The Dragon Cub is a Qing Palace Group Pet

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 ...

Chapter 23

Before he could even hug his younger brother, Yin'e took him away under the pretext of toasting him. After Yinzhi came to his senses, he subconsciously wanted to get up and chase him, but Yinzhen stopped him.

Remembering that this was a palace banquet, Yinzhi half-rose and fell back into his seat, but he couldn't help but glare in the direction of Yin'e.

Yin'e didn't notice his gaze at all. He held his soft brother in his arms and sat back in his seat with a satisfied look on his face.

Sitting on one side of him was Yinlu, and on the other side was the twelfth prince Yinlu. Yinlu, who was curious about his younger brother, immediately came closer to take a look at him when he saw the other person being carried over.

The twelfth prince was already old enough to be a father. After seeing his younger brother Cheng'an up close, he immediately felt that based on his pleasing appearance alone, he would be the emperor's favorite son.

"This is your twelfth brother." Yin'e introduced him casually when he saw him coming over.

The twelfth prince Yinlu was raised by Sumalagu since he was a child and did not participate in the fight for the throne, so his relationship with his brothers was not very good, but it was not bad either.

Having just seen the fifth brother beside the fourth brother, Cheng An saw the twelfth brother again. He exclaimed "Wow" and immediately called out, "Brother."

After Yinlu nodded in agreement, I couldn't help but touch his little face.

"Is it very soft?" Yin'e said when he saw his movements.

After holding his brother and talking to Yinlu for a few words, Yin'e turned around and faced Yinlu again.

Cheng An was so excited to have so many brothers here. After calling Yinzhen "brother", he suddenly waved his hands and shouted: "Awoo~"

Kangxi, who had been paying attention to him, couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand when he heard that he was coming again.

"Little ancestor, please keep your voice down." Yin'e, the culprit who caused him to learn the tiger roar, heard him roar so loudly, and remembered that he had been scolded by the emperor before, so he quickly reminded him.

Yinzhen looked at him with a half-smile, then reached out and took Cheng'an into his arms.

As soon as he raised his hand, Cheng'an rushed over, then leaned into his arms and called Yinsi next to him: "Brother."

Yinsi gave him a gentle smile and then introduced the seventh prince Yinyou who was standing beside him.

Seeing that Seventh Brother was also here, the little guy smiled and showed his little baby teeth.

In other words, it was not convenient for the other princes sitting opposite him to come over and communicate with him. Otherwise, if he knew that there were the Fifteenth Prince, the Sixteenth Prince and other brothers over there, he would probably be so happy that he would go crazy.

But now he was so happy that he twisted his body and got down to the ground and ran back and forth among his brothers, calling brother here and brother there, as if he was afraid that others didn't know that he had so many brothers.

The originally dull atmosphere of the New Year's Eve palace banquet suddenly became lively because of his arrival, and everyone's attention was focused on him.

While running back and forth between the seats, in addition to his brothers, the delicious wine and food on each table also attracted Cheng'an's attention. When he ran back to Yin'e again, he secretly grabbed a piece of fragrant roasted venison in his hand.

Just as he was about to put it into his mouth, Yinzhen noticed it with his sharp eyes and subconsciously stopped his hand.

Cheng An, who didn't get to bite the delicious meat, looked up and said, "Brother."

"What are you holding?" Yinzhen looked at him.

Cheng An blinked and said, "Meat~"

"You want to eat meat before your teeth have grown in? Put it down, you can't bite it." After hearing this, Yin'e quickly reached out to take the meat from his hand.

Cheng'an wanted to hide the flesh in his hand, but with Yin'er holding his little arm, he could only clench his little fist for the time being.

His hands were small and soft, so Yin'e didn't dare to use much force. After trying, he could only coax him, "Be obedient. This meat is cold. If you eat it, you'll have a stomachache."

"Eat~" Perhaps because he noticed that his brother was not as serious as Ama, Cheng'an not only did not put the meat down, but lowered his head and tried to bite the meat in his hand.

