Chapter 230 Xiao Xiao's Anxiety
The Grand Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother left after seeing the two children.
Yan Shixu spent half a day with Wen Li'er and the child. After dinner, he was ready to leave as he had to go back to handle government affairs.
Xiaoxiao pulled at his sleeve, reluctant to let him go.
"Xiaoxiao wants to play with father~"
Wen Li'er waved at him: "Come here, Xiaoxiao. Your father still has a lot of things to do. Can your mother play with you?"
Xiaoxiao held Yan Shixu's little hand and did not let go.
He tilted his little head back, looked at his mother, then at his father, his face wrinkled, as if he was in a dilemma.
Yan Shixu was amused by his little appearance.
He leaned over and picked up Xiaoxiao from the ground.
"How about Xiaoxiao sleeping with Father tonight?"
Xiaoxiao nodded his head happily: "Okay~~~"
After he finished answering, he looked at Wen Lier again: "Let's go together, mother."
Wen Li'er heard this and shook her head to refuse.
"Xiaoxiao, be obedient. Father has been playing with you for half the day. We can't disturb him from handling government affairs. When father is free one day, he can come over and play with you, okay?"
Xiaoxiao didn't say yes or no. He just pouted, leaned his little head against his father's arms, and cried sadly.
This really scared Wen Li'er and Yan Shixu.
This child rarely cries and has always been very obedient. This has never happened before.
Yan Shixu hugged Xiaoxiao a little higher and looked at the tears welling up in his eyes.
"What's wrong, Xiaoxiao? Father is taking you out to play. Let's stop crying, okay?"
When Xiaoxiao heard his father speaking to him so gently, he cried even harder.
He hugged his father's neck tightly with his little arms and suddenly burst into tears.
"Wow... Father and Mother only like my younger brothers and sisters, not Xiaoxiao anymore."
When he said this, Yan Shixu and Wen Li'er were both stunned.
Yan Shixu thought about it seriously. In this month, he came here almost every few days, but only today did he spend more time with Xiaoxiao. The rest of the time, he mostly held his daughter in his arms, played with the child, or talked to Wen Lier, and then left in a hurry.
In this case, he was indeed the one who neglected Xiaoxiao.
Wen Li'er also reflected on herself. This month, she seemed to have spent most of her time on Tiantian and Miaomiao, caring about their eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, while Xiaoxiao was taken care of by the wet nurse most of the time.
Children who are almost two years old have begun to develop self-awareness.
When his parents' attention suddenly shifts to his younger siblings, he will feel uneasy and sad, and afraid that his parents no longer like him.
Seeing her son crying so sadly, Wen Li'er felt like her heart was broken.
She wanted to get out of bed and hug him, but Yan Shixu took the child to her side first.
Wen Lier took Xiaoxiao from his arms and patted his back gently.
"Don't cry, Xiaoxiao. How could Mother and Father not like Xiaoxiao? Xiaoxiao is our most adorable little baby."
Xiaoxiao sobbed. He raised his big, wet eyes to look at Wen Lier, his voice still filled with tears: "Mother doesn't even hold Xiaoxiao to play, she only holds my younger brothers and sisters."
Wen Li'er hugged him tighter out of heartache, and hurriedly apologized to him: "It was Mother's fault. Mother shouldn't have only hugged my brothers and sisters and not Xiaoxiao... I won't do that again. Xiaoxiao, please forgive Mother, okay?"
Xiaoxiao tilted his head, and the tears in his eyes finally stopped, but they were about to fall.
"Mother will hold Xiaoxiao every day from now on."
Wen Li'er nodded hurriedly, took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the tears from his cheeks.
"Okay, Mother will definitely hold Xiaoxiao every day from now on. Xiaoxiao, can you forgive Mother this time?"
Xiaoxiao nodded obediently, his two little hands tightly grasping her clothes.
Yan Shixu felt a warm current flowing in his heart as he looked at his son curled up obediently in his mother's arms.
He reached out his big hand and pulled both mother and child into his arms, and rubbed Xiaoxiao's little head with his other hand.
"Father, can you go horseback riding tomorrow?"
When Xiaoxiao heard this, his big moist eyes lit up instantly.
"Father, ride the big horse."
"Go to sleep now. When you wake up tomorrow, your father will take you there."
“Okay~~~”
Xiaoxiao closed his eyes obediently.
Maybe I was tired of crying today and fell asleep quickly.
Wen Li'er didn't put him on the bed, but just kept holding him.
She rested her head on Yan Shixu's chest and said with some regret, "We should have waited for Xiaoxiao to grow up before having a second child."
Yan Shixu scolded lightly: "What nonsense are you talking about? Be careful that Tiantian and Miaomiao will get angry after hearing this."
Wen Li'er glanced at the two little ones sleeping beside her and quickly closed her mouth.
Yan Shixu couldn't help laughing when he saw her nervous look.
"Don't worry, we'll just be more careful next time and not let Xiaoxiao feel left out."
Wen Li'er nodded, and then she hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please go back and get busy. If you delay any longer, you won't have time to sleep tonight."
Yan Shixu kissed her forehead, feeling reluctant to leave.
After thinking about it, he simply asked Yongtai to move all the memorials that he had not yet processed.
Worried that the candlelight was too bright and would disturb the mother and son's rest, Yan Shixu went to the outer room.
Wen Li'er originally wanted to accompany him, but as she waited, she fell asleep in a daze while holding Xiaoxiao.
People who practice martial arts have excellent hearing. Yan Shixu heard her long breathing coming from the inner room, so he got up and came in to check.
Wen Li'er was still holding Xiaoxiao in her arms, half-lying in a very strange posture, and the two little ones were lying side by side on the innermost side, sleeping soundly.
He gently took Xiaoxiao away from Wen Lier's arms.
He asked someone to carry all three children away, then adjusted Wen Li'er's sleeping position and carefully covered her with a quilt.
Wen Li'er woke up several times in a daze, and each time she saw the flickering candlelight behind the mahogany screen inlaid with embroidered flowers.
A tall and upright figure was reflected on the screen, and he was still writing until midnight.
Wen Li'er sighed in a daze.
Do people in the world know that a ruler has to deal with thousands of things in a day and works harder than an ordinary person?
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