Kangxi reached out to take the teacup handed to him and slowly opened the lid.
When he lowered his head to drink tea, the little guy kept looking up at him. When he finally finished drinking, he immediately asked again: "Ama, what's wrong with my brother?"
Kangxi put the teacup back on the table before telling him, "They are coming back."
As soon as he finished speaking, the little guy jumped up excitedly with a smile on his face.
"Are all my brothers coming back?"
"I am only talking about your eldest brother and fourteenth brother."
Kangxi saw that he was a little disappointed after he finished speaking, but he thought that Yinqi would not have any problems, so he tapped his forehead and said, "Don't worry, your fifth brother and his family will be back by the end of this year at the earliest, or the beginning of next year at the latest."
No matter what, it is always a happy thing for Cheng'an that his brothers can come back.
After knowing the news, the little guy began to look forward to their return.
The next day.
When Yinzhen came to teach him how to write, he could see that he was in a very good mood.
"How many characters are left for Cheng'an?"
The little guy heard what he said, tilted his head and thought for a while before telling him: "There are still eighteen words left."
It’s not that he learns slowly, but the brothers are not always available to teach him every day. Besides, he is young and his hands are still too soft, so he has to know when to stop practicing calligraphy, so his progress is not fast.
Yinzhen originally thought that he was so happy because he had learned a hundred characters so that he could go out and play, but when he saw that he still needed eighteen more, he suddenly became confused.
Before he could ask, the little guy had already taken the initiative to share the good news with him: "Fourth brother, do you know? Da Ge and Shisi Ge are coming back~"
"Did the Emperor tell you?" Yinzhen asked.
The little guy nodded, curled his lips and asked him: "Fourth brother, are you happy?"
Let’s not talk about Yinzhi for now. After all, Yinzhen is his biological brother. Their relationship has eased a lot now. Naturally, Yinzhen would not be unhappy to know that he could come back.
Seeing him nod, the little guy jumped into his arms and said loudly: "I'm so happy too~"
Yinzhen put his arm around him, and seeing his innocent smile, a smile also filled his eyes.
"Does Cheng'an know how to write the word 'happy'?"
The little guy blinked and then shook his head.
"Then Fourth Brother will teach you these two words today."
"Okay~"
The word "happy" is not difficult to learn, but when the little ones encounter words with the character "kou", they still like to use a circle to represent the character "kou".
Yinzhen was already used to it and could only point it out to him and ask him to write well.
The little guy obviously wrote it this way on purpose. He laughed out loud when he heard what he said, and then he was willing to write carefully, stroke by stroke.
"Happy……"
Cheng'an wrote the two words on the paper in a long voice. After he finished reading, he thought for a while and added a few strokes in front of the word "高".
"Fourth brother, look~"
Yinzhen saw that he wrote the word "no", changing "happy" on the paper to "unhappy", and reached out to touch his little head.
The little guy probably thought this was interesting, and when he wrote the next step, he added the word "I", and it became "I am not happy".
"What's wrong with you?" Yinzhen asked casually.
"I will be unhappy if my father doesn't let me go out to play."
Yinzhen chuckled when he heard this, thinking that children are just children, and the reasons for their happiness or unhappiness are so simple.
When Kangxi came back in the evening and saw what he had written today, he asked him what he was unhappy about and asked him to give an example.
When the little guy heard his words, he focused on the "chestnuts". He immediately lay on his knees and said coquettishly: "Father, can we eat chestnuts tomorrow?"
"You only know how to eat." Seeing that he was thinking of "chestnuts" when he said "example", Kangxi raised his hand and patted his little butt gently.
The little fellow, who was getting more and more annoyed at being spanked, immediately stood up and groaned, "Ama won't let me eat chestnuts, I'm not happy!"
"Promising."
Kangxi glanced at him unhappily, but by noon the next day, the little guy had chicken roasted with chestnuts.
Although he wanted to eat sugar-roasted chestnuts, the roasted chestnut chicken tastes good too. The soft and glutinous chestnuts absorb the freshness of the chicken juice and taste fresh, salty and soft.
“Chestnuts are delicious~”
Ganzhou.
When Yinzhen and Yinzhi received the news from the capital and learned that Kangxi had summoned them back to Beijing, they immediately packed up and prepared to leave.
