As we talked about the Dragon Boat Festival, the little guy seemed excited to think that he would be able to eat rice dumplings again soon. He kept talking about topics related to rice dumplings and unknowingly extended the walking time.
It was not until Kangxi felt that it was getting late that he lowered his head and asked him, "Are you going back with me or what?"
The reason for asking this question was obviously because Yinreng had sent someone to tell him in advance that the little guy would stay at his place tonight.
Cheng'an subconsciously looked at his brother, feeling a little embarrassed. He then let go of Yinreng's hand, used both hands to hold Kangxi's arm, and said softly, "I have promised my second brother that I will stay at his place today and go back to accompany my father tomorrow, okay?"
When he let go of his hand, Yinreng thought that he had changed his mind and wanted to go back with the Emperor, but he didn't expect to hear his tone of voice coaxing a child. Although he didn't show it on his face, he chuckled in his heart, thinking that only he dared to speak to the Emperor in that way.
"Then I'll go back by myself." Kangxi looked at him and motioned him to let go of him.
As the little guy let go of his hand, he didn't forget to say: "Then Ama, please drive slowly, I will miss you~"
I will say sweet words...
Seeing that he was not going back with him but was speaking so nicely, Kangxi secretly complained and turned away.
In the night, his shadow was lengthened by the light from the lantern.
The little guy stood there and watched him leave, but after a while he couldn't help but pull Yinreng to chase after him.
Kangxi heard footsteps behind him and was about to turn around when he felt a soft and warm touch on his hand. He lowered his head and saw a smiling little face.
"Your second brother doesn't live here." Kangxi looked at the little guy who was holding his hand again, with a hint of smile in his tone.
"It's too dark, my second brother and I will take you back." The little guy said, then turned to look at his brother who was holding his other hand, "How about my second brother?"
Yinreng naturally would not refuse and nodded in agreement.
So, the father and his two sons, who had just been separated for a while, walked together again and headed back to Danbo Jingcheng Palace.
The Danbo Jingcheng Hall is the main hall of the Mountain Resort and also the residence of Emperor Kangxi.
When they arrived outside the Danbo Jingcheng Hall, Kangxi stopped and said, "I'll send you here."
"I want to send Ama in!"
It was only a few steps away, and Kangxi did not refuse when he heard that he wanted to take him in.
The little guy took Yinreng and walked Kangxi directly to the outside of his bedroom, but still did not let go of his hand.
Kangxi was quite pleased with his reluctant look, so he didn't rush him and just stood with him at the door.
"Father, my second brother and I are leaving." The little guy said, looking up.
Kangxi nodded and said, "Okay."
"Please send my second brother and I off~"
"Aren't you going to sleep tonight?" Kangxi saw that he had just sent him back and now asked him to send them back, thinking that he was stupid enough to think of this.
They were already outside the bedroom, and the little guy could go in and rest directly. Yinreng felt that there was no need to force him to go back with him, especially when he saw that the little guy was obviously reluctant to leave.
"It's getting late. Cheng'an should go in and rest with the Emperor."
After Yinreng finished speaking, he was ready to pull his hand out from the little guy's grip, which had become a little warm, but the little guy refused to let go.
Kangxi noticed the brothers' actions, thought about it and said simply: "It is indeed late, you can all stay here tonight and rest."
"Ama, you are so smart!"
Cheng'an's eyes suddenly lit up and he thought this was a great idea.
"Thank you, Father Emperor." Seeing the little guy happy, Yinreng naturally wouldn't spoil his fun.
Originally, Yinreng thought that the huge Danbo Jingcheng Palace did not need a room for him, and it would be okay to sleep here for a night. However, the little guy directly pulled him into Kangxi's bedroom.
The little fellow led his father and brother into the inner room of the bedroom before letting them go. He came to the bed and said, "Second brother sleeps inside, I sleep in the middle, and father sleeps outside~"
The bed was not small and was more than enough for the three of them to sleep on.
But Yinreng looked somewhat helpless when he heard his arrangement, and hurriedly said, "You and the Emperor can sleep here, and my second brother will have a place to sleep."
