"It's time to change teeth, Cheng'an, don't be afraid." Seeing his panic-stricken look, Yinreng quickly reached out and took him into his arms to coax him.

Yinzhi agreed, "Yes, it will grow back in a few days, it's not a big deal."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yinzhen and the others all started to cheer him on.

Although his brothers said it was okay, the little guy looked at his fallen tooth and poked the gap in his gums with his tongue, and tears gradually gathered in his eyes: "My...my tooth..."

"It will grow back, Cheng'an, be good and don't lick it with your tongue." After saying this, Yinreng gestured for someone to bring a glass of water for him to rinse his mouth.

The little guy's mouth felt refreshed after rinsing it, but the feeling of missing a tooth became more obvious.

Seeing that he was frowning and looked like he was about to cry, Yin'e slapped Yin'e on the arm and said, "Why are you giving him candied haws?"

He was going to change his teeth anyway, what does that have to do with candied haws...

Yin'e complained in his heart, but thinking that the little guy must have eaten his teeth while eating the candied haws, he decided to just let him hit him.

Yinzhen's original intention was not to blame him, but to distract the little guy's attention so that he would not really cry.

Sure enough, when the little fellow saw Yin'e being beaten, he immediately looked up and said, "Hit Brother Ten!"

He spoke too quickly, and due to the looseness of his teeth, his words were a little unclear.

"He should be hit a few more times. It's his fault that he caused our Cheng'an's teeth to fall out." Yinzhi said as he pretended to raise his hand.

The little fellow had clearly heard his brothers' words to coax him, and quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, it's my tooth that was about to fall out anyway, so I won't hit Brother Ten!"

Seeing that the moisture in his eyes gradually disappeared and did not turn into tears, Yinreng and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

Yin'e also understood what they meant by this, but he still felt that Cheng'an was the only one who supported him the most. He reached out and touched his head and said, "It's this candied haws that's not good. Brother Shi will help you throw it away."

The little guy was still holding the half-eaten string of candied haws in his hand, but when he heard his words, he subconsciously retracted his hand in front of him.

Seeing his little action, Yinzhen said with some amusement: "You still want to eat even though your teeth have fallen out?"

When Cheng'an heard the words "all the teeth fell out", his mouth tightened slightly and his tongue involuntarily pressed against the place where the teeth were missing.

Seeing that Yinzhen was talking about things that were not related to him, Yinzhen, who usually didn't like to hit others, couldn't help but slap him.

"It's okay, Cheng'an, look at me, my teeth have fallen out too!" Yinqi saw that his brother was about to cry again, so he quickly stepped forward and opened his mouth towards him.

His front teeth have been replaced and he is now replacing his back teeth.

The little guy was attracted by his words and immediately forgot to cry. Instead, he looked into his mouth curiously. When he found that his brother was really missing a tooth, he opened his mouth slightly in surprise.

"All children will change their teeth. This is normal." Yinreng took the opportunity to comfort her.

The little guy looked up and asked, "Have the brothers also changed their teeth?"

"Yes, they have all been replaced and they will grow out quickly. They are not scary at all." Yin'e nodded quickly.

Yinzhi and the others also shared their own experiences of losing teeth when they were children, and finally calmed him down.

When the little guy heard that his brothers had lost teeth, and then saw that they now had a set of neat teeth, he finally felt relieved.

"That's good……"

After he said that, he subconsciously brought the candied haws in his hand to his mouth, as if he wanted to take a bite to calm his nerves, but he slipped because of his missing tooth.

Seeing the little guy's confused expression, Yin'e couldn't help but burst out laughing, causing Yin'er to slap him again.

"I can't do anything anymore..."

The little guy pursed his lips and showed a sad expression, which made Yin'e, who was smiling just now, feel distressed again.

"It's okay, you can use your back teeth to eat." Yin'e quickly taught him.

It was indeed inconvenient to be missing a front tooth, so the brothers finally ordered someone to cut the candied haws in his hand into small pieces and feed them to him.

The little guy chewed the sour and sweet candied haws without the seeds with his back teeth, and the discomfort after losing a tooth was finally relieved a little.