There's no point in them staying here if they can't fight, so of course they'd like to go back. After all, the New Year is coming soon, and it's naturally more fun to celebrate the holiday with the little ones than to stay in the barracks.
After giving all the instructions, the two brothers did not fear the cold in the winter and rode their horses towards the capital, only taking a carriage for a while when they encountered rain or snow on the road.
After such a long and hard journey, they finally returned to the capital in early December.
At this time, Kangxi had already brought the little one back to the palace. The roofs of the Forbidden City were covered with snow, and it looked very artistic from a distance.
"Brother Da, why haven't they come back yet? Hey..."
When winter came, Kangxi would keep a closer eye on the little guy and wouldn't let him run outside, especially when it was snowing or windy.
It started snowing again early this morning, so the little guy could only sit on the soft couch in the warm room and play.
People can't stand being nagged. Just as he was talking about Yinzhi and the others, he heard their voices from outside the door the next second.
"Cheng'an——"
When the little guy heard the sound, his first reaction was to drop the things in his hands, crawl under the couch, and run out as soon as he landed.
When he ran to the door, he saw Yinzhi and Yinzhen standing at the door, their bodies covered in snow.
"Brother Da! Brother Fourteen!"
Seeing the little guy rushing towards him, Yinzhi tore off his cloak with one hand and threw it away, then took a step forward and hugged him in his arms.
Yinzhen was a step slower than him and could only get closer to him and look at the little guy who had obviously grown taller.
However, Yinzhen was quite relieved to see that his face was chubby and he was obviously much fatter than when he came to Tibet from Great Britain.
"Are you missing your elder brother?" Seeing the little guy in his arms hugging him tightly, Yinzhi's tone was filled with smile.
The man who had been stern and cold on the battlefield before, now had much softer facial features. He walked into the house and sat down, holding the little one in his arms.
"I miss Brother Da and Brother Fourteen so much..."
Yinzhi and Yinzhen were quite happy to hear his previous words, but when they saw that he suddenly started crying while speaking, they immediately became anxious.
After they coaxed him a few times, the little guy said with red eyes: "Wow, you never come back..."
Cheng'an is a somewhat clingy little guy. If possible, he would like to be with his father and all his brothers every day.
It has been such a long time since the two of them left. The last time they met, he turned into a dragon and went to see them. Although the little ones don't ask Kangxi to ask them to come back like they did when they were younger, they really miss them.
After waiting and waiting, Kangxi finally said that they would come back. The little guy was looking forward to it every day, but who knew it would take so long to see them come back.
"Don't cry, don't cry, we're already back..." When Yinzhen heard his aggrieved voice, his heart became depressed.
Yinzhi was even more flustered and tried to wipe his tears, but his hands were too rough and he didn't control the strength well, so he wiped his little face red.
"It's all my brother's fault." Yinzhi was afraid that he would cry even louder, so he quickly clapped his hands to vent his anger.
"Don't hit me, brother!"
The little one saw his action and quickly reached out to hug his arm.
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. Can you please stop crying?"
After staying in the military camp for so long, not only did Yinzhi's hands become rougher, but he also became darker and thinner.
Yinzhen next to him was also like this.
this.
Outside the warm room, Yinreng and Yinzhen just came over and vaguely heard the little guy crying, and immediately quickened their pace.
"What happened to Cheng'an?" Yinreng was not surprised to see Yinzhi and the others in the room. After all, he had heard from the little guy that they were coming back.
Yinzhi hadn't coaxed the kid yet, but when he saw him coming, he thought that he seemed to be better at coaxing the little one than he was, so he quickly stuffed the kid into his arms.
"Cheng'an and second brother told each other, who bullied you?" Yinreng naturally guessed that no one would be willing to bully him, but seeing that he was crying and not saying anything, he said this deliberately.
Sure enough, after hearing what he said, the little fellow was still crying, but he said, "No... woo woo... no one bullied me..."
"Then don't cry for now. Your fourteenth brother and the others have finally come back. If you cry, they will want to cry too." Yinreng coaxed.
Yinzhen quickly agreed, "That's right, even if Cheng'an cries, Fourteenth Brother will want to cry too."
