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 42

After coming out of the imperial study, Yin'e looked at Yinzhen first: "What happened yesterday?"

"It's my fault. I saw him making a fuss about wanting to eat, so I thought it would be okay if he ate a little, so I fed him two bites. Then he stole a bite when I wasn't paying attention..." Thinking that Cheng'an got sick because of him, Yinzhen hung his head, feeling a little dejected.

Yinzhen didn't expect that he would dare to feed him two mouthfuls of such cold food from an icy bowl. If he hadn't looked like he knew he was wrong, he would have probably scolded him.

"You said you..." Yin'e didn't know what to say for a moment when he saw that he actually secretly fed her two bites.

Yinzhen also looked at him with disapproval, thinking that Yinzhen had indeed done something wrong this time.

"I know I was wrong. I will never feed him anything randomly again." Yinzhen admitted his mistake honestly.

Seeing him like this, Yinzhen and the others didn't know what to say.

Soon, several people arrived outside the bedroom, and when they started to go in, Yinzhen unknowingly fell behind.

Cheng'an was currently playing with Yinreng on the Luohan bed outside the bedroom, and his childish voice could be heard from time to time in the room.

"Hey brother, look~"

Yinreng had originally prepared to leave after breakfast, but Cheng'an was too clingy, and he was reluctant to leave the little one who had just fallen ill. Seeing that no one around reminded him to leave, he simply stayed to play with him.

If Yinreng's emotions were mostly negative when he was imprisoned in Xian'an Palace, like a person falling into the abyss and seeing only darkness, then Cheng'an was like a ray of light to him, making him feel warm while also bringing him positive emotions.

For example, if he had been suddenly summoned to the Palace of Heavenly Purity before, he would have thought too much, but at this moment, he was thinking that he had already been deposed and imprisoned, and the situation could not be worse than it is now, so why should he think so much? He might as well follow his mood.

"Try another one." Yinreng saw him folding up the jade pendant one by one, so he took out another one from the box and handed it to him.

Cheng An reached out to take it and put it up carefully.

After he put them away, Yinreng asked casually, "Where did you get so many jade pendants?"

There are quite a few jade pendants in the box, and the materials and carvings are all different.

Before Cheng'an could answer, his eyes suddenly swept towards the door. He suddenly jumped up from his seat, and the several jade pendants that he had just piled up fell down due to the vibration, making a crisp sound.

Seeing that he was suddenly so excited, Yinreng turned around and saw Yinzhen and the others following his gaze.

At the same time, Yinzhen and the others also saw Yinreng. At first, they were a little uncertain when they only saw his side. When he turned his head, they all stopped immediately.

Perhaps they didn't expect to see him here. Yinzhen and his companions were stunned for a moment before they reacted.

Yinreng did not expect them to come at this time. After glancing at Yinzhen, he glanced at Yinsi and the others with a somewhat cold expression.

Although it was Kangxi who deposed him from the position of crown prince, his brothers also played a big role in it. It would be strange if Yinreng had any good feelings towards them.

However, when he thought about how Yinsi, the so-called "Eight Wise Kings" had not gotten anything good after he was deposed, and was publicly scolded by the Emperor for being "treacherous by nature, harboring great ambitions, and forming cliques for personal gain", he was too lazy to even look at him anymore.

After Yinreng retracted his gaze, he reached out and hugged the little guy, who was so excited that he stepped on the edge of the bed, into his arms to prevent him from accidentally falling.

At this time, Yinzhen and the others also reacted. Regardless of what they were thinking in their hearts, at least they had to observe superficial etiquette.

"Second brother."

After Yinzhen spoke, Yinsi and others also greeted him.

To be honest, Yinsi never thought that he would see his second brother again, and he felt somewhat complicated.

"Brother~" Cheng'an, who was sitting on Yinreng's lap, saw his brothers standing there motionless, so he stretched out his little hand and waved.

Although Yin'e was also surprised to see Yinreng here, he immediately remembered the purpose of coming here when he heard the little guy's voice. He took a few steps forward and asked, "Didn't you say you were sick? Why didn't you stay in bed and rest?"

Yinreng still didn't know that the real culprit was actually Yinzhen. Because Kangxi said it was Yin'e last night, he looked at him very displeased: "If you really care about him, you shouldn't feed him randomly."

