In the 55th year of Kangxi, the 24th prince was born.
No one knew that inside this little prince's body was actually a dragon cub that had just hatched from its egg.
While still in ...
The emperor's words were golden. Kangxi promised the little guy that he would help him bring breakfast to his brother, and he would naturally not go back on his word.
Not only did he bring it, he also brought it all. After all, the imperial kitchen was not short of breakfast.
After the morning court session ended, the princes were kept by Kangxi. When they were wondering what was going on, they saw Liang Jiugong coming over with a group of young eunuchs carrying food boxes.
What's going on?
When Yinzhi saw this scene, he always felt a little puzzled.
Not only him, other princes also felt the same, especially when the young eunuchs handed over the food boxes one by one.
It was not until each of the princes had a food box that Kangxi spoke: "This is the breakfast that Cheng'an asked me to bring for you. Remember to eat it up and don't waste his kindness."
After saying this, Kangxi stood up from the dragon throne and left.
"Your Highness, I respectfully send you off."
After the princes bowed and sent him off, they left the hall with their food boxes before speaking, "Why would Cheng'an let the Emperor send us breakfast?"
After Yinzhi finished speaking, Yinzhen looked at Yinzhi and Yinzhen thoughtfully.
"Fourth brother, why are you looking at me? I didn't ask Cheng'an to deliver breakfast." Yinzhi said.
Yinzhen suddenly had an idea and realized what his fourth brother meant when he looked at them: "Brother, is there a possibility that Cheng'an is still worried about our weight loss, so..."
Yinzhi thought back to yesterday's incident and felt that what he said was indeed possible.
"So it's because of you two that I have to have another breakfast?" Yinzhi, who had already had breakfast, said quietly as he looked at the not-so-small food box in his hand.
Yinzhi didn't respond to his words, and directly pulled Yinzhen and said, "Let's go, let's find a place to have breakfast. Don't waste Cheng'an's kindness."
Kangxi told them to finish eating, so what else could the princes do? They naturally found a place to sit down and eat while it was hot.
I don’t know if Kangxi did it on purpose, but the food in the food box was exactly the same as what the little guy had in his bowl. The only difference was that the little guy only packed a few, while the food box contained one of each.
Fortunately, the food in the palace has always been exquisite, otherwise the princes would probably have vomited from eating too much.
As soon as Yinzhi opened the food box, he felt that he could not finish it, so he immediately picked up the chopsticks and said, "Brother, come here and have a golden roll."
Yinzhi had a decent appetite, and since he hadn't had breakfast yet, he didn't think there was too much food in the food box.
Seeing that Yinzhi couldn't finish this and was still putting more food on his plate, he said, "Third brother, you're not good enough. Cheng'an can eat more than you."
When Yinzhi heard this, he was too lazy to emphasize that he had already had breakfast, but said with a fake smile: "Brother, you can eat, so eat more."
After saying this, he kept only one gold thread roll and gave the rest to Yinzhi.
Yinzhen couldn't finish so much food, so he followed suit.
"Yinreng, what are you doing?"
Yinzhi was not a pig. His expression began to change when he saw more and more food in front of him. When he found that Yinreng had the nerve to put some food in his direction, his voice unconsciously became louder.
"You're welcome." Yinreng said lightly, and then he could finish the food in front of him more easily.
"I……"
Yinzhi was choked by his self-righteous attitude. The next second, he saw another pair of chopsticks holding breakfast towards him, and he immediately turned around to look.
"Brother, do you want more?" Seeing him looking at him, Yinyu did not dare to put the breakfast on the chopsticks directly into his plate, but asked weakly.
"What do you think?"
Hearing the sound of him grinding his teeth, Yinyou consciously withdrew his hand.
Palace of Heavenly Purity.
When Cheng An saw his father coming back, the first thing he asked was, "Father, did you bring breakfast for my brother?"
When Kangxi saw that he had returned and had not even sat down yet, he only cared about his brothers and ignored him.
"Ama, have some tea~" Seeing that he didn't say anything, the little guy hurried to serve him tea.
Kangxi glanced at him, took the tea and sipped it before finally speaking.
: “I brought it.”
