Yin'e didn't like playing Nine Rings before, but with Cheng'an's smile and applause, he felt a sense of accomplishment and didn't feel bored anymore.
He was already reluctant to leave when Yinsi reminded him to do so. When he heard Cheng'an calling him "Brother" over and over again, he immediately stopped.
As soon as Yin'e stopped and looked back, he saw Cheng'an waving his hands for a hug, and couldn't help but say to Yinsi: "My dear brother, why don't we stay a little longer?"
Before Yinsi could say anything, Yinzhen, who had not held Cheng'an just now, looked at his anxious look and turned around to pick him up.
It was his first time holding a child, so his movements were a little unfamiliar, but Cheng An didn't dislike it at all. Instead, he took the initiative to stretch out his little hands and hug his neck: "Brother..."
The little body in his arms was warm and comfortable to hold. Yinzhen saw him staying close to him obediently, and heard the childish voice coming from his ears, and an indescribable feeling emerged in his heart.
Yinsi hadn't expected that this child was so close to him. He was reluctant to let them go and couldn't help but stand beside Yinzhen and gently touched his little hand.
"Look, my brother, there's a hole on the back of his hand!" Yin'e, who came over, said with a smile.
When Cheng'an saw his brothers playing with him, he extended his little hand to them and started giggling after being tickled.
Yinsi originally wanted to remind Yin'e not to hurt him, but when he saw that he deliberately stretched out his hand to be poked by the other party, there was a bit of helplessness in his eyes.
Everyone around him said that he had a good temper, but at this moment Yinsi felt that Cheng'an had a truly good temper.
The three of them played with him for a while, and seeing that it was almost noon, they really had to leave.
Cheng An naturally didn't want to let them go, but this time the three of them didn't look back.
Only after leaving the Palace of Heavenly Purity did Yin'e couldn't help but turn his head and ask, "Do you think he's crying?"
"It's not like we won't see each other anymore, so there's nothing to cry about." Yinzhen said this, but he subconsciously listened for a while. Although he didn't hear any crying, the sound of the childish "brother" seemed to still ring in his ears.
"No wonder Fourth Brother has been going to the Palace of Heavenly Purity recently. Cheng'an is indeed likable."
Yinsi thought about how well-behaved and clingy he was in the palace, and he wished he had such a child.
"No matter how often he runs, Cheng'an is still the one who loves me, his tenth brother, the most!" Yin'e said proudly.
Yinzhen was not convinced when he heard this: "Why is he the one who loves you the most? When I was about to put him back on the couch, didn't you see him grabbing my clothes and refusing to let go?"
"That's because he knew we were leaving. It would be the same if I were holding him..."
The three of them walked towards the palace gate together. On the way, Yin'e and Yinzhen kept arguing about who Cheng'an was closest to.
Yinsi did not participate in this topic and always had a faint smile on his face.
Since being reprimanded by Kangxi and obviously losing the possibility of ascending to the throne, this was the first time that Yinsi showed such a relaxed smile that came from the heart.
After leaving the palace, Yinsi and Yinzhen returned to their respective residences, but Yin'e went straight to the Ninth Prince's residence.
When he came over, Yinzhen was looking at the account book in the study. He heard his loud voice before he saw others.
"Brother Jiu, let me tell you, it's a pity that you didn't go with us today..."
"Keep your voice down, I'm not deaf." Yinzhen said after he walked in.
Yin'e ignored his words, pulled an armchair and sat down beside him, then continued: "You know what? Cheng'an actually still remembers me, and just now he called me brother, and he was reluctant to let me go when I wanted to leave... If he wasn't in the Palace of Heavenly Purity, I would have wanted to take him home and raise him for a while."
Yinzhen listened to his affection, put down the account book in his hand and looked at him: "If I remember correctly, he hasn't had his first birthday yet, are you sure he will call me brother?"
"No, but he is not an ordinary child. He is very smart and can be called by others very smoothly. It's a pity that you didn't go." Yin'e said.
Yinzhen didn't think there was anything to be regretted. After all, she was just a baby. No matter how smart she was, she couldn't be that smart. It wasn't worth wasting his time.
In the palace.
After Yinsi and the other two left, Cheng'an shouted at their backs for a while until he could no longer see them. Then he slowly quieted down, and he was no longer as lively as before.
Seeing this, Liang Jiugong on the side hurried forward to coax him for a while, but it was of no use.
Fortunately, not long after, Kangxi returned from the main hall after finishing his work.
As soon as he stepped into the warm room, he saw his son lying on the couch with a wronged look on his face.
"What happened? Who bullied my Cheng'an?" As soon as Kangxi finished speaking, he saw his son climb up with a tumble, stretched out his little hands and called "Father" to him, and he quickly reached out and picked him up.
After being picked up, Cheng An called out "Ama" again, pointed outside the door and said, "Brother, ah..."
"Are you saying that my brother is gone?" Perhaps because they had been together for a long time, Kangxi could now guess some of what he meant.
Cheng An nodded, with a somewhat aggrieved look on his face.
Kangxi was a little puzzled. It was the first time he and Yinsi met, but why was he reluctant to let the other go? Thinking of Yinzhen who was the same before, he looked down at him and felt that although he was young, he was quite good at distinguishing between relatives and strangers and was easy to get close to his family members.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Cheng An called out again: "Brother..."
