asked Yinzhi again, but Yinzhi simply waved his hand to refuse.

"Brother, do you want to eat?" the little guy asked again.

Yinreng smiled and said, "Second brother doesn't like to eat chicken legs."

Chicken legs are so delicious, why doesn’t my brother eat them?

Cheng An thought about it and asked one last time: "Ah Ma, do you want to eat this chicken leg?"

Seeing that he clearly wanted to eat but still had to ask everyone, Kangxi felt that it was not necessary.

After all, those sitting here were either emperors or princes. They couldn't be said to be extravagant, but they wouldn't be so greedy for even a chicken leg.

"I don't eat."

When Kangxi heard that he had finished speaking, he immediately couldn't wait to bite the chicken leg, muttering something like "can't waste it", which he found a bit funny.

In the end, the little guy ate a lot of lunch, and Yinzhi and Yinzhen were almost full due to his special attention.

After the little guy had eaten his fill, he stood on a chair and looked at the table. Seeing that the dishes were almost finished but there was still a lot of soup left, he immediately leaned over to reach for the soup spoon.

"Brother, come and have some more soup~"

Yinzhi subconsciously picked up the bowl and saw that he not only served him soup, but also scooped the meat at the bottom of the soup into his own bowl. He felt a little overwhelmed.

"That's enough, leave some for your fourteenth brother." Yinzhi said hurriedly.

Yinzhen glanced at him sideways, but when the little guy came to him with a spoon full of soup in both hands, he quickly took the bowl to take it.

Yinreng and Yinzhen saw the little guy looking at them again, and they put down their bowls and chopsticks to indicate that they had finished eating.

"Dad, do you want to drink some more soup? There's still some meat underneath~" Cheng An said in a baby voice.

"I have." Kangxi picked up the soup at hand and refused him.

After lunch, Yinzhi and Yinzhen were indeed full.

"Ama, can I go to the Imperial Garden with my brother to play for a while this afternoon?"

The little guy had just finished his meal and was thinking about playing again, so he ran to Kangxi and asked.

He had been behaving pretty well recently. Not only had he learned a lot of new words, but he also didn't run around outside in the snow, so he agreed immediately after Kangxi gave him a few instructions.

"Ama, you are the best~"

The little guy hugged him and rubbed him for a few times, then remembered and looked up and asked, "Ama, do you want to play with me?"

"I have something else to do, go by yourself."

After making sure that he was not going, the little guy immediately went to pull his brothers' hands and said, "Brother, let's go. Ama wants us to go to the Imperial Garden to play~"

"I'll take my leave."

He pulled Yinzhi and others up one after another and quickly saluted Kangxi.

"Ama, I'll be back soon, you have to miss me~"

The little guy saw his brothers saying goodbye to Ama and followed suit.

"I don't have the time." Kangxi said unhappily when he saw that he went out to play with others and made him miss him.

"Ama is always busy, so I'll think about him~"

After the little guy finished speaking, he waved to Kangxi and pulled his brothers out.

When Kangxi heard his first complaint, he subconsciously frowned, but when he heard the second sentence, he couldn't help laughing.

Imperial Garden.

Yinzhi and Yinzhen had been outside for a long time, so when they walked in the imperial garden, the scenery that they had originally become tired of became fresh to them.

Winter is a good time to enjoy the snow. In the Imperial Garden, except for the main roads and paths where the snow has been cleared, snow still remains in other places.

As the little guy walked, he couldn't help but want to grab some snow, but Yinreng reminded him: "What did you promise Emperor Father before, did you forget?"

The first thing Kangxi told him was not to play in the snow.

"I'm not playing, I just want to touch it." The little guy looked up and said.

Yinzhi was basically in a state of believing whatever the little guy said, and he agreed with him when he heard his words: "Cheng'an just wanted to touch it, what's the big deal."

As he finished speaking, he casually pressed his palm on the snow beside him, leaving a snow handprint.

"Brother Da's hands are so big~" the little guy giggled and gestured his little hands against the snow handprint.

Seeing that he was happy, Yinzhen printed one next to him.

Seeing this, the little guy turned around and said, "Second brother, can you give me your hand?"

Yinreng guessed what he was going to do, so he stretched out his hand anyway, and sure enough, he was pressed down on the snow by him.

After leaving his handprint, the little guy went to hold Yinzhen's hand again.

Finally, five snow handprints, four large and one small, were left on the snow.

"My brother's hands are big, and mine are small~" The little guy said with a laugh, seeming to find it very interesting.

Cheng'an is still young, and he is obviously more interested in the snow itself than appreciating the snow and feeling the artistic conception of the snow.

After making handprints here, he couldn't help but step on the snow as he continued to move forward.

