Chapter 15
But Yinzuo behaved well for a while, then leaned forward again, even lying on the table to watch his elder brother writing on the white paper. The elder brother asked, "Want to learn?"
Seeing that the eldest prince took the initiative to talk to him, Yinzuo slightly let go of the idea of not disturbing his eldest brother by talking. He nodded, and nodded several times.
But the eldest prince smiled and said, "Have fun. You can only have fun for three years. You will have to learn even if you don't want to. You are busy."
The rejected Yinzuo lay on the table, still watching his elder brother doing homework. He did not realize the preciousness of playing time and was full of yearning for what his brothers did.
Yinzuo stayed with the eldest prince for quite a while. After finishing his homework, the eldest prince accompanied Yinzuo for a while, and then sent Yinzuo back. But before sending him back, the eldest prince asked the question of choosing one of the two again. Unfortunately, Yinzuo's answer to him was still the same: "I like the crown prince brother."
"I like big brother."
The little guy's voice was soft and milky, but his answer was firm. Looking at the little guy's innocent and clear eyes, the eldest brother had no idea what to do with him. He was so angry that he picked up the little guy, grabbed his waist and swung his legs around, but how could this scare the little guy? Isn't it exactly what the little guy wants? The laughter in the elder brother's office was so loud that it scared away the birds on the eaves.
Yinzuo was reluctant to leave and was unwilling to get down from the eldest prince's arms. He said, "No, I'm going to sleep here."
Xiao Cui coaxed him: "The queen will be worried and is waiting for you to come back."
Yinzuo thought, mother can always stay, but elder brother only came today, so he hugged his elder brother and turned to Xiaocui and said, "Mother is asleep, don't wait, Yin'er will be back tomorrow."
Although he didn't win in the two-choice match, the eldest prince was still satisfied with Yinzuo's lingering feelings. But even if he was satisfied, he couldn't keep the little kid. No one here would take care of such a little kid, so how could he let him stay overnight?
The eldest prince put Yinzuo in the place of his wet nurse and said to Yinzuo, "Okay, a man should not act like a spoiled child. I will come to play with you next time."
Yinzuo also realized that these people would not let him stay here, so he had to promise: "Come back."
The eldest brother: "Okay, I'll let you come."
Yinzuo was generally happy when he returned, and he was even happier when he saw the repaired wooden bird. But after being happy for about ten seconds, he suddenly remembered and asked his mother, "Ama?"
Depin had a bad feeling in her heart and didn't want to say it, but she still said with a stiff upper lip: "Your royal father sent the repaired little wooden bird, and now, ahem, we're leaving."
Yinzuo: “…”
The next second, her bad premonition came true, and her little son's eyes were filled with tears.
Depin was panicking, her youngest son was always happy, he didn't even cry when he drank the bitter medicine. She shouldn't have said anything more when the emperor asked her youngest son to get along with the eldest prince.
Yinzuo did not cry loudly, but the mist from his tears gathered into drops, which fell down with a plop.
The little guy, who never cried before, was shedding tears. Depin felt uncomfortable instantly. She quickly took the little wooden bird and demonstrated it to Yinzuo, "Look, it's all fixed. How about we play with it for a while? Let's see if it's fixed firmly?"
Yinzuo, however, was in a depressed mood. He casually poke the little wooden bird twice, and when he saw its wings move, his mood did not improve at all.
Yinzuo feels upset now.
Seeing the young prince like this, the maids and eunuchs who served him felt uncomfortable. The palace was cold and depressing, but this young master was always surrounded by laughter. Even the servants felt relieved when they saw the young master's innocent and lovely smile. Now that the young master was like this, they were also worried.
Xiao Cui even took the initiative to ask, "Sixth Prince, do you want some candy? I got some new ones, which are even better than the previous ones. They also have orange flavor, sour and sweet. I'm sure Sixth Prince will like them once he eats them."
Depin also said, "Yes, let's try a new flavor and give Yinzuo two pieces, okay?"
Yinzuo rolled his eyes, and Depin signaled Xiaocui to quickly bring the candy over. Yinzuo ate the new candy with a sour and sweet orange flavor, but he still felt uncomfortable. He felt like he had missed a lot of treasures, sobbing and aggrieved to Depin: "Father."
Depin patted Yinzuo and said deliberately: "Why do you always think about your father? Your mother is jealous. Think about your mother too. That's right, if your mother is here every day, she won't be a big deal."
