After the princes left, Kangxi took the little one back to his bedroom.
Perhaps because he saw that the little guy lying in his hands had no intention of changing back, he directly ordered someone to bring a basin of water and put it on the table.
Without waiting for him to say anything, the little fellow automatically understood what he meant and jumped into the basin and started swimming.
Under the warm light, the ordinary basin of water was reflected by the little golden dragon and took on a bit of golden light.
Kangxi saw him swimming around in the basin, sometimes diving to the bottom of the water and sometimes wagging his tail, and he couldn't help but put his hand in.
The little guy, who was already having a lot of fun, saw his hand and immediately became more lively and pulled him to play together.
Kangxi gently moved his little dragon claws, and from time to time rubbed his back with his fingers, as if to play with him and bathe him at the same time.
The little guy didn't care about that and circled around his hand flexibly.
"It's time to come out." Kangxi said when he felt the water temperature starting to drop.
However, the little fellow refused to come out, and deliberately led Kangxi to grab him.
Kangxi tried to catch it a few times, but found that the dragon was as slippery as a snake, so he said with a straight face: "Yin Mi."
The daming's warning was useful. The little guy finally flew out of the basin obediently and was covered by Kangxi with a handkerchief.
After Kangxi helped him wipe the water off his body, he sent him to bed and went to take a bath himself.
The little guy watched him leave and immediately went back to playing on the bed.
For him who has become smaller, everything has become more interesting. Not only can he roll around more freely on the bed, but he can also use the pillow as a mountain to climb.
Even the bed curtains can be played with, hanging on them feels a bit like swinging on a swing.
When Kangxi came back from bathing, he looked around and didn't see the little one on the bed, so he started looking for her immediately.
"Cheng'an?"
The little guy was originally behind the pillow. When he saw him come back, he took a few steps forward. Until he found that he seemed to be looking for something, he stopped there with his head tilted curiously.
Hearing him calling him, the little guy quickly raised his head and let out a dragon roar in response.
Kangxi looked in the direction of the voice and found that he was right next to the pillow.
It’s not that he’s too old and his eyesight is blurry, but the color of the emperor’s bedding is too similar to the golden color of the little guy, so he couldn’t see it just now.
After finding that he did not run around, Kangxi went to bed with peace of mind.
As soon as he sat down on the bed, the little guy immediately climbed up his arm and lay on his chest.
"Why don't you change back?" Kangxi looked down at him and touched his dragon horn lightly with his finger.
Cheng An experienced the joy of becoming smaller, especially after becoming so big that his father could hold him in his hands without feeling tired, let alone being hugged. Why would he want to change back?
The little guy rubbed his head against his arms, then shook his head to indicate that he would not change back.
Kangxi thought that he liked to cling to people even after falling asleep, and was worried that he would not come back and would fall asleep in the middle of the night and crush him.
"Change back first, otherwise go and sleep on the couch outside." Kangxi said, becoming more and more worried the more he thought about it.
The little guy didn't want to sleep alone, so he looked up and called out to him, then turned back the next second.
"I want to sleep with Ama!"
Kangxi felt a weight on his body, and the next second he heard his babyish voice.
Although the little golden dragon was indeed very cute, Kangxi thought he looked pretty good when he heard him call "Ama" again after an afternoon, and reached out to gently rub his soft little face.
Probably to make up for the time when it didn't call "Ama" when it turned into a dragon, the little guy never stopped talking after that.
"Ama, I really made the rain stop~"
Kangxi saw that he was seeking praise, and nodded, "Cheng'an is really amazing."
"Ama, do you like me turning into a dragon?"
Kangxi nodded to show his approval and then reminded, "It's time to rest."
The little guy lay down with him obediently, but his mouth didn't want to rest.
"Ama, how long will it take us to go home?"
The word "home" spoken by the little guy was inexplicably heartwarming, and Kangxi's expression softened unconsciously: "If it's fast, I can go back in eight or nine days."
"Ah, the meat you fed me at dinner was so delicious!"
