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 ...
When Yinzhi heard the little guy say that he learned it from his father, he became curious after being surprised.
After all, he really couldn't imagine that the emperor, who was so majestic in his eyes, would do such a thing.
"Are you sure you learned this from the Emperor?"
Cheng An nodded, put his little hand on the back of his neck again, and told him in a baby voice: "This is how Ama cools me down."
The little guy felt the warmth under his hands and suddenly laughed: "It's so warm~"
Seeing that he was smiling so happily, Yinzhi changed his position and hugged him with one hand, using the other hand to imitate his movements and said, "It is indeed quite warm."
His hands weren't that cold, but the little guy's body was particularly warm, so they felt cold when he touched them.
"It's so cold!" The little guy shrank his neck and tried to avoid his hand, but Yinzhi could hold his entire neck with one open hand, so it was not so easy to hide.
"Second brother, come quickly——"
When Cheng An found that he couldn't escape, he immediately twisted his body and began to ask for help.
Seeing him reaching out to him, Yinreng took two steps forward and took the person.
The little guy fell into his arms and immediately became proud, leaning his head on his shoulder and smiling at Yinzhi.
When Yinzhi saw his little expression, he immediately pretended to reach out.
"Second brother, look at me!" the little guy said after subconsciously shrinking his neck.
"See what he's doing?"
"He wants to use his hands to cool An An..."
Even though he knew Yinreng was definitely on his side, Yinzhi couldn't help but say, "It was you who froze me first. You froze me twice, so it's not too much for me to froze you twice, right?"
"Too much!" The little guy didn't want to be cold-shouldered by him again, so he immediately said in a baby voice.
Seeing how self-righteous he was, Yinzhi was amused by him and wanted to give him the cold shoulder again.
However, with Yinreng protecting the little guy, Yinzhi never succeeded.
"Second brother, you are so nice~" The little girl rubbed her little face against Yinreng and said coquettishly.
Yinreng lowered his head and gently touched him with his chin, then asked, "Are your hands still cold?"
"It's not cold anymore~"
Yinzhi heard this and said, "The ice is all on me, of course you are not cold."
"Who allowed some people to let him play in the snow?" Yinreng said.
After he finished speaking, he touched the little guy's hand and made sure that the temperature had risen before he felt relieved.
After they finished appreciating the flowers, Yinzhi also finished painting, but in the end the painting did not fall into his hands, but was divided up by Yinzhi and others.
Even the little one joined in the fun and picked up a painting of plum blossoms.
Near noon, the group sent the little guy back to the Qianqing Palace.
The little fellow had long forgotten his previous mischief in the Imperial Garden. He was now held in Yinzhen's arms, lying on his shoulder and talking to his brothers in a baby voice: "Why haven't Fifth Brother and the others come back yet..."
"You will come back naturally when it's time to come back."
"How many days are left until the New Year?"
Yinzhen was about to answer him when he suddenly saw a hand reaching out. Before he could react, he saw the hand fall on the back of the neck of the little guy in his arms, causing him to shrink his shoulders and cry out: "Ouch——"
Yinreng, who was two steps behind, did not expect that Yinzhi would be so childish. Even when he was at the gate of the Qianqing Palace, he still wanted to find an opportunity to freeze the little guy again.
Just as he was about to speak, he heard a voice that sounded intimidating without being angry: "Yinzhi!"
Yinzhi just saw the little guy lying on Yinzhen's shoulder with his neck exposed without protection, so he wanted to play a trick on him and tell him what it meant to "you can escape the first day, but you can't escape the fifteenth day". Unexpectedly, he was caught by the emperor.
After Yinzhi followed the others in paying respects to Kangxi, he explained, "It was Cheng'an who first tried to freeze me, and I then tried to freeze him back."
Kangxi heard the little guy's cry first, and when he turned around, he saw Yinzhi's hand on the back of his neck. He thought Yinzhi was pinching him, but after hearing the explanation, he felt relieved and glanced at Yinzhi: "How old is he? How old are you?"
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When Yinzhi heard this, his first reaction was to remember that the little guy said he learned it from him, and he couldn't help but murmur some outrageous thoughts in his heart.
