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 54

Seeing that Ama was holding the bow and not saying anything, Cheng An could not help but stand up and lean on him and shout: "Ama~"

Kangxi came back to his senses when he heard his voice, put down his bow and hugged the man in his arms.

The little guy felt that he seemed a little unhappy, and while holding him in his arms, he called out in a baby voice: "Ama~"

Not to mention, hugging such a soft little guy and listening to his childish voice, no matter how bad your mood is, it will slowly get better. Kangxi touched his head and took him directly to Danningju in the afternoon.

Danningju was where Kangxi handled government affairs in Changchun Garden. Next to it was Wuyizhai, which was where Yinreng studied.

It is not difficult to see from the position of Wuyizhai how favored Prince Yinreng was at the time. He was the only one among all the princes who enjoyed such treatment.

After this day, Cheng'an's life became more fulfilling. Every day he was either picked up by Yinreng or by Yinzhi, who followed suit. The rest of the time he had to see his other brothers.

He himself is quite happy and enjoys his life every day, which makes people who see his smiling face feel better unconsciously.

It can be said that not only Kangxi and the princes liked him, but also everyone who served him disliked him.

After such days continued for a while, Kangxi began to feel unhappy, because he suddenly discovered one day that

"Where is Cheng'an?" After coming back from his busy schedule, Kangxi subconsciously looked for his youngest son, but found that he was not there again.

"In reply to Your Majesty, the young prince was taken away by the tenth prince."

This was not the first time that Kangxi had received such an answer. In recent days, he often heard the news that Cheng'an was taken away by the eldest, second, third, or tenth brother.

After careful calculation, Kangxi found that he had spent much less time with his youngest son in recent days, and often did not see him for the entire morning or afternoon.

Kangxi originally thought that it was not a bad thing for the brothers to have a good relationship, so he did not say anything. However, he gradually became unhappy as he encountered this situation frequently.

I think they are all too idle!

After Kangxi complained in his heart, he decided to find something for them to do so that they wouldn't be doing nothing all day and just playing with their younger brother.

It is said that many princes had never received any important tasks before, especially Yinsi and others, because they were disliked by Kangxi in the past few years and did not even have any tasks at all.

On the other hand, Yinzhi had a job as a book editor, while Yinzhen had a job in the Ministry of Revenue. People like Yinqi and Yinyou, who were more low-key, also had more or less work to do.

But after this incident, the princes who had no jobs were fine, but princes like Yinzhi and Yinzhen were unlucky. They had originally taken time out to visit Cheng'an, but now they were so busy that it was difficult for them to find time again.

For Yu Yinsi, having a job was worth being happy about, but because the emperor's father disliked him visiting his brother too often and wanted to find something for him to do, it had to be said that it was hard to say whether he should be happy or not.

"Myna, I don't want to go to the Ministry of Industry..."

Yin'e, who just wanted to follow his two brothers and live a carefree life, felt like crying but had no tears after receiving the assignment.

"How about you go to the Ministry of Justice instead?" Yinzhen glanced at him.

To be honest, Yinzhen would rather go to the Ministry of Works than the Ministry of Justice.

Yin'e said with a bitter face: "I don't want to go to any of them!"

What a good life he is living now, eating, drinking, and having fun. He goes to visit Cheng'an when he has nothing to do. How carefree he is.

The emperor’s words were binding, and Yinsi had no choice but to pat him on the shoulder and give him a helpless look.

Compared to Yin'e who just wanted to get by, Yinzhen was definitely a serious and positive person at work. However, when he thought that he would be too busy to have time to visit his brother, his expression became even colder unconsciously, as he was already known as the Cold-Faced King.

After the officials in the Ministry of Revenue noticed this, they dared not speak too loudly.

The other princes were easy to arrange and could be directly thrown into the six ministries, but Kangxi was a little embarrassed about his two sons, Yinzhi and Yinreng.

The people were released, but that doesn't mean all their previous mistakes disappeared.

Kangxi didn't even publicize the fact that they were released, and naturally he would not let them return to the court. After thinking for a long time, he finally thought of a job for them to do, which was farming.

Kangxi was an emperor who attached great importance to farming. He reclaimed land in many royal gardens and personally went to the fields to observe the growth of crops.

