After Baifu bit the ball, he immediately turned around, wagging his tail and handed the ball to Cheng'an.
"Momofuku is amazing!"
The little guy smiled when he received the ball, then raised his hand and threw the ball away.
"Uncle, don't run. Baifu will bring it back by himself!" Hong Zhou had just taken a breath when he saw him running after Baifu again, so he hurriedly chased after him while shouting.
Hongli didn't want to run anymore, but thinking of his father's instructions to take good care of his uncle, he had no choice but to keep following.
In the pavilion.
After Kangxi placed another chess piece on the board, he turned around and saw three children playing happily in the distance. A smile flashed in his eyes: "They are having a good time."
Upon hearing this, Yinzhen also looked over and saw the little guy running in front with Baifu, and his two sons chasing behind.
If he had seen his son like this in the past, he would have scolded him for being unruly, but this time he was much more tolerant because they were just playing with the little one.
After the father and son had left a few children respectively, Kangxi started chatting with him and asked about the studies of Hongli and Hongzhou.
Yinzhen was not overly modest on behalf of his son, but spoke his mind.
Although the two sons were born in the same age, Hongli was more stable in character and was better at studying.
When the conversation between the father and son came to an end, not far away, Cheng'an finally stopped chasing Baifu, but squatted down and played with its paws.
Seeing that he finally stopped running, Hong Zhou took advantage of the ball on the ground and secretly threw it into the bushes nearby.
"Why doesn't Baifu bark?" the little guy asked, looking up.
Hongli said: "Bai Fu will not bark randomly."
Domestic dogs naturally won't bark at people.
Hong Zhou saw that the little guy wanted to hear the dog barking, so he squatted in front of Baifu and started teasing him.
“Woof woof——”
Baifu is a hunting dog after all, and even if he doesn't mean to, his voice still sounds a bit fierce when he barks.
The little guy was not frightened, but laughed: "The dog is barking."
After he finished laughing, he imitated Baifu: "Woof woof woof~"
Compared to Baifu's, his voice sounded too soft, more like the barking of a puppy.
When Baifu heard his barking, he immediately followed suit. For a while, the surrounding area was filled with the sounds of "Woof woof" and "Woof woof".
When Hongli saw his uncle and Baifu yelling at each other, he was thinking about how to stop them, but Hongzhou also started yelling.
"My little uncle is three years old, so are you also three years old?" Hongli glared at him.
Hong Zhou touched his nose and said, "I just saw that my uncle didn't learn it well..."
"An An imitates it so well!" The little guy was immediately unhappy when he heard this. He opened his little hands and barked at him again, "Woof woof woof~"
"It's woof woof! Be more straightforward and don't drag out the sound." Hong Zhou taught.
Seeing that he was still teaching, Hongli reminded him with a stern face: "If you call me Ama twice more, I will come over."
Hong Zhou immediately shut up when he heard that.
When the little guy heard the word "Ama", he suddenly missed Ama and his brother. Finally, he stopped calling Baifu and clapped his hands and stood up.
"Where are you going, little uncle?" Hong Zhou stood up and followed him.
Cheng An walked towards the pavilion and said, "An An, go find Father Ma and Fourth Brother."
They had just chased Baifu for a while, and now they were some distance away from the pavilion.
Hong Zhou didn't dare to be so casual in the pavilion, so he didn't want him to go over, so he took his hand and said, "The emperor and my father are playing chess, so let's not disturb them. Little uncle, I will take you to see the peonies!"
"The peonies on the Peony Terrace are really blooming beautifully." Hongli didn't want the little guy to go back to the pavilion, so he echoed.
When Cheng'an heard what they said, he looked up and saw that his father and brother seemed to be playing chess in the pavilion, so he nodded in agreement.
So the three little guys took Baifu and left the vicinity, preparing to go to Mudan Terrace.
On the way, Hong Zhou saw the little guy trying to climb onto Baifu's back and said, "Uncle, are you tired? I'll carry you!"
After saying that, he went over and picked up Cheng'an.
It can be seen that Hong Zhou likes Cheng An very much. Even though the little guy is quite heavy, he seems quite happy holding him.
Hongli was worried that he might make someone fall. If that happened, not only would the emperor’s law but even his father would not forgive them, so he quickly went over to support him.