After he finished eating the candied haws, in order to stop him from licking the missing tooth with his tongue, the brothers decided to take him for a walk on the street to distract his attention.

When the little guy learned that he could go shopping, he temporarily forgot about his lost teeth and almost jumped up with joy.

"But I didn't bring any salt..."

Maybe he's still not used to losing his teeth, the little guy's speech is limp and his pronunciation is a little unclear.

In the carriage, Yinzhi was about to ask him why he brought salt, but suddenly realized that it should be "money", and said with a smile: "Don't worry, with so many brothers here, you don't have to worry about no one paying for you."

In addition to him, there were Yinzhi, Yinreng and Yinzhen in the carriage, and the little guy was sitting between Yinreng and Yinzhi.

In fact, Yinzhi was originally planning to ride a horse, but when he thought of the little guy who had just lost his teeth, he followed in the carriage and wanted to spend more time with him.

After all, the capital city is under the rule of the emperor, and even if it is not a festival, the bustling streets are still very lively.

After getting off the carriage, the little guy immediately let go of his brother's hand and started walking around.

Yinqi trotted after him and took the opportunity to hold his hand.

Seeing that the little guy was no longer unhappy about losing his teeth, Yinzhi and others followed him closely and watched him stroll around.

In a short while, the little guy had a clay figurine in his left hand and a sugar painting in his right hand. On his wrist was a small bamboo basket filled with some straw-woven katydids and other small toys.

"Cheng'an, do you want your brother to help you get it?" Yinqi asked.

The little guy licked the sugar painting in his hand happily and shook his head to indicate that he could take it.

"Eating candy even after losing your teeth is really a shame."

Yinzhen, who was a few steps behind, shook his head in amusement. Yinsi heard it and reminded him, "Don't let him hear this, or he will be sad again."

Just when the princes were about to accompany him for a while before going back, an accident suddenly happened in front of them, and Yinqi actually started fighting with a strange boy.

"What's going on?" Yinreng quickly picked up the little guy and asked.

The little guy covered his mouth and said, "That person laughed at me for being an old man with missing front teeth, so my brother beat him..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yinzhi immediately said, "Well done!"

Yinqi had learned riding and archery since elementary school. Even though the boy was obviously a few years older than him, he would still pin him to the ground and beat him.

"I want to help my brother!" The little guy twisted his body and tried to go down.

"I don't need you."

After Yinzhi finished speaking, he lightly kicked Yinxi and Yinhu, who were only one year older than Yinqi, and they immediately stepped forward to help Yinqi.

Although the boy was really rude and came over to laugh at the kid younger than him for no reason, the princes were worried about scaring the kid, so they just let Yinqi and the others teach him a lesson and then let him go.

After a while, the boy's parents came over. Probably realizing that Yinzhi's group was not easy to deal with, and knowing that it was their son who provoked them first, they apologized and quickly took their son away.

"Isn't it said that everyone loses teeth when they are young? Why is he making fun of me?"

Seeing that he was obviously unhappy, Yinreng rubbed his head and said, "Don't bother with this kind of person."

"That kind of person is just a jerk. Just give him a beating."

After Yinzhi finished speaking, Yinqi came over to take credit and said, "Cheng'an, don't be angry. I helped you beat him!"

"Brother is awesome~"

The little guy thought about what the man had said just now, and how his brother rushed up and pushed him to the ground, and finally he smiled again.

After this little episode, the princes continued to stroll with the little guy for a while and then sent him back to the palace together.

When Cheng'an returned to the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Kangxi was still busy with government affairs in the imperial study. He lay on the Luohan bed and played with the gadgets he bought from the street for a while, and then he couldn't help but began to lick the place where his tooth was missing with his tongue.

He licked it twice and frowned, then went to find his small mirror.

The little guy opened his mouth in front of the mirror and immediately saw a black hole on his originally snow-white teeth.

So ugly...

The little guy, who had loved looking at his teeth since he was young and even refused to shave his head, couldn't help but raise his hand to cover his mouth when he saw his missing teeth.

"Don't worry, little brother. Your teeth will grow back soon." Liu Cai, who was waiting on the side, saw his actions and stepped forward to comfort him.

