"Would you like to eat the whole roasted lamb?" Kangxi asked after taking a few steps forward and sitting down next to Cheng'an.
When the little fellow heard his words, he was attracted by the smell of meat again. He lowered his head and took a bite.
The taste of the roasted whole lamb was naturally impeccable. After confirming that this was not Yuanyuan's meat, the little guy continued to eat it with a delicious taste.
It’s so delicious~
Cheng An bit the meat in his mouth and suddenly raised his hand: "Father, eat it."
Seeing that he had not yet wiped the tears off his face, Kangxi took the handkerchief handed to him by Liang Jiugong and wiped his face for him, saying, "Father has already eaten, you can eat by yourself."
After he finished speaking, he motioned to the brothers who were still standing nearby to sit down.
"Thank you, Father Emperor."
The brothers had almost finished their meal and sat down without moving.
When Cheng'an saw that his father didn't eat, he withdrew his hand, leaned on him, lowered his head and concentrated on eating.
"What's going on with this sheep?" Kangxi asked casually as he noticed the particularly chubby little lamb next to him.
After Yinreng gave a brief answer, Kangxi connected the cause and effect and couldn't help but scold Yinzhi.
"Your Majesty is right." Yinzhi honestly bowed and admitted his mistake.
Although there was a small incident, I still enjoyed the roasted whole lamb Cheng'an very much that night.
That night, the little guy was still mumbling "meah, it's delicious" after he fell asleep. When Kangxi heard it, he opened his eyes and looked at him for a while before smiling and going back to sleep.
The next day.
Since arriving at the grassland, Cheng'an has become noticeably more active and starts running outside after breakfast.
There were guards around the camp, and since he had someone following him, Kangxi did not stop him.
"Ama~"
After playing outside for a while, the little guy rushed into the imperial tent holding a handful of colorful flowers. As soon as he came in, he found someone he didn't know inside.
"Who are you?" Cheng An tilted his head and looked at her.
Sitting in the imperial tent was a woman. After guessing his identity, a faint smile appeared on her face: "I am your sister Ke Jing."
Among the princesses of Fumeng, Princess Kejing was definitely the most powerful one. Not only did she participate in the political affairs of the Tushetu Khanate, but she also did a very good job and was very loved by the people. Even the original "Regulations of the Three Khalkha Banners" was formulated with her approval.
"elder sister?"
The little guy was born late, and his older sisters had already married, so he was a little unfamiliar with the word "sister".
Seeing this, Kangxi waved for him to come to his side, then lowered his head and spoke a few words to him softly.
The scene of the majestic emperor bending down to talk to his young son looks indescribably heartwarming.
In Princess Kejing's memory, the Emperor would only occasionally be gentler in front of her second brother Yinreng. She was a little surprised when she suddenly saw this side of him.
She had heard the news from the capital, saying that the Twenty-Fourth Prince was very favored, but she didn't really take it to heart. After all, weren't the Eighteenth Prince and other princes very favored when they were young?
Only after seeing with her own eyes the father and son getting along with each other did Princess Kejing realize that it was still different.
Just as she was thinking about it, the little guy nodded at Kangxi to show that he understood what his sister meant, and immediately ran towards her.
"Sister is giving you flowers~" Cheng An said, holding up a small flower that he had just picked from outside.
In fact, Kangxi didn't say anything to him, probably just telling him that his brother and sister were the same.
After all, they were related by blood, and the little guy looked cute, so Princess Kejing easily fell in love with him. She took the flowers and said, "Thank you, Cheng'an. I like it very much."
Seeing that his sister liked it, the little guy immediately smiled happily.
He was not shy to begin with. When he found that his sister smelled as good as his mother and the others, he immediately started talking to her: "Sister, have you ever eaten bae-mee?"
Princess Kejing was a smart person to be able to manage government affairs in Mongolia, a place far away from the emperor.
Yes, I immediately guessed that he was talking about sheep.
"certainly."
"An An has eaten it too~" the little guy immediately told her excitedly.
Seeing that he was not shy at all, Princess Kejing couldn't help but reach out and touch his soft little face: "How does it taste?"
