Each of Yinzhen's princes was very capable, and when they worked together, it was obvious that Galin and his son were doomed.
When Galin was impeached before, Kangxi gave him a chance to defend himself. This time the evidence was conclusive, so Kangxi would naturally not let him off easily again.
Considering the crimes committed by Galin and his son, being sentenced to execution in the autumn is a light punishment.
All the civil and military officials in the court had thought that the emperor had become a little softer in recent years, so they had relaxed a little. However, when they saw him deal with Galin and his son without mercy, they were all shocked.
They found that the emperor was still the same emperor and would show no mercy when it came to fighting. This made the ministers more alert and they dared not act too aggressively.
After all, Galin's biological mother is one of the emperor's wet nurses. Even with this relationship, they can't protect him, so it's better for them to be careful.
Kangxi naturally noticed that the atmosphere in the court had changed after the punishment of Galin. He sneered in his heart and felt that he should not be too tolerant towards these ministers.
Every autumn rain brings a chill.
As the weather started to get colder, Cheng An put on his beloved dragon tail robe again.
Thanks to Yinzhen, the little guy's dragon tail coat has new features. For example, the hood on the top of the head is more refined and looks like a dragon head. The tip of the tail is also filled with soft fur instead of cloth, which feels very good to touch.
In Changchun Garden, no matter the masters or servants, they couldn't help but smile softly when they saw the little guy wearing the dragon tail robe, and it seemed that their mood became better when they saw him.
On this day, after Kangxi left court, he had nothing to discuss with his ministers, so he simply asked someone to take the memorial back to Qingxi Book House for processing.
As soon as he stepped through the gate, he saw Cheng'an running out with a small hoe in his arms.
"Where are you going?" Kangxi saw him running past him and quickly reached out to grab the dragon horn above his head.
Seeing that he was caught by him, Cheng An turned around honestly, raised his smiling face and shouted: "Ama~"
"Where did you get the hoe?" When Kangxi saw the miniature hoe in his hand, he couldn't help but look at Liu Cai behind him.
Liu Cai quickly knelt down and explained, "Your Majesty, this was given to the young prince by Prince Dun."
It turned out that when Cheng'an went to the farmland near Wuyizhai to look for Yinzhi and Yinreng, he accidentally saw someone weeding with a hoe and immediately remembered this tool.
One day, Yin'e came to see him and saw him picking up a hoe. Yin'e, who was in the Ministry of Works and could easily order people to make small things, asked someone to make a small hoe for him.
When Kangxi heard that it was Yin'e again, he felt that it was as he expected.
"Where are you going?"
Hearing what the Emperor said, Cheng An raised the small hoe in his hand and said, "An An, help the elder and second brothers plant the seeds~"
Kangxi chuckled and said, "It's almost harvest time, why are you going to plant the land? I think you just want to go out and have fun."
"An An, please help me!" Cheng An said, puffing out his chest.
Kangxi reached out and took the small hoe from the eunuch's hand and threw it to the eunuch beside him, then bent down and picked him up: "We'll talk about helping you when the harvest comes. Now stay here and be quiet."
After saying this, he walked directly into the house with the little one in his arms.
The reason why Kangxi didn't let Cheng'an go out was because it rained yesterday. Not only were the farmlands muddy, but the weather was also a bit cold. He didn't dare let him go out and make trouble.
"An'an, help me!"
The little guy kept twisting in his arms, and Kangxi could hardly hold him, so he coaxed him, "Father, here are some delicious foods, do you want to eat them?"
Hearing about the delicious food, Cheng An stopped what he was doing and looked at him: "What?"
Seeing that he had calmed down, Kangxi quickened his pace and took him into the house, then ordered someone to bring up the water chestnuts that had been tributed from Jiangnan a few days ago.
Water chestnut, also known as water caltrop and water water chestnut, has a crisp, tender and sweet taste.
When Kangxi first went to the south of the Yangtze River, he loved this kind of food very much.
"Wow!" Cheng'an couldn't help but let out a low cry when he saw the water chestnut with two pointed corners. His attention was immediately attracted to the water chestnut in front of him.
Kangxi smiled and picked up a whole water chestnut and handed it to him, reminding him: "Be careful not to prick your hands."