As they walked, somehow Hongli and Hongzhou each held one of the little guy's legs and carefully carried him to Mudan Terrace.
Cheng An hugged his two little nephews separately, feeling that it was quite fun, and shouted: "Little nephew, little nephew~"
Although they were indeed nephews according to seniority, when they heard the younger guy calling them that, when they arrived at Mudan Terrace, Hong Zhou couldn't help but discuss with him: "Can you call me by my name?"
"What's your name, nephew?"
"Hong Zhou." Hong Zhou said immediately.
Seeing this, Hongli also said, "Hongli."
"Nephew Hongzhou, nephew Hongli~" The little guy immediately pointed at them after hearing this.
After hearing this, Hong Zhou was furious and asked, "You did this on purpose, didn't you?"
After he finished speaking, he saw the person in front of him was still laughing, and he couldn't help but reach out to pinch the little guy's face.
"Fourth brother, look, his face is so soft!" Hong Zhou pinched the soft little face, and the slight anger on his face was immediately replaced by amazement.
"Hong Zhou, don't be rude to your uncle."
Hongli stretched out his hand to stop him, but when he touched the little guy's cheek, he felt really soft in his heart.
The little guy, who was used to having his face pinched, didn't feel anything. Instead, his attention was quickly attracted by the nearby peonies.
The peonies on the Mudan Terrace would have wilted by this time of year in previous years, but this year, perhaps due to the weather and the good care taken by the people who grew them, they are still blooming well.
It is for this reason that Hong Zhou thought of bringing the little guy over to see the flowers.
"Can An An pick one?"
The little guy went up to the flower, touched it gently, sniffed it, then suddenly turned around and asked.
“When flowers are in bloom, pick them immediately; don’t wait until there are no flowers left to pluck.” Hong Zhou recited a line of poetry while shaking his head, and motioned for him to pick any flowers he wanted.
Hongli couldn't help but glance at him, but in the end he didn't say anything. Instead, he said to Cheng'an, "Which one do you like, little uncle? Why don't you move the flower into a pot so that you can enjoy it for a while when you go back?"
"An An wants this, give it to Ama~" The little guy just wanted to take the flowers back to show Ama and his brother, and didn't care whether to pick them or transplant them.
Seeing that he had chosen the flowers, Hongli gave a signal and naturally someone came over with an exquisite flowerpot to move the flowers.
"I'll do it myself!" Cheng'an immediately became interested when he saw the man digging the soil with a shovel.
After he said that, he squatted over to take the spade. The gardener who was moving the flowers couldn't help but look at Hongli and the others.
Hongli immediately signaled Hongzhou to go and comfort him.
The little guy was easy to coax most of the time, but when he was in the mood to play, he was quite persistent, at least not someone that their two new nephews could coax.
Knowing that this was the little prince doted on by both the Emperor and his master, he insisted on having a shovel. The gardener dared not refuse him and could only remind him in a low voice not to shovel the roots of the flowers.
"Got it." After the little guy said that, he held the shovel and moved away from the flowers.
At this time, Hongli also realized that he didn't want to transplant the flowers by himself, but clearly wanted to take the opportunity to play with the soil.
"What's so fun about this?" Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, Hong Zhou squatted down beside him and watched him slowly dig a small hole in the ground with a shovel.
"It's fun!" The little guy said, looking at the pile of dry soil he dug out, with a little regret in his tone, "If you add some water, it will turn into mud..."
"It's just water. I'll have someone bring some over."
As soon as he finished speaking, Hongli called out to remind him, "Hong Zhou!"
When Hong Zhou heard his name, he realized that his uncle still wanted to play in the mud, so he quickly took back his words and said, "I suddenly remembered that there is no water here."
"There is water in the lake!" The little guy gave him some advice.
"The Royal Mafa and Ama are sitting over there."
When Cheng'an heard this, he remembered how his father scolded him for playing in the mud before, so he said nothing and continued to play with digging in the mud with his head down.
"Let me help you dig." Hong Zhou looked at the hole in front of him that was getting bigger and bigger, and suddenly he thought it seemed interesting.
The little guy was a little tired from digging, so I handed him the spade and taught him in a baby voice: "Dig like this."
"I know, everyone can dig the soil, watch me!"
