While Concubine De was worried about which palace Xiaoliu would be moved to, she had to wait until the fifth day of February before the emperor gave the exact order.
Little Yinzuo turned one year old on this day.
In this case, the one-year-old ceremony must be arranged. Fortunately, all matters have been prepared in advance by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so Depin does not have to worry about it herself.
"Has the Xipan been delivered?" Depin, who was dressing up, asked softly.
"It was delivered last night. Since the queen was playing with the Sixth Prince, I kept it." Aunt Qing replied.
"I'm confident you can do this. Before the Sixth Prince's birthday celebration, please check everything inside carefully to prevent any bad things from getting in."
The purpose of the Zhuazhou ceremony is to examine the temperament and future aspirations of the prince. There are regulations on what can be put in the tray used by the prince, which is different from that used by the princess. If someone deliberately puts something that shouldn't be in it, it will definitely ruin Xiaoliu's reputation.
"Yes, I am being cautious."
Not only was Yinzuo forced to get up early, but he was also dressed up like a small red envelope. He felt a little uncomfortable and he couldn't help but tug at his clothes.
The Zhou-Zhua ceremony begins at the hour of Mao, which is an auspicious time set by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory.
After the ladies of each palace arrived, they all gathered around the Sixth Prince and chatted and laughed. Everyone who came in gave him a gift, so Yinzuo insisted on doing business, allowing the ladies of the various palaces to touch him and tease him, always with a lovely smile on his face.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!" the eunuch outside the palace announced loudly.
Crown Prince Yinreng, dressed in apricot-yellow crown prince's formal attire, strode in, followed by two attendants holding gifts.
The concubines were whispering.
"Why is the prince here? I haven't heard that he has any relationship with Yonghe Palace?"
"I don't know. Depin has never liked to show off. Maybe they have dealt with each other in private."
"Last time, didn't the prince also send a basket of tribute oranges to the Sixth Prince?"
"That's true."
The prince passed by all the concubines and went straight to stand before his sixth brother's biological mother.
"I am so happy, Madam Depin. This is a gift from me to my sixth brother. I think he will like it."
The two young eunuchs behind the prince opened the box, revealing the contents: a purple jade deer, a yellow jade fish, and a white jade dog of excellent quality. They were obviously specially made for children to play with.
"Your Highness is very thoughtful. I would like to thank you on behalf of Yinzuo."
"You're welcome, Madam Depin."
"The Emperor has arrived! The Imperial Concubine has arrived!"
Kangxi stayed in Chengqian Palace last night, so he came here with the imperial concubine this morning.
"Greetings to the Emperor, Greetings to the Imperial Concubine." Everyone in the hall knelt down in a large crowd.
"Everyone, get up. Today is the Sixth Prince's one-year-old birthday ceremony. I have come here specially to take a look. Don't be shy." Kangxi looked around and saw the prince.
"Yinreng is here too?"
The first thing Yinzhen saw when he entered the room was the prince standing next to Yinzuo. His lips were tightly pursed and his expression was a little cold. He was unhappy. The prince did not go to school to study hard, but came here, causing trouble for no reason.
Of course, Yinzhen was probably the only one in the audience who felt that the crown prince was an eyesore.
"Yes, Father Royal, I have met my sixth brother once before in the Imperial Garden. We have a good relationship and I like him very much, so I came here specially today. I have already told the teachers in advance that I will have classes later today and listen to the teachers' lectures for a while more in the afternoon. The teachers have also agreed."
Kangxi nodded. As long as it did not affect the prince's studies, it would be fine. After all, the prince would not start tutoring until the spring.
Then he said to Depin: "Depin, when will it start?"
Rou Wan bowed and said softly, "Your Majesty, the auspicious time determined by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory is the Mao hour."
"That's almost it. Are everything ready?" The imperial concubine, who was holding the hand of the Fourth Prince Yinzhen, asked with a smile.
The servants of the Imperial Household Department quickly stood up.
"Your Highness, everything is ready. The Xi Pan was sent to Yonghe Palace last night for Your Highness to check. Everything is fine."
“The auspicious time has arrived!”
Everyone moved around and stood still.
