The last mainline system has not been released yet. Li Yu does not have to rush for tasks. The Jingwang Mansion is well managed by Wang Xi. As a princess, he does not have to work hard. He only needs to educate the children every day and give some small ideas to Jingwang from time to time. From this point of view, life is still the way he likes, and it has not changed because he became a princess.
This kind of life is both his original intention and the one spoiled by Jingwang.
Jingwang often listens to him. The Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant was opened for him just because he wanted to eat it. Now it has become a famous specialty snack. Even the prince of Chengengong from the imperial city can't stop praising it.
Time flies. With the efforts of King Jing, the locust plague, a major hidden danger in the western frontier, has been eliminated. Another major hidden danger, the bandits, have been killed or injured and are no longer a problem.
Today, the situation in the western frontier is stable, and even the chaos near the border has decreased a lot.
In the blink of an eye, the little fish cubs have reached a hundred days old.
King Jing held a grand celebration for them, like a wedding, with a big banquet, many guests, and a lively party.
After a hundred days, Ye Qinghuan came to say goodbye.
Ye Shizi's trip was not only the intention of the Cheng'en Mansion, but also because he had asked for leave from the emperor and came here openly, because his wife was pregnant, and the bandits on King Jing's side were almost dealt with. Ye Qinghuan stayed for a hundred days and helped King Jing a lot, and it was time to leave.
Before leaving, King Jing had a deep talk with Ye Shizi, and told him that he wanted to write a thank-you letter and asked Ye Qinghuan to pass it on .
Ye Qinghuan, who had a good relationship with King Jing, agreed.
When King Jing was writing the letter, Li Yu and Wang Xi each came to visit him with two treasures. Except for Dabao, the fish cubs who turned into human forms are still a little reluctant. The other treasures have accepted the reality and live a decent life. Every day, they eat and sleep, and Dabao, who is eager to grow up, feels that he is about to become numb.
Anyway, no matter how unhappy he was, he could only cry. After crying too much, Fish Daddy would start feeding him milk again. Dabao hated breastfeeding from the bottom of his heart and missed the sweet and fragrant peach blossom cakes.
But the nanny said that babies have to drink milk for six months before they can eat other things. Dabao counted his fingers and then his toes, but he still couldn't count six months. He always felt that peach blossom cakes were getting farther and farther away from him.
He couldn't figure it out, and he didn't know why his brothers accepted it so easily, especially Sibao. This fish never had to worry.
Dabao was next to Sibao. Sibao, who was held by Fish Daddy together with him, was sucking his fingers vigorously. Dabao was very jealous. The baby instinct made him want to lift up the plump and tender fingers and put them in his mouth.
No, no, no, Dabao kept telling himself that he was a sensible fish brother and couldn’t suck his fingers like his younger brother.
But… his mouth was itchy and he wanted to eat.
The most serious baby in history, Dabao, was holding back his tears.
Sibao was enjoying sucking his fingers and found that Dabao was watching him. Sibao smiled warmly at his elder brother, smeared his brother’s face with saliva, and then continued to chew his fingers.
Dabao: !!!
Dabao was about to cry because he thought Sibao’s saliva was dirty, but why did he want to suck his fingers too?
Li Yu held the brothers in his arms and secretly watched them for a long time. He couldn't help laughing out loud. He caught a glimpse of King Jing writing a letter, and an idea suddenly occurred to him: "Dabao, Erbao, Sanbao, and Sibao, how about writing a letter to Grandpa?"
The fish cubs didn't know what the emperor was yet. In front of them, Li Yu simply called the emperor "Grandpa". Anyway, in terms of seniority, he was indeed the Grandpa.
Dabao nodded quickly, very excited. After so long, Daddy Yu finally stopped calling him for milk!
Sibao was confused and didn't know what writing a letter was, but Sibao liked Daddy Yu. He would do whatever Daddy Yu asked him to do. Sibao nodded along with Dabao.
"Tianchi, is it okay?" Li Yu asked, pulling King Jing's sleeve.
King Jing especially liked to hear the little fish calling his name recently. He smiled and gave up his seat. Li Yu put the two treasures on the table. The other two in the king's arms also cried "ah ah" and wanted to come over to reunite.
The fine rice paper on the table was wrinkled by the small bodies of the treasures, but King Jing, the owner of the rice paper, didn't feel sorry at all. The children were afraid that the ink placed with the rice paper would not be touched, but King Jing had a solution. He asked the kitchen to mix some dark and harmless juice and send it over.
Li Yu asked the wet nurse, and with the wet nurse's consent, he applied a little juice on the hands of the treasures.
Li Yu heard that the emperor often asked about his treasures, so he thought that the emperor would like things made by children. Moreover, the emperor conferred titles on Dabao to Sibao. How old are these children? They can receive salaries and have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives. They should also thank the emperor.
Instead of thinking about sending something in the name of the children, it would be better to let these children write a letter with their father.
The treasures were put together and greeted each other with "ah ah" from front to back.
They all had a lot of "ink" on their hands, and they were all on rice paper, so there was no need to distinguish them in order. The treasures started together.
When Dabao was a little fish, he had seen a lot of words with his father. Dabao thought carefully and felt that he should be able to write "大".
Dabao began to rub the word "大" carefully with his fingers.
Erbao and Sanbao didn't know what to do. Seeing that Dabao had taken the lead, Erbao and Sanbao followed their brother's example and started to "write" big.
Dabao immediately stopped: "Ahhh!" No!
This is for Dabao only, and the younger brothers can't write without it!
Dabao used his hands and feet to smear Erbao and Sanbao randomly, and pushed them to his two younger brothers.