When the little guy heard his words, he tentatively reached out to touch the water chestnut before taking it.
"Ama Jiaojiao~" He pinched the water chestnut and looked at it for a while, then pointed at the top of his head and said.
Kangxi said: "The shape of the water chestnut horns is like that of an ox, which is different from your dragon horns."
Since Changchun Garden has farmland, there are naturally cows.
When Cheng An heard his words, he immediately imitated him: "Moo~"
While the father and son were enjoying the water chestnuts, a palace maid had already peeled a dish of water chestnut meat beside them.
Compared to the black shell, the flesh inside the water chestnut is very white.
"Try it." Kangxi picked up one and put it to Cheng'an's mouth. He originally wanted him to take a bite, but who knew that the greedy little guy would open his mouth and take the whole thing.
Fortunately, the palace maid cut the water chestnut into two halves in advance, otherwise it would be a question whether Cheng'an could chew the whole thing.
Seeing that his cheeks were puffed up from eating so much, Kangxi looked a little helpless. He reminded him, "Eat slowly," and then started to taste the food himself.
"Dad, it's delicious~" After swallowing the water chestnut in his mouth, Cheng'an looked up at him and said.
Although it was delicious, Kangxi didn't dare to let him eat more. After letting him eat one, he just let him play with the unpeeled water chestnuts.
The two ends of the water chestnut look pointed, but perhaps because of the unique curiosity of children, the little guy couldn't help but touch the tip with his fingers, and only withdrew his hand when he felt the pain.
Kangxi didn't have time to stop him. He held his little hand and took a look to make sure he wasn't really stabbed before tapping his forehead and asking, "What are you thinking about?"
The little guy didn't say anything, just looked up and smiled at him.
To prevent him from itching to prick himself again, Kangxi had the sharp edge of the water chestnut smoothed before letting him play with it again.
Cheng'an, who got the water chestnut again, did not touch the tip, but savored the taste of the water chestnut meat and secretly took a bite when Kangxi was not paying attention.
"Young brother, you can't do this!" Liang Jiugong, who was standing nearby, said hurriedly after seeing this.
The shell of the water chestnut was very hard, and Cheng'an failed to bite it open, only leaving a small tooth mark on it.
"Why are you so greedy?" Kangxi looked down and saw the small teeth marks on the water chestnut. He patted his little butt as a lesson, and finally helped peel the water chestnut in his hand and fed it to him.
When he finished eating, Kangxi was about to have the remaining water chestnuts removed so that he wouldn't worry about them, but the little guy stood up, grabbed the plate, took out the water chestnuts one by one and counted them: "One, two, mountain..."
"Stop playing." Kangxi patted his shoulder for fear of pricking his hand.
Cheng An, who felt that he was not playing, turned around and told him: "Give it to my brother~"
He thought water chestnuts were interesting and delicious and wanted to share them with his brothers.
Seeing that he was thinking about his brothers all the time, Kangxi, feeling a little jealous, said, "Okay, I'll have someone send one to each of them."
In fact, once this kind of fresh fruit was delivered, all the princes would have a share as long as the quantity was not too small. But now Kangxi decided that since his youngest son had taken so much trouble to count them one by one, there was no need to send them a whole plate.
Cheng'an was very happy to share with his brothers. He hugged Kangxi's neck and said, "Hello, Ama~"
After he finished praising, he continued to count. When he finished counting, Kangxi ordered someone to send it out and then chatted with him: "When I first went to the south of the Yangtze River, I loved water chestnuts very much. I brought a lot back and wanted to plant them in the capital, but unfortunately I didn't succeed..."
Although Cheng An still couldn't fully understand some of the words, such as what "going to the south of the Yangtze River" meant, he still listened attentively with great support.
While the father and son were chatting about water chestnuts, not long after, the brothers received fresh water chestnuts sent from Qingxi Book House.
When the princes saw only a single water chestnut on the plate, their first reaction was, is it the Emperor hitting them?
However, when they learned that this was sent by Cheng'an, the cautiousness on their faces was immediately replaced by smiles.
For these brothers, as long as it was sent by Cheng'an, it didn't matter whether it was one piece or a plate. What mattered was his intention.
