A few days after the lively brothers' team-building event, snow fell in Changchun Garden. Yinzuo, who was afraid of the cold and didn't want to go out, now stayed even more at home. Except for visiting his father every few days, he never set foot out of Changchun Garden until he followed Kangxi back to the palace at the end of the year.
The Spring Festival in the past 37 years is still the same as before. If we have to say what is different from previous years, it is that there is a little man who is less than one year old in the team of people staying up late at Yonghe Palace this year.
"Mother, what's wrong with you just letting me hug my nephew? Sixth brother and I are both his uncles. Why can Sixth brother hug him but I can't?"
Although De Fei had not been particularly warm towards Yin Zhen over the years, she now cherished his son very much. To what extent? Let's put it this way, Yin Zhen, Yin Zuo, and Fourteenth Brothers had returned from the palace banquet a while ago. Except for the moment when they came to pay their respects to De Fei, she had never taken her eyes off the child in her arms.
"Go over there and play with your fourth brother and the others. How can you be the same as your sixth brother? He's grown up and should know how to use his hands properly. You're usually so clumsy. My grandson is still so young. What if he gets hurt by you?"
Fourteenth brother had brought trouble upon himself from his mother's place and now he was filled with resentment. After all, he was his own brother, and Yinzhen did not want him to be unhappy over such a small matter during the New Year. He raised his hand to the corner of his mouth and pretended to cough. When the Fourth Lady looked over, he winked at her, indicating that she should talk to Concubine De and ask his mother to give the child to Fourteenth brother.
"Mother, although children are fragile, Honghui is almost ten months old now. It won't be a big deal for Fourteenth Brother to hold him. How about this, let Fourteenth Brother sit next to you, and you teach him how to hold him yourself. I think it shouldn't be a big problem."
Even though they were of different generations, Fourteenth was still Defei's biological son. How could she not love him? After listening to the Fourth Lady's suggestion, Defei thought about it again and again and felt that it was okay, so she raised her hand and beckoned Fourteenth over.
"Be careful, don't use so much force. Come on, support the child's neck with your left hand, and then pass your right hand through here..."
Half a year had passed since the centenary banquet, and Fourteen finally fulfilled his long-cherished wish and held his little nephew in his arms. Before he took the child from his mother, Fourteen was quite excited, but as soon as he held Honghui's soft little body in his hands, he immediately became stiff all over.
"Mother, why is his whole body so soft, as if he has no bones? Hey, hey, mother, how can he move? I can't take it anymore. Mother, please help me..."
Fourteenth held Honghui stiffly, as if he was holding a bomb and dared not move at all. Seeing him like this, Defei was afraid that he would drop her precious grandson, so she quickly asked Fourth Lady, who was standing next to Fourteenth, to take the child from him.
"Humph, you were so loud before, I thought you were so powerful, but it turns out you're just a Ye Gong who loves dragons, right?"
As soon as the child left his arms, Fourteen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Facing his mother's teasing, he didn't get angry. He stood up, stretched his stiff hands and feet, and walked towards Yinzhen and Yinzuo.
"Mother is right. My nephew is still young, and my son is clumsy. It's really not suitable for him to hold him. So, wait until next year. Next year, my son will be a year older and he will be more stable. Then when my son holds my nephew, he will definitely not be like this year..."
Yinzuo had been trying hard to suppress his smile ever since Fourteenth Concubine Tongde asked for help with a terrified look on his face. Now, seeing that Fourteenth Concubine was obviously panicking but still pretending to be calm and trying hard to save his reputation, Yinzuo really couldn't hold back his smile any longer.
"Hahahahahaha~ Fourteen, are you sure it's okay by then because you're a year older and therefore more stable? Is it possible that your nephew is a year older and more stable?"
As soon as Yinzuo said this, the other people in the room couldn't help laughing. Fourteenth glared at his sixth brother who was watching the fun and making trouble, then turned his gaze to his mother who was also watching the fun with great interest.
"Mother, do you care about Sixth Brother?"
The 37th year of Kangxi's reign began in laughter and joy. In the first month of the year, Kangxi could not sit still in the capital. He first took the empress dowager to Mount Wutai. After returning, he took the empress dowager and his wives and children to Changchun Garden without waiting for the weather to warm up.
In March, Kangxi began to reward his sons for their contributions to the previous year's war. He immediately conferred titles on all his sons who had been on the battlefield the previous year. The eldest son, Yinzhen, and the third son, Yinzhi, were made princes, and the fourth, fifth, seventh, and eighth sons were all made beile. What about Yinzuo? Kangxi naturally did not want to leave his precious son out. Now, Yinzuo, thanks to the two arrows he had taken for his father in Ningxia, was on par with his eldest and third brothers.
It's no wonder that Yinzhen and the others always complained in their hearts that Kangxi was biased, because he was indeed biased to the extreme. The eldest prince was given the title of Zhi and the third prince was given the title of Cheng. These titles seemed nothing special at first glance, but everything is afraid of comparison. When their titles were compared with Yinzuo's title of Zhao, they seemed much more perfunctory.
Along with the imperial edict conferring titles, the wedding dates of Yinqi, Yinzuo and Yinyou were also sent. Yinzuo's wedding date was set for August next year, while Yinqi and Yinyou's were set for May next year and August the following year respectively.
Not long after the wedding date was set, the location of Yinzuo's future residence was also determined. If Yinzuo's previous title of Zhao only made the princes feel jealous, then the announcement of the location of his future residence made not only the princes but even Crown Prince Yinreng almost get jealous. The reason was that Kangxi's move was so amazing that he directly asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to expand the residence of the former regent Dorgon, which was only 300 meters away from the Forbidden City, and gave it to Yinzuo.
"Brother, third brother, don't you have anything else to do all day? It's been a few days, and even if you're not tired, I'm tired. I'm begging you, please let me go, okay? It's just a mansion, right? We really don't need it. If you keep going like this, I'm afraid my little courtyard will be flooded with your acid!"
Kangxi's favoritism was so blatant that it made the other princes jealous. Yinzuo was also very troubled now. Including today, he had been bullied by his eldest brother and third brother for almost a week. Who could stand it?
"Hmph, Khan Ama, your heart is simply too biased. Look at your mansion. Is it the standard of a prince? It is even more magnificent than the palace of Prince Yu. Look at our mansion. It is simply two words - depressing."
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