With the experience from previous times, Cheng'an painted Yinreng's birthday ceremony very smoothly.

After finishing his painting, the little guy put down his pen, looked down at himself to admire it for a while, and couldn't help but smile happily.

"Second brother~"

He shouted at Yinreng in the painting, and if he hadn't remembered that he couldn't touch the painting until it was completely dry, he would have almost reached out and touched it a few more times.

“That’s right!”

When the painting was finally dry, the little guy suddenly thought of something. He carefully rolled up the painting and ran back to Kangxi's study.

Kangxi happened to be in the study at that time. When the little fellow came in and saw him writing, he did not disturb him but started looking for something on his own.

"What are you looking for?"

Kangxi heard the noise when he came in, but he still concentrated and finished writing the calligraphy in his hand. He put down the pen, took the handkerchief handed to him by Liang Jiugong, wiped his hands, and then looked up at the little guy who was wandering around the study.

Cheng An had already found what he wanted. When he heard his words, he turned around and said, "Father, can you give me this box?"

The little guy was attracted by a box containing calligraphy and paintings, which looked quite simple and elegant.

"You are really good at choosing." Kangxi came over, picked up the box and opened it to show him, "I have already put something in this box."

The box contained a calligraphy piece by Dong Qichang. Given Kangxi's love for Dong Qichang's calligraphy, he naturally put it in the best box, which is why he just said that the little guy is picky.

"Just take it out." said the little guy.

Kangxi's eyebrows moved slightly, and he looked at him and asked, "What do you want the box for?"

"I want to pretend to be the second brother~"

Kangxi was stunned for a moment when he heard his words, and only when he saw the painting he was holding carefully in his arms did he understand what he meant.

After realizing what the little guy wanted the box for, Kangxi suddenly remembered that he had taken boxes from him many times when he was in the capital.

Of course, the little guy asked him before taking it, but Kangxi didn't take it seriously when he heard that he wanted the box and let him get it himself.

"The birthday gift you gave me before, the box was not taken from my study, right?"

"no."

Seeing that he denied it, Kangxi was about to nod with satisfaction when he heard him continue, "I took the box from my father's private storehouse!"

The painting given to him was quite large, and the little guy didn't see a suitable box in his study, so with his consent, he ran to the private library to look for it.

Upon hearing this, Kangxi raised his hand and wanted to hit him: "You used my box to give me a birthday gift?"

"Then I don't have a box!" The little girl held the painting in one hand and held his hand with the other to prevent him from hitting her, and said softly and coquettishly, "Besides, what I gave you is not a box, but a painting~"

Kangxi poked his forehead with his other hand and said, "If you want to ask me for a box now, go ask your second brother."

The little guy immediately took a fancy to the box, and when he heard what he said, he immediately rubbed his head against him and said, "Ama, you are the best~"

"I'm not feeling well at all."

"Don't say that, Ama is the best!"

Kangxi was amused when he saw that his cheeks were puffed up after he finished speaking.

"Show me your painting first."

No matter how good Dong Qichang's calligraphy was, it could not compare to the little guy's status in Kangxi's heart, so after teasing him for a while, he would let go.

The little fellow handed the painting over, and Kangxi took him back to the desk, spread the painting on the table and opened it.

"Second brother is so handsome~"

Before the painting was fully opened, the little guy came up to him and said.

Kangxi felt that he was clearly praising his own painting skills, and couldn't help but glance at him out of the corner of his eye.

When the painting was fully opened, Kangxi couldn't help laughing at the sight of it, thinking that it was indeed the little guy's style.

Cheng An looked up and found that he was smiling, and couldn't help but ask: "Isn't it very beautiful?"

Compared to his first painting, this one has improved a lot. The facial features of the characters are clearly drawn, and even accessories such as jade pendants and purses are included.

Kangxi knew without thinking that if he said it was not good-looking, he would definitely get angry, so he nodded and said, "It is indeed good."

His affirmation was not against his will. After all, considering the little boy's age, the painting was really good.

After appreciating the painting, Kangxi personally opened the box that he had liked before, took out the words inside and handed the box to him.

The little guy got the box he wanted and immediately hugged him and said, "Ama, you are so nice~"

The third day of May.

