Yinzuo, holding an orange peel in his mouth, stared at Yinzhen blankly. He felt that his action was so familiar. In the past, his brother often peeled oranges and fed him to eat, especially when he was sick or unhappy. At first glance, it seemed as if the brother who used to dote on him had returned again.
He took a bite subconsciously, and the sour orange juice almost killed him. The facial features on his little face suddenly squeezed together, and tears overflowed.
Yinzhen was a little stunned. He looked at the orange in his hand, threw it on the table, and told Xiaoliu's wet nurse, "I have never tasted this orange, so I don't know it is sour. Madam, give Yinzuo some warm water."
"Hey! Sixth Prince, spit out the orange in your mouth!" Nanny Cheng whispered to Yinzuo.
While shedding tears, Yinzuo insisted on eating the orange that his brother had just fed him.
Kangxi, who was sitting in his seat, somehow saw what was happening here, so he frowned and asked, "What's wrong with Xiaoliu? Why are you crying? Are you feeling unwell?"
Nanny Cheng quickly stood up from her seat while holding the Sixth Prince, and knelt down to answer.
"Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince just ate a piece of the tribute orange on the table. It tasted so sour and astringent. He couldn't stand the pungent taste and started crying. I wanted him to spit out the piece, but he refused and just kept eating it."
Yinzuo opened his big tearful eyes and gave the emperor father a huge smile. The oranges were fed by his brother, and it would be bad if the emperor father blamed his brother, so he smiled. Once the emperor father was happy, the matter could be resolved without involving his brother.
After Kangxi learned the truth, he couldn't help laughing out loud.
"I told you to be greedy."
"Is this Xiaoliu? Bring him here and let me see him." The Empress Dowager also became interested in this smiling great-grandson.
The concubines, who had remained calm just now, suddenly focused their attention on the Sixth Prince. Could it be that the Sixth Prince had caught the eye of the Empress Dowager?
Su Malagu went over personally and took little Yinzuo from Nanny Cheng's hands. At first, Su Malagu was a little worried that the little prince would be shy and cry, but she never expected that he would smile the whole time in her arms and look very well-behaved.
"Look, Empress Dowager, the Sixth Prince is not shy about strangers."
The Empress Dowager saw that the little guy had tears in his eyes but was still smiling when he saw her, and she immediately felt that he was pitiful and cute.
"I am your Ukuma Mama. Look at our little six's lovely appearance. Ukuma Mama, wipe our little six's tears."
"Aiya~" Thank you Ukuma~
"Empress Dowager, the Sixth Prince is calling you!" Su Malagu said with a smile.
"Really? Xiaoliu is almost nine months old, right? I remember he was born in February."
Kangxi nodded and replied with a smile: "The Empress Dowager has a good memory. She was born on the fifth day of the second month."
Concubine Yi was indignant. In what way was her Yinqi inferior to the sickly Sixth Prince born to Concubine De?
"Sixth Prince can't speak yet? Although Yinqi is only two months older than Sixth Prince, he can already call people. I remember that his elder brothers could speak very early, but Sixth Prince... However, Sixth Prince was born weak, which is normal. But the orange just now was obviously very sour, and Sixth Prince didn't know how to spit it out. Why do I feel that Sixth Prince is born stupid?"
The smile on Depin's face, who was sitting right below Yipin, gradually faded. Yipin was stepping on her Xiaoliu to carry the Fifth Prince's sedan chair. Not only did she secretly sneer at her Xiaoliu's frailty, she also mocked him for being born stupid.
The smug smile on Concubine Yi's face did not last long, and the Sixth Prince above her seemed to understand what she had just said.
"Ying~Wu~~" Yinzuo was speechless. Although he was angry, he could not argue with Concubine Yi, so he used the trick he learned from his father's mistress.
Xiaoliu, who always loved to laugh, had huge tears in his eyes, his nose was red, his eyes were red, and his two little fists were clenched tightly. He cried aggrievedly, and it was not the annoying howling of ordinary babies, but the kind of sobbing that came in a twitching and very quiet voice.
The Empress Dowager and Su Malagu were both extremely distressed.
"Don't cry, don't cry, Sixth Prince, don't cry."
"Look at how aggrieved this child is. He must have understood what Concubine Yi said just now. I think Xiaoliu is not only not stupid, but also very smart. He understands everything the adults said. Your Majesty, please take a look."
The Empress Dowager's seat was just to Kangxi's right. Kangxi could see it clearly when he turned his head. The tears and grievances on the little girl's face were obvious.
Before he could scold Concubine Yi for going too far, he heard a childish voice ringing in his ears.
"…Gege~" Yinzuo is not speechless! He just didn't say it. He originally wanted to give his brother a surprise in private.
The prince's eyes lit up. Was Xiaoliu calling him? Regardless of whether he was calling him or not, he was still one of Xiaoliu's brothers. This brother sounded really nice. I had to find a way to get Xiaoliu to call him that in private, the prince thought to himself.
"This child actually spoke! He called...brother? Su Malagu, did I hear it right?" asked the Empress Dowager in surprise.
"Yes, I heard it just now, it was you who called me, brother."
Kangxi was not happy. The first sentence that Xiaoliu learned was not "Father Emperor", but "Brother"? Although he knew that the little guy liked his fourth brother the most, he was still not very happy.
Similarly, Depin who was sitting below was not so happy either. She felt very disappointed that Xiaoliu was not the first one to learn to call her mother.
At this time, Kangxi and Depin were both dissatisfied with Yipin, the culprit of this incident.
But Concubine Yi, who was slapped in the face, was still not very happy.
"How did Depin teach Sixth Prince privately? Why can't Sixth Prince call Emperor Father, but has learned to call others first?"