Food gets cold quickly in winter, and the meat on the plate was only slightly warm. Not to mention whether he could actually bite the meat, the meat must have been cold after being tossed around in his hands for so long. How could Yin'e dare let him eat it, and quickly stretched out his hand to block it.

Cheng An's mouth hit his palm, and he subconsciously took a bite before stepping back.

This is really meaty...

Yin'e found it a little funny to see him biting his own hand, so he reached out and touched his little face and said, "Be obedient, and I'll buy you a candy man some other day."

“Eat…”

The meat in Cheng'an's hand was indeed no longer hot, but it still exuded the aroma of meat, tempting him to take a bite.

"Ninth brother, why don't you take care of it quickly? He will really eat the meat soon!" Seeing that he couldn't coax him, Yin'e had to ask Yin'er for help.

"Why don't we have someone bring him another hot plate if he wants to eat it?"

Before Yinzhen opened his mouth, the twelfth prince Yinlu, who was sitting on the other side of him, saw his younger brother was so greedy that he directly took action to eat the meat, and couldn't help but say.

"It's not a question of hot or cold. He is still young. You have to wait before you can eat the meat." After Yin'e said this, he looked at Yin'er.

Yinzhen had no experience in coaxing children. When he saw the little arm he was holding began to struggle, he glanced at Kangxi and let go of his hand, saying, "The Emperor is watching you!"

He was not trying to scare Cheng'an, but Kangxi was indeed looking at him.

When Cheng'an heard his words, he looked up and met Kangxi's gaze.

Kangxi did dote on him, but he would also be serious when necessary, for example, when it came to his diet, he still kept a close eye on him.

Compared with his brothers who seldom met him but would always tease him every time they were together, Kangxi was more majestic in front of him. Therefore, he dared to act like a spoiled child in front of Yin'e, but did not dare to continue cheating when Kangxi looked over at him.

"Brother, eat it~" Under the gaze of Kangxi, Cheng'an looked at the meat in his hand, then stuffed it into Yin'e's mouth, as if he took the meat just to give it to his brother.

I really am...

Yin'e held the meat in his mouth, not knowing whether to spit it out or chew it, and his expression was quite helpless.

"Don't waste Cheng'an's kindness." Yinzhen said with a smile when he saw his look.

"Tenth brother's love for you is not in vain!" Yin'e finally swallowed the meat in his mouth, then reached out and poked Cheng'an on the forehead.

Cheng An, who was poked and tilted, immediately reached out to hug him, still calling out, "Brother."

Yin'e subconsciously reached out to catch him, and then suddenly remembered - the hand he had used to grab the meat seemed to have not been wiped!

By the time he reacted, Cheng'an's greasy hands had already wiped him clean.

Seeing this, Yinzhen couldn't help but laughed out loud.

After Cheng'an sat with them for a while, he soon ran to Yinzhen's side.

When he passed by, Yin'e specifically asked people to pass messages one by one, reminding the other princes to be careful not to let him eat the food on the table.

The little guy was not one to stay quiet. Even though he had been caught once just now, he was still trying to reach his hands onto the table.

When he arrived at Yinzhen's place, Yinzhen simply ordered people to remove the dishes on his table to a place where he could not reach them.

Cheng An sat on his lap, pointed at the dishes and then at himself: "Eat~"

"You can't eat yet." Yinzhen said, then reached out and fiddled with the jade pendant on his arm, drawing his attention away from the dishes.

The brothers are not stingy people, and today is New Year's Eve, so it is only natural for them to give their younger brothers lucky money. Therefore, after Cheng'an walked around, many jade pendants were already on his left arm.

Hearing the sound of the jade pendants colliding, Cheng'an looked down, then stretched out his other hand to play along.

As the palace banquet came to an end, fireworks began to be set off in the sky, and the dark sky suddenly lit up.

When the fireworks were first set off, the loud sound shook Cheng'an's little body, and Yinzhen, who was holding him, quickly patted his back to comfort him.

