Although Kangxi brought Cheng'an back home, he really didn't plan to keep him in the Qianqing Palace for a long time at the beginning. After all, even though he had been a little lazy in recent times, as an emperor he still had a lot of things to do every day, so he didn't have the time to raise a child.
He originally thought of finding a home for Cheng'an after his third birthday, but before he knew it, the little guy had already been a month old and was still staying in the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Compared to ordinary crying babies, he was extremely well-behaved, especially when he was with Kangxi, he laughed more often than he made noises.
Little Cheng'an, who was born with fair and tender skin, has eaten well and slept well in the past month. He has grown a soft body of milk fat, and his black eyes look like stars when he smiles, which is really adorable.
Every time Kangxi saw his smiling face after handling government affairs, he felt his tiredness was relieved a little, so he immediately put the idea of sending him away out of his mind.
Compared to when he was young, the current Kangxi is more arbitrary and has the capital to be willful. It is not a big deal for him to raise a little prince in his palace, and he does not even need to discuss it with others.
His love for the younger prince grew day by day, and the younger prince also liked the emperor very much. The only thing that made him dissatisfied was that every time he asked about his brother, the emperor always misunderstood what he meant.
This is also the reason why the well-behaved Cheng An would occasionally make trouble for him, such as now -
After dinner, Kangxi dealt with the remaining memorials and then sat on the couch where Cheng'an was lying.
Little Cheng'an, who is a dragon cub inside, develops faster than ordinary children. He is only one month old, but he can already lift his head and limbs flexibly.
He had been lifting his feet to play with the socks on them, but when he saw Kangxi coming over, he immediately cried out, "Aiya..."
"It's not long since I finished drinking milk. I'll give you more later." When Kangxi heard him calling, he thought he was hungry. He said this casually and reached out to pull back the socks that he was about to pull off.
Cheng An, who was clearly asking about his brother, heard this and said in a somewhat anxious voice: "Aiyaah..."
Kangxi thought he was unhappy that he had pulled up his socks that were about to fall off, so he pinched his chubby calves and said, "I put on your socks myself, and you're still not satisfied."
“Ah…”
Cheng An shouted a few more times, and finally stretched out his limbs feeling a little tired.
Seeing that he seemed tired from playing, Kangxi reached out and pinched his chubby little arm, feeling that it felt really good.
Liang Jiugong, who was not far away, saw him pinching the little prince, and the corner of his mouth twitched almost imperceptibly. He thought that it was only because the little prince had a good temper. If it were another child, he would have cried a long time ago.
"Call me Father." After pinching his son's strong limbs, Kangxi began to teach him how to call people.
“Ahhh.”
For little Cheng'an, who is just over one month old, the easiest sound to make is "ah".
"Ah, Ma." Seeing that he seemed unable to pronounce the sound of "Huang", Kangxi spoke word by word.
“Ahh.”
Little Cheng'an was quite cooperative, but he was still too young after all.
Kangxi was not disappointed. After teaching him a few times, he held him in his arms and went to read books. Occasionally he would read to him, regardless of whether he could understand or not.
Children in the palace have always been raised with great care. Little Cheng'an, who was only a few months old, either stayed in the bedroom or in the side hall every day. Occasionally, when the weather was good, he would be taken outside the palace to see the sun. As for other places? Without someone to take him, he couldn't go because he didn't have the ability to be independent.
Most children can roll over at three months, sit up at six months, and crawl at seven months, but little Cheng'an can crawl smoothly at more than six months old.
While Kangxi was surprised to witness his first turning over and crawling, he also felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, sour and soft.
In commemoration, Kangxi personally painted several paintings for him.
Another morning, just as the sky was getting light, the energetic little Cheng'an had already woken up.
The little guy raised his chubby little hands to rub his eyes, then turned to look at the person next to him.
After watching for a while, he turned over nimbly, then used his hands and feet to crawl to Kangxi's chest and lay down.
There was naturally no shortage of rooms in the Qianqing Palace, and Kangxi even had someone prepare a room for him. However, he was fine during the day, but refused to go back to his own room to sleep at night.
In the past one or two years, Kangxi would not have spoiled him. However, at this time, Kangxi rarely went to the harem. Considering that he did not make trouble at night, he finally did not move him out of his bedroom.
Ever since he learned to roll over and crawl, Kangxi would experience the treatment of being awakened by "pressure" from time to time, and today was no exception.
When Kangxi opened his eyes and saw an innocent smiling face, he was not surprised at all. He reached out and pinched his face, then picked him up and stood up.
After a while, Kangxi packed up and prepared to go to the morning court. Before leaving, he came to Cheng'an and said something, but the other party opened his hands and pounced on him.
His position was at the edge of the couch, and Kangxi, fearing that he would fall, reached out and picked him up, saying, "Father Huang is going to the morning court, you stay here obediently."
"Oh!"
Little Cheng'an had long been bored of staying in the palace. Having finally learned how to crawl, he now just wanted to find his brothers.
