"Looking at Xiaoliu's appearance, I think he is frightened. Noble Concubine, please take him back quickly and comfort him." Kangxi was still a little worried about Xiaoliu's condition. After all, he had lost eleven children before him.
"Yes." The imperial concubine agreed immediately.
"Your Majesty, it's time for us to leave. Several gentlemen are waiting for you in the Palace of Heavenly Purity." Liang Jiugong reminded the emperor.
Kangxi nodded. Although he was still a little worried, as the king of a country, he naturally had to put state affairs first.
"I don't know how long I will be busy today. I will come to see the two children tomorrow morning."
"I understand." The Imperial Concubine noticed that Xiaoliu's small body in her arms was still trembling a little, so she hugged him and patted his back gently.
"Your Majesty, let's go!"
"Your Majesty, I respectfully send you off."
After the dragon sedan went away, the Imperial Concubine stood up and turned to the De Concubine beside her and said, "De Concubine, I will take the two children back first. Don't worry, I will comfort them well. It's not convenient for you to carry a five-month-old belly. Ask someone to help you go back and rest."
"Thank you, Her Majesty the Imperial Concubine." Defei knew that if the Imperial Concubine had not arrived in time with the Emperor, her two biological children would have suffered a lot. This thank you came from the heart.
The Imperial Concubine took a step forward and lowered her voice so that only the Defei in front of her could hear it.
"After all, I am their mother, and I love them as much as you do. Don't worry, I will have someone take good care of anyone who dares to hurt the two children."
The Imperial Noble Consort whispered these words in Concubine De's ear. No one else knew about it except Concubine De. Of course, she forgot about the little Yinzuo that she was still holding in her arms.
Yinzuo hugged the imperial mother's neck tightly. At first, he did not have much affection for this adoptive mother, but when a servant ran in to find her, she immediately came out with the emperor's father to support him.
Having just heard her defending him with her own ears, he suddenly felt warm in his heart. He felt that the Imperial Mother was very good to him and his brother, and he would also be good to the Imperial Mother. Little Yinzuo silently made a decision in his heart.
When little Yinzuo was carried back by his imperial mother, he waved his little hand to his mother who was seeing him off, with a weak smile on his face. After returning to Chengqian Palace, Yinzuo was completely exhausted.
"Little Yinzuo, would you like to have some of your favorite walnut curd?"
Yinzuo shook his head gently and said softly: "Sleepy~"
Yinzhen frowned, a little worried. Yinzuo was the greediest one, and now even eating couldn't get him motivated, which showed how serious the impact today was.
"Well, since you are sleepy, take a nap first. But don't sleep too long, you still have to get up for dinner." The imperial concubine did not force him.
"Okay~"
"Be good, Xiaoliu." The imperial concubine held him in her arms, personally sent him back to his room, and tucked the quilt in for him.
But after a while, the little guy didn't close his eyes, so the imperial concubine couldn't help asking him, "Isn't Xiaoliu sleepy? Why don't you close your eyes and take a nap?"
"I want my brother to accompany me~"
Yinzuo looked expectantly at his brother who was standing beside the bed, fearing that he would reject him. His brother would not let him sleep with him. He had moved to Chengqian Palace for more than a month, but he had not been able to sleep next to his brother once.
The Imperial Concubine looked at the cold Xiao Si with some hesitation. Although she really wanted to agree to Xiao Liu's request, if Xiao Liu asked her to sleep with him, she would agree without saying a word. But if it was Xiao Si, she couldn't force him.
Seeing that Xiao Si didn't say anything, the Imperial Concubine carefully spoke: "Xiao Liu, how about I sleep with you? Your brother..."
"Okay." Yinzhen responded straightforwardly.
"Hmm?" The Imperial Concubine was a little doubtful whether she had heard it wrong. Xiao Si actually agreed?
Yinzuo opened his eyes wide, and immediately moved inside with a silly smile, leaving most of the bed empty for his brother, and also gave his brother the small pillow he used to sleep with.
"Brother, come up quickly!" Yinzuo patted the empty half of the bed.
Yinzhen let Su Peisheng take off his coat and boots, carried him to the bed, then lay down and covered him with the quilt.
"Go to sleep." He said these two words in a light tone and closed his eyes first.
Yinzuo immediately followed his brother's posture and lay flat on his back, closing his eyes obediently, muttering happily: "Xiaoliu closed his eyes and will fall asleep soon."
Of course, this sentence was definitely said to his brother. The imperial concubine chuckled and it seemed that she was no longer needed here, so she asked the servants to lower the bed curtains and then got up and left.
