After Kangxi came out of Xian'an Palace, he did not leave immediately, but stood outside the door at an angle where Yinreng could not see him and quietly observed the two brothers.
When he saw Cheng'an being put on the ground and pushed towards the door by Yinreng, he sighed faintly. When he was about to order someone to bring Cheng'an out, he saw the little figure chasing Yinreng directly into the hall.
After the two brothers entered the hall, it was obviously impossible to see clearly.
No one understood better than Kangxi how lovable his youngest son Cheng'an was. Thinking that he might be able to bring some comfort to Yinreng, he stood at the gate for a while before turning around and leaving.
"Your Highness, little prince..."
Liang Jiugong followed, but before he could finish his sentence, Kangxi raised his hand to stop him.
Seeing that the emperor intended to let the little prince stay here, Liang Jiugong looked back and said nothing more.
After returning from Xian'an Palace, Kangxi felt very tired, and this tiredness was more mental.
He raised his hand to rub his eyebrows, and then began to review the memorials.
Perhaps affected by his mood, he was very inefficient in handling memorials today, and there were still some left at noon.
Fortunately, the remaining memorials were not important and there was no need to rush. Feeling a little dizzy, Kangxi stopped dealing with them.
He rested for a while with his hand on his forehead and closed his eyes, then stood up and walked out.
After entering the warm room where Cheng An usually stayed, he subconsciously called out, "Cheng An."
"Your Majesty, the little prince is still in Xian'an Palace. Do you want me to bring him back?" Liang Jiugong said softly.
After Kangxi finished shouting, he actually realized what was going on. After hearing what he said, he thought for a moment and said, "No need. Have someone send his lunch directly over."
He was actually a little surprised in his heart, surprised that Yinreng had not brought Cheng'an back for so long.
You have to know that Yinreng, who was appointed as the crown prince since he was a child, was not a good-tempered person. Not only did he confront his eldest brother Yinzhi, but his relationship with other brothers was also very ordinary. After he was deposed, the only brother who spoke for him was Yinzhen.
It was for this reason that Kangxi felt that since he could get along well with Cheng'an, he might as well let the two brothers stay for a while longer.
As soon as Kangxi finished speaking, Liang Jiugong withdrew and prepared to go on this trip himself with the eunuch who was in charge of serving food.
Xian'an Palace.
"Brother Shui..." Cheng'an is a clingy person. After a whole morning, he has pestered Yinreng so much that he almost loses his temper.
There was no way. He was old and he was his younger brother. He could not be beaten or scolded. What could Yinreng do?
"Why are you so nosy?" Yinreng said with disdain, but he quickly poured him a glass of water.
After pouring the water, he handed the cup to someone, but the person in his arms didn't take it at all. Instead, he came over and drank from his hand.
Even though he was imprisoned in the Xian'an Palace, Yinreng had not fallen to the point of serving others. Seeing that he was so rude, she couldn't help but pinched his face again after he finished drinking.
The person whose face was pinched didn't react at all, and even looked up and smiled at him.
He drank quickly, and Yinreng was not the kind of person who could take care of him, so the corners of his mouth and chin were wet.
Yinreng looked at him with some displeasure, and picked up the handkerchief on the table and wiped him hastily.
When Liang Jiugong came over, he saw this scene from afar. The deposed prince was holding the little prince and wiping his mouth. He was so surprised that he stopped.
It's not surprising that he was so exaggerated. He had served Kangxi for so many years and had watched the deposed crown prince grow up. He had a relatively good understanding of his character. He had never seen him so patient.
When Yinreng threw the handkerchief back on the table, his peripheral vision accidentally caught sight of Liang Jiugong at the door. He suddenly lifted the person in his arms and put him on the ground, his tone revealing a bit of indifference: "You've come at the right time, take him away quickly."
His tone was full of impatience. If one hadn't seen him wiping the little prince's mouth earlier, one would have thought that he disliked the little prince very much.
"His Majesty has ordered my servant to bring the young prince's lunch." As soon as Liang Jiugong finished speaking, the eunuch carrying the food behind him quickly put the food box on the table.
"I'll take my leave." Liang Jiugong took his people away immediately after the food box was placed on the table, before Yinreng could react.
