Yinzhi was speechless for a moment when he looked at the soup in front of him, but he finally took it and drank it slowly, spoonful by spoonful.
As a person who has been in the military camp for so long, he shouldn't be so fussy about drinking soup, but the little guy was watching him, so Yinzhi was afraid that he would drink too fast, so he added another bowl for himself.
Seeing that he had not finished drinking for a long time, Cheng An turned around and said, "Second brother..."
"Cheng'an, come and see the New Year's money your second brother prepared for you." Yinreng did not have as good an appetite as Yinzhi. When he heard the little guy turn his head, he immediately gave him the New Year's money in advance to divert his attention.
When the little guy saw the New Year's money, he immediately forgot what he was going to say, and happily jumped into his arms and took it.
"Second brother, you are so nice~" The little guy lowered his head and looked at the New Year's money for a while, then suddenly raised his head and kissed him on the face, and said in a baby voice, "I wish you all the best~"
The corners of Yinreng's lips slightly raised, his smile reaching into his eyes, and in the bright lights, his whole body was tinged with a layer of warm color.
Yinzhi, who was drinking soup nearby, caught sight of this scene and immediately felt that Yinreng was cunning, especially when he thought that he had given the little guy the New Year's money before him.
"Cheng'an, come to my place, I have prepared some New Year's money for you." Yinzhi said after putting down the spoon and drinking the remaining soup.
When Cheng'an heard his words, he kissed Yinreng on the other side of his cheek before turning around to find Yinzhi.
Not long after he received the New Year's money from Yinzhi, he was called over by Yinzhi again.
When Yinzhen saw him coming, he and Yinzhi gave him the New Year's money.
The little guy received two more lucky money and gave each of them a kiss on the face while saying auspicious words.
On such a happy day for family reunion, even Yinzhen did not say anything to spoil the fun, but instead there was a smile in his eyes.
"And this side." Yinzhi thought about how he had just kissed Yinreng and Yinzhi twice, so he pointed at the other side of his face and said.
After the little guy came close and kissed him, seeing that his fourth brother didn't react, he took the initiative to stand on tiptoe and hug Yinzhen's neck, then raised his head and kissed him again.
Next, the brothers all gave their own New Year's money, which finally diverted the little guys' attention and stopped feeding them.
"I'm really rich~"
The little guy looked at the entire tray filled with lucky money and his voice was crisp and cheerful.
These New Year's money are made of gold and jade. If he is willing to spend them, he can spend them as real money.
When Yinsi saw his money-grubbing look, his eyes lit up with smiles.
"Is this what you call being rich?" Yin'e couldn't help but laugh when he heard his words, "That's because you've never seen a whole ship full of gold."
"Where can we find so much gold?" the little fellow asked with interest when he heard about gold.
Yin'e said: "It has now been collected into the national treasury."
"Do you like gold so much?" Yinzhen saw his eyes light up when he heard the word gold, and couldn't help but pinch his little face gently.
"Yes~"
"Cheng'an, come here." Yinqi heard his words and waved and shouted.
Cheng An ran towards him, and this little brother, who was only three years older than him, stuffed several golden peanuts into his hands.
Obviously, Yinqi heard him say that he liked gold and remembered that he had gold peanuts in his pocket, so he took them out and gave them to him.
"Brother Twenty-three, you are so nice~" The little guy laughed happily, but stuffed a few back to him, "We each have half."
"I don't like gold, give it all to Cheng'an." Yinqi had no feelings for gold and shook his head.
Seeing that he didn't want them, the little guy put them all into his pocket and then asked him, "What do you like?"
"I like the Chinese New Year." Yin Qi said after thinking for a while.
He has been studying in the Shangshufang for two years, and even so, he still misses the life before when he didn't have to study. But he also knows that it is obviously impossible not to study, so he especially likes the day during the Chinese New Year when he doesn't have to study.
“I like Chinese New Year too~”
After playing for a while with Cheng'an, Yinqi and other brothers who were still studying in the Shangshufang, Yinzhi waved and called them to go watch the fireworks.
When the little guy heard the fireworks, he ran straight towards Yinzhi.
"Brother, I want to sit high~"
When Yinzhi heard his words, he reached out to catch him and lifted him up and placed him on his shoulder.
