After Cheng'an stopped crying and was coaxed into crying, he stopped thinking about his hair. While taking a bath, he even talked to Kangxi about the clay figures he had made before.

"I made candied haws and Yuanxiao (Chinese rice dumplings), and also made an An'an, but it's a pity that my father didn't see it..."

"Just have someone bring it in tomorrow."

Yinyou, Yinlu and others were still outside the palace. Kangxi felt that given how much they valued the little guy, they would naturally keep the things for him and send them back.

At this time, Kangxi's mind was not on the clay figure he was making, but on his head.

Originally, I wouldn’t wash the little guy’s hair so late, but his head was burned, so it would be bad not to wash it.

Once the braid is untied, some of the hair that was burned but not lost because it was mixed in the braid will fall down.

The little guy was so focused on playing in the water that he didn't notice that a lot of his hair had fallen out. Kangxi felt a little sorry for him when he saw this.

After bathing, the little guy did not wear outer clothes, but wore pajamas and a thick fur cloak. Kangxi held him in his arms and wiped his hair himself.

"I haven't even had time to make clay figures for my father when he comes back..." The little guy lay in his arms, still thinking about making clay figures.

After Kangxi dried his head, he found that a few strands of burnt hair were sticking up. He combed them with a finger comb and said, "Just pinch them next time."

"Yeah." The little guy nodded and thought again, "Ama, where is my light?"

"Where did you put it yourself?" Kangxi asked instead of answering.

Cheng An tilted his head and thought for a while before saying, "I'll give it to my second brother."

"Then ask your second brother tomorrow if he wants to go."

"Father, I want an imperial decree."

Kangxi felt that he had too many things to do, but he quickly picked up the imperial edict next to him and put it into his arms.

After drying the little guy's hair, Kangxi tucked him into the quilt before going to take a bath himself.

The refreshing little fellow felt very comfortable after taking a bath. He lay obediently in his position and played with the imperial edict for a while. Suddenly, he turned over and rolled out of the bed twice. Then he lay on the bed and opened the imperial edict to read the words on it: "Heaven... accept..."

When Kangxi came over after bathing, he saw the little guy with his eyes closed and his face pressed on the imperial edict. He thought he was asleep. Just as he was about to take the edict away, he saw him suddenly open his eyes and smile at him.

"Dad, come and sleep, the bed is already warm~" When the little guy saw him come back, he turned over and rolled back to his seat.

Kangxi casually rolled up the imperial edict and placed it beside the bed, with the corners of his lips slightly raised because of his words.

When the father and son were ready to go to sleep, outside the palace——

When the little guy flew down to take Yinzhi and the others away, Yinzhen looked at the sky and couldn't help but feel disgusted: "Cheng'an didn't even know to take me with him."

"How can he lead so many people?" Yinxiang comforted.

The princes watched the golden dragon fly towards the palace before they looked away. When they turned around, they found that all the fires on the street had been extinguished.

The fire just now still caused some bad effects in the vicinity. Not only were some stalls burned black, but the door of Yinzhen's restaurant was also pitch black.

The people on the street kowtowed to the sky a few times, and when they found that the dragon was no longer visible, they quickly got up and went home.

At this moment, the city inspector finally came with his troops. When he was about to arrest a few civilians who were leaving the street and ask them what happened, he saw Yinzhen and his men first.

The imperial inspector who was about to show his authority was frightened when he saw all these gentlemen were there. He quickly got off his horse and trotted over to pay his respects.

"You come so quickly! Why don't you go back and have some sleep and come back tomorrow morning?" Yinzhen was already in a bad mood because his own restaurant was burned down. He became even more displeased when he saw that he, the city patrol censor who was in charge of public security and fire ban in this area, was late.

The imperial inspector was sweating profusely after hearing what he said. He kept bowing and said, "Master Jiu, you are joking. When I heard about the fire here, I dared not delay for a moment. But there were too many people on the street tonight, so..."

Yinqi and the other kids had to be sent back to the palace quickly. Yinzhen was too lazy to bother him anymore.