"Ama, you are so nice~"
The little guy climbed onto the bed where he was sitting and put his arms around his neck from behind.
"Hurry up and get down. I need to review the memorials." After Kangxi said this, he saw that he was still leaning on his back, so he slapped his little butt with his backhand.
"Ama, take me with you, I will help you!"
After saying that, the little guy not only didn't get down, but also lay on his back, obviously looking like he was relying on him.
"You can't walk on your own?"
"I'm not wearing shoes~"
Apparently, he took off his shoes when he got on the bed.
Kangxi was too lazy to carry him, and seeing that he refused to go on, he simply ordered someone to bring the memorial to him.
In winter, it is more comfortable to sit cross-legged on the Luohan bed than to sit upright behind the dragon desk to handle government affairs, especially when there is a little kid around to join in the fun.
"Ama, why do you write in red?"
“This is a red seal.”
"Didn't my father approve it? What does it have to do with pigs?"
"It's the Zhu in cinnabar!" Kangxi knocked his head unhappily, thinking that he was still young and his words were innocent, otherwise...
"I know~" the little guy laughed again after saying that, pointing to the red comment that Kangxi had just written on the memorial, "Father knows too!"
"If you keep talking, go play by yourself nearby."
Upon hearing this, Cheng'an immediately covered his mouth with one hand and continued to help him hold the memorial with the other hand.
Next, the warm room became quiet, with only the rustling sound of Kangxi reviewing memorials.
As for the little guy, he sat quietly beside Kangxi, holding his cheek with his hand, watching him busy, and occasionally reaching out to take the memorials for him.
After a while, the little fellow, who couldn't sit still, stood up again and stretched out his hand to count the undealt memorials on the corner of the table.
"one two three……"
After he counted them, he found that there were still more than a dozen books, and he couldn't help but ask again: "Are you tired, Ama?"
Kangxi was really a little tired. After hearing his words, he put down his pen and pinched his brows.
"Father, do you want me to massage your hands?" When the little guy saw him put down his pen, he came up to him and asked with concern.
When Kangxi heard his words, he pointed to his shoulder and said, "Please massage my shoulder."
"Okay~"
The little guy had never had his shoulders massaged before, but he had seen others massaging shoulders and beating legs, so he would just stand behind him and massage him.
The chubby little hands aren't very strong, but they can pinch things quite well.
Kangxi felt the strength coming from his body and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.
Massaging shoulders requires a lot of strength. After a while, the little guy found it difficult to do so, so I used my little fists to help him pound.
"Amashu is not feeling well?"
"good."
"Is An An very well behaved?"
I don’t know if the little guy still remembers that he said he was a naughty boy last time, and he asked again this question.
Upon hearing this, Kangxi picked up a piece of paper from the table and wrote the word "good" in red ink for him.
The little guy was quite happy. When Yinreng came to teach him in the afternoon, he took it out and said, "Look, second brother~"
"It's actually the word 'good' written by the Emperor himself. It seems that our Cheng'an is really good." Yinreng smiled and applauded.
The little guy chuckled when he heard his words, and then said: "Second brother is also very good~"
Yinreng didn't expect that he could be praised for being well-behaved at his age, and he was a little amused and helpless.
The next day.
After the morning court session ended, the princes came out of the Jinluan Palace together. Yinzhi couldn't help but ask, "Why is there no breakfast today? It's a pity that I didn't eat at home..."
"Me too." Yinzhi followed.
After he finished speaking, Yinreng said, "I told Cheng'an yesterday that he didn't need to make any special preparations."
"Cheng An, that is
I care about you, why would you bother me?" Yinzhi saw that he went to talk to Cheng'an without even telling them, and couldn't help but say.
Yinreng glanced at him calmly after hearing this and said, "I don't know who got into trouble yesterday."
Yesterday, the other princes managed to finish their breakfast, but Yinzhi was the only one who finally took the leftovers back for lunch.
"You guys just had to force yours on me. How dare you say that..." Yinzhi complained.
Yinreng ignored him and walked straight towards Xian'an Palace.
A few days later, the Saker Falcon flew back to the capital.
“Tsk——”
The little guy was writing the word "Fu" in the house. When he heard the noise coming from outside, he immediately put down his pen and ran to the door.
