Chapter 103 Chapter 103 Who are you two?

Little Yinqi is just over one year and four months old now.

I don’t know if it’s because of my personality or something else, but I only learned the words “e’e” and “lingling” last month.

"E'e" refers to Qingyao, and "Lingling" refers to Li Shuyao.

Apart from these few words, the only word he called out most skillfully was "Luo".

Li Shuyao and Qingyao both guessed that the word "Luo" should be the same as "Ge", probably used to address the little Yinzhen?

But little Yinzhen didn't think so. He felt that the "Luo" mentioned by Yinqi should refer to the small rattle toy sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This was because there was a small copper bell pendant with a red silk tassel hanging at the end of the rattle, which always made a slightly dull "clucking" sound when it was fiddled with.

Calculating it this way, Yi'er Niang comes first, his own mother comes second, and Rattle comes third. But he still doesn't know what position he ranks in little Yinqi's heart.

So she secretly became a little depressed and didn't like to go to Yiku Palace during this period. She would either go to the prince's residence to find the eldest prince, or go to Zhongcui Palace to play with the third prince Changsheng and the fifth prince Yinzhi.

The eldest prince, Baoqing, was already eight years old. Besides attending the study, he also spent every afternoon at the martial arts training grounds learning horseback riding and archery. The rest of the time was spent completing homework assigned by his teacher in the study, or paying respects to the emperor at the Cining Palace and the Yanxi Palace.

And perhaps because they were of similar age, he actually preferred to stay with the little prince.

However, this does not mean that he doesn't like his other brothers and sisters.

When little Yinzhen came, he would patiently take time to play with him, and would not return to the prince's residence until little Yinzhen left contentedly, and would stay up all night to finish his homework with the lights on.

After several times, it was Li Shuyao who first noticed the dark circles under the eldest prince's eyes, and she immediately secretly informed Huipin.

Huipin sent someone to investigate and found out that it was little Yinzhen who had delayed the eldest prince's studies. Although she was a little worried, she did not complain to Li Shuyao. She just silently instructed the palace servants to take good care of the eldest prince. She also asked someone to go to the Imperial Hospital to get a recipe for a tranquilizing soup. She planned to send a bowl of tranquilizing soup to the eldest prince every night to improve his sleep quality and prevent him from being tired during the day and delaying his studies.

Li Shuyao reminded her twice, but Huipin didn't make any big moves.

Unable to help but feel curious, he sent Nanny Yan out as well. Only then did he realize that the person who made the eldest prince stay up late to do homework every night was actually his own little brat.

How can a little kid understand the hard work of older children?

He just wanted an older brother to play with him.

Li Shuyao didn't know that little Yinzhen was actually reborn, so she tried to guess his thoughts from the perspective of a little baby.

But unfortunately, little Yinzhen himself forgot that his elder brother still had to go to the study to study...

After all, in his memories of his previous life, when he was old enough to go to the upper study, his elder brother had already obtained the qualification to attend the imperial lectures. Why did he need to study hard in the upper study with these little kids?

After hearing what Nanny Yan said, Li Shuyao turned around and "viciously" taught little Yinzhen a lesson.

Afterwards, she took Nanny Yan's hand and went to the storeroom to find a gift of apology. She then walked gracefully to the Yanx Palace to apologize to Concubine Hui.

Leaving behind was little Yinzhen, disheveled in the wind, with his chubby face drooping. He touched his soft belly and buttocks, which had been rubbed hot and red by his mother, and sighed helplessly as he sipped his milk.

Then he frowned and sat on the bed, thinking for a long time. The eldest brother couldn't be bothered. As the crown prince, the second brother had always been the old man's thorn. Not to mention delaying his studies, even if he went to Yuqing Palace a few more times, the old man would be nervous and suspicious.

Then it can only be Brother Changsheng and Brother Yinzhi!

Having made up his mind, little Yinzhen went to Zhongcui Palace more frequently.

As for little Yinqi in Yiku Palace, he still didn't know why his brother disliked him.

Just like now, the two chubby little hands and feet as big as lotus roots were supported on the ground, the smooth round head was raised high, and the eyes seemed to be filled with stars, blinking at the back of little Yinzhen.

There was a rather suspicious trace of transparent water on the corner of his mouth, and he called out in a low, baby voice: "Luo, Luo Luo... Luo..."

Li Shuyao couldn't help but want to hug him.

But the little girl tilted her head with a puzzled expression, as if wondering why her brother ignored her. Then she quickly crawled over with her hands and feet, crawled across the carpet, held on to the pedals, and with trembling little fingers, she struggled to pinch a corner of little Yinzhen's clothes and shook it gently twice.

"Luo, Luo Luo..."

Little Yinzhen's body froze for a moment.

He realized that it was Yikun Palace’s younger brother who came to see him.

She quickly closed her mouth that was still complaining to Li Shuyao, and reached out her little hand on the couch, pulling out a very beautiful red rattle, then turned around and handed it to little Yinqi on the ground.

"Here, here, here. Go play."

However, little Yinqi didn't want it. His little fingers were still tightly grasping the corner of Yinzhen's clothes, and he continued to shake: "Lolo! Lolo!"

