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 34

Cheng'an was still looking outside until he entered the carriage, which made Yinsi touch his head.

If Yinsi had previously suspected that someone with ulterior motives had guided him to mention his elder brother in front of the Emperor, now seeing how reluctant he was to part with his elder brother, he began to believe that perhaps it was really his intention to come and see his elder brother.

Especially when I think about how the little guy was very enthusiastic when he first met his brothers, and then he went to Xian'an Palace to see his second brother.

Thinking about this, Yinsi suddenly discovered that the little guy seemed to have a natural liking for his brothers.

Why is this?

Yinsi was a little confused, but looking at the little guy in his arms who couldn't even speak clearly, he finally didn't ask.

"Look what big brother has prepared for you." Seeing that the carriage had already started heading back to the palace, but the little guy in his arms was still a little unhappy, Yinsi spoke to divert his attention.

Hearing his words, Cheng An indeed turned his gaze to his hands.

There was a small copper buckle on the exquisite little square box. He fiddled with it a few times with his little hands before opening the box, revealing the jade ring inside.

The light inside the carriage was not as bright as outside, but even so, the jade ring still shone with a lustrous luster.

Cheng'an had seen his father and brothers wearing rings, so he reached out, took the ring out and put it directly on his own finger.

Of course, his little finger could not support the jade ring, but he looked quite happy. He smiled and put several fingers into the ring.

Yinsi looked at him with a smile, reached out to take the box that was not needed for the time being and put it on the table.

In the palace.

Seeing that the lunch time had passed but the person had not returned yet, Kangxi could not help but throw away the half-read memorial in his hand and said: "He really has gone wild since he left."

When Cheng'an was in the palace, it was okay for Kangxi to not see him for most of the day when he was occasionally busy, but this time when he left the palace, thinking of his age, Kangxi still felt a little worried even with Yinsi and the guards accompanying him.

Liang Jiugong saw his worry and stepped forward and said, "Why don't I send someone to urge them?"

Kangxi was about to nod when he suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from outside the palace -

"Ama!"

Seeing that he still remembered to come back, Kangxi snorted silently, picked up the memorial he had not finished reading, and continued reading it with his head down.

Well, it seems there is no need to urge.

Liang Jiugong returned to his original position. He saw the emperor's focused look out of the corner of his eye and felt like laughing.

After a while, Yinsi entered the hall carrying Cheng'an, put him down and bowed.

He went out straight away in the morning. Cheng An still missed his father a lot, so he ran towards him as soon as he landed, shouting, "Father~"

When he ran to his side, Kangxi slowly raised his head and let Yinsi stand up before looking at him.

Seeing that he was happy now and smiling like a flower, Kangxi pinched his face.

After Cheng An let him finish massaging her, he consciously climbed into his arms and sat down, his movements being as skillful as could be.

Kangxi held him with one hand to prevent him from falling, then looked at his son below: "Is lunch ready?"

"Replying to the Emperor, I have already eaten it." Yinsi added, "Cheng'an has also eaten today's snacks."

“How many snacks did you use?”

"Replying to the Emperor, two and a half dollars."

Kangxi nodded to show that he understood, and signaled Yinsi to leave.

After he left, Kangxi looked down at his youngest son in his arms again and saw him playing with a jade ring. He asked casually, "Where did you get this jade ring?"

"Brother Da gives An An." The little guy patted his chest and said.

Speaking of the jade ring, Kangxi suddenly remembered that he seemed to have put a jade pendant in his purse before going out today. He couldn't help but reach out to touch it, but sure enough, he found nothing.

"Where's your jade pendant?"

Cheng An looked down at his hand pinching his purse and said in a baby voice, "Give it to Da Ge."

Kangxi showed an expression of "as expected". After all, he didn't know the eldest brother well, so he was not a thoughtful person, so how could he take the initiative to give him something?

"Are you happy to see elder brother?" Thinking of how he had been clamoring to see Yinzhi for some time, Kangxi's tone was a little cold.

The little guy nodded as a matter of course: "Yeah."

Seeing him nodding so quickly, Kangxi wanted to hit him, but in the end he couldn't bear to do it.