"I'll have someone do it for you tomorrow."
"Ama, you are so nice~"
“Ama…”
Kangxi was quite patient at first, but when he saw that he kept talking, he suddenly felt that he could not continue to pay attention to him, otherwise he would not be able to sleep tonight.
"Ama, why don't you speak?"
"Ama, are you asleep?"
"Ama?"
The little fellow didn't get a response, so he turned over and lay down. When he got close to Kangxi and found that he had his eyes closed and was breathing evenly, he reached out and touched his face and muttered to himself, "Father is really asleep..."
The little guy lowered his head and rubbed Kangxi's face affectionately before lying down again, hugging his arm and leaning against him, whispering in a baby voice: "Father falls asleep so quickly~"
Kangxi, who was not really asleep, lay there motionless. He only quieted down when he heard him continue talking, feeling a little amused.
Everything went smoothly on the journey over the next few days and we soon arrived near the capital.
During these days on the road, Cheng'an realized the benefits of becoming a little golden dragon, and he likes to become a little golden dragon whenever the situation allows.
For example, now, Kangxi is reading a book, and the little guy turns into a little golden dragon and lies on his wrist, raising his head slightly to read with him.
After learning the most basic books for enlightenment, the little guy now knows quite a few words. Occasionally, when there are more complicated words in the books, Kangxi will take the initiative to teach him without him asking.
Compared to playing, the little guy didn't have that much patience for reading and learning words. After reading for a while, he turned himself into a dragon-shaped bracelet that was wrapped around his wrist.
Kangxi noticed the movement from his hand, and when he glanced over, he saw that he had his eyes closed and his wrist wrapped around his body as if he was sleeping. He was a little amused and helpless for a moment.
After staring at him for a while and making sure that he would not fall, Kangxi continued reading. However, he tried not to move the hand that he had encircled.
Next to him, Liang Jiugong took the initiative to put a few cushions where the little guy might fall if he fell, just in case.
When they stopped to rest at noon, the princes saw Kangxi coming out of the imperial carriage, and their first reaction was to look for the little guy.
"Father, where is Cheng'an?" Yinreng asked when he didn't see the little guy.
Kangxi probably felt that it was quite deceptive to have the little thing wrapped around his wrist, so he was rarely so serious when he heard his words. Instead, he raised his hand slightly and pulled his sleeve down a little under his puzzled gaze.
Even so, the princes were still shocked at first, thinking that their royal father suddenly developed a hobby of wearing jewelry. After taking a closer look, they realized that it was the little girl pretending.
The little guy also cooperated and deliberately didn't move in front. When his brothers noticed him, he slightly raised his head and greeted them.
After the brothers were slightly surprised, there was a hint of smile in their eyes.
Because it is still some distance away from the nearby towns, the place where we stopped to rest at noon today is in the suburbs.
After sitting for the whole morning, Kangxi took the little one to play around for a while, and soon it was time for lunch.
Even in the suburbs, the royal chef can still prepare a sumptuous meal using the ingredients at hand.
As soon as the little guy smelled the fragrance of the food, he couldn't wait to fly up, wagging his tail happily.
Knowing that he had turned into a dragon just to eat more, Kangxi was too lazy to say anything more and started eating as soon as he sat down.
Thinking that he would have no shortage of people to feed him, Kangxi picked up a piece of fish and was about to eat it himself, but the little guy flew up and snatched it away in one bite.
"Go ask your second brother to feed it." Seeing how self-conscious he was, Kangxi pushed him aside.
The little guy was not annoyed. He chewed the fish in his mouth and followed his brother's force to come to his brother.
When Yinreng saw him coming, he picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and fed it to him.
The little guy really had no shortage of people to feed him. He had just been eating in front of Yinreng for a while when he was attracted away by Yinzhi, who was dangling a piece of meat in front of him.
Because there were so many people, the dishes prepared by the imperial chef were quite a lot. Kangxi saw that the little dragon ate a quarter of the dishes and thought that it would be impossible for an ordinary family to afford it.
