Chapter 99 Chapter 99 They deserve to die!

Li Shuyao waited until Qingyao's baby's full-month banquet before the two little cubs were able to reunite successfully.

At that time, Yinzhen was already nine months old.

It's not noticeable when you look at it alone, but when you put it next to the newborn Yinqi - it's really big!

Li Shuyao was so surprised that her eyes sparkled with tears. She didn't even have time to reply to her best friend. She just stood up and sat on the edge of the bed, grabbing the two little cubs' feet and comparing them.

It feels like the comparison between Yao Ming and that Ao, Ao...also a basketball star.

——Li Shuyao doesn’t watch basketball games, but she once came across a video comparing the body shapes of basketball stars while browsing videos.

This gave me some impression.

Li Shuyao released her hands and moved the two cubs' heads closer together.

Well, a chicken and a goose egg.

The chicken egg is the head of Qingyao’s baby, and the goose egg is the head of her baby.

After the comparison, Li Shuyao suddenly felt a little worried. What if her baby bullied Qingyao's baby and hurt him?

So he quickly picked up little Yinzhen, who still had a confused expression on his face, from the bed.

Seeing this, Qingyao was a little curious, "Shuyao, what are you doing..."

What to do?

Li Shuyao smiled at her awkwardly and explained, "I'm worried. Yinzhen is so big, what if he crushes Yinqi?"

Qingyao's eyes suddenly flashed, and she followed her words and looked at little Yinqi who was still wrapped in swaddling clothes on the bed, then turned her head to look at little Yinzhen who was kicking his feet in anger.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "That makes sense."

She then asked, "But don't your hands get tired from holding Yinzhen like this?"

Li Shuyao shook her head. She had been hugging little Yinzhen every day during this period, and her hands had already developed strength.

A few days ago, when she looked in the mirror, she found that she had developed two beautiful little muscles on her arms.

So, while she was sleeping with him, she enthusiastically showed it to the emperor. The emperor looked her up and down twice, and then, as if remembering something, he pulled her over and tried several of them that night...

Ahem, what I’m going to say next is not suitable for children.

Just stop, stop.

Li Shuyao blushed as she stuffed Yinzhen into Nanny Yan's arms.

He turned around and told Tian Jiarou to go back to Changchun Palace and bring over the baby stroller specially made by the craftsmen of the Imperial Household Department.

During this time, Qingyao had been carefully observing the expression on Li Shuyao's face. When she saw that she suddenly stopped talking halfway and a hint of embarrassment quickly passed across her delicate and pretty face, she knew in her heart that the emperor might have come up with some new "way of playing".

Shu Yao had described to her in detail some of the "tricks" of sleeping with the emperor in the past.

The two of them often communicated in private, but this was the first time that Shu Yao kept silent and even avoided his gaze.

This made Qingyao curious. What kind of unconventional tricks did the emperor come up with this time?

After all, out of consideration for the palace maids and two children, Qingyao just glanced at her and didn't pull Li Shuyao aside to ask any more questions.

She played with Yinzhen for a while and completely ignored her own son in the cradle on the bed.

But Yinqi didn't cry or make a fuss, and lay quietly in the cradle. Unlike his brother, he learned to kick the cradle soon after he turned one month old, and played with his feet. While playing, he blew bubbles from his mouth, as if he was composing music for himself.

Yinqi lay down for a while, then closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

If there hadn't been a wet nurse watching over him, Li Shuyao and Qingyao would probably have to wait until he woke up before they would notice him.

After Yinqi fell asleep, he was carried away by the wet nurse. Yinzhen, on the other hand, was very energetic. Li Shuyao held him on his calves like an airplane for a long time before he yawned and was coaxed by the wet nurse to sleep in the warm room next door.

——Of course, the two babies sleep separately.

This was Li Shuyao's initiative. After all, she knew her baby's sleeping posture.

She was also very scared. What if little Yinzhen rolled around and crushed little Yinqi?

After the two babies left one by one, the palace maids in the small room were also sent out by Qingyao.

Li Shuyao looked around curiously and quickly understood that Qingyao had something to say to her.

She calmly picked up the teacup and took a sip. The clear tea with a rich tea aroma seeped into the tip of her tongue bit by bit and quickly swept through her entire mouth.