The Early Imperial Rice was a rice plant that he found when he went to the fields one day. It was very tall and matured very early, so he saved it as seeds and planted it.

This early imperial rice matures several months earlier than ordinary rice. After it was promoted, it was loved by the people and local officials.

There are quite a few fields in Changchun Garden. In order to warn Prince Yinreng, who was still the crown prince, about the difficulties of farming, Kangxi had specially ordered people to open up a piece of land outside Wuyizhai. Now he let the two brothers take care of the land.

When Yinzhi heard the emperor's father asking him to go farming, his expression didn't change much. After all, farming was better than being locked up in the mansion.

But when he heard that Yinreng was with him, a look of displeasure immediately appeared on his face.

However, no matter how unwilling he was, he had to listen to Kangxi's words.

After the brothers all had things to do, Cheng An's side suddenly became deserted, which made him feel puzzled.

On the first day when his brother didn't come to look for him, the little guy ran to Kangxi and looked up and asked, "Where is my brother, Ama?"

"Your brother is busy." Kangxi replied in a good mood.

Cheng An asked in confusion: "Brother, what?"

He was a little confused. Several brothers came to play with him yesterday, but there was not a single one today.

"You won't understand even if I tell you." Kangxi held him up and said, "I'll play with you after I finish reviewing the memorials."

He is my biological brother and my father is my biological brother too. After hearing his words, Cheng An sat obediently in his arms and said nothing more.

Kangxi kept his word and would personally play with him after finishing his government affairs.

There are places suitable for relaxation around Qingxi Book House, such as Guanlan Pavilion and Jifengxuan. When the sun sets and the temperature is not so high, Kangxi takes him here to play.

"Father, look~" Cheng'an held Kangxi's hand with one hand and pointed to the lakeside with the other hand, where there was a graceful white bird that seemed to be dancing.

Kangxi looked in the direction of his finger and told him: "That is a crane..."

On the second and third days after not seeing his brothers, Cheng'an could still bear it thinking of what his father said his brothers were busy with.

On the fifth day, Cheng'an, who missed his brother so much, couldn't bear it anymore and ran out to find his brother.

Liu Cai felt a little headache, but he couldn't stop him and could only accompany him to wander around the huge Changchun Garden.

I don’t know if it was a coincidence or some special sense, but Cheng An, who walked a distance by himself and then was carried for a distance by someone, actually found his brother.

When Liu Cai saw the two princes beside the field, he was very surprised. He thought it was too coincidental that the young prince really came to find them.

"Brother Da, Second Brother~"

Cheng'an saw his two brothers and shouted at them from afar.

The people near the farmland were Yinzhi and Yinreng. After being sent here by Kangxi, they did not have to actually work in the fields every day. They were mostly responsible for observing the growth of the crops.

It was natural that the situation would not be harmonious when two people who disliked each other were put together. Before Cheng'an came over, the atmosphere between them was a little stiff because of Yinzhi's provocation.

His childish voice instantly broke the stiff atmosphere.

Yinzhi's face was no longer gloomy, and he quickly walked over to hug the person.

After he held her in his arms, Yinzhi had a smile on his face: "Why are you here?"

"I miss my brother!" Cheng An said, then turned to look at Yinreng and said sweetly, "I miss my second brother~"

Yinzhi, who thought that he just wanted to be alone, turned his little face towards him and said to him, "Big brother misses you too, but I just don't have time to visit you recently."

In fact, taking care of Oden was not that busy, but he understood the emperor's intention to ask him to come over, and restrained himself from looking for Cheng'an.

Seeing that Cheng'an came to him on his own, Yinzhi was very happy and even thought secretly: Father, don't blame me, it's Cheng'an who wanted me to come here on my own!

"What are you busy with?" Cheng An asked curiously.

Yinreng was not as awkward as Yinzhi, and when he saw that the person had been held in his arms, he came straight over and answered the little guy's question directly: "I am busy taking care of the crops in the fields."

"He didn't ask you!" Yinzhi rolled his eyes at him, holding the little guy in his arms and stepped back a few steps, then pointed to the farmland next to him and said, "Look, those are crops."

After a good start on the day of the rain-worshipping ceremony, the weather returned to normal and the crops in the fields grew well with abundant rainfall.

