"Hey, brother, look at An An's tail~" After changing into the dragon tail clothes with the help of his brothers, the little guy stood on the Arhat bed and swung his little tail, and the dragon horns on his head also moved slightly.
It was the first time that Yinreng saw him wearing a dragon tail robe. When he saw the little tail swaying behind him and the dragon horns on his head, a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.
"Come here." Yinreng opened his arms, and when the little guy jumped in front of him, he gently held him in his arms and reached out to touch the dragon horns on his head.
The last time he went to Xian'an Palace and said that Yinzhi pulled off his tail, Yinreng imagined the scene of him having a tail. Now that he actually saw it, he suddenly felt that the appearance he imagined was far less likable than the real thing.
Cheng'an obediently let him touch the dragon's horns twice, but when he was about to touch the dragon's tail, he immediately hugged the tail to his chest.
It’s no wonder that the child is so vigilant. It can only be said that it was all due to the sins that Yinzhi had committed in the past.
After Yinreng touched nothing, he saw him holding the tail tightly in his arms, and couldn't help laughing: "So precious?"
"The tail can babble~" Cheng An hugged his tail and told him in a baby voice.
Guessing that he meant the tail would fall off, Yinreng said, "Don't worry, not everyone is as reckless as Yinzhi. A light touch won't make it fall off."
After the last communication in Xian'an Palace, Cheng'an already knew that the "Yinzhi" he was referring to was Da Ge.
Hearing his words, the little guy looked down at the tail in his arms, then raised the tip of the tail and said, "Hey, brother, be gentle."
Yinreng didn't necessarily have to touch his tail, but when he saw him reaching out, he still touched it gently.
It was clearly a fake tail, but when he touched it, the little guy holding the tail laughed, as if the itchy spot on the tip of his tail was really touched.
Seeing his smiling face, Yinreng's lips also curled up.
Next to him, Yinsi glanced at his second brother and felt that he had not seen him smile so easily for a long time.
The prince was naturally excellent. He was so high-spirited in the past. At the age of five, he accompanied the emperor to Jingshan for hunting. At the age of eight, he encountered a wild beast disturbing the emperor. He shot the beast to death directly, which made the emperor very happy. At the age of thirteen, he gave lectures to Manchu and Han ministers... But since some time, he has become more and more anxious, and the emperor's attitude towards him has also begun to change.
It was because he found that the position of the crown prince could be shaken that Yinsi became ambitious and wanted to show his father that his son was no worse than the crown prince. However, he did not expect...
It had obviously been a long time since Kangxi had scolded him in public, but whenever Yinsi thought about it, he could still hear his words and couldn't help but reveal a barely perceptible bitter smile on his face.
"Brother~" Cheng'an was very lively in his dragon tail robe. After playing with Yinreng for a while, he started jumping on the Luohan bed, hugging his brother and rubbing against his brother. Now he came behind Yinsi and lay directly on his back.
Feeling the weight on his back, Yinsi subconsciously reached out to hug him to prevent him from falling. When he turned around, he was met with a pure smile.
Seeing his innocent smile, Yinsi's complicated and heavy thoughts were temporarily dispelled: "What's wrong?"
"Jijihujiji~" Cheng'an suddenly remembered the sentence he had taught himself to recite before, and recited it in a baby voice.
Seeing that he had a good memory, Yinsi smiled and touched his head: "Cheng'an is really smart."
Not far away, Yinreng saw Cheng'an lying on Yinsi's back affectionately, and took out a Luban lock from the box in the corner of the Luohan bed: "Cheng'an, come and see what this is."
When the little guy heard his words, he subconsciously stood up and ran over.
When he came closer, Yinreng hugged him in his arms and taught him how to use the Luban lock step by step.
Yinsi was not stupid, so he naturally realized that he had deliberately called Cheng'an away. However, he was used to being gentle and would never argue with others over harmless matters, not to mention that he actually felt a little guilty towards Yinreng in his heart.
He was easy to talk to, but Yin'e was somewhat unhappy. After all, they were both older brothers, so why could Yinreng always monopolize Cheng'an alone?
He didn't dare to rob him directly, after all, Yinreng was no longer the crown prince and was his second brother in terms of seniority, so he started to search his body.