Just as he was about to swallow it, Qingyao suddenly said, "Tell me, what new and strange posture has the emperor come up with to torture you?"

"Puff——" Li Shuyao spat out a mouthful of tea.

Fortunately, she cleverly picked up the teacup to cover her mouth, and most of the tea in her mouth was spit back into the cup, with only a few drops falling onto the rosewood ivory table with carved animal patterns.

Li Shuyao: "..."

Is this the downside of having a best friend who is too smart?

I can even guess what's going on in her mind.

However... those words cannot be told to outsiders, but not to Qingyao.

What secrets could there be between them?

After all, the two of them had discussed several times what the emperor liked to say when he favored his concubines.

...Although, although Qingyao was the one who brought it up first every time.

But it is undeniable that every time these topics are mentioned, Li Shuyao feels very excited.

She has been well protected by her family since she was a child. She has never had a crush on anyone in junior high and high school.

When she went to college, because she looked too well-behaved, had a gentle personality, and was a little slow, and couldn't tell whether others were saying good or bad things, her classmates rarely brought up this topic with her.

But she was not completely ignorant.

When I was surfing the Internet, I heard people talk about flower markets, XP and other miscellaneous things.

Li Shuyao blushed and thought, it would be great if Qingyao was also in modern times.

At first glance, she is the kind of person who is very good at "driving" and is probably also good at finding "food" for herself.

Unlike her, she searched for a long time but still didn't know what climbing over the wall was, how to use a ladder, etc... and she was too embarrassed to ask...

So, if Qingyao were also in modern times, she would definitely be able to take her to find the right way to the flower market!

After being shy for an unknown amount of time, Li Shuyao finally said to Qingyao in a low voice, "It's...it's nothing, it's just, it's just hanging..."

"Hanging?" Qingyao's eyes were shining with excitement.

Obviously very curious.

Li Shuyao nodded. "Yes, just hugged, hugged the neck, and then the emperor he he he..."

After saying "he" for a long time, Li Shuyao couldn't say the next words smoothly.

But her best friend's mind worked quickly. After a while, she came closer and asked her in a low voice, "Is the emperor standing?"

Li Shuyao: "..."

Her cheeks suddenly became hotter.

Not only the cheeks were hot, but also the forehead, ears, chin, and neck were all hot.

It feels like a sauna is just like that.

Li Shuyao pursed her lips, nodded weakly, and didn't want to continue this topic.

Fortunately, Qingyao had no intention of asking further questions.

She simply imagined what the position would be like, then coughed lightly, sat a little further away, and started talking about other topics. "By the way, I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also went to the training ground a few days ago to start learning horseback archery?"

Li Shuyao nodded, her voice still as low as a mosquito, "Yeah, I heard about it."

Qingyao: "Then do you know which companies produce the Crown Prince's Haha beads?"

Li Shuyao thought for a moment and answered seriously, "There's one from the Hesheli family outside the palace, one from the Tong family of Concubine Tong, and another who seems to be the grandson of a prince. I heard that the last candidate hasn't been decided yet, and the emperor is still hesitating."

Qingyao asked, "What do you think of my brothers' children?"

Li Shuyao was stunned, thought about it carefully, and then shook her head, "I don't seem to have any impression of it."

The main thing is that if she remembered correctly, the prince in the original novel was deposed once and then fell into complete obscurity.

This is the result of the intervention of the heroine of the novel. In real history, the crown prince of the Kangxi Dynasty went through two dethronements and two reinstatements before completely disappearing from the political stage.

Now that the female protagonist Uya is no longer in the palace, the entire plot will probably not develop as in the original novel.

But how will it go in the end... Li Shuyao is still waiting and watching.

In fact, she had also wondered in her heart whether the result would be more like that in real history.

But, but that won’t work either.

In real history, there was also a battle for the throne among nine dragons.

The fight for the throne is so brutal, and so many people will die.

Although her fat baby is likely to be the final winner, so what... Didn't he die of exhaustion at the desk after only thirteen years in office?

And he was alone, leaving behind a lot of infamy.

When later generations mentioned it, they often referred to it as the "Kangxi and Qianlong prosperous era", as if Qianlong was the son of Kangxi, and her fat baby didn't even qualify to be mentioned.

Bah, anyone who wants the fruits of victory like this can have them.

She couldn't bear to see her baby suffer such anger.

