When Kangxi came down from the altar holding Cheng'an, people soon noticed that the rain was avoiding him. They did not care about the little prince in his arms and shouted "Long live the emperor" three times.
"Long live the emperor!"
As the rain began to fall, the pressure on Kangxi was instantly relieved a lot. However, he had too many doubts in his mind at this time and had no time to listen to the flattery of the ministers. He signaled them to calm down and took Cheng'an to return to Changchun Garden.
After he brought Cheng'an into the imperial carriage, he lowered his head and was about to ask a few questions when he found that the little guy in his arms had fallen asleep leaning against him.
The little girl has fair skin and delicate features. When she closes her eyes, her long black eyelashes become more obvious, and her slightly pursed little mouth reveals a bit of cuteness.
In order to offer sacrifices to the heaven today, Kangxi got up before dawn. Cheng'an, who woke up with him, naturally did not sleep for too long.
When Kangxi saw him sleeping, he didn't think much about it and just thought that he didn't get enough sleep in the morning.
However, when they returned to Changchun Garden, Cheng'an had been sleeping until noon without any movement. Kangxi suddenly became worried and immediately sent someone to call the imperial physician.
After returning from the Temple of Heaven, the princes were no less shocked than Kangxi, so they paid close attention to what was happening in Cheng'an.
When the princes learned that Kangxi had summoned an imperial physician for him, they became restless and came to Qingxi Book House at the same time.
"Your son pays respects to the Emperor."
When Kangxi saw them coming, he waved his hand for them to stand up and then had no time to pay attention to them. Instead, he focused on looking at the imperial physician who was still treating Cheng'an.
After several imperial doctors took turns to diagnose and treat the patient, they concluded that the patient was overworked.
"The young prince's pulse is relatively stable. I think he will be fine after resting for a while."
The imperial doctors were actually very confused. They wondered what the little prince could do at such a young age and why he was so tired, but they did not dare to ask.
As for prescribing medicine, he was too young, and the imperial physician did not dare to prescribe medicine without finding any obvious symptoms. He decided to wait and see.
Kangxi was panicked when he saw his youngest son lying in bed and couldn't be woken up no matter what he did.
Thinking that the little guy was like this after the rain, Kangxi couldn't help but think that this was the price he paid for making it rain.
Even after hearing what the imperial physician said, Kangxi still couldn't be completely reassured. After asking them to wait and continue discussing the matter, he sat down beside the bed.
As he gets older day by day, the little guy becomes more and more lively, sometimes a little naughty. Wherever he is, it is always lively and bustling.
Seeing him lying quietly on the bed at this time, Kangxi, who always felt that he didn't look well, felt a little painful in his heart.
This was the child he had raised from a tiny baby to adulthood. Even though he discovered today that he had some supernatural powers, Kangxi was not afraid.
Especially when he thought that whether it rained or not had nothing to do with him and that he did this all because of himself, Kangxi felt indescribably sad.
"Don't sleep any more. Didn't you say you wanted to see your elder brother and second brother? I will send someone to see you when you wake up." Kangxi said, holding his little hand.
Dragons are creatures of legend. When the brothers discovered that their beloved younger brother was actually a dragon, they became a little uneasy.
But at this time, as Cheng'an fell into a deep sleep, the restlessness in the brothers' hearts was extinguished like a basin of ice water, and they were filled with deep worry instead.
Is Cheng'an going to be okay?
Yin'e cast a worried look at his starling.
Yinsi shook his head slightly, feeling very worried.
The group waited from noon until the sun was about to set, but Cheng'an still showed no signs of waking up. Although it was summer, the atmosphere in the house gradually became a little cold.
"Imperial Physician!" When Kangxi stood up, his body swayed slightly, and the frightened princes hurried forward to support him.
The imperial physician who had made the diagnosis earlier was very worried when he saw that the little prince had not woken up. He was so worried that he almost pulled out a few strands of his beard. He responded and stepped forward, rushing to treat Kangxi first.
Kangxi was old after all, and he had not eaten lunch. He was too worried, and when he stood up suddenly, he was a little unsteady. After he recovered, he said directly to the imperial physician: "I'm fine, let the little prince take a look."
After taking the prince's pulse, the imperial physician came to the same conclusion that the prince was overworked, but they had no idea why the young prince hadn't woken up, and they had no way to solve the problem.
