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 ...
One stone of rice can fill two large bags directly, which seems like a lot.
After sighing, Cheng An walked over and tried to reach out to pick up a bag of rice.
"Be careful!" Yinreng saw that he himself was not as heavy as a bag of rice, yet he still wanted to move the rice, so he stretched out his hand to protect him.
Seeing that someone was protecting him, Kangxi watched with a smile from the side, wanting to see if he could move it.
"It's so heavy!" The little guy grabbed the bag with both hands and pulled hard, but the rice bag only moved a little bit.
Seeing that he couldn't pull it but was still trying, Yinqi quickly said, "Okay, Fifth Brother, do it. Don't hurt your hands."
After he finished speaking, Yin'e took two steps forward, picked up the bag of rice next to him and said, "Cheng'an, look at Brother Ten!"
After all, it was a big bag of rice, and it was quite heavy to lift with one hand, but Yin'e probably wanted to show off his strength in front of the little guy, so he deliberately put on a relaxed look, as if he could lift it easily.
Cheng'an was about to give up, but when he turned around and saw him pick up a bag of rice, he immediately grabbed the bag again and mustered up his strength.
The little guy himself might not even be as heavy as the bag of rice, so how could he possibly pick it up like Yin'e did?
He exerted too much force and his hand slipped off the rice bag, and he stumbled. If Yinreng had not been prepared and caught him quickly, he would have almost fallen on his butt.
"Oops, I almost fell down..." The little guy who was caught patted his chest and said.
Yin'e and the others found it a little funny to hear him talking to himself.
When Yinreng raised his hand, he noticed that his palm was a little red, and couldn't help asking, "Does it hurt?"
The little guy subconsciously spread out his palm after hearing his words, moved his fingers twice, and nodded, "It seems to hurt a little bit."
Upon hearing this, Yinreng immediately held his palm and began to rub it gently.
When Yinreng asked him if it hurt, Kangxi came over subconsciously. When he saw the little fellow's red palms, he turned to Yin'e who was still carrying the bag of rice and said, "Since you have no place to use your strength, just carry the bag of rice back."
"Yes." Yin'e responded with a bitter face, feeling somewhat fortunate that he did not pick up both bags directly.
After coming out of the grain store, one bag of rice was held by the guard, and the other bag was in Yin'e's hand.
The little fellow was rubbed by Yinreng for a few times, and when he walked out of the door, he forgot the pain in his palm. Seeing Yin'e carrying a large bag of rice in both hands, he came over and said, "Tenth brother, let me help you!"
Yin'e looked down and saw him stretching out his little hand to help him hold the bag of rice, and he felt that he was indeed considerate.
"Does your hand hurt anymore?"
However, the little guy had only been helping for two seconds when Kangxi grabbed his clothes and brought him back to his side.
Seeing that his father wouldn't let him help, Cheng'an could only look at Yin'e and follow him obediently.
It’s okay, Brother Shi can carry it!
Yin'e cast a look at him, but changed from carrying the rice bag to hugging it. It's true that it was not as heavy when hugged as when carried.
At this time, the sun had already set, and only the last ray of light remained in the sky, so not long after leaving the grain store, Kangxi and his entourage got into the carriage directly.
This time they went out in an ordinary horse-drawn carriage, so only Kangxi and Cheng'an were in the carriage. The princes either rode horses or sat in the carriage at the back.
"Show me your hand."
When the carriage started to move, Kangxi lowered his head and said to the little guy sitting next to him.
When Cheng An heard his words, he spread out his hands.
The little guy's hands are white and tender, with fleshy palms and backs of his hands. The palms even look a little red.
"Does it still hurt?" Kangxi asked, looking at his hand.
When Yinreng asked before, the little guy did feel a little pain, but now he doesn't feel anything.
However, when the little spoiled kid heard Kangxi's question, he raised his hand and said in a baby voice, "Ama, it won't hurt if you huhu~"
Kangxi thought that he could have just tried it, but he insisted on imitating Yin'e and rubbing his hands until they turned red. When he heard that he asked him to "blow" him, he raised his palm high, as if he wanted to pat him to make him remember it.
When the little guy saw that his father didn't blow on him but hit him, he wanted to take his hand back feeling aggrieved, but he saw that hand gently falling down, holding his hand, pulling it over and blowing gently twice.