The little guy thought of his brother saying that they would grow out, so he slowly put his hand down. However, his attention was focused on his own teeth afterwards. He would look in the mirror from time to time to see if they had grown out.

After Kangxi came back, he felt that the palace was quite quiet. He thought that the little guy had been playing and had not come back yet. However, when he walked near the Luohan bed, he saw him sitting in the corner with his back to him.

In the past, when he came back, the little guy would either run to the door to greet him or at least call out. But now this reaction was obviously not right.

Kangxi came over and patted him on the shoulder. Although he thought it was unlikely, he still asked, "Who bullied you?"

"Ama..." The little guy had deliberately turned his back when he saw him coming back, but now he couldn't help but covered his mouth and turned around, calling him in a muffled voice.

Kangxi met his aggrieved eyes, stretched out his hands and hugged him into his arms: "Did someone really bully you?"

His tone was filled with anger, as if he was going to punish the little guy if he told him his name.

Cheng An shook his head slightly.

Being laughed at on the street was just a small matter, and his brother vented his anger on the spot, so the little guy didn't take it to heart. The main reason was that he looked in the mirror and saw his missing teeth, and he felt unhappy because he couldn't speak properly.

Kangxi saw that he had been covering his mouth, so he pulled his hand down worriedly. He saw that he was pursing his lips tightly as if he was afraid that he would see it.

"Let Father see." Kangxi coaxed him gently, and finally made him open his mouth.

Perhaps because he was too concerned, when he suddenly saw that the little guy was missing a tooth, he did not immediately think of tooth replacement, but thought that someone had knocked out his tooth or that he had accidentally dropped it.

"What are Yinzhi and the others doing? So many people can't even take care of a child!" Kangxi said angrily.

When the little guy heard him getting angry at his brothers, he shook his head and said, "It's none of my brother's fault. It was Yaci who lost it by himself..."

Kangxi saw that he was beginning to lose his temper when he spoke, and he was still trying to protect Yinzhi and the others. If he hadn't been hugging him, he would have raised his hand and slammed the table: "How could a healthy tooth fall out by itself? You don't have to hide it for them."

"I ate candied haws and my tooth fell out. My brother said it was because I needed to change my teeth..."

When Kangxi heard this, he suddenly realized that he was indeed at the age of changing teeth, and the anger in his heart was instantly extinguished.

"Father, I don't want to change my teeth. It will make me look ugly." The little guy felt that Father was no longer angry, and said while lying in his arms.

Kangxi saw his sad expression and patted his back soothingly, saying, "Don't worry, it will grow out soon."

"Then why hasn't it grown out yet?" the little guy asked while licking the missing tooth with his tongue.

Kangxi thought that no matter how fast it was, it would not grow back immediately after it fell off, but he coaxed her, "Don't lick it all the time, it will grow back after a while."

After coaxing the little guy, he asked about the little guy's fallen teeth.

The tooth that Cheng'an lost was very beautiful in shape and color, so Yinreng ordered someone to wash it and put it in a purse and bring it back.

When the little guy saw his lost tooth again with Kangxi, he couldn't help but pick it up and asked, "Father, can you put it back in your mouth?"

Kangxi shook his head, fearing that he would really put the fallen tooth back into his mouth, and ordered someone to bring an exquisite jade box to put the tooth in.

Changing teeth is a very normal thing, and naturally no one in the Qianqing Palace would laugh at the little guy, but he still felt uncomfortable. Even though the princes and Emperor Kangxi told him that the teeth would grow out soon, he was still unhappy.

During dinner, the little guy found that it was inconvenient for him to bite food because he was missing a tooth. He, who had always loved eating, rarely put the bowl and chopsticks back on the table to indicate that he didn't want to eat anymore.

In fact, Kangxi specifically sent someone to instruct the imperial kitchen to prepare some chewy dishes for dinner, but the little guy liked to chew meat in big bites and did not like the meat being chopped into small pieces.

Seeing that he was puffing up his cheeks and sulking himself and refusing to eat, Kangxi took up his bowl and chopsticks and coaxed him, "Come here, I'll feed you."