He didn't even have a jade pendant on him today, so naturally he couldn't take anything out. So he turned around and touched Yinzhen's body.
Yinzhen opened his hand and asked, "Are you itchy?"
Although they were both brothers, Yin'e was not afraid of him. As soon as his hands were opened, he reached out again and quickly untied the purse from around his waist.
Yinzhen gave him a sidelong glance but didn't try to take it back.
"This gold pearl is really of great quality!" Yin'e praised after opening the purse and seeing what was inside. He felt that he was worthy of being his ninth brother, who never lacked for good things.
As soon as he finished speaking, he took out the golden pearls from his purse and spread them on his palm, saying, "Cheng'an, look here!"
Cheng'an looked up subconsciously, and when he saw the golden pearls emitting a bright golden light in his hand, his eyes immediately widened, he put down the Luban lock in his hand and ran over.
After attracting him over, Yin'e showed a smug smile on his face.
"Wow——" Cheng An exclaimed softly after coming closer and seeing the golden pearls in his hand.
These golden pearls are not particularly large, but they are very round in shape, almost exactly the same size, and have a lustrous luster on the surface.
"Do you want it?" Yin'e asked with a smile when he saw how he liked it.
Cheng An nodded immediately: "Yeah."
"This belongs to your ninth brother, you can ask him." Yin'e did not act on his own and still remembered who these things belonged to.
In fact, this golden pearl was originally brought by Yinzhen to Cheng'an because he thought he would like it.
Even though Yin'er didn't mention Cheng'an as often as Yin'e, he actually loved his younger brother Cheng'an as much as Yin'e, otherwise he wouldn't have thought of him first when he saw the golden pearls of this color and quality.
But after Yin'e asked, Yin'er didn't give it to him right away. Instead, he waited until the little guy jumped on him and called him "brother" before pretending to be impatient and said, "It's just a few pearls. Here they are."
"Hello, brother~" Cheng An was very happy to see his brother giving him the golden pearl, and he hugged him tightly and rubbed him a few more times.
When he finally left, Yinzhen felt that there was a smell of milk on him.
After getting the golden pearl, Cheng'an started playing with it immediately. At first he was just grabbing it and playing with it, but soon Yin'e led him to play with the pearl.
When Yinreng saw the purse of pearls coaxing him away, he couldn't help but wonder if he had such pearls in his own private storehouse.
"If this pearl were bigger, would it feel like a dragon playing with a pearl?" Yinxiang looked at Cheng'an dragging his dragon tail and lying on the Luohan bed playing with the pearl, and said to Yinzhen with a smile.
When Yinzhen heard this, a smile flashed in his eyes.
With so many brothers playing with him, Cheng An shouldn't get too excited. But after all, he just got sick yesterday, and he just took medicine. After playing for a while, he is not as energetic as before.
When the brothers found out, they stopped teasing him and instead deliberately kept him quiet, letting him sit on the Arhat bed and rest.
The little guy leaned on a soft pillow with his tail pulled in front of him and his little feet restlessly kicking the golden pearl not far away.
As he was kicking, he suddenly lifted his foot and held it in front of him for some unknown reason.
The brothers who had been watching him were stunned when they saw this scene, and then they did not know whether to laugh or cry.
"Do your feet smell good? Let Brother Shi smell them." Yin'e joked with a smile.
The little guy was just playing with his feet. When he heard what his brother said, he blinked twice, then let go of his feet and stretched them towards him.
The little feet in white silk socks were so cute that anyone present could cover them with one hand.
Yin'e was just joking at first, but when he really stretched out his foot, he unconsciously leaned over to smell it, and found that it really did have a milky scent.
Cheng'an, whose feet were rubbed by him, immediately laughed, then hugged his feet and smelled them himself, giggling as he smelled them.
Seeing that Yin'e really went to smell it, Yin'er glanced at him with a look of disdain.
After Yin'e noticed it, he said, "How old is Cheng'an? His feet are not dirty, and they smell good. If you don't believe me, smell them for yourself."
Yinzhen was too lazy to pay attention to him.
Seeing this, Yin'e said to the little fellow who was holding his feet again, "Cheng'an, let them smell it, let them know that our Cheng'an's feet are fragrant."
