In fact, there are still a few young princes in the palace who have not left the palace to set up their own homes, such as the 20th prince Yin Yi and others.

However, Kangxi felt that they were young and might not be able to comfort others, so he finally chose to let Liang Jiugong bring Yinreng over.

He was the emperor, and as long as he wanted, locking the palace gates was not a big deal. I think he had his own reasons for choosing to lock up Yinreng.

Yinreng lost his mother at birth and grew up with Kangxi. The love and energy Kangxi devoted to him could not be compared with that of all the other princes combined.

Now raising his youngest son, Kangxi is sometimes inevitably reminded of his past memories.

But when the father and son had come to this point, even if he still cared about his son Yinreng, he would not show it easily.

When Liang Jiugong heard the emperor's order, he was surprised but not too surprised. After all, no one knew better than him that although His Majesty had deposed the crown prince, it did not mean that he no longer had a crown prince in his heart.

After he responded, he immediately retreated and quietly went to Xian'an Palace.

After Liang Jiugong left, Cheng'an was already carried by Kangxi and laid on the bed.

Kangxi sat on the edge of the bed, his hands still on his stomach, rubbing it gently from time to time.

"Ama..." Cheng'an called softly while looking at the big hand on his belly.

Kangxi asked softly, "But are you still feeling uncomfortable?"

Cheng'an actually didn't feel that bad anymore, but when he heard his father's caring tone, he couldn't help but nod.

He had taken the medicine and had his stomach rubbed. If he still felt uncomfortable, Kangxi could do nothing but comfort him: "I don't want to see my brother. Your second brother will come over later."

"Hey brother~" Cheng An called softly, and finally a little smile appeared on his face.

In fact, Kangxi felt a little regretful after giving Liang Jiugong the order. After all, if you think about it, he did have other options and he didn't have to call the imprisoned people over.

However, after seeing the smile on his face, Kangxi instantly calmed down again. He felt that the little guy was feeling uncomfortable and wanted to see his brother, so he let Yinreng out to see what he had.

After a while, hurried footsteps were heard from outside, followed by the voice of Yinreng bowing and greeting inside the hall.

Being released for the first time after being imprisoned for such a long time, Yinreng's emotions should have been complicated. However, after learning that Cheng'an was ill, his mind was filled with worry and he had no extra thoughts to think about anything else.

When Kangxi saw his son in his bedroom again, he had an indescribable feeling in his heart, but this was not the time to think about these things. He asked him to come forward after exempting him from the formalities.

"Hey brother!"

When Cheng'an saw that his brother really came over, he immediately sat up.

"Does your stomach hurt anymore? Lie down quietly." Kangxi said, pressing his shoulder.

Cheng'an lay down again, but his bright eyes were still fixed on the person who had just come in.

In Xian'an Palace, Yinreng, who had nothing to do, had already gone to bed to rest. When he heard that he was sick, he hurried over in just a casual robe.

Seeing the little guy lying on the bed, Yinreng didn't even care about Kangxi, and sat down beside him directly: "Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

"My stomach hurts..."

With the effect of the medicine and Kangxi's gentle massage, Cheng'an's stomach actually didn't hurt anymore, but he still felt a little uncomfortable. However, when he heard his brother's caring tone, he immediately felt aggrieved.

Yinreng couldn't stand seeing his aggrieved look, so he reached out and touched his face and asked, "Have you taken the medicine?"

He had just arrived in a hurry and had no time to ask Liang Jiugong in detail. Now he couldn't help but feel that the people under him didn't take good care of him.

"Ama, drink it, wuwuda." Hearing his brother talking about medicine, Cheng'an immediately raised his little hand and gestured while speaking.

Obviously, he was complaining to his brother that Kangxi had just fed him bitter medicine.

Kangxi vaguely understood what was said, but considering how upset he was, he didn't bother to argue with him.

Although one should take medicine when sick, Yinreng felt sorry for him when he saw that his face was paler than usual, and said with a little bit of anger in his voice: "Why does Cheng'an have a stomachache when he is fine?"

"The imperial physician said that he ate something cold." Kangxi looked at his son closely and found that he looked much better and not as thin as the last time he saw him. He did not show it on his face, but he felt relieved in his heart.

