To the Empress Dowager, her eldest grandson and granddaughter were the same; she would simply hold whichever grandson was willing to be held. However, it seemed her grandson had a rather unpleasant temper, but was very courageous.

The two children were clearly terrified of her, yet Zishu Yan still had the courage to shake her off just now.

Zishuhua didn't dare to move in the Empress Dowager's arms. The Empress Dowager patted her head and said, "Your grandmother won't eat you, why are you so afraid?"

Upon hearing this, Zishuhua's eyes instantly reddened. He hugged her tightly and buried his head in her neck, sobbing, "Waaah, Grandmother, please don't eat me."

When Wan Ge saw how adorable the little girl was, she couldn't help but smile.

Zishuhua saw her smile, turned around, and said, "Sister, you're still smiling."

She was about to be eaten alive, how could she still laugh?

Wan Ge corrected, "Grandmother said she wouldn't eat you."

Presumably because the child was scared, he automatically misheard it as "I'll eat you."

Upon hearing this, Zishuhua looked at the Empress Dowager again and asked, "Grandmother, you won't eat me, will you?"

The Empress Dowager said with some helplessness, "Of course, your grandmother isn't a monster, why would she eat you?"

It seems that I haven't spent enough time with my grandchildren, which is why they are afraid of me.

The Empress Dowager used to feel that she had committed too many sins, so she usually stayed in her palace, eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures. She rarely went out, let alone had the opportunity to spend time alone with her grandson. Perhaps it was because they were unfamiliar with each other, coupled with her own serious nature, that they were afraid.

"That's great!" Zi Shuhua instantly regained her happy expression.

…

After spending an afternoon with the Empress Dowager, Zishuhua seemed to have lost all fear of her grandmother and would even call her "Grandma" affectionately.

Since she hadn't been here much before, Zishuhua found it quite novel and preferred to explore the area.

only…

The Empress Dowager looked at Wan Ge, who was sitting quietly beside her, and Zi Shu Yan, who was holding Wan Ge's hand.

"Isn't Yan Yan going to play with Second Princess?" Wan Ge was a gentle person and not very lively, so the Empress Dowager could understand her sitting quietly with her.

But Zishu Yan is only five years old. His twin sister is so lively, yet he is so quiet here.

Zishu Yan still didn't speak to her, but he held the singer even tighter.

The Empress Dowager knew that Zishu Yan had learned to speak earlier than Zishu Hua, and she also understood that the other party simply did not want to answer her. She did not know what she had done to make him dislike her.

Wan Ge gently patted his head again: "Yan Yan has to answer Grandmother's question."

Zishu Yan pursed his lips and finally replied that he wouldn't go.

He didn't want to play with Zishuhua; he only wanted to stay by his sister's side.

The Empress Dowager understood that the other party could hear and understand, and just now he simply didn't want to answer her. This little prince was a bit difficult to deal with and seemed a bit willful.

It's fortunate that his father was devoted to only the Empress; otherwise, with so many brothers and sisters like his father used to, and given his personality, he would definitely have suffered in the palace.

However, Zishu Yan is really good-looking. I used to think that my son was good-looking when he was young, but now I realize that it was because I didn't have any grandsons before, so there was no comparison.

He was probably too handsome, but his personality wasn't very likable. Even so, the Empress Dowager still liked him very much.