Thanks to Yin'e, the sound of "Awoo" could be heard from time to time in the Qianqing Palace in the following days. For this reason, Kangxi even called him to the palace and scolded him: "How can you be a brother..."
Yin'e has been scolded by his royal father many times since he was a child, but this is the first time he has been scolded for the reason of leading his younger brother astray.
Although he was scolded for the same time, Yin'e had a different feeling in his heart this time. The feeling was a little difficult to describe. If he had to say it, it was probably that the previous scoldings were more like "king and subject", but this time it made him feel like "father scolding his son".
This feeling was new and gave him an indescribable feeling. It was the first time he was scolded that he did not panic, but secretly looked up.
Kangxi saw Yin'e's behavior and expression as something that he didn't care about at all. He was just going to say a few words to him, but now he punished him directly by saying, "Go back and copy the Analects ten times. You are not allowed to leave the palace until you finish copying it!"
"Father, please calm down. I will take the punishment."
After Yin'e came out of the Qianqing Palace, Yin'er and Yin'si, who were waiting outside, were the first to come forward to show their concern.
"The Emperor said that I taught Cheng'an bad things and punished me to copy books." After Yin'e finished speaking, he suddenly laughed foolishly for some reason.
Yin'er's heart skipped a beat, wondering if he had been scolded by his father, so he began to comfort him: "You have nothing to do anyway, just copy some books as a way to cultivate your character."
You have to know that Yinsi is usually gentle and caring. Even the words that come out of his mouth with good intentions sound a bit hurtful, so the soft words at this moment are very rare.
"Brother Jiu, you are right, hehe..." Yin'e nodded.
Yinzhen and Yinsi looked at each other in confusion. It was not until they asked a few more questions in the carriage after leaving the palace that they vaguely understood why he was so happy to be scolded.
As royal princes, their status is noble enough, but there are gains and losses. It is difficult for them to experience the blood ties of ordinary people, especially their emperor father. The word "emperor" comes before "father".
After Yinsi understood his feelings, he said nothing more. However, Yinzhen gave him a look that said "no future".
"The Emperor is really something. He can't control Cheng'an and blames me, his brother, for it. Sigh, Cheng'an has such a nice voice, so sweet and childish. I wouldn't mind him calling me in my ear all day long..."
When Yinzhen heard him chattering away, he immediately felt that his concern for him was unnecessary: "If you have the guts, go and say this to the emperor in person."
How could Yin'e dare to do that? Reading "The Analects of Confucius" ten times would be enough for him to copy.
On that day, Kangxi was writing the word "Fu" behind the dragon table, and Cheng'an was running around him with a cloth tiger in his arms, uttering "Awoo" from time to time.
Kangxi had the habit of writing the word "Fu" in the twelfth lunar month every year. These "Fu" characters would eventually be bestowed upon others, and all the royal family members and court officials who received them were proud of it.
“Ouch~”
When he heard him yell again, Kangxi couldn't help but put down his pen temporarily. When he ran to his side again, he bent down and picked him up. He took out the cloth tiger in his arms and threw it to Liang Jiugong, saying, "Be quiet. The emperor will teach you how to write."
Children are very curious. In fact, Cheng'an has been interested in pens, ink, paper and inkstone for a long time, so he would often come over when he picked up a pen.
When he was picked up by him and saw the red paper and writing brush on the table, Cheng'an's dark eyes were full of curiosity, but he did not make a fuss because the cloth tiger was taken away.
Seeing that he had finally calmed down, Kangxi ordered someone to bring a round stool of similar height and place it in front of the table. After he stood firmly on it, he picked up the smallest brush and handed it to him.
No matter how strict Kangxi was with his son, he would not let a child who was not even one year old learn to hold a pen. So after giving him a few simple instructions, he personally taught him how to hold the pen, lick the ink, and start writing on red paper.
"Wow……"
Seeing the strokes begin to appear on the red paper, Cheng An called out and turned around and said, "Ama."
"This word is pronounced 'Fu'." Kangxi taught him how to write the word "Fu" step by step before speaking.
Although he was taught how to write, Kangxi was actually the one who took the lead, so this character "Fu" was not much worse than his previous ones.
