Imperial study.
Kangxi thought the little guy was just talking, but he didn't expect him to actually come over.
Thinking that he refused to go to the Shangshufang to study and even cried like that early in the morning, he seemed positive now. Kangxi glanced at him out of the corner of his eye and continued to deal with the memorials at hand.
"Father, I'm here to help you~" Cheng An seemed not to feel his coldness. After he finished speaking, he came to his side and climbed onto his throne consciously.
The little fellow who was delivering memorials was quite experienced. He felt that his father seemed to be very busy, so he did not talk to him specifically. Instead, he reached out and picked up a memorial that had not been processed yet and prepared to do so.
It's obviously a meaningless little thing, but looking at the smile on the little guy's face, he is obviously very happy doing it.
Kangxi took the memorial handed to him and glanced at his happy expression as if he had done something great. His face was still a little serious, but his eyes softened unconsciously.
"Father, I'm going to study. I'll be back to accompany you at noon~" the little guy took the initiative to say after helping him for a while.
Seeing how self-conscious he was, Kangxi finally turned around and reached out to rub his head.
"Ama, I will miss you." The little guy looked up at him and smiled, then turned and left.
Really...
Kangxi looked at the little guy's back, wondering what he was trying to do in such a hurry.
He thought so, but then he was in a noticeably better mood.
When the little guy returned to the Qianqing Palace to study with his brother, Yin Yi and others in the Shangshufang felt a little strange that he didn't come today.
It was not until the afternoon that they saw the little guy in the Sunshot Hall and finally felt relieved.
Cheng'an was accompanied here by Yinreng. There was no other way, as Cheng'an cried too hard in the morning. Yinreng thought that since he could study anyway, he would take over the study himself, and it would not be a big deal to teach him some riding and archery as well.
Yin Yi and his companions greeted Yin Reng first before looking at the little guy.
"Cheng'an, why didn't you come to study this morning?" Yinqi leaned close to him and asked in a low voice.
The little guy now knows how to save face. He feels a little embarrassed when he thinks about how he cried and refused to go to school in the morning.
Yinreng saw through it and simply said for him: "Cheng'an will study with me in the future."
Upon hearing this, Yin Yi and the others showed surprised expressions.
Zhang Ruoai was even more surprised and couldn't help wondering whether he still needed her as a study partner.
Fortunately, the little fellow still remembered his study partner. After shooting arrows with him for a while, he told him: "My second brother said that you will accompany me to study with him tomorrow."
After the little fellow finished speaking, he could not help but whisper to him: "Studying at my second brother's place does not require getting up before dark, which is much better than studying in the Shangshufang..."
Zhang Ruoai heard the joy in his tone, and couldn't help but think of how he always looked listless when he was reading in the Shangshufang these days.
"Cheng'an, shoot well."
Yinreng didn't choose to let him go completely just because he doted on him. When he saw that he was whispering for a long time, he immediately reminded him.
"knew."
The little guy agreed immediately and began to shoot arrows seriously.
Perhaps it was because there was no pressure to study in the Shangshufang in the morning, and the person teaching him was Yinreng, and he had a study partner to practice with him, the little guy was obviously more lively and cheerful this afternoon than in the previous few days.
"Brother, do you think I can shoot well?"
Before Yinreng could answer, applause suddenly came from the side.
The little guy turned around and saw that it was his elder brother coming over. He immediately ran towards him with a bow and arrow in hand: "Brother Da~"
Yinzhi bent down slightly and picked him up, praising him as he walked forward: "Not bad, Cheng'an's accuracy is getting better and better. With more years of practice, he will definitely be better than your second brother."
"He is definitely better than your elder brother." Yinreng couldn't help but reply when he saw him everywhere.
The little guy looked at this brother and then at that brother, and said with a smile: "I want to be as good as the first brother and the second brother~"
"That may be difficult." Yinzhi felt that he might be able to catch up with him in the future, but that certain person... might not be able to do so in this lifetime.
Yinreng heard the hidden meaning in his words, but considering that he had praised him in the morning, he was too lazy to argue with him.
"Come down, Cheng'an, and continue practicing."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yinzhi put the little guy down and said, "Come on, Cheng'an, I'll teach you."
