Yinzuo blinked his eyes and had to give up for the time being. He waited for the emperor father to finish a long speech. Before Yinzuo could continue to call him brother, the song and dance performance began. It was the New Year, so it was normal to have some liveliness, so the music was also very festive and naturally the sound was quite loud.

Yinzuo took a tribute orange from the table and continued to poke his brother's back, but his brother was still concentrating on watching the singing and dancing in front of him and did not react at all.

What's so good about it? Yinzuo pouted, looking unhappy. Those dancing girls were not as pretty as him!

“…Pigeon~Pigeon~~”

After calling out, his brother still didn't turn around. Yinzuo became a little angry and started to talk a lot.

"Aiya! Ah~%@%&"

The babbling of a little child was completely drowned out at this time. After talking for so long, Yinzuo's throat felt a little sore. After all, the child was still young, so he didn't continue.

Yinzhen, who was still hoping that the little guy behind him would continue to call him brother, felt even more disappointed. The cold air emanating from his body even froze the third prince Yinzhi, who was only three years older than him.

But the Third Prince usually lived outside the palace, and had only met his younger brother once or twice. He was really unfamiliar with him and dared not say anything. He could only try to move his butt to the side and stay away from this younger brother who looked like he was not easy to mess with.

But the child couldn't sit still at all. The Crown Prince and the eldest prince in front of him were eight and six years old respectively, and he couldn't talk to them. The one next to him was a little difficult to get along with, so he turned his head and looked behind him.

Seeing Yinzuo grinning at him, Yinzhi's heart melted, and he felt that this brother was just like the brother he had imagined! He lived in Chuoerji's house, and saw his grandson, who was about the same age as himself, showing off all day long how lovely his mother had given him. Yinzhi was envious.

But no matter how cute his sister was, she could never compare to the little brother in front of him! Yinzhi was absolutely sure of this.

When children make friends, they either share their toys or delicious food. Yinzhi still remembered that Xiaoliu seemed to like eating oranges very much last time. Coincidentally, there was a plate of tribute oranges on the table this time.

"Xiao Liu, here you go!"

Yinzuo, who was suddenly approached, stared blankly at the tribute orange that suddenly appeared in front of him, then raised his eyes to look at the third prince who was turning his head to look at him.

He thought: How could he be so polite? He just smiled politely to avoid embarrassment, but the Third Prince actually sent him food?

"Aye~" Thank you~

"Xiao Liu, I'm your third brother. You may not know me very well. I wanted to talk to you last time, but I was afraid you didn't understand. You are really smart. The nanny who served me said that when I was your age, I didn't understand anything."

After receiving the flattery from the Third Prince, Yinzuo felt a little dizzy. Oh, he was more or less embarrassed because he was not a real child.

"Ahhh￥%#"

Yinzuo muttered a lot, praising the third prince Yinzhi for being smart and polite.

Although the Third Prince didn't understand, it didn't matter. What was important was that he finally had someone to talk to.

"Do you want to eat oranges? I saw you wanted Xiao Si to peel them for you, but he didn't help you. So San Ge will help you! Wait a moment."

The Third Prince Yinzhi, who had never peeled an orange before, was somewhat at a loss when he picked up a tribute orange. But how could he show this in front of his sixth brother whom he had just met? So he held the tribute orange in his hand and squeezed hard, and the orange peel cracked. Not only did the peel crack, but he also squeezed the orange segments inside into juice.

Yinzuo was stunned. My goodness, was the Third Prince squeezing juice for him on the spot and asking him to drink it? No need at all!

"Xiao Liu, give it to you. Brother San will peel it for you. Come and eat it."

Yinzuo in front of him shook his head violently.

"Don't you like eating this? Why don't you eat it anymore?"

"Aiya￥%#@" I don't, I don't, I don't like it at all, take it away!

"Ah! I see! Xiaoliu, you must be worried that this orange will be sour, right? It doesn't matter, I'll taste it for you first and then you'll know whether it's sour or not."

So Yinzuo watched helplessly as the Third Prince put his hand to his mouth and licked it with his tongue. It would have been just once, as the Third Prince didn't seem to taste anything, so he licked it again with his tongue.

"It's sweet! Xiaoliu, just eat it without worry!" After saying that, he handed the rotten orange in his hand to Xiaoliu.