Regarding this matter, those who are in charge of the capital's public security will have no chance of making any progress at the court tomorrow morning.

"Nine Brother, do you want the clay figurine made by Cheng An?"

Before the princes were about to leave, Yinyu pointed at the clay figurine stall and asked.

"Have someone pack it up and take it with him. He won't have enough fun and will definitely think about it tomorrow." Yinzhen said.

After the princes returned home, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture and the governor of Jiumen received the news that the emperor had brought the princes out to enjoy the lanterns but encountered a fire, so they became busy overnight.

Knowing that all this was caused by a kidnapper, in order to atone for their sins, the Shuntian prefect and the Nine Gates governor joined forces, followed the clues, destroyed several kidnapper's dens overnight, and rescued many kidnapped children.

In fact, lively festivals like the Lantern Festival are the kidnappers' favorite days, and they have achieved a lot of success tonight alone.

The kidnappers were waiting for the city gates to open tomorrow morning so they could run away and sell the kidnapped children far away so they could live a carefree life. However, they didn't expect that they wouldn't be able to wait until tomorrow.

The next day, it was just dawn.

"Don't be afraid, Ama. An An will protect you..."

Kangxi woke up when he heard the little guy's voice and thought he was awake too, but when he turned around he found that he was talking in his sleep.

It must be said that hearing that he was still thinking about him in his dream, Kangxi's mood improved early in the morning.

"Ama is not afraid."

After Kangxi responded, he lowered his head and gently rubbed the little guy's forehead.

"Ama~"

The little guy was really awake this time. He stretched out his arms, hugged his neck and snuggled into his arms.

Kangxi put his arm around him and gently patted his little shoulder, trying to coax him to sleep for a while. But after he woke up, he sat up, rubbed his eyes and asked, "Father, where is my imperial edict?"

Kangxi did not answer him, but was attracted by a strand of hair sticking up on his head and reached out to try to help him press it down.

The strand of hair was burnt to only one finger long, probably because the little one liked to burrow here and there when sleeping, so it curled into a crescent shape.

"Ama?" The little guy tilted his head and looked at him.

Kangxi found that he could no longer suppress his anger, so he reached out and took the imperial edict that was placed beside the bed and handed it to him.

"I don't have to shave my head anymore~" The little guy smiled with his eyes curved while holding the imperial edict.

Seeing how happy he was, Kangxi couldn't help but pinch his little face and asked, "Are you really that happy?"

"I'm just happy~" the little guy said, hugged the imperial edict tightly and threw himself into his arms again.

Kangxi raised his hand and patted his little butt and said, "Get up quickly, I still have to go to court."

From the time he woke up until he had breakfast with the little one, Kangxi was in a good mood. When he went to the morning court, his expression gradually became serious and intimidating.

Morning.

The ministers probably heard about what happened last night, so they were all unusually quiet today compared to usual.

Kangxi lowered his eyes and glanced at the civil and military officials below. Seeing that they were all like dumb, he directly named the Nine-Gate Commander and the Shuntian Prefecture Governor.

The two people who were named looked at each other, hurried forward to apologize and report what they had done last night to make amends.

After hearing what they said, Kangxi's expression became even colder.

After all, if the kidnappers dare to come to the capital, it goes without saying that other places will become even more rampant.

"If you two can't even do your job properly, you'd better take off the hats and feathers on your heads as soon as possible!"

Not to mention other places, the occurrence of such a thing in the capital was the result of the dereliction of duty of the Shuntian Prefecture Governor and the Nine-Gate Commander. Kangxi reprimanded the two and ordered them to continue to investigate the kidnappers and public security issues in the capital.

After the court session, the prefect of Shuntian and the governor of Jiumen immediately scolded their men and asked them to patrol the capital's public security, with a focus on catching kidnappers.

So for a while, there were suddenly more officers and soldiers on the streets of the capital, and they were searching everywhere.

Normally, when ordinary people saw such a scene, they would inevitably show fear on their faces and curse in their hearts.

But this time, there was no such thing. Occasionally, someone couldn't help but murmur a few words, and someone nearby would immediately explain: "They are catching kidnappers. It is said that they caught quite a few last night and rescued quite a few children."

