"Look, Dad, I'll win a lantern for you~" After eating the candied haws, the little guy immediately turned his attention to the roadside stall selling lantern riddles.
Seeing how confident he was, Kangxi was willing to wait and see.
Compared to last year, the little guy has now officially started to go to school, so the brothers decided to let him try it on his own first.
"There is someone inside, please type a word."
"Is there someone inside?" The little guy tilted his head and thought.
Yinxiang casually reminded: "Think about your favorite food."
The little guy had already tried to make gestures on his palms, and immediately realized what he said: "It's the word meat! I love eating meat the most~"
The stall owner congratulated him and gave him the corresponding lantern.
"Father gives it to you~" After getting the first lantern, the little fellow immediately presented it to Kangxi like a treasure.
Kangxi took it personally and praised him.
Cheng'an immediately laughed and turned around to continue guessing riddles.
"January 1st is not today, type a word."
"January 1st... is that a Ming character?"
It’s true that things are different when you grow one year older. This time, the little guy guessed it himself without even needing to be reminded.
He was smart, and when he encountered difficult riddles, he could guess them with a little guidance from the brothers. Soon he won many lanterns, and his eyes curved into crescents from smiling.
While the little ones were guessing riddles, Yinqi and his friends, who rarely got out to play, were not idle either. They bought a lot of small things from the stalls nearby.
"Cheng'an, look at me!"
When the little guy finally got out of his brother's arms, Yinqi came up to him holding a mask.
"Hahaha, brother has turned into a pig~"
Cheng An laughed when he saw the pig-faced mask, and then said, "I want to wear it too."
"Here you go." Yinqi handed it to him generously.
The little guy put on the mask immediately after getting it and turned to show it to his father and other brothers, and waved his little hands deliberately to scare them.
"Who can you scare by wearing this?" Yin'e laughed.
Kangxi thought about how he was not happy when he was called a pig last time, but now he was wearing such a mask for fun.
As the group walked forward, they could see many children hanging out with their families, and some of them even greeted each other if they knew each other.
"You brought the child out too?"
"Yes, the government arrested all the kidnappers before, so now we can bring them out to join in the fun."
Whoosh—Bang—
The lanterns all over the street were already beautiful, and suddenly fireworks were set off in the sky, creating an even more festive atmosphere.
"Father, brother, look!" the little guy looked up and shouted.
When Yinzhi heard his voice, he simply picked him up again.
There is no shortage of fireworks to watch in the palace, but the feeling of standing on the street and watching the fireworks with the people around seems more lively.
Seeing that the little guy was interested, Kangxi and the princes stopped to watch with him.
After the fireworks ended, people on the street continued to move forward, and they also followed the flow of people.
Along the way, the little guy bought a lot of small things, with lanterns and masks in his hands alone.
"What a nice smell!" He moved his little nose and smelled the aroma of sugar-roasted chestnuts. He immediately leaned close to Yinzhi's ear and shouted, "Brother Da~"
Yinzhi rubbed his head and asked, "What do you want now?"
"I want to eat sugar-roasted chestnuts."
After the kid finished speaking, Yinzhi nudged Yinreng next to him with his arm and said, "Go buy some sugar-roasted chestnuts."
Yinreng looked at him, wondering if his brain had suddenly gone bad.
"Why are you looking at me? It's your baby brother who wants to eat." Yinzhi gestured to him while shaking the little guy in his arms.
Yinreng simply stretched out his hand, and the little guy who was smiling at him immediately fell into his arms.
After holding the person, Yinreng looked at Yinzhi again and said, "You can go buy it now."
Yinzhi: “…”
"Why are you eating sugar-roasted chestnuts? I don't want to eat them." Yinzhi pointed at the little guy who didn't cooperate with him at the critical moment.
Cheng An opened his little hand, held his fingers and said coquettishly: "I want to eat, Da Ge, you are the best!"
In the end, Yinzhi bought him one and even wiped his hands and peeled it for him without complaint.
"The chestnuts that Da Ge peeled are so delicious~"
There were chestnuts to eat, and the little guy even put down the lantern and mask in his hands for the time being. Seeing that he was about to use his hands to eat the chestnuts, Yinreng asked someone to wipe his hands with a wet towel.