Sitting high and seeing far, the little one sitting on his shoulder immediately laughed: "I am taller than my brother~"
"Now you understand how good big brother is, right?" Yinzhi smiled when he saw how happy he was.
"Brother Da is the best~"
When Yinzhi heard this, his smile became even wider: "Did anyone take you to sit on a high chair last year?"
"Yes, Brother Ten and Brother Thirteen took me to sit~"
Upon hearing this, Yinzhi looked at Yin'e in surprise. Yin'e recalled the embarrassing scene last year and looked up at the sky to avoid his sight.
Just at this moment, fireworks exploded in the sky, lighting up half of the dark sky.
"Wow! Brother, look~"
At the little guy's cheers, the brothers all subconsciously looked up.
Not far away, Kangxi was not looking at the fireworks, but at his sons who were gathered together, and his eyes finally fell on the little guy sitting on Yinzhi's shoulder.
Seeing his smile brighter than fireworks, Kangxi's lips curled up slightly, but then a trace of vague melancholy arose in his heart.
"Ama~"
Just when Kangxi was immersed in his emotions, the little guy came to him at some point, held his hand and shook it gently.
"Why don't you watch the fireworks?" Kangxi asked with his head down.
The little guy said in a baby voice: "I haven't eaten dumplings yet."
Apparently, he suddenly remembered this and came to find Kangxi.
"How can you eat dumplings with such a small stomach of yours?" Kangxi reached out and touched his still slightly bulging belly, with a smile in his tone.
Having said that, they still had to eat dumplings on New Year’s Eve. Kangxi held his hand and watched the fireworks with him for a while before taking him back to eat dumplings.
At Cheng'an's age, the imperial kitchen no longer needed to make small dumplings for him. He lowered his head while eating, and probably suddenly remembered this. He looked up and said while biting the dumplings: "Father, I used to eat small dumplings, but now I'm grown up and eat big dumplings~"
Kangxi couldn't help but laugh when he saw that he actually remembered eating the small dumplings, especially when he thought about how he had exchanged the small dumplings for his own big dumplings.
"Brother, have you eaten dumplings?" The little guy asked after eating two dumplings.
"You don't need to worry about them." Kangxi said, and seeing that he wanted to eat more, he reached out and touched his stomach again and said, "You can only eat the last one."
"Got it~"
After eating the dumplings, the little guy, who couldn’t sit still, ran downstairs to find his brothers.
"Brother Da, have you eaten dumplings?"
"I ate it." After saying this, Yinzhi was a little afraid that he would ask him to eat a few more, but fortunately he didn't.
"How many dumplings did you eat, brother?"
After Yinreng answered, he continued to look for his other brothers, and his cheerful voice filled the entire banquet.
Even after the dinner was over, the little guy was still reluctant to leave. It was only after his brothers took turns coaxing him that he obediently left with Kangxi.
After New Year's Eve, Kangxi took time out to take the little guy to visit Yuqing Palace. However, as soon as he heard the words "Yuqing Palace", he crawled to the corner of the Luohan bed and hid.
"I won't go. I want to live with Ama!"
Seeing him pointing his little butt towards him, Kangxi raised his hand and patted it gently, saying, "I only said I would take you to have a look, but I didn't say I would let you move in."
He just planned to take the little guy there to have a look first. If he liked it, that would be great. If not, he would pick another place and move there when the little guy was six years old.
The little guy lying on the corner of the bed stretched out his hands to cover his buttocks to stop him from taking more photos, and said in a muffled voice: "I don't want to watch it, there's nothing good to see!"
This kind of treatment of having a separate residence in the palace is not usually given to princes.
He didn't want anything. Seeing that he was still throwing a tantrum, Kangxi couldn't help but slap his little butt again through his hands.
"I won't even look at you even if you hit me, humph!"
Seeing that he was still humming, Kangxi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Who am I doing this for? Just forget it if you don't want to see it."
When Cheng'an heard this, he lay down and waited for a while. He found that he didn't ask him to go to Yuqing Palace anymore. He secretly raised his head and saw that he was reading a book in his hand.
Perhaps thinking that he had given up, the little guy slowly climbed up and sat up, then moved towards him little by little.
Kangxi looked at the book in his hand intently and even turned a page.
The little guy moved to his side, and seeing that he was ignoring her, she moved her little butt so that her whole body was pressed against him, and reached out to gently tug at his sleeve.