Fortunately, he wasn't really scared, but soon began to appreciate it.

“Wow—”

The little one who saw the fireworks for the first time exclaimed in amazement. He tilted his head up to watch for a long time, then turned his head and pointed to the sky: "Brother, ah..."

Originally, I didn’t think the fireworks that were displayed year after year were anything interesting, but after hearing his exclamation, the brothers around him suddenly felt a little bit of fun again.

"Cheng'an, come here to your father." When the fireworks were almost finished, Kangxi, who was at the top of the table, suddenly spoke.

Cheng'an had spent a long time with his brothers tonight. When he heard his voice, he got off his brother without hesitation and ran towards him.

Seeing that he was running so fast, Kangxi reached out to catch him and picked him up as soon as he arrived in front of him.

"Ama." Cheng An called him with a smile.

Sensing his good mood, Kangxi touched his belly and ordered someone to serve dumplings.

It is a must to eat dumplings on New Year's Eve. Due to the customs left by our ancestors, the palace can only eat vegetarian dumplings on this day.

However, even if they are vegetarian dumplings, they are still delicious when made by the royal chef.

To be honest, the only thing that people present could have warmed up tonight was probably vegetarian dumplings.

Throughout the evening, Cheng'an looked at the dishes on the tables but found that there was not a single thing he could eat. After being stopped again and again, he had given up, especially in front of Kangxi.

"Don't want to eat anymore?" Seeing him sitting quietly beside him, Kangxi said while holding a bowl of dumplings.

These are small dumplings that he asked the imperial chef to make specially for him. They are about the size of a thumb.

"Eat!" Cheng An immediately reached out to grab the spoon in his bowl after he reacted.

Seeing him take the spoon away, Kangxi thought about it and asked someone to bring a small plate to him, put a few small dumplings in it and let him try to eat it himself.

The little guy picked up the spoon and started working hard. It took him a long time to finally eat a dumpling.

Although he was full before coming here, he had almost digested the food after running around. So when he ate the dumplings, he tried hard to bite them with his front few little teeth and his eyes curved as he ate.

Seeing his little appearance, Kangxi felt a little hungry and picked up the chopsticks to start eating.

The dumplings he ate were much bigger. The big, white and plump dumplings tasted very delicious when he dipped them in vinegar and put them into his mouth.

Feeling that the dumplings were well made this year, Kangxi raised his hand and signaled Liang Jiugong to present them to the imperial kitchen for reward.

The princes below also had dumplings on the table. Seeing their younger brother and the emperor eating so happily, they also picked up their bowls and started eating.

Yinzhen himself prefers vegetarian dumplings to meat dumplings. After glancing at his younger brother who was eating next to his father without even raising his head, he picked up another dumpling.

"The dumplings are well made this year." Yin'e said to Yin'er after finishing a dumpling.

Yinzhen ignored him, but Yinsi next to him nodded slightly in agreement.

"Another bowl." While they were talking, Yinzhen had already finished a bowl of dumplings and handed the bowl to the person serving him.

The top.

When Kangxi was eating his dumplings, Cheng'an next to him suddenly scooped a dumpling from his plate and held it in front of him: "Father, eat..."

The small dumpling was not enough for him to eat in one bite, but after all, it was his son's filial piety, so he naturally would not refuse. He stretched out his chopsticks, picked up the dumpling and put it into his mouth.

Just when Kangxi was thinking that none of his sons were as filial as the youngest one in front of him, the next second he saw the spoon in his hand reaching into his bowl.

Kangxi's bowl was full of normal-sized dumplings. It was not easy for him to scoop them up. It took him a long time to finally scoop up one. The dumpling, which was slightly larger than his spoon, dangled in the air for a while before finally falling successfully into the small plate in front of him.

Seeing such a big dumpling on the plate, Cheng An was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

Kangxi finally realized that he was exchanging with him: "..."

If it weren't for the fact that today was New Year's Eve, Kangxi would really want to pick up the dumpling with a chopstick and eat it in front of him, so that he could experience in advance what the evil nature of human nature is.