Cheng'an ran excitedly to find Yinreng early in the morning.

"Have you had breakfast?" Yinreng's first reaction when he saw him coming to him so early was to ask.

“I’ve eaten!”

After the little guy finished speaking, he looked at him with curved eyebrows and said, "Second brother, close your eyes."

Although he deliberately hid his hands behind his back, Yinreng was so much taller than him that he immediately noticed the box in his hand.

But even if he guessed something, Yinreng still cooperated and closed his eyes.

"Brother, stretch out your hand~" Seeing that he had closed his eyes, the little guy took out the box and put it on the hand he had just stretched out.

Yinreng felt the weight on his hand, but still did not open his eyes. Instead, he asked, "What is this?"

"Look for yourself~" the little guy said with a cheerful tone.

Yinreng opened his eyes when he heard his words, and saw that the box he had hidden behind his back was now in his hands.

He reached out and opened the box, and saw a scroll inside. He walked to the table, took it out, and opened it carefully.

In fact, Yinreng had an idea when he saw this wooden box which was obviously used to hold calligraphy and paintings, but he was still a little surprised when he actually saw his own portrait and the auspicious words written in slightly childish handwriting next to it.

The little guy's thoughts were all included in this painting. After Yinreng finished reading it, he touched his head and said, "It's a very good painting. Second brother likes it very much."

When Cheng An heard him say that he liked him, he opened his arms and let him hug him, then he leaned in and kissed him twice on the face.

Birthday was actually a day that made Yinreng feel quite complicated when he was young. After all, he saw that Yinzhi and others had a mother who celebrated their birthdays, but he didn't even have a mother, let alone a birthday, so he felt somewhat envious.

Of course, as he gets older, although he still has some regrets, he gradually accepts this fact that he cannot change.

At the same time, Yinreng had become accustomed to not celebrating his birthday and to being alone on this day.

Of course, he was still happy because the little guy remembered his birthday and prepared a birthday gift for him.

The little guy has always been sensitive to emotions. After finding out that his second brother's birthday was not as pure and happy as his previous brothers, he didn't make too much noise. Instead, he took the initiative to stay with him after giving him the gifts.

Yinreng took him to his study, hung up the painting himself, and then asked, "What do you want to do next?"

"I want to be with my second brother, I can do anything~"

When Yinreng heard this, a smile appeared in his eyes, and he simply accompanied him to paint in the study.

"Brother, look at me." The little guy said as he held the pen and started drawing on the paper, first a circle, then another circle, and then looked up and asked, "Guess what this is?"

"Candied Haws?" Yinreng guessed, looking at the two circles stuck together.

"No, guess again~"

"Lantern Festival?"

"wrong."

"Grape?"

Seeing that he couldn't guess, the little guy chuckled and continued drawing while telling him: "It's a chick~"

He just added a few strokes on the two circles with a pen, and a simple little chicken appeared on the paper.

The little guy had been taught by Yinzhi to paint, but Yinreng felt that this was not like Yinzhi's style, so he smiled and asked, "Who taught you?"

"It was Brother Shi. Brother Shi also taught me how to draw a turtle~"

After the little guy finished speaking, he drew an oval next to the chick and then added the details of the turtle.

After seeing him finish his painting, Yinreng took up his pen and started painting on the paper in front of him. He also painted a chick and a turtle, but his painting looked very vivid and lifelike.

"Wow, second brother's painting is so beautiful!" The little guy didn't want to paint anymore, so he put down the pen and said, "Second brother, draw another circle."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yinreng started drawing. When he stopped, there was a lifelike fat sheep on the paper.

"It's Yuanyuan!" Cheng'an smiled happily, and then mentioned a bunch of interesting things for Yinreng to draw.

Yinreng also doted on him. Whatever he asked to draw, he would immediately draw it for him. If people didn’t know, they would think it was him who was celebrating his birthday today.

The morning passed by unknowingly, and at noon the little guy consciously stayed at his place for lunch.

It wasn't surprising that Kangxi didn't wait for him to come back, he just had a few dishes sent over.

In fact, Kangxi thought about going there in person, but eventually gave up the idea.

