Cheng'an stayed in Xian'an Palace for most of the day and did not leave until the afternoon. When he came back, he brought the suction cup with him.
Palace of Heavenly Purity.
When Kangxi saw him come back with a cup in his arms, he called him over to see his cup.
"Brother will give it to An'an." Cheng'an told him.
Kangxi thought of the jade ring he brought back from Yinzhi and the cup he brought back from Yinreng, and felt that he did not return empty-handed.
"Father, drink it." Cheng An said after taking his sipper from him.
Kangxi knew him very well and knew at a glance that he was not really thirsty at all, but just wanted to drink water for fun.
But in order to prevent him from making a fuss, someone was asked to bring a kettle to pour him some water.
As soon as there was water in the cup, Cheng An immediately lowered his head and drank it. After finishing it, his face was full of smiles, as if what he drank was not water but honey.
"Father, drink it." He probably really liked this cup. After taking two sips of water, he raised the cup to share it with Kangxi.
Kangxi was not thirsty and had no interest in the cup in his hand. Seeing that he was trying to bring the cup to his mouth, he pretended to take a sip and then pushed the cup back.
He had other things to do next and had no time to take care of Cheng'an, so he let him play in the side hall by himself.
The little one loves playing with water, and it will be even more amazing with a cup like this.
When Kangxi was not around, no one could control him. They could only let him hold the cup of water and drink from it while playing, and at most they had to make sure that he didn't spill water on himself.
The little guy also knows how to play. At first, he kept drinking. When he couldn't drink anymore, he blew bubbles into the water. As the bubbles rose in the cup, at first glance, you might think that the bubbles were spit out by the little fish at the bottom of the cup.
He had a great time, and the whole hall was filled with his clear laughter.
Hearing his laughter, the servants in the hall all felt much better.
It was a rare day that Cheng'an didn't sleep at Yinreng's place. He had to be coaxed back by Yinreng just now. Now he started to feel sleepy while playing.
Children have this ability. They can be having fun one moment and fall asleep the next.
There were many people serving him, so they immediately noticed when he nodded his head, carefully took the cup from his arms, and gently helped him lie down.
He slept through dinner and when he woke up it was already dark outside.
Kangxi, who had finished all his work, was practicing calligraphy at his desk. When he learned that he had woken up, he immediately ordered someone to bring him dinner.
"Father." The little guy who just woke up was a little coquettish. When he saw Kangxi, he immediately reached out for him to hug him.
Kangxi sat down beside the couch and held the man in his arms, patting his back and waiting for him to slowly wake up, then signaled for someone to bring him dinner.
Smelling the aroma of the food, the little guy couldn't help but raise his head, then leaned in his arms and started eating very obediently.
Whenever this happened, Kangxi felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction in his heart, probably because he felt it was so good to have such a son.
After feeding the man, Kangxi probably felt that he had eaten a little late today, so he took him out for a walk in the corridor.
After the little fellow had eaten and drunk his fill, he became energetic again. He walked happily beside him for a while, then pointed to the sky and said, "Ama, look!"
"That's the moon." Kangxi looked in the direction of his little hand and saw a crescent moon.
The little guy followed and said: "Ah...Yueya..."
"The moon--" Seeing that he was interested, Kangxi simply picked him up and took him to watch the moon.
"moon……"
The father and son leisurely admired the moon at the door for a while before returning to the hall.
Kangxi had already bathed before he woke up, and now all he had to do was watch him wash up.
The little water-loving kid took the opportunity to play with the water for a while, then washed himself clean and fragrant, and lay on the couch in his pajamas.
Kangxi used a dry towel to dry his hair, which had grown longer, then he hugged him and half-leaned on the couch to read to him.
Before, he would read whatever he wanted, but as he gained more experience, he would pick out content that the little one was interested in.
For example, what he was reading at this time were some fables from "Zhuangzi". Of course, if he wanted the little ones to understand, he had to explain it again in his own words after reading the original text.
"Hui Zi is the prime minister of Liang... His name is Yuan Chu..."
Cheng An listened carefully, and after a while he remembered his sipping cup and immediately asked for a drink of water.
