The little dumpling panicked when he saw the peanut brittle flying away from his mouth. He grabbed Zhuangyou's arm with both hands and actually climbed up the arm!
In the blink of an eye, the little dumpling was already hanging around Zhuangyou's neck, and was even trying to climb onto the arm where Zhuangyou was holding the snacks?!
This scene stunned everyone present. Where had they ever seen such a capable three-year-old toddler?
For a small snack, they'd crawl faster than a monkey?!
At this point, some people couldn't help but think of how a little girl had just hung herself on a low table two heads taller than herself while trying to steal a sweet treat, supported only by the few fingers of her two little hands!
Let alone a three-year-old toddler, even an adult man, unless he is very strong, would find it difficult to do this.
Seeing that her little princess was about to rebel, Zhuangyou quickly brought the little baby back, sternly scolded her, "Does the little princess want to drink medicine? It's a big, dark bowl, and it's bitter."
Sure enough, as soon as Zhuangyou said that, the little baby immediately deflated like a punctured balloon. He slunk his short legs, pouted, and buried his head in Zhuangyou's shoulder with a pitiful expression, whimpering to express his resistance to "taking medicine".
However, those bright little eyes eventually lingered on the crispy treat in Zhuangyou's hand.
Zhuangyou hugged her little darling with a wry smile, and then slowly whispered in her ear, "Cough medicine is extremely bitter. If you swallow it in one gulp, no matter how many plums you eat, your mouth will still taste bitter!"
"Hmph hmph hmph..." Before Zhuangyou could finish speaking, the little dumpling was already kicking her short legs in grievance, turning her little head around, no longer looking at Susu, but just hugging Zhuangyou's neck and whimpering in a childish voice, "Then, then I don't want Susu anymore, Niannian doesn't want to take medicine! Don't want to take medicine!"
Zhuang You breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled gently at the bewildered Consort Xue. She returned the peanut brittle to Consort Xue with a smile, and curtsied apologetically, saying, "Your Highness, please forgive my rudeness. Our little princess is still young and has a sore throat. Eating too many sweet snacks will surely cause her to cough tomorrow."
Consort Xue snapped out of her daze, and after a while, she regained her smile and waved her hand, "So that's how it is. It's alright, it's alright. It was just that I didn't think things through."
As she spoke, Consort Xue said with a regretful expression, "My two children have never liked eating these little things since they were little. I can't even tease them. Today, a little girl who likes to eat has come along, so she can't eat too much."
Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager's slightly furrowed brows relaxed, and she smiled gently, "Boys and girls are quite different after all. Boys don't usually like those kinds of things. Girls need to be raised with more care."
"That's right!" Consort Xue chuckled lightly, and naturally took the little baby back from Zhuangyou's arms.
This time, Consort Xue took the agate bracelet from her wrist, wrapped it around the little baby's hand twice, and coaxed her with a smile, "Niannian, don't cry, we won't eat the susu anymore. Niannian, look, aren't these beads pretty?"
The little boy looked at the fiery red stone on his wrist and met Consort Xue's gaze.
Although everyone else saw Consort Xue looking at her, in the little girl's eyes, Consort Xue was looking at the Empress Dowager behind her.
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