When Yinzhi heard his sweet words, he immediately lost his temper, especially when he was holding a chestnut and stuffing it into his mouth.
"Here." Yinzhi chewed the chestnuts he had fed him, and quickly peeled out several more and gave them to him.
The little guy took it and held one of them up to the side: "Father, this chestnut is delicious, come and try it."
Seeing that he wanted to stuff it directly into his mouth, Kangxi opened his mouth slightly and ate it.
After giving it to Ama, the little guy saw that there were still three left. He ate one himself and held up one and said, "Second brother, you eat too."
When Yinzhi heard the sound and looked up, he saw Yinreng eating the chestnuts he had peeled for the little guy, and he couldn't help but say, "I peeled them!"
"Don't worry, I don't mind." Yinreng replied calmly after finishing his meal.
Yinzhi said unhappily, "What did you say?"
"My second brother said he doesn't mind." The little guy thought he really didn't hear clearly, so he helped to repeat it.
So the next second, Yinzhi stuffed the remaining sugar-roasted chestnuts directly into his arms and asked him to peel them himself.
The little guy didn't know what he had done wrong. He hugged the sugar-roasted chestnuts and said to him, "Brother Da, are you tired of peeling them? Then I'll peel them for you!"
Yinzhi ignored him until he noticed out of the corner of his eye that Yinreng was peeling a chestnut for him, then he immediately reached out his hand.
The little guy blinked, but still put the chestnut in his hand.
After getting the chestnut, Yinzhi finally smiled again and even ate the chestnut in front of Yinreng.
Yinreng didn't expect that this man could go back in time, and seeing that the little guy was peeling the fruits slowly, he peeled one for him and put it directly into his mouth.
The little guy had a chestnut in his mouth, so he fed the chestnut he had peeled with great difficulty to him, and also gave one to Yinzhen.
"I want to eat too."
When Yin'e saw his fourth brother eating the chestnuts he had peeled himself, he immediately came over. However, he thought the little guy was peeling them too slowly, so he just peeled them himself.
"These chestnuts are quite sweet. Eighth brother and ninth brother, you can try them." Yin'e turned around and said after eating one.
After viewing the lanterns and guessing lantern riddles, Kangxi also bought a lot of fun and delicious food on the street. After strolling for a while, he took the little one back home.
On the way back to the palace, the little guy took out the chestnuts he hadn't eaten from his purse and asked, "Father, do you want to eat more chestnuts?"
Kangxi touched his slightly bulging belly, took the chestnuts and handed them to Liang Jiugong.
Seeing that he didn't let him eat anymore, the little guy picked up the little toys he had bought on the street and started playing with them.
The New Year atmosphere really faded after the Lantern Festival, and everyone started to get busy with their own things again. The little guy continued to study with Yinreng.
Ever since he started studying with Yinreng, other princes would occasionally come and teach him when they were free, and the little guy seemed very happy.
That night, when Kangxi was sitting on the bed reading a book, he suddenly remembered that he had planned to move the little guy out after the Lantern Festival, but now the Lantern Festival had passed for several days.
He turned to look at the little guy who was lying in the quilt playing with his hands, and felt that he couldn't delay any longer.
"What's wrong, Father?" The little guy noticed his gaze and looked up at him and smiled.
Kangxi put down the book and said to him, "You have grown up and it is time for you to sleep alone. You will move to the prince's residence tomorrow."
"I didn't disturb my father from reading!" The little guy sat up immediately after hearing his words, his cheeks slightly puffed up.
"I didn't say you disturbed me while I was reading, but you should live on your own." Kangxi finished speaking and added before he opened his mouth, "Don't say no."
"No, no!" The little guy shook his arms unhappily.
"It's no use making a fuss. This is my bedroom. If I say you can't live here, you can't live here."
Kangxi knew that he would definitely not be willing to do so, so he simply took a tougher stance.
When the little guy heard what he said, he got up and climbed out of bed. Just when Kangxi thought he was throwing a tantrum and was about to run out, he saw him running back, holding his seal in his hand and stamping it on the bed.
