At this time, Yinzuo's two older brothers, the eight-year-old eldest brother Yinzhi and the six-year-old crown prince Yinreng, had just finished school and arrived in time. The three-year-old third brother Yinzhi, the one-year-old fourth brother Yinzhen, and the three-month-old fifth brother, who was raised in the Empress Dowager's palace, had not yet arrived.
However, they each gave Yinzuo a gift, which was probably prepared by someone around them. The two brothers who were present did not show too much curiosity about Yinzuo himself at first, but turned around and sat in their own seats.
However, the position of crown prince was closer to Kangxi, so little Yinzuo couldn't help but stare at him with curiosity.
Yinreng looked back and smiled friendly at his sixth brother who looked particularly handsome.
Little Yinzuo also smiled back. The prince raised his eyebrows, thinking that his sixth brother was quite interesting. It must be said that the prince was worthy of being chosen by Kangxi. The father and son had the same preferences, both liked the cheerful and interesting Yinzuo.
"What is Baocheng laughing at?" Kangxi looked at the prince and asked with concern.
"My Lord, Xiaoliu just smiled at me. I found it strange. I remember that when other brothers and sisters were one month old, they either closed their eyes and fell asleep or cried. Only Xiaoliu was different."
Kangxi laughed.
"Your sixth brother is different. I still remember when you were one month old, you insisted on being held by me personally. You started crying when I put you down. My hands were sore from the entire one-month banquet."
The prince lowered his head in embarrassment, his ears turning red.
"Your Majesty, you have worked hard to raise me. I offer you a toast."
Kangxi was very moved by the deep admiration in the prince's eyes. He felt that as the only one who had acted as both father and mother and raised the prince, and seeing that the prince had grown into a child outstanding enough to make him proud, all his hard work had not been in vain.
While the father and son were showing their deep affection, the eldest prince Yinzhi on the side did not feel so good. They were all sons of the Emperor's father, so why did the Emperor's father treat the crown prince differently and completely ignore him, the eldest son?
"Your Majesty, you have worked hard in managing state affairs. Baoqing would like to offer you a toast as well."
"Good! Baoqing is also a good boy." Kangxi was very happy looking at his two filial sons.
After the full moon banquet, Kangxi went to the imperial study to handle government affairs, and Concubine De took little Yinzuo back to Yonghe Palace.
After the exhausted Yinzuo replenished his new rations, he fell into a deep sleep.
When he woke up again, he saw a very familiar face in front of him. Yinzuo subconsciously stretched out his two little hands towards him, waving them as if trying to touch him.
"Xiao Si, your brother seems to like you and wants you to kiss and hug him."
When Yinzuo heard his mother's soft voice, he woke up from his trance. It turned out that this was not a dream. The smaller version of his brother in front of him was actually his fourth brother Yinzhen, the future Emperor Yongzheng?
He was suddenly extremely excited. He had thought that he would never see his brother again, but he never expected that his adopted fourth brother, who was born to the same mother, looked exactly like his brother!
Seeing Xiaoliu suddenly become excited for some reason, Xiao Yinzhen was stunned. Kiss and hug? He pursed his lips, and his childish face showed a maturity that was not in line with his age.
He couldn't hug Xiaoliu now, let alone kiss her... So little Yinzhen thought for a moment, put his hand on Xiaoliu's face and rubbed it perfunctorily as a response to him.
The smile on Rouwan's face faded a little. She felt that Xiaosi didn't seem to like Xiaoliu very much and his reaction was too cold. This was his own brother.
However, the little Yinzuo, who was being treated perfunctorily, grinned, stuck out his tongue, and fluttered his little body.
In Yinzhen's eyes, Xiaoliu was like a little turtle that was turned over and lying flat, silly, but... quite cute.
Little Yinzuo took the opportunity to grab his brother's hand, kicked his legs happily and spit out a bubble of saliva.
However, little Yinzhen showed an expression of slight disgust. After hesitating for a while, he still couldn't bear it and pulled his hand back.
Yinzuo was so happy that he didn't hold his brother's hand tightly. He pouted his little mouth with tears in his eyes, looking like a poor abandoned child.
For some reason, little Yinzhen felt a little reluctant and thought: Xiaoliu doesn't understand anything and he is still so young. Am I going too far by doing this?
Rouwan took out the handkerchief she carried with her and wiped the saliva from Xiaoliu's mouth. She said with some concern, "Why are you feeling wronged? Xiaoliu wanted to play with your fourth brother, right?"
Little Yinzuo let out a soft "hum".
Rouwan knew that this meant affirmation, so she looked at her eldest son with a pleading look in her eyes.
"Then... Xiao Si, can you play with your brother for a while? He likes you very much. Usually, he is lazy and doesn't like to move when someone comes. Mother rarely sees him so excited."
Little Yinzhen finally nodded and patiently accompanied his brother who was just one month old, but his face was cold from beginning to end and he never smiled.
This made little Yinzuo, who tried his best to make his brother happy, very frustrated and aggrieved. His brother, who had grown smaller, was too difficult to coax. If only he could speak, it would be great. His brother had the same temperament in this life as in the previous one, and would only respond to soft words and not hard ones.
