Cheng'an was still young, so Kangxi naturally would not tell him about his troubles in political affairs.
However, the little guy had keen senses and noticed that his father seemed to be in a bad mood. In the next few days, whenever he was in the tent, he followed him around like a little tail and was keen to share his food with him.
After finally dealing with Galdan, here comes the restless Tsewang Arabtan. It's normal for Kangxi to be in a bad mood, but after being surrounded by the little guy for two days, he does smile a little more.
"Ama, look!"
On this day, the little guy received the gifts sent from the capital by Yinzhi and others, and his whole body was filled with joy.
He had no shortage of toys or food, but he was happy to think that they were sent by his brothers.
Seeing that he was so happy before he even saw what it was, Kangxi looked a little helpless.
The brothers brought some small toys and some food. The things were not precious, but they were all things that the little ones would like.
"Dad, look~" The little guy picked up an exquisite bamboo katydid cage with two straw katydids inside.
Kangxi glanced down and felt that he was the only one who would be interested in this.
After looking through all the little gadgets, Cheng An began to look through the food inside.
In addition to dried fruits and candied fruits, Yinsi also specially found some delicious and long-lasting shortbread and sent them over.
The little guy smelled the aroma of the biscuits and was about to take them up to share with his father, but Kangxi stopped him and immediately looked at him with his black eyes blinking.
"Wash your hands." Kangxi reminded.
The little guy washed his hands obediently, and when he saw that he didn't stop him, he immediately picked up a piece of biscuit with one hand.
"Ama, eat~"
With Kangxi watching over him, the little fellow only tried a little of each food, but he was very satisfied with the food.
In addition to small toys and food, the brothers also wrote him a letter, which the little guy opened in his hands.
Kangxi didn't pay any attention to him. He watched him open the envelope in a serious manner, take out the letter inside and unfold it, with a smile in his eyes.
After a moment, the little fellow who had held the letter upside down came up to him obediently and said, "Ama, look!"
"Do you understand now the importance of reading and writing?" Kangxi took the opportunity to criticize him.
Occasionally, when Kangxi had free time, he would teach him a few words, but although the little guy was smart, he had little patience.
"I know~" The little guy nodded and stuffed the letter into his hand again.
Yinzhi and others probably knew that the letter would eventually fall into the hands of Kangxi, so they didn't write much. They basically just expressed some concern for the little guy. They also asked him whether they had guessed correctly about the contents of his drawings.
"It's Xiong Xiong. The bad Xiong Xiong is so mean to his father and brother... He has become a good Xiong Xiong..."
When Kangxi was reading the letter and heard Yinzhi and others asking about the first picture, the little guy answered subconsciously.
Yinzhi and others were not present, but the little guy answered the questions himself based on the content of the letter, as if he was having a conversation with them from a distance.
Seeing how enthusiastically he spoke, Kangxi simply took out a pen and wrote down all the words for him as a reply after he finished reading the letter.
"An An wants to write a letter to his brother!" The little guy stood by and watched for a while before raising his hand.
Kangxi had asked him to bring back a painting last time, so he naturally wouldn't refuse this time, but -
"What are you drawing?" Kangxi turned to look at him after he finished writing and put down his pen. When he saw the large and small ink blobs on the paper in front of him, he thought it was a pity that Yinzhi and the others could guess roughly what he was drawing based on his painting.
Cheng An tapped the ink balls on the paper one by one and said, "Xiong Xiong, An An, Ya Ya~"
Kangxi guessed, "Could it be that this is a picture of you eating honey together last time?"
"Yes~" The little guy nodded happily when his father saw that he had figured it out.
Kangxi could only guess this after he knew about this incident. He thought that after receiving the letter, Yinzhi and others would probably not be able to figure out the meaning of the painting no matter how hard they tried.
After replying to his brother's letter, the little guy got his hands full of ink.
He was taken away by Kangxi for cleaning.
After cleaning, the little guy immediately expressed his desire to share the food with his mama and mother.
How could Kangxi not know that he was truly filial and also wanted to take the opportunity to eat with the Empress Dowager.
However, with Mupin and others around, even if the empress dowager doted on him, there would be people to persuade him, so Kangxi did not point it out.
Inside the Queen Mother's tent.