Cheng'an had no idea that his royal father had such sinister thoughts in his mind. At this moment, he was working hard to push the big dumplings to the edge of the plate and lowered his head to bite them.

Seeing that he ignored the convenient small dumplings and insisted on making such a big one to take home which was so troublesome to eat, Kangxi finally became too lazy to argue with him anymore.

After the dumplings were eaten, the palace banquet ended.

After eating and drinking his fill, Cheng'an began to feel a little sleepy and opened his arms, asking Kangxi for a hug.

Kangxi still remembered that he had just changed the dumplings and didn't want to hug him at first, but when he saw that he could hardly open his eyes, he finally took him into his arms.

"Father..." Cheng An hugged his neck and rubbed his little head sleepily against his shoulder.

Kangxi subconsciously patted his back to comfort him, then stood up while holding him.

"Your Highness, I respectfully send you off."

Seeing that he was about to leave, the brothers present stood up and saluted.

When the voices rang out in unison, Cheng'an, who had originally closed his eyes, raised his head again, and after seeing his brothers below through Kangxi's shoulders, he immediately called out: "Brothers..."

"Go to sleep if you are sleepy. Your brothers can't run away." Kangxi saw that he was woken up, so in order to prevent him from making a fuss about going downstairs to find his brothers again, he simply pressed his little head back and quickened his pace.

After watching them leave, the brothers also stood up and left.

This year's New Year's Eve palace banquet ended here, but it brought a different memory to the princes.

On the way out of the Palace of Heavenly Purity, the atmosphere among the princes was unprecedentedly harmonious, and the topic of their chats was basically their younger brother Cheng'an.

Cheng'an, who was being talked about by them, had now followed Kangxi back to the bedroom. He was sleepy just now, but after being put on the couch, he suddenly woke up and turned his little head to look around.

"What are you looking for?" As Kangxi finished speaking, Liang Jiugong on the side brought over a tray of jade pendants.

These are the jade pendants that Cheng'an collected from his brothers tonight. Because they are difficult to carry, they are placed on a tray and taken by the eunuch who follows him.

When Cheng'an saw that his jade pendant was still there, he immediately stretched out his little hand and tried to grab it in mid-air.

Liang Jiugong glanced at Kangxi first, then placed the tray in front of him.

Seeing that the man who was drowsy just now was now energetic again, Kangxi sat down next to him and looked at the jade pendant in front of him.

If you don't have some family background, you can't be his elder brother...

Thinking of the pile of jade pendants that his youngest son got from his brothers, Kangxi couldn't help laughing.

"Liang Jiugong." Seeing that he was concentrating on playing with the jade pendant on the couch, Kangxi suddenly spoke.

When Liang Jiugong heard his name, he stepped back without any further instructions and quickly brought back a box.

The box was only slightly larger than the palm of his hand. Kangxi opened it, took out a red envelope from it and shook it in front of his son who had his little head lowered.

Cheng An saw the red in front of him, subconsciously stretched out his little hand to grab it, then looked up at him: "Ama?"

"Open it and take a look." Kangxi said, letting go of his hand.

When Cheng An heard his words, his hands moved quickly, and he quickly opened the red envelope and took out the things inside, and immediately shouted: "Wow——"

It was a copper coin, or to be more precise, a lucky coin in the shape of a copper coin. This lucky coin was made of gold and was about the same size as his palm. There were the words "Long Life" on the front and auspicious patterns on the back.

Cheng'an did like the jade pendant very much, but if you noticed that he had been obsessed with the golden peanuts in Yin'er's purse, it would not be difficult to see that he liked gold more than the jade pendant.

The lucky coin that Kangxi prepared for him as a lucky money for the new year really touched his heart.

He held the lucky money in both hands and looked at it for a long time, then crawled over and threw himself into Kangxi's arms: "Hello, Father!"

"That's all you can say." Kangxi rubbed his head with a smile on his face.

