Chapter 46 Chapter 46 Don't like to eat
The crossword puzzle was originally conceived by Yonglian to help his sister remember idioms. Later, Niu Lun drew a lot of them himself and used them to test Hongzhou.
After learning the three hundred thousand characters, Niu Lun also studied the "Sound and Rhythm Enlightenment" and skimmed through the "Four Books for Women." She knew as many characters as Yonghuang and Yonglian. The little girl could do crossword puzzles faster than her two brothers.
The three of them played for a while, and Niu Lun said he wanted to play Feihualing.
The Shangshufang did not teach poetry much, so Yonghuang could recite very few poems, and Yonglian only knew some ancient poems that were required to be memorized in primary and secondary schools.
The two brothers were completely defeated in front of their sister.
Niu Lun also looked incredulous, thinking to himself, you two study every day, how come you are not as good as me?
Yonglian was delighted to lose to his sister, however. It proved that she was a talented young woman! By the next year, at only eight years old, she had already mastered so many poems. This showed that the Khan and his mother valued their sister's education.
The queen had not originally thought of teaching her daughter to read poetry seriously, but she found that her daughter was interested in poetry. When she could not read, she liked to recite imperial poems. After she learned to read, she liked to read the newly published "Le Shan Tang Collection of Essays".
Learning poetry cannot be started with the emperor's poems. The queen then began to seriously teach her daughter to learn Tang poetry and Song lyrics.
The Queen listened to the three children playing Feihua Ling, but she was worried that the Emperor would be angry with Yonglian.
It was almost time for dinner when Li Yu was sent from the Yangxin Palace to visit Yonglian.
"The Emperor sent me to ask if Second Prince is feeling better? Is he still bloated?"
Yonglian came out and replied, "Please don't worry, Khan Ama, I am much better now."
Li Yu smiled again and said, "My dear brother, the emperor has instructed you to eat less meat for dinner, and to stretch your legs after dinner before taking a nap."
Yonglian agreed with a smile. It seemed that Khan Ama’s sulking just now had nothing to do with him.
The Queen was relieved to see that the Emperor still cared so attentively for his son.
Yonghuang and Yonglian had nothing to do in the afternoon, so they went together to see the third prince Yongzhang.
The two brothers were usually busy with their studies in the Shangshufang and rarely had the chance to play with Yongzhang. But Yongzhang was no stranger to his two brothers because his sixth uncle and third sister often mentioned them.
As soon as Yongzhang saw his two brothers, he wanted to learn how to ride a two-wheeled cart.
"You have such short legs that you can't ride a two-wheeled vehicle." Yonglian smiled and touched his brother's head.
Yongzhang still hasn't gained weight, and there's not much flesh on his face.
Yonghuang tried to pick up his brother and said to Yonglian, "Yongzhang is about the same weight as a musket."
Yonglian was a little worried about his brother's health, so he ran to ask Chunpin, "Is my third brother usually picky about food?"
Hearing this, Concubine Chun couldn't help but sigh, "You're right. The Third Prince has trouble eating like taking medicine. He has to be chased by the wet nurse to feed him, and he doesn't like to eat nutritious food. The Emperor said he should eat more steamed eggs, but he runs away at the sight of steamed eggs."
Little Yongzhang, who was standing nearby, heard this and yelled, "The eggs are rotten and not tasty!"
"If Yongzhang doesn't like to eat, don't force him." Yonglian said, "This will give him a bad memory of eating, and he will want to eat even less."
Concubine Chun agreed, but she didn't take it seriously. The Second Prince was still a child himself, so how could he understand the matter of raising a child?
Because Yongzhang was in poor health and it was cold outside, the three brothers played marbles in the house.
The palace maids and eunuchs wanted to help pick up the marbles, but Yonglian didn't let them do it.
"Yongzhang helps me pick up, I help my brother pick up, and my brother helps Yongzhang pick up, how about that?" Yonglian said.
Yonghuang hesitated, "Will this tire my third brother?"
Yonglian smiled and said, "It's okay. It's good for your health to move more." He looked at Yongzhang and said, "Third brother, are you willing to help?"
Yongzhang nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
Picking up marbles is quite tiring, you have to search all over the house.
