"I can also call my fifth brother!" Yinzuo raised his hand and said.
"The third brother can also enter the palace that day. I will go and give him a message." The second princess was responsible for calling her younger brother.
"Then I'll go call the eldest brother. I'm more familiar with him." Seeing how enthusiastic they were, the eldest princess took the initiative to step forward and help.
"Then only one left is the prince..." The second princess' eyes turned around and stopped on the silent fourth child. After all, the three of them had called people, except the fourth child.
The Empress Dowager looked at them with a smile without saying a word. She was happy to see the children playing together and having a close relationship.
"Let Xiaoliu take care of the Crown Prince as well~" Yinzuo didn't want to embarrass his brother, so he raised his hand again.
"You? Xiaoliu, have you ever been to Yuqing Palace?" The second princess was a little worried. The prince's Yuqing Palace was not easily accessible to anyone, not even she had been there.
“I’ve been there.”
Yinzuo's casual words shocked everyone, even the Empress Dowager and Su Malagu were a little surprised.
"Is it true? Have you been to Yuqing Palace? When did you go there? Was it the emperor who brought you in?" The second princess was very curious.
"It wasn't the Emperor, it was the Crown Prince who personally invited me."
Yinzuo then recounted the entire story of how he and his fifth brother played with spinning tops in the Imperial Garden, and how he met the Crown Prince when he was accompanying him back to Ciren Palace. The Crown Prince then took him to Yuqing Palace to play for the entire afternoon and most of the evening.
After listening to the whole thing for the second time, Yinzhen lowered his head and stared at the floor with a colder look in his eyes.
Others thought that this incident was miraculous. The prince's status was different from theirs since he was young, and he was raised by the emperor himself, so he was not close to them. On weekdays, let alone playing together, they rarely even met.
"In that case, Xiaoliu, then you go and give it a try. But don't force yourself. The prince might be busy with his studies and don't have time to come out and play with us." Although Xiaoliu had just said that the prince seemed to treat him differently, the eldest princess still gave him a kind reminder.
"Okay~" After Yinzuo agreed, he picked up another piece of milk cake, took a big bite, and his cheeks suddenly swelled up, and they moved while chewing.
"Xiao Liu, can Second Princess feed you?"
The second princess felt that eating anything she could not get as satisfying as feeding Xiaoliu. She dared not eat too much of the milk cake as it would make her fat. Spring was coming soon and her beautiful new clothes would not fit her anymore.
"No need, Xiaoliu can eat by himself." Yinzuo thought that the second princess wanted to help him.
"Oh, don't be so polite! Second Princess will feed you!" The Second Princess took her own plate of milk cake, sat next to Yinzuo, picked up a piece and fed it to his mouth.
Yinzuo couldn't refuse, after all, the other person meant well, so he took a bite obediently.
Somehow, the second princess, the eldest princess, the brother, and Ukuma Ma couldn't help but compete to feed him. In the end, it was Su Malagu who was worried that he would not digest the food so much, so she suggested that the masters stop.
On the way back to Chengqian Palace, Yinzuo couldn't help hiccuping. He could only cover his mouth with his hands and try his best to resist this uncontrollable reaction.
"Are you back?" The Imperial Concubine was flipping through the account books presented by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the palace.
"Burp!" Yinzuo originally wanted to call for help, but he didn't expect that he burped first. He immediately covered his mouth tightly, his eyes widened in helplessness.
Hearing this unusual noise, the imperial concubine put down the account book in her hand, stood up, walked to the little guy, and leaned over to look at him.
"What's going on?"
Yinzuo estimated that the next hiccup would come in a while, so he tried to explain it first. Unexpectedly, he opened his mouth and heard another "hiccup!"
The Imperial Concubine quickly patted his back gently.
"Did you choke on something?" Without waiting for his answer, she ordered the maid, "Bring a cup of warm water for Sixth Prince."
Yinzhen helped explain, "Little Six was just in the Cining Palace, and the eldest and second sisters took turns feeding her a lot of milk cakes. I guess she ate too much."
"The eldest princess and the second princess? Haven't they always been at odds with each other? Why are they feeding Xiaoliu together today?"
The Imperial Noble Consort still found it strange. The eldest princess was the daughter of Prince Gong and was adopted into the palace by the Emperor. It was said that her fate could calm the souls and allow the princes and princesses to grow up safely. She was like a mascot, and the Emperor treated her very well on weekdays.
The second princess was the emperor's first daughter to grow up safely, so he naturally doted on her. However, the two little girls would always unconsciously compare who the emperor favored more, or it could be said that the second princess unilaterally compared herself with the eldest princess. So over the years, the relationship between the two has not been good. In addition, the eldest princess took the initiative to avoid her, so the two of them rarely stayed together.
"My lady, the water is coming."
The Imperial Noble Consort picked up the cup of warm water and fed Yinzuo two sips. As expected, Yinzuo stopped hiccuping.
"We have also made an appointment with the two imperial sisters to go watch the lanterns together on the Lantern Festival~" Yinzuo kept chattering as he told the Imperial Noble Consort about their agreement.
"Lanterns? On the Lantern Festival, the Emperor will host a banquet for his ministers, and there will indeed be some lanterns decorated in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. How did you know about that?" The Imperial Concubine spoke as she led Xiaoliu inside.
