Chapter 124 Chapter 124 You are speaking so bluntly, you don’t…

As soon as he snorted, the kid regretted it.

But not to Li Shuyao, but... Khan Ama is still there. What if he sees this scene and feels that he is unfilial?

He didn't mean to be unfilial.

But my new mother is really too bad.

He is not a stingy child. Since his new mother has another baby, why couldn't she tell him in advance?

It’s not like he can’t understand his mother…

After washing his hands angrily, the kid turned around and walked away. Halfway through, he seemed to remember something, turned around slowly, climbed up the special step chair step by step, put his face in front of the washbasin and washed his face again.

Li Shuyao blinked.

Pointing at the stocky little figure in front of the wash basin, she asked Nanny Yan, "Did he really see it?"

Nanny Yan nodded, a look of regret on her face. "Yes, that's what Xiao Tuzi said. When the palace servants were setting up the side hall for Prince Chun, he happened to come to see the Empress and saw it all clearly."

Li Shuyao was puzzled: "Then how can it be associated with 'I don't want him anymore'?"

Nanny Yan shook her head. Who could have imagined this?

Children's thoughts are always jumpy and illogical. If she could fully understand the little prince's thoughts, her position as the head nanny of Changchun Palace would probably be unstable.

The master and servant exchanged a few words.

Over there, little Yinzhen held his breath and washed his fat face quickly, and washed his clothes at the same time.

Li Shuyao couldn't bear to see this, so she said to Nanny Yan, "Take Yinzhen to change his clothes first, then bring him here."

Little Yinzhen, who was eavesdropping with his ears perked up on the other side, thought, well, his mother wants to send him away again.

He gritted his teeth and said, "I won't leave!"

Li Shuyao glanced at him and said, "If you don't leave, I'll spank you!"

"You!" Little Yinzhen subconsciously covered his butt.

If he were to be reborn, the thing he could not accept the most would be spanking.

Who could have imagined that a man who was married and had children in his previous life would be born into this world again and end up with a mother who loved to spank him at every turn.

"You're a bad mother," he complained loudly, covering his buttocks. "You're a bad mother who abandons me!"

Li Shuyao didn't care about him and directly stuffed him into Nanny Yan's arms, "Nanny, go quickly and change his clothes and bring him here."

Then she lowered her head and said to little Yinzhen seriously, "Mother doesn't abandon you, and there is no new baby."

"That's your seventh uncle's child. He's about your age, no, maybe a few months younger... His mother is sick, and there's no one to take care of him, so he's staying with her for a few days."

"Yinzhen is a good helper to mother, right? Can Yinzhen help mother take care of his younger brother?"

Yinzhen blinked and took a while to react before he could clearly hear what Li Shuyao said.

The seventh uncle, Prince Chun.

The seventh uncle's child is the cousin in his previous life whom he had never met and died young due to illness?

A sense of justice suddenly surged up.

Little Yinzhen clenched his fists, his dark eyes flickering with flames: "I can!"

A "storm" was thus resolved.

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Li Shuyao never thought about explaining to Yinqi.

Take care of your own children.

And... the main reason is that Yinqi is too young, and his memory is probably shorter than that of a goldfish. For little Yinqi at this stage, calming his emotions is more important than anything else.

After seeing off the emperor and Qingyao, Li Shuyao happily accepted the ancestor's imperial decree. Holding her newborn baby An'er in one hand and holding her little assistant Yinzhen in the other, she happily returned to her bedroom.

She put the two cubs together, compared them briefly, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Yinzhen, did you sneak some delicious food behind your mother's back again?"

Yinzhen, who had already changed into new clothes, was still looking at this cousin whom he had never seen in his previous life. When he heard Li Shuyao's words, he was filled with disbelief.

Please God, distinguish between loyalty and treachery!

He shouted unhappily, "Mother!"

Xiao An'er on the side didn't even bother to peek at her little brother. Her big round black eyes lit up. How could she sneak in some delicious food while the Empress was here?

Yinzhen still looked serious: "Mother, I am a child, not a thief!"

Besides, he is a prince. If he is hungry, what’s wrong with eating something?

