Cheng'an's third birthday was a very fulfilling and happy one, and even Yinzhen sent someone to deliver gifts back on that day.

Knowing that the little one likes to eat, the gift included not only an exquisite Tibetan knife, but also many foods unique to Qinghai and Tibet, such as yak jerky.

In order to prevent him from looking at the gifts and being reminded of Yinzhen's absence and affecting his mood, Kangxi took the initiative to taste the food to attract his attention.

"Is it delicious, Ama?"

“It tastes good.”

After Kangxi finished speaking, he directly fed him a piece.

"This meat is so delicious~" the little guy said while holding his face, and couldn't help but reach out to take another one.

The father and son had played with muskets with the princes in the Sunshot Hall for a long time. In the end, Kangxi had to coax him back to see other gifts. At this time, the sun had already set outside.

They would have dinner soon, so Kangxi shouldn't let him eat any more. But considering it was his birthday, Kangxi rarely said anything.

The little guy had a belly full of snacks, so for dinner Kangxi only had a bowl of light longevity noodles with him.

After dinner, Kangxi took him out for a walk. On the way back, Kangxi looked down at the little guy jumping beside him, and felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Maybe it was because he was getting older that he became particularly sensitive to time. Thinking that the little guy, who was so tiny at that time, was already three years old, Kangxi felt relieved but also a little melancholy.

"Look, there are crabs on the ground~"

The moonlight and the light from the lanterns intertwined and hit the ground, making the human figure particularly clear. Cheng An found it interesting when he saw his own shadow, especially when he discovered that the shape of the shadow could change.

When Kangxi heard his laughter, he saw him raising his two little hands and gesturing, and the shadow cast on the ground did look a bit like a crab.

"Crab is coming~"

After playing by himself for a while, the little guy ran towards Kangxi's shadow, as if he wanted to pinch him with his "little pliers".

Kangxi subconsciously took two steps back, which made the little guy even more excited.

"Ama, run, the crab is pinching you~"

When he saw that he didn't hide, the little guy pinched his own hands and started to scare him.

Kangxi did not move, but asked him with a smile: "Are you willing to pinch my father?"

It was obviously just playing and not really pinching. The little guy shook his head when he heard this, and then turned around to pinch the shadows of Liu Cai, Liang Jiugong and others.

Liu Cai and Liang Jiugong dodged him a few times and his shadow was caught, which made the little guy laugh happily.

When he had enough fun, Kangxi stretched out his hand and the little guy ran over to hold his hand, and the father and son went back to the bedroom to rest together.

Although the princes entered the Shangshufang at the age of six, they did not really start studying at the age of six. Generally, they could start learning at around the age of three.

After the little guy's third birthday, Kangxi began to pay attention to his education.

Influenced by Kangxi, when the princes came to the palace to see him again, they would also teach him instead of just playing with him as before.

Cheng'an thought it was interesting at first, but gradually he wanted to run away when he saw the book. For example, at this moment, he found that Da Ge didn't come to see him again. When he wanted to ask where Da Ge was going, Kangxi just picked up the book and said he wanted to teach him to read. He immediately changed his mind and said, "An'an, I remember that Yuanyuan hasn't been fed yet!"

After saying that, the little guy ran away without looking back.

Kangxi was still busy at the moment, so how could he have time to teach him to read? He just didn't want to hear him talk about Yinzhi anymore.

Yinzhi was indeed not in the capital at the time. He was sent to Qinghai by Kangxi just a few days after the little guy's birthday.

It can be said that Yinzhi was able to get this job because of Yin'e, because Yin'e asked Dai Zi to make a musket for the little guy. As a result, the other party not only improved the original musket of the Firearms Battalion, but also made a new cannon.

Let's not talk about the fire gun. This small but powerful cannon, after seeing the memorial submitted by Yin'e and personally seeing it, Kangxi thought that Yinzhen might be able to use it, so he gave it to Yinzhen first.

Yin'e and Dai Zi then sent Yinzhi over with cannons.

Of course, compared to Yinzhen who was conferred the title of general and personally seen off by Emperor Kangxi when he left Beijing, Yinzhi did not receive such good treatment. He entered the palace a day in advance to visit his mother and Cheng'an, and when he left, only the princes came to see him off spontaneously.

