On the day when the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince were successfully vaccinated and walked out of the West Third Institute safely, many people breathed a sigh of relief, especially the Fifth Prince, the Sixth Prince, the Seventh Prince and the Eighth Prince's biological mother who were standing behind them.
The palace also held a ceremony for the two to celebrate their recovery.
But after all, Xiao Si was the better one, so when Depin went to visit Chengqian Palace, she did not bring Yinzuo with her for the sake of caution. He could only lie on the table in Yonghe Palace and confide his depression to his two little turtles.
"Sixth Prince, when Lian Xin went to the imperial kitchen just now, she saw the seasonal fruits that were newly delivered this spring, and she brought some back specially. I know you are tired of eating oranges, so why not change the taste?"
Nanny Cheng can be said to be very dedicated in taking care of the Sixth Prince. She noticed that the Sixth Prince did not have a good appetite these past few days and did not eat much no matter how much food she changed.
Yinzuo did not look up, but his lively eyes turned to Nanny Cheng's hands. The plate in her hand was filled with fresh pineapples and mangoes. It was rare to eat southern fruits on weekdays.
Everything on the plate had been cut into small pieces, which was just convenient for Yinzuo to eat. After all, his mouth was too small, and he only had four teeth. No, Yinzuo stuck out his tongue and licked the tip of the newly grown tooth. He had now started to grow his sixth tooth.
The mango is ripe. It has a soft, sweet texture and plenty of juice. When you take a bite, the juice fills your entire mouth instantly.
"Great~" Yinzuo shook his little head, very happy.
"Ah~~" He felt that one bite was not enough, and immediately opened his little mouth towards Madam Cheng after eating, waiting to be fed, just like a hungry young bird in the tree.
Depin came back at this time and saw the little guy eating something with his mouth open.
"What delicious food is Xiaoliu eating?"
"Your Highness is back. I just went to the imperial kitchen to ask for some glutinous rice flour to make snacks for the Sixth Prince. I saw some fresh mangoes and pineapples, so I took the initiative to spend some money to ask for some. I didn't expect that the Sixth Prince liked them very much."
Lianxin stepped forward to support her own lady and explained.
"Mother~"
Before Rouwan got close, she saw the little guy's big bright eyes and stretched out his two little arms for her to hold him.
She walked over with a smile, held him in her arms, then sat where the little guy had just sat and glanced at the mango pieces on the plate.
"Mother, this time~"
The little guy pointed at the fruit plate, raised his little head and looked at her with a smile. Rouwan didn't expect that the little guy would be so proactive in letting her eat some, knowing that there wasn't much of it in total.
"Sixth Prince is the most caring child I have ever seen. You know, most children are protective of their food, but Sixth Prince has Empress in his eyes. Whenever he gets something delicious, he shares it with Empress as soon as possible. He is such a filial son." Nanny Cheng said with some emotion.
"Look, Mammy is praising you again. Then let me try it. How sweet is the mango that our Xiaoliu said is delicious?"
As soon as Rouwan put it into her mouth, she saw the little guy staring at her without blinking, his little mouth slightly open, saliva flowing out, his greedy little look was so hilarious.
So she stuffed a piece into the little guy's mouth.
The mother and son showed the same expression of enjoyment. It was so sweet and delicious.
"My God~" Yinzuo felt that good things were more meaningful when they were shared with the most important people.
Rouwan kissed Xiaoliu's little face tenderly, shook her head, and said, "Mother doesn't like it, Xiaoliu can eat it by yourself."
Yinzuo was stunned. The satisfaction in his mother's eyes was real. It was obvious that she liked it very much. She probably said she didn't like it just to keep it for herself.
"Liar~"
The little fellow stretched out his voice, pouted his lips, and had an expression that said, "I've seen through you a long time ago." Rouwan was both moved and wanted to laugh.
"How do you know, Xiaoliu, that mother is lying? She is clearly telling the truth."
