When Kangxi received the good news, the little guy was also in Danningju. Seeing that he was happy, he came up to him and asked a few questions.
"Your fourteenth brother and his men have won another victory." Kangxi told him with a smile.
"Let me see, let me see!"
When Cheng'an heard that it was related to his brother, he immediately stood on tiptoe to look at the book in his hand.
"Do you understand?" Kangxi said this and handed the booklet to him.
The little guy took it and tried to read it for a long time, but he could only recognize a few words.
"Now you understand the importance of reading and writing, right?" Kangxi was in a good mood at the moment. After saying this, he held him in his arms and read to him.
The little guy listened carefully, and when he finished, he looked up and said, "Brother Da and Brother Fourteen are amazing!"
After saying this, he thought of his other brothers, so he asked, "Did the fifth brother win the fight?"
Before Yinqi and the others left, the curious little guy asked them what they were going to do, so he asked this question.
"Your fifth brother and the others haven't started fighting yet." Kangxi said lightly.
After Yinqi and others arrived, they had to first familiarize themselves with the navy before they could lead the troops out to sea, which would take a lot of time.
The little guy was a little disappointed when he heard this. After all, Yin'e had told him before that he would come back after winning the battle.
Kangxi saw his expression and probably knew what he was thinking. He rubbed his head and changed the subject: "Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. This year, you can eat half a crab more."
Last year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the little guy was craving for crabs, but Kangxi only let him eat half a crab, so he even secretly hid a crab claw in his pocket.
No one knew how he hid himself, as he was not discovered by anyone at the time. It was only after the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet that he was caught by Kangxi when he was curled up in the corner of the bed and tried to bite open the crab claws to eat the meat inside.
Kangxi was still a little speechless when he recalled it now. He felt that his teeth were quite powerful. After all, crab claws were much harder than crab legs. But he actually managed to bite it open.
"Really? Dad, you're so nice!" The little guy's eyes lit up when he heard that he could eat crabs again and even eat half a crab.
"When did I lie to you?"
Seeing that he was so happy when he heard about eating, Kangxi felt that children are just children.
His original intention was just to make the little one happy, but after that day, the little one would ask every day: "When will Ama celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival?"
He not only asked Kangxi, but also asked the princes when they came to see him.
For example, at this moment, Yinzhen took the rare time to come and teach him to read, and the little guy asked him again: "Fourth brother, is the Mid-Autumn Festival here?"
"Mid-Autumn Festival is three days later." Yinzhen said.
"One, two, three..." The little guy counted on his fingers, feeling that three days was not too long, and smiled with his eyes curved, "That's great~"
Seeing him so happy, Yinzhen thought he was thinking about Yinxiang and the others again. He touched his little head and was thinking about how to tell him that they would not be back for the Mid-Autumn Festival when he heard the little guy happily say, "Fourth brother, my father said I can eat half a crab~"
So it’s because of this…
Realizing that he was overthinking, Yinzhen looked at him helplessly: "Do you like eating crabs so much?"
“The crabs are delicious~”
The little guy hasn't eaten it yet, but he can't help but start shaking his head just thinking about it.
Yinzhen was infected by his emotions and the corners of his lips slightly raised.
"Can fifth brother, tenth brother, and thirteenth brother come back to eat crabs?" the little guy asked again after being happy for a while.
The reason why Yinzhi and Yinzhen were not mentioned was that the little guy had already confirmed that they would not be able to come back during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Even in Yinzhi's reply, he asked him to eat a few more mooncakes for him.
"Don't worry, they also have crabs to eat outside." Yinzhen was not surprised to see that the little guy was still asking about them.
"That's good……"
Although the little guy was a little disappointed, he nodded when he thought that his brothers would also have crabs to eat.
After chatting with him for a while, Yinzhen began to remind him to read.
"Cheng'an, please read the Thousand Character Classic to Fourth Brother first."
Cheng'an had a good memory and could recite the Thousand Character Classic by heart. He immediately began to read, shaking his head: "The sky and the earth are dark yellow, the universe is vast and boundless, the sun and the moon wax and wane..."
Listening to his childish voice while reading, Yinzhen felt his mind relax unconsciously, and there was tenderness in his eyes as he looked at him.