Ever since he was able to eat by himself, Kangxi seldom held his bowl to feed him like he did when he was a child. At most, he would occasionally pick up a piece of food with a chopstick and feed him a few bites.

The little guy didn't really not want to eat. When he heard his words, he immediately turned his face away, opened his mouth and started eating.

Kangxi probably gave all his patience to this youngest son. Knowing that he liked to eat chicken wings, he would specially remove the meat from the bones of the chicken wings before feeding them to him.

Perhaps because he was enjoying the treatment of being fed by his father again, the little guy's mood gradually improved after taking a bite of meat and a bite of rice. He even ate the vegetables that Kangxi occasionally fed him, and he ate them obediently.

Seeing that he was eating so well, Kangxi's expression unconsciously became gentler, and he picked up some more fish and shrimp to feed him.

"Father, you are the worst." The little guy said after taking two more bites and tilting his head back.

Kangxi nodded slightly, but still fed him the meal first. He only continued his meal when he held the small bowl to drink soup.

I don’t know if it was because the little guy found that his father was particularly easy to talk to tonight, but after taking a bath, he ran straight to his bed and started playing.

Kangxi had never been in office in the first place, but when it was time to rest, he refused to leave.

"Ama, I want to sleep with you..."

"no."

"But my teeth fell out and I'm scared..."

The little guy blinked and looked at him, as if he would cry in front of him if he disagreed.

He wanted to cry since he lost his tooth today, but was interrupted by his brothers. If he was rejected now, he might really cry.

Kangxi probably saw through it, and finally agreed reluctantly, but he couldn't help but tap his forehead and said, "It's just a lost tooth, what's the big deal that makes you act like this!"

The little guy didn't care about that. When he saw that he agreed, he smiled and showed his missing front teeth.

Kangxi shook his head and went to bed, looking like he was at a loss as to what to do.

After he lay down, the little guy rolled over to him, hugged him and said coquettishly: "Ama, I'm really scared~"

"With your courage, what do you have to be afraid of?"

The little guy recalled the words that adults used to scare children when they were playing on the street before, and said, "I'm afraid I'll be taken away by a wolf!"

Kangxi thought of how the bears on the grassland would run away when they saw him, and he was amused. He felt that if a wolf really encountered him, it would not dare to bite him even if it had the courage of a bear or a leopard.

"Ama, what are you laughing at?"

"Go to bed quickly. You don't have to get up early. I still need more." Kangxi patted him gently.

"good."

Finally I can come back and sleep with him again. The little guy nodded obediently and closed his eyes.

The next day.

Because talking would leak air, the little guy became less talkative and even liked to cover his mouth with his hands.

When Yinreng found out, he touched his head and allowed him to read quietly.

Zhang Ruoai was only a few years older than the little guy and had not yet finished changing his teeth. Seeing that he was distressed about changing his teeth, he, who was a bit introverted, rarely took the initiative to open his mouth to let the little guy see his teeth.

When I found out that he was also changing his teeth, the little guy was in a better mood. However, when we returned to the Qianqing Palace at noon, he still took the opportunity to act like a spoiled child.

"Ama, please feed me~"

Kangxi looked at him and said: "You lost a tooth but not a hand injury, why can't you eat it yourself?"

The little guy didn't answer. He lowered his head and rubbed it against his arm, occasionally calling out "Ama" in a long voice.

Kangxi wanted to ignore him and started eating by himself, but after taking a few bites, he saw that he was still standing beside him looking at him eagerly, so he finally couldn't bear it and fed him.

"Ama, you are so nice~"

"Okay, eat your meal." Kangxi fed a mouthful of rice into his mouth unhappily.

For the next period of time, the little guy used the tooth loss as an excuse to re-experience the treatment he had as a child, which made him suddenly feel that tooth loss was not so bad.

Kangxi was just trying to coax him when he said that the teeth would grow out quickly, but the little guy's teeth actually grew quite fast and started to pop out in less than half a month.

It’s just that the feeling of teething is not that pleasant, so the little guy always likes to lick it with his tongue, and occasionally likes to reach out and touch it.

"Cheng'an!"