"Young brother, please slow down." Liu Cai and others saw him running so fast and reminded him while trying to catch up.
It was a rare winter afternoon when the sun came out. The Saker Falcon descending from the sky in the sunlight looked handsome and majestic.
"Bai Bai~"
When Cheng'an saw its figure, he jumped for joy.
The Saker Falcon seemed a little excited when it saw him, and it let out a cry in response and then landed.
It was winter after all, and the Saker Falcon brought a cool breeze when it flapped its wings and landed.
"Ouch!" The little guy cried out and dodged the wind, then rushed over to hug it.
The Saker Falcon, with its wings folded, stood on the ground and let him hold it, even gently touching his shoulder with its beak.
"Bai Bai, have you eaten yet? I'll have someone bring you some meat~"
After Cheng'an fed it, he took the reply letter from his brothers and sat on a chair to read it.
The little guy now knows many more words than he can write, and the brothers try to use simple words and sentences in their replies, so he can understand the general idea himself.
He may not be able to recognize other words, but he can also recognize and write the word "come back". So when he saw in the letter that his brother said they would be back soon, he was immediately excited.
"Great, Fifth Brother and the others are coming back too~"
The little guy ran around the house waving the letter. Liu Cai and others who were waiting on the side were infected by his emotion and couldn't help but smile.
He read the letter over and over again, thinking that Da Ge and Shisi Ge had returned, and now Wu Ge, Ten Ge, and Thirteen Ge were also coming back, he rolled around on his bed with joy.
When Kangxi came back, he just heard the noise and shouted: "Ama, Ama~"
"What's wrong again?" Kangxi heard his excited voice and bent down to catch the little guy who was running towards him.
"Ama, do you know? Fifth brother and the others are coming back~"
Kangxi really didn't know. After all, Yinqi and his men were at sea, and the speed at which they could transmit messages back to Beijing was not as fast as that of Shanghai Dongqing.
"Did they tell you?"
"right!"
After the little guy finished speaking, he took out the letter he received in the afternoon and gave it to him: "Ama, please read it for me~"
Knowing that this letter would definitely be seen by Kangxi, Yinqi and others reported some simple information in it, but the little guy didn't quite understand this part.
Kangxi reached out to take it, reading it as he looked at it.
The part of the letter addressed to the little guy was fine. However, when he saw Yinqi and others say that Japan was initially unwilling to pay for the expenses of the Qing Navy's trip, Kangxi did not show it on his face, but he sneered in his heart.
Of course, since Yinqi and the other two dared to tell the little guy that they were coming back, it meant that Japan finally compromised, and they had no choice but to compromise. After all, cannons have no eyes, and the longer the time dragged on, the more money they would have to pay.
Even later on, Japan regretted not agreeing at the beginning, so that the amount of compensation it now needs to pay has almost doubled.
Kangxi naturally had no sympathy for Japan, which he did not like in the first place. After reading the letter, he said to the little guy in his arms in a good mood: "Are you happy now?"
"Happy~"
Don't be too happy, little guy.
At dinner, Kangxi picked up a lot of vegetables for him and he ate them all obediently.
"Father, when will fifth brother and the others come back?" the little guy asked in a baby voice before going to sleep at night.
When Haidongqing delivered the letter, they were already preparing to return.
Kangxi estimated the time and told him: "If it's fast, you should be able to come back before the New Year."
"That's great!" The little guy's eyes lit up when he heard this.
Come to think of it, if Yinqi and the others could have come back before the New Year, everyone would be together for the New Year this year, no wonder the little guy is so happy.
Seeing that he was so excited that he could hardly sleep, Kangxi could only pick up the book on the bedside table and start reading.
Listening to his low voice of reading, the little guy's emotions slowly calmed down, and he fell asleep leaning on him unknowingly.
Soon, the other princes learned from the little guy that Yinqi and others would also be returning.
The others were fine, but Yinzhi was worried about the little guy stuffing food into his mouth whenever he saw him recently. Now he felt that the little guy's attention was distracted to Yinqi and the others who had not returned yet, and he felt a little jealous.
"You only know Old Five and Old Ten now!"