"Thanks to God, everything will be fine. Please take care of yourself, Father." Yinzhi said.
After he finished speaking, Yinzhen and others followed suit and said, "Please take care of yourself, Father Royal."
"I understand. You can go down." Kangxi waved his hand.
The brothers knew that it was useless for them to stay here, so they bowed and left together.
After coming out of Qingxi Book House, the atmosphere among the brothers was somewhat silent. Finally, Yin'e spoke first: "Is Cheng'an okay?"
"He...how could he be in trouble!" Yinzhen said in a loud voice, as if he could convince himself in this way.
Yinzhen guessed: "Maybe it's just overwork as the imperial physician said. After all, today... let him have a good sleep, maybe he will recover tomorrow."
Yinzhen thought that Cheng'an was still so young, but he had done such a big thing today. He rarely agreed with Yin'er's idea and thought that he was just tired.
"I think what Ninth Brother said makes sense." Yinluo said.
Yinsi sighed softly: "I hope to see him wake up tomorrow."
Because of this incident, the brothers were not even in the mood to discuss the topic of Cheng'an being a dragon. They were all hoping that he would wake up soon.
After Yinzhen returned to his own courtyard, he clearly had a lot of things to deal with, but he still couldn't calm down.
In the end, he simply put down what he was doing, took a bath, burned incense, and started copying Buddhist scriptures himself in his study.
When Yinxiang saw him doing this, he started copying too.
The princes all lived relatively close to Changchun Garden. When they learned that Yinzhen and his companion were copying scriptures to pray for Cheng'an, soon Yinzhi, Yinqi, Yinyou, Yinsi and other princes also followed suit and copied scriptures.
The rain continued until the sun set and gradually subsided, and finally stopped when the moon came out.
When the long-dry earth was finally filled with water, the dry riverbed began to accumulate water again, and the crops bent over to dry in the sun slowly raised their heads, the people were rejoicing, but Kangxi was still worried about his comatose son.
Kangxi reluctantly ate a few mouthfuls of food under Liang Jiugong's persuasion and returned to bed. He looked at his son who had slept all day and said, "The rain has stopped. Isn't it time for you to wake up?"
The little guy who used to smile at him and call him "Ama" in a baby voice did not respond to him this time.
People's emotions would be magnified at night. At this moment, Kangxi even felt a little regretful that he should not have mentioned the rain in front of him.
But things had already happened, and there was no point in regretting. In the end, Kangxi, who was in no mood to deal with memorials, went to bed early, hoping to see his son's innocent and pure smile when he woke up the next morning.
After lying on the bed, Kangxi looked at the little guy beside him but couldn't fall asleep.
Every word and action in the palace is subject to rules and etiquette. As for Kangxi, he had long been accustomed to lying flat and straight when sleeping.
But ever since he had this little guy by his side, the little guy has been very restless when sleeping and has to be held in someone's arms.
In the past, he would take the initiative to snuggle into Kangxi's arms, and then curl up next to Kangxi to fall asleep, but this time, it was Kangxi who turned sideways and took the initiative to hug him.
"Father now believes that you are a dragon. Can you please wake up soon?" Kangxi lowered his head and rubbed his forehead lightly with his chin, his voice barely audible.
A night passed.
The next morning, the first thing Kangxi did when he woke up was to call the child in his arms, but he was still sleeping soundly.
When the imperial physician was called again, he gave the same answer.
If Cheng'an's breathing had not been steady and his complexion had not been so bad, Kangxi would probably have been unable to hold back his anger and rage against the imperial physician.
But even so, the imperial physician was still frightened by his outward anger and fell to his knees.
Coming to Changchun Garden did not mean that Kangxi neglected his government affairs. In fact, he still needed to attend morning court here.
At the morning court session that day, all the civil and military officials mentioned the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven yesterday and sang praises to Kangxi, saying that he was the true dragon emperor and the one chosen by heaven.
Serving the emperor is like serving a tiger; the emperor's mind is the most difficult to guess.
If Cheng'an had not been unconscious, Kangxi might have thought more about what the ministers said. After all, he knew that yesterday's dragon had nothing to do with him, and now all the flattery was just to take advantage of his son.