Kangxi was not a wooden man, so he could naturally feel his little movements. However, thinking about how he had just been lying there and acting like a spoiled child, he deliberately ignored him.
"Father, what are you looking at?" When the little guy found that he still didn't respond, he simply got up and lay on his back, rubbing his chin on his shoulder.
As the little guy rubbed against him, his hair occasionally brushed against Kangxi's ears, making him feel a little itchy.
Kangxi reached out and gently pushed his head to the side, saying in a light tone: "You can't see it yourself."
Seeing that he finally paid attention to him, the little guy put his face in front of the book and started reading the words he knew.
Kangxi was amused when he saw him recognize half of a word he didn't know.
The little guy finally smiled when he saw him, and walked around to the front and snuggled into his arms.
Kangxi was not really angry at first. He opened his hand and waited for him to sit down, then pointed out a few words that he didn't know and taught them to him.
"Ama, you are the best Ama in the world~" After the little guy learned a few words from him, he suddenly started praising him without any reason.
After he finished praising him, he stood up, put his arms around Kangxi's neck and said, "I like Father Ma the most..."
Kangxi's deep eyes showed a hint of smile because of his sweet words, but he was not so easily drunk by this "magic potion".
"Tell me, what do you want to do?"
The little guy kissed him on the face twice before blinking and looking at him and said, "Ah, can you take me out to play in a few days?"
"Why do you suddenly want to go out and play for a few days?" Kangxi asked instead of answering.
The weather is still a bit cold now, so he plans to wait until it gets warmer and find good weather before taking the little one out to play.
"Because it's the Lantern Festival in a few days, there are a lot of lanterns to see outside~"
Seeing that he knew that there were lanterns outside during the Lantern Festival, Kangxi tapped his forehead and asked, "How did you know that? Who told you that?"
The little guy was getting smarter and smarter. When he heard his words, he was afraid that he would blame Yin'e, so he said, "I just know it!"
Kangxi chuckled and didn't ask any more questions, but said, "If you want to see the lanterns, they are in the palace. You don't have to go out."
The capital city was indeed lively during the Lantern Festival, but precisely because it was too lively, Kangxi didn't really want to take him with him.
"No, I want to go out and see the lights. Ama, you promised to take me out to play~"
After hearing Yin'e's description of the excitement of the Lantern Festival, the little guy really wanted to go out and play, and he hugged Kangxi and acted like a spoiled child.
Kangxi was almost shaken by him, and could only negotiate: "Then, if you promise to shave your head, I will take you with me."
Obviously, his promise to the little guy not to shave his head was only temporary. After the Chinese New Year, he remembered that the little guy was already five years old and felt that it was time to shave his head.
Cheng An didn't understand why he was talking about shaving his head, so he immediately let go of him and covered his head instead, looking at him with wide eyes and a bit of accusation: "Father, you clearly promised me not to shave my head!"
"When did I promise?"
"You promised it!" When the little guy saw him deny it, he was so angry that he stood on the bed and stomped his feet.
Kangxi recalled for a moment and said: "I said at that time, 'Then don't shave it for now.' You are five years old now, it's time to shave your head."
Cheng'an wanted to refute, but his memory was too good. When he heard "Then don't shave it for now", he remembered that this was indeed the original words at that time.
A three-year-old kid might still ignore the word "first", but at five years old he already understands what it means to not shave first.
The little guy's cheeks puffed up unconsciously, and Kangxi wanted to poke him.
"What do you think? Do you want to go out and play during the Lantern Festival, or do you want to shave your head? Let me remind you that you will have to shave your head sooner or later." Kangxi said.
The little guy immediately shouted: "You want to go out and play, don't shave your head!"
"You can't have your cake and eat it too." Kangxi said calmly.
"Who said that?" the little fellow retorted, "If a bear catches fish, he will have both fish and bear paws!"
Kangxi looked at him and wanted to ask him if he was willing to eat the bear's paw, but in the end he didn't say anything. Instead, he said, "If you want to go out to play during the Lantern Festival, you can get a haircut first."
"No, I'm still young, I'm only three years old!" The little guy said, remembering that he just said he was five years old so he wanted to shave his head.