"Father, you are so nice~" The little guy who seemed a little aggrieved just now suddenly smiled again and climbed directly into his arms and rubbed his head against him.
Kangxi knew how to act like a spoiled child when he saw him, and he put his arm around him and said, "That hand."
The little guy immediately put his other hand to his mouth, and after being blown twice, he smiled with curved eyebrows: "It doesn't hurt anymore~"
Kangxi's expression softened unconsciously when he saw his smiling face, and he immediately began to teach him the principle of doing things within one's ability.
"I see!"
By the time we returned to our residence in Huairou, it had already become completely dark.
At dinner, Cheng An looked at the steaming rice in front of him and asked expectantly, "Is this the rice I bought?"
"yes."
After getting a positive answer, the little guy immediately moved closer to the rice and sniffed it. When he smelled the unique aroma of the rice, he looked up and said, "It smells so good~"
"Then eat more." Kangxi said with a smile when he saw his actions.
"good!"
After the little guy finished speaking, he took a big mouthful of rice.
After coming out, because the little guy liked to be lively, the prince basically ate with him and Kangxi.
Seeing that he was eating rice with such relish, Yinreng smiled and put a piece of meat into his bowl.
"This meal is delicious, eat quickly, second brother~"
Maybe the rice he bought tasted better, the little guy ate the meat he picked up with the rice and did not forget to remind him.
"Okay." After saying that, Yinreng picked up the bowl and lowered his head to eat.
Next to him, Yin'e thought that he had worked hard to get this rice, and felt that it would be a shame for his efforts if he didn't eat more, so he also took a big mouthful of rice.
Compared to tribute rice, this kind of rice that can be bought casually on the street seems a bit ordinary, and the taste is also worse than tribute rice.
But perhaps because of their different moods while eating, and seeing the little one eating so happily, Kangxi and the princes did not think the meal was bad. Instead, they ate more than usual.
"Cheng'an, have some soup." Seeing that the little guy's cheeks were slightly puffed up from eating, Yinreng picked up the bowl of soup and handed it to him.
The little guy gulped down two mouthfuls of soup from his hand, then reached out and picked up a piece of meat and gave it back to him.
Yinreng ate the meat that was placed in front of him with a smile, and then brought a bowl of soup to Kangxi's hand: "Father, drink the soup."
Kangxi looked up at him and felt that the boy was not learning good things but was imitating the little guy's habit of stuffing soup into people's mouths.
Kangxi nodded slightly as he thought so, then picked up the bowl of soup and started to drink it.
"Dad, this soup is so delicious today~" the little guy said immediately when he saw him drinking the soup.
After Kangxi finished half of the bowl of soup, he put it down and said, "It's really good."
The soup for dinner was made with spring water from Huairou and local wild delicacies. It tasted very delicious, but it was not rare at all, after all, there was no shortage of spring water and wild delicacies in the palace.
However, seeing that the little one and Kangxi both said it tasted good, Yinreng soon added another bowl for them.
Cheng'an said he wanted to eat an extra bowl of rice in the evening, and he really ate an extra bowl. However, he ate meat and drank soup, so he couldn't eat more when he finished the last few bites of the second bowl of rice.
"Don't force yourself if you can't finish it." Kangxi saw that he was eating slower and slower and guessed that he was full.
"I can finish it!"
The little guy looked down at the remaining rice in the bowl. Thinking that this was the rice he bought, he felt that it should not be wasted. After saying that, he ate it all in two big mouthfuls.
Upon seeing this, Kangxi reached out, touched his head and praised him.
The little guy immediately smiled at him, and then began to stare at them while they ate.
"This soup is delicious, second brother, you should drink more~"
"good."
"Ama, do you want another bowl of rice?"
Kangxi ate a lot tonight. After shaking his head to reject his kindness, he took him out for a walk after dinner.
The little guy likes the feeling of walking with him and jumps and skips as he walks.
"Walk carefully." Kangxi said when he saw him jumping like this right after eating.
"Oh~"
The little guy responded and walked to his side, took his hand and followed him.
Kangxi did not ask them to leave, so Yinreng and the others simply followed him.
"Second brother, why are you walking so slowly~" the little guy suddenly turned around while walking.
Seeing him stretch out his little hand and wave it at him, Yinreng took two steps forward and held his hand.