But he didn't have the heart to think about these things at the moment. All he had in his mind was wondering whether his son had woken up.
After the morning court ended, Kangxi went straight back to Qingxi Study. On the way, he was secretly looking forward to seeing the little figure running towards him when he returned.
However, he was disappointed in the end, as Cheng An still did not wake up that day.
When the princes heard the news, they all became worried, and even after asking Kangxi for permission, they took turns sitting by the bed and talking to Cheng'an.
"Cheng'an, don't sleep. Don't you like playing in the mud? When you wake up, Brother Shi will take you to play secretly."
"Brother Jiu recently got a gem jade bonsai. If you wake up soon, I will consider giving it to you."
"The Emperor has promised to let you see your elder and second brothers, so wake up soon..."
"Brother Fourteen brought you some candy, do you want to eat it? Wake up quickly, or else your brother Ten will snatch it all away."
"When you wake up, I'll draw you some new clothes..."
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On the third day of the rain, Cheng'an still hadn't woken up, and Kangxi's mood was getting lower and lower.
If he felt a little strange when he first discovered that Cheng'an was a dragon, he was no longer bothered by this issue at this moment.
After all, this was his son who was born with his own eyes, and the little guy had told him a long time ago that he was a dragon.
The days of waiting were torturous. As time passed, Kangxi began to feel powerless.
Kangxi began to copy Buddhist scriptures for him personally, and went to the Taimiao to pray for his ancestors to bless him. At the same time, he prepared to post an imperial edict to summon talented people from all over the world to treat him.
That morning, before the imperial edict was issued, Kangxi opened his eyes and met a pair of dark eyes.
Cheng'an had actually been awake for a while, but seeing that the emperor was still sleeping, he did not make a noise. Instead, he lay in his arms and quietly played with his little hands.
At this time, he saw Ama wake up, and the little guy smiled with his eyes curved: "Ama~"
Although only seven days had passed, Kangxi felt as if seven years had passed. Therefore, when the childish voice reached his ears, he was dazed for a moment.
After reacting, Kangxi suddenly stood up and hugged the person in his arms, with redness in the corners of his eyes for a moment.
His movements were a bit heavy, Cheng An felt a little uncomfortable, twisted his body slightly and called him again: "Ama~"
"You still remember to wake up!" Kangxi was very worried when the man was not awake yet. After he woke up, he was a little annoyed that he made him worry so much, so he raised his hand to slap his little butt.
However, the hand that was raised high finally fell gently.
The little guy, who felt nothing, tilted his head and looked at him, seemingly not understanding why he said that.
But the next second, Cheng An was attracted by the feeling coming from his stomach. He reached out and touched his belly and said, "Ama, eat~"
During the days he was in a coma, Kangxi had only fed him some porridge. Upon hearing his words, he immediately ordered people to prepare breakfast.
"Don't sleep so long next time." Kangxi said to him with his head down as he dressed him himself.
Although Cheng An didn't feel that he had slept for a long time, he still opened his little hands to make it easier for him to put on his clothes and nodded obediently: "Yes."
After washing up and going to have breakfast, the little guy found that his father was particularly easy to talk to today and he could have whatever he wanted to eat.
"Ama wants to curl up~"
Before he even swallowed the porridge in his mouth, he pointed at the gold thread scroll on the table.
Upon hearing this, Kangxi immediately picked up a golden silk roll and fed it to him, reminding him: "Eat slowly."
"It's delicious~" The little guy shook his head while eating, with a slight gleam in his eyes.
Seeing his lively and agile appearance, Kangxi's mood also improved. After feeding him the golden thread roll on the chopsticks, he changed a pair of chopsticks and used one himself.
"Is it delicious?" Cheng An saw his father eating a roll and turned his head to look at him.
Kangxi nodded: "Not bad."
After breakfast, Kangxi summoned the imperial physician to take his pulse.
Cheng'an still remembered that the last time the imperial physician grabbed his hand and forced him to drink medicine, he immediately hid his hand when he saw them coming.
Kangxi saw through his thoughts and told him that he would not take the medicine this time, and then coaxed him into stretching out his hand half-believingly.
After taking the patient's pulse, the imperial physician said that there was nothing serious and that he would fully recover after resting for a period of time.
Only then did Kangxi feel completely relieved and ordered people to take good care of him before going to the morning court.