"Why did you arrest a kidnapper for no reason? Could it be that the child of some high-ranking official was kidnapped?"

"No matter what the reason is, catching the kidnapper is a good thing anyway. You don't know that the child of my neighbor was kidnapped by a kidnapper last night. His old lady almost fainted from crying. Fortunately, the kidnapper was caught and the child was found..."

"Yes, those damn kidnappers should all be arrested."

The common people all have children at home, and if they put themselves in their shoes, they all hate kidnappers. So when they saw the officers and soldiers making a big fuss on the street, they rarely felt annoyed. Instead, they actively cooperated. Not to mention, they actually caught a few kidnappers or people who had committed other crimes.

In addition, there is another thing that people are talking about in the capital today.

A teahouse.

"Did you hear that a golden dragon appeared in the sky last night?"

"Need I tell you? I was there at the time. You have no idea how scary it was last night. I was walking on the street and suddenly a fire started to break out next to me. If the dragon god hadn't appeared and brought rain to put out the fire, I'm afraid the whole street would have been on fire..."

A person at a nearby table heard the conversation between the two and couldn't help but interrupt, "I was wondering why a dragon appeared. It turned out to be there to put out fires and save people. Unfortunately, I only saw a fleeting shadow of a dragon last night."

When the people in the teahouse heard this topic, they all started chatting about it.

"Do you think this golden dragon is the one that caused the drought?"

"Don't mention it, it's really possible."

"Tsk, it's worthy of being under the feet of the emperor. There is actually a real dragon protecting us. My father even said he wanted to go back to his hometown. How can my hometown compare to this? Anyway, I will never go back even if you kill me."

"Who says it's not true? If there hadn't been that dragon, the streets would have been filled with lights last night, and who knows what the final scene would have been like."

While people in the teahouse were discussing, a man took a sip of tea and said with an expression of being the only one sober while everyone else was drunk: "What you know is nothing..."

Hearing what he said, it seemed that he knew something that they didn't know. The curious people present immediately asked, "Brother, can you tell us about it?"

Seeing that the man was smiling but not saying anything, the man who had just spoken said, "Waiter, bring this brother a pot of good tea and two plates of snacks. They're on me."

Someone invited me for tea, and it seemed that the man of respect was finally willing to share the news he knew.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he mentioned that his relative was the steward of a high-ranking official, and then he began to get to the point.

"Don't tell anyone what I told you. It is said that the dragons living in there are real dragons, and this golden dragon is one of the princes..." The man said as he pointed in the direction of the Forbidden City.

The man did learn the news from a relative, but his relative's original words were just that a certain prince in the palace seemed to be a real dragon.

"How is that possible!"

"Keep your voice down. How can it be impossible? Otherwise, why do you think there is a saying about the true dragon emperor... Okay, that's enough for you to know. We can't talk about it anymore. If we continue, I'm afraid we'll attract the police."

A certain little golden dragon, who was appreciated and talked about by the people, was now in the palace, playing in the mud with a slightly curly strand of hair on his forehead.

After the morning court session, the brothers who were worried about the little guy came to see him together, bringing his revolving lantern and clay figurine stall.

When the princes came over, Yinzhen first noticed the imperial edict in the little guy's arms: "Cheng'an, what are you holding in your hand?"

It's not that he didn't recognize the imperial edict, of course, he was just wondering how the little guy got it.

"It's an imperial decree. Father promised not to let me shave my head~" the little guy said happily.

The little curls on his forehead and the sticky wisp of hair were quite noticeable. Yinzhen didn't mention it because Yinreng and the others had already told him about it on the way here, so they just pretended not to see it to avoid making him cry again.

This will be heard

Despite his words, the princes could not ignore the top of his head, especially Yinzhen, who could not help but raise his hand and touch it, trying to push down the restless hair.

However, as soon as he took his hand away, the strand of hair immediately curled up again.

After seeing this, Yinzhen couldn't help but try to suppress it twice. When he found that he couldn't suppress it anymore, he suddenly wanted to laugh.