When Kangxi heard this, he was both angry and amused. He did not insist that he shave his head immediately, but said, "If you don't want to shave, then don't shave."
Before the little guy could be happy, he continued, "Then you don't have to think about going out to play during the Lantern Festival."
"Ama, why are you like this!"
"How am I?"
The little guy wanted to continue being angry, but after thinking about it, he rushed over and hugged him again: "Ama, you are the best..."
Seeing that he wanted to go out and play but didn't want to shave his head, Kangxi really didn't want to pay attention to him, but the little guy was too clingy.
He followed Kangxi wherever he went, and never said anything else. He just kept repeating, "Father, you are the best." After hearing it so many times, it seemed that one would feel embarrassed to not agree with him.
Unable to bear it any longer, Kangxi simply went to the imperial study after lunch.
However, the Imperial Study could not stop the little guy. Of course, the main reason was that Kangxi was reluctant to give harsh orders to stop him.
"I want to review the memorials, you are not allowed to make noise." Seeing him follow here, Kangxi felt a little helpless, but he kept a stern face as he gave instructions.
"good."
The little guy was quite well behaved. After he agreed, he didn't quarrel with him. He just helped pass the documents.
When Kangxi summoned his ministers to discuss matters, he would consciously go behind the screen so as not to disturb them.
"I'll take my leave."
After the meeting was over, several ministers bowed and left. Cheng An heard the noise and poked his head out from behind the screen, calling in a baby voice: "Ama~"
Kangxi thought he had already gone back, but when he saw this scene, he suddenly felt soft-hearted and waved for him to come over.
When the little guy saw his gesture, he immediately came out from behind the screen and ran towards him.
"Do you really want to go out and play during the Lantern Festival?" Kangxi looked down at him.
"Um."
The little guy pursed his lips slightly and nodded gently, looking incredibly well-behaved.
"I really can't do anything with you." Kangxi stretched out his hand and pinched his little face, "Come here and continue to help me pass the memorials."
Cheng An blinked, climbed onto his throne and asked uncertainly, "Ah Ma, have you agreed to this?"
"It depends on your performance these few days. If you perform well, I will take you there. Otherwise..."
Kangxi had clearly decided to take him with him, but when he heard him ask, he said
"I will behave well. Father, I will help you get the memorial~" The little guy was immediately happy when he heard his words and was even more active than before.
In order to go out and play during the Lantern Festival, the little guy worked very hard in the next few days and snatched away all the work that Liang Jiugong could do.
Even when Kangxi got up in the morning, he tried to help him put on his clothes, but was rejected by Kangxi.
However, even so, he still took the job of handing Kangxi the handkerchief when Kangxi was washing his face, and he even tried to feed Kangxi himself during breakfast.
Kangxi felt it was new at first, but when he saw the little guy asking for help when he was bathing himself, he couldn't stand it anymore, so he said, "That's enough.
, take you out to play, no need to show off! "
The little fellow cried out with joy when he heard that, and rolled around on the bed.
When Kangxi came out of the bath and saw him, he was not happy enough and the corners of his lips raised slightly.
"Long live Ama, Ama is the best, An An's Ama is the best Ama~"
After the little guy noticed his figure, he continued to roll around on the bed and shouted.
Even though he knew that he was being so sweet-talking because he was happy to be able to go out and have fun, the smile in Kangxi's eyes grew deeper and deeper.
On the Lantern Festival.
Since they were going out to see the lanterns, there was no need to go too early. Kangxi only took the little one out when the sun set.
Fortunately, the two family banquets for the Lantern Festival were held on the day before and the day after the Lantern Festival, and the banquets for foreign vassals were also completed during the day, so Kangxi had time to accompany him out to play.
Several princes who had not yet left the palace to set up their own residences needed the little one's help in speaking before they could come out to play with them. People like Yinzhi made an appointment with the little one early on to meet outside the palace that day.
As soon as he got on the carriage and hadn't even left the palace, the little guy was so excited that he could hardly sit still.
Yinreng was also in the same carriage. Seeing him moving around, he was afraid that he would fall, so he simply held him on his lap.
The little fellow called him and told him cheerfully, "Brother Shi said it was very lively outside during the Lantern Festival. There were many lanterns to watch, lion dances, and people walking on stilts..."
As he was talking, he realized belatedly that Kangxi was still there. He covered his mouth and secretly turned his head away.