"Brother, eat!" Cheng An clapped his hands when he saw the food box on the table.
Yinreng frowned subconsciously as he looked at the food box on the table, but when he saw him running to the table and standing on tiptoe to reach the food box, he subconsciously hugged him back in his arms.
He had no appetite, but the child in his arms was obviously hungry, so he finally asked someone to open the food box.
Liang Jiugong's position as the chief eunuch of the palace was not for nothing. Although Kangxi only asked him to prepare lunch for the young prince, he prepared lunch for Yinreng as well. Now the food boxes were opened and placed directly on the table.
"Brother, eat." After smelling the fragrance, Cheng'an's little head has already moved to the edge of the table.
Seeing that he was almost drooling with greed, Yinreng ordered: "Come over and serve me."
As soon as he finished speaking, a palace maid who was serving Cheng'an came forward after bowing.
When Cheng'an saw her coming over and trying to hug him, he twisted his body and shrank into Yinreng's arms, holding him tightly with his little hands, and his rejection was obvious in his words.
The palace maid was not surprised at all. After all, when the little prince was in the Qianqing Palace, he didn't like to be held by them, and it was usually the emperor who fed him himself during meals.
Originally, she thought that the emperor was not here, and she was more familiar with the little prince than the deposed prince whom she met for the first time, so perhaps she could take him over. But now she realized that she was overthinking.
"You're not hungry again?" Yinreng looked down at the baby who seemed to be growing on his body.
When Cheng An heard his words, he raised his head and said, "I want my brother."
His implication was obviously that he didn't want anyone else to hold him.
Facing his eyes that showed intimacy and dependence, Yinreng couldn't bring himself to lift him to the ground as he had just done.
Yinreng looked at him quietly for a while, thinking that he was not hungry anyway, and glanced at the obviously smaller bowl of porridge on the table.
"Ah..." Cheng'an saw the porridge in his brother's hand, sat up straight, and opened his mouth very consciously.
He can eat more now. In addition to porridge, he can occasionally eat some rice and softer vegetables and meat.
Yinreng originally wanted to hold the bowl for him and let him eat with a spoon, but he didn't expect that he would just open his mouth and wait for someone to feed him.
After waiting for a while and seeing that his brother did not move, Cheng An spoke again: "Brother..."
Seeing him crying for food, Yinreng looked a little impatient, but finally he picked up the spoon and fed him some porridge.
Compared to Yinzhen who fed him like a harlequin cat for the first time, Yinreng's movements were equally unfamiliar, but at least he knew how to use a spoon, so overall he fed him well. At least after a few mouthfuls of porridge, Cheng'an was still a clean baby.
The porridge contains minced meat and chopped vegetables. Apart from the fact that there is relatively little salt, the porridge tastes very fragrant overall. However, it is not as fragrant as the other dishes on the table.
Cheng An drank the porridge on the spoon in one gulp, pointed at the table and said, "Meat!"
Although Yinreng didn't really want to feed him at first, once he actually started feeding him, the experience was not bad.
Seeing him stretch out his hand to indicate that he wanted to eat meat, Yinreng didn't think much about it. After putting the spoon back into the bowl, he picked up the chopsticks in front of him and picked up a piece of roasted suckling pig.
When Cheng'an saw the bright red piece of suckling pig on the chopsticks getting closer and closer to him, his eyes lit up.
"Second Prince, the young prince cannot eat these yet." The palace maid just now reminded softly.
After she finished speaking, Yinreng raised the chopsticks in his hand again.
The meat that was about to reach his mouth flew away, and Cheng An shouted anxiously: "Brother, eat it!"
Seeing him reaching out to grab it, Yinreng simply put the roasted suckling pig on the chopsticks into his mouth, chewed it and said, "Well, I'm done."
When Cheng An heard what he said, he shook his head and pointed at himself and said, "An An, eat."
"Didn't you hear? You can't eat." After saying that, Yinreng put down his chopsticks and fed him another mouthful of porridge.
