Chapter 94 Chapter 94 How scary these words are for the human cubs! ...
After reading the letter, Concubine An was filled with confusion and helplessness from head to toe.
Then he read the letter over and over again in disbelief, and even held it up to the sunlight to look at it, wondering if there was any secret code written between the lines that was invisible to the naked eye.
But, no.
Concubine An just stood there holding the letter for a long time.
The palace maids around her didn't know what was going on. They curiously poked their heads out to take a look at the letter in her hand, then stared at the little prince not far away with wide eyes. He was sitting in the arms of his wet nurse, swinging his legs and playing with his hands. They were extremely shocked.
Is Concubine Ling planning to give the little prince to their mother?!
No, that's not right. If it was a gift, she wouldn't have been asked to send the queen back to Changchun Palace along with the letter.
So...what exactly does Concubine Ling mean?
Treating her mother as a wet nurse?
Or, she treated the little prince as a local specialty of Changchun Palace... She wouldn't send the little prince to various palaces in turn, would she?
The palace maid was so frightened that she forgot to stop stealing glances, and Concubine An soon noticed something was wrong.
Concubine An calmed down and glanced at her personal maids with dark eyes.
Several palace maids shuddered and hurriedly covered their mouths with their hands, signaling to Concubine An that they would not tell anyone about this.
Only then did Concubine An retract her warning gaze.
She folded the letter and, as Li Shuyao had instructed, stuffed it back into the envelope intact. She then handed it to Nanny Yan and said to her with a smile, "Since Concubine Ling is not free today, I will help her take care of Yinzhen for the day."
Upon hearing this, little Yinzhen blinked his big, round, black eyes, as if he had never seen her before. He looked at her for a while and then tilted his round head.
Anpin's heart softened instantly.
She came closer and used the softest tone of her life to coax him carefully, "Yinzhen, do you want to be hugged by An's mother?"
Yinzhen didn't say anything.
——Of course he can't speak either.
Although I had made up my mind to be a precocious child and learn to talk or walk as soon as possible.
But this kind of thing cannot be achieved by his own efforts.
During this time, he babbled in Changchun Palace for nearly half a month, and in the end, his new mother-in-law gave him a slightly disdainful comment: "Too noisy."
"It's like there's a little yellow oriole in Changchun Palace. If it keeps chirping like this, people will probably think I gave birth to a baby bird."
The new mother said this to Nanny Yan.
After that day, little Yinzhen seemed to have been devastated and never cried out again.
Unexpectedly, not long after, his new mother began to worry about him again - "Did someone take away this child's vocal cords? Why hasn't he made any sound for two days?"
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It’s not right to shout, and it’s not right not to shout.
It's so hard to be his mother's good boy.
I don’t know when Lao Wu and Lao Shisan will be able to come out and accompany me.
But there should be no hope for Old Thirteen.
He should just wait for the fifth child. Calculating the time, Yi'er Niang should be giving birth this month, right?
I don't know if Lao Wu was good-looking when he was young...
Little Yinzhen kept muttering to himself for several days.
Early this morning, after he finished drinking his milk, he was carried to his new mother's bedroom.
However, the new mother was not there, and no one knew where she had gone.
Ever since he could crawl at six months old, his mother ordered all the furniture in the small room except the couch to be removed, and then wrapped the wooden strips with quilts to create a large open space in the small room.
The open space was covered with two thick layers of soft wool carpets. There was a small tent-like house in the corner. A large night-shining pearl was hung on the top of the small house, and brightly colored cloth strips were hung around it.
According to his mother, this open space is for him to practice crawling and walking, and the small house is for him to sleep after he is tired of playing.
There were no other toys because his mother was worried that too many toys would cause the wool carpet to accumulate dust, which would make him cough easily, and he would then develop rhinitis, respiratory diseases, or lung diseases...
The more he talked, the more horrifying it became.
Nanny Yan and Aunt Jiarou were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
Unexpectedly, his mother suddenly changed the subject: "Besides, he doesn't know how to clean up. When the toys are scattered all over the floor, it will be a mess. It will be annoying to look at!"
