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 ...
The Luohan bed is divided into two sides by a small square table, on which are placed a chessboard and chess pieces.
Cheng'an saw his father and fourth brother sitting on each side and seemed to find it very interesting.
He stood up and stood on the Luohan bed, sometimes walking to Kangxi's side, sometimes walking to Yinzhen's side, playing very enthusiastically by himself.
The game on the table has begun, and black and white chess pieces are placed on the board in an alternating pattern.
Cheng'an was not bored and walked around on both sides, occasionally opening his arms to give Kangxi or Yinzhen a hug.
Yinzhen was fine. He let him hug him and his eyes were still focused on the chessboard.
After hugging his brother from the side for a while, the little guy quickly stood up and walked towards Kangxi.
Kangxi felt a little dizzy from him rocking back and forth, and when he approached, he pulled him into his arms and hugged him.
Cheng An twisted twice in his arms, and only calmed down when he realized he couldn't get out, and began to focus his attention on the chessboard in front of him.
After a while, the black and white pieces on the chessboard had each occupied a space.
Cheng An blinked his eyes, not understanding what was so fun about this. Of course, the most important thing was that he felt that his brother and father didn't want to play with him.
"Drink it, Ama."
After hearing his words, Kangxi gave birth to a son and ordered someone to bring water.
A palace maid came up with some water and tried to feed him, but seeing that the little prince turned his head away and refused to let her, she could only gently put the water on the table.
After Cheng An rejected the palace maid, he raised his head and shouted: "Ama~"
Kangxi looked down and saw him playing with his little hands without touching the cup, so he could only pick up the cup and bring it to his mouth.
He took two sips from Kangxi's hand and shook his head to indicate that he didn't want any more. However, when Kangxi put down the cup and continued playing chess, he started to drink water again.
It would be fine if it happened once or twice, but if it happened so many times, how could Kangxi not see that he did it on purpose.
"What exactly do you want to do?" Kangxi asked with a stern face.
Cheng An stretched out his little hand and hugged him: "Ama."
As soon as he was told, he would act like a spoiled child, not knowing how to be afraid. Kangxi was really helpless, so he once again brought the water to his mouth: "If you want to drink, drink it all at once. If you drink another sip, call me, and you won't be able to drink water today!"
Cheng'an was indeed a little thirsty because he had been calling him non-stop. When he heard his words, he started to drink and finally finished the glass of water.
After Kangxi put down the cup and dropped a few chess pieces, he heard him shouting again.
“Ama…”
"What's the matter?" Kangxi's tone was a little bad.
Cheng An, who felt that his father was a little bit fierce, smiled at him and said, "I want a brother."
Upon hearing this, Kangxi immediately stood up and walked him to the other side.
When Yinzhen was holding the chess piece and thinking about how to make his move, a little kid with a milky smell suddenly appeared in his arms.
"Brother~" The little guy smiled at him, revealing a few baby teeth, and then stretched out his little hand to take the chess piece from his hand.
Yinzhen didn't say anything. He let him take the chess piece, then he hugged him with his left hand and took another chess piece with his right hand.
After having something to play with, the little guy finally behaved himself for a while, allowing Kangxi and Yinzhen to play chess properly.
The hall finally became quiet, and for a moment the only sound was the sound of chess pieces falling.
Snap——
Another white piece fell on the chessboard. Kangxi, whose eyes had been on the chessboard, had a hint of confusion in his eyes, not understanding why he put the piece here.
etc……
Before he could figure out the purpose of this chess piece, Kangxi suddenly realized that his previous move was obviously wrong.
When he looked up, he saw that the chess piece in Yinzhen's hand had clearly not fallen yet, but his youngest son was smiling brightly.
"Put the chess piece back." Kangxi said, knowing that it was his youngest son who was making trouble.
Yinzhen shook his head and said, "No regrets in making this move, please, Father Royal."
After he finished speaking, he looked at the little guy in his arms who was reaching out to take the chess piece again, and directly put the chess piece in his hand into his hand.
When the little guy kept asking for water even though he wasn't thirsty, Yinzhen realized that he was bored, so he simply gave the chess piece to him and let him join in.
Of course, Yinzhen gave him the chess piece not to let him move it randomly, but to tell him where to place it.