Even so, the little guy still felt that he had not eaten enough. After changing his body over the past few days and having mastered some tricks, he made himself a little bigger, from the size that could be wrapped around the wrist to the thickness of an arm.
All my smartness is spent on eating...
Kangxi looked at him, feeling both angry and amused.
"Your Majesty, would you like to have someone prepare a few more dishes?" Liang Jiugong was a little worried that there wouldn't be enough food, so he stepped forward and asked.
Before Kangxi could say anything, the little fellow, who was still biting the chicken leg fed by Yinqi, nodded his head vigorously, with the three big words "Hurry up and add more food" written all over his body.
Do you like eating so much?
When Yinreng saw the little guy's appearance, he couldn't help but reach out and touch his head.
When Liang Jiugong saw the little prince nod, a smile appeared in his eyes. After waiting for a while and seeing that the emperor did not deny it, he immediately went downstairs and asked someone to prepare some more dishes and send them over.
The bigger the little guy gets, the faster he eats, and the brothers have to take turns feeding him.
Fortunately, even as he was eating, he still had his father and brothers in his eyes. While accepting the food, he did not forget to remind them to eat more with his actions.
When there was not much food left on the plate, the little guy deliberately stopped and did not eat until Kangxi and the princes put down their chopsticks. Then he moved closer to the plate and continued eating.
"Cheng'an aren't full yet?" Seeing that he continued to eat, Yin'e quickly picked up the chopsticks to pick up some food for him to prevent the soup from getting all over his mouth.
The little guy ate the meat he fed him in one gulp, showing that he could still eat.
Seeing this, Yinreng and the others picked up their chopsticks and started feeding again.
After the little guy was really full, there were only a few vegetable leaves that he didn't like left on the table, and the rest, including the soup, was finished.
The satisfaction of eating to one's heart's content makes the little one feel happy all over.
There are many advantages to becoming a dragon, except for one thing: dragon claws are not as convenient as hands, so I can’t hug my father and brothers.
The little girl, who was in a good mood and wanted to act a little bit like a spoiled child, simply turned back to normal, hugged a brother nearby, and rubbed her head against his chest.
The chosen Yinsi subconsciously hugged him and immediately found that his belly was round, as if there was a melon hidden inside.
Yin'e, who was sitting next to him, followed his line of sight and saw the little guy's belly, and immediately exclaimed "Wow".
Hearing his somewhat surprised voice, the other princes looked over.
Yinreng: "Does your stomach hurt?"
Kangxi was sitting steadily, but when he heard this, he immediately stood up and looked over. When he noticed the little one's bulging belly, his brows immediately frowned.
When he stood up, the other princes dared not continue sitting and immediately stood up as well.
"I... my stomach doesn't hurt." When the little guy saw his father frowning, he quickly stretched out his hands to cover his stomach.
The little guy had never transformed back just after a meal before, so Kangxi had always believed that the food he ate in dragon form had no effect on his human form. Now that he saw his bulging belly, how could he feel at ease? He directly ordered the imperial physician to come and check on him.
"My eighth brother, I don't want to see the imperial physician!" When the little guy saw the imperial physician coming, he shrank directly into Yinsi's arms.
Yinsi quickly comforted him, "It's okay, just let him take a look."
Yinzhi and the others also came forward and coaxed him a few words before the little guy obediently stretched out his hand.
When the imperial physician felt his pulse, he brainwashed the other person in a childish voice: "I'm fine, don't give me any medicine..."
The imperial physician had a serious and earnest expression on his face, but he felt like laughing in his heart. After taking his pulse and making sure there was nothing wrong, he said he could make him a bowl of hawthorn soup.
"I don't want it, I don't want it!" The little guy immediately started yelling when he heard that he wanted to drink the hawthorn soup himself.
Seeing his big reaction, Yinreng smiled and said, "Hawthorn soup is not medicine. It's the hawthorn in the candied haws you eat."