"I know I was wrong." Of course, he didn't dare to show it on his face, but admitted his mistake honestly.
The little fellow had just been put down by Yinzhen, and he quickly ran to Kangxi and said, "I was the one who froze big brother first, big brother was just playing with me, father, you..."
Kangxi guessed what he wanted to say as soon as he heard his tone, and interrupted him directly: "If there is nothing else, leave."
"I'll take my leave."
After he finished speaking, Yinreng and others bowed and left.
"Ama, why did you ask my brother to leave?"
"They have things to do. Do you think they are as idle as you?" Kangxi said and led him inside.
"What is idleness?"
"I just play around all day and don't do anything serious."
"I'm doing my job."
"Then tell me what you did for work?"
"Eat, sleep, and read and write~"
"Then you are really busy." Kangxi laughed.
After the father and son entered the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Kangxi just sat down to drink some tea when he heard the curious voice of the little guy beside him: "By the way, Father, what's your name?"
Kangxi didn't expect him to ask this and looked at him with a little surprise.
"Why are you asking this?" Kangxi put down the teacup in his hand.
The little guy lay on his knees, grabbed his hand and played with it while saying coquettishly: "I want to know~"
"Ama, you are the best, can you tell me?"
Kangxi couldn't resist his coquettishness, so he reached out and picked him up, then wrote two words on his palm.
"Ama, is this your name? I don't know it..." The little guy watched him finish writing carefully, his tone a little lost.
"Listen carefully. I will only teach you once." Kangxi wrote it again on his palm and whispered his name in his ear, "Xuanye."
"I remember!" The little guy's eyes lit up and he clapped his hands, as if he was happy to know something great.
"Xuan Ye, my father's name is Xuan Ye~"
Liang Jiugong and others nearby almost knelt down to him when they heard him calling him by his name.
The Empress Dowager had a good relationship with Kangxi, but she always called him Emperor instead of calling him by his name.
However, when the Empress Dowager was alive, she sometimes called him "Xuan Ye".
Hearing the little guy calling out his name in a baby voice, Kangxi was dazed for a moment. After all, no one had called his name for decades.
When the little guy noticed the change in his expression, he suddenly remembered what his brother had taught him before. He put his hand over his mouth and said, "Father, I was wrong..."
"What did you do wrong?" Kangxi asked subconsciously.
"I can't say Amma's name."
Seeing that he was still avoiding the issue, Kangxi patted his head and said, "It's good that you know it, but don't shout it outside."
"I see." The little guy nodded and said sweetly, "Ama, your name is so nice~"
"So, is your name nice?"
"Cheng'an sounds good too!"
When Kangxi heard his words, he asked casually, "What's your name?"
"What's your name?" The little guy didn't react for a moment.
Seeing that he didn't remember his name again, Kangxi raised his hand and gently poked his forehead: "Yinmi——"
"Ah, I remember now, Yinmi is also nice, they are all nice~"
On the other side, on the way out of the palace.
"Fourth Brother, do you know why the Emperor didn't let Cheng'an finish his words just now?" Yinzhi asked in a low voice.
Yinzhen looked at him and shook his head slightly: "I don't know."
"Because Cheng'an learned how to freeze people from the Emperor..." Yinzhi lowered his voice even more.
Yinzhen felt that his words were
He was suspected of making irresponsible remarks about the Emperor's father, and reminded him, "Brother, be careful with your words."
"Fourth brother, you are so boring." Yinzhi said with disdain.
The little guy waited and waited, and finally saw Yinqi and the others come back the day before New Year's Eve.
"Fifth Brother, Tenth Brother, Thirteenth Brother——"
Seeing them come back, the little guy shouted at the top of his voice, and you could tell how excited he was just by looking at his bright eyes.
"Do you miss your tenth brother?" Yin'e was also very excited to see him. He took a few big steps forward, picked him up, and even tossed him gently.
"Yes!" the little guy answered loudly, and then reached out to pull his other two brothers.
Yinqi and Yinxiang also had smiles on their faces and came closer to shake his hands.
"Fifth brother, Thirteenth brother, you have both lost weight, you should eat more meat..."