Little Yinzhen heard: "..."
He thought his mother's thinking was really strange. She actually expected a baby who was only seven months old to put away his toys by himself.
Why didn't she rely on the Big Bad Wolf to be Little Red Riding Hood's wet nurse!
Why not expect the Big Bad Wolf to make the Snail Girl a good family for the three little pigs?
Why not rely on the Big Bad Wolf to be the general of Xiyangyang and his friends and lead them to conquer the world?
Hmm... Come to think of it, why are most of the bedtime stories his mother told him about gray wolves?
Is it because his mother particularly likes the Big Bad Wolf?
Why?
Little Yinzhen couldn't understand.
The absence of his new mother did not in the least dampen his desire to learn to walk as soon as possible.
He followed the usual rhythm. After being placed on the carpet by the wet nurse, he first did some simple exercises, waved his hands, shook his legs, then turned his round body to the side, supported himself on the ground and fell backwards very nimbly, and sat up cross-legged.
He blinked his big, watery eyes like black grapes and looked around.
Then he began to crawl around excitedly, crawling around and around. After crawling two circles, he couldn't crawl out a perfect straight line.
But he was not discouraged. He continued to crawl around as if he didn't know he was crawling crookedly. When he got tired, he leaned his head against the carpet. After he caught his breath and regained strength in his neck, he lifted his head up and continued to crawl.
Generally you have to climb three or four laps first.
Then the nurse would pick him up, adjust his position, and lay him flat on the carpet for a while.
But today, for some reason, after the wet nurse picked him up, she didn't let him rest. Instead, she carried him directly to the couch beside her, quickly changed his clothes, and packed out two small packages.
Holding him, she followed Nanny Yan into a plain sedan chair. After bouncing for a while, the first thing she saw after getting out of the sedan chair was the plaque of Jingren Palace.
Little Yinzhen watched helplessly as Nanny Yan handed something to An E'niang.
An E'niang opened it and took a few glances. The expression on her face was as if she saw a big bad wolf suddenly appear in the blue sky.
After a while, she slowly came back to her senses, packed up the things in her hands and handed them back to Nanny Yan, then slowly walked to her and said these words to him -
"Since Concubine Ling is not free today, I will help her take care of Yinzhen for a day."
Is my new mother not free today?
Where did she go?
Although little Yinzhen was a little confused, he always prided himself on being a well-behaved and kind baby.
Thinking that since the new mother was not free, he should not disturb her. It would be nice to play with An's mother today. An's mother has always been calm, gentle and virtuous. She would not be as stupid as the new mother.
Thinking of this, little Yinzhen's eyes lit up. He took his two wet little fingers out of his mouth and opened his two chubby little arms to An E'niang, indicating that he wanted An E'niang to hug him.
Concubine An was also delighted and ignored the finger that Yinzhen had just taken out of his mouth. Without thinking, she leaned forward and held the little baby with a milky scent in her arms.
The movements were so gentle as if he was holding some precious and gorgeous porcelain.
After she held little Yinzhen in her arms, her first thought was, he is so light and soft.
The whole body smells sweet.
The hair on her head is fine and soft, her face is chubby, her eyelashes are thick, long and curled, her black eyes are sparkling, her nose is small and cute, and her little red mouth is a little wet, but her lips are very beautiful.
She inherited the excellent facial features from both the emperor and Concubine Ling.
It is not difficult to see how many girls he will charm when he grows up.
As Concubine An held Yinzhen in her arms, she suddenly felt a little sad. She wished Yinzhen was her child.
Or, it would be nice if she could have a biological child.
I wonder if by holding Yinzhen for a while longer, I can get some of the blessings from Concubine Ling?
Concubine An sighed inwardly, then quickly composed herself. She smiled at the little cub in her arms and asked softly, "Has Yinzhen rarely seen An's mother before?"
Little Yinzhen tilted his head curiously. Did An E'niang want to talk to him?
