Chapter 637 A Dream of Youth 169
"Why aren't you eating?" Xie Ning looked at the crabs full of roe and sighed silently at how plump they were.
"He's only eaten snacks and light meals today, so of course he can't eat a proper meal now."
Xie Qi silently peeled a crab for his grandmother. He wasn't hungry either. He shared a courtyard with Chen Yuncheng, and the two of them were doing their homework together. Who would have thought that this kid would eat two plates of snacks and fried food that the servant had bought from outside in less than half an hour?
Xie Qi's mind was originally very calm, but the aroma of fried skewers and braised dishes was just too overwhelming.
The two of them ended up eating so much they were stuffed, and they still haven't digested their food.
Xie Ning almost choked on his words. He glanced at Chen Yuncheng's chubby little face and hesitated before asking, "Cousin Yuncheng, would you like to practice swordsmanship with your brother?"
Eating like this is not healthy; you still need to exercise to get rid of some of the excess oil in your body.
Chen Yuncheng shook his head in horror, "I don't want to, it's too hot, I'm so tired, I don't want to move."
He doesn't even like riding horses; he only likes riding in carriages and sedan chairs. Asking him to practice swordsmanship would be like taking his life.
Having finally escaped the clutches of her parents and brothers, has she fallen into the wolf's den again?
"Stretch out your hand."
Xie Ning listened carefully to Chen Yuncheng's pulse, then fell silent. The child was quite healthy, but if he continued to eat like this, things might change. However, he didn't like to move around much.
It was even more impossible for her to control her diet. Don't think she didn't know that Chen Yuncheng followed Grandpa Xie around doing woodworking all day long. He was also very sweet-talking, which made the two old people very happy. So they fed him all the time, and his stomach was never empty.
In Grandma Xie's eyes, a round face is a sign of good fortune, and she wished that every child could be as chubby as the baby in the painting.
"Let me prescribe some medicinal cuisine for you."
"Is it good?" Chen Yuncheng likes food, but his taste in food is a little different from Xie Qi's. Chen Yuncheng is not picky about food. Even if he doesn't like a certain kind of food, he will finish it after just one bite.
"tasty."
Xie Qi covered his mouth with his wine glass. "That silly boy."
However, medicinal cuisine alone was not enough, so the carriage that was supposed to take Chen Yuncheng to the academy was gone the next day, leaving only two horses for him and his servant.
Chen Yuncheng was on the verge of tears. The servant took out a bamboo hat for Chen Yuncheng and said with a serious face, "Third Young Master, Ning Jie said that the journey is long, so please don't get tanned."
Chen Yuncheng: ...Thank you?
Sniffing, Chen Yuncheng nimbly climbed onto the horse. He wasn't very old, but his horsemanship was decent; he just didn't like riding.
The dust kicked up by the horses' hooves, carried by the wind and rain, pattered onto the withered lotus leaves. Beneath the withered leaves, however, lotus leaves the size of copper coins sprouted with green, just as the red lotuses had all fallen from the green pond, yet the smallest lotus leaves still bloomed.
A light blue skirt swept across the threshold, and Yan Xi, dressed simply, rushed into the Empress's arms through the front hall, but carefully looked after the child in her womb.
"Mother, I wrote a new policy essay today. Can you show it to me? I need to show it to Father after court!"
The Empress smiled and pinched Yanxi's fair face. Her gaze fell on Yanxi's slightly brittle hair, and she felt a pang of tenderness. "Our Yanxi is so talented. She has written another policy essay. Your father praised the poem you wrote last time."
As she spoke, the Empress picked up the policy essay written by Yan Xi to read, but the more she read, the deeper her brows furrowed. "Yan Xi."
Hearing the Empress's suddenly serious voice, Yan Xi was startled and somewhat at a loss.
Knowing she had frightened the child, the Empress softened her expression, but still reprimanded him, "Keep this here with your mother for now. Even when you go back, don't write anything like this for your father to see."
"Why?" Yan Xi had a vague guess, but she still asked.
"Naturally, it's because the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. Moreover, what you wrote was about the new laws. Do you know how much trouble the court and the harem caused over this?"
The Empress would never get involved. She could show her support for the Emperor in front of him, and if the Emperor needed her, she could also have her family express their support.
However, this does not mean that she or her family supported the new laws. It just means that she had to stand with the emperor and did not offer advice like the empress dowager and the grand empress dowager.
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