Although he is no longer the crown prince, he has always been superior to other princes for decades. When Yin'e heard his words, he subconsciously did not dare to refute him.

Yinzhen, who was still the last one to see Chengan through the gaps between the crowd, heard this and came out to explain, "It has nothing to do with Tenth Brother. I was the one who fed him carelessly yesterday."

Yinreng didn't expect it would be him. After all, last time he dared to break into Xian'an Palace for Cheng'an because of a small misunderstanding.

"Why are you feeding him an ice bowl?"

Yinzhen looked at Cheng'an in his arms, and was relieved to see that he was in good spirits: "I thought it would be okay to eat a little..."

Cheng An looked up at one brother and then at the other brother. He vaguely understood something and said in a baby voice, "Yi An An wants to eat."

By now he roughly understood that the stomachache last night was because he had eaten something cold yesterday.

Seeing that he was still speaking for him, Yinzhen felt even more guilty.

After all, although he really wanted to eat it, no one else fed him yesterday, and Yinxiang even ate it faster...

"What did the imperial physician say?" Yinzhen came to Yinreng and touched Cheng'an's forehead.

When the little guy saw his brother touching him, he took the initiative to rub against his palm.

“The imperial physician said that he had eaten some cold food and some cold evil was blocking his body. His face turned pale last night and his stomach has been uncomfortable ever since. Not only does he need to take medicine in the next two days, but he also needs to eat a light diet…” Yinreng said this naturally to make them remember and not feed them randomly next time.

Listening to his words, Yinzhen imagined the little guy lying on the bed suffering from illness, and his heart felt a little unbearable.

"Look at what you have done!" Yin'e couldn't help but slap Yinzhen on the arm.

Yinzhen didn't hide. He let him finish patting him and then looked at Cheng'an: "It's all Brother Fourteen's fault. Does your stomach still hurt?"

When Cheng An heard his brother's caring tone, he couldn't help but recall the memories of last night. He put his hands on his stomach and said, "An An's stomach hurts..."

Hearing this, not only Yinzhen, but also Yinzhen and Yinreng who was holding him became nervous.

"Quickly call the imperial physician!" Yin'e said hurriedly.

Yinreng quickly rubbed his stomach and asked worriedly, "Does it hurt?"

Cheng An blinked twice and shook his head, "No."

He was just worried and confused, but seeing the expression on his face, Yinreng suddenly realized that he might just be talking about having a stomachache last night and not now.

"Does it hurt here?" Yinreng touched his stomach to confirm. Seeing him shake his head, he felt relieved and said to Yinzhen, "He should be talking about last night."

Having said that, he finally asked the imperial physician to come and make sure that everything was fine.

Yinzhen and others were relieved after the false alarm, but when they thought about the suffering he had endured last night, they still wanted to hug him.

The person was in Yinreng's arms, and Yinsi and the others were reluctant to take him away. In the end, Yinzhen reached out first: "Second brother, let me hold you for a while."

Before Yinreng could say anything, Cheng'an in his arms saw his fourth brother reaching out to him and took the initiative to open his hands and move forward.

His arms suddenly felt empty, and Yinreng looked at the little guy leaning on Yinzhen, feeling a little jealous.

He was the only one in Xian'an Palace, and Yinreng had no chance to see Cheng'an interacting with other people. He thought that the little guy's enthusiasm was only for him.

After the person was in Yinzhen's hands, Yinxiang and Yinzhen sat on both sides of him and looked at the little guy in his arms.

Seeing his brothers surrounding him, Cheng An showed a happy smile on his face. He leaned into his fourth brother's arms and grabbed the hands of his two brothers next to him: "Brother~"

The part of Yinzhen's hand that was hit with the ruler happened to be his left hand, and he let out a hissing sound immediately.

It’s not that he couldn’t bear the pain, it’s just that Kangxi had shown no mercy at all when he hit him just now.

Cheng'an couldn't help but show a curious expression when he heard his brother's inhalation, and then he found that his brother's palms were red.

"elder brother?"

Seeing the little guy curiously poking Yinzhen's swollen palm with his fingers, Yinxiang kindly said for him: "Your fourteenth brother's hand hurts, don't touch him."

Yinreng felt unhappy when he saw Cheng'an calling them brother in a baby voice and having a good relationship with each of them. After hearing Yinxiang's words and seeing Yinzhen's red and swollen hand, he immediately guessed that it was the emperor's punishment, and there was only one word in his mind: It's what he deserves!