Even though they were not there, the brothers could imagine the scene. The little ones must have thought the water chestnuts were delicious, and then they counted them one by one to share with them.
but……
"Is the water chestnut production very low this year?" Yin'e asked his ninth brother while playing with the water chestnuts in his hand.
Yinzhen shook his head and said, "If you want to eat, I'll have someone send you a basket."
As the richest prince in the Qing Dynasty, Yinzhen naturally had no shortage of fashionable toys or food.
"That's not necessary. I was just wondering why the emperor would allow only one to be sent." Yin'e said.
He guessed that Cheng'an must have counted only one, but since the emperor sent someone to deliver it, he had to add some, so he guessed that the tribute of water chestnuts this year was relatively small.
Yinsi smiled and said, "This one is enough."
On the other hand, after receiving the water chestnuts, Yinzhi didn't think much about it at all and just peeled it and ate it.
After eating it, I felt that the water chestnuts were worthy of being sent by my brother, they tasted so good.
"Why is there only one..." Yinzhi muttered and looked at the remaining water chestnut shells. He didn't throw them away, but put them together again and put them on the table.
After receiving the water chestnuts and tasting them carefully, Yinreng went to his study in a good mood and wrote a poem about water chestnuts.
Yinzhen did not eat it immediately, but put it on the table.
After a while, the crops in the fields were ripe.
Seeing that the weather was good, Kangxi prepared to take his sons to the fields to experience the fun of the harvest.
The lush farmland has turned golden at this time, exuding the scent of a good harvest.
Cheng'an liked this color and started shouting excitedly after following Kangxi over.
Since the brothers received the assignment, they have seen him less often than before, and now they see smiles in his eyes.
Looking at the scene in the field, Kangxi felt that Yinzhi and Yinreng had put in a lot of effort, and nodded, "Not bad."
Since being imprisoned, the two of them have never received his affirmation again, and at this moment they both have some indescribable feelings in their hearts.
Yinreng was okay, after all he had been the crown prince for so many years, so he could still control himself. However, Yinzhi showed some emotions.
"Don't just stand there and watch. Let's go down and harvest. I'll reward whoever harvests the most today." Kangxi said after walking around the edge of the field.
Cheng An now knew that "reward" was a good thing. When the brothers bowed their hands and said "yes", only he looked up and asked, "What is the reward?"
"Do you still think you can win?" Kangxi asked instead of answering, with a smile in his tone.
The little guy didn't understand the joking meaning in his words, but nodded and said: "An An Yi Ya~"
Seeing how confident he was, Kangxi smiled and tapped his forehead: "If you can win, I will take you out for another trip in a few days."
Ever since the last trip out of the palace, the little guy has become wild after seeing the outside world and always asks Kangxi to go out and play.
Of course, Kangxi would not agree to this, and when he was cornered by his father, he could only let him go to the shopping street to play.
The Shopping Street is a place for entertainment in Changchun Garden. The layout inside is somewhat similar to the streets of the capital. Whenever the masters from the palace come to play, the palace maids and eunuchs will dress up as stall owners, pedestrians, etc.
The shopping street is quite interesting, as it allows the concubines who have lived in the harem for a long time to enjoy the lively atmosphere of shopping. However, the pretended shopping street still lacks some interest and cannot be as lively and full of life as a real street.
When Cheng'an heard that his father agreed to take him out to play, his eyes suddenly lit up and he was about to run to the fields with his small hoe in his arms.
"We are harvesting crops today. What's the use of you holding a hoe?" Yinzhi stopped him quickly, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Cheng An asked in confusion: "What is that?"
Of course, a sickle is needed for harvesting, but this thing is more dangerous than a hoe, so it is obviously impossible for him to use it.
Even a careless person like Yinzhi started to be more careful after interacting with him for a long time. Thinking of this, he simply said, "Just take a basket and follow behind Big Brother."
Yinzhi has always been competitive, but this time he puts aside his competitive spirit for the sake of his younger brother and is ready to help him.
Cheng'an nodded and obediently put down the hoe and replaced it with a basket in his hand.
Today, everyone from Kangxi to the princes changed into simple clothes, even Cheng'an did not wear the dragon tail robe.
After Yinzhi went to the fields with Cheng'an as his little tail, the other princes also picked up their tools and followed.
