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 ...
Yinzhi had just dodged a series of snowballs thrown by Yin'e by leaning sideways, so when Yinreng suddenly threw a snowball at him, he was unable to avoid it.
"It hit my brother~" Cheng'an, who was in Yinzhen's arms, clapped his hands happily when he saw this scene.
It’s not that he treated his two brothers differently, but when he was in Yinreng’s arms just now, Yinzhi kept throwing snowballs at him. Now he saw Yinreng finally throwing snowballs back so he was happy for him.
"Are you so happy about beating up big brother?" Yinzhi was a little unhappy when he heard his words, and raised the snowball he had just rolled up in his hand as if to hit him.
"Fourth brother, run!"
When the little guy saw this, he immediately curled up in Yinzhen’s arms and cried.
Seeing that Yinzhi was trying to scare him on purpose, Yinzhen gave him a disapproving look and took a few steps back holding the little guy in his arms.
Of course, Yinzhi would not really hit Cheng'an. He turned his hand and threw the snowball towards Yinreng.
A fist-sized snowball drew a parabola in the sky and headed towards Yinreng's head.
Without Cheng'an, Yinreng could dodge at will and would not be hit easily again.
Similarly, without Cheng'an in his arms, Yinzhi didn't have to worry anymore. The snowball in his hand grew bigger and bigger, as if he wanted to knock Yinreng down with one snowball.
Yin'e and Yinzhen initially joined in under the pretext of helping Cheng'an, but when the fun really started, they soon began to fight and even hit each other.
Although Yinli also joined in, he was not very relaxed and the snowball in his hand rarely hit anyone.
Originally, Yinzhen was not going to participate, but after being hit by two snowballs thrown by someone unknown, he suddenly couldn't bear it anymore.
Since there was no way to confirm who hit him, Yinzhen simply treated everyone equally and hit everyone he saw, and whoever was hit was the one to be punished.
With his joining, the field suddenly became more chaotic, with snowballs of all sizes flying everywhere.
Yinzhen shook his head slightly when he saw this. To avoid being implicated, he hugged Cheng'an tightly and took a few steps back.
"Fourth brother An'an wants to play~" After seeing his brothers giggling while playing, Cheng'an also wanted to join in.
Yinzhen naturally didn't want him to play in the snow, but seeing his eager expression, he couldn't bring himself to say no.
Speaking of which, it is probably only this little guy Cheng'an in the Qing Dynasty who can make the Cold-Faced King soften his heart so easily.
"Who do you want to smash? Can Fourth Brother help you?" Yinzhen thought about it and felt that he just wanted to get involved, so he suggested.
"An An will do~"
The little guy raised his hand and made a snowball throwing gesture to show that he could.
Yinzhen couldn't help but touch his head as he watched his movements: "Cheng'an is still young, it's easy to get sick if you play in the snow."
"An An, don't be sick!" Thinking of having to drink bitter medicine when he gets sick, Yao Cheng An couldn't help but frowning, as if he had already tasted the medicine.
"Okay, then Fourth Brother will help you throw snowballs. Just tell me who you want to hit."
In order to make the little guy happy, Yinzhen was willing to take part in this game which was both boring and a waste of time for him.
After the little guy agreed, Yinzhen held him with one hand, and with the other hand took the snowball made by Liu Cai and others and asked, "Who are you going to hit?"
When Cheng An heard this question, he looked around at the brothers on the field, then lowered his head and whispered in his ear: "Zha Da Ge~"
Earlier, Yinzhi attracted aggro for some reason, but now he was fighting one against three, and he was still able to dodge most of the snowballs. We have to praise his agility.
After saying sorry in his heart, Yinzhen aimed the snowball in his hand at his back, not using too much force, just to make sure it hit.
Yinzhi was having so much fun fighting with Yinreng and the others that he didn't even notice the light snowball that hit him from the side.
Instead, after Cheng An found out that he had been hit, he covered his mouth with his hand and laughed secretly, and after laughing he whispered: "Fourth brother is so naughty..."
Yinzhen didn't think there was anything to praise about this, but seeing that he was happy, a smile unconsciously appeared in his eyes.
Next, Yinzhi fought with Yinreng and others on the field, and was hit by snowballs directed by Cheng'an from time to time.
He didn't notice it at first, but after a few times he was no longer a fool and immediately looked over: "Okay, I want to know who is hitting me over here!"