When Yinreng learned the reason, he frowned and said, "How old is he? How can he eat cold food?"

Although his tone was not obvious, it still contained some blame. Of course, he did not forget to add at the end, "How did the people below take care of it?"

When Kangxi learned the reason for Cheng'an's stomachache, he was already angry, but he only took care of him because he was in pain. When he heard Yinreng's words, he said angrily, "How could the people below have the guts to do that? It's most likely that Yin'e and the others gave him the food when they came over."

It’s strange to say that Cheng’an learned his bad habits from Yin’e, but now Kangxi thinks of him first when something happens.

Upon hearing this, Yinreng frowned even more, feeling that the Tenth Prince was indeed unreliable.

"What did the imperial physician say?"

"The imperial physician said that there is some internal cold evil blocking the body... Just take the medicine and take good care of yourself."

Probably, both the father and the son would never have thought that after having the crown prince deposed twice, they would still be able to sit together and talk calmly.

After Yinreng learned about Cheng'an's situation from Kangxi, he saw the little guy secretly holding his hand at some point, so he turned around and put his hand in his palm: "Cheng'an, are you sleepy? Close your eyes and go to sleep."

The medicine had already been taken, and Yinreng thought that perhaps if he fell asleep he would no longer feel uncomfortable, so he coaxed him softly.

Cheng'an didn't feel very sleepy after taking a nap in the afternoon, and it was rare for him to see his brother at this time, so he didn't want to sleep even more.

Seeing him shake his head slightly, Yinreng's eyes fell on his lower abdomen, where Kangxi's hand was placed, rubbing his abdomen regularly.

Seeing the emperor taking care of his younger brother, Yinreng was suddenly reminded of his childhood memories.

I remember that when he was sick as a child, the emperor also took care of him in this way, especially when he had smallpox, the emperor even put aside his government affairs and took care of him wholeheartedly...

Yinreng's heart was agitated by the memories of the past, and he couldn't help but glance at his father, the emperor, who was sitting not far from him.

Before he was deposed, the relationship between father and son had been getting worse and worse, so they hadn't had such close contact for a long time.

At this moment, Yinreng looked over and suddenly discovered that the emperor, who had always maintained himself well, now had a few white hairs on his temples and a hint of fatigue between his brows.

After being deposed, even though he knew that he had problems too, Yinreng couldn't help but feel some resentment in his heart. He resented that it was he who made him the crown prince in the first place, and that it was he who wanted to depose him now.

However, at this time, Yinreng suddenly felt depressed and uncomfortable when he found that the emperor who was once young and strong had begun to grow old.

He did not realize this fact only at this moment. It was because he realized that the emperor father was getting old that he began to become anxious when he felt the threat from his brothers. He made one wrong step after another and even gave up in the end.

But after he took off his identity as the crown prince, he suddenly realized that the aging of the emperor's father did not only mean the succession to the throne, but also represented...

Yinreng suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart. Thinking that he had to attend the morning court tomorrow, he pretended to be casual and said, "You go and have a rest. I will take care of him."

Kangxi's mind instantly tensed up when his youngest son, who had never been sick before, suddenly fell ill. But when he saw that nothing serious was happening to him, he felt relieved, but at the same time, a sense of fatigue came over him, and he even started to ache in the head.

Hearing Yinreng's words, Kangxi looked at him and took his hand off his youngest son's belly.

The feeling of having his belly rubbed was very comfortable. After he withdrew his hand, Cheng'an immediately let out a "wu" sound. When Yinreng heard it, he immediately took his hand over.

The little guy's belly was so soft and small that Yinreng didn't dare to use too much force.

The overly gentle movements were more like touching than kneading, and soon Cheng An, who felt a little itchy, shrank back and laughed.

"You can use a little more force." Kangxi, who had not left yet, reminded.

After hearing this, Yinreng applied a little more strength.

Cheng'an actually didn't feel much in his stomach at this moment, but seeing that his father and brother were looking at him, he just lay there obediently.

The father and his two sons did not speak again, and the hall suddenly became a little quiet. However, perhaps because of Cheng'an, a little guy who made people feel soft at the sight of him, the atmosphere was not awkward, but rather warm.

