Chapter 136 Chapter 136 He has always been the best baby...
In the end, Li Shuyao failed to persuade the emperor to soften his heart and allow her to accompany him this time.
The reason was simple. The Three Feudatories had just been pacified and the northwest was still in chaos. The Dzungar Khanate and Tsarist Russia were all taking turns to establish their rule.
Under such circumstances, if she forced herself to go with him, the emperor would probably be worried and would keep her by his side at all times if necessary. By then, she would be surrounded by tall, strong, bearded princes and ministers. How could she not be afraid?
…
Li Shuyao was really not afraid.
He's just a man from the grassland. When she was in modern times, what kind of people had she not seen in short videos?
Just a few strong men.
cut.
but……
Li Shuyao thought about it carefully and decided to forget it. She wanted to go to the grassland to play, not to go to the meeting.
The pure and clear-minded college students cannot stand the hardship of being a social animal.
So the matter was quickly turned over.
The puffer fish calmed down. Seeing that it was really late at night outside, Li Shuyao immediately transformed into a hardworking little bee, busily making the bed. With sparkling eyes, she took the emperor's hand and lay down together.
When the two bodies sank into the soft bedding together, the man was still a little distracted.
He thought that his Concubine Ling had finally come to her senses and was willing to take the initiative for once.
Unexpectedly, the person next to me soon became silent.
He held his pounding heart and waited for a while, and successfully heard a soft snoring sound that was almost inaudible.
The emperor turned his head and saw Li Shuyao's sleeping face, "..."
Can you sleep just by touching the pillow?
Not to mention, he was a little envious of Lingpin's speed in falling asleep.
…
A few days later.
After seeing off the huge group of people heading to the grassland, the entire Forbidden City seemed to suddenly become much emptier.
Li Shuyao held Yinzhen's little hand and did not return to Changchun Palace. Instead, she went to the Yiku Palace next door to sit and let the two little cubs communicate with each other.
Not long after the matter of Prince Chun's wife was settled, Concubine Kang passed away. Prince Chun's wife, who had just recovered a little, cried bitterly at Concubine Kang's funeral and fainted several times. She only stayed in the Cining Palace for two days before being sent back to Prince Chun's mansion by the ancestor.
Taking into account that Prince Chun's wife was willing but unable to take good care of An'er at the moment, the old ancestor ordered that An'er be sent to Shoukang Palace and handed over to the Queen Mother to raise in the future.
Li Shuyao never thought that even though the plot had deviated so much, there was still an extra little cub in Shoukang Palace, just like in history.
But it was not Yinqi from Qingyao’s family, but Xiao An’er from Prince Chun’s mansion.
...Actually, this is fine.
Qingyao and Yinqi no longer have to be separated as mother and son.
As for An'er, he had been taken care of by the concubines in the palace for such a long time that his weak body had basically recovered. However, his size was still a little small compared to Yinzhen.
The Queen Mother felt very distressed and wished she could feed him nine meals a day.
He was a little scared of eating.
In the past, his mother didn't allow him to eat too much, saying that this and that would hurt his body and stomach.
But the Empress Dowager fed him so much, how come he is fine?
An'er couldn't figure it out, so he pondered over it for a long time and came to a conclusion. It must be because the food in the emperor's uncle's palace was different from the food he ate in Prince Chun's mansion!
He had learned from his brother Yinzhen before that people are born from people, kittens are born from big cats, piglets are born from big pigs, calves are born from big cows, and food all grows from the earth.
He had seen the big cats in the cat and dog room give birth to kittens. The same big cat gave birth to white kittens, black kittens, kittens that were both black and white, and kittens that were a mixture of black, white and yellow.
Of course, the food can also be different.
The food grown in the palace is different from the food grown in Prince Chun's mansion.
So he wouldn't feel any pain when eating from the palace, no matter how much he ate...
Well, it will hurt a little bit, but that’s because my stomach is full. It will get better if I walk around and the pain will go away.
It’s not good to eat the food from Prince Chun’s Mansion. It will hurt and make you sick.
so!
The little three-headed dumpling sat cross-legged on the bed, clenching his fists and secretly making a decision that no one knew about -
From now on, you must never eat any food from Prince Chun’s Mansion!
Any food!
…
Li Shuyao and Qingyao sat together.
