Feng Guang was pregnant, and gave birth to an ugly child. The imperial physician smiled and explained to the displeased Prince Qian, "Your Highness, all babies are born like this. They will grow out of it. Your Majesty and Your Highness are both extremely beautiful. The little princess will surely be a beauty in the future."
Gu Yan ignored the imperial physician. He looked down at the tiny face of the baby in his arms, which was no bigger than the palm of his hand. Its wrinkled appearance made him click his tongue in disgust.
Why are all babies born looking like this? Feng Guang was much cuter when she was first born than this little baby.
Gu Yan seemed to have forgotten that the little baby he disliked was his own daughter.
Feng Guang felt heartbroken watching Gu Yan's changing expression. She sat on the bed and reached out her hand, "Give me the child!"
She just gave birth, I don't know how she can recover her strength so quickly.
Gu Yan hesitated for a second, then handed the child to her, adding, "Feng Guang, it's not that I dislike her..."
"Don't speak!" Feng Guang glared at him. "I haven't forgiven you for secretly drinking the contraceptive soup yet!"
Gu Yan felt a little uncomfortable. It turned out that he had been drinking the contraceptive soup all along to prevent Feng Guang from getting pregnant. He didn't like having a child between them. The reason he stopped drinking the contraceptive soup was because he knew that as the empress, she had to have an heir. Rather than letting her have a child with another man in the future, it would be better for him to enjoy enough time together as a couple before stopping the medication and having a child at will.
Gu Yan kept the fact that he drank the contraceptive soup a secret until Su Xu "accidentally" let it slip in front of Feng Guang. Because Su Xu and Su Bi had a sibling relationship, Su Bi and Ke Huai had a romantic relationship, and Ke Huai and Feng Guang were friends, Su Xu was spared the fate of being "separated" from her husband. She was simply sent to the most difficult place, the Northern Wilderness.
The matter of the contraceptive soup caused a huge uproar between Feng Guang and Gu Yan. Helpless, Gu Yan could only relentlessly press her down on the bed for a whole month, trying his best to give her a child.
During the period when Gu Yan was unable to "eat meat" (a euphemism for sexual activity), and amidst the great anticipation of everyone, the first little princess of Dongyun Kingdom was born—yes, the wrinkled baby that Feng Guang is holding right now.
Unlike Gu Yan, who is full of disdain for his child, Feng Guang, who is full of love for her child, says, "My daughter, your father doesn't like you, but your mother loves you the most. You must grow up happily and become the most beautiful little princess."
When she held her child and spoke, her voice was soft and gentle. Her gentle expression and soft tone, along with the radiance of maternal love, added a touch of mature charm to her and made her even more beautiful.
Gu Yan suddenly thought that maybe this child wasn't so annoying after all.
"Hey, Gu Yan." She had just been speaking gently to the child, but now, seeing his cold expression, she said, "No matter what, you are the child's father. Have you thought about a name for the child?"
Gu Yan remained silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "Let's call him Xiaoxiao."
Feng Guang was suddenly stunned. After a while, she tightened her grip on the child, then looked down at the sleeping child and smiled easily, "Okay, let's call him Xiaoxiao."
And so, the little princess's name was decided.
The ten-year-old girl sat in the yard and listened to the story. She tugged at her father's clothes in dissatisfaction, "Daddy, is my name really that simple? Doesn't it have any other meaning?"
"The meaning is to always be smiling, isn't that good?" Gu Yan smiled slightly and tossed the eagle food in his hand to an eagle standing on the stone table.
Xiaoxiao is ten years old this year, a time of innocent joy. Her delicate, sculpted face is already beginning to blossom. In a few years, she will likely be a stunning beauty in the capital. She has been pampered and spoiled since childhood. Since she wanted to find out the truth, she was determined to find out. So she continued to pester her father, asking, "Father, Father, is my name Xiaoxiao really because it means I should always be smiling?"
Unable to resist her pestering, Gu Yan put down the eagle feed in his hand and stroked the little girl's head, "Has Father ever lied to you?"
"No." Xiaoxiao shook her head innocently.
"So, can Xiaoxiao calm down now?"
"Mmm." She nodded obediently.
Gu Yan praised her, "What a good girl."
Xiaoxiao lay on the table, staring into the eyes of the eagle. After a while, she couldn't help but ask, "Why won't Daddy let me tell Mommy that Daddy has such a majestic eagle?"
"That's because your mother doesn't like that kind of animal," Gu Yan lied through his teeth. "Xiaoxiao, do you still remember what our agreement was?"
"If I don't tell my mother that my father is raising a giant eagle, he will often take me out of the palace to play!" Xiaoxiao grinned happily, just like now that she could leave the palace and come to her father's mansion. As long as he kept her father's secret, she could often leave the palace to play.
Gu Yan gently stroked the tip of her nose and chuckled, "Xiaoxiao is such a smart child."
"Yes, that's because Xiaoxiao loves Daddy the most!" Unlike her mother, who always forces her to eat vegetables, and even carrots, which she dislikes the most, Daddy is much better. He always speaks to her so gently and buys her many novel little gadgets from the countryside.
However, it's not that she thinks her mother is bad. Every night before bed, her mother would tell her stories and play with her. Xiaoxiao just thinks that if her mother could change her bad habit of making her eat vegetables, she would think her mother would be even better.
Su Bi walked over and said, "A message has been sent from the border that requires the master's attention."
In recent years, because the prince of Longtao Kingdom married into Dongyun Kingdom and became one of Princess Heihe's husbands, Dongyun Kingdom and Longtao Kingdom have temporarily reached a state of peace. However, a nomadic tribe has also risen on the border and likes to provoke trouble from time to time. As for things like military intelligence, everyone is used to ignoring the empress and directly asking Prince Qian to handle them.
Gu Yan patted Xiaoxiao's little head, "Daddy's going to take care of some business. You can play here by yourself for a while, okay?"
Xiaoxiao shouted, "Okay!"
Gu Yan smiled and left with Su Bi.
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