"Why? I want to sleep with my father and second brother!" The little guy felt happy just thinking about it. When he heard him say that he didn't want to sleep here, he immediately rushed over and hugged his legs.
"Brother, sleep with me. I sleep very well~"
Yinreng looked down at the little guy who was pestering him and acting coquettishly, and felt that this was not a question of whether he slept well or not.
"Second brother must not like me anymore..." Seeing that he still didn't agree, the little guy's tone immediately became lost again.
Yinreng quickly denied: "How could my second brother not like you?"
"Then second brother, can you just sleep here?"
Yinreng didn't know how to answer, so he could only turn his head and look to the side.
It was rare for Kangxi to see his second son looking so helpless, so he could only watch the show from the side. He met the gaze from his son and had no intention of speaking.
The little guy kept looking up at Yinreng, and when Yinreng turned his head, he subconsciously followed him. After following his line of sight and seeing Kangxi, he realized something, let go of him, ran over and hugged Kangxi instead.
"Father, can you let my second brother sleep with us tonight?"
Yinreng was also raised by Kangxi when he was a child. Even when he had smallpox, Kangxi put aside his government affairs and stayed by his side.
No matter how old his son grows, he is still his son. Kangxi has no psychological burden about sleeping with him. In addition, he has seen how the little guy can pester people, so he said directly: "You have arranged everything clearly. How dare I say it is not good?"
When the others heard this, they were terrified even though they knew Kangxi was just joking. The little guy was quite happy, rubbing against him and saying, "I like Ama the most~"
Kangxi had already agreed, so even though Yinreng felt a little uncomfortable, he couldn't say anything.
Fortunately, the little guy was there, so what happened next was not as embarrassing as Yinreng had imagined.
He was the son closest to Kangxi except for the little one. Even though the father and son had experienced many things and their relationship was no longer as close and pure as when they were children, it was still better than that of the other princes, so he relaxed after adapting for a while.
"Yinreng, take him to bathe first."
They had been walking for a long time just now and now Kangxi felt a little tired. After he sat down, he saw the little guy still playing with his brother and spoke.
"good."
Yinreng reached out, picked up the little guy, and took him to bathe.
After a moment.
"Go to bed~"
After taking a bath and feeling refreshed, the little one pulled his brother to the bed and climbed onto it first.
"Brother, come up quickly!"
Yinreng looked at the bed in front of him and the initial awkwardness came back to him. After all, he was such a grown-up and still had to sleep with his father. The thought of it was a bit embarrassing.
Seeing that he didn't move, the little guy stood on the bed and pulled him. So when Kangxi finished bathing and walked over slowly, he saw that both sons were already in bed.
Kangxi was not very sleepy yet, so he sat down in the seat reserved for the little guy, picked up the book beside the bed and started reading.
The little guy sat on the bed, turned his head to look at his brother and then at Ama, with a happy smile on his face.
Perhaps because he saw Kangxi was reading, he did not interrupt him, but gestured with his little hands and said to Yinreng: "Second brother, look~"
The chubby little hands were put together, made an "open mouth" gesture, and bit towards Yinreng.
Yinreng looked at him with a smile and reached out to gently poke the dimples on the back of his hand twice.
The little guy immediately held his hand and looked down, then said in a baby voice: "Second brother's hand is not bumpy."
"Yeah." Yinreng responded and let him hold his hand and play with it.
Cheng An put his hand against his and played with it for a while, then let go of his hand and said, "Second brother, look at me~"
After he finished speaking, he bent over and put his little head on the bed, ready to turn over for his brother to see, but he failed to do so.
Seeing that one of his little feet was raised but did not turn over for a long time, Yinreng laughed silently, and while laughing he reached out to help push him.
After the little guy successfully rolled out due to his strength, he sat up and asked, "Brother, am I awesome?"
Obviously, the novelty of sleeping with his brother Ama for the first time made him a little excited, which made him look particularly lively.
"Awesome." Yinreng praised softly.
The little guy smiled immediately after receiving the praise, and started rolling towards him again.
Probably on purpose, the little guy rolled straight towards Yinreng, and started giggling when he was caught in his arms.
