On New Year’s Eve.
As soon as winter comes, Cheng'an likes to stay in bed. Today is no exception. He has clearly woken up, but he stays in the quilt and refuses to get up.
The little guy's face was red from sleeping. Now half of his face was buried in the quilt, and he was playing with his little hands.
As he was playing, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He raised his head slightly and looked at his father beside him, and stretched out his restless little feet to push him gently.
Kangxi did not open his eyes, but subconsciously reached out and grabbed his chubby little feet.
"Hahaha..." The little guy laughed because he was tickled, then he pulled out his legs and rolled over to him, lying on top of him and asking in a baby voice, "Father, aren't you going to court today?"
"Today is New Year's Eve."
If he hadn't said it, the little guy would have really forgotten it. Now when he heard his words, he sat up suddenly, the quilt was lifted up, and a gust of wind came up.
Kangxi finally opened his eyes and saw him sitting there in his pajamas. He smiled and pulled the quilt up with one hand and stuffed him back into the quilt with the other hand.
"Dad, don't sleep any more. It's time to get up~" The little guy who was lying in bed just now immediately started to make a fuss about getting up after learning that today was New Year's Eve.
Kangxi wasn't sleepy, but it was rare that he didn't have to attend the morning court today, so he wanted to lie down for a while. Seeing that he was making a fuss, he directly asked, "Don't you want to eat crabs?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the little guy immediately became quiet.
"Ah, when do we get up?"
The people of Cheng'an calmed down, but they still kept talking.
"I will get up when I remember." Kangxi put one arm behind his head. Seeing that he couldn't keep quiet, he simply said, "Read a book to me and maybe I will get up right away."
"The sky and earth are dark and yellow, the universe is vast and desolate..."
After Cheng'an finished reciting the Thousand Character Classic, Kangxi finally agreed to get up.
The things to do on New Year’s Eve are actually pretty much the same every year, but even so, the little ones are still happier every year.
"Where's my brother? Why hasn't he come yet?" The little guy started mumbling as soon as he finished breakfast.
Considering that today was a festival, Kangxi was too lazy to say anything to him. After taking him to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager, he simply took him to Xian'an Palace.
Since Yinreng was released from prison, the originally deserted Xian'an Palace has become more lively and is no longer a forbidden area that everyone in the palace avoids.
Upon hearing that Kangxi was coming, Yinreng, his wife, and his sons including Hongxi went outside the gate to greet him.
"Second brother, second sister-in-law, eldest nephew, youngest nephew~"
When Yinreng's family saluted Kangxi, the little guy greeted them enthusiastically.
"Hello, uncle." Hongxi and several younger generations saluted Kangxi and then quickly bowed to him.
The former Crown Princess and now the Second Wife was selected by Kangxi himself for Yinreng. Kangxi had always been satisfied with her. Even when he deposed the Crown Prince, he did not vent his anger on her. Naturally, his attitude towards her was still harmonious at this time.
After the group entered the main hall, the Second Lady left first, leaving only the three generations of their family.
"Do you want to move back to Yuqing Palace?" Kangxi asked casually after sitting down.
Kangxi did not have any other intentions, but he felt soft-hearted towards his son Yinreng and felt that Xian'an Palace was not as good as Yuqing Palace, and was afraid that he would not be comfortable living there.
"Thank you, Father Your Majesty, it's not necessary." After living here for so many years, Yinreng has become accustomed to Xian'an Palace and doesn't want to go through the hassle anymore.
Upon hearing this, Kangxi couldn't help but look at him, wondering if he was still blaming him.
"I agreed to give Yuqing Palace to Cheng'an on my own initiative before. I hope Your Majesty will not blame me." Yinreng spoke, not knowing whether he noticed his thoughts.
Cheng An was originally playing with his older and younger nephews at the bottom. When he heard his name, he immediately ran over and said, "Did you call me, second brother?"
"When did this happen?" Kangxi was a little confused.
Yinreng held the little guy who ran over, and said with a faint smile: "It was quite a long time ago. It seems that when we were admiring flowers in the imperial garden, he suddenly asked me for an underwater palace. I don't have one, so I coaxed him into giving him Yuqing Palace."