Li Shuyao looked away, a little embarrassed. After a long while, she changed the subject familiarly: "Can Yinzhen sleep with his brother tonight?"

Yinzhen was puzzled: "But didn't Mother already have the side hall cleaned up?"

He also took away a lot of small furniture that he had planned to give to his younger brother Yinqi, which made him start to worry about what to do if his younger brother came to ask him for it tomorrow.

Li Shuyao said, "But this is your brother An'er's first day in Changchun Palace. What if he gets scared sleeping in such a big side hall all by himself?"

Little Yinzhen didn't give her any face at all: "No, mother, there will be many people guarding it."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at the palace maids who had followed his cousin over: "Mother, look, there are so many people here."

Li Shuyao was speechless for a moment and pinched his chubby cheeks in dissatisfaction. "I don't care. I just want An'er to sleep with you for one night."

Little Yinzhen raised his hand to slap her away, his eyes suddenly rolled, and he said jokingly: "Could it be that Brother An'er is a coward?"

Li Shuyao: “?”

Well, this kid is really brave.

She put her hands on her hips and said, "If An'er is a coward, then Yinzhen is a stingy person who is unwilling to even give half of his bed to An'er's brother."

An'er was confused listening beside him and didn't understand most of the first half. But when Chuang Chuang said this, he understood it quickly and shook his hand, "No, An'er doesn't want brother's bed."

Yinzhen turned his head to look at him.

He said to the little brother in front of him seriously: "An'er will be a good boy and won't steal his things."

After thinking for a while, he said, "Your Highness, just give An'er something to eat."

This is really sad.

Li Shuyao was overwhelmed for a moment and hugged the obedient and sensible little An'er tightly in her arms, "An'er, you misunderstood. An'er didn't steal your brother's things."

She tried to explain to Xiao An: "Grabbing is different from sharing."

"You took the bed away, not giving it to your brother to sleep on, but only for yourself. That's robbery."

"Sharing comes from love. I love you, so I'll give you my bed and let you sleep on it for one night. I don't want you to take it away..."

As Yinzhen listened, question marks appeared on his forehead.

No, is this what my brother meant just now?

This doesn't seem like the way ordinary people coax their children, does it?

Can An'er understand?

He was just wondering, but the conversation between Li Shuyao and An'er was still going on.

Xiao An'er thought for a while: "So, my brother didn't share me just now, so he doesn't like me?"

Yinzhen: “?”

He wasn't, he didn't, he was just joking!

Yinzhen panicked for a moment and was about to explain when he heard his mother say crisply, "Yes."

Yes?

ah? !

Does his mother know how to coax a child?

Li Shuyao said, "This is my first time meeting you. I don't even know An'er's name, so I definitely can't feel any affection for you."

"Although An'er is very cute and sensible, people have different preferences, and we haven't gotten to know each other over time. How could my brother suddenly fall in love with An'er?"

"Just like Empress Ling, didn't she fall in love with An'er after playing with him for an entire afternoon?"

Case solved. My mother had indeed spent the entire afternoon playing with other children...

This thought only flashed through Yinzhen's mind for a moment before being replaced by other thoughts.

Little Yinzhen touched his soft and smooth chin and thought. Why did he suddenly feel that what his mother said made a lot of sense?

Little An'er on the other end nodded: "Oh, so that's how it is."

He calmly accepted the fact that "not everyone who sees him will like him the first time", and began to think about how to make his brother like him.

Li Shuyao knew what he was thinking at a glance.

Without further ado, she calmly placed him back next to Yinzhen and said, "Since Yinzhen doesn't want to, then An'er will sleep with Empress Ling tonight."

It’s always better to have someone familiar by your side on your first night in Changchun Palace.

Li Shuyao was also worried that he might suddenly think of Prince Chun's wife who was still sick in the Cining Palace while he was sleeping, and cry. What if she started crying?

Looking at her oversized cub, Li Shuyao pondered, "An'er will sleep with me tonight. Tomorrow morning, Yinzhen will have breakfast with An'er, okay?"

Don't ask, the answer is that she can't get up at all.

When Xiao An'er heard that he could eat again, his eyes lit up instantly, leaving little Yinzhen beside him stunned.