Cheng An didn't know what his second brother was saying about his fourteenth brother. He had just experienced the pain last night and he didn't dare to touch his brother's hand again. Instead, he leaned over and blew gently with his mouth: "Huff, huff..."

Saying that blowing on it won't hurt is just coaxing a child, but as Yinzhen looked at his serious little expression, he felt soft in his heart but he really didn't feel that much pain in his palm.

"Thank you, Cheng'an. I don't feel any pain anymore." Yinzhen touched his face with his other hand and felt that it was great to have such a brother.

He was happy, but Yinreng became more unhappy and immediately said, "Cheng'an, come to my second brother."

Cheng'an, who had just finished blowing the hand of his fourteenth brother, heard his second brother calling him. He climbed down from Yinzhen and ran towards him: "Hey brother~"

Although Cheng'an would still call him "Da Ge", the only one who heard him call Yinzhi in person was Yinsi.

At this moment, when Yinzhen and the others heard the little guy call "Hey brother", they couldn't help feeling a little sad when they thought about him calling them all brothers.

Seeing that he came over when he was called, Yinreng finally felt relieved that he was still the closest to him. He bent down and hugged him back into his arms, then pointed at the jade pendants scattered on the Luohan bed and said, "The one just now fell down, do you want to play again?"

"Yeah." Cheng'an nodded and reached out to fold the two jade pendants together again.

When Yinreng called him away, the other princes looked over. When Yin'e saw the jade pendant on his little hand, he couldn't help but come over and ask, "Why did you put my jade pendant down there?"

Um?

Cheng An looked up when he heard his words, and then turned the two jade pendants up and down under his sight.

After he folded it up again, Yinzhen, who followed him, also had something to say: "His can't be pushed down, can Ninth Brother do it?"

It turned out that the two jade pendants that Cheng'an was folding were given to him by the two of them.

When the little guy heard Yinzhen's words, he immediately spread out the two jade pendants, then picked up the other jade pendant and held it up, with an expression of "Can I have this one?" written on his little face.

Yinsi didn't care at first, but seeing the lively expression on his face, he couldn't help but smile and said, "That was given to you by my brother."

Upon hearing this, Cheng'an immediately changed for another one.

"That's mine." Seeing that the jade pendant in his hand was the first jade pendant he gave him, Yinzhen said lightly.

After hearing this, Yinreng finally understood how the jade pendants in the box came from.

When Cheng'an changed to another jade pendant, Yin'e, who still wanted to tease him, looked at it for a while and asked, "Who gave this jade pendant to you?"

Yinzhen, Yinzhen and others shook their heads.

Since no one claimed it, Cheng'an could finally continue to fold the jade pendant.

The brothers were just teasing him, and then they didn't say that he couldn't put his jade pendant on the second layer.

Stacking jade pendants is actually quite boring. It is just piling up the jade pendants piece by piece. Since jade pendants are easy to slide, they can't be stacked very high.

After stacking five jade pendants in a row, Cheng An clapped his hands happily.

Seeing how happy he was, Yin'e sat down on the other side of the bed: "Look, Brother Ten will help you build a high one!"

He thought it was easy before he folded it, but after he actually started he found it was not easy.

Seeing that he had just folded three pieces before falling down, Yinzhen said, "You are worse than Cheng'an."

Cheng'an laughed when he heard this.

"I still don't believe it!" Yin'e said and started again.

When he started to fold again, Yinreng had already silently folded the jade pendants beside him. After carefully folding seven pieces, he reached out and patted the person in his arms, motioning him to look.

"Wow--"

When the little guy turned around and saw it, he shouted in support and even stretched out his little hands to applaud.

Yin'e heard the noise and looked up, and the jade pendant in his hand shifted to the side, knocking over the four jade pendants stacked underneath.

"It's just seven pieces, what's the big deal..." He muttered, then lowered his head and continued to stack them.

Next, all the princes joined in this boring game of stacking jade pendants, and Cheng'an's childish praise and applause could be heard from time to time in the hall.

While the brothers were playing together, seemingly in harmony but secretly competing for Cheng'an's attention, Liu Cai came in from outside holding a tray.

