"Yinzuo? Why are you here?" Yinzhen immediately put the dagger back.
"...Brother" Yinzuo was a little scared and was about to cry.
Yinzhen could only carry him to bed and take off his little boots himself. He first held him in his arms and then wrapped himself and him in a quilt to prevent them from catching a cold.
"It's okay, don't be afraid." Yinzhen didn't expect that this little guy would be so brave to run here from his own room in the middle of the night. Fortunately, he stopped quickly.
"......Hmm~" Yinzuo took a long time to recover from the thrilling experience.
"Why are you coming here alone in the middle of the night?" Yinzhen was worried about him, so his tone couldn't help but be a little serious.
Yinzuo pouted and said aggrievedly: "I want to sleep with my brother~"
"Then why didn't you just say it directly?" Yinzhen really couldn't understand what this little guy was thinking.
"Because... because Xiaoliu is afraid that his brother will not agree."
After Yinzuo said this, he cautiously glanced at his brother's expression. Seeing that he still had a cold face, he didn't want him to ask someone to send him back, so he boldly lied on purpose.
"Xiao Liu is so sleepy, Xiao Liu is going to sleep!" Then he closed his eyes and pretended to lie down.
Yinzhen then noticed that the little fellow actually brought a pillow with him.
He sighed somewhat helplessly.
"Fourth Prince? Were you the one who spoke just now?" Su Peisheng, who was in charge of night watch, asked from outside through the bed curtain.
Yinzuo was a little nervous. He secretly raised one eye to see if his brother was going to ask Su Peisheng to send him back.
"Nothing, go tell Madam Cheng that the Sixth Prince will sleep at my place tonight, and tell her not to worry."
"Sixth Prince? Huh!" Su Peisheng guessed what was going on after a brief thought. He quickly ran to the next room to inform them, to prevent Nanny Cheng from not being able to find the Sixth Prince and having to make a scene at the Imperial Noble Consort's place.
Yinzhen glanced at the little fellow who was still peeking, and said to him, "Aren't you sleepy a long time ago? Go to sleep."
Having never expected to be able to hide the secret from his brother's discerning eyes, Yinzuo chuckled twice, opened his eyes, put in place the small pillow he brought, and then looked at his brother expectantly.
"Brother, lie down too~"
Yinzhen really couldn't understand why Yinzuo insisted on sleeping with him. Wouldn't he feel uncomfortable with someone else around him?
However, in the middle of the night, Yinzhen was kicked awake by someone. Only then did he realize that he was the only one who felt uncomfortable, because the other little guy who was sleeping in a mess was the one who made him uncomfortable.
But there was only one quilt, and he couldn't ask someone to find him another one in the middle of the night, so he could only hold the little guy tightly in his arms, restricting the movements of his hands and feet to prevent him from kicking or punching him while he was asleep.
The next morning, when Yinzuo woke up, he found that his brother actually took the initiative to hug him. He thought: It turns out that my brother is just like me when he falls asleep, he likes to hug something!
After a while, Yinzhen opened his eyes and saw that the little guy in his arms had woken up a long time ago and was playing with his fingers out of boredom.
Yinzuo just looked up and met his brother's eyes, and he smiled with joy.
"Brother, wake up~"
Hearing Yinzuo's cheerful call, Yinzhen responded.
"Get up." He pretended to get up.
"No, no, lie down for a while~" But Yinzuo hugged him tightly and didn't let him get up.
"Are you still sleepy?" Yinzhen asked in confusion.
"I'm not sleepy, I just want to be alone with my brother for a while. This is the first time that Xiaoliu sleeps with my brother at night!" Yinzuo seemed very excited.
Yinzhen just lay there quietly with him. He didn't want it to happen again.
"Brother~Why do you have dark circles under your eyes? Didn't you sleep well last night?" Yinzuo lay on the pillow, looked at his brother in confusion and asked.
"Yeah." Yinzhen did not blame any culprit.
Gurgle!
Yinzuo buried his little face in the quilt, and the exposed ears were red. His stomach just rumbled. Why was he so shameless? He finally got to sleep on the same bed with his brother, but the result was so embarrassing.
"Get up. I'm hungry too." Yinzhen rarely smiled.
After they washed up, they went to the main hall.
"Greetings to the Imperial Mother."
"Xiao Liu is here? Come here quickly, your new clothes are ready, come and try them on and let me see if they look good on you." The imperial concubine was holding a somewhat special dress in her hand, with a smile on her face.
Yinzuo shook his head like a little adult. Why are all adults the same? They like to dress up children as if they were dolls. Before, his mother loved to draw on his face, and now his royal mother likes to change all kinds of clothes for him.
As soon as Yinzuo walked over, the Imperial Concubine heard his stomach growling. She immediately smiled, put down her clothes, and took his hand to walk towards the dining table.
"Bring breakfast, Xiaoliu's stomach is already feeling empty."
Yinzuo stretched out an arm to cover his blushing face. He embarrassed himself in front of two people so early in the morning. He must have eaten too much hawthorn last night, so he digested it quickly. Normally, he would not get hungry so quickly.
"Little Four, eat too." The Imperial Concubine had just finished giving the instructions when she noticed the dark circles under Yinzhen's eyes.
"What's wrong with Xiao Si's eyes? Didn't you sleep well last night?"
