"Of course. Please rest assured, Your Majesty. I will change the blankets on the floor every three to five days." Rouwan replied with a smile.
"What kind of snack is this? It smells quite nice." Kangxi changed the subject.
"This is plum blossom cake. Xiaoliu likes sweet food. There is a new maid in my palace named Luwu. The desserts she makes are very suitable for Xiaoliu's taste."
"That's up to you. I remember you like sweet food, too."
"Your Majesty has a very good memory."
"Ah~" Yinzuo smelled the delicious snacks and wanted to reach out to grab them, but he was held by the Emperor's father and could not break free. He could only make a protesting little voice.
"Look at our Xiaoliu, you can't wait to eat, right? You just crawled on the ground, your hands are very dirty, ask someone to take you to wash them before eating."
Rouwan raised her hand to signal Xiaoliu's wet nurse, Madam Cheng, to come forward and carry him downstairs to wash their hands.
"Remember to wash Sixth Prince's hands with warm water and wash them thoroughly." As a mother, Rouwan always couldn't help but worry. Although she knew that Nanny Cheng was meticulous, she couldn't feel at ease because she wasn't watching over him in person.
The emperor is here now, and as a concubine, she naturally has to put the emperor first, serve him closely, and give him more instructions.
Kangxi saw that little Yinzuo was quite lively today and felt that his health should be better than before. It was time to choose a foster mother for him. He couldn't always be kept in Depin's palace. This was against the rules. Over time, it would inevitably attract criticism from the six palaces.
However, this matter still needs to be carefully considered and a decision can be made after consultation with the Empress Dowager. There is no rush.
When Yinzuo was brought in by Nanny Cheng, he found that his mother looked shy and couldn't help but sigh that it was still the emperor who knew how to do it.
In his previous life, my brother was about the same age as the emperor is now. He was good in every way except his love life. He was either busy at work or at home to accompany me. He was already in his twenties and had never been in a relationship, let alone bring my sister-in-law home for him to meet.
I wonder if my brother will make any progress in this life?
What Yinzuo didn't know was that Yinzhen was also a workaholic in this life. He spent more time reviewing memorials every day than his brother in his previous life spent at work. He was not very keen on going to the harem, and he only had a handful of sons. He was completely incomparable to his royal father, not even a fraction of his father's.
"Little Six is here. Come to your father's place and have some delicious snacks." Kangxi took the little guy and moved the plate of snacks in front of him so that he could take it easily.
"Ah!" Thank you, Father Emperor!
Yinzuo was still very polite at heart. After he thanked the customer, he grabbed a piece of dessert and started to eat it happily.
"I see that Xiaoliu eats like a rabbit. He is quite cute." Kangxi couldn't help but stretched out his finger to poke the little guy's cheeks that were bulging due to eating.
Yinzuo was not angry even though he was disturbed. He had a calm expression as long as it didn't affect his snacks.
"Xiao Liu has only grown the four middle teeth now. If you think about it this way, doesn't he look exactly like a rabbit? Your Majesty, don't just stare at him, try some too." The main reason was that if the emperor didn't eat, she couldn't eat it naturally. She just watched Xiao Liu eat with relish and she also felt greedy.
Kangxi looked at Depin opposite him meaningfully, and said with a smile: "Then I will try it too."
He did not expose Depin's true intention. Instead, he felt that even though Depin had given birth to two children for him, she was still the same as before. The gentle and quiet Depin was actually a little girlish in private, but others had no chance to see it, and Kangxi himself was happy to indulge her in this way.
Kangxi ate one piece and stopped eating. It was not that it was unpalatable, but it was indeed too sweet. However, he could not help but smile when he saw Depin opposite him and Xiaoliu in his arms enjoying the meal.
"Come closer to me."
Rouwan, who was a little confused, thought that the emperor had something to say, so she leaned on the table and looked at the emperor opposite with her beautiful eyes full of affection and confusion.
"You two really are mother and son. You have exactly the same habits when eating snacks, and there are also crumbs on your mouths." Kangxi said as he stretched out his hand and wiped the corners of Depin's mouth with his fingertips.
Rouwan's face turned red all of a sudden.
"Okay." Kangxi saw that Depin didn't dare to look at him, and then he chuckled.
Rouwan slowly sat back, lowered her head and wiped it again with her embroidered handkerchief.
Yin Zuo, who was sandwiched between the two of them and was forced to watch the whole process, couldn't help but say in his heart: Tsk tsk! Look, a master of love, this trick is still a killer even if it is put into hundreds of years, a plot straight out of an idol drama.
While no one was noticing him, he quietly took another piece of dessert, took a bite of the dessert in his hand with pleasure, nodded his head and added in his heart: I really want to drag my brother over to study and be influenced by him.
After finishing the snack in his hand, Yinzuo was driven out of his mother's bedroom. Nanny Cheng carried him back to the next room. After eating, he felt sleepy. Yinzuo yawned loudly and fell asleep soon.
In order to realize the goal of being able to find his brother independently as soon as possible, Yinzuo practiced crawling very diligently. Now he has mastered the key points of this movement and can crawl very quickly.
But he ignored the influence of the geographical environment. He couldn't get over the threshold at all, and there was no blanket outside. With his delicate skin, he would have been rubbed raw within a meter.