"This?" Cheng An held the chess piece and placed it on the spot he pointed to while confirming it. He put the chess piece down only after seeing him nod, and then he clapped himself as if he had accomplished something big.
Yinzhen saw that he was happy, but he didn't show it on his face. There was a gentle smile in his eyes. He took out another chess piece and handed it to him.
Kangxi, who was standing opposite, was a little surprised when he saw this scene.
He knew a little about the character of his own son. This fourth son had a somewhat irritable temper when he was young, but as he grew up, he became more and more stable, and his face became colder and colder.
At the same time, he finally understood why Cheng'an always talked about his brother. After all, it seemed that his brother treated him really well.
After the game was over, Kangxi won in the end. However, the little guy on the opposite side who lost the game with Yinzhen was quite happy. He clapped his hands as he looked at the almost full chessboard.
"You can still laugh after losing." Kangxi looked at him and joked.
Cheng'an still laughed happily when he heard his words, and after laughing, he stretched out his little hands and waved on the chessboard.
The game had already been played, and Kangxi was too lazy to say anything to him. While he was having fun, he chatted with Yinzhen for a while.
After the father and son chatted for a while, Yinzhen stood up to say goodbye. Seeing that he was about to leave, Cheng'an reluctantly held him back.
"Brother, no."
Seeing that he wanted to cling to Yinzhen, Kangxi could not help but say, "If you are so reluctant to leave, why don't you just go with your fourth brother?"
As soon as he said this, Cheng An nodded in agreement.
Not to mention him, even Yinzhen was somewhat moved when he heard this.
Seeing that he really wanted to go with them, Kangxi felt unhappy. He reached out and pulled him over, then slapped him on the butt: "I have raised you in vain!"
His movements were not violent, but the sound was quite loud.
When Yinzhen heard the snapping sound, he couldn't help but look at the little guy's face, obviously worried that he would cry.
"What? Are you afraid that I will hurt your precious brother?" Kangxi said unhappily after noticing his gaze.
It was obvious that he was venting his anger on others. What else could Yinzhen say? He could only bow his hands to show that he dared not and then leave.
"elder brother--"
Watching his brother leave and thinking about how his father had just beaten him, Cheng'an rarely got a little angry.
Seeing him crawl to the corner of the bed and sit alone, puffing up his cheeks and ignoring him, Kangxi's previous dissatisfaction was replaced by laughter.
Kangxi thought his expression was quite amusing, so he did not try to coax him. Instead, he ordered people to prepare writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone and placed them not far away. Then he started to paint while watching him.
Cheng An was angry for a while, but when he saw that his father didn't come to comfort him, he couldn't help but turn around and look for him quietly.
Fortunately, he didn't know that his father was painting a picture called "Angry Child Sitting", otherwise he would have continued to lose his temper.
When he looked over, he only saw Kangxi holding a pen, and thought he was busy with something again.
Although he is young, he is generally quite sensible. For example, he knows that every time the emperor takes a pen, he is busy with something and basically will not make trouble.
At this moment, he thought that the emperor was busy again, and his slightly puffy cheeks returned to normal, and then he slowly changed from sitting to lying down.
When Kangxi finally finished the painting, he looked up and saw a little guy sleeping soundly.
He was in a good mood at the moment, so he simply changed a piece of paper and continued drawing. Soon he finished another picture of a sleeping child.
After finishing the painting, Kangxi admired it for a while and asked someone to put his private seal on it.
Time flies and it is already May. There is a big event in the palace during this month, which is the 24th prince's one-year-old ceremony.
Everyone inside and outside the palace knows it now that the Twenty-Fourth Prince Yinmi is not only favored by the emperor, but also his older brothers such as Prince Cheng and Prince Yong like him very much.
Especially Prince Dun Yin'e, now he talks about my brother all the time when he goes out, which is really surprising.
The 24th prince's third-day bath was held in a grand ceremony, and the one-year-old ceremony was naturally also very special. The location was still the Palace of Heavenly Purity, and those who watched the ceremony included not only the royal family and his wife, but also some ministers in the court who were fortunate enough to attend.
Obviously, Kangxi wanted to show off his son, otherwise he would not have invited so many people to come.