When Cheng'an heard his words, he looked up and smiled at him, his clear eyes filled with joy and dependence.

After he leaned in Kangxi's arms and played with the lucky money in his hand for a while, he was soon overwhelmed by sleepiness again.

Kangxi looked down at him, but did not immediately move him to the bed. Instead, he looked at the lights in the hall and suddenly became absent-minded.

After midnight, it indicates that the old year has passed and the new year has arrived.

It was late at night when Kangxi finally got up and entered the inner hall, holding his youngest son in his arms. After putting him on the bed, he saw that he was still holding the lucky money tightly, so he took it out gently and placed it under his little pillow.

Children grow quickly. After the new year, Cheng'an walked more and more steadily, did not fall easily when running, and could speak more and more words.

It’s the beginning of the year and the weather is still a little cold, but the little guy who can walk and run is increasingly yearning for the world outside the temple.

The infant mortality rate in the palace is still very high. He is not even one year old now. Even though he looks healthy now, Kangxi is still worried.

In order to prevent him from always wanting to run away, Kangxi took the initiative to instruct Yinzhi and others to come to the palace to see Cheng'an when they had nothing to do.

They said they were going to take a look, but actually they just wanted them to play with Cheng An so that he wouldn't get bored and want to run outside.

Yinzhi and others already liked their younger brother Cheng'an, and by frequently entering the palace they could make their presence felt in front of Kangxi, so naturally they were willing to do so.

With Kangxi's words, even Yinzhen and Yinxiang, who had been cautious, could enter the palace with peace of mind.

Soon the princes were divided into several groups. Yinsi, Yin'er, Yin'e, and Yinzhen would go to the palace together when they were free; Yinzhen would go with Yinxiang, and occasionally Yinzhi would also come with them; as for other princes, such as Yinqi, Yinyou, and Yinlu, they would also visit their younger brother Cheng'an when they had the chance to go to the palace.

Among all the princes, who is most active in visiting his younger brother Cheng'an, it must be Yin'e.

On the one hand, it was because he liked this younger brother very much. From the moment he hugged him at the third-day bath, he felt that this younger brother was destined to be with him. On the other hand, he was relatively idle. On weekdays, he didn't have much serious work to do except following Yinsi and Yinlang around.

The sun came out early in the morning, and the sunlight felt warm on people.

Yin'e thought that the weather was just right to go out and see his brother. After asking Yinsi and Yin'er and finding out that they were both free, he directly took Yinzhen with him into the palace.

When the two brothers entered the palace, Cheng'an was "playing games" with the palace maids and eunuchs in the Qianqing Palace.

Well, actually the palace maids and eunuchs were forced to play games with him because he always wanted to run out of the palace and the palace maids and eunuchs had to stop him in various ways.

When Yin'e and Yinzhen came together, they saw swaying figures in the hall from afar. When they got closer, they saw a group of palace maids and eunuchs blocking the door.

“What is this doing?”

Hearing Yin'e's voice, the palace maids and eunuchs began to bow.

"Brother!" Cheng'an, who was blocked inside the door, saw his two brothers and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Do you miss your brother?" Yin'e strode in, bent down, picked him up, and weighed him.

Yinzhen followed him in and waved his hand to ask the palace maids and eunuchs who were paying their respects to step aside.

"Brother, let's go." Cheng'an hugged Yin'e with one of his little hands and held the fingers that Yinzhen stretched out with the other hand.

"You want my brother to leave right after he got here?" Yinzhen deliberately misinterpreted his meaning.

"No." Cheng An shook his head, released his finger, pointed at himself and then at the door, "Let's go, An An, let's go."

The little guy couldn't pronounce the word "Cheng" in his name clearly, so he learned to call himself "An An" without any instruction.

Yin'e was amused by him, and patted his back and said, "Where are you going? You are not allowed to leave."

Hearing his words, Cheng An's brows knitted together. Still wanting to leave, he suddenly stretched out his hands to Yin Zhen: "Brother."

Yinzhen saw his little body falling towards him and subconsciously reached out to catch him.