That was probably the first time the little guy threw a tantrum at him, so Yinreng remembered it clearly.
When Kangxi heard this, he subconsciously thought of the glazed underwater palace in the Palace of Heavenly Purity, and finally understood why Yinreng had taken the trouble to give him this as a birthday gift.
"You asked your second brother for an underwater palace?" Kangxi looked at the little guy who was leaning in Yinreng's arms and holding his hand.
Cheng An nodded and said "hmm", and said in a baby voice: "Second brother said he would give me an underwater palace, and brother Da said he would teach me how to fly, but I can fly by myself now~" Although she turned into a dragon.
After such a long time, Yinreng did not delve into when he had said such words, but touched his head and said, "Do you still want Yuqing Palace?"
"What Yuqing Palace?" the little fellow asked in confusion, obviously having forgotten it a long time ago.
"It's a palace where my second brother once lived."
After hearing what Yinreng said, the little guy's first reaction was: "Can I live with my second brother? Can my father move in too?"
Kangxi felt that if he said yes, the next thing he would do would most likely be to ask if Yinzhi and the others could move in as well.
"My second brother doesn't live there anymore," Yinreng explained.
"Then I don't want it."
When the little guy heard that he didn't live there, and then remembered that Kangxi lived in the Qianqing Palace, he immediately shook his head.
However, Kangxi listened to their conversation and thought that the little guy would be five years old after the Chinese New Year and would soon be six, so it was time for him to move to live with the prince.
Except for Yinreng, other princes lived in the Prince's Residence from the age of six until they left the palace. Kangxi did not think there was anything wrong with it, but perhaps he doted on this youngest son too much. When he heard Yinreng mention Yuqing Palace, he suddenly had the idea of finding a place for him to live alone.
Thinking of this, Kangxi simply discussed it with Yinreng.
"Yuqing Palace is good. After cleaning it up, Cheng'an can move in." Yinreng said.
Kangxi saw that he was really not planning to move back to Yuqing Palace, and he really began to consider it.
As for the meaning of Yuqing Palace, it was simply where Yinreng lived when he was the crown prince, so it was given a name similar to the Eastern Palace, but now, it is just an ordinary palace.
"Take him over there when you have time, and see if he likes it first."
From Kangxi's words, we can tell that although he didn't say it, he actually doted on his youngest son to such an extent that he was afraid that he would dislike Yuqing Palace, which could have once been the Eastern Palace.
But Yinreng, the former owner of Yuqing Palace, nodded in agreement.
The little guy looked at his brother, then at his father. After realizing what they were talking about, he ran out of Yinreng's arms and rushed to Kangxi: "Father, do you not like An'an anymore..."
"Where did you get this from?" Kangxi was a little puzzled when he saw him coming up to him and saying this without any context.
Cheng An pursed his lips and said, "Then why did you ask me to move out?"
He just heard everything. Ama was discussing with his brother about finding a new place for him to live...
"You're almost six years old and you're still living with your father. If this gets out, be careful people will laugh at you."
In fact, he should live alone now, but after Kangxi failed to arrange a bedroom for him in the Qianqing Palace, he was reluctant to drive him away.
"Whoever dares to laugh at me... I will ask my brother to beat him!" The little guy hugged Kangxi with one hand and clenched the other hand into a small fist, looking very fierce.
Kangxi saw his actions and smiled a little, but said with a straight face: "What about your nephew laughing at you? You are the elder, and elders should act like elders."
"My nephew will never laugh at me!" the little guy said and turned to look over.
Hong Xi and the others met his gaze and immediately waved their hands to indicate that they certainly would not do that. After all, if anyone dared to laugh at him, not to mention the Emperor's laws, even his own father would be the first to make fun of him.
Seeing his big reaction, Kangxi thought there was no rush on the matter and stopped talking.
"Father, I'm still young and can't live by myself." Seeing that he was silent, the little guy hugged him and said.
Kangxi thought about how he said he had grown up yesterday, but said he was still young today, and he suddenly felt a little amused.
"I understand."
The little guy felt relieved after hearing this. He stayed beside him for a while before going to play with his nephews.
Hongtan, Honghuang and Hongyang were still young, and being led by their uncle Chengan, they were a little braver and followed him in the hall, chasing each other.