Hongli saw his younger brother and uncle squatting on the ground digging a hole, and wanted to ask them what the point of digging was.
However, seeing that the two people were having a lot of fun, he finally just signaled the gardener to quickly move the peony into the pot.
After a while, when the peony flowers were moved into the pots, Hongli said, "The flowers have been moved, we should go back."
Not to mention the little guy, even Hong Zhou, who was digging so hard, didn't want to leave.
Seeing the two of them squatting and unable to get up, Hongli couldn't help but sigh.
He couldn't control his uncle, so he sternly addressed his younger brother: "Hong Zhou!"
Hong Zhou heard the warning in his tone and quickly put down the shovel and stood up.
However, he got up, and the little guy immediately picked up the shovel again.
"Uncle, if you don't go back, the emperor will send someone to look for you." Hongli could only use his father to remind him.
Ordinary children might feel intimidated by the mention of "Father", but for the little guy, let alone if Kangxi just sent someone over, even if Kangxi came in person, he would not be afraid. He might even take the other party to see the flowers.
After all, in the little guy's opinion, he didn't even play in the mud, so what was there to be afraid of?
"An An, bury the soil back and leave~"
However, after Hongli's repeated urging, the little guy finally spoke.
Seeing that he had just dug with great effort and now wanted to bury it again, Hongli really wanted to ask what the purpose was.
But in order to allow him to go back quickly, Hongli pulled Hongzhou to squat down and help him bury the soil.
"alright."
After burying the soil back, the little guy clapped his hands and stood up. He even stepped on the pile of soil twice on purpose. I don't know where he learned it from.
In order to prevent him from dragging his feet any further, Hongli had someone bring water to wash his dirty hands, and then he took him back by the hand.
"An An's flowers!" The little guy immediately turned around and pointed at the flowers.
"Uncle can't carry it, let them carry it."
After Hongli finished speaking, he pulled him and strode forward. However, they had not walked far when the little guy pulled him back and started running.
There are many rules in the palace, and there are also many rules in Prince Yong’s mansion.
Hongli thought that the number of times he had run in the past few months combined was not as much as today, and his expression was a little helpless.
"Wait for me!" Seeing them running away together, Hong Zhou immediately ran after them.
When Cheng'an saw him chasing after him, he immediately pulled Hongli and ran faster.
Baifu saw them running, called out twice and immediately chased after them.
A hunting dog is a hunting dog. Although it started running last, it soon ran to the front and stopped from time to time to wag its tail and wait for them.
Hongli initially tried to persuade Cheng'an not to run away, but later, seeing that Cheng'an was laughing and shouting and couldn't stop, he had to give up.
In the pavilion by the lake, Kangxi heard the little guy's excited laughter from afar, and a smile appeared in his eyes as he placed a piece on the chessboard.
"I'm back~"
The little fellow rushed into the pavilion without stopping. Hongli wanted to hold him back but failed. He could only let go of his hand and let him run in. He then tidied his clothes and walked in properly.
He loosened his grip so suddenly that the little fellow staggered slightly, causing Yinzhen to glance at him.
Hong Zhou also looked well-behaved at this time, and there was no sign of the noise he had just made with the little guy.
"Why are you running? Look at all the sweat." Kangxi lowered his head to look at the little guy who rushed in and hugged him. He said with disgust, but his hand had already taken the handkerchief handed to him by Liang Jiugong and wiped his sweat.
Yinzhen also noticed the sweat on the little guy's forehead and couldn't help but look at his two sons again.
Hongli was fine after noticing his gaze, but Hongzhou, who had just chased Cheng'an to make him run faster, couldn't help but shrink his neck.
"An An wants to come back to see Dama soon~" the little girl said sweetly while looking up and letting him wipe the sweat off her face.
When Kangxi heard this, he moved his hands more gently. After wiping, he tapped his forehead and said, "Father is here and he won't leave."
"Got it." Cheng'an smiled at him, then let go of him and ran to Yinzhen's side. He lay on his lap very naturally, holding up his little face and asked, "Fourth brother Baifu is your dog?"
Since Kangxi didn't give any order, Baifu was naturally not allowed into the pavilion, and was now lying outside to rest.
"Yes." Yinzhen nodded.
"Why is it so thin?" the little guy asked curiously.
