The little guy was staggering and gesticulating, and his chubby little fists looked really realistic when waved. He looked so adorable.
Kangxi and the princes looked at his little appearance and smiled with delight on their faces.
“Hahahaha…” Yin’e laughed out loud with joy, then squatted in front of him and raised his hand and said, “Come, Brother Shi will show you how to fight.”
Um?
Cheng An looked at his hands raised in front of him, tilting his head in confusion. After a while, he tried to punch his palm with his little fist.
This force made Yin'e laugh again.
"Come, let me teach you a few moves." Seeing that he was making fun of Cheng'an, Yinzhi lifted his clothes and squatted behind Cheng'an, holding the little guy's arm to teach him how to fight with Yin'e.
With Cheng'an in the middle, Yinzhi and Yin'e didn't dare to do it for real, they were just teasing him together.
Cheng An saw that Da Ge was practicing with him, and Shi Ge on the opposite side could only block and dodge with his hands. He found it very interesting and laughed crisply.
Hearing his laughter, Yin'e suddenly stopped smiling and shouted, "Oh, I was knocked down by Cheng'an!" After saying that, he sat down on the ground.
When Cheng'an saw this, he quickly pulled his hand away from Yinzhi's, ran over to Yin'e, calling out to him and trying to help him.
"I need Cheng'an to hold me up before I can get up." Yin'e said while sitting firmly on the ground.
Upon hearing this, the little guy immediately opened his arms and hugged him: "Brother ah~"
After Yin'e hugged him for a while, he stood up with him in his arms contentedly.
Yinzhi couldn't bear to see his shameless behavior. After he stood up holding Cheng'an, he snatched him away from his arms.
After staying in the restaurant for a while, the group prepared to leave.
When he returned to the street, Cheng'an was not as excited as when he first came out, but he was still in good spirits and looked around.
This time he didn't let anyone hold him, but walked in front by himself. His cheerful steps and pleasing appearance made passers-by look at him frequently.
Kangxi and the princes surrounded him, preventing passers-by from bumping into him, and occasionally blocking some small stalls that were not suitable for him to see, such as snack stalls that he could not eat.
"It smells so good~" Although Cheng'an couldn't see it, he couldn't help but smell the aroma of the food because of his sensitive nose.
"There are fun things ahead, hurry up and go." Yin'e blocked his view and coaxed him to leave the vicinity.
After walking a little further, Cheng An suddenly looked up at a certain place.
They were a father and son. The child was about three or four years old. He was sitting on his father's neck, holding a windmill in his hand that was blown by the wind.
The windmill was not new to Cheng'an, as his brothers had given him many of them before. What caught his attention was the height at which the child sat.
The little guy blinked and turned around and pointed ahead and said, "Look!"
Hearing his voice, Kangxi and the princes looked in the direction of his finger at the same time, and saw the backs of a father and son, and immediately guessed what he meant.
Putting aside whether Kangxi was willing to let his son sit on his shoulders in public, given his age, such behavior would pose certain risks to both father and son.
Yinzhi saw the envy in the little guy's eyes and felt that there was no need for his brother to envy others. In addition, he wanted to help his father solve his problems, so he immediately said, "Cheng'an, come here. I'll carry you."
Yinreng was too lazy to argue with him about this kind of physical work, so he just watched him stretch out his hand, lift Cheng'an up and put him on his shoulder.
This way of sitting is a little different from that of the father and son, but Yinzhi is very strong and controls half of Cheng'an's body with one hand, so he looks quite stable.
"Wow——" This view is much higher than being held by someone, Cheng An shouted immediately, and at the same time couldn't help clapping his hands and shaking his feet.
It was fine when he was sitting quietly, but when he moved like this, Kangxi and the other princes were a little frightened.
"What do you still have one hand for?" Kangxi asked.
Upon hearing this, Yinzhi quickly raised his other hand and placed it on Cheng'an's stomach.
If the scene was warm and had a hint of indescribable aura when he supported Cheng An with one hand and sat him on his shoulder just now, now that aura was replaced by the aura of an old lady.