Cheng'an held his two brothers' hands and looked at them carefully, then gave them instructions in a baby voice.
It is normal to lose weight when traveling outside, especially at sea. Although Yinqi and Yinxiang themselves did not feel anything, they were still happy to hear the little guy's concern.
"Okay, Fifth Brother got it."
After the little fellow finished explaining to them, he turned back to look at Yin'e who was holding him: "Tenth brother, you are thin too..."
He was halfway through his words when he suddenly felt a little uncertain. He stretched out his little hand to touch Yin'e's face before continuing, "You've lost a little weight too."
"Tenth brother, you haven't lost weight, so why are you saying it so reluctantly?" Yin'e was amused by him.
The person who is happy at heart and fat in body probably refers to Yin'e. Although he missed the little one outside, he ate, drank, and slept as usual. Besides, he didn't have to attend the morning court, so he could sleep in. As a result, he was the only one among the three who didn't lose weight, and instead gained a little weight.
"It's just that it's thinner!" However, the little guy insisted on his statement. After they sat down, he gave them cakes and stuffed them with dried meat.
Yinzhi, who came to join in the fun, couldn't help but snort when he saw this familiar scene.
The little guy remembered that he still had a can of preserves given by his mother, so he turned around and ran to get it. He didn't hear his hum, but Yinqi swallowed the cake in his mouth and asked, "What's wrong, brother?"
"It's okay." Yinzhi said it was okay, but his hands were already folded across his chest.
His action was so obvious that it would be hard for the little guy not to notice it when he came back with the candied fruit.
"Brother, have some candied fruit to sweeten your mouth~"
Seeing that he still cared about him, Yinzhi stretched out his hand, pinched a candied fruit and threw it into his mouth. The next second he said, "It's so sour and sweet..."
"Tenth brother is not afraid of sour food. Cheng'an will give it to him to eat." Yin'e hadn't seen the little guy for many months. At this moment, he would say bitter melon is sweet. He said directly after hearing Yinzhi's words.
"I didn't say I was afraid of sourness." After saying that, Yinzhi took the small jar from the little guy's hand and took it into his own hand.
Cheng'an blinked, then simply reached out and grabbed a handful from the jar and shared it with Yin'e and the others.
"Brother, eat more~"
Yin'er saw the little fellow circling around Yin'e and the others, making Yin'e smile like a flower, and couldn't help but say, "It seems that I have to go out for a while next time before coming back."
The little guy heard his words with sharp ears, and immediately turned around and ran over to hug him: "Brother Jiu, don't leave!"
"Ninth brother was just talking." Yinzhen rubbed his little head and said.
The little guy let him go only after he was sure that he really didn't want to leave. Then he started to busy himself in the warm room, feeding food to his brothers everywhere.
He does pay more attention to Yinqi and the other three who have just returned, but they are all older brothers, and the little guy will not forget the others.
Yinzhi felt that he seemed to be forced to eat all the time when he came to see him recently, especially during the last Great Cold, when he was specially called into the palace to eat cold-relieving cakes. He felt that if he continued to eat like this, he would really gain a few pounds after the Chinese New Year.
"Brother, do you want to eat another fruit?"
The fresh fruits on the table were brought back by Yinqi and his friends from Ryukyu. The people below had just washed them and brought them up, and the little guy started to divide them up.
Yinzhi died
Rejected, Yinzhen was a little reluctant to eat, pulled the little guy to the center of the warm room and said: "Don't be busy yet, Cheng'an read a book to Fourteenth Brother, okay?"
"Okay~"
The little guy nodded and started to recite the Three Character Classic: "When a person is born, his nature is good..."
There was a group of brothers sitting in the warm room, with cakes, dried meat, fresh fruits and tea in front of them. The atmosphere was already good, and when the little ones started to read, they would shout "good" from time to time, and the atmosphere suddenly became more lively.
“You read it very well!”
"Cheng An is really amazing."
"I also know the hundred family names~"
After being praised, the little guy immediately continued to read to them.
"Okay, come here and drink some water to moisten your throat." Yinreng waved for him to come over.
The little guy ran over, gulped down a few sips of water from his hand, and then stood beside him and continued to recite in a baby voice: "Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li..."