But for him, he was probably happy to be able to go to the battlefield again, even if he was just a bald prince to support Yinzhen.

Having said that.

Kangxi was not very happy after scaring the little guy away by learning to read and write. He even couldn't help but said to Liang Jiugong: "He said he wanted to study before, why did he run away when he heard about reading and learning to read?"

It's because the little brother didn't understand before...

Liang Jiugong thought so in his heart, but he comforted him: "Little brother is still young."

"Three years old is not young anymore." Kangxi said this and thought of when he was three years old. At that time, the late emperor only had the son born to Dong E in his heart, and he was able to achieve what he has today entirely because of his love of learning.

The little guy who had already run out didn't know that his father was reminded of the past by him, and went straight to the direction of Xian'an Palace.

After Yinzhi was sent out, Yinreng was probably the most idle among the princes.

Fortunately, Yinreng was quite open-minded and started writing a plan for the little one's enlightenment in his study.

In terms of riding, archery and martial arts, Yinreng was not as good as Yinzhi, but when it came to reading, he was far beyond Yinzhi's reach.

"Second brother, An An is here~"

When Yinreng heard the little guy's clear voice, he thought that he had come at the right time. He got up, carried him into the study, and took him to sit behind the desk.

The little guy was quite happy sitting in his arms, but when his eyes fell on the various books spread out on the table, his dark eyes suddenly turned smartly.

He ran away from the Palace of Heavenly Purity because he didn't want to learn to read. Seeing his brother with so many books, he felt bad, so he cleverly said in a baby voice before Yinreng opened his mouth: "Second brother and An'an go feed Yuanyuan, okay?"

Yinreng guessed what he was thinking as soon as he saw his little expression, but he didn't point it out. Instead, he agreed immediately.

Having all been through this together since childhood, Yinreng could more or less guess what he was thinking.

Although he had received all kinds of praise since he was a child, Yinreng remembered that he was not born with a love of reading. He just saw that the emperor father was busy with government affairs and had to teach him to read personally. He did not want to disappoint the emperor father, so he worked hard.

However, reading more is not a bad thing, and Yinreng would naturally not indulge the little guy just because he didn't want to read and learn to read. He just thought that he was still young, so instead of forcing him harshly, it would be better to guide him indirectly.

Of course, there was also a reason why he was reluctant to force it.

"good."

Seeing that his brother agreed to go with him to feed the sheep instead of teaching him to read and write, Cheng An was very happy. He hugged his neck and kissed him on the face twice: "Second brother is so nice~"

Yinreng looked at the smiling little guy in his arms, thinking that he was already three years old, and would definitely not be so clingy when he got older. He couldn't help but lower his head and kiss him back on his soft little face.

"This way~" Cheng An felt it and leaned over to the other side with his eyes squinted.

If Yinreng was a little unnatural during the first kiss, when he leaned his little face closer, the corners of his lips immediately lifted up and he gave a second kiss calmly.

The little guy who received two kisses held his face with his hands and shook his head with laughter.

Infected by his emotions, Yinreng's face was also full of smiles. He closed the book on the table and carried him out of the study.

It wasn't that hot in the morning, and although they were going to feed the sheep, they actually strolled around the Imperial Garden first.

"Second brother, look at the flowers~"

While sitting in the pavilion to rest, Cheng'an pointed to the blooming peonies not far away.

Yinreng turned around and admired it with him for a moment before asking, "Does Cheng'an know how to write the word 'flower'?"

The little guy was stunned by his question and looked at him with his head tilted.

"If you don't know, just shake your head." Yinreng said with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng An immediately shook his head.

Little head.

Upon hearing this, Yinreng held his little hand, spread it out, and wrote the word "flower" stroke by stroke on the palm of his hand.

"Itchy~" The little guy looked at his movements, feeling amused and itchy, curling his fingers and laughing, and after laughing he said, "Brother, come again!"

Yinreng wrote it again patiently, but seeing that he was still just smiling, he gently touched his forehead with his slender fingers and then used tea to write on the table.