It’s not easy for the brothers either. Not to mention how hard it was for them to study when they were young, it wasn’t easy for them either when they grew up.
Because Kangxi intended to weaken the power of the banner owners, the princes would be assigned to the lower five banners when they came of age. So in addition to their own duties, they were also busy managing the banner affairs.
When the little guy finished reading, under his sparkling eyes, Yinzhen nodded and praised: "Not bad."
The little guy smiled immediately after receiving the praise, and stood up and wanted to jump into his arms.
"Sit down."
The formal study had not yet begun. Seeing that he wanted to act coquettishly again, Yinzhen tried to keep a straight face.
The little guy had to come close to hug him before he sat back down obediently, looking up and asking, "What did Fourth Brother learn today?"
"Continue to learn thousands of poems." Yinzhen said.
The little guy really likes reciting poems and nodded happily.
That evening.
When Kangxi came back, the little guy heard the noise and immediately ran out to greet him. The first thing he said was, "Father, the Mid-Autumn Festival is only three days away!"
"Got it." Kangxi didn't need him to tell him, and continued to walk inside. Seeing the little boy jumping and skipping beside him with great joy, he wanted to have someone serve him a crab for dinner.
But thinking that he had been waiting until now, Kangxi felt that it was unnecessary. After all, sometimes it was nice to enjoy the process of waiting. When he was older, he would not look forward to the festival just for a bite of food.
"Ah, do you want to eat some crabs?"
After Kangxi sat down on the Luohan bed, the little guy lay on his knees and asked.
"If you want to eat it, can you give me half of your crab?" Kangxi said casually.
"Ama, don't you have any crabs? Then Ama and I will each eat half~"
When the little guy heard this, he subconsciously thought that he had no crabs, and nodded in agreement.
"Then I'll remember that."
When Kangxi saw that the half crab he had promised to add to his meal was promised to him again, he raised his lips in a good mood.
As the little guy was counting the days, the Mid-Autumn Festival finally arrived.
"It's Mid-Autumn Festival~"
When Kangxi woke up early in the morning, he heard his cheerful voice and couldn't help but be infected by his good mood.
In addition to moon cakes, crabs and other foods during the Mid-Autumn Festival, there is also osmanthus cake made from fresh osmanthus flowers specially picked by the imperial chef.
At breakfast, the little guy ate freshly baked osmanthus cake and kept praising its deliciousness.
Seeing that he liked it so much, Kangxi also used one more piece.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is not as important as New Year's Eve, so the morning court had to be held as usual. Kangxi left after breakfast.
After the little guy played in the house for a while, he asked Liu Cai for a box of osmanthus cake and ran to the Queen Mother to present the treasure.
Before he arrived, the concubines who were qualified to spend the summer in Changchun Garden had already paid their respects to the Queen Mother. The atmosphere was already good, and when the little guy came, it became even more lively.
The little guy was already used to this kind of scene, and when he came in he said directly: "I brought you some delicious food!"
"What delicious food is this? Bring it to Mama to see." The Queen Mother said approvingly.
The little guy would not only eat here, but sometimes when he saw something delicious, he would also bring it here. Of course, the dried meat he had sent over before was too hard for the Queen Mother, so she was not able to enjoy it.
"It's osmanthus cake~"
After Cheng'an finished speaking, he opened the lunch box himself, and the fragrance of osmanthus immediately wafted out.
Osmanthus cake was not really a new delicacy for the Queen Mother and the others, but the one sent by the little fellow was a different matter.
"Mammy was just wanting to eat sweet-scented osmanthus cake and you brought it to me." The Queen Mother said this and began to taste it with the help of the nanny beside her.
"Is Mama delicious?"
"tasty."
The little guy saw that she liked it, and told her happily: "Mommy, eat less, we will have crabs to eat in the evening~"
These words were spoken to him by Kangxi when he was having breakfast at Qingxi Study just now. He was quite good at applying what he had learned.
"Okay, Mama got it."
After the Queen Mother finished speaking, the concubines present asked her for some osmanthus cake, and in the end everyone got a piece.
Originally, the concubines would have left after paying their respects, but because of the arrival of the little guy, they stayed a little longer, listening to him talking to the empress dowager in his baby voice, which they found very interesting.