Yinzhen had some free time this morning, so he brought Yinxiang to Xian'an Palace to teach the little guy calligraphy. When he saw that he couldn't help but want to touch his teeth again, he immediately reminded him.

Yinzhen was the most serious among the princes. Although the little guy was not afraid of him, he listened to him more and quickly put his hands down.

Seeing that he was always distracted by his teeth, Yinzhen simply walked behind him and guided him to write step by step.

The little guy felt the concentration and calmness coming from his brother, and slowly focused his mind on the pen in his hand.

In the study room filled with the scent of ink, Yinreng sat by the window reading, occasionally looking up at the direction of the desk.

Behind the desk, Yinzhen leaned over slightly, held the hand of the little guy in front of him, and wrote with him with a focused expression.

Yinxiang stood by with a smile on his face, admiring the words they wrote and nodding slightly from time to time.

At the desk next to him, Zhang Ruoai was also practicing calligraphy.

Because Yinzhen and Yinxiang came, the little guy didn't run anywhere else this morning, but stayed in Xian'an Palace for the whole morning.

When he returned at noon, he did not ask Kangxi to feed him again, but at night he still stayed in Kangxi's bedroom and refused to leave.

"Teething is uncomfortable, I want to sleep with my father..."

"Losing teeth is uncomfortable, growing teeth is uncomfortable too. Why do you feel so uncomfortable?"

Kangxi thought about how he had finally gotten him to move next door, but he found all kinds of excuses to stay here not long after he moved in. He felt that he shouldn't be too indulgent with him.

"I just feel uncomfortable!"

"Then I'll ask the imperial physician to come and see you."

As soon as Kangxi finished speaking, the little guy immediately shook his head: "No need for an imperial physician, I won't feel uncomfortable if my father accompanies me."

"I'm not a panacea." Kangxi said this, but when he saw that he couldn't help touching his teeth with his hands and looked a little uncomfortable, he didn't drive him away.

So the plan of letting the little guy live on his own was basically ruined shortly after he succeeded in doing so because of the sudden change of teeth.

The room next door, where the little guy was supposed to live permanently, has now become a place where he only lives occasionally.

March has come in a blink of an eye, and the little guy's first lost tooth has almost grown out, but then the second front tooth fell out.

This time, the tooth fell out in front of Kangxi just as he was about to start his dinner.

With the previous experience in mind, the little guy didn't panic this time.

On the contrary, Kangxi felt a little distressed when he saw that he was bleeding a little, even though he knew it was not a big problem.

After the little fellow rinsed his mouth, he pinched the teeth that the servant had washed and handed to him again and looked at him. After Kangxi was sure that he was not in pain, he directly picked up his small bowl and started to feed him.

"Dad, I lost my teeth again." said the little guy after swallowing the food in his mouth.

"It doesn't matter. Your teeth grow fast anyway."

Kangxi was not just trying to coax him, but his teeth did grow much faster than those of ordinary people.

The little guy felt it with his tongue, pointed to a tooth next to it and said, "Father, it looks like this tooth is going to fall out too..."

Kangxi took a closer look and found that it was indeed shaking slightly. He couldn't help but say, "Then you'd better be careful and don't let it fall so quickly." Otherwise, if two front teeth were missing at the same time, not only would it be more difficult to breathe, but it would also be more inconvenient to eat.

"Um."

March is not only the month when the little ones continue to change their teeth, but also the birthday of Emperor Kangxi.

Although this year is not his full birthday, the emperor's birthday celebration is naturally not simple. In early March, birthday gifts presented by officials from all over the country are sent to the capital in advance.

Kangxi's birthday is also known as the Wanshou Festival. Not only would the ministers present all kinds of rare treasures as birthday gifts, but the princes would also spend a lot of time thinking about it every year, and would even start preparing a year or two in advance.

This year is no exception, but compared to previous years when the princes prepared birthday gifts to please Kangxi, now they are more sincere.

As an emperor, Kangxi had no shortage of rare treasures. After so many Wanshou Festivals, he actually had no special expectations for this.

If he had to say, the only thing he was curious about was probably what the little guy would give him this year, whether he would continue to draw a picture or give him something else.

Of course, even if the little guy really gave him a painting or wrote something for him, he would be just as happy.