"Did you see it clearly?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the little fellow, who thought it was fun, started to doodle on the table with tea.

Yinreng waited patiently for him to finish painting, and looked at it carefully for a while. Before the water marks dried, he asked, "Is Cheng'an painting flowers?"

"Yes!" The little guy was originally sitting on a stool, but when he saw that he recognized him, he happily jumped into his arms.

After he rubbed against Yinreng and acted coquettishly for a while, when he turned around and looked again, the "flower" on the table had disappeared.

"An An Hua Hua is missing!"

After hearing what he said, Yinreng held his little hand and led him to draw a flower again, and then led him to write the word "flower" stroke by stroke.

"Flowers." After writing, Yinreng pointed at the word "flowers" and said to him.

"The flowers are beautiful." The little guy praised first, and then followed him to say, "Flowers~"

After the water marks dried up, Yinreng led him to write again. This time, the little guy took the initiative to say, "It's a flower~"

After resting in the pavilion, the brothers stood up and walked towards the Deer Garden. On the way, Yinreng would occasionally ask him some simple words, and then write them on his palm. He did not require him to remember them, but just wanted to arouse his interest in literacy.

When we get to the Deer Garden, the little one even asks, "How do you write the word 'deer'?"

In the deer park, the deer are already familiar with the little guy who often comes to play. When they sense his presence approaching, they all raise their heads and make “yo yo” sounds.

Yinreng squatted down to the sound of deer calling, held his little hand and began to write on his palm.

This time the little guy didn't laugh, but looked at it seriously.

There were many gestures for the character "鹿". After Cheng'an read it carefully, he blinked twice and felt that he only remembered the general idea.

Yinreng did not ask him to remember it. He just wrote it again on his hand and then accompanied him to feed the deer.

"Don't grab it!"

The little fellow was holding a tender branch and seeing the deer coming over to eat, he spoke to them in a baby voice.

Yuanyuan was kept near the deer park. Perhaps the sheep heard his voice, but it suddenly raised its head and cried.

"Meow, meow..."

Hearing the bleating of sheep, Cheng'an threw the tender branch in his hand directly into the deer garden and then pulled Yinreng to see Yuanyuan again.

"Yuanyuan, eat more~" The little guy squatted in front of the sheep and fed the sheep with grass.

When Yinreng saw this sheep that was so round that it could roll on the ground, he couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

As a pet sheep, Yuanyuan is well taken care of by the people in the palace. Its wool is fluffy and soft, as white as clouds, and it carries the scent of sunshine and grass. Its round appearance makes it quite adorable.

After feeding it grass, the little guy couldn't help but hug its head and then jump on its back.

Yinreng stood by and watched him and Yuanyuan playing, only occasionally reaching out to help him when he was worried that he might slip.

"How do you write the word 'second brother sheep'?" the little guy suddenly remembered and asked while playing.

After he asked, he took the initiative to stretch out his little hand and spread it out.

Yinreng held his chubby little hand and gently wrote the word "sheep" on it.

Compared to the previous character "鹿", the character "羊" is much simpler to write. The little guy memorized it after reading it twice, and said with curved eyes: "An An, I know~"

"Then write it again and show it to your second brother." Yinreng smiled and stretched out his hand to him.

Cheng An immediately imitated his previous actions, holding his fingers with his left hand and writing on his palm with his right hand.

"This has rounded corners, right?" the little guy asked as he wrote the two dots of the word "羊".

Seeing that he had written it really well, Yinreng raised his left hand to rub his head and praised: "Cheng'an is really smart."

The little fellow smiled and showed his little teeth after receiving the compliment. Then he became naughty and tickled his palm with his fingers and asked, "Are you itchy, brother?"

Yinreng simply grabbed his mischievous fingers, making it impossible for him to move.

"I'm going to pinch you!" The little guy's right hand was grabbed by him, and he immediately used his left hand to make a crab claw shape to scare him.

"Where did this little crab come from?"

Yinreng cooperated and pretended to be frightened by him, and quickly let go of his hand.

After the little guy rescued his little hand, he immediately giggled happily.

"Mee mee~" Yuanyuan, who was next to him, heard his laughter and raised her head to laugh along with him.