Thinking of this, Li Shuyao's cheeks puffed up in anger.

Qingyao looked a little confused.

She asked, "Do you have any ideas?"

Li Shuyao shook her head. "Of course I don't have any ideas. You know, my family are all scholars."

Although she helped her family win honor this time and her mother became a noble lady, her father still did not get any actual official position.

The main reason is that her father and her brother are not interested in this.

They prefer reading to teaching.

Before her mother set out to return to Jiangnan, the emperor had asked her indirectly whether she wanted to transfer all her family members to the capital and give her father the position of Prince Taifu?

Li Shuyao refused without even thinking.

It’s not that I don’t want to give Yinzhen a powerful in-laws, it’s just that the original owner’s family members have similar personalities to hers.

He has no scheming or means, but coming to the capital is no different from sending a little white rabbit into a wolf's den.

——Ahem, what she meant was that she was the only little white rabbit that had strayed into the wolf’s den.

It is really not necessary for the whole family to come.

She is a very lucky little white rabbit. As soon as she entered the wolf den, she was noticed and protected by the wolf leader. That is why she has been able to live a peaceful life until now.

But the luck of my family is not so good.

Having occupied the original owner's body, Li Shuyao felt that she should consider them a little.

Li Shuyao pondered and looked at Qingyao again, "Are you planning to send your brother's child to the Crown Prince to be made into Haha beads?"

Qingyao nodded and immediately explained that this was also the opinion of her sisters-in-law.

Her father had been promoted to the position of assistant commander of the Shengjing Internal Affairs Office, and was transferred to Shengjing. After settling down there, he also brought her mother over.

Therefore, her sisters-in-law are the ones who are in charge of the capital.

This time when she was about to give birth, it was her eldest sister-in-law who came to the palace to accompany her. I heard that it was also her eldest sister-in-law's idea to send her own son to make haha beads for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

After Qingyao finished her explanation, Li Shuyao blinked her almond-shaped eyes, and then asked tentatively, "Then, have you ever thought about writing a letter to Shengjing to ask your father and mother what they think?"

Qingyao: "?"

She was stunned for a moment.

Li Shuyao explained: "Think about it, sending your own children to the Crown Prince's side means you're taking sides. From now on, when others mention you, the Guo Luoluo family, they'll think you're on the Crown Prince's side. Even though the Crown Prince is still young, no one can predict what the future holds..."

"What if your father and mother don't really want to take sides so early? Of course, I'm not saying there might be some future heir apparent or something like that. I'm just, I'm just... oh, how should I put it..."

Li Shuyao was extremely anxious.

It is true that one only regrets not having read enough books when he needs them. If only he had watched more news broadcasts before, he would not be in a situation where he cannot even speak a sentence clearly now.

However, Qingyao understood and said softly, "The Emperor is strong and healthy, and the age difference between him and His Royal Highness is not too big. Moreover, my father was promoted by the Emperor himself. In the next few decades, even if we have to take sides, we should stand on the Emperor's side."

She only said these few words, and kept more of it in her heart. She planned to wait until her father returned to Beijing to report on his work, and then reach an agreement with her father through her mother.

After hearing this, Li Shuyao's head seemed to light up like a small light bulb: "!"

"Yes, yes, that's what I mean."

"Qingyao, you are so smart!"

Guo Luoluo Qingyao smiled faintly but said nothing.

In fact, I was still a little scared in my heart. I almost made a mistake. Fortunately, Shu Yao reminded me.

She should also convey these words to her sisters-in-law outside the palace as soon as possible.

As for Shu Yao, I should give her a big gift later!

*

Time flies like a white horse passing by.

Soon it was time for little Yinzhen’s first birthday party.

After several months of extraordinary efforts, little Yinzhen has initially mastered the trick of walking.

I will no longer fall every few steps like before.

He spoke only baby talk, but it was so unclear and jumbled that people couldn't understand even a simple syllable.

At the first birthday party, little Yinzhen wore a small golden jacket with red edges and a melon-shaped hat on his head. He smiled and held Li Shuyao's hand. He walked very steadily step by step, which made many wives of the royal family exclaim in admiration.

Li Shuyao was also very proud of it, but when she caught a glimpse of her baby's two exposed teeth from the corner of her eye, she thought for a moment and whispered, "Don't smile. It's not good to have fewer teeth."

