Chapter 106: Hit Wherever You Point
Eunuch Yang brought Su Xiaoxiao into the palace tremblingly. Fortunately, Su Xiaoxiao had a childlike nature, and she became happy when she heard that there was meat to eat.
She is now more than nine months old, and has grown four front teeth, so she can chew fruits and rotten meat, and she has also discovered a new skill - crawling.
Although she can't walk, after practicing day and night, she has crawled very well in a few days. Su Xiaoxiao feels the joy of exploration and crawls everywhere every day.
Her eyes are rolling around, and it seems that she can explore the palace today.
"Father, I want to go to Kunning Palace to find my mother." Gu Huaian said pitifully.
In the first few days, the emperor was quite patient with him. He taught him to read and read, and asked him about the affairs of the concubines in the harem. The father and son were kind and filial for a few days.
But as time went on, both father and son felt annoyed. Gu Huaian was a boy, how could he be quiet all the time? The emperor had given him some face in the past few days, and he was a little arrogant. He either broke the emperor's coral ornaments or tore up the emperor's important memorials. The emperor finally couldn't stand it anymore and punished him to face the wall in the corner.
After standing for a whole morning, Gu Huaian finally couldn't stand it anymore and cried and went to Kunning Palace to find the queen. But the emperor had just sent a message last night, saying that he would keep Xiaojiu for a few more days.
The Queen even said bluntly that there were a lot of things going on in the harem recently, and she couldn't free herself anyway, so she would come to pick up Huaian after she was done. The Emperor knew that the Queen was angry and wanted him to have a taste of what it was like to take care of a child.
Therefore, even though the Emperor wanted to throw Gu Huaian back to Kunning Palace immediately, he had to grit his teeth and endure it, so as not to let the Queen look down on him. Moreover, he still did not completely rule out the Queen's suspicion of Xiaojiu falling into the water.
Facing Xiaojiu's crying, the Emperor had long lost his patience and scolded harshly: "You are not allowed to go. You must stay in Qinzheng Palace until you learn the rules well!"
Gu Huaian cried even louder.
The emperor's majesty was useless at this moment. The palace maids and eunuchs could not coax her. The emperor felt overwhelmed and could not bear to read any memorials. Raising a child was more difficult than handling state affairs.
Eunuch Yang listened to the chaos inside, took a deep breath, adjusted his expression and voice, and then reported: "Your Majesty, I have brought Princess Anle here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the crying and scolding in the room stopped abruptly.
The Emperor: "You can't let Xiaoxiao see me looking so fierce. What if I scare her and she doesn't want to be close to me in the future?"
Gu Huaian: "You can't let Xiaoxiao see me crying. It's too embarrassing. A man shouldn't cry!"
So, two faces with creepy smiles appeared in front of Su Xiaoxiao at the same time: "Xiaoxiao, you're here, come and play with us."
Eunuch Yang looked at the father and son with a confused look on his face. His acting skills are really good.
Su Xiaoxiao blamed the emperor for not being able to tell the good from the bad. She didn't even glance up and directly handed the handbag to Gu Huaian. Gu Huaian happily took Su Xiaoxiao, but how come he couldn't hold her after not seeing her for a few days? He said bluntly: "Xiaoxiao, it's only been a few days since we last met. Have you gained weight again?"
Su Xiaoxiao was not convinced when she heard Gu Huaian say that she was fat. She immediately took her hand back, raised it high and handed it to the emperor. The emperor's dim eyes lit up again: "Xiaoxiao wants the emperor uncle to hold her. Come, uncle will see if you have really gained weight. Hey!" Oh, it's true, her belly is so round."
Su Xiaoxiao immediately put away her smile when she heard the emperor say that. She looked down at her bulging belly, but she still didn't think she had gained weight. She tried to take a deep breath, watching her belly go down, and pouted at the emperor, as if protesting, "I haven't gained weight!"
The emperor was amused by her and laughed, "Our Xiaoxiao is not big, but she has a bad temper. She got angry when someone said she was fat."
Su Xiaoxiao clasped her hands in front of her chest and snorted. She planned to ignore the emperor and the ninth prince forever.
However, the food in the kitchen was so delicious that it seemed that the loss would be too great if she ignored the emperor, so after persisting for three seconds, Su Xiaoxiao gave up.
After Su Xiaoxiao had eaten and drunk her fill, the emperor took her and Gu Huaian to review memorials. There was no other way. Xiaojiu had greatly slowed down his progress, so he had to work overtime. Fortunately,
after Su Xiaoxiao came, not only did the emperor feel better, but even Gu Huaian became sensible and took Xiaoxiao to feed the goldfish in the tank.
At first, the emperor looked up from time to time, but later he was so busy that he forgot. When he looked up again, there was no trace of the two children.
The emperor asked loudly: "Yang Shun, where are Xiaoxiao and Xiaojiu?"
Yang Shun said quickly: "The princess has just learned to crawl and is curious about everything. The two of them went to the outer courtyard, followed by palace maids and eunuchs."
The emperor threw away his pen and said: "They seem carefree. Let's go and take a look!"
Although Su Xiaoxiao likes to crawl, she felt tired after crawling for a while.
She stopped and thought: [The palace is too big. With my four-legged and four-handed crawling method, I'm afraid I can't get there until next year! No, I have to understand this matter early and go to the Empress's place for a free meal. ]
Su Xiaoxiao made up her mind, grabbed the skirt of a palace maid next to her and shook it, and stretched out her little hand.
The maid lowered her head and asked, "Princess, do you want me to hold you?"
Su Xiaoxiao nodded.
The maid picked up Su Xiaoxiao and pointed forward.
Gu Huaian quickly translated, "Go forward!"
Su Xiaoxiao pointed to the left, and Gu Huaian said, "Go to the left!"
In this way, the two children, along with the maid and the eunuch, walked around and around until they arrived in front of a small courtyard.
Gu Huaian looked at Su Xiaoxiao's gesture and said, "Go in!"
The eunuch next to him said, "Little ancestor, this is not a place you can go. The people living in it are all slaves. The master never goes there."
Gu Huaian looked at Su Xiaoxiao and saw her pointing at the yard stubbornly, saying vague words, but he understood what Su Xiaoxiao meant, she wanted to go in.
Gu Huaian is now a die-hard fan of Su Xiaoxiao. Wherever Su Xiaoxiao points, he will hit her. He took out the style of a prince and said, "I can go wherever I want. Lead the way!"
The eunuch was embarrassed. Gu Huaian took Su Xiaoxiao from the palace maid and carried her in with difficulty.
The palace maids and eunuchs dared not delay any longer, and hurriedly followed him in, and sent a clever man to inform Eunuch Yang.
Eunuch Yang would definitely punish the master for coming to such a dirty place.
Su Xiaoxiao asked Xiaohua, then Xiaocao, and nodded: "I know."
Seeing the Ninth Prince and Su Xiaoxiao, Taijiu knelt on the ground in the yard. What was going on? How could the Ninth Prince and the Princess come here?
However, the two children completely ignored the eunuchs' anxiety and, under Su Xiaoxiao's command, Gu Huaian came to a sycamore tree.
Su Xiaoxiao struggled to get down and gestured to dig the soil.