Along the way, Kangxi and the princes didn't talk much, only the little ones' baby voices could be heard from time to time.
"The moon is a little round today."
"Ama, look at my belly, it's also round~"
After returning from their walk, the brothers took their leave. The little guy ran to see them off, then turned back to the house and shouted, "Are we going to sleep here tonight?"
"Or do you want to sleep in the car?" Kangxi asked instead of answering.
"Ama, will you sleep in the car with me?"
Judging from what the little guy said, he is obviously quite interested in sleeping in the car.
Kangxi would not leave his bed unused and go sleep in the car with him: "I won't go. If you want to sleep, you can sleep by yourself."
"Then I don't want to go either. I want to sleep with Ama!" The little guy said, and as if he was afraid that he would leave him alone to sleep in the car, he used his hands and feet to climb into his arms and hug him.
"You're already so grown up, but you still only know to call me "Ama" all day long." Kangxi couldn't help but tap his forehead gently when he thought about how many times he had to call "Ama" every day.
"I'm going to scream!" The little guy hugged him and said directly, "Ama Ama Ama..."
When Kangxi heard him calling him like chanting a sutra, he felt angry and amused at the same time. He threatened him that if he called him again, he would really make him sleep in the car. Only then did the little guy stop quieting down.
We set out again from Huairou and finally arrived at the Summer Resort at the end of April.
The scenery of the Mountain Resort is very beautiful. There is a lake, an island, and the Yun Dike which was built in imitation of the Su Dike in the West Lake in Hangzhou.
After changing to a new environment, the little guy finds everything new and is obviously in a very good mood.
However, on the first day after arriving, he did not have time to play, but instead wrote letters to Yinzhen and others who stayed in the capital as well as the empress dowager.
The Mountain Resort is not far from the capital, so it would be faster to let Haidongqing deliver the letter.
The little guy was not only thinking about delivering the letter, he also wanted to send the rice he had bought and other things he bought on the way back to his mama and brothers.
After he finished talking to Kangxi, Kangxi didn't say anything else and directly sent someone to help him deliver it.
The little guy not only sent it to the capital, but also sent a copy to Yinzhi and others.
Capital city.
When Yinzhen and the others received the letters and things from the little guy, smiles appeared on their faces unconsciously.
"This is the first time I've received a letter from Cheng'an." Yinlu said.
Yinxiang glanced at the letter in his fourth brother's hand and said, "Cheng'an's letters are getting better and better. The last time I received it, there were more circles than now."
His tone was very natural, but it sounded like he was showing off that this was not the first time he had received a letter from the little guy, which made Yinzhen look at him.
Yinzhen was not the type of person who would read a letter on his own initiative, so after Yinxiang finished speaking, he took the letter from him.
The first sentence in the little guy's letter was that he missed them, then he said that he had arrived at the summer resort, and finally he wrote whatever he thought of.
In the letter, he mentioned the purchase of rice that day, and also told the brothers that one dan is equal to ten dou, and one dou is equal to ten liters.
Seeing that he had learned a lot from his trip, Yinzhen and the others smiled more and more.
After the letter was delivered, the brothers looked at what he had sent back. When they found a small bag of rice, Yinxiang immediately laughed and said, "He really sent us rice."
When Yinxiang opened the bag, Yinzhen grabbed a handful of rice and took a look at it, the corners of his lips slightly raised.
The rice bag contained ordinary white rice sold on the street. However, after a while, the brothers present divided it up very seriously, and no one wanted to get less.
After everyone took their things to pack the rice, Yinxiang couldn't help but ask, "Ninth brother, why do I feel like you took the most?"
When Yinzhen heard his words, he looked up and said, "If your family is short of rice, I'll have someone send you a few stones later."
"Why don't I exchange a few stones of rice for what Ninth Brother has?" Yinxiang said.
Yinzhen naturally refused to exchange with him. After all, how could ordinary rice compare to the rice that the little guy specially sent back.
Finally, the rice was put back into the bag, and Yinzhen asked someone to bring the rice scales to distribute it, and he also did not forget to give a portion to Yinyi and others who were studying in the Shangshufang.
After distributing the rice, Yinlu held up his portion of rice in a cloth bag and said, "This much rice is just enough for one meal."
"One bowl of rice and three bowls of rice, these are enough for more than one meal."
