Chapter 52 The Heartless Fat Baby
She was lying on her side at this time, with a full-moon-shaped face facing outside the bed, and her two porcelain-white hands were slightly clenched into fists and placed on the sides of her face.
The two dim candlelights in the hall cast a faint halo on her face.
Yan Shixu lowered his eyes and looked at her.
My first reaction was to look around, suspecting that this person was not Wen Lier.
How did it become like this?
This is how much I have eaten in less than half a year.
Perhaps it was because I felt a pair of eyes wandering back and forth over me in my sleep.
Wen Li'er moaned and turned over awkwardly, lying on her back.
The two little fists hung on both sides, making him look like a heartless fat baby.
As she turned over, the brocade quilt covering her body slowly slid down, revealing the messy collar of her clothes.
There are two white and tender jade rabbits hidden in it, ready to come out.
A faint green light flashed in Yan Shixu's eyes. He looked like a wolf that had been hungry in the mountains for several months and suddenly saw a prey that was emitting the aroma of meat.
He sat down on the edge of the bed and leaned over to bite her face.
It is smooth and refreshing, with a sizzling meaty aroma that makes you want to swallow it in one bite.
After kissing her face enough, he bit her rosy lips.
Yan Shixu was originally a person with strong self-control, but whenever he met Wen Li'er, his self-control would easily collapse.
He had completely forgotten that before he came, he had told the Crown Princess that he would go back.
He lifted Wen Li'er's quilt and was about to get on top of her.
But when he saw the big round belly, he suddenly woke up.
By the way, he came to see the children.
Yan Shixu touched Wen Li'er's round belly and looked at her chubby face.
An image automatically emerged in his mind of a silly little baby jumping out of her belly and calling him father.
A gentle smile appeared in Yan Shixu's eyes. He covered Wen Li'er with the quilt again, leaned over and bit her lips, then got up and left.
When Nanny Qin saw the prince about to leave, she was so anxious that a thin layer of sweat broke out on her back.
Your Highness, you won't be angry with the master just because the master didn't wait for him to come, right?
She had already prepared a speech in her mind and was helping Wen Lier to explain.
"Your Highness, Fengyi actually waited at the palace gate for a long time. Later, I guessed that Your Highness would go to the Crown Princess on the first day back. Thinking of the baby in her belly, she couldn't stay up too late, so she went to bed first."
Yan Shixu looked at Nanny Qin with a strange expression and left.
…
The sky gradually brightened.
Wen Li'er woke up in a daze and curled up in the warm quilt, unwilling to get up.
As a result, Nanny Qin said something that made her jump out of the bed.
"When Your Highness came over last night, the master was lying on the bed like this, soundly sleeping."
Wha… wha… what???!
Wen Li'er rolled out of the warm bed.
"Mammy, did His Highness come to my place yesterday?"
Nanny Qin sighed and nodded.
Because she couldn't figure out what the prince meant when he looked at her last night, Nanny Qin had a depressed look on her face and felt sad for her master.
Wen Li'er was anxious: "Why didn't you wake me up?"
Qingmei was outspoken and blurted out, "After the master falls asleep, who can wake you up?"
Wen Lier glared at her.
Wouldn't it be enough to just pour a cup of cold tea on her face?
Qingzhu explained, "It was His Highness who didn't allow us to wake you up. He entered the palace and looked at you for a short while before leaving."
Wen Li'er asked cautiously, "What did His Highness say?"
Qingzhu shook his head: "I don't know, His Highness doesn't allow us to follow in."
Wen Li'er's heart sank, and she felt that she understood.
She walked to the mirror, looked at herself again and again, pinched the flesh on her cheeks, and made a grin.
Well, His Highness was scared away by her current appearance.
Wen Li'er turned her head to look at Nanny Qin and asked seriously, "Mammy, do I snore when I fall asleep?"
I heard that people who snore at night don’t even know it.
Seeing that she was only now getting anxious, Nanny Qin, who looked somewhat dejected, said quietly, "It's more than just snoring."
"Ah?" Wen Li'er opened her eyes wide and asked uncertainly.
"You're not still grinding your teeth... or farting... are you?"
Nanny Qin glanced at him and asked: What do you think?
Wen Lier suffered a critical hit of 10,000 points. It turned out that she was so wild after falling asleep.
She was embarrassed for a moment, then became lively again.
"Forget it, forget it. Time can't go back to last night. Mammy, I've been hit hard. I want an extra chicken drumstick this morning."
Nanny Qin: “…”
The other side.
After Yan Shixu had breakfast, he did not attend the morning court.
He practiced a set of sword techniques in the yard. After thinking that the morning court was over, he returned to the palace to wash up and then went to Wenhua Palace.
This is where the emperor handles government affairs in the morning.
The emperor was reviewing memorials and looked at his son who had just made a contribution with a kind smile on his face.
"Didn't your grandmother tell you to rest for two days? Why are you here now?"
Yan Shixu stepped forward and bowed, then spoke in a very respectful tone, "I, your son, have something I don't understand, so I've come to ask your Majesty for your guidance."
"oh?"
The emperor is interested, is there anything the prince doesn’t understand?
"What does Xuer want to ask?"
"Your Majesty, before Grandfather passed away, while weakening the vassal kings, he also reduced the garrison strength of each prefecture. From 60,000, it was reduced to 30,000. After Grandfather passed away, why did Your Majesty increase the garrison strength to 50,000?"
When the emperor heard him ask this question, his hand that was flipping through the memorials paused slightly.
"Why do you suddenly care about this?"
Yan Shixu said, "I just have a little doubt. This time, I went to Fuzhou to provide disaster relief. When I passed through other prefectures, I saw garrisons patrolling the city, so I wanted to ask about this matter."
The emperor waved his hand, "Don't worry. I simply want to strengthen the defenses of each state to prevent foreign invasions. Furthermore, increasing the garrison in each state to 50,000 troops will have a deterrent effect on the vassal kings."
During the banquet, Xu frowned slightly. His father was so naive to think that the garrisons in various states could have a deterrent effect on the vassal kings?
In the early days of the Dayan Dynasty, the positions of provincial governor and military governor coexisted in each state.
The Inspector was the chief administrative officer at the state level, in charge of civil affairs, justice, and finance.
The Jiedushi was a military commander who managed the military affairs of a state and was responsible for recruiting soldiers, training and local defense.
When Taizu ascended the throne, the governor of a state had his own troops and intended to rebel.
After Taizu sent troops to suppress the rebellion, he abolished the post of Jiedushi in each state and allowed the provincial governor to take charge of the military and political power of a state.
Later, the position of Sima was added, which was one of the deputies of the governor, in charge of military and public security affairs. It was equivalent to a state-level military coordinator and directly took orders from the emperor.
But what Yan Shixu saw now was that in the places where the vassal kings were enfeoffed, whether it was the governor or his deputy, the Sima, they all obeyed the princes' orders.
The emperor's decision was undoubtedly to strengthen the military strength of the vassal kings.
Yan Shixu wanted to say something, but the emperor was already getting impatient.
"I have carefully considered this matter. You don't need to worry. Return to your East Palace and rest."
Yan Shixu didn't know what to say anymore, so he bowed and left the Wenhua Hall.
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