"It's delicious!" Cheng An replied while moving his other cheek closer for her to touch.
It was the first time for Princess Kejing to meet a little guy who touched his left cheek and then gave it to his right cheek. A smile immediately filled her eyes, and she wondered how there could be such a well-behaved and lovable child.
Kangxi summoned Princess Kejing to learn about the situation of the Khalkha tribes from her, but the father and daughter had already finished their conversation. When Cheng'an talked to her endlessly, he said, "Okay, stop bothering your sister."
"An An, don't be annoying!" The little guy, who already knew that annoying was not a good word, turned around and retorted in a baby voice.
It was the first time that Princess Kejing saw someone dare to talk back to the Emperor, so she quickly spoke up to smooth things over, "Cheng'an is so well-behaved, how could I find him annoying?"
But she was worrying too much. Kangxi would not care about such childish talk.
"Don't be fooled by his well-behaved appearance now. When he gets really noisy, he's just as bad as your ninth and tenth brothers when they were kids," said Kangxi.
Yin'e had a good relationship with Yin'e since childhood. When these two were together, they caused a lot of trouble in the palace when they were young. It was only for the sake of their mother that Kangxi turned a blind eye.
Princess Kejing's mother was Concubine Yi's sister, so she had a good relationship with Yinzhen before she got married. When she heard Kangxi's words, she couldn't help but recall her days in the Forbidden City, and a look of nostalgia appeared on her face.
"I can't tell, but Cheng'an is better looking than my ninth brother when he was a child."
As a princess, Kejing had few opportunities to spend time with Kangxi before she got married, let alone after she got married. So before Cheng'an came, the communication between father and daughter was basically about business, and it only seemed a little softer now.
Cheng'an looked at his father and then at his sister. Hearing something behind Kangxi's words, he raised his head and said, "Be good, An'an!"
With him around, the father and daughter had a rare chance to chat about family matters.
When Princess Kejing took her leave, Cheng'an followed her.
Seeing that he had just returned and ran out again not long ago, Kangxi thought he was really playing wild.
Although he thought so, it was a rare opportunity for the two siblings to meet, so Kangxi did not stop them.
Princess Kejing was still restrained inside the imperial tent, but when she saw this adorable little guy following her out, she couldn't help but bend down and pick him up.
Cheng An consciously put his arm around her neck and asked, "Sister, have you seen Yuan Yuan?"
"No." Princess Kejing shook her head and asked him who Yuanyuan was.
The little guy immediately pointed the way and wanted to take her to see Yuanyuan.
Princess Kejing found out after arriving that Yuanyuan was actually a lamb and immediately laughed, "It's really round."
"It will call like this, baa baa~"
Listening to the little guy's babyish imitation, Princess Kejing felt that this brother was really interesting, and didn't even seem like a child that could be raised in the Forbidden City.
Princess Kejing has a lot of things to deal with every day, so she has to leave after playing with the little one for a while.
After she left, the little fellow squatted in front of Yuanyuan, pulling grass to feed it and said, "Give the flowers to sister. I'll give you flowers next time..."
The feeling of having a brother and a sister is still different. After discovering that he has a sister, the word "sister" has appeared in the little one's mouth more frequently.
The brothers, especially Yin'e, felt a little jealous after hearing him mention his sister so many times.
"You only want your sister and not your brother now, right?" Yin'e said with a snort.
The little guy was playing Shaga on the ground. When he heard his words, he immediately stood up and hugged his legs and said, "An An wants a brother!"
Shaga, also known as sheep's crook, is a small square bone from the sheep. Mongolian children like to collect it as a toy. The surface of the cleaned and processed Shaga has a jade-like luster.
The set in his hand is Huangyang Shaga, which was given by Yalingtai. The child was taken away by his brother that day but he still didn't give up. He came to find Cheng'an every day afterwards.
The little guy ignored him at first, but couldn't stand Yalingtai taking out all kinds of fun things, such as this Shaga, so he finally agreed to pay attention to him.
"Really?" Yin'e actually just said it casually. After all, Princess Kejing was also his sister. He started smiling again when being hugged by the little guy.
Cheng An nodded: "Really!"
