Chu Qingli's expression was hard to describe: "..."
He stood there, hesitating for a long time without moving.
Chu Aotian sighed, "Don't you want pocket money? I can't even call you, it's true that a grown-up son is no longer under the control of his father."
Sighing, he lazily rested his elbows on the table and accidentally touched a blue and white porcelain cup, making a crisp sound.
"This is……"
"I have been studying in the Imperial Study. My grandmother feels sorry for me and made me a bowl of snow lotus pigeon soup."
Chu Aotian nodded, "Oh... no!"
who?
Royal grandmother? Queen Mother Xin?
"She made it for you?"
Chu Qingli nodded, "Yeah."
"She made it herself?"
"Um."
"Did you drink?"
"I drank two bowls."
"?"
Oh my God!
Chu Aotian walked quickly forward, grabbed his son's shoulders, and looked him up and down, left and right anxiously. His nervous look left Chu Qingli confused.
"Father, what's going on? What happened...hiss!"
Before he could finish his words, the boy's face suddenly changed. He held his abdomen and heard his stomach rumbling and in severe pain.
it hurts!
Outhouse, he wants to go to the outhouse!
Chu Qingli didn't care about the father-son etiquette anymore and ran out in a hurry, clamping his legs together in embarrassment, his back staggering.
Chu Aotian flicked his sleeves and immediately went to Shoukang Palace:
"Mother!"
Rushing in, I saw Empress Dowager Xin holding a book in her hand and wearing a pair of black frames imported from Southeast Asia on her glasses. She was looking at the book carefully.
There were a few large characters on the cover of the book: Top-level Royal Chef Chain Repair Manual.
Seeing the person coming, she raised her head and asked, "Why is the emperor in such a hurry? Is there something wrong?"
Chu Aotian strode over and said, "Mother, you don't have the talent for cooking. Can you leave these small things to the people below and just enjoy your old age?"
Empress Dowager Xin glared, and then her eyes became moist:
"I'm really old and useless. You guys are starting to look down on me..."
"no."
Your cooking skills are really terrible!
"When I was a kid, you always cooked all kinds of messy things for me to drink, which always made me sick. Now you cook all kinds of messy things for my son. What if he gets sick from eating it?"
Empress Dowager Xin lowered her eyes in inferiority. "I only have this one grandson, how could I harm him? In order to make your life easier, I have done everything myself. If Sister Wen were still alive, I wouldn't be so lonely..."
Chu Aotian took a deep breath:
"Well, don't be sentimental for now. The Queen and I are going to have our second child soon, and there will be plenty of times when you will find us noisy."
Empress Dowager Xin's eyes lit up: "Really? Really? The Queen is pregnant? I'm going to have a grandson again?"
"It's not even three months yet, and the fetus is unstable. The imperial physician said not to make it public yet, and it won't be too late to say anything until it's stable in three months."
"Yes, yes, yes! That's what I said. Then I won't cook for now... Someone, go to the Brocade Bureau and get the new brocade this year. I want to sew a few bellybands, shoes and socks for my little grandson."
At the order, Empress Dowager Xin happily got busy.
Chu Aotian also breathed a sigh of relief.
well.
Headache.
Having an old person in the family is like having a treasure. It is really troublesome, but you can't hit or scold her, you can only coax her.
After leaving Shoukang Palace and returning to the imperial study, Jiang Wan was already there, along with an imperial physician.
"Your Highness."
The imperial physician was taking Chu Qingli's pulse.
Chu Aotian raised his hand, "How is the prince's health?"
The imperial physician bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince just had a stomach upset after eating something bad. He will be fine after clearing his intestines and drinking more warm water."
You don’t even need to take medicine.
Chu Aotian was relieved after hearing this, "Back off."
"yes."
Jiang Wan said softly, "The Queen Mother loves Li Er, so she did something bad with good intentions. Your Majesty, please don't blame her."
Chu Qingli stood up and said sensibly, "Please don't blame your grandmother, I am fine now and don't feel any pain anymore."
Chu Aotian rubbed his forehead, "Look at what you said, did I go to Shoukang Palace to call for punishment? I am not an unfilial person."
Chu Qingli's young face showed a smile:
"Father is kindhearted and has a deep heart. He is supported by the people. He is the best father in the world!"
Chu Aotian nodded in satisfaction: "That's good to know, so you should work ten or a hundred times harder to learn from me. Help me finish reading the memorials today, and do the classification and summary. I will come directly to check and review them in the evening."
Chu Qingli: “?”
He has a stomachache and is sick, so why does he still have to do his homework?
Father, you are immoral!
He stared in astonishment, "Father, I have read the history books and have never seen any record of a prince of any dynasty who started reading memorials at the age of four and a half. It was only two months ago that I learned all 30,000 characters commonly used in ancient and modern times."
Chu Aotian remained calm: "This is how I can show how much I value you."
"?"
Isn't that exploitation?
Don't think he doesn't know that every time he was working like a slave in the imperial study, his father was spending time with his mother under the moonlight, loving each other so much!
Chu Qingli's young face became stern, and he seriously defended his rights:
"But why didn't father work so hard when he was a child?"
Chu Aotian frowned: "How do you know that I didn't work hard when I was a child?"
"It was Grandpa and Grandma Emperor who said so." The Regent Prince and Princess.
"Grandma Queen said that you were idle when you were young, eating, drinking and having fun, and you skipped classes every day. Even the Grand Tutor couldn't control you."
