Cheng An narrowed his eyes when he saw his father eat the shrimps, and then continued to feed him with the spoon, saying in a baby voice: "Father..."

"Eat it yourself." After Kangxi took another bite, a smile appeared on his face.

The little guy seemed to be addicted to the game, holding the small spoon and feeding him non-stop.

After a warm lunch and a short rest, Kangxi stood in front of the window holding Cheng'an.

In summer, the wind blowing in from the window carries a bit of heat and does not bring much coolness.

After Cheng'an leaned in his father's arms and played with his hands for a while, he looked up and found that he had been looking at the sky, so he couldn't help but look too.

The scenery of blue sky and white clouds should have made people feel happy, but Kangxi felt the sunshine was too bright and his brows furrowed.

Yesterday he summoned the director of the Imperial Observatory to meet him, and he received a reply that according to the astronomical phenomena, it was unlikely to rain in the near future, which made him somewhat irritated.

After Cheng'an withdrew his gaze from the sky, he noticed that his father had a frown on his face, and he couldn't help but reach out his little hand to touch it.

Sensing the soft touch between his eyebrows, Kangxi lowered his eyes to look at the little guy in his arms.

"Ama what?" Cheng An tilted his head to look at him, as if he noticed that he was not in a good mood at the moment.

There was no point in telling him about this, but Kangxi looked into his clear eyes and replied, "Father is wondering when it will rain today."

rain?

When he heard the word "rain", some vague ideas popped up in Cheng'an's little brain, and he vaguely felt that he could help.

"Ah, ah, rain!"

After Kangxi understood this sentence, his slightly frowned brows slowly relaxed, and he touched his head and joked: "Do you really think you are a dragon?"

According to legend, dragons can make clouds and rain, so when Kangxi heard his words, his first reaction was to remember that he always said that he was a dragon.

"An An is a dragon!" Cheng An shouted.

"Yes, that's right. Why are you shouting so loudly?" Kangxi tapped his forehead. "Who taught you that dragons can bring rain?"

The little fellow always said that he was a dragon. Because he was too obsessed with it, Kangxi would deliberately avoid the content related to dragons when reading to him. Unexpectedly, the little fellow even knew that dragons could bring rain.

"No." Cheng An shook his head, and then thought of his father being unhappy because it didn't rain, so he promised to make his father happy, "An An, give him rain!"

Kangxi couldn't help but smile when he heard this. He felt that although what he said was childish, it was really thoughtful.

After picking him up and touching his forehead, Kangxi replied with a smile, "Okay, then wait, if Cheng'an can really make it rain for me, I will promise you one thing."

"Um."

Seeing him nodding seriously, Kangxi felt that this youngest son was really lovable. He turned to Liang Jiugong and said, "Give the little prince an extra piece of dessert today."

Except for the few days when the little guy was sick, his daily snack portion was always three yuan.

Hearing that he could have an extra dessert, Cheng'an's eyes widened, and he hugged Kangxi's neck and said, "Hello, Father~"

Having such a well-behaved and caring son, Kangxi felt that he was just too young to eat anything he wanted, otherwise he would be willing to give him a portion of every snack made in the imperial kitchen.

Perhaps noticing that his father was in a good mood again, Cheng An hugged him and rubbed him for a while before saying softly, "An An, have some candy."

"I'll give you another piece of candy tomorrow." Kangxi was like an ordinary father who was made happy by his child, giving rewards within an appropriate range.

Although he could not eat it until tomorrow, Cheng'an still smiled happily when he heard his father agreed.

Next, Kangxi went to take care of his business, while Cheng'an stayed in the palace to play.

After waking up from a nap in the afternoon, he contentedly ate the four snacks that Kangxi had promised him.

Although Cheng'an is still young, his life is more fulfilling than many adults. Not to mention Kangxi, who basically spends all his free time with him, except for occasionally visiting the empress dowager or sitting in the harem.

There were also princes like Yinzhi and Yinzhen who had already entered the court, and they would come to visit him together whenever they had time.

In addition, Cheng'an would go to see his two brothers Yinzhi and Yinreng on his own, and go to the harem to visit the empress dowager and his mother.

