Jiaming felt even more heartbroken at this moment, and a surge of envy and jealousy welled up inside her. Why did her son never call her "Mother"?!
Of course, that's a story for later. At this moment, looking at Xiao Hongxuan, who looked just like the Fourth Prince, she was first taken aback, and then she gave a bitter smile.
Seeing the little one make this expression so many times is still quite amusing, but what she's more concerned about is that this time the little one is serious and genuinely angry.
The son is your own, you spend every day with him, how could you not understand his personality?
At first, the little guy imitated the Fourth Master because he found it interesting and useful. Later, because it was useful, he became even more serious about it.
This further proves that the little guy was really angry this time.
Jiaming was speechless for a moment, pondering what to do.
Continuing to tease the little guy is unrealistic; if she angers him, he might give her a cold shoulder. And if she makes him cry, well, she can't help but sigh inwardly. After recovering from smallpox, the little guy has lost weight, and it breaks her heart. She can't bear to see him unhappy or angry.
Should she give up on letting the little guy call her "Mother"? Jiaming frowned and wrinkled her nose; she wasn't willing either.
Unable to think of a solution, she lowered her eyes to hide her disappointment, thinking to herself: The child is still more important. It seems that I have no choice but to give up!
Uh, what's this?
Jiaming's lowered eyes suddenly widened as she saw Jiaming's fingers twitch, causing the pastry in her hand to move as well.
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Haha, she's so silly, really! She completely forgot that the little one is a foodie!
Indeed, the allure of delicious food is immense.
The food-loving young prince Hongxuan accepted Jiaming's offer of food. While enjoying the delicious snacks, he stopped having a cold face and gave her a nice look—a smile.
But that's all. Calling her "Mother" or something like that isn't allowed. Xiao Hongxuan smiled and felt a sense of familiarity; he had encountered something similar before with his father...
Thus, Jiaming was unknowingly tricked by the Fourth Master again.
Seeing her son's face suddenly change and become tense again, she reluctantly tried to lure him with another pastry. But after the little guy got it and ate it, he opened his mouth wide.
Jiaming, who was paying close attention, looked on with a smile, full of anticipation.
"Uh, uh!" Little Hongxuan blinked his bright black eyes and said in a childish voice.
Jiaming blinked again and again, but found that the childish voices were no longer heard around her.
It's gone just like that?!
She wanted to hear "Mother", not "E'e"!
The little guy's clear, innocent black eyes met Jiaming's accusing gaze, and Jiaming had no choice but to retreat in the face of that expression.
But she was still unwilling to give up and decided to try again. As the saying goes, it doesn't matter if a move is old or not, as long as it works! Jiaming once again used her dessert temptation skill.
Looking at the pastries, Xiao Hongxuan's bright eyes shone even brighter, but the next moment, a conflicted expression appeared on his face.
Jiaming waited patiently, she refused to believe that her little foodie son would still refuse to call her "Mother" even under the temptation of her delicious food.
After a while, the little guy made up his mind, picked up the beautiful puzzle that his uncle had specially given him, and started playing with it.
Jiaming blinked, then blinked again. Was she hallucinating?!
My foodie son didn't even take the delicious snack that was handed to him!
Xiao Hongxuan played with the puzzle absentmindedly, glancing every now and then at Jiaming and the snacks she was holding.
Hmm, it seems that delicious snacks still work on my foodie son. But why did he resist the temptation and not accept the snacks she offered?
Jiaming couldn't figure it out, so she gave up and put it aside, continuing to focus on teasing Xiao Hongxuan with snacks.
She refused to believe that such a young child could remain unmoved by repeated temptations.
But it still happened!
Later historians believe that the anecdotes about Emperor Chengxuan in royal tales—that he was resolute and resistant to temptation even before he was a year old, and that he remained unmoved by the allure of delicious food—are exaggerations and are merely embellishments by later generations.
After all, historical records show that Emperor Chengxuan made no secret of his love for food.
It's highly unlikely that someone with a foodie nature, especially an infant who is still too young to understand, could resist the temptation of delicious food.
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But Jiaming's listless expression told the truth: this young prince had indeed resisted the temptation. Even though he kept glancing at the snacks, he still didn't reach out to take them and eat them.
So, from then on, Jiaming started competing with Xiao Hongxuan, going to the small kitchen every day to make delicious food, just the right kind of food for the little guy.
Unfortunately, this little guy follows the same pattern every day.
The first time she teased him that day, the little guy happily accepted the food and ate it.
She teased him a second time that day, and the little guy couldn't resist. He happily accepted the food, but after eating it, he kept saying "Uh, uh!"
What the heck?
She wanted to hear him call her "Mother," not "E'e"!
As for the fact that the little one can only speak single words, Jiaming said she didn't believe it!
She heard the little guy speak in two-word phrases, like what to eat, or calling out "Fourth Master".
When she tried to entice him a third time, the little guy was distracted playing with puzzles and other toys, and just wouldn't accept her advances.
This happened every day, and over time, Jiaming gradually understood.
Oh my god, I just remember my son not even a year old yet!
He's so clever; he keeps her hanging on every day, letting her continue to seduce him, and gives him at least two extra meals a day!
Actually, if Jiaming asked the Fourth Master, he would definitely know.
Because it was all thanks to him.
He knew that children couldn't understand what adults were saying, but his fourth son was smart enough to understand things from a young age, which showed he was quite capable.
So, in order to guide his son to help cheat those brothers and vent his anger, he used to take the child to the front yard and often use the game of teasing the child in a fun and educational way.
Jiaming didn't ask the Fourth Master, so she didn't know how pleased he was with himself after learning about it. She thought he was pleased with Xiao Hongxuan's intelligence.
While Jiaming was teasing Xiao Hongxuan, Li Shi of Liyuan had enough time to glean information from Xiao Hezi through roundabout means and put it into action to verify the truth.
"Bang!" The Li family of Liyuan started their nouveau riche behavior of smashing bottles and jars again.
The head maidservant serving Li kept her neck hunched and head bowed, never daring to step forward to offer Li advice or persuade her to calm down or harm her health.
Because of Li's past criminal record, even though she had new head maids after Xiangyu and Xiangyun passed away, these maids only showed her awe and not affection.
So, Li vented her anger, smashing almost all the bottles and jars in the room before being forced to stop.
Just as Jiaming had predicted, Li, panting, said hatefully, "Hesheli! You wretch! How dare you lay a hand on Hongshi! I will not let you get away with this!"
The harsh tone of that voice sent chills down the spines of the maids who were cowering, heads bowed, barely able to make out what they were hearing. Qin Xi'er said, "Wishing you great fortune in the Year of the Rooster!"
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