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 ...
Cheng'an's eyes lit up when he saw the pastry in front of him. He quickly took it, tilted his head, rubbed it on Kangxi's arm like a spoiled child, and then started to eat.
The cakes at the banquet retain the exquisiteness of the palace while adding Mongolian characteristics. The one in the little one's hand has a crispy crust and a milky interior.
Kangxi was the center of the banquet, and everyone present naturally noticed his action of handing cakes to his youngest son.
A Mongolian prince who was relatively close to Kangxi immediately praised him: "Your Majesty's little prince...it is true that only the palace can raise such a talented child."
Not to mention Kangxi, even the brothers felt happy when they heard their younger brother being praised, and felt that the other party had good taste.
After a few words, the formal dishes began to be served, which also included both exquisite court dishes and Mongolian barbecue.
Seeing so many delicious foods on the table, Cheng'an's smile became brighter.
It's nice to go out and play~
The little guy couldn't help but think about it when he thought about how there were so many delicious and fun things on the grassland.
Kangxi knew that his youngest son loved to eat, and was afraid that he would be too busy chatting to take care of him, so he directly instructed Liang Jiugong to take care of his food and drink.
"Eunuch Liang, An An wants to eat that meat~"
The Golden Dragon Table is very big and the little guy can’t reach it, so he has to trouble Liang Jiugong.
Liang Jiugong had watched him grow up, so he was naturally happy to serve him.
In previous banquets like this, the princes would feel bored without showing it on their faces, but now they glanced at the little fellow who was eating happily at the table, and found him quite interesting, and even couldn't help eating the same dishes with him.
"This dish is good, my brother, please try it." Yin'e greeted Yinsi while eating.
Yinsi nodded and thought it was good after tasting it.
Of course, wine is indispensable at the banquet. When someone toasted Kangxi again, it successfully attracted the little guy's attention.
"Ama Anan wants to drink~" Chengan looked up at him and said.
Kangxi naturally couldn't let him drink, so he simply stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth.
The little guy who was rejected didn't give up. After his dark eyes turned around, he probably thought his brother was easier to talk to. After eating the meat he fed him, he said, "An An wants a brother!"
Kangxi might not have failed to see through his little thoughts, but he still had confidence in his princes, so he did not stop him.
When the brothers saw him running over, they would reach out to touch his face or stomach and ask him if he was full.
After the little guy got close to his brothers for a while, he hugged Yin'e and said coquettishly: "An'an wants to drink~"
Upon hearing this, Yin'e looked up at the other brothers in embarrassment.
"He told you, what do you think we should do?" Yinzhi said directly.
Seeing that he could not rely on them, Yin'e whispered to someone to pour a glass of milk in a wine glass.
When the brothers saw him using milk to store wine, they all felt that it was unreliable. After all, the little guy is not as easy to fool as he was a year ago.
Sure enough, when Cheng An took the wine glass, his face showed a hint of doubt. After lowering his head to take a sip, he immediately raised his head and said, "It's milk~"
Seeing him drink the wine, Yinsi took a handkerchief to wipe it for him, while the other princes looked at Yin'e.
Yin'e ignored them and said to Cheng'an, "This is mare's milk, so it tastes like milk."
Hearing this, the little guy lowered his head and took another sip, then reached for the wine glass in front of him.
There was still a little wine left in Yin'e's glass. When he saw his action, he quickly picked up the glass and drank it all. After he finished drinking, he pretended to realize it later and said, "You want to drink Tenth Brother's wine? Then I'll ask someone to pour you another glass." After saying that, he raised the empty glass.
The people below were quite tactful and directly replaced his empty cup that smelled of wine with a glass of milk.
"Come, try it." Yin'e took the "mare's milk wine" and put it in front of him.
The little guy leaned close to the edge of the cup and took a sip. When he found that his brother's also tasted like milk, he finally believed that this was the taste of kumis and immediately laughed.
When the princes saw this, they couldn't help but give Yin'e a thumbs up.
Yin'e immediately showed a smug expression, holding up the wine glass and said to Cheng'an: "Come on, let's drink it!"
"Cheers~" Cheng'an had just noticed the scene of those Mongolian princes and nobles clinking their wine bowls and drinking with big gulps. Now that he saw his brother wanted to toast with him, he was suddenly very happy.