Hearing the candied haws, the little guy suddenly quieted down, blinked his eyes and looked at him and asked, "Really?"
"real."
When the little guy learned that hawthorn soup was related to candied haws, he immediately became excited.
However, after Kangxi made sure that he was fine, he did not let him go. He signaled Yinsi to put the man in front of him and taught him a lesson not to eat and drink as much as he wanted just because he had turned into a dragon.
The little guy lowered his head and looked at his belly, thinking that it was really disappointing: "Why do you want to swell up..."
"What did you say?" Kangxi heard his faint mumbling, and his tone became slightly higher.
When the little guy looked up, Yin'e immediately winked and reminded him to admit his mistake.
"I said I know I was wrong and I won't dare to do it again next time." Cheng An grabbed his own little hand and said loudly.
"You always say that." Kangxi said, then turned his gaze to Yin'e, his tone becoming more severe. "You set a good example!"
Yin'e: "..."
"I know I was wrong."
In the end, it was Liang Jiugong who personally brought hawthorn soup to rescue the little guy and Yin'e who was affected.
"Look at me, why aren't you drinking?" Kangxi said unhappily.
The little guy felt that he had calmed down, so he lay on his knees and said, "It looks hot. I want you to feed me..."
The hawthorn soup had been cooled with cold water before being brought to him, so the temperature was naturally not too hot. However, when Kangxi heard his words, he still picked up the bowl, stirred it gently with a spoon twice, and then brought it to his mouth.
Cheng An first leaned in and sniffed twice to make sure it was not the smell of medicine before he opened his mouth and drank it.
“It’s sour~”
The hawthorn soup was neither unpalatable nor particularly delicious. The little guy did taste the flavor of candied haws in it, which was acceptable.
"Ama, do you want to drink?"
"I'm not full and I'm just bored." Kangxi followed up on his words and then criticized him, then fed him all the remaining hawthorn soup.
After drinking the hawthorn soup, the little guy felt much more comfortable in his stomach and couldn't help but smile at Kangxi.
Kangxi reached out and poked his forehead, and finally stopped saying anything to him. Instead, he took him and the princes who followed behind for a walk nearby.
In autumn, the grass and trees turn yellow and there is nothing particularly beautiful to see nearby.
After taking two turns, Kangxi was about to take the little guy into the car, but at this moment he heard a noisy sound coming from the front.
Upon hearing the noise, the princes and nearby guards subconsciously stood in front of Kangxi. At the same time, a guard spontaneously ran to the front to find out what was going on.
After a moment, the guard came back and said that a foreigner had suddenly appeared and asked for directions.
Foreigners might be quite rare for some ordinary people, but for Kangxi and his princes, it was really not worth mentioning. After all, there were several foreigners in the accompanying team.
However, when Kangxi heard the guards describe the foreigner as someone who could speak Chinese but looked very embarrassed and seemed to have encountered some difficulties, he thought about it and ordered someone to bring him over.
“Yeah.”
After the guard received the order and withdrew, he soon came over with several other guards and the foreigner.
According to normal procedures, if foreigners came to the Qing Dynasty and wanted to meet Emperor Kangxi, they had to first learn various etiquette under the guidance of the Ministry of Rites before they could be received by Emperor Kangxi.
But there was not enough time, so the guards could only instruct the foreigner to kneel down before he came up.
No one knew what the foreigner with golden hair had been through. He looked really disheveled, and his clothes were a little torn.
When he learned that he had actually met the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, he could not help but exclaim in amazement. He didn't think much about the instructions given by the guards, but knelt down directly and said, "Brook greets the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty!"
Why does this name sound familiar?
When Yin'e was wondering why he felt a foreigner's name sounded familiar, the little guy who had a better memory than him had already recognized the golden hair.
Cheng An ran over, tilted his head to look at him for a while, then suddenly smiled with his eyes curved: "It's you!"
There is still a difference between the five-year-old kid and the three-year-old kid. He has grown a lot taller in stature alone.