Because the prince was blocking the way just now, Yinzuo did not notice at first that his brother had come with the imperial concubine. Now that everyone moved, Yinzuo saw his brother.
Nanny Cheng placed him on the blanket for the one-year-old's birthday celebration and just as she let go of him, the Sixth Prince stood up and rushed out, and she didn't have time to stop him.
Everyone noticed the Sixth Prince's abnormality and stared at his small figure in surprise, wanting to see what he was going to do.
The Sixth Prince, who was not even as tall as an adult's calf, ran to the Imperial Concubine, pounced on her, and hugged the Fourth Prince who was being held by the Imperial Concubine.
"Suck pigeon~" The little baby's voice is crisp and sweet, revealing a kind of joy that anyone can hear.
Yinzhen was stunned when he was hugged, staring blankly at the little guy in front of him. He was not calling him brother who was easy to be misunderstood, but the unique fourth brother.
As for whether it was standard or not, it was completely unimportant to Yinzhen. He just needed to know that no one could take this title away. So he raised the corners of his mouth slightly and hugged the brother in front of him who was extremely adorable in his eyes.
The picture of the two little kids hugging each other and smiling at each other was so heartwarming and healing that everyone couldn't help but smile.
"It's already morning." The prince reminded with some jealousy.
"Ahem! Xiaoliu, go back quickly and don't delay the auspicious time." Kangxi, who was also stunned, cleared his throat and spoke to take charge of the situation.
"No~ Let's suck the pigeons~ together!" Yinzuo hugged his brother tightly, with his little face buried in his brother's chest. In short, he didn't want to let go.
Kangxi frowned, somewhat displeased.
The imperial concubine obviously enjoyed watching the two brothers loving each other, so she stepped forward to ease the situation for the two little guys.
"Since little Yinzuo is unwilling to let his fourth brother go, why not let the fourth brother accompany him to the ceremony of grabbing the first month of the new year?"
The imperial concubine glanced indifferently at the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"Your Majesty, this is a good idea. It won't affect anything."
"Then let Yinzhen accompany Xiaoliu to the Zhou ceremony."
Yinzhen patted Yinzuo on the back and whispered in his ear: "Fourth brother will take you there, Yinzuo, be good."
Yinzuo, who had been unhappy just now, immediately let go as soon as he heard his brother's words. He let his brother hold his little hand and walk towards the place where the tray was placed. There was an extremely satisfied smile on his little face, which was very adorable.
"Oh my! I didn't expect that the Sixth Prince would like to stick to the Fourth Prince so much. Such a deep brotherly love is really enviable."
"That's right. Even the Emperor can't do anything to the Sixth Prince. But when the Fourth Prince speaks, the Sixth Prince becomes extremely obedient."
"This is called 'one thing conquers another'."
"That's right, Sixth Prince is really good-looking, and his smile is soft, just like the glutinous rice dumplings we eat during the Chinese New Year. I really want to take a bite and try it, it must be very soft."
The last sentence expressed the thoughts of many people present, and everyone laughed after hearing it.
"Glutinous rice dumpling? He does look like one, but he's actually a tough cookie inside. If anyone wants to bite him, be careful or they might hurt their teeth." Kangxi, who had suffered several setbacks, complained in a low voice.
Only the imperial concubine who was standing next to him heard it, but she was used to it. The emperor had loved talking to himself since he was a child, and this habit had not changed at all over the years.
Yinzhen led the little fellow to the place where Nanny Cheng had put him down just now and said to him, "Yinzuo, go and grab some."
Yinzuo raised his little head and smiled softly. He tilted his head and asked, "Sucking pigeons~Do you like it?" What?
Yinzhen turned slightly to face him and said to him seriously, "It's not what I like, it's what you like most."
Yinzuo blinked his eyes and nodded his head.
"Go quickly." Yinzhen let go of the little guy's hand and said the last sentence.
Yinzuo looked at his brother, then looked ahead, and then took a step forward.
“It’s started, it’s started!”
"I wonder what the Sixth Prince will catch?"
Before he finished speaking, everyone saw the Sixth Prince, who was walking in the middle, suddenly sit down on the ground. This scared everyone. Could it be that the Sixth Prince was going to cause trouble again?