Even so, the other princes could not be completely at ease, so Yinsi followed behind on purpose, while Yinzhi and Yinzhen stood by.
"Don't worry, I will definitely not let him fall." Yinzhi assured after sensing their caution.
"Father, look at An'an~" Compared to the cautiousness of Yinzhen and the others, Cheng'an, who was the tallest at the moment, was extremely happy.
A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.
Kangxi originally thought that this behavior was unsafe and wanted to let him sit for a while and then get down, but seeing how happy he was and seeing that his other sons were carefully protecting him, he finally did not say this, but nodded slightly to indicate that he saw it.
After getting Ama's response, the little guy turned around and said, "Second brother, look at An An~"
"Okay." Yinreng responded while looking at him with a smile, and raised his hand to pinch his chubby little hand.
When he called Yin'e, Yin'e was very cooperative: "Oh, how come Cheng'an has become so tall? Taller than Brother Ten!"
When the little guy heard his words, he laughed happily and asked the other brothers to look at him.
After calling all the brothers, he turned around and looked around, a puzzled expression suddenly appeared on his little face.
"What's wrong?" Yinreng asked him after discovering it.
Cheng An asked curiously, "Where's Brother Da?"
Under him, Yinzhi stopped walking instantly when he heard this, and an indescribable expression appeared on his face.
Upon hearing this, Yin'e looked at his eldest brother's expression and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Why don't you look down and take a look?" Yinzhen's tone was teasing.
Upon hearing this, Cheng'an looked down and met Yinzhi's slightly resentful eyes. He immediately said in surprise: "Brother Da, look at An'an~"
"Little rascal, believe it or not, big brother will put you down directly." Yinzhi did not expect that after he carried him so hard, he could forget about him in the blink of an eye.
"No!" The little guy shook his head and quickly reached out to hug his head, "Hello, big brother~"
"Don't cover my eyes, or you'll fall down." Yinzhi said quickly after feeling his soft little hands touching his eyes.
Yinzhen also felt that this was quite dangerous, and quickly pulled Cheng'an's little hand down.
Just like that, Cheng'an sat on Yinzhi's shoulders and strolled around the street for a while before they prepared to go home.
It was so much fun outside the palace. When the little guy heard that he had to go back, he immediately became unhappy and ran to the side of the road and hugged the pillar in front of a store.
Kangxi did not expect him to make such a scene, and he ordered his other sons, "Hurry up and bring him back."
Yin'e was the first to step forward, squatting down and coaxing, "Be obedient, Cheng'an, let's go out and play together next time."
Cheng An felt that this "next time" sounded particularly familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that Da Ge always said that he would teach him how to fly next time, but he never did.
"An An wants to play!" said the little guy, hugging the pillar tightly.
After trying to coax him a few more times without any results, Yin'e simply reached out to pull him down, but the little guy was holding on too tightly, and he didn't dare to use force, so he couldn't pull him down at all.
"You're so useless." Seeing that he couldn't even hold a child, Yinzhi took action himself.
Among the princes, Yinreng was the best in literature, and Yinzhi was the best in martial arts. He stepped forward and used some clever strength to easily pull Cheng'an down from the pillar.
"No, no..." The little guy who was pulled down was still unhappy, and his cries attracted the attention of passers-by around.
Seeing the suspicion in those people's eyes, Yinzhi felt that if he hadn't been like a beggar, he would have been misunderstood. He immediately said to the little guy in his arms: "If you scream twice more, someone will come and take Big Brother away."
"No, brother!" Cheng An heard his words and immediately hugged his neck.
Yinzhi was very happy to see his reaction, and felt that it was worth it for him to sit on his shoulder.
After being carried into the carriage, Cheng'an was still a little unhappy, but at least he stopped making a fuss.
Since they were going the same way, Yin'e and his companions followed them back, but there was no room for them in the carriage.
On the way back, Cheng'an kept looking out of the window. Seeing this, the brothers couldn't help but reach out and touch his back, thinking that if they had the chance, they would take him out to play next time.
After the carriage had driven for a while, Kangxi signaled Yinreng to play hand-chat with him.