"Call him Father." Kangxi pinched his face and reminded him.
Cheng An didn't understand his father's jealous mood, but he still called him obediently: "Ama!"
"Yeah." After Kangxi responded, he was a little annoyed that the father called him "brother" all the time. But then he thought again, he had so many brothers but only one father, and he felt relieved.
After calming down, he became curious again: "Which of these brothers do you like best?"
"Aiya brother..." Cheng An of course likes all his brothers.
Seeing that he could not give any specific instructions, Kangxi smiled and put him on the couch to let him play by himself.
It is a happy thing to see his three brothers today. Now with Kangxi's company, Cheng'an finally stops thinking about his brothers.
After crawling back and forth on the couch twice, he suddenly noticed the Nine Rings that Yin'e had solved halfway before. He reached out and picked it up, then crawled towards Kangxi.
Kangxi felt a headache when he saw that he got the Nine Rings again, and couldn't help asking: "How did he get the Nine Rings?"
Because he was tired of solving the Nine Rings, although he did not hide it, he put the Nine Rings in an inconspicuous place yesterday.
"To answer your Majesty's question, the young prince found it out himself." The young eunuch next to him replied.
Kangxi saw that he had indeed put the nine linked rings into his hand again, and his expression was somewhat helpless. When he raised his hand and found that he had already solved half of it, he asked, "Who solved the previous one?"
"Your Majesty, it's Prince Dun." Liang Jiugong said.
When Kangxi heard that it was the tenth prince, he thought about it and agreed. If it was Yinsi or Yinzhen, the nine-ring chain would have been solved long ago.
"If you have the ability, just untie it yourself. What's the point of asking others to untie it for you all the time?" Seeing his youngest son climb up and sit next to him, Kangxi raised his hand and poked him on the head, causing his little body to shake slightly.
The person who was poked thought he was playing a joke on him, so he opened his mouth and laughed, clapping his hands: "Ama..."
This is the only trick I use to coax people!
Kangxi glanced at him with disdain, but his hands had already started to untie the nine-ring chain.
From this we can see that a trick is not outdated, as long as it is useful.
After Kangxi untied all the nine rings, he received warm applause from Cheng'an.
After solving the Nine Rings, it was time for lunch. Ever since he grew a few tender teeth, Cheng'an began to crave Kangxi's delicious imperial meals.
For this reason, Kangxi would try to avoid him during meal times, and if necessary, he would just use a bowl of tender steamed egg custard to coax him.
He had a very sensitive nose. One time, Kangxi deliberately avoided him and came back after lunch, but he smelled the lingering fragrance from Kangxi and immediately got angry.
He's not annoying when he's throwing a tantrum, he just looks aggrieved and lies there, refusing to move. He won't respond when you call him, and he'll quickly retract his hands and feet if you touch him, which is unbearable to watch.
For this reason, unless he happened to be asleep, Kangxi would either take a bath after his meal, or would rather let him eat some egg custard.
It was obvious that he couldn't avoid lunch today, so Kangxi simply carried him along.
When Cheng'an smelled the fragrance of lunch, he immediately stood up from his arms and his little mouth opened unconsciously.
Kangxi looked at him with his mouth almost drooling and thought he was really promising.
"Ama, eat!"
After "brother" and "father", the word he said most clearly was "eat", which shows how great the charm of imperial cuisine is.
"Okay, Dad, eat and you watch." Kangxi teased him deliberately.
Upon hearing this, Cheng An pointed at himself with his little hand and said, "Eat, eat..."
"I think your nickname should not be 'Cheng'an'. 'Chichi' is more appropriate." Kangxi joked and took him to sit down.
In order not to disturb his meal, Liang Jiugong reached out and took Cheng'an.
With Kangxi nearby and the fragrance filling the room to distract him, Cheng'an didn't refuse.
As the lunch dishes were unveiled one by one, the aroma in the air became more and more tempting.
After Kangxi started eating, a palace maid brought egg custard to Cheng'an.
The egg custard steamed by the imperial chef has no fishy smell at all and tastes fragrant and tender. Cheng'an can eat a whole spoonful in one bite.
Kangxi's appetite was very average when he was dining alone, but when he saw how delicious the boy was eating, his appetite did come back a bit, and he even wanted to try the egg custard to see if it was really that delicious.
The whole bowl of egg custard soon went into Cheng'an's little stomach. After eating it, he set his eyes on the lunch in front of Kangxi, and fluttered his little body to ask him to hold him.
“Ama…”
Whenever he called "Ama" in his baby voice, Kangxi always found it difficult to refuse. Seeing that Liang Jiugong could hardly hold him, he simply put down his chopsticks and took him in.
After letting him sit on his lap, Kangxi put his arm around him and picked up the chopsticks with the other hand.
With the palace maid serving the dishes there, even if she held him in her arms it would not affect Kangxi's meal.
Cheng'an sat obediently in his arms for a while, and then his tender little white hands began to reach into his bowl restlessly.
There was chicken in Kangxi's bowl. Even though he had grown a few tender teeth, it was not yet time for him to eat whole meat with a lot of oil and salt, so he quickly pushed the bowl away.
Cheng An withdrew his hand after grabbing nothing, twisted his two little hands together, raised his head and called him softly: "Ama..."
When Kangxi met his dark eyes, his heart softened. He asked someone to bring a bowl of fish soup and fed it to him personally.
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