Kangxi also held his breath and was about to speak when he saw the fair and smiling little ball starting to crawl forward using his hands and feet.
Yinzuo was tired from walking just now, and he felt that crawling would save energy and be faster.
There were quite a few things in front of him, and Yinzuo planned to touch them one by one. It was only once in his life, so he had to choose carefully. There were some heavy jade ornaments, two jade fan pendants, a bunch of gold keys, and an exquisitely crafted silver box with an unknown object inside. It was locked. Yinzuo shook it. Was it empty?
He put it back again and continued to climb forward.
Everyone was wondering why the Sixth Prince was so stupid. Those who were watching were even more nervous, but the Sixth Prince himself was as casual as picking cabbages and radishes in the vegetable market.
There was a bow in front, quite small but very delicately made, with arrows next to it. Yinzuo picked it up and tried to pull it, but he couldn't, and he got angry!
He threw the small bow away and crawled forward again. He found a set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Yinzuo picked them up and tried the feel. Hmm... he didn't particularly like them, so he put them aside for now.
Then there was a fruit plate with many different fruits. Yinzuo was a little thirsty, so he took an apple, put it to his mouth and took a bite.
"Awoo~" It's so delicious~
“Stop! It hasn’t been washed yet! Xiaoliu, why did you eat it first…” Depin was a little helpless.
Kangxi sighed, he knew! Xiaoliu was greedy, it would be fine if he only looked at the front, but when he walked to the back and saw the food, he would definitely be unable to walk. Just watch, if no one stopped him, I'm afraid he would have to eat for a long time. The whole Zhuazhou ceremony made everyone watch him eat, how shameful!
"Yinzhen, your brother listens to you the most. Go and ask him to catch some other things." Kangxi couldn't help but speak. Firstly, other people's words might not be effective, and secondly, it might seem like he was guiding others. Xiao Si was the most suitable person to go.
"Yes." Yinzhen, who was already a little restless, immediately walked quickly towards Yinzuo.
"Yinzuo, be good and grab something else so you can eat it later."
Yinzuo, who was eating hard, immediately raised his little head when he heard his brother's voice, gave his brother a sweet smile, and took a fruit from the fruit plate and handed it to him.
Yinzhen smiled and took it.
"Thank you, Yinzuo. Can you eat your apple later? Fourth brother will keep it for you first." Then he stretched out his hand to the little guy and asked for the one he was eating.
"I'm afraid Yinzhen's trick won't work. Xiaoliu is the most greedy and will never..." Kangxi handed the food over before saying the second half of the sentence.
Unexpectedly, Yinzuo nodded his head and put the apple he had taken two bites of into his brother's hand in a very polite manner.
??? Kangxi looked incredulous, and the imperial concubine beside him laughed secretly. It seemed that in the eyes of little Yinzuo, his fourth brother was more important than delicious food, and the emperor... in the eyes of little Yinzuo, was even not as important as food. This was really... intentional.
"Go quickly." Yinzhen took the apple that the little guy had taken two bites of and urged him at the same time.
Under his brother's encouragement, Yinzuo felt full of strength all over his body. His legs moved very fast and he began to grab other things.
He first grabbed the jade ornaments and jade fan pendants and placed them all in front of his brother. Yinzhen thought he was asked to hold them for him first, so he took them. Then Yinzuo turned around and took something else. This time he took a bunch of gold keys, which were quite heavy. When Yinzuo held them over, he began to breathe heavily.
But he still felt that it was not enough. It was a rare opportunity to give gifts to his brother with his own ability, instead of trying hard to please the emperor and then asking for rewards from the emperor to give to his brother as before.
My brother's calligraphy is very beautiful, so Yinzuo moved the set of four treasures of the study to his brother.
Seeing that the Sixth Prince was grabbing more and more things, the concubines went from being excited at first to numb later. They hoped it would be over quickly, otherwise the Sixth Prince would grab all the things.
"The auspicious time has passed! The ceremony is over!" The servants of the Imperial Household Department shouted loudly at the first moment.
Exhausted, Yinzuo slumped in front of his brother, sticking out his tongue and breathing heavily.