A few days before the Zhou-Zhua Ceremony, Yin'e, Yinsi, Yin'er and Yinzhen went to the Qianqing Palace together again.
Cheng'an did not go to Xian'an Palace this time, so they got to see him as they wished.
"Brother!" Cheng An was so happy to see his four brothers coming together.
"Are you missing Brother Ten?" Yin'e saw him running towards him with his short legs, so he trotted over and picked him up.
The little guy put his arms around him and said sweetly, "I miss my brother."
"What about me?" Yinzhen walked over and asked.
Cheng An said without hesitation: "I think so."
He did not favor one over the other. After saying this, he turned around and looked at Yinsi and Yinlu and said, "I miss my brother."
Upon hearing this, Yinsi smiled immediately and walked forward to touch his soft little face.
Although Yinzhen looked as if he didn't care, there was a barely perceptible curve at the corner of his lips.
As soon as the four brothers arrived, the hall immediately became lively.
After the encounter, they sat down together around the bed.
Before Yinsi and the others arrived, Cheng'an was preparing to eat snacks, so his snacks for the day were placed on the table.
After being carried back by Yin'e, Cheng'an immediately noticed the snacks on the plate.
But he turned around to look at his brothers, and after bending his fingers several times, his little brows couldn't help but frown.
"What's wrong?" Yinzhen asked after seeing his expression.
Cheng An heard his voice coming out of his thoughts and pointed at the plate and said, "Brother, eat."
This is only his brother. He wouldn't be so generous if it were anyone else.
This was the first time that Yinsi and others had caught him eating snacks, but they had heard before that the emperor was strict with his diet and he only had three pieces of snacks a day.
Seeing that he was willing to not eat himself and let them eat, Yinzhen felt that his love for this younger brother was not in vain.
You know, Yin'e often brought all kinds of new things from his shop to the palace. Of course, that was with his tacit approval, otherwise Yin'e would never have been able to always know about the new things in his shop at the first time.
Of course, the brothers don’t lack this snack, but this is the thought of their younger brother, and it cannot be compared with ordinary snacks.
"Cheng'an is really considerate. He knows that Tenth Brother is hungry." After flattering himself, Yin'e reached out and picked up a piece of peach cake.
Seeing that he was about to enjoy a piece of dessert alone, Yinzhen reached out and broke off half of it from his hand.
"Brother Jiu, why are you like this!"
While Yin'e was complaining, Yinzhen picked up another piece of peach cake on the plate, cut it in half, and handed one half to Yinsi.
When Yinsi took it, he noticed that the little guy was looking at the peach cake in their hands with his little mouth moving constantly. He chuckled and broke off half of the peach cake in his hand and fed it to them.
Cheng'an, who originally thought he wouldn't be able to eat peach cake today, noticed the sweetness in his mouth and started laughing while eating.
Seeing how happily he was eating, Yinsi put the remaining peach cake into his mouth and found that it tasted really good.
When he was feeding him, Yin'e and the others noticed how greedy the little guy was, so they broke off half of the peach cakes in their hands and fed them to him one by one.
When Cheng'an ate the peach cakes his brothers fed him, bubbles of joy appeared all over his body.
"Is it so delicious?" Yin'e's eyes curved when he saw him eating so much, and he ate the remaining peach cake in his hand while smiling.
Yinzhen, who was almost done eating, continued, "It tastes really good."
After the peach cakes were distributed, there was only one piece of milk cake left on the plate. Cheng'an reached out and grabbed it, took a bite, then raised his hand and handed it to Yin'e.
"Eat it yourself." Yin'e said, touching his head.
Seeing that he didn't want to eat, Cheng'an sent it to Yinsi and others.
Of course, Yinsi and the others would not eat it again. After all, it was enough to taste his kindness. How could they keep competing with their younger brother for snacks?
After making sure that they didn't want to eat it, Cheng An withdrew his hand and started to chew it seriously.
"The way he eats is really interesting." Yinzhen smiled as he watched his cheeks puff up from time to time.
Yinsi nodded in agreement, and when Yin'e wanted to reach out and poke him, he quickly stopped him: "Let him eat well, it would be bad if he chokes."
