By September, Yinzuo had recovered completely, the fifth and seventh princes who had been vaccinated also came out safely from the West Three Institutes, and Kangxi also issued an announcement to start his southern tour.
Originally, he had no plan to take any prince on the tour, not even the crown prince, but he had made an agreement with Yinzuo to take him with him on the long journey, so Kangxi took a day off and went to Chengqian Palace in the evening.
"How come you've lost so much weight, but you're picky about food again?"
Kangxi hugged the little Yinzuo at the door. Even though he now had several sons younger than him, Kangxi still thought Yinzuo was the cutest.
Yinzuo hugged the emperor's neck and pouted to defend himself: "No, it's not true. Xiaoliu got sick accidentally before, and the emperor didn't come to see me."
"Xiao Liu, your royal father is busy with the affairs of the previous dynasty and can't leave. You are not allowed to disrespect your royal father." The imperial concubine was only worried that Yinzuo would anger the emperor.
"It's okay. It's true that I didn't come to see him. It's my fault. Can you forgive me, Xiaoliu?" Kangxi now treats Yinzuo a little differently from his other sons. He likes the little guy's behavior of acting coquettishly in front of him. Children should be spoiled.
"Xiao Liu knows that the Emperor is busy because there are so many people in the world, all of whom are his subjects. Xiao Liu has never blamed the Emperor. The Emperor is the person Xiao Liu admires the most!"
After saying that, Yinzuo gave her a kiss.
Kangxi laughed heartily and strode inside holding him in his arms.
"Good boy, do you still remember the Jiangnan that I mentioned to you before?"
Even after they entered the palace and sat on the couch, Kangxi did not let Yinzuo go, but still let him sit on his lap.
"Remember! The Emperor said there are many beauties in Jiangnan~"
The Imperial Concubine smiled and snorted, glancing at the Emperor opposite her.
Kangxi coughed twice, feeling somewhat embarrassed, and did not dare to look the Imperial Noble Consort in the eye.
"If the emperor wants the palace to be more lively, he can select women of appropriate age from the Eight Banners to enter the palace. The women from Jiangnan are all Han women, and according to the rules, they cannot enter the palace. This is a rule set by the Empress Dowager herself. The emperor should think twice."
The Imperial Noble Consort had the same status as the Vice Empress, so naturally she also had the duty to give advice. Even if these words might make the Emperor unhappy, she still had to say what she should say. Otherwise, if the Emperor really took a Han woman into the palace in the future, the Empress Dowager would be the first to reprimand her.
"Ahem! I didn't intend to marry a Han woman. I just knew from the Crown Prince that Xiaoliu loved Jiangzhe cuisine, so I told him more about the scenery and interesting things in Jiangnan. But he only remembered the beauty."
The Imperial Concubine smiled and did not continue to dwell on the matter. She had said everything she needed to say anyway.
"The scenery of Jiangnan is beautiful, but unfortunately I have never seen it. I only know a little about it from the poems handed down by the predecessors."
"There will be opportunities in the future. This southern tour is for serious business, not for fun, so I didn't even invite the Grand Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother."
"I will just wait."
"Yinzuo, I promised you last time that I would take you with me next time I go on a long journey. Since I said so, I should do it. You can ask the Imperial Concubine to pack your bags for you. On September 28th, we will set out from the Forbidden City."
When Yinzuo heard the news, he was extremely happy at first, but there was another very important event in September, which was his sister's birthday. She was one year old, and the only thing Yinzuo was worried about was his sister.
Fortunately, his sister's birthday is September 22nd, which means that before leaving, he can personally accompany his sister to celebrate her first birthday.
On September 22nd, the weather was not particularly good. It rained yesterday and it was cloudy today.
Yinzuo gave his sister a felt piece of wool that he had made himself. Because his sister's zodiac sign was pig, the piece he made was in the shape of a cute and round little pig.
My younger sister was finally listed on the jade plate when she was one year old. She was ranked fifth in the order of birth and was called the Fifth Princess. She also had a name given to her by the emperor himself, called Qionghua, which means luxurious and beautiful jade.
"Qionghua, do you like the gift that Sixth Brother gave you?" Qionghua couldn't walk yet, so Yinzuo asked while holding her.
"Hmm~~" Qionghua could only say a few simple words to roughly express her wishes, and was unable to clearly express more complex emotions.
Compared to Yinzuo's childhood, she is more like a normal child, but fortunately everyone is very patient with her.
Precisely because everyone loved to indulge her, Qionghua's personality became somewhat spoiled, and she had a particularly strong possessiveness over her brother Yinzuo. For her first birthday ceremony, Yinzhen, as her full brother, still rushed to it after school in the evening.
The two brothers who had not seen each other for a long time naturally acted very close, not to mention that Yinzuo was very dependent on him, and now he stretched out his arms to ask his brother to hug him.
Even though Yinzuo had grown a lot now, in Yinzhen's eyes, he was not much older than Qionghua, who was only one year old next to him, so he picked him up. Now that Yinzhen had started to practice martial arts with Waian Da, his arm strength was many times better than before, so it was no effort at all for him to hold Yinzuo.
"Wow! Brother is so strong~" Yinzuo laughed and made a noise, and even asked his brother to hold him and spin around.
Qionghua was immediately unhappy when she saw that her brother, who accompanied her every day, now only had eyes for that wooden face.
