It gets dark early in winter, and the house is already dark as soon as the sun sets.

Kangxi woke up after a short nap and saw that the "little heater" in his arms was still sleeping. He asked Liang Jiugong to light a lamp and put it on the table of the Luohan bed not far away for illumination. Then he moved over and started reading.

There were many people waiting around the warm room, but it was very quiet. Only the faint sound of him occasionally turning pages could be heard.

After a while, Cheng'an finally woke up. He was a "little heater" and it was just right for him to sleep with a small quilt covering him. However, Kangxi was afraid that he would be cold after waking up, so he put his own quilt on him when he got up, and woke the child up in the middle of winter.

A small quilt plus a large quilt for an adult was like a mountain to him, and it took him a while to struggle out of it.

"Your Majesty, the little prince has woken up." Liang Jiugong was the first to notice the little figure sitting up in the quilt and reminded in a low voice.

Kangxi, who was lying on the Luohan bed, clearly heard his words, but did not react at all. He raised his hand, turned the page of the book and continued reading.

Seeing this, Liang Jiugong was a little puzzled, but he didn't dare to say anything more.

Sitting up on the couch, Cheng An regained consciousness, stretched out his little hand and struggled to push away the quilt around him, then turned his little head and looked around.

Where is your brother?

When he found that his brothers were missing, he subconsciously pursed his lips, and he finally felt a little happy when he saw Kangxi sitting on the Luohan bed not far away.

"Ama."

His voice was a little soft as he had just woken up, and a soft and milky voice was heard in the warm room.

After Cheng'an shouted once, seeing that the emperor did not respond, he could not help but shout again with a louder voice.

After another call of "Ama", Kangxi continued to flip through the book in his hand indifferently, as if he could not hear his voice.

Seeing that his father ignored him, Cheng'an frowned, then climbed down from the couch with a thud.

The eunuch standing by saw him coming down and quickly squatted down to put on his little shoes.

After putting on his shoes, Cheng An ran directly to Luo Han's bed, looked up and shouted at him, "Ama!"

If he couldn't hear him at this distance, it was definitely intentional. It was obvious that Kangxi really didn't want to pay attention to him.

As for the reason, it is not difficult to guess. After all, before in the main hall, someone left "Father" and ran away with several brothers.

Cheng'an naturally couldn't guess the reason. After looking at him for a long time with his head tilted, he climbed onto the Luohan bed using his hands and feet.

As he climbed up, Kangxi seemed to continue flipping through the book in his hand, but in fact he was watching him out of the corner of his eye, afraid that he might accidentally fall.

Fortunately, our twenty-fourth prince's hands and feet were still very flexible. After a while, he successfully climbed onto the Luohan bed, lay on Kangxi from behind, and shouted in his ear: "Father..."

At first, Kangxi wanted to continue ignoring him, but as he kept shouting in his ear and his voice became louder and louder, he finally gave in.

"What are you yelling about?" Kangxi tilted his head and glanced at him.

A clever kid finally realized that he seemed a little unhappy, so he put his arm around him and said, "I miss you, Dad..."

Hearing his babyish voice, Kangxi smiled without even noticing it, but said, "You miss me? I really can't tell."

"Yes!" Cheng An said, and began to twist his body restlessly behind him.

There was a table next to him with a glass lamp on it. Worried that Liang Jiugong might bump into something or get burned, Kangxi held his little body with his backhand and told Liang Jiugong to take the lamp away.

As the young prince got up, the palace maids and eunuchs waiting on the side lit up the lights around without being told. At this time, the warm room was brightly lit, and this one lamp was not a big deal.

After Liang Jiugong and his men removed the people and the table, Kangxi put down the book in his hand and pulled the person behind him to his front.

"Ama~" Cheng'an, who had just had a good sleep, saw that he was in a good mood. He called out again and then threw himself into his arms.

Kangxi really couldn't stand his youngest son's coquetry. Thinking that his attention was easily distracted due to his young age, he finally blamed the situation in the main hall on Yinzhen and others.

After all, Cheng An originally came to find him. If they hadn't run over and stood in the hall, how could Cheng An have left him and followed them.

Thinking of this, Kangxi reached out and hugged him. He no longer had a stern face towards him, and his tone even had a hint of smile: "I heard that you cried this afternoon?"

"Yeah." Cheng An nodded, "Cheng An is crying."

Seeing that he admitted it quite calmly, Kangxi smiled and asked, "Why are you crying?"

"Brother...is so bad..." He said while gesturing with his little hands.

Seeing his cute appearance, Kangxi once again felt the joy of raising a son and deliberately teased him, "Brother is bad? Did they bully you?"

Cheng An's first reaction when he heard this was to wave his hands, and then he retorted: "No, no, brother is not bad!"

Perhaps he was in a hurry, for it was the first time he uttered such a fluent sentence.

Seeing him like this, Kangxi wanted to tease him even more, so he asked, "Then who is bad?"

My brother is definitely not a bad person, so who is bad?

Cheng An was confused by him. After blinking twice, he looked around while biting his fingers.

Liang Jiugong met his gaze and hurriedly said, "Little brother, please don't look at me. I am not a bad person."

He obviously saw that Kangxi was in a good mood at the moment, so he joined in the fun, bending his body in an exaggerated manner.

