October 25, the 19th year of the Kangxi reign was the Fourth Prince's second birthday. This birthday was not celebrated in a big way, but a small family banquet was held in the Yonghe Palace.

Those present were: father, mother, elder brother and younger brother.

Kangxi ordered the dishes to be prepared by the Qianqing Palace kitchen, and Shen Jiang made the cake herself, with two small red candles on it.

"Why are you lighting red candles? You're not worshipping gods and you're not getting married." Kangxi muttered.

Shen Jiang glared at him when he wasn't paying attention: Shut up, you unromantic man! Then she smiled and said to the Fourth Prince: "Close your eyes and make a wish, then blow out the candles."

The Fourth Prince saw her rolling her eyes at Khan Ama. He curled the corners of his mouth, closed his eyes, made a wish, and then blew out the candles as Shen Jiang said.

Shen Jiang clapped his hands: "Great, great."

The Sixth Prince was too young to share the cake. But he was still teething and his mouth was watering with greed.

Shen Jiang took out the gift she had prepared. It was a small sword she had carved herself, and there was also a scabbard! The scabbard was carved with hollow patterns, which was very delicate.

"So this is what you've been hammering away on lately?" Kangxi took the small sword over. The sword had been coated with a layer of paint and felt very smooth.

Shen Jiang rolled her eyes in annoyance and said, "This is not for you, what are you doing with it?"

"Yes, my hands are all blistered from doing this." Shen Jiang stretched out her ten slender jade fingers in front of Kangxi, took the small sword and put it into the Fourth Prince's hand.

Kangxi held her hand, which was still so soft and smooth, with no blisters at all!

However, he still said considerately: "Let the Imperial Household Department do these things. Why do you have to do it yourself?"

If we let the Imperial Household Department do it, who knows who will get it!

Shen Jiang smiled and said, "Of course, gifts for children should be made by me, the mother!"

For a two-year-old child, this little sword is just right. But for the Fourth Prince, it is too childish. However, thinking that this was made by Enie himself, the Fourth Prince was still very happy.

When the Sixth Prince saw this, he also waved his hands and screamed “Ahhh”.

The Fourth Prince handed him the small sword, and Shen Jiang said, "Don't give it to him, he can't lift it."

The Fourth Prince was holding it from below, but the Sixth Prince was a carefree person. He held it with all his strength and put it into his mouth as soon as he got it in his hands.

"This doesn't taste good." The Fourth Prince used a handkerchief to wipe the Sixth Prince's saliva, not looking disgusted at all.

Kangxi looked thoughtful and said, "It seems right to raise both children with you."

Shen Jiang smiled and said, "It's because the Fourth Prince is sensible and the Sixth Prince is still young, so they seem to be friendly and respectful to each other. If the Sixth Prince was older, he would want everything and make trouble, and that would be annoying."

Kangxi smiled and said, "What's wrong with having some fun? When I was little, I longed to have a brother to play and play with!" As he spoke, his smile fell.

Everyone knows that he had a biased father when he was a child and his mother died early!

Shen Jiang held his hand under the table and squeezed it. Kangxi didn't seem sad at all because of her disturbance. He just glared at her lightly.

At night, the two of them were in bed. Shen Jiang held Kangxi's head and whispered, "Xuanye, I love you."

Kangxi didn't say anything, but just hugged her even tighter.

When Kangxi woke up the next day, his face was rosy, while Shen Jiang had back pain.

When leaving, Kangxi raised an eyebrow at Shen Jiang and asked the consultant to go to the warehouse to pick out some good leather for her for the winter.

System: "Isn't it usually the man who lies down first in this kind of situation?"

Shen Jiang: "How do you know?"

System: "Look at the celebrities who were exposed in later generations. They were all men sleeping while women were secretly photographing them."

Shen Jiang laughed and said, "So the three-dimensional world is different from the two-dimensional world and the one-dimensional world."

System: "Understood. Non-three-dimensional men all have special harmony skills."

Shen Jiang: "Why don't you say that three-dimensional men are terrible?"

System: “That’s true!”

In the afternoon, the consulting firm brought the leather, and Shen Jiang picked out a few to make a hat, gloves, a scarf and leather slippers for the Fourth Prince.