Yinzuo insisted on himself, shaking his little head and saying softly: "Mother, I like it~~"
Rouwan couldn't help but kiss him again, and then she smiled and said, "Little Six, dear, mother can still eat something else. Aren't you still eating the tribute oranges?"
Yinzuo quickly grabbed his mother's sleeve, fearing that she would really go to eat the oranges.
"Mother, no~" Yinzuo pointed at himself again and continued, "No!"
His expression looked fierce and he wanted to fully express his persistence to his mother.
"Your Majesty, please eat some. Otherwise, the Sixth Prince won't eat any. The mangoes cannot be kept for too long after they are cut. The people in the imperial kitchen said that if they are not fresh, you may get stomach upset if you eat them." Lianxin saw that the Sixth Prince was so considerate of the Majesty and couldn't bear to disappoint him, so she spoke up.
"Okay, okay, Lianxin is here to help you. Just eat, Mommy. Can you eat with Xiaoliu? Come on, open your mouth."
"Mother~for now~~" Yinzuo would not be fooled. What if mother was lying to him?
Rouwan complained, but her heart felt sweeter than eating honey. She first fed herself a piece and held it in her mouth, then scooped up another piece and put it to the little guy's mouth.
"Awoo~" Yinzuo opened his little mouth wide and swallowed it in one gulp. His little face smiled like a flower.
The job of feeding the little guy was completely taken over by Rouwan from Nanny Cheng. Nanny Cheng felt a little regretful. After all, feeding the Sixth Prince was the most interesting job.
The mother and son took turns taking a bite, and finally divided the whole mango up between them.
"I've finished eating. There's no more." Rouwan stuffed the last piece into the little guy's mouth.
Yinzuo chewed slowly while leaning on the edge of the table, looking into the fruit plate, and sure enough, there was really nothing left. Ah, he really couldn't help eating, happiness is always short-lived.
Rouwan smiled immediately when she saw his lost look.
"Lianxin, go get some silver from Aunt Qing, and buy some more. Otherwise, I think Xiaoliu is about to cry out of greed."
"Ang~Miyou~~" Yinzuo immediately refuted what his mother had just said. He didn't cry, he just felt a little pity.
"Isn't there a plate of pineapples? Xiaoliu, have some of this." Rouwan scooped up a piece and looked at the little guy in her arms with a smile.
Yinzuo opened his mouth, originally full of anticipation, but when he took a bite, his eyebrows knitted together. The taste... was not quite what he had imagined! He suddenly remembered that it seemed that it would taste better if it was soaked in salt water beforehand.
Seeing his strange expression, Rouwan asked hurriedly, "What's wrong? Doesn't it taste good? Then spit it out quickly."
Yinzuo did not make things difficult for himself and spit out the small piece of pineapple in his mouth, but his mouth was still bitter. He stuck out his tongue and looked a little pitiful.
"Empress, the water is here." As soon as Nanny Cheng noticed that Sixth Prince was acting strangely, she went to pour water.
"Come on, Xiaoliu, rinse your mouth. Don't drink it. Spit it out."
After working for a while, Yinzuo no longer wanted to touch the pineapple that looked delicious.
"Your Majesty, this pineapple is a bit bitter if eaten directly. I thought we should make some pineapple cakes for Sixth Prince." Aunt Qing suggested.
"That's a good idea."
In fact, Yinzuo has a new idea in his head, which is to make pineapple rice! It tastes good when fried!
"Fan Fan~" He blinked his eyes and looked at his mother expectantly, hoping that she could communicate with him and understand what he meant. For this reason, he deliberately said repetitive words to act nicely in front of his mother and please her.
"Are you hungry, Xiaoliu? But you just ate so many mangoes."
Yinzuo shook his head violently. That was not what he meant. His mother must have misunderstood him.
"Ah!" Yinzuo was a little anxious.
Rouwan thought Xiaoliu was being stubborn. He had never been so disobedient before. What happened today?
"Mother feels your belly and it's still bloated. Can you eat later? Mother is not stopping you from eating, but she's afraid that you'll have indigestion."