But being able to see his brother again was already a rare opportunity. Little Yinzuo tried to comfort himself, it’s okay, as the saying goes, “If you work hard, you can grind an iron rod into a needle”, as long as he persists, his brother will definitely fall in love with him again!
This way, he could once again have the best and most doting brother in the world! Thinking of this, Yinzuo suddenly became full of motivation again, and continued to smile and try to please his fourth brother.
In fact, Yinzhen was not really completely unmoved, but he was just used to concealing his true emotions.
Little Yinzuo looked at the smaller version of his brother and exclaimed in his heart: My brother was so cute when he was a child. Although he didn't like to smile like his grown-up brother, the cool little handsome boy was also very good-looking! My brother is the best!
The smile on the face of little Yinzuo, who was addicted to sucking his brother "Zizi", never disappeared. Rouwan felt relieved to see that he was happy and Xiaosi was patient. As long as the two brothers could get along harmoniously, it would be fine.
However, happy times are always short-lived. Yinzhen's wet nurse saw that the sky outside was getting darker and it seemed that it was going to rain again, so she reminded him.
"My Lady Depin, there may be a rain outside later in the evening. To prevent the Fourth Prince from getting wet, I'd better carry him back early."
Rouwan looked outside and nodded.
"Okay, when you go back, please say hello to the Imperial Concubine for me. I will go to pay my respects to the Imperial Concubine tomorrow morning."
"yes."
When the nanny took Yinzhen away, little Yinzuo, who knew his brother was leaving, immediately had tears in his eyes and looked pitiful.
"Be good, Xiaoliu. Can you ask your fourth brother to come back and play with you in a few days?" Rouwan said softly to comfort the child.
It was a pity that he couldn't open his mouth to express his desire to keep his brother. No matter how much little Yinzuo twisted his body, he couldn't stop his brother from leaving.
After his brother left, little Yinzuo cried bitterly for a long time. Later, he was so tired that he fell asleep.
In the evening, Kangxi followed what he said at the banquet and came to Yonghe Palace to have dinner with Concubine De.
After dinner, he lay on the couch and teased his son. The little guy's expression was very funny and he loved to laugh, but when he was teased too much, he opened his big watery eyes and seemed to be about to cry, looking pitiful and cute, which greatly touched upon Kangxi's bad nature. He just teased the little guy on purpose.
Little Yinzuo was extremely tired. He got up early in the morning and spent a lot of energy sucking his brother in the afternoon. Now he was very sleepy and just wanted to sleep, but the emperor wouldn't let him sleep. He either moved his nose or tickled his feet. He was so mean. If Yinzuo couldn't control himself well, he would have pounced on him and bit his father in a hurry.
"Your Majesty, Xiaoliu must be sleepy. Let the wet nurse take him down to sleep." Rouwan couldn't bear to watch it any longer. As the child's mother, she felt distressed. She thought from the bottom of her heart that the emperor was going too far. It was really not proper for him to tease a one-month-old baby just to satisfy his own evil taste.
"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore. Look how distressed your mother is. She's almost ready to snatch you away from me."
"Your Majesty!" Rouwan said coquettishly and gave him a sidelong glance.
Little Yinzuo finally escaped from the clutches of his royal father. Of course, he could not continue to sleep with his mother that night because the bed was occupied by his royal father.
When Kangxi got up in the morning, in addition to breakfast, Aunt Qing who was beside Concubine De also brought him a bowl of longevity noodles.
"Is today your birthday?"
Rouwan nodded shyly.
"This was my habit at home. I had to eat a bowl of longevity noodles every morning. I only told Aunt Qing about it once, but I didn't expect she would keep it in mind."
"The maidservant beside you has served you diligently, so I will reward her with one month's salary."
Aunt Qing smiled and squatted down to express her gratitude.
"Thank you very much, Your Majesty, for your grace."
"Since it's your birthday, I will come over tonight to accompany you. Wait for me." Kangxi smiled and left these words before leaving.
"Your Majesty, I respectfully send you off."
After the emperor's procession had completely left Yonghe Palace, Aunt Qing smiled and said to her own queen, "Congratulations, your majesty. It seems that the emperor still loves you as always. And I think your majesty's favor may even increase."
Rouwan smiled and did not deny it. The so-called favor in the palace was obtained through calculation. Even the most favored Concubine Yi was the same. Of course, she herself was no exception. It was just to maintain her own and her family's honor and interests. There was nothing to be too happy about.
"Is Xiaoliu awake? Let the wet nurse bring him over." Only one's own children are blood relatives and lifelong support.
"I just checked and found that the Sixth Prince was still asleep. I think he was tired from the full moon banquet yesterday."
"Then let him sleep a little longer. I wonder which palace the emperor plans to entrust Xiaoliu to be raised in." Rouwan sighed softly.
She had originally planned to ask last night, but in the end she couldn't bear to do it. She thought that as long as she didn't bring it up, perhaps the emperor would be too busy to remember it, and her Xiaoliu would be able to stay with her for a little longer.
"Logically speaking, it should be either Huipin's Yanxi Palace or Rongpin's Zhongcui Palace."
"Concubine Hui, I still feel that Zhongcui Palace is better." Concubine Rong gave birth to many children, but only the third prince and a princess survived. She loves her son even more than Concubine Hui, and should care more about her little six.
If only there was a way to allow Xiaoliu to stay in Yonghe Palace forever.
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