While Cheng'an moved into Changchun Garden with Kangxi, Yinzhi traveled day and night and finally reunited with Yinzhen.
“Brother!”
Yinzhen had been away from Beijing for more than half a year. He was obviously very happy to see Yinzhi coming. Not only did he put down what he was doing and greeted him in person, he also had a smile on his face.
The soldiers who came with him saw this, although they didn't show it on their faces, they were a little surprised in their hearts. After all, they had never heard that these two had a good relationship.
Yinzhen was indeed born to be a general. Although he had not been leading troops here for a long time, the soldiers under him all respected him very much.
Yinzhi himself was a general, and even though he was now just a bald prince, the soldiers did not dare to look down on him. However, their general now was Yinzhen, so naturally they had to look up to him. Seeing his warm attitude towards Yinzhi, the soldiers followed suit and behaved respectfully and friendly.
The former great general is now just a bald prince, and he has to witness the glory of his younger brother. Yinzhi, who didn't feel anything on the way, felt a little uncomfortable when he saw Yinzhen.
However, he had grown a lot after experiencing so many ups and downs. In addition, Yinzhen became the general based on his own ability, so he was impeccable. Seeing Yinzhen's enthusiastic attitude, he also raised a smile.
"That's right." Yinzhi looked at his younger brother in front of him, thinking that he was just a child when he was a general, and now he has become a great general. He felt a little emotional and raised his hand to pat his shoulder.
Yinzhen never told anyone that he wanted to be a general. In fact, it was because he was influenced by Yinzhi. When he was a child, he saw Yinzhi going to the battlefield and thought his elder brother was very majestic, so he also had the idea of becoming a general like him.
Being patted on the shoulder and praised by him, Yinzhen felt a sense of recognition, the smile on his face became even more intense, and he put his hand on Yinzhi's shoulder and led him into the military camp.
"Brother, how is Cheng'an doing recently?"
"He's still the same. When you're not around, he'll keep talking about you..."
"Then he will definitely not be willing for you to come this time."
"I didn't dare tell him when I left. I just went to the palace to see him in advance."
"He should already know by now..."
The people in the military camp were very surprised when they saw them walking and talking. After all, the princes had made a lot of trouble in the past few years and everyone had heard some rumors. Not only could the imprisoned people be released, but the relationship between these two princes seemed to be quite good, and it was not just superficial.
At this time, the war was reaching a critical point, and Yinzhen asked people to add a few delicious dishes to lunch as a welcome treat for Yinzhi.
Yinzhi himself had fought in wars, so he naturally understood.
After the two brothers chatted with Cheng'an for a while, the atmosphere became more harmonious, and then they started to talk about business.
In front of the sand table, Yinzhen took the initiative to mention the current war situation. Yinzhi nodded repeatedly and felt that it was no wonder that the emperor father would send him to be the general.
After listening to him, Yinzhi told him the purpose of his visit and introduced: "This Qing cannon is lighter than the previous ones, and its power is not bad..."
The reason why this cannon is named Da Qing Cannon is that it means light, indicating that this cannon is light.
There were also a few cannons in the military camp, but they were never used.
The downside is that the battlefield is too big. The cannons are very heavy, and by the time they are transported and set up, before we can even start aiming, the enemy has already ridden away on horseback.
When Yinzhen heard what Yinzhi said about the cannon, his eyes immediately lit up and he pulled him out for a look. Although the power of the Qing cannon could not be seen from its appearance alone, it could be seen from its size that it was indeed much smaller than the previous ones.
"Great! With this cannon, I am confident that I can defeat Dace Lingdun Dob within ten days!" Yinzhen patted the cannon with confidence on his face.
Da Tsering Dundub was a taiji under the Dzungar Khan Tsewang Arabtan. It was he who led the troops to kill the Tibetan Khan and occupy Lhasa.
Yinzhi: "By the way, my ninth brother asked me to bring you something."
Yinzhen was always generous to his brothers who had a good relationship with him. When Yinzhen left Beijing, he gave him 10,000 taels of silver for emergency use.
This time when Yinzhi came, he asked Yinzhi to bring tens of thousands of taels of silver and a chariot he designed himself to Yinzhen.