When he met her gaze, the little girl who was originally snickering suddenly laughed out loud.
Seeing that he dared to laugh during a sneak attack, Yinzhi made a snowball the size of a bird's egg and threw it back at him.
"Fourth brother, run!" Cheng'an immediately patted Yinzhen on the shoulder.
Yinzhen couldn't do anything about him, so he immediately carried him and took a few quick steps.
"Where are you running to!" Yinzhi no longer stared at Yinreng and threw him. Instead, he made two snowballs, one in each hand, turned around and started chasing them.
Cheng An found that he was chasing after him with a snowball in his hand, and after screaming, he said in a baby voice: "Brother Da, don't you dare to be with me?"
"I'm chasing you!"
Seeing that he had the nerve to tell him not to chase him, Yinzhi smiled and chased him even more fiercely.
"ah--"
Seeing him getting closer and closer, the little guy couldn't help but open his mouth and scream.
"Don't be afraid, Cheng'an. Look, Brother Ten will help you smash him." Yin'e heard his shout and ran over.
Yinzhi was holding two snowballs to scare Cheng'an, but when he saw Yin'e jump out, he thought of how Yin'e had hit him with many snowballs just now, so he threw them directly at him, and one of them even hit him in the face.
"Don't hit people in the face, brother!" Yin'e said, wiping the snow off his face.
"I didn't mean it."
Yinzhi said this without much sincerity and continued to make snowballs. Cheng'an asked Yin'e considerately, "What's wrong, Tenth Brother?"
"Tenth brother is fine." After saying this, Yin'e continued to fight with Yinzhi.
After Cheng'an joined in, the field suddenly became a group of people surrounding Yinzhi and smashing him.
After a long time, Yinzhi finally felt that he could not defeat four people with his two fists, and could not help but say: "You are using your numbers to bully the minority!"
"Who told you to bully the weak first?" Yin'e said with a smile.
Snowball fights weren’t suitable for Cheng’an after all, so they played for a while before coming to an end.
When they went to rest in a nearby pavilion, they saw that the little guy was still very interested in the snow, so Yin'e suddenly said, "How about I make a snow dragon for you?"
"Xuelong?" Cheng'an tilted his head and looked at him, with a hint of doubt in his dark eyes.
Yin'e did what he said. He immediately found an open space outside the pavilion and asked someone to gather some snow.
Cheng'an had just been held in his brother's arms, so he was in high spirits now and just stepped forward to catch up.
Afraid that he would play in the snow with Yin'e, Yinreng took another sip of tea, put down the teacup, stood up and walked out of the pavilion.
Outside the pavilion.
There was already a pile of snow that had just been brought in next to Yin'e, and he was now using his hands to pile it into the shape of a dragon.
He still had some sense of propriety. When he saw the little guy coming over and trying to poke the snow with his fingers, he immediately stopped him and said, "Cheng'an, be obedient and stop playing."
The snow felt soft and cool when his fingers touched it, and Cheng'an thought it was quite fun. However, after hearing his words and seeing Yinreng coming over, he immediately withdrew his hands and hid them behind his back.
Seeing that he wanted to play in the snow so much, Yinreng decided to ask someone to bring a small shovel.
Soon, a delicate little flower shovel was brought over. Yinreng took it and handed it to Cheng'an: "Play with this, but don't touch the snow with your hands."
"An An, why don't you touch the snow~" Seeing that he could finally play in the snow, Cheng An happily took the small flower shovel.
While the little guy was playing with the snow with a shovel, Yin'e had already piled up a long dragon body out of the snow.
"Are you sure this is a dragon and not a snake?" Yin'er walked out of the pavilion after resting and looked at the long crooked snow road in front of Yin'e.
Before Yin'e could answer, Yinzhi, who came out behind him, said, "Snakes don't look like this. I think it's more like a loach."
"Go away, go away, I haven't finished piling it yet!" Yin'e looked up and said unhappily to drive him away.
But after he finished speaking, he didn't know how to proceed, so he simply turned to look at Cheng An: "Cheng An, look at Brother Ten."
The little guy was shoveling snow very hard and looked up subconsciously when he heard his words.
The new clothes he wore today not only covered his tail, but also left room for dragon horns on the hood on his head.
Yin'e stretched out his hand, opened his hood, took a closer look at his dragon horns, and said, "It's okay, you can continue playing."