The servants beside him didn't dare to let him be thirsty, so they quickly filled his cup with water and brought it to him.
"...The phoenix flew over its head. The hawk quickly protected the rotten rat and raised its head and said: 'Scared!'..."
While Cheng'an was drinking water from the cup, Kangxi continued speaking.
After he finished speaking, he lowered his head to see if his son understood what he had said, and saw the little guy open his mouth and imitated: "Scared!"
In the story of the owl and the young phoenix, the owl was obviously the one being ridiculed. Kangxi never expected that this little guy would learn something else but this one. He knocked on his head in anger and amusement: "Do you have a rotten rat too?"
It was not known whether the little guy understood or not. He just kept laughing at him while covering his forehead.
After telling the bedtime story, seeing that it was getting late, Kangxi prepared to take him to rest.
"Do you want to drink the water? If not, put the cup down."
When Cheng An heard his words, he lowered his head and drank the remaining water in the cup in one big gulp.
Kangxi waited for him to finish drinking and had someone take the cup from his hand, then took him to the inner room.
At dawn the next day, Cheng'an gave his father a big surprise - a cool early summer meal.
It's not that Kangxi trusted him too much, but the little guy was indeed different from ordinary children. After he was born, he would express his needs through shouting and actions. So this was the first time he wet the bed after growing up.
Kangxi didn't react at first. He just felt a little cold in a daze. After a moment, he suddenly realized that something was wrong and woke up immediately.
When he sat up and saw the wet spot on the bed, there was nothing he didn't understand.
He was awakened by the dampness, but the culprit was still sleeping soundly, which made him angry and amused.
"Someone come here." Kangxi called for help and carried him out from the wet area.
After hearing the order, Liang Jiugong stepped forward and pulled open the bed curtain. He was surprised for a moment when he saw the scene on the bed: Oh, why did the little prince wet the bed?
In fact, it is not normal for a child of this age to wet the bed, but it is surprising now because he has never wet the bed before.
At this time, Cheng'an, who was moved to the bed by Kangxi, also woke up. After opening his eyes, he felt wet behind his buttocks.
Seeing him stretch out his little hand to touch back, Kangxi quickly grabbed his hand and pulled off his wet pants.
"Look at what you have done." Kangxi lifted up the trouser legs and shook them in front of him before throwing the wet trousers down.
Cheng'an seemed to begin to realize something, and after blinking twice, he showed an innocent expression.
Kangxi did not let him go, pointing to the "map" on the bed and asking, "Who drew this?"
"No, An An." He said in a baby voice.
Seeing that he was still denying it, Kangxi laughed and said, "If it's not you, then it must be me?"
The little guy didn't say anything else, but tilted his head with an expression that said "it's not him anyway", but his little eyes couldn't help but secretly glance at the "map".
Encountering such a thing early in the morning somewhat affected Kangxi's mood, but considering his age, it was not easy to blame him, especially seeing that although he did not admit it on the surface, he was actually a little shy.
Kangxi himself was also wet, and while he ordered people to help Cheng'an wash and change clothes, he hurried downstairs to tidy up.
When the father and son changed their clothes, they also put the bedding back on the bed.
After this little episode when he got up, Cheng'an behaved extraordinarily well-behaved afterwards. Seeing him like this, Kangxi softened his heart and touched his head and told him that it was no big deal before going to the morning court.
Children's memories are sometimes very short. When Kangxi came back from court, the little guy had forgotten about wetting the bed in the morning and ran up to him very energetically, saying that he wanted to see Da Ge.
Seeing that he was talking about Yinzhi again, Kangxi was quite speechless.
Kangxi wanted to ignore him, so he just went about his business.
However, he underestimated Cheng'an's persistence, especially since he was now able to walk and run, and Kangxi couldn't even hide from him.
After being nagging him from morning till afternoon, Kangxi finally gave in, but still did not agree to let him leave the palace. Instead, he said, "Not today. Your fourth brother will come back to see you later."
As for whether Yinzhen will come or not, that is just a matter of his words.