"Huh..." Cheng'an followed and imitated.
Kangxi shook his head and corrected him, then changed the paper and continued to teach him to write.
The first time, Cheng An didn't understand and was basically led by his big hands. But this time, he had his own ideas and his little hands began to move around.
When the character should be horizontal, his little hands pushed down hard. Even though Kangxi finally pulled it back for him, the finished product of the second character "Fu" was still a little hard to look at.
Of course, this is from Kangxi's perspective. In fact, except for some crooked strokes, the calligraphy as a whole is still acceptable.
"Look at the beautiful handwriting you have written." Kangxi, who had never written such ugly handwriting except when he was a beginner, couldn't help but say.
Upon hearing this, Cheng'an let go of the pen in his hand and clapped his hands.
"Do you think I'm praising you?" Seeing him clapping and laughing, Kangxi couldn't help but tap him on the forehead.
Writing is a rather boring thing. After his initial interest wore off, Cheng'an didn't want to write anymore.
"Father." He raised his head and called out, then pulled out his little hand and hid it behind his back.
Kangxi saw that he didn't want to write anymore and didn't force him. After all, if he wrote any longer, there would probably be only a few pieces of calligraphy that he could give to him this year.
After no longer having to hold that boneless little hand, Kangxi's writing speed increased significantly and his handwriting looked better than before.
Cheng'an was still standing on the round stool in front of him. At first, he just watched him write quietly, but soon his attention was distracted to other places on the dragon table.
There was nothing extra on the dragon table at this moment. Apart from the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, there were also paperweights and pen washers.
His eyes moved around the desk and finally landed on the inkstone that exuded the scent of ink.
Seeing that Kangxi could write something just by dipping the pen in the inkstone, Cheng'an raised his white and tender little hand and looked at it for a while before suddenly stretching it out.
Kangxi was so focused on the words in his hand that he didn't notice it, and Liang Jiugong next to him didn't notice it either because of the angle.
So when Kangxi finished writing the character "Fu" in his hand, he turned around and saw a little kid holding up his black little hands and putting a handprint on the character "Fu" that was still hanging next to him.
Feeling that he deliberately didn't want to bestow the word "Fu" this year, Kangxi was speechless for a moment, until he saw that he was about to stamp a "seal" on the one he had just written, then he reacted and quickly grabbed his little hand.
"Ama?" The little guy who was stopped raised his head with a little confusion on his face.
Seeing that he still had the nerve to look at him with that expression, Kangxi wanted to hit him twice, but in the end he couldn't bear it.
"Liang Jiugong, take him to wash his hands quickly!" Finally, Kangxi picked him up and stuffed him into Liang Jiugong's arms.
Liang Jiugong didn't expect that the little prince had done such a "big thing" without even seeing him, so he quickly carried him to the side to wash his hands.
It was not until he was brought back that Cheng'an realized that he seemed to have done something wrong. He held Kangxi's legs with his clean little hands and shouted, "Ama."
"Look at what you have done." Kangxi said, holding up the pieces of Chinese characters for "Fu" that had his handprints on them.
Cheng An looked at his handprint on the paper and thought it was pretty nice. However, he saw that Ama seemed a little unhappy, so he quickly shook him and said, "Hello, Ama."
"If my father was not a good person, he would have beaten you a long time ago." Kangxi lowered his head to glance at him, then put the words aside and continued writing.
On that day, Kangxi kept several words written by Cheng'an holding his hand and ordered people to post them in his palace. The words with handprints were kept, and the others were given away.
A few days later, it was finally New Year's Eve, which was also the day when Kangxi stopped writing.
On New Year’s Eve, a palace banquet will be held in the Qianqing Palace.
Except for the eldest prince and the deposed crown prince, almost all the other princes were present at the palace banquet.
Of course, because Cheng'an was too young, Kangxi did not bring him with him when he attended the event. Instead, he had people prepare a lot of delicious food, drinks and fun things for him that he could handle and let him stay in the palace.
The New Year’s Eve palace banquet every year is actually not very interesting. Basically, the food and drinks are not good, and one must always be careful not to misbehave in front of the emperor.