The nanny standing beside her felt so distressed. Her own Third Prince was in poor health and the imperial physician said he needed to rest and not get too tired.
The three children ran around the room, sometimes squatting to play marbles, sometimes lying on the ground to pick up marbles. Soon, sweat broke out on their foreheads.
The wet nurse secretly went to Concubine Chun for help, "Why don't you go and persuade the two princes? The third prince is weak and can't stand this kind of play."
Upon hearing this, Concubine Chun couldn't help but frown in worry, "Just tell them that I asked them to come for some snacks."
As she spoke, she ordered the palace maid to quickly bring up a plate of freshly made snacks.
The nanny went to the next room to tell them that Yonglian had eaten little for dinner and was really hungry, so she said, "Let's go have some snacks before coming back to play."
Yonghuang and Yongzhang both listened to him.
The snacks in Zhongcui Palace were just shaqima and mung bean pastry. Yonghuang and Yonglian each had a piece of shaqima, and Yonglian even asked for a cup of milk tea without hesitation.
Seeing his two brothers eating with relish, Yong Zhang also felt a little greedy, so he stretched out his little hand and took a piece of shaqima from the plate.
When Concubine Chun saw this, she was a little surprised, "Oh, this is really rare today, the Third Prince actually took the initiative to grab food."
The wet nurse also found it strange, because normally the Third Prince would never touch these snacks, as if there was nothing in the palace that he liked to eat.
"Yongzhang is a smart baby. When he is hungry, he knows how to find food." Yonglian said with a smile.
Yonghuang thought to himself, what's so clever about this? Is it worth praising? Yonglian is really good at coaxing children.
Yong Zhang didn't think too much about it. He just thought that today's shaqi ma looked better than usual. If it wasn't delicious, his two brothers wouldn't eat it so happily.
It is not advisable to do strenuous activities after eating, so Yonglian taught Yongzhang how to play chess.
Mongolian chess is a game often played by children in the palace. It is much simpler than Go.
Yonglian listened to Khan Ama and now only plays chess instead of Go.
Before Yongzhang learned how to play chess, Emperor Qianlong arrived.
After reviewing the memorials today, he wanted to go to Changchun Palace early to accompany his son, but the brat came to find Yongzhang.
"Didn't I forbid you from running around?" Qianlong held his youngest son in his arms and glanced at Yonghuang and Yonglian.
"We are here to play with our third brother, not to run around." Yonglian said.
Yonghuang and Yonglian had few opportunities to see their younger brother, but they had not forgotten him, which made Qianlong very pleased.
I am afraid that children will be divided into different small groups due to their age, which may create the risk of forming cliques when they grow up.
Little Yongzhang excitedly told Khan Ama what his brothers had done with him.
Because Qianlong often visited him, the little guy was not restrained in front of Khan Ama.
Qianlong touched Yongzhang's head and asked, "So, do you like playing with your sixth uncle or with your brothers?"
Yonglian: “…” Khan Ama really knows how to ask questions.
Yong Zhang: "I like my brother, sister and sixth uncle to play with me!"
Everyone laughed when they heard this. Qianlong pinched his son's face and said, "What a clever little boy."
After talking for a while, Qianlong was about to take Yonghuang and Yonglian back to Changchun Palace. Before leaving, Yonglian invited his brother to go to Changchun Palace tomorrow and play, "Come to Changchun Palace tomorrow and I will continue to teach you how to play chess."
"Okay, okay!" Yong Zhang nodded his head happily.
"I gave you a holiday, but you really won't read a single page of the book?" On the way back to Changchun Palace, Qianlong asked Yonglian.
Yonglian: "Just read one page at night."
Qianlong: "One page?"
"Two pages."
Qianlong: “…” Forget it, let’s talk about it after two days.
"Since you don't have to go to the Shangshufang tomorrow, you two don't have to go back to the prince's residence. Just stay in Changchun Palace tonight." Qianlong said.
Yonghuang and Yonglian were very happy to hear this. Yonglian even asked his elder brother to sleep with him on the grounds that it was too troublesome to prepare the bedding.
Yonghuang thought that he could lie down and ask his brother what he did in the Yangxin Palace today, but Yonglian fell asleep too quickly and fell asleep after just a few words.
