Chapter 17
After Yinzuo gave the flowers, he could finally go and see the toys that Kangxi had sent without any distractions.
Yinzuo didn't know how to play and could only touch here and there with his hands. But now was the time when Kangxi could come in handy.
The toys made with great care by the Imperial Household Department are indeed impressive. There are carts made of wood that can travel a long distance on the smooth mountain road with a push, and there are balls that can jump from one hole to another, and then to another hole, with a pull.
Kangxi demonstrated it to him and told him that this was a cart, that was a mountain road, etc. Yinzuo now loved playing with small movable toys. He kept exclaiming in amazement and often clapped his hands. Sometimes he would hold Kangxi's shoulders and jump when he was excited.
That’s not all. There are also boats and water wheels, and these two things cannot be played on the blanket.
Then they moved from the blanket to the ground. When Yinzuo heard that they were going to play with water, his eyes lit up even brighter.
Yinzuo was happy but he glanced at his mother carefully. His mother didn't let him play in the water, so this time...
Depin glanced at her little son who was secretly delighted with a displeased look and ordered someone to fetch warm water.
Yinzuo curled his eyes. The more he was forbidden to play in the water, the more he wanted to play, even warm water would be fine.
The place with the waterwheel was actually a manor. Kangxi told Yinzuo about the farmlands, farmhouses, dogs, cows, etc. in the manor... Alas, the little Yinzuo was so narrow-minded and had never seen anything.
Kangxi said to Yinzuo: "I will take you there when I go to the garden in the suburbs in the summer."
Yinzuo didn't know what the suburban garden was, but he just thought it was a good thing and wanted to go anywhere, so he said in a loud voice: "Okay!"
But Kangxi joked: "Then you have to learn to walk. Only when you can walk by yourself can you see whatever you want."
Yinzuo said again that he could.
It was still several months away from summer, so let's not talk about it now. After the warm water was brought in, Kangxi took Yinzo to play with toys first. The splashes of water from the waterwheel made Yinzo unable to close his mouth. Yinzo also liked the boats floating on the rivers very much.
When Kangxi left, Yinzuo was still reluctant to let him go, but knowing that his father was busy with other things, he endured his reluctance obediently.
Yinzuo also held Kangxi's hand and said to him with concern: "Grow up and help father."
Kangxi smiled and said, "Okay, my father will wait for you to grow up."
At the moment when he was about to let go, Yinzuo discovered something incredible. He hurriedly pulled the emperor tighter and said, "Wait, Father, spend it!"
Yinzuo finally noticed that the flower next to Kangxi's ear was gone. How could this be possible? Yinzuo hurriedly picked another one, pulled Kangxi's sleeve to make him bend down, and put another one next to Kangxi's ear.
His Majesty, who never showed his emotions, had to force a smile at his son's sincere respect. He pressed Yinzuo's head with his big hand and said, "Go play with your mother."
At this moment, Emperor Kangxi truly felt that he was really doting and tolerant towards his son.
It's just this age now. When this kid grows up a little bit, he will definitely not be like this anymore.
This time, Kangxi left very quickly. The eunuchs and palace maids following behind him all lowered their heads and trotted after him. Of course, the moment Kangxi stepped out of the palace gate, he took off the flower next to his ear without wasting a second.
After taking the flower off his ear, Kangxi's pace slowly returned to normal. He held a flower in his palm. The flower was small and delicate yellow. It was quite cute. Kangxi glanced at it and muttered unhappily, "Smelly boy."
Yinzuo, who was scolded as a bad boy by Kangxi, continued to help his mother complete the shelved project of making a flowery bracelet after Kangxi left. If Yinzuo could make a flowery bracelet himself, perhaps he would not have put a flower on Kangxi's ear, but a flowery bracelet on his wrist. Yinzuo felt quite regretful about this.
So when Depin made several colorful bracelets in a row and Yinzuo wore one on his hand, Yinzuo still asked: "For Father?"
Depin said: "Your Royal Father already has the flowers you gave him, that's enough, he doesn't need a bracelet."
Seeing her son still looking at him hesitantly, Depin coaxed him, "Your father still has to review memorials and write, and it's not convenient to wear a bracelet."
"oh."
After meeting his father, Yinzuo did not forget to look for his fourth sister. After finding his fourth sister and giving her a flowery bracelet, he unexpectedly received a toy again!
"These were given by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the Sixth Prince to play with." The young eunuch from the Eastern Palace said with a smile.
Yinzuo still remembered what he had said to his brother, the crown prince, that he would come to see him after he was done with his work. His eyes lit up: "Brother, looking for Yin?"
The young eunuch who came here was also the prince's close eunuch. He was there when the prince and Yinzuo met and talked the day before yesterday. He heard the childish conversation between the Sixth Prince and the prince. After a little thought, he knew what the Sixth Prince was talking about.
The young eunuch smiled and said, "His Royal Highness is thinking about it. Today, His Royal Highness has a lot of homework. After His Royal Highness is done, he will go to find the Sixth Prince."
Yinzuo nodded: "Brother is busy."
"Yin is not chaotic."
Depin helped to say some words of thanks to the prince and gave the eunuch a little reward. The eunuch smiled and left. However, when the eunuch left, Yinzuo, who had just said that Yinzuo would not cause trouble, hurriedly shouted to the eunuch: "When you are done, find Yinzuo."
