The trip was supposed to be boring, but because of Cheng'an's presence, everything became cheerful and lively.
On the first day Kangxi set out, he kept the man by his side, but later on he didn't have the energy to keep an eye on him, so he finally let him go from the imperial carriage and let him go accompany the empress dowager or play with his brothers.
At this moment, the little guy was in the Queen Mother's carriage. Besides him, Concubine Mu was also in the carriage.
"Mother, do you know how a tiger roars?"
Concubine Mu listened to his babyish voice and shook her head gently, "I don't know."
"This is how a tiger roars, awooo awooo~" the little guy imitated while stretching out his two little hands.
Not to mention Concubine Mu, even the Queen Mother couldn't help but smile when she saw his little appearance.
"Mother, do you know how a fawn calls?"
"have no idea."
"That's how a little deer calls, Yo Yo~"
"Our Cheng'an is so smart." The Queen Mother praised with a kind smile.
Cheng An immediately bent his eyes and looked at her and said, "Ma Ma, do you know how a horse calls?"
"Why?" the Queen Mother asked him with a smile.
"This is how horses neigh, gee, gee~"
As the little guy spoke, he raised his hands and pretended to ride a horse, looking quite competent.
The Queen Mother was amused by him, but after laughing she stroked his little head and said, "Why do I feel that this is not the sound of a horse?"
Cheng An heard her words and tilted his head to think: "What does the horse call?"
When he asked this suddenly, the Queen Mother couldn't remember it for a moment, so she smiled and told him to go and listen when he had time.
Cheng'an kept this in mind, and when the team stopped to rest, he ran to the chestnut horse pulling the carriage.
The little guy actually liked horses very much. No matter whether it was the pony that Yinzhi gave him on his birthday or the horses ridden by the princes, they were all very friendly to him and would not kick him even if he touched their tails.
But at this moment he didn't want to touch the horse's tail. Instead, he looked up and said to the horse in front of him: "Bark, bark~"
In the team, the little guy is always the center. Not only is he the servant, but as long as he is present, the brothers' eyes are mostly on him.
Yinzhen didn't understand what he was doing, so he took a few big steps forward, picked him up and asked, "What are you doing?"
"An An wants to hear the horses neigh~"
After hearing his words, the brothers who gathered around him finally understood why he kept saying "scream".
"The horse doesn't understand what you are saying." Yin'e said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
As he finished speaking, the horse in front of him suddenly raised its head and cried, "Ni Yu Yu..."
Yin'e didn't expect that the horse would start neighing just after he finished speaking, and he felt a little pain on his face.
Hearing the horse neigh, Cheng An clapped his hands happily and imitated it: "Yu Yu Yu~"
"It's Wei Yuyu." Yinzhi was good at riding and shooting, and had some knowledge about horses. He told him, "It's happy. When it's unhappy, it will make a short hissing sound."
"咴聿聿~"
When Cheng An learned it again, the horse in front of him actually raised its head and cried out in agreement: "Ni Yu Yu..."
That’s not all. The next moment, the surrounding horses also neighed, causing the brothers to laugh and shake their heads.
After Cheng'an had imitated enough, Yinzhen carried him to play nearby.
There is actually nothing to do on the roadside, but it will never be boring with the little ones around.
When they were on the road again, Cheng'an returned to the imperial carriage.
"Ama, do you know how a horse calls?" The little guy suddenly looked up and asked after sitting down and drinking water from the sippy cup.
Kangxi had not gone downstairs just now, but he had heard what happened outside and nodded directly: "I know."
This was completely different from the answer Cheng An had expected, and he couldn't help but puff up his cheeks slightly.
Kangxi saw his cheeks getting bigger and bigger, and he chuckled before changing his words: "I don't know."
When the little guy heard him say he didn't know, he immediately became excited and said in a baby voice: "This is how horses call, wei yu yu~"
"Father knows." Kangxi replied.
After traveling for a few days, the surroundings became increasingly empty and the population became increasingly sparse.
On this day, although we had not yet reached our destination, we could already see the endless grassland.
Cheng'an fell asleep when they just arrived at the grassland. When he woke up, the sky was full of red clouds and the team had stopped.