Upon hearing this, Yin E quickly withdrew his hand and continued to quietly appreciate the little guy's eating habits. As he watched, he suddenly couldn't help but lower his head and bury his hands in the little guy's food and take a sip.
"Tenth brother, what are you doing?" Yinzhen saw his actions and his tone was filled with disgust.
Yin'e raised his head and said, "He smells like milk, very fragrant."
It’s no wonder that he did what he did just now. The little guy in his arms was so soft and fragrant. Just looking at him made people feel happy and wanted to get close to him.
Yinzhen heard his words and stretched out his hand and said, "Let me hold you for a while."
There was no reason to give up his brother, so Yin'e was naturally unwilling to do so. Instead, he hugged him even tighter.
Yinzhen couldn't help but roll his eyes at him when he saw this, regretting in his heart that he was a step slower than him when he came in just now.
While the two of them were talking, Cheng An had already eaten the last bite of the milk cake. After swallowing it, he savored the aftertaste in his mouth and spread his hands and said, "Nothing..."
This little guy looked so cute. Yinsi smiled and picked up the wet towel prepared on the table to wipe his little hands clean.
"Why don't you lick your hands today?" Yin'e obviously knew him well, and couldn't help but teasing him when he saw him obediently letting Yinsi wipe his hands.
When Cheng An heard his words, he raised his little face and said, "It's not that bad."
"What did he say?" Yinzhen didn't understand.
Yinsi thought for a moment and then smiled and said, "Do not touch without permission, right?"
After he said this, Yinzhen and the other two thought about it and suddenly felt that it really was this sentence.
"You still know not to touch anything inappropriate?" Yin'e laughed so hard that he couldn't stop laughing. After he finished laughing, he praised, "You are worthy of being my brother."
They didn't think much about it, just thought that Kangxi taught him, and laughed and joked with him.
Cheng An didn’t know what was so funny about “Fei Wu Dong”, but when he saw his brothers laughing he started laughing too.
After laughing, he suddenly noticed that there were still some chopped peach cakes on the plate of snacks, and he reached out to take them.
When Yinsi and the others saw him eating the broken snacks, they felt a little distressed and couldn't help but think that the emperor was too strict.
Yin'e even wanted to take him back to his house and let him eat as much snacks as he wanted.
"cough……"
Yin'e suddenly coughed dryly, and then asked Liu Cai, who was waiting beside him, to serve him tea.
Liu Cai glanced at the tea that had been served on the table, but didn't dare say anything. He turned around and served the tea himself.
Liu Cai was the only one present who was closest to him. After sending him away, Yin'e quickly took out something from the pouch on his waist and stuffed it into the mouth of the person in his arms.
Before Cheng'an could react, there was something in his mouth. He tasted something sweeter than peach cakes with the tip of his tongue. He immediately squinted his eyes and started eating.
"What do you give him to eat?" Yinzhen asked in a low voice.
Yin'e showed them his unclosed purse and said, "It's crispy candy. He'll be one year old soon. It's okay for him to have some."
Although he brought the crispy candies in, he had no intention of giving them to Cheng'an. It was just that he felt so sorry for Cheng'an when he saw him eating the crispy candies just now, so he couldn't help but feed him.
This was the first time Cheng An had eaten such sweet food. It was so delicious that he couldn't help but hold his face in his hands.
Seeing his expression, Yinsi, who was about to say something, took back his words.
Just then, Liu Cai came in with a tray of tea.
When Yin'e heard the footsteps, he quickly picked up the little guy in his arms and turned him over, letting him sit facing his arms.
Cheng'an was content with the candy in his mouth. He cooperated with him obediently and hid his little face in his arms.
After hiding his little mouth that was eating candy, Yin'e pretended to pick up the tea that had just been served and started drinking it.
After Liu Cai brought the tea, he subconsciously glanced at the young prince's back before stepping aside.
As the name suggests, crispy candy has a very crispy texture and is easy to break into pieces. The more you chew it, the more fragrant and sweeter it becomes.
Yin'e specially asked someone to process the originally long strips of crispy candy into small cubes, so Cheng'an swallowed the crispy candy in his mouth in a short while.
After finishing the meal, he looked up while savoring the aftertaste in his mouth, hugged Brother Ten in front of him and said, "Hello, Brother."
