Chapter 16
So today, Liang Jiugong came in person to the Imperial Household Department's Imperial Household Department again. After Liang Jiugong arrived, he didn't waste any words and said, "Don't sleep tonight. Make the toys for the Sixth Prince first." He looked very anxious.
The old eunuch who received Liang Jiugong said, "If Liang Zongguan is in a hurry, there are several ready-made toys for you to take away now." Didn't they also think that the Sixth Prince would be highly valued and behave well, so they planned to make two complicated and novel toys? Novel toys would take some time, but other conventional toys were easy to make and could be taken now.
Liang Jiugong shook his head and said, "Didn't you prepare a big trick? Let me see the toys you are going to make. You all have to work overtime today. It would be best if you can present them to the emperor after the court tomorrow morning. The emperor is waiting for them." The emperor also wanted toys to make the Sixth Prince happy, so ordinary toys would not do.
Liang Jiugong also asked, "Did the prince also ask you to make toys for him? Let me see them too." Let the good ones be used by the emperor first.
The prince in the Eastern Palace had no idea that the toys he gave to Yinzuo later were the second-rate ones after being picked out by the emperor. However, this kind of thing was also taken seriously. The prince only gave an order to the Imperial Household Department, and then the finished toys would be directly sent to Yinzuo by the prince. If the prince was interested, the toys would be presented to him for his review first. If the prince was not free, he would not even have to look at them. He himself did not know what he had sent.
Liang Jiugong was more attentive this time. He even asked the old eunuch if he had any children's toys in stock, and asked him to take a look and choose one, which made the old eunuch run around in circles.
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It was another new day. Yinzuo felt much better after waking up, but he was still not as happy as usual. Depin and Yinzuo said, "Let's go play with your fourth sister today. Mother will make a bracelet for your fourth sister with flowers. Your fourth sister will definitely like it."
Yinzuo then perked up, his eyes slightly curved, and said, "Like it? Huahua, give it to Fourth Sister."
He added, "For my mother."
Depin smiled and said, "Okay, I'll make one for you, too."
Seeing that her son was no longer listless, Depin hurriedly asked him to pick some flowers from the grass path. Yinzuo had just woken up, while some places had already finished their busy work and had a short rest. For example, the eldest prince and the crown prince had been reading for more than an hour and were sitting down to have breakfast.
The eldest prince is a talkative person. He couldn't wait to tell the prince when he got the chance, "I met my sixth brother yesterday. I played with him for a while, but he didn't want to leave. He just wanted me to hold him. He didn't even want his wet nurse to hold him."
The eldest prince was holding a bun in his hand and seemed nonchalant when he said this, but the look he gave the crown prince was smug and provocative.
The prince sneered in disdain. How could he not understand the so-called incident of the boss encountering Yin Zuo yesterday? He looked down on the eldest prince's behavior of following him in everything.
The prince ate his porridge in small sips, his every move was graceful and elegant like a royal noble, and he didn't want to pay any attention to the eldest prince at all.
But he couldn't stand the pride in the eldest prince's eyes, so he said slowly, "Is it something you are proud of that you are better at hugging people than the wet nurse?"
"You..." The eldest prince's face turned from complacency to cyan in an instant. He bit the bun angrily, as if he wanted to bite off the prince's head. After a while, he said, "There are some people who can't be hugged." He deliberately glanced at the prince's body with contempt.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince snorted softly. This time he didn't want to agree with the eldest brother at all. He thought to himself that as a royal prince, the eldest brother should not grow up to be a reckless man in two years, looking stupid and bringing shame to the royal family.
His Royal Highness put down the bowl of porridge. Besides, he had never thought about holding the boy. What did it have to do with whether he could hold him or not? Although he was not as big and thick as the eldest brother, he had practiced martial arts for two years and was quite strong.
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It is quite easy to weave a bracelet with small flowers, provided that Yinzuo does not help. Yinzuo's hands are stained with green grass, and he can never hold the grass in his hands. If he grabs one, the other will loosen.
But he really wanted to do things by himself, and he was busy with his two little hands, "Ah, drop it."
"Huahua, catch it."
There were many grass leaves and petals scattered around Yinzuo, making it a very mess. Even if he worked for a whole day, he could not make a bracelet with flowers, let alone make a circle around the city with a piece of grass. It was too difficult for him.
However, even though Yinzuo was the one who made things more complicated, Depin had a smile on her face. She didn't seem annoyed or impatient at all. She watched her son busying around with interest. She just asked the maids to pick some more flowers and plants.