Of course, in fact, Yinzhen will indeed go to the palace later because Kangxi has something to ask him.
When Cheng'an heard that his fourth brother was coming to see him, he finally calmed down.
There’s nothing I can do. They are all brothers. I can’t just ignore Fourth Brother just because he wants to learn flying from Da Ge.
Seeing that he had finally calmed down, Kangxi said, "Father Huang has something else to do. Please go to the side hall and wait for your fourth brother."
"Yeah." Cheng'an nodded and obediently took his people to the side hall.
Not long after he entered the side hall, Yinzhen came into the palace as expected.
When he arrived at the Palace of Heavenly Purity, a eunuch came up to greet him and said, "Your Majesty has something else to do, so I asked you to go and see the young prince first."
Yinzhen nodded and followed him to the side hall.
In the side hall, Cheng An was playing with a nine-linked ring while glancing at the door from time to time. When he finally saw his fourth brother, he immediately jumped up happily, "Brother!"
When Yinzhen saw him, his originally cold face instantly became a little warmer.
Cheng'an is really a clingy person, and a likable clingy person, so much so that when Yinzhen, who is originally more introverted, sees him, his first reaction is to reach out and hug him.
There was no way. Habit told him that the little one would pounce on him even if he didn't hold her. In that case, he might as well take the initiative.
Although they had just met on the day of the first month of the lunar calendar, Cheng An acted as if he hadn't seen him for a long time. He put his arms around his neck and rubbed his face against his, calling softly, "Brother~"
After this series of actions, Yinzhen didn't show it on his face, but his heart was melting a little, and he even regretted that he came too hastily and couldn't bring him anything.
After holding him and sitting on the couch, Yinzhen naturally took the nine-ring chain from his hand and untied it for him to see.
Cheng'an liked watching him solve the Nine Rings, and he watched it quite seriously. However, when he heard the crisp sound of the Nine Rings colliding, a vague scene suddenly emerged in his mind.
That was when he was still in the egg. He seemed to hear a similar collision sound coming from outside the egg, and someone told him that they would solve the Nine Links for him when he came out...
When he thought of the little egg, he remembered his identity as a dragon, as well as his dragon horns and dragon tail.
The last time he asked Kangxi, Kangxi thought he was just talking nonsense. When he was told that he had no tail, he started crying and simply coaxed him into telling him that he would have a tail when he grew up.
Cheng An thought that although he was still young, his brother was already that big and must have a tail, so he looked up at him.
"What's wrong?" Yinzhen noticed his gaze and asked while continuing to solve the Nine Rings.
He could finally explain the tail clearly now, so he said: "Brother, look at the tail."
Yinzhen could understand these words individually, but he couldn't understand them when they were put together.
"What tail?"
"Brother, tug on your tail!" Cheng An stretched out his little hands and twisted them behind his back, saying, "Dragon's tail~"
Yinzhen was afraid that he would fall to the ground, so he quickly stopped what he was doing and hugged him.
After understanding his words in his mind, Yinzhen felt a little puzzled, but thinking that he was young after all, it was normal for him to have some wild ideas, so he patiently explained: "We are humans, not dragons, and humans don't have tails."
"Elong." Cheng'an frowned when he heard his words, and pointed at himself and then at him, "An'an Long, Brother Long!"
Yinzhen didn't know why he thought so, and was a little amused and helpless for a moment.
He guessed that someone might have accidentally said something like "Dragon Son" and caused the little guy to misunderstand, so he patiently explained.
When Cheng'an heard his brother say seriously that they were not dragons and did not have tails, he felt that it was obviously true and he burst into tears.
Yinzhen didn't expect him to cry. He was usually calm even when faced with a catastrophe, but now he showed a little panic. He shook him subconsciously and tried to comfort him: "Tell Fourth Brother if you have anything to say. Don't cry..."
It would have been better if he didn't coax her, but when he did, Cheng'an cried even louder.
When Kangxi finished his work and came over, he heard his crying from afar.
Because Cheng'an didn't like to cry, he didn't react for a moment when he heard it. After he reacted, he immediately quickened his pace and walked towards the side hall.