When the sun began to set, the princes finally decided to leave the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
They didn't feel it when they were sitting in the warm room before, but now after walking a few steps outside, they all felt very full.
"Okay, we don't have to have dinner when we go back." Yin'e said, rubbing his belly.
Yinsi smiled and said, "We still have to use some."
The princes slowed down their pace and walked out of the palace while chatting, and the topic always revolved around the little guy.
Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Kangxi guessed that the little guy would be happy that Yinqi and the others had returned, and sure enough, he was met with his bright smiling face as soon as he stepped into the warm room.
"Ama, you're back!" The little guy ran over and hugged him, looking up and asking, "Are you tired?"
"You know I'm tired, but you still rely on me." Kangxi looked down at him.
When Cheng'an heard his words, he immediately let go of him and instead took his hand and pulled him to sit on the Arhat bed.
"Are you thirsty, Ama?"
As the little fellow finished speaking, he had already brought the tea to him.
Kangxi took a sip of the wine and heard him ask, "There are fruits on the table that the tenth brother and his friends brought back. Father, do you want to eat some?"
As the little fellow spoke, he had already picked one up and held it in front of him.
Although he was indeed considerate when he was being caring on weekdays, Kangxi still felt that he was a little too attentive today.
"Tell me, what do you want to do now?" Kangxi asked, putting down the teacup.
As for the fruit in his hand, Kangxi was not prepared to accept it until he made his purpose clear.
The little guy took his hand back, held the fruit and lay on his lap, looking up at him expectantly: "Ama, can I have a crab?"
Perhaps because he was still young, he directly told Kangxi his purpose when he heard him asked.
Why do you suddenly want to eat crabs?
Kangxi looked at him and shook his head, "No."
"But I really want to eat crab..."
"How much do you want it?"
Cheng An tilted his head and thought for a moment before answering in a baby voice, "I want to eat it even in my dreams!"
Seeing that he still wanted to eat it in his dreams, Kangxi couldn't help but pinch his chubby little face and joked: "Then eat it in your dreams."
"Ama!"
The little guy stood up straight when he heard his words and stamped his feet lightly at him: "I am not happy when you talk like that."
"So what if you're unhappy?" Kangxi's eyes revealed an irrepressible smile.
"If I'm not happy with dinner, I'll..."
"You won't eat anymore?"
As soon as Kangxi finished his guess, he heard him say fiercely: "I will finish all the dishes on the table and leave no food for you."
"That really scared me to death."
Seeing that he was unhappy but did not stop eating, Kangxi could not help laughing and wondered how he could have raised such a greedy son.
"Ama, don't laugh!"
The little guy felt that he was laughing at him and puffed up his cheeks with an unhappy expression.
Kangxi frowned, but there was still a smile in his eyes: "Are you the emperor or am I the emperor? Do you even want to control whether I laugh or not?"
"You are the emperor and you don't even give me a crab to eat..."
Hearing his mumbling, Kangxi reached out and pinched his face again: "So I became emperor just to give you crabs?"
The little guy didn't say anything else, but turned around and stopped him from pinching his face.
When Kangxi saw that he had his back to him, he reached out to pull him, but he twisted his arms to avoid it.
Pretty courageous...
Kangxi found it somewhat funny to see him getting angry over eating crabs.
"I just want to eat crabs."
Cheng An heard that he seemed to be about to give in, so he turned his head quietly, and heard him say: "Well, you have a chance to go out and play. As long as you give up going out and play, I will let the imperial kitchen steam crabs for you."
Kangxi had said before that he would take the little guy out to play if he could learn a hundred words. The little guy had already learned a hundred words a few days ago, and Kangxi had agreed to take him out to play after the New Year when the weather was warmer.
"No!" The little guy shook his head without thinking.
Crabs are delicious, but going out and playing is obviously more interesting for him. After all, there are many delicious and fun things on the streets outside.
"You said you didn't want that."
The little guy stopped throwing a tantrum after hearing what he said, and instead lay on him again and acted like a spoiled child: "Father, you're the best. Can I just eat half of it?"