Li Shuyao finally couldn't help herself and reached out her hand to poke Yinzhen on the head with a very proud expression, "See, I told you, 'Lolo' is calling you!"

Little Yinzhen: ...

He still couldn't believe it.

He slowly turned his head and asked, "Lolo?"

Little Yinqi: "Yeah! Lolo!"

"Lolo, Luo, come... Luo..."

The little ball on the ground uttered with great difficulty the fourth word he had learned without any teacher in his life - "come".

Little Yinzhen seemed to have been hit by a needle out of nowhere and remained frozen in place.

My brain seems to stop working.

So, "Lolo" is equal to "brother".

"Brother" comes after "E'e" and "Lingling", which means that in Yinqi's heart, he is actually a very important person?

Little Yinzhen suddenly perked up, spun around in a flash, and then nimbly climbed down from the couch. He squatted next to the little boy and teased him with a smile, "Call me a few more times?"

"Luo, Luo Luo Luo."

"It's not Luo, it's brother!"

"Hmm?" Milk Ball tilted his head again and asked tentatively: "Luo?"

"It's not Luo, it's brother!"

"Luo!"

"Stupid brother, I told you it's brother, not Luo. Don't say 'oh' with your mouth. Try to flatten it. Brother, brother, do you understand?"

Little Yinqi didn't understand.

Because when he first learned the character "Luo", no one corrected him.

As a result, he had been shouting the word "Luo" alone in the Yiku Palace for nearly a month, and he was almost used to it.

Now he was not annoyed when his favorite brother poked his face, but followed his calls obediently.

First there is "Luo" and "Lolo".

Later, I panicked a bit and started shouting all sorts of random things, such as "Luo Luo De Ge", "De De Ta", "Guo Luo De De"...

The cries made Li Shuyao feel dizzy, as if two energetic little chicks had come to Changchun Palace and were clucking non-stop.

"Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop shouting." She hurriedly spoke out to stop him.

The next second, little Yinqi looked at her.

"Ding! Ding ding ding ding!"

Li Shuyao immediately looked puzzled:?

Is Yinqi imitating her way of speaking?

Yinzhen probably realized this as well, and he reached out and pinched his brother's cheeks in annoyance, "Brother, you haven't even finished your studies yet, where are you going?"

Li Shuyao was a little annoyed, "Where are we going? Of course we're going to Chengqian Palace!"

"Don't forget, your noble mother and several other mothers are all waiting to hold a birthday party for you in Chengqian Palace. And you are here arguing with your younger brother who is so much younger than you. You are really a fool..."

As he spoke, he reached out and poked little Yinzhen on the forehead a few more times.

Little Yinzhen laughed and dodged her fingers.

Little Yinqi stared blankly for a while, then took the initiative to put his forehead close to Li Shuyao's fingertips.

As he got closer, he held Li Shuyao's hand and climbed into her arms, as if he wanted to protect his brother.

Li Shuyao couldn't do anything with these two human cubs.

Seeing that the time was almost up, she had no choice but to call in Nanny Yan and the others who were waiting outside, and asked Nanny Yan to dress little Yinzhen. She then carried Yinqi to the Yiku Palace and without saying anything, stuffed him into Qingyao's arms, who was still dressing up in front of the dressing table.

"Qingyao, quickly have someone change his clothes. We can't let the imperial concubine and the others wait for us..."

After hearing this, Lingluo hurriedly added the actions in Kuaishou.

The two groups hurried and finally arrived at the main hall of Chengqian Palace before the imperial concubine came out.

In the absence of a queen in the palace, Concubine Tong was the first person in the harem to hold the phoenix seal.

Fortunately, she never liked tedious things, and she was busy with palace affairs, so she gave instructions early on that she only needed to come and pay her respects every five days.

The "old ladies" like Huipin and Li Shuyao have adapted well, but the newcomers who entered the palace this year are often not used to it.

During the first few months after entering the palace, they frequently went to Chengqian Palace to show their courtesy, hoping that Concubine Tong would favor them.

As a result, he turned around and was scolded by Concubine Tong.

Concubine Tong also ordered him to be confined to his house for a month on the pretext of "not abiding by palace rules". Only after that did he behave much better and learn to "listen to others and do things for them".

Li Shuyao and Qingyao each carried their own little ones into the main hall of Chengqian Palace.

Huipin and others, who had been waiting inside for a while, quickly stood up and came out to greet them.

However, they did not come to greet Li Shuyao and Qingyao. Instead, they waved their handkerchiefs at the human cubs in their arms and said hello, "It's Yinzhen and Yinqi who are here."

"I haven't seen you for two days. You seem to have grown up a little."

"I wonder if Yinzhen and Yinqi miss Rong'e Niang?"

"And what about me, Jing'e Niang?"

Li Shuyao and Qingyao looked at each other and let go of each other tacitly.

The two little guys, with their front teeth showing, happily fell into the circle of beautiful concubines, and the distance between them and their mother became wider and wider.

Outside the crowd, Li Shuyao sighed slightly, not knowing whether it was a good thing that her two little boys were so popular among the concubines.