"Are the snacks at your eldest brother's place delicious?"

Hearing about eating Cheng An, he immediately perked up and nodded his head, saying, "It's delicious!"

After saying this, he remembered that he hadn't eaten today's milk cake and peach cake yet, so he looked up and said, "Father, eat cake."

"Don't think about it. You have already finished your cake and eat it." After Kangxi said this, he realized that he had been led astray by him and started to eat "cakes" as well. He couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

Cheng'an frowned and quickly shook his head to indicate that he hadn't eaten yet.

"What you ate at your eldest brother's place were also snacks. You don't have to think about it today." After Kangxi said this, he saw his little face puff up instantly. He felt relieved immediately and continued to deal with the memorials.

Seeing his father pick up the pen, the little guy stopped asking for cakes. After puffing up his cheeks for a while, he started playing with the jade ring on his hand again.

Children are children. They can play with a small toy in their hands for a long time. They put the rings on their fingers one by one, and roll the rings on the palms and backs of their hands. They are having a lot of fun by themselves.

After a while of silence in the hall, Kangxi, who had just finished dealing with a memorial, suddenly asked, "How is your elder brother?"

"Hello, brother Da." The little guy said without raising his head.

After he finished speaking, Kangxi quickly realized that what he said and what he asked were completely different.

Never mind, it's his own fault.

Kangxi thought to himself that this time he really focused all his attention on the memorial in front of him.

Kangxi thought that Yinzhi had seen it all and would not nag about it again. Unexpectedly, when he woke up the next morning, the first words that greeted him were:

"Ama wants Da Ge!"

The little guy also has a good memory. When he woke up, he remembered that Brother Da said he would teach him how to fly next time, and he immediately wanted to find him again.

"Didn't I just go there yesterday?" Kangxi glanced at him and got off the bed directly.

Cheng An didn't listen to this and just kept saying, "Yes, Brother Da."

"I have to attend the morning court and don't have time to listen to your noise." After saying this, Kangxi had a quick breakfast and handed him over to Liu Cai.

The little guy remembered that his father brought the myna over after court yesterday and asked the myna to take him to find Da Ge, so he waited obediently.

He waited and waited, and finally Kangxi left the court.

"Ama wants Da Ge!"

Kangxi felt a headache when he heard the word "Da Ge". He wanted to ignore him, but he thought that his son was very persistent, so he picked him up and said, "You only know the eldest brother, what about the second brother?"

Cheng An blinked when he heard his words, not understanding why he said that.

"Your second brother is waiting for you to visit him. You didn't go yesterday, so you should go and see him today, right?" Kangxi would rather let him go to the second brother's place than to the eldest brother, after all, Xian'an Palace was closer.

It’s not that he really hates the eldest brother that much. After all, he is his own son, and it has been so long since the incident happened, so it’s not necessary.

But the eldest brother is outside the palace after all, and he asked Liu Cai in detail about Cheng'an's situation in the eldest brother's house yesterday. He has to admit that the other party is indeed not as caring as Yinreng.

Speaking of which, Kangxi was also quite surprised, because he only now realized that his second son actually had a talent for taking care of people.

In fact, when he first learned from Liu Cai what happened in Xian'an Palace, he wanted to go and see it himself, but when he thought of the scene when the father and son looked at each other in silence when he first brought Cheng'an there, he did not take action.

When Cheng'an heard his words, he felt that what his father said seemed to make sense, so he nodded.

"Then go ahead and be a good boy with your second brother." After saying this, Kangxi sent him to the door and watched him go to Xian'an Palace.

Before, Cheng'an didn't visit Yinreng as often as once a day. After all, his other brothers would often come to see him, or sometimes when Kangxi was not busy, he would spend a day with his father.

In this way, on average he would be lucky if he could visit Yinreng once every three days.

It was precisely because of this that Yinreng was a little surprised when he came over today, after all, he had just been here the day before.

"Brother!" Although she couldn't go to see Da Ge today, she was very happy to see her second brother Cheng An. She ran straight towards him after entering the gate.