Kangxi thought about how he had been attentive, coquettish, and had a bad temper for just one crab, and now he had taken the initiative to reduce the price to half a crab. He felt that it was not easy for him to stutter.
"Since you said so, can I still say no?" Kangxi took the fruit that was almost warm in his hand and said, "Just half a piece."
"Long live Ama!"
When the little guy saw that he agreed, he jumped up with joy, then turned around and ran away.
"Where are you going?" Kangxi was a little confused when he saw him running out.
In just a moment, the little guy had run out of the gate, and just when Kangxi stood up and prepared to go over to take a look, he saw him dragging a big thing in.
"Father, look~" The little fellow came in, dragging a tied-up big crab, with a smile on his face brighter than the summer sun, and there was no trace of the unhappiness he had shown when he was throwing a tantrum before.
Yin'e knew that Kangxi would be interested in this crab, so he brought it to him specially. When the little guy saw it, he wanted to eat it, but he thought that Kangxi would definitely not agree, so he started to show his affection and act like a spoiled child.
Kangxi had seen sea crabs before, so he didn't make a fuss about it. However, thinking that the half crab he mentioned before might refer to this one, he felt vaguely that he was fooled by the little guy.
"You mean this half crab?"
"Yes~"
The little guy nodded, and seeing that his expression seemed a little strange, he let go of the crab and ran to him: "Ama, you can't regret it!"
"I won't regret it." Kangxi said, and seeing his eyes curved with joy, he added, "But I didn't tell you when you can eat, so you just wait."
"Wait until how long?" The little guy asked innocently.
"Wait until..." Kangxi thought that he was still a big man and wanted to eat such a big crab, so he touched his head and said, "Wait until you grow up."
After saying this, he turned around and prepared to sit back on the Arhat bed.
"But I'm grown up now!" Cheng'an trotted to catch up with him.
Kangxi ignored him and sat down to eat fruit.
"Ama, you promised me..."
"I didn't say I would go back on my word." Kangxi said calmly.
The little guy turned his head to look at the big crab on the ground, then looked up and said to him, "Then I don't want half of it, I only want to eat five legs, okay?"
Sea crabs are different from real crabs, especially since Yin'e specially picked the big ones to bring to him. Even an adult with a smaller appetite might not be able to finish those five crab legs. It would be strange if Kangxi would pay attention to him.
"What four?"
The little guy stretched out his finger and said,
He still refused, broke off one and pointed it at me, saying in a baby voice, "How about those three?"
Kangxi finished his fruit and started drinking tea again. He raised his last finger and waved it in front of him before reluctantly saying, "You said it yourself."
"Yeah." The little guy nodded, climbed into his arms and asked, "When can I eat?"
"You only know how to eat." Kangxi lowered his head and gently touched his forehead with his forehead. "It's getting late today. Let's talk about it tomorrow."
The little guy nodded: "How about asking brother to come and eat too? Brother has lost weight!"
"Who has lost weight?" Kangxi asked instead of answering.
"Fifth Brother, Tenth Brother, Thirteenth Brother..."
After Yinqi and the other two came back, they first reported to Kangxi before they had time to see the little guy, so Kangxi saw them before him.
If he had only said that Yinqi and Yinxiang had lost weight, Kangxi would not have said anything. But when he saw that he also brought Yin'e along, Kangxi could not help but look at him with suspicion.
"Are you sure Old Ten has lost weight?"
"Tenth brother... Tenth brother has lost a little weight." The little guy gestured with his fingers.
Kangxi said unhappily: "I really didn't see it."
It's not Kangxi's fault. He really let Yin'e go out for experience. Regardless of how he performed outside, the fact that he was a little fatter after coming back gave Kangxi the feeling that he was just wasting his time outside.
The little guy didn't understand why he was suddenly unhappy again, so he patted his face twice and said in a baby voice, "Father, can you let brother eat the crab with us?"
"You've already started studying, but you still don't know to refrain from inappropriate actions." Kangxi said with disgust, but finally agreed to his request.
After all, tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and whether he agrees or not, Yinzhi and the others will have to go to the palace for the banquet.
"Father, you are so nice~" The little guy obviously forgot about this, and when he saw that he agreed, he spoke sweetly.