The little guy was delicate and cute, and his appearance was so adorable that not only the empress dowager and his mother, but even the concubines in the harem liked him very much when they saw him.

Although Kangxi did not allow him to accept other people's things casually, it was his nature to like shiny things. Even just looking at them and playing with them was good. Therefore, he liked to go to the harem when he had nothing to do, because the concubines had a lot of shiny things on them and were willing to let him play with them.

However, as the weather got hotter, the concubines were more willing to stay in their own rooms. When Cheng'an went to the harem again, it was not so lively, and he did not stay as long as before.

Changchun Palace.

"An An, would you like to have one, please?"

In the side hall of Changchun Palace, Cheng'an, wearing a fawn coat, sat on a chair, stretched out his chubby white fingers and discussed in a baby voice.

His lovely appearance was so charming that Concubine Chen almost nodded in agreement. However, when she thought about the fact that he had already finished the three snacks today, she finally shook her head and said, "Can we eat next time?"

The rejected little guy didn't make a fuss, but an expression of disappointment immediately appeared on his face.

Concubine Chen felt distressed when she saw this, and thinking that the Emperor had only specified desserts but didn't mention anything else, she asked someone to bring a jar of candied fruit and fed him a small sip.

After tasting the sweet and sour taste of the candied fruit, Cheng An's eyes immediately curved up, and he asked while eating, "What is it, mother?"

"It's candied fruit." Seeing that he was happy again, Concubine Chen gave a gentle smile.

This candied fruit is Chen Guiren’s daily snack. She likes sour things, so the taste of the candied fruit is a bit sour.

It was fine when Cheng An held it in his mouth, he tasted a mixture of sour and sweet. But when he started chewing, the sourness immediately overwhelmed the sweetness, and it was so sour that his eyes narrowed and his shoulders even hunched slightly.

Noticing that her son didn't like her taste, Concubine Chen looked at his funny expression and reached out her hand: "If it's sour, spit it out."

Although the candied fruit was sour, it was still delicious. Cheng An shook his head and continued chewing it. Later on, he began to taste the sweetness again.

After finishing the candied fruit in his mouth, he savored the sweet and sour taste on the tip of his tongue and said, "Mother..."

Seeing that he was still eating despite being soured just now, Concubine Chen picked out the smallest one and fed it to him with some helplessness: "After you finish this one, you can't eat any more."

Being able to eat candied fruit was already a pleasant surprise, Cheng An nodded obediently while holding the candied fruit in his mouth.

However, after he finished eating what was in his mouth, he pointed at the candied fruit and asked for more.

"Didn't you just say that the last one was the most delicious?" Concubine Chen tapped his forehead.

Cheng An raised his little face and said, "An An doesn't want to eat, Ah Ma eats, brother eats!"

When Concubine Chen heard her son's words and saw that he was so filial and sensible at such a young age, she felt that the emperor had really taught him well.

After she touched her son's little head, she asked someone to prepare candied fruit for him in a small jar.

The jar was very small and could be held in one hand by Cheng'an. Seeing that he wanted to carry it himself, Concubine Chen specially ordered someone to put a small cloth bag on the jar to make it easier for him to carry it in his hand.

After Cheng An played with her for a while, he left happily carrying a small jar full of candied fruit.

After leaving Changchun Palace, he did not go directly back to the Qianqing Palace, but wandered around everywhere.

As the darling of the palace, no one dared to stop him wherever he wanted to go. At most, the servants would coax him and hold him for a while longer to save him from walking so much by himself.

Children love to explore by nature. Cheng'an ran around here and there, and before he knew it, he arrived at the Shangshu Room.

Hearing the sound of reading coming from the Shangshu's room, the little guy slipped in very flexibly before Liu Cai could coax him to leave.

At this time, there were only three young princes studying in the Shangshufang, namely the 20th prince Yinyi, the 21st prince Yinxi and the 22nd prince Yinhu.

Among these three, the oldest, Yinyi, is eleven years old, while Yinxi and Yinhu are both six years old and they just entered the Shangshufang this year.