Cheng An blinked, not quite understanding what his brother was doing, but he was having fun playing with the shovel, so he didn't worry about it.
While he continued to shovel snow, Yin'e also began to build a snow dragon. He first used a lot of snow to build a dragon head, and then built dragon horns on the dragon head little by little.
Yinzhen looked at the crooked dragon body, the dragon head whose specific shape could not be seen, and the pair of dragon horns that did not resemble the one on Cheng'an's head, and felt unable to bear to look at it.
So why did he take a special look at Cheng'an's dragon horn just now?
Yinzhen thought speechlessly.
He was just thinking about it, Yinzhi looked at the dragon under Yin'e and laughed, then squatted down and poked Cheng'an's back with his finger and said, "Cheng'an, look over there."
"Um?"
Cheng'an looked up in confusion, then followed his instructions and looked towards Yin'e.
"Wow, ya'anan~" The little guy subconsciously thought that all the dragon shapes he saw were himself, and immediately cried out softly.
Yinzhi originally called him to laugh at the joke, but he didn't expect that he actually agreed that it was a dragon. He was speechless for a moment.
Yin'e, who was still trimming the dragon's tail, showed a happy expression and praised: "Cheng'an is really good at seeing. He can tell at a glance that this is a dragon, unlike some people..."
Seeing that he had piled up dragons like this and still had the nerve to mock him, Yinzhi pointed at the snow dragon and asked Cheng'an: "How does this look like a dragon?"
When the little fellow heard his question, he pointed at the snow dragon with his little hand and said, "This is the dragon's horn, this is the dragon's tail~"
But it doesn’t look like a dragon’s horns or tail!
After Yinzhi complained in his heart, he decided to let him see what a real snow dragon is, so he stood up and found another place nearby.
"Go and bring more snow." Yinzhi ordered.
He felt that if he had to do it, he should either not do it at all or make a giant dragon to show Cheng'an. He didn't want to be as petty as Yin'e who built a long snake-like thing with horns and called it a dragon.
Although he had a good relationship with Yin'e, Yinzhen stood on Yinzhi's side this time and also felt that the snow dragon he made was really ugly.
Yin'e didn't care about their opinions. After all, the snow dragon he built was not for them to see. As long as Cheng'an liked it, it was fine.
"Look, Brother Ten will build a bigger one for you." Yin'e said excitedly after getting his affirmation.
"Okay~"
After Cheng'an nodded, he no longer simply shoveled the snow with the small flower shovel, but imitated how to make a snow dragon.
"Second brother will teach you." Yinreng also felt that the dragon made by Yin'e was indeed a bit ugly. Seeing that the little guy was actually imitating him, he couldn't bear it and stretched out his hand.
Compared to Yin'e's random piling based on his feelings, Yinreng was much more planned. He first held Cheng'an's little hand and taught him to use a shovel to draw a rough dragon shape on the ground.
"Wow--"
When the little guy saw his brother scratching the ground with a shovel and a dragon appeared, he immediately cried out softly.
Yinreng raised the corners of his lips slightly, drew the outline of the dragon, and continued to lead him to pile up the snow.
After the snow was piled up and smoothed with a shovel, the general shape of a dragon gradually took shape.
After the dragon-shaped snow pile was completed, Yinreng asked Cheng'an to use a shovel to draw dragon scales on the dragon's body.
The next step is to work on the details. Yinreng let go of Cheng'an's little hand and began to detail the dragon head, body, tail and other parts himself.
The dragon's body and tail are easy to make, but the dragon's head requires some effort.
With a focused expression, Yinreng used his hands to shape the dragon's horns, ears and other parts, and then carefully placed them on the dragon's head, and drew the dragon's eyes with his fingertips.
He was probably a bit of a perfectionist, and not feeling that this was not enough, he even had someone pluck a few strands from his whisk to serve as dragon whiskers.
"Aa ...
Cheng'an's eyes widened when he saw the snow dragon becoming more and more exquisite under his hands.
Hearing his excited voice, everyone present looked over subconsciously.
If you don’t compare, you won’t notice that after Yinreng completed his snow dragon, he immediately pushed Yin’e’s next to it into the mud.
Yin'e was not sad. After all, although his snow dragon was a little rough, Cheng'an also approved of it.
Yinzhen, Yinzhen and Yinli couldn't help but praise the snow dragon when they saw it.