When the dishes he had sent over were served, Yinreng was a little surprised to find that two of them were his favorites.

"Eat quickly, brother~"

As the little guy spoke, he stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of meat and fed it to him.

After Yinreng opened his mouth to eat, he saw that he immediately fed him again, touched his head and said, "Cheng'an eat it by yourself."

Obviously, there were only two of them eating at the table, but with the little one around, the meal seemed quite lively.

"Brother, this fish is delicious." After the little guy said that, he stretched out his chopsticks, picked up the fish meat and fed it to his mouth.

The fish bones had been removed by the imperial chef before cooking, and Yinreng ate it directly after just one glance.

After lunch, the little guy didn't leave. He sat in Yinreng's arms and chatted with him. When he felt a little sleepy, he climbed onto the Luohan bed and patted the seat next to him and said, "Second brother, come~"

Seeing that he wanted to sleep after eating, Yinreng chuckled before lying down next to him and subconsciously reached out to pat him.

Speaking of which, when he first started taking care of the little guy, he didn't even know that he needed to be coaxed before the little guy went to sleep, but now he is becoming more and more skilled at it.

Yinreng had no habit of taking a nap in the afternoon. When he was the crown prince, he was too busy. When he was imprisoned, he had time to sleep, but he was not in the mood.

At this moment, he patted the little guy gently to coax him to sleep, and he was also infected with some sleepiness. He was originally just planning to lie down with him for a while, but he fell asleep with him unknowingly.

The summer in the Mountain Resort is much more comfortable than in Beijing. Taking a nap in the afternoon in such an environment is cozy and comfortable.

Yinreng didn't sleep for long, but he felt better when he woke up.

He lowered his eyes to look at the little guy who was still sleeping in his arms, and couldn't help but reach out to touch the little guy's face, which looked even whiter and rounder because he was lying on his side.

The little guy's face was white, tender and especially soft, and one's fingers could even sink into it with a little force. Yinreng was only planning to touch it, but ended up becoming somewhat addicted.

The soft little face not only feels good to the touch, but also makes people happy. After playing with it for a while, Yinreng's lips corners unconsciously rose.

It was not until he noticed that the little guy had opened his eyes and woke up at some point that Yinreng withdrew his hand with a hint of embarrassment.

The little guy who was awakened by the movement on his face didn't mind, and said: "Second brother, play~"

Yinreng coughed lightly upon hearing this and changed the subject, "Does Cheng'an want to get up?"

"I need my second brother to kiss me before I get up~"

The little one who just woke up has a sweet voice, who can resist it?

There was no one around, and when Yinreng heard his words, he bent down and kissed his soft little face without much hesitation.

The little guy who was kissed smiled with his eyes curved, opened his little hands and hugged him and said, "Second brother, pick me up~"

"good."

Yinreng hugged him and sat up, reaching out to tidy up the hair on top of his head that was longer but not long enough to be braided into a braid.

"Are you hungry? Do you want a snack?"

“I want to eat grapes.”

Maybe because grapes were mentioned before, the little guy suddenly wanted to eat them.

"Okay, second brother, have someone send some grapes over."

After Yinreng finished speaking, he gave orders, and soon someone brought in a lot of fruits and snacks.

When the little guy saw the grapes, he reached out and picked one up and began to peel it carefully.

When Yinreng saw that he had done it himself, he waved his hand to signal the palace maid waiting beside him to leave.

"Second brother will help you peel it." Yinreng stretched out his hand when he saw that his hands were covered with grape juice from peeling the grapes.

Cheng An shook his head, peeled the skin carefully, and held it out to him: "Second brother, you eat it!"

Grape juice was dripping from the little guy's freshly washed hands. Although the peeled grapes were not broken, they were somewhat deformed.

Yinreng didn't expect that he was peeling it for him to eat. After he opened his mouth to eat it, he quickly took a handkerchief to wipe his hands.

"Is it sweet, second brother?" The little guy saw him eating it and smiled happier than if he had eaten it himself.

The grapes were sweet with a hint of sourness, but perhaps because he was the one peeling them, Yinreng only felt that they were sweet.

“Very sweet.”