Cheng'an was amused by him and started to chuckle, and after he finished laughing he forgot about the topic of "who was the bad guy".

Kangxi was just teasing him, so he didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he asked Liang Jiugong to bring the jade pendant he had asked for.

Everything in the emperor's private treasury was a treasure. The three jade pendants Liang Jiugong brought over all had their own characteristics: one piece of mutton-fat warm jade, one piece of jasper, and one piece of topaz.

When Cheng'an saw the three pieces of jade, his eyes suddenly lit up and he kept saying, "Hello, Father..."

"I don't know who you learned this from." Kangxi said he disliked it but he felt very pleased in his heart, and the corners of his lips curled up unconsciously.

After Cheng An got the three jade pendants, he hugged his arm and rubbed it for a while, obviously very happy.

"What a success." Seeing that he was so happy about a few jade pendants, Kangxi shook his head and hugged him and stood up, saying, "If you really think that Father is good, then be a little more obedient during the meal. Do you hear me?"

It's no wonder he said that. It's just that the little guy is getting more and more greedy. He wants to stuff everything that can be eaten and not eaten into his mouth to take a bite, so that every time Kangxi has a meal, it is particularly lively.

"Yeah." Cheng An nodded, shaking the jade pendant in his hand and listening to the sound.

While the father and son were having dinner together in a warm and harmonious atmosphere, Yinzhen and others split into several groups after leaving the palace.

Yinzhen and Yinzhi went back home separately, while Yin'e, who had nothing to do when he returned home, took Yin'er and Yinsi to a restaurant to drink.

As the New Year approaches, the streets of the capital are bustling with people. Many vendors want to make their last bit of money at the end of the year so they can go home for the holidays, while the people are buying things they will need for the New Year in advance.

"Stop." Before the carriage reached the restaurant, Yin'e's attention was suddenly attracted by a stall on the street.

It was a stall selling children's supplies, including tiger-head shoes, tiger-head hats, cloth tigers, as well as some rattles, small wooden horses and other small toys.

Yin'e came to the stall, pinched the cloth tiger first, and then picked up the tiger-head hat to look at it.

After waiting for a while and still not seeing him come up, Yinsi and Yin'er simply got off the carriage to see what he was doing.

After seeing them coming down, Yin'e raised the tiger-head hat in his hand and said, "Look at this, Cheng'an will definitely look good wearing it!"

"It's too small." Yinsi said after stretching out his palm and gesturing.

The stall owner was an old lady. When she saw a well-dressed customer like Yin'e coming to her stall, she didn't dare to speak at first. It was not until she saw that he seemed to really want to buy something that she said, "The one you have is for a newborn baby. There are bigger ones over here."

As she finished her words, the careful Yinsi had already picked out a tiger-head hat of the right size.

Although it is just a small street stall, this tiger-head hat is quite exquisitely made and feels very comfortable to hold.

Yinsi looked at the small hat and imagined Cheng'an wearing it, and thought it was indeed very suitable.

After choosing the hat, Yin'e picked up the cloth tiger and asked, "Do you think Cheng'an will like this?"

After Yinzhen accompanied the two of them to look at the stall for a while, he saw that he was still slowly choosing and couldn't help but say, "It's not worth much money, why are you wasting time?"

Yin'e agreed when he heard this, so he simply bought everything on the stall that looked good.

Half of the goods on the stall were sold out in an instant. The old woman was so happy that she thanked him profusely and said a few auspicious words: "Put on the tiger-head hat, and the child will be safe..."

After buying things, the three of them got back on the carriage and went to the restaurant to drink.

While they were still on the street, Yinzhen had already returned home.

As soon as he got off the carriage, he heard someone in the mansion report that the Thirteenth Prince Yinxiang was coming.

Among the princes, Yinxiang had the best relationship with him, and he also knew that he was dissatisfied with the handling of the recent corruption case. He came here today to persuade him again, but he didn't expect that he had already entered the palace.

Yinxiang was about to go to the palace to look for him when he ran into him coming back. He immediately asked with concern, "Fourth brother, are you okay?"

Yinzhen shook his head and took him to his yard to drink tea.

Knowing that he was worried about him, after the two of them sat down, Yinzhen briefly told him what had happened after entering the palace.

When Yinxiang heard that he was really going to talk to the Emperor about the corruption case, he felt nervous for him. But when he heard that Cheng'an accidentally went there and broke the deadlock, he finally felt relieved.

Although Yinxiang had never entered the palace to meet his younger brother, he had occasionally heard his fourth brother mention him in recent days. He had a good impression of him. After learning that he had helped his fourth brother avoid punishment, he developed a certain liking for him.

"He sounds like a well-behaved and lovable child, but unfortunately I haven't met him yet." Yinxiang said.

Yinzhen heard this and said, "Come with me to see him some other day."

"No." Yinxiang shook his head.

He was favored by Kangxi at first, but since he was involved in the incident of deposing the crown prince, he was no longer favored by Kangxi and was even imprisoned for a long time.

The reason why Yinxiang was able to come out was thanks to Yinzhen. After thinking about it, he was still unwilling to appear in front of Kangxi when nothing was wrong, so as not to cause any trouble again.

Yinzhen knew his concerns and did not force him after hearing this.