As soon as Kangxi came in, he saw his youngest son crying with his face red, and Yinzhen was holding him and trying to comfort him in a hurry.
Seeing that the child hadn't stopped crying after he had coaxed him for a long time, Kangxi took a few big steps over to take the child over and asked, "Why is Cheng'an crying?"
Yinzhen didn't know why he was crying, so he quickly bowed and stood aside, hoping that his father could coax him into peace.
However, Cheng'an was so sad that he felt nothing even when he was in Kangxi's arms and kept crying.
This was the first time Kangxi had seen him cry like this since he was a child. He felt distressed and said, "Did your fourth brother bully you? I will punish him for you!"
When Cheng An heard this, he stopped crying instantly, and then said in a sobbing voice: "No, brother..."
When he was in the egg, his brothers once said that when he came out, they would teach him to fly, take him to eat delicious food and have fun, and protect him. So he also wanted to protect his brothers, so how could he let Ama punish him.
Seeing that he couldn't stop crying, but spoke up to defend himself when he heard the emperor father said he was going to punish him, Yinzhen felt warm in his heart.
Kangxi felt a little jealous when he saw Yinzhen defending him even after he made him cry, but when he saw that he started to sob again after he finished speaking, he quickly said, "Then stop crying. If you cry again, I will punish your fourth brother."
When the little guy heard this, he stopped crying immediately. He closed his mouth and stretched out his little hand to wipe his tears.
He has fair skin, and his eyes, nose and cheeks turn red when he cries. Now he is wiping his tears by himself, looking so pitiful.
Liang Jiugong waved his hand and asked someone to bring a basin of water over, then he personally wrung out a handkerchief and handed it over.
Kangxi took it and carefully wiped his face, his voice unconsciously lowered: "You, why are you crying?"
"Brother...Brother..."
Seeing that he couldn't help but hiccup while speaking, Yinzhen simply spoke for him: "Just now he..."
After hearing the whole story, Kangxi couldn't help but remember the last time he asked himself about his tail. When he said he had no tail, he immediately burst into tears.
Who on earth was talking nonsense to this child?
Kangxi was a little suspicious of Yin'e, but this was not the time to pursue the matter, so he had to appease him first: "Your fourth brother was just teasing you. Cheng'an has a tail, and your brothers also have tails."
Yinzhen's lips moved slightly when he heard this, but when he saw the little guy's eyes suddenly brightened up as if they were washed by water because of his words, he thought it would be a good idea to coax him along with his words, because he would understand when he grows up.
Thinking of this, he nodded to confirm Kangxi's words.
After listening to his father's words and seeing his brother nod, Cheng'an finally became happy again.
The little fellow who cried and laughed at the same time finally calmed down after his last hiccup. He said with a bit of crying in his voice: "Brother's tail... look..."
It's easy to coax him with words, but how can Yinzhen turn a tail into something to show him now? He can't help but look at his royal father.
Kangxi was worthy of being an emperor, and he could easily deceive people by saying, "You can't show your tail to others casually, otherwise your fourth brother will be upset."
No matter what he said, Yinzhen just nodded in affirmation.
Cheng An blinked in confusion, but he didn't want to make his brother feel bad, so he didn't ask to see the tail again.
But he still couldn't forget what Yinzhen said before, so he couldn't help but ask again: "An An, tail?"
"Yes, you will see it when you grow up." Kangxi stroked his little face and coaxed him.
Hearing his father's affirmative tone, Cheng'an finally felt relieved.
Perhaps because he was exhausted from crying just now, he drank two sips of water from Kangxi's hand and soon fell asleep leaning on Kangxi.
The little guy's eyelids looked a little red after he fell asleep. Yinzhen couldn't help but lower his voice and asked, "Father, who is talking nonsense to Cheng'an?"
Yinzhen felt somewhat unhappy, thinking that someone was taking advantage of his younger brother's young age to fool him and even making him believe in something as ridiculous as he was a dragon.
Kangxi shook his head to signal him not to speak for the time being. After carefully placing the little guy who was already asleep in his arms on the couch, he waved to him to leave with him.