The children in the palace were all precocious, but no matter how precocious they were, Yinxi and Yinhu were still children. They were stunned when they saw their younger brother Cheng'an suddenly coming over, especially when they found that he actually walked straight in.

The teacher who taught them Chinese was standing with his back to the door, close to Yin Yi.

Yin Yi, who also noticed that his youngest brother suddenly ran in, his first reaction was to cover for him and asked questions when the master was about to turn around.

When the master holding the book heard his question, he immediately stopped and answered it.

At this time, Cheng'an, who discovered that his brother was here, had already walked up to Yinxi and Yinhu and smiled at them.

"Shh." Yinxi made a gesture to his younger brother and quickly pulled him to hide under his desk.

Cheng'an probably thought it was interesting, so he cooperated and hid himself.

The master was already very old and his eyesight was not very good, so after answering Yin Yi's questions and turning around, he did not notice that there was a little guy in the room.

Cheng'an, who was hiding under his brother's desk, thought it was very fun. He hid underneath and secretly watched his brothers while trying to grab his brother's hand.

Although Yinxi had a younger brother, Yinhu, who was the same age as him, they were both raised in their respective mothers' palaces before entering the Shangshufang and had little interaction with each other.

Therefore, when he was caught by his brother's soft little hand, Yinxi was afraid of being discovered by his master, but at the same time he felt indescribable joy.

Maybe all children like to be brothers. Yinxi particularly likes Cheng'an, his younger brother who calls him brother in a baby voice. Unfortunately, he has to study and doesn't have much time to play with his younger brother on weekdays.

It was a rare occasion that his younger brother was by his side. While studying with his teacher, he held his younger brother's hand, hoping to finish school early.

Yinhu saw his twenty-first brother and his younger brother holding hands out of the corner of his eye, and felt a little envious. He regretted not hiding his younger brother on his side.

Being still young, he didn't know what restraint was, so when the master wasn't paying attention he bent over and reached out to touch his brother's face.

Cheng An saw his brother reaching out his hand, and took the initiative to rub his hand, then whispered: "Brother~"

When Yinhu heard him calling him, he immediately smiled like a flower.

On the other side, the older Yin Yi saw that his younger brothers didn't care at all, and his brows were almost furrowed with worry. He was afraid of being discovered by the master, so he could only keep asking questions to the master.

As a teacher, what he likes most are students who are willing to learn and are willing to learn. When the master saw that Yin Yi was so eager to learn, he even praised him a few words without knowing what he was thinking.

Fortunately, Cheng'an arrived at almost noon, and after the master answered Yinyi's question, he closed the book and left.

"call……"

As soon as he left the Shangshufang, Yin Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, Yinxi quickly took out his brother who had been hiding.

"Brother~" The clever little guy found that the person his brother was afraid of had left, so he stood up and jumped into his arms.

Yinxi was still young, and he almost fell down when Cheng'an jumped on him. But he was happy even so, and he hugged his brother and asked, "Cheng'an, why are you here?"

"I miss my brother~" said the little guy who had obviously come here by accident.

Yinxi smiled even more happily when he heard his words: "Brother misses Cheng'an too."

"Brother Cheng'an, do you miss me?" Yinhu quickly came over and took his hand.

Cheng An immediately turned around and hugged him again: "I miss my brother~"

Yinhu was immediately happy, he lowered his head and rubbed his particularly soft face and said: "I miss you too, I will go to play with you next time after school."

"Okay~"

After Cheng An finished speaking, he did not forget about his brother Yin Yi, and ran over again: "Brother~"

"You are so brave." Yin Yi, who had practiced riding and archery for several years, was still quite strong. He reached out and picked him up.

Cheng An smiled at him, then looked at the jar in his hand, fiddled with it for a while, and took out a candied fruit and fed it to him: "Brother, eat~"

Yin Yi subconsciously opened his mouth and tasted the sweet and sour taste of the candied fruit. He hugged him and sat down in his seat, then started eating with a smile.

When their younger brother came over, Yinxi and Yinhu followed him and were also fed some candied fruit by him.

This candied fruit is actually a bit sour, but it feels quite fresh to be fed by his younger brother. After eating it, Yinhu opened his mouth and said, "I want more."