Yinzhen: "Baifu is a fine dog. This kind of dog is born like this."
With Kangxi's permission, Hongli and Hongzhou had already taken their seats in the pavilion.
They were a little surprised when they saw Cheng'an take the initiative to hug Kangxi, but they felt it was okay. After all, they didn't know much about Emperor Kangxi.
Seeing that he actually dared to lie on his father's lap and chat with him, I was immediately impressed and thought that he was very brave and was not afraid of his father's cold face.
Seeing that he was even curious about the dog's fatness or thinness, Kangxi said, "Feed it your dried meat, and it will naturally get fat."
"Then what does An An eat?" The little guy couldn't help but look up.
Kangxi joked, "You are already full of flesh, why do you still need to eat meat? If you eat more, you will become as fat as a ball."
When Hongli and Hongzhou heard this, they subconsciously looked over and felt that their uncle was not fat at all, but rather quite likable.
"Father is lying!" The little guy snorted when he heard Kangxi say that he would be as fat as a ball.
Although Yinzhen knew that he was always casual in front of Kangxi, he still gently squeezed his little hand when he heard this.
Kangxi was not angry, but asked with interest: "What did I lie to you about?"
"You won't get fat like a ball if you eat meat. Yuanyuan is plump because he eats grass every day!" said the little guy with his face raised.
Seeing that he had a good reason, Kangxi couldn't help but laugh. After laughing, he said to Yinzhen: "Look at him now. He contradicts me every time I say something."
"Cheng'an has a point." Yinzhen could see that he was not unhappy, and when he thought of the little guy's words, a faint smile appeared on his lips.
On the other hand, Hongli and Hongzhou, who didn't know what Yuanyuan was, were a little confused.
"Fourth brother is right about An An!" When the little guy heard Yinzhen's words, he looked at Kangxi with pride on his face.
Kangxi said "Oh", picked up a chess piece and said calmly: "Then you can try to eat vegetarian food for a while when you go back, and see if eating 'grass' can make you fat."
After he finished speaking, he signaled Yinzhen to continue playing chess.
Yinzhen knew that he would definitely not be willing to let the little guy eat vegetarian food, so he did not let it go. Instead, he wanted to know the little guy's next reaction.
"No, An An is not Mee Mee." Cheng An immediately retorted.
When they heard the word "baa", Hongli and the others immediately guessed that Yuanyuan was probably a sheep.
Seeing that he got anxious when he heard about eating vegetarian food, Hongli gently touched his little hand and gestured for him to look at the pot of peonies he had just brought back.
The little guy blinked, and when he came to his senses, he ran back to Kangxi and hugged him softly, saying, "Father, look, An An brought you flowers!"
After he finished speaking, Kangxi and Yinzhen looked up at the same time and saw a peony flower growing well.
"Where did you get these flowers?" Kangxi asked with his head down.
"An An dug the flowers and gave them to Father!" The little fellow said, looking at Yin Zhen across from him, and added, "And Fourth Brother~"
Yinzhen felt that even though the flowers he dug were from his own garden, this pot alone was not enough to share.
Kangxi also thought of the phrase "borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha", but the focus immediately followed was: "You played with mud again?"
"No." The little guy immediately shook his head and pointed to the side and said, "If you don't believe me, ask my nephew."
After he finished speaking, he probably thought that although he didn't play with mud, he did dig in the soil, and he was not sure whether Kangxi would say anything bad about him, so he said in a baby voice: "My nephews are called Hongli and Hongzhou~"
"I don't need you to tell me?" Kangxi saw that he changed the subject and looked at his grandson, "Hongli, you tell me."
Hongli immediately stood up and bowed, saying, "In reply to the Queen, my uncle did not play in the mud. It was just that when he and his grandson were admiring the flowers at the Peony Terrace, he saw that this peony was blooming particularly well, so he said he wanted to bring it back for you, so he dug it up himself."
Kangxi nodded slightly, motioned him to sit down, and then looked at the little guy in front of him: "You are thoughtful."
"Then can An An eat meat when he goes back?"
Obviously, the little guy took his joke seriously and was afraid that he would have to eat vegetarian food when he returned home.
"Have you ever eaten less meat?" Kangxi said, and couldn't help pinching his chubby face.
