Months ago, the newly appointed prefect of Yangzhou indulged his brother-in-law in bullying men and seizing women, suppressing local wealthy merchants. As a prominent magnate family, Gu Yanling'...
Chapter 75
An An accompanied Emperor Xiao and the Empress to have lunch together at noon. After the meal, seeing that the little guy was so sleepy that he could hardly open his eyes, she asked Li Youfu, who had been waiting, to take him back to the East Palace.
She fell asleep before the baby even returned to the East Palace.
When Gu Yanling saw Li Youfu coming over, she took the baby from his arms and carried him to the bedroom that Xiao Xinghan had prepared for him in the East Palace.
The little parrot has become more and more round, and its wings can hardly cover its fat body. It flutters twice and jumps onto Gu Yanling's shoulder, staring at An An curiously with its little black eyes.
Gu Yanling put An An on the bed, took off his coat, covered her with a quilt, and asked the palace maid to watch over her. The little parrot jumped from his arm to his palm, and Gu Yanling carried it out. Thinking that An An would love the little parrot when she woke up, she taught the little parrot to say, "An An is the cutest little baby in the world!"
Little parrot: "Yuanbao! Yuanbao! Yuanbao!"
Gu Yanling nodded its little head and corrected it: "An An!"
Little parrot: "Yuanbao! Yuanbao! Yuanbao!"
Gu Yanling knew that it would take several repetitions for the baby to learn to speak. "An An! An An! An An! An An is the cutest little baby in the world."
When Xiao Xinghan came back from the imperial study, he heard Gu Yan's spiritual voice. He walked over and heard him teaching the stupid bird to speak again, which he found very interesting.
The little parrot finally changed its tone and cried: "An An! An An! An An!"
Gu Yanling was finally satisfied and combed its feathers with a comb. "You've eaten too much and become too fat. Will you be able to fly again?"
The little parrot saw Xiao Xinghan behind Gu Yanling and said, "Your Highness! Your Highness!"
Gu Yanling turned around and asked, "Are you done?"
Xiao Xinghan hummed, "My mother said that the auspicious date calculated by the Imperial Master is the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, otherwise it would be the seventh day of the sixth lunar month next year."
Gu Yanling: "Isn't the ninth day of December too soon? The seventh day of June next year would be a good date."
The Empress also thought that the seventh day of June next year would be a good date, but Emperor Xiao and Xiao Xinghan agreed to set the wedding date on the ninth day of December.
Emperor Xiao planned to pass the throne to Xiao Xinghan at the beginning of the following year, so the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month was just the right time for the wedding.
Xiao Xinghan: "The emperor has set the date for the twelfth month, the ninth day, and has arranged for the Ministry of Rites to prepare for the wedding."
Gu Yanling was surprised and said, "It's been so fast, just over two months."
Xiao Xinghan played with his hands, and after hearing him mutter like this, he said to him, "No, there's an autumn hunt at the end of the month, and my father's birthday is next month. If it weren't for the lack of dates in November, I would have wanted to get married in November."
Gu Yanling didn't quite understand: "Why are you in such a hurry? I'm with you all day long. It doesn't matter whether we get married or not."
Xiao Xinghan stared at him: "Why is it not important? If we don't get married, there will be no status or status. You are so careless and not anxious, but your family should be anxious."
Gu Yanling snorted: "My family is not anxious either. I think you are the most anxious."
Xiao Xinghan stared at him with a smile and said, "He's in a hurry to marry the Crown Princess."
Gu Yanling felt a little embarrassed by his smile, "Shameless."
Xiao Xinghan stood up and held him horizontally. Gu Yanling was caught off guard and flew into the air. She was so scared that she hugged his neck and asked, "What are you doing?"
Xiao Xinghan said seriously, "Do something that makes you embarrassed."
Gu Yanling quickly hid her face in his chest. Xiao Xinghan was originally teasing him, but when he returned to the bedroom and saw his shy look, his heart itched and he started to act crazy, so he took the opportunity to play a little trick.
Afterwards, when the two were being intimate, Gu Yanling began to reflect that he and Xiao Xinghan were really indulging themselves too much. How could they do such a foolish thing in broad daylight? For the sake of long-term planning, they should cultivate their moral character and not do it so frequently.