"Ah! Ah! Poof!" Her voice became increasingly sharp and aggressive.
Yin Zuo turned his head and asked worriedly, "What happened to Qionghua?"
Yinzhen, who had spent nearly twenty years living with his sister in his previous life, could tell at a glance that Qionghua was dissatisfied with him, but so what?
"I guess he's happy. He's laughing along with you."
Yinzuo was a little confused. Did he hear it wrong? Qionghua just... was she laughing? No matter what, Yinzuo still wanted to continue playing.
"Brother, keep spinning around~"
"This palace is very narrow. Why don't I hold you and take a walk in the courtyard outside?"
"Okay!" Yinzuo was already enjoying it, and when he heard this, he agreed immediately.
Yinzhen then carried him out for a spin and played. When he went out, a smile inadvertently appeared on the corner of his mouth, but it disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The Fifth Princess, who was sighing at the door, became more and more anxious as she waited. She pointed outside and babbled, but the maids didn't understand what she meant and she was so angry that she started crying.
"Wow! Bro~"
Yinzuo, who was still having fun outside, vaguely heard his sister crying. He stopped laughing and checked carefully for a while.
"Brother! Qionghua is crying! Put me down quickly, let's go in and take a look!"
Yinzhen just felt that the Fifth Princess, who had grown smaller, could not stand being teased at all. Although she used to be of the same temper and would get angry at the slightest provocation, she would at least consider her dignity as a princess and would at most complain behind his back but would not cry in front of others easily.
"Let me carry you in. It will be faster this way."
Yinzuo did not suspect anything. He hugged his brother's neck and let him carry him in.
Qionghua was crying breathlessly in Concubine De's arms. When she saw her beloved brother, she immediately wanted him to hug her, but that annoying wooden-faced man held her beloved brother tightly and refused to let go. Qionghua was very angry.
"Aba! Ah! Ah!" She babbled a lot, wanting that annoying wooden-faced man to return her beloved brother to her.
Although her dear brother comes to play with her every day, it is only for a short while. He disappears when it gets dark. Now it is getting dark, and this wooden-faced guy still wants to snatch the space from her. It is really annoying!
Although Qionghua is young, she remembers it very clearly. Every once in a while, this wooden-faced man would appear and every time he would take the spotlight over her dear brother. If she were asked to rank the people she hates the most, the wooden-faced man would definitely be number one!
"Mother~What did Qionghua say? Why is she suddenly so excited?" Yinzuo couldn't understand at all.
Concubine De was also puzzled. She had just checked and found that her daughter had neither urinated nor defecated, nor did she seem hungry. She had no idea what was wrong with her daughter.
"My mother doesn't know either."
"Are you sleepy?" Yinzhen took the initiative to interject.
"It is somewhat possible. Today is her first birthday celebration and she has been busy all day. She didn't sleep at noon. Maybe she is sleepy and a little impatient." Defei speculated along this line of thought.
"In that case, mother, please take Qionghua to rest early. I will send Yinzuo back." Yinzhen acted like a responsible brother.
"That's fine. With you sending him off, Mother will feel more at ease. Go ahead."
"Then let's go, see you tomorrow, Qionghua~"
Qionghua watched helplessly as Mu Tou Lian took her beloved brother away and never came back. She cried even louder. Fortunately, she fell asleep out of exhaustion after crying for a while.
De Fei heaved a sigh of relief and said, "I am indeed sleepy. It is hard for Yinzhen to be so observant."
Fortunately, Qionghua didn't hear this, otherwise she would have been even more angry.
On the other side, two brothers walked out of Yonghe Palace and were whispering to each other.
"Brother, please put me down." Yinzuo was worried that his brother was tired.
Yinzhen's arms were indeed a little sore, but he did not try to show off his strength, because Yinzuo had already come out anyway.
"Brother, the Emperor said he would take me on a tour to the south. Have you ever been to Jiangnan?"
The Emperor made six southern tours in total. Yinzhen, who had accompanied him on the tour in his previous life, shook his head.
"I have to study with my teachers. It's a rare opportunity to go out and play. If you want to go, go ahead. But just follow the emperor closely and don't run around."
It's okay to go on the southern tour. He can't see Yinzuo on weekdays anyway. This move can also keep Yinzuo away from that whining sister. Why not do it?
Yinzuo stopped and stared at him strangely.
"Brother, I thought you wouldn't agree to let me follow the Emperor."
Yinzhen led him forward and said to him as they walked: "Although I am very reluctant to leave, you are a man. As the ancients said, 'Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles.' It would be good for you to see more scenery outside and broaden your horizons."
"Besides, it's not like you won't be coming back."
Yinzhen's words sounded selfless and moved Yinzuo to tears.
Unfortunately, Yinzuo was unable to go in the end, because from the second day after Qionghua turned one year old, she would hug Yinzuo every time she saw him. Whenever Yinzuo mentioned that he was going on a southern tour, she would cry, and Yinzuo was reluctant to leave.
When Yinzuo went to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to tell his father that he would not go, Kangxi laughed at him: "You two siblings are very much alike. You love to cling to your brother, and Qionghua loves to cling to you, her brother."
The author has something to say:
The brother complex has turned into a sister complex, and in the future it will turn into a brother complex. Yinzhen, just wait and see.
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