When the little guy heard what his eldest brother said, he retorted in a baby voice: "Who said that? I still know Thirteenth Brother~"
When Yinzhi heard the first half of the sentence, he was still somewhat expectant, but when he heard the second half, he no longer wanted to talk.
Seeing him being humiliated, Yinreng immediately chuckled.
When Yinzhi saw that his former enemy was making fun of him, he immediately became unhappy and took a few quick steps and sat in the pavilion in front.
Today is the Great Cold. When the little guy was eating the "Cold-Removing Cake", he thought of his brothers and insisted on calling them to eat together.
Seeing that he insisted on asking people to come into the palace to eat the cold cake, Kangxi thought it was no big deal and gave the order.
After eating the cold-eliminating cake, Kangxi still had things to do, so Yinyi and the others had to go back to the Shangshufang to continue their studies. The rest, including Yinzhi, Yinreng and others, were dragged out by the little guy to stroll around the Imperial Garden.
Speaking of which, the little guy doesn't like to go to the Imperial Garden when he is alone, but he likes to come here very much when his brothers are with him.
"What happened, brother?"
Cheng'an saw Yinzhi running into the pavilion and looked up and asked.
"Maybe he is tired, don't worry about him." Yinreng said lightly.
Yinyou wanted to remind the little guy, but since he had already said so, there was nothing more to say.
Fortunately, the little guy respected his brothers very much. After hearing what Yinreng said, he didn't really ignore it, but trotted into the pavilion.
"Brother Da, are you tired? Do you want me to give you a back massage?"
The little guy didn't wait for him to answer and just punched him on the back with his little fist.
Yinzhi felt the comfortable force on his back, and after enjoying it for a moment, a smile appeared on his face again.
"Brother, you're not tired anymore. You don't need to hammer me anymore." Perhaps because he was afraid that his hands would be sore, Yinzhi pulled the man in front of him after a while.
When the little guy heard him say he wasn't tired anymore, he looked up and told him, "I can also massage shoulders. My father said I'm very good at it~"
"Then make one for your brother." Yinzhi heard his words and reached out to pick him up.
Before Yinreng and his companions walked into the pavilion, they saw the little guy first massaging Yinzhi's back, and when they came in, they saw him massaging Yinzhi's shoulders.
"Brother, you have the nerve to do that?" Yinzhi said.
"Cheng An felt sorry for me and wanted to help me make it."
After Yinzhi finished speaking with a hint of boasting, the little guy nodded: "Yes!"
"Then you should also feel sorry for your third brother." Yinzhi raised his hand and touched the little guy's back.
"Okay~"
Cheng An agreed immediately, kicked his feet to the ground, ran behind him and started punching him with his two little fists.
"It's so comfortable." Yinzhi said with a smile as he felt the movement on his back.
When the little guy heard this, he immediately turned around in the pavilion and took turns punching his brothers on the back.
"Okay, wait for the emperor.
Ma sees that it's time to scold him." Seeing that he was not tired, Yinreng reached out and carried him to sit on his lap.
"Why does Ama want to train people?"
The little guy sat in his arms, kicking his feet in the air, obviously in a good mood.
"I asked you to help us massage our backs, but the Emperor won't scold us."
"Then brother, can you give me a massage too?" The little guy thought of how they all said it felt comfortable just now, and said with his face raised.
Yinreng nodded slightly, placed his hand on his shoulder and squeezed it gently.
Compared to the little guy's hands that looked particularly small when placed on them, Yinreng's hands looked particularly slender when they fell on the little guy's shoulders.
“Hahaha, it’s so itchy…”
As soon as Yinreng pinched it gently, the little guy shrank his neck and laughed.
Seeing him smile like this, the brothers all smiled a little.
"Are you so ticklish?" Yinzhi said, reaching out to poke his belly.
The little guy immediately laughed again and fell into Yinreng's arms.
"Do you want to pinch me again?" Yinreng asked with his head down.
"No, no, it's itchy and not comfortable at all." The little guy shook his head.
Upon hearing this, Yinzhi reached out to pinch his shoulder to try, but was slapped away by Yinreng.
After sitting in the pavilion for a while, the group went out to continue strolling, and while strolling they came to the plum blossom forest.