"It looks beautiful~" Cheng An said with a smile as he looked at the green fields.

Seeing that he liked it, Yinzhi simply took him closer to have a look.

In earlier years, Yinzhi would definitely be impatient to stay in such a place, but for him after being imprisoned for several years, there was an indescribable sense of vitality in the fields that he did not hate.

He has been reinvigorating his farm work these past few days, and now he is learning and applying what he has learned: "Cheng'an, do you know what to do with these crops now that they have grown to this state? Big brother will tell you..."

Cheng An listened carefully, and even though he didn't understand much, he still tried his best to applaud him.

"After the crops in the fields are harvested, my brother will have someone make cakes for you." Yinzhi pointed at the fields in front of him with an air of commanding the whole country.

"Making cakes~" Cheng An clapped his hands happily when he heard his words, then hugged his neck and said, "Hello, brother Da~"

When Yinzhi heard his childish voice, he immediately smiled so hard that his white teeth were revealed.

Beside him, Yinreng glanced at him with a look of disdain, thinking that this guy who looked a little stupid had no right to compete with him for so many years.

After staying in Yinzhi's arms for a while, Cheng'an soon kicked his feet to get off the ground.

"Isn't it good for big brother to hold you?" Yinzhi said so, but when he saw that he wanted to get down, he learned from his previous lesson and didn't dare to hold him tightly, so he put him down.

After the little guy got off the ground, he ran to Yinreng, hugged his legs, looked up and called him softly: "Second brother~"

Yinreng responded and reached out to touch his forehead.

Seeing this scene, Yinzhi immediately snorted, went over, held Cheng'an's little hand and wanted to lead him away.

After the little guy followed his force and left Yinreng's legs, he held Yinreng's hand with his other little hand.

After holding the hands of his two brothers at the same time, Cheng An gently shook his arms and laughed out loud with joy.

Although Yinzhi and Yinreng disliked each other, seeing that he was so happy, they finally did not pull their hands away.

Of course, the main reason was that they all thought that if they wanted to draw, it would be the other person who drew it, so they didn't have the right to draw it themselves, so they didn't take their hands back.

After Yinzhi snorted at Yinreng, he withdrew his gaze from him and decided to turn a blind eye for Cheng'an's sake.

Yinreng simply ignored him and only looked at the little guy beside him.

Cheng'an had no idea what his two brothers were thinking. He skipped and jumped between them like a lively little deer.

Today is a rare cloudy day. From time to time, the wind blows from the fields, bringing with it the fragrance of grass and trees, which is refreshing.

After walking for a while holding his brother's hand, Cheng'an quickly let go of his brother's hand and ran forward by himself.

"Slow down." No matter how well the path beside the field is maintained, there will still be some small stones on it. Seeing him running so fast, Yinreng couldn't help but remind him.

After running for a distance, the little guy suddenly squatted down, as if something had attracted his attention.

Yinreng and Yinzhi caught up with him, lifted up their clothes and squatted beside him.

"What are you looking at?"

Hearing Yinreng's voice, Cheng'an raised his little hand directly in front of him.

A bug suddenly appeared in front of him. Yinreng, who was caught off guard, was startled and stood up and stepped back.

Cheng An blinked in confusion when he saw his brother suddenly step away.

"What's there to be afraid of about a cricket?" Yinzhi's tone was filled with sarcasm and gloating.

Yinreng was too lazy to explain to him that he was not afraid. He stretched out his hand to lightly brush the hem of his clothes and squatted down again.

At the same time, Yinzhi was already saying to Cheng'an: "This is a cricket. We can play cricket fighting when we catch another one."

Cheng'an was very interested in what he said and started looking around.

Soon, he saw another cricket on a grass leaf not far away, but before he could get over there, a bird suddenly swooped down and ate the cricket in its mouth.

The little guy's eyes widened slightly when he saw this scene. After the bird flew away, he looked down at the cricket in his hand.

The next second, he turned around, raised his hand and said, "Brother Da, eat~"

Yinzhi: “…”

He had just seen a bird eating a cricket, but he never expected that the little guy would give him the cricket in his hand to eat. For a moment, he didn't know whether to say that he was not a bird or that the insect could not be eaten.

Seeing this, Yinreng smiled and said, "It's just a cricket. Brother, are you afraid to eat it?"

