Chapter 23

Yinzuo looked into the East Palace and said to his brother, the Crown Prince, "Brother is busy, don't worry about Yin."

"Yin, be good and don't make trouble."

"Is Yin okay?" The little guy pointed towards the East Palace.

We've already arrived at the gate of the East Palace, and a little kid like this is eager to go in and sit down. What kind of person can refuse that?

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was escorted all the way to the gate of the Eastern Palace, felt a little subtle when he invited Yinzuo to sit in the Eastern Palace. He was not unhappy, but even secretly happy in his heart.

The Eastern Palace is much larger than the courtyard where the eldest prince lives, and it is also much more luxurious. Yinzuo sat on a big chair, swinging his short legs and looking around.

Yinzuo himself seemed very excited and energetic, but the Crown Prince noticed that Yinzuo's little face was flushed red.

The prince instructed the palace servants, "Prepare something for Sixth Brother to drink and eat."

Yinzuo had walked quite a distance and was actually hot, tired and thirsty. He was just new to the place where his brother the Crown Prince lived, and only after the newness wore off did he turn his attention to other things.

Yinzuo wiped the sweat off his forehead and said to his brother, the crown prince, "Brother is busy, don't worry about Yin."

The little guy sat in a chair that was too big for him, with his short legs hanging in the air. He looked up and told his brother the prince to mind his own business. He was so well behaved.

The prince didn't know what to do with such a small guest, so he took out his book and studied. He was really busy. Kangxi had high expectations for him, and he was also strict with himself. It was impossible to be a prince who would not disappoint others without working hard.

The prince read very seriously, sometimes writing a few lines, sometimes concentrating on thinking, and he didn't notice the time passing by while reading. Until a little head popped out from under his arm, the little guy stretched his neck and stood on tiptoe to read the book he was writing.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stopped writing, then turned his head under his arm to look at him, his little face showing a guilty look as if he had made a mistake.

Yinzuo took two small steps back and said, "Brother is busy."

Yinzuo took two steps back again, "Yin is wrong." He thought about it and walked towards the chair where he was sitting. Yinzuo thought that he still disturbed his brother. He didn't think about it. Alas, Yinzuo didn't do it well.

Yinzuo lowered his head, blaming himself for disturbing his brother. We agreed not to disturb him.

In fact, the time was not short, almost half an hour, and during this period the hall was always quiet. It was quite remarkable for such a young child.

Yinzuo walked to the chair, but he couldn't get on such a big chair by himself. When he turned around, he saw his brother, the crown prince, right behind him.

The prince looked at the little guy and asked, "Have you been sitting here all this time?"

Yinzuo nodded and said, "Be good."

But this is already stupidly obedient.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince pursed his lips and looked around. "Have you eaten these things? Have you drunk any water?"

The Eastern Palace prepared soft, small cakes, warm water, and cut fruits for Yinzuo.

Yinzuo nodded again, and this time he puffed out his chest proudly: "No sound!"

Acting quietly, Yinzuo felt that he had become very capable and was very proud!

The prince looked carefully and could tell that he had indeed eaten and drunk. There were some fallen snacks on the ground and his hands were not clean either. The pampered prince had a slight mysophobia, so he ordered someone to wash Yinzuo's face and hands.

Yinzuo stretched out his hand and put it in the basin of water, and did not forget to say to his brother the Crown Prince: "Brother is busy." He did not want to disturb his brother.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, "I will take a break now. I am not busy anymore."

Yinzuo's eyes lit up when he heard this. He had agreed not to disturb the Crown Prince. He just wanted to sit with the Crown Prince for a while. However, he was also very bored being alone, and deep down he still wanted his Crown Prince to play with him.

Now, it’s not that he is trying to stop the Crown Prince from being busy, but that the Crown Prince himself wants to accompany him!

Yinzuo smiled, revealing his newly grown white teeth. After washing his face, he hurried over to his brother, the crown prince, and recommended the fruit to him: "Sweet!"

Those were early-ripening peaches, cut into thin pieces so that Yinzuo could eat them.

He also told his brother, the Crown Prince, that the soft and stuffed pastries were delicious, as if he was the host entertaining guests.

Yinzuo did not sit on the big chair anymore, but stood next to his elder brother the Crown Prince, and even wanted to pinch some peach pieces and feed them to his elder brother the Crown Prince's mouth.

The Crown Prince declined Yinzuo's offer to feed him personally, held Yinzuo's wrist and turned it in another direction, saying, "Yinzuo, eat it yourself, I will do it myself." He didn't want to be fed with his hands, he wanted to eat it with a skewer.

Yinzuo didn't feel that he was being disliked. He said to the prince, "It's big." He pointed and scratched the hall where the prince was.

The prince was used to living there, so he didn't think it was that big. He looked at Yinzuo's thin peach slice, grinding it with his teeth and sucking it, and asked, "Do you like eating peaches?"

Yinzuo nodded with a crooked eye: "I like it."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered someone, "Go get some peach juice." Isn't that better than having to go through the trouble of eating the peach?