Cheng An heard what he said and kicked out again.
Seeing the little guy's expectant look, Yinzhen, who felt that this little brother was good in every way, held his little feet and shook them in front of him, then said, "Yes, yes, it smells good."
Cheng An was amused and laughed, and immediately looked at his other brothers.
Even though Yinreng was no longer the crown prince, he still had baggage, and no matter how much he loved his younger brother, he could not do such indecent behavior in public.
When the little guy put his feet in front of him, he picked him up and sniffed him and said, "It smells good."
The white and tender little guy is soft when you hold him in your arms, and has a light milky scent that doesn’t smell greasy, but instead makes you want to take a bite.
Cheng An, who was hugged by him, giggled, and hugged him back and sniffed him. After sniffing, he said: "Oh, brother, it smells good~"
Before meeting Cheng'an, Yinreng spent every day in Xian'an Palace either drinking or daydreaming. After meeting him, Yinreng regained some energy and began to pass the time reading and practicing calligraphy, so he had the scent of ink on him.
After hugging and rubbing against his second brother for a while, Cheng'an went to find his other brothers.
Yinxiang had no burden of being a prince, and he thought his younger brother's fair and tender feet were the cleanest, so he smelled his feet without any burden and concluded that they were indeed fragrant.
As for Yinzhen and the others, they imitated Yinreng's actions and hugged him and smelled him.
While the brothers were playing happily here, in the imperial study.
After Kangxi had dealt with some memorials, he suddenly remembered and looked up and asked, "Little Prince, have you used the medicine today?"
Knowing that His Majesty values the young prince, Liang Jiugong had been ordering people to pay attention to the news over there. At this time, he immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the young prince has already used the medicine."
When Kangxi heard this, he remembered the difficult process of feeding medicine last night and couldn't help asking for details.
After Liang Jiugong recounted the process of Cheng'an drinking the medicine, Kangxi put down the memorial he had just reviewed and said, "He is good to those brothers."
It is said that a child's character can be seen at the age of three, but from this meeting with Cheng'an, Kangxi could see that he had a pure heart. This was his luck, and also the luck of his brothers like Yinreng.
"The brothers are also good to the younger prince." Liang Jiugong knew that the Emperor hoped to see this kind of brotherly love and respect, so he continued.
But what he said was also true. After all, every time the princes came over, everyone could see with their own eyes that they doted on the young prince.
Kangxi certainly knew this, otherwise he would not have agreed to let them meet Cheng'an.
Now that his youngest son had taken the medicine, Kangxi could rest assured and lowered his head to continue his work.
When he finished his work and returned, it was already noon. All the princes had left, including Yinreng who had returned to Xian'an Palace.
The reason why Yinreng took the initiative to go back was that he didn't want to face Kangxi. Last night he was so worried about Cheng'an that he didn't have time to think about anything else. But now he felt a little embarrassed to meet Kangxi, especially when he thought about what if the other party asked him why he was still here.
Cheng'an was naturally unhappy that his brothers had left. He was now lazily lying on the bed, and even Jin Zhenzhu, who had loved him so much before, didn't want to play with him anymore.
"Where is your second brother?" After Kangxi glanced around the hall, he walked over and sat down beside the Arhat bed.
Cheng An climbed up and puffed his cheeks and said, "Hey brother, let's go, brother, let's go!"
Upon hearing this, Kangxi reached out and held him in his arms, without saying anything for a while.
The little guy thought about his brothers leaving and didn't want to talk anymore. Instead, he hugged Kangxi and leaned quietly in his arms.
Outside the palace.
After leaving the palace, the princes split into two groups, Yinzhen and Yinxiang in one group, and Yinsi and his group in the other.
"What do you think? Is the Emperor going to reinstate the Crown Prince again?" Yin'e had been thinking about this question when he saw Yinreng in the Palace of Heavenly Purity just now, and he couldn't help but ask it now.
Yinzhen thought it was impossible. After all, the crown prince had been deposed twice. Not to mention that three times the limit, such repeated dethroning would undermine the emperor's dignity.