After Yinreng finished speaking, he reached out, picked up one, peeled it and fed it to him.

"It's really sweet~" said the little guy after eating the grapes his brother fed him.

The two of them, big and small, had nothing to do, so they just leisurely spent the afternoon eating fruits and snacks.

"Look, brother, does this grape look like an eye?" The little guy held a grape in one hand and placed it in front of his eyes.

Yinreng thought his eyes were more beautiful than grapes. He nodded slightly and peeled another grape to feed him.

The two brothers didn't do anything in the afternoon. They just ate, played and chatted, and time passed by unknowingly.

In previous years, Yinreng always felt that time was passing very slowly on his birthday, but this year it was the opposite.

After the sun went down, Yinreng saw that the little guy didn't say he wanted to leave, so he thought about it and took him into his arms and said, "How about Cheng'an stay with your second brother today?"

"Okay." The little guy agreed without hesitation.

When Yinreng saw that he agreed, he sent someone to tell Kangxi directly.

The little guy kept eating all afternoon, so he wasn't very hungry by dinner time.

Yinreng did not force him and just let him drink some soup and eat some vegetables.

The little guy felt like something was missing while he was eating. After looking around the table, he suddenly remembered and got down from his chair.

"Cheng'an?" Yinreng called him in confusion.

"Second brother, you eat first!"

After the little guy finished speaking, he walked up to Liu Cai. Liu Cai immediately squatted down, waited for him to finish speaking, nodded, and stepped back.

Yinreng didn't hear what he said to Liu Cai, so he couldn't help but ask, "But what's the matter?"

"You'll know soon, brother~" the little guy said and sat back next to him.

Yinreng did not ask any more questions upon seeing this. He took advantage of the fact that he was particularly obedient to him today and fed him some vegetables.

After a while, Liu Cai came back with a lunch box in his hand.

When he opened the food box, Yinreng discovered that there were two bowls of longevity noodles, one large and one small.

As soon as the noodles were served, the little fellow personally pushed the big bowl in front of Yinreng, and reminded him in a baby voice: "Second brother, don't bite off the noodles when you eat them~"

Yinreng hadn't grown up without eating longevity noodles, but when he thought that he was still thinking of asking someone to make longevity noodles for him, he couldn't describe the feeling in his heart for a moment, and he just reached out and held the man in his arms.

The little guy likes to be close to his father and brothers the most. When he is hugged by him, his first reaction is to reach out and hug him.

Yinreng lowered his head and rubbed his forehead lightly with his chin a few times, then thought that his kindness should not be wasted, so he put him back on the chair and started eating noodles.

The little guy watched him eat for a while, and when he saw that he hadn't bitten off the piece, he pulled his own small bowl of noodles over and started eating with him.

Since the longevity noodles cannot be bitten off, the process of eating the noodles seems relatively quiet. However, the scene of the two brothers lowering their heads slightly and eating the noodles in a somewhat synchronized manner looks indescribably heartwarming.

After finally finishing the noodles, the little fellow, with noodle soup still hanging from the corners of his mouth, raised his face and smiled, seeming to find it very interesting.

Seeing his innocent smile, Yinreng couldn't help but smile too, and picked up a handkerchief to wipe the corners of his mouth.

The little guy tilted his head slightly to let him finish wiping it, and said, "Second brother, there is some on your mouth~"

Upon hearing this, Yinreng folded the handkerchief in his hand twice, gently wiped the corner of his lips, and asked him, "Anything else?"

The little guy laughed when he heard his question, and said, "Second brother has a clean mouth!"

Seeing that he had learned how to tease people, Yinreng put down the handkerchief in his hand and gently tapped his forehead. His action did not show any anger but rather a hint of intimacy.

The little guy didn't get angry when he saw him. He came over and hugged his arm and said, "Brother, I'm so full~"

He wasn't very hungry to begin with. He had already eaten some vegetables and drank some soup, and then he shared a bowl of noodles with Yinreng, so it was normal for him to feel full.

Yinreng reached out and touched his belly, then carried him off the table and said, "Second brother will go out for a walk with you."

"Okay~"

When the two brothers went out for a walk hand in hand, they met Kangxi by coincidence.