After lying down for a while, Cheng'an began to become restless, moving his little hands and stretching his little feet to touch Kangxi.

Seeing that he had regained some energy, Kangxi grabbed his outstretched foot and put it back in place, saying, "I'm going to rest first. Let your second brother accompany you."

As an emperor, there were plenty of places for him to rest in the Qianqing Palace alone, so he stood up and prepared to leave.

"Ama, no." Cheng An immediately raised his little head when he heard that he was leaving.

"Don't make trouble, second brother is with you." Yinreng nodded and gently pinched his little hand while speaking, signaling him to be obedient.

Okay.

Cheng'an looked at his brother and finally laid his little head back down.

Seeing that he did not make a fuss, Kangxi took one last look at the two brothers before preparing to leave.

No matter how complicated Yinreng's feelings were at this moment, he still had to follow the proper etiquette. He stood up and respectfully saw him off before sitting back down on the bed.

After Kangxi left, Yinreng was obviously much more relaxed. He continued to rub his belly and said, "Will you dare to eat anything you want next time?"

Cheng An shook his head slightly.

"It's good to know that you don't dare."

After Yinreng finished speaking, Cheng'an suddenly patted the place beside him with his little hand and said, "Hey brother~"

Seeing that he wanted to go to the bed by himself, Yinreng naturally refused, but he didn't expect that he would use both hands to pull people.

Although he seemed to be better now, Yinreng still didn't dare to let him exert too much effort, so he could only say: "Wait a minute."

Cheng'an pulled him twice out of habit before stopping and looking at him.

Seeing that he insisted on going up by himself, Yinreng took off his outer robe and sat on the edge of the bed.

Seeing him finally come up, Cheng An happily snuggled into his arms.

Yinreng looked down at him and put his hand on his stomach again: "Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"

The little guy nodded and shook his head. Unable to tell whether he was feeling uncomfortable or not, Yinreng continued to rub his belly and asked, "Are you sleepy?"

"No." Cheng An shook his head, then suddenly bent down, took out a book from the pillow and held it up.

Sometimes when he refused to go to bed, Kangxi would read to him, and he would slowly fall asleep as he listened.

Kangxi had originally planned to read this book to him tonight, but he didn't expect that he would suddenly have a stomachache.

Yinreng reached out to take the book and started reading it directly.

His voice was clearer than Kangxi's. As Cheng'an listened, his eyelids began to droop.

After reading a few pages of the book, Cheng'an's eyes slowly closed.

Yinreng was called when he was half asleep. As he kept reciting, he gradually fell into sleepiness.

After a while, people who were watching nearby found that the two princes fell asleep together.

They did not dare to make decisions on their own, and after asking Liang Jiugong for permission, they carefully went forward to help them lie down. Thinking that the little prince had a stomachache, they specially took a small thin blanket and put it on his stomach to prevent him from catching a cold again.

The next day, at dawn, Kangxi, who was worried about his youngest son, woke up early. When he returned to his bedroom, he saw the two brothers sleeping in each other's arms on the bed.

After standing by the bed for a while, Kangxi quietly left, ordered people not to disturb the brothers' rest, and then prepared to attend the morning court.

A child's body temperature will be higher, so it would be comfortable to hold him while sleeping in winter, but it would be a bit hot in this season.

However, Yinreng slept well that night while hugging Cheng'an, and when he woke up, it was already bright.

"Hey brother~"

When Cheng'an woke up, he saw his brother's handsome face and smiled brightly.

Seeing his smiling face, Yinreng rubbed his head and then hugged him and sat up.

He guessed that Cheng An must have been calling him over because he was making a fuss last night, so he was not naive enough to think that he could regain his freedom after this trip.

He had planned to coax Cheng'an to sleep last night and then return to Xian'an Palace, but he didn't expect to fall asleep directly. After taking a look at the sky outside, he couldn't help but raise his hand and rub his brows.

"Hey, brother?" After seeing his actions, Cheng An couldn't help but stretch out his little hand to touch his eyebrows.

"Brother is fine." Yinreng shook his head, thinking that since no one was urging him to leave, there was no point in worrying about it. He put his hand on the belly of the person in his arms, "Does your stomach still hurt?"