Yinzuo continued to shake his head. He really didn't want to eat. It turned out that in his mother's eyes, he was such a delicious person! He was a little angry.
The little guy was seen crawling away from his mother, turning his back and shrinking in a corner.
Everyone was amused by the Sixth Prince's cute and funny actions. They all lowered their heads, trying hard to hold back their laughter. Lianxin was the first to fail.
With the first one, the second one naturally followed, and in the end everyone in the room was laughing.
Yinzuo felt so embarrassed to be laughed at by so many people. He could only demonstrate his embarrassment with other actions. There is a saying that goes, as long as I am not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed. He simply covered his ears with his two little hands and pretended that he did not hear anything.
"Hmph!" He hummed loudly at the wall.
In the end, Rouwan, the only one who managed not to laugh at him, also laughed while covering her face with her hands.
"What are you laughing at? I heard you master and servant laughing outside. Say it out loud so that I can laugh." Kangxi strode in.
Rouwan stood up and saluted.
"I pay my respects to His Majesty."
"Get up. I just went to Chengqian Palace to check on Yinzhen. The child has lost a lot of weight. I wanted to show him some mercy, but I didn't expect him to ask me for a reward for his brother. He asked for a basket of melons and fruits newly sent as tribute from the south, and asked me to personally send it over so that I could check on his brother to see if he was okay."
After Kangxi finished speaking, he noticed Xiaoliu squatting in the corner. He found it very interesting and asked with a smile.
"What's going on? Why are you and your servant laughing so happily, but Xiaoliu is so angry?"
Rouwan covered her lips and chuckled when she heard this.
"Your Majesty, you don't know that Xiaoliu just ate some fruit, but he still felt it was not enough and insisted on having a meal. I saw that his belly was swollen and I was worried that he would feel uncomfortable because of the indigestion. I didn't expect that this little guy was stubborn today and was angry with me."
"Are you angry? Let me see what our angry Xiaoliu looks like." Kangxi sat on the couch and hugged the little guy in the corner into his arms.
Sure enough, the little guy was very angry and his face turned red.
"Are you really angry? Talk to me, I'll support you."
Yinzuo sniffed, then muttered a lot of things excitedly.
“￥%#@se se, rice rice, good times￥%#”
Kangxi only understood these six words, but that did not affect his ability to guess what the little guy wanted to express.
"What's bitter? Xiaoliu, do you want to cook it into a meal?"
Yinzuo stood up suddenly, kissed his royal father deeply, and nodded vigorously.
"Ama~Great!"
Kangxi was kissed by the little guy in public, and he was stunned for a moment and unable to react.
Everyone looked at each other, and they were all worried for the Sixth Prince. He was the emperor, and yet the Sixth Prince spoke like that. They hoped that the Emperor would not get too angry because of the Sixth Prince's young age.
"Emperor..." Rouwan was just about to say a few good words for the child.
"That's right! I'm your royal father, so I'm naturally the best. I immediately understood what you wanted to say, Xiaoliu, right? What does this prove? It proves that we, father and son, have a tacit understanding!"
Kangxi was very happy, with a relaxed smile on his face, because it was not the first time he was kissed by this little guy, and it felt pretty good. There were no outsiders here, so it was not a big deal.
"Hehehe~" What the emperor said is right!
The father and son looked at each other and smiled happily.
"By the way, we still don't know what this little guy was talking about just now?" Kangxi turned his head and asked Depin.
"Your Majesty, what Xiaoliu was eating just now was a pineapple that had just been brought back from the imperial kitchen. The pineapple seemed to be not fully ripe yet and tasted a bit astringent, so I asked them to make pineapple cakes. Who would have thought... Xiaoliu actually wanted to make it into rice? It's really too weird."
"What's so strange about this? People in the south even use lychees to make soup. Since Xiaoliu wants to eat it, let's ask someone to make it for us. I'm also very curious about what it tastes like. I'll stay at your place tonight."
"Yeah!" After listening to what his father said, Yinzuo also nodded. He felt that what his father said was absolutely right!
