After hearing the wet nurse's report, Ning Yuxi hurriedly asked, "What's going on?"
The nanny said, "Your Majesty, the Fifth Princess must have had a nightmare and suddenly woke up, crying for you."
Hearing this, Ning Yuxi hurriedly stood up and was about to go to the side hall. Gu Qilan also put down his chopsticks and said, "I'll go with you."
Seeing the worry in his eyes, Ning Yuxi nodded, and Xiao Chengzhao followed him. The three of them went to the side hall.
Just as I reached the side hall and before entering, I heard Shu Xuan crying from inside: "Wuwuwu, Muhui, Muhui, wuwuwu~"
Ning Yuxi quickened her pace and entered the bedroom. She saw the wet nurse trying to coax Shu Xuan, but with little success. Ning Yuxi hurried forward, picked up Shu Xuan, and gently patted her back.
"Shu Xuan, be good. Don't cry. Mother is here. Don't cry, don't cry."
Seeing Ning Yuxi, little Shu Xuan hugged her tightly. With Ning Yuxi's comfort, she gradually stopped crying. Ning Yuxi saw that the little one had stopped crying and asked softly, "What's wrong with Shu Xuan? Did you have a nightmare?"
Little Shuxuan was still twitching from crying for so long. Upon hearing this, she looked at Ning Yuxi with her big watery eyes: "Brother...steal Xuanxuan...Gao Gao..."
Little Shuxuan has always wanted to be the older sister and has always called Chengyao brother, and Ning Yuxi hasn't figured it out yet.
Cheng Yao snatched her cakes? Was it a dream or reality, Ning Yuxi asked the wet nurse beside her.
The wet nurse hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I have been watching the Fifth Princess and the Fifth Prince the entire time, and I didn't notice the Fifth Prince snatching the Fifth Princess's cakes."
It looked like a dream. Ning Yuxi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and hurriedly comforted her, "Don't be afraid, Shu Xuan. Brother won't take your cakes."
Little Chengzhao also stepped forward to comfort her: "Don't be afraid, sister, Third Brother is here, he will definitely not let Fifth Brother take your cakes."
Little Shu Xuan sobbed for a while, then suddenly said, "Gao Gao... this is for me... my younger brother... can't take it away..."
Hearing this, Ning Yuxi felt warm in her heart. It turned out that she had dreamed that cakes were left for her but were snatched away by Cheng Yao, so she was crying.
Gu Qilan also breathed a sigh of relief.
Knowing the reason, Ning Yuxi felt relieved. Thinking that the emperor hadn't finished his meal yet, she said, "Your Majesty, please take Cheng Zhao to eat first. I'll come back after I coax Shu Yu to sleep."
Gu Qilan nodded, relieved that Shu Yun was fine.
While Ning Yuxi was coaxing Shu Yun to sleep, Gu Qilan and Cheng Zhao, father and son, returned to the dining hall and sat down to continue their meal.
Little Chengzhao suddenly said, "Father, you can't do things on an empty stomach anymore. It's very uncomfortable to be hungry, and Mother also said it's not good for your health."
Gu Qilan was slightly stunned. He was late in reviewing the memorials today. Song Qu had reminded him that it was time, but he thought that he would finish reviewing them in just a little while, so he missed the deadline.
Seeing that his three-year-old son knew to care about his health, he couldn't help but feel relieved and said, "Okay, father promised Cheng Zhao that he would never work on an empty stomach in the future. Cheng Zhao is so good and knows how to care about father."
Little Chengzhao smiled happily. He was mainly reminded of this because he saw that his mother was waiting for his father with an empty stomach and was feeling very hungry. However, she could not eat in advance without his father coming.
His mother did say that being hungry is bad for the body. When he and his mother were waiting for his father, he heard his mother muttering that she was about to starve to death. See, his mother said that being hungry would lead to death.
But seeing that his father was so happy, he still didn't tell the truth. Mother said that if you tell others, try not to make others unhappy.
The same sentence expressed in a different way can often make people happy. My mother also said that sometimes a white lie is better than telling the truth.
The father and son continued to eat with great affection.
After a while, little Cheng Zhao, who was small and had a small appetite, had finished eating. He suddenly thought of something and asked, "Father, have you ever heard of a poem?"
As he spoke, Xiao Chengzhao recited the poem Ning Yuxi and Concubine Xian had recited a few days ago when they went to appreciate the plum blossoms: "The plum blossoms and snow compete for spring, refusing to yield, and poets have put down their pens to comment. The plum blossoms are three points less white than the snow, but the snow is one part less fragrant than the plum blossoms."
"It is this poem, Father, do you know it?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Qilan was shocked by Cheng Zhao's action before he had time to savor the poem. Cheng Zhao was less than three years old, yet he could recite a whole poem?
There was more admiration in Gu Qilan's eyes.
After savoring it carefully, he couldn't help but say, "What a good poem, Cheng Zhao, where did you hear this poem from?"
He considered himself well-read and knew all the poems and essays of famous writers, but he had never heard of this poem. If it was not written by a famous writer, then this poem was excellent and should have been known to others. Why hadn't he heard of it?
Hearing what her father said, Xiao Chengzhao felt a little disappointed. How come her father didn't know this poem? She saw that Empress Xian liked this poem very much that day.
But his mother said that the book was lost, so he wanted to ask his father if he knew the book that recorded this poem.
Just as Xiao Chengzhao was about to answer, Ning Yuxi came in from outside. Seeing Xiao Chengzhao's regretful expression, she asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"
Little Cheng Zhao answered in detail: "Mother, the poem you recited the other day was one that Empress Xian liked very much. Didn't you say that the ancient book that recorded this poem is no longer in existence?
I just read it to you, Father, and wanted to ask you if you knew it, but you didn't know. You asked me where I heard it from.
Hearing this, Ning Yuxi was shocked. Cheng Zhao had read the poem to the emperor? She had just read it in full, and little Cheng Zhao had memorized it? Thinking back to when she was two and a half years old... Stop, don't think about it!
Seeing the Emperor's gaze, Ning Yuxi laughed dryly and said, "I also came across this in an ancient book when I was a child. I thought it was so well written that I memorized it. Later, the ancient book was lost. It has been so long that I have forgotten the name of it."
Hearing her say this, Gu Qilan felt regretful but there was nothing he could do, after all, the ancient books were gone.
Ning Yuxi looked at Cheng Zhao with surprise and said, "Cheng Zhao, Mother just read the poem in its entirety once, and you remembered it? It's been several days, and you still remember it?"
Little Chengzhao nodded disapprovingly.
Seeing this, Gu Qilan's expression of surprise became even more intense. Cheng Zhao remembered it after just reading it once?
He just thought that Cheng Zhao had read it in a book and memorized it on purpose, or that Concubine Yi had taught him on purpose, so he was not that surprised. After all, he could recite poems when he was three years old.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Zhao remembered it after just listening to it once, and he still remembered it after several days. He was less than three years old, while he was already three years old at that time, and he memorized the poem only after reading it carefully.
Ning Yuxi said to Cheng Zhao with a smile on her face: "Our Cheng Zhao is really amazing. He remembered it after just listening to it once."
When I was a kid, memorizing things took a lot of effort. It took me several days to memorize "geese, geese, geese". I didn't memorize the multiplication tables for the second grade until I was about to graduate from the second grade, and I was severely criticized by the teacher.
So when she was choosing between arts and science, she decisively chose science. She didn't expect her son to be so smart. Fortunately, he didn't follow her example.
Gu Qilan also praised: "Well, Cheng Zhao is very talented in this area, even better than when I was a child."
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