Little Yinzhen suddenly closed his mouth.

Li Shuyao then bent down, picked him up, and placed him on the table. She gently patted his butt with her right hand and said, "Go, my good son!"

Little Yinzhen: "..."

He took a deep breath, pursed his lips, and put his hands on the table to stand up.

But the table under his feet was shaking for some reason. No matter how many times he stopped his head, he couldn't stand steadily. Finally, he sat back on the table with a "bang".

Everyone present looked at his little appearance and felt their hearts melted by his cuteness.

In the middle of the crowd, next to the table, Li Shuyao quietly withdrew her disruptive hand, keeping her achievements and fame to herself.

She just smiled and watched her fat son picking at the round table for a long time -

Pick up a copy of the Book of Songs and throw it away;

Pick up a brush and throw it away;

He picked up a jade pendant, thought for a while, crawled back, stuffed the jade pendant into her hand, and crawled back again.

She immediately picked up a box of rouge... Wait, why was there rouge at her son's one-year-old birthday party?

The child she gave birth to was not a little princess.

Li Shuyao raised her eyebrows and scanned the people around her with suspicion, finally meeting Qingyao's pretty face which still had a hint of teasing and mockery in it.

Qingyao stopped smiling instantly.

Li Shuyao: "..."

Okay, okay, she also needs to think about what to put on Yinqi’s one-year-old birthday table next time. Etiquette, fashion, and communication!

Li Shuyao gritted her teeth and continued to look at her son. She saw that her son looked at the rouge box curiously for a while, then crawled back with the rouge box in his chubby little hand, stuffed the rouge box into her hand, and continued to crawl back.

This time he picked up an abacus made of pure gold. He originally wanted to throw it on the ground, but he tilted his head and thought that his mother would like it, so he crawled over again and stuffed the golden abacus into Li Shuyao's hand. This time he didn't crawl back.

Mainly because he was a little tired from climbing, he simply sat down on the round table nearby and started to "clean up" things one by one.

If you like something, keep it aside. If you don’t like something, just throw it on the ground.

He also needs to be careful to distinguish whether there are things that he doesn't like but his mother may like. If so, he will turn around and put them directly into his mother's hands, purely as a "filial piety" from his son to his mother.

And what if he got something that his mother also liked? Then he would think about what his mother had said in his ear before, such as "Listen to your mother", "Mother first, baby second"...

Well, forget it. Suddenly, I don’t like it that much anymore. I’ll give it all to my mother.

The concubines in the harem and the wives of the royal family were all stunned.

The scene was eerily quiet for a moment.

The only person present was Li Shuyao, and she didn't notice it.

Probably because he thought the fat son's game was very interesting, he joined in with great interest after a while.

She had completely forgotten that this was her son's one-year-old birthday banquet. Seeing Yinzhen about to throw a pure gold toad ornament on the ground, she whispered without thinking, "Don't..."

"It's made of pure gold."

“?” His mother likes it?

Little Yinzhen paused in throwing the toad to the ground, took it back and put it into his mother's hand.

Now he understood that his mother didn't actually have any elegant tastes, she simply liked golden and valuable things.

This is easy to handle. He doesn't like those yellow and white things anyway. Give them all to mother. Give them all to mother.

Little Yinzhen quickly cleared the objects around him, supported himself on the table with his hands and crawled to the side, not forgetting to stretch out a fleshy arm to pull Li Shuyao over.

Li Shuyao followed suit and quickly stood up. Her clear almond-shaped eyes sparkled as she watched her son to see what good things he would dig out for her this time.

"Ahem."

"Cough cough cough cough."

"Cough cough cough cough cough cough cough..."

Suddenly, bursts of coughing were heard around me.

Li Shuyao and the fat baby on the table raised their heads at the same time, blinking their big, curious eyes as they looked at the people around them.

Because her eyes were too clear, her expression too pure and innocent...

The moment their eyes met, the person who made the coughing sound panicked. Shouldn't she or they remind Concubine Ling and the young prince?

Although this was at the first birthday party, it was in someone else's own Changchun Palace, right?

There have been cases in the past where the one-year-old celebration took more than half an hour. Why were they so presumptuous and abrupt?

...They even dared to make a sound and disturb Concubine Ling and the young prince. They deserve to die!