"It's stamped and this is my bed. I'm going to sleep here!" the little guy said firmly, looking up.
Kangxi was both angry and amused by him. After a while, he said, "Okay, if you don't leave, I will."
He thought that if it really didn't work out, he would give this bedroom to the little guy first. It wouldn't be too late to move out after he got used to living alone for a few days.
When the little guy heard his words, he immediately took the seal in his hand and stamped it on the back of his hand.
When Kangxi saw the red mark on his hand, before he could scold him, he heard his proud voice: "Now Ama is mine too, I want Ama to sleep here!"
"It's yours just by stamping it. If you have the ability, you might as well stamp all the places outside the Qing Dynasty." Kangxi said unhappily.
The little guy hugged his arm tightly and said, "I don't care. I want to be with Ama anyway."
Seeing how clingy he was, Kangxi felt mixed emotions. He definitely had a headache, but when he thought that he was acting this way just to be close to him, he was somewhat happy.
"We just sleep separately at night. You can come to my place for meals..."
Kangxi tried to persuade him, but the little guy was very determined and refused.
"Yinmi!"
No matter what he said, he refused to listen, and Kangxi called him by his full name in anger.
"Dad, are you tired of me and want to sleep with your brother?" The little guy looked at him aggrievedly.
His youngest brother is Yinqi, who is already nine years old this year. Kangxi thinks he has nothing better to do than to sleep with them.
"I don't have any."
"Then why did Ama chase me away?"
"You should sleep alone when you grow up." Kangxi said, and then he patiently reasoned with him, "You said before that you didn't want to study after dark, that you wanted your second brother to teach you, and that you wanted to go out to see the lanterns. Did I agree to all of that?"
"Yeah." The little guy nodded.
"Then I just want you to move out, why can't you obey?"
The little guy looked at his serious expression, pursed his lips and said nothing.
Seeing that he was about to cry but didn't, Kangxi finally softened his heart and sighed, "Go to sleep first, we'll talk tomorrow."
The little guy immediately lay down obediently, but he couldn't fall asleep until the bedroom was plunged into darkness. His mind was full of the fact that his father didn't want him to live here.
Ama must not like me...
When Kangxi was closing his eyes and thinking about how to make him live alone obediently, he suddenly heard a faint crying sound beside him.
After realizing that it seemed like the kid was crying, he immediately turned around and looked over: "What's wrong?"
"Wuwuwu Ama doesn't like me anymore..."
"Don't use this trick every time. If I didn't like you and you were still talking nonsense to me, I would have had you thrown into the prince's residence long ago."
"You just don't like me. You don't even pat me now, woooo..."
Kangxi was just thinking about something and forgot to pat him. Seeing him talking about this, he reached out and patted him while saying unhappily, "You're such a grown-up, and you still need to be coaxed to sleep."
The little guy was soothed by his gentle pat on his body, and finally stopped crying. Instead, he leaned close to him and said in a tearful voice: "Father, please don't let me move out, okay?"
"You and I will both take a step back. I promise you don't have to move out of the Palace of Heavenly Purity, but you have to sleep next door."
A few years ago, when Kangxi was ill, he was afraid that the disease would be passed on to the little one, so he specially had a separate bedroom prepared for him in the Qianqing Palace, although the bedroom was never used in the end.
Kangxi was obviously thinking of the bedroom and thought that maybe he could live there first.
The little guy wanted to say no, but he felt that his father was more resolute this time. He was afraid that if he continued to make trouble, he would be thrown directly to his brother. After hesitating for a while, he nodded and said, "I will listen to my father."
"You are so good." When Kangxi heard his agreement, he immediately rubbed his head and praised him.
The next day.
When the little guy arrived at Xian'an Palace, he looked a little listless.
"What's wrong with you, little brother?" Zhang Ruoai asked with concern.
Yinreng reached out and rubbed the little guy's head, feeling a little worried.
"Father doesn't let me sleep with him." Cheng An said with his head down.
Zhang Ruoai didn't expect it was about this, and comforted him, "It's okay, little brother has grown up and can sleep by himself."
