That night, Lingxiao Palace was more lively than ever before.
Tianbao opened his eyes with a yawn and was startled by a mass of dark heads.
Above the cradle, seven princes were leaning over to look at her, and had been looking at her for an incense stick of time.
Seeing that she was awake, Xiao Wu happily waved his chubby hands and said, "Sweetheart, come look at Brother Wu. I'll bring you..."
"Ahem!" The eldest prince cleared his throat.
Xiao Wu glanced at him and swallowed his unfinished words: "Big brother, speak first."
The eldest prince always likes to act like the boss. Whenever his brothers get together, he has to start talking first and nod his head first when doing things. He will nag anyone who breaks this rule.
Xiaowu is not afraid of him, but he just doesn't like to listen to his nagging.
The eldest prince nodded at Tianbao: "Tianbao, I am your elder brother."
After waiting for a while, Xiao Wu couldn't help but mutter, "No more?"
The eldest prince rolled his eyes at him, his expression somewhat embarrassed, and snorted.
The second prince was smiling, holding Xiao Qi in his arms. Because the short and stocky Xiao Qi couldn't see Tian Bao, the six-year-old child held the two-year-old child, with his arms passed under Xiao Qi's armpits and squeezed against his chest, making Xiao Qi's face flush red.
Although he felt uncomfortable, Xiao Qi still smiled foolishly: "Hello, sweet baby, I am Brother Qi."
The Second Prince looked at the Third Prince and said, "Third brother, can you help hold Seventh Brother?"
The third prince took it coldly and still put his arms through Xiaoqi's armpits to strangle her. In order to see the little emperor's sister, Xiaoqi did not cry no matter how uncomfortable she felt.
The second prince took off the amulet that had been hanging around his neck and put it in the rocking bed. He then introduced himself slowly: "Hello, Tianbao, I am your second brother. My name also has you in it. My name is Xu Nianqing."
He heard Xiao Si say this when introducing himself, and he thought it was great.
The Third Prince glanced sideways and said, "My mother was framed for giving me a wild peach pit that can ward off evil spirits. How dare you give something to Tian Bao?"
The Second Prince frowned and thought for a moment, "This amulet was given to my mother by my father when they got married. It's been there for many years, so there won't be any problems."
The Third Prince nodded and said, "No one dares to frame my father and mother."
Tianbao's eyes lit up and she babbled to the second prince: Thank you, second brother!
When I grow up, I will also share good things with my brothers!
The eldest prince was jealous and glared at Tian Bao: "I greeted you, why didn't you respond? What's the point of only responding to your second brother?"
Tianbao looked at the eldest prince aggrievedly.
Didn't she just wake up? She was a little dazed just now.
The Third Prince wasn't afraid of the First Prince either. He glanced at him and said, "Big Brother, you're just being lazy and not willing to argue with a little kid!"
The other princes blinked, not understanding and asked, "What does this mean?"
The Third Prince rolled his eyes: "You deserve a beating."
The timid Xiao Si also muttered, "If the emperor heard this, he would definitely beat Big Brother."
The eldest prince was only six years old, just a few months older than the second and third princes.
If he makes any noise, his father will really beat him.
But the boss's prestige cannot be lost, so he puffed up his cheeks and started to scold them with a bad temper.
"Tianbao, I brought you a chicken leg!" Xiaowu took advantage of the brothers' quarrel, took out a small chicken leg from his sleeve, stood on tiptoe and put it into Tianbao's mouth.
Tears of joy flowed from the corners of Tianbao's mouth.
Delicious chicken drumsticks! She wants to eat them!
But she hasn’t grown any teeth yet, so depressing!
But the little sweet baby still opened his little mouth greedily and licked it, and the taste was also very delicious.
The second prince was attentive and kept paying attention to Tianbao.
After catching a glimpse of Xiaowu's actions from the corner of his eye, he acted faster than anyone else: "Fifth brother, no!"
Xiao Qianzi, who was serving beside them, was unable to notice in time because his vision was blocked by the others. When he saw the chicken drumstick in Xiao Wu's hand, he was so scared that his face turned pale: "Fifth Prince, my dear little ancestor! You can't feed the little princess anything carelessly, or I will lose my head."
