Cheng An swallowed the fingernail-sized pastry before he could even taste it. However, he was quite happy. He spread his hands and said to his brothers, "No~"

The little guy's hands were white and tender. Yinzhen, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but hold and squeeze them twice when he saw them.

Yinsi asked softly, "Does Cheng'an want to eat more?"

Cheng An's eyes widened slightly when he heard his words, but he immediately said, "Ama Suo An An, just eat mountain food."

As he spoke, he stretched out his fingers, first two, then he looked at himself and found that something seemed wrong, so he stretched out another one.

Seeing how well behaved he was, Yinsi couldn't help but take him into his arms, touched his head and said, "That was what my brother ate just now, it doesn't count as An'an's."

The little guy looked so pitiful when he counted on his fingers and said he could only eat three. Yinzhi was more direct than him and immediately ordered someone to bring more cakes.

Cheng'an didn't even eat half of the three pieces of cakes, so the palace maid waiting on the side didn't say anything and soon brought up three more pieces of cakes.

This time, the brothers did not ask for food, but prepared to let him finish the pastries.

However, the little guy didn't know whether he thought the shared pastry was more delicious or he thought this behavior was interesting, so he took the pastry again and started to break it again.

Yinzhi saw his movements and was about to tell him not to break them when he heard him counting in a childish voice.

"One, two, mountain, four, woo, yo, eat, ya, chiu..."

Seeing that he could count fluently despite his unclear pronunciation, the other brothers all smiled. Only Yin'e saw that he was stuck at nine and quickly reminded him, "Ten!"

"Hiss~"

Seeing that he still hadn't learned it, Yin'e couldn't help but raise his hand to touch his forehead.

Seeing that he had counted to ten, the twelfth prince Yinluo asked expectantly, "What next?"

Cheng An looked up at him, tilted his head and thought for a while, then broke the cakes and continued to count: "One, two..."

"No, no, how come it's one again after ten? It should be eleven." Yinluo taught.

The little guy showed a puzzled expression when he heard his words, and then said: "Hiss one, two, mountain..."

"Come here, let me teach you how to count." Seeing that he could only count to ten, Yinsi pointed to the broken cakes on the plate and taught him.

Cheng'an was very smart and soon learned to count to over twenty. However, he still needed to be reminded from ten to eleven, otherwise he would start counting to one again.

After counting and breaking the cakes, the little guy jumped to the ground and started busying himself with distributing the cakes to his brothers.

The brothers don't lack this piece of cake. I was just teasing him just now, so he naturally wants to refuse it now.

However, Cheng An was very enthusiastic and did not give them any chance to refuse: "Brother, eat!"

There was no choice but for the brothers to finally eat the pastries that he stuffed directly into their mouths.

"I can do it myself."

When Cheng'an handed the pastries to Yinyou, he took the pastries fed by the little guy with a bit of helplessness.

At the entrance of the flower hall, Kangxi had been standing there since Cheng'an started distributing snacks. Seeing Yinzhi and his group of people sitting steadily on their chairs while his youngest son was running around distributing snacks to them, he thought they were really promising.

"Your son pays respects to Father Emperor!"

When Yinzhen's eyes accidentally swept across the door, he quickly stood up and saluted.

When the other princes heard his voice, they quickly stood up before they even saw Kangxi.

Cheng'an still had a few pieces of broken cakes in his little hand. When he saw his brothers standing up, he was stunned for a moment, and then ran towards Yinzhen, who had not yet eaten the cakes.

Yinzhen looked at the cakes he fed him, not knowing whether to eat them or not. But when he saw that he was holding it up, he simply reached out and took it.

Cheng'an saw that he had distributed cakes to his brothers again, and his eyes were curved with laughter. Then he ran to Kangxi and said, "Father, eat cakes~"

"Father doesn't like it, you can eat it yourself." Kangxi said, motioning Yinzhi and the others to stand up and then glanced at them, "When have I ever been unable to eat your cakes?"

Thinking that Cheng'an only had three pieces of snacks, but they coaxed him into breaking them into such small pieces, Kangxi felt that they didn't mind being shabby.

The brothers didn't expect to be caught by Cheng'an while they were joking with him, and they felt a little embarrassed.