With his brother playing with him, the little guy who usually likes to roll around on the bed suddenly became more excited and rolled back and forth energetically.
Yinreng was also patient with him, and would take him into his arms every time he rolled over.
When the little guy rolled from the foot of the bed to the head of the bed again, he lost control of the direction and his little feet almost hit Kangxi. Fortunately, Yinreng reached out and caught them.
Kangxi saw this scene out of the corner of his eye and reached out to slap the little guy on the butt, but Yinreng subconsciously raised his hand to block it, so Kangxi slapped the back of his hand lightly.
The little guy rolled back and nestled directly into his brother's arms. With his back facing Kangxi, he had no idea that he was almost spanked. He only turned around when he heard the crisp sound of slapping and saw his father patting his brother's hand.
"Father, why did you hit my second brother!" The little guy, who was originally half lying next to his brother, quickly sat up, touched the back of his brother's hand that was hit, and spoke up for him.
Kangxi said with a straight face: "If I don't hit him, I will hit you."
"Why?"
"Who told him to stay up late to make trouble with you?"
"Then hit me, don't hit my brother." The little guy said, opening his arms and hugging Yinreng.
Seeing that he was still consciously sticking his little butt up, Kangxi felt a little amused and helpless.
Yinreng knew that he was probably teasing the little guy, but when he lowered his eyes and saw the little guy protecting himself, he still put his hand on his little butt.
Seeing the two brothers protecting each other, Kangxi, who felt that he was the bad guy, glanced at Yinreng and said unhappily, "Take him to bed quickly."
The little guy who buried his face in his brother's arms saw that his father seemed to have let him go. He secretly turned his head to look at him, then quickly pulled his brother and said, "Second brother, let's go to bed!"
After saying that, Cheng An lay down consciously, and did not forget to pick up his small quilt and put it on his belly.
This was a habit that Kangxi cultivated for him because he was afraid that his stomach would catch a cold. Although it was summer, the small quilt was made of gauze, which was light and breathable, so it would not be hot when placed on his stomach.
Not only did Cheng'an prepare it for himself, but when Yinreng lay down, he also spared some space to put on his stomach.
Feeling the thin quilt on his stomach, Yinreng's lips curled up slightly.
After the little guy lay down, the bed suddenly became quiet, so Kangxi withdrew his gaze and continued reading.
With his brother on one side and his father on the other, the little guy was in a good mood just thinking about it, so it was not easy for him to fall asleep.
He lay there obediently for a while and then couldn't help but turn over to face Yinreng, smiling at him with his eyes curved.
"Why aren't you sleeping yet?" Yinreng asked softly at his smiling face.
The little guy put his finger to his mouth and said "Shh", then looked up and whispered to him: "Don't talk, or else Ama will beat me again..."
The bed was so quiet that even if he spoke softly, Kangxi could still hear it. He immediately asked, "What are you mumbling about?"
"No!" The little guy subconsciously refuted, and then changed the subject, "Ama, why aren't you sleeping yet?"
"I will sleep after I finish reading this page."
After Kangxi finished speaking, he finished reading the book in a short while.
When the little guy saw that he finally lay down, he pulled up a corner of the quilt that he had specially left to help him cover his stomach.
Kangxi found it funny for some reason when he saw that he had forced the small quilt to be placed on the stomachs of the three of them.
"Go to sleep."
Kangxi touched his head and said this, and soon the lights in the bedroom were turned off.
In the darkness, the little guy suddenly opened his eyes, tilted his head slightly and said, "Ama wants to pat."
"Your second brother is not filming you."
Before it got dark in the bedroom, Kangxi saw Yinreng put his hand on him and patted him gently.
"I want my father to take a photo too~"
The little girl said this in a coquettish manner, and seeing that he didn't move, she touched his hand, pulled it up and put it on herself.
Kangxi had no choice but to pat him gently, saying, "Go to sleep quickly."
"Okay~"
The little guy responded cheerfully, raised his head and kissed them on the face before lying back down and closing his eyes.
With the gentle patting of his father and his brother, the little guy fell asleep first, and soon Kangxi also fell asleep.