Seeing that his second brother and Xiao Qianzi were frightened, Xiao Wu took back the chicken leg with a wronged look.
He lowered his head and said in a muffled voice, "This is a chicken drumstick made by Mother herself. It's my favorite. I even hid one for Tianbao... Why can't she have it?"
The Second Prince poked his temples and thought hard, "Mother said that Tianbao can only drink milk now."
"Ah...ah..." Tianbao smiled at Xiaowu, speaking in baby language.
Fifth brother, it’s okay, I still want to thank you!
Xiao Wu burst into laughter and no longer felt wronged: "That's right, Tianbao hasn't grown teeth yet. When she does, I will give her the best food in the world!"
Fifth brother is so nice, Tianbao likes you!
Xiaoliu, who was leaning on the edge of the rocking cot, stared at the chicken leg and pointed at his mouth: "Xiaoliu has teeth."
Xiao Wu took a look at the chicken leg and handed it over generously: "Okay, let me show you my mother's cooking skills!"
Tianbao's gaze followed the chicken leg to Xiaoliu's face. He could only see Xiaoliu's eyes and the area above. There was a smile in his clear eyes, which was very pleasing.
He took a bite, and his eyes instantly lit up like stars: "The chicken leg is so good!"
Tianbao swallowed her saliva, she wanted to eat it too!
When will she grow up? There are so many things here that she has never eaten in her previous life, and she wants to try them all!
After seeing the chicken leg, Xiaoqi broke free from the clutches of the Third Prince and ran to Xiaoliu to watch, his eyes almost glued to the chicken leg.
Xiaoliu turned his back to protect his food.
Xiaowu walked over with his hands on his waist: "Sixth brother, let Xiaoqi have a taste, or I will take the chicken leg back!"
"No!" Xiaoliu was reluctant and quickly took another bite, his cheeks bulging.
Xiao Qi sucked his saliva and licked the corner of his mouth.
Xiao Wu frowned, "When Father is done with his work, we can have dinner together. Father must have lots of delicious food here! If you don't share, Father will punish you by making you drink plain porridge later!"
Xiaoliu paused as he had just opened his mouth, and reluctantly handed the remaining half of the chicken leg to Xiaoqi: "Here, have it."
Xiao Qi giggled: "Thank you, brother." Then he started eating with relish.
Now, it was Xiaoliu's turn to accompany Xiaotianbao in swallowing his saliva.
After eating the chicken leg, Xiao Qi licked his fingers unsatisfiedly.
It smells so good!
Seeing this, Xiaoliu quickly started sucking his fingers.
The little sweet baby was filled with envy. At this moment, she didn't dislike her seventh brother's fingers at all. She also wanted to suck them!
The other princes, seeing Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi happily sucking their fingers, felt their stomachs growl and they actually felt like sucking their fingers too. What was going on?
The foolish emperor deliberately reviewed a few more memorials. When he looked up from his desk and asked someone to serve the meal, the moon was already high in the sky.
The emperor's dinner today was particularly simple, consisting of only sixteen imperial dishes.
When he first ascended the throne, the imperial kitchen prepared 108 dishes for each meal, but after he scolded him, it was reduced to 36. Tonight, he deliberately reduced the dishes again, naturally because he wanted to let his sons see how "hard" it was to be an emperor.
There are sixteen imperial meals, six meat dishes, six vegetable dishes, two soups and two desserts, and the portion of each dish is not large.
Xiao Wu took a quick glance and looked at the tyrant emperor with sympathy: It's really not easy for my father. With just these few dishes, the food in Deyun Palace is better and more than here.
The three of them, one big and seven small, quietly finished all sixteen dishes of the imperial meal, leaving not a drop of soup.
The tyrant king deliberately opened his stomach, so he was full after all.
The eldest prince barely ate his fill, the second, third and fourth princes only ate half full, the youngest was only five or six points full, and the sixth and seventh princes, who had been extremely hungry before, also ate as much as they could and were all bloated.
After the meal, the seven princes went to wash up one after another and squeezed into a side hall to sleep.
They never imagined that something even more cruel than not having enough to eat was waiting for them.
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