“I don’t want to grow up…”
Yinreng saw him puffing up his cheeks and saying that he didn't want to grow up, so he couldn't help but pick him up and asked, "Where does your Royal Father want you to sleep?"
"Ama asked me to move to sleep next door."
When Yinreng heard that it was not the prince, he was not too surprised.
"Look at it in a positive way. At least I didn't ask you to move directly to the prince's residence." Yinreng comforted him before officially starting to teach him to read.
The little guy was a little listless at first, but after Yinreng reminded him that his father would test him in a few days, he immediately became serious.
After all, for him, getting up before dawn and reading a book a hundred and twenty times is something he really doesn't want to experience again.
The little guy studied in the morning and practiced riding and archery in the afternoon. He took some time out to visit the Queen Mother and his mother, and the day passed quickly.
After dinner and bathing, the little guy was not playing for once, but reading a book next to Kangxi.
Seeing his eagerness to learn, Kangxi felt quite relieved.
The father and son read quietly in a very good atmosphere until it was getting late and Liang Jiugong stepped forward and quietly reminded them that it was time to go to bed.
"Come on, Father will take you to rest." Kangxi said as he closed the book.
The little guy shook his head and said, "I'm not sleepy yet."
"It's time to go to bed even if you're not sleepy." After saying this, Kangxi took the book from his hand and helped him stand up.
With Kangxi's golden words as an example, the little guy still kept his word. Although he was a little unhappy after being taken to the next room, he still lay down on the bed obediently.
“Ama…”
Kangxi saw that he was looking at him eagerly, as if he was reluctant to leave, so he simply sat down beside the bed and said, "Go to sleep quickly. I will leave after you fall asleep." After saying that, he put his hand on his chest and patted it gently.
When the little guy saw him sit down, he curled his lips and smiled before closing his eyes.
At first he would open his eyes from time to time and secretly glance at Kangxi, but slowly he became sleepy and fell into a deep sleep with the reassuring touch on his chest.
After he fell asleep, Kangxi waited for a while before getting up. Before leaving, he gave a few words to the people on guard, asking them to take good care of the little guy.
Back in his bedroom, Kangxi felt a little uncomfortable lying alone on the bed. However, it was already late, so he closed his eyes and lay there for a while before quickly falling asleep.
When he woke up the next day, Kangxi subconsciously reached out to his side. Just as he realized that the little guy had gone to sleep next door, he actually touched him with his hand.
Um?
Kangxi opened his eyes and found that the little guy was really sleeping soundly beside him. For a moment he doubted his memory and immediately drew back the bed curtain.
When Liang Jiugong noticed the noise, he went forward to hang up the bed curtain. Under his inquiring gaze, he whispered, "In the middle of the night, the little prince woke up and didn't see you, so he ran over holding the pillow. The people below couldn't stop him..."
But yesterday at midnight, the little guy habitually arched to the side after falling asleep. When he felt there was no one next to him, he rubbed his eyes and sat up, subconsciously calling out "Ama".
When the night watchman heard the noise, he immediately ran over to ask him whether he wanted to go to the toilet or was thirsty and wanted to drink water.
The little guy usually sleeps till dawn, so naturally he doesn’t want to think about anything now and only wants to find his father.
He sat on the bed for a while with his lips pursed, but finally he couldn't help it and ran out of bed holding his pillow.
The people in the Qianqing Palace knew how favored the little guy was, so they didn't dare to stop him seriously. In addition, they were afraid of waking up Kangxi, so they could only watch him climb onto the bed.
The little guy carefully crawled from the end of the bed to his usual sleeping place inside the bed and lay down. A smile immediately appeared on his face, and he raised his hand and patted himself to fall asleep again.
The people below wanted to carry him back while he was asleep, but he was too close to Kangxi, so they had to give up in the end.
Kangxi turned his head to look at the little guy with a rosy face sleeping, and couldn't help but reach out and pinch his soft face.
“Ama…”
The little fellow in his sleep called out as if he had noticed something, and his tone was so intimate that Kangxi didn't want to argue with him anymore.