When Kangxi came over, he saw such a messy scene. Yinzuo even had a piece of grass hanging in his hair.
When Yinzuo saw Kangxi coming over, his eyes widened with great surprise: "Father!"
Kangxi saw Yinzuo's surprised expression and couldn't help but smile. He looked at the mess and asked, "What are you playing?"
After everyone greeted him, Kangxi sat down on the big carpet after a while. To be honest, there was no other place like here. He sat on the carpet more often than on the stool.
However, the one who was sitting on the blanket and was happy was Yinzuo. Ever since Kangxi came in, Yinzuo's eyes had never left Kangxi, and he was smiling like a flower again. After Kangxi sat down beside him, he went over and hugged Kangxi's arm, and called out softly again: "Ama." There was a hint of coquettishness in his voice.
Kangxi's heart softened when he was called. This time, Kangxi also supported Yinzuo's small body and said, "Look, what have I brought you?"
The blanket was almost filled with toys brought by Kangxi. Sure enough, when Yinzuo saw the toys, his eyes lit up and he happily called "Ama" again.
Yinzuo wanted to crawl over to see the new toy, but halfway through, he turned back and grabbed Kangxi with one hand, and hooked a new toy with the other hand.
Yinzuo held the new toy in one hand and snuggled up to Kangxi again. He took a few glances at the new toy, but he still had a lot of things he couldn't wait to tell his father.
Yinzuo: "Yesterday, Father, I didn't see you."
In fact, when Kangxi came here today, he thought Yinzuo was angry, just like the last time, when he saw him, he turned his head away and didn't look at him, but it seemed that was not the case. Kangxi couldn't help but ask: "Well, I didn't see Father yesterday, was little Yinzuo angry?"
Yinzuo looked at Kangxi's clear eyes with confusion. Kangxi touched Yinzuo's little finger and said, "Did you cry yesterday?"
After hearing this, Yinzuo felt embarrassed. He buried his little face in Kangxi's arms and said in a baby voice, "No."
Today, Kangxi was gentler than usual. He patted the little guy's tender shoulders lightly and let him lie in his arms.
Yinzuo finally raised his head, thinking of what happened yesterday, and said to Kangxi in frustration: "Yinzuo, forget, forget Ama."
The little guy has a pure heart. His father kept his word yesterday, and it was Yinzuo who forgot. So even though he was sad that he didn't see his father, he was not angry with his father.
Yinzuo rubbed his little face in Kangxi's arms again, and one could vaguely see the pain of missing out yesterday.
Kangxi paused. This child...
Most children would cry loudly and throw tantrums without caring about anything. They would be angry, but they would never take it out on themselves. Kangxi touched the little guy's head, not knowing whether this kind of temper of the child was good or bad.
Yinzuo continued to talk to Kangxi: "See elder brother and forget father."
"Yes, I feel uncomfortable without my father." The little guy touched his chest with a serious look on his face.
Kangxi: “…”
Although it was Kangxi himself who did not ask Yinzuo to come back and wanted Yinzuo to spend more time with the eldest brother, Yinzuo said so frankly that he was playing with the eldest brother and forgot about his father. As the emperor father, he was always put first, and he felt a little subtle at this moment.
Kangxi looked at Yinzuo's serious little face and thought, you little rascal, you don't have to say it so frankly, your father won't be happy.
However, even if Kangxi was in a delicate mood, he had to endure this pretentiousness alone.
Not wanting to continue this topic, Kangxi said, "Didn't Father come to see you again? He brought you some fun things."
As Kangxi spoke, he took the toy beside him, and Yinzuo came out of Kangxi's arms. But he also had something for Kangxi. He told Kangxi that he and his mother were weaving flowers for the fourth sister and also for his father.
However, Yinzuo had not been able to weave the bracelet, so he simply simplified it into small flowers. He picked up a small pink flower and placed it next to Kangxi's ear. Yinzuo, who gave flowers to Kangxi, smiled without a trace of depression, like the bright sunshine on a spring day.
What a sight it was to have a small pink flower pinned next to Kangxi's ear, which really damaged his imperial dignity. However, when he saw the little fellow smiling so brightly like spring, Kangxi did not take the flower off his head immediately.
Yinzuo smiled and said, "Father, it looks good!"
Kangxi thought, he will just wear it for a while.
Liang Jiugong glanced around with a threatening look, but there was no need for him to look at people, as everyone had already shifted their gazes and did not dare to look in Kangxi's direction.
Even Depin was tactful enough to pretend that nothing had happened. It was good enough now. It would be bad if the emperor got embarrassed and angry.
(End of this chapter)
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