"It was the second princess who said that." Yinzuo replied.
"We also need to invite eldest brother, third brother, fifth brother and crown prince~" As for the seventh and eighth brothers who are younger than Yinzuo, they are not on their invitation list for the time being. After all, they can't even walk steadily.
"Prince?" The imperial concubine stopped and looked down in shock at the little guy she was holding.
Yinzuo felt very strange. Why did everyone react so strongly when they heard about the prince? Was it strange for the prince to play with them? But he was just having fun with him in Yuqing Palace that day, and there was nothing wrong with it.
Since you want to invite someone, you should naturally greet them in advance, otherwise if they have something to do on that day, you would run into them.
It was okay with the fifth brother. Yinzuo made an agreement with him while going to pay New Year's greetings to the empress dowager. As for the crown prince, today is New Year's Day and there will be a family dinner in the Qianqing Palace in the evening, so they will definitely meet.
On New Year's Day, Kangxi was the busiest person. He had to get up in the morning to offer sacrifices, and then be busy accepting congratulations from officials and holding a grand luncheon and banquet with officials in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
In the afternoon, the imperial concubines led by the Royal Noble Consort performed the ceremony of six kneelings and three kowtows. Princes including Yinzuo, led by the Crown Prince, performed the ceremony of three kneelings and nine kowtows outside the palace.
Whispering was not allowed in such occasions. After the ceremony, the prince was called away by his father, and Yinzuo did not find a chance to speak.
He waited for a long time until the family dinner in the evening, and ended up seeing the prince coming with his father. Yinzuo sighed heavily.
The third and fifth brothers beside him knew why he was so anxious, and they immediately came over to comfort him.
"It's okay, Xiaoliu. Otherwise, don't invite the prince. He will definitely not go. Besides, when the emperor entertains the ministers, the prince may have to accompany him." The third brother Yinzhi said without much concern.
"Yes, Xiaoliu, isn't it enough to have so many of us accompanying you?" Yinqi didn't really want the prince to be together. He had a noble status, and even if everyone gathered together, they had to respect him. How restrained!
"But..." Yinzuo recalled the prince who played with him that day and laughed happily. He felt that the prince still wanted to play with people of the same age.
Yinzhen was not very happy at first, but seeing how concerned Yinzuo was, he worried about him the whole day, and a look of loss appeared on his little face several times, and he still felt a little bit reluctant.
"I'll go and help you."
Yinzuo opened his mouth, a little surprised. This was not like his brother's style.
"Don't you like to talk too much, brother?" Yinzuo asked puzzledly.
"But you want to invite the prince." After leaving this sentence, Yinzhen got up and went to find the prince. The prince's seat was in front of him, so it would be more convenient for him to go than Yinzuo.
Yinzuo was very touched. His brother went to see the prince for him. He was obviously the most taciturn and the one who meddles in other people's affairs, but now he broke both of these traits at the same time.
Yinzuo only saw his brother walk up to the prince and say a few words, then the prince smiled and looked back at him, nodded, and then his brother came back.
"The prince has agreed, but he may be late because he has to accompany the emperor to entertain the ministers that day."
"Thank you, brother." Yinzuo said this in a low voice.
Yinzhen just looked at him quietly and said nothing more.
Throughout the entire family dinner, Yinzuo's mind was filled with the look his brother had just given him. He didn't even hear what his third and fifth brothers said to him, and just responded with a few perfunctory remarks.
Yinzhi and Yinqi thought that he was tired and not feeling well today, so they did not look for him again.
After the family dinner, on the way back to the palace, Yinzuo secretly looked at his brother's expression several times and found that his brother never looked at him once. He seemed very unhappy. Yinzuo was hesitant to speak several times.
Until they returned to Chengqian Palace and before Yinzhen stepped into his room, he turned around, walked in front of Yinzuo, and looked at him intently.
"Just now on the road, what did you want to tell me?"
Yinzuo asked in surprise: "Brother, how did you know I wanted to talk to you?"
Yinzhen did not answer him at this time.
After a while, Yin Zuo said hesitantly, "Brother, I invited the Crown Prince to play with me. Are you unhappy?"
Seeing that his brother still didn't speak, Yinzuo carefully reached out and grabbed his brother's cloak and shook it.
"Brother? Are you unhappy?"
Suddenly a cold wind blew and Yinzuo sneezed.
Yinzhen sighed helplessly, wondering why he was angry with a two-year-old child. He was still young and just wanted to have fun with others.
"I am unhappy, but not because you want to play with the prince, but because you have been looking at the prince all day and thinking about him all the time." Yinzhen thought of the prince's determined look today and felt very uncomfortable, as if the prince wanted to snatch Yinzuo away from him.
"Ah?" Was there? Yinzuo himself didn't realize it.
"Yinzuo, I can understand that you want to find someone to play with you, but the prince is different. He is the crown prince and he cannot play. If the emperor father knew about this, he might even blame you. Do you understand?" Yinzhen didn't know what was wrong with him and suddenly changed his words to a more reasonable one.
"...I understand." Actually, he didn't really understand why the prince couldn't play. But Yinzuo subconsciously felt that if he didn't explain it clearly, his brother would be even angrier.
"So stay away from the prince in the future, remember?" Yinzhen looked at him steadily.
“…I’ve remembered.” Yinzuo nodded obediently.
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