Chapter 8
The eldest prince is two years older than the crown prince and is a bit taller than him. Compared to the handsome and noble crown prince, the eldest prince in the palace is much more robust, confident and high-spirited as a teenager.
His every move seemed more generous, and when he saw Yinzuo looking at him with his round eyes, he irritably bent his fingers and pressed Yinzuo's little face with the back of his fingertips. It was soft and elastic, like a soft pastry.
Yinzuo tilted his head and looked at the eldest prince. Does he have another brother?
"Big brother." The little guy's voice was not loud, and his baby voice was like a warm spring breeze. The eldest prince did not dislike this soft little kid, and smiled at Yinzuo, his eyebrows and eyes smiling like the morning sun.
Yinzuo also grinned. He not only had a brother, but two brothers.
Yinzuo looked at his new brother happily, and his little hands that were holding the Crown Prince's fingers loosened, and the Crown Prince's fingers became empty again.
But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who didn't have to think about how to escape from the little brat, was not happy at this moment.
Yinreng felt unhappy when he saw the little brat who was smiling at the eldest prince with his tongue hanging out. None of the children born to his royal father were good.
Yinzuo was extremely happy. After looking at his new eldest brother for a while, he thought of his other brother, the prince. Yinzuo quickly turned his gaze to the prince. Yinzuo exclaimed and clapped his hands.
The eldest prince pinched Yinzuo's little finger and said, "What are you so happy about?"
Yinzuo only smiled until his big eyes curved into slits, like a little bear that had stolen honey, and said, "Brother."
But before Yinzuo finished his joy, others saw the Crown Prince and the eldest prince and came over. Like the Third Prince, he was told to come over and say hello. Not only the Third Prince, but the Fourth Prince came as well.
The third prince was being raised outside the palace and had not been brought back yet. The eldest prince had also been fostered outside the palace, but was brought back to the palace after only two years. The third prince had lived outside for a longer period of time, and he did not seem as relaxed and at ease as the eldest prince in the palace. He looked a little restrained.
As for the Fourth Prince, he was just over two years old. He called the Eldest Prince, the Crown Prince, the Third Prince and others one by one, and also called Yinzuo "Sixth Brother".
Yinzuo was held by the wet nurse. The Fourth Prince Yinzhen was not even as tall as the woman's waist, so Yinzuo had to lower his head to look at him. Yinzuo had never seen such a short person before. He was curious about the Fourth Prince Yinzhen who was leaning down from the wet nurse's arms, and his small body was bent like a bean sprout.
The wet nurse thought that the little prince didn't want to drink her milk, and was usually taken care of by Concubine De herself, so she was not needed. But today could be considered a day of raising an army for a thousand days and using it for only one day. A woman with less strength really couldn't hold the little prince.
“Brother?” Yinzuo leaned his head down to look at his fourth brother who was now three heads tall. How could such a small one also be his brother?
Not only that, there was also a little brother who was also being held in the arms of the wet nurse - the fifth prince Yinqi, who was only two months older than Yinzuo. This guy didn't call him his younger brother, but the eldest brother next to him said that this guy was his fifth brother.
Yinzuo’s big eyes were confused at this time, one, two..., only today did he realize that he not only had brothers, but also so many brothers!
Not only did he have an older brother, but he actually had a younger brother, the seventh prince Yinyou. However, he was just a little baby, three months old. He was too small, and he only showed up once to make up the number of people and to show off the large number of offspring at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet. But he was taken back home a long time ago.
And there were not only younger brothers, but also older sisters. There were several older sisters as well, from the eldest princess who was a little girl to the fourth princess who could just walk. They all came over.
Yinzuo’s little head was dizzy and he couldn’t see clearly.
One, two, three, four..., as he counted, little circles appeared in his mind. Yinzuo opened his little mouth, looking at so many people and such a hustle and bustle, he was completely stunned!
He was carried back, and he was still in a daze until he saw Concubine De.
Depin couldn't help but feel a little worried, so she hugged Yinzuo and asked, "What happened? Are you scared?"
It was nothing, he just hadn't reacted yet. Yinzuo lay on Depin's shoulder and said to her suddenly, "Home, big!"
Depin hugged Yinzuo tightly, thinking that Yinzuo was talking about the big palace.
But Yinzuo, who was lying on Depin's shoulder, couldn't help but put his fingers into his mouth again in a trance. One brother is a treasure, he would be happy to have two brothers, and he would also like to have sisters, but so many, too many...
Well, okay, they are all his, Yinzuo’s treasures.
Yinzuo was so shocked that he finally got over his shock and began to feel happy.
For Yinzuo, who had no relatives in his previous life, this could probably be considered a case of a poor man becoming rich overnight. Anyway, the little guy is mostly happy in his heart.