Originally, Yin'e was still expecting whether the emperor father would bring Cheng'an over so that he could take the opportunity to see him. But when Kangxi finally came, he was suddenly a little disappointed.
Although the dinner was held in the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Kangxi was still the last one to arrive. Not only because he was the emperor and others were waiting for him but he was not allowed to wait for others, but also because he delayed the dinner for a while in order to appease his youngest son who was particularly clingy today.
When he came over, everyone present stood up and saluted.
"No need to bow, just stand up." After Kangxi sat down at the top seat, he raised his hand and asked everyone to stand up.
Everyone thanked him before sitting down again.
After Kangxi glanced at everyone below, a smile appeared in his eyes.
It’s not that anyone has offended him or that he has encountered anything unhappy, but he just can’t be happy after seeing the number of people under him decreasing year by year.
It is not a casual remark that one misses his family during festivals. Thinking of the Empress Dowager who could not attend due to illness, Kangxi could not help but think of the deceased Grand Empress Dowager, the Emperor's father, the mother, the Empress...
In addition, there are his two sons whom he deliberately suppressed and didn't want to think about.
White hairs hasten my aging, the sun is about to fall...
Kangxi sighed in his heart but showed no emotion on his face. After saying a few simple words, he ordered the banquet to begin.
When the banquet started, Yinzhi and other sons raised their glasses to toast Kangxi. After they finished toasting, the atmosphere suddenly became quiet, probably because they felt that Kangxi was not in a good mood.
After Kangxi put down the cup, he suddenly felt that this New Year's Eve palace banquet was becoming less and less interesting every year.
While the hall was brightly lit, the sky outside had already darkened, and the winter moon looked even colder than usual.
The eldest prince’s mansion.
Although he was imprisoned, Yinzhi still sat together with his wives, concubines and children on the day of reunion, New Year's Eve.
After all, he was imprisoned in his own house, so apart from the lack of freedom, Yinzhi's life was not bad. However, compared with his initial high spirits, he became more depressed year by year.
Precisely because of this, on such a festive day as today, no one present dared to smile, and the entire hall was overly quiet.
"Look at what I'm doing. Eat and drink when you should." Yinzhi was already in a bad mood, and after seeing the behavior of his wives, concubines, and children, he became even more angry.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present quickly picked up their bowls and chopsticks.
After Yinzhi picked up the wine glass at hand and drank it all, his eyes suddenly fell on his wife.
This is his second wife. As for his first wife, with whom he had a good relationship, she passed away after giving birth to his first son.
Thinking about how the legitimate wife, who had already given birth to four daughters in a row, got pregnant again despite her health problems in order to give birth to a legitimate son before the crown prince, and eventually left him and left the child behind, Yinzhi now found it ridiculous - it was ridiculous why she thought that having a legitimate son before the crown prince would win the emperor's favor.
Yinreng, Yinreng, when you and I were fighting, could we have imagined that this day would come?
After drinking another glass of wine, Yinzhi suddenly burst into laughter, and his laughter became louder and louder.
The deposed Crown Prince Yinreng, who shared the same fate as him, was imprisoned in Xian'an Palace at this time.
Xian'an Palace is located inside Xihua Gate, which is far away from the Qianqing Palace. However, as the cold wind blew, Yinreng seemed to hear music coming from there.
The blow the crown prince suffered after being deposed twice is beyond the understanding of ordinary people. Even on a day of reunion like today, he was in no mood to stay with his wives, concubines and children. Instead, he sat alone in the corridor drinking.
The prince, who had once been dignified and elegant, now looked extremely embarrassed. This embarrassment was not only in his appearance, but more in his mental aspect.
After finishing a pot of wine, he leaned against a pillar and looked up at the moon in the sky. I don't know if he was drunk or thinking about something...
Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Compared to the desolation of the eldest prince's mansion and Xian'an Palace, this place is much more lively. Whether it is the lights and decorations inside and outside the palace or the music at the banquet, they all reveal the festive joy.
However, Kangxi looked at all this and felt bored.
He was the emperor, so he didn't have to worry about anything, so he decided to sit for a while and then go back to his bedroom.
Not only him, Yin'e also felt that this palace banquet was extremely boring. If he had a choice, he would rather celebrate it alone in his house.