"Forgive me, my Emperor."

When Cheng'an heard his father say that he didn't like the cake, he ate the rest of the cake in his hand in one bite.

After swallowing the cake, the little guy saw Ama talking about his brothers, so he quickly turned around and hugged his legs: "An An Yi, brother, eat~"

"They don't have as much cake and cake as they want. It's useless for you to be so generous." Kangxi looked down at him and said.

"Huh?" Cheng An didn't understand what "poor but generous" meant, and immediately raised his little face to look at him in confusion.

Seeing that there were still some pastry crumbs in his mouth, Kangxi wiped them clean with a handkerchief and reached out to pick him up.

After he and Cheng'an sat down at the top, he saw so many sons below and felt that it was rare to see them all together.

"Everyone, please sit down."

After Kangxi spoke, the prince sat down again. However, compared to his previous casual sitting posture, this time he was obviously sitting much straighter.

For Cheng'an, it was a happy thing to see so many brothers and father at the same time. His little head kept turning back and forth, and the smile on his face was brighter than the sunshine outside.

When Kangxi was with his other sons, he either had instructions or was testing them. After scanning them all, he began to ask random questions.

Yinzhi had been locked up in the mansion for these years and had no mood to study. He hadn't touched a book for who knows how long. When he heard that Kangxi was going to test them, he suddenly became nervous. He only breathed a sigh of relief when Kangxi called Yinzhen's name first.

"Yinzhi, I ask you..."

In addition to the bald prince, there were also several princes, dukes, beile and beizi present. Any one of them would be one of the most powerful figures in the capital, but now they started to get nervous just by having their names mentioned.

Compared to the nervous brothers, Cheng'an, who was sitting in the "examiner's" arms, was much more relaxed. He looked at his father, then at his brother who had stood up, and took the opportunity to remember his brothers' names.

Snap, snap, snap——

Although the little guy didn't understand what his father asked, nor did he understand his brother's answers, he just thought they were very impressive. Every time his brother gave an answer, he would immediately raise his hands and applaud.

Others would have been fine, but after seeing Yin'e's answer, he also applauded. Kangxi poked his forehead and glanced at Yin'e: "Go back and read more books."

"I will remember this."

Yin'e's answer just now was halting and he thought he would be punished, but he didn't expect to get just a scolding that was not really a reprimand. He immediately secretly cast a grateful look at Cheng'an.

When the little guy saw his brother winking at him, he giggled and also winked at him.

The originally serious "exam" atmosphere suddenly became relaxed after he smiled like that.

Seeing this, Kangxi looked down at him and said, "Yinmi."

"Hey~" The little guy who had already remembered his name immediately looked up.

Kangxi said with a straight face: "I will test you too. Read a poem for me to listen to."

"Two orioles are chirping~" Cheng'an started to sing.

After he finished speaking, Yin'e subconsciously raised his hands and clapped. After being glanced at by Kangxi, he quickly put his hands down, showing an expression that showed that he had done nothing.

The other princes didn't show it on their faces, but they all felt that Yin'e was becoming more and more daring recently.

"Change it." Kangxi said after warning Yin'e.

Cheng An bit his finger and thought for a while before saying, "Gugu, I don't see you today~"

When Yinzhi listened to him reciting two lines of poetry, he felt that he was indeed his younger brother and was smarter than ordinary children.

However, Kangxi was still not satisfied and said, "Count them for me to hear."

Cheng An, who had just learned to count from his brother, immediately raised his fingers and started counting: "One, two..."

The way the little fellow counted on his fingers was so adorable that the brothers' eyes softened unconsciously as they looked at him.

"Don't snap your fingers." Compared to them, Kangxi was much more serious and directly blocked his little hand.

Cheng An was used to counting on his fingers, and when he saw him holding his hands and not letting him use them, the little guy who didn't know how to count couldn't help but puff up his cheeks slightly.

But soon, he saw his brother's raised hand out of the corner of his eye, and immediately started counting with a smile: "One, two, mountain...hiss..."

"Eleven." Seeing that he was stuck on "ten" again and couldn't figure it out, Yin'e opened his mouth and made exaggerated mouth shapes to silently remind him.