"Fourteenth brother, what are you laughing at?" The little guy asked him with his head tilted back, and at the same time stretched out his little hand to touch the top of his head, as if wondering if he was laughing at him.

Yinzhen immediately coughed dryly to hide the smile on his face, and said: "Fourteenth brother is just happy that you don't have to shave your head. Come and show me the imperial edict."

The little guy was immediately diverted when he heard his words, and held up the imperial edict to him.

After Yinzhen received the imperial edict, Yinyou, Yinlu and others also came over to take a look curiously.

They originally thought that this was just a blank imperial edict to cheer up the little one, but when they opened it, they found that it was actually a serious imperial edict written by the emperor himself and stamped with the imperial seal.

"Of course, Cheng'an, you don't have to shave your head as ordered." Yin'e didn't see the specific content of the imperial edict last night, but after reading it now, he immediately laughed.

When the little guy heard his words, he shook his head with joy.

"Oh, brother, where is my lamp? And my clay figurine..."

After Cheng'an shared his good news with his brothers, he immediately thought about the clay figures that he didn't play with enough last night.

Hearing this, Yinzhen looked at Yinlu, as if asking himself whether he had foresight.

Yinlu smiled and nodded to him, and asked someone to move the clay figurine stall from last night directly in.

"Wow~"

When the little guy saw the clay figurine stall, he ran over and shouted, "I can make my father and brother~"

When Yinzhi heard that he wanted to make them, he thought of the clay figure he made last night, squatted down beside him and said, "Third brother, let me make them with you."

"Okay~"

The brothers all have a lot of things to do, but since they are here, they still have time to accompany him to make clay figures for a while.

After a while, the little guy sat in the center, and the brothers sat in a circle around him, teaching him how to pinch it one by one.

"You can twist three long braids together like this. Do you think it looks like this?"

"Like! Third brother, you are so smart~"

"Cheng'an, look at me. Does this hand look like the real thing?"

"Wow! Brother Shi, you are so awesome!"

"Cheng'an gives it to you."

"Seventh Brother, I want more. Can you make another one for me?"

"Come here, Cheng'an, put this ear on."

"Haha, the starling's ears are like dumplings~"

Although the brothers had never learned how to make clay figurines, they were older after all and had no problem teaching the little guy. At least the ones he made were better than those he made casually.

After the little guy, with the help of his brothers, finally finished making a sculpture of his father and all his brothers, his brothers suggested that he make one of himself.

When it comes to making little guys, the brothers were more excited than him. Yin'e first kneaded a lump of mud into a round head, and then added two lumps of mud to the face to make it look fleshy.

Yinreng hadn't done much before, but now he became interested and personally used mud to mold and carve out the little guy's eyes.

While the other princes were busy, Yinzhen suddenly reached out and touched the little guy's head, trying again to press down the strand of hair that insisted on sticking up.

Yinxiang couldn't help but curl his lips after noticing his action, and then he helped to think of a solution: "Why not try wetting it with water?"

Yinzhen thought about it and felt that it was not necessary, so he shook his head slightly at him.

The little guy was so focused on making his own clay figures with his brothers that he didn't even notice that his two brothers were figuring out how to suppress the rebellious hair on his head.

After a while, with the joint efforts of the brothers, the little guy's clay figure was completed, and it looked quite realistic.

"Hahaha An An eat chicken legs~" The little guy looked at the host

The brother-in-law worked hard to sculpt me, and I smiled with a mouthful of milk teeth showing.

He was talking about the chicken leg added by Yin'e to the clay figure's hand. It looked quite interesting indeed.

The brothers looked at the clay figure and then at him, and they started laughing too.

However, Yinzhi, after looking at the little guy for a second longer, suddenly picked up a little bit of mud, pinched it twice, and added it to the top of "An An"'s head.

The brothers saw that he looked even more vivid with that curled hair, but the little guy was puzzled: "What is that?"

"My second brother Cheng'an is asking you a question!" Yinzhi said, shirking responsibility.

Yinreng glanced at him and saw that the little guy was already looking at him, so he said calmly: "Third brother, Cheng'an is asking you."

