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.

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Chapter 46

It’s not like Kangxi was really angry. After all, the fan was not completely damaged and could still be seen after some repairs.

However, he felt that it was not good for his youngest son to try to hide the fact that he had done something wrong, so he deliberately put on a stern face and said, "Which hand is broken?" While speaking, he even raised his own palm.

Cheng An's first reaction when he saw his action was to hide his two little hands behind his back. After hiding for a while, he saw that Ama's expression was quite serious, so he blinked and pulled out his cat's tail from behind: "Hey tail~"

He held the long tail in his hand, with the top part drooping, as if he was admitting his mistake.

Kangxi saw that he usually doted on him, but now he directly pulled him out to take the blame. He didn't know whether to praise him for his intelligence or laugh. In any case, he couldn't keep a straight face.

"So it's the tail. It really deserves to be hit twice." Kangxi said and stretched out his hand to pat the tail twice.

When Cheng'an saw that his father was really hitting him, he blinked his eyes and thought it was a good thing that it was not his little hand that was hit.

He didn't feel that the tail was being pulled out to take the blame, because he did want to pull the tail to the front and accidentally sat on the open fan.

"Will you dare to do it again next time?" After scaring the cub by hitting his tail, Kangxi looked at the cub's little hand curled into a fist and asked.

The little guy immediately shook his head obediently: "No."

Seeing his cute little look, Kangxi finally stopped frowning and reached out to hug him in his arms.

Seeing that his father was no longer angry, Cheng'an immediately became lively again. He put his arm around his father and rubbed him, then secretly reached out and touched his tail which had been hit just now.

Kangxi wanted to laugh when he saw his little action, so he taught him step by step how to restore the fan.

A flattened fan is actually easy to restore. Just smooth the fan surface as much as possible and then fold it back along the creases of the fan ribs.

Cheng'an let out a small "wow" when he saw the broken fan become repaired in his father's hands.

Hearing his voice, Kangxi opened the folded fan in front of him and fanned him.

"Okay~" The little guy clapped his hands and laughed as he felt the wind from the fan.

Kangxi took the opportunity to teach him: "So don't panic when you encounter problems, see if you can find a way to solve it first."

The little guy nodded, then immediately reached out to take the fan from his hand, and then raised both hands to fan him.

Enjoying his son's filial piety, Kangxi's smile gradually deepened.

A few days later, Yinzhen and others returned from outside the capital.

After leaving Beijing a few days ago, they went directly to the outskirts of the capital in four directions, but found that the situation was not good.

Since the beginning of summer, not only has there been little rain in the capital, but the surrounding towns have also had little rain. Some rivers with shallow water levels have even dried up.

Yinzhen deliberately walked a little further away and even found that a village with scarce water resources had already suffered from the disaster.

The village is located at a relatively high altitude, but the only water source is at the lowest point. It has not been easy to irrigate the fields in previous years, and unfortunately it has not rained this year.

Of course, if it was just a lack of rain, they would at most have to fetch water a few more times every day. But now the water level in the river is getting lower and lower, and it is almost not enough for their daily drinking, let alone using it to irrigate the fields.

Without water, the crops in the fields will die, which is too fatal for the villagers who rely on the weather for their livelihood.

There are many similar situations. We can only say that people living in the capital are not affected for the time being, but for the people who rely on farming for their livelihood, the impact is already quite large.

After listening to what his sons had seen and heard in recent days, Kangxi's expression gradually became serious.

Things like climate are beyond human control, so even if he is an emperor, he can't do anything.

Kangxi could only hope for rain, and at the same time, he ordered people to make plans to transport grain from Jiangnan and other places to Beijing in advance.

For Cheng'an, he still couldn't understand these adults' affairs. He just knew that he was finally able to see his fourth brother and others again, so he was very happy.

"Do you miss your tenth brother?" Yin'e asked while hugging him.

The little guy nodded repeatedly: "Yes!"

He stretched out his little hands and hugged his brother in front of him tightly, and it was obvious that he really missed him.

Yin'e felt his enthusiasm and thought it was worthwhile for him to think of him while he was away, so he immediately ordered people to bring up the gifts he had brought as if presenting a treasure.

"What?" Cheng An looked expectantly at the thing being brought up.