The little guy didn't forget about his second brother, and he looked up and said, "Second brother, I will go riding with you later~"
After he finished speaking, he began to study seriously following Yinzhi.
Maybe because his two older brothers took turns teaching him horse riding and archery, the little guy felt that the afternoon passed particularly quickly.
"Ai'ai, remember to go to Xian'an Palace tomorrow~"
Before returning to the Qianqing Palace, the little guy did not forget to remind his friends.
"Yes." Zhang Ruoai nodded to indicate that she remembered it. Then she watched him leave holding the hands of his two brothers, with several other brothers surrounding them. She couldn't help but envy the relationship between the brothers.
After the brothers walked the same distance, only Yinzhi and Yinreng were left, each holding the little guy's hand to send him back to the Qianqing Palace.
"Brother, can you guys take me running?"
After the little guy skipped and walked between his two brothers for a while, he got playful and curled up his feet and acted coquettishly.
Although Yinzhi had some conflicts with Yinreng, he still doted on the little boy. He agreed immediately and started to lead him forward.
However, he and Yinreng were probably born incompatible. One ran fast and the other ran slow, and the three brothers almost fell down together.
Yinzhi's tone was filled with disdain: "Can't you run faster?"
"Then why don't you run slower?" Yinreng's tone was emotionless.
While the two were talking, the little guy who almost fell down thought it was funny and kept giggling.
"You're still laughing. You'll start crying if you fall down later." Yinzhi lowered his head when he heard his laughter.
Cheng An was very brave, and he laughed even more happily when he heard his words: "Do it again, do it again~"
Yinreng didn't want to run away again, but couldn't resist his request and finally played with him again.
This time was not much better than the last time. When they stopped, the three brothers formed a diagonal line. It was obvious that Yinzhi ran faster.
When the person was finally sent outside the Qianqing Palace, Yinreng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Brother Da, Brother Er, I'm going in~"
The little guy hugged them one by one before waving and turning inside.
The two brothers looked at his bouncing figure and couldn't help but smile. However, when they turned around and bumped into each other, their smiles disappeared instantly and they ignored each other and walked in their own directions.
Inside the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
"Ama~"
Before Kangxi saw the little guy, he heard his cheerful voice and felt that he was happy now.
The matter of the little guy's studies was temporarily handed over to Yinreng, but there was another big event in the palace soon, which was the Banquet for a Thousand Elders.
In the 52nd year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, a banquet for a thousand elders was held to celebrate his 60th birthday.
This year's Banquet for a Thousand Old Men is an early celebration for his 70th birthday next year. It was originally planned to be held after the Chinese New Year, but because of the little one's studies, Kangxi did not have much time, so it was delayed until now.
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, a banquet for a thousand elders was held in front of the Qianqing Palace.
This banquet for a thousand elders was not as grand as the last one. Most of the guests were civil and military ministers from the Eight Banners, officials, and elderly people who had retired or resigned.
Because of the Banquet of a Thousand Elders, the little guy rarely had to study that day. He was very happy to be together with Yinqi and the others who also got to relax for a day.
"Cheng'an, let's go to the Imperial Garden together on the Lantern Festival." Yinqi's tone was full of excitement.
He was supposed to study as usual during the Lantern Festival, but thanks to the little guy, Kangxi allowed the princes in the Shangshufang to have one day off every half a month.
Not to mention how happy Yinqi and the others were when they learned about this, even Yin'e, who had left the Shangshufang many years ago, couldn't help but feel envious and only regretted that he was born so many years earlier.
"It's more lively outside during the Lantern Festival." The little guy told him while pulling him around the banquet.
All the princes were present at the banquet and brought out all the sons over ten years old in the mansion. Together with the idle clan members, they presented wine to the elders and urged them to drink.
“Don’t run around.”
Yinreng thought that there were many elderly people at the banquet today, and was afraid that the little guy would bump into someone and cause trouble, so he couldn't help but take the time to remind him.
"Don't worry, second brother. I will take good care of Cheng'an." Yinxi said quickly.
Yinreng nodded slightly and continued to work.