This cousin is a person who loves to eat?

An'er nodded repeatedly. Just at this moment, a palace servant came to report that the bath water was ready.

Li Shuyao asked someone to take the two little kids to take a bath together.

After everyone left, she winked at Nanny Yan. Nanny Yan understood, walked outside, and brought in Nanny Liu, who still had injuries on her face.

——Madame Liu was the only person that An'er insisted on taking away before leaving.

The ancestor sent her here as well.

But when she received the order just now, Li Shuyao noticed the wound on her face that had not been bandaged yet, and was worried that it would scare the two little kids, so she asked someone to take her downstairs to apply medicine first.

Now is a good time to ask questions.

But... Madam Liu kept her mouth shut. No matter how Li Shuyao asked, she refused to tell anyone what happened in Prince Chun's mansion. Li Shuyao was at a loss for a moment.

She muttered softly, "I'm not trying to harm anyone... Isn't this the mission assigned by the Emperor..."

Upon hearing the words "Your Majesty's instructions," the stagnant Madam Liu suddenly reacted, "Your Majesty, did Your Majesty instruct Concubine Ling to take care of the young prince?"

Li Shuyao nodded: "Yes."

It is not only about taking care of An'er and improving his health, but more importantly, it is also about finding out who in Prince Chun's mansion is maliciously instigating Prince Chun's wife, making her constantly immersed in the panic of "whether An'er will die young".

Li Shuyao always felt that she was not capable of taking on such a big responsibility.

However, after playing with Xiao An'er for an entire afternoon, even though she found it difficult, she still wanted to do something for this poor little baby.

Seeing Aunt Liu's expression suddenly come alive, Li Shuyao paused and asked her, "Do you know something?"

Aunt Liu pursed her lips, hesitating whether to believe her.

Li Shuyao immediately waved her hands and said, "Don't worry, no one will be on guard against me."

Madam Liu's lips moved, "But the young prince is already in Changchun Palace."

"So what?"

Li Shuyao knew very well that she always presented herself as a pure and innocent person without any scheming. So even if the people behind the scenes knew that An'er was with her, they would probably just think that the old ancestor had really run out of options.

That's why he placed his hopes on her and Yinzhen's fortune.

This is also the reason why the emperor and the ancestors are confident in entrusting the task to her.

Li Shuyao asked, "Furthermore, if you were the person behind this, would you think I could change An'er's situation and awaken Prince Chun's wife's sanity?"

Based on what she had heard before about the outside world's discussions about Concubine Ling, Nanny Liu already had an answer in her mind: that must be impossible.

Who doesn't know that Concubine Ling was born a palace maid in the Han Army Banner, and her whole family is in the distant Jiangnan. In this huge capital city, she doesn't even have any power of her own?

If I hadn't been so lucky to be favored by the Emperor, I wouldn't have gotten pregnant with the Emperor's heir soon after, and the birth would have been safe and sound...

I'm afraid no one will pay attention to her at all.

Nanny Liu figured this out, but still had one last worry: "You don't have it, Concubine Yi's..."

Her words made Li Shuyao confused: "What do you mean? Are you saying that the person behind the scenes is afraid of Qingyao's family background?"

So where does he get the confidence to plan all this?

A sharp light flashed in Matron Liu's eyes. She had never expected that Concubine Ling, who was always looked down upon, could actually hit the nail on the head.

Maybe she really has some ideas?

Thinking about it, Madam Liu finally told the truth: "I don't know much, but I think Your Majesty can send someone to check the maternal family of Prince Chun's wife."

Mother's home?

This is a direction I never thought of.

Li Shuyao tapped the table thoughtfully, then turned and asked Nanny Yan, "Whose maternal family is Prince Chun's wife from? Or, what is Prince Chun's wife's surname?"

Upon hearing this, Nanny Yan and Nanny Liu felt helpless at the same time.

Facing Madam Liu's incredulous gaze, Madam Yan gritted her teeth and replied, "To answer your Majesty, the wife of Prince Chun is surnamed Shangjia. She is the granddaughter of Prince Pingnan and the daughter of the Heshuo Efu Shang Zhilong."