After receiving the reminder, Cheng An immediately continued to count: "Hiss one, hiss two..."

Kangxi had just seen him laughing while he was testing himself, so he decided to test him on a whim. He didn't expect that he could actually count to over twenty.

"Not bad." After he finished counting, Kangxi smiled and touched his head, "I'll give you a piece of cake as a reward."

"Hello, Father!" Cheng An immediately reached out and hugged him happily when he heard his words.

Yinzhi saw that the emperor was in a good mood, so he said, "Father, since Cheng'an has a reward, do I have one?"

Kangxi thought of the scene where they shared three cakes with Cheng'an just now, and said unhappily: "I'll give each of you one cake, so you don't have to worry about your brother's cakes anymore."

"Thank you, Father Emperor."

The brothers stood up and expressed their gratitude.

Not long after they sat down again, the palace maid quickly brought up some pastries.

When Kangxi said one piece, there was only one piece of cake in front of all the princes, including Cheng'an.

Although he might not have eaten all six cakes just now, when he got the cakes again, Cheng An still had the illusion that he had eaten a lot of cakes today.

The little guy took a bite of the cake and suddenly realized that everyone had some except his father, so he immediately raised his hand and said, "Father, eat it~"

"Didn't Father say he didn't like it?" Kangxi said.

"It's delicious~" Seeing that he didn't like pastries, Cheng An took another bite and said.

After finishing their pastries, the brothers felt it was not appropriate to stay any longer and they all got up and left.

After offering sacrifices to heaven and praying for rain that day, it rained again half a month later. Of course, this rain fell naturally.

Because his first and second brothers also came to Changchun Garden, Cheng'an was particularly happy these days. The only thing that made him feel a little distressed was that if both brothers came at the same time, he would be very busy, running here and there.

The little guy tried to pull his two brothers to sit together, but they were unwilling.

That morning, it started raining outside just after he finished breakfast. Hearing the sound of rain, the little guy couldn't help but run outside.

"My dear, this is unacceptable!"

Seeing him running to the door in the blink of an eye and stretching out his little hands to try to catch the rain water to play with, Liu Cai quickly carried him back into the house.

"An An, look at the rain~" Cheng An continued to run outside as soon as he landed, still speaking in a baby voice.

His body is getting more and more flexible now. Without daring to grab it hard, Liu Cai and the other waiters can only say what he says to coax him: "Then you just stand at the door and watch, but don't touch it, otherwise the emperor will not forgive you when he comes back."

Cheng An saw that his whole face was about to wrinkle, but he finally nodded obediently: "Okay~"

After promising not to play in the rain, the little guy simply put his hands behind his back to avoid the urge to reach out to catch the rain.

The rain was not heavy, and it felt nice to stand under the eaves and listen to the rain.

The little guy, who loves water by nature, stood at the door for a long time. Finally, Liu, fearing that he would be tired, quickly brought him a chair.

After the little guy sat on the chair, he held his face with both hands and continued to look.

As he was watching, he suddenly noticed someone walking towards him in the rain with an umbrella.

"Second brother~"

After seeing the person under the umbrella clearly, Cheng An immediately jumped off the chair.

Yinreng was wearing a light-colored robe today, with a round white jade on his waist. Against the backdrop of the paper umbrella and the rain curtain, he looked gentle and elegant.

"Stand there and don't move." Seeing that the little guy under the eaves wanted to rush out when he saw him, Yinreng reminded him and quickened his pace.

When they got under the eaves, Yinreng did not put the umbrella down, but held it up and picked up the person.

Cheng An, who fell into his arms, immediately put his arms around his neck and called him affectionately, "Second Brother~"

"Would you like to go play with my second brother?" Yinreng asked after rubbing his forehead with his chin as a response.

"Okay~" the little guy agreed, and then became interested in the umbrella in his hand and reached out to take it.

Liu Cai, who followed, originally wanted to help hold the umbrella, but when he saw the Second Prince hand the umbrella to the Younger Prince, he could only hold the umbrella himself and stand behind to protect them from the rain in case the Younger Prince dropped the umbrella.