The grassland under the setting sun was very beautiful. When the little guy saw it, he immediately opened his mouth and shouted: "Wow~"
This was his first time to come to the grassland. When he saw the endless green grass, he couldn't help but spread his legs and run.
Kangxi looked at his excited back with a smile, but the princes couldn't help but chase after him.
"Cheng'an, run slower." Yinsi couldn't help but remind him when he saw him running so fast.
It would have been fine if they didn't chase it, because once they started chasing it, the little guy ran even faster.
"I can't run anymore, you guys chase me." Yin'e, who had been riding a horse for a day, was really exhausted, and started waving his hands after chasing for a while.
Yinreng, Yinzhi, Yinzhen and the others just jogged a few steps in front and then followed far behind. Only the younger ones like Yinyi chased after Cheng'an as if they were having fun.
The little guy probably thought it was fun and ran more and more excitedly, and he didn't listen even when Yinxiang shouted at him to stop from behind.
"Yinmi, come back." Kangxi raised his voice when he saw him running farther and farther away.
The little guy heard his own name and started running back, shouting as he ran: "Ama, An An, come back~"
"It turns out that the Emperor's words are still effective." Yinxiang couldn't help but say.
Yinzhen gave him a look that said "nonsense".
In the setting sun, the running little guy was covered with a layer of orange-red glow, making his smiling face look even brighter.
Kangxi looked at the little fellow running towards him, subconsciously reached out to catch him, and soon he held him in his arms.
"Dad, it's so beautiful here~" Cheng An said as he put his arm around his neck and looked back at the grass he had just run over.
"Have dinner first and come out to play tomorrow." Kangxi said, rubbing his head.
"Are we having a whole roasted lamb?" Upon hearing about dinner, the little guy's eyes lit up.
Seeing how greedy he was, Kangxi gently pinched his little face and said, "Not tonight, but don't worry, I can't miss your roasted whole lamb when I come here."
When Kangxi carried the little one into the imperial tent, the princes dispersed.
"Eighth brother, ninth brother, give me a hand." Yin'e stretched out his hand before he had taken two steps.
He basically grew up on horseback along the way, and his riding skills improved a lot, but he was really tired. Now that he relaxed, his legs felt a little weak.
Yinzhen looked at him with disdain, but he still walked with Yinsi, letting him put his arm around his shoulder to save energy.
The temperature on the grassland at night is much lower than during the day.
That night, Kangxi looked at the little guy rolling around on the bed, patted his little butt and said, "Behave yourself and cover yourself with the quilt."
Outside the palace, it is not as big as in the palace. No matter how exquisite the bed is, it is not as big as the one in the Palace of Heavenly Purity. Kangxi doesn't want him to roll on the ground.
When the little guy heard what he said, he lay down, pulled the quilt up, and then looked at him with his bright eyes blinking.
Seeing that he was obviously not sleepy yet, Kangxi reached out and patted his chest while picking up the book and reading to him.
He was holding a collection of Yuefu poems, and when he came to the "Chi Le Song" that was more appropriate for the occasion, Kangxi began to teach it: "Chi Le Chuan, under the Yin Mountains..."
Cheng'an couldn't sleep and was bored, so he started to learn by shaking his head.
Finally, in the artistic conception of "the sky is vast, the wilderness is boundless, the wind blows the grass low and the cattle and sheep are revealed", the little guy slowly fell asleep.
Kangxi's tour to the frontier was not simply to accompany the empress dowager for a visit or for fun, but also had great political significance, such as strengthening the relationship between the Qing Dynasty and the Mongolian tribes.
So we really reach the grassland
Instead, he became busy meeting people from various Mongolian tribes.
Of course, at this time Kangxi did not detain Cheng'an, but asked someone to take him out to play.
Cheng'an was new to the grassland and felt happy just running and jumping on it.
"Look, little brother, there is a butterfly."
When the little guy heard Liu Cai's reminder, he immediately started chasing the butterfly.
Butterflies are flexible, but not easy to catch.
Cheng'an ran and laughed while chasing the butterflies, and his childish and clear laughter could be heard from far away.