After all, Yinzhen was a mature adult inside. He was worried that the emperor would be dissatisfied with Xiaoliu because Xiaoliu called him brother first, so he stood up.
"Father, Yinzuo is very smart. Concubine Yi just said he was stupid because it was her son who fed him the orange. Xiaoliu was afraid that her son would be unhappy so she insisted on eating it. That's what Xiaoliu wanted to say, so she accidentally said the word brother."
"Little Four is quite eloquent. They are all born to Depin, and brothers are connected by heart. I believe that this is what Little Six wanted to say, right, Xiao Liu?" The Empress Dowager felt that Yipin had gone too far just now, and she felt sorry for the little one in her arms, so she spoke up.
Unexpectedly, little Yinzuo actually nodded seriously, as if he agreed with what she had just said.
"Yeah~" That's right~
Kangxi thought about it and felt that the word "brother" was indeed easier to call than the three words "Emperor Father". If Depin intended to teach Xiaoliu, it would not be necessary. If she wanted to teach, it would be more reasonable to teach him to call her mother.
"Yipin was drunk, so it was inevitable that she lost her temper. I know it was not intentional on the part of Depin. Well, we have invited a troupe of actors from outside to the palace today. The Empress Dowager loves to watch plays, so why not let them start?"
When the concubines looked at Yipin with mocking eyes, Yipin felt even more ashamed. She had lost to a nine-month-old baby today! Depin was indeed a good man. Not only did she quietly take away the emperor's favor, but she also taught her two sons to be so eloquent!
The Grand Empress Dowager smiled and said nothing. She knew that the Emperor was intentionally protecting Concubine Yi, so she reprimanded her in a light tone: she was old and her grandson was grown up, so just let him go.
"Would you please peel some sweet tangerines for Xiaoliu?"
After saying that, he personally picked one from the fruit plate in front of him, peeled it himself, and tasted a small piece in advance.
"This is sweet. Come on, Xiaoliu, open your mouth."
Yinzuo's big watery eyes were filled with an innocent and pure smile. He opened his little mouth and took the orange slices, which were indeed sweet. His little mouth bulged up and down, which was very interesting to watch.
After eating, he took the initiative to pull Ukuma's hand.
"Aiya~" I want to eat more~
The Empress Dowager smiled and said to Su Malagu, "Look, this little fellow is really smart. He knows that what I have is sweet, and he still knows to ask me for more."
"That's right. The Sixth Prince is not only intelligent, but also very close to the Empress Dowager."
Throughout the evening, the Empress Dowager's mind was not on the stage at all. Instead, she was busy feeding her little great-grandson and making him laugh. When she saw that he was tired from playing and yawned, she asked Su Malagu to send him back to Concubine De.
"The child is sleepy. Let Depin take him home first. It's very cold at night and the child is weak. Don't let him get sick from the cold."
"Yes, I will tell Concubine De right away."
When Su Malagu personally carried the Sixth Prince over, Concubine De immediately stood up.
"Madam Depin, the Sixth Prince is sleepy. The Empress Dowager wants you to take the Sixth Prince back to the palace to rest first. You don't have to sit with him. I will tell the Emperor on your behalf."
"Yes, I hope Su Malagu can thank the Empress Dowager for taking care of Yinzuo on my behalf."
Su Malagu smiled and said nothing more. The Empress Dowager did not favor any concubine, nor did she intend to let any concubine get close to the Cining Palace.
Yinzuo fell into a deep sleep and no one knew what happened afterwards. However, the next day, Yonghe Palace received a lot of rewards from the emperor, which seemed to be compensation for the grievances suffered by the mother and son last night.
She thanked with a smile, and after the people in the imperial court left, the expression on Depin's face became indifferent.
"Put them all away."
Lian Xin took a look at the pair of exquisite gold hairpins inlaid with huge gemstones in her hands and asked tentatively: "Madam, don't you want to try this pair of gold hairpins? I think they are very beautiful."
"No need for that. I'll keep it and give it to someone else later." She didn't want to wear out this reward that she had received because her little Liu had suffered injustice.
"Ahhh~" Good morning, mom~
Just at this time, Yinzuo was brought in by Nanny Cheng.
A gentle smile appeared on Rouwan's face.
"Come, mother, hug Xiaoliu."
Yinzuo grinned and stretched out his little arms to his mother. After leaning on her shoulders, he saw that the jewelry box that Lianxin was holding contained two very heavy gold hairpins.
"Awoo~" It's so beautiful~
"Xiaoliu likes it?" Rouwan smiled and motioned Lianxin to take one of them out for Xiaoliu to play with.
Yinzuo grabbed the golden hairpin, stuck out his tongue, and tried to put it on his mother's head, but he didn't know where to start. A woman's hair bun was too complicated for him, and he had no idea where to put it.
"Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince seems to want to put this golden hairpin on you." Aunt Qing said with a smile.
Rouwan looked surprised and asked, "Is that true? Then Aunt Qing, please help Xiaoliu put it on for me."
"Hey." Aunt Qing stepped forward and put on both gold hairpins for her queen.
Yinzuo was very happy when he saw his beautiful mother, and he clapped his hands.
“Hehehe~”
Rouwan smiled and raised her hand to gently stroke the golden hairpin on her head, and asked the cheerful little girl in front of her: "Is mother pretty?"
"Ah, ah~" My mother is the most beautiful~
Rouwan's previous depression disappeared completely, and she covered her mouth and chuckled.
"You are so sweet-talking. You know at such a young age that women look good with gold hairpins. If you become as romantic as your father in the future, I'm afraid I will have to prepare more for you in advance."
Lianxin smiled and closed the empty jewelry box. It seemed that the pair of gold hairpins did not need to be given away. The Sixth Prince liked to see the Empress wearing them.
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