Yinreng listened to the breathing sounds beside his ears and thought he would not be able to fall asleep, but he fell asleep soon after.
The next morning, Yinreng, who fell asleep last, was the first to wake up. The first thing he felt was the weight on his body.
He opened his eyes and raised his head slightly, and saw that the little guy who was lying peacefully in the middle last night was now sleeping sideways, with his head next to the emperor and his feet on him.
Just as Yinreng was watching this scene and laughing silently, Kangxi also woke up. He felt his arms were a little hot from the little guy, so he gently moved his head away and said, "You can't even sleep well."
When Yinreng heard this, he couldn't help but think of the little guy saying that he slept well last night, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
He reached out to pull back the small quilt that had almost run to the end of the bed. When he put it back on the little guy's belly, he heard a soft voice, "Second brother."
Yinreng responded subconsciously, but saw that the little guy's eyes were still closed, and he was not sure whether he was awake or not.
"Ama~"
The little guy shouted again before opening his eyes. Seeing his brother and father beside him, his eyes lit up like stars.
What Kangxi liked most was the sweet smile of his son when he just woke up in the morning, and he couldn't help but reach out and touch his head.
After this day, the next day is the Dragon Boat Festival.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, children are dressed up as tigers to ward off evil spirits and bless the children to grow up healthily. So early in the morning, the little guy put on the tiger-patterned clothes specially made for him by Emperor Kangxi, and hung a sachet for the festival on his body.
After washing up, the little guy started shouting for rice dumplings.
There would naturally be no shortage of zongzi to eat today, but Kangxi knew him well and knew that when he saw the table full of zongzi at noon, he would definitely not eat less, so at breakfast he specially asked people to only serve him one zongzi to try first.
The soft and glutinous red bean paste rice dumpling has the unique aroma of rice dumplings, and it is even sweeter and more delicious when you bite into the red bean paste inside. It is so delicious that the little one can't help shaking his head after taking a bite.
Kangxi had not originally planned to eat zongzi so early in the morning, but seeing that he was eating it like it was some kind of delicacy, he ordered someone to serve him one as well.
The meals in the palace have always been exquisitely prepared, and the rice dumplings are all small, so the little ones can finish one in three bites.
"Ama, I want to eat more~" the little guy who hadn't eaten enough looked up and said.
Kangxi picked up a golden roll and placed it in front of him, saying, "Eat quickly. After you finish eating, I will take you to watch the dragon boat race this afternoon."
When the little guy heard about dragon boat racing, his attention was immediately diverted and he obediently ate the breakfast he had picked up.
The Dragon Boat Festival is a rare day for the brothers to relax, so they all came to see the little guy in the morning.
"Hey, where did this little tiger come from?" Yin'e joked with a smile as he came over.
The little guy in the tiger-striped clothes heard his words and immediately waved his hands and rushed towards him: "Awoo~"
Seeing this, Yin'e cooperated and ran, causing the little guy to immediately chase after him.
Perhaps Yinsi was afraid that he would be tired from running, so he reached out and picked him up after a while.
Not only the little ones were wearing tiger-patterned clothes, but the brothers were also wearing accessories related to the Dragon Boat Festival today.
"Third brother, your fan is so fun." The little guy was lying in Yinsi's arms, but saw the folding fan in Yinzhi's hand.
Of course, what attracted the little guy was not the fan itself, but the fan pendant carved into the shape of a rice dumpling made of emerald jade under the fan.
Upon hearing this, Yinzhi folded the fan in his hand and handed it over, saying, "Then I'll give it to you."
"Thank you, third brother~" Cheng An reached out to take it, touched the fan pendant and smiled.
There were operas to be performed on the Dragon Boat Festival, but the brothers were not very interested in them, so they took the little ones to play horseback riding and archery.
Since the brothers all wanted to ride the horses for a couple of laps, they didn't let the little guy ride by himself today, but took turns to lead him.
During the horse riding, the little one leaning on his brother's arms did not forget to chat with them: "Brother, have you eaten zongzi? I had a zongzi for breakfast, it was delicious!"