The little guy spent the morning with the Queen Mother, took a nap after lunch, and when he woke up, it was almost time for the Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet.
Kangxi did not go out in the afternoon. Instead, he finished dealing with the remaining few memorials in Qingxi Book House and started reading.
"Ama, what book are you reading?"
The little fellow was probably thinking about the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the evening, and couldn't concentrate on playing at the moment. He sat on the wooden horse for a while, looked at the little fish kept in the underwater palace, and then ran to Kangxi.
Kangxi knew that his focus was not on what book he was reading but on the evening banquet, but he deliberately held him in his arms and read to him the book in his hand, which was too profound for him.
"I don't understand..." the little guy couldn't help but say after listening for a while.
Kangxi glanced down at him and said, "You asked me what book I read."
"When does the party start, Father?" the little guy changed the subject very naturally.
"Little greedy cat." Kangxi reached out and pinched his face gently, "It's almost there."
The little guy was looking forward to it, and the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet finally began.
After he followed Kangxi to the scene, he immediately looked at the table. When he saw the plate of golden and steaming crabs, he burst into laughter.
In fact, it’s not that he really loves eating crabs to this extent. It’s probably because crabs are cold in nature and Kangxi would not let him eat them on normal days, so he was thinking about it so much.
Seeing his useless appearance, Kangxi was too lazy to say anything to him.
"Ama crab~" The little guy pointed at the crab on the table as soon as he sat down.
Kangxi did not let him eat crab right away, but said: "Eat something else first."
The other dishes on the table were also delicious. After hearing what he said, the little guy did not insist on eating the crabs first.
The little fellow, whose feet could not touch the ground when sitting on the chair, would now eat the delicious food at the banquet with his feet dangling in the air and dangling happily.
"Ama, eat this, it's delicious~"
Every time there is a festival or some important day, the imperial kitchen will carefully prepare some new dishes. For a little guy like Cheng'an who loves to eat, it is such a blessing.
After hearing what he said, Kangxi picked up his chopsticks and took a bite. Feeling that it was indeed quite good, he signaled Liang Jiugong to remember to reward the imperial kitchen.
In fact, generally speaking, when it comes to banquets in the palace, few people would focus on eating. Often, after the banquet is over, the dishes on the table are not much different from those at the beginning.
It seemed that this situation had changed unconsciously after the little guy was born. For example, at this moment, not only Kangxi was picking up his chopsticks, but the princes were also tasting the dishes in front of them.
“This shrimp dish is good.”
Yinzhi even whispered to Yinreng next to him.
Yinreng nodded slightly, stretched out his chopsticks and took a bite.
Next to him, Yinzhen thought of the little guy who had been talking about crabs for several days, so he reached out and took a crab in front of him and started to open it himself.
"Ama, Brother Nine is eating crabs!"
Just as Yinzhen opened the crab shell and tasted the crab roe, he heard the little guy's voice. The feeling, as if he was being accused, made him feel a little amused and confused. He didn't know whether he should continue eating or not.
Of course, he also knew that the little guy was not complaining about him. He probably saw him eating crabs and wanted to eat them too.
"You only know crabs." Kangxi took a crab and placed it in front of him, reminding him, "You promised to give me half before."
The little guy did remember, but that was when he thought he had no crabs. Now looking at the many crabs on the table, he couldn't help but ask, "Aren't there some more over there?"
"Is it not okay for me to just want to eat your crabs?" Kangxi asked instead of answering.
"Then I have nothing..."
"I only want half, or are you unwilling to give even half a crab to my father?"
"I'm willing to give it to you!" Cheng An said, and stretched out his hand to share the crab.
Before Kangxi could stop him, he had already torn off two crab legs.
The little guy originally wanted to tear the crab in half, but he overestimated himself. He looked down at the two crab legs in his hand, and finally raised his hand and said, "Ama, this is for you~"
Kangxi took the crab leg he handed over, used crab meat scraps to get the meat out of the crab leg and put it to his mouth.
The crab meat that the little guy had been longing for for so long was now in front of his mouth. Naturally, he couldn't refuse it and ate it in one bite.
