"elder brother!"

In Wuyi Zhai, Cheng'an was reading seriously. When he saw his brothers, he immediately put down the book and stood up.

Yinzhi stepped forward and picked him up, and after subconsciously weighing him twice, he felt that he was still a lot lighter.

"Brother Da, I miss you so much~" the little guy said while hugging him.

"I didn't think you'd come to see me."

After Yinzhi finished speaking, Yin'e came over and asked, "What about me?"

"I miss Brother Ten, and my brothers, too."

The little guy really missed them, and after saying that, he got down from Yinzhi's arms and hugged them one by one.

When it was Yinzhen's turn, he reached out and picked up the little guy and asked, "Have you been secretly following the emperor to court again recently?"

Apparently, he accidentally discovered the little guy during the morning court session.

"I didn't go there secretly. My father took me there." The little guy couldn't help but complain to his brothers, "It was so cold. I asked my father not to go to court, but he insisted on going, so I had no choice but to go with him..."

When the princes heard this, they knew without hesitation that the emperor must have been unable to control himself and had no choice but to take him with him to court.

"Then why are you willing to leave the Emperor today?" Yinli thought about why he was unwilling to leave the Emperor's side recently, and his tone was filled with curiosity.

"Ama always tests me..."

After Yinzhen and others learned the reason, they couldn't help but chuckle.

Then they stopped chatting with the little guy and taught him to read together.

When the little guy was just beginning to learn, Yin'e was very enthusiastic about teaching him to read "Hundred Family Names", but the playful little guy didn't cooperate at all.

Seeing that there was another opportunity to teach him, Yin'e picked up a book from the table and asked the little guy to read to him.

When Cheng'an saw that he was holding the "Analects of Confucius", he started reading from the beginning without even taking the book, and he did so very fluently.

“That’s amazing!”

As soon as the little guy finished reading "Xue Er Chapter", Yin'e couldn't help but praise him.

"You think Cheng An is you, you can't memorize a book after a long time."

After Yin'e finished speaking, Yin'e said unconvincedly: "Who said that? I can recite the Analects too!"

After saying this, he was ready to show off his skills and continued reciting from "On Government", but he got stuck just after uttering "The Master said".

The little guy wanted to remind him, but there are not too many "Confucius said" in "The Analects of Confucius", and he didn't know which sentence he was thinking of, so he could only blink at him curiously.

"Ahem..." Yin'e coughed dryly to ease the embarrassment, then asked, "What is the first sentence of the chapter on politics?"

"This is governing with virtue, just like the North Star, which stays in its place and all the other stars revolve around it." The little guy said immediately.

Yinzhi raised his hand and pointed at Yin'e and said, "Look at you, you are not as good as Cheng'an!"

"I remember it too!" Yin'e said, and continued to recite it with the little guy's reminder, "Confucius said: There are three hundred poems, and they can be summed up in one word..."

After all, he had studied in the Shangshufang for so many years. After being brainwashed by the book 120 times, he could recite it completely with just a little reminder from Cheng'an.

"Brother Shi is so awesome!" The little guy clapped his hands and praised him, then started to recite as well.

Next, the sound of two brothers reading, one louder and one lower, could be heard in Wuyi Zhai, as if they were preparing to recite The Analects from beginning to end together.

"Duke Ai asked Zai Wo about the altar. Zai Wo replied: The Xiahou clan used pine trees, and the Yin people…"

The princes were all familiar with "The Analects of Confucius". At first, only the little one recited it with Yin'e, but gradually they all followed suit.

Yin'e has never been the type to memorize things since he was young, but this time he was reciting quite happily, especially when he saw the little guy smiling at him while reciting.

The brothers accompanied the little guy throughout the morning, and it felt like they were back in the Shangshufang. The difference was that studying with him was much more fun than when he was a child in the Shangshufang.

After this day, Cheng'an resumed his study life, but because of the cold weather, he liked to sleep in more and more, and got up later and later every day.

Of course, part of the reason was probably that he saw Kangxi finally recovered from his illness, so he relaxed and felt like making up for the sleep he had lost in the previous few months.