She took Qingyao's hand and walked towards her seat.

Suddenly, a lake blue figure came over from a distance and bowed to the two of them, "Greetings, two sisters."

This is the little Niuhulu who just entered the palace at the beginning of the year.

She is the sister of the former queen. As soon as she entered the palace, she was granted the treatment of "concubine". Three months later, she was promoted to enjoy the treatment of "concubine". Although she has not yet been conferred a title and is temporarily in the position of "common concubine", everyone with a discerning eye knows that when the next grand title is conferred on the harem, she will at least be one of the four concubines.

Who knows, she might even be able to become a noble concubine.

Li Shuyao and Qingyao quickly returned the greeting.

Then Concubine Niuhulu smiled and said, "You two sisters are so lucky."

Li Shuyao couldn't tell whether there was any sarcasm in her words, so she just smiled reservedly in response.

Qingyao, however, seemed to be very familiar with Concubine Niuhulu. She approached her and took her hand warmly. "My sister has always been very blessed. I heard that the emperor agreed a few days ago and said he planned to take my sister to Mulan Paddock to relax."

Hearing her say this, the smile on Concubine Niuhulu's face suddenly became more genuine, "You even know this."

"Isn't that right?"

As Qingyao spoke, she took Li Shuyao and Concubine Niu Hulu's hands and pulled them down to sit together.

Li Shuyao was stunned for a moment, and then she vaguely remembered that no matter in the original novel or in the original history, Concubine Yi Guo Luoluo and Concubine Wenxi Niuhulu had a very good relationship.

So, being able to be on good terms with Qingyao means that Concubine Niuhulu must be a very good person... ?

Her eyes suddenly lit up, and she sat quietly and obediently aside, listening to Qingyao and Concubine Niuhulu talking.

As the two of them talked, the topic somehow turned to Li Shuyao.

"Speaking of which, I have one more thing to thank Sister Lingpin for."

"Thank me?" Li Shuyao was puzzled.

Concubine Niuhulu nodded and recalled, "Two days ago, while I was walking in the Imperial Garden, I accidentally dropped a round jade pendant. It landed on the grass and rolled into a fake cave, where it disappeared."

"The Sixth Prince happened to be passing by and enthusiastically offered to retrieve the jade pendant for me. Before I could stop him, he slipped straight into the fake cave, the entrance of which was about this small." Concubine Niuhulu gestured with her hands to form a medium-sized circle and continued, "Ordinary palace maids and eunuchs could only squeeze their heads and one hand in. We tried many ways to retrieve the jade pendant, but to no avail."

"Only Sixth Prince has the ability to find the jade pendant for me after crawling in for a short while."

Concubine Niohuru's smile grew more sincere as she spoke. "Although the jade pendant isn't very valuable, it's a keepsake left to me by my sister. There aren't any young eunuchs and maids like the Sixth Prince has in the palace, and the cave is incredibly dark. If I were to use only a bamboo pole to reach it, who knows how long it would take..."

"Is it dark in the cave?" Li Shuyao listened and suddenly her attention fell on a very strange place.

Concubine Niuhulu obviously didn't understand why she asked that. She blinked and replied, "Yes, the sun was almost setting, and the rockery was in the shade, so it was very dark inside."

After she finished speaking, she probably thought Li Shuyao was worried about Yinzhen, so she quickly stood up and bowed to Li Shuyao, "Sister, please don't blame me..."

"Oh, no, no! I don't mean to blame you." Li Shuyao was startled by her action and quickly stood up and returned the greeting to Concubine Nianhulu. "Yinzhen is eager to help others, which is a good thing. How could I blame you?"

She helped Concubine Niohuru sit down together.

Qingyao's eyes turned, and she asked Li Shuyao teasingly, "But Yinzhen used the excuse of being afraid of the dark and not daring to sleep alone in the warm room, so he went to bother you?"

Li Shuyao nodded awkwardly.

He muttered quietly, "I thought he was really afraid of the dark..."

In fact, she didn't want to lose face for Yinzhen in front of Concubine Nianhulu, but the conversation had already come to this point and Qingyao had exposed her. What else could she do?

If you want to blame someone, you can only blame Yinzhen for having a godmother who likes to see him make a fool of himself...

Li Shuyao brushed off the responsibility in her heart and told Qingyao a few more embarrassing things about Yinzhen.

Concubine Niohuru listened quietly beside him, and from time to time she picked up her handkerchief to cover the corners of her lips that were raised high because she couldn't control it.

Her beautiful face was full of curiosity about Yinzhen, and her whole body exuded a gentle and peaceful aura.

This is quite different from the temperament of the previous queen.

Li Shuyao couldn't help but have a better and better impression of her.

At this moment, another concubine came over from the other side. She was only about fourteen or fifteen years old. Her face was very young, but her dark eyes were filled with overwhelming arrogance. With her chin slightly raised, she said to Concubine Niuhulu in a very unpleasant tone, "You left early this morning. I was wondering if you came here to curry favor with the Imperial Concubine, but I didn't expect it to be these two."

Who are you two?

Li Shuyao blinked and pointed at herself with one hand.

...Huh? Qingyao and I?