Seeing that the princes who had been sitting around before were now all gathered around Luohan's bed, Liu Cai slowed down his pace, walked closer and whispered, "Young prince's medicine is ready."

Cheng'an's condition is not serious. After taking the medicine once last night, he won't need to take medicine again after drinking today's bowl.

As soon as Liu Cai finished speaking, the princes looked up one after another, and then Yinreng reached out to take the medicine bowl.

When Cheng'an smelled the bitter taste of the medicine, he frowned and immediately hid his face in Yinreng's arms.

Yinreng, who was about to feed him medicine, saw him like this and lowered his head to coax him: "Cheng'an, be obedient. Finish drinking the medicine and I will continue to play with you."

"No, An An doesn't want to drink..." Cheng An shook his head in his arms.

After trying to coax him for a while without any results, Yinreng couldn't help but look up at Yinzhen.

"Cheng'an, be obedient." Yinzhen said as he reached out to carry him out, but he held on to Yinreng's clothes tightly.

When Yinsi and others saw that he refused to take the medicine, they also started to coax him.

"Cheng'an, be obedient. You won't feel uncomfortable after taking the medicine."

"Just take the medicine obediently, and I'll give you a few more dragon tail clothes with dragon horns someday."

When Yinzhen heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Yin'e.

When Cheng'an heard the word "dragon tail robe", he suddenly remembered what he had forgotten.

When he woke up this morning, he saw his second brother. He was so happy that he didn't even think about his tail. But when he was reminded, he immediately raised his head and asked, "Where's An An's tail?"

Seeing that he finally showed his face, Yinreng quickly brought the bowl to his mouth: "Drink the medicine first."

The smell of medicine wafted into the little guy's nose, and he immediately raised his little hands to cover his mouth and nose, his whole body revealing a rejection of the bitter medicine.

No matter how Yinreng persuaded him, he just couldn't feed her a single sip. He temporarily put the medicine bowl back on the tray, then picked her up and put her in Yinzhen's arms.

It was too difficult to feed him the medicine, but seeing his resistance, Yinreng was reluctant to force him, so he chose to hand this difficult problem over to others.

Yinzhen subconsciously reached out to hug the extra little body in his arms, and couldn't help but look up at his second brother.

Meeting his gaze, Yinreng said, "His breakfast today was white porridge. It took me a lot of effort to feed him."

The implication was obviously that he, as the second elder brother, had already contributed and now it was his turn.

Yinzhen was not really good at coaxing children, so when he took over this task, he could only lecture Cheng'an in a serious manner: "Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for the disease..."

Cheng'an listened for the sake of respect and nodded from time to time to show that he understood, but when the bowl of medicine was brought to him, he had to hide.

"Fourth brother, you can't do this. Watch me." After Yin'e reached out and took Cheng'an into his arms, he ordered someone to pour the medicine in the bowl into the suction cup.

Yinreng didn’t think Cheng’an was so easy to appease, and sure enough, he saw him refusing the sipping cup that was brought to his lips.

Seeing that the little guy still refused to drink, Yin'e put the cup to his lips and pretended to take a sip, then said in an exaggerated tone: "This medicine is so sweet, how can it be so sweet?"

Cheng'an, who was covering his little mouth, heard his words with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"It's so sweet. Since Cheng'an doesn't want to drink it, I'll drink it." After saying this, Yin'e pretended to take a big sip, and after drinking it, he smacked his lips to show that it was indeed very sweet.

Seeing that the little guy was a little shaken, Yinzhen said to help: "Tenth brother, give me a drink."

Yin'e held out the cup.

Yinzhen pretended to take a sip and immediately said, "It is indeed sweet. Give me another sip."

"No, this belongs to Cheng'an." Yin'e refused.

The brothers' performance successfully fooled Cheng'an, and he couldn't help but put his hands down.

Upon seeing this, Yin'e immediately put the cup to his lips and urged: "Cheng'an, drink it quickly, or your fourteenth brother will snatch it away."

Cheng An was a little hesitant when he smelled the medicinal smell which was similar to last night, but when he thought about how his two brothers said it was sweet, he was curious whether it tasted sweet like sugar, so he finally opened his mouth and took a big sip.

The moment the medicine entered his mouth, his whole face wrinkled immediately. He swallowed part of it directly, but spat out the other part, coughing as he did so.