However, thinking of the emperor's favor for the prince, he was thinking about the prince even on the southern tour, and even ordered people to bring a big fish back to him when he saw it in the river; thinking of the fact that Yinzhi was also imprisoned and couldn't even leave the mansion, but Yinreng could still appear in the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Yin'er became a little uncertain.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Yin'e couldn't help but look at Yinsi.
Yinsi received his gaze and smiled with a hint of bitterness: "It all depends on what the Emperor Father wants."
It was only after he was publicly reprimanded by the Emperor that he realized that if he wanted to compete for the position of crown prince, what mattered was not how popular he was or how many people supported him in the court, but who the Emperor favored.
Even now he suddenly realized that his so-called connections were just bargaining chips, and they became obstacles after they caught the emperor's eye, which was why he was suppressed.
Speaking of the fight for the throne, none of the princes have gotten anything good out of it. Needless to say, Yinzhi and Yinreng have lost their freedom, and Yinxiang was also imprisoned for a period of time and even suffered sequelae on his legs.
It seemed that Yinsi was able to benefit from the fall of Yinzhi and Yinreng, but in fact, he was disliked by Kangxi when most officials in the court recommended him to be the crown prince.
Not only did Kangxi scold him in public for being "treacherous by nature", he even stopped his salary in the 54th year. Yinsi immediately fell seriously ill, but Kangxi was indifferent even when he was seriously ill. Only after he recovered did he order people to pay his salary back.
Yin'er and Yin'e, who were close to him, naturally didn't get anything good either, and only Yinzhen was slightly stronger.
Although the Third Prince Yinzhi did not suffer any substantial harm after being deposed as the Crown Prince twice, he was frightened and dared not participate in the fight for the throne anymore. Instead, he began to write books honestly.
Even Yinzhen, who has always kept a low profile, has been walking on thin ice in recent years and even has to worry about Yinxiang.
It seemed that it was not until Cheng'an was born that the brothers were able to find some ease again.
When Yin'e heard Yinsi's words, the words "or else let's not fight anymore" were stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them, so he could only remain silent.
"Why think so much? Who knows what will happen until the end." Seeing that they were silent, Yinzhen spoke.
Naturally, he also had ambitions, especially when he realized that the starling he had always supported seemed to have little hope, and suddenly found that his older brothers were no longer capable, and that he seemed to have a chance of rising to the top.
However, the Emperor seemed to be in good health now, so he didn't think too much about it. He just wanted to perform well, as the Emperor would always see the good in him.
At this moment, he was not obsessed with the fact that he saw Yinreng in the Qianqing Palace. His mind was still on his younger brother Cheng'an.
Whenever he thought about how the little fellow, who was afraid of bitterness, took the initiative to drink the medicine just because he said his hand hurt, Yinzhen felt so happy that he felt that he was indeed his favorite brother.
"By the way, Tenth Brother, where did you buy the crispy candy last time?" Yinzhen thought of Cheng'an's look today when he felt the bitterness of the medicine he drank, and wanted to buy some candy to bring over to make it up to him next time.
When he heard him mention candy, Yin'e knew without a second thought that it was definitely not something he wanted to eat, and couldn't help but ask, "Why are you asking this? I promise not to feed you anything else if it's not what you want."
Being interrupted by Yinzhen, Yinsi and Yin'er also turned their attention to it.
"Didn't you feed Cheng'an candy last time? And nothing happened to him after he ate it." Yinzhen said.
Yinsi shook his head and said, "He just got sick, so he'll probably need to stay in bed for a few days. Don't bring him any food for now."
"That's right, your hand doesn't hurt anymore?" Yin'e said, looking at his hand.
Yinzhen spread out his still red left hand, with a smile that showed off a bit on his face: "With Cheng'an blowing on my hands and helping me drink the bitter medicine, the pain has long gone."
Seeing the smugness on his face, Yin'e suddenly reached out and patted his palm.
"Hiss——" Yinzhen took a breath and glared at him, "Tenth brother, what are you doing!"
"You said it doesn't hurt." Yin'e said innocently.
Yinzhen said unhappily: "I'll slap you to see if it hurts!" After saying that, he stretched out his intact right hand to slap someone.
After leaving the palace, the brothers did not get on the carriage immediately, but walked slowly forward while chatting.
Seeing that he was about to take a photo of him, Yin'e quickly turned around and climbed onto his own carriage. After getting on, he immediately ordered, "Hurry back home."