Yinzhen and Yinzhi didn't say anything, but the former thought that Yinreng's dragon was indeed well built, while the latter was a little disdainful and felt that he could definitely build a better one.
Seeing Yinreng’s snow dragon, Yinzhen also became interested and pulled Yinzhen to join him in building one.
Cheng'an liked the snow dragon made by Yinreng very much. He stretched out his little hand and touched it lightly twice and couldn't help laughing.
After admiring it for a while, the little guy suddenly wanted to make his brothers out of snow, so he picked up the small shovel and started moving.
When Kangxi arrived at the Imperial Garden, he saw from afar that all his sons were squatting on the ground, busy with something.
When Liu Cai and other servants saw him and wanted to salute, Kangxi raised his hand to stop them, so when he approached, the princes did not notice him.
In the end, it was the little fellow Cheng An who was the most perceptive. He suddenly looked up and said, "Father!"
Hearing his voice, the brothers quickly stood up and saluted.
Kangxi motioned for them to excuse themselves from the formalities and then reprimanded them, "Cheng'an is little, but you guys are little too? How dare you bring him to play in the snow!"
"Your son..."
When the princes were about to plead guilty, Kangxi interrupted and said, "Stand up and talk."
After all, they were all his own sons, so Kangxi would not make them kneel in the snow.
Upon hearing this, the brothers bowed their heads and said, "Your Highness, I know I am wrong. Please forgive me, Father."
"Who took the lead?" Kangxi's eyes swept over them and finally stopped at Yin'e's head.
Yin'e took a step forward with a tingling scalp, while trying hard to think of an idea in his mind.
He didn't feel like copying books in the middle of winter. He glanced at Yinzhi and thought of how Yinzhi had just laughed at the snow dragon he had made. So he said, "Your Majesty, I took the lead in making the snow dragon, but it was my eldest brother who started the snowball fight."
After Yin'e finished speaking, he was still thinking to himself that he had already given Cheng'an enough face by not telling him that he was the one who first threw the snowball at him.
What can Yinzhi do? He has to stand up and admit his fault: "I know I am wrong. Please forgive me, Father."
Kangxi didn't expect that he was the first to take the lead. He glanced at him and said, "You two should go back and copy the Four Books ten times for me."
"yes."
While Yinzhi responded, he couldn't help but secretly glare at Yin'e, thinking that he was really unnecessary in bringing himself up.
Yin'e didn't expect that he would still be punished. He thought that if he had known earlier...
No, even if he had known this earlier, he would have dragged Yinzhi into it, so that at least he would have someone to keep him company.
Fortunately, Yinzhi didn't know what he was thinking, otherwise he would definitely drag him to the cloth warehouse to discuss things.
After Kangxi had given the little fellow a good scolding and a punishment, he bent down and picked up the little fellow who had just finished calling him and continued playing. He touched his little face and hands, and felt relieved because they were still warm.
"Dad, look~" The little guy saw him pick him up and pointed the shovel in his hand at the ground.
When Kangxi looked down, he saw a pile of snow of different sizes on the ground. These snow piles were shaped somewhat like gourds and of different heights.
After making sure that he was not cold, Kangxi's expression became less serious. He looked at the snow piles and praised casually, "The gourds are well piled."
"No!" Cheng An shook his head, twisted his body to get out of his arms, pointed at the snow pile on the ground and said, "This is my father, this is my eldest brother, this is my second brother, this is my..."
Upon hearing this, Kangxi looked at the pile of snow that represented himself. For a moment, he didn't know what expression to show. Anyway, he didn't see how it looked like himself.
Not to mention him, even Yinzhi and the others were speechless when looking at the pile of snow.
Yinzhi even subconsciously glanced towards Yin'e, and felt that in comparison, the dragon he had just drawn at least looked a bit like a dragon.
The little guy finished the introduction excitedly, and when he saw that his father and brothers were silent, he looked up and said, "How about An An Dui Da?"
"Good!" Yin'e looked at the snow piles and thought that at least he could distinguish the head and body. It was good enough for him to pile them like this at his age, so he praised loudly.
Seeing him speak, Yinzhen also said: "It is indeed good, especially the figure of your tenth brother is very similar."
Hearing his words, Kangxi and others subconsciously looked at the ground and easily found the snow pile representing Yin'e.
It’s not that Cheng’an’s piles are really that similar, but among so many snow piles, only the one with the bottom is the largest.