Just as he was wondering when the palace banquet would end, he suddenly saw a familiar little figure coming from the side door of the palace.
"Ninth brother, look!" He lowered his voice in surprise, but it was still quite conspicuous in the quiet palace banquet. Several princes next to him heard his voice, and Yinzhen frowned subconsciously.
"This is the palace--" Before Yinzhen finished reminding him to be careful, he followed his line of sight and saw the small figure, and was immediately surprised.
"Ama! Brother!"
After all, it was a festival, and the palace began to decorate with lights and colors early on, and the palace maids and eunuchs were obviously in a better mood than usual.
Cheng'an probably felt this atmosphere, so he has been in a good mood recently.
Today, Kangxi has a rare period of free time as he has put down his pen, so I have more time to spend with him. He is happy and becomes even more clingy.
When Kangxi came to the palace banquet, he was initially attracted by the delicious food and drinks specially prepared by the imperial chef, but after finishing his meal, he immediately looked for his father again.
The eunuchs who served him wanted to stop him, but he was walking more and more flexibly and could not be stopped at all.
Kangxi was in a low mood, which somewhat infected the people present, so no one spoke at this moment. When a childish voice sounded, everyone subconsciously looked over and saw a young child running in with a bright smile.
A child’s smiling face is so innocent and contagious. Seeing this smiling face, everyone present feels better.
Cheng'an was also very happy at this moment. He originally came to find his father, but he didn't expect to see his brothers were also there when he came.
He has never been a shy person, and the fact that there were many strangers on the field did not stop him.
Several brothers that he had met before were all here. Cheng'an looked around and didn't know who to go to first, so he just ran straight to Kangxi.
When Kangxi saw his youngest son suddenly appear, he was a little surprised at first. But when he saw that he did not go to find his brother but ran directly towards him this time, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
"Didn't I tell you to stay in the palace?" Kangxi stretched out his hand, hugged the person and sat him down beside him, then scolded him, but his tone was not harsh.
Cheng An raised his little head and said, "I miss my father!"
It took less than an hour from the time he left the palace to the time the banquet began, so how could he have any thoughts about it?
However, Kangxi was still very pleased to hear him say this, and no longer cared about the fact that he had come here by himself.
"Did you eat enough in the palace?" Kangxi said as he touched his belly. He felt relieved when it felt a little bulging.
After his youngest son came over, Kangxi's mood was obviously much better.
Cheng'an's arrival also attracted everyone's attention.
"Is this the twenty-fourth brother?" The fifth prince Yinqi asked his fourth brother in a low voice.
Yinzhen nodded in affirmation.
When the Seventh Prince Yinyou heard their words, he couldn't help but look at his younger brother beside the Emperor with curiosity.
Yin'e was very excited when he saw Cheng'an just now, and now he was winking and waving at him, trying to attract him to come over to find him.
Over at the side hall, the concubines soon heard the noise and looked towards Concubine Chen, the biological mother of the favored little prince.
The concubines in charge had long heard about the young prince's favor, so they were not that surprised, let alone targeting Concubine Chen.
The concubines of similar rank to hers couldn't help but make a few sarcastic remarks, but on a day like the New Year's Eve palace banquet, they didn't dare to go too far.
Not to mention the side hall, in the main hall, after Cheng'an sat next to Kangxi for a while, he was attracted by the dishes on the Golden Dragon Banquet Table, but every time he stretched out his little hand, Kangxi grabbed it.
It’s not that he was hungry, he was just greedy. After being caught by Kangxi several times, he finally gave up. After playing with his clothes for a while, he couldn’t help but want to go find his brothers.
Knowing that he couldn't sit still, Kangxi didn't stop him.
Yinzhi and Yinzhen were closest to him, so Chengan ran down and came to them first: "Brother!"
It had been several days since they last saw him, and hearing his babyish voice, not only Yinzhi, but even Yinzhen showed a faint smile.
Thinking that he liked jade pendants, Yinzhen simply took off the jade pendant from his waist and handed it to him as a New Year's gift.
Cheng An saw the jade pendant in his hand, reached out to take it and threw himself into his arms: "Hello, brother."