Depin hurried over, picked up the little guy, and wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty. The Sixth Prince has obtained the Four Treasures of the Study. He will surely be a great writer in the future..." The eunuch in charge of the inventory said a long list. Every time he mentioned an item, he had to add an auspicious word at the end. If it were not for his rich experience, he would have been at a loss for words. No prince or princess had ever obtained so many things at the One-Year-Old Ceremony!
Kangxi was very pleased and he stood up from his seat, clapping his hands.
"Good! My Sixth Prince will become a great man in the future!"
According to the rules, all used items had to be taken back by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so there were more than a dozen people waiting outside, waiting to move the items back. But when they came in, they found that only half of the people were needed, and the remaining half went back empty-handed. After today's ceremony of grasping the first month of the lunar calendar, the "reputation" of the Sixth Prince had spread throughout the Forbidden City.
Naturally, everything that Yinzuo caught belonged to him. It was originally intended to be kept as a commemoration and used to encourage the princes to become successful, but for Yinzuo, it became a way to enrich his own piggy bank.
However, when the palace servants of Yonghe Palace were about to put the things away, Yinzuo stopped them.
"Xiaoliu, they are not going to take you away. They are just moving your things back to Yonghe Palace. All your things are still yours, and nothing will be missing. Mother will promise you, okay?" Depin gently persuaded the stubborn little guy.
"Here... suck the pigeon~"
"What?"
Not only was Depin stunned, but everyone present was in disbelief. Although they had just seen the Sixth Prince clinging to the Fourth Prince, at such a young age, he already knew how to give gifts to please his brother. Isn't that too smart? But it didn't look like Depin taught him that.
"Isn't this what you like, Yinzuo?" Yinzhen asked softly.
Yinzuo smiled foolishly at his brother, but what his brother liked was what Yinzuo liked~
"Xiao Liu is so good to Xiao Si." The prince said this so softly that only he could hear it, but the envy in his eyes was about to overflow.
How happy it would be to have such a brother who treats you wholeheartedly. The prince's biological mother died of childbirth complications after he was born. He has neither a mother nor a biological brother.
His envy of Xiao Si was about to turn into jealousy. He wanted to... snatch the beautiful and lovely Xiao Liu away from Xiao Si and make him his younger brother. He wanted to replace Xiao Si and become the brother that Xiao Liu cared about the most...
He is the prince, the most honorable person in the world except for the emperor. Such a good Xiaoliu should be his "good brother". He can give Xiaoliu more and better things!
At this time, Yinzhen was still deeply trapped in the sugar-coated bullets thrown by Yinzo, and did not notice the way the prince looked at him at all.
"Forget it. After Yinzhen recovered from the smallpox vaccination last time, he was thinking of asking for a reward for Xiaoliu. Now there is nothing wrong with Xiaoliu giving something in return to his brother. I will just give Xiaoliu another reward." Kangxi smiled and made the decision for them lightly.
After all, these are the things that are most in abundance in the palace, and true love is the most precious and rare thing in the royal family. Kangxi is willing to give up other things to maintain the simple and pure feelings between the two children.
"Thank you, Father Huang."
"On behalf of Yin Zuo, I would like to thank the emperor for his grace."
"Everyone, get up. I have things to do in the morning. You should all go back to the palace."
"Farewell, Your Majesty!"
The imperial concubine looked at the little pair and said with a smile, "Today is little Yinzuo's first birthday, and he has given you, Yinzhen, so many gifts. You should spend some time with him. You don't have to go back to Chengqian Palace with me."
"Thank you, dear mother."
"The Imperial Concubine, please get up!"
"Farewell, Imperial Concubine!"
It was rare to see such interesting things in the palace. After returning, the concubines all made appointments to talk about the interesting things that happened that day. Without mentioning other things for the time being, everyone had a consensus: the Sixth Prince Yinzuo, who had a soft and delicate little face and a personality like a glutinous rice dumpling, was most attached to his fellow brother Yinzhen, and his fourth brother was the first person he thought of when there was something delicious or fun.
After returning to Yonghe Palace, Yinzuo insisted on holding his brother's hand and was unwilling to leave.
"Good time~Food~~" He instructed Lianxin earnestly.
