Prince Yong's Palace.
Seeing that her master had been in the palace for so long before returning, the Fourth Lady couldn't help but show some concern.
Yinzhen said calmly: "Nothing."
Upon hearing this, the Fourth Lady did not ask any more questions. She poured him a cup of tea herself and stopped her gaze at his waist: "Master, where is your jade pendant?"
Yinzhen subconsciously lowered his eyes and took a quick look, then he remembered that he had left the jade pendant in the Qianqing Palace and had not taken it back.
The thing he could wear with him was naturally his favorite jade pendant, which was why the Fourth Lady asked one more question.
"Give it to Cheng'an." Yinzhen thought that since he didn't bring it back, he would give it as a gift to him.
After thinking for a while, the Fourth Lady realized that the "Cheng'an" he was talking about was the little prince who was born not long ago in the palace.
Thinking of the fair and tender little prince she saw at the baby baptism ceremony a few months ago, she couldn't help but ask a few more questions.
Yinzhen thought about his smiling brother and said a few words to her casually, mentioning that he would call someone.
"Isn't Cheng'an just six months old? He can already call people?" The Fourth Lady was a little surprised.
Yinzhen said: "I only know how to call you Master and Emperor Father."
His tone was still indifferent, but the Fourth Lady could tell that he was in a good mood, so she said, "It seems that Cheng'an and Master are quite close."
"He is still young, how can he see anything?" Yinzhen thought of his age and felt that when he grew older, he might not remember him, the first brother he called.
It's no wonder he made this guess. Although they are brothers, they have very few opportunities to meet each other. The other party is so young. When he grows up, he will already have playmates of the same age around him.
Yinzhen shook his head, dispelling the innocent smile in his mind, and turned to ask his wife about the recent situation in the mansion.
His thoughts were very calm and reasonable. After all, there were two little princes, aged five and three, in the palace. They had almost no chance to meet each other on weekdays, and he couldn't even remember what they looked like.
But this time Yinzhen guessed wrong, because he saw Cheng'an again a few days later, and more than once.
As for the reason, it was already winter, and Cheng'an kept pointing outside to find his brother. Kangxi didn't dare to let him stay outside for long for fear of freezing, so he could only help him find his brother.
Because Cheng'an always called him brother, Kangxi had recently become a little displeased with Yinzhen and never gave him a good look when he came to pay his respects.
After Yinzhen found out, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. After he figured out the reason, he breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he felt that the emperor was really...
But to be honest, it was a bit unfair for Yinzhen to not get Kangxi's favor, because the "brother" Cheng'an mentioned did not necessarily refer to him.
Our good baby with a conscience remembers that when he was in the egg, many of his brothers would talk to him outside. Now he was thinking about every one of his brothers, but he only knew to call them "brother", which made Kangxi misunderstand that he was thinking about Yinzhen every day.
This morning, Kangxi was relatively free, so he sat on the couch and played with Cheng'an for a while. Suddenly, he pointed at the door and called out, "Brother..."
His original intention was to look for his other brothers, but after hearing this, Kangxi felt that he was thinking about Yinzhen again, and hugged him in his arms unhappily: "It is I who stays with you all day long, and you, on the other hand, think about your fourth brother every day!"
Liang Jiugong, who was standing by, felt that he could hear some resentment from the ladies when he heard this, but he quickly put this rebellious thought out of his mind.
"Ama~" Cheng'an was quite sensitive to people's emotions. Even though Kangxi had a stern face, he knew that he was not angry. He stretched out his little hand to hold his arm and called out, then put his little face against his.
He approached with a friendly attitude, and Kangxi's expression softened unconsciously. When he called "brother" again and pointed to the door, he turned to Liang Jiugong and said, "Why don't you hurry up and invite brother over for our little prince!"
Little Cheng'an could not hear the awkwardness in his words. He smiled happily just by hearing the word "brother".
"Are you so happy?" Kangxi looked at his little appearance and suddenly laughed too. He thought that children are just children and can be so happy over a small thing.
It started snowing in the capital two days ago, and it was already white outside. This was the reason why Kangxi would rather summon Yinzhen into the palace than let Cheng'an go out again.
When the people from the palace arrived at Prince Yong's mansion, Yinzhen knew their purpose without any further ado and got into the carriage directly.
Before Cheng'an was born, Yinzhen could never have imagined that the emperor would dote on a son so much, nor could he have imagined that he would have a younger brother who would be so attached to him.
No one would dislike a brother who is cute, well-behaved, smart and precocious. As they meet every now and then these days, Yinzhen becomes closer and closer to him, and today he even brings him a little toy.
After arriving at the Qianqing Palace, Yinzhen heard familiar laughter from afar.
In the past, this palace gave him a feeling of majesty and solemnity, and he would unconsciously become tense after entering it. However, the recent few times, he had a different feeling.
"Your son pays respects to Father Emperor!"
"elder brother……"
Two voices sounded in the hall at the same time. Kangxi glanced at the little boy who was still in his arms but had already stretched out his hand in front of him, and then he let Yinzhen stand up.