Yinzhi saw that he was making sarcastic remarks, so he glared at him and said to Cheng'an: "If your eldest brother doesn't want to eat it, give it to your second brother."

Upon hearing this, Cheng An turned to look at his second brother.

"Only birds like to eat insects. Second brother doesn't eat them." Yinreng said directly.

Hearing his words, Cheng An nodded and raised his hand in front of Yin Zhi: "Brother, eat~"

"Little rascal, am I, your big brother, a bird?" Seeing that he asked him to eat again, Yinzhi grabbed him into his arms and tickled him.

Cheng An's eyes curved with laughter, and the cricket in his hand took the opportunity to run away.

Yinreng found it interesting that he asked Yinzhi to eat after he finished speaking, and he couldn't suppress a smile on his face.

"Second brother, hehe...An'an..." Cheng'an was ticklish, and asked his second brother for help while laughing.

Yinreng lived up to his expectations and reached out to hold him in his arms.

Seeing the little guy being rescued by him, Yinzhi snorted and turned around to grab a cricket, brought it to Cheng'an and said, "Here, eat one for big brother to see."

"An An, don't chirp!" The little guy looked at the still moving insect legs, and then hid his face in Yinreng's arms.

Yinreng naturally leaned towards him, holding him in one hand and protecting the back of his head with the other hand, and said to Yinzhi: "If you want to eat, eat it yourself."

After saying this, Yinreng carried the little guy in his arms and left, ready to take him to wash his hands and give him some water.

"I won't eat it." Yinzhi said, and threw the cricket in his hand towards his back.

On this side, Yinzhi and Yinreng saw their younger brother, while on the other side, Yinzhi was complaining to Yinzhen.

"Editing a book is a slow and meticulous process. The Emperor is urging us to make progress, and I don't even have time to visit Cheng'an..."

Yinzhen was busy with the work at hand while listening to him muttering, and felt that since he still had time to come to see him, it meant that he was not busy enough.

However, speaking of Cheng'an, he hadn't seen him for several days and couldn't help missing him.

"Fourth brother, have you visited Cheng'an in the past few days?" Yinzhi asked.

Yinzhen shook his head: "No."

He had to finish the things on hand quickly, so that maybe he could find some time.

Yinzhi thought about it and agreed. After all, the work on his side was even busier than his own editing of books.

Yinzhi's main purpose of coming here was not to complain, but to find out whether Yinzhen was busy recently and whether he had time to visit Cheng'an. If not, he would plan to visit the little guy in the next two days.

The reason for this is that he knew clearly that the purpose of the Emperor finding things for them to do was not to completely prevent them from seeing Cheng'an, but to dislike that they went too frequently.

In that case, as long as he is sure that others are not available to go, then it would be okay for him to go.

Yinzhi was in a very good mood thinking about this.

At noon that day, Kangxi learned that Cheng'an had gone out to look for Yinzhi and others, and had found them. He didn't know what to say for a moment.

However, compared to not seeing him for half a day or a whole day before, he could still accept one or two hours, so he didn't say anything, especially when he found that the little guy's trip was not in vain and he even came back learning a poem.

"The sound of sweat dripping from the earth"

It was time for lunch when he came back. When Kangxi heard this poem, he taught him: "Cheng'an, do you know what this poem means?"

"No." The little guy shook his head slightly.

Kangxi then explained to him: "The meaning of this poem is, at noon..."

Cheng An didn't quite understand what he heard, but he roughly understood that it seemed to mean that food should not be wasted, so he nodded and said, "An An, eat~"

He eats it all so it won't be wasted.

Kangxi thought about his good appetite and discovered that he had indeed never wasted any food, so he laughed.

"Okay, what do you want to eat?"

Lunch had been served, and Kangxi picked up the bowl and chopsticks and asked him.

"An An wants to eat meat~" Cheng An pointed directly at a plate of dish.

Kangxi looked in the direction of his hand and saw a plate of chicken stewed in Huadiao wine. He said directly, "You can't eat this."

After all, it was stewed with wine, so Kangxi didn't dare to give it to him.

"An An can eat!" When talking about eating, although his voice is still childish, his pronunciation is very clear.

Kangxi didn't want to argue with him about this, so he simply said, "Your second brother wants to eat it too, how about giving it to him?"