When the little guy heard his words, he sniffed softly and slowly stopped crying.
Seeing that he had stopped crying, Yinzhi snatched the child back from Yinreng's hands. When he was about to tell the little guy that he had brought him a gift, he saw the little guy looked up at him and suddenly climbed out of his arms.
What's going on?
Yinzhi showed a puzzled expression on his face, and even couldn't help raising his hand to touch his face.
"Brother, eat it quickly."
After the little fellow got off the ground, he ran to the table next to him, brought down a plate of cakes and placed them in front of him. After saying that, he turned his head to look at Yinzhen and added, "Fourteenth brother, eat too..."
Yinzhen and Yinzhi looked at each other, somewhat confused as to why he suddenly asked them to eat cakes, but they still quickly reached out to grab a piece and started eating.
"Eat more!" Cheng An's voice was a little tearful, and he stuffed a piece into each of their hands, "You've all lost weight..."
When the little guy saw them for the first time, he felt that his two brothers seemed to have become darker. When Yinreng and Yinzhen came over to compare, they immediately discovered that they were not only darker but also thinner.
He remembered that when his father and brother thought he was thin, they asked him to eat more, so he immediately went to get the pastries that he had not had time to eat.
After hearing the little guy's last words, Yinzhi and Yinzhen finally understood his intention and couldn't help but smile.
Yinreng raised his eyes and glanced at them, and saw that they were indeed thinner than before, but he was not as touched as the little guy.
After Cheng'an stuffed the cakes into Yinzhi and Yinzhen's mouths, he did not forget his other two brothers and asked them if they wanted to eat.
"Fourth brother doesn't eat."
After Yinzhen refused, Yinreng took a piece in his hand, but instead of eating it himself, he broke it into small pieces and fed it to the little guy.
The taste of the pastries in the palace is naturally impeccable. Yinzhi and Yinzhen have not tasted this flavor for a long time. They don’t feel the taste until they eat it, but they really miss it after eating it.
The plate of pastries was not large in quantity and was quickly finished by the two of them.
"Brother, do you want to eat more?" The little guy asked in a baby voice when he saw them finish eating.
Yinzhi and Yinzhen didn't come to his place just to have snacks, so they naturally waved their hands and said no, and asked someone to bring in the gifts they brought for him.
The little guy may not have paid much attention to the issue of weight before, but maybe it was because when he came back from Great Britain last time, Kangxi and the brothers all said that he had lost weight and fed him all kinds of things, which left a deep impression on him. Now when he noticed that his brother had lost weight, he immediately took it seriously.
When the gift was brought in, he did not look at other things, but immediately opened a bag of beef jerky and continued to stuff it into the hands of Yinzhi and the other man.
"If you eat more meat, you will gain weight~"
When Yinzhi heard his words and looked at the dried meat in his hand, he was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Yinzhen also received the same treatment as him, and under the little guy's eager concern, they could only continue eating.
"Second brother, fourth brother, you guys eat too." After the little guy said that, he grabbed the dried meat and stuffed it into their hands.
After distributing the meat to his brothers, he smelled the aroma of the meat and couldn't help but pick up a small piece and put it into his mouth.
The harder the jerky, the more you chew it, the more delicious it becomes, and it’s the same flavor that the little guy has been eating all the time.
Yinzhi finished the dried meat in his hand in a few bites and was about to drink some tea, but the next second, another handful of dried meat appeared in his hand. He immediately looked up at the little guy in front of him with some helplessness.
"Brother Da, eat more!" Cheng An met his gaze and immediately opened his chubby little hands to grab him a handful of dried meat.
It was obvious that he was trying really hard to feed his skinny brother. He stretched his five chubby fingers as wide as possible, making the dimples on the back of his hands appear a little shallower.
Yinzhi wanted to say that he had eaten enough jerky in the barracks, but seeing that his eyes were still red, and thinking that he was concerned about him, he couldn't bear to refuse: "Okay, Cheng'an will eat it too."
"Yeah." The little guy nodded and stuffed another piece of jerky into his mouth.
When Yinzhen saw that Yinzhi's hands were almost full of dried meat, he immediately slowed down his chewing, as if he was going to eat the remaining two pieces of dried meat in his hand until the end of time.