"Well, last night there was a restless little mouse that made some noise in the middle of the night." Yinzhen remembered the kick he received last night, and it still hurt.
"Little mouse? Then ask the servants to bring a cat to raise it. Aren't mice afraid of cats? I think this way the mouse will not dare to disturb your rest anymore." The imperial concubine mistakenly believed it to be true.
But Yinzuo always felt something was wrong.
"Little mouse? But why didn't Xiaoliu hear it last night?"
"You can see it if you look in the mirror." Yinzhen suddenly made a cold joke.
The imperial concubine burst into laughter.
Yinzuo felt ashamed and blamed himself. He whispered, "It's all Xiaoliu's fault. Xiaoliu was scared and couldn't sleep last night, so she ran to brother's room and disturbed brother's sleep. I'm sorry~"
"Wait, tell me first, what kind of noise did Xiaoliu make that disturbed you all night?" The imperial concubine was really curious, because Xiaoliu looked like a soft little ball, how could he have such great power?
"After Yinzuo fell asleep, he liked to gesture with his hands and feet." Yinzhen told the truth.
Yinzuo really didn’t know that he had this problem, he was just used to sleeping while holding something.
The imperial concubine was very happy during this meal.
"Come, Xiaoliu, try on the new clothes."
Yinzuo listlessly let the Imperial Noble Concubine toss him around, raising his arms when she told him to and turning around when she told him to, like a little robot who only knew how to follow orders.
"So...so cute!"
"The mythical beasts we see on a daily basis are all tall and mighty, but when they were young, they must have been as small as Sixth Prince is now!"
"Once you put on this dress, it looks exactly like her!"
Yinzhen nodded with satisfaction. The picture he drew himself was indeed suitable for Yinzuo. The clothes looked really good when he wore them.
Yinzuo was seen wearing a pullover, which was red in color from the back, with cloud patterns embroidered with gold thread in some places on the edges, making him look mysterious and majestic. His chest and abdomen were apricot white, and were embroidered with neat scales, making him look like the belly of a young animal.
The most eye-catching thing is his hat. There are two small pointed corners on the hat. I don’t know how it was firmly embedded in the clothes. Slightly below it is embroidered with a pair of vivid eyes.
The place where Yinzuo's delicate little face is exposed is made to look like a huge mouth, with two rows of slightly ferocious teeth, and four protruding canine teeth. But with Yinzuo's cute little face, people only think that this little beast is adorable.
"Come here, Xiaoliu! Can you lie on the couch and let me see you?" The imperial concubine looked at him excitedly.
Yinzuo nodded his head. It wasn't a difficult task. It was just lying on his stomach. Yinzuo jumped twice, and the little tail on his buttocks jumped up and down. He finally gave up. He stretched out his two little arms to Cheng Ma beside him. The couch was too high, and he couldn't climb up.
"Mammy, can you carry me up there?"
Nanny Xie, who was standing nearby, was extremely envious; the Fourth Prince had never called her in such a tender voice before.
"Okay!" Nanny Cheng happily carried the young master to the couch.
Yinzuo lay down obediently and looked at the Imperial Mother.
The imperial concubine stepped forward and personally adjusted the hood of his pullover. At that moment, one would almost think that this was a little divine beast that had accidentally fallen into the mortal world. It looked so good no matter how you looked at it.
"Xiao Si, Xiao Liu looks even cuter and more festive in this new outfit than in your drawing!"
Yinzuo pointed at the clothes on his body and asked in confusion: "Did my brother draw this?"
"Yes, this is the blueprint your brother drew some time ago, and then he came to me for help. I also asked Long Kedo to find an ingenious embroiderer, and only then did she succeed in making it. In a few days, on New Year's Eve, Xiaoliu will wear this to attend the palace banquet."
"Longkodo?" This was not the first time that Yinzuo heard this name. He thought it sounded very familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a moment.
"He is my biological brother. You should all call him uncle." The imperial concubine answered casually.
"Wait! I think it's still not perfect enough. Why don't I make a pair of furry boots and a pair of gloves like a unicorn for Xiaoliu?"
They did it right away. Although the Imperial Noble Concubine herself was not good at needlework, the skills of the Concubine De next door were top-notch. So she had Xiaoliu wrapped in a cloak and taken to the Yonghe Palace next door.
When Concubine De saw Xiaoliu transformed into a little divine beast, she was so excited that she couldn't let him go and couldn't help touching him here and pinching him there.
"This blueprint was drawn by Xiao Si, and I asked someone to make it outside the palace. Now all we need is a pair of matching boots and gloves. Do you think you can make it before New Year's Eve?"
"I didn't expect Xiao Si to have such a talent. It wouldn't be difficult to cover the original gloves and boots with rabbit fur. I think it should be able to catch up. Is your Majesty planning to let Xiao Liu wear this dress on New Year's Eve?"
"That's right. Let Xiaoliu wear this dress to bring good luck and happiness in front of the Grand Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager."
Since it was for Xiaoliu's own good, Defei naturally would not refuse. After the discussion, the two of them tormented Xiaoliu again. Just like last time, Defei used rouge to draw some tiger-like patterns on Xiaoliu's face, making him look more like the legendary beast.
Outsiders didn't know what they talked about in there, but when the imperial concubine came out, she was smiling, and it was obvious that she was extremely happy.
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The image of the mythical beast cub is the Qilin~
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