Today Yinreng was not alone in the courtyard. Sitting next to him was a young man who looked somewhat like him.

When the young man heard the voice, he looked up and saw a child who was not even as long as his legs running quickly towards his father.

"Slow down." Yinreng reached out and held the little guy who ran nearby in his arms, and said to the young man, "This is your uncle, why don't you call him."

The young man was none other than Yinreng's eldest son Hongxi.

Although Cheng'an is young, he is older than him.

After hearing what his father said, Hongxi stood up and bowed to him, saying, "Hello, little uncle."

There are more than one uncle who is younger than him, and even though this one is particularly younger, he quickly suppressed his discomfort.

Cheng'an tilted his head and looked at this man who looked a bit like his brother, seeming a little confused.

"This is your nephew." Seeing that he was a little confused, Yinreng smiled and said, "Just remember that there is this person."

When Hongxi heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, but thinking that his father seemed to be in a much better mood in recent days because of this little uncle, he still had some good feelings towards him.

Before Cheng'an came over, the father and son were sitting in the courtyard playing chess, and there was a chessboard on the stone table.

After the little fellow withdrew his gaze from Hongxi, his attention was quickly attracted to the chessboard. He immediately stretched out his little hand and pinched out a white piece from the chess pot on Yinreng's side.

Seeing that he was holding the chess pieces in a realistic manner, Hongxi couldn't help but laugh: "Uncle, are you going to help me play chess?"

As the eldest son, Hongxi was quite favored by Yinreng, so he was quite relaxed in front of him.

Yinreng also had a smile on his lips, looking at the little guy in his arms and said, "You try next."

Cheng'an didn't know how to play chess, so he looked up at him for a while, and after making sure that he really wanted him to play, he randomly found the empty spot on the board and placed the chess piece down.

"Okay." After making his move, he tilted his little face up and smiled at Yinreng.

"Thank you for your help, uncle." Hong Xi saw him drop the chess piece there, and then dropped a piece to rescue his own chess piece that was almost blocked.

Yinreng was about to win, but his chess piece fell and actually helped the black piece gain a chance.

"You can play."

Hearing his brother's words, Cheng'an curled up his little mouth and smiled, continuing to pick up the chess pieces while laughing.

It was just a game of chess, Yinreng didn't really care about winning or losing, and he was confident that he could save the situation, so no one stopped him from continuing.

Seeing that his father really allowed his uncle to continue playing with him, Hongxi took the opportunity to make various arrangements on the chessboard.

No matter whether this victory was unfair or not, he just wanted to take this opportunity to beat his father once.

The black and white chess pieces fell in turn, and the situation on the chessboard gradually changed, from the white pieces having the upper hand in the beginning to the black pieces having the upper hand later.

It’s true that although the little guy didn’t play chess very well, no, it should be said that he played completely randomly, but his moves were quite powerful, and each time there was a "pop" sound.

"Okay, it's second brother's turn." Seeing that he had almost finished playing the game, Yinreng took the chess piece from him and said.

Cheng'an had been having a lot of fun just now, so he withdrew his little hands and looked at his brother obediently.

This is a little flatterer. No matter whether he can understand the chess game or not, he will start clapping after Yinreng places a few chess pieces.

Listening to his applause, Yinreng was like a general hearing the sound of drums on the battlefield, and his moves became faster and faster.

After he placed a few chess pieces, the original decline of the white pieces was gradually reversed. He even made use of the chess pieces that the little guy had placed randomly before and killed a group of black pieces.

"My son, I give up." After a moment, Hongxi, who thought he could win, finally gave up and admitted defeat.

Snap, snap, snap——

Seeing his brother stop, Cheng An raised his hands and clapped again.

"We won." Yinreng said, touching his little head.

When Hongxi heard this, he felt somewhat helpless as he realized that he had passively lost to such a young uncle.

After the game of chess ended, Yinreng did not continue, but watched the little guy in his arms playing with chess pieces.

It was not until he saw him trying to put the chess piece into his mouth that Yinreng quickly took the chess piece back from his hand and ordered people to remove the chessboard.