Li Shuyao's eyes lit up when she heard this. After a while, she finally understood her thoughts. "She is the daughter of Princess Heshun."

Then why would you be afraid of Qingyao's family?

Li Shuyao was completely confused, and Nanny Yan had no intention of making things difficult for her. She simply said to Nanny Liu, "Thank you for your hard work, Sister Liu. I will secretly pass this news to the Palace of Heavenly Purity tomorrow."

"Don't worry about the rest. Just focus on taking good care of the little prince."

Nanny Liu thought about it and realized that this was the truth. No matter what Concubine Ling did, she had already entrusted her with the task. If she didn't want to trust her anymore, there was no other way. So she nodded and said to Li Shuyao, "I understand."

After thinking for a moment, he continued, "You can check for concubines from Prince Chun's wife's mother's family."

As for which one, Aunt Liu was not sure.

After all, every time someone from Prince Chun's wife's maternal family came, several women came together. If it weren't for the one time when only a few concubines came alone, and Prince Chun's wife was sick as usual...

I'm afraid Madam Liu can't narrow the scope yet.

Li Shuyao and Nanny Yan secretly kept this in mind.

After Madam Liu left, Madam Yan made the bed for Li Shuyao and asked her, "Your Majesty, how credible do you think what Madam Liu said just now is?"

Li Shuyao propped up her chin with one hand: "One hundred points."

Nanny Yan paused, "Does Your Majesty trust her so much?"

Li Shuyao: "There's nothing we can do about it. Around An'er, probably only Madam Liu truly cares about him. She not only takes care of his food, clothing, shelter and transportation, but the Emperor also said that among so many palace servants, only Madam Liu secretly sought help from Aunt Su Ma."

So Li Shuyao's intuition that Nanny Liu was trustworthy.

Moreover, the emperor and the ancestors' people really can't find out anything now. It's not troublesome to go and take a look in the direction of Matron Liu. Why not do it?

After saying that, Li Shuyao happily followed Tian Jiarou to take a bath. When she came back, she was surprised to find that little Yinzhen, who had originally said that he didn't want to share half of the bed with his younger brother An'er, suddenly changed his mind for some reason.

He was wearing a bright yellow duck one-piece pajamas, holding a little tiger doll in one hand and An'er's wrist in the other. He sat cross-legged on the couch and shouted to her in a clear and powerful voice, "I want to sleep with my brother!"

An'er seemed to be more lively because of him. She was wearing a black and white gradient panda one-piece pajamas. Her fair and clean little face was slightly red from the hot water, and her bright black round eyes became more moist.

He was also holding a doll in his hand, but perhaps because it was one of the rare times he could play with toys, he couldn't tell the front from the back for a moment, and the poor little blue dolphin was facing backwards with his hand grabbing its thin tail.

He also said to Li Shuyao in a shy little voice: "I, I also want to sleep with my brother."

"We, we are good friends now."

Little Yinzhen proudly imitated his other brother and puffed out his round belly proudly, "Yes, we are good friends, and good friends should sleep together."

Li Shuyao felt a little regretful when she heard this, and her almond-shaped eyes kept moving across Xiao An'er's pink and soft cheeks.

I felt so sorry that there would be no fragrant and soft little cake to accompany her to sleep tonight.

She was still a little curious, "Why did you suddenly become so nice?"

Before Yinzhen could speak, Xiao An'er answered first: "Because, because my brother and I have always been very good friends."

"We are all great babies, hasn't your Madam Ling said that many times?"

Li Shuyao: “?”

No, that's not what she meant.

She simply squatted down and looked at the two little kids at eye level. "I'm asking, why is your relationship suddenly so good?"

Xiao An'er tilted his head: "What's the relationship?"

Yinzhen explained to him: "Mother may want to ask why you suddenly like me, and why I suddenly like you too."

This question is a bit difficult.

How would Xiao An know? He was still thinking about how to make his brother like him.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, little Yinzhen answered for him directly: "Because I am good-looking, my brother likes me."

"Because my younger brother is so pitiful, I like him too."

Li Shuyao: "..."

Oh no, it seems like Yinzhen really learned how to get along with An'er.

You speak so bluntly, do you want to live?