Lianxin could already guess what he was thinking, so she asked with a smile.
"Sixth Prince, do you want the kitchen to make the pineapple stewed rice we ate last time for Fourth Prince to try?"
Yinzuo nodded immediately, yes, that's it!
"Yes, I will go to the kitchen and tell them that I will make sure that Fourth Prince can have the sweet pineapple stewed rice!"
Yinzhen was a little confused. Pineapple... stewed with rice? He knew pineapple and had eaten it in his previous life, but could it be stewed with rice? Was it edible? Sweet rice?
But looking at Yinzuo's expression, he seemed to like it very much. So... it should be pretty good. Even if it didn't suit his taste, Yinzhen planned to endure it in his heart. If Yinzuo knew that he didn't like his favorite food, he would definitely be sad. It's better not to make him sad.
It was not easy for my brother to come over. A whole winter had passed since the last time he came to see me. Moreover, he had to go for smallpox vaccination and survived a near-death experience. I was not able to be with him.
Yinzuo felt very sorry, so he couldn't help but take his brother around the Yonghe Palace, taking him to see his favorite fish and play with the two most fun little turtles. His brother is still young, and children will definitely like these little animals!
So Yinzhen was forced to pretend to be a naive two-year-old child in front of Yinzo, accompanying him to watch the fish and let the two turtles race. Yinzhen was a little embarrassed at first, but when he saw Yinzo immersed in it and laughing so happily, he gradually relaxed, as if he was really just a two-year-old child, smiling carefree.
"Xie Ge~ smiled~~" Yinzuo clapped his hands happily. He had hardly ever seen the two-year-old brother in front of him smile, so he was very excited.
Yinzhen subconsciously lowered his head and looked at himself in the water. Could he... actually smile so naturally? He still remembered that his father in his previous life had said that he was "moody when he was young" and had a bad temper and could not achieve great things. So from then on, he deliberately restrained his emotions and did not let others discover his true emotions. He could not remember how long it had been since he had smiled so easily and naturally.
"Does Yinzuo like to see me smile?" He was worried that his smile was too ugly and would scare Yinzuo, who would then think that he was "moody" just like the emperor.
Yinzuo rushed to his brother, hugged him tightly, smiled sweetly and said, "I like it~ Smile~~ It's beautiful!"
"Fourth brother also likes to see Yinzuo smile the most. When Yinzuo smiles, he looks better than anyone else in the world."
"Hehehe~" Yinzuo felt a little embarrassed. He was not as good-looking as his brother said!
Everyone saw that the Sixth Prince was actually shy and buried himself in the Fourth Prince's arms. When an extremely cute little kid acts coquettishly in front of you towards another cold-faced little kid who is not much older than him, and the cold-faced little kid patiently indulges him, your heart will be struck by more than twice the cuteness.
Concubine De fully felt this. She covered her chest and screamed in her mind.
"So cute! So cute! How can they be so cute! These two little cuties are my own children! It's amazing! I am the happiest woman in the world right now!"
"The pineapple stewed rice is ready, come and sit down and eat."
Yinzuo was fed by Cheng Mama, and he didn't think anything was wrong until his mother took a spoon and wanted to feed his brother. Yinzuo realized that it was no wonder that his mother didn't fight to feed him today. It turned out that she wanted to feed his brother! To be honest, he wanted to, too! The cool brother obediently eating the food he fed, he felt very excited just thinking about it!
"Mom, can you feed Little Fourth?" Rouwan asked carefully, fearing that her eldest son would refuse her.
Yinzhen originally wanted to say that he could eat it, but when faced with the expectation in his young mother's eyes, he swallowed his words back.
Nodded.
Rouwan breathed a sigh of relief and fed her eldest son, who had not been with her since he was one month old, just like she was feeding Xiaoliu.
“Hehehe~”
Yinzhen, who was originally a little stiff, gradually relaxed when he heard Yinzuo's laughter.
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Here it comes~ Because I have to post the clip on Wednesday, I will update it in advance on Tuesday, which is today. The update on Wednesday will be at 11 o'clock in the evening for fear of affecting the ranking. Thank you for your understanding~ Love you!
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