"Okay, okay, now Xiaoliu has the emperor's support, how can I not agree? But I have to say this first, if the food doesn't taste good, you two are not allowed to blame others."
No way! Yinzuo proudly puffed out his chest and smiled widely.
Kangxi couldn't help himself and stretched out his hand to pinch her. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Xiaoliu's face is soft, like a ball of cotton, it feels so good.
Yinzuo, who would not easily let anyone touch his face, let him do as his father spoke for him today.
"I will never complain." Kangxi promised with a smile.
It just so happened that when Kangxi came, he brought a basket of fruits that Xiao Si had asked for for Xiao Yinzuo, and there was pineapple in it. The people in the small kitchen washed it clean and tried to cook it.
Rouwan sat next to Kangxi holding little Yinzuo, looking at the pineapple in front of her with only a few leaves on the top cut off. No matter how she looked at it, she felt that it was not much different from before.
"Is this... ready?" She began to worry about the maid in the small kitchen. What if the emperor got angry? Would she save it or not? This was too bold. She actually brought a perfectly intact one to fool the emperor.
Kangxi was quite calm and just smiled without saying anything.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. The middle of the pineapple has been hollowed out, and inside is the prepared dish." The palace maid walked forward with a smile and took off the top.
A sweet smell wafted into his nose, and Yinzuo was very excited. This was the pineapple rice he was familiar with!
"I want it~it smells so good~~"
Kangxi smiled and looked at him when he heard this.
"First, use a small bowl to serve some to Sixth Prince. I see he's almost ready to lie down in front of the pineapple."
Normally, it was Concubine De who fed Xiaoliu herself, but today the Emperor was here, so she had to ask others to hold him while Nanny Cheng fed him.
Kangxi watched Xiaoliu's wet nurse feeding him with relish. The little fellow had a bulging mouth and it was not big, but he took a lot of food. After he finished eating, he opened his mouth on his own initiative and made an "ah" sound to remind the nanny to feed him the next bite quickly. It was really interesting.
"I am Xiaoliu's father, and I have never fed him before. I just saw Mammy feeding him, and it doesn't seem difficult. Let me try."
Of course, he had seen his other sons eat before, but they were too messy when they were young, and their attention was not focused. After taking a bite, they would look at this and play with that. Even for the crown prince, he only fed him once or twice. Now, seeing the well-behaved and easy-to-take little six, he suddenly felt itchy to feed him.
"This..." Nanny Cheng looked at Concubine De and asked for her opinion.
"Since the emperor wants to fulfill his duty as a father, I will naturally cooperate. Come, hand Xiaoliu to me."
So Yinzuo, who was eating happily, was suddenly transferred by a palace servant to his mother's arms. Of course, he had no objection, as long as it didn't delay his delicious meal.
The person feeding him also changed. After Yinzuo swallowed the meal, he opened his little mouth.
"I want to~"
Kangxi estimated the amount and scooped a large spoonful and put it into his son's mouth.
Yinzuo accepted everyone who came and opened his mouth as wide as possible.
"Awoo~" He took a bite and managed to eat it all in his mouth. However, his cheeks were a little too full, so he had to stretch out his two little hands to support both sides of his face, and then chew slowly and carefully to avoid accidentally spitting it out.
Kangxi looked a little disappointed and thought: I have to scoop less next time. But Xiaoliu looked really cute, just like a little squirrel storing food in its cheeks in the winter.
It took Yinzuo a while to finish the big mouthful of rice. Kangxi did not rush him. Instead, he just smiled and waited for him to finish eating.
Yinzuo rubbed his sore cheeks. He had taken too much bite just now. This time he stretched out his thumb and index finger and gestured in front of his father.
"Little~diudiu~"
Everyone was touched by his cute movements and expressions.
Kangxi suppressed a smile and nodded, saying seriously: "Okay, I will scoop a little less for Xiaoliu this time, so that our Xiaoliu won't have to work too hard to eat."
Yinzuo nodded his head with satisfaction, then opened his little mouth.