However, the little guy who felt sorry for his brother would not let him go. When he found that the dried meat in his hand was almost finished, he immediately grabbed a handful and stuffed it into his hand.
"Cheng'an, be good. This is food I bring to you. Just a little taste is enough for Fourteenth Brother." Yinzhen didn't expect that he had something in his hand to give back to him, so he could only speak.
"I have some meat, give it to my brother." The little guy said as he poked his face with his hand to show him, as if showing off his meat.
When Yinzhen heard him finish speaking, he grabbed another handful of dried meat and put it in his hand. For a moment, he regretted bringing back so much dried meat.
"Fourth brother, help me eat some."
Yinzhen really couldn't eat so much dried meat, so when the little guy wasn't paying attention to him, he quietly asked for help.
After all, he was his biological brother. Seeing that he had a bitter face and thinking that he must have had a hard time in the military camp, Yinzhen reached out and took half of the money.
"Thank you, Fourth Brother."
Yinzhen felt relieved when he saw that the dried meat in his hand was instantly reduced by half.
Yinzhi felt a little envious when he saw this, but when he glanced at Yinreng, he was very aware that the other party would definitely not help him.
"Brother, eat quickly~"
The little guy was about to continue feeding them dried meat, but when he saw that they hadn't eaten the meat in their hands for a long time, he urged them and then picked up a piece of dried meat to demonstrate: "Eat it like this with big mouthfuls, woooo~"
He stuffed the jerky into his mouth and chewed it in big mouthfuls, his cheeks puffing up slightly.
Yinzhen saw that he was still going to stuff dried meat into Yinzhen's mouth, and said, "Don't eat too much dried meat at one time."
"Yes, yes, yes." Yinzhen nodded in agreement, "Fourteenth brother, you can't eat anymore after you finish what's in your hand."
He could still finish what he had in his hand, but he didn't dare eat it too quickly because he was afraid that the little guy would continue to stuff him with more food. After all, dried meat is durable, and they brought back a lot of it.
Cheng'an remembered that his father had also said that people should not eat too much dried meat, so he finally gave up stuffing them with dried meat.
"Then you guys should eat more later~"
"Okay." Yinzhi agreed immediately and finally dared to eat the dried meat in his hand.
The little guy stood by and watched his two brothers eat the dried meat with big mouthfuls, and finally a smile appeared on his face.
"Is it delicious, brother?"
Yinzhi and Yinzhen had eaten a lot of dried meat in the military camp, but looking into his sparkling eyes, they still smiled and nodded: "It's delicious."
After the little guy stopped stuffing them with dried meat, he was not idle either. He was afraid that they would be thirsty after eating, so he personally brought them tea.
“Good tea.”
The two drank the tea brought by their younger brother, and they tasted the "sweetness" as soon as they took a sip.
When Yinreng saw this scene, he still felt a little jealous even though he knew it was because they had been away from the capital for too long.
"cough……"
He raised his hand to cover his lips and suddenly let out a clear cough.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?" The little guy immediately turned around and asked with concern.
"It's okay." After saying this, Yinreng coughed again, as if his throat was uncomfortable.
Seeing this, the little guy immediately picked up another cup of tea and handed it to him: "Second brother, drink some tea."
"Cheng'an is so good." After praising him, Yinreng reached out to take the tea and drank it slowly.
Yinzhi could see what he was thinking and couldn't help but sneer.
When the little guy heard the noise and looked over, Yinzhi immediately restrained his expression and pretended nothing had happened and continued drinking his tea.
The three brothers all had tea, so the little guy naturally wouldn't leave Yinzhen behind, so he turned around and served him a cup as well.
Yinzhen still had one last piece of dried meat in his hand, and he fed it to him while taking the tea.
In the warm room, when the dried meat was almost finished and the tea was almost finished, the little guy climbed into Yinzhi's arms again, hugged him with one hand and held Yinzhen's arm with the other.
"Brother Da, Brother Fourteen, do you miss me?"
The spoiled little guy spoke in a soft voice, and how could the two brothers who already wanted him say no?
"Of course."
"I miss you guys too..."
I haven’t seen the little guy for a long time. He is very clingy and sweet-mouthed.