During this trip out of the palace, the relationship between father and son eased a little. At least when he came back, Yinreng was not as unnatural sitting next to Kangxi as before.
After hearing what Kangxi said, Yinreng stood up and sat down opposite him and started playing chess with him.
Cheng'an was still sitting next to Kangxi. When Yinzhen saw his second brother coming over, the emperor was too busy playing chess to pay attention to him and reached out to hold him in his arms.
After playing outside for so long, no matter how energetic the little guy is, he will feel a little tired now. When he is held, he will lean on him obediently.
"Ama Yaqi~" Cheng'an said after seeing Kangxi's actions.
"Yeah." After Yinzhen responded, his eyes gradually fell on the chessboard.
Yinzhi was not fond of playing chess, and he had no interest in watching Yinreng play chess, so he simply closed his eyes and rested.
After a while, the carriage gradually became quiet, and the only sound was the sound of chess pieces falling.
What does it smell like?
Perhaps his sense of smell became sharper after closing his eyes, Yinzhi suddenly smelled the scent of powder.
There were no palace maids in the car, and the smell of powder was obviously abnormal, so he opened his eyes immediately.
Yinzhi turned around and looked around, and found that he and his father were still the only ones in the car. He frowned slightly, and when he lowered his head, he suddenly realized that the fragrance came from Yinzhen's arms.
No, to be precise, it should have come from the hands of the little guy in Yinzhen's arms.
"Where did you get the rouge?" Yinzhi looked at his red-stained hands with a helpless expression.
His voice was a little loud, and Kangxi and others immediately turned around and saw Cheng'an holding an opened box of rouge. Not only was one of his little hands stained red, but there was also a red fingerprint on his face.
When the little guy saw his father and brothers looking at him at the same time, he felt something was wrong and immediately put on a well-behaved smile.
"Where did he get the rouge?" Kangxi was angry in his voice when he saw that he had played like this in the blink of an eye without keeping an eye on him.
"I have failed in my duty, please forgive me, Your Majesty." Yinzhen had never expected that when he turned his eyes away from the chess game for a while, a box of rouge appeared in his hand.
Kangxi looked at him and finally asked about the source of the rouge.
It is said that even if my fellow Taoist dies, I would rather die than die.
Yinzhi had already remembered that it was Yin'e who took him to buy the rouge, so he told Kangxi directly when he heard Kangxi's question.
"Yin'e!"
"Your son is here." The carriage had already arrived near Changchun Garden. Yin'e heard the emperor calling him from outside the carriage and responded immediately.
"Go back and copy the Book of Rites for me ten times!"
ah……
Why?
Yin'e, who didn't know what was going on in the carriage, was a little confused, but he didn't dare to question it, so he could only say, "Your son obeys your order."
It was not until he returned to Changchun Garden that Yin'e knew why he was punished. He immediately said, "It's too hard for me..."
I finally ran there and met him by chance without being fined, and thought I had escaped a disaster, but he turned out to be waiting for him here.
"Didn't you prepare yourself to be punished before you set out today? It's nothing." Yinzhen consoled with a smile.
Yin'e looked at him dimly when he heard this: "It was you who asked me to take Cheng'an to the rouge stall!"
"I didn't, you took him there yourself, and why don't you just let him take a look? Why buy it?" Yinzhen said he would not take the blame.
"It's just reading The Book of Rites ten times. You can do it, brother." Yinzhen patted his shoulder and said one more sentence before leaving.
At Galin Mansion.
When Galin saw his son being carried back, he flew into a rage: "Who is so bold as to touch my son?"
“Ama…”
Galin’s son was named Gandu. When Gandu heard his words, he felt so aggrieved that he almost cried.
Galin felt distressed when he saw this, and at the same time he said with great vigor, "Who did this to you? Ama will decide for you!"
"It's the eldest brother..."
Before he finished speaking, Galin interrupted him and said, "Is my son confused? The eldest prince has been imprisoned for many years. How could he come out and attack you?"
Seeing that he didn't believe it, Gan Du hurriedly said, "It was him. At first I thought they were just similar people, but who knew that Prince Dun and the Fourteenth Prince would also show up. Not only did they kick my son twice, they also called that man "Big Brother"!