"Don't put everything into your mouth." After Yinreng gave this instruction, he turned around and asked Liu Cai to make sure that he had not eaten today's snacks, and ordered someone to serve tea and snacks.

After the snacks were served, Cheng'an's eyes lit up immediately. When Yinreng cleaned his hands and picked up a piece and put it to his mouth, he took a bite and said, "Hello, brother."

"Don't talk while eating." Yinreng reminded him when he saw him talking while eating.

Cheng'an, who was content with having a snack, nodded obediently.

After seeing this scene, Hongxi, who just realized that his father loved children so much, couldn't help but recall whether he was fed like this by his father when he was a child.

However, he really couldn't remember anything that happened before the age of three, and he was only sure that nothing happened after the age of three.

In other words, Yinreng didn't know what he was thinking, otherwise he would definitely tell him not to think about it, as it was impossible.

Of course, it’s not that Yinreng had no fatherly love for his son, but the Manchus have always had the rule of hugging grandchildren rather than sons, and when Hongxi was born, he was still the crown prince. He was very busy all day long, so it was good enough that he could take time to see his son.

"You eat too." Yinreng fed Cheng'an half a piece and took the time to say to his son.

Hongxi was not hungry at the moment, but seeing that his father was thinking about him, he reached out and picked up a piece and ate it slowly. He felt that although the taste was a little bland, it was still delicious.

"Your uncle can only eat three pieces. Eat more if you can, otherwise he will be greedy when he sees you." Yinreng noticed that his son was eating slowly, so he added.

Hongxi: "..." The snack in his mouth suddenly lost its fragrance...

Yinreng didn't notice his son's expression. After all, he was already that old and could take care of himself.

After Yinreng finished feeding one piece of dessert, he did not take the second piece of dessert, but picked up the cup on the table.

When the cup was brought to the little guy's mouth, he immediately looked at the cup and shouted.

This cup was made by Yinreng because he thought that he would always spill water on his chin when drinking, so he specially asked someone to find it for him.

A sippy cup is a cup that you can drink from. It has a tube on the side of the cup that connects to the bottom of the cup, so you can drink water without tilting the cup.

The shape and color of this suction cup are very beautiful. The best thing is that there is a lively little fish on the water hole at the bottom of the cup for the sake of beauty.

Seeing that he liked the cup, Yinreng pointed to the bottom of the cup and taught him: "This is fish."

"Fish~" Cheng'an had eaten fish and drank fish soup a lot, so he was not unfamiliar with the word "fish".

But even so, the little fish at the bottom of the cup still made him feel very interesting. He leaned on Yinreng's arm to look inside and didn't even bother to drink the water.

Yinreng let him watch for a while, then put the mouth of the cup close to his lips and taught him, "Take a sip slowly."

The little guy moved his little mouth and took a sip as he was told. He didn't get the drink the first time, but after Yinreng adjusted the mouth of the cup, he quickly drank the water.

Cheng An was so excited as it was his first time to drink water from a sippy cup that he forgot about the remaining snacks for a moment and just focused on drinking the water.

Seeing him drinking and looking at the little fish at the bottom of the cup and laughing, Yinreng was afraid that he would choke so he didn't dare to let him drink anymore. He moved the cup away and said, "Have some snacks."

After he finished speaking, he turned around to get the snacks, but found that there were only two pieces left on the plate. He was stunned for a moment.

There aren’t many dim sum on this plate, but it’s stacked in three layers, with five pieces at the bottom, three pieces in the middle, and one piece on the top.

Seeing that only two pieces were left after a while, Yinreng couldn't help but look up at his son opposite him, and saw that he was holding two pieces of dessert in one hand.

Meeting his father's gaze, Hongxi said, "You told me to eat more so that my uncle wouldn't be jealous." There was a hint of undetectable resentment in his tone, and he took a big bite of the dessert.

Seeing him eating snacks, Yinreng couldn't help but say, "If you can't eat it, don't eat it. I didn't force you to eat it."

"It's okay, my son can eat it."

Seeing that his father still cared about him, Hongxi slowed down. Unexpectedly, he heard him say to his uncle the next second: "Don't learn from your nephew. It is right to chew slowly."