The two little cubs were placed on a large carpet in the middle of the room, surrounded by many toys, food, snacks, fruits and so on.
Yinzhen was already past the age of crawling, but Yinqi was lazy and would never stand up and walk if he could crawl.
But when she played with Yinzhen, she would automatically get rid of her laziness and didn't need anyone's help. She would just push herself on the ground with her hands, stick out her little butt, and stand up steadily.
then……
He walked to the small table behind Yinzhen with a familiar posture, and paused his round head forward as a head brake.
Two small, fleshy hands picked up a plate of snacks and walked back to Yinzhen's side, pushing the entire plate in his brother's direction, "Eat."
Yinzhen's face was full of helplessness. He pushed the white porcelain plate that was pushed against his chest away and pointed at the puzzle on the ground, "Brother, don't eat it. Brother hasn't finished it yet."
"Why don't you find puzzle pieces for your brother?"
Yinqi blinked his eyes, and said "Oh" belatedly, then put the plate back and walked back to the pile of pictures beside Yinzhen. He picked up a piece with his little hand and handed it to Yinzhen, "Guoguo, here you go."
Yinzhen took it and compared it for a long time, "No, it's not this place."
Yinqi nodded and pinched another piece over. Yinzhen took it and continued to compare it, shaking his head again, "It's not this piece either."
There was no trace of displeasure on Yinqi's fair little face, and he obediently pinched another piece.
Li Shuyao poked the back of Qingyao's hand and said quietly but proudly, "How is it?"
Qingyao scolded her helplessly: "It's a good thing you came up with this idea."
In the past, most of the puzzles that children played with were nine-piece puzzles. Later, as the children grew older, Li Shuyao had people make puzzles with sixteen and twenty-five pieces respectively.
But it still cannot keep up with the speed at which the children grow up, so the number of puzzles has changed again and again. Some time ago, they were playing puzzles with 49 pieces, but now they can play puzzles with 81 pieces.
Every time the concubines saw the children quietly lying on the ground with their heads close together to put together a puzzle, they would praise Li Shuyao for her method.
But... they didn't expect that Li Shuyao actually "had the means" to this extent.
"A puzzle of 1,936 pieces would take even adults like us several days to complete. How could you have the heart to give it to Yinzhen to play with? Aren't you afraid that the child might go blind before he can finish it?" Qingyao gently waved her round fan and gave Li Shuyao a look of disapproval.
However, as soon as she finished speaking, she quickly realized that there was something wrong with her words, and quickly said "Pooh, Pooh" a few times, "Nonsense, it's all nonsense!"
What do you mean by blind or not? How can she say such a thing?
Qingyao frowned, feeling very dissatisfied with herself.
While saying "Pooh", she raised her hand and slapped her red lips a few times.
Li Shuyao quickly reached out to stop her, "Hey, what are you doing? I know you're just saying it casually, I won't take it seriously."
Yinzhen, who was lying on the ground, seemed to be paying close attention to the movements of the two mothers. He also raised his head, narrowed his eyes at Qingyao, and smiled with curved eyebrows. "Mother Yi, it's okay. Yinzhen knows you don't mean that."
After he finished speaking, he glanced at Li Shuyao and said, "Anyway, she's better than my mother. My mother is the best at making things difficult for children."
After being reborn for so long, he has become accustomed to his identity as a child.
Most of the memories of his previous life had disappeared without his knowledge. If he didn't think about it carefully, he would often think that his rebirth was just a dream.
Li Shuyao narrowed her eyes and glared at him unhappily.
Yinzhen chuckled, then quickly lowered his round head and continued to separate the puzzle pieces handed to him by Yinqi.
Li Shuyao snorted coldly and looked at her best friend beside her with some unhappiness.
As soon as Qingyao saw her expression, she knew that something bad was going to happen. Shu Yao was angry. If she couldn't coax her right away, it would be difficult to coax her later.
So in an instant, "Yinqi" took over, serving tea, fanning, passing snacks, and begging for mercy with a smile for a long time, before the corners of Li Shuyao's lips, which were pouting high in displeasure, relaxed.
At that time, Yinzhen already had more than a dozen pieces of the puzzle in his hand.
It's quite a fast progress.
Li Shuyao was a little worried. What if Yinzhen finished the puzzle one day? Could she really complete a puzzle with more than 10,000 pieces?
What’s the difference between this and asking her to embroider Along the River During the Qingming Festival?
