Before Yinzhen stepped into the warm room, he first heard Cheng'an's clear laughter, and then heard a few familiar voices. He paused for a moment before continuing to walk in.
After entering the room, he saw several people sitting around the couch.
Cheng'an, whom he was thinking about, was now leaning in Yinsi's arms, holding a wooden box in his hand and raising it in front of Yin'e. The next second, a small bronze bird jumped out of the wooden box.
"Ouch!" Yin'e patted his chest in pretended fear, causing him to giggle again.
This is a small toy with a mechanism. The small copper bird inside is only the size of a thumb, but it is made very delicately. The color of the copper and the red gems on the eyes are both very popular with Cheng'an.
Of course, what made him even happier was that he could use this to play with his brother.
He seemed to never get tired of playing this boring game. He played it many times with his brothers and still laughed happily.
Yinsi and the others were also willing to play with him, even the impatient Yinzhen cooperated a bit. Although he only raised his hand to block the bird when it jumped out, he still made him open his mouth and smile happily.
"Are you so happy that you scared me?" After cooperating with him to make him laugh out loud again, Yinzhen couldn't help but reach out and pinch his face, and found that he was as soft as he thought.
He had long wanted to pinch this fair little face, but before this he was either stopped by Yin'e or Cheng'an himself grabbed his hand. Now he finally got his wish and the corners of his lips immediately raised.
"Brother, look!" Cheng'an heard his words and moved the little bronze bird in his hand towards him.
Yinzhen looked at the happy scene in front of him, and when he heard him calling others "brother" in the same affectionate way, his brows frowned unconsciously.
At this moment, Yinsi happened to look up and saw him first, and subconsciously hugged Cheng'an and stood up: "Fourth brother."
His attitude was quite gentle, but the smiles on Yin'e and Yinzhen's faces faded a little after they turned around. Yinzhen even asked, "Why are you here?"
Anyone who knows Yinzhen knows that he is not a very broad-minded person. Therefore, after discovering that Cheng'an's enthusiasm and closeness towards him are not unique, he has already thought about leaving.
However, just as he was about to leave, Cheng'an's eyes lit up when he saw him. He twisted himself out of Yinsi's arms and ran towards him.
Yinzhen was surprised for a moment to see that he could actually walk. When he found that he was walking more and more unsteadily, he frowned and subconsciously stepped forward to pull him into his arms.
"How can you be so reckless!" Although he was unhappy, the interactions they had had in the previous days were not fake. After Yinzhen held the person firmly, he subconsciously scolded her.
Yin'e wanted to say "How old is he, what does he know?", but was stopped by Yinsi who touched his arm.
In the early years when they were still in the Shangshufang, the relationship between Yinsi and Yinzhen was pretty good. Even though their relationship had become somewhat hostile over the years, Yinsi still knew him very well and inexplicably noticed that he was not in a good mood at the moment.
The Qianqing Palace is not any other place. If a disturbance breaks out, no one will be in trouble. That's why he stopped Yin'e.
"Brother wants to!" Cheng'an was still excited about meeting Yinsi and the others when he saw Yinzhen again, and the new word "want" popped out of his mouth.
Before Yinzhen could respond, Yin'e couldn't help but ask, "Cheng'an, why didn't you say you missed your tenth brother?"
Yinzhen heard the sourness in his tone, and the unhappiness in his heart dissipated a little. He lowered his head and corrected him: "You said it the other way around."
Cheng'an heard his words and looked at him with his head tilted.
"Who are you thinking about?" Yinzhen asked.
Cheng An immediately responded loudly: "I miss my brother!"
Yinzhen was finally satisfied. He glanced at the people not far away and thought that Cheng'an didn't know anything at such a young age. It must be that they took the initiative to come over and coax him to get close to them.
As for why Yinsi and others came to see him, Yinzhen guessed that it might have something to do with him...
Cheng An had no idea that he had so many thoughts in his mind at once. After happily calling him, he saw the box in his hand out of the corner of his eye. He wanted to use the little bronze bird to scare him but couldn't press the mechanism again.
There is a mechanism on this little gadget. If you press it, the little copper bird will pop out, but it takes some effort to put it back.
When Yinzhen saw this, he held him steady with one hand and used the other to help him press the mechanism back.
After the little bronze bird returned to the box with his help, Cheng An pressed the mechanism again to make the little bronze bird jump out in front of him.
Of course, Yinzhen would not be scared by the mechanism he had just pressed, and his expression remained calm and there was no change.
Seeing that he had no reaction at all, Cheng An thought that he was frightened and silent, so he reached out and patted his chest.
The little guy's hands were small and soft, like the paws of a kitten stepping gently on him, and the remaining anger in Yinzhen's heart was instantly dispelled by him.
Yinzhen was indeed narrow-minded, but he also protected his own shortcomings. He found a reason for Cheng'an that he was still young and any problems were caused by others. Then he ignored his three younger brothers who were not far away and carried him to sit aside.
"Have you been good lately?"
"good!"
"Have you read?"
Yin'e was already unhappy to see him take Cheng'an away as soon as he came over. After hearing this, he interrupted and said, "How old is Cheng'an? What kind of books are you studying?"
Yinzhen glanced at him, and although his eyes showed no emotion, they inexplicably made people feel a little disgusted.
"Cheng An is not like you."