"That's more like it." Yin'e was pleased with his coaxing, picked him up and said, "What's so fun about a few bones? Brother Shi will take you out to play."
"OK!"
"Tenth brother, where are you taking Cheng'an?" Yinlu couldn't help but ask when he saw him walking away with someone in his arms.
The princes' trips out were not as comfortable as Cheng'an's. They could not play however they wanted every day. Sometimes they had to meet with people from various Mongolian tribes together with Kangxi, and sometimes they were assigned temporary tasks by Kangxi. In addition to their own affairs, they were generally quite busy.
At this moment, only Yin'e, Yinlu and Yinli are free to accompany Cheng'an.
Yin'e heard the question coming from behind him and said without turning his head: "I'll take Cheng'an out to play for a while."
"Brother, let's go~" Cheng'an leaned on his shoulders and shouted to his two brothers who were standing there.
Although Yin'e is the elder brother, Yinlu and Yinli always feel that this brother is not very reliable.
However, he had already carried the person away, and the two of them looked at each other and had no choice but to follow him.
Yin'e rode Cheng'an on horseback to a relatively high grass slope, then took out a specially prepared piece of fur from the horse's back and threw it on the ground.
"Brother, it fell!" The little guy reached out to pick it up as soon as he saw it.
Yin'e stopped him and said, "Brother Shi will teach you something interesting today."
"What?" Cheng An looked at him expectantly.
Yin'e picked him up and put him in Yin'e's arms: "Hold him for a while."
Yinlu subconsciously reached out and hugged the little guy in front of him.
After he held the person in his arms, Yin'e continued, "Brother Shi will play it for you first."
Cheng'an nodded, and then he shook the fur on the ground and spread it on the edge of the grass slope, then sat on it and slid down.
Wow--
When the little guy saw his brother sliding down from above, his eyes suddenly lit up.
The grass slope was not particularly high, but it was still a little dangerous to slide down like this. Yinlu wanted to run away with the little guy in his arms before Yin'e came up.
However, just as he took two steps back, the little guy in his arms shouted: "An An wants to play~"
"Let your twelfth brother play Shaga with you when we get back, okay?" Yinluo coaxed.
Compared to Shaga, grass skiing is more attractive to the little guy. He shook his head and said, "No."
While the two brothers were talking, Yin'e had already run up again, dragging the fur.
"Tenth brother!" Cheng An immediately stretched out his little hand when he saw him.
Yin'e also subconsciously reached out to take it, but Yinlu didn't give it to him. Instead, he said, "Isn't it inappropriate to bring Cheng'an to play this?"
"Don't worry, I have someone clean up in advance. There is not even a single stone underneath. You see, I have tried it just now."
This game was thought up by Yin'e when he and Yin'er came here as children. They were too embarrassed to play it when they got older, so he suddenly recalled it and thought he could bring Cheng'an to play and experience it himself at the same time.
The older one assured that nothing would happen, and the younger one was eager to try and play, so Yinlu had to let go in the end.
"Twelve brother is so nice~" Seeing that his brother agreed to let him play, the little guy leaned close and kissed him.
Yinluo immediately laughed, patted his head and said to Yin'e: "Then Tenth Brother, you must take good care of him later."
"Don't worry." Yin'e said and then carried the little guy to go grass skiing.
He was experienced and he slid very smoothly while hugging Cheng'an.
"Are you scared?" Yin'e lowered his head and asked the little guy in front of him, only to get
He responded with an excited laugh.
The environment of blue sky, white clouds and green grass is already refreshing, and the feeling of sliding down the grass slope gives you an indescribable sense of freedom.
When he slid to the bottom, the little guy couldn't wait to say, "An An wants to play more~"
"Okay." Yin'e agreed immediately and carried him up the grass slope.
Yinlu and Yinli stood there and watched them play for a few times without any incident, and then they felt relieved.
Listening to the little ones' cheerful laughter, they felt better.
However, Yin'e, after taking Cheng'an for a few more trips, realized that he was asking for trouble. After all, the more refreshing it was to slide down, the more tiring it would be to climb the slope a few times.