Yin'e didn't buy any expensive gifts, just some small things he saw outside and thought he would like, including windmills, masks, straw weaving...

"Look at this." Yin'e picked up the windmill and blew it for him to see.

Cheng An immediately reached out to take it, and puffed up his cheeks and blew it, imitating him.

It was actually quite tiring to run this trip in such a hot day, but now sitting in the chair and looking at him, Yinzhen felt that his tiredness had dissipated a little.

He didn't try to snatch anyone away, just watched Yin'e and the others play with Cheng'an.

The little guy excitedly played with everything for a while, and finally he set his eyes on an eagle kite. He grabbed it and asked, "What did you say, brother?"

"It's an eagle. It's coming to catch you. Are you afraid?" Yin'e took the kite from his hand and raised it up to threaten him.

How could a little dragon cub be afraid of an eagle? Cheng An just laughed and reached out to grab it while laughing.

"You're not going to take him to fly a kite, are you?" Yinzhen supported his head with his hands lazily. He was originally watching them play quietly, but when he saw the kite, his brows twitched slightly.

In this kind of weather, flying a kite is obviously not a wise choice.

Yin'e looked outside and thought that although the sun was strong, it was windy today so it shouldn't be that hot and it was perfect for flying kites.

"If you don't want to move, I can go with him."

Cheng'an seldom plays outside with his brothers. When he hears that Yin'e wants to take him out to fly a kite, even though he doesn't know what flying a kite means, it doesn't affect his excitement.

"Brother, let's go~" He lay in Yin'e's arms and waved to his other brothers.

Yinzhen, who had just returned from outside, originally wanted to take a rest, but seeing the little guy so excited, he decided not to spoil the fun.

A moment later, Cheng'an followed his brothers out of the Qianqing Palace and headed for the Imperial Garden.

In fact, they could also fly kites in the open space outside the Qianqing Palace, but the princes were somewhat hesitant to fly kites in the Qianqing Palace. Also, the Imperial Garden would be obviously cooler because of the many plants and trees there were, so they finally decided to go to the Imperial Garden.

At least there was an ice basin in the hall, but when I came out it was still a bit hot even with someone holding an umbrella and fanning me.

"Fourth Brother~"

"Brother Jiu~"

"Brother~"

Cheng An looked at the brothers around him. Even the hot weather could not affect his good mood. He called this one and that one, and his whole body was filled with a cheerful and lively atmosphere.

Infected by his mood, Yinzhen and the others became happier.

After arriving at the Imperial Garden, Yin'er, Yinsi and Yinzhen first found a pavilion to sit down and rest. However, Yin'e and Yinzhen, however, were not afraid of being tired and took Cheng'an directly to find an open space to fly a kite.

At first, Yin'e tried to hold Cheng'an and let him release him personally, but he soon found that this was too difficult, so he chose to give up.

Of course, the main reason was that the weather was too hot. He started sweating after running a few steps while holding Cheng'an, but the kite couldn't fly if he didn't run.

Finally, Yin'e decided to put Cheng'an down and wait for him and Yinzhen to fly the kite before letting him come.

Cheng'an was quite well-behaved. After being put down on the ground, he stood by and looked up at his two brothers flying kites.

Snap…

As soon as the kite flew up a little bit, the little guy clapped his hands in support, but before he clapped twice, the kite fell down again.

After repeating this several times, Cheng'an stopped clapping and just tilted his head back and waited quietly.

"You brought Cheng'an out to play without asking me." Before the kite was flown, the third prince Yinzhi came over from not far away.

Hearing his voice, Cheng An turned around and ran over: "Brother!"

Yinzhi touched the cat ears on his head and led him back to Yin'e and the others.

He first greeted Yinzhen and others in the pavilion, and then looked at the two people who had been trying to fly a kite for a long time.

"Let me do it." Seeing that Cheng'an was obviously still waiting, Yinzhi couldn't bear it anymore and said.

He had seen them flying kites from a distance just now, but he didn't expect that they hadn't launched the kite even after he had walked over.

"Brother Ten, where did you buy this kite? There's probably something wrong with it." After failing to fly it for a long time, Yinzhen felt that there must be something wrong with the kite.