"Tenth brother, you are so scheming!" Yinzhen couldn't help himself when he saw that he not only took the initiative to hug his younger brother, but also secretly brought candy to coax his younger brother to be closer to him.
Yin'e didn't say anything, but just gave him a smug look.
But he couldn't laugh the next second, because Cheng An found the purse of crispy candies on his waist. He was not full, so he immediately pointed at the purse and acted like a spoiled child: "Brother, please give me some."
Even if the purse was given to him, Yin'e would be willing to do so, but he was a little hesitant. On the one hand, he was afraid that it would be bad for him to eat so much candy, and on the other hand, he was afraid that the emperor would punish him again after knowing it.
He no longer wanted to copy books, but now he regretted it. He didn't regret giving candy to Cheng'an, but he regretted why he had packed so much in. It would have been fine to just take one with him.
However, Yinzhen laughed immediately after seeing this scene: "Tenth brother, don't be stingy."
Seeing that he was gloating, Yin'e immediately took off his purse and threw it into his arms.
Although Cheng'an also ran after the hebao afterwards, at least he no longer had to be in a dilemma.
Yinzhen subconsciously caught the purse and looked at the purse in his hand. Then he saw his brother running over and after thinking about it, he couldn't bear to throw the purse away.
"Brother wants it." Cheng An said after climbing into his arms.
Listening to his babyish voice, Yinzhen wished he could just give him the purse.
The Emperor is really something, look how greedy his children are!
Obviously, he felt that Kangxi was too strict in normal times, otherwise Cheng'an would not be so greedy.
Although he thought so, he was still a little afraid to let Yinzhen feed him candy, so he lowered his voice and discussed with him: "How about next time? I'll give it to you when Fourteenth Brother comes over next time."
Maybe children have no self-control when it comes to sweets, especially someone like Cheng'an who is eating sweets for the first time.
After hearing what his brother said, he immediately put his arms around the other's neck and rubbed against him.
Although Yinzhen had a good temper outside, he lost his principles instantly when he was spoiled by Liu Cai, and said directly to Liu Cai: "Bring me a cup of tea too."
As soon as Liu Cai left, Yinsi looked at him with disapproval.
"I'll just give him a small half piece." Yinzhen knew that it was not good, but he had no choice. Who could refuse such a cute brother?
After he said that, he took out a piece of crispy candy from his purse, threw the purse back to Yin'e, signaling him to hide it quickly, then broke off a small piece of crispy candy and stuffed it into Cheng'an's mouth.
"There are only so many. Once you eat it, it will be gone." After Yinzhen said this, he saw him holding the candy in his mouth and looking at the remaining half of the candy in his hand, so he simply put it into his own mouth.
When Cheng An saw his brother eating candy with him, he immediately revealed a smile that was sweeter than candy, and at the same time, he said to his other brothers, "Brother, eat it."
Yin'e, who understood what he meant, simply took out three more candies, gave one to Yin'er and Yin'si, and then hid the rest.
Seeing that his brothers all had sweet candies, Cheng'an clapped his hands with joy.
Yinzhen hadn't eaten candy for a long time. After crushing the crispy candy with his teeth, he suddenly felt that it would be nice to eat one occasionally.
I don’t know if he heard what Yinzhen just said, but although Cheng’an was still a little greedy after eating half a piece of candy in his mouth, he didn’t ask for more.
Then Yinsi and Yinlu also held him for a while, and then took out a large box full of toys to play with him.
While playing, Cheng An suddenly thought of his elder brother for some reason, so he looked up and asked, "Where's Da Ge?"
This was not difficult to understand, so Yinsi and the others were stunned when they heard it.
Could it be that someone deliberately mentioned Big Brother in his ear?
Even though they all act like good brothers in front of Cheng'an, in fact, few of them are simple-minded. Their first reaction is conspiracy theory.
In fact, Kangxi had the same idea the last time he heard him mention Yinzhi, but after checking, he found nothing wrong.
"Don't mention this in front of the Emperor." In the end, it was Yinsi who spoke first.
Maybe he was just curious at first, but as they got along, Yinsi really liked his younger brother and naturally didn't want him to be used by others and anger his father.
Cheng An blinked twice, not understanding why he said that.
Yinsi just touched his head and said nothing more.