Yonghuang: "..." Forget it, it doesn't matter what Khan Ama asked his brother to go to the Yangxin Palace for, as long as he doesn't scold his brother.
It was a rare opportunity that he didn't have to go to the Shangshufang, so Yonglian planned to sleep until he woke up naturally. However, his biological clock was too strong, and he woke up at 3:30 pm the next day.
Yonghuang had quietly gotten up and gone to wash up.
Yonglian couldn't lie down anymore, so he just got up.
When he arrived at the front hall, he just happened to pay his respects to Emperor Qianlong.
"Is Yonglian still feeling bloated today?" Qianlong asked.
Yonglian shook his head, "My son got better yesterday afternoon."
"Are you feeling any other discomfort?"
"No, don't worry, Khan Ama." After Yonglian answered, a sudden idea flashed in his mind. Khan Ama has been particularly concerned about his health in the past two days. Could it be that Khan Ama knew that something would happen to him this month?
How would he know?
Could it be that Khan Ama was reborn?
Yonglian was shocked by his own imagination. If Khan Ama was reborn, he would be invincible, but it was obvious that Khan Ama was not so capable. As far as he knew, there were several future corrupt officials who still held important positions.
It is not rebirth, nor can it be time travel. Khan Ama's personality is too similar to Qianlong's. It is impossible for the time traveler to deliberately maintain Qianlong's personality.
And the most important thing is that Khan Ama's attitude towards him was normal before, but it suddenly changed in the past two days. This also rules out the possibility that there is relevant information in his horoscope, otherwise Khan Ama would have known it long ago.
Yonglian was puzzled, but he couldn't ask, so he could only pretend that he knew nothing.
The concubines came to Changchun Palace to pay their respects, and Concubine Chun brought Yongzhang with her.
She felt a little helpless, "The Third Prince woke up early in the morning and wanted to play with my brother, so I had no choice but to bring him here."
The queen smiled and said, "Children just like to be in a lively environment." Then she asked Yonghuang, Yonglian and Niu Lun to take their younger brother to play in the back.
"We can't leave Sixth Uncle behind, why don't we call him over as well?" Niu Lun suggested.
Everyone agreed, and Yonglian sent someone to Shoukang Palace to invite Hongzhou.
When the Queen Mother learned that the children were all in Changchun Palace, she asked Hongzhou to go there.
Yonglian has all kinds of games here, sometimes he plays "radish squatting", sometimes he plays chess, and sometimes he asks people to bring paper and fold it in the east, south, west and north to play.
The screaming of a few children could have blown the roof off the house.
The Queen and Concubine Chun went to the back to see the child. When they heard how lively the room was, they couldn't help but smile.
The queen couldn't help but think, it would be great if Changchun Palace was so lively every day.
The Queen asked Concubine Chun to leave Yongzhang here and send him back when the child was tired of playing.
Concubine Chun hoped that her son could play with the Second Prince, so she agreed and left.
When it was time for dinner, the children sat around the table. Seeing that his older brothers, sisters and sixth uncle did not need the nanny to feed them, Yongzhang picked up the small spoon and ate by himself.
The Queen laughed and said, "Your mother said you had trouble eating, isn't this delicious?"
"Food tastes better when there are more people." Yonglian said.
He felt that Yongzhang was just resistant to the dining environment in Zhongcui Palace. Changing the environment and the group of people eating there would give him a sense of freshness and curiosity, and perhaps he would have an appetite.
After Yongzhang and Hongzhou left, Yonglian told the queen his thoughts.
The queen thought her son's words made sense, but he was so young and yet he was still worried about his brother's meals. He really inherited the emperor's worrying attitude.
The two-day holiday was too short, so on October 13, the two brothers returned to the Shangshufang to attend classes.
But that dream planted a subtle unease in Qianlong's heart. For the first time, he realized that there was a high possibility that his child would die young. Not to mention other families, he himself had lost two children to infancy.
His eldest brother Honghui and eighth brother Fuhui both died at the age of eight.
The more Qianlong thought about it, the more he felt that eight years old was a hurdle. He wanted to take his son to the Yangxin Palace and keep a close eye on him.
At this time, one can't help but envy Huang Mafa, who can take care of the prince personally.
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