As they arrived at the grassland, the Queen Mother's mood became better day by day, and as her mood improved, her health also improved.
Hearing that the little one came to see her again, she smiled and ordered someone to invite Concubine Mu and the others over.
"Mom, An An brought you some delicious food~" the little guy said loudly as soon as he came in.
The Queen Mother immediately smiled and praised: "Cheng'an is really filial."
"My brother brought it to her!" Cheng An said as he carried the food box to her.
Seeing this, the nanny beside the Queen Mother quickly took it, and the Queen Mother said, "You and your brothers are all good children."
Seeing that his brother was also praised, the little guy smiled with his eyes curved.
Kangxi was afraid that the empress dowager might not be able to handle the shock due to her old age, so he originally did not want to tell anyone about the little guy's transformation into a golden dragon. However, the empress dowager still heard some rumors.
The Queen Mother was certainly surprised, but "one should not be a father-in-law if he is not deaf or dumb", so when no one mentioned it to her, she just pretended not to know.
Compared to the Empress Dowager's indifference, Concubine Yi and others were much more shocked. After all, as the biological mothers of other princes, they naturally would not think like outsiders that all royal bloodlines were dragons. In any case, they were sure that their sons were not dragons.
Because of this, they all began to doubt Mu Bin's identity, wondering if it was her fault.
Because of Cheng'an, Concubine Mu received a lot of care from the Empress Dowager, Concubine Yi and others. Plus, Kangxi rarely entered the harem now, so the relationship between the concubines, who had nothing to fight for, became better and better.
When Concubine Mu heard their implicit guesses, she was surprised that her son could turn into a dragon, but now she was at a loss whether to laugh or cry after hearing their fuss.
After all, he is her biological son, so it is easy for Concubine Mu to accept this fact. After all, in her opinion, the emperor is the true dragon emperor, and the prince is the dragon son. Turning into a dragon seems... no big deal?
As for Concubine Yi and others, after confirming this from their son's mouth, although they still had some doubts in their hearts, they gradually accepted it because of their son's attitude.
"What delicious food has Cheng'an brought over again?" The voice came in before Concubine Yi came in.
When the little guy heard it, he immediately ran to the door and called out to them in a baby voice, "There are Susu and dried fruit candied fruits~"
"Oh, then I have to try it." Concubine Yi said, touching his head.
Upon hearing this, Cheng'an immediately ran to the table next to the Queen Mother to take it, then turned around and distributed it to them.
Upon seeing this, Concubine Yi couldn't help but praise Concubine Mu for being thoughtful again.
Mu Bin smiled, took the biscuit from her son, picked him up, broke off half of the biscuit and fed it to his mouth.
"Mom is the best~" The little guy tilted his head back and kissed her on the cheek, then ate half of the biscuit in one gulp.
Mupin wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief: "Eat slowly."
When Concubine Yi saw this, she smiled and gave him half.
After Cheng An praised her sweetly, he ate the pastry with great satisfaction.
In the afternoon, the little one who did not forget his other brothers came to share food with them.
The brothers are not together at the moment, so he can only look for them one by one.
Yinzhen was busy, so the little guy didn't disturb him. He just said a few words to him, ate some food, and then left.
Yinqi and Yinyou were fine, so the little guy stayed with them for a while.
When he went to find Yin'e, Yin'e was watching Yin'e copying a book in Yin'e's tent.
"well……"
After Yin'e finished copying another page of paper, he sighed again.
After he sighed, he saw that Yinzhen didn't react at all, so he sighed again and said, "Ninth brother, you don't care about me!"
"If you have that much time, you might as well copy a few more words." Seeing that he was looking for trouble again, Yinzhen put down the teacup in his hand and said.
"Why can you drink tea and read books while I have to copy books?"
"Who told you to speak without thinking?" Yinzhen said lightly.
Seeing that he was still mocking him, Yin'e just lay down on the table.
The little guy came over at this time. Hearing his voice, Yin'e raised his head suddenly, bent down and hugged the person when he came over.
"Don't scare him." Yinzhen said when he saw his actions.
The little guy was not frightened. Instead, he reached out and patted Yin'e's shoulder and asked, "What's wrong, Tenth Brother?"
"Brother Ten doesn't want to copy books anymore..."