"Brother!" Cheng An glanced towards the door. Although he was a little disappointed that he was the only brother who came, he still waved his hands enthusiastically, thinking that his other brothers might have something to do.
Seeing that Kangxi did not refuse, Yinzhen dared to step forward and take him into his arms.
When he came before, Kangxi had something to do. This time, seeing that Kangxi had no intention of leaving, Yinzhen was obviously not that comfortable.
"Sit down." Seeing him standing there stupidly, Kangxi pointed to the other side of the couch.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yinzhen thanked him before sitting down. He saw the person in his arms putting his little hand on the jade pendant on his waist again. Thinking that he would lose a jade pendant every time he saw him these days, he felt a little helpless.
Kangxi, who was standing by, saw this scene and there was a hint of gloating in his eyes. Thinking of the many jade pendants in his youngest son's wooden box, he suddenly felt that being a good brother also has its price.
He didn't know about this at first. After all, he was not present most of the time when Yinzhen came before, and he didn't know how the two brothers got along.
It was only two days ago that I suddenly discovered that there were many more jade pendants in the wooden box that belonged to Cheng'an in the hall. I found out after asking Liang Jiugong.
"Cheng'an, look here." Fortunately, Yinzhen came prepared today. Before he pulled off the jade pendant from his waist, he took out an exquisite nine-ring chain from his sleeve.
He originally prepared a jade nine-link chain, but later thought about the boy's young age and was afraid that it might break and hurt him, so he changed it to a gilded nine-link chain.
Cheng'an was immediately attracted when he saw the golden nine rings in his hand, and reached out to take it while calling "Brother".
Yinzhen had specifically instructed the craftsmen to make the Nine-Ring Chain a little smaller, so it was still much larger than his hand, so he carefully held it and handed it to him.
The Nine-Ring Chain is neither difficult nor easy. After Yinzhen handed it to him, he was about to teach him how to solve it, but the next second he saw him giggling and shaking the Nine-Ring Chain, making a clanging sound.
This was obviously not the correct way to play Nine Rings, but seeing how happily he was shaking it and thinking of his age, Yinzhen finally swallowed back what he was about to say.
While he lowered his eyes and looked intently at the person in his arms, Kangxi was also looking at the two brothers.
He first looked at Cheng'an, but later he inevitably noticed Yinzhen. It was rare for him to see an expression other than a cold face on his son's face, and he suddenly felt a little sad.
"How is the mansion doing lately?"
After hearing Kangxi's words, Yinzhen reacted a little later: "Everything is fine."
It was the first time for him to have such a face-to-face chat with Kangxi. He tightened his arms around the child, seeming a little uncomfortable.
Kangxi thought that there seemed to be only three princes in his house and said, "Your family's descendants are still too few..."
He said Yinzhen listened carefully and occasionally responded.
After the father and son exchanged a few words, they had nothing else to say. The sudden silence made the air in the hall a little colder, until Cheng An, who was concentrating on playing with the new toy in his hand, spoke: "Brother, Ama..."
Hearing his voice, the father and son looked over at the same time, and saw Cheng'an pointing at a ring that had fallen from the Nine Rings with a frown on his face, as if he thought he had broken it.
"Not bad, you actually solved one link." Kangxi praised.
When Cheng'an heard his words, his brows frowned even deeper, and he raised his hand and held the Nine Rings in front of his brother.
"It's not broken." Yinzhen understood what he meant. After explaining, he held his hand and put the ring back on. Then he helped him untie it again. "You see, the nine linked rings have to be untied one by one like this..."
Although Cheng'an had small hands, Yinzhen was very patient, which even surprised Kangxi.
Outside the palace, the Eighth Prince’s Mansion.
The ninth prince Yin'er, the tenth prince Yin'e, and the fourteenth prince Yinzhen once again gathered at Yinsi's house to drink.
At the table, the brothers talked about Yinzhen.
"I heard that fourth brother has been going to the palace frequently recently. Do you know what's going on?" Yin'e asked curiously.
Others may not know this, but Yinzhen is very clear about it. After all, he and Yinzhen are from the same mother. Yinzhen always has to see Defei every time he enters the palace, so he indirectly learned the reason from Defei.
After taking a sip of wine, Yinzhen said, "I heard from my mother that he went to see our younger brother who was raised by the emperor's father."
Upon hearing this, Yinzhen's lips curled slightly, and his smile was somewhat sarcastic. It was obvious that he felt that Yinzhen had ulterior motives for visiting his brother.
"Cheng'an?" Yin'e recalled the brother who was close to him during the baptism ceremony, and immediately became interested. "That's not just his brother. Why don't we go and take a look..."
Ever since the crown prince was deposed, the eldest prince was imprisoned, the third prince and the thirteenth prince were involved, and the eighth prince was also reprimanded by Kangxi, the fourteenth prince Yinzhen suddenly stood out among the princes.
He had been quite favored by Kangxi in the past two years. When he heard that his own brother often went to the Emperor's presence through his younger brother in the Palace of Heavenly Purity, he had the same idea. When he heard Yin'e's words, he agreed immediately.
Seeing that the two of them hit it off, Yinsi shook his head, but didn't say anything.
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