After finishing a glass of milk, the little guy opened his mouth and made a "ha" sound, obviously imitating the look of those Mongolian princes after drinking.
Seeing this, the brothers shook their heads and chuckled, then picked up the wine beside them and started drinking.
After Yin'e accompanied Cheng'an to drink several glasses of milk, he suddenly felt no longer proud, especially when he saw other brothers drinking while he was full of the smell of milk.
Why?
Yin'e felt a little unbalanced. When he saw Cheng'an holding the cup to drink with him again, he picked up the wine jug filled with milk and stood up slightly: "Come on, I'll fill it up for you."
He just took advantage of the other brothers finishing their drinks and gave them all milk.
The cup that had been used to hold wine was filled with milk again, and the taste of the milk was mixed with the smell of wine, which made Yinzhi glare at him.
Yin'e, who was glared at, pushed the little guy out directly: "Cheng'an, don't just fight with me, there are also them."
When the little guy heard this, he immediately picked up his glass of wine and went to drink with his other brothers.
The brothers couldn't possibly dare to expose that it was milk and not wine, so they could only drink with him.
I have to say that milk with a little bit of alcohol flavor might be worse than drinking milk directly. In any case, Yinzhi had never tasted such unpalatable "mare's milk".
The brothers drank with helpless looks on their faces, but the little one was extremely happy and burped while drinking milk.
"Stop drinking." Seeing that he had drunk the milk until he was full, Yinreng took the wine glass from his hand with a helpless look.
The little guy really couldn't drink any more, but he soon found another fun thing to do, which was pouring wine for people.
In order to prevent him from realizing that what he had just drunk was milk instead of wine, the wine jug was now filled with milk.
"Brother, you can't drink anymore. You'll get drunk if you drink any more." Seeing that he was about to pour him "wine" again, Yinzhi quickly raised his hand to block his cup.
The little guy holding the wine jug tilted his head and asked, "Are you drunk?"
Seeing that he didn't understand what drunkenness meant, Yinzhi glanced around the banquet and pointed at a Mongolian prince sitting opposite him and said, "See? That's drunken."
Cheng An looked in the direction of his hand and nodded, not quite understanding.
Seeing that his brother was afraid of getting drunk and refused to drink any more, the little guy simply ran upstairs with the wine jug.
"Is he going to pour wine for the Emperor?" Yin'e failed to stop him in time, and now he couldn't help but cover his face.
Yinreng looked at him and said, "Don't worry, the emperor won't say anything."
When Kangxi found out that his youngest son had poured him a glass of milk, he guessed that he must have been coaxed by his other sons. However, he was still quite curious about how they had successfully used milk instead of wine to coax this little guy who was becoming increasingly difficult to fool.
"Dad, drink some wine~" The little guy poured the wine and reminded him when he saw that he didn't drink it.
Kangxi picked up the wine glass and asked, "What kind of wine is this?"
"Mare's milk wine~" Cheng An said, savoring the taste, "It tastes good!"
When Kangxi heard the word "mare's milk wine", he roughly guessed how he was fooled. He drank the glass of wine with a smile and stopped him from pouring more.
Cheng'an hadn't had enough fun yet, and seeing that he wouldn't let himself fall, he ran down again with the wine jug in his hand. However, this time he didn't run to the princes' side, but to the Mongolian princes.
No matter how young the little guy was, he was still a prince. In front of Kangxi, the Mongolian princes and nobles dared not ask him to pour wine for them. They smiled and took the wine jug and did it themselves.
They were not blind and could see that Kangxi and the princes doted on Cheng'an. Even when they discovered that the wine jug contained milk, they still drank it as if nothing had happened.
Seeing the Mongolian princes and nobles drinking it all in one gulp, the little guy giggled and applauded.
"Cheng'an, don't be rude." Seeing him playing over there, Kangxi scolded him lightly, but there was no anger in his tone.
The Mongolian prince naturally waved his hands and said no, and praised the little guy with a smile.
It wasn't entirely out of respect for Kangxi that they did this, but because they thought the little prince was quite interesting, so they were naturally tolerant.
However, when Cheng'an heard what his royal father said, he quickly ran to the opposite side of the princes with the empty wine jug.