"Cheng'an, can you please walk by yourself?" After sliding down again, Yin'e really didn't have the strength to hold him anymore.
The little guy nodded very obediently, and not only did he come down and hold his hand to walk up, but when he saw that he was walking slower and slower, he pulled him back.
Regardless of whether he could pull it or not, this thoughtfulness still made Yin'e very happy, and he felt his steps became lighter.
But even so, when he finally climbed to the top of the grass slope, Yin'e still sat down.
"Brother Shi, come and play~" Cheng An saw him sitting on the ground and squatted in front of him and said.
Yin'e couldn't play any more, so he pointed at his two younger brothers and said, "Tenth brother, take a break. Let your twelfth brother and the others play with you."
Before the little guy could speak, Yinluo, who was called, quickly said, "Tenth brother, I don't know how to do it."
"What's the problem? Just sit down and slide down." Yin'e said.
When the little guy saw that his tenth brother wanted to rest, he stood up and ran over to pull Yinluo: "Twelfth brother, come and play~"
"Twelfth brother, can you try it yourself first?" Yinluo couldn't refuse him, so he decided to try it himself first.
"Yeah." As long as he is willing to play with him, the little guy is easy to talk to.
Grass skiing is indeed not difficult. After trying twice, Yinlu finally took him to play it. The little guy's crisp laughter was heard again on the grass slope.
The grass sliding game is quite interesting, but it is a bit tiring for his brother. Yinlu was tired after playing with him for a few more times, so he had to hand it over to Yinli.
Yinli felt a little embarrassed at first, but after trying it, he immediately felt the fun of grass skiing, and his pace became particularly fast while holding Cheng'an.
While they were playing, Ya Lingtai came over from nowhere, swung the whip in his hand and shouted from a distance: "An An, look! Do you want me to teach you how to play with the whip?"
When Yinlu heard his voice, he turned around and thought that for Cheng'an, whipping was more dangerous than grass skiing. What would he do if he was hit by the whip?
Thinking of this, he took advantage of the time when the little guy just slid down and had not come up and said: "Cheng'an is skiing on the grass now. If you want to play with him, let's play this together."
Upon hearing this, Yalingtai craned his neck to see his followers.
"Yaya!" Cheng'an saw him immediately after being carried up by Yinli.
Yalingtai's name was a little difficult for the little guy to pronounce, so he just called it that.
Ya Lingtai did protest, but he was the one who forced himself to come over to play with the other person, so after correcting himself several times to no avail, he chose to give up.
Yin'e was just saying casually that he didn't want Cheng'an to play with him, and he didn't have any objection to it.
Grass skiing is still very interesting, and Yalingtai soon started to play with Chengan.
The boy was having a lot of fun, shouting at the top of his lungs as he slid down, causing Cheng An to follow suit after hearing him.
The group finally stopped the game until the little one got tired and sat on the top of the grass slope to rest with the fur as a mat.
"Does your brother really know how to touch horse manure?" Yin'e suddenly remembered to ask after resting for a while.
Ya Lingtai was sitting next to Cheng An, giving him the whip he brought to play with. Hearing this, he said without even looking up, "Of course, I saw it with my own eyes."
Yin'e asked with interest, "Why does he want to touch horse manure?"
"He didn't notice the horse manure in the grass when he was picking up the dagger." Yalingtai said.
That’s it?
Yin'e thought there was
What a good story to listen to. Seeing that it was just his brother's bad luck, he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
"Then would you touch horse manure?" Yin'e couldn't help but ask when he thought of the incident he had brought up before.
Ya Lingtai: "I'm not stupid, why would I touch horse manure?"
Seeing that this kid knew it was stupid to say such things to others but still kept talking about them, Yin'e felt sorry for his brother and at the same time felt that his own younger brother was the best, so he immediately reached out and hugged him in his arms.
Yin'e didn't dare to take Cheng'an out to play for too long, so he hurriedly took him back home near noon.
When the little guy returned to the imperial tent, Kangxi immediately noticed the whip in his hand: "Where did you get the whip?"
"Yaya, I'll send it off~" Cheng An raised the whip and gestured, but the whip was almost as long as he was, and it was obviously difficult for him to swing it.