Seeing that he was serious, Xiao Xinghan kissed him on the lips and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Gu Yanling analyzed with him: "I think we should abstain from sex. Look, the Imperial Master has lived for sixty years and still looks so young. It's because of abstaining from sex."
Then came the disrespectful words. Gu Yanling leaned close to Xiao Xinghan's ear and whispered, "Your Majesty is younger than the Imperial Master, and there are so many people in the harem... Ugh."
Xiao Xinghan pinched his jaw and blocked his mouth until he couldn't bear it anymore. Then he let go, "Don't say anything nonsense."
Gu Yanling hugged his neck and said coquettishly: "I just want to tell you about this problem of excessive indulgence in sex that is harmful to your health."
Xiao Xinghan kissed his ear: "I only have you, it doesn't count as indulgence."
Gu Yanling: "That won't work. I have to abstain from sex. You last too long each time. I come three or four times each time. I'm afraid that I will have kidney yang deficiency before I even reach middle age."
Xiao Xinghan: "..."
The more Gu Yanling thought about it, the more she felt that this wasn't going to work. "If you continue to be so unrestrained, I'll sleep with An An!"
Xiao Xinghan never said much: "Then it's up to you."
Gu Yanling didn't doubt him and kissed Xiao Xinghan twice on the mouth, "That's right."
The two dressed up and went to see An An. They saw the cub playing with the little parrot. The little guy really liked the parrot and was talking to it. When he saw them coming, he asked hurriedly: "Daddy, father, who is Yuanbao? Why is this beautiful bird always called Yuanbao? Is Yuanbao the bird's name?"
Gu Yanling sat down in front of him: "Yuanbao is my name."
An An was puzzled: "Daddy, why are you called Yuanbao?"
His grandparents called him Daddy Yan'er, his aunts and uncles called him Daddy A'yan, and he heard his father call him Daddy Yanling. He had never heard anyone call him Daddy Yuanbao.
Gu Yanling lied, "Just like your nickname is An An, my nickname is Yuan Bao."
An An understood and said happily, "Daddy, can An An give this beautiful bird a nickname?"
Gu Yanling: "Of course, this bird is a gift to you. You can also teach it to talk. It's very smart."
When the little parrot heard Gu Yanling praising its intelligence, it raised its head proudly.
An An stroked the little parrot's head and said in a baby voice, "Let's call it mung bean cake. It's very similar in color to the mung bean cake An An eats."
Gu Yanling: “…”
Xiao Xinghan: "..."
But whatever the cub said was what it was, and the little parrot was named like that, and turned from a bird into a pastry.
An An loved the little parrot very much after getting it. He would feed the little parrot while eating snacks. The whole East Palace was filled with his giggling laughter and the chirping of the little parrot, which was very lively.
Wait until night.
An An: "Daddy, An An wants to sleep with mung bean cake."
Gu Yanling didn't expect that in less than half a day, the little parrot had captured the cub's heart: "You don't want to sleep with daddy anymore?"
An An thought about it and said cleverly, "Sleeping with Daddy, the mung bean cake is smaller than An An and doesn't take up any space. We can let the mung bean cake sleep with us!"
Gu Yanling asked tentatively, "Where does your father sleep? There are so many people sleeping on the bed, and the mung bean cake is so small, what if he gets crushed by it?"
An An: “…”
"But An An wants to sleep with the mung bean cake."
The little parrot flapped its wings: "An An! An An!"
An An hesitated for a moment: "Then father should sleep alone."
Seeing that he was no better than a stupid bird in his son's heart, Xiao Xinghan pinched his son's face with a mixture of anger and amusement: "There is a bird pavilion in the palace with all kinds of rare and exotic birds. Ask Li Youfu to take you there to play tomorrow."
An An nodded immediately, but then felt that she had just abandoned her mother, so she changed her words and said, "Then An An will sleep with Father and Daddy today."
Xiao Xinghan: "This bed is too small. An An will sleep on his own from now on. However, the mung bean cake can only be placed at the head of the bed. You can't hold it while sleeping."