Seeing that he ignored the snow-free road and insisted on stepping on the snow, Yinreng looked somewhat helpless.

However, seeing Yinzhi and Yinzhen following them indulgently, he had no choice but to follow after exchanging a glance with Yinzhen.

"Look, I can step in your footprints!"

The little guy was walking in front at first, but when he turned around and saw his brother's footprints, he immediately stepped in.

When Yinzhi heard his words, he looked down and saw that one of his footprints was enough for him to stand on two feet, and he couldn't help laughing.

"Then my eldest brother will walk in front and you will walk behind." Yinzhi said.

So next, Yinzhi walked in front, and the little guy followed behind, following his footsteps, and his happy laughter could be heard from time to time in the snow.

There was a little snow in the morning, but now the snow has stopped and the sun is even out, bringing some warmth to my body.

"Brother, look at me, do I look like a little rabbit~"

After walking for a while, Cheng'an started jumping again, shouting as he jumped.

Wearing thick clothes in winter makes the little guy look even fatter. Yinreng smiled and said, "I think he looks more like Yuanyuan."

You know what, sometimes when Yuanyuan is happy to see the little guy, she will really jump up with all four hooves spread out.

"Mee mee~" The little guy probably thought of the scene of Yuanyuan dancing, and immediately imitated Yinreng when he heard his words.

Since Yuanyuan was mentioned, they might as well go and see it together.

"Wow, this sheep has grown so fat?" Yinzhi said immediately when he saw Yuanyuan for the first time.

When the little guy drew the picture and sent it to him before, he thought that the sheep in the picture was a bit exaggerated. But when he saw the round sheep, he realized that there really was such a round sheep.

"So, brother Da, you have to eat more so you can grow as fat as Yuanyuan~" the little guy continued.

Yinreng looked at the sheep in front of him and then at Yinzhi. He couldn't help but chuckle just by imagining the scene.

"Tell this to your second brother first. Look how thin he is." Yinzhi heard his laughter and lowered his head to Cheng'an.

The little guy heard this and said, "But my second brother is not thin~"

If you really want to talk about thinness, the first time the little guy saw Yinreng who was still imprisoned, he looked really thin.

Perhaps because of this, even though Yinreng was not fatter than Yinzhi at this time, the little guy did not think he was thin.

"Cheng'an, don't pay attention to him." After Yinreng glanced at Yinzhi, he picked up the little guy.

After seeing Yuanyuan and the deer, the brothers went to appreciate the plum blossoms.

When we were ready to go back, the little guy walked in front, jumping around and looked very happy.

"Brother, look~"

The little guy accidentally kicked up some snow while walking, and then he kept kicking it as he walked, finding it very fun.

"Are your shoes wet?" Yinreng was a little worried because he saw that he always liked to walk on the snow.

"No."

The little guy shook his head and continued to pick places with more snow, kicking the snow as he walked.

The boots on his feet were made of sheepskin with wool inside. They were not only warm but also waterproof.

However, when he kicked the snow like that, some snow always fell into his boots. He didn't feel it at first, but when the snow accumulated more and melted into water, he began to feel the coolness.

The little guy moved his feet and felt the cold. His first reaction was that his shoes were broken. He immediately looked up and said, "Brother, my shoes are broken..."

"How come such good shoes are torn?" Yinzhi reached out and picked him up while speaking.

At the same time, Yinzhen came over and grabbed the little guy's feet to look at them, but he didn't find any damage to his boots.

“It’s not broken.”

When Cheng An saw his brother said his shoes were not broken, he frowned and said, "But my feet seem to be wet!"

"It must be snow that fell in." Yinreng tapped his forehead and said, "That's why you insisted on walking in the snow just now."

"It's already wet, what use do you think it is?" Yinzhi said, "Fourteen, help take off his boots quickly, otherwise he will catch a cold."

Upon hearing this, Yinzhen took off the little guy's boots. After taking them off, he saw that his socks were also wet, so he quickly pulled them off.

The little fellow's white and tender feet had just been exposed for less than a second when Yinzhi stuffed them into his cloak.

Cheng An felt his feet were no longer cold, and he squinted his eyes and moved his little feet and said, "Brother Da's body is really warm~"

"Are your feet still cold?" Yinzhi pulled his cloak tighter to wrap him up completely, and reached out to touch the soles of his feet.

The little guy who felt a little itchy laughed twice and then shook his head: "It's not cold anymore~"

"Then let's go back quickly." After saying this, Yinzhi held him and strode forward.

The little guy only showed his head and lay on his shoulder, and his little mouth never stopped talking all the way.

"Brother, hurry up~"

"A few plum blossoms bloom alone in the corner of the wall in the cold..."

"Ama said that he would take me out to play when I learned a hundred words~"

"Have you learned it?" Yinzhen asked.