After falling into his arms, Cheng An pointed to the door again and said, "Let's go!"

Seeing that he still refused to give up and thought that changing someone else could take him out, Yin'e was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Okay, let's go." Yinzhen didn't expect that he would place his hopes on him. A smile appeared on his face, and he took him away, but the direction they went was not outside but inside the palace.

Seeing the door getting farther and farther away from him, Cheng An twisted his body and said, "No, no..."

Upon hearing this, Yinzhi quickened his pace and walked to the couch not far away, bent down and put him on it.

It’s not that Yinzhen was unwilling to take him out to play, but the emperor obviously didn’t want him to go out, and he wouldn’t dare to disobey him even if he had the guts.

After placing him on the couch, Yinzhen was prepared for him to climb down and continue running out, but unexpectedly he turned over and lay on the couch, suddenly not moving.

"Cheng'an?" After trying to call out and getting no response, he turned around and looked at Yin'e.

Every time the little guy sees his brothers, he is extremely enthusiastic. This is the first time Yin'e has seen him like this, and he can't help but reach out and touch the back of his head.

The little guy, who used to respond when called and become clingy when touched, now didn't move at all.

"He seems unhappy." Yin'e looked at Yinzhen and said silently.

Yinzhen didn't expect that this little guy would lose his temper. It felt quite novel.

"Cheng An is ignoring Brother Fourteen? Then I'm leaving."

The little figure lying on the couch immediately moved after hearing this, and immediately got up and reached out to grab him: "Brother won't leave."

Seeing that his brother was obviously more important to him, Yinzhen immediately laughed and felt that if the emperor had not forbade him, he would have to take him out for a walk today just based on his performance.

Seeing that he was still angry with Fourteen just now, and now he was holding the other's arm tightly, Yin'e said with a sour look: "In this case, I'd better leave."

"No, I won't leave!" Upon hearing that, Cheng An immediately freed one hand and grabbed him again.

Now he didn't want to run outside anymore, and his only thought was not to let his two brothers leave.

His performance made his two brothers happy, and Yin'e immediately ordered someone to bring the clay figurine he had specially brought for him.

The colorful clay figurine instantly attracted Cheng An's attention, but he did not take it immediately. Instead, he looked up and said, "Brother will not leave."

"Okay, okay, brother won't leave." Yin'e said, touching his little head.

After making sure that his brother would not leave, Cheng An reached out to take the clay figure.

Yin'e bought him clay figurines related to the Three Kingdoms, including Zhang Fei, Guan Yu and Lu Bu.

After Cheng'an looked at everything, he suddenly lowered his head and opened his mouth.

"You can't eat it!" Yinzhen was shocked when he saw his action, and quickly reached out to cover his mouth. At the same time, he couldn't help complaining to Yin'e, "Why did you buy this for him?"

Yin'e didn't expect that he would bite the clay figures, so he quickly took two clay figures in his hands and demonstrated: "Cheng'an, this is not for eating, it's for playing with, you see--"

After saying this, he held a clay figure in one hand and started to gesture, while dubbing in his mouth words like "Who is coming?", "Grandpa Zhang Fei", "Hey, take my knife".

Cheng'an watched with his bright eyes, and soon he started clapping his hands.

Next, Yin'e took him to play together, and the two brothers each took a clay figure and played with it happily.

Yinzhen originally thought they were quite boring, but after watching for a while, he couldn't help but join in, and it turned into a three-way fight.

After all, a clay figure is a clay figure. It cannot withstand such torture and soon it has lost arms and legs.

Cheng An chuckled when he saw it and continued to fight while laughing.

The three men did not stop until they had beaten the clay figures beyond recognition. The palace maids waiting nearby immediately brought them water to wash their hands.

It can be seen from the fact that Cheng'an refused to come out of the basin when washing his hands for the third time. He wants to play with water every time he sees water, so there are often several people coming at the same time to wash his hands.

Yin'e saw so many people coming over and waved his hand, "No need for you, he will wash with me."