"What's so fun about butterflies?"
A Mongolian boy of five or six years old came over and shouted at him.
When Cheng'an saw the strange child, he subconsciously stopped and then tilted his head to look at him.
"What are you looking at!" The Mongolian boy seemed to have a bad temper and became angry if he was looked at for a few more seconds.
Seeing that he was so fierce, Cheng'an withdrew his gaze and continued to look for the butterfly.
He didn't even look at it, but the Mongolian child was still unhappy and started yelling again: "Hey, what's your name?"
The little guy was good-tempered only towards his father and brother. When he heard what he said, he immediately puffed up his cheeks and said, "I won't tell you!"
"Be careful or I'll beat you up..." The Mongolian kid said halfway, probably because he felt it was embarrassing to beat him up because he was older than him, so he changed the topic, "Be careful or I'll let my brother beat you up!"
Fortunately, his brother didn't know what he was thinking, otherwise he would probably ask him, isn't it shameful to do it yourself?
When Cheng An heard his words, he immediately thought of his brothers. He stopped walking and imitated his tone, saying, "Let my brother beat you!"
Similar words, Mongolian children are purely fierce, but he is cute and fierce.
"My brother is very powerful. He can definitely beat your brother to a pulp."
"My brother is awesome, he'll beat you up!"
The two little kids were arguing and somehow started to fight over who their brother was. One of them said, "My brother can ride a horse!"
Another one immediately followed up: "My brother can ride a horse~"
“My brother can wrestle!”
"My brother can wrestle~"
"My brother can shoot arrows!"
"My brother can shoot arrows~"
…
The Mongolian child saw that his brother knew everything he said, and he couldn't think of anything else. He scratched his head and suddenly said: "My brother can pick up horse manure!"
Cheng An heard his words and said subconsciously: "My brother will..."
"Cheng'an, no, no, no, I, your tenth brother, really don't know how to do this!" Yin'e quickly interrupted him.
The brothers had been there for a while, and because they found the argument between him and the Mongolian kid quite interesting, they did not interrupt them. However, they were blown away by "touching horse manure".
"Haha, your brother said he can't!" The Mongolian child suddenly became proud.
Cheng'an puffed his cheeks and turned to look at the other brothers who were coming over.
Yinzhen met his gaze and said quickly, "Don't look at me, I find it dirty."
After he finished speaking, Yinsi next to him also waved his hands, indicating that he really didn't know how to do it.
The little guy was a little disappointed to see that his brothers were not disappointed, and looked at his eldest brother: "Brother Da..."
Yinzhi's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly shifted the blame to Dong, saying, "Don't look at me, ask your second brother."
Riding horses and shooting arrows were fine, but touching horse manure and the like, Yinzhi said he was not crazy.
Yinzhi even wanted to ask why he had to do such a thing as touching horse manure.
"Second brother..." Cheng'an immediately followed his words and looked at Yinreng.
Yinreng glanced at Yinzhi, then reached out and picked up the little guy, saying slowly, "Second brother knows etiquette, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics. Ask his brother if he knows them."
Cheng'an didn't need to ask, the Mongolian child didn't understand what he meant specifically and immediately showed an unhappy expression.
but
Although he is young, he is not stupid. He could roughly guess the identities of Yinreng and others just by looking at their attire. When he saw that he could not get what he wanted, he just turned around and ran away.
Yinreng and others naturally would not bother with a child, but they still habitually sent someone to inquire about the other party's identity.
"He's leaving!" An An said immediately when he saw that the other party ran away before he could ask.
Yin'e smiled and came up to him and said, "That's because his brother can't compare to your brother, so he ran away out of shame."
"Brother An An is so awesome!" Although the little guy didn't know what it meant to feel ashamed of himself, he clapped his hands and shouted when he heard that the other brother was not as good as his own brother.
Yinzhen looked at his smug expression and nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, your brother is the best."
After he finished speaking, he started laughing, which caused Yinzhi and others beside him to laugh as well, as they thought this was really interesting.
Cheng An saw his brothers laughing, and he immediately laughed even more happily. But after laughing, he looked up and asked, "What is horse manure? Why can't you touch horse manure?"