Although this Banquet for a Thousand Elders was not as good as the one in 1953, there were still more than 600 people participating, and the whole scene looked quite lively.
After being reminded by his brother, the little guy didn't dare to run around in the banquet, but he couldn't help looking here and there, and talked to the old people without being shy.
Kangxi found him walking around downstairs, and finally couldn't stand it anymore, so he ordered someone to call him to his side.
The little fellow was good-looking and had an aura about him. When he was walking around in the banquet, the elderly people attending the banquet liked him and couldn't help but talk to him.
When the little guy came to Kangxi, he immediately attracted the attention of everyone present, and they all started to praise him to Kangxi.
Kangxi was naturally in a good mood when his beloved little son was praised by others, and he reached out to touch the little guy's head.
The food at today's banquet was very rich, with dried fruits, candied fruits, cakes, cold dishes, hot dishes, so many varieties that it was impossible to count them all.
The little guy just picked up the chopsticks to eat, and felt him touching his head, and immediately raised the chopsticks: "Ama, try this."
Kangxi was already accustomed to his behavior and ate the beef fillet he fed him very naturally.
When the old people below saw this scene, they immediately started praising the little guy, saying that he was filial.
Throughout the entire banquet, Kangxi was in a very good mood, and the little one enjoyed the meal very much.
There were two banquets for a thousand elders. The second one was on the 13th day of the first lunar month, and the guests were Han officials and elderly retired personnel.
On the evening of the Banquet for a Thousand Elders, Kangxi thought about the fact that he had ascended the throne at the age of eight and it had been sixty-one years, and he suddenly felt a little melancholy.
It is rare for a person to live to be seventy years old. He does not think that he can really live that long just because he hears people shouting "Long live" in his ear every day. On the contrary, he is clearly aware that the emperor is also a human being, and as a human being, he will die one day.
"Ama, what's wrong with you?"
The little guy is quite happy recently because he doesn't have to go to the Shangshufang to study and he got to play for two days at the Banquet of a Thousand Old Men.
He was sitting on the bed playing with wooden blocks, and when he noticed that his father seemed unhappy suddenly, he immediately went over and hugged him with his arms open.
Kangxi looked down at his youngest son, whose face still had a bit of fat. Thinking that he had just started school, he let out an almost unnoticeable sigh.
"Are you unhappy, Dad?" The little guy rarely heard him sigh, and immediately showed a concerned expression.
"You are still young, but your father is already old..."
Kangxi suddenly stopped talking in the middle of his words, as if he felt it was inappropriate to say this to him.
"Ama is not old!" the little guy immediately retorted when he heard his words.
Kangxi was an emperor after all, and he lived a life of luxury. Plus, he paid attention to taking care of himself, so although he was almost seventy years old, he looked only in his fifties. Compared with those elderly people attending the banquet today, he did not look that old.
After the little guy refuted, he coaxed sweetly: "Ama, you are not old at all, you look as young as your brother~"
Kangxi felt a little better after hearing his words, but he said, "Don't think I will let you go just because you speak so nicely. If you can't answer the questions when I test you in a few days, you will go back to the Shangshufang obediently."
The reason why he suddenly brought up this matter was obviously because the little guy had been having too much fun in recent days, so he needed a little warning.
"I understand." Cheng An said, hugging his arm and said, "Father, do you want me to read a poem to you?"
Obviously, the sweet little guy noticed that he was in a bad mood and wanted to cheer him up a little longer.
It was rare that he took the initiative to ask to recite a poem, so Kangxi naturally would not refuse: "Read it to me."
"The principles of nature are in harmony with the heaven and earth, and the scriptures support the government. Do not exhaust the people, and do not allow the vulgar atmosphere to be chaotic. Do not delay agricultural work, and reduce the internal and external corvée... Be lenient and strict with the emperor's virtue. You will not be able to avoid fatigue and hard work, and I am ashamed of my mistake~"
This poem was newly written by Kangxi a few days ago. Unexpectedly, the little guy actually remembered it. A smile appeared on his face as he listened.
"You memorized it well." Kangxi praised him and rubbed his head before asking, "When did you memorize it?"