Yin'e, feeling a little tired, didn't bother to pay attention to him and directly handed the kite in his hand to Yinzhi.

"Let's go and rest with Brother Ten." After saying this, Yin'e carried Cheng'an to sit in the pavilion.

Seeing that his brother’s face was sweaty, the little guy stretched out his little hand to fan him.

Although his small hands couldn't fan out much wind, Yin'e still enjoyed it very much. He picked up his special sippy cup on the table and fed him two sips of water before drinking it himself.

Cheng An drank the water from his hand, turned around and found that his fourth brother was fanning him, and immediately opened his little hands and rushed towards him.

Yinzhen reached out and took him, hugging him with one hand and continuing to fan him with the other.

Outside the pavilion, Yinzhi asked his personal eunuch to help, and soon he flew the kite.

"You see, the one with the problem is clearly you!" After taking a short rest to regain his spirit, Yin'e said to Yinzhen while watching the kite flying higher and higher.

At this time, Cheng'an also noticed the flying kite and immediately clapped his hands and shouted.

He was brought out to fly a kite. Seeing that his third brother had already flown the kite, Yinzhen directly carried him out of the pavilion.

"Is my third brother powerful?" Yinzhi asked with a smile when he saw him being carried over.

The little guy raised his little face and said: "Brother, eh~"

Hearing his words, Yinzhi raised the corners of his lips. After making sure that the kite was flying relatively steadily, he handed the string in his hand to him and said, "Here, hold it yourself."

Although it was said to be given to him, the lowest parts of the thread were still left in Yinzhi's hands to prevent him from losing control.

Today's sky is particularly beautifully blue, with white clouds floating in the sky. Looking at it for a while will make people feel better.

At this time, there was an "eagle" soaring in the blue sky and white clouds, but it was not flying very high.

Cheng'an held the string in his hand and pulled it from time to time under Yinzhi's instruction, feeling the slight pulling sensation of the kite in his hand, and a smile spread across his face.

When Yinzhen saw his smiling face, he had no extra hands, otherwise he would have wanted to touch his head.

"Fourth brother, look~" The little guy looked up at the kite for a while and then turned around to share it with Yinzhen who was holding him.

“Yes.”

As Yinzhen finished speaking, Yinzhi couldn't help but say, "Old Fourth, you actually taught Cheng'an to call you!"

There was a hint of envy in his tone, and he couldn't help but coax Cheng An to call him, "Call me Third Brother."

Cheng An said in a baby voice: "Brother Shan~"

When Yinzhen heard the call of "Shang Ge", a faint smile appeared in his eyes.

While Cheng'an was flying a kite and learning the name, Yin'e and Yinzhen, who had just rested, also came out.

"Does Cheng'an want some water?" Yinsi brought out the little guy's sippy cup.

Cheng An nodded and started drinking directly from his hand.

After the little guy finished drinking the water, he suddenly pointed at the kite in the sky and said, "An An Yi Ya Hui Ya~"

Hearing that he also wanted to fly, Yin'e smiled and said, "You are not a bird, how can you fly?"

"An'an Yilong, gray~" Cheng'an continued to gesture in the sky with his little hands.

Yinzhen was amused by him and rubbed his head and said, "You are a dragon, then what are we?"

"Brother, ah-ah-long~"

Yinzhi also laughed when he heard this, and thought that children's talk was interesting.

Cheng An heard his brothers' laughter and said again: "An An Yi Long, Brother Yi Long Ya~"

"Okay, okay, we are all dragons." Yin'e coaxed him a few words and pointed at the kite in the sky and said, "Why is it flying so low? Cheng'an, give the kite to Brother Shi, and I'll let Brother Shi fly it higher for you."

When Cheng'an heard what he said, he let go of the thread and gave it to him.

Yin'e took the string from him and Yinzhi and began to loosen the string while backing away.

The little guy, whose attention was diverted, looked up, and when he saw the kite flying higher and higher, he opened his little mouth and exclaimed "Wow".

Hearing his exclamation, Yinzhen, who thought he could do it, stretched out his hand and said, "Let me go for a while."

Yin'e was in high spirits and was not willing to give it to him, so the two of them grabbed the kite string and started pulling it.

After a moment, with a slight "click", the kite with the broken string began to fly higher and higher, and farther and farther.