Never mind, I just moved out and slept by myself in the first half of the night.
Kangxi thought to himself, tidied the quilt for him, and got up from the bed.
When the little guy woke up, he was the only one in the bed. He sat up and woke up, then he remembered that he had secretly run back home with a pillow to sleep last night.
Will Ama be angry?
Cheng'an was a little worried, so he ran to Xian'an Palace without even having breakfast.
Yinreng would naturally not let him go hungry in Xian'an Palace, but it was still a little funny when he heard the reason why he didn't have breakfast.
"Second brother, do you think my father will beat me when I go back?" The little guy lay on Yinreng's lap worriedly after finishing breakfast.
Yinreng rubbed his head and said, "How could the emperor bear to hit you?"
"Ama beat me last time!" said the little guy with puffed cheeks.
Yinreng poked his little face lightly and said, "Don't worry, it won't happen this time."
Cheng'an felt relieved after hearing his words. He sat back at his desk and started reading.
noon.
When the little guy returned to the Qianqing Palace, he thought of the good things he had done last night and his pace slowed down.
"What are you doing standing outside?"
Kangxi noticed that he was peeking at the door but not coming in, so he spoke.
"Ama, I miss you so much!" The little guy immediately ran over and hugged him.
Kangxi was not overwhelmed by his magic potion. He gently pushed his head away and said, "Who told you to stay up late at night and come to me?"
To be honest, he wasn't angry about this. He just made this gesture mainly to prevent the little guy from doing the same thing again.
"I woke up and didn't see Ama. I was a little scared..."
"With your courage, would you still be afraid?" Kangxi didn't believe it.
"I'm just afraid~"
The little guy noticed that he didn't seem that angry, and his voice unconsciously got louder.
"Don't come here tonight, you hear me? Otherwise, I will make you move out of the Palace of Heavenly Purity."
"knew."
The little guy agreed very well and slept peacefully until dawn that night. However, the next night, he ran to Kangxi's bed in the middle of the night again.
When Kangxi woke up in the morning and saw him, he reached out and woke him up.
"Ama, I'm still sleepy..."
"You turned a deaf ear to my words, didn't you? You will move to the prince's residence today."
The little guy woke up instantly after hearing this, rubbed his eyes and sat up and said, "Father, you said the day before yesterday that I was not allowed to come tonight, but I didn't come, didn't I?"
Seeing that he had learned to grasp the words, Kangxi pinched his face and said, "Then I will tell you again now, you are not allowed to come here every night, do you hear me?"
"Is it not possible for me to sleep with my father occasionally?" The little guy hung his head, his whole body revealing a feeling of loss.
When Kangxi saw him like this, he felt that he had never seen such a clingy child.
"I'll let you know when I say yes. Now either get up or go back to sleep."
Cheng'an got up together with him like a little tail, and only went back to his own bedroom to take a nap after he sent him out of the Qianqing Palace.
The princes soon learned that although he did not move out of the Qianqing Palace, he was finally willing to sleep alone. They felt that it was not easy for him, and they couldn't help but praise him when they met him.
The little guy, who usually gets happy when praised, was not very happy this time. He even muttered, "I don't want to sleep alone. It's not good to grow up..."
"Didn't you want to grow up quickly before?" Yinzhen felt that his thoughts changed quickly.
“I don’t want to grow up now!”
Cheng'an thought about his childhood when he could sleep with his father, his father would feed him, and he didn't have to study. He suddenly felt that childhood was the best time.
"Growing up has its advantages. You see, Brother Shi can go out to play whenever he wants, and no one cares what he eats. He doesn't have to study, so he has a lot of freedom."
After Yin'e finished speaking, Yin'e glared at him and said, "That's because you're lazy. Don't lead Cheng'an astray."
"That's right, don't listen to your tenth brother, third brother will take you there on horseback." Yinzhi said.
They had nothing to do in the afternoon, so they took some time to come to the Yushe Hall to accompany the little one.
The brothers remembered the little guy's previous crying and refusing to study, so they no longer avoided coming for fear that it would affect his studies, lest he say pitifully that he wanted to spend more time with his brother.
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