"Chase him!" Seeing that he wanted to run away after hitting him, Yinzhen immediately got into his carriage and said to the coachman.
When Yinsi saw them making a fuss over such a small matter, he smiled and shook his head, thinking that they had become childish after staying with Cheng'an for too long.
That evening.
Because the imperial physician said Cheng'an should eat light food for the next two days, the little guy had already eaten two meals of white porridge today. When it was evening, his face turned pale when he saw the white porridge again.
"I don't want to eat it." He puffed up his cheeks and shook his head, refusing to continue eating the tasteless white porridge.
Kangxi held the spoon and looked at him: "I am eating porridge with you, what else do you want?"
Knowing that he would make a fuss, Kangxi did not allow anyone to serve him other dinners.
"Father doesn't want to eat." When Cheng'an heard his words, he immediately told him not to eat either.
The white porridge wasn't bad, but no one could stand eating it three times a day, especially since he didn't even have any snacks today, so he couldn't even change his diet.
"Be obedient and finish the porridge. I will have someone make something else for you tomorrow." Kangxi coaxed.
Cheng An looked at the white porridge and really had no appetite. He shook his head and said, "No."
After saying this, he turned around and hugged Kangxi, calling him in a soft and milky voice: "Father, Father, hello..."
Kangxi looked down at the little guy who was acting coquettishly in his arms, and seeing that he really didn't want to eat plain porridge, he finally gave in.
"I'll have someone make a bowl of noodles and send it over. If you don't eat it, you'll starve."
For Cheng'an at this moment, as long as it wasn't plain porridge, it would be fine, so he nodded obediently.
After a while, a bowl of plain noodles with clear soup and white noodles was served.
No matter how bland the plain noodles were, they were at least a little salty. Cheng An kept his promise and ate them obediently.
Maybe because he ate too much white porridge today, the light noodles seemed delicious to him and he ate them with big mouthfuls, enjoying it very much.
Seeing that he had such a good appetite, Kangxi thought that there should be nothing wrong with his health, and he felt more relaxed.
"Dad, eat it." Cheng An said after taking another bite.
Kangxi had eaten white porridge with him at noon, and he was a little hungry now. Seeing that he had not swallowed the porridge in his mouth yet, he took his own bowl and started eating.
After the father and son had a simple bowl of plain noodles for dinner, they quickly went to bed and relaxed.
Since he got older, Kangxi's busy time at night has decreased a lot unless there is something important, especially since he started to raise his youngest son by his side.
After taking a bath, the little guy started to ask to wear a dragon tail suit.
Perhaps he remembered that he started having a stomachache last night when he asked to wear the dragon tail robe but was rejected, so Kangxi was very easy to talk tonight and directly ordered someone to give it to him.
The one he was wearing today needed to be washed, so he had to wear the other one without the hat.
Fortunately, he was still reasonable sometimes. When Kangxi told him that the previous one had been washed, he stopped making a fuss.
The little guy wearing the dragon tail robe was in a very good mood. Seeing that Kangxi was reading a book, he did not disturb him and sat beside him playing with his tail.
After playing for a while, he suddenly noticed his feet. He moved his toes slightly twice, then suddenly lifted them up and placed them in front of Kangxi.
Kangxi was slightly startled when he saw the little feet in front of him, and turned to look at him: "What's wrong with the feet?"
"An An smells so good~" said the little guy, shaking his feet.
Kangxi, who saw what he meant, almost laughed out of anger. He immediately reached out and gently knocked his foot down: "Who taught you that?"
Perhaps because Yin'e was almost wrongly accused today, he did not think it was the other party at first reaction this time.
Cheng An didn't answer, but held the foot that was pushed down and brought it in front of him to smell it.
The one-year-old little one has fair skin, and his nails and other parts are pink. He doesn't look too clean. He just took a bath, so he smells naturally fragrant.
Seeing that he was still holding his feet and smelling them, Kangxi was both angry and amused. He immediately turned around and asked Liu Cai what was going on.
When the emperor asked questions, Liu Cai naturally answered truthfully.
"This Yin'e!" After hearing this, Kangxi felt that it was no wonder that he suspected him first when something happened.
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