But perhaps it was because he was so good-looking, and he was the first Qing Dynasty person Brook had ever met, so when he looked up and saw him, Brook successfully recognized him.
"oh--"
Brooke didn't expect to meet him here. She was so excited that she jumped up and even danced.
The guards looked at him warily. If they had not noticed that the young prince seemed to know him, they would have drawn their swords the moment he jumped up.
"Cheng'an."
When Kangxi saw that he actually knew this foreigner who appeared out of nowhere, he called him back to his side.
"Ama, I know him~" the little guy ran back and looked up to tell him.
Kangxi looked down at him and asked, "How do you know him?"
"My ninth and tenth brothers and I have seen him in Great Britain. He even took me and my brothers to play~"
Although the food in Britain was unpalatable for the little one, looking back now, the few days there were considered a novel experience.
Yin'e finally reacted after hearing this, and looked at Brooke with sudden realization and said, "So it's you!"
Compared to the little guy, Yin'e, who was standing with the princes, was really not recognizable to Brook. He could only judge from his words that he was one of the people he had seen before.
"Oh! You're here too, that's great!" Brooke's voice was full of surprise, and she even wanted to cry.
Looking at his appearance, it is not difficult to guess that he suffered a lot after arriving in the Qing Dynasty. It is normal for him to be happy when he meets someone he knows.
Kangxi and the princes were quite familiar with Cheng'an's previous experience in Great Britain, so when they heard the little guy mention it, they understood that this was the foreigner that Yinzhen mentioned who had helped them a lot.
Although Yinzhen could speak foreign languages, the benefits of having a local who could speak Chinese to help him in a foreign country were self-evident.
Knowing that Brooke was the one who helped the little guy, the brothers looked at him in a friendlier manner.
"Why did you come to the Qing Dynasty? And you are in such a state?" Yin'e took two steps forward and said.
When Brooke heard his words, she raised her hands to her face and sobbed.
"Ama, what's wrong with him?" The little guy asked in a low voice when he heard that he seemed to be crying.
Kangxi shook his head and finally ordered him to be taken along.
As the team continued to move forward, Brooke was taken to a carriage.
After he had tidied himself in the carriage and eaten something to fill his stomach, Yin'e finally found out from him why he was here.
It turned out that the news of Cheng An turning into a dragon and leaving with his two brothers that day caused a sensation in the whole of London and soon reached Brook's ears.
Cheng'an turned into a dragon directly on the streets of London at that time. Many foreigners saw his transformation. Afterwards, Brook listened to those people's descriptions and the more he listened, the more he felt that it was a bit like the three Qing Dynasty people he knew.
Brook immediately began searching nearby, but never found the three Qing men.
He had always longed to visit the Qing Dynasty, and now he found that it was far more mysterious than he had previously known. He immediately made up his mind to go and see it for himself.
It's a good idea, and his family is wealthy enough to support his dream.
After spending nearly a year preparing, Brooke officially boarded a merchant ship bound for the Qing Dynasty. He was lucky enough to arrive at the Qing port smoothly.
Just like one must visit London when visiting Great Britain, after Brooke experienced the city near the port, he couldn't wait to visit the capital.
However, his good luck seemed to end when he entered the Qing Dynasty. On his way to the capital, he first got separated from his companions, and then got lost in a forest. After finally getting out, he found that all his money had fallen out.
He wanted to seek help, but because of his blond hair and blue eyes, the people of the Qing Dynasty shunned him. The only reason he was able to hold on until he reached the vicinity of the capital was because some kind-hearted people, although they did not dare to contact him, were willing to give him some food, so he did not starve to death.
After listening to his complaints, Yin'e felt that he was really miserable.
With this comparison, he suddenly felt that their accidental fall into Great Britain was nothing.
Fortunately, Brother Jiu is reliable!
Yin'e was self-aware and sighed in his heart.
Soon, Kangxi and the little guy also knew why Brooke was in such a mess.
After hearing this, the little guy opened his mouth slightly and said, "Ama, he is so unlucky!"
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