Seeing that he was suffering so much that tears welled up in his eyes, Yinzhen said distressedly: "Why not just forget it..."

After hearing what he said, Yinzhen and others finally understood why he fed Cheng'an a bowl of ice yesterday. They immediately felt that it was good to feel sorry for the child, but one should not be too unprincipled.

After Yinsi shook his head at Yinzhen, he used a handkerchief to wipe Cheng'an's chin and mouth.

After Cheng An calmed down from the bitterness in his mouth, he immediately pointed at Yin Zhen and said, "Give it to my brother."

Obviously, he was referring to what he said before replying to Yin'e, "If you don't drink it now, your fourteenth brother will snatch it away from you."

"This is Cheng'an's, don't give it to him." Yin'e said and tried to feed him again.

After Cheng'an tasted the bitterness, he refused to drink it again no matter what.

That is to say, the weather is hot now, and the medicine is not cold yet after all the work.

"If you ask me, it's better to put it in a bowl and drink it all in one go when he opens his mouth," Yinxiang said.

Yin'e thought it made sense and poured the medicine back into the bowl.

However, after Cheng'an was fooled once, it was more difficult to coax him to speak again.

Seeing that he just refused to drink the medicine, Yinzhen thought that he was the reason why he suffered so much. After thinking hard for a while, he suddenly cried out with his hands in his hands: "Ouch——"

When Cheng An heard his voice, he immediately crawled from Yin'e's arms to his side: "Brother?"

"My hand hurts." Yinzhen said to him, holding his still slightly red and swollen left hand.

"An An, huhu ya." The little guy said and blew into his palm seriously. After blowing, he looked up and asked, "Okay?"

Yinzhen shook his head: "It still hurts..."

Cheng An frowned when he saw his brother in so much pain. He helped him blow the air and then looked at the other brothers anxiously for help, "Brother, it hurts!"

Seeing what Yinzhen was thinking, Yin'e immediately handed the medicine bowl to him and said, "Drink the medicine and he won't feel any pain."

This method was extremely illogical. If Cheng An was one or two years older, he would not be fooled. However, he hesitated at this moment.

Finally, looking at his brother's painful expression as he held his hands, he put his mouth close to the bowl and drank.

The medicine tasted so bad that he felt like vomiting while drinking it, but in the end he still finished the whole bowl of medicine.

When he finished drinking the medicine and raised his head to start retching, Yinzhen felt a sour and soft feeling in his heart, and even his eyes felt inexplicably hot.

Yinsi brought the clean water that had been prepared long ago and fed it to Cheng'an, and at the same time took off the bag that was around his neck and was now wet with medicine.

After the little guy drank half a cup of water to suppress the bitter taste in his mouth, he quickly looked up at Yinzhen and said, "Brother, is it painful?"

There were still tears of bitterness in his dark eyes, as clear as a lake.

Not to mention Yinzhen himself, even Yinreng and the others were shocked when they saw the little guy who was reluctant to take the medicine just now take the initiative to drink the medicine just because his brother would not feel pain after taking the medicine, because they believed that if this "brother" was replaced by themselves, the little guy would definitely do the same.

"Brother, it doesn't hurt anymore." Yinzhen's voice was slightly hoarse, and then he hugged the person into his arms.

When Cheng An heard that his brother was no longer in pain, he smiled with his eyes curved: "Great~"

"Why are you so lovable?" Seeing him like this, Yin'e couldn't help but reach out and touch his face again and again.

Not only him, but Yinzhen and others also looked at Cheng'an with particularly gentle eyes at this moment.

The bitter medicine was really too deadly. Cheng An lay in Yin Zhen's arms for a long time before he regained his spirit. After sitting up straight, he said, "An An wants a tail~"

Let alone the tail, even if he wanted the stars in the sky, Yinzhen would want to pluck them down for him, and quickly ordered someone to bring his dragon tail robe.

Knowing that he liked the one with dragon horns the most, Liu Cai quickly took out the dragon tail coat.

Despite the slight stinging pain still remaining on his left hand, Yinzhen insisted on changing his clothes himself.

Seeing that he couldn't stop it, Yinsi joined Yin'e and others to help.

After a while, Yinzhen saw Cheng'an wearing the clothes he had painted again. He didn't show any change on his face, but he felt very satisfied. He thought he could paint a few new looks when he got back.