"What time is it and you're still sleeping?"

That day, when Kangxi came back from court and saw him still lying in bed, he couldn't help but pat his little butt through the quilt.

"Ama, I'll get up soon after sleeping for a while~"

The little guy was actually awake, but he was too comfortable lying in the quilt, so he didn't want to move.

Looking at him lying in bed, Kangxi suddenly felt that it was a miracle that he was allowed to study in the Shangshufang for a few days at the beginning of the year.

"How about letting you sleep until noon?"

The little guy really wanted to say "OK" in response, but after hearing from his father's tone that he was speaking sarcastically, he quickly shook his head.

"Then hurry up and get up."

Under Kangxi's urging, the little guy finally got up slowly.

Seeing that he was so slow and insisted on putting on his clothes himself, Kangxi couldn't stand it anymore and sat down beside the bed and quickly helped him put on his clothes.

"Thank you, Dad~" The little guy came up and rubbed his face twice.

Kangxi pushed him away unhappily and said, "Have breakfast, and then go to study."

"knew."

After the little guy continued to study in Wuyizhai for a few days, Laba Festival soon arrived.

Apart from his father and brother, the only things he remembers are eating and playing.

Because there is Laba porridge to eat on Laba Festival, the little guy actually remembered this day. Before going to bed the night before, he clamored to eat Laba porridge with his brothers.

On the day of Laba Festival, as soon as the sky got light, the unique aroma of Laba porridge began to waft from the imperial kitchen in Changchun Garden.

After the morning court session ended, at the little one's request, Kangxi and the princes gathered again with the Empress Dowager to eat Laba porridge.

"Ama, you need to eat more~"

The little guy was busy while eating Laba porridge. He reminded Kangxi to eat more, and then reminded the empress dowager and the princes.

In the end, he even personally held the big spoon for Laba porridge and began to add it to their bowls in turn.

"There's still so much porridge, don't waste it, brother, eat some more~"

Yinzhi, who was already eating his third bowl of porridge, looked a little helpless. When he turned around and found that Yinreng was still eating his first bowl of porridge slowly, he felt that he was the one who was most thoughtful, so he immediately followed his example and slowed down his pace.

After finishing this Laba porridge, the brothers felt that they would not want to eat porridge in the next few days. However, seeing the happy look of the little one, they were in a good mood.

Two days after Laba Festival, Kangxi brought the little guy back to the palace.

The palace has begun preparations for the New Year, with every place cleaned and decorated with lights.

As soon as the little guy came back, he thought about writing the word "Fu" and giving it to others. Of course, the first word "Fu" he wrote was still given to Kangxi. He also said a few auspicious words sweetly, which made Kangxi very happy.

"Father, you are not angry with me now, right?" Seeing that he was happy, the little guy leaned close to him and looked up and asked.

The reason he asked this was because the day before he returned to the palace, he was naughty and dismantled a self-ringing clock in Qingxi Study that Kangxi liked very much.

Of course, considering his behavior during Kangxi's illness, it would not have been a big problem for him to admit his mistake. However, he was afraid that Kangxi would get angry, so he hid behind the Empress Dowager after doing the bad thing.

With the Empress Dowager protecting him, Kangxi naturally couldn't do anything to him. However, after returning to the palace, Kangxi ignored him unless he spoke up.

When Kangxi heard his words, his face became stern again.

The cicada clock was just an inanimate object, and if it was broken he could just ask someone to repair it or make a new one. He wouldn't feel bad about it, but it was mainly because the little guy's behavior afterwards made him a little unhappy.

"Then tell me where you went wrong?"

Even if the little guy didn’t understand it at the time, there were so many brothers to teach him afterwards, so he answered without hesitation: “I shouldn’t have done something wrong and then tried to escape…”

Hearing his sincere admission of mistake, Kangxi was finally satisfied and gave him the first "Fu" character he wrote that year.

The first "Fu" character that Kangxi created every year would usually not be given away as a reward, but would be posted in the Qianqing Palace. However, the result seemed to be the same after it was given to the little one.