Kangxi looked at his back, shook his head, and continued to communicate with the Mongolian princes and nobles.
"Brother, we don't have any wine!" The little guy ran back to the brothers and shook the wine jug in his hand.
"Then I won't drink it."
After drinking so many glasses of milk, Yinzhi didn't want to drink any more wine.
Cheng'an looked at his other brothers again, and seeing that they also shook their heads to indicate that they did not want to drink, he finally put down the wine jug.
When the brothers saw that he finally stopped insisting on pouring wine for them, they looked at each other and relaxed. After a while, they saw the little guy standing there, swaying.
"What's wrong?" Yinreng quickly reached out and hugged him.
Cheng An leaned his head against him and said in a baby voice: "An An is drunk~"
When he finished speaking, the brothers' first reaction was that maybe he had drunk alcohol by mistake.
"I've been watching him, but I didn't see him drinking!" Yin'e muttered in a low voice.
Yinreng had been keeping his eyes on him just now, and was also sure that he would not have much chance to drink. Moreover, the palace maids and eunuchs guarding nearby were not stupid, and there was no way they would give him a chance to drink.
Thinking of this, he simply lowered his head to the little guy and smelled a strong scent of milk.
Of course, when he first approached, Yinreng still smelled a faint smell of alcohol, but it was obviously the smell of alcohol from the banquet.
Cheng An felt tickled by his sniff and immediately chuckled: "Second brother~"
Yinreng smelled milk on his breath and was completely sure that he had not drunk any alcohol. He raised his hand to rub his head and shook his head slightly at the other brothers who showed concern on their faces.
When Yinzhen and others saw his expression, they immediately guessed that the little guy was probably imitating being drunk just for fun.
After he was relieved, Yin'e couldn't help laughing. While laughing, he leaned close to Yinsi's ear and said, "This is the first time I've heard that drinking milk can make you drunk. What is this, drunkenness from milk?"
When Yinsi heard the words "drunk milk", a smile appeared in his eyes.
After making sure that the little guy was just joking, Yinreng put him down and said, "Get drunk again for my second brother to see."
The little fellow cooperated by standing there and twisting and turning. Then, probably because he felt a little dizzy, he fell directly into the arms of Yinsi next to him.
"It seems that he is really drunk." Yinsi said with a smile after catching him.
The brothers also laughed when they saw the little one twisting and turning in his arms.
Yin'e even laughed and teased him: "Drunk people can recite poems, recite one first and let me hear it."
The little fellow didn't recite the poem right away, but pointed at the Mongolian prince opposite him and said in a baby voice: "I didn't recite the poem~"
Seeing that he was becoming increasingly difficult to fool, Yin'e thought quickly and said, "That's because he's not completely drunk yet. Now that you're drunk, you should be able to recite a poem."
Cheng An nodded, revealing a small expression of "I see" and then recited: "The plum blossoms on the branches of the sheep's horn tree, blooming alone in the cold..."
It's not that he can't pronounce "墙角" clearly, it's just that he always forgets to change it back when he recites it.
After reciting the poem, the little guy came out of Yinsi's arms and ran back to Kangxi.
Kangxi saw him coming back and looked down.
"Ama An An is drunk~"
Kangxi had heard the noise below. When he finished speaking, he began to stagger. He raised his hand and touched his forehead and said, "If you are drunk, go back to sleep."
The little guy didn't want to go back to sleep, so he stood up immediately and said, "An An is not drunk!"
"Are you drunk or not?" Seeing that he wanted to learn everything, Kangxi reached out and pulled him to his side, pinched his face, and then asked him to sit still and watch the performance.
The little one whose face was pinched sat next to him for a while, and soon ran downstairs to find his brothers.
When the banquet was over, the little guy was still a little reluctant to leave. He held the empty cup in the tent and shouted, "Cheers~"
Kangxi had just drunk a few more glasses of wine at the banquet, so he held his forehead and didn't bother to care about him. He rested for a while and waited for the alcohol to wear off before taking him to take a bath and rest.
It had been some time since they arrived at the grassland. Less than two days after the banquet that night, Yinzhi, Yinzhi, Yinsi, and Yinlu returned to Beijing early.