Cheng'an, who didn't notice it, was still laughing and clapping, until he realized that Zhiyuan couldn't see him, then he turned around with a puzzled expression.

Yinzhen met his clear and puzzled look, glanced at Yin'e and Yinzhen, and coaxed: "We'll play next time."

Hearing his words, Cheng An realized something and immediately pursed his lips as he hadn't had enough fun yet.

Seeing his sad look, Yin'e immediately said, "It's okay, it's okay. Brother Shi will go get it back for you right away."

After saying this, he immediately prepared to go find it himself.

As soon as he left, Cheng'an wanted to follow, and finally all the brothers went together.

As soon as the group came out of the Imperial Garden, clouds blocked the sun and the weather suddenly became overcast. With the occasional breeze, it became cooler instantly.

Walking along the direction where the kite fell, before the other princes could react, Cheng'an, who was already familiar with this route, suddenly became excited, twisted his body, landed from Yinzhen's arms, and started running forward.

"Cheng'an!" Seeing him suddenly running, Yinzhen chased after him worriedly.

As he started to chase them, Yinzhi and the others also started to run after him. Only when they saw the gate of Xian'an Palace did they realize where they were.

When they slowed down, Cheng'an had already arrived at the gate of Xian'an Palace and shouted: "Second brother——"

Ever since the little guy started coming over often, Yinreng became particularly fond of staying in the courtyard, because that way he could be the first to hear the sound of his arrival.

Just now he was sitting under the shade of a tree in the courtyard reading a book, when suddenly a kite fell from the sky and landed right next to him.

When Yinreng picked up the kite, he subconsciously thought of Cheng'an in his mind. Unexpectedly, just as he put the kite on the stone table, he heard the little guy's voice coming from outside the door.

As he curled his lips and walked towards the door, he saw a "kitten" running in the moment the door was opened.

After Yinreng bent down and picked up the "kitten", he looked up and met the eyes of a group of people outside the door.

Seeing them thinking about the kite again, he quickly guessed that it must be them who brought Cheng'an to release the kite, and the kite fell into his place.

Thinking that the little guy in his arms didn't come to see him on purpose, Yinreng couldn't help but lower his head. However, when he saw the little guy leaning in his arms with a dependent look on his face, he couldn't argue with him at all.

Finally, Yinreng nodded slightly as a greeting to the brothers outside the door, then returned to the shade of the tree with the little one in his arms.

He had just sat down at the stone table with Cheng'an in his arms when the sunlight once again penetrated the clouds and shone across the earth.

"Let's go in, otherwise it will seem like we're afraid of him." Yin'e saw him carrying Cheng'an away like that, and whispered to Yinsi and the others.

Yinzhen glanced at him and said, "Aren't you afraid that the Emperor will know?"

Although he had seen Yinreng in the Qianqing Palace last time, the Emperor did not openly order his release, which meant that the Xian'an Palace was still not a place that could be entered casually.

"What are you afraid of with Cheng'an here?" Yin'e said.

Yinzhen couldn't help but look at him again, thinking that he was not stupid after all, as he could actually see this.

As the saying goes, the law does not hold everyone responsible. Besides, they had all seen Yinreng in the Qianqing Palace before, so the princes didn’t think it was a big deal to enter the Xian’an Palace, so they went in together quickly.

Yinreng was holding Cheng'an and looking at the kite. He didn't look carefully just now, but now he found that the kite was scratched by a branch when it fell.

Seeing Cheng'an frowning and looking a little unhappy, Yinreng was coaxing him to take him to the study to do another one when he saw Yinzhen and the others coming in, so he simply took them with him.

"I said the kite you bought was bad. It broke so easily." On the way to the study, Yinzhen said to Yin'e.

Yin E rolled his eyes at him and said, "If you hadn't been snatching the string from me, would it have broken? How could the kite have broken if the string hadn't broken?" If the kite hadn't broken, why would they have come here?

After the two of them quarreled for a while, the group came to the study. The not-so-large space suddenly seemed a bit crowded.

It was a rare occasion when he had such a lively time, so Yinreng temporarily put aside his prejudice against some of them and helped Cheng'an make kites with Yinzhen.

They didn't think of anything new, so they just decided to use the kite stand and paste a new picture on it.