The little guy saw him smile, and his eyes curved up: "I remembered it after seeing my father finish writing it that day."
Before Kangxi could praise him for his good memory, the little guy started to praise him first: "Father is amazing, he can write such a long poem!"
How can you praise someone for writing a long poem?
Kangxi was a little amused and helpless when he heard his words, and the melancholy mood he had felt before had long disappeared without a trace.
The next day.
Ever since the little guy went to study with Yinreng, Kangxi never called him to get up early again.
It has to be said that this way the little guy can sleep comfortably and Kangxi himself can save a lot of trouble.
However, Kangxi didn't call out today. Instead, the little guy woke up by himself, rubbed his eyes, and called out, "Ama~"
"Didn't you say you didn't want to study until dark? Why did you wake up so early?" Kangxi thought about how he couldn't be woken up before, but now he woke up on his own without being called, and his tone was a little unhappy.
"Father, you must be very tired after getting up so early. Why don't you wait until dawn to attend the court?"
Cheng'an didn't think much of it before when he saw him getting up so early every day, but after experiencing it for a few days, he suddenly felt that he was working very hard.
After the little guy finished speaking, he moved over to hug him, trying to invite him to sleep a little longer with him.
"I'm used to it." Kangxi said and motioned him to let go.
Habit is one aspect, and the other is that he is getting older and sleeps less and less, and can't sleep as much as a little one.
"But I can't bear to let my father get up so early to attend court." The little guy said as he rubbed his head gently in his arms.
Kangxi felt warm in his heart, and he put his arm around him and said, "Then will you accompany me to the court?"
"good!"
Kangxi had only said that casually. After all, the little guy had cried and shouted that he didn't want to study until dark, so he thought that he would not agree. Unexpectedly, he nodded without hesitation.
"Don't you want to get up so early?"
"If I'm with my father, I can get up early."
Although Kangxi really wanted to say that he would be more pleased if his son focused on studying, he had to admit that he was quite moved by his words and felt that he had not raised his son in vain.
"Okay, I'm just talking, you don't need to accompany me." Seeing that he actually sat up, Kangxi shook his head.
But the little guy was very persistent and insisted on accompanying him.
In the end, Kangxi still couldn't do anything about him. Of course, the main reason was that he was so thoughtful of him so early in the morning that he couldn't be serious. So he could only let him turn into a little golden dragon and follow him.
In the royal chariot.
The little guy seemed a little excited when he thought about how he got spanked last time when he sneaked over to accompany his father to court, but today he could go with him openly.
"Are you a dragon or a snake?" Kangxi asked unhappily when he saw him twisting in his palm.
I am not a snake...
The little fellow gave him a low cry and then wrote on the palm of his hand with his paw.
Kangxi stretched out his finger and gently rubbed his dragon horn, and said: "After this, you are not allowed to run around. You are only allowed to stay beside me. Do you hear me?"
The little guy nodded obediently.
Speaking of which, because the little guy started to study after the Chinese New Year, Kangxi hadn't seen him turn into a dragon for some time. Now he couldn't help pinching his dragon claws and touching his back, and only let him hide in his sleeves after he got off the imperial carriage.
When he arrived at the morning court, Cheng'an was quite well behaved at first, but when he heard the voice of his fourth brother, he couldn't help but stick his little head out.
Kangxi noticed his movements, and even though he knew that no one below dared to look at him, he still couldn't help but lower his head and glare at him.
The little fellow who was glared at immediately rubbed his hand with his dragon horn, then crawled out from his sleeve and lay on his knees, looking at his brothers below openly.
The golden little dragon lying on the dragon robe was quite inconspicuous. Seeing that he stopped moving, Kangxi did not force him to continue hiding in his sleeve.
Yinzhen just stepped forward to report some matters regarding the Ministry of Revenue, then he stepped back. Then other ministers came forward to make their reports.
The little guy was not interested in talking to anyone other than his brother, and his dragon head, which had been slightly raised, lowered down.
Maybe he didn't get enough sleep, and the atmosphere of the morning court was quite serious, so Xiao Jinlong yawned and slowly closed his eyes.