"You can't refuse. The Emperor doesn't have time to waste with you." Hearing the refusal in his childish voice, Kangxi shook his head and handed him to Liang Jiugong.
As Liang Jiugong was Kangxi's personal eunuch, Cheng'an was now quite familiar with him and was willing to let him hug him occasionally, but obviously not now.
He twisted his body to face Liang Jiugong with his buttocks, grabbed Kangxi's collar with one hand and pointed outside with the other hand: "Ah..."
It was really late now. Seeing that he was making such a fuss today, Kangxi scolded him with a stern face: "What are you making a fuss about!"
Cheng'an was frightened by his sudden loud shout and subconsciously let go of his hand.
After Kangxi finished scolding him and saw that he was about to cry, his heart softened instantly and he felt that he should not have been so fierce.
Kangxi hadn't seen him cry for several months, but he noticed that his eyes were red. Although his tone was serious, his voice dropped instantly: "Don't cry, I'll take you there."
After saying this, he carried Cheng'an out of the bedroom and got on the imperial chariot to the Golden Palace.
Cheng'an's emotions came and went quickly. Once he got on the imperial carriage, he was attracted by the bright yellow means of transportation and turned his head to look around.
Seeing that he didn't really cry, Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief and turned his head towards him: "The emperor will definitely not bring you with him to the morning court later. It's useless for you to cry. Just play with Liang Jiugong in the side hall. Do you understand?"
"ah……"
Cheng An responded, but it was unclear whether he understood or not.
After arriving at the Golden Palace, Kangxi handed him to Liang Jiugong. Fortunately, he did not make a fuss this time.
When Kangxi went to the morning court, Liang Jiugong was about to carry the little prince to the side hall, but the other party refused and kept shouting and pointing outside.
The emperor couldn't bear to see the little prince cry, so how could Liang Jiugong dare to let him cry in his hands?
However, the area around the Golden Palace was a serious place, and it was obviously not suitable to wander around. Although Liang Jiugong did not carry him into the side hall in the end, he did not dare to carry him far away, but just wandered around nearby.
He tried to slow down his pace as much as possible, and only took a few quicker steps when the little brother in his arms pointed ahead and shouted "Ah" in an urging tone.
The guards standing nearby stood tall and solemnly in their respective positions, but when they caught sight of the little ball in Liang Jiugong's arms out of the corner of their eyes, they were secretly puzzled.
In the Golden Palace, when Kangxi was attending court, he could not help but think of his son who was particularly clingy today.
I don’t know if it was because his son was waiting outside, but at the morning court today, a certain minister insisted on singing praises for a matter that could be explained in two sentences, causing Kangxi to scold him impatiently.
After exchanging glances, the ministers who had a good relationship with the emperor all felt that the emperor was probably in a bad mood today, so they simply swallowed some unimportant matters and prepared to report them another day.
Therefore, today's morning court ended exceptionally early.
After making sure that the civil and military officials had nothing else to report, Kangxi stood up and strode away.
Liang Jiugong, who had been walking around in circles with the little prince in his arms for who knows how many times, felt like he had seen a savior when he saw Kangxi.
Cheng'an had long complained that he walked too slowly, even slower than he could crawl, so when he saw Kangxi's figure, he immediately stretched out his hands towards him.
"Didn't I tell you to wait in the side hall?" Kangxi said as he reached out to take him.
Liang Jiugong pleaded guilty, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. The little prince refused to enter the palace, so I took him outside..."
Kangxi guessed it without him saying anything and waved his hand for him to stand up.
Since he had been brought out, Kangxi did not ask anyone to send him back, but simply took him to the imperial study.
He liked crawling around recently, so Kangxi simply had someone lay a blanket near the dragon table for him to play on.
The imperial study was a new environment for Cheng'an. He looked around curiously, his little head turning here and there.
After looking at him for a while, Kangxi began to handle government affairs with a faint smile.
Cheng'an, after reading it, started to explore. The small blanket was not enough for him to crawl.
Liang Jiugong and the young eunuchs in the hall stood guard around him, preventing him from bumping into things and running towards the door.
Don't be fooled by his small size, he is quite agile and can climb up quite quickly.
After he crawled to the door several times and was carried back to the blanket, Kangxi took a moment to look at him and said, "Give him something to play with."
“Yeah.”
Soon, the blanket was covered with many of his usual toys.
Perhaps because he was tired from climbing just now, little Cheng'an finally calmed down and lay on the blanket to play.
After a moment's silence in the hall, Kangxi, who had finished reading a memorial, ordered someone to summon Prince Yong Yinzhen and the Minister of Revenue.
Yinzhen and the Minister of Revenue quickly came to the imperial study. After paying their respects, the first thing they noticed was the baby on the blanket.
It was no surprise that anyone of this age who could appear in the Imperial Study was the 24th Prince Yinmi. After the two of them withdrew their gaze, they focused on the matter that Kangxi had summoned them to explain.
On the blanket, little Cheng'an listened to the voices of several people, and after a while he suddenly looked up.
His eyes swept across the two of them and finally fell on Yinzhen.
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