After waking up, Cheng'an no longer felt any discomfort. He stretched out his little hand to touch his belly and shook his head.

"Then get up and have breakfast." Yinreng said and took him to get up.

One of these two was the emperor's former favorite son, and the other was the emperor's current favorite son. Naturally, the servants in the Qianqing Palace did not dare to neglect them and would serve them breakfast as soon as they finished washing.

Originally, Cheng'an could eat more and more, but because he had a stomachache last night, he had to eat light meals these days, so the imperial kitchen only served him a bowl of thick white porridge.

Compared to his breakfast which was as simple as it could be, Yinreng's was much more sumptuous.

After sitting down at the table with Cheng'an in his arms, Yinreng picked up the bowl of porridge and fed him with considerable skill.

Cheng'an saw the spoon being handed over, opened his mouth and ate the porridge on it, then frowned slightly.

It’s not that he doesn’t like porridge, but after having tasted all kinds of flavors, he really can’t like this kind of white porridge with only the pure aroma of rice.

When Yinreng fed him again, he looked up and pointed at the crystal steamed dumplings on the table and said, "Hey, brother, I want some~"

Yinreng raised his head and glanced at his breakfast on the table, and simply ordered people to clear it away, leaving only a bowl of the same white porridge for himself.

After the people below took away the breakfast that could tempt him, Yinreng began to coax him, "You can't eat those these two days, otherwise your stomach will hurt again." After that, he fed him another mouthful of porridge.

Cheng'an saw that there was no more delicious food on the table. Although he still didn't like the tasteless white porridge, he still ate it obediently after being fed by him.

In order to coax him to finish the porridge, Yinreng deliberately fed him a mouthful and then took a mouthful with his own spoon.

With him by his side, Cheng An felt that the porridge tasted better, and even reached out to take the spoon from his bowl and fed him: "Ah..."

Seeing that he opened his mouth to demonstrate to him, Yinreng's eyes showed a smile, and he quickly lowered his head to eat the porridge in the spoon in his hand before it spilled out.

Seeing his brother eat the porridge he fed him in one bite, Cheng'an showed a happy smile on his face.

While the two brothers were enjoying their breakfast in a warm atmosphere, Kangxi, after the morning court session, directly summoned Yinzhen and the other six people who had come to see Cheng'an yesterday to the imperial study.

"Why do you think the Emperor summoned us?" On the way to the imperial study, Yin'e asked Yin'er in a low voice.

Yin'er looked at Yinzhen and Yinxiang, and found that they had one thing in common: they had met Cheng'an yesterday. He guessed in his heart: "It might be related to Cheng'an."

"Could it be that the Emperor blames us for making a dragon-tail robe for Cheng'an?" Yin'e guessed immediately after hearing this, but then he shook his head and denied it, "It's impossible. If I were to blame him, he would have scolded me last time and would not have waited until today."

Yinzhen, who was standing by, heard their conversation and unconsciously recalled how he fed him a bowl of ice yesterday, and he even stole a bite of it.

"What's wrong?" Yinsi noticed that his expression was not right and asked with concern.

Yinzhen just felt a little nervous for some reason, and couldn't say anything specific, so he shook his head slightly.

Soon, several people were taken to the imperial study by the eunuch who delivered the message.

"Your son pays respects to the Emperor."

After the brothers paid their respects, they felt nervous when they saw that the Emperor did not call them immediately.

"Yin'e, you have done a great job!" Kangxi's eyes swept across everyone below and finally fell on Yin'e.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me." Yin'e had been scolded too many times, so his first reaction was to ask for forgiveness.

It would have been fine if he didn't say anything. As soon as he opened his mouth, Kangxi thought of Cheng'an's pale face due to stomachache last night, and his expression turned cold: "You are such a grown-up, but you act so inappropriately..."

Yin'e lowered his head and listened attentively. As he listened, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

It was indeed he who asked for the ice bowl yesterday, but when did he feed it to Cheng An?

He was about to explain when Yinzhen, who was standing beside him, also heard the reason why the emperor had summoned them today. He understood why he had been so flustered just now and said, "Yesterday, I was confused for a moment and fed Cheng'an an ice bowl. It has nothing to do with my tenth brother. Please punish me, emperor."

