Yinsi and the other two slowed down their pace only after they left the Qianqing Palace. Yin'e turned around and took a look, then patted his chest and said, "Ninth brother, I'm telling you, next time you leave, you can't stop, otherwise you won't be able to leave."
This was purely a matter of experience. After all, the first few times he came here, if he was a little slow he would be stuck to Cheng An and it would take a while for him to leave.
Yinzhen still felt the soft touch on his legs, and asked casually, "Does he do this often?"
Yin'e nodded and said, "I can't help it. He likes me too much and won't let me leave every time he comes."
"You." Yinzhen glanced at him sideways, and felt that the baby Cheng'an obviously liked him, otherwise why would he call him "brother" and want him to hold him as soon as they met, and just now he even clung to him and refused to let him go.
"What's wrong with me?" Yin'e probably saw his thoughts from his expression, and immediately said, "Don't think that Cheng'an hugged you just now because he likes you. It was because you walked too slowly that he had to hug you. Every time I wanted to leave before, he always kept calling me 'brother, brother' and wanted to follow me."
To be honest, if Cheng'an wasn't being raised in the Palace of Heavenly Purity, he would really like to bring such a well-behaved and clingy brother back home to raise him for a while.
After Yin'e finished speaking, he saw Yin'er's disapproving expression, so he turned around and said, "My dear brother, do you think Cheng'an is the closest to me?"
Yinsi responded good-temperedly, but in his heart he felt that Cheng'an's relationship with him was no worse than his.
The three brothers left the palace while talking. On the other side, in Prince Yong's mansion——
"I heard that you and your eighth brother have been going to the Palace of Heavenly Purity quite frequently recently. What's the matter?" The third prince Yinzhi came to exchange a few pleasantries with Yinzhen and then went straight to the point.
Ever since the eldest prince and the crown prince were both brought down, Yinzhi, who didn't get anything good out of the dethronement of the crown prince, was a little scared. His original ambition faded a lot, and he has been concentrating on editing books since the past two years.
Recently, he first heard that Yinzhen often went to the Qianqing Palace, and later heard that Yinsi and his friends also started to become active. He couldn't help but feel curious. As he had nothing to do today, he came to Prince Yong's Mansion to sit down.
It was not something shameful, so Yinzhen replied directly: "Go see Cheng'an."
"Cheng'an?" Yinzhi repeated the name and it took him a while to realize who he was talking about.
He recalled the days of the baptism ceremony and confirmed that this little brother Cheng'an was not even one year old. He looked a little surprised: "What's so good about a baby like him?"
When Yinzhen thought of the child who would call him "brother" in a baby voice, would listen to him reading attentively, and would hug him and act coquettishly, a fleeting smile appeared on his face.
Yinzhi had been looking at him, but before he could get an answer he saw this smile, and he immediately started to wonder if he was dazzled.
He couldn't help but feel a little curious when he thought that his usually cold fourth brother would actually laugh when the word "Cheng'an" was mentioned.
"Don't forget to call me next time you go to see your twenty-fourth brother." Yinzhi felt that the person who could make his fourth brother look at him differently was not an ordinary person. Thinking that his younger brother was very much loved by the emperor and had been raised in the Palace of Heavenly Purity since he was born, he felt it necessary to go and see him.
When Yinzhen heard this, he thought of the scene when Yinsi and others surrounded Cheng'an when he entered the palace two days ago. His first reaction was to refuse.
But in the end he didn't say no, but he didn't agree either.
Since he didn't say anything, Yinzhi took it as his consent. He chatted with him for a few more words before getting up to leave.
Meanwhile, in the palace.
By the time Cheng'an reacted, Yinsi and the other two had long disappeared. Realizing that it was useless to shout, he felt aggrieved for a moment, and finally grabbed the purse that Yin'er had given him and returned to the couch.
He was just playing with the purse at first, but when he accidentally opened it, his eyes immediately lit up.
Among the princes, Yinzhen is definitely the richest.
In his purse he carried a jade pendant and some gold peanuts that seemed to be used to reward servants.
Not to mention the jade pendant, Cheng'an really liked those golden peanuts. He grabbed a few of them with one hand and smiled, revealing his newly grown tender teeth.
"Hello, brother..."
Thinking that this was a gift from his brother, Cheng An rolled over on the couch with joy, thinking that his brother was so kind.
"Young prince, please slow down." The young eunuch standing next to him also smiled when he saw how happy he was. However, when he saw him rolling on the couch, he quickly stood outside the couch to prevent him from falling.
Before Cheng'an came to the Ganqing Palace, this was definitely the most solemn place in the palace. The palace maids and eunuchs who served here didn't even dare to speak loudly on weekdays.
Since he came, the atmosphere in the Qianqing Palace has become more relaxed. The servants don't show it on their faces, but they all like this well-behaved and smiling little prince in their hearts.
When Kangxi came back, he saw his youngest son rolling around on the couch with great joy. He knew without a doubt that it was because of his brothers who had come to visit him earlier.
Sometimes he also felt strange. It was obvious that his son had hardly interacted with his brothers, and there was a big age gap between them, so how could he be so close to them?
No matter how much he thought about it, he still couldn't figure it out, and in the end he could only attribute it to their blood relationship.
After Kangxi reached out and lifted his lively little son from the couch into his arms, he saw an empty plate on the small table next to him and frowned.