"not yet……"

After all, it was winter, and the brothers were afraid that the little one would catch a cold without shoes, so they came back quickly.

There was a brazier in the warm room, and the temperature was much warmer than outside. However, when Yinzhi put the little guy on the couch, he quickly picked up the blanket next to him to cover his feet.

After putting on his shoes again, the little guy stood on the ground and said, "Brother, do you think my shoes look good?"

Children grow fast and can no longer wear last year’s shoes. Since winter, the little ones have been wearing new shoes.

"They look good." Yinreng said, "Such beautiful shoes, don't step on the snow next time, or they will get wet again."

It’s not a big deal if his shoes are wet, the main thing is that I’m worried that he will be cold.

"Got it~"

The little guy wanted to stay with his brothers all the time, especially the two brothers who had just returned, but it was obviously not possible.

After all, Yinzhi and Yinzhen had just returned, and there were still a lot of things to do in the mansion.

Cheng An didn't make a fuss to stop them from leaving, but when he sent them to the door, he still reminded them in a baby voice: "Brothers, you should eat more~"

"good."

Yinzhi and Yinzhen responded with a helpless smile, and listened to him for a few more words before finally walking out of the Qianqing Palace.

After seeing off several brothers, the little guy wanted other brothers to come, so he ran behind the desk to write a letter.

"Fifth Brother, Tenth Brother, Thirteenth Brother, when will you come back..."

The little guy held the pen and wrote while talking in a baby voice. When he encountered a word he didn't know how to write, he would just draw a circle instead.

However, because he had recently learned a lot of new words, the number of circles on the paper was obviously much less than before.

After all, the Saker Falcon is not a carrier pigeon, and carrier pigeons have to be trained before they can deliver letters. So when Kangxi first asked the little guy to deliver letters to Yinqi and others, he didn't think it could do it.

After all, the reason why it could be sent to Tibet was because it was originally brought back from there, and it was Yinzhi and his men who first took it to Ganzhou to familiarize it with the route.

But the Saker Falcon did not let the little guy down. I don’t know how it did it, but after flying in the direction of Japan, it actually delivered the letter to Yinqi and the others.

It is said that when it sent the letter for the first time, Yin'e thought he had recognized the wrong Saker Falcon. When it flew down and he found that it was the one the little guy raised, he was stunned.

"Bai Bai, are you there?"

After writing the letter, Cheng'an ran to the door and shouted with his head raised. As soon as he finished speaking, a pure white Saker Falcon flew down from the roof of the hall.

"Chi~"

The little guy smiled as soon as he saw it, waved and took it into the house.

"Brother Da and Brother Fourteen are back, and they brought a lot of dried meat for you to eat~"

While the little guy was sharing his good news with the Saker Falcon, he was feeding the dried meat into its mouth.

"Ama said that we can't eat too much jerky." The little guy stopped and told it after feeding it a handful of jerky.

After playing with the Saker Falcon in the house for a while, the little guy took out the letter he had written and asked it to help deliver it.

Haidongqing was able to determine who the letter was sent to based on the direction he pointed. He came out of the house, shouted, and then rushed straight into the sky.

Oriental.

When Yin'e saw the figure of the Saker Falcon appear again in the sky, he waved his hand with a little excitement: "Here!"

“Tsk——”

The Saker Falcon made a sound as if in response and swooped down.

Yin'e was quite happy to see it and reached out to touch its feathers, but was avoided.

Compared to when in front of the little guy, the Saker Falcon was more in line with the nature of a bird of prey when it was outside, and it didn't attack him out of consideration for the little guy.

Upon seeing this, Yinqi stepped forward and took down the letter, then ordered someone to bring out meat to feed the Saker Falcon.

As a messenger, the Saker Falcon was accustomed to being entertained after delivering the letter, so he started eating without any hesitation.

With the Qing navy plus the Ryukyu military force, it should be no problem to defeat Japan. Japan had already sent envoys some time ago to express that they were wrong in the Ryukyu matter and were willing to return the taxes previously collected from Ryukyu, hoping that the Qing would withdraw its troops.

One bad thing about naval warfare is that the transportation of military supplies is very problematic, so Yinqi and his men did not expect to conquer Japan this time. After making sure that a lot of the artillery shells they brought had been consumed, they temporarily stopped the attack and told the Japanese envoys to withdraw their troops.

When Japan learned that the Qing Dynasty not only wanted them to pay back double the taxes they had previously collected from Ryukyu, but also wanted them to compensate for all the expenses of the Qing Navy's trip, they were so angry that they overturned the table.

"Assholes, they beat us up like this, and they still want us to pay for the artillery they used to attack us? Why?"

"This is too much!"