The palace used elegant words, feces was called "yexiang" and going to the toilet was called "chugong", so it was not surprising that the little guy didn't know what "feces" was.
Looking at his innocent expression, the brothers didn't know what to say.
"Ask your elder brother." Yinreng said after clearing his throat, and then he took the initiative to put the person into Yinzhi's arms.
Yinzhi passively held the little guy in his arms. Seeing him looking at him eagerly, he stuffed him into Yin'e's arms and said, "Your tenth brother knows this best..."
"I know it best!" Yin'e was immediately unhappy, but he still caught the little guy as soon as he was sent to him.
Yinzhen: "You are usually quite talkative."
Just as Yin'e glared at him, he heard the questioning voice of the little guy in his arms.
"Brother Ten, why?"
Yin'e looked up at the brothers around him and saw that they were all looking up at the sky and down at the ground but not at him. Facing the puzzled look in the little guy's eyes, he lowered his voice to explain: "Horse manure is... it's so dirty, will Cheng'an touch it?"
"An An, don't touch it!" After Cheng An understood, he shook his head and hid his little hand, as if he was afraid that someone would really let him touch it.
"That is to say, no ordinary person would touch that thing. The boy and his brother just now might be a little stupid. You'd better not play with that boy." Yin'e said to him casually.
Cheng An nodded obediently: "Yeah."
"By the way, it's okay for you to know, but don't tell it in front of the Emperor. I, your tenth brother, can't stand being punished again." Yin'e said quickly, thinking of the Four Books and Five Classics that he had not yet finished copying a hundred times.
"An An, don't say it~"
As soon as the little guy agreed, he was taken back by Yinzhi the next second.
"Brother, you are destroying your bridges after crossing them!" Yin'e was caught off guard and let him take the person away, his tone revealing displeasure.
Yinzhi glanced at him, hugged the little guy tightly in his arms and said, "You are only this useful."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and hugged Cheng An, saying as he walked, "Come on, I'll take you on horseback."
"Okay!" Cheng An got excited when he heard about riding a horse, and he didn't forget to lie on his shoulders and greet the other brothers, "Brother, let's go~"
The princes came here on horseback, and the horses were parked not far away. Yinzhi held him in his arms and walked two steps to the front of the horses, then climbed onto the horses with one hand around him.
Although this action was cool, Yinzhen couldn't help but say when he heard the little guy's exclamation: "Big brother, be careful."
"Don't worry, even if I fall, I won't fall him." After saying this, Yinzhi flicked the reins and the horse under him started running immediately.
Seeing this, the other princes also mounted their horses and followed.
The feeling of horse racing on the grassland is incomparable to the open space in front of the Sunshot Palace. The blue sky and white clouds, as well as the sound of the wind when running freely, make people's mood fly.
"Brother, run!"
Cheng An lay in his arms and looked at his brothers who were catching up with him, laughing and shouting excitedly.
"Brother Ten is here to catch An An!" When Yin'e first arrived at the grassland, he said he would never ride a horse again.
She would play with Cheng An, but he was the one who chased her the most fiercely.
It must be said that the horses he rode were not ridden in vain, as his riding skills improved visibly.
"ah--"
Obviously he was still quite some distance away, but the little fellow couldn't help but shout when he heard his words, and his black eyes were so bright that it seemed as if stars were falling into them.
"Don't worry, he can't catch up with us." Yinzhi hugged him tightly, his tone full of confidence in his riding skills.
The feeling of riding a horse on the grassland is so good, especially when there is such a cute little guy around, the brothers all feel as if all their worries have disappeared.
"Are you tired?" After running for a while, Yinzhi slowed down and asked the little guy in his arms.
Cheng An shook his head with a bright smile on his face: "An An is not tired~"
Even though he said he was not tired, Yinzhi still stopped and carried him off the horse when they ran to a low slope.
The little guy was a little unhappy at first, but when he saw a white area not far down the slope, his attention was immediately attracted.
"Brother, look at the clouds~"
"Those are sheep." As soon as Yinreng walked over, he saw him pointing at the sheep below and saying they were clouds, and the corners of his lips rose unconsciously.