On the contrary, Yin'e was a bit restless and really planned to make a kite from the frame, and pulled Yinsi and the others to join in the fun.

After they started to fight, Cheng An joined in everywhere and only made things worse.

"Fourth brother, can you hold him for a while? I have a knife here, don't hurt him." Yin'e saw that he was curious about everything and wanted to pick up the dagger to play with it, so he quickly picked him up and stuffed him into Yinzhen's arms.

Just after Yinzhen held him for a while, he fell to the ground again, ran to Yinreng, grabbed his clothes and reached out to take the brush in his hand.

"Second brother hasn't finished painting yet." Yinreng coaxed him and simply picked him up with one hand.

Yinzhen knew that he liked to play with ink, so when he stretched out his little hand, he quickly took the inkstone away.

The little guy may be naughty, but with him stirring things up, the atmosphere in the study became noticeably better and better, and the two parties that originally occupied each side also began to communicate.

In the lively atmosphere, the brothers finally made several kites, including an eagle, a kitten, a deer and even a dragon.

When Cheng'an saw the dragon-shaped kite, he was so excited that he even shouted.

Seeing how happy he was, the group took him to the courtyard to fly kites.

Cheng An held the dragon-shaped kite in his arms and said, "Ah An An~"

"Aren't you a kitten?" Yinreng said, touching the cat ears on his head.

The little guy immediately raised his little face and told him in a baby voice: "An An Yi Long Ya~"

Yinreng chuckled, touched his little face and said nothing more.

Among these kites, Cheng'an obviously liked the dragon one the most, but the dragon-shaped kite was also the most difficult one, so it failed to fly in the end.

Seeing that the little guy was a little disappointed, Yin'e threw the dragon-shaped kite into the sky and coaxed him, "Look, it can be considered as flying." Although it flew a little low, it fell down quickly.

When Cheng'an saw his movements, his tightly pursed little lips slowly curved up, and he even thought of the high-tossing game that Yinzhi had taken him to play before.

"An An Yi Ya Hui Ya~" He opened his little hands and said to Yin'e.

Yinsi, who was present, quickly understood what he meant, but did not quite agree with the way he played it.

But Yinzhen couldn't help but spoil him, so after learning what Yinsi meant, he picked him up and threw him up.

"An An is gray~"

Hearing the little guy's cheerful laughter, Yinreng and others couldn't help but smile.

After Yinzhen hugged Cheng'an and threw him high up twice, Yinzhen stopped him and carried him away. Then they said goodbye to Yinreng.

Cheng'an had been having a lot of fun just now, and although he was still reluctant to leave Yinreng when he left, he didn't make a fuss.

When Yinzhen and others sent Cheng'an back to the Qianqing Palace, Kangxi was already waiting for him to come back for lunch.

As Yin'e had guessed, when Kangxi learned that they had gone to Xian'an Palace with Cheng'an, he was not angry. He simply fined them half a month's salary.

After they left, Kangxi took the wet wipes handed over by Liang Jiugong and wiped the face and hands of the person in his arms, then tapped his forehead and said, "Isn't it uncomfortable to stay in the house in such a hot day? Why do you have to run outside?"

Cheng'an didn't say anything, just tilted his little face up and smiled at him.

Kangxi pinched his soft little face and said nothing more, then carried him to eat.

Cheng'an was now able to hold a spoon and eat a few bites by himself, so Kangxi could now feed him while eating himself.

But he didn't have much appetite today, so he just focused on feeding the little guy in his arms.

The little guy's appetite was not affected by the weather, and he still ate everything with relish. After taking a few bites, he suddenly reacted and looked up and said, "Ama, eat~"

"Hmm." Kangxi responded casually. He really had no appetite, so he continued to feed him.

After Cheng'an opened his mouth and took another mouthful of fish soup he fed him, he found that his father hadn't eaten it yet. He reached out and grabbed his small spoon, scooped up a small piece of shrimp from the bowl in front of him and held it towards him.

The food for the little guy is cut into smaller pieces, and this piece of shrimp is not enough for Kangxi to eat in one bite.

However, after meeting his son's clear and caring eyes, Kangxi, feeling happy, lowered his head and ate the small shrimp.