War is the most expensive thing. Although no one dared to delay the payment of military pay to Yinzhen as he was a prince, he still had a lot of expenses as a general. With Yin'er's support, he would save a lot of trouble.
After Yinzhen remembered Yinzhen's kindness to him, he thanked Yinzhi again: "Thank you, brother."
Yinzhen's ability to win the hearts of the people in the military camp was inseparable from his ability to know how to use people well. So when Yinzhi came, he did not treat him as an idler, but instead pulled him to join in the planning of the next battle.
Yinzhi didn't say anything, but he appreciated his kindness in his heart.
While the two brothers were discussing how to defeat Daze Lingdun Duobu, Cheng'an had already lived in Changchun Garden for some time.
I have to say that compared to the imperial palace, Changchun Garden is more comfortable and freer to live in.
In the pavilion beside the Changchun Garden lake, Yin'e held the "Hundred Family Names" in his hand and read out the names in a serious manner: "Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li, Zhou, Wu, Zheng, Wang..."
"Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li, Zhou, Wu, Zheng, Wang~"
Cheng'an sat between him and Yin'er, reading along with him, shaking his head.
Yin'e himself was not a book lover, but he found it interesting to see Yinzhen and others taking turns to teach the little guy, so he found a copy of "Hundred Family Names" to teach him to read.
You don’t feel it until you teach. Once you teach, Yin E immediately feels the fun of being a teacher.
"Kong Cao Yan Hua, Jin Wei Tao Jiang..."
The scenery outside the pavilion was just right, and there were many cranes by the lake. The little guy's mind was not on studying at all. When he heard the word "Tao", he immediately said, "Tenth brother An'an ate a big peach yesterday. It was this big~"
"This is nothing. Brother Ten has eaten bigger peaches than this." Yin'e told him after seeing the size he indicated with his hands.
When the little fellow heard that there were bigger peaches, he exclaimed, "Is it sweet?"
"Of course it's sweet..."
Yin'er, who was sitting next to him, was speechless when he saw the little guy thinking of food while reading the Hundred Family Surnames. Then he saw Yin'e joining in the conversation and couldn't help but coughing twice.
"Brother Jiu, if your throat is uncomfortable, just drink some tea." Yin'e said after hearing this.
When the little fellow heard this, he actively leaned over the table and pushed the teacup towards Yinzhen: "Brother Jiu, have some tea~"
Yin'e met his concerned expression, and thought that it wouldn't hurt to have another Yin'e to help the little guy learn, so he decided to ignore the matter and just picked up the teacup and drank it slowly.
"Brother Jiu, are you feeling uncomfortable?" Cheng'an was still standing on the chair while he was drinking tea, and stretched out his little hand to pat his back.
The little guy had good intentions, but he patted Yinzhen while he was drinking tea. Yinzhen was fine but almost choked, so he quickly put down his teacup and said to him, "Ninth brother is fine."
"That's good~" The little guy touched his face again and felt relieved, then turned around and continued to chat about Taozi with Yin'e.
Seeing this, Yinzhen simply held up his head with his hands, wanting to see when Yin'e would react.
"Cold peaches are the best!"
Yin'e nodded in agreement, but told him: "You can't eat too much, otherwise you will have a stomachache again."
"An An has grown up, he can eat a little bit..."
The two, one big and one small, talked about everything from the size of peaches to their sweetness, then to whether peaches are better eaten directly or cold, and finally to whether crisp peaches or soft peaches are better. Yin'e finally remembered the book in his hand.
When he noticed Yinzhen's half-smile, he scratched his face a little awkwardly, cleared his throat and said, "Cheng'an, let's continue studying..."
After talking about peaches for so long, the little guy was just about to say he wanted to eat peaches, but he didn't expect to have to study again, and he suddenly felt unhappy.
Yin'e pouted when he saw him, smiled and hugged him into his arms, then turned to Yin'e and said, "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you."
What he meant was obviously that since Yin'e himself didn't like reading, there was no need to force himself to teach the little guy to read.
"Who said that? I obviously like reading very much!" Yin'e
Retorted.
Yinzhen thought he was quite shameless, so he reached out and snatched the book from his hand and said, "Then let Cheng'an teach you how to read."