“No.”
The brothers have been eating zongzi for so many years, so they are not as interested in it as he is. Plus, knowing that there will be a special zongzi feast at noon, they naturally won’t eat it early in the morning.
When the little guy heard that his brothers didn't eat zongzi in the morning, he showed a look of pity for them, and then comforted them: "It's okay, Ama said there will be zongzi for lunch."
The brothers all laughed when they saw his little expression, and Yin'e said, "Then you should eat more at noon."
"Okay!" the little guy happily shared with them, "Ama said I can eat two more dumplings this year~"
After teaching him how to ride a horse, the brothers began to teach him archery.
The little guy had played with bows and arrows before, but he only started learning it seriously recently.
"Cheng'an, I tell you, you have to learn it well, otherwise you won't be able to shoot any zongzi, and you won't have any zongzi to eat." Yin'e teased him.
When the little guy heard that there would be no more zongzi to eat, he quickly asked, "What do you mean by shooting zongzi?"
"You shoot the zongzi with an arrow. You can eat as many as you hit. If you miss, you can't eat anything."
As soon as Yin'e finished speaking, the little guy immediately exclaimed, "So if I shoot ten, can I eat ten?"
"You are quite confident." Yinzhi couldn't help but laugh.
The little guy didn't wait for Yin'e to answer, and ran to find Yinreng with his little bow and arrow: "Second brother, please teach me how to shoot arrows. I want to shoot a lot of zongzi and give them to my brothers to eat~"
When Yin'e heard what he said, he laughed at first, then suddenly felt something was wrong.
"That's not right. I was standing next to him. Why would he go to my second brother for advice?"
Seeing him looking at him, Yinsi smiled and said to him in a soothing tone, "It's probably because you've never shot an arrow in front of Cheng'an, so he doesn't know you can do it."
Yin'e thought it made sense, and immediately picked up his bow and arrow and went over to the little guy.
"Cheng'an, look at Brother Ten!"
The little fellow was now leaning in the arms of Yinreng, who was half squatting, and was being taught archery by him. When he heard Yin'e's voice and turned around, he saw him shoot an arrow that missed the target directly.
Yinzhi, who was following behind, saw this and burst out laughing.
Although the other princes did not laugh out loud like him, there was more or less a smile on their faces.
The little guy blinked at the arrow that fell on the ground in front of him, and suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Brother Shi shot it really far~"
Ignoring the fact that the arrow missed the target, Yin'e's arrow did indeed shoot quite far. After all, he had tried really hard to show off in front of the little guy.
But maybe he hadn't practiced archery recently and was a little rusty, plus he shot too quickly just now, so he missed the target.
Yin'e's back was a bit stiff at first, but he felt less embarrassed when he heard the little guy's caring compliments.
"That was a mistake just now. Brother Shi will shoot again for you to see!"
After Yin'e finished speaking, his expression became serious. He concentrated and calmed himself before shooting the arrow.
With a whoosh sound, this time the arrow hit the target directly near the bull's eye.
"Wow~" the little guy shouted in applause, "Brother Shi is so awesome!"
Yin'e laughed immediately, but a moment later when Yinreng was teaching the little guy archery again, he pointed out the reason why he missed the target the first time he shot.
However, Yinreng did not name him directly, and Yin'e looked at him unhappily, but didn't know what to say.
Cheng'an was a quick learner, and since his target was relatively close, Yinreng taught him step by step and within less than an hour he was able to draw the bow and shoot at the target by himself.
"Don't be anxious, make sure you aim accurately before letting go." Seeing that his previous few arrows had missed the target, Yinreng raised his hand to help him adjust his posture.
The kid took aim at the target again as he had been taught, and this time the arrow hit the edge of the target directly.
"Look, brother, I hit it~" The little guy jumped for joy when he found that he finally hit the target.
"good!"
After Yin'e applauded, Yinzhi and the others followed suit and praised him.
"Am I awesome, second brother?" The little guy's mouth corners curved up at the praise from his brothers, and he did not forget to actively ask for praise.
Yinreng reached out and touched his head and said, "Great."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com