A year has passed in the blink of an eye. This year, during the Spring Festival, Jiaming brought Xiao Hongjing to the palace.
As for Hongxuan, he went with Fourth Master.
Because it was the New Year, the tense atmosphere eased considerably.
This was the first time Xiao Hongjing had ever experienced such a lively New Year, and the little guy was extremely excited.
Upon seeing his father and brother, he couldn't help but get down and walk straight to the father and son.
Jiaming stopped him, and the little guy was extremely unhappy.
Seeing the little guy pouting and unhappy, Jiaming gently explained to him in a soft voice.
The little one is very sensible. After listening to his mother's explanation, he stopped being angry and stayed peacefully in his mother's arms.
A short while later, Su Peisheng arrived.
After Su Peisheng performed the proper courtesies, he said, "Your Majesty has instructed me to take the Fifth Prince over."
The princess consort beside him said, "The Fifth Prince is so young, will it be convenient to bring him along?"
Su Peisheng said respectfully, "With your servant here, Madam, you need not worry."
The princess thought about it and agreed. With servants around, any problems could be solved without bothering the master.
So he agreed, saying, "Then, Sister Guarjia, you can have the wet nurse hold Fifth Prince and let Su Peisheng take him over!"
Jiaming nodded, and as she handed Xiao Hongjing to the wet nurse, she whispered to the nurse to take good care of the Fifth Prince.
The wet nurse said, "Don't worry, Consort, this servant will take good care of the Fifth Prince."
As for Xiao Hongjing, before Jiaming could speak, he said in a childish voice, "Jingjing, good boy."
Jiaming patted the little guy's head and said, "Jing'er promised, so you have to keep your word!"
Xiao Hongjing nodded with a smile.
The little guy was quickly taken to Fourth Master's place. When he saw his familiar father and brother, his eyes lit up.
"Father, brother," the little guy originally wanted to call his brother after calling Fourth Master, but then he remembered what his mother had said before: when there are many people around, he shouldn't call his brother directly, but should call him "Fourth Pot".
Furthermore, when other older brothers are present, one cannot call them "elder brother" first; one must first call them "eldest brother," "third brother," and then "fourth brother."
But, as her mother said, Jingjing is still young and doesn't need to be so sensible. So, after the little guy rolled his eyes around, he called out in his childish voice, "Four pots!"
After shouting, the little guy looked at the eldest prince Honghui and the third prince Hongshi, and then continued to shout, "Big brother, third brother."
The Fourth Master, who was called first, nodded in response, "Yes!"
Hongxuan, who was called the second, noticed his younger brother's eyes darting around and then heard his brother call his name. He immediately understood his brother's little scheme.
He couldn't help but smirk, but he liked his cunning younger brother.
Hongxuan gave Hongjing a bright and warm smile and replied, "Fifth Brother!"
The last two princes, the eldest prince Honghui and the third prince Hongshi, had very different expressions.
Honghui didn't mind at all that his fifth brother called out "Four Pots" first. In his opinion, his fifth brother had just had his first birthday celebration, how old was he? It was already good enough that he could recognize people and call them out, let alone expect such a young child to know about seniority and hierarchy!
So he was very tolerant. However, the third prince, Hongshi, was very unhappy that the younger prince, Hongjing, called him "fourth brother" before calling him "elder brother."
Upon seeing this, Hongxuan couldn't help but scoff at Hongshi's pettiness in his heart, but on the surface, he sincerely apologized for his younger brother Hongjing's rudeness.
The eldest prince, Honghui, quickly waved his hand and said, "Fifth brother is still young and doesn't know anything about etiquette. Ignorance is no excuse!"
At this point, Honghui turned to look at Hongshi and said, "Don't you agree, Third Brother?"
Hongshi: "...Big brother is right." Even so, you could still hear the reluctance in his voice.
Where Hongshi couldn't see, Hongxuan gave the eldest prince Honghui a look that said "Well done".
Honghui smiled knowingly, accepting Hongxuan's praise.
The Fourth Prince glanced at his sons, then gave the Third Prince Hongshi a heavy look.
I was a little annoyed. How could the third brother be so clueless? The fifth brother is so tiny, what could he possibly understand? It's just that I didn't call him first, what's there to be upset about?
That's fine, but even if you're unhappy, don't show it so obviously!
After Hongxuan had won over his third brother Hongshi, he couldn't help but walk over to his adorable younger brother.
After getting to his side, she tugged at her younger brother Hongjing's little finger.
Little Hongjing couldn't help but hook his little finger back, and Hongxuan smiled knowingly. Then, he gestured to the nanny to put his younger brother down.
The wet nurse was worried. After all, it was the palace, with many rules, and the little prince was always lively. What if… But, although the fourth prince was young, he was capable of making decisions when he was in the Prince's residence.
But then she remembered that this wasn't the Prince's residence, but the palace. The wet nurse was unsure again and couldn't help but look to the Fourth Prince, who could make the decision.
Fourth Master nodded, agreeing to Hongxuan's instructions.
The wet nurse placed Hongjing on the ground, and little Hongjing stood steadily on his own without needing anyone to support him.
Hongxuan reached out and took Hongjing's chubby little hand, saying, "Come on, come with your fourth brother, your fourth brother will sit with you."
As she spoke, she took little Hongjing's hand and followed behind her eldest brother Honghui, along with her third brother Hongshi, to the place where the young imperial grandsons were gathered.
Upon arrival, Hongxuan bowed, and little Hongjing obediently followed suit.
After exchanging greetings, Hongxuan introduced his cousins to his younger brother.
To Hongxuan, they were all his cousins, but to Xiao Hongjing, they were all his older cousins.
Those younger than him didn't feel as comfortable as his father, letting him come along to celebrate the New Year with his cousins.
The little guy is very well-behaved. Hongxuan says this is what kind of older brother he is, so he calls him that.
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