The rain was not heavy and there was not much wind, so Cheng'an was able to hold the umbrella with his two small hands. Of course, the weight of the middle part of the umbrella handle was still on Yinreng's shoulders to help him gain some strength.

Yinreng lived some distance from here, and it was a rainy day, so it was impossible to walk. The little guy played with the umbrella as he walked to the door of Qingxi Book House, then followed him into the carriage.

Wet umbrellas cannot be brought into the carriage, so the little kid with nothing to play with lifted the curtain and said, "Brother, it's raining~"

"Does Cheng'an like rain?" Yinreng asked.

Cheng An nodded: "An An Yi Huan ya~"

After the two brothers chatted in the rain for a while, they soon arrived at the courtyard where Yinreng lived.

This courtyard is naturally not as big as Qingxi Book House, and not even as big as Xian'an Palace, but it has all the necessary places.

They definitely couldn’t stay in the courtyard on a rainy day, so Yinreng carried him directly into the main room.

Thinking that there was no Yinzhi or anyone else here, Yinreng felt very happy. He hugged him and sat down on the couch and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Cheng An thought about what he said, and then he didn't think of what to do, but he first remembered what he promised him.

"My second brother is safe and sound, where is Gong Yan?"

Yinreng didn't understand: "Second brother didn't hear clearly, please say it again."

"Gong Yan, Haiyida Gong Yan~" the little fellow said while gesturing with his hands.

Palace...bow and arrow, right?

Yinreng guessed, "An'an wants a bow and arrow?"

He said "bow and arrow", but Cheng'an heard it as "palace" and nodded.

Although he thought it was too early for him to learn archery at his age, seeing that he was interested, Yinreng still ordered someone to get his bow and arrow.

The day after he arrived at Changchun Garden, all the daily necessities had been delivered from the palace, so he had no shortage of things.

Soon, a delicate little bow and arrow was brought over. Yinreng took it and handed it to the person in his arms: "This is the bow and arrow you wanted."

When Cheng'an saw the bow and arrow in his hand, his brows couldn't help but frown.

He is no longer the little kid who knew nothing when he was just born. He still knows what a palace is. After all, the Qianqing Palace where he lives is a palace.

"No." The little guy looked up and said to his second brother.

Yinreng chuckled when he heard this, touched his face and said, "This is the bow and arrow."

After saying that, Yinreng picked him up, put him on the ground, squatted beside him and said, "Look, my second brother will shoot an arrow for you to see."

Yinreng hadn't touched a bow and arrow for a long time, but after all, he had many years of experience, so his movements of bending the bow and drawing the arrow were still very smooth.

As he moved, an arrow shot out directly from the door and disappeared in the rain curtain.

"Wow--"

Cheng'an was attracted by his archery action. He raised his little hands and clapped them, then tried to take the bow and arrow from his hand.

"Second brother will teach you." Seeing that he was interested, Yinreng moved behind him and taught him step by step.

Yinreng asked someone to fetch the bow and arrow he used when he was five years old, but it was still a little big in Cheng'an's hand.

"Hold here, put the arrow here..."

Yinreng was afraid that he didn't have enough strength to draw the bow, so he guided him hand in hand and together they shot an arrow.

Seeing the arrow flying out the door, the little guy jumped up excitedly: "Second brother, ah~"

"Cheng'an is also amazing." Hearing his praise, Yinreng raised the corners of his lips and followed suit.

There was no point in shooting in the air, so Yinreng soon ordered someone to bring a target and place it at the door and let Cheng'an continue shooting.

Every time an arrow hit the target, Cheng An would shout out, and he was extremely happy.

The little guy had tender skin, and in order to avoid hurting his hands, Yinreng didn't dare to hold him for too long, and later he would ejaculate in front of him himself.

Cheng An stood beside him, clapping and praising him, and was really supportive.

So much so that Yinreng couldn't help but think in his heart that if he had such a younger brother when he was young, his riding and archery skills would have been even better.

After playing with arrows for a while, Yinreng carried him back to the couch to rest.

Cheng'an, who discovered the fun of archery, was still holding the bow, which was not too small for him, and his little hands tried to pull the bowstring from time to time.

"Come and drink some water." Yinreng brought the sippy cup to his lips.

