The prince in the crib suddenly burst into tears, the sound so loud it seemed as if some major accident had occurred.
Before Gu Jiangli could reply to the system's message, she was so frightened that she rushed over.
The wet nurse held him and tried to comfort him, but he kept crying.
He stopped crying instantly when she took Lin'er from her and gently patted his back.
"So it's because the Crown Prince misses his mother," the wet nurse said with a smile, then respectfully withdrew.
Gu Jiangli was suspicious. This wet nurse had been taking care of Lin'er all this time, and Lin'er had always been sensible and obedient, never causing her any trouble.
But his crying today was very strange.
She put him back in the crib, and the system in her mind asked:
[Could it be that His Highness the Crown Prince sensed that you would be leaving?]
Before Gu Jiangli could answer the question, the Crown Prince burst into tears again.
Gu Jiangli quickly picked him up again and coaxed him, "Okay, okay, we're not leaving, we won't leave."
He said it several times before he finally stopped crying.
He held her hair with his tiny fingers, as if he didn't want to let her go.
Gu Jiangli was dumbfounded. "You could even sense that I wanted to leave?"
Hearing this, he started crying again.
Gu Jiangli coaxed him again before he stopped.
After two cycles of this, Gu Jiangli was exhausted, and she finally accepted the fact that her child was extraordinary.
"Okay, it seems like he really doesn't want me to leave."
She thought for a moment, "But that's normal. It's so pitiful for a child who hasn't even grown all his teeth to suddenly lose his mother."
Seemingly sensing her true feelings, the Crown Prince finally loosened his grip on Gu Jiangli's hair.
"You know I'm not planning to leave?"
He chuckled.
"Alright, then I'll play a little longer before I leave. I haven't even warmed up my seat as queen yet, so I can still enjoy myself a bit more."
So, it seems that you're not planning to leave for the time being.
"Hmm, let's not leave. Let's at least wait until the Crown Prince can call me 'Mother' before we go."
【Okay, dear. If you feel it's necessary, you can choose to have more children. The more descendants the current emperor has, the better for the progress of this world.】
Gu Jiangli felt ashamed upon hearing this, "So you're just relying on his superior genes to get your hands on them?"
[My dear, in fact, your genes are just as excellent as the Emperor's, a fact you will soon prove in the Crown Prince.]
Gu Jiangli remained in the palace with a hint of skepticism.
As the empress, her life in the palace could be described as carefree and unrestrained.
The emperor doted on her, and her child was well-behaved and didn't cause her any worry.
A few months can pass in the blink of an eye.
One day, while Gu Jiangli was having dinner with the emperor, the crown prince, lying in the crib beside him, suddenly made a sound as faint as a mosquito's buzz:
"Mother...Empress..."
The emperor's hand, which was holding chopsticks, paused, and he asked Gu Jiangli in surprise:
"Zitong, did you hear that? Lin'er seemed to be calling you Mother just now?"
Gu Jiangli smiled and said, "Your Majesty must have misheard. Lin'er is only four months old; he's not old enough to call out to people yet."
But at this moment, the Crown Prince seemed dissatisfied with his mother's explanation and changed his form of address:
"Father...King..."
The emperor jumped up, dropping his bowl and chopsticks, and ran to the crib, exclaiming with delight:
"Lin'er! Father heard you! Call out again and let me hear it!"
Gu Jiangli walked over suspiciously. Lin'er in the bed was just a little baby! How could she already talk?
She didn't believe it.
The next second, Lin'er slapped her in the face.
"Father."
Although the voice was soft and gentle, the pronunciation was clear and precise.
"Hahaha! Zitong! Our Lin'er can say hello now!" He picked up Lin'er, kissed and cuddled him, his eyes crinkling with joy.
Gu Jiangli's eyes widened, more shocked than joyful.
Is it true or false?
He's only four months old!
No one even taught him how to greet people!
Where did he learn that?
Is this what talent is? God is so unfair when it comes to randomly assigning talents!
The system's claim that he was a great emperor throughout history is indeed true.
It had already demonstrated extraordinary skills when it was only four months old.
The emperor was enjoying himself and didn't find anything strange about it.
Gu Jiangli had no choice but to enjoy it just like him.
Lin'er was destined to be extraordinary from birth.
Lin'er's extraordinary abilities certainly did not stop there.
By the age of two, he could recognize almost all the characters; by the age of three, he could compose poems; and by the age of four, he could read memorials and handle simple problems.
His exceptional talent earned him the admiration of all the teachers at the Imperial Academy.
When Lin'er was four years old, the emperor suddenly told her that he wanted to have another child.
Gu Jiangli had the spare energy, but suddenly had the idea to ask Lin'er what she thought.
That evening, Lin'er was reading in the Imperial Garden when Gu Jiangli approached, first exchanging some pleasantries, and then asked:
"Lin'er, if your father and mother wanted to give you another brother or sister, would you be willing?"
Lin'er pouted, seemingly not understanding why she had asked him that question. He answered in his childish voice:
"Mother, you and Father can decide this. Whether it's a younger brother or a younger sister, Lin'er will like them."
His eyes crinkled with laughter, and he decided to go back to reading.
Gu Jiangli asked again:
"But what if it's a younger brother? What if you become emperor and your brother becomes dissatisfied with you and tries to seize your throne? What will you do then?"
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