There is no one else except the eldest prince who can be called big brother by those two masters.
Galin heard this and didn't bother to worry about how the eldest prince got out, but asked: "Why did they attack you?"
"My son doesn't know anything. I was just going to a restaurant to have a meal, but they suddenly came out and beat him up. Father, you have to do something for my son!" Gan was not even qualified to attend Cheng'an's one-year-old banquet, so he didn't know him. Now he really felt that he was unjustly beaten.
Perhaps it was Kangxi's tolerance that made Galin more arrogant over the years. After hearing his son's words, he felt that even the princes were not so bullying, and he immediately said angrily: "I will ask the emperor to make the decision!"
Just when Galin was about to go to Kangxi to seek justice, he heard word that Kangxi was going to investigate him.
He knew whether he had done anything bad or not, and naturally knew that it would not withstand investigation. At this moment, he could no longer care about his son's trivial matter, and quickly took the silver bill and started to move.
However, officials are not fools. They feel that the emperor really wants to take action against him this time, so no official dares to have anything to do with him.
"Bah! If you don't accept my toast, then you should drink the penalty." Seeing these people being so disrespectful to him, Galin was very angry, but at the same time he felt more and more uncertain.
Finally, he thought of Yinsi, who was known as the "Eighth Wise King". He felt that with this gentleman's connections in the court, he might be able to protect him, so he immediately visited him with generous gifts.
Yinsi was indeed very gentle to all the ministers in the court, making people feel like they were in the spring breeze, but this obviously did not include the one in front of him.
When he saw Galin, Yinsi had his usual smile on his face, but the smile did not reach his eyes.
Galin saw that the boy did not refuse the gift he gave him, so he felt relieved even though he did not get a single word of confirmation. He left obediently when the boy served him tea.
As soon as he left, Yin'er, Yin'e and Yinzhen came out from behind the screen.
"Is Starling going to help him?"
After Yinzhen finished speaking, Yin'e couldn't help but reply, "How is it possible? He is the only one who can raise a son like that. He is obviously not a good person. Myna will not help him!"
Yinsi really didn't know how to do that. He directly picked up the gift list and told the people beside him: "Take it to Prince Yong and say that this is evidence that Galin bribed me."
When the servants in the mansion left with the gift list, Yin'e pointed at the box on the ground and said, "What should we do with these things? Why not give them to Cheng'an as an apology for his fright."
Yinsi shook his head and said, "They are all things of unknown origin. It is better to sell them and use them to distribute porridge outside the city in the name of Cheng'an."
Yinzhen thought this was a good idea and nodded in agreement.
On the other hand, Yinzhen has already begun to investigate Galin and his son.
In fact, many imperial censors had collected information about Galin’s crimes before, but Kangxi did not punish him at that time. Now many of the evidences are readily available, but his son still needs to be investigated.
The people of the Aisin-Gioro family are not broad-minded. Cheng'an was frightened in the restaurant and was spoken to rudely by Galin's son. The other princes also kept it in mind.
Although Kangxi only asked Yinzhen to investigate, Yinzhi and others also helped with their own methods and investigated the father and son thoroughly.
You don't know until you investigate. Once you investigate, you will find that the father and son are guilty of numerous crimes. Not only did Galin, the father, embezzle and accept bribes, he also supported the corrupt officials below and allowed them to plunder the people's wealth. When he was the governor of Shanxi, the people under his rule suffered terribly. He even dared to intervene in the imperial examinations in Jiangnan to make a profit...
His son Gan Du is not a good guy either. He relies on his father's power and often oppresses the people.
After various crimes and evidence were sent to Kangxi, he became furious after reading them.
"What a great Galli! I trusted him so much!"
When someone impeached Galin before, Kangxi gave Galin a chance to explain and let him go for the sake of his wet nurse. However, he did not expect that Galin would be so bold in private.
"Come here, put Galin and his son in jail and investigate them strictly!" Kangxi did not give him another chance this time and gave the order directly.
"The Emperor is wise and enlightened!"