This is normal. Although there are still many imperial grandchildren left in the capital, they are juniors after all, so it is safer to have the princes around.
Originally, Yinzhen should have been among the people who returned, but Yinzhi was not. The reason for the change was probably that Kangxi remembered that Yinzhi had made Cheng'an cry a few days ago.
So never overestimate the mind of an emperor. Even if there is no punishment at that time, it does not mean that there will be no punishment later.
In fact, Kangxi had thought about sending Yin'e back as well, but later he felt that Yin'e was quite capable of making trouble and it would be more reliable to keep him at hand, so he gave up the idea.
Cheng'an only found out about it after Yinzhi and the others left, and he immediately frowned and became unhappy.
Kangxi felt that since they had come and had fun, it would be okay for them to go back early, and he didn't want to coax him anymore.
The little guy found that he had been coaxed by Yinreng and others when Yinzhi and others left, so he didn't make trouble with Kangxi this time.
He sat on the couch with a frown on his face, and suddenly he stretched out his hands to hold his face and sighed: "Alas~"
The little guy is very young, and his sighs sound a bit childish.
I don't know who I learned this from...
Seeing that he could sigh at such a young age, Kangxi thought that he could have nothing to worry about. However, after hearing him sigh a few more times, he couldn't help but take the initiative to talk to him: "Your elder brother and others have something to do. If you don't go back, you will cry." The kind of crying that is punished.
"Really?" Cheng An finally stopped sighing after hearing his words, but his little hands were still on his face, making his little face look even whiter, tenderer and rounder.
Kangxi looked at his chubby little face and thought that he seemed to have gained some weight during his time on the grassland. However, it didn't matter if the child was a little fat. Instead, it made him look more adorable.
Thinking of this, Kangxi waved to him, and when the little guy came over obediently, he pinched his little face to feel the softer touch before saying, "Of course, you don't want to see your big brother and the others cry, right?"
"No!" Of course the little guy didn't want to see his brother cry, and shook his head repeatedly.
But after shaking his head, he couldn't help but lean on Kangxi's arms and said softly: "Father, An An misses his brother..."
The brother he referred to at this time was obviously referring to Yinzhi and others.
Kangxi thought that it had been less than a day since Yinzhi and the others left, and his expression suddenly became a little helpless, but he quickly raised his hand and patted his little shoulder to comfort him, "It's okay, we will return to Beijing in a few days, and you still have so many brothers here."
"Yeah." Cheng An nodded and reached out to hug him tightly.
When the little guy behaved well, it was easier for Kangxi to soften his heart, but he was not so sure as to call Yinzhi and the others back, so he coaxed them, "I will take you hunting in a few days, and then call your second brother and the others to join us."
"What?" The little guy didn't understand what hunting was.
Seeing that he had successfully diverted his attention, Kangxi introduced hunting to him.
For the little guy, he is naturally happy to be able to participate in activities with his father and brother.
Two days later.
Kangxi wanted to go hunting, and the scene was quite grand. Not only the princes and accompanying ministers and guards participated, but Mongolian princes also brought their sons to join in the fun.
Before the hunting, Kangxi made a promise as usual, saying that he would reward the person who came out first.
Upon hearing this, everyone present immediately showed an eager expression.
After the hunt officially began, everyone dispersed in all directions, even Yinzhen and his friends were no exception.
However, Yinreng had no desire to win or lose now. Seeing the little guy sitting on Kangxi's horse and looking around, he simply followed Kangxi.
Yinzhen thought that the little guy didn't need him since he was with the emperor, so when he saw Yinxiang wanted to go hunting, he simply went with him.
"Ama can ride a horse!"
It was the first time for Cheng'an to ride on Kangxi's horse. It felt quite new. After looking around for a while, he suddenly looked up and said.
It's no wonder the little guy was surprised, mainly because he and Kangxi always rode in a carriage when they went out, and he had never seen Kangxi riding a horse.
When Kangxi heard this, he felt like he was being looked down upon and was speechless for a moment, but he didn't want to brag about himself, so he looked at Yinreng not far away and found that he seemed to be smiling.