Seeing that his father and the emperor were chatting at the top, Hongxi could only look after his younger brother and uncle.
"Uncle, run slower."
"No, my nephew is going to catch me!" the little guy said as he ran around him faster.
Hongxi looked somewhat helpless. Seeing that he couldn't control him, he could only reach out to stop his brothers.
Hongtong and the others were still a little afraid of this big brother, so they stopped immediately when he stretched out his hand.
When the little guy found that no one was chasing him, he immediately turned back, hugged Hongxi's arm and said, "Little nephew, run!"
The original game of chasing each other seemed to change its nature in an instant. Hong Tang and Hong Hao looked at each other and felt that although the younger uncle was younger, he was older than the eldest brother, so they decided to listen to him.
When Hongyang saw his two brothers running away, he looked at his eldest brother and ran away too.
Seeing that he had become the "bad guy", Hongxi simply grabbed his uncle who was still hugging his arm and said, "You can't run away now!"
The little guy immediately struggled, and when he saw he couldn't escape, he immediately opened his mouth and shouted: "Second brother, please take care of your son..."
Hongxi felt that he was simply cheating and quickly let him go.
When the little guy was free, he immediately laughed.
Not far away, Yinreng found his words a little funny, but seeing that he didn't need his help, he didn't care about their play.
Upon seeing this, Hongxi breathed a sigh of relief that was almost unnoticeable.
The little guy continued to play in the hall with his nephews until Kangxi saw that his forehead was sweating in the winter and asked him to sit for a while.
"I want to drink sweet water."
When Yinreng heard what he said, he ordered someone to make some honey water and bring it over, and Hongxi and the others were also given some.
After the little guy drank most of the cup of honey water from his hand, he looked up and said, "Brother, there will be big crabs to eat tonight~"
Yinreng had seen the crabs Yin'e had brought him yesterday, but he still cooperated and asked, "How big are they?"
"So big~" the little guy gestured with his arms open.
As he was talking, he suddenly felt a little hungry, so he took Yinreng's hand and put it on his stomach, and said in a baby voice: "Second brother, touch my stomach."
"Are you hungry?" Yinreng asked very understandingly.
The little guy nodded immediately: "Yes!"
Yinreng thought that he had just run for so long and it was normal for him to be hungry, so he signaled for someone to bring some snacks.
"Wow~"
When the snacks were served, the little guy saw his favorite pine nut milk puff pastry and immediately shouted with joy.
“This is delicious!”
After Cheng'an finished speaking, he took a piece to Kangxi first, and then took a piece to Yinreng. When he was about to share it with his nephews, Yinreng stopped him and said, "They have it and they can eat it themselves."
The little guy turned around and saw that there was indeed something in front of his nephews, so he didn't run over there. Instead, he picked up a piece of pine nut milk puff and started eating.
Pine nut milk puff pastry, as the name suggests, contains milk and pine nuts, with a thin layer of sugar skin on the surface. When you take a bite, the aroma of pine nuts blends with the aroma of milk, leaving you with an endless aftertaste.
The little fellow ate so much that his eyes curved, and he even took the time to ask, "Is it delicious, Ama?"
Kangxi had eaten all kinds of snacks, and pine nut milk pastry was nothing new, so naturally he wouldn't be too impressed.
But seeing that the little guy liked it so much, he nodded slightly to indicate that it tasted good.
"Do Da Ge and the others have this to eat?" After the little guy finished eating a piece, he thought of his other brothers.
now
It was New Year's Eve, and Kangxi just wanted him to be happy. It was just a matter of order, so he simply asked someone to send a copy to Yinzhi and the others.
The little guy immediately laughed even more happily, and even held another piece of pine nut milk puff pastry in front of him: "Ama, have another one~"
"Lunch will be served soon. I will have half with you. You cannot eat any more after finishing this one." After saying this, Kangxi stretched out his hand and cut the snack he handed over into two.
The little guy was quite well-behaved. He sat next to him and ate half of the pine nut milk puff in his hand and didn't ask for anything else.
After the father and son finished their snacks, they sat with Yinreng for a while and then returned to the Qianqing Palace.
After lunch, the little guy felt a little sleepy.