Yinzuo subconsciously hid in Nanny Cheng's arms, and his refusal was very clear.

The rejected Xiao San felt a little disappointed. Just when he was about to turn around, he suddenly heard Xiao Si next to him snort coldly, as if mocking his previous behavior.

"You...are you making fun of me?" The angry Third Prince bravely asked.

"Ha!" Yinzhen glanced at the rotten orange in his hand with disdain.

Just at this moment, the music stopped, and the prince sitting in front of Yinzhen heard Xiao Si's cold snort, so he turned around and asked a question.

"Xiao Si, what's wrong with you? Who made you unhappy?"

However, the one who answered him was not Xiao Si, but Xiao San who was next to Xiao Si.

"Second brother! Xiao Si is making fun of me!"

The prince was stunned for a moment, looked at the mistress who was complaining in confusion, and asked in surprise: "What?"

"Just now I saw Xiaoliu holding an orange and wanted Xiaosi to help him peel it, but Xiaosi didn't hear me, so I wanted to help Xiaoliu, but Xiaoliu suddenly didn't want to eat it anymore. Xiaosi saw it and he was still like this."

The third prince Yinzhi imitated Yinzhen's expression and tone and said, "Ha!"

"That's it, second brother, please judge for me, isn't Xiao Si going too far?"

The Third Prince's voice was so loud that even the First Prince, who had been paying attention to the Emperor's movements, couldn't help but turn his head to look at him.

"Xiao San, what are you arguing about? You are older than Xiao Si, so why are you still arguing with Xiao Si? Xiao Si didn't hit you, he just smiled. Why are you arguing like a little girl?"

The Third Prince Yinzhi felt extremely wronged because he not only did not receive any comfort from his brothers but was scolded instead.

Isolated and helpless, he couldn't help but start to cry, but because of his eldest brother's words "just like a little girl", he wiped away his tears bravely.

Yinzuo, who was standing behind him, suddenly felt deep sympathy for his third brother.

No... isn't it just a rotten orange? It just looks a little shabby, but it's not inedible. Why don't you just take it? Look how aggrieved the child is, he's crying.

"Pigeon~pigeon~~"

Little Yinzuo's soft words "brother" immediately attracted the attention of his four brothers.

"This is Xiaoliu, right? Xiaosan just said you wanted to eat oranges? Big brother will peel them for you!" After the eldest prince Yinzhi said this, he quickly peeled one and asked the eunuch beside him to pass it to Xiaoliu.

The prince, who was a step slower, didn't even look at him. He knew that Yinzhi liked to go against him, whether in front of the emperor or his younger brothers.

"Xiao Liu called me, and I just held him in my arms. Since Xiao Liu likes to eat tribute oranges, I have a few baskets in my palace. I will ask someone to carry a basket to Yonghe Palace tomorrow. Xiao Liu can eat it slowly, there are plenty."

Now the superiority between the eldest prince and the crown prince is clear. Yinzuo watched the show with great interest. After all, the crown prince was slightly better. His ability with money was the strongest in every era!

The eldest prince did not have the ability to send a basket of tribute oranges, so he could only turn around in anger and try hard to maintain his pride.

Seeing that the eldest prince was defeated, the prince was naturally the happiest, so he turned back.

The Third Prince looked at the orange that his eldest brother had just peeled for Xiaoliu, then looked at the one in his own hand that was already in an unformed state. He seemed to understand why Xiaoliu didn't want the one he peeled, because it didn't look good.

So he started to learn how to peel an orange in a fit of anger. The nanny beside him wanted to help, but he refused and insisted on peeling an orange by himself that was as good as his elder brother's.

So Yinzhi, who had been peeling oranges all night, finally peeled an intact orange when he was almost done with the plate of oranges on the table.

Yinzhen on the side frowned, but finally stopped making fun of others.

The third prince Yinzhi turned around confidently with the best orange in his hand and handed it to Xiaoliu, whom he thought was the cutest.

"Xiao Liu! Try it! This time, the peeled product by Third Brother is not rotten at all!"

Yinzuo was distracted just now and did not notice that his third brother was peeling oranges for him. He glanced at the pile of orange peels on his third brother's table, then looked at the orange in his hand that was not cracked at all, and suddenly felt very touched.