"Fourth brother, you actually know how many bowls of rice can be made from a bowl of rice!" Yinlu's tone was a little surprised.
Yinzhen glanced at him, and the indifferent expression on his face seemed to say that it was not normal for him to know, and it would be strange if he didn't know.
Although they were unable to go to the Mountain Resort with the little guy, that day, Yinzhen and the others ate the rice that the little guy bought himself, and the scene of him buying rice emerged in their minds.
Summer resort.
While waiting for his brothers' reply, the little guy was not idle. When Kangxi was free, he would take him out to play. When Kangxi was not free, he would go find his brothers to play with him, or he would go find his mother.
The weather was very good that morning. Yinreng thought of the little guy who brought the pony with him, so he offered to teach him how to ride a horse.
His riding and archery skills were not as good as Yinzhi's, but he was more than capable of teaching the little guy.
Yinzhi, Yinyou and the others had nothing to do today, so when they heard that Yinreng was going to teach the little guy to ride a horse, they all came to join in the fun.
"Cheng'an, study hard. Your third brother will help you draw a horse-riding picture later." Yinzhi encouraged.
The little guy nodded: "Okay!"
Yinreng first held the little guy and took him to ride on his horse for two laps to let him feel it, and then let him sit on the pony.
This foal was a birthday gift that Yinzhi gave to the little guy in advance when he left the capital. Although it is called a foal, it is actually only slightly shorter than an adult horse.
The little guy is used to being held in his brother's arms and taken on horseback. Now that he is put on the horse alone, the empty feeling behind him makes him feel a little insecure.
"Second brother..."
He had just sat on the horse for less than two seconds when he lowered his head and started calling his brother.
"Second brother is here." Seeing that he seemed a little uncomfortable, Yinreng held his hand and said.
The little guy felt a little relieved after holding his hand, but still said, "I want my second brother to come up and sit with me."
"Younger brother can't sit on this horse. Don't worry, Cheng'an. Your second brother is right next to you. Nothing will happen." Yinreng comforted him.
Yin'e, who was standing nearby and watching, couldn't help but step forward, holding the little guy's other hand and saying, "Cheng'an isn't even afraid of flying into the sky, so riding a horse is definitely not a problem for him."
The little guy wasn't afraid, but he was probably not used to riding a horse alone.
After Yinzhi and the others came forward and coaxed and encouraged him, the little guy finally stopped asking Yinreng to come up and ride with him.
Yinreng waited patiently for the little guy to get used to the feeling of sitting alone on the horse's back before continuing to teach him.
After a while, the little guy was able to sit on the horse's back, and Yinreng led the horse and took him around in circles.
"Why don't you run?" After getting used to it, Cheng'an became bolder and even dared to lie down and touch the horse's hair.
Yinreng had only planned to teach him how to ride a horse today, but seeing that he was learning very quickly, he said, "Turn around again and I'll teach you how to run."
Yinsi, who was watching nearby, thought about how the little guy had just refused to ride the horse by himself, but now he was thinking about running, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
Near noon, Cheng'an was already able to hold the reins himself and let the foal trot a few steps.
"Look, I can ride a horse now!"
Although he was still far from being able to really ride a horse, the brothers were somewhat infected by his cheerful voice.
Yin'e couldn't help but ask someone to bring his horse over so that he could ride with the little guy.
He was a little more reliable this time. Fearing that the little one might learn from him, he did not dare to let the horse run, but instead walked slowly nearby.
When the little guy was able to hold the reins by himself, Yinzhi had already started painting, preparing to paint the scene of him first learning to ride a horse as a souvenir.
"Hello~"
The little guy became even more excited when he saw Yin'e riding with him, and he started swinging the reins.
"It's time to go back for lunch. That's all we'll learn today."
The little guy was a beginner after all, and even though he had rested several times in the middle, Yinreng was still afraid of tiring him out, so he looked at the sky and said.
After saying that, Yinreng reached out to help him stop the horse and reached out to carry him down.
However, the little guy who was unwilling to sit on the horse alone before, now refused to get off.
"I want to show my father that I can ride a horse~"
Yinreng felt a little helpless when he heard his words. After all, it was a long distance from here to Kangxi's place. Even if he was personally accompanying him, he was not comfortable letting him ride there.
However, when he caught a glimpse of a figure walking towards him from a distance, he immediately felt relieved.