There is some snow on the plum branches, and the red plums and white snow complement each other very nicely.
The little guy was held in Yinzhi's arms and could touch the flower branches with his hands.
Yinzhi thought that he hadn't painted for the little one for some time, so he simply ordered someone to bring the painting table over.
"Remember to paint me in it." Yinzhi saw that he was going to paint and wanted a picture of appreciating plum blossoms with the little guy, so he instructed.
Seeing that he just left after saying that, without giving himself any chance to refuse, Yinzhi looked somewhat helpless.
While Yinyou and Yinsi stayed to watch him paint, Yinreng, Yinzhen and others walked in the plum forest to appreciate the flowers.
"Yinzhi, don't let him play with the snow." Yinreng was walking behind and couldn't help but remind him when he saw the little guy reaching out to grab the snow on the branches.
When the little guy heard his words, he consciously threw away the snowball the size of a fingernail in his hand and imitated him: "Yinzhi~"
"Did you call Yinzhi?" Yinzhi lowered his head and gently touched his forehead with his own, but his tone was not serious.
The little guy rubbed his forehead in return and giggled.
Yinzhi was reluctant to say anything to him, so he turned around and said, "Yinreng, please teach him something!"
"Yinreng~" The little guy probably thought it was fun and started shouting after him.
Yinreng didn't care, but said calmly: "Names are meant to be called by people."
Yinzhi rolled his eyes at him, thinking of calling them together, so he lowered his head and asked, "Then do you know what your third brother's name is?"
"My third brother's name is Yinzhi, my fourth brother's name is Yinzhen, my fifth brother's name is Yinqi..." The little guy recited the names of his other brothers in a baby voice.
When Yinzhen heard him calling his name, he just glanced at him.
Seeing that he actually knew, Yinzhi couldn't help but laugh, but he still said, "It's OK for you to know it, but you still have to call me brother on weekdays, do you hear me?"
"I know, brother~" Cheng An said, and then he tilted his head with a puzzled expression, "What's Ama's name?"
Yinzhi knew it, but he didn't dare to call him by his name.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, the little guy turned to look at his other brothers. Seeing that they didn't say anything either, he couldn't help but guess: "Is Ama just called Ama?"
How is it possible...
Yinzhi laughed a little, touched his head and said, "You have to go back and ask the emperor yourself."
The little guy thought he didn't know either, so he said in a baby voice: "Then tell me after I finish asking~"
"No need, it's enough for you to know it in your heart." Yinzhi said hurriedly.
"Why?
”
"Because it is against etiquette to call the Emperor by his name." After saying this, Yinzhi felt that he was not good at teaching him these things, so he turned around and stuffed the person into Yinreng's arms.
After Yinreng caught the person, the first thing he said was to admit that it was wrong for him to call Yinzhi by his name just now, and asked the little guy not to learn from him. Then he explained to him the taboos about names.
"I see." The little guy nodded after hearing this, "Then can I call my nephew by his name?"
"They are juniors, so of course they can." Yinreng said.
Yinzhi waited for him to finish talking to the little guy, then took the little guy back into his arms while he wasn't paying attention, and took him a few quick steps to the front to see the flowers.
Perhaps because he noticed that he didn't care about playing with the snow on the branches, the little guy started playing with it again after a while, touching this and that, and soon he had made very small snowballs in his hands, so small that they would melt after a few more pinches.
When Yinreng pointed it out again, Yinzhi said nonchalantly, "How much snow can there be on the branches? It's nothing to touch it."
He said it so casually now, but he regretted it in a moment, because the little guy actually put his little hands, which had become cold after touching the snow, into his neck.
Yinzhi felt cold from his hand, and after a hissing sound, he asked, "Who did you learn this from?"
It’s only because Yin’e is not in the capital, otherwise he would definitely think that he learned it from Yin’e.
When the little guy saw him, he giggled and answered in a baby voice: "I learned it from my father~"
He was telling the truth. One day, Kangxi came back from outside. Maybe his hands were cold, so when he saw him rushing towards him, he touched the back of his neck. The little guy was frozen and shrank his neck immediately.
This answer was beyond Yinzhi's expectations, leaving him speechless for a moment.
Did you learn it from the Emperor? That's fine...