It's really hard for this kid. He has been going through so much trouble for a long time. If it happened in modern times, if he dared to waste food like this, he would probably be treated to a meal of stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots, right?

So Yinzuo was very considerate, smiled and took the initiative to take it.

The Third Prince immediately felt that his efforts were not in vain! He had been recognized by Xiaoliu!

"Ahhh~" Thank you, Brother San~

"Hehe." The Third Prince scratched the back of his head and laughed twice embarrassedly. The main reason was that Xiaoliu was so cute. Whenever he talked to him, Yinzhi felt so happy.

After a while, the nanny beside the fourth brother brought a whole plate of peeled oranges, which were neatly arranged, and placed it on Yinzuo's table.

"This is what the Fourth Prince just peeled for the Sixth Prince. Please enjoy it slowly, Sixth Prince."

Yinzuo grinned, looked at the plate of peeled oranges in front of him, and then looked at his brother's straight back.

Hehe! My brother really loves me the most! Although he didn't turn around, he peeled a whole plate of oranges for me personally! So nice~

Moreover, so many oranges were not peeled all at once. Most likely, when I first poked my brother with an orange, he had already started to peel them for me quietly! Yinzuo felt so happy~

"Cluck, cluck, pigeon~~"

Yinzhen in front finally heard the word "brother" that he had been thinking about all night, and the corners of his mouth slowly rose. Although the little guy also called others today, his voice was the softest only when he called himself, and it was also accompanied by a smile.

Although the fifth prince Yinqi, who was sitting in the same row with Yinzuo, was only three months older than Yinzuo, he was raised in the Empress Dowager's palace and drank milk every day, so he grew up to be very strong. When he saw so many peeled oranges on the table next to his younger brother, he couldn't help but began to drool.

So he crawled over, snatched the thing from Yinzuo's hand and stuffed it into his mouth.

Coincidentally, the third prince Yinzhi turned around at this moment and witnessed with his own eyes the orange he had just peeled with great effort falling into someone else's mouth. He was really sad this time and couldn't help but burst into tears.

This attracted the concubines in the front to look towards them.

"What's going on?" asked Imperial Concubine Tong Jia.

"I will go and have a look right away."

The imperial concubine nodded slightly.

Yipin chuckled and said, "Sister Rongpin, it seems that your Third Prince is crying. The three younger brothers who are younger than the Third Prince are sitting obediently, but he is the one crying. This is really..."

Although Concubine Yi did not say anything unpleasant directly, there was still a lot of insult in her words.

Rongpin's face suddenly turned gloomy, and of course she couldn't help but worry about her son.

"Go and see what happened to the Third Prince!" She did not argue with Concubine Yi, but chose to immediately send the maid around her to find out the reason.

The Third Prince kept crying, and the concubines kept looking at him, so Kangxi, who was in charge, naturally noticed it.

"What's going on?"

The imperial concubine stood up and smiled, saying, "I have sent someone to check. It is... the Third Prince who is crying. I wonder if he is feeling unwell."

After a while, the maid beside the imperial concubine invited the third prince and the fifth prince to stand in the hall, and whispered a few words in the imperial concubine's ear.

"Your Majesty, it turned out that the Third Prince peeled an orange for the Sixth Prince, but the Fifth Prince suddenly snatched the orange away, took a bite of it in front of the Third Prince, and then... threw it away. Naturally, the Third Prince was very angry, so he cried. That's what happened."

Kangxi frowned. Just because of an orange? Ridiculous!

He was just about to scold the Third Prince when Concubine Rong also stood up.

"Your Majesty! You have to make the decision for the Third Prince! The Third Prince's nanny just said that he peeled the best orange for his sixth brother after spending the whole night peeling it. The Third Prince is not even four years old yet. He has never done something so seriously before, and he did it for his younger brother. This is not just an ordinary orange, but also the love that the Third Prince has for his younger brother, Your Majesty!"

After hearing what Rongpin said, Kangxi was shaken. Naturally, he most hoped that all his sons could live in harmony with each other. It seemed that Yinzhi did a good job and was not wrong. Instead, it was the fault of the fifth son Yinqi.

"Your Majesty, the Fifth Prince is so cruel at such a young age. He not only forcibly took away the brotherhood between the Third Prince and the Sixth Prince, but also treated him like a worn-out shoe. My Third Prince's hands have been peeled red. Please, Your Majesty, make a decision for the Third Prince and me!"