"Ama's handwriting is so beautiful. I want to write such beautiful words like Ama in the future~" the little guy praised the word "Fu" he wrote while holding it.

Kangxi raised the corner of his lips slightly, tapped his forehead and said: "Then you have to practice calligraphy well."

"I will~"

Kangxi saw him nod seriously and believed it for the time being.

Then he thought of the little guy dismantling the clock and asked him why.

Cheng An looked up and observed, and confirmed that he was really no longer angry before speaking: "I want to see why the self-ringing clock moves and why the birds fly out."

In fact, he was quite interested in the palace's clock when he was a child, and for a while he liked to stare at it.

There are many chiming clocks in the palace, and their styles are different. When telling the time, some of them will have small birds suddenly appear, while others will have other birds and animals.

Of course, he just thought it was fun at the time, and he didn't pay any more attention to it after seeing it for fun. The last time he suddenly took apart the self-ringing clock in Qingxi Bookstore, it was because he was suddenly curious and wanted to see what was inside.

Kangxi himself was a studious person, which is why he was so interested in Western learning.

After hearing the reason why his son dismantled the clock, he didn't say anything, but directly ordered someone to move a clock over.

When the little guy learned that he was going to accompany him to dismantle it, his eyes widened in surprise.

"Ama, you are so nice!"

Last time, the little guy lacked tools, so he didn't completely disassemble the clock. He just broke it. After making sure that his father was not joking, he immediately opened his arms and hugged him.

Kangxi accompanied him to take apart the clock and told him the principle of the clock.

After a while, a complete clock was torn into pieces and the little guy's curiosity was satisfied.

"So that's how it is!" He said with a smile. When he saw the broken clock in front of him, his eyebrows suddenly frowned, "Father, I broke another clock..."

"It's not broken, just put it back together." Kangxi said, and led him to reassemble it.

Putting it together was much more difficult than taking it apart, and the father and son worked on it until bedtime before they finally finished putting it together.

"Ama is so awesome!" The little guy clapped excitedly when he saw the put-together clock.

Kangxi smiled and rubbed his head, then signaled him to go to rest.

When he lay down on the bed, the little guy was still a little excited. Unable to sleep, he pulled Kangxi to chat: "Father, is the New Year coming soon?"

"Um."

Kangxi had already closed his eyes and patted him gently, and responded indifferently when he heard it.

"I want to set off fireworks during the Chinese New Year..."

While Cheng'an was thinking about how to celebrate the New Year, New Year's Eve soon arrived.

Early in the morning, red lanterns were hung everywhere in the palace. The palace maids and eunuchs coming and going all wore new clothes, and the festive atmosphere was everywhere.

Today's breakfast is particularly rich, with steamed buns, soups, meat and the golden rolls that the little ones usually like to eat.

After breakfast, Kangxi took the little one to Ningshou Palace to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager.

After paying his respects, Kangxi had other things to do, so Cheng'an stayed in Ningshou Palace by himself.

The little guy didn't want to be too comfortable around the Queen Mother. He ate the dried fruits on the table next to her and asked, "Ma, do you know why the clock moves?"

"I don't know." The Queen Mother smiled and shook her head.

"I'm telling you, it's because..."

The Queen Mother listened patiently, touched his head and praised him for his intelligence.

The little guy laughed immediately, and then told her: "My father told me, and he even helped me dismantle a self-ringing clock~"

While the grandfather and grandson were chatting, the concubines soon came over to pay their respects to the empress dowager, and some even brought their daughters-in-law and grandchildren.

The little guy called everyone sweetly, then grabbed the food on the table and stuffed it into his nephews' hands.

The younger grandchildren felt okay, but the older ones felt a little embarrassed.

However, when Concubine Hui and the others saw this scene, they all praised: "Look at how Cheng'an, the young uncle, really has the demeanor of an elder."

Cheng'an was praised and puffed out his chest to imitate Kangxi's usual posture, looking more like a little adult.

Not only did he put on airs, he even imitated Kangxi and tested his own nephews.