Before Yin'e could say anything, the little guy had already agreed with interest, and then held the book in his hand and said in a baby voice: "Tenth brother and An'an read it, Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li~"
"Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li..." Yin'e glared at Yin'er and read along in a drawn-out voice.
The little guy has a good memory. He remembers the few sentences that Yin'e taught him before, but he can't remember the ones that were not taught later.
"And then?" Yin'e deliberately urged him when he saw that he could no longer read, hoping to take the opportunity to take the book back and continue teaching him.
Yin'er found that the little fellow was much more focused when holding the book than when he passively learned from Yin'e just now, so he naturally would not let him do as he wished, but reminded him in a low voice: "Qi Xie Zou Yu, Bai Shui Dou Zhang..."
"Qi Xie Zou Yu, Bai Shui Dou Zhang~" the little guy immediately shouted.
Yin'e glanced at Yin'er with resentment but did not expose him. Instead, he read along: "Qi Xie Zou..."
So what happened next was that Yin'er would teach in a low voice, and the little guy would read aloud, and finally it would be Yin'e's turn.
This is no better than before...
Yin'e was thinking, and seeing Yin'e's voice becoming weaker and weaker, he couldn't help but glance at him: "Didn't you have enough to eat?"
"I don't want to read anymore..." Yin'e fell directly on the stone table after hearing this.
He didn't notice it when he was teaching Cheng'an to read, but after reading with the little guy for a while, he couldn't help but recall the pain of reading it one hundred and twenty times in the Shangshufang.
Cheng An raised his head from the book and saw his brother lying motionless on the table. He said, "How can you understand the truth if you don't read and learn to write? If you don't know how to study hard when you are young, you will regret it when you are old..."
It sounded like he had learned these words, and Yin'e almost laughed out loud when he saw him using them to describe himself.
Yin'e couldn't help laughing when he saw the serious look on the little guy's face. He asked Yin'e, "Who told him that?"
"From the tone of his voice, he doesn't sound like the fourth brother. It could be the third brother." After Yin'e said this, he looked at the little guy again and laughed out loud.
"Tenth brother!" Seeing that he was not listening to him carefully and was laughing, Cheng An stared at him with his dark eyes wide open.
When Yin'e was glared at by him, he couldn't hold back the smile that he had just suppressed.
"An An, tell Ama!" The little guy snorted when he saw him laughing non-stop.
"You've learned to complain?" Yin'e smiled and stretched out his hand to pinch his face, then acted pitiful and said, "What if the emperor finds out and beats me?"
The little guy's first reaction was not to hit his brother, so he changed his words and said, "Then An An tells Fourth Brother."
He probably said this because he thought Yinzhen would not hit anyone and could control Yin'e.
Yin'e couldn't help but shudder when he thought of his fourth brother's cold face, but seeing that he was determined to find someone to complain about him, he pretended not to care and said, "I'm not afraid of my fourth brother!"
"Are you sure?" Yinzhen asked.
Yin'e felt guilty when he asked this question, and tried to excuse himself by saying, "I'm not afraid of Fourth Brother in the first place, I just respect him because he's my elder brother."
After saying this he nodded, as if affirming himself.
When Yinzhen heard this, he gave a faint laugh and said, "I am also your brother, so shouldn't you show some respect as well?"
The two grew up together. Although Yin'e is indeed two months older, Yin'e never feels like a younger brother in front of him.
Hearing this, Yin'e did not answer, but looked at his brother: "Cheng'an, did you hear that? Brother Ten is your elder brother, you must respect him and you are not allowed to report him."
Cheng An tilted his head and looked at him, and finally nodded and said, "An An understands."
Yin'e himself was not a book lover, so seeing that he agreed, he picked him up and said, "You are so good. Brother Shi will take you to play with the musket!"
"Brother Ten is so nice~"
Toy muskets are also lethal. Kangxi would not let the little guy play with them by himself, for fear that he would accidentally hurt himself. Therefore, when the little guy heard that Yin'e was willing to play with him, he was very happy.
That afternoon, when Kangxi came back from work, he heard the little guy sitting on the Luohan bed, playing and reciting: "Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li, Zhou, Wu, Deng, Wang..."
Kangxi couldn't help but smile as he listened. He walked over, picked the man up, and asked, "Who taught you that?"