After seeing her son's hand, Concubine Rong was extremely angry. She had given birth to so many children, but now she only had this one. She always treated him with great care. But today, she was so angry that she cried because of the Fifth Prince born to Concubine Yi. As a mother, how could she not seek justice for her child!

"And you! Yipin! If you don't give me an explanation today, I will never let you go!"

Concubine Yi, who had just been mocking Concubine Rong, felt a little guilty. She rolled her eyes and stood up.

Then he smiled at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, it is true that the Sixth Prince is the Third Prince's younger brother, and the orange is indeed the Third Prince's brotherly love for his younger brother, but the Fifth Prince is also the Third Prince's younger brother. Since it is for the younger brother, do we have to tell which brother eats it?"

"Then why did Fifth Prince throw it away? He is going against Third Prince's feelings like this!" Rongpin asked step by step.

Concubine Yi's eyes turned and she smiled and said, "Maybe... the orange that the Third Prince peeled was too sour. The Fifth Prince is only a one-year-old child and he doesn't like sour food. The Queen Mother knows this."

Yes, the fifth prince Yinqi was raised in the Empress Dowager’s palace, which was his greatest support.

The Queen Mother indeed took up the conversation.

"Your Majesty, Yinqi was raised by me. He would always add plenty of sugar to his milk because he really doesn't like sour things. Children are bound to make noises, but it's not a big deal. Since Yinqi stole the oranges from the Third Prince, I will give a basket from my share to the Third Prince as an apology."

Rongpin was so angry that she gritted her teeth, but after all, it was the Queen Mother who had spoken personally, so there was nothing she could do.

"Since the Empress Dowager has spoken, then forget it. There is only one thing. You don't have to use the Empress Dowager's share of the palace. I will just give one basket to the Third Prince."

Unexpectedly, at this time, the Third Prince Yinzhi wiped his tears and said loudly: "Father, my son's oranges were originally meant to be given to Xiaoliu. Can I give this basket of oranges to Xiaoliu? He loves them the most!"

Rongpin looked at him as if to ask if this child was stupid.

Yinzuo blinked his eyes when he was suddenly called out. What was going on? One by one, they all sent him oranges, and they sent him baskets of them. Did anyone ask him what he thought? He actually didn't like eating oranges that much. If he ate too many oranges, they would turn yellow.

Yinzhen, who was sitting in front of him, pursed his lips and suddenly felt that he had lost. He clenched his hands in his sleeves into fists. He couldn't go on like this. He had nothing now, not even a basket of oranges to give to Xiaoliu. This made him, a former emperor, feel that this was simply a shame for him.

Kangxi laughed heartily, very happy to hear that his third prince attached so much importance to brotherly love.

"I agree! In addition to the basket I promised to send to your sixth brother, I will give you an extra basket as a reward. You can keep it for yourself!"

The eldest prince and the crown prince were both a little unhappy. No one had expected that the mistress, who was not even four years old, would get the limelight today and even receive the emperor's praise!

Isn't it just being nice to Little Six? The eldest brother thought: I just peeled an orange for my sixth brother, so why didn't Little Five grab my orange?

The prince was also wondering: I also gave a basket of oranges to my sixth brother, why didn’t the emperor give me a basket as a reward?

So they all made a secret decision in their hearts at the same time, that they would be nice to their sixth brother in front of the Emperor in the future!

At this time, the Empress Dowager spoke.

"Xiao Liu likes to eat Gongju oranges so much. I am old now and I can't eat so many by myself. I will ask someone to send all the baskets from the Cining Palace to Xiao Liu to eat."

The Grand Empress Dowager quite liked her little great-grandson, who was well-behaved, cute and smart. The Empress Dowager was her niece's great-granddaughter. Just now, the Empress Dowager protected the fifth child, Yinqi, and the Emperor rewarded the third child, but the Grand Empress Dowager felt that the sixth child was the only one who was wronged.

So I wanted to give the child some comfort.

Just like that, Yinzuo did nothing. One night, he first received a basket of tribute oranges from the prince, and later his third brother asked the emperor for a basket for him. Adding that to the reward just given by the Empress Dowager, he felt that the Yonghe Palace would be filled with tribute oranges, and he would have to eat them forever!

Yinzuo really doesn't want to eat himself into a minion...

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