Apart from eating and drinking, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't know what to talk about with a child as young as his sixth brother. After thinking for a while, he asked, "What do you do every day? Why are you watching the fish by the lake again?"

"If you really like it, it's okay to catch some and take them back to raise."

"Huh?" Yinzuo, who was eating a peach, paused. Why didn't he think of it?

Yinzuo didn't think about it, and the people around him didn't think about it either. The fish in the lake were not wild fish, so they could just be appreciated. Not everyone could catch them with a net and take them back to raise. Just like the flowers planted in the imperial garden, you can't just dig one and I can dig one and plant it, right? That would be a mess.

Even when Depin put flowers in the room, she would choose branches from the many flower trees planted in the palace. It wouldn't matter if she cut a few branches.

But others can't just fish casually, but the prince, who has a different status, doesn't have this scruple. After he said this, the servants can do it. His Royal Highness the Prince also said: "When you go back later, you can see the fish."

Don’t lie on the ground with your butt sticking out and looking through the gap in the railings. Although you are still young, you are still a royal prince. It will damage the royal manners.

Yin Zuo didn't think about anything else. He just looked at his brother the Crown Prince with admiration and said, "Hello, brother!"

"I like my brother!"

Hearing this, Xiao Cui, who was standing at the wall of the East Palace, didn't even twitch her eyebrows.

But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was obviously not so calm after hearing such straightforward words. In the little guy's sparkling eyes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's eyes flickered for a moment.

This boy is so sweet-talking.

It’s okay now because he is still young, but he will be taken care of when he grows up. It’s not proper for a prince to speak like that. He can’t do that.

Yinzuo happily talked about the gifts the prince had given him before. He liked the doll whistle, the small paper lantern, and the porcelain doll that his brother had given him. The prince listened for a while before remembering that someone had sent a batch of toys to Yinzuo.

The Crown Prince listened to Yin Zuo talking about those toys, smiled and nodded gently: "As long as you like it."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not know that Yinzuo actually often played with the push-carts on mountain roads, the large water wheels in the fields, and the large boats on the river, which he never got tired of playing with. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also did not know that his batch of toys had been made together with those of Kangxi, and the better ones had already been picked up by Kangxi, his father.

However, Yinzuo also liked the gifts sent by the prince. He was not a picky child, and he liked everything given by his father and brother.

In the tall, spacious and luxurious palace, the sound of a child's happy baby singing non-stop was a rare lively sound in the East Palace. After all, on ordinary days, there was only one little master, Crown Prince Yinreng, in the East Palace, and even the closest palace maids would not be so cheerful when talking to him. Even if Kangxi came, it would not be like this in the East Palace.

The huge palace was filled with the voice of just one child, and the prince felt... well, a little noisy.

The peach juice came over, and this time His Royal Highness the Crown Prince even picked it up with his own hands and handed it to Yinzuo, who was talking and gesticulating, as if he wanted to shut this boy up.

Yinzuo was indeed thirsty at this time, and most importantly, he had never drunk peach juice, so he really kept his mouth shut.

However, the prince miscalculated one thing. He raised the teacup to the top of his hand, but he didn't expect Yinzuo to simply lower his head and drink from his hand.

Of course, how can such a big kid be allowed to drink from the cup by himself? If the cup is placed on the table, he can drink by himself, but isn't the little guy used to being fed by others? He thought his brother, the prince, would feed him too.

But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had never served anyone before, not even Kangxi, and he was stunned for a moment when a little head was put directly into his hands.

Yinzuo still felt that the prince was not feeding him well, so he took the prince's hand and adjusted the direction of the cup, then took two more gulps, then looked at his brother the prince with sparkling eyes and announced, "It tastes good!"

The little guy hasn't let go yet.

The prince lowered his eyes to glance at the remaining peach juice in the cup, and seeing the little one lowering his head to drink it again, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince followed him and acted as an emotionless cup holder, with the little guy holding his hand and drinking up the peach juice. During the process, his hand was held several times to adjust the direction of the cup. By the end of the drinking, the cup was almost upside down. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince almost couldn't hold the cup and almost dropped it to the ground.

Seeing the little one's greedy look, the prince lightly scolded him, "What a waste."

Yinzuo's eyes were innocent, he didn't understand what his brother the Crown Prince said. As a child, the world is all about eating and playing, what else can he care about if not food? Do you really want him to achieve something great?

The prince looked at the peach juice flowing down the kid's neck and frowned. He couldn't bear it any longer, so he took out a handkerchief and wiped the kid's neck with a frown.

But the moment the handkerchief touched him, the little guy twisted his body and laughed loudly, "Brother is itchy!"

The prince said, "You've drunk so much that it's all down to your neck, so wipe it yourself."

After the prince said this, Yinzuo stopped hiding. Instead, he moved forward, tilted his little head back, exposed his neck and said, "Brother, wipe it." Little Yinzuo was now accustomed to having others wipe his hands and face. And this time, it was because his brother, the prince, did not feed him well, so the water went down his neck. This would not happen normally.

The Crown Prince glanced at the boy, but didn't say anything. He picked up the handkerchief again, but as soon as it touched the little guy, he started giggling again. The Crown Prince quickly held him down: "Don't move."