Kangxi was no longer as energetic as before. He only used a sickle to cut the first ear of wheat in the field, which meant the beginning of the harvest. Then he put down the sickle and walked around the field, wanting to see if there were any ears of wheat growing particularly well.
"Cheng'an, please step back." Before Yinzhi was about to take action, he said to the little guy who was following closely beside his legs.
Cheng'an took a few steps back obediently.
"Back off a little further."
The little guy carrying the basket took a few steps back.
When he was almost back to the edge of the field, Yinzhi started to work and cut off a handful of wheat ears quickly and neatly.
Cheng An saw his movements, slung the basket over his arm and clapped his hands: "Brother Da is so awesome!"
Hearing his praise, Yinzhi worked hard to cut a few handfuls of wheat, then turned around holding the cut ears of wheat. However, he found that the basket in Cheng'an's hand was too small to hold much, so he asked someone to bring another basket.
After the big basket was brought over and placed next to Cheng'an, Yinzhi directly put the cut wheat ears into it.
When he put the wheat ears away and went back to continue harvesting, Yinreng and others also came over one by one with wheat ears and put them into the basket.
"Wow!" Seeing such a big basket filled up by his brothers, Cheng'an shouted with his eyes wide open, thinking that his brothers were so awesome.
"Don't worry, Tenth Brother will definitely let you go out and play." Yin'e turned his head and looked in the direction of Kangxi, then spoke to him in a low voice.
Yin'e was not a diligent person. In previous years, when Kangxi took him to work in the fields, he just did the best he could. But this time he decided to try hard.
I am such a good brother!
While making up his mind, Yin'e couldn't help but indulge himself.
When Cheng An heard Brother Shi say that he wanted to let him go out to play, he rushed over and hugged him and said, "Hello, brother~"
"What about me?" Yinzhen looked at him and said.
Upon hearing this, Cheng'an turned around and hugged him again, and after hugging him he did not forget his other brothers.
The brothers who had been held in his arms went back to harvest wheat ears. Half of the harvested wheat ears were given to him, and the other half was theirs.
Soon, there were several large baskets full of wheat ears beside Cheng'an, and he sat on a small chair that was specially sent to him.
After sitting for a while next to a big basket full of wheat ears with the basket in his arms, the little guy felt a little bored and could not help but get up and walk towards his brothers.
In the field, Yinzhi and Yinreng were arguing with each other again without knowing when: "With your speed, huh..."
"If you are capable, you can conquer all this land by yourself." Yinreng said calmly.
"Cut..." Yinzhi was halfway through his words when he suddenly felt a soft little body on his legs. He immediately ignored Yinreng and hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Why are you here? Let go quickly, my brother's clothes are not clean now."
Cheng An let go of his hand and said, "An An, help me~"
"If you go back and sit down, you will be helping." Yinzhi said.
"No." The little guy shook his head and looked at Yinreng next to him, "Second brother, An'an, please help me~"
Yinreng felt a little headache when he met his expectant eyes, so he said: "Second brother, you don't need to help. Ask your eldest brother."
Seeing that he threw the question back to him, Yinzhi glared at him and said, "Big brother, you don't need to help. Ask your eighth brother."
When Cheng'an heard his words, he turned around and looked around, then trotted to Yinsi.
Yinsi had heard their conversation a long time ago. He cast a helpless look at Yinzhi, then squatted down and said to the little guy in front of him, "Can I call you when my big brother needs help?"
"Okay." After Cheng An nodded, he was about to ask his ninth, tenth and fourteenth brothers beside him if they needed help, but he didn't expect them to suddenly speed up and cut to the front.
In the end, he could only turn around and look for Yinzhen who was further to the left.
Seeing how persistent he was, Yinzhen simply pointed at the wheat ears that had fallen on the ground and said, "Then you can help pick up the ones on the ground to avoid wasting them."
Cheng An was so happy that his eyes lit up when he saw that he could finally help. He nodded and said, "Well, no worries!"
Seeing how well behaved he was, Yinzhen squatted down and told him which type he should pick. Then he watched him pick for a while before getting up and continuing to harvest.
"Fourth brother, you still have a solution." Yinxiang beside him said with a smile.