Yinreng had eaten Peking Suckling Pig quite often in the past, but maybe it was because of the contrast that the person in his arms wanted to eat it but couldn't, now he was savoring the aftertaste in his mouth and felt that today's Peking Suckling Pig had a crispy and fragrant skin and tasted particularly delicious.
After Cheng An swallowed the porridge he fed him, he patted his chest and said, "Yes."
The way he patted his chest seriously and said that he could eat was so adorable that Yinreng, who had not laughed for a single day since entering Xian'an Palace, was amused by him and the corners of his lips slightly raised.
"Yes, I can." Considering that he made him laugh, Yinreng did not refute, but responded casually and continued to feed him porridge.
However, he underestimated Cheng'an's obsession with meat. After eating two more mouthfuls of porridge, he stepped on his legs to stand up and reached out to grab the meat dishes on the plate on the table on his own.
It can only be said that Yinreng's attitude was not serious enough. When he saw the hope of eating meat, he immediately began to let himself go.
If he were in front of Kangxi, he would at most ask a tentative question, and as long as Kangxi said "no", he would immediately eat the food he could eat.
Yinreng didn't expect him to do this, so he quickly put down the bowl, grabbed him back and sat him in his arms.
Then, he simply stopped carrying the bowl and held Cheng An in his arms with one hand, and fed him with a spoon with the other hand, saying as he fed him, "What are you fussing about? There is meat in the porridge, too."
After realizing that he couldn't move, Cheng An finally calmed down and took a few mouthfuls of the porridge with minced meat. He pushed the spoon and said, "Brother, eat."
Of course, Yinreng would not eat the porridge that he had eaten, but he felt somewhat touched that the porridge had such a thoughtfulness.
When he called out "meat", Yinreng glanced at the table, picked out some fish meat that he should be able to eat, dipped it in some soup and fed it to him.
Cheng'an had eaten some fish before, but they were all the original ones. He had never eaten one dipped in soup like this one. The sweet, crispy and tender taste was so delicious that he clapped his hands.
Is it that delicious?
Yinreng looked at the plain squirrel fish dish, and the next second the little guy in his arms hugged him back: "Hello, brother."
The childish voice is full of joy, which can instantly soften people's hearts.
When Yinreng saw him acting like a child after eating a piece of fish, he felt that such a noble prince was too useless.
But then I thought that he was just a child, and I felt that he was really easy to satisfy.
"Open your mouth." After Yinreng finished speaking, he directly fed him another piece of fish meat.
Cheng An opened his mouth wide and ate the fish on the chopsticks in one bite. The next second, he stretched out his hands and held his little face.
His exaggerated appearance made Yinreng feel a little hungry, so he changed his pair of chopsticks and started eating too.
After taking a few bites of the squirrel fish dipped in soup, Cheng'an became more interested in the other dishes on the table and he never stopped eating.
By the time the meal was over, Yinreng felt even more tired than when he went hunting in the enclosure. He had to be on guard against his little hands trying to steal food at all times.
Yinreng, who had unknowingly eaten quite a bit of lunch with him, had his dishes and chopsticks on the table quickly removed. For a moment he even suspected that the emperor had thrown him here because he thought his father was too noisy.
Without the temptation of delicious dishes, Cheng'an became a well-behaved younger brother again, sticking to him and calling him "brother" every now and then.
It would have been fine if he had just called him once, but seeing that he kept calling him "brother, brother" and babbling in words that he couldn't understand, Yinreng said, "Be quiet, or I'll throw you out if you keep making noise."
"No." Cheng An was just a little excited to finally see his second brother and have dinner with him. When he heard him say he wanted to abandon him, he immediately reached out and hugged his legs.
Yinreng had just sat alone for a while when he saw him hugging his legs again, and climbing up using his hands and feet, with a helpless expression on his face.
How could there be such a clingy little thing in the world?
Yinreng looked at the little guy in confusion as he nestled into his arms again after a while. Seeing that he was still looking up at him with his little face, he really wanted to hit him twice.
"elder brother."
Hearing him calling him again, Yinreng lowered his head unhappily: "What's wrong again?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he looked down and saw the little guy holding a jade pendant and handing it to him.
That was the jade pendant he had worn around his waist before. Yinreng had played with it for a while when he was holding him just now, because he felt that the jade pendant seemed a little too big for him.