Kangxi left alone. When he came back, the princes heard that Cheng'an had woken up and came with him after asking for permission.
"Ama! Brother!"
Cheng'an was sitting on the couch admiring a potted gem jade tree. When he saw a group of people at the door out of the corner of his eye, he immediately shouted excitedly.
The jeweled jade tree potted plant was sent by Yinzhen on the third day of his coma. In addition, other princes also sent him many other things, hoping that he could wake up soon.
Seeing that he really woke up, the princes all showed some joy on their faces, and even Yinzhen's cold face was replaced by gentleness.
Especially Yin'e, who didn't even care that Kangxi was present, and directly reached out and picked him up: "You are finally awake!"
"Brother~" Cheng An hugged him and laughed.
Yinzhen glanced at Kangxi, and seeing that he was not unhappy, he moved over and took the person from Yin'e's arms.
As long as he was his brother, Cheng'an would accept anyone who came. After hugging him, he even took the initiative to hug Yinzhen who had been looking at him.
Yinzhen hugged his soft and warm little body, and the anxious mood of the past few days finally calmed down. After touching his little face, he handed him to his thirteenth brother who came to his side.
Yinxiang had just held her for a short while before she was quickly snatched away by Yinzhen, who was at odds with him.
Kangxi had noticed their concerns about Cheng'an during these days, especially the scriptures they had copied, which had piled up into a very high pile.
It was precisely because of this that Kangxi was particularly tolerant of their behavior at this time.
After Cheng'an passed around in the hands of his brothers, he was finally snatched back by Yin'e.
Seeing that he was fine, Yin'e was happy but his curiosity was aroused. He asked faster than his brain could think, "Why is Cheng'an a dragon?"
After he finished speaking, the room instantly fell silent until Cheng An opened his mouth and said in a baby voice: "An An Yi Long Ya~"
Yinzhen couldn't help but glare at Yin'e, thinking that he was asking nonsense.
What is the difference between this kind of question and asking someone "Why are you a human being"?
After Yinzhen finished complaining in his heart, he carefully glanced at his royal father out of the corner of his eye, but he didn't see anything on his face.
It is still summer now, and after the rain a few days ago, the weather is still hot, so there are no extra people in the room at the moment. After all, there are already enough princes. In order to avoid making the room even hotter with so many people, the palace maids and eunuchs waiting on the side have already been sent away.
As for Liang Jiugong, he was sent by Kangxi to do some work and was not here at the moment.
Although Kangxi did not show any surprise on his face when he heard Yin'e's words, he was actually a little surprised in his heart. After all, he initially thought that he was the only one who knew about this.
However, it was quite frustrating to have no one to talk about such a big thing, so Kangxi asked them directly how they knew about it.
Of course, before talking about this topic, Kangxi first ordered the people outside to stay away and not to disturb them.
Seeing him asking, the brothers immediately started talking about what they saw and heard on the day of the sacrifice.
As he spoke, Yin'e became excited and forgot that Kangxi was present. He slapped his thigh and said, "I never thought that Cheng'an was actually a dragon. I always thought he was just talking nonsense!"
In fact, who among those present is not one?
Cheng'an found that his father and brothers were all saying that he was the Dragon Queen, and he clapped his hands and giggled.
Hearing his laughter, Yin'e immediately lowered his head and said, "Cheng'an, turn into a dragon again and show it to Brother Shi. I didn't see it that day because you were too far away..."
"Tenth brother, don't talk nonsense!" Yinzhen interrupted him.
When Yinxiang heard his fourth brother's words, he quickly understood his worries and said, "Cheng'an finally woke up..." He didn't need to say the rest.
Although the reason why Cheng'an fell into a coma for seven days was more likely due to the rain rather than the transformation into a dragon, everyone obviously did not want to take the risk again.
Yin'e reacted after hearing this and quickly changed his words: "Tenth brother won't watch it anymore, don't change."
In fact, even if he wanted to see Cheng An change, he couldn't, because he didn't know how to change at all.
No, upon hearing his words, the little guy immediately looked up at him and asked, "What happened to An An?"
"Uh..." Hearing him ask himself how he changed, Yin'e couldn't help but look at his own starling.
How could Yinsi know? He asked softly, "Doesn't Cheng'an know how to change?"
The little guy shook his head.