Next, the brothers were harvesting with sickles, and Cheng'an followed behind with a basket to pick up the fallen ears of wheat.
When Kangxi finished walking around the fields and returned to the ridge, he saw his youngest son picking wheat ears with great effort.
The little guy's chubby face is full of seriousness at this moment. He squats on the ground and tries hard to find the fallen ears of wheat. After finding them, he puts them in the basket with a satisfied smile on his little face.
Kangxi was very pleased to see that he was so sensible at such a young age and never complained about the hardship or tiredness.
The field was not small, and Kangxi was not prepared to let his sons harvest all of it, especially since there was a younger son among them. Even though he called him back to drink water and rest every once in a while, he was still afraid that he would get tired, so he stopped after an hour.
Even though the brothers were not as professional as the real farmers, they were numerous, so they harvested a lot in this hour, and many small hills were piled up on the open space beside the fields.
After Cheng An came back with his almost full basket, he let out an "ouch" and quickly sat down on the small chair.
Kangxi heard his voice, touched his head and asked, "Are you tired?"
The little fellow, who had not been lazy at all in the field except for taking a break when he called him over to drink water, nodded: "Yeah."
"Ordinary people have to work in the fields every day. When they encountered drought before..." Kangxi took the opportunity to teach him, and at the same time he was also speaking to the other princes present.
After listening to this, Cheng'an nodded, not quite understanding.
"So good." After praising him, Kangxi asked someone to wash his hands and face and change his outer clothes.
The little guy had a good physique and didn't feel uncomfortable because of the wheat crumbs floating in the air in the field. It's just that his overly soft and tender little hands looked a little red.
When Yinzhi saw Cheng'an's red palms, he couldn't help but look at Yinzhen, thinking that he shouldn't have let the little guy pick up wheat ears.
Yinzhen didn't expect that he would pick up the things so seriously, and he felt a little distressed.
Kangxi did not blame Yinzhen, but he asked someone to bring ointment and personally applied it on Cheng'an's hands.
After applying the ointment on him, Kangxi pointed to the largest pile of wheat ears at the edge of the field and asked, "Whose are these?"
"It's Cheng'an's." Yin'e said immediately.
Although no one with a brain would believe that Cheng'an could cut so many ears of wheat, Yin'e thought that given the emperor's love for him, he might turn a blind eye.
The other princes did not say anything, which was considered as their agreement.
The emperor only asked who the wheat belonged to, but did not ask who cut it. They were willing to share their wheat ears with Cheng'an and there was no problem with that.
Kangxi glanced at them and felt that it was worth it that Cheng'an always thought about them.
Just as Yin'e thought, Kangxi was indeed prepared to turn a blind eye. Unexpectedly, after the little fellow tilted his head to look at Yin'e for a while, he picked up his small basket and said, "This is safe~"
Obviously, Cheng'an didn't understand that the ears of wheat that the brothers had previously divided out belonged to him. When he heard Yin'e say that the ears of wheat that his brothers had harvested together were his, he thought Yin'e had made a mistake.
The basket in his hand was not big, but it was almost full. It was not easy for him to pick up so many wheat ears at his age.
When Kangxi heard his words, he was slightly surprised, then a smile appeared in his eyes. He glanced at Yin'e and the others and said, "You are worse than children."
"The Emperor is right."
The brothers felt that the little guy was indeed better than them in picking up so many wheat ears, and they all bowed to him.
"In that case, the winner of today's autumn harvest is Cheng'an." After saying this, Kangxi reached out and picked up his youngest son who was still carrying the basket.
Cheng An blinked and looked up at him: "An An ah?"
"Yes, you can go out and play now." Kangxi touched his head and asked, "Are you happy?"
The little guy nodded and cheered: "Okay!"
Seeing his happy look, the brothers all smiled.
Next, Kangxi personally took his youngest son to experience how to thresh the wheat and then grind it into flour.
Fresh wheat needs to be dried in the sun before it can be ground into flour, but it is obviously too late now, so it is dried.
After threshing, the basket of wheat ears in Cheng'an weighed less than two pounds, so Kangxi specially asked someone to bring a small mill.
"Wow--"
When the little guy saw that his basket of wheat ears finally turned into a bowl of flour, he couldn't help but exclaim.
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