He didn't explicitly say that he was not like Yin'e, but considering the context, it was clear that he was not like Yin'e who disliked reading.
Among the brothers, Yin'e was not really studious, but he still felt unhappy when he heard this, and couldn't help clapping his hands and said, "Cheng'an, come to Brother Ten!"
Cheng'an turned his head when he heard his voice and subconsciously wanted to go over, but Yinzhen did not let go of the hand that was holding him.
"Brother, ah..." Cheng'an didn't struggle this time, but pointed at Yin'e and said something.
However, Yinzhen pretended not to see his gesture and started reading the Analects to him.
Although he didn't take the book, thanks to the fact that he and Kangxi would read to him from time to time, Cheng'an subconsciously quieted down when he heard these "zhihuzheya".
Yin'e was about to lose his temper when he saw Yinzhen stopping him from coming over, but the next second he saw them, one reading and the other listening seriously, and he was stunned.
Regardless of whether a person of this age could understand or not, his patience alone was worthy of praise. Yinsi and Yinzhen remained silent for a while.
The warm room suddenly became quiet, with only the low voice of Yinzhen reciting the Analects of Confucius.
It was not until he paused that another sound was heard - Cheng'an's applause.
After Yin'e came back to his senses from his surprise, he was still unhappy about Yinzhen's behavior of occupying his brother as soon as he arrived. When he raised his hand, he accidentally hit the armrest of the armchair. It didn't hurt much, but he cried out: "Ouch! Cheng'an, come here quickly, my tenth brother's hand hurts..."
Cheng'an heard his shout, but this time he twisted his little body to get off Yinzhen and ran towards him crookedly: "Brother!"
Yin'e was covering his elbow just now, but when he saw someone running towards him, he immediately held him on his lap.
Everyone present knew that he was pretending, except Cheng An, who looked at him worriedly after being picked up and even reached out to pat his chest with one hand.
"Tenth brother, my hand hurts. Can you rub it for me?" Yin'e stretched out his painful arm in front of him. Seeing that he really helped him to rub it, he gave Yinzhen a smug look.
Although they were on the same side, seeing that he could fool even a child, Yinzhen couldn't help but say, "Tenth brother, you are really good!"
After he finished speaking, he saw Cheng'an still massaging his arm obediently, and tilting his head and asking "Brother, does it hurt?", so he couldn't help but reach out and take the person whom he hadn't hugged today into his arms.
"Don't pay attention to him. It doesn't hurt after just a touch." Yinzhen hugged him for a while and put him on the ground again, "Take a few more steps for Brother Fourteen to see."
He likes archery and horse riding, and hopes to have the opportunity to fight in the battlefield and become the Baturu of the Qing Dynasty. Seeing that his younger brother has small arms and legs but is quite strong, he wants to teach him how to walk well as soon as possible.
After Cheng'an was put down, he held the new gadget in both hands and walked unsteadily on the ground.
He had just walked a few steps when Yinzhen suddenly said, "Come over to Fourth Brother."
When Cheng'an heard his voice, he turned around and ran towards him.
The man who started running before learning to walk almost fell down. Fortunately, Yinzhen had long arms and caught a handful of the box, otherwise he would have hit the box in his hand and would have bled.
"You're thinking of running before you even stand steadily?" Yinzhen scolded him softly. Seeing that he was not afraid at all and raised his face to smile at him, he patted his little butt lightly.
His movements were not violent, so Cheng An just kicked his feet twice in his arms and then raised the wooden box in his arms to play with him.
Yinzhen did not take the toy in his hand, but asked the eunuch next to him to bring the Nine Rings he had given him before and show him how to untie them.
Seeing that he coaxed his brother over again, Yin'e glared at Yinzhen and began to think of other ways to attract Cheng'an's attention.
To Cheng An, everyone present was his brother and he liked all of them, so he kept running here and there, instantly becoming the busiest person in the entire warm room.
So when Kangxi came back, he saw his little son lying on the couch, motionless.
Every time his brother came, he would be excited for the whole day. Kangxi was a little surprised to see him like this.
"What's going on?"
Hearing Kangxi's voice, Cheng'an did not get up, but just turned his head from the couch to outside the couch.
Seeing him so listless, Kangxi sat down beside the couch and touched his head before looking at the eunuchs in the hall.
The eunuch stepped forward and bowed to describe the scene when the previous princes came over.
It would have been fine if it came to Yin'e and Yinzhen, but when Yinsi heard that Yinzhen was joining in the fun and didn't know how to persuade him, Kangxi felt that these sons were getting worse and worse.
"Don't worry, Cheng'an. I will punish your mischievous brothers for you."
In the Qianqing Palace, there were always palace maids and eunuchs who made mistakes and were punished. Although Cheng'an didn't know what "punishment" specifically meant, he knew that it was not a good word.
"No, no!" When Cheng'an heard Kangxi say that he would punish his brothers, he immediately sat up.
In fact, Yinzhen and the others still had some sense of propriety. They didn't let Cheng'an walk too long, but just coaxed him to go downstairs a few more times.
The main reason why he was tired was that he usually only played with one brother. Today, the two sides got together and he had to take care of both sides. The amount of activity increased greatly and he was a little uncomfortable for a while.
"You are such a good brother." Seeing that his brother became excited when he mentioned punishing him, Kangxi pinched his face with a smile.
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