The young eunuch smiled and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince will look for the Sixth Prince when he is done with his work, right? I will report back to Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Yinzuo nodded seriously.
After the little eunuch left, Depin turned her head to look at Yinzuo, who was enthusiastically playing with the new toys sent by the prince, and helplessly tapped the little guy's forehead with her finger.
"Very busy every day." Look at the little one's schedule these days. He met this person, met that person, made appointments with this person, and made appointments with that person. Depin herself lives a quiet life in the deep palace, and her schedule is not as busy as her son who is less than one year old.
Yinzuo looked up blankly, not knowing what his mother was talking about, but he pulled her sleeve, wanting her to play with his new toy.
Yinzuo had a very happy day today!
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"Sixth Prince seemed to like the toys sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince very much. When I left, he told me that he wanted His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come and play with him after he was done with his work."
The prince paused writing and hummed, looking at the eunuch, hesitant to speak. The eunuch had already finished his report, and he didn't know what the prince meant, so he asked tentatively, "Your Highness, is there anything else you want to say?"
The prince frowned and waved his finger, signaling the eunuch to leave. In fact, the prince wanted to ask the boy if he had said the words "brother Banban" again, but he couldn't say it himself, so he gave up.
Kangxi had been to Depin for three days in a row. When Depin went to the palace of the Grand Empress Dowager to pay respects, she met other women in the harem and heard some sour words. However, these sour words did not have any lethal effect on Depin, and she pushed back all of them neither softly nor hard.
The emperor wanted to come, how could she not let him? She had never sent soup to the emperor, nor had she sent anyone to pass on a message to the emperor, but she had never done anything out of the ordinary or improper. If the emperor wanted to come by himself, she would definitely not be stupid enough to push him away.
"The emperor and the ancestors all value offspring. Concubine De is raising the Sixth Prince. She is beautiful and good at speaking. It is not surprising that the emperor visits her more often." This was said by a noble in the harem when she returned to her own room. She said this with a sour and contemptuous tone.
She entered the palace in the same year as Uya, and her family background was higher than Uya's. What's so special about Uya? Didn't Uya get to the fore by pretending to be calm, gentle and eloquent?
Now that Uya is a concubine and she is only a noble lady, she feels very tormented.
Moreover, now that Wu Ya has more leverage in her hands and has the Sixth Prince by her side, the Emperor has been visiting more frequently. The trusted nanny beside this noble lady said, "Don't worry, noble lady. Didn't Madam pass on the news that she had calculated for you at Lingshan Temple and that you will have a child this year?"
The nobleman who was talking to the confidante nanny finally showed a little smile on his face.
Because Kangxi went to Depin's place to see the Sixth Prince several times, there was some commotion in the harem. Those who didn't have children became more eager to have children, while those who already had sons began to think about other things.
For example, the imperial concubine who raised the Fourth Prince was even more convinced that Depin was using her son to win favor. Depin was a scheming person, which made her feel threatened. She regretted choosing her when she was selecting the person.
The imperial concubine reiterated that Depin and the Fourth Prince should not be allowed to have any contact, but she could not help but frown and said to the maid beside her: "I heard that the Sixth Prince is very good at pleasing others. The eunuchs who followed the emperor there had a lot of toys in their hands. The Fourth Prince..."
Although the imperial concubine did not finish her words, her meaning could be guessed. She regretted that the Fourth Prince she raised was not so likable, and she also hoped that the Fourth Prince's existence could win her more favor from the Emperor.
So, these people despise Concubine De, but also envy her.
Imperial Concubine Tong Jia's hand could not help but move to her lower abdomen. In fact, she still wanted to have her own biological child more. If she and the emperor had a child, the child would definitely be smarter and more clever than the one born by Depin.
It was the maidservant beside the imperial concubine who consoled her: "The emperor has only visited her a few times, so of course he still values you, the imperial concubine, more. You are the imperial concubine, and she is a concubine, so you don't have to worry too much."
"Didn't the prince over there say that his last illness ruined his bones? I think the emperor went there twice more because of this. It's good to see that his foundation has been ruined. I don't know whether it's true or not. Anyway, it can attract the emperor to visit more often."
"Is this true or not? If you talk too much, you won't be afraid of the curse..." At this point, the maid's voice became vague, and she continued, "Who is the imperial concubine? She doesn't need to use those tricks."
The head maid pinched the Imperial Concubine Tong Jia's shoulder and said slowly: "Your Highness, don't worry about it. The Fourth Prince was raised by the Imperial Concubine and is in good health. The prince over there can never compare to him."
The imperial concubine enjoyed the massage from the maid, closed her eyes and said thoughtfully: "Prepare some food that the Fourth Prince likes. I will go to see the Fourth Prince later."
"Also, I'm going to take the Fourth Prince out for a walk this afternoon."
Before, the Fourth Prince was still young and was taken care of by the wet nurse and maids, but she had taken care of him, and everyone in her palace was well managed and did not neglect the care of the Fourth Prince. Therefore, the Imperial Concubine believed that she had made a contribution in taking care of the Fourth Prince, and her Fourth Prince was raised to be healthy and well-behaved.
But now the Fourth Prince is getting older and will start to remember things in the future. The Imperial Concubine thought that in addition to instructing the palace servants to look after him, she also had to spend more time with the Fourth Prince.
They are mother and son.
(End of this chapter)
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