The emperor's grandchildren looked somewhat helpless, but fortunately the little guy was still studying the Four Books, and the test was not difficult, so he was able to answer all the questions and did not embarrass himself in front of his uncle and the elders present.

"Not bad." The little guy nodded and praised them, and took out golden melon seeds from his purse to reward them.

When the Empress Dowager and Concubine Mu saw this scene, they couldn't help laughing, and for a moment the Ningshou Palace was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

It’s a rare holiday, and at noon the little guy was so energetic that he didn’t even take a nap and went to play with his brothers.

There weren't many places to play in the palace, so the princes gathered with him and finally went to the Imperial Garden.

As usual, after looking at the circle first, the little guy looked up and said, "Brother, can we make a circle with snow? We don't need to use our hands, we can use a shovel."

Perhaps because he was afraid that his brothers would not let him play in the snow, he added one last sentence.

Yin'e was the first one to respond. The other princes didn't really want him to play in the snow, but after he hugged them and said a few coquettish words, they finally agreed.

Soon, shovels of various sizes were brought over, and the little guy immediately started shoveling snow excitedly.

While the other princes were still standing and watching, Yin'e, Yinxi, Yinhu and Yinqi had already started to take action together with the little guy.

"Your pile is not round at all." Yinzhi looked at the hill-like snow pile that the little guy had worked so hard to build, and couldn't help but help.

It is not so easy for the little guy to build a snow sheep as big as Yuanyuan. It takes some effort just to collect snow.

Seeing this, the other brothers simply followed suit to lend a hand.

The snow sheep had not been piled up yet, but the little guy suddenly felt itchy when he saw so much snow in front of him. He couldn't help but secretly picked up a snowball and threw it at Yin'e who was shoveling snow with his head down.

"Who hit me?" Yin'e immediately looked up and asked.

After he asked and saw that no one said anything, he immediately looked at Yinzhi: "Brother, is it you?"

"It's not me." Yinzhi gave him a sidelong glance and denied it.

Yin'e didn't believe it, so he just grabbed a ball of snow and threw it at him.

The snowball hit Yinzhi and broke apart instantly. Seeing that Yin'e dared to hit him, he immediately fought back.

The little guy saw his two brothers hitting each other, covered his mouth and laughed twice before admitting, "Tenth brother, I was the one who hit you just now, not the eldest brother!"

"Did you hear me? I told you it wasn't me."

As soon as Yinzhi finished speaking, he threw a snowball in his hand at Yin'e. Yin'e tried to dodge but failed. He squatted down and rolled the ball while saying, "You always get to hit me now!" After saying that, he was about to throw it back.

When playing a snowball fight, accidental injuries are normal, and soon the entire field was covered with snowballs.

The little guy thought this was more fun than making snow sheep and immediately wanted to smash them too.

However, when he raised the snowball and aimed it at Yinreng, Yinreng did not dodge, but asked: "Are you willing to hit my second brother?"

The little guy shook his head and turned to Yinzhi. Yinzhi asked him the same question, and he immediately changed his target.

Yinzhen didn't say anything, but when the little guy saw his indifferent face, he took the initiative to change his target.

The brothers stopped unconsciously, wanting to see who he would hit.

The little guy met his brothers' smiling eyes, turned around with the snowball in his hand, and finally smashed it into his chest with a bang.

The princes couldn't help laughing when they saw his actions, and Yinzhi even stepped forward and rubbed his head and said, "Are you stupid?"

When the other princes laughed because the little guy was reluctant to hit them and finally chose to hit himself, Yin'e realized something was wrong and trotted over to him and said, "Okay, so you are willing to hit me, right?"

"Brother Shi, I didn't mean it..." The little guy immediately ran away, saying as he ran.

Yin'e pretended to be angry and chased after him, saying, "Don't run."

After the little guy was chased by him for two rounds, Yinzhen finally stopped Yin'e.

The snowball fight was over, and the brothers continued to help the little ones build an unfinished snow sheep.

When they left the Imperial Garden, they saw not only snow sheep in the snow, but also snow dragons and snowmen, which looked very interesting.