"What nonsense!"
Chu Li actually said such bad things to his son.
Chu Li actually stabbed him in the back!
Chu Aotian immediately said in a deep voice: "I was hiding my strength and biding my time. Do you understand? The previous emperor had nine princes, and the competition for the throne was very fierce. Only I knew how to hide my shortcomings. I am the smartest prince. I waited for the right time, used the opponent's strength to defeat the opponent, eliminated them one by one, and finally became the emperor."
"Idleness is my disguise. My true nature is wisdom and incomparable wisdom."
Talking about the past, he raised his hands and waved them back and forth with a serious look, as if reproducing the fierce scene of the nine princes competing for the throne.
He was very excited and spitting.
Chu Qingli was stunned.
Why are what father said so completely different from what grandmother said?
"Chu Qingli, someone like you was not even one tenth as smart as I was back then. If you don't work harder, you'll lose at the starting line."
"It is said that a disciple is better than his master. You are a kid, but you are not as good as me. Did I raise a good-for-nothing?"
"But father, I heard that it was Grandfather who supported you to sit on the throne."
"Of course. The Regent is my number one protector. If I tell him to go east, he dares not go west. If I tell him to catch ducks, he dares not chase chickens. If he does not support me and dares to have other intentions, I will be the first to deal with him!"
Chu Qingli was surprised: "But..."
"No buts."
But father, he is only four and a half years old!
"Ali, you are my only child. I have high hopes for you. Those who are capable should do more work. Don't you understand my painstaking efforts?"
Chu Qingli said calmly:
"Since the capable are rewarded with more work, and my father was able to win the battle for the throne among the nine sons, and he has been extremely intelligent since he was young, then you can keep these memorials for yourself. I am going out of the palace to have fun!"
"?"
This rebellious son, he didn't listen to a single word he said?
Chu Aotian hurried forward, but Chu Qingli stretched out his legs and ran ten steps away.
"stop!"
"If I don't give you pocket money, where can you go to play?"
Chu Qingli paused.
Because he was young, his food, clothing, housing and transportation were all in the palace and he had no need to spend money, so most of the things his father gave him were rewards, not gold or silver.
He looked at Jiang Wan for help, "Mother, I want to go play with my sister Xiangsi."
Jiang Wan smiled gently and rubbed his little head, "Okay."
"Mother is always good to me." Chu Qingli hugged his father's thighs, not afraid of his father.
Jiang Wan: "But Li'er, according to seniority and etiquette, you have to call Xiao Xiangsi aunt, because your father is of the same generation as Xiao Xiangsi."
Chu Qingli: “…”
He is eight months older than Chu Xiangsi, but Chu Xiangsi is a head older than him.
Asking him to call her aunt was like putting a knife to his neck, making it difficult for him to speak.
Seeing that he was no longer showing off, Chu Aotian laughed out loud.
Hahaha!
Now you have to suffer this.
Great!
So what if Chu Li is his aunt? Doesn’t he still have a son?
He hooked his fingers, "Ah Li, why is your face so droopy? Smile, slurp slurp."
At this moment, Chu Qingli's silence was deafening: "..."
Father, I am blessed to have you.
In the end, Chu Aotian ordered the Prince's Tutor, the Prince's Grand Tutor, and the Prince's Grand Guardian to teach the Prince well. He was only allowed to leave the palace to play after he completed his homework. He then went to the Queen's Palace to have lunch.
Fengyi Palace.
Jiang Wan picked up some food for Chu Aotian, "Your Majesty, Li'er is still young, don't push him too hard."
Chu Aotian said, "Wanwan, it was because I was ignorant and idle when I was young that I suffered so much later on, and was even pinned to the ground and bullied by Chu Yeli. I will never let Li'er be happy... No, I will never let Li'er follow my old path again."
"I want to train him to be the most outstanding successor to the Great Chu!"
Moreover, there are two days off for every five days of study, and they also learn outdoor riding and archery, the six arts of a gentleman, and the dual cultivation of civil and military arts, which can be considered a combination of work and rest.
Chu Aotian held Jiang Wan's hand earnestly and sighed:
"Wanwan, you know, every parent will make up for their regrets in childhood on their children. I didn't study hard when I was young, and I really hope Li'er can become a successful person."
And he failed Master Jiang...
Thinking of the time when Master Jiang died in his arms to save him, became a hurdle that Chu Aotian would never be able to overcome in his life.
Jiang Wan smiled gently and patted the back of his hand, "I understand."
"Only Wanwan understands me."
Even when sleeping at night, Chu Aotian was holding Jiang Wan and talking in his sleep:
"Read... Have you read... Teacher, I'll recite it, I'll recite it... Don't leave, come back..."
"emperor?"
Jiang Wan raised herself up and patted his shoulder gently. He seemed to be dreaming. He was mumbling something inaudibly, but he held her hand tightly, as if he was using all his strength.
She patted him gently and said, "Your Majesty, I am here. Li'er will not disappoint you and will do his best."
Chu Aotian's movements gradually calmed down. His face could not be seen clearly in the dim night, but in his sleep, a line of tears flowed from the corners of his eyes and soaked into his hair...
The two have been getting along very harmoniously since their marriage, never quarreling and treating each other with respect.
Perhaps true love is not so sensational, but more about silent companionship, getting along, sharing the heart, and staying together.
Live together till old age and respect each other.
END.
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