Yin'e held him and said weakly, "Brother Shi has it so hard. I feel like vomiting from copying so many books..."
In fact, it was not the first time that he was punished to copy books. The reason why he felt so uncomfortable was that, firstly, the punishment was too heavy this time, and secondly, it was a rare occasion for him to come to the grassland, and he was always thinking about playing and could not concentrate at all.
When Cheng An heard him say he wanted to vomit, he thought he was sick and immediately said, "An An, go find the imperial physician!"
"Yes, let the imperial physician prescribe an anti-nausea prescription for him." Yinzhen continued with a smile.
The little fellow took it seriously and continued to pat Yin'e's shoulder and said in a baby voice: "Brother Shi, just take the medicine~"
Yin'e wasn't really ill. After hearing this, he raised his eyes and glared at Yin'e and said, "Tenth brother, you don't need to take medicine. You will be fine as long as you don't copy books."
"Then don't copy~" The little guy didn't quite understand what he said, but still followed his words.
Yin'e thought it would be great if it were that simple, and sighed, "If I don't copy it, I'm afraid the Emperor will beat me."
"Don't hit my brother!" The little guy said, then thought about it and said, "Talk to An An and A Ma."
Yin'e heard this and thought that the emperor always doted on him, so if he asked him to beg for mercy, he might be punished less...
"I advise you not to." Yinzhen knew him very well. He guessed his thoughts by looking at his expression and kindly reminded him.
Yin'e was just thinking about it, but immediately gave up the idea after hearing his words. After all, there was still a possibility that the emperor might punish him more after the little guy pleaded for mercy.
"Don't tell the Emperor, it's Brother Ten who should be punished." Yin'e said, hugging the little guy and sitting behind the desk, "As long as you accompany Brother Ten to copy books, Brother Ten will not feel uncomfortable."
When Cheng An heard this, he naturally agreed: "An An, accompany your brother~"
"You are such a good brother to Brother Ten." Yin'e praised him while touching his head.
The little guy had experience accompanying Kangxi in handling government affairs, so he was quite well behaved. He leaned quietly in his arms and watched him copy books.
After a while, Yinzhen couldn't bear it anymore and ordered someone to put the food brought by the little guy next to the desk.
Of course, he also kept a portion for himself and was eating it with his tea.
"Tenth brother, eat~" Cheng An immediately reached out to take the food when he saw it, but he held it up first after getting it.
Yin'e lowered his head to take a glance, then opened his mouth to take it and started eating, while continuing to copy the book.
After I gave him the food, the little guy started eating on his own.
With food at hand, the little guy was not as quiet as before. He would pass a bite to Yin'e, ask if it tasted good, or just swing his legs gently when he was happy with the food.
As a result, Yin'e's copying speed slowed down visibly.
Although the speed was slow, Yin'e felt much better with the little guy accompanying him. He didn't feel so bored when copying books. It could be said that there were gains and losses.
Yin'e was lazy by nature, so Yin'e set a limit on the amount of books he had to copy every day to prevent him from not finishing copying books until he returned to Kyoto.
After finally finishing copying today's book, Yin'e put down his pen and became very happy: "It wasn't easy, I finally finished copying it!"
When Cheng An heard his voice, he clapped his hands and said, "Brother Shi is awesome~"
Seeing the two of them singing the same tune, Yinzhen couldn't help but laugh.
Just now when I copied the book
I felt a little depressed the whole time, but after finishing copying, he was in high spirits. When he heard that the little guy was going to bring food to others, he decided to go with him.
When leaving the tent, the little guy held the hands of Yin'er and Yin'e respectively.
"Does Cheng'an want to fly?" Yin'e was probably in a good mood after copying the books, and suddenly asked after holding his hand for a while.
Of course the little guy wanted to, and nodded directly at him.
"Then lift your feet up later." Yin'e said to Yin'e, "Brother Jiu, let's run together later."
Yinzhen was too lazy to accompany him to do such boring things, but he cooperated reluctantly after noticing the little guy's expectant expression.
At first they didn't cooperate well, but after they did, the little one hanging between the two brothers and being led to run immediately laughed excitedly: "An An Fei~"
Children are children. Even though they really fly in the sky when they turn into dragons, they still feel happy about such a simple game.