“It’s delicious~”
The quality of the tribute crab is of course impeccable, and the little guy was shaking his head while eating it.
"Ama, this is for you to eat."
After he finished eating, he handed the remaining crab legs in his hand to Kangxi, and then prepared to continue picking the remaining crab legs.
Kangxi was afraid of hurting his tender little hand, so he quickly stopped him and said, "Don't move, wait for Ama to cut it off with scissors."
Originally, there were special palace maids who helped to remove the crab meat when eating crabs, but Kangxi quite liked the process of the little guys looking at him expectantly while waiting to be fed, so he simply did it himself.
"It's time for Ama to eat!"
The little guy was quite particular. After they agreed to share the crab in half with Kangxi, he reminded him after taking a bite.
Kangxi found it quite interesting, so he followed his instructions and started eating.
The crabs at the banquet were large in size and difficult to eat. The father and son shared a crab, but they didn't feel very satisfied after finishing it.
The little guy was savoring the aftertaste of the crab in his mouth, but he didn't make a fuss about continuing to eat. However, he couldn't help but glance at the crab on the plate.
When Kangxi saw that he didn't make a fuss, he felt that his son had grown up and become sensible.
I gave him half of the crab just to see if he would be willing to give it up. Now Kangxi saw that he still wanted to eat it, so he said, "See which of your brothers doesn't mind the trouble, and let them split another half for you to eat."
When Cheng'an heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he immediately ran downstairs to find his brother.
As long as Kangxi allowed him to eat it, the little guy would not worry about not finding a brother who was willing to help him peel the crabs.
"Brother, can you help me disassemble the crab?"
"Did the Emperor ask you to eat?" Yinreng looked at the little guy who ran to his side.
"Ama said, look at your brother who doesn't..."
The little guy simply repeated what Kangxi had just said. Yinreng smiled after hearing it, picked him up and sat him in his arms, then he personally opened the crab for him.
"How about we split half each?"
"good."
When he leaned on Yinreng's arms and started eating crabs, Yinzhi asked with a smile: "Are Cheng'an crabs delicious?"
“Delicious~”
When Yinzhen thought about how he had been thinking about eating this crab for so long in advance, a smile appeared in his eyes.
"Would you like some crab vinegar?" Yinreng asked the little one in his arms after taking out another crab leg.
"But acetic acid..."
Seeing that he had a sour look on his face before he even started eating, Yinzhi smiled and said, "Why didn't you seem to be afraid of the sourness when you ate the bayberry before?"
"Bayberry is sour and sweet~" the little guy turned to him and said.
"It won't be sour if you dip it in a little crab vinegar."
Yinreng coaxed him to try a bite, and the little guy, perhaps subconsciously, felt the vinegar was sour, and after chewing it twice, he started shouting, "It's sour!"
Seeing this, Yinreng no longer added vinegar to the food when feeding him.
After eating half a crab in Yinreng's arms, the little guy became the first person to eat a whole crab during this Mid-Autumn Festival, and his whole body was filled with a sense of satisfaction.
After he had eaten some other dishes and filled his stomach completely, he began to wander around the place, filling the entire banquet with a cheerful atmosphere.
He was clearly quite full, but when it came to eating mooncakes and appreciating the moon, he could still continue eating.
Kangxi saw him holding a mooncake in each hand and reminded him, "Eat less."
"Brother Da asked me to help him eat more mooncakes!" The little guy told him in a baby voice, and then continued to lower his head and took a big bite of the mooncake.
Seeing that he was quite good at making excuses, Kangxi poked his forehead and said, "Your elder brother asked you to help him eat more bitter melon. Will you eat it?"
The little guy couldn't help but frowning when he heard the bitterness of bitter melon. He took another bite of the sweet mooncake in his hand and then looked up and said, "Brother Da can't bear to let me eat bitter melon!"
Kangxi couldn't help but laugh when he saw that he was quite confident. However, even so, he was not allowed to eat any more after he finished the two pieces in his hand.
I miss my family more during every festive season.
On the other side of the Qing Dynasty, although Yin'e had no shortage of mooncakes and crabs to eat, he felt that this Mid-Autumn Festival was very boring.