When Kangxi noticed from the corner of his eye that he was sleeping on his legs, he couldn't help but shake his head in his heart. At the same time, he was a little worried that he would catch a cold sleeping like this, so he raised his hand and placed it on his knees to cover him.
He covered the little guy with his hand, and the little guy rubbed his palm unconsciously with the dragon horn and immediately fell asleep more peacefully.
At the end of the morning court session, Kangxi took the sleeping little guy back to the Qianqing Palace.
"You're sleeping so soundly, and you still have the nerve to say you're accompanying me." Kangxi tapped his dragon horn lightly. When he was hesitating whether to wake him up to go to Xian'an Palace to study, he saw him open his eyes by himself.
"Hmm~"
The little golden dragon, who had just woken up, made a coquettish sound, lowered its head and rubbed his palm for a long time before standing up.
"It won't change back."
As soon as Kangxi finished speaking, the little guy turned back and fell into his arms.
"Ama, why did I fall asleep?" the little guy said while hugging him.
"I should be the one asking you this question." Kangxi reminded him, "Okay, hurry up and go to Xian'an Palace to study."
"Then I'm going, Ama, you have to miss me~"
Kangxi watched him leave, thinking that he might come back again in half an hour, so there was nothing to think about.
Xian'an Palace.
In a study room specially used for reading to the little ones, teacher Yinreng and study partner Zhang Ruoai were already here.
"Brother, Ai'ai, here I come~"
Hearing the familiar voice coming from outside, Zhang Ruoai breathed a sigh of relief almost unnoticeably.
It’s not his fault. Yinreng is a good brother in front of the little one, but that doesn’t mean he is so approachable in front of outsiders.
It was fine when the little guy was around, but when he was not around, Zhang Ruoai always felt an invisible pressure when she was alone with Yinreng.
"Can I have breakfast?"
Obviously the little fellow came late today, but the first thing Yinreng said after putting down the book was to ask whether he had had breakfast.
"I've used it. Have you eaten it, brother?" The first thing the little guy did when he came in was to jump into his arms.
Zhang Ruoai also put the book down temporarily and looked at him with a smile.
After caring about his brother, the little guy did not forget his little friend and asked him again.
After exchanging greetings, today’s reading officially began.
"In ancient times, those who wished to make the virtues known to the world first governed their own country..."
Each time, Yinreng taught him a lesson that lasted for about half an hour. After the lesson, the little guy would rest for a while if he wanted to. If he wanted to go to Kangxi or the Empress Dowager, he would go over there first and wait for them to come back before continuing his lessons.
This may seem to waste a lot of time, but when the little one is in a good mood, he learns more efficiently and does not miss out on learning anything.
It was break time again. The little guy put down his book and hadn't decided whether to go find his father, mama, or mother, but he saw his two brothers at the door first.
"Third brother, fifth brother!"
When Yinzhi saw him stand up and run over, he immediately squatted down, hugged him and praised him, "Not bad, Cheng'an has learned so well, he will definitely pass the test of the emperor father."
"Yeah." The little guy was already happy to see them, and when he heard him praising himself, he nodded and smiled.
Yinzhi had nothing to do today, so he wanted to come over and teach Yinreng together. Yinqi was preparing to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager and came to see him on the way.
"I want to see Mama, too."
When the little guy heard that the fifth brother was going to Mama's place, he immediately said.
Seeing this, Yinreng, Yinzhi and others decided to go along and took Zhang Ruoai with them.
On the way there, the little guy didn't let his brother hold him. When he felt that his friend seemed a little nervous, he told him: "Mama is so good. She always prepares a lot of delicious food for me. I will eat with you later~"
When Zhang Ruoai heard his words, she couldn't help but think of her grandmother and suddenly became less nervous.
"So you went to the Royal Madam just to eat delicious food? Then I have to tell her later." Yinzhi couldn't help teasing him when he heard the little guy's words.
The little guy suddenly became anxious and immediately shook his head and said, "No, I went to see Mama because I missed her. I just ate something while I was there. Third brother, don't talk nonsense!"
Not to mention Yinqi and the others, even Yinzhi couldn't help laughing when he heard him refute his words.
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