Seeing how happy he was, Yin'e started laughing too, then pulled him to run faster.
In order to avoid falling due to inconsistent steps, Yinzhen had no choice but to cooperate.
"What are you guys playing?"
When Yinxiang and Yinzhen came back from outside the camp, they heard the little guy's laughter and couldn't help but ask loudly.
"Brother, look at An An~" The little guy saw them and then curled up his feet in anticipation.
Yin'e immediately pulled him together with Yin'er, who was passively cooperating, and ran towards Yinxiang and the others. The whole way was filled with the little guy's clear laughter.
"Cheng'an is so awesome." Yinxiang praised with a smile when he saw the little guy being brought in front of his two brothers.
Cheng An immediately smiled even more happily, and when he saw Ninth Brother let go of his hand, he took the initiative to pull it up again.
Yinzhen didn't want to play this game with him anymore. On the one hand, he didn't want to run around like that, and on the other hand, he was afraid that it would hurt his arm. So he looked at the bucket in the hands of the eunuchs behind Yinxiang and the others and asked, "What are you doing?"
"My Thirteenth Brother and I were out riding horses. When we got to the lake, we found a lot of fish in it, so we caught some and brought them back." Yinzhen said.
Ever since his relationship with Yinzhen eased, he no longer hated Yinxiang so much, and the two brothers of similar age would occasionally go horse riding and archery together.
Hearing the word "fish", the little guy was immediately attracted. He let go of the hands of Yin'e and the other man and ran behind Yinxiang.
The eunuch holding the bucket saw that the little prince wanted to see, so he quickly put down the bucket without his master's order. However, the fish inside was too active and it splashed water onto the face of the little guy who had just approached with its tail.
Before Cheng'an could react, Yinxiang had already squatted down, pinching his sleeve to wipe his face while coaxing him: "This fish is not obedient, I will grill it for Cheng'an later."
The little guy didn't cry when the fish threw him into the water. Instead, when he heard him say grilled fish, he immediately said in a baby voice: "Bad fish, eat it!"
"What bad fish? I think it's you who is greedy." Yinzhen pinched his little face and said.
Yin'e had just finished copying a book with the little guy, so he naturally sided with him and retorted: "How dare you throw water in our Cheng'an's face? You are a bad fish and should be eaten. Don't worry, Cheng'an, Brother Shi will eat with you!"
Cheng'an was so happy to hear this that he nodded repeatedly with his eyes curved.
There is no need for any preparation for grilling fish. Seeing that the little guy was greedy, Yinzhen directly ordered someone to take the fish down, prepare it, and light the fire.
When the sun began to set, a fire had been lit where the whole roasted lamb had been cooked, and the processed fish was skewered with fruit branches and placed next to it.
"Look, let me show you what I can do." Yin'e suddenly picked up a fish and prepared to grill it for Cheng'an himself.
Seeing this, Yinzhen looked doubtful: "Tenth brother, is what you roasted edible?"
"Stop looking down on me." Yin'e snorted and got ready to grill the fish.
Yinxiang probably thought it was interesting, so he picked up a fish and started grilling it too.
Yinzhen thought that this was the fish he had caught, and seeing that they were all grilling it themselves, he simply picked up one and put it on the fire.
"You guys are so idle." Yinzhen was too lazy to move.
Hand-baked, sitting next to them, enjoying the breeze and watching them do it.
He was not interested, but the little guy was interested. He sat on his own little stool and looked up and said, "An An wants to play too!"
"What's so fun about all the smoke and fire?" Yinzhen tried to persuade him to sit down and wait for the food, but the little guy still carried his little stool and ran over.
Seeing this, Yinzhen could only remind them: "Keep an eye on him."
The temperature near the fire is quite high. It might be very hot during the day, but the temperature of the grassland begins to drop when the sun sets, which is acceptable.
The little guy watched Yin'e and the others turning the fish over and over in their hands. The more he watched, the more fun it was. He said again, "An'an wants to play too!"
The fish caught by Yinxiang and his companion was quite heavy. The brothers had to hold the stick with both hands to flip it over easily, so how could they dare to grill it?
However, seeing that he could not resist picking up a small stick on the ground to play with fire, Yinxiang quickly ordered someone to get him a small fish to roast.