"Ama!" Cheng An saw him coming back, hugged him and called out before answering, "It's Brother Nine and Brother Ten~"
Has Old Ten changed his personality?
Kangxi thought to himself, but praised: "Not bad, your tenth brother has finally made progress."
After saying that, she held him and sat down, wanting to hear how much the little guy remembered.
Children have good memories, and Cheng'an is particularly outstanding. He can now recite whatever Yin'er and Yin'e taught him before.
Listening to the little guy's baby voice reciting, Kangxi's fatigue from a busy day disappeared. He touched the boy's head and praised him, and also rewarded him by allowing him to order his own dishes for dinner.
"Father is so nice!" Cheng An happily hugged him and kissed him, suddenly feeling some benefits of reading.
The little guy ordered his own dishes, and gourd chicken was definitely a must-have. There were also eight-treasure duck, squirrel mandarin fish, tangerine peel rabbit...all of them were meaty.
Seeing that he didn't want any vegetarian food, Kangxi tapped his little head gently and asked him to choose the three things he wanted to eat most.
Even so, the little guy was very satisfied with the dinner and his good mood lasted until he woke up the next morning.
He didn't like to sleep in in the summer. He would get up whenever Kangxi got up.
The first, eleventh and twenty-first days of every month were the days when Kangxi had his hair cut. Today was the twenty-first, and he prepared to have his hair cut as soon as he came back from the morning court.
The emperor's haircut was no small matter. There were many rules and regulations, not only a specific day but also time requirements.
We have to wait until the sun rises to the southeast corner, which means "like the rising sun."
In addition, the person who shaved the emperor's head had to undergo strict inspection and change into special clothes before he could start.
"Ahma, are you going to cut my hair again?" The little guy came over curiously when he saw someone taking out a sandalwood box containing a razor.
It was not the first time he saw Kangxi shaving his head, but he always found it interesting every time.
"Yes." Kangxi responded softly and signaled that they could start.
Shaving the emperor's head was not an easy task. The person holding the razor held his breath, and his left hand only dared to stop in mid-air, not daring to touch Kangxi's head at all, and only used his right hand to shave along the way.
This alone only tests the skills, but shaving the emperor's head requires not only skills but also mentality. After all, there are many guards watching nearby to prevent the barber from assassinating him.
Fortunately, this man was not the first time to shave Kangxi's head. His skills and mentality were impeccable, and he finally shaved Kangxi's head smoothly.
The little fellow knew that the razor was dangerous, so he did not dare to get close during the shaving process. Only after the shaving was over did he throw himself on Kangxi's lap and look up at his freshly shaved head.
When he looked at Kangxi, Kangxi was also looking at him. Thinking that the little guy was already three years old, he reached out and touched his head and said, "Cheng'an should also have a haircut. Why not take advantage of today to shave your head with your father?"
Cheng An found it amusing to see him get his head shaved, but he didn’t feel that way when it was his turn.
"No!" When the little guy heard that he was going to shave his head, he raised his hands to cover his head and stepped back.
You can tell from the fact that he likes to put a small mirror in his pocket when he has nothing to do that although the little guy is young, he is a vain person. How could he be willing to shave his hair?
"You have to shave sooner or later, why are you hiding?" Kangxi said.
"An An, don't!"
After the little guy said this, he seemed to be afraid that he would insist on shaving his head, so he turned around and ran out.
Kangxi didn't know what to say when he saw this. After keeping the matter in mind, he went to Danningju to take care of government affairs.
The sun was out and it was hot outside, so the little guy didn't run around, but ran into the dormitory to search.
Seeing this, Liu Cai hurriedly asked him what he was looking for.
"An An wants a hat!" Cheng An looked up and said.
It's too hot to wear a hat in this weather
However, seeing that he insisted on having it, Liu Cai quickly found a thin hat for him.
The little guy took the hat and put it on his head, then he felt relieved.
When Yinreng and Yinzhen met near Qingxi Book House and came to see him together, the first thing they noticed was the hat on his head.
"Why are you still wearing a hat in the house?" Yinreng actually wanted to ask him if he was hot.
When Cheng An saw his brother coming, he immediately complained, "Father wants to cut off An An's head!"
Yinreng and Yinzhen were shocked to hear this, but they quickly realized that the emperor would definitely not be willing to treat him like this.