Now it's winter, and the imperial concubine doesn't allow his brother to go out casually, and his brother doesn't come to see him. He can only look outside and sigh. Why is it so difficult to see his brother?
Until the day of winter solstice.
It was also the first time that Yinzuo knew that the Winter Solstice was very important in the Qing court. It was known as one of the three major festivals, along with New Year's Day and the emperor's birthday. Not only did the emperor have to lead his ministers to the Circular Mound Altar to worship the sky, but the emperor himself had to fast for three days in advance.
A family banquet will also be held in the palace on the third evening, and all the concubines in the harem and the princes and princesses will be present.
Early in the morning, Yinzuo was woken up by his mother. After he was helped to take a bath in a daze, he changed into new clothes. Worried that the wind outside was too cold, his mother also put a hat with a white fur edge on him. Although it was also a tiger-head hat, it looked more like a kitten, very much like the lion cat kept in the imperial concubine's palace, especially when Yinzuo was crawling on the ground.
"If Xiaoliu could meow, he would look more like a kitten." Rouwan said to Lianxin beside her with a smile.
There were many people at the family dinner, so the dishes in the imperial kitchen were prepared in advance. By the time the eunuchs brought the food boxes, they were almost cold, so Yinzuo had dinner in advance. Now that he has teeth, he can eat softer food.
For example, what we had today was milky pumpkin soup with egg and minced meat.
Pumpkin is sweet to begin with, and adding milk gives it a hint of milky flavor. Yinzuo really enjoys eating it.
I don’t know what method the imperial kitchen used to make it, but the egg and meat were so tender that they gave people the illusion of melting in the mouth. Yinzuo also felt that it tasted very fragrant, as if it was stewed with chicken broth.
After finishing both small bowls, Yinzuo licked his lips with his tongue, feeling somewhat unsatisfied.
"Aiya~" I want to eat more~
Rouwan gently tapped his nose.
"You little greedy cat, you've already eaten so much, and you're still asking mom for more. Look at your belly, it's swollen so big, be careful it might burst!"
Of course Yinzuo knew that his mother was deliberately trying to scare him. If he ate too much, he would just have indigestion and feel a little uncomfortable.
He stretched out his two little hands, touched his belly, looked down, and found it was indeed quite round. So he decided not to eat any more, in case he felt uncomfortable after eating too much. His mother would get worried and ask the imperial physician to come, and he would have to take extremely bitter Chinese medicine for several days.
After sitting and playing with the tumbler he got from his brother for a while, Yinzuo was held by Nanny Cheng and followed his mother out the door.
Fortunately, my mother was a concubine and could ride in a sedan chair, so the mother and son did not have to walk in the cold winter wind. Yinzuo was held in his mother's arms and hidden under her cloak. He felt warm and comfortable. He even took a nap as the sedan chair swayed.
When they arrived at the place, they naturally had to get off the sedan chair. Yinzuo was blown by the cold wind and suddenly became as clear-headed as could be. He looked around with his eyes open.
The prince's seat was separate from those of the concubines, so Yinzuo was carried by Nanny Cheng to his seat, separated from his mother.
Of course the one sitting at the front was the Crown Prince. As soon as the Crown Prince saw him, he smiled at him, but Yinzuo shuddered. He still remembered the scene where the Crown Prince nonchalantly asked the eunuch beside him to fish in the dark.
But Yinzuo was a very polite person at heart, so he smiled back.
Crown Prince Yinreng thought to himself: Ah, my sixth brother smiled at me. He actually still remembered me, his brother. He must like me very much. If today wasn’t a family dinner, I would definitely hold him and play with him for a while. What a pity.
After Yinzuo finished laughing, he looked away, completely unaware that the prince seemed to be paying too much attention to him.
He found his brother at once. The princes were arranged in order of their seniority. Except for the crown prince at the front, the eldest prince and the third prince were next to him. His brother was sitting side by side with another prince who looked about the same age as himself, who should be the fifth prince. His position was right behind his brother.
"Aiya~" Brother misses you~
Yinzhen, who had originally stood straight with an expressionless face, subconsciously looked in his direction when he heard the little guy's voice.
"Madam Cheng, Xiaoliu's seat is behind me, please hold him and sit down."
Nanny Cheng quickly smiled and nodded. The Sixth Prince, whom she served, liked his biological brother the most, so she had also seen the Fourth Prince several times. The Fourth Prince was only two years old, but his articulation was so clear. She didn't know when the Sixth Prince would be able to learn to speak.
At the family dinner, the concubines competed with each other for beauty, and everyone's eyes were focused on them. Yinzhen, who had not been ignored so thoroughly in a long time, was a little absent-minded.
Suddenly, he felt an itch on his back, as if something was bothering him, and Yinzhen turned around subconsciously.
He saw little Yinzuo grinning at him, revealing his only four baby teeth.
Yinzhen felt warm in his heart and suddenly felt that there was nothing to worry about.
There were fresh tribute oranges on the princes' table. Yinzhen, who never liked to eat this, took one, peeled it, tore off half, and leaned sideways to feed a slice to the little guy behind him.
Sure enough, he immediately saw that the little guy's peach blossom eyes, which looked very much like his mother's, opened even wider, and the corners of Yinzhen's mouth rose almost imperceptibly.
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The millet that my brother fed me personally! Even if it’s sour, Yinzuo thinks it’s the best in the world~
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