But he still can’t do it!
After hesitating for a moment, little Yinzhen let out a low "da".
The voice fell into Anpin's ears, as if it had been automatically translated. Anpin nodded and continued, "I am your An'er Niang, my surname is Li. You can call me Li'er Niang from now on... Come to think of it, your biological mother, Lingpin, also has the surname Li. Five hundred years ago, we might have been from the same family."
"What did Yinzhen usually do when he was in Changchun Palace?"
"Did Nanny Yan bring any of Yinzhen's toys?"
"Have you eaten yet? ... Can I have some milk porridge now? Oh, by the way, no one here knows how to make milk porridge. How about you, Chunfang, go to the imperial kitchen and ask a chef who's good at making baby food to come over?"
"What's in this package? Oh, it's Yinzhen's little clothes. What are you bringing this for... for changing? And what about this small square handkerchief... Oh, it's a bib, used to wipe your saliva under your chin, right? And what about this? A sweat towel, what is a sweat towel used for?"
Concubine An's voice was nagging and she kept asking questions. It was obvious that she was a novice in raising children.
Little Yinzhen sat in her arms, and the more he listened, the more anxious he became.
He felt that he might have guessed wrong. Although An'er Niang was not as clueless as his new mother, she had no experience in raising a baby.
My new mother has entrusted me to An's mother for a day. I hope she won't cause any problems for me.
Little Yinzhen used to dislike sunset very much, because every afternoon, his new mother might be called by the Khan to accompany him, or she might suddenly be called and asked to prepare all the matters for sleeping with him.
But today, he was looking forward to the sunset.
Woo woo woo, he doesn't want to stay in Jingren Palace anymore. He wants to go back to Changchun Palace and be his mother's little toy.
It's better than being An'er Niang's training ground...
Time passed quickly, and soon the sun was setting in the west, and the setting sun was blood-red.
Little Yinzhen was so exhausted that he looked like a small pancake, and was carried back to Changchun Palace by his wet nurse.
He saw his new mother sitting in the bedroom, her hands supporting her chin, waiting for him with a leisurely expression.
Little Yinzhen's mouth flattened and his expression immediately became aggrieved, like an orphan who couldn't find his mother. His big black eyes quickly turned red.
He cried out "woooo woooo" and reached out to Li Shuyao for a hug.
Li Shuyao had no choice but to carry him over. While listening to Nanny Yan's report on what happened in Jingren Palace that day, she patted little Yinzhen's back with her hands.
Soon, little Yinzhen was comforted by her.
But her eyes were still a little red, with a bit of mist, her nose was twitching, and her short and fat fingers were pinching the Longhua on Li Shuyao's chest, and she refused to let go.
It was as if he was afraid that if he let go, his mother would disappear again.
Li Shuyao felt a little distressed when she saw this. After thinking about it, she felt that the baby should not be cut off from socializing, but it was still necessary to comfort the baby after he came back.
So she made a decision with a wave of her hand and said to Nanny Yan, "Nanny, tell the nurses that Yinzhen will not be going back to the warm room to sleep today."
"He sleeps with me!"
When little Yinzhen heard this, the crying that had just stopped started again, sobbing and wailing, like a pot of hot water boiling.
Little Yinzhen: He doesn’t want to sleep with his new mother!
The new mother's sleeping posture is too bad. Last time, she even used him as a pillow. If it weren't for Nanny Yan guarding the bed, he would have been crushed by the new mother!
Another time, his mother was probably sleeping and her feet felt cold, so she pulled both of them together, and then somehow, she dishonestly stuffed her feet under his butt.
He was so asleep at night that he thought he had fallen on an ice cube!
And there was another time before when his mother suddenly started talking in her sleep. While stroking his round head, she said something like "The moon is so round, the watermelon is so big, the summer is so hot... I want to eat ice watermelon..."
Listen, listen, how scary these words are for human cubs!
He swore last month that he would never sleep with his mother again.
Sleep more, sleep more, he will be a little puppy!
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