Yinzuo's tearful eyes were blank, and his mind was full of thoughts. He could not digest and understand Depin's words, but seeing his mother's lost look, the little guy who was still sobbing hurriedly came over to pat his mother with his little hands, and said in a crying voice: "I miss you, mother."
“Rare.”
Depin's trick of distracting the attention was great. Yinzuo, who was still feeling distressed, immediately devoted most of his attention to comforting his mother.
Children are forgetful and their attention is easily diverted. Seeing that Yinzuo was feeling a little better, Depin breathed a sigh of relief.
Depin asked what he said and did when he met the eldest prince today, so Yinzuo told his mother about meeting his eldest brother. His eldest brother would hold him in circles and lift him up high to pick leaves. He liked his eldest brother and his eldest brother also liked him.
As he spoke, the remaining cry in Yinzuo's voice finally disappeared, and the mist in his eyes finally retreated, and everyone finally felt relieved.
But it's not completely healed yet. Normally, when Yinzuo and Depin talked about playing outside, they would definitely talk and gesture, with their eyes shining and smiling like flowers. But now, they still look listless, which makes people feel distressed.
As Yinzuo was talking, he thought about playing with his elder brother and forgot that his father came over today. The mist in his eyes gushed up again and he wiped it away with the back of his hand.
Yinzuo’s mind was spinning, but he was very happy with his brother.
Daddy wants it, and his brother wants it too.
At this moment, Yinzuo deeply understood what it meant to choose between two options.
Why can't Dad and brothers take turns? Yinzuo has a lot of time, so it would be better if Dad and brothers don't gather together after they finish their work.
Yinzuo had a lot of things in mind, but after thinking it over, he couldn't regain his former liveliness today, and he felt sad for missing his father.
Even when Yinzuo was given his favorite fish soup as a snack, he couldn't be happy.
After coaxing Yinzuo to sleep, Depin sighed. She used to think of herself as a strict mother, but now she realized that she probably would never be one in this life - she couldn't bear to see her son sad and aggrieved, and wished to give all the good things to her son.
Just like today, she wanted to call the emperor back for her son, but Depin, who had lived cautiously in the harem for many years, knew that it was not allowed. Other concubines who raised princes and princesses would not find excuses to call the emperor back. There was only one emperor. If everyone made random moves and disrupted the harem and affected the emperor's daily affairs, the old ancestor would not tolerate it and would even not allow her to raise Yinzuo.
Seeing that Yinzuo looked unhappy even when he was asleep, Depin felt extremely distressed and blamed the emperor in her heart. Couldn't the emperor see that his son really wanted him to come and that his son really liked him to be with him? The emperor should have called his son back today.
Depin was right to complain. Compared with Depin, a loving mother, Kangxi was much less qualified. Of course, he knew that his youngest son liked him very much. He also thought about what his son would be like if he missed seeing him. Thinking about it, he felt a little happy.
This is the recklessness of knowing that one is loved, the bad taste of human nature.
Oh, what a nasty and scumbag father.
So Kangxi, holding the tea, asked Yinzuo with a slightly raised mouth what he did after seeing the repaired little wooden bird.
Liang Jiugong replied: "Sixth Prince was happy to see the little wooden bird at first, but he immediately asked about the emperor. After knowing that you had been here, he stopped playing with the little wooden bird."
"Sixth Prince shed a lot of tears, and Concubine De and the others couldn't make him happy even with candies."
"Sixth Prince is always happy, even when he was taking medicine he didn't cry or make a fuss. But this time he didn't see His Majesty and couldn't be made to smile no matter what he did."
"She didn't make trouble for Concubine De, and she even ate, but anyone could tell she was unhappy by her appearance."
Originally, Kangxi was holding a cup of tea and planning to listen to the children's happy stories to relax, but as he listened, the corners of his slightly raised mouth fell down, his brows wrinkled slightly, and he could not drink the tea anymore.
After a long time, Kangxi still couldn't raise his brows. He looked out into the dark night.
Liang Jiugong said hurriedly: "Sixth Prince was coaxed to sleep, maybe he will be better tomorrow, children have a bad memory."
Kangxi still failed to show his joy, and only asked: "Is the toy you asked Yinzuo to make not yet finished?"
Liang Jiugong replied, "We have made quite a few simple toys, but the Imperial Household Department said they want to make two new and complicated ones. I will go and urge them to do it. They will be ready tomorrow."
Only then did Kangxi hum.
(End of this chapter)
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