Kangxi had just finished his work and heard that Yinreng was teaching the little guy to ride a horse, so he came to take a look.
When he saw the little guy sitting on the horse in a very serious manner from afar, the corners of his lips unconsciously curved up.
When Kangxi approached, the little guy shouted in surprise: "Ama!"
After the brothers finished paying their respects to Kangxi, Yinreng said, "Cheng'an just said he wanted to go find the emperor, and you're here."
Kangxi was suddenly in a good mood. Just as he was about to ask the little guy what he wanted to do with him, he heard him say, "Father, look at me. I can ride a horse now~"
The little fellow immediately made the horse trot after he said that.
"Not bad." Kangxi nodded and praised him when he saw that he had learned so much in just one morning.
Hearing his praise, the little guy's smile suddenly brightened.
Cheng'an spent the last few days of the month concentrating on learning horse riding with his brothers, and May was about to begin.
May is a good month. Not only is there the Dragon Boat Festival, but also Yinreng and the little guy’s birthdays are in this month.
Coincidentally, Yinreng's birthday was just two days before the Dragon Boat Festival, but because he lost his mother at birth, he did not celebrate his birthday specially.
Cheng'an was still young before and couldn't remember the date of his birthday. He only remembered it when his father and brother told him about it when the day was approaching.
When it was Kangxi and their birthdays, the little guy was even more slow to realize it. He would temporarily take out his favorite treasures from his private storehouse and give them to them as birthday gifts. But Kangxi and the prince naturally would not take his things. They would just take them, play with them for a while, and then return them to him.
It was not until after the Chinese New Year last year that the little guy kept this matter in mind, and every month he would ask Kangxi if anyone had a birthday that month.
To be honest, Kangxi didn't necessarily remember the birthdays of each of his sons. It was only after he was asked that he wrote them down in advance.
On the birthdays of Yinzhen and Yinxi in January this year, the little guy specially drew a picture for them as a birthday gift, and wrote some auspicious words on it.
The same was true for Yinzhi, Yinzhi, and Yinsi’s birthdays in February, Yinli’s birthday in March, and Kangxi’s birthday.
The painting drawn by the little guy may not be that beautiful, but you can see his seriousness in every stroke. After receiving the painting, the brother looked at himself in the painting and found it funny but he liked this birthday gift very much.
On the last day of April, cattails had already been hung everywhere in the Mountain Resort in preparation for the Dragon Boat Festival.
"Ama, whose birthday is in May?"
As soon as the little guy woke up in the morning, he lay in Kangxi's arms and asked.
"Your own."
When the little guy heard that he was going to have another birthday, he shouted "wow" with joy.
"Anything else?"
Kangxi looked up at him and said, "Guess."
"And it's Ama's birthday, right?"
Kangxi's birthday was in March, and the little guy drew a very large painting for him at that time. It included Kangxi and all the princes, as well as the Empress Dowager, Concubine Mu and others, and even Kangxi's favorite Saker Falcon in the sky.
This painting is quite complicated and obviously cannot be completed in one day. Kangxi cooperated at the time and pretended not to know that he hid in the study to paint every day.
Kangxi recalled the surprise he felt when he received the painting. When he heard that he was born in this month, he raised his hand and tapped his forehead.
The little guy laughed after being hit, and said in a baby voice: "I remember that my father's birthday is in March!"
Obviously, he said that on purpose.
Seeing that he had now learned how to amuse others, Kangxi reached out and patted his little butt.
"Father, I was wrong, please don't be angry~" After the little guy hugged him and acted coquettishly, he continued to ask him if anyone else had a birthday.
Kangxi didn't want to pay any more attention to him, but when he was about to get up, he found him clinging to his back and refused to get off. He could only say, "And your second brother."
After getting the answer he wanted, the little guy moved close to his face and kissed him twice before finally leaving his back.
Yinreng's birthday is on the third day of May, which is only two days away. After the little guy confirmed the exact time, he immediately stopped learning horse riding and ran to the study to start painting behind closed doors.
Because the little guy had already begun to learn and was about to start formal school, Kangxi had a special study prepared for him. However, this was the first time he used it since moving to the Mountain Resort.
"My second brother has big eyes, black eyebrows, and a nose..."
The little guy held the pen and drew while muttering, trying hard to present the brother in his mind on paper.