The flocks of sheep gathered together to eat grass, if you ignore the green grass instead of the blue sky around them, they really look like white clouds.
Yinzhen and the others came over later and subconsciously looked down.
"Is it a roasted whole lamb?" This was the first thing that came to the little guy's mind when he heard the word "lamb".
Yinzhi was amused by him, bent down and pinched his chubby little face and asked, "Why do you only know how to eat?"
That being said, Yinzhi still loved him very much, and the next moment he said, "Are you worried that there is no roasted whole lamb to eat here? Come on, I will take you down to pick one, and we will eat it tonight."
"Great!" When Cheng'an heard that there was a whole roasted lamb to eat, he immediately ran downstairs.
Although the slope was not high, it still had some curvature. Before the little guy took a step, Yinzhen, who was standing right behind him, quickly reached out and picked him up.
Compared to Yinzhen who was holding him and walking steadily step by step, Yin'e rushed down the slope directly.
"Fourth brother, run!" The little guy saw Yin'e and ran over.
Yinzhen had a steady personality. He would not run even if he was going downhill, let alone when he was holding such a precious baby in his arms.
After urging him twice but seeing that he was still walking slowly, the little guy finally gave up and began to lean on his arms and count the sheep in front of him: "One, two, three..."
When he counted twelve sheep, Yinzhen finally carried him down the slope.
"oops!"
The little guy suddenly cried out after going down the hill, causing the princes to look over immediately. Yinzhen lowered his head immediately and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I'm missing number twelve!" The sheep would shake a little when they stepped down from the slope to the flat ground, and sheep don't always stay in one place, so the little guy couldn't find the twelfth sheep he had just counted.
The elder brothers understood that he was talking about sheep, but Yin'e pushed Yinlu out mischievously and said, "The Twelve is not here."
Cheng'an immediately laughed, opened his arms towards Yinluo and said in a baby voice: "This is the twelfth brother~"
Yinlu took the soft little thing and didn't argue with Yin'e in a good-tempered manner.
After staying in his brother's arms for a while, the little guy twisted his body down and ran towards the flock of sheep.
The sheep are usually very timid, but this time, perhaps because he is too small, they didn't react even when he approached and continued to eat grass with their heads down.
Although the sheep was docile in nature, the brothers were still worried and followed it quickly.
Cheng'an felt quite fresh when seeing the sheep, especially when he discovered that they also had horns. He couldn't help but reach out and touch the sheep's horns. The selected sheep bleated and then continued to eat grass with its head down.
"Brother, this is how sheep bleat, bleat~" When the little guy heard the sheep bleating, he immediately raised his head and shared it with his brothers. The childish voice was enough to melt people's hearts.
Yin'e said in praise, "So that's how it's called. I've never seen such a name before."
I know you. "
After sharing the sound of the sheep, the little guy reached out to touch the wool, and found that his hand sank into it with a little force. He immediately giggled: "Brother, look, An An's hand is gone~"
"Hey, where is An An's hand?" Yin'e pretended to be anxious.
Yin'er thought Yin'e was childish in his heart, but when the little guy took his hands off the sheep with a bright smile and said, "Here it is", a smile also appeared on his face.
"Where did it come from?" Yin'e was also infected by the little guy's smile, holding his little hand and asked.
Cheng'an smiled even more brightly when he heard his words, and held his hand and taught him in a baby voice how to hide.
It was obviously a boring task, but the brothers watched it with great interest when the little one did it, with a bit of joy on their faces.
After the little guy grabbed Yin'e's hand and played hide-and-seek with him for a while, he began to move around in the flock of sheep and soon found a particularly chubby lamb.
"Brother, look, it's round~"
Yinreng and others looked over and immediately discovered that not only the lamb had a round head and body, but the little guy standing next to it was not much better, with round eyes and a chubby face.
Cheng'an is not actually that fat, but his little bit of fat always makes him look plump and round.
When the little guy saw his brothers looking at him and laughing, he thought they also found the lamb interesting, and his round eyes immediately smiled into crescent shapes.
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