What does it have to do with me?

Yinzhi thought to himself and turned to look at Yinzhen.

Yinzhen saw the little guy crying because of his hair last night. Although he felt it was not good, he still looked at Yinqi in the same way.

At this moment, Yinqi suddenly felt the benefits of having a younger brother, and almost the next moment he looked over, he looked directly at Yinyou.

Yinyou met his gaze and could only slowly look towards Yinsi.

Yinsi looked somewhat helpless, and said softly: "Ninth brother..."

Without waiting for him to look over, Yin'e patted Yin'e on the shoulder and said, "Did you hear that? Cheng'an is asking you a question."

"Oh, twelfth brother, Cheng'an is asking you." Yin'e replied immediately.

Upon hearing this, Yinlu could only look at his thirteenth brother.

When Yinxiang was about to look at Yinzhen, he saw that the other person had already run behind Cheng'an with his back facing him, so he could only skip over him and look at Yinyou.

Yinyou looked at Yinlu again, and Yinlu looked at Yinli. Yinli turned around and found that Yinyi and the others were studying in the Shangshufang and had not come over at all.

The little guy sat on a small stool and looked at his brothers one by one, thinking it was quite amusing. When he saw his seventeenth brother turned his head twice and couldn't find anyone to look at, he couldn't help but giggle.

Hearing his laughter, Yinli suddenly remembered that he still had a younger brother, so he asked, "Cheng'an, what do you think that is?"

After going around in circles, the question asked by the little guy was finally thrown back to him.

Cheng An blinked, seeming a little confused, but in the end he looked at his clay figurine and guessed in a childish voice: "Is it An An's dragon horn?"

"Yes, Cheng'an is really smart." Yinli immediately nodded and praised.

"Then why is there only one?"

Hearing what the little guy said, Yinzhi immediately said: "It's okay, big brother will make another one for you."

After giving him another "dragon horn", the brothers played with him for a while and then prepared to leave, and before leaving they did not forget to take their own clay figures with them.

noon.

When Kangxi came back, he heard from afar that the entrance of the main hall was noisier than usual. When he got closer, he found that it was the little guys setting up a stall there.

It turned out that after the brothers left, the little one, who hadn't played enough, thought it was interesting to see the small vendors doing business on the street, so he asked people to help move out the clay figurine stall and even imitated their shouting.

The people in the Qianqing Palace liked this young master very much, and were willing to play with him when Kangxi was not around.

Seeing him setting up a stall outside the palace, the palace maids and eunuchs who had nothing to do came over to show their support.

"What do you want to make?"

"I want candied haws." The palace maid in line said with a smile, thinking that candied haws were the easiest to pinch.

The little guy nodded, quickly rolled a few balls into a candied haws stick and handed it to her, saying in a baby voice, "One penny."

The palace maid took the clay candied haws and handed him a penny.

Seeing that he had made money again, the little guy smiled with bright eyes, and said: "Come again next time~"

Kangxi watched quietly for a while from a distance, and seeing that he was setting up the stall in an orderly manner, he couldn't help laughing.

However, when the little guy noticed that he was looking at him, Kangxi immediately frowned and said, "Who told you to put it here?"

"The spread?"

The palace maids in front of the clay figurine stall heard his voice and immediately knelt down to pay their respects.

"I wanted to set it up on my own initiative. Father, please don't scare my guests!" The little guy ran up to him and said with his face raised.

When Kangxi saw the strand of hair that was still sticking up, his face was a little awkward. He waved his hand to let the palace maids and eunuchs stand up and leave, then pinched his face and asked, "Have you paid for setting up a stall in front of my palace?"

"No." The little guy heard that he had to pay to set up a stall, shook his head honestly and asked, "How much does it cost?"

Kangxi: "How much money did you make?"

When Cheng An heard what he said, he ran back to the stall, picked up the money he had just earned, and counted it to him: "One, two, three... eleven, I earned eleven cents."

"Then pay eleven cents." Kangxi stretched out his hand.

The little guy subconsciously handed the money in his hand to him, and only then did he react: "Doesn't that mean I have no money?"