Yinzuo didn't move. Although he still couldn't help laughing, he obediently let the prince wipe him.

There was just a flash of cunning in his eyes, and when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince put the used handkerchief on the table, he did not notice a sneak attack from under his neck.

Not many people are not ticklish. The dignified and elegant Crown Prince did not laugh out loud, but his expression did crack.

Little Yinzuo was well-behaved most of the time, but he was also a little naughty.

The Crown Prince, who was scratched twice on the neck by the sneak attack little claws, wanted to laugh but held it back, wanted to be angry but didn't get angry. His expression changed for a while before it finally settled on the calmness and composure of the Crown Prince, but: "Yinzuo!" The voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

Xiao Cui, who was standing at the foot of the wall, was already thinking, would His Royal Highness the Crown Prince want to beat up their Sixth Prince? If the elder brother taught the younger brother a lesson, would she stop him or not?

It was obvious that Yinzuo had no experience of being beaten as a younger brother. He didn't even know how to hide after playing a prank. No, he hid beside his brother, the crown prince. He scratched him from the front and now hid to the right side of him...

When his brother, the crown prince, shouted Yinzuo in a low voice, he looked up and responded, "Hey! Brother!" with a bright smile on his face.

The Crown Prince stared at the smiling brat for two seconds, and finally reached out his hand and pinched the brat's cheek as a punishment. It was obvious that the Crown Prince was a heir who was proud of his status and had no experience in beating his younger brother, so he would not do such a thing as beating his younger brother.

Yinzuo, however, treated all this as a game. He stared at his brother, the crown prince, and asked, "Again?"

Prince: “…”

The prince said in a heavy voice: "No."

Well, no, Yinzuo really likes playing games with his brother, but his brother doesn’t like to play these games. It’s okay, Yinzuo doesn’t mind.

Yinzuo thought for a moment and said, "Brother is busy."

"Yin Hui."

Prince: “…”

The Crown Prince looked at Yin Zuo's little face, thinking to himself, is this brat still angry? The Crown Prince felt uncomfortable, and he hummed lightly.

But Yinzuo was not as sensitive and petty as the crown prince. He looked at his elder brother the crown prince with his big eyes and said, "Yin is coming again?" Then he held his elder brother the crown prince's hand again, looking very expectant.

The Crown Prince's mood turned from gloomy to sunny at this moment. He hummed again and said lightly, "Okay."

Unlike those people who always controlled their expressions, Yinzuo was a little kid whose emotions were clearly visible on his face. Yinzuo was very happy to have his brother, the crown prince, agree. He shook his brother's hand and smiled with his big eyes curved: "Yinzuo is happy!"

As he spoke, he pounced on his elder brother, the Crown Prince, and hugged him as he sat on a chair. The chair made a scratching sound on the floor, which frightened him again. The Crown Prince held him down, his forehead throbbing. He was still in shock and said unhappily, "Be steady!"

Hmm, teaching a one-year-old child to be steady?

But this time the prince was really frightened by Yinzuo. Just now, the two of them even fell over with their chairs, and what would happen if they got hurt?

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince pulled the man forward, held his shoulders and helped him stand up, and said seriously, "Don't do this again, understand?"

"Don't be so jumpy when doing things. Can your small body withstand the bumps and bruises?"

I didn't expect this reserved young prince to be so long-winded when teaching people. Yinzuo's eyes were full of circles after hearing it. But isn't it too early to teach such a young child these things? Can he understand?

The prince also knew that Yinzuo might not understand, but... he had to tell him even if he didn't understand.

But in fact, even if there were too many words and he couldn't receive them all at once, he could still receive the person's attitude. Yinzuo listened to the prince obediently, and this time he didn't smile, and put on the correct attitude of receiving training.

Although Depin doted on him, she would sometimes talk to him seriously about some things. For example, when he saw the bouncy ball and wanted to bite it to see if it worked, his mother would tell him not to put toys in his mouth. Also, when he took off his shoes and walked barefoot, his mother would also talk to him, and there were many more.

But the prince is very serious, and mother should be more gentle.

After the crown prince finished speaking, Yinzuo shook the crown prince's sleeve. The trained little man's voice softened this time. He thought hard about what the crown prince had just said and said, "Yinzuo can't."

"Yin is steady."

"Brother, don't be angry."

It’s not that he is really angry, and the little guy seems to be very well behaved at this moment.

Before Yinzuo and his companions left, the Crown Prince said to Xiaocui and the others, "Sixth brother is naughty, you servants should pay more attention to him and take better care of him."

But after saying this, the prince felt that what he said was meaningless. This kid has his mother, and his mother will take care of these things.

After Yinzuo left, the palace immediately became quiet, with only a small figure coming and going, but it seemed to have made a huge difference.

The giggling sound of the child before, and the baby's unclear voice with gestures and many times, still seem to be buzzing in my ears, so noisy!

The boy said he would come again, but he shouldn't come too often. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can't stand too much noise.

The prince took out the book, and after a while he calmed down and immersed himself in it again.

(End of this chapter)