The brothers are all tall and slender, and Yin'e is also of good height, but perhaps because he likes to eat and drink, he is a little fatter than his brothers.
When Yin'e heard this, he couldn't help but glare at Yinzhen.
Afterwards, Yinreng and the others also praised him, which made Cheng'an laugh so hard that his eyes were curved.
After introducing his father and brother, Cheng'an took Kangxi to see the dragon made by Yinreng: "Father, look~"
"Who piled this?" After seeing those snow piles that gave him headaches, Kangxi felt that the snow dragon in front of him was simply too pleasing to the eye.
Cheng An shouted: "Hey, Second Brother~"
After the little guy finished speaking, he thought of the dragon made by his tenth brother, and pulled Kangxi to the side: "Father, look."
After seeing Yinreng's pile and then seeing this one, Kangxi felt a little pain in his eyes, but thinking of his youngest son's age, he felt that it was not bad to be able to pile it like this, at least better than his own: "Cheng'an's dragon is well piled."
Kangxi's compliment was much more sincere than his previous compliment on the snowman he made, but it was a pity that he was praising the wrong person.
"No, it's Yi'an'an, it's Yi'an's brother~" Cheng'an shook his head.
If he had said that this was piled up by him, Kangxi would still have thought it was worthwhile. But when he heard that it was piled up by Yin'e, he immediately glanced over silently.
Even though he didn't say anything, Yin'e still felt like he was being disliked. He suddenly felt that Cheng'an was indeed the best younger brother.
In order not to continue to show off in front of the Emperor, Yin'e said, "Brother, didn't you also pile one?"
When Yinzhi saw that he was dragging himself into this again, he glared at him fiercely.
After watching the snow dragon built by Yin'e and Yinreng, Yinzhi was very confident that he could build a better one. But when he really started to do it, he realized what it meant to be easier said than done, especially when he tried to build a dragon bigger than any of theirs.
Originally, Yinzhi was planning to build a giant dragon coiled on a stone, but later he felt it was difficult to build, so he started over on the ground.
After it was really piled up, it was indeed bigger than Yin'e and Yin'e's dragons, but in terms of appearance, it could only be said to be slightly better than Yin'e's snow dragon.
But his dragon is bigger and the details are easier to make, so if you really think about it, it is not much better than Yin'e.
"Where is Da Gelong?" Cheng An asked immediately after hearing Yin'e's words before he saw the dragon he had made.
After he finished speaking, Kangxi also looked at Yinzhi.
Seeing this, Yinzhi had no choice but to take them over to see it.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
After seeing the dragon he had made, even Kangxi could not stop Yin'e from laughing.
He thought Yinzhi could come up with some tricks, but it turned out to be just the pot calling the kettle black.
"Tenth brother, do you have any opinion about the dragon I made?" Yinzhi looked at him with a wry smile.
Yin'e immediately shook his head and said, "No, no, I just thought of something happy."
Yinzhi sneered and was about to ask what the happy news was, but he heard Cheng'an clapping his hands and saying, "Wow, what a great dragon~"
Hearing his voice of praise, Yinzhi's mood immediately improved. He felt that although the little guy was small, he had good vision and was worthy of being his younger brother.
Seeing that a group of them had nothing to do and had come to the Imperial Garden to make a pile of stuff, Kangxi picked up the little guy who was trying to touch the snow dragon and asked calmly, "Have you finished writing the rules you were asked to write?"
When Yin'e heard the word "charter", his heart skipped a beat and he wished he could find a place to hide.
Compared to his panic, Yinreng and Yinzhen were calm and unhurried, and bowed to indicate that they had almost finished writing and would be able to present it in two days.
When Yinzhen and the others heard them start writing, they also said that they were almost done.
Seeing that they had not finished their work yet and still had time to hang out in the Imperial Garden, Kangxi glanced at them and left with Cheng'an in his arms.
"Your Highness, I respectfully send you off."
Although Kangxi did not say anything, everything was already revealed in the look he gave him at the last moment. The princes watched him leave and prepared to go back to write the regulations.
However, before leaving, Yin'e ordered someone to bring a food box to take away the snowman that Cheng'an had built for him.
The snowman doesn’t look like anything, but when he thinks that it was made by the little guy himself, Yin’e feels that it likes it more and more the more he looks at it.
Seeing his actions, Yinzhi and others wanted to follow suit.