"Ama!"

When the little guy saw him, he immediately pulled Yinreng towards him.

As they approached, Kangxi just exempted Yinreng from the formality, and the next second he felt his hand being held by the little guy.

"Great, I want to take a walk with my father and my second brother~"

Cheng'an held his brother's hand with one hand and his father's hand with the other, with a happy expression on his face.

As soon as the father and his two sons walked a few steps together, Kangxi noticed the little guy's slightly protruding belly and turned to look at Yinreng: "Did he eat too much for dinner again?"

"I accidentally fed you a few more bites."

Seeing that he took the responsibility directly on himself, Kangxi said, "You just spoil him."

The little guy who was held between the two heard their conversation, shrank his stomach and looked up and said, "I'm just a little full, so I'm not bloated!"

Kangxi glanced at his little action but was too lazy to point it out.

The moonlight is beautiful tonight. The father and his two sons are taking a leisurely walk, and the atmosphere is very good along the way.

"What's that smell?"

A gust of wind blew by, Cheng'an smelled the scent coming with the wind, and couldn't help but wrinkle his nose slightly.

The smell wasn't bad, but it felt weird when he first smelled it. He had to smell it a few more times before he got used to it.

Yinreng heard his words, felt it and said, "It should be the fragrance of mugwort."

The Dragon Boat Festival is coming in two days, and the Mountain Resort has already hung up cattails made of calamus and mugwort in advance.

"Mugwort?"

Kangxi heard the doubt in the little guy's tone and ordered someone to bring a bunch of cattails to him.

"I've seen this~" After Xiangpu took it, the little guy immediately showed an expression that this was the thing.

It was normal for him to have seen it. Not only had he seen it during the Dragon Boat Festival last year, but he had also seen it in the Mountain Resort in recent days.

Cheng An remembered that this was hung in many places in the Summer Resort recently, so he looked up and asked, "Why are you hanging this grass?"

"Because the Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon." Yinreng said.

When the little guy heard about the Dragon Boat Festival, his first reaction was: "Can we eat zongzi again during the Dragon Boat Festival?"

Zongzi is made of glutinous rice and is not easy to digest, so in previous Dragon Boat Festivals, Kangxi would only let him eat two at most to try the new flavor.

For Cheng'an, a little guy who loves to eat, the more he can't eat too much of something, the more likely he is to miss it.

When Yinreng heard him mention eating, his voice got louder and he nodded with a smile: "Yes."

"Great, I love eating zongzi!" The little guy looked up at Kangxi, shook his hand and shouted in a long voice, "Ama..."

Kangxi knew what he meant and said, "You can eat two more zongzi this year, but you can't eat too many at a time."

"Ama, why are you so nice~"

Seeing that he hadn't said anything yet, the little guy agreed directly and lowered his head to rub the back of his hand affectionately with his face.

Seeing that his mouth was so sweet even before he had eaten the rice dumplings, Kangxi looked at him with a faint smile.

Next, the little guy kept talking about zongzi, and suddenly he remembered to ask: "Ama, can I put meat in zongzi?"

Meat dumplings have been available for a long time, but the palace's dumpling banquets are still dominated by sweet dumplings. The little guy had previously eaten various red bean paste dumplings, candied fruit dumplings, rock sugar dumplings, and sweet dumplings filled with pine nuts, chestnuts, etc.

Kangxi had eaten meat dumplings when he went to the south of the Yangtze River. When he heard what he said, he nodded and said, "Of course, you can, but the dumplings will be salty."

"Dad, I want to eat rice dumplings filled with meat." The little guy said immediately when he heard that rice dumplings can actually be filled with meat.

Yinreng was used to eating sweet rice dumplings since he was a child. When he heard that the little guy actually wanted to eat meat rice dumplings, he couldn't help but ask, "Doesn't Cheng'an like sweet rice dumplings?"

"I like it~"

Kangxi heard his straightforward answer and chuckled before asking Yinreng, "Besides vegetables, is there anything you think he doesn't like to eat?"

"Who said that? I just don't like British food!" the little guy retorted.

Yinreng couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. He was actually a little curious about how bad the food in Great Britain had to be to leave such a deep impression on him.