The people below did not dare to delay and quickly brought the fish over. It was so small that it was not even as big as Cheng An's palm.
In order to prevent the little guy from being unhappy, Yinxiang coaxed him, "Brothers are adults, so we grill big fish, Cheng'an is young, so we grill small fish."
The little guy was reluctantly persuaded and picked up the skewered fish and roasted them on the fire.
The fish had been marinated in advance, and in order to keep it away from the fire, the stick used to string the fish was specially long.
Under the warm firelight, the fair and tender little fellow stared intently at the fish in his hand, looking quite serious.
After Yin'e nudged Yinzhen with his arm to signal him to look, the two brothers laughed and reminded the little one to turn over.
"Yes!" Cheng An nodded seriously after hearing the reminder, and then carefully turned the fish over.
Small fish means it is easy to roast, and the fragrance will waft out in no time.
The ingredients for the marinated fish are all prepared by the royal chef himself, and it smells delicious no matter how you grill it.
"It smells so good~" The little guy couldn't help but lift up the fish after smelling the fragrance.
No matter how small the fish was, it would not cook so quickly. Yinxiang quickly reminded him, "It's not cooked yet. Bake it for a while longer."
"It smells so good~" Cheng An turned and said to him.
Perhaps in the little guy's mind, the fish that has been roasted is ready to be eaten.
Yinxiang met his innocent expression and couldn't help but touch his head with one of his free hands: "It will be more fragrant if you roast it for a while longer."
The little fellow nodded and then lifted the fish back onto the fire.
Yinxiang and the other two were grilling the fish while reminding the little one to turn it over. They were very busy.
After a while, Yinzhen came out of the tent after finishing his work and wanted to walk around. When he smelled the aroma of grilled fish, he couldn't help but walk over.
When he got closer, he found that they were actually sitting by the fire with Cheng'an, roasting fish. Yinzhen couldn't help but frown and said, "You are really fooling around."
Yin'e turned around and saw him coming. He felt a little headache, so he simply winked at the little guy and told him to deal with Fourth Brother to stop him nagging.
In fact, Yin'e's impression of his fourth brother had always been that he had a cold face. It was only in the past year or so that he suddenly discovered that the way he naggled about people was even more terrifying than his cold face.
Cheng An saw his fourth brother coming over, so he stood up and ran over holding the fish he had just grilled, saying as if offering a treasure: "Fourth brother, look at An An grilling fish!"
The little fellow holding the grilled fish in both hands had pure joy on his face, and his clear eyes were as bright as stars scattered all over the sky.
When Yinzhen saw his little appearance, he couldn't say anything he wanted to say, but the little guy still said in a baby voice: "Give it to Fourth Brother~"
Yinzhen's heart softened, and he didn't want to say anything more to him. He reached out and took the grilled fish with a slightly burnt skin.
The kid was young after all, and even though Yin'e and the others reminded him to turn the fish over, the fish was still a little burnt, but it was good enough that it wasn't completely burnt into charcoal.
Although Yinzhen stopped talking, Yin'e was still a little unhappy. After all, he had been thinking about eating the fish grilled by the little guy since just now, but who knew that Yinzhen would surpass him.
"Cheng'an, didn't you say that the fish was to be roasted for Brother Ten to eat?" Yin'e said.
Upon hearing this, Cheng An immediately turned around and tilted his head to look at him, as if wondering when he had said that, but in the end he said, "An An, grill it for Brother Shi again~"
"I want one too."
"And me!"
After Yinxiang and Yinzhen took over, Yinzhen, who was sitting next to them, also said, "Ninth brother wants one too."
The little guy nodded without hesitation, but Yinzhen couldn't help but glance at them, thinking that they were quite shameless.
While Cheng'an continued to grill the fish, Yin'e and the others had also finished grilling their fish. They had all grilled meat themselves while hunting, so the grilled fish looked pretty good overall.
While the little guy was grilling the fish, Yin'e and others picked the bones from their own grilled fish and fed it to him.
In order not to waste the little guy's kindness, Yinzhen tasted the fish in his hand.
"Fourth brother, how does it taste?" Yinxiang asked curiously.
Yinzhen nodded and said, "Not bad."
Although the skin was a little burnt and the fish was a little overcooked, the overall taste was... not bad.
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