After a while, Yinzhen's ears moved. He was very alert because he had experienced countless assassination attempts since he ascended the throne. In addition, he suffered from insomnia, so he only had more than two hours of sleep every day.
Even when he was lying in bed, he was just thinking about other things, but he could control his breathing so that others would think he was asleep.
The little guy next to him slowly came closer. Although Yinzhen was a little uncomfortable, he still didn't move. The little guy leaned against his arm. After a while, it seemed that he observed that he didn't wake up, so he gently hugged his arm with both hands and rubbed his shoulder.
It was not until Yinzhen heard the little guy's breathing become gentle that he slowly opened his eyes and slightly lowered his head to look at the little guy who was sleeping soundly next to him.
He wanted to pull his arm out because this was really uncomfortable for him.
But as soon as he moved, the little guy beside him frowned and pouted, seeming very scared, and Yinzhen stopped moving.
He sighed silently in his heart, never mind, just hold her.
Yinzhen looked at the pattern on the bed curtain above his head and began to recall the miscellaneous books he had read in his previous life to pass the time.
"...Brother...is afraid"
Yinzhen lowered his eyes and looked at the little fellow who was mumbling in his sleep. He hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his other hand and patted his back. Yinzhen remembered that this was how the Royal Mother comforted Xiaoliu when she was holding him in front of Concubine Xi.
"Don't be afraid." After throwing out these two words dryly, Yinzhen pursed his lips. He didn't know what else to say.
However, the little guy in his arms smiled, probably because he was comforted. Yinzhen breathed a sigh of relief and continued to recall in his mind.
The sky outside gradually became darker. Yinzhen heard the footsteps of the servants coming in. After a while, the candles in the room were lit.
Nanny Cheng and Nanny Xie whispered a few words to each other, but they were too far away for Yinzhen to hear clearly. But after a while, each of them lifted up one side of the bed curtain.
"The Fourth Prince has woken up. It's time for dinner. The Imperial Concubine is calling the two princes over." Nanny Xie was Yinzhen's wet nurse. She was used to reporting everything to her young master.
"Um."
Nanny Cheng looked at the Sixth Prince, who was standing next to the Fourth Prince with only half of his face exposed, and whispered worriedly, "Sixth Prince is still asleep. I will wake him up right away."
But it takes some tricks, otherwise it won't be easy to wake him up.
Lu Wu walked forward with a stack of snacks. Nanny Cheng picked up a piece and shook it twice in front of the Sixth Prince's nose.
Yinzhen and Nanny Xie on the side watched her movements curiously.
The Sixth Prince, who was sleeping soundly, followed the smell, twitched his little nose, and used his hands and feet to crawl up and sit up. Then he rubbed his eyes with the backs of his two chubby little hands, opened his little mouth, yawned slowly, and woke up.
It was the first time that Nanny Xie had seen such a miraculous way of waking up the child. The Sixth Prince was indeed different from others.
Yinzhen also sat up and took Yinzuo's hands away. Even though he didn't know much about medicine, he knew that this was not good for his eyes.
"Brother~" Yinzuo had just opened his eyes and rushed over happily when he saw his brother.
Yinzhen was held tightly by him, with a smile in his eyes.
"It's time for dinner. The Royal Mother is still waiting."
"Oh~ okay then." It was indeed impolite to make people wait for a long time while eating, so Yinzuo obediently let go of his brother and let the nanny put on his clothes and boots.
Fortunately, they only took off one outer shirt before going to bed, and they were dressed in a short while. The two little guys walked towards the main hall hand in hand.
"Have you slept enough?" The imperial concubine inside was lying on the couch, reading a collection of poems in her hands.
"Well~ Royal Mother, what delicious food are we going to eat tonight?" Yinzuo trotted to her, looked at her expectantly and asked.
The imperial concubine tapped the little fellow's forehead with the poetry collection in her hand and scolded him with a smile, "Greedy mouth, today I asked them to prepare a pot, and we will have mutton hot pot."
Yinzuo's eyes lit up.
"Pot? Lamb~ Great!" Isn't that the old Beijing copper pot hot pot lamb? Yinzuo was almost salivating just thinking about the taste.
"But let me make it clear first, you can't do it by yourself. Just ask your respective eunuchs to serve you."
"Okay~" Yinzuo's mind was full of eating, and he would agree to whatever the imperial mother said.
After a while, fresh ingredients and three copper pots were brought up. Yinzuo took a look and felt a little disappointed. It would have been better if it was a spicy hot pot. When he grew up a little more, he would definitely talk to the imperial chefs in the imperial kitchen in person to improve this mediocre way of eating in the hot pot.
