Kangxi jokingly scolded Yinreng a couple of times, but in the end, he couldn't continue and ended up laughing himself.
"A child as good as Hongzhao is indeed hard to come by. Little Tongjia is a blessed person," Kangxi praised.
Yinreng looked at Kangxi with surprise. Kangxi had never been so kind to Tong Wanyan before. It seemed that after returning from Tanzhe Temple, Kangxi hadn't subtly hinted at him going to other people's rooms. He'd have to send someone to Tanzhe Temple to donate more incense money another day.
Knowing that Emperor Kangxi doted on Hongzhao, Yinreng, catering to his tastes, presented him with a small picture album.
With just a few strokes, the chubby baby is depicted with remarkable realism.
"Father, this was drawn by Lady Tongjia. Do you think it looks like her? The little rascal peed on me yesterday and was laughing so hard. When he grows up, I'll show him these things and see if he'll be ashamed." Yinreng said as he flipped through the picture book.
Emperor Kangxi couldn't stand him turning the pages so slowly while muttering to himself.
His precious grandson—who else can say that?
Emperor Kangxi forcefully snatched the album into his hands, a smile of utmost benevolence appearing on his face.
Yinreng was slightly jealous: "Ever since Hongzhao came into our lives, Father has stopped caring about his sons."
Kangxi waved his hand, not even bothering to brush him off.
"You can go back to Yuqing Palace now." Kangxi just wanted to see Hongzhao's usual playful antics a few more times.
Look at that little nose and eyes, it's just like Chenghu when he was little, they're exactly the same.
Chenghu also liked to smile like that when he was a child, his eyes crinkling with laughter, which melted Chenghu's heart as a new father.
Yinreng felt disheartened by such blatant disdain.
"Father, I haven't finished telling you about Hongzhao yet!" Yinreng said.
Kangxi didn't even glance at Yinreng: "Isn't there a picture album drawn by Xiao Tongjia? Go back and have her continue drawing. I will reward her handsomely."
Yinreng was thus ruthlessly driven out, and returned to Yuqing Palace with a heart as cold as ice.
"Xiao Yan, Father Emperor only has eyes for Hongzhao," Yinreng said, hugging Tong Wanyan's waist and seeking comfort.
Tong Wanyan looked at Hongzhao and Tana crawling around on her bed and smiled gently: "You're the only one in my eyes."
"Really?" Yinreng's hands started fidgeting.
Actually, he just wanted to take advantage of the situation to grope her.
Tong Wanyan slapped his hand in an annoyance: "Go and take a look at the back."
"I don't want to see her, I only want to see Xiao Yan," Yinreng said.
Hongzhao was being pinned down by Tana, who was nibbling on his toes. He was having so much fun that he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The baby's soft, sweet laughter was incredibly adorable.
Yinreng sighed, "I feel that I will have no status in Yuqing Palace in the future. Why don't we give these two little brats to our fourth brother? Let him get married and start his own household as soon as possible. He likes Tana so much, so Hongzhao can just consider it a buy-one-get-one-free deal."
Tong Wanyan had never seen such a shameless person: "The Fourth Prince is still young!"
"The third prince is about to marry his wife. They're only a few months apart, so it's fine. It's a double celebration, what a joyous occasion!" The more Yinreng thought about it, the better he felt the idea was.
He had completely forgotten that Hongzhao was the eldest son he had longed for; once the title was taken, it was no longer of any use.
Hongzhao was unaware that he had been used and discarded by his father, and he even smiled affectionately at Yinreng.
Yinreng grinned at him and reached out to hug Tana: "Father's chubby daughter, have you gotten fatter again thanks to your fourth uncle?"
Tong Wanyan automatically ignored Yinreng's nonsense. Tana was still breastfeeding; what did it have to do with Yinreng?
After his sister left, Hongzhao played around for a while out of boredom, then closed his eyes and started snoring softly.
As if by telepathy, Tana also fell asleep a few breaths later.
Yinreng kissed her cheek affectionately and then had the wet nurse take the two chubby babies away.
He needed to relax a bit while Kangxi was still in the Forbidden City.
When Kangxi goes on a military campaign, he will be in charge of supervising the government and will probably be too busy to take care of himself.
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