Yinzhen raised the corner of his lips and reached out to hold him on his lap.
Seeing this scene, the Fifth Prince Yinqi, the Seventh Prince Yinyou, the Twelfth Prince Yinluo and other princes all showed surprised expressions, thinking: Is this still their cold-faced Fourth Brother?
Not to mention them, even Yinxiang, who had a good relationship with Yinzhen, was a little surprised.
However, he was not jealous. Instead, he developed a better impression of his younger brother because he loved him.
Seeing Yinzhen taking his younger brother away first, Yin'e couldn't help but grit his teeth secretly: "Fourth brother is so annoying..."
Yinzhen didn't know that he was hated again. Of course, even if he knew, he wouldn't care, because he was too late to be surprised at that moment.
As the brother who first came into contact with Cheng'an, Yinzhen definitely made the greatest contribution to his career of collecting jade pendants, especially the one he gave away tonight.
He had always been the one to give out jade pendants, but now, after he held Cheng An on his lap, he received a jade pendant from him.
It was a jade pendant specially made for his youngest son after Kangxi discovered that he liked it. Therefore, this jade pendant is very small and exquisite.
Today is New Year's Eve. Although Kangxi did not plan to bring his youngest son to the palace banquet, he had him dressed up and put his own jade pendant on his waist.
After receiving the jade pendant from his brother, Cheng'an looked down and saw that he also had one on his waist. He imitated his movements and pulled the jade pendant off and handed it to him.
Yinzhen looked at the small jade pendant in his hand, and a little joy overflowed from his heart.
After confirming that he was really willing to give it to him, Yinzhen directly put the small jade back on his waist, then pointed to Yinqi next to him and introduced him: "This is your fifth brother."
Seeing another brother, Cheng An was very happy: "Brother."
Yinqi was also very happy. He touched his head with a smile, then followed Yinzhen's example and took off the jade pendant from his waist and handed it to him.
Cheng'an smiled even more brightly after receiving the two jade pendants. He said "OK" to him sweetly and then lowered his head to play with them.
On the other side, Yinzhi saw him giving the jade pendant to Yinzhen and said sourly, "Cheng'an, where's mine?"
"Hmm?" Cheng An tilted his head and looked at him while holding the jade pendant in his hand.
Yinzhi said, "Third brother also wants a jade pendant."
"No." Cheng An hid the jade pendant given by his brother behind his back and said while looking at his empty waist.
"You heartless boy, you don't even know to give it to your third brother first." Yinzhi naturally didn't want the jade pendants of Yinzhen and Yinqi. After saying this, he wanted to pinch him on the face, but Yinzhen raised his hand to block him.
Not pinching anyone, Yinzhi reached out and took off the jade pendant on his body, shook it and said: "Come to the third brother."
The white jade radiated a lustrous luster under the light, and Cheng An stretched out his hands towards him when he saw it.
After Yinzhi took the person over, he continued to shake the jade pendant: "Just say hello, brother, and I'll give it to you."
"Hello, brother." Cheng An said close to his face.
The little guy's face was soft, and when he came closer, Yinzhi's heart softened too, and he stuffed the jade pendant directly into his little hand.
Seeing his younger brother being held in the arms of others and calling them "brother" in a baby voice, Yin'e, who was not far away, couldn't sit still.
He looked up and saw that the emperor seemed to be in a good mood, so he got up from his seat with his cup and went to Yinzhi: "Third brother, let me offer you a glass of wine."
Yinzhen didn't expect him to be so bold. He secretly glanced at the emperor's father, and was relieved when he saw that the emperor was not unhappy.
Yinzhi was quietly teasing his younger brother in his arms. The more he looked at him, the cuter he found him. He was a beat late to hear Yin'e's voice.
Yin'e is also his younger brother. Regardless of their relationship, the other party came to toast him personally, so he had to give him some face and immediately picked up the wine glass in front of him.
Cheng An saw the cup in his hand and stretched his neck to look at it. He didn't turn around and shout to Yin'e until he finished drinking and put down the cup, "Brother."
"Hey!" Yin'e responded and unexpectedly hugged him in his arms, then turned around and ran back to his seat.
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