Although he said that his food was ordinary, he did not delay eating at all. Yinzuo had two eunuchs serving him, so his efficiency in cooking was naturally higher than that of Su Peisheng alone. However, he ate quickly, so he could only stare at his brother's full bowl.
Yinzhen said a few words to Su Peisheng. After a while, a bowl of cooked meat appeared in front of Yinzuo. He raised his little head with joy and looked at Su Peisheng who handed him the meat.
"Brother~ your Su Peisheng is so nice~~"
Yinzhen's eyelashes moved slightly. Is it only Su Peisheng who is good?
"This is what the Fourth Prince asked me to prepare for the Sixth Prince. Please enjoy it, Sixth Prince." Su Peisheng also liked the lively and lovely Sixth Prince. Having such a younger brother around his master could make the cold and aloof master feel more of the warmth of family affection.
"Hehe~Brother is the best~~"
Yinzhen felt relieved after hearing this and replied calmly, "Yeah."
The imperial concubine witnessed the whole process. She chewed the delicious mutton in her mouth and looked around at the two little guys. It was interesting. Eating delicious food and watching a show at the same time was indeed one of the great pleasures in life.
After dinner, Yinzuo felt a little full. His bulging belly looked round. The Imperial Noble Consort couldn't help but reached out and touched it. It was not as soft as usual, probably because he ate too much.
"Prepare some hawthorns for the Sixth Prince. Yinzhen, take Xiaoliu for a walk in the yard to help him digest his food. Otherwise, I am worried that he will not be able to digest it when he falls asleep at night and will feel uncomfortable."
"Okay." Yinzhen also felt that the little guy had eaten a little too much, but he was frightened today, so he did not say anything to stop him.
"Go ahead."
"Yinzhen takes his leave."
"Xiaoliu is leaving too~"
The Imperial Concubine continued to pick up the poetry collection that she had just read half of, lying lazily on the couch, and reading slowly by candlelight.
As soon as he came out of the main hall, Yinzuo shrank his neck because of the cold. It was so cold.
Yinzhen noticed his little action just now and pulled him to his room.
"Brother? Don't you need to digest the food?" Yinzuo was puzzled.
Yinzhen answered casually: "Just walk around the house. I'm afraid of the cold."
"Okay then~" Whatever my brother says is what I do.
Since the purpose was to help digest the food, Yinzhen took him for a walk in circles in his room in a serious manner. Yinzuo was very excited at first, but later he became a little listless. The room was too small, and he felt dizzy from turning around and around.
"Brother~ I feel dizzy~~"
Yinzhen stopped and looked at him worriedly.
"Then sit down and rest for a while." He thought for a moment, and then said to Xiaoliu's wet nurse Cheng Ma, "Give Xiaoliu some hawthorns to eat."
If he was alone at other times, Yinzhen would read a book or play chess with his left and right chessboard. But today, Yinzuo was there with him, so he took out a set of tangram puzzles and planned to play the puzzle with Yinzuo.
Yinzuo was too lazy to use his brain, so Yinzhen was the one doing all the hard work. He was only responsible for eating hawthorns on the side and cheering for his brother with flattery.
But later, Yinzuo's movements became quieter and quieter, and his eyes could hardly be opened. Yinzhen then realized that it was almost an hour later than Yinzuo's usual time to fall asleep. He himself did not need much rest, so he was not sleepy at all, but Yinzuo was not.
"It's getting late, go back to sleep." Yinzhen put down the small wooden board in his hand and said to Yinzuo.
Yinzuo shook his head. He had his own little thoughts and wanted to continue sleeping with his brother.
"Xiao Liu, I'm not sleepy~" As soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't help yawning.
The atmosphere was very awkward for a moment.
"Go to bed, I will wake you up myself tomorrow." Yinzhen promised.
"Well...well, good night, brother~"
Although he didn't quite understand where Yinzuo learned to say "good night", he could probably understand the meaning of it.
"Well, good night."
Yinzuo was carried back to his own room by Nanny Cheng. After washing up, Yinzhen lay down on the bed, closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep.
Somehow, he always recalled Yinzuo's timid expression today, and felt depressed. He was still too weak to protect Yinzuo. Yinzhen thought a lot and couldn't fall asleep.
Suddenly, a very light pair of footsteps came into the room and gradually approached him. Yinzhen suddenly opened his eyes, picked up a short blade from under the pillow and held it in his backhand.
The bed curtain was carefully drawn open, and just as Yinzuo stuck his little head in, a dagger was pressed against his neck.
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