Cheng'an immediately moved his little hands and fed another one.

Seeing that Yinhu had already eaten two, Yinxi was not willing to be left behind and said, "I want some more too."

After Cheng An fed each of his brothers several candied fruits, he covered the jar and said, "Don't eat it."

"What is my brother saying?" Yinhu didn't quite understand.

Yinxi guessed, "He said he couldn't eat it anymore."

Hearing this, Yinhu leaned closer to the jar and took a look, then said, "Isn't there more?"

"Yeah, eat it~" Cheng'an replied.

The little guy also remembered that the emperor said that no matter how delicious the food was, one should not eat too much, otherwise he would have a stomachache, so he did not dare to give it to his brother.

After hearing what he said, Yin Yi said to his other two brothers, "We will have lunch soon."

After hearing his reminder, Yinxi and Yinhu no longer asked for candied fruit.

"Twenty-year brother, let me hug my younger brother too." Yinhu couldn't help but say as he looked at his fair and tender younger brother sitting in his brother's arms.

Yin Yi looked at his small body which was not much taller than Cheng An and doubted whether he could hold the baby. After all, although the little guy in his arms was only a year old, he was well taken care of and was quite heavy.

However, before he could refuse, Cheng An took the initiative to move towards his other brother and hug him.

Although Yinhu was young, he was still able to hold Cheng'an, but his hold was not very stable.

He was very happy to hold his younger brother in his arms. He brought his younger brother to his seat and picked up books and other things on the desk to show him.

When Cheng'an saw the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone on the table, he immediately stretched out his little hand to take the brush.

When Yinhu saw that he asked for it, he immediately gave him the pen and even took a piece of paper and placed it in front of him to teach him how to write.

Cheng'an can't write at all, he's just playing around.

After he played in Yinhu's position for a while, someone soon brought him lunch.

"Little brother, it's time to go back and have dinner."

Liu Cai was standing at the door with a helpless look on his face. Seeing this, he quickly spoke up and wanted to take him back to the Qianqing Palace.

"No." Cheng'an didn't want to leave because he thought it was more fun here with his brother.

When Yinxi heard what Liu Cai said, he pulled his brother to his seat and said, "Brother's lunch is for you."

"And there's mine too. You can eat mine too." Yinhu immediately followed.

The brothers' lunch was quite sumptuous. Cheng'an's eyes lit up when he saw so many delicious dishes on the table: "Hello, brother~"

Yin Yi wanted to coax him to go back for lunch, but seeing that he insisted on staying, he could only order people to put the lunch of the three princes together so that it would be more convenient for him to take care of his youngest brother while he was eating.

After lunch started, Yinxi and Yinhu did not eat by themselves, but focused on feeding their younger brother with chopsticks and spoons.

Cheng'an accepted all the food and his little face was soon filled with food.

"Feed him slowly!" Yin Yi glared at his other two younger brothers, then quickly picked up the soup and fed the little guy a few sips.

Yinxi and Yinhu, who were scolded by their brother, behaved themselves for a while, but soon they rushed to feed him again: "Brother, eat this, it's delicious."

Fortunately, there was his slightly older brother Yin Yi watching over him, but after the meal, Cheng An still felt a little full.

After lunch, Cheng'an continued to play with his brothers here for a while before finally returning to the Qianqing Palace.

In the afternoon, several princes were going to the Yushe Palace to learn horse riding and archery. Originally, Yinxi and Yinhu wanted to take Cheng'an with them, but Yinyi felt that there were arrows and horses there, which might be a bit dangerous for Cheng'an. He brought up the Emperor's father to remind them and finally made them give up the idea.

Palace of Heavenly Purity.

As long as Kangxi wanted to know what was going on in the palace, nothing could be hidden from him.

At noon, when his son did not come back for lunch, he initially thought that he had gone to Xian'an Palace again. After asking, he found out that he was actually in the Shangshufang.

Although he did not capture the person immediately, after he came back, Kangxi immediately put on a stern face and asked the little guy to stand in front of him.

"Ama~" Cheng'an stood up obediently, tilted his little face back and called him.