Cheng An opened his mouth and drank from his hand. After drinking, he raised his bow and said, "Second brother, play~"

"Second brother is tired, let's play another day." Yinreng put down the cup and took a sip of water himself and said.

When the little guy heard him say he was tired, he immediately let go of the bow, turned around, and gently pinched his arm with his little hand.

The little guy's strength was not great, but it felt good. Yinreng didn't expect him to be able to do this. He smiled and asked, "Who taught you this?"

"Ama."

This happened one time when Kangxi felt his wrist was a little sore after reviewing the memorials. He happened to be beside him, so he reached out to ask him to pinch it. Unexpectedly, he took it quite seriously.

Later, when Kangxi had nothing to do, he liked to say that he was tired or his hands were sore so that he could enjoy his son's filial piety.

"Cheng'an is so good." Seeing that he remembered to switch to his right hand after pinching his left hand, Yinreng praised him and stopped him from pinching again.

Seeing this, Cheng An raised his little face and asked in a baby voice, "Are you tired, second brother?"

"Not tired." After saying that, Yinreng continued to pick up the bow and arrow and shoot for him to see.

While the two brothers were having fun, Yinzhi, who had just arrived at Qingxi Book House, ran away empty-handed.

Upon learning that it was Yinreng who took the person away, Yinzhi was very angry: "You are so good, Yinreng, you always try to make things difficult for me..."

However, no matter how angry he was, he was unwilling to set foot in the other party's residence, just like he had never gone to Yuqing Palace before he was imprisoned.

In fact, Yinreng knew this, so he deliberately brought Cheng'an to his own yard instead of going over to play with him.

Near noon, Yinreng was originally planning to send Cheng'an back, but the rain suddenly got heavier, so he had to keep him here for lunch.

Cheng'an had eaten lunch in Xian'an Palace many times before, so he adapted well to it.

In fact, he was already able to eat a few mouthfuls of rice with a spoon by himself, but Yinreng still held the bowl and fed him mouthful by mouthful.

"Second brother wants to eat meat~" Cheng An said after swallowing the egg custard in his mouth.

Yinreng felt that he was thinner than before he left the palace. Upon hearing his words, he immediately picked up a piece of soft stewed chicken and fed it to him.

Although the braised chicken was not as fragrant as the fried one, Cheng An was not picky. He took a big bite and his cheeks were puffed up with food.

"Eat slowly and drink some soup."

The little guy eats with relish and feeding him always gives one an indescribable sense of accomplishment. Yinreng quite likes this feeling.

"Second brother, drink up." Cheng An went to the spoon and took a sip of soup and said to him.

"Okay." Yinreng nodded and picked up his bowl and took a sip.

When lunch was over, the rain outside gradually began to subside.

Yinreng held him in his arms and sat in front of the window, listening to the rain and reading to him.

The little guy leaned in his arms and listened very attentively, only occasionally moving his head and rubbing it against him, as if he was unconsciously acting coquettish.

Yinreng held the book in one hand and hugged him with the other, and spoke in a low voice.

He originally wanted to coax the little guy to sleep, let him take a nap, and then send him back after the rain stopped. Unexpectedly, the little guy was in good spirits today and didn't seem to want to sleep at all.

Seeing this, Yinreng was not persistent and continued reading. He only sent him back personally after the rain stopped.

Qingxi Book House.

After Kangxi finished his work, he found that his youngest son had returned. Seeing him sitting sideways on the Luohan bed, he couldn't help but say, "You still remember to come back."

"Ama~"

Hearing his voice, Cheng'an immediately raised his head.

At the same time, Kangxi also saw the bow in his arms, and reached out to take it. After looking at it carefully, he recognized that this was the bow used by Yinreng when he was a child.

"Second brother is ah~" The little guy saw him holding his bow and looking at it for a long time, and looked up to tell him.

Kangxi didn't respond, but the small bow brought back memories.

Yinreng was smart and studious since childhood. When he was five years old, he went hunting with his father in Jingshan. At that time, he used this bow to shoot a deer and four rabbits.

Thinking of this son who once filled him with high hopes but later disappointed him, Kangxi couldn't help but sigh.