Erbao and Sanbao looked at each other and didn't like it. They still thought that the older brother's big one was better looking.
"Ahhhh!" Let the older brother bite!
Erbao's eyes were wide open like glass beads, and Sanbao stretched out his fat fingers and shouted in unison.
Li Yu almost laughed to death, and turned the little bodies of Dabao, Erbao and Sanbao to each other, letting them do their own things.
What kind of decent letter can such a big baby write? At most, he can just press some handprints.
Looking at Sibao again, he actually felt sleepy when he saw the rice paper. At this moment, he has fallen asleep peacefully on the paper with his butt sticking up.
Li Yu: "..."
Who does this fish baby look like!
Finally, Dabao "wrote" the image of Dabao in his mind, Erbao and Sanbao each left a handprint, and Sibao was half asleep and had water on his face, so he accidentally printed half of his grandfather's face.
Li Yu carefully blew the children's letters dry, folded them up, and handed them to King Jing.
"Will the emperor really not be angry?" Li Yu asked worriedly.
King Jing laughed and shook his head. He was the one who came up with the idea for this fish, and he was also the one who was afraid.
King Jing stuffed the children's "letters" and his letter of thanks into a huge envelope and handed it to Ye Qinghuan.
Ye Shizi, who was entrusted with an important task: "..."
This envelope completely refreshed Ye Qinghuan's cognition. King Jing said it was a letter of thanks, so how could it be so thick?
In the past, he thought that King Jing was cold and disdainful to please the emperor. Who knew that such a person could write a pile of letters? He was clearly a chatterbox like Eunuch Wang!
Li Yu prepared a gift for Princess Jin Jue and asked Ye Qinghuan to pass it on.
The princess was pregnant, and he and King Jing were far away in the west. Ye Qinghuan probably wouldn't be able to personally congratulate when the child was born, so Li Yu wanted to send gifts to the princess and the child in advance.
He used the small gold bracelets that Dabao and his friends had worn, asked a craftsman to melt them down again, and made a pair of beautiful peace locks.
The Cheng'en Mansion should not be short of these items for children to wear, but Li Yu heard from Aunt Xu that things worn by children would be blessed. He felt that his four children were all safe and healthy, and together, they were four blessings.
For a pregnant woman, nothing is more important than the safety of mother and child.
Ye Qinghuan accepted the gift on behalf of the princess, and his eyes were a little red.
"Thank you, cousin." Ye Qinghuan bowed respectfully.
Because Ye Qinghuan and the princess both knew Li Yu, they usually called Li Yu "Mr. Li" or "Princess." The word "cousin" made Li Yu slightly stunned, and then he realized that Ye Qinghuan recognized him and treated him as one of his own family, and Li Yu also happily responded to him.
Prince Jing glanced at Ye Qinghuan. This cousin who he always disliked finally seemed to be more pleasing to his eyes.
Ye Qinghuan rode back to the imperial city as fast as he could. The emperor got the news from Prince Jing. To be more precise, he found that along with Prince Jing's letter, there were several pieces of rice paper "written" by several children. The emperor was so excited that his hands were shaking.
After all, Prince Jing's child was only a hundred days old. Could he write a letter at a hundred days old?
The emperor was very curious and unfolded the "letter" with great anticipation.
The first piece of paper had a crooked character, which the emperor thought was rice.
The second and third pieces were small handprints.
And the fourth piece was...
The emperor couldn't control the smile on his face. Wasn't this just a little baby's face, with a few drops of saliva?
Although he had never seen the children of King Jing, he seemed to be able to see the children's vivid personalities through these pieces of paper.
"Luo Ruisheng, what do you think this means?"
The emperor turned over the words on the first sheet again and asked Luo, the chief steward.
Luo, the chief steward, stared at it for a long time and shook his head.
The emperor went to look at King Jing's letter again. Sure enough, at the end of the letter, King Jing mentioned that these four pieces of paper were written by several children in turn.
The emperor then understood that the words on the first sheet must have been written by King Jing's eldest son, and he had named this child as the prince.
Luo Ruisheng immediately said, "Your Majesty, although I don't know what the little prince meant by writing this word, I have never seen such a young child who can write in my life. The little prince will definitely be very knowledgeable in the future!"
Luo Ruisheng was very good at understanding the emperor's pulse and spoke well of King Jing's prince. It is not wrong to say that the little grandson of the emperor has a promising future. The most amazing thing is that he is well-educated.
This resounding flattery hit the emperor's heart. The emperor was very pleased and admired the rice character for a long time. At one point, he wanted to ask Luo Ruisheng to frame it and hang it on the wall of the Qianqing Palace.
The fact that the prince of Jing was so promising reminded the emperor of the seventh and eighth princes in the palace.
The two princes are still studying in the study. The emperor personally went to the study and encouraged them in a gentle tone. He also assigned them a lot of homework, including writing.
It is impossible for the emperor's uncle to be worse than the emperor's nephew who is less than one year old, right?
The little princes were suddenly hit by a huge pot: "..."
The emperor was not only kind to the seventh and eighth princes, but also decided to select the two most knowledgeable scholars in the Hanlin Academy to be responsible for teaching the children of King Jing. King Jing had invited several good teachers from the imperial city early on, but they were useless.
The emperor's arrangement was reported back to the western frontier. Li Yu was speechless when he learned about it. The emperor doted on these little guys too much, right?
"Tianchi, what is the deep meaning of the word rice written by Dabao?"
Li Yu couldn't help but ask King Jing quietly. Isn't it just a rice? Why does the emperor like it so much?
King Jing shook his head, he didn't know.
Dabao, who inadvertently heard the two fathers talking: "..."