"What are you holding in your hand?" Kangxi was originally going to scold him. After all, the Shangshufang was a place for study and it was not right for him to just mess around there. However, before he could say the scolding, he noticed what he was holding in his arms.

When Cheng An heard his words, he fiddled with his hands for a while and then threw himself into his arms and raised his hands: "Father, eat~"

Kangxi smelled the unique fragrance of candied fruit, looked at his little hand and asked, "Where did you get the candied fruit?"

As he finished speaking, Kangxi frowned slightly, obviously worried that he would eat randomly again.

Before Cheng An could answer, Liu Cai quickly explained for the young master: "To answer your Majesty, the young prince went to Changchun Palace this morning, and Concubine Chen gave him two bites of candied fruit. The young prince thought it was delicious, so he wanted to bring it back for you to try."

Hearing this, Kangxi looked at his son who was still holding the candied fruit in front of him, and his expression softened a little. He ate the fruit and patted his head, saying, "The Shangshufang is a place for studying. Don't go there to make trouble next time."

"I know." Cheng An nodded and smelled the aroma of candied fruit wafting from his arms. He looked up and asked, "An An, can you eat one?"

"Not good." Kangxi said, directly reaching out his hand, "Didn't you say you brought it for me? Give it to me."

Seeing that he didn't give him any, Cheng'an pouted before handing him the jar.

After Kangxi took the jar, he opened the lid and took a look, only to find that there was only half an jar left.

He didn't believe that Concubine Chen only filled half the can of preserved fruit, so he immediately lowered his eyes and asked, "Did you eat the rest of the can?"

"No." Cheng An shook his head and said, "Brother, eat it."

Kangxi thought of the fact that he had just returned from the Shangshufang, and after sighing, he ordered someone to pass a message to Yinyi and the other two, asking them to copy the Four Books.

After the oral order was passed on, compared to Yinxi and Yinhu who complained bitterly, Yinyi was mentally prepared and even felt that reading the Four Books once was a light punishment.

After Kangxi ate the candied fruit that his son had brought for him in front of him, he left the little one who was extremely greedy and went to handle government affairs in a good mood.

Cheng'an watched him leave with a puffy face, then turned around, found his fan, placed it on the couch and patted it twice.

The fan was the same one that Dong Qichang had used to write his poem. He gently patted the fan twice to let out the air and had no intention of doing anything else with it. But when he opened it to play with it next time, he accidentally wrinkled it again.

The little guy tried to restore the fan using the method Kangxi had taught him, but his hands were too small to handle it.

Finally, he simply put the fan aside and played with it by himself, and soon fell asleep while playing.

When he woke up, it was already late. He didn't try to run outside, but lay lazily on the couch, playing with his little feet.

When the sun set, Kangxi came back from outside.

After hearing his footsteps, the little guy jumped up from the couch, grabbed the fan that was thrown beside him and ran downstairs.

"Ama-ah!"

Kangxi saw him running towards him. He didn't hear clearly what he said at first, but when he saw the wrinkled fan in his hand, he immediately wanted to touch his forehead with his hand.

He did say last time that it's useless to hide after doing something wrong, but I didn't teach him to be so self-righteous after doing something wrong, right?

Kangxi looked at his son holding a fan in front of him, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

"What on earth did this fan do to you?" Kangxi finally picked him up and patted his little butt.

Seeing that his father spanked him, the little guy puffed up his cheeks even though it didn't hurt much, and then said, "An An, don't you feel uncomfortable?"

"I think you did it on purpose." Kangxi took the wrinkled fan from his hand and said.

The little guy shook his head and said, "No!"

Feeling that the fan would be destroyed sooner or later if left outside, Kangxi directly ordered someone to restore the fan and put it away.

That evening.

In his free time before bed, after Kangxi finished reading to him, Cheng'an, who was thinking of his brother, suddenly said, "Father wants my brother~"

Why did I think of Yinzhi again for no reason...

Kangxi looked down at him and changed the subject directly: "Do you want to go out and play?"

Hearing this, Cheng An's attention was successfully diverted, and he nodded and said, "An An, think about it~"

"Then be good, and I will take you out to play in two days." Kangxi said.