It was the first time that Yinreng saw the emperor's father being humiliated, so he naturally couldn't help laughing. He quickly restrained his smile when he noticed his gaze, and put on a serious expression to speak for him: "Of course the emperor can ride a horse, and his horsemanship is unparalleled in the world."
Only then did Kangxi turn his gaze back to the little guy in his arms.
"Wow~" Although Cheng An didn't understand what "unparalleled in the world" meant, he still shouted in support.
Kangxi was satisfied, and continued to ride forward while saying: "When you see prey, call Ama and Ama will hunt for you."
Obviously, this is the looked-down old father preparing to show off his skills in front of his son.
Not long after the little guy nodded in agreement, he shouted, "Ama, look!"
Kangxi thought he had found prey and was about to reach out to take his bow and arrow, but he found that he was pointing at a bunch of wild flowers.
"I asked you to find prey." Kangxi couldn't help but poke his forehead.
Cheng An covered his forehead and said, "An An knows!"
The little guy's eyes were really sharp. He soon spotted a rabbit and immediately shouted, "Ama, look at the rabbit~"
Kangxi followed his gaze and saw a fat rabbit about five meters away. He immediately reached out to take the bow and arrow and shot it.
He was still in good shape and hit the target with one arrow.
"Ama is so awesome!" the little guy clapped his hands immediately.
Kangxi did not show any emotion when he heard this, but he was obviously very happy in his heart.
"Father Emperor, is this rabbit as fat as the rabbit you once told me about?" Yinreng looked at the fat rabbit that was shot and suddenly remembered some past events, and asked.
Kangxi's words quickly brought back memories. He remembered that when he was on his way to fight Galdan, he encountered a lot of fat rabbits in Ordos. After shooting them all, he couldn't help but write to tell him, which made Kangxi, who was staying in the capital at the time, want to leave Beijing to meet him.
At that time, the relationship between father and son was indeed very good. They wrote letters to each other constantly when Kangxi was away from home. Kangxi would send back to Yinreng anything he liked when he came across it on the road, and because he missed his son so much, he would ask him to send his old clothes to remind him of his father. Yinreng also cared a lot about Kangxi, and even worried that he had no eggs to eat outside, so he would find ways to send him eggs and other food from the capital.
"This rabbit is not as fat as the fattest one I shot that time, but it's still pretty good." Kangxi felt a little complicated after recalling the past, but he suddenly felt fortunate to have let him out, and couldn't help rubbing the little guy's head in his arms.
Cheng An heard his father and brother talking about fat rabbits, and looked up and said, "An An wants to eat fat rabbits~"
"Okay, I'll give it to you." After saying this, Kangxi continued to move forward and specifically called out to Yinreng, asking him to follow.
With Cheng'an, the sharp-eyed little guy, around, the father and son shot a lot of prey along the way.
Kangxi hadn't hunted for some time, and today's harvest was so good that he was in high spirits and continued to take his two sons to a farther place.
The guards had already cleaned the hunting area two days in advance, so there shouldn't be any danger.
However, the reason why an accident is called an accident is because it cannot be predicted.
Just as Yinreng shot a deer, a bear suddenly ran out from the nearby dense forest.
The bear looked as strong as a mountain. It seemed to be heading towards the deer shot by Yinreng. But when it saw Kangxi and his group, it immediately opened its mouth and roared.
"Protect the emperor!"
"Protect the Emperor!"
When the guards saw the bear, they quickly moved towards Kangxi and Yinreng and protected them in the middle. At the same time, someone sent a signal to summon others to come and rescue the emperor.
Yinreng didn't expect a bear to appear, especially this bear looked quite irritable, his expression immediately became solemn.
"Father, please take Cheng'an and leave first."
When Kangxi heard his words, he said calmly, "It's just a bear."
If it had been ten or twenty years earlier, Yinreng would have been willing to accompany him to take down this bear without him saying anything, but now is the time.
Yinreng looked at him helplessly: "Cheng'an is still young, don't scare him."
As soon as he finished speaking, the bear roared again and began to move towards them.
Seeing this, the guards became nervous again. Following the leader's shout, "Protect the Emperor!" everyone drew their swords and raised their bows.
Cheng'an looked at his father and brother, then at the guards around him, and couldn't help but frowning. He thought that the bear in front was really annoying. It actually dared to be mean to his father and brother!