“Ouch~”
Well, this bite is just the right amount. Yinzuo gave his royal father two thumbs up next to his little face.
"Your Majesty has gained experience in feeding the babies. Xiaoliu seems very satisfied with your feeding this time. He even praised your Majesty for his good performance while eating." Depin joked with a smile.
Kangxi seemed quite happy.
"Now that I have Xiaoliu's approval, shouldn't I feed Xiaoliu a few more bites?"
Kangxi became more and more excited as he fed, and he fed the entire small bowl of food into the little guy's stomach with his own hands.
"Burp~" Yinzuo, who was full, burped accidentally. He quickly reached out his hand to cover his mouth, and secretly looked at his father and his mother, afraid that they would laugh at his greed.
Rouwan gently shook her head at the emperor. Kangxi also noticed the little guy's red ears and thought: He is so young, and he still feels ashamed.
So everyone held back their laughter and pretended not to hear.
"Madame Cheng, please hold the Sixth Prince so that the Emperor and I can have dinner."
"Yes." Nanny Cheng stepped forward, carried the Sixth Prince to the side and stood there.
Although he was full, Yinzuo's eyes still did not leave the table filled with exquisite imperial dishes. Even if he couldn't eat them, it would be worthwhile to just look at them!
Kangxi naturally noticed this, so whichever dish the little guy stared at for the longest time, he would order the eunuch serving him that dish. Not only would he show an expression of enjoyment, he would even take the initiative to comment on it and praise its deliciousness.
Depin was a little puzzled: What happened to the emperor? Didn't he always follow the rule of "don't talk when eating and don't talk when sleeping"? Why was he so outgoing today?
When she raised her eyes, she saw a trickle of tears flowing from the corner of the mouth of the little guy in Nanny Cheng's arms.
He immediately understood what was going on. Kangxi naturally also saw the situation of the little guy and laughed heartily.
"Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu, you little greedy devil, if I hadn't fed you personally, you would have suspected whose stomach that bowl of rice went into just now, and you were so full. Now you are staring at the dinner of me and your mother and drooling. I really don't know what to say to you."
Rou Wan also smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you can see it. It's not that I deliberately starved him. He just wanted to eat everything. I didn't let him eat too much, and he was angry with me. This was what happened when Your Majesty entered Yonghe Palace just now."
Yinzuo quickly reached out his hand and wiped the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand. He was still young, so it was normal for him to drool. Moreover, the imperial meal was indeed delicious and tasty. It was just that the dish was too tempting. How could he be blamed for his weak willpower as a child...
However, he was teased by his father and mother. He was still shy after all, and hid himself in Nanny Cheng's arms embarrassedly, leaving them only a cute back of his head.
Kangxi thought of a solution while smiling and said, "It's not a big problem for him to love food. The palace is not short of all kinds of delicious food. I will ask Liang Jiugong to pick two talented young eunuchs and palace maids and send them to the imperial kitchen to learn how to cook. When they have learned enough, I will assign them to Xiaoliu to cook for him. I don't believe that Xiaoliu will still be greedy."
"I would like to thank the emperor for his grace on behalf of Xiaoliu."
"It's okay. He loves to eat, and he's my son, so it's only natural for me to pamper him. People say that the youngest child in the family is meant to be pampered. Our Yinzhen has a calm temperament, so Xiaoliu should be more lively."
Depin felt the same way. Yinzhen did not grow up with her and had an independent personality. Xiaoliu was often sick and was particularly weak, so by chance he was kept in Yonghe Palace.
Now Huipin has the Eighth Prince who was just born to Liang Guiren to raise, and Rongpin has the Seventh Prince to raise. Could it be that... the Emperor is planning to send Yinzuo out of the palace to be raised in the future, just like he did with the Eldest Prince and the Third Prince?
"Your Majesty, in a few days, Xiaoliu will be one year old." Depin said tentatively.
Kangxi nodded thoughtfully and said, "It's time to choose a foster mother for Xiaoliu."
Depin's heart skipped a beat; this day was finally coming.
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