Yin'e was still thinking about going back early, but when he saw that the Japanese disagreed, he directly ordered his men to continue firing.

"Tenth brother, there are not many shells left on the ship," Yinxiang reminded.

"What are you afraid of? Why don't we send more people to ship over? We will get the money back from Japan later anyway. If they don't agree now, they will have to pay more money!" Yin'e thought that it was this broken thing that dared to rob his ninth brother's boat and prevented him from staying in the capital to accompany the little guy. He wished he could just blow up their entire country.

"Speaking of which, I feel that these artillery pieces are still not powerful enough. I'll have to ask Dai Zi to study them more carefully when I get back."

Just as Kangxi's evaluation of Japan, this is a country that needs to be deterred by force. After the Qing Navy launched another attack, even though Japan was unwilling, they still gave in when they thought that every shell fired at them might eventually be paid for by them.

At this time, when Yin'e and his companions received another letter from the little guy, the Minister of Revenue accompanying on the ship was already settling accounts with Japan.

Japan had already reluctantly accepted the compensation, but after seeing the sky-high bill they presented, they immediately protested, thinking that it was impossible to have so much money no matter how they calculated it.

However, who cares about their protests? The Qing Navy will continue to bombard them for every day they delay, and the bill will continue to rise. I guess they can't hold on for a few more days.

"Not bad, you see Cheng'an's handwriting is getting better and better now!" Yin'e praised as he looked at the words on the letter.

Yinqi nodded and smiled: "He can write more and more words, and he drew fewer circles this time than last time."

"Big brother and fourteenth brother have already gone back..."

After the three brothers read the letter together, they smiled and wrote replies to the little guy.

Capital city.

The next morning after Yinzhi and Yinzhen came back, the little guy kept putting breakfast into his bowl but didn't eat it.

Kangxi noticed this scene out of the corner of his eye and turned his head to look over.

When Cheng An noticed his gaze, he pushed the small bowl in front of him over.

Just when Kangxi thought he was going to give it to himself, he heard him say, "Father, please help me bring this to Brother Da and Brother Fourteen~"

Kangxi glanced at the small bowls of breakfast in front of him, then looked at the innocent little guy, and asked calmly, "Do you know where I'm going later?"

"I know. Father is going to court, and brother will go too~" Cheng An said in a baby voice.

Obviously, the little guy asked him for help because he knew it.

"You want me to take this to court?" Kangxi's tone was a little cold.

The little guy probably sensed the coldness in his tone and was about to nod, but in the end he didn't. Instead, he stretched out his chubby little hand to pull the bowl back.

He was just thinking that if his father didn't help him, he would wait until his brother came back from court and then go and send him off himself, when he saw -

Kangxi picked up the small bowl before him, picked up the golden curl on the top and put it into his mouth.

"That's for my brother!" Cheng'an's eyes widened as he spoke, obviously not expecting him to pick it up and eat it directly.

It’s not that the little guy was reluctant to give him some, but he felt that there was food left on the table, but he insisted on eating the ones given to his brother, and he immediately got a little upset.

"That's for my brother..." The little guy pursed his lips, looking like he was about to cry.

Seeing this, Kangxi put down his bowl and said, "You always praise my father, but now you are reluctant to even give him breakfast?"

"No, I'm willing to give it to my father." The little guy shook his head and pointed in front of him, "But there's more on the table..."

"Is it not okay for me to just eat this bowl?" Kangxi looked at him and asked.

After all, the person in front of him was his favorite Ama. After being asked twice by him, the little guy, whose emotions came and went quickly, finally nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll fill another bowl for my brother. Ama, can you help me bring it to them?"

Seeing how persistent he was, Kangxi felt jealous but also a little amused: "Are you worried that they won't have breakfast?"

"Brother has become thinner. He needs to eat more to gain weight~"

"I got it. I'll ask the imperial kitchen to prepare some for them. You can enjoy your breakfast." After saying this, Kangxi put the small bowl in front of him back in front of him.

The small bowl is filled with the little guy's favorite breakfast, full of his love.

When Cheng An heard what he said, he held the small bowl in front of him, picked up a piece from it and raised it up: "Ama, you eat it!"

"Now you are willing to give it to me?" Kangxi said, and then he opened his mouth and ate it without any hesitation.

"I'm willing to give it to my father." The little guy said, and after eating one himself, he picked up another and held it up to him.

Seeing this, Kangxi simply reached out and held him on his lap, eating the breakfast he fed him. He felt like he was enjoying the blessing of his youngest son in advance.

"Dad, you should eat more too. You don't have any fat on your face." The little guy said as he put breakfast into his mouth.

Kangxi reached out and pinched his soft little face, saying with a smile: "You've been worrying a lot lately."