Upon hearing this, Hong Xi suddenly felt that he should not have come here to play chess with him today.

Cheng'an had no idea what his eldest nephew was thinking. He nodded obediently to his brother and ate the snack in his mouth seriously.

"Drink it." Maybe he thought it was fun to suck from the cup, so he asked for water after only taking a few bites.

Seeing that his father still had some snacks in his hand, Hongxi helped carry the cup over to him.

In fact, Cheng'an usually doesn't want anyone else when his brother or father is around, but probably because he looks a bit like his brother, he finally didn't refuse.

Before lowering his head to drink the water, the polite little guy did not forget to smile at his nephew.

Facing his innocent smile, Hongxi had to admit that it made sense for his father to like him.

After drinking a sip of water from his nephew's hand, Cheng'an turned around and took a bite of the dessert in his brother's hand, his eyes curved with joy.

It was not until Yinreng felt that it was not a good habit to eat a bite of snack with a sip of water that he temporarily put the sippy cup away that he finished the rest of the snack in one breath.

After eating, the little guy held the sippy cup in his hands and continued to drink water and play.

After he finished drinking the water, Yinreng did not add more water to him, but let him play with the empty cup.

As the sun grew higher, Yinreng carried his brother and son into the house.

The fat little guy was quite heavy, and it was okay to hold him for a while, but if you held him for too long, your hands would feel a little sore, so after entering the house, Yinreng put him on the couch.

Cheng'an sat on the couch for a while, and as if one cup was not enough for him to play with, he took out something from the pouch on his waist.

"Where did the ring come from?" Yinreng remembered that he had given himself the ring from the last one-year-old celebration, and seeing that he had another one, he couldn't help but ask another question.

The little guy was playing with the cup with his jade ring and said, "Brother Da, give it to An An."

"Who?" His tone was unclear, and Yinreng thought he must have heard it wrong.

Cheng An looked up and said, "Brother Da."

"Are you talking about elder brother?" Yinreng's tone rose slightly.

Hongxi knew about the conflict between him and Yinzhi. When he heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he felt puzzled at the same time. He couldn't figure out where his uncle had met Yinzhi. Could it be... that he had been released?

"Yeah." Cheng An saw that his second brother didn't seem to understand, so he nodded and said again, "Brother Da, give it to An An."

"Where did you meet him?" There was no smile on Yinreng's face at this time. It was obvious that he thought the same as his son, thinking that Yinzhi had been released.

Cheng An blinked, not quite sure how to answer his question.

Fortunately, Liu Cai, who was standing nearby, noticed that the atmosphere was a little off, and quickly stepped forward and said, "Yesterday, His Majesty ordered the Eighth Prince to take the young prince out of the palace to visit the eldest prince's residence."

As for the fact that his young master was making a fuss about going to see the eldest prince, he naturally would not say it out loud.

Upon hearing this, Yinreng's expression recovered a little, even though he didn't understand why the emperor wanted him to see Yinzhi.

But then he reacted to another question: "What did you call me?"

"Brother~" Cheng An's expression showed some confusion, showing that he didn't understand why he asked that.

Yinreng snorted and said, "Call me Second Brother."

"Yeah, brother."

"It's my second brother."

"Why……"

"What are you hesitating about? It's Second Brother." Seeing that he suddenly choked up, Yinreng felt as if he was taking advantage of him, so he couldn't help but pinch his face.

Hongxi was worried that his father would be angry when he heard about Yinzhi, but he didn't expect him to recover so quickly. While being surprised, he couldn't help but look at his uncle's pinched face, and suddenly he felt a little itchy.

"Hey brother." Cheng An had tried his best, but in the end, this was all he could say.

Yinreng glanced at him, and considering that Yinzhi was just a "da ge", he finally let him go temporarily.

"Go back and practice hard. Tell your second brother when you know when you will get a reward."

Hearing his words, Cheng An immediately remembered the underwater palace he had promised to build for him, and immediately said, "Hey, brother..."

Yinreng didn't understand what he said, so he casually corrected him with "Second Brother" and reached out to touch his head.