He rubbed his mother's shoulder affectionately, his big eyes curved into the crescent moon in the sky, "Mother, I'm sleepy~"
Depin patted the little guy on the back and said, "Go to sleep if you are sleepy."
The corners of the sleeping baby's mouth were all turned up. When putting the baby back on the bed, Nanny Qin smiled and said to Concubine De: "Our little prince is sleeping so soundly."
Depin looked at him fondly and said, "This boy might have eaten delicious food in his dream."
Yinzuo had already fallen asleep, but the other adults did not fall asleep so early. Kangxi, who was angry with Yinzuo, actually noticed this kid at the birthday banquet. It would be strange if Kangxi did not notice him because he kept staring at people.
I also noticed that boy was extremely angry afterwards.
Ever since the last time he was covered in sugar water, Kangxi had been a little afraid of this guy, and when he got busy, he successfully forgot about him. But now when he saw him again, the headache came back instantly.
Kangxi didn't want to bother with this troublesome boy.
However, when he saw the little child looking unhappy, he still ordered someone to go and check on Yinzuo's situation. Later, Yinzuo's brothers and sisters were happy and cheerful, and the boy was no longer unhappy, but laughed happily until he lost his teeth.
He also gets along pretty well with the prince.
The prince cared about his younger brother and gave Yinzuo the tangram he played with when he was a child. Kangxi also knew about this, so he said, "The prince is learning chess. I will give him the white jade chess in my collection tomorrow."
When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince woke up the next day, he learned that his father had sent him a chess set last night. He admired the chess set with great interest, but as he was about to go back to the study, he asked the eunuch beside him to put it away properly. He would use the white jade chess set to study according to the chess manual after returning from the study.
But this little bit of happiness gradually faded away when he walked out of his palace, and became uninterested. The clever prince figured out why his father gave him this on the night of the birthday banquet yesterday. Brotherly friendship and respect for younger brothers are what his father wants, but it is not what he wants.
The eldest prince just felt that the crown prince was not satisfied. He also learned about the rewards that the crown prince had received from his father. It would be fine if he gave this and that on a normal day, but yesterday he worked hard all day and still remembered to send things to his son, the crown prince. He was the only one who was the son of his father, right?
And the prince didn't seem very happy?! This made the eldest prince very angry.
The indignant eldest prince refused to give in in the horse riding and archery class and proudly raised his eyebrows at the crown prince while riding on his horse. The crown prince only smiled faintly and told others something about how as a general or a king, those who work with their minds rule others, while those who work with their hands are ruled by others. The crown prince's sarcasm and innuendos made the eldest prince Yinzhi very annoyed.
As for the others, they were already accustomed to the back and forth between the eldest prince and the crown prince.
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"Father?" Unlike the tense atmosphere in the martial arts arena, where neither side would give in, here at Depin's place, the little prince was growing up day by day, and the atmosphere was much better with laughter and joy every day. But today, the little prince started to look at the palace gate again, asking for his royal father.
Depin had no other good ideas, so she told Yinzuo that your Royal Father was busy and that she could only come over when she was free and not to disturb your Royal Father.
Yinzuo was not the kind of child who would cling to her blindly. He just withdrew his eyes from looking towards the palace gate, lowered his head, and looked quite unhappy.
Why is this dad always busy?
Yinzuo was unhappy for a while, then he cheered up again and stopped asking about his father. Instead, he asked, "Brother? Banban, brother."
Depin had heard Xiaocui and the others tell her everything that happened at the emperor's birthday banquet yesterday, and now she could understand Yinzuo's words without any obstacles, which made her feel very embarrassed.
Yinzuo pointed to the palace gate again: "Brother, I want it."
Her son really knows how to give her a hard time.
Depin asked someone to bring the jigsaw puzzle sent by the prince, hoping to divert Yinzuo's attention and fool him.
But although Yinzuo was playing with the board in his hand, he was still thinking about his brother who gave him the board, so he said to his mother with those big eyes that always made Depin give in: "Brother."
Depin could only say: "Your brother, the crown prince, is also busy."
Yinzuo was stunned, but it didn't matter. He remembered that he had many brothers yesterday. If that brother didn't work, he could just change another one. So Yinzuo said to Depin without any hesitation: "Big, big brother, third brother..."
But none of them worked, so Depin said to her son in embarrassment, "How about letting Ah Fei break a grasshopper for you?"
The maid Ah Fei's hands were very deft, and the green leaves seemed to dance in her hands, which was very interesting. However, Yin Zuo still missed his brothers, so he asked Depin, "Big brother, are you busy?"
Depin nodded: "Yes, your elder brother and the crown prince both need to learn literature and martial arts, so they are very busy."
Yinzuo asked: "Third brother, are you busy?"
Depin nodded.
Yinzuo sighed and felt depressed. Why was his father so busy, and his brother so busy too?
(End of this chapter)
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