Cheng An didn't care about being pinched on the face, but was worried about not having meat to eat. Hearing his words, he hugged his arm and shook it: "Ama, Ama..."
Hong Zhou really wanted to say that there was plenty of meat at home and he could stay and eat as much as he wanted, but he saw Yin Zhen standing next to him out of the corner of his eye and didn't dare to say it.
"What a shame to be so pushy." Kangxi gently reprimanded him, but finally said, "Okay, eat if you want."
The little fellow got a satisfactory answer, so he stopped disturbing him while playing chess and climbed into his arms to sit and rest.
By the time the game of chess was over, it was almost noon, so Kangxi simply took the little guy to have lunch here.
Originally, Yinzhen had not planned to let his two sons sit at the table with him, but when he saw that the little ones were having a good time playing with them, he did not let them leave.
"The meat at Fourth Brother's is so delicious!"
After chasing the dog for a long time in the morning, Cheng'an had a better appetite than usual. In addition, the food served to Kangxi was the best and tasted as good as that made by the imperial chef, so he ate with great relish.
"Eat slowly." Seeing him stuff a whole piece of meat directly into his mouth, Kangxi reminded him and said, "The meat from your fourth brother's house is so delicious, why don't you stay for it?"
When Yinzhen heard this, he couldn't help but look at the little guy, and he was a little expectant.
"Ama, will you stay with me?" the little guy asked after swallowing the meat in his mouth.
Kangxi picked up the soup beside him and fed him a mouthful, saying, "I have something to do, you keep it for yourself."
"What should An An do if he misses Ama?"
Seeing that he really wanted to stay, Kangxi put down the bowl and said, "If you want to stay, what else do you want me to do?"
"That's what I want to do!"
"So you really plan to stay?"
"I want Ama to stay with me~"
"I'm not free."
Kangxi felt like he was talking nonsense to him, so he just fed a mouthful of rice into his mouth and signaled him to continue eating.
It was the little guy’s first time eating at Yinzhen’s house. He felt it was fresh and fun. It would have been strange if he could eat obediently the whole time.
When he was half full, he could not help but hold the bowl and move closer to Yinzhen for a while, asking Yinzhen to feed him a few bites, and then ran to sit between his two little nephews.
Hong Zhou was excited to see him sitting over. He bravely picked up a piece of meat and fed it to him. Seeing that his father didn't say anything, he continued to feed him.
The little guy never refuses any meat and eats it in one bite.
"An An wants to drink soup." The meat was a little dry after eating too much, so Cheng An turned his head subconsciously.
The little guy's chubby cheeks puff up when he eats, which is very funny to watch.
Hongli had just seen Hongzhou feeding him and wanted to try it, so when he heard his words, he immediately picked up the bowl of soup and fed him with a spoon in clumsy movements.
"It's so delicious~" After drinking the soup, the little guy held his face with his little hands, obviously completely immersed in the delicious food on the table.
When Hongli heard what he said, he immediately fed him another bite.
Seeing that an uncle had the nerve to let his nephew feed him, Kangxi said, "Come here and have a good meal."
After he spoke, the little guy came back to him with his bowl, but pushed his half-finished bowl of rice in front of him: "Ah..."
Obviously, he was just being lazy and didn't want to eat by himself.
Kangxi thought that he had been eating well by himself two days ago, but now he had to be fed again, so he pushed his bowl back.
Seeing that he didn't feed him, the little guy immediately turned around and put the bowl in front of Yinzhen on the other side.
Yinzhen saw that there was not much rice left in the bowl, so he simply picked up a few mouthfuls and fed him.
After eating, the little guy was restless and ran to Hongzhou and Hongli.
Seeing that he had finished his meal, Kangxi was too lazy to care about him anymore.
"I'll feed you~"
The little guy who was being fed just now is now making a fuss about feeding others.
"I can eat by myself." Hong Zhou whispered.
After he finished speaking, the little guy had already put a spoonful of rice to his mouth, and opened his mouth to demonstrate: "Ah..."
Hong Zhou couldn't dodge and could only open his mouth quickly to eat it.
"Hong Zhou is so good, eat another bite~"
Kangxi felt that this sounded familiar, and after thinking about it, he immediately realized that this was the tone he used to coax him to eat when he was a child. He was a little amused and helpless.
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