Chapter 24 Delicate Palace Maid VS Cold-blooded Emperor 24

After Su Zhiruan woke up, she felt her stomach was much lighter. The maids in the palace had been arranged early and handled everything for her in an orderly manner. Apart from feeling a little tired, she did not feel any discomfort.

The nurse held the child in her arms and showed it to her, and placed it beside her, "My lady, I have brought the little prince to you."

"Just keep it next to me." Su Zhiruan looked at her child curiously. It was a soft and milky baby.

Perhaps because he was too young, his eyes were not open, his tiny hands were clenched together, and he was curled up obediently in the cradle.

She moved closer cautiously, and the child she had carried for ten months seemed to have a psychological and blood connection with her. He made soft sounds and fell into a more sound sleep.

When Shen Qi entered the bedroom, he saw this warm scene. His heart suddenly softened. He walked in quietly and washed his hands before approaching Su Zhiruan and the child.

The Queen Mother also walked in quietly, washed her hands, made a gesture to Su Zhiruan, and then looked at the child with a kind look.

Shen Qi is a man of eight feet tall, with long legs and a slender figure. In the court, he is a majestic and honorable leader, the ruler of a country, and the emperor of the world. But now, holding a little child in his arms, he becomes at a loss, as if he is a father who sees his child for the first time.

"You've learned quite well!" The Queen Mother looked at the emperor holding the baby with great energy, then turned around and happily described to Su Zhiruan what had happened in the past few days, "In the past few days, the emperor learned a few tricks from the wet nurse in order to hold the baby. The wet nurse was almost scared silly and couldn't work properly. In the end, the emperor asked me for advice. This is a rare thing in the palace."

"I'm very happy that the Crown Prince is so loved by the Emperor and the Queen Mother." Su Zhiruan smiled and watched the child and Shen Qi interacting quietly. There was a natural closeness between father and son, and the child could feel the love from relatives who were connected to him by blood.

"Come to think of it, the child hasn't been named yet. This generation of royal heirs is based on the "Xing" generation. You guys should discuss giving the prince a name." The empress dowager thought of this and brought it up.

"Ruan Ruan, just think of a name. She has been pregnant for ten months, and the child is our flesh and blood. Any name is fine." Shen Qi gestured to Su Zhiruan to come up with a name. He hugged the child, looked at the empress dowager's eager eyes, and then handed the child to her.

Su Zhiruan didn't have any ideas, but the name of the prince must be very particular. The one she came up with on the spur of the moment would definitely not be as good as the ones Shen Qi had come up with before. Once, she went to the imperial study and saw the words written on Shen Qi's desk. They were all very good names. She looked at the child, who was still sleeping soundly, so she raised her head and said, "Your Majesty should think of one. If there is a good one, just decide on it."

Shen Qi seemed to be immersed in a huge sweet jar. He looked at Su Zhiruan with love in his eyes. He didn't think much and said slowly to the child, "The child was born after Ruan Ruan's hard work in pregnancy for ten months. He followed the character Xing in the generation name, so why not call him Shen Xingzhi, taking the character in Ruan Ruan's name."

"Shen Xingzhi, be careful, the name the emperor chose is indeed very good." Su Zhiruan stretched out her fingers to little Shen Xingzhi's hand, and the little hand tightly clasped her fingers, with warmth touching each other.

Mother and child are connected by heart.

Thus, the name of Xiao Shen Xingzhi was decided.

The days passed gradually, and throughout the entire summer, the four of them spent their time in the palace as if they were just an ordinary family in the folks, warm, happy and perfect.

The Queen Mother loved the little prince very much, and in order not to disturb the young couple's relationship, she happily helped take care of the little prince and prepared all kinds of delicious food for him to eat during the confinement period.

During the entire confinement period, Su Zhiruan did not have to worry about anything else except breastfeeding and playing with the little prince.

As for Shen Qi, she could also feel that the relationship between them had become more solid.

After having this child, he became much more stable, and loved and cherished her even more.

Before Su Zhiruan was a palace maid, Shen Qi's image in everyone's eyes was that of a very cold, aloof, and unkind "god". He could handle all official affairs and lived every day like a precisely set puppet, doing his own thing well, and he would not slack off even when attending court, which made the ministers even more trembling with fear.

During this period of time, the ministers could feel that the cold and aloof god was gradually stepping down from the altar and had the aura of a real human being.

There was even one day when the ministers went to court and suddenly discovered after paying their respects that the emperor was holding the crown prince in his arms. Almost all the ministers gasped.

When Su Zhiruan later listened to Xiao Fuzi's vivid description, he could even imagine the scene. The ministers all lost control of their expressions and were extremely shocked.

Xiao Fuzi smiled at Su Zhiruan and continued to tell her with dancing hands, "Your Majesty, you don't know that His Majesty was all smiles at that time. After the report was finished, His Majesty held the little prince and carefully introduced him to all the adults. Those old-fashioned adults usually quarreled in the court, but after His Majesty introduced the little prince, the adults lined up to salute him. That scene was really funny! Oh, Your Majesty! I had to work hard to hold back, otherwise I might be dead now!"

Su Zhiruan was sitting on the swing eating grapes, smiling as she listened.

"Where is His Majesty now? Where is the prince?" She also found it interesting and thought about going to see the child again.

"The prince fell asleep in his room. He just turned over for a while. The Queen Mother praised him for a long time, and now he is asleep again." Xiao Fuzi thought about it and felt that time passed really fast. In the blink of an eye, it was almost three months. "Your Majesty said he would come to see you, but I am here now and I don't know where your Majesty went?"

Three months passed in the blink of an eye, and Su Zhiruan witnessed the child's growth with her own eyes. The wrinkled little baby in the cradle suddenly became white, plump and adorable, and could even roll over. He and Shen Qi were simply cast in the same mold.

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As he was speaking, Su Zhiruan heard the sound of a palace maid bowing at the door. It was Shen Qi who arrived.

The maid wanted to untie his cloak, but Shen Qi dodged. He frowned, untied his cloak himself, and said, "You go down first."

Several palace maids lowered their heads and left in a hurry.

After seeing them leave, Shen Qi immediately went forward and hugged Su Zhiruan, smiling with satisfaction, and hugged her whole body as if he was a big bear.

"Why are you smiling so happily?" Su Zhiruan wanted to pull his hand away, but failed, so she had no choice but to let him do it.

Shen Qi leaned close to her ear and said in a low, hoarse voice, "Ruan Ruan, it's been three months..."

(End of this chapter)