When Kangxi first heard the name "Yaya" from him, he thought it was a girl. Later he found out that the other person's full name was Yalingtai.
"Be careful when you play, don't hurt yourself." Kangxi did not stop him from playing with the whip. After saying that, he took him to have lunch.
There was a banquet that evening, so Kangxi did not let him run around in the afternoon.
The little guy has been having a lot of fun these days, especially this morning when he went out to play grass sliding with Yin'e, so he could stay at home for half a day. After waking up from a nap on the couch in the afternoon, he played shaga by himself in the tent.
When the sun set, the camp began to bustle, and people from various Mongolian tribes who were attending the dinner arrived in groups of three or five.
After hearing the noise, Cheng'an finally couldn't stay in the tent anymore, so he dropped the shaga in his hand and ran out.
"Where are you going?" As soon as he came out, he was discovered by Yinzhi, who immediately reached out and picked him up.
The little guy put one hand around his neck and said, "There are so many people~"
It’s not that the little guy had never seen so many people before, but most of those present were Mongolian princes and nobles, each of them dressed in Mongolian style, and many of them had big beards, which naturally made him find them interesting.
Except for Yinzhi, the other princes had also arrived, and they couldn't help but gather around when they saw the little guy appear.
The Mongolian princes and nobles present were very surprised to see the princes gathered together, especially Yinzhi and Yinreng who were standing so close to each other.
It's not their fault. The fact is that the crown prince had come to the grassland before he was deposed. The Mongolian princes saw the tense relationship between him and Yinzhi at that time. Not only between the two of them, but also between the other princes, there were undercurrents.
Not long after they returned to the capital, the Mongolian princes and nobles received news from the capital that the crown prince had been deposed and that the eldest prince and he had been imprisoned.
To be honest, the Mongolian princes and nobles were already surprised that they were released and could accompany the emperor this time, but they did not expect that they could actually live in harmony with each other.
Could it be that confinement has this effect?
Some Mongolian princes and nobles could not help but think of their own disobedient children.
Today's banquet was quite grand. Various gold and silver utensils as well as exquisite snacks and dishes had been prepared in a tent near the royal tent.
Of course, this tent is only used to store things, and the formal banquet venue is still outside. The throne has been set up on the venue, and under the throne are two rows of long tables.
Seeing so many tables, the little guy couldn't help running around in the banquet hall. He was not afraid of strangers when he occasionally met Mongolian princes and nobles. He would just look up and smile at them and continue running forward.
Everyone likes such a lively and cheerful child, and Mongolian princes are no exception.
As the sky darkened completely, everyone present began to prepare to take their seats.
“Let’s play later.” Seeing that the little guy was still trying to run, Yinreng reached out and took him by the hand and led him to his seat.
At this time, some palace maids had already started to put fruits and snacks on the table.
Seeing that there was food, the little guy immediately said, "Second brother An An wants to eat~"
"Wait for the Emperor Father to come first." Yinreng said to him with his head down.
The little guy nodded, and when he still didn't see his father coming over for a while, he stood up and said, "An An, go call my father~" Then he stood up and went straight to the imperial tent.
Direction running.
Just as Kangxi was about to go out, he saw him running back and looked down at him.
"Dad, there are lots of cakes to eat outside~" The little guy ran too fast and bumped into his legs, so he simply hugged his legs and looked up.
Seeing that he only cared about eating, Kangxi chuckled and continued to walk out with him.
When the sound of the whip clearing the way reached the banquet, the place suddenly became quiet. When they saw Kangxi, everyone stood up and saluted.
After exempting himself from formalities, Kangxi took his youngest son by the hand and walked towards the throne at the top. He sat down with his son and began to speak to the Mongolian princes and nobles present.
The little guy sat obediently beside him, his eyes fixed on the pastries on the Jinlong table. Seeing that his father had been talking for a long time and had not finished yet, he could not help but sigh softly.
When Kangxi was communicating with the Mongolian princes and nobles, he still paid attention to him out of the corner of his eyes. Seeing that he was sensible at this moment, he picked up a piece of cake and put it in front of him with a smile in his eyes.
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