Kangxi was a little surprised when he heard this. He stretched out his hand to signal Yin'e to send the person to him, then hugged him and asked, "Then how did you turn into a dragon and make it rain a few days ago?"
"Ama wants it to rain, An'an wants it so much..."
The little fellow spoke in a baby voice, and Kangxi slowly understood. He had been thinking about this because he had promised to make it rain for him. Until he was on the altar, a dragon flew out of his body and started to make it rain without him even realizing it.
Seeing that he was indeed doing this for him, Kangxi reached out and hugged him tighter. He glanced at the other sons present and felt that none of them combined were as filial as the one in his arms.
With such a filial child, it would be a blessing for both his family and his country. Kangxi touched his head, feeling a bit of warmth in his heart.
"Father Emperor, is Cheng'an really Concubine Chen's son?"
The next second, Yin'e's voice broke the warm atmosphere between Kangxi and Cheng'an, father and son.
After he finished speaking, Yinzhen couldn't help but look over with a shocked look, wondering who gave him the courage.
If it wasn't the right time to speak, he would have wanted to ask Yin'e if he had found life meaningless, otherwise how could he dare to ask the Emperor such a question.
"Yin'e, you are so outrageous!" Kangxi was indeed angry when he heard Yin'e's words.
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. This is not what I meant..." Yin'e quickly apologized.
He just thought that it was impossible for an ordinary person like Concubine Chen to give birth to a dragon, so he guessed whether Cheng'an was the son adopted by the emperor.
For example, the emperor once saved a dragon, and the dragon gave him a dragon cub in return for his kindness?
Fortunately, Yinzhen didn't know what he was thinking, otherwise he would definitely tell him to go to the teahouse less often to listen to storytellers tell those messy stories when he had nothing to do.
Kangxi naturally understood the hidden meaning of his words and said with anger suppressed: "Cheng'an was born under my watch!"
"Oh my god~" Cheng An saw that he was a little angry, and quickly stretched out his little hand to pat his chest.
Hearing his soft voice, Kangxi once again felt that his youngest son was indeed the most caring.
How could such a caring son not be his biological son!
Kangxi thought to himself and glanced at Yin'e again.
After Cheng'an comforted his father, he felt sorry for his brother and climbed down from Kangxi's arms again, reaching out to pull his brother who was kneeling on the ground.
"Get up, go back and copy the Four Books and Five Classics ten times." In Kangxi's eyes, his son Yin'e had long been synonymous with "unreliable". In addition, he was in a good mood today because his youngest son woke up, so he was too lazy to argue with him and just gave him a light punishment and a stern warning.
"Thank you, Father Emperor!"
They had already been shown it, and when Yin'e stood up, Kangxi simply waved his hand to signal them that they could leave.
After the group came out of Qingxi Book House, Yinzhen couldn't help but mutter a few words to Yin'e.
Yin'e, who was now feeling scared, patted his chest and suddenly had an idea: "Before, when Cheng'an said he was a dragon, he also said we were dragons too. Do you think it's true?"
The brothers are all quite old. If they were really dragons, how could there be no signs at all over the years? They all thought he was just daydreaming.
Yinzhen said, "You can learn from Cheng'an and make it rain."
Upon hearing this, Yin'e shook his head knowingly, but he still couldn't help wondering: "Then why did Cheng'an say that we are also dragons?"
"He's only that old, it's normal that he doesn't understand." Yinzhen said.
Yin'e: "Then why is he a dragon?"
"Why do you have so many whys?" Yinzhen glared at him.
On this side, a few brothers were walking and chatting in low voices, and on the other side, they were in Qingxi Book House.
After watching the group of sons leave, Kangxi looked down at his youngest son in his arms and suddenly remembered what he had said before.
Although it was just a casual remark at the time, the emperor's words were golden and there was no reason for him to go back on his word.
Thinking of this, Kangxi touched his head and said, "Father said before that if Cheng'an can help Father make it rain, then Father will promise you one thing."
The little guy had a good memory. After hearing what he said, he quickly recalled it and nodded.
"Now you can tell me what you want the Emperor to do for you?" Kangxi said in a gentle tone.
Hearing this, Cheng An tilted his head and thought for a while before saying in a baby voice, "Ah, it doesn't matter, brother, second brother!"
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