The small jade pendant that Kangxi had specially made for Cheng'an was given to Yinzhen by him. What he is wearing now is a jade pendant that he casually took out from his collection. It is unknown which brother gave it to him, so it naturally looks a bit big.
"Give it to me?" Yinreng looked at the jade pendant in his hand with some uncertainty.
Cheng'an nodded and tried to put the jade pendant on his waist. However, it was easier for him to take off the jade pendant than to put it on.
Although he likes jade pendants, gold and other shiny things, he is not a stingy person, at least not to his father and brothers.
The reason why he gave Yinreng a jade pendant was that he discovered that his third and fourth brothers all had jade pendants, and every time they gave him one, they would have another the next time. However, his second brother did not have a jade pendant, and his waist was bare.
When Yinreng saw that his waist was messed up by him, he was rarely not angry, but instead felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
Things are different now. If he were still the crown prince, there would be too many people giving him gifts. But now, except for those people in Xian'an Palace who cannot distance themselves from him, everyone else wants to stay eight hundred miles away from him.
"I'll do it myself." Even though he was in the Xian'an Palace, Yinreng was not in need of a jade pendant, but he was unwilling to reject his feelings at this moment.
Cheng'an let go of his hand when he heard his words, and smiled happily after he put the jade pendant on his waist.
Seeing the pure smile on his face, Yinreng couldn't help but reach out and touch his head.
Perhaps sensing the rare warmth he exuded, Cheng An leaned his little head against his chest, hugged him and said happily: "Brother~"
The little guy had the habit of taking a nap. After leaning on Yinreng's arms and acting coquettishly for a while, he fell asleep unknowingly.
Yinreng didn't expect that he was calling him one second and fell asleep the next. After looking down at him for a while, he reached out and touched his little face.
The afternoon sun is shining brightly, and even the wind is a little warm.
Although this child was a bit noisy, he was not annoying. It was just that Xian'an Palace was not the place for him to stay after all...
Yinreng sat quietly for a while holding the little body in his arms, then raised his hand to signal someone to come and take him away.
The palace maids and eunuchs beside them looked at each other and hesitated, but thinking that with the emperor's love for the little prince, it was impossible for him to stay here forever, so they stepped forward carefully.
After carefully handing the sleeping child in his arms over, Yinreng looked at his peaceful sleeping face and asked someone to bring one of his cloaks to cover him.
After the eunuchs and palace maids left Xian'an Palace carrying the sleeping Cheng'an, the palace returned to its former tranquility.
After Yinreng withdrew his gaze from outside the door, he sneered, walked to the Duobao Pavilion, and took down the wine jug that a little guy had been jumping around here for a long time without touching.
After getting the wine jug, he tilted his head back and took a big gulp of wine. However, with the lunch he had eaten earlier as a base, he didn't feel uncomfortable in his stomach as usual.
While he was drinking, the palace maids and eunuchs who came out of Xian'an Palace carefully and steadily escorted the sleeping little prince back to the Qianqing Palace.
Kangxi felt a little unwell when he finished his work in the morning. He didn't eat much for lunch after he came back, and simply stayed in the palace in the afternoon and didn't go anywhere.
Seeing his youngest son being carried back, he stood up subconsciously.
"Your Majesty, the young prince has fallen asleep. The second prince has ordered the servants to bring him back." A eunuch saluted and whispered.
Kangxi usually went to bed only when he fell asleep at night, and took naps on the couch or the Luohan bed during the day.
At this moment, he ordered someone to put Cheng'an on the Luohan bed with the small table removed. He lowered his head to look at the little guy sleeping, then stood up and walked to the window.
Seeing that the emperor had something to ask, Liang Jiugong waved to the palace maids and eunuchs who had been there before to come over.
"Is the little prince well behaved over there?" Kangxi looked at the sky outside through the window.
"In reply to His Majesty..."
Just now, the palace maids and eunuchs lowered their voices and told the whole story that happened in Xian'an Palace one by one.
Kangxi felt a little comforted when he heard his two sons getting along with each other.
After waving his hand to let the person who answered the question leave, he returned to Luohan's bed.