As soon as he finished speaking, he held Cheng'an's little hand and walked into his basin together. Unexpectedly, he got splashed with water in the face the next second.

The maid who was holding the basin of water and had no time to remind him said quickly: "Little brother, good water..."

"Hehehe..." Cheng'an, who finally found a chance to play in the water, laughed and clapped his hands at the water.

Yin'e quickly grabbed his hands and rubbed them in the basin. After rubbing, he immediately said, "Take the basin away."

Yinzhen, who was washing his hands slowly on the side, saw that they were fighting like a war, so he smiled and threw a dry towel over.

Yin'e took the towel and wiped his face first, then he wiped himself and the pair of wet hands in front of him.

"It's a pity that I always praise you for being good." Yin E couldn't help but say after wiping his hands.

Cheng An, who had no water to play with, looked at him innocently, then patted his belly and said, "Brother, eat..."

"What do you want to eat? Can I eat you?" Hearing that he was hungry, Yin'e held his white and tender little hand and said deliberately.

"No." Cheng An immediately pulled out his little hand and hid it behind his back.

Seeing this, Yinzhen, who was standing next to him, unexpectedly reached out and grabbed his little hand, scaring him so much that he screamed.

After amusing him for a while, Yinzhen asked someone to bring up some food.

Soon a palace maid came in with a tray. In addition to a plate of milk cake, there were two other snacks.

After playing with him for so long, Yin'e was a little hungry. He picked up a piece of milk cake and stuffed it into his hand, then took another piece of cake for himself.

After Cheng An took the milk cake and took two bites, his eyes fell on the exquisite dessert in his hand.

"Brother, eat." He helped Yin'e stand up and put the milk cake with a bite missing in his hand into his mouth.

"Brother has some, you can eat it yourself." After Yin'e swallowed the pastry in his mouth, he picked up another piece and showed it to him.

Cheng An looked at the cake in his hand, but his movements became more enthusiastic: "Brother, eat it!"

Seeing that he insisted on sharing with him, Yin'e gave Yinzhen next to him a look that said "Look, he really likes me, his tenth brother, more", and accepted his kindness reluctantly.

Seeing him eat his milk cake in one bite, Cheng An immediately smiled and took the cake from his hand.

Yin'e was still immersed in the joy of his younger brother thinking of him first when he had something delicious. It was only after he took the cake away that he reacted a little too late: "Hey——"

When he came to his senses, Cheng'an, who had received the pastry, had already quickly lowered his head and taken a bite.

The soft pastry was sweet and delicious, with a richer flavor than milk cake. It was so delicious that his eyes curved.

"Are you being overly sentimental?" After Yinzhen realized that he was exchanging milk cake for pastries, he smiled and looked at the man who was so proud just now.

"You still have time to make sarcastic remarks!" Yin'e said and hurriedly tried to snatch the snack from Cheng'an's hand. However, since he had already tasted the sweetness, he was not willing to give it to Cheng'an and immediately ran to the corner of the couch and hid.

Seeing this, Yinzhen didn't have time to laugh at him anymore, so he turned around and asked, "Can he eat cakes?"

"These two kinds of cakes are easier to digest. Little prince can have some." replied the eunuch who was serving him.

Upon hearing this, Yin'e finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he still tried to get back half of the cake from Cheng'an and left only the other half for him to eat, and at the same time asked someone to quickly remove the cakes.

The two brothers stayed in the palace until almost noon and Kangxi returned shortly after they left.

After Kangxi came back and had lunch with Cheng'an, he went back to the imperial study to work. It was already evening when he came back.

After dinner and washing up, Yu Kangxi had relatively leisurely time.

Seeing his youngest son sitting on the couch playing by himself, Kangxi suddenly wanted to play chess and asked someone to bring the chessboard.

It was getting late, and he was too lazy to ask anyone to play chess with him, so he just played by himself.