Yinreng originally thought that he was just playing with him, but the little guy suddenly rushed over to hug him and said in a baby voice: "An An, don't hold my second brother~"

Yinreng didn't feel itchy when the little guy was writing on his hand just now, but now he suddenly felt as if a feather was sliding across his heart, making him itchy and numb.

He couldn't help but lower his head and gently rub the little guy with his chin, praising him in a low voice: "Good boy."

Maybe because he felt a sense of accomplishment after learning the character “羊”, the little guy then took the initiative to ask him how to write “撩撩” and “圆圆”.

Near noon, Yinreng did not send him back to the Qianqing Palace, but took the little guy directly back to the Xian'an Palace.

Palace of Heavenly Purity.

Kangxi was just about to finish the work at hand and use the free time before lunch to teach the little one to read and write. When he learned that Yinreng had left people in Xian'an Palace for lunch, he suddenly thought that Yinreng was too idle.

Maybe he could help Yinzhi edit the book...

Kangxi couldn't help thinking.

Since the little guy wasn't coming back for lunch, he might as well stay busy for a while longer and finish the tasks at hand before going to eat.

The weather was a bit hot in the afternoon, and Cheng'an was unlikely to come back at this time, so he just lay down in Xian'an Palace and took a nap.

In the main hall of Xian'an Palace, the little guy was lying on the Arhat bed with a small tiger-shaped pillow as his head resting on it, his eyes blinking, as if he was sleepy but not asleep yet.

Yinreng sat on the edge of the Luohan bed, holding the "Three Character Classic" in one hand and reading it aloud, and fanning himself lightly with a paper fan in the other hand.

Yinreng didn't put down the book until the little guy fell completely asleep. After looking at his peaceful sleeping face with a smile for a while, he thought there was nothing else to do, so he simply lay down next to him.

Compared to the leisurely life of the two brothers, Kangxi was much busier. He was still meeting with ministers and handling government affairs in the afternoon.

It was not until the sun set that Cheng'an skipped back to the Palace of Heavenly Purity, bathed in the warm glow of the sunset.

Kangxi saw him and asked, "You still remember to come back?"

"An An, come back~" The little guy seemed not to hear the slightest hint in his words and rushed towards him with a smile.

Kangxi saw a little sweat on his forehead, so he wiped it with a towel and touched his back to make sure it was not wet before saying, "Come back if you want, why are you running away?"

"An An misses Daddy~" the little guy said as he nimbly climbed into his arms.

"I thought Ama wouldn't be home for lunch."

Kangxi glanced down at him and felt that he was a sweet-talker.

"Brother wants An An to have dinner with him." The little guy said, pinching his fingers.

After he finished speaking, he took Kangxi's hand and said, "Father, An An can write~"

Kangxi originally thought that he was trying to change the subject, but he didn't expect that he actually started writing stroke by stroke on his hand.

"Write it again." said Kangxi, who didn't see it clearly.

The little guy pinched his little finger and carefully wrote it again on his palm. This time Kangxi finally recognized it: "Sheep."

"Yes~" Cheng An saw that he knew him, clapped his hands and praised, "Father is so smart!"

Kangxi was a little amused and helpless when he was praised for knowing the word "sheep".

He tapped the kid's forehead.

"Do you think that's you? You don't even know the word 'sheep'."

"An An knows him!" the little guy immediately retorted.

"Okay, you know it, but do you know any other characters?"

Kangxi thought about how he ran away when he said he would teach him, but ended up running to Yinreng to learn how to read, and he couldn't help but pinch him on the face.

"An An also knows 'Hua', 'Lu', 'Mee Mee', and 'Yuan Yuan'!" said the little guy, tilting his head back.

After hearing this, Kangxi stretched out his hand in front of him and said, "Write it for me to see."

The little guy blinked, thought about it and started writing in his hand, but in the end he still wrote the word "sheep".

After finding out that he only knew the other characters, Kangxi guided him, "You should be able to write the character 咩, and add a stroke next to the character 羊."

"What's more?" The little guy didn't understand what he was saying.

Seeing this, Kangxi simply held his hand and demonstrated.