After the father and son came to the main hall, Kangxi said, "Don't worry about who taught him. Next time, just follow his words and coax him. He will understand when he grows up."
It can only be said that Cheng'an is lucky to have come at a good time. If it were the young Kangxi, when he heard his son say such outrageous words, he would definitely make him face the reality without thinking twice, instead of coaxing him like he does now.
"Yes." Yinzhen thought of his brother crying just now and agreed with this decision very much.
After finishing the private matters, Kangxi, who had summoned him today for other matters, started talking to him about serious matters.
After the business was over and Yinzhen left, Kangxi's mind flashed with the image of his youngest son crying, and he suddenly became angry.
Of course, his emotions were obviously not directed at Cheng An, but at the person who misled Cheng An.
"Tell Yin'e to come and see me."
The Qianqing Palace was the place with the strictest rules in the palace. Kangxi was sure that no one in his palace would be so bold, so he still thought that it could only be Yin'e.
It's not unfair for Yin'e to take the blame, since Cheng'an learned several of his bad habits from him.
When Yin'e heard that his father had ordered him to enter the palace, he naturally did not dare to delay, and soon he arrived at the Qianqing Palace.
"Your son pays respects to the Emperor."
When Kangxi saw him, he asked directly, "What do you talk to Cheng'an about all day?"
When Yin'e heard this, his heart skipped a beat, wondering if something he said unintentionally was remembered by Cheng'an and then passed on to the emperor's ears.
Even though he had tried his best to be careful about his words and actions in front of Cheng'an after being punished before, he couldn't guarantee that he had never said anything out of line, so he directly pleaded guilty: "Father, please forgive me."
When Kangxi saw him apologizing, he immediately scolded him: "You said you..."
At first, Yin'e lowered his head and listened to the lecture obediently. As he listened, he suddenly felt that something was wrong - it was wrong. When did I tell Cheng'an that he was a dragon and that he had a tail? I'm not mentally ill. How could I tell him this and make him believe it...
After making sure that he had not told him this, when Kangxi's scolding paused for a moment, Yin'e quickly spoke to defend himself: "Your Majesty, I have never told Cheng'an that he is a dragon."
Seeing that he had just been apologizing and now denied it, Kangxi looked a little suspicious.
"I may have been careless when speaking in front of Cheng'an, but I wouldn't go to such lengths to try to trick him. If you don't believe me, you can ask him in person." After making sure that it was none of his business, Yin'e immediately felt more confident.
Yin'e thought about what the emperor father had just said. Cheng'an believed that he was a dragon and thought that they were dragons too. He started crying when his fourth brother denied it. He was also a little angry and felt that the person who lied to him was really bored and deserved a beating.
Kangxi looked at him, and after making sure that he was telling the truth, there was some confusion in his eyes. He couldn't believe that anyone would do such a thing.
But since it was not him, Kangxi did not keep him any longer and waved his hand for him to leave.
After Yin'e heaved a sigh of relief, he thought of what the Emperor had just said about his brother crying, and couldn't help but say, "I want to go see Cheng'an."
Perhaps because he had just been scolded for nothing, Kangxi was very easy to talk to at this moment and agreed directly.
"I'll take my leave."
It is natural for a father to scold his son, not to mention that Kangxi was both a father and an emperor. Yin'e had been scolded by him more than once or twice, and this time it was a misunderstanding, so he didn't take it to heart at all.
After he stepped out of the main hall, he immediately went to the side hall. He felt a little happy at the thought that he would see his younger brother today.
However, when he entered the side hall and saw his brother sleeping on the couch with a slight redness around his eyes, he suddenly felt distressed.
"It's just a tail. If there's no tail, there's no tail. Why are you crying?" Yin'e reached out and touched his little face and said softly.
"Brother... Tail..."
I don’t know if it was because he felt the itch on his face, but the little guy who was still sleeping reached out and grabbed the finger that disturbed his sweet dream, and said softly.
Yin'e bent down and listened carefully for a while before he could hear clearly. Seeing that he was still thinking about his tail in his dream, he felt helpless for a moment.
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