The weather was fine during the day, but as the sun went down, the coldness came back again, but it did not reach the temple.

despair--

After Kangxi placed another piece on the chessboard, he looked at the chessboard and began to think.

Playing chess against yourself may seem simple, but it is actually not that easy.

Just as he had an idea and reached out to pick up a white piece, a voice suddenly came from his ear -

"Grandpa is here~"

A childish voice reached Kangxi's ears, and for a moment he thought he was hallucinating. The white piece he had just picked up fell directly onto the chessboard with a "click".

"Cheng'an." Kangxi looked up at his son beside him and saw him waving a jade pendant in each hand in the air.

Cheng An heard him calling him and turned to look at him: "Ama."

"What did you say just now?" Looking at his well-behaved little face, Kangxi was a little uncertain.

Cheng An tilted his head and thought for a moment before saying, "Grandpa is here~"

These were the words Yin'e had said to him during the day when they were playing with clay figures. I don't know how he remembered them and could speak them quite fluently.

Seeing that he had heard correctly, Kangxi's expression darkened: "Who taught you that?"

Cheng'an originally wanted to say "brother", but when he found that he seemed angry, he immediately stopped talking.

It was a rare occasion that he was smart enough not to sell out his brother, but it was of no use. Kangxi soon found out from other people and suddenly felt that the punishment of reading "The Analects" ten times last time was not enough.

This time, Kangxi was too lazy to call Yin'e over for a lecture. He directly ordered someone to convey his oral order, asking him to copy the "Book of Rites" a hundred times.

Poor Yin'e, his son had already started to go to school, but he, as a father, was punished to copy books. It would be really embarrassing if this got out.

However, when Yinzhen found out, he said he deserved it: "You dare to speak without restraint in the palace, you should learn a lesson."

"I didn't say anything. It's not possible that I can't even talk to Cheng'an!" Yin'e felt very wronged.

Yinsi shook his head and said, "Cheng'an is still learning to speak, so you still have to be careful in front of him."

"Don't you ever think about who the Emperor's 'grandfather' is? You taught Cheng'an to call him 'grandfather' in front of him. The Emperor's punishment of only making you copy books is considered light." Yinzhen sneered.

Yin'e lowered his head when he heard this, but couldn't help muttering: "How could I teach you? I'll just say it myself..."

Having said that, he did not have the confidence at all, so he just went to copy his own "Book of Rites" obediently.

On the other hand, Yinzhi still remembered that he had snatched his brother from him at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve. After receiving the news, he immediately smiled and sent someone to give him a copy of "Book of Rites" and a set of writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone.

"This third brother, why does he learn from the fourth brother's narrow-mindedness when there are so many other things to learn from!" Yin'e said unhappily after receiving Yinzhi's "concern".

It is not easy to copy "Book of Rites" a hundred times. By the time Yin'e finished copying, the weather had started to warm up.

In March, the grass is green and the birds are singing.

As the weather gets warmer, Cheng'an can finally take off his thick winter coat, and with less restraint from his clothes, he becomes more flexible.

The little guy, who is almost one year old, is taken care of very well. He looks so delicate and innocent that people would believe he is a fairy child from heaven.

"Young prince, please slow down." Seeing that he wanted to run out again, the palace maids and eunuchs serving in the palace chased after him helplessly.

However, the little guy, who had grown up a few months later, was extremely agile. He successfully avoided their blockade and finally stepped out of the palace.

After running out of the door, Cheng An smiled widely and wanted to continue running outside, but he bumped into someone after only taking a few steps.

"Do you want to go out so badly?" Kangxi looked down at the person who bumped into his leg, his tone somewhat helpless.

The moment he bumped into him, Cheng An felt his breath and realized that he had been caught by him. He immediately reached out and hugged him and acted like a spoiled child: "Ama~"

Kangxi shook his head, reached out to pick him up, and then turned around with him.

Cheng An, who thought he would be carried back to the palace, immediately opened his eyes wide when he found that they were getting farther and farther away from the palace. Then he hugged his neck and rubbed against him: "Hello, Ama."