Those who can work in the Palace of Heavenly Purity must be very good at observing people's words and expressions. The eunuch next to him said quickly, "The little prince only used three pieces of milk cake, and the rest are for Duke Dun."
When Kangxi heard that the Tenth Prince, a grown man, was actually greedy for his youngest son's milk cake, his brows relaxed and he couldn't help but say, "What a promising young man!"
However, he felt relieved when he learned that Cheng An didn't eat so many milk cakes in one breath, and he had time to look down at him.
"Ama." Cheng'an likes his brother and also likes Ama. He smiled as soon as he made eye contact with him.
All the princes in the palace put together didn't love to laugh as much as he did. After Kangxi raised his hand and touched his forehead, he suddenly discovered that his little hands were tightly holding something.
"What are you holding in your hand?" he asked casually.
"Brother, give it to me." Cheng'an said as he slowly opened his little hand to show him.
When Kangxi saw his cautious look, he thought it was some treasure, but he didn't expect it to be a few golden peanuts.
His hands were very tender, and there were marks on them from holding the golden peanut for a while. Kangxi immediately reached out to take his hands away, but he immediately clenched his hands and dodged.
He was not such a stingy person on weekdays. Seeing this, Kangxi subconsciously said "Hey", and then said: "The emperor wants it, will you give it to him?"
Cheng An liked the golden peanuts in his hand, but he also liked Ama. After hesitating for a moment, he stretched out his little hand to him again: "Ama."
A few golden peanuts were indeed not worth much, but this was indeed his favorite thing. Seeing that he was willing to give him half, Kangxi could not help but rub his head, feeling that his love for him was not in vain.
"The Emperor doesn't want yours, so I'll pack it up for you." After Kangxi said this, he saw a ready-made purse on the couch, so he immediately took it, opened it and let him put the money in it.
When Cheng'an heard that he didn't want it, he smiled and put the golden peanuts into his pocket one by one.
"What a promising future." Kangxi shook his head and said when he saw him so happy about a few golden peanuts. Then he suddenly found that the purse looked familiar.
Liang Jiugong recognized that this was the purse that the Ninth Prince had worn on his waist before, and whispered a reminder.
When Kangxi heard this, he thought of how many of Yinzhen's jade pendants had fallen into his hands before, and he immediately laughed.
Cheng An heard his laughter, looked up at him, put the folded purse on his hand, and counted on his fingers: "Yi Ge, Ya Ge, Ah Ge..."
He was counting the brothers he had already met, starting from the fourth brother and counting downwards, laughing as he counted.
Kangxi thought he was counting, so he corrected him immediately: "One, two, three..."
Two days later, Yinzhen entered the palace in a carriage. As soon as he got off the carriage, Yinzhi's voice came from behind him: "Fourth Brother, you are not kind! Didn't you agree to invite me to come along last time?"
When Yinzhen heard the voice, he turned around and saw Yinzhi getting off the carriage behind and walking quickly towards him.
He said calmly: "I didn't agree."
Yinzhi remembered that he did not agree explicitly last time, and was choked.
"Okay, okay, I won't bother with you. Let's go and see my twenty-fourth brother. I haven't seen him since the day of his third birthday." Yinzhi said, putting his arm around his shoulder.
Yinzhen glanced at the hand on his shoulder, took a step back and said, "I have something to see the Emperor today."
"Then I'll go with you." If he wanted to see Cheng'an, he had to meet the Emperor, so Yinzhi said.
It was a coincidence that just as the two of them entered the Qianqing Palace, Yinsi, Yin'er and Yin'e also arrived behind them. When they arrived outside the main hall, the two groups gathered together.
When Yin'e saw Yinzhen, he still remembered that he had snatched Cheng'an from him last time, and he snorted immediately.
The emperor was inside, and Yinsi raised his hand and patted his arm to remind him not to make trouble.
When Liang Jiugong saw so many princes coming together, he was surprised for a second and then hurried in to report.
After the princes entered the main hall, they bowed and greeted Kangxi in unison.
Perhaps because they had been visiting Cheng'an frequently recently, Kangxi subconsciously waved his hand and told them to go by themselves after calling them up. Unexpectedly, Yinzhen said, "Father, I have something to say."
Yinsi and others who were ready to go out to find Cheng'an were interrupted by this and had to stop temporarily.
Kangxi, who was enjoying the happiness of family, was in a very good mood recently. However, this good mood was gradually destroyed when Yinzhen spoke.
What Yinzhen mentioned was nothing else but a major corruption case from a few days ago. He was dissatisfied with the punishment in this case and felt that the emperor had become more and more soft-hearted in recent years, and even spared the lives of such corrupt officials who deserved to be killed. He wanted him to be punished more severely.
Yinsi knew that his fourth brother would not tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes, but he did not expect that he would dare to bring up a case that the emperor had already made a conclusion on. He could not help but glance at him out of the corner of his eye.
"How dare you!" Kangxi stood up, his expression intimidating without even getting angry, "Are you blaming me?"
The emperor was furious and everyone present knelt down.
Yinzhi regretted it and thought that if he had known that this was what his fourth brother was going to talk about, he would never have come along even if he was beaten to death.
But it was too late to regret now. He could only plead, "Father Emperor, this is not what my fourth brother meant..."
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