"If you feel tired, take a nap."
As soon as Kangxi finished speaking, the little guy stretched out his hands to him and said in a baby voice, "I want my father to accompany me~"
Perhaps because today was a festival, Kangxi had been particularly easy to talk to since morning, and the little guy wanted to stick to him even more.
Kangxi didn't have the habit of sleeping at this time, but seeing that he had opened his little hands and looked at him eagerly, he didn't refuse in the end.
When taking a nap, people usually don’t go to the bed, but to the couch.
It was very comfortable to lie on the thickly covered Luohan bed after the winter. After Kangxi lay down, Cheng'an snuggled into his arms like a kitten and soon fell asleep with even breathing.
Kangxi patted his back gently, and after a while he was infected by his sleepiness and fell asleep as well.
It was getting dark early at this time of year, and Liang Jiugong specifically ordered someone to close the door after the father and son fell asleep. When Cheng'an woke up, he found the room dark.
However, the little guy felt quite at ease feeling the breath coming from beside him. After yawning, he moved his head to lean on Kangxi and rubbed him twice.
It was already very warm in the warm room, and snuggling in the quilt made the little guy so comfortable that he felt drowsy again right after waking up.
Fortunately, with his little head resting on his head, Kangxi woke up after a while. Finding it was already late, he hugged him and sat up.
The little fellow, who hadn't fully woken up yet, was too lazy to move, and leaned in his arms like a boneless person, being lifted up by him.
Kangxi looked down at him and saw that he was about to close his eyes again. He asked in a slightly low voice: "Do you still want to eat crabs with your brother?"
Hearing the key words "brother" and "crab", the little guy immediately woke up, sat up straight and asked, "Where is my brother?"
When Kangxi saw him, his eyes widened instantly. He touched his head and helped him stand up.
After it became completely dark, the palace was brightly lit everywhere.
This year's New Year's Eve, it was a rare occasion that all the brothers came back, and after the New Year's Eve banquet began, it seemed more lively than last year.
As soon as the little guy arrived with Kangxi, he started running around in the banquet.
It wasn't that he was playful, he was just so excited to see his brothers this year that he had to run over and shout to them one by one.
"Brother~"
"Second brother~"
…
"Twenty-third brother~"
When the brothers saw him running up to them, they all had smiles in their eyes and either touched his head or his little face.
Only after calling all his brothers did the little guy obediently return to Kangxi, still with an excited smile on his face.
After completing the necessary procedures for the New Year's Eve dinner, Cheng An immediately set his eyes on the big crab on the table.
Kangxi didn't want to let him eat too much during the festival, and crabs had to be eaten while hot, so he let him eat two pieces of cake to fill his stomach and then ordered people to cut the crab into pieces.
Let’s not talk about how the sea crab tastes. When the whole snow-white crab leg meat is taken out and placed on the plate, it looks very tempting.
"Eat it."
Kangxi remembered that he had muttered "crab" when he fell asleep last night, so he personally handed the plate to him, but he said, "Father, you eat first!"
As he grows older, the little guy can sometimes be a little naughty and sometimes throw a tantrum, but when he is considerate, he is really lovable.
For example, at this moment, Kangxi saw that he was obviously greedy.
No matter what, he let me eat first, and a smile appeared on my face unconsciously.
He didn't refuse. He picked up the chopsticks, tasted a bite, then changed the pair of chopsticks to pick up some more and feed it to the little guy who was looking at him.
“It’s delicious!”
Because it was winter, the crab was still alive when it was brought back. The crab meat tasted very sweet and the little guy obviously liked it very much.
Kangxi saw that his head was shaking slightly from eating so much, and was about to feed him another mouthful when he heard him say, "I'll go share some with my brother!"
Before Kangxi told him to stop working, he had already run downstairs with the plate in his hand. Liu Cai and others were afraid that he might bump into something, so they quickly bent down and followed behind him.
"Brother Da, this crab is delicious, eat more~"
The little guy's work was not in vain, for he would get a bite from his brother every time he was served. When he returned to Kangxi with a very satisfied look on his face, Kangxi shook his head slightly and could only personally take half of the crab leg that was promised to him.
The little guy was very generous to him and was willing to share it with him when there was only one crab leg left.