Upon learning that Cheng'an had a stomachache last night, Yinzhen felt worried and regretful.

When Yinzhen heard that Cheng'an had a stomachache, worry flashed in his eyes, and he felt a little guilty for not keeping an eye on him even though he was there yesterday.

When Yinsi and others learned that Cheng'an was ill, they were also very worried.

At the top, when Kangxi learned that it was Yinzhen who did it, he immediately turned to him and said: "Cheng'an is ignorant, and you are also ignorant? How old is he? You can use your brain to know that he can't eat..."

The more he talked, the angrier he got, especially when he thought about his youngest son who had just turned one. What if something bad happened to him?

After Kangxi gave the man a severe scolding, he got so angry that he punished him with twenty strokes of the board to teach him a lesson.

Twenty beatings with a stick was not a light punishment, but of course the suffering was secondary. The consequences of being beaten with a stick and losing face as a prince were more serious.

Yin'e thought about how he had only been punished to copy books before, and he immediately understood how angry the emperor would be at this moment.

But to be honest, thinking about Cheng'an getting sick because of eating ice bowl, he felt a little angry. He was angry that Yinzhen would feed Cheng'an ice bowl, and he was also angry that he shouldn't have let anyone serve ice bowl yesterday, otherwise this incident would not have happened.

"I am also responsible for this matter. Please, Father, forgive my fourteenth brother." Yin'e pleaded while admitting his mistake.

Yinzhen felt that Yinzhen really shouldn't let Cheng'an eat the ice bowl, but when he heard that the emperor was going to beat him with a stick, he had to plead: "It was my son who didn't take good care of my brothers. Please punish me, emperor."

Seeing his fourth brother speak, Yinxiang also pleaded for mercy, and then Yinzhen was naturally no exception.

It was too embarrassing for an adult prince to be punished with a stick. If it got out, Yinzhen would be embarrassed. In addition, Yinsi thought that Cheng'an would be upset if he knew that his fourteenth brother was beaten, so he kowtowed and said, "I am also wrong, but please forgive my fourteenth brother this time for Cheng'an's sake."

After hearing his words, Kangxi thought about how much his youngest son loved his brothers, and his originally firm heart began to waver.

"Bring the ruler." Kangxi finally spoke.

As soon as he finished speaking, Liang Jiugong immediately went to get the ruler and brought it over.

After Kangxi received the ruler, he walked up to Yinzhen and said in a dignified tone: "Stretch out your hand!"

Although it was embarrassing for a grown man to be spanked with a ruler, it was better than being beaten with a stick in public. Besides, Yinzhen was really annoyed, so he immediately stretched out his hands and raised them above his head.

A few rulers can't make a person bad. Kangxi recalled how uncomfortable his youngest son looked last night, so he just hit him hard.

Snap——

Yinzhen took a deep breath in pain, but did not dare to move his outstretched hand.

Kangxi hit him ten times in a row before stopping. He stared at him and asked, "Do you know you are wrong?"

"I know I was wrong." Yinzhen had a rebellious personality, and this was probably the most sincere time he admitted his mistakes.

Kangxi's anger subsided a little, and after scanning his other sons, he said, "Cheng'an is young, and you brothers should act like brothers..."

"I will remember this."

After Kangxi finished his admonition, Yinzhen and others said in unison.

"Let's all get up." After scolding and punishing them, Kangxi finally let them get up.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The princes said in unison.

"Yinzhen, go back and copy the Book of Rites ten times." After saying this, Kangxi waved his hand and asked them to leave.

The brothers did not leave immediately, and it seemed that they all had something to say.

Yinzhen: "I want to go see Cheng'an, I hope the emperor will allow it."

After he finished speaking, several others expressed the same idea.

This is the first time they heard that Cheng'an was ill, and the reason was related to them. If they didn't go to see him, the brothers would not be able to feel at ease.

Kangxi didn't want to agree at first. After all, it was because they went to see Cheng'an that he had a stomachache yesterday. But when he thought about how the little guy was still talking about his brother when he was feeling uncomfortable last night, his love for his son finally prevailed.

After getting his consent, the brothers bowed and left.