"Is it a haircut?" Yinreng guessed, thinking that today was the twenty-first.
The little guy nodded: "Yes!"
Seeing that he described shaving as cutting off the head in a scary way, Yinzhen couldn't help but touch his soft little face to calm himself down.
After confirming that he was going to have his head shaved, Yinreng took him to sit on the Luohan bed and asked, "Cheng'an doesn't want to have his head shaved, so you're wearing a hat?"
The little guy nodded and reached out to push the hat down, as if hiding his hair in the hat would prevent it from being shaved.
"Why doesn't Cheng'an want to shave his head?" Yinzhen asked.
The little guy looked up and said, "An An's hair looks beautiful!"
His hair was black, soft and shiny, and was praised by Concubine Mu, Concubine Yi and others. Even the princes liked to touch the feel of his hair.
After being praised so much, the little guy likes his hair very much and naturally doesn't want to shave his head.
Of course, another reason is that children naturally don’t like having their heads shaved.
Although Yinreng felt it was a pity to shave his hair which felt so good, he did not want him to upset Kangxi, so he coaxed him, "Look, both Father and brother have shaved their heads, right?"
The little fellow took a look at his and Yinzhen's heads, but still didn't want to shave them, so he said in a baby voice, "Ma Ma and E Niang didn't shave their heads!"
Father Ma and his brother Cheng'an would definitely like it, but in his heart, he still thought his mother and the others' hair looked better.
When Yinreng heard this, he looked at Yinzhen, and both of them were a little amused.
"Didn't Fourth Brother teach you the difference between men and women?" Yinzhen said.
Of course the little guy knew the difference between men and women. After hearing this, he stood up and threw himself into his arms, hugged him and said softly: "An An doesn't want to shave his head..."
If it was his own son who needed someone to coax him even for a haircut, Yinzhen would have just...
It seemed that his sons would never make a fuss about not shaving their heads, and they were all very obedient in front of him, unlike the one in his arms.
Yinzhen looked at the little guy acting coquettishly in his arms, feeling a little helpless, and couldn't help but look up at Yinreng.
Yinreng had no choice. After all, he couldn't force him to shave his head, but he just couldn't bear to do it.
"Cheng'an is still young, there is no rush to shave his head." Yinreng said finally.
Yinzhen looked at the little guy who was still rubbing against his arms and thought that he was indeed still young. When he grew up and became sensible, he would naturally be willing to have his head shaved, so he didn't say anything more.
Seeing that his brothers no longer mentioned the issue of shaving his head, the little guy immediately became happy and felt that his brother was indeed the best.
The little guy said whatever he thought, and immediately made his two brothers smile. If a minister from the Ministry of Revenue were to come over to take a look, he would probably not recognize the cold-faced king Yinzhen.
After finishing the topic of shaving, Yinreng and Yinzhen took turns teaching him to read.
Compared to shaving, reading seemed nothing. Cheng An shook his head and followed them to read: "When a person is born, his nature is good..."
Kangxi was not very busy today. He came back from Danningju some time before noon. He heard the little guy reading outside the door and felt very relieved.
He even stood at the door for a while, and only walked in after the little guy stopped reading.
When Yinreng and Yinzhen saw him coming back, they immediately stood up and saluted.
After Kangxi was relieved of his duties, he noticed the hat on the little guy's head at first glance: "Why are you wearing a hat all of a sudden?"
The little guy saw him coming back
Lai was just about to pounce on him, but when he heard him ask about the hat, he suddenly remembered about the shaving, and immediately stopped and hid behind his two brothers.
Kangxi's eyebrows twitched slightly when he saw this, and then he cast a questioning look at Yinreng.
"He wears a hat because he doesn't want to shave his head..." Yinreng whispered.
Kangxi was speechless when he heard this. He reached out and pulled the man out from behind them and said, "What's the point of wearing a hat if you don't want to shave your head? Aren't you too hot?" Then he took off the hat for him.
"Father, An An doesn't want to shave his head." The little guy took the opportunity to hug his arm and said.
Kangxi had not expected that he would be so reluctant to shave his head, so he nodded and said, "Then don't shave it for now."
The little guy didn't notice the "first" and thought he agreed not to shave, so he hugged him happily and said, "Ama, you are the best!"
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