"Meh~" Although Cheng'an couldn't write yet, he actually recognized it, and would read it out loud after he finished writing.

"Look, is it the sheep..." Kangxi said halfway, and thought it would be more obvious if he wrote it down with pen and ink, so he simply picked him up and went behind the desk.

Kangxi put his small brush into his hand and said, "First write the word 'sheep'."

The feeling of drawing with fingers and writing with a brush is different. As the little guy put pen to paper, a crooked "羊" character gradually appeared on the paper. Each stroke was strangely spaced, and the character almost filled the entire paper.

The little guy hasn't started to learn to write seriously yet, so it's pretty good that he can write like this. Kangxi naturally wouldn't find anything wrong and instead praised him.

"Look, add a word 'kou' next to the word 'yang', and it becomes '咩'." Kangxi held his hand and guided him as he wrote.

"Meh~"

The little fellow looked at the words on the paper and immediately started to laugh and shout. After he finished shouting, he suddenly pointed at the word "sheep" and said, "These are the horns and head of a sheep, these are the feet of a sheep, and there is also a tail of a sheep~"

Kangxi smiled and nodded, pointing to the word "kou" next to it and told him: "This is the word "kou". The cry of a sheep is "bae", so adding a "kou" makes the word "bae"..."

"It's really fun~" The little guy saw the approximate shape of the circle from the word "sheep" and found it very interesting.

Kangxi touched his head, changed a piece of paper for him and said, "Write a word for me to see."

"Okay~"

Cheng'an nodded, held the pen and started writing slowly.

Kangxi was a little speechless when he saw that he wrote the character "咩" first by writing the sheep. Then when he saw that he directly drew a circle instead of the character "口", he didn't know whether he should praise him for drawing a very round circle.

"The mouth is square, why did you draw it as a circle?" Kangxi said to him when he finished writing and looked up.

The little guy had his own reasoning. He opened his mouth and said, "An An's mouth is round~"

Just now Kangxi told him that "kou" means mouth. Apparently the little guy thought the mouth was round instead of square, so he wrote it like this.

When Kangxi heard his reason, he laughed and explained: "Calligraphy and painting are different..."

One cannot become fat in one breath, and Kangxi did not expect the little guy to recognize and write a certain number of words in a day. He accompanied him to write a few words and then took him to have dinner.

Perhaps because he saw that he had learned a few words after going out to play, Kangxi was in a good mood and had someone prepare his favorite gourd chicken.

The little guy could eat other dishes he liked, such as Lipu taro and fish, often, but Kangxi only let him eat the gourd chicken occasionally because it was fried.

"Ama is so nice~" Cheng An almost stood up from his chair after seeing the Cuckoo Chicken.

Seeing how sweet his words were, Kangxi personally picked up the chicken leg of the gourd chicken and put it in his bowl.

“Ouch~”

The little guy has recently started learning to use chopsticks, but it is still a bit difficult for him to pick up the chicken legs with chopsticks, so he just grabs them with his hands and eats them.

Kangxi had already washed his hands, so he didn't bother to say anything. He only fed him a bite from time to time while he was concentrating on eating the chicken leg.

The meal is over.

The little guy likes to show off. After learning the word "sheep", whenever his brother came to see him in the next few days, he would grab the other's hand and write.

When Yinzhen and other princes saw that he could actually write, they praised him and paid more attention to his education.

Cheng'an probably didn't expect that showing off would lead to this result. Whenever the brothers tried to teach him to read and write, he would learn for a while and then act like a spoiled child and ask to go play.

A good-tempered person like Yinsi could not resist his coquetry and would often agree.

As Kangxi and the princes tried to enlighten the little guy, but the little guy tried to hide in all kinds of ways, the weather was getting hotter and hotter.

Compared with the palace, Changchun Garden was obviously more comfortable to live in in the summer. Within two days, Kangxi took the little one to Changchun Garden.

Of course, before leaving, Kangxi specifically used this as a condition and coaxed Cheng'an to read some books.

The naive little guy didn't know that Kangxi was already planning to go to Changchun Garden, so he just agreed obediently and was very happy afterwards.