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There is harmony and joy in the Yiku Palace.
The other concubines who were unable to accompany the emperor seemed extremely neglected in the palace.
Concubine An and Concubine Duan had given up the idea of competing for favor early on, so no matter what others thought, they turned off the lights and went to rest as soon as the palace gates were locked.
Jingpin sat on the couch, her mind full of the mocking and ridiculing look that Concubine Hesheli gave her when she left. The silk handkerchief in her hand was twisted again and again, and a breath was choked in her throat, which she couldn't swallow.
The clacking sound of abacus in Chengqian Palace lasted all night long.
The next day, when Li Shuyao brought Yinzhen to pay her respects, she was surprised to see two dark circles under Concubine Tong's eyes, which was obviously due to her lack of rest last night.
Is Concubine Tong...lovesick?
The emperor just left, and you're already thinking like this?
With a head full of random thoughts, Li Shuyao took Yinzhen to the front of the concubines and led the others to pay their respects to Concubine Tong.
Concubine Tong shouted when she heard the voice.
The moment Li Shuyao stood up, she threw the little ball in her hand away.
Yinzhen seemed to have cooperated with her thousands of times before. He ran forward in three or two steps without any panic, hugged Tong Guifei's knees with both hands, raised his head and began to act coquettishly: "Tong Gui'e Niang, Yinzhen missed you so much."
That silly look made Yinzhi and Changsheng, who were standing beside Rongpin, stunned.
——Because the emperor took the eldest and second princesses with him on this trip, no one could calm down the little devil Yinzhi. As soon as Changsheng walked out of the gate of Zhongcui Palace, he held one of Yinzhi's little hands tightly.
Yinzhi wanted to shake him off, but he just said, "Second sister told me to keep an eye on you and not let you get into trouble."
"If you get into trouble, Second Sister will not only punish you, but I will also be punished as well."
"Good brother, I beg you to behave yourself. Wait until your second sister comes back before you get into trouble again, okay?"
Yinzhi was puzzled and shocked at the same time. Is this something his brother, who was as obedient as a quail, could say?
What does it mean to "behave yourself and wait for your second sister to come back before you get into trouble?"
Don’t you think that now that his second sister is back, can he still play around and get into trouble?
Besides, he is not a fool. His second sister's fist is so big and so hard that his whole head would be buzzing after one punch. So how could he take the initiative to ask for a beating just for a moment of fun?
When his second sister is around, he is always the best behaved baby, okay?
Yinzhi was still young after all, and he couldn't hear the sinister meaning in Changsheng's words.
Rongpin was busy tidying up her appearance, and for a moment she didn't hear the conversation between the two brothers. When she turned around, she saw the two little kids standing together hand in hand, waiting quietly for her mother to go out with them. Her heart instantly softened...
Let’s get back to the topic.
Yinzhen didn't care what his brothers behind him would think of him.
Like his own mother, he keenly noticed the two dark spots under Tong Gui's mother's thick makeup as soon as he stepped into the main hall of Chengqian Palace.
I don't know what triggered it, but I suddenly remembered that in his previous life, his mother Tong Gui, in order to give birth to her and Khan Ama's child, endured it with all her might, drank countless medicines, and suffered countless hardships even though her body was not suitable for pregnancy. Unexpectedly, the eighth sister she gave birth to at the cost of her life died before she was two months old.
At that time, Tong Gui's mother's health had completely deteriorated. The director of the Imperial Hospital said bluntly: Even if Hua Tuo were alive, it would be difficult to save her.
Not long after that, Tong Gui's mother also left him.
In his opinion, if Tong Gui'er Niang did not love him, Khan Ama, deeply, how could she be willing to sacrifice her life to give birth to an imperial heir for him?
He should have thought of it earlier. Once Khan Ama left, the person in the palace who would be the least able to adapt would be his Tong Gui mother.
So he shouldn't have stayed in Yiku Palace playing puzzles yesterday. He should have spent more time with his mother, Tong Gui.
If he were there, Tong Gui's mother wouldn't have tossed and turned all night and couldn't fall asleep...
Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard his mother Tong Gui speaking joyfully in the direction of his mother, "By the way, Shu Yao, don't leave later. Come with me to the study. I think I solved the arithmetic problem you left me last time."
Yinzhen:?
Li Shuyao:?
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