Seeing that the little girl was not asleep but was peaceful, Qin Changge stopped paying attention to her and looked at Zhang Zisheng, saying:
"I'll have to ask him about it when he gets back."
Zhang Zisheng shook her head slightly and muttered softly:
"His Majesty is discreet, and we shouldn't pry. Asking too many questions might anger him, which would be bad."
"What's there to be annoyed about?" Qin Changge chuckled.
Just then, a cry suddenly rang out.
"Oh, the little guy is awake." Qin Changge immediately got up and took his son out of the cradle lying by the bed.
"Don't cry, don't cry, Mommy's here, sweetie~"
Feeling his mother's warm embrace, the little boy babbled a few times before stopping crying and closing his eyes to settle down.
Zhang Zisheng looked at the boy with affection and said with a pursed mouth:
"To be honest, if it weren't for that cinnabar mole between their eyebrows, it would be really hard to tell Chen'er and Yueyue apart. These two little ones look so alike, hehe."
The boy was named Qin Zhaochen, and he is the older of the twins.
The name is derived from the phrase "the brilliance of the sun and moon, the illumination of the heavens."
Perhaps because they were born in the same womb, the brother and sister look about 90% alike.
Needless to say, the younger sister's bone structure and eyebrows are almost identical to Qin Changge's. Although she is still young, it is already clear that she is a beauty in the making.
This is why Zhaochen, who looks nine-tenths like her younger sister, is a boy with feminine features.
At this moment, Qin Changge said with a smile:
"It's easy to tell even without looking at the mole."
"Chen'er is timid. She is afraid of the dark and strangers. She will cry if she wakes up and doesn't see anyone."
"Unlike this girl, she's happy to be by herself. She doesn't like it when you hold her in your arms, haha."
Qin Changge chatted and laughed, placing the now quiet Chen'er next to the little maid, winking at her, and chuckling as he said:
"Behave yourself, and don't bully your brother, understand?"
The little girl stared at her mother with her big, bright eyes and innocent expression, looking at her mother with pleading eyes, like a little kitten.
Zhang Zisheng couldn't help but chuckle, finding it amusing.
The two women continued chatting and laughing, and the topic returned to the military parade in Nanze.
On the bed, the two boys became interested in each other.
Before long, they were lying on the bed, one next to the other, waving their arms and legs and babbling incessantly, as if they were chatting in a language that adults couldn't understand.
The little girl lay quietly and obediently, her eyes occasionally glancing at her mother and the Empress Dowager.
Before long, hurried footsteps came from the outer room.
The two women looked up and saw Qing'er running in with a joyful expression:
"Your Highness! Your Majesty, His Majesty has arrived!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Zisheng smiled and immediately stood up happily.
Qin Changge remained lazily leaning against the mattress, raising her voice as she said, "Oh, you're only getting back now after being so busy."
"What important matter has caused this delay?"
The words had barely left his mouth.
"Of course it's something important, that's why I rushed back as soon as I finished." Qin Ze lifted the gauze curtain and walked in with a grin.
Qing'er greeted them with a bow and smiled as she withdrew.
"Your Majesty, you're back." Zhang Zisheng looked at Qin Ze with gentle eyes: "Have you met the Empress Dowager?"
Qin Ze nodded slightly and smiled, "Yes, I just came from there."
"Mother said you came to Yonghe Palace early this morning, so I rushed over as soon as I stepped out the door." As he spoke, Qin Ze turned his gaze to Qin Changge:
"Still in bed in broad daylight? Why don't you come down for a walk?"
Qin Changge leaned back, squinted and looked Qin Ze up and down, pouting as she said, "With those two little clingy brats around, how can I get away? All I do is make sarcastic remarks."
As she spoke, a smirk played on her lips, and she said teasingly:
"You came back from Nanze looking radiant, what good deeds did you do?"
Qin Ze smiled and picked up his eldest son, Qin Shuo, from the bed, replying:
"What else could it be but dealing with the Taqi Kingdom?"
"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. If you want to hear about it later, I'll tell you slowly."
As he spoke, Qin Ze scratched the little guy's chest, making him giggle.
"It's only been a few days, how come Shuo'er seems to have gained weight again?" Qin Ze turned to look at Zhang Zisheng and smiled.
"The food is good." Zhang Zisheng couldn't help but chuckle.
"Being able to eat is a blessing, good!" Qin Ze put down his eldest son and then immediately picked up his second son, Qin Zhaochen. As soon as he picked up the little guy, he started babbling.
Qin Ze kissed him on the cheek: "Did you just drink milk? It smells so good. Hehe."
The two women next to them laughed.
After teasing him for a while, Qin Ze put down his second son, smiled, bent down, and beckoned to his youngest daughter who was lying on her side at the innermost position.
"Yueyue, come here."
The little girl didn't move an inch, still maintaining a well-behaved and quiet demeanor, staring at Qin Ze with her big, bright eyes.
Zhang Zisheng gently patted Jiang Qiao's arm and said reproachfully, "Yueyue is still too young to climb up. Go and carry her yourself."
"Yes, I have seen it." Qin Ze continued to smile and wave, "Yueyue, come here, let Daddy give you a kiss."
"Nonsense! I've never even seen her crawl, how do you know?" Qin Changge chuckled and reached out to pick up the little girl.
Qin Ze took his daughter from her arms and said to her with a smile.
“Really, the night before I went to Nanze, when I was playing with her, she crawled around on the bed.”
The two women looked at each other and smiled, neither of them taking it seriously.
"Really? Why don't you believe me?" Qin Ze muttered, then grinned and leaned closer, ready to poke the little girl with his stubble to tease her.
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