After the guards took the order and left, Yinzhen bowed and said.
"You did a good job this time." Kangxi said.
Yinzhen did not dare to take credit for the achievement and said that all his brothers had contributed.
Upon hearing this, Kangxi gave him some rewards and waved his hand to let him leave.
After Yinzhen left, Kangxi became more and more angry and threw the cup next to him.
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
Upon seeing this, the servants in Dan Ning Residence quickly knelt down and said.
It was not so easy for Kangxi to calm down his anger. Even when he finished dealing with government affairs and returned to Qingxi Study, the aura around him was still a little cold.
"Ama~"
When Cheng'an saw him come back, he ran over enthusiastically and called him, but Kangxi just responded faintly and sat down on the Luohan bed.
The little fellow sensed something and came over, lying on his lap, looking up at him motionlessly.
"What are you looking at?" Kangxi noticed his gaze and his tone was mixed with some anger that was not directed at him.
The little guy was not frightened by his tone, but replied in a baby voice: "Look at Ama~"
"What's so good about you, Father?" Facing his well-behaved little face, Kangxi's tone softened unconsciously, and he tried his best to restrain himself from bringing any emotion to him.
The little guy tilted his head and said, "Look at Ama, it's so beautiful~"
Although he felt that a grown man did not need such praise, especially at his age, it must be said that Kangxi's mood instantly became much better after hearing these words.
"You are so sweet-talker." Kangxi said as he reached out and picked him up.
Seeing Ama praising him, Cheng'an smiled at him with his eyes curved.
When Kangxi saw his innocent and pure smile, he suddenly felt that there was no need for him to be angry at that kind of person, and the anger in his heart slowly disappeared.
"Was Cheng'an well behaved this morning?" After calming down after hugging his soft little son, Kangxi touched his head and asked.
"An An, be good~" the little guy said and nodded seriously, as if he was affirming his own words.
Kangxi raised the corners of his lips slightly and asked him in detail what he had done this morning.
"An An, look at mother, ah ah ..."
Concubine Chen can be said to have gained status as a mother because of her son. She has now been conferred the title of concubine and can even accompany the emperor to Changchun Garden.
This morning Cheng An went to her place to play and gave her the rouge he bought last time.
Although the rouge was far inferior to the tribute from the palace, Concubine Chen was still very happy to receive it.
"Ama, look~"
After sharing his morning schedule, Cheng An suddenly remembered something and pointed to his forehead.
Kangxi looked down, but saw nothing.
"Isn't it beautiful?" The little guy thought he had seen it and asked with a smile.
Kangxi stroked his little face and praised: "My son is naturally good-looking."
After a while, the little guy looked in the mirror and found that the red spot on his forehead was gone, and he immediately cried out: "No..."
The palm-sized glass mirror in his hand was given to him by Yinzhen, and it was much clearer than a bronze mirror.
"What's missing?" Kangxi saw his anxious expression and picked him up again.
Seeing this, Liu Cai, who was waiting on the side, stepped forward and said, "Reporting to His Majesty, this morning, Concubine Chen put a red dot on the little prince's forehead..."
The red dots were made with bright red rouge on the already fair and delicate face of the little guy, making him look more like a fairy boy from heaven, causing Chen Bin to hug him and admire him for a while.
Although Cheng'an is young, he likes to be praised. Plus, when he looked in the mirror, he thought the bright red dots were pretty, so he was particularly happy.
But maybe because he felt it was novel and he liked it, he couldn't help but reach out to touch it. After one touch and two touches, it was clean.
Kangxi then understood what he had pointed at on his forehead and asked him to look at. Seeing him holding the mirror and puffing up his cheeks, he immediately ordered someone to bring the things over and personally ordered another one for him.
After ordering, the little guy smiled again, looked up and asked, "Ama, it's so beautiful?"
"Beautiful." Kangxi indeed thought it was beautiful. After taking him to have lunch, he personally painted a small portrait of him in the afternoon.
When he finished drawing, Cheng An looked at himself on the paper and opened his mouth slightly, then clapped his hands and said, "Oh my god!"
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