Perhaps only this kind of large sea crab can satisfy the feeling of eating whole mouthfuls of crab meat. In short, the little guy was very happy eating it.
After finishing the big crab, the little guy was not idle either. Now that he was becoming more and more skilled in using chopsticks, he began to pick up various dishes for Kangxi.
"Ama, eat this."
"Ama, try this again~"
Kangxi also didn't understand why he had developed the habit of forcing food on others. After realizing that he couldn't eat as fast as he did, he said, "Eat it yourself."
"Okay~"
Cheng An agreed very well, but after eating two bites, he started again: "Ama, try this meatball~"
Those were four-happiness meatballs, quite large in size. The little fellow took chopsticks in one hand and a spoon in the other, and it took him some effort to put them into Kangxi's bowl.
He tried so hard to feed his baby, probably because after paying attention to the issue of weight, he suddenly realized that his father had no fat on his face, and he thought how could this be possible.
Kangxi looked at the whole four-happiness meatball in the bowl and felt that after finishing this, he wouldn't need to eat anything else.
However, before he started eating the meatballs, the little guy picked up another abalone.
Kangxi felt that this was not going to work, so he said, "Go and see if Yinzhi and the others have eaten well."
The little guy turned around when he heard that, and found that several of his brothers were not eating but chatting, so he immediately prepared to go over.
"Dad, please eat more~" the worried little guy did not forget to say before leaving.
Kangxi looked at his back as he left, and inexplicably felt that he was his father.
In any case, after getting rid of him, Kangxi was finally able to slow down his eating and even have a drink.
"Fourth brother, fifth brother, why don't you eat your food properly?" The little guy ran directly between his two brothers who had temporarily put down their chopsticks.
Yinzhen: "Fourth brother has finished eating."
He has never had a good appetite. He just finished eating the crab brought by the little guy, and then took a few bites of the vegetables. He was only half full and didn't feel like eating any more.
"But you didn't eat much." Cheng An looked at the dishes on his table and picked up the chopsticks to pick up a piece of meat.
Seeing that he was going to feed him, Yinzhen took the bowl and took the piece of meat and said, "Fourth brother, eat it yourself."
After he said that, he picked up his chopsticks again, picked up some food and started eating.
When the little guy saw him start again, he turned to look at Yinqi.
Yinqi met his gaze and picked up the bowl consciously.
Cheng'an was satisfied then, and then continued to use chopsticks to help them pick up food.
Yinzhen looked at the pile of meat and vegetables he had taken from the bowl, with a look of helplessness in his eyes, and could only quickly feed them back to him.
The little guy was used to being fed on a daily basis, so when he saw the meat being brought to his mouth, he subconsciously ate it and didn't think there was anything wrong.
It was not until Yinzhen picked up a vegetable dish and fed it to him that he shook his head and said, "I don't want to eat this red radish..."
Upon hearing this, Yinzhen ate it himself.
But he said: "Cheng'an can't just eat meat without vegetables."
"Then I'll eat a chestnut."
As soon as the little guy finished speaking, Yinqi, who was standing next to him, picked up a chestnut and fed it to him.
After staying with Yinzhen and his group for a while, he soon ran to Yinzhen and his group.
After the little guy had walked around once, the food in each brother's bowl had piled up into a small mountain, and his own stomach had bulged slightly as his brothers fed him one bite at a time.
After Cheng'an had eaten his fill, he had even more free time and would stand beside Yinzhi to pick up food for him.
For a little one who loves to eat, even if he can’t eat anymore, he will be happy watching others eat, especially when these people are older brothers.
"You can't become fat by eating all at once. Cheng'an, let your brother eat another day." Yinzhi really couldn't eat anymore, and when he saw that he was still trying to pick up some food for himself, he hurriedly said.
Hearing this, the little fellow looked at the wine glass in his hand and asked in a baby voice, "Why is Brother Nada still able to drink?"
How can there be a banquet without wine? After the little guy grew up and could reason, the brothers no longer avoided him drinking.
"Drinking doesn't take up any space in your stomach..."
Before Yinzhi finished speaking, the little guy picked up a bowl of soup and handed it to him: "Brother, drink the soup~"
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