His two silly brothers, Yinzhi and Yinzhen, were completely coaxed by him and not only agreed to stay and have lunch with him at noon, but also agreed to accompany him to the Imperial Garden in the afternoon.
"Second brother and fourth brother won't leave either. Stay for dinner~" Seeing that they agreed, the little guy looked up and said to his other two brothers.
Seeing that he was still in charge, Yinreng reached out and pinched his chubby face: "What if the Emperor doesn't allow it?"
"Then we'll go to Mama's for dinner without Ama."
"What are you saying about me?"
As the little fellow finished speaking, Kangxi just came back and heard his last words as soon as he entered the room.
When Yinzhi and others bowed one after another, the little guy who had been speaking quite loudly just now suddenly felt guilty.
After Kangxi excused himself from the formalities, he looked at the little fellow who was hiding behind Yinzhi and asked, "What did you just say?"
"I didn't say anything..." the little guy said weakly, and as he spoke, he retracted his head behind Yinzhi.
Yinzhi felt him lean his forehead against him, and a sense of responsibility as the eldest brother to protect his younger brother arose spontaneously, and he spoke up, "I am the one who wants to have lunch at your father's place, and I want to ask Cheng'an if it is okay."
As soon as he opened his mouth, the little guy behind him immediately popped up and said, "I asked my brother to stay for dinner! Father, will you agree?"
After saying that, he suddenly became bolder, ran out, hugged Kangxi's legs, and looked up at him with blinking eyes.
It was just a lunch, not a big deal, but Kangxi saw his guilty look and guessed what he must have said just now, so he deliberately said in embarrassment: "You invite them to eat, but what if there is not enough lunch?"
"I... An An doesn't have to eat it. Give it to brother!"
There was still a hint of redness around the little fellow's eyes, and he looked inexplicably pitiful when he said such things.
Kangxi felt amused and a little distressed suddenly. He rubbed his head and agreed.
"Thank you, Father Emperor."
It was already time for lunch, and after expressing their gratitude, Yinzhi and the others moved from the warm room to the dining hall.
Such a large imperial kitchen is not just for decoration. Even if it was a temporary arrangement, the fact that there was not enough food was just a joke from Kangxi.
"Brother Da is eating meat, and you, Brother Fourteen, are eating meat too. Look how skinny you have become!"
The little guy didn't actively hold the bowl when eating for the first time, but went to pick up food for his brother first.
As for what he said, it was obviously what everyone said to him before when they felt sorry for his thinness, and now he was using it again.
Yinzhi and Yinzhen found it a little funny when they heard his words, but when they saw him struggling to pick up food for them, they felt warm in their hearts, as if they had drunk a bowl of hot soup in the middle of winter, and it felt like all the hard work from running around all the way disappeared.
"Second brother, you should eat more too~"
"Fourth brother, don't just eat vegetables, eat more meat!"
Kangxi ignored him at first, but he not only picked up a lot of dishes for Yinzhi and others, but also ran over to pick up dishes for Yinreng and others, which showed that he was really idle.
"Hurry up and sit down to eat."
When the little guy heard him calling him, he turned around and said in a baby voice, "I don't want to eat, give it to my brother, he's become thinner!"
"Cheng'an, be obedient and sit down for dinner." Yinzhen was afraid that he would make Kangxi angry, so he coaxed him quickly.
Yinzhen also gently pushed him towards Kangxi and motioned him to sit back.
"I'm not hungry, give it all to brother~"
"If you don't want to eat that dinner now, don't eat it." Kangxi glanced at him.
For this little foodie, skipping one meal is barely acceptable, but skipping two meals would definitely be the end of him.
When he heard this, he immediately ran back to sit next to Kangxi and said, "Father, I will eat my meal obediently."
After saying that, I don’t know if the little guy was really afraid that there wouldn’t be enough food, so he just held the small bowl and kept eating rice.
When Kangxi found out, he was both angry and amused. He put a piece of meat in his bowl and said, "That's enough. I am not so poor that I cannot afford to support you sons. Eat well. If you don't have enough, I will ask for more food."
"Can someone serve a cuckoo chicken?"
After the little guy finished speaking, he saw that he was looking at him without saying anything, so he added in a baby voice: "I don't want to eat it, give it to my brother!"
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