After hearing this, An An looked at the big bed with her big eyes. No matter how she looked at it, she didn't think the bed was small.
But now he just wanted to play with his new friend, the little parrot, and didn't insist on sleeping with his parents. After washing up, he secretly carried the little parrot to the bed.
The palace servant who was waiting on him hurriedly reminded him, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince just instructed that this bird is not allowed to enter the bed."
An An rolled his eyes and pretended to be dumb: "Did father say that? Why didn't I hear it?"
An An didn’t hear it and didn’t say anything!
Palace maid: “…”
An An: "You are not allowed to tell Father, or I won't let you serve me anymore."
The palace maid nodded awkwardly.
After taking a bath, Gu Yanling and Xiao Xinghan thought about An An's first night in the East Palace and were worried that he would not be able to adapt, so they came to see him. The palace lanterns were still lit in the bedroom, and they could hear the sound of chattering behind the screen.
When the palace maids saw Xiao Xinghan and Gu Yanling, they hurried to bow, but were stopped. An An had no idea that her father and the king had come. She sat on the bed in her little bellyband and said to the little parrot, "Is my little dress pretty? Grandma made it. If you like it, wait until I see Grandma and I'll ask her to make you a little dress too."
Gu Yanling lifted the bed curtain and said helplessly, "An An, be careful not to catch a cold."
When An An saw that her mother was following behind her father, and remembered that her mother did not allow Green Bean Cake to sleep on the bed, she hurriedly covered Green Bean Cake with a brocade quilt in front of Xiao Xinghan with a guilty conscience.
Gu Yanling: "Why cover yourself with it? Hurry up and cover yourself with the quilt."
Seeing that her mother didn't say anything, An An thought that she didn't see it, so she lay down in the quilt obediently. Soon the little parrot popped its head out from under the quilt. An An pressed it back and looked at Xiao Xinghan with her little eyes.
Xiao Xinghan looked at him trying to cover his ears and steal the bell: "..."
Gu Yanling directly took the little parrot out of the quilt and put it in the cage beside the bed. "Go to sleep quickly. Daddy will leave after you fall asleep."
An An originally wanted to pretend to be asleep, and fell asleep after a while with her eyes closed.
Only then did Gu Yanling and Xiao Xinghan leave, and asked Li Youfu to come and serve them.
Returned to the bedroom.
Gu Yanling: "Let's go to bed!"
Xiao Xinghan: "Can you sleep?"
An An went to bed early. Normally, Gu Yanling would still be fooling around with Xiao Xinghan at this time, but since she said she would abstain from sex and cultivate her character, she would keep her word. "Of course I can sleep!"
Xiao Xinghan: "I have something interesting here. Do you want to take a look?"
"What's so interesting?" Gu Yanling was indeed curious, but after saying that, she became alert and quickly added, "No more looking. I'll look again tomorrow. Now go to sleep."
Xiao Xinghan knew his temper and deliberately said, "Okay, let's see tomorrow."
“…”
Gu Yanling heard this and said, "What a fun thing! Never mind. I'll go to sleep after I finish looking at it."
Xiao Xinghan chuckled and took out the brocade box, "Open it and take a look."
Gu Yanling took it and opened it. She looked at the bell-like thing and thought it was just ordinary. "What is this?"
Xiao Xinghan: "Take a closer look."
Gu Yanling still didn't notice it when she picked it up. Xiao Xinghan asked the palace servant to bring some hot water, put the bell into the hot water to heat it up, and then pulled down Gu Yanling's panties.
Gu Yanling: “…”
Xiao Xinghan put the Burmese bell on his bird and shook the rope gently.
Gu Yanling's face turned red instantly and she started to gasp for breath after a while.
Xiao Xinghan held the rope in one hand and played with the two points on his chest with the other: "Is it fun?"
Gu Yanling didn't say anything.
Xiao Xinghan: "Are you not going to cultivate your character anymore?"
Gu Yanling was so comfortable being treated by the servant that she didn't even remember this incident. She thought angrily -
Damn Sheng Yao, he only looked at the illustrations, how come he knows so much?!