The little guy was having so much fun that he was reluctant to leave. It was only when Yinreng mentioned the delicious food at the dinner that he was willing to leave.

It gets dark early in winter. After coming out of the Imperial Garden, the group returned to the Palace of Heavenly Purity chatting and laughing, ready to attend the family dinner in the evening.

Ever since the little guy was born, the imperial kitchen has paid more and more attention to the dishes for the family dinner on New Year's Eve.

It’s not that they didn’t take it seriously before, but before the little guy was born, few people ate seriously at the banquet, so the imperial kitchen has always followed the old rules.

But now, since they know that everyone from the emperor to the princes will carefully taste all the dishes in the banquet, they have to be doubly attentive.

After the family dinner began, the little guy's appetite whetted just by looking at the dishes on the table.

"Father, there are shrimps in this meat..." After he said that, probably because he thought the dish was delicious, he immediately put some into Kangxi's bowl.

Seeing his eyes light up when he touched something delicious, Kangxi smiled and tasted the food in the bowl and thought it tasted really good.

The dishes on the table today are particularly rich, and there are many new dishes. The little guy is almost full after taking a few bites of each.

When he had almost finished eating, he looked up and found that Kangxi was sipping the wine from his glass and not eating anymore. He couldn't help but say, "What's so good about wine? Father, eat more meat and drink more soup."

"You are still meddling in my affairs." Kangxi said this, but quickly put down his wine glass.

The little guy put some food in his bowl, and when he was about to go find his brothers, he took away his wine glass.

When Kangxi noticed this, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

There are actually quite a few performances at the New Year’s Eve palace banquet, such as singing, dancing, and opera.

But only the little ones would be interested in watching the juggling, and most of the time they would just run around and play.

"Brother, let's go set off fireworks!" the little guy said after playing with his brothers for a while.

Yinreng: "Go and tell the Emperor first."

The little guy nodded, turned around and ran back to Kangxi and said, "Father, I want to set off fireworks~"

Kangxi reached out and touched his belly, feeling that it could still hold some more, and said, "Eat the dumplings first, then go play."

The dumplings at the New Year’s Eve palace banquet all have vegetarian fillings. Although they taste good, the little ones still prefer those with meat.

However, after hearing what Kangxi said, he still sat down obediently and ate a few dumplings with his own small bowl.

"Ama, look at me!"

Seeing him eat the whole dumpling in one gulp, Kangxi reminded him, "Eat slowly."

The little guy puffed up his cheeks and chewed the dumplings in his mouth. He seemed to find it very amusing and smiled at him with his eyes curved.

After eating dumplings, the little guy can finally go set off fireworks.

"Come on, Ama. I'll take you to set off the fireworks."

Kangxi was pulled down by him, but he did not participate. He just sat nearby and watched him play.

With last year's experience, Cheng'an was much bolder this year and dared to go up with just a fire starter.

Of course, although he was very brave, he didn't run slowly at all after lighting the fire.

With a bang, fireworks rushed into the sky, and colorful lights instantly bloomed in the sky.

When the sky was lit up by fireworks, there was an even more festive atmosphere.

"Dad, did you see the fireworks I set off?" The little guy looked up at the fireworks he had set off and immediately ran to Kangxi and asked.

“Yes.”

After getting a positive answer, the little guy ran back to his brothers.

"Brother, can we set off fireworks together?"

What he proposed to do was not to light the fireworks together holding hands, but to light the fireworks at the same time with his brothers.

There was no shortage of fireworks in the palace, so the princes did not refuse when they heard his words, but they did not all go up at once to avoid any accidents due to too many people.

A moment later, continuous fireworks rushed into the sky one after another, completely illuminating the originally dark sky, looking dazzling.

"It's so beautiful!" The little guy jumped up excitedly, and turned around and shouted, "Ama, look~"

Kangxi looked at his smiling face which was brighter than fireworks, then looked at his sons who were also smiling beside him, and the corners of his lips rose unconsciously.

Under the colorful fireworks, the princes all looked up to admire them. Yinzhi even picked up the little guy and put him on his shoulders. The scene looked warm and beautiful.