Kangxi had been feeling a little tired before, but he just couldn't fall asleep. Now, looking at his youngest son who was sleeping soundly, he couldn't help but envy his carefree life.
After reaching out and touching his little face, Kangxi simply lay down next to him.
Holding the warm little body that still smelled of milk in his arms, Kangxi, who thought he couldn't sleep, finally fell asleep after listening to his regular breathing.
As the sun sets in the west, warm rays of light fill the earth.
When Cheng An woke up, he felt restrained, just like when he was back in the egg.
Speaking of eggs, he recalled the dream he had just had. In the dream, a man who claimed to be his "second brother" promised him in a clear voice that he would build the largest palace for him under the sea when he came out.
After finding out that he was right in his memory and that it was his second brother who agreed to build a palace for him, Cheng An smiled and woke up.
After opening his eyes, he found himself wrapped in the "swaddling clothes" again. He immediately struggled with his little hands and feet in dissatisfaction.
In fact, it was certainly not a swaddling cloth, but a cloak given by Yinreng when she came out of Xian'an Palace. It just covered her more tightly.
He finally managed to pull his arms and legs out of the swaddling clothes, but found that he still could not get up because Kangxi was holding him with one hand.
"Father." Cheng An called out, then moved closer to him as he hugged her.
The sun was setting outside, and the light in the unlit hall was a little dim.
When Cheng'an found that his father seemed not to have woken up yet, he stopped calling him and lay quietly on him for a while. He was so bored that he reached out his little hand to touch his face.
"ah--"
As he was touching it, his little hand was suddenly bitten, and he was so scared that he screamed.
Kangxi raised his hand, patted his back, and hugged him to sit up.
When the palace maids found that the emperor had woken up, they began to light the lamps.
As the hall gradually brightened, Cheng An raised his little hand and complained to the person who bit him: "Ah, my god..."
Hearing his childish voice, Kangxi felt his mood improve unconsciously. He tapped his forehead and said unreasonably, "What if Father bites you?"
Cheng An blinked and looked at him for a while, then suddenly raised his two little hands and said to him: "Awoo~"
"You really scared me." Kangxi said with a smile.
After playing with him for a while to wake him up, Kangxi suddenly noticed his waist and couldn't help but think of what the palace maid said before, that he gave the jade pendant to Baocheng.
"Where is your jade pendant?" Kangxi asked knowingly.
Cheng An looked down at his waist and said, "Brother."
"Why give it to your brother?" Kangxi remembered that only Yinzhen had received a jade pendant from him, and it was Yinzhen who gave him the jade pendant first and he returned it.
"Brother, no." Cheng An said.
Upon hearing this, Kangxi couldn't help but think of the son he met today. Recalling his simple outfit without any accessories, he suddenly felt depressed.
"Father?" Seeing him frown suddenly, Cheng An couldn't help but tiptoe to touch his forehead.
"Father is fine." Kangxi shook his head, thinking that he would instruct Liang Jiugong to warn the people in the palace tomorrow and send some things to Xian'an Palace, and then put the matter aside for the time being.
Cheng An looked at his face for a while, then took back his hand and said, "Father, let's go..."
"It's getting dark now, where are you going?" Kangxi said as he straightened his crooked collar.
By the time the father and son woke up and were playing and chatting, it was already completely dark outside.
Cheng An pointed in the direction of the door and said, "Brother."
"You know your brother in your heart." Kangxi said with a straight face.
Although he had left him there on purpose during the day, Kangxi still felt a little uncomfortable when he thought that he had really stayed there. If he hadn't fallen asleep, he might not even come back.
"My dear father." Cheng An rushed over and hugged him.
After understanding that he still knew himself, Kangxi began to smile again.
But it was really late now, and it was impossible for his brother to take him to see it, especially since Kangxi was not planning to go to Xian'an Palace again.
"I heard that you didn't eat lunch well?" Kangxi changed the subject while picking up the person.
When Cheng An heard what he said, he hugged his neck and shook his head, refusing to admit it: "Be good, An An."
"You're good?" Kangxi, who had heard how noisy he was during lunch, glanced at him and took him to the dining hall. "Then eat well for me now."
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