Kangxi met his glance and said unhappily, "No one except the Tenth Master would tell you this."
"Father, don't blame Brother Ten. I was the one who asked him." The little guy said quickly.
Kangxi said casually: "If you shave your head obediently, I won't blame him."
"Ama, don't keep saying this!"
The little guy complained in a baby voice, and Yinreng couldn't help laughing.
Kangxi also found his tone a little funny: "Then what did I say?"
"Tell me..." the little guy thought for a moment and said, "Tell me what kind of lamp you like, and I'll buy one for you later, okay?"
When Kangxi heard him trying to coax him into buying lanterns, he deliberately said in embarrassment: "I don't want to buy lanterns. If you have the ability, guess the lantern riddles and win one for me."
"Guess riddles? But I don't know how." The little guy knew it well.
"Then I don't care."
While the father and son were chatting, the carriage had already left the palace. Yinzhi and others were already waiting at the palace gate.
"Brother Da, Brother San, Brother Si..."
As soon as the little guy saw his brothers, he immediately became excited again.
Seeing that he wanted to get out of the window, Kangxi patted his little butt and said, "Do you want to go out and play?"
"Yes!" Cheng An said and quickly sat back down.
Before the curtains were lowered, Kangxi glanced at Yinzhi and the others' carriage and couldn't help but pat his little butt again: "Why do you have to bring so many people with you every time you go out?"
When the little guy heard what he said, he threw himself into his arms and rubbed against him like a spoiled child: "I want to play with my father and brother~"
When we arrived at the main street of the capital, it was not yet completely dark, but the restaurants and shops on both sides of the street had already hung up all kinds of lights, which looked like a field of twinkling stars from a distance.
"Wow--"
The little guy cried out as soon as he got off the carriage, and then wanted to run forward, but was picked up by Yinzhi.
During the Lantern Festival, the streets were crowded with people, much more lively than when they went out during the day before. The brothers didn't dare to let him run ahead alone.
It was not the busiest time yet, so Kangxi took the little fellow for a casual look at the street before preparing to take him to a restaurant for dinner.
"Dad, I want to eat that!" However, the little guy was attracted by the stall selling Yuanxiao on the street.
"In the restaurant."
“But that smells so good.”
As he spoke, he stretched his neck towards
Hearing this, Kangxi could only order someone to buy him a bowl.
Upon seeing this, Yin'e went over to buy it for him personally.
As soon as he bought it, the little guy immediately opened his mouth and said, "Ah..."
"I'll eat later."
Yuanxiao is made of glutinous rice, which is difficult to digest. Seeing that he wanted to eat while walking, Kangxi glared at him.
Seeing this, Yin'e naturally didn't dare to feed him and quickly put the Yuanxiao into the food box.
On days like the Lantern Festival, not only restaurants and inns, but even roadside stalls are filled with people, and there are shouts and laughter everywhere. It looks festive and lively.
Fortunately, when Yinzhen learned that the little guy was going to go out to play today, he had already cleared out a seat in his restaurant in advance, so he didn't have to squeeze with others this time.
As Kangxi and his entourage came in, the originally quiet restaurant became lively.
"Can I eat now?" As soon as Cheng An sat down at the table, he immediately thought about the Yuanxiao he had just bought.
Kangxi looked at him, but in the end he was too lazy to say anything and nodded slightly.
When the dumplings were placed in front of the little guy, he found that he was the only one who had one, while his father and his brothers had none. He immediately lowered his head and counted the dumplings in the bowl: "One, two, three..."
Kangxi and his brothers didn't take it seriously when they heard him counting the Yuanxiao. But after he finished counting, he picked up one and said, "Father, you and I will eat this one, and the rest will be shared among you brothers~"
He made it sound as if their group could only afford this bowl of Yuanxiao. Kangxi laughed and lowered his head to eat the Yuanxiao on the spoon in one bite, wanting to see how he would react.
The little guy was stunned when he saw him eat the Yuanxiao that belonged to both of them.
Just when the brothers were worried that he would cry and wanted to say that they would not eat any and give him the rest, they heard him comforting himself in a baby voice: "It's okay, there's no fat on my face, just give it to me..."
Kangxi hadn't completely swallowed the Yuanxiao in his mouth yet and almost choked when he heard this.
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