"I don't know if Cheng'an misses me, alas..."
Yinxiang heard him sigh and said in relief, "Don't worry, brother Ten, we will be able to go back soon."
"I hope I can go back before the New Year." Yin'e thought that he had missed the Mid-Autumn Festival, and he couldn't miss the chance to spend the New Year with the little guy. Mainly, he didn't want to spend the New Year away from home at all.
Yinqi finished the mooncake in his hand and said, "It should be possible."
They were relatively lucky as they still had time to sit down and slowly eat mooncakes and admire the moon. However, in Ganzhou, Yinzhen and Yinzhi were really busy at the critical moment of the battle. They were so busy that they almost forgot that today was Mid-Autumn Festival.
It was not until midnight that the two brothers ate mooncakes and temporarily put aside their business to chat.
"Cheng'an must have finished his mooncakes by now."
Yinzhen couldn't help but look at him when he heard this: "I remember you told him in your letter to eat more mooncakes for you during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Be careful, he tells Father Huang tonight that it was you who asked him to eat more."
"It shouldn't be..." Yinzhi said, then thought about it and felt that it seemed quite possible. After all, the little guy always had a good memory, especially when it came to food.
"It's okay. It's a big festival. The emperor won't care about it."
However, when Yinzhi imagined the scene, he found it quite interesting.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone became busy again, and only the little ones who have not yet officially started school can continue to enjoy their leisure time.
It’s just that all five of his brothers are not in the capital at once. Even though he can write to them, the little guy still misses them a lot.
In particular, he was surrounded by many things given by his brothers. When he played with the wooden horse, he subconsciously thought of Yin'e; when he played with the hidden knife, he thought of Yinzhi; when he ate dried meat, he thought of Yinzhen; when he spoke Mongolian, he thought of Yinqi who taught him Mongolian; and when he saw the ornaments given by Yinxiang on the desk, he would think of him again.
Kangxi probably noticed that his mood had been getting lower and lower since the Mid-Autumn Festival, so when he was not so busy at the beginning of the month, he simply offered to take him to the capital to play.
The little guy hadn't gone out to play for a long time, and he immediately became energetic when he heard his words.
"Ama, you are so nice! When are we going?"
Kangxi saw that he was excited when he was asked to go out and play, so he tapped his forehead and said, "I'll take you there tomorrow."
It was already evening, which meant that the little one could go out and play after a good nap.
Thinking of this, he shouted happily.
"Dad, can we take my brother to play with us?" The little guy thought of his brother immediately after he felt happy.
The princes were all busy recently, so Kangxi finally agreed to take only Yinreng, Yinsi, and Yinlu with him.
The next day, the little guy woke up at dawn and lay down beside Kangxi's pillow expectantly, but did not wake him up directly.
However, when Kangxi opened his eyes and saw his little face with curved eyebrows, he was still frightened for a moment.
"You don't have to go to court, why do you get up so early?" Kangxi reached out and gently pinched his little face.
The little guy took the initiative to give him the other side of his face, and then said in a baby voice: "Father, get up quickly, you have to go to court~"
Obviously, he knew that Kangxi would only be free to take him out to play after he finished his court session.
Kangxi was about to get up, but when he heard this, he stopped being anxious.
"I can't get up. I need to lie down for a while."
Seeing this, the little guy stood up on the bed and reached out to pull his arm: "I'll help Ama up!"
Kangxi looked at him with a smile, and after he pulled hard for a while, he followed his strength and pulled him into his arms: "I don't usually see you so actively reminding me to go to court."
Not only did the little guy not remind him on normal days, but sometimes, as soon as he sat up from the bed, he would lie on his back for a while.
"Father, please go to court soon~" The little guy stepped out of his arms and went around to push him from behind.
Kangxi had no choice but to follow his movements and sit down beside the bed, but he said, "Why are you so anxious? Do you want me to go to court on an empty stomach?"
"No, Dad, go and have breakfast!" The little guy said and climbed down from the bed. He wanted to get his shoes for him because he hadn't even put on his own shoes yet.
Seeing him running down the ground barefoot, Kangxi quickly reached out and lifted him back to the bed: "Alright, I don't need your help. If you make trouble again, don't even think about leaving."
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