The gloves were the kind with five fingers. The Fourth Prince still had to draw the bow in winter, and Shen Jiang felt sorry for him, so she made the gloves for him first.

But the Fourth Prince put the gloves in his schoolbag and did not take them out to wear when he drew the bow.

When she came back in the afternoon, Shen Jiang found that the Fourth Prince's fingers were still red from the cold. She looked at the Fourth Prince's Haha beads sternly.

The Fourth Prince is small, but Hahazhuzi is older than him, about six or seven years old. She was well educated by her family before she was sent to the palace.

Several people felt guilty after being looked at and knelt down one after another.

The fourth prince sighed and said, "Don't blame them, it's me who doesn't want to wear it."

Shen Jiang asked: "Why? Do you dislike my cooking skills?"

The Fourth Prince said, "Of course not. It's just that the Crown Prince, the First Prince, and the Third Prince don't have any, but I do. This is inappropriate."

If it catches the prince's eye, he might even take it away.

Shen Jiang was silent for a moment, and said, "It's because I didn't think it through enough."

She did not force the Fourth Prince to wear gloves, but instead made the same set for Kangxi.

Kangxi boasted of his strong body and accepted Shen Jiang's kindness, but said, "Before, when I was outside the Great Wall, I was unarmed. Now that I have entered the Great Wall, I have become pampered. I don't need this."

Shen Jiang was almost mad at him, but she couldn't scold him, so she could only persuade him in a gentle voice: "In the past, our ancestors didn't have the conditions. If conditions allowed, who would be so hard on their own body? This is not being pampered, this is being responsible for your own body! If you get frostbitten, don't you still have to seek medical treatment? It's better to take precautions from the beginning."

After saying this, she pointed at the Fourth Prince and said, "Children always imitate their fathers. If you don't wear it, they won't wear it either. You are a loving father. Even if you don't wear it for yourself, think about the children."

After all, the Fourth Prince was not yet old enough to be enlightened, so Kangxi did feel more sorry for him. After Shen Jiang said so, in order to set an example, he wore gloves while shooting arrows.

Not only that, Kangxi simply asked the Imperial Household Department to make a batch of such gloves and distribute them to the eldest prince and others.

In this way, everyone has one, and the Fourth Prince is not outstanding, so he can wear the heart-shaped brand gloves made by Shen Jiang openly.

After this incident, Shen Jiang decided that whatever she did for the Fourth Prince, she would also do something for Kangxi.

It can be said that the father is taking advantage of his son!

Shen Jiang became addicted to making gloves. She made a pair of fingerless cashmere gloves for the Grand Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager respectively.

The Empress Dowager said: "This is good. It was inconvenient to wear gloves before. Now I can turn the pages of a book with this."

This kind of five-finger gloves became popular in the palace. The palace people were very smart. The gloves became light, thin and beautiful, and were embroidered with various patterns.

Shen Jiang was one step ahead of them and made the furry cape in War and Beauty. She also made a sling, and when she took the Sixth Prince to pay respects to the Empress Dowager, she took off the cape and revealed a child!

The Empress Dowager was grinning from ear to ear. She could no longer hold the child and could only let him sit on the kang and play.

The Sixth Prince was a big and brave man. He snatched the Empress Dowager's Buddhist beads and put them into his mouth.

"Oh my goodness, this is not edible. Su Malagu, bring some snacks." The Empress Dowager broke off some peach cakes and stuffed them into the Sixth Prince's mouth, and the Sixth Prince ate them with great relish.

Normally Shen Jiang didn't let the Sixth Prince eat these, but when the Empress Dowager gave him some, she didn't stop him.

"That's enough, you can't eat any more!" The Empress Dowager stopped when she saw that the Sixth Prince was still staring at the plate, so she hid the plate behind her and said, "No, look, there's nothing."

The Sixth Prince crawled behind her to look, and the Empress Dowager laughed and said, "You are such a weirdo."

Shen Jiang smiled and said, "You can't lie to him. Even though he's small, he has sharp eyes!"

The Empress Dowager loved it very much. If the weather wasn't too cold, she would have asked Shen Jiang to bring the Sixth Prince to play every day.

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