He was not talking nonsense, but he suddenly remembered that Yinreng seemed to like this Huadiao stewed chicken very much when they had dinner together.

When Cheng An heard him say that his second brother wanted to eat, he immediately nodded and said, "Hey, second brother, eat."

Seeing that he agreed as soon as he was told, Kangxi couldn't help feeling a little jealous, but he still waved his hand and asked someone to quickly remove the dish and send it to Yinreng.

Liang Jiugong had just asked a young eunuch to put the dishes into a food box and send it out when Cheng An suddenly pointed at another dish on the table and said, "Eat it, Brother Yida."

Kangxi glanced at the plate of anchovy fins and waved his hand to have people take it away as he had instructed.

However, the little guy seemed to be addicted to it and pointed at the dishes on the table one by one, indicating that he wanted to give them to his other brothers.

With so many of his brothers, there wasn't enough food on the table to share, so Kangxi interrupted and said, "Okay, your brother has food to eat, will you eat more if you give us more?"

Cheng An saw that he seemed a little unhappy, so he immediately took a spoon and scooped a mouthful of rice and handed it to him: "Ama, eat~"

"Give your brother meat, and give me white rice?" Kangxi said this, but still opened his mouth to eat the rice he fed him.

Afterwards, Kangxi stopped him from making trouble and stuffed the bowl with food into his mouth.

So in the end, only Yinzhi, Yinreng, Yinzhi and Yinzhen were lucky enough to receive the dishes awarded by Kangxi.

After receiving the dishes, they were a little confused at first, but after asking, they learned that it was Cheng'an who sent them, and smiles immediately appeared on their faces.

The dish brought by the younger brother seemed to be particularly delicious, as it was also cooked by the imperial chef. At noon that day, several princes ate two bowls of rice with that dish.

The next morning.

Cheng'an, wearing a deer-tail robe and holding his cloth tiger, was about to go look for his brother again when he ran into Yinzhi at the door.

Yinzhi saw him coming out as if he knew he was coming, and he bent down and picked him up with a smile.

"Brother~" Seeing him, Cheng'an immediately threw away the cloth tiger in his hand and reached out to hug him instead.

Liu Cai, who was behind, quickly caught the cloth tiger and turned around to put it back on the couch.

Seeing his enthusiasm, Yinzhi smiled even more: "The colorful beef tenderloin you sent yesterday tastes great."

As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng'an saw Yinzhen coming in from the outside, and immediately became more excited: "Fourth brother!"

It’s not his fault. He really hasn’t seen his brothers for a few days and he missed them so much.

When Yinzhen heard his voice, his expression softened a lot, but when he found out that the person holding him was Yinzhi, his brows frowned slightly for a moment.

Didn’t Third Brother say that he was too busy to see Cheng’an?

While he was puzzled, Yinzhi, who had just turned around, was also speechless. He thought that he seemed so busy yesterday, so how come he had time to come over today?

This fourth brother, no wonder Yin'e and the others always say he is scheming...

Yinzhi thought to himself, feeling that he was being fooled.

As the two were looking at each other, Yin'e's loud voice suddenly came from outside -

"Cheng'an, look what goodies Brother Ten has brought you!"

Well, if the Emperor knows about this, he will be even busier from now on!

Yinzhi came here because he thought no one else would come today, but he didn't expect it to be such an unfortunate coincidence. If he wasn't holding Cheng'an, he would have wanted to reach out and pinch his forehead.

Compared to his helplessness, Cheng An was much happier and responded loudly: "Brother~"

"Hey!" Yin'e responded and trotted in. When he saw Yinzhi and Yinzhen, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, "Why are you here too?"

"I was just about to ask you, you are in the Ministry of Works, so how come you have time to come here?" Yinzhi said unhappily.

"Ahem..." Yin'e coughed dryly and explained, "There's nothing to do in the Ministry of Works today."

After saying this, he ignored Yinzhi and directly reached out to Cheng'an who was looking at him and said, "Come and let Brother Shi hug you."

As Cheng An leaned towards him, Yin'e hugged him into his arms, buried his face in his body, took a deep breath, and said, "Tenth Brother misses you so much!"

The little guy who felt a little itchy just laughed.