Gu Yuzhi was enjoying his candied hawthorn with gusto, his head bobbing up and down as he crunched on it.
The sweet and sour taste made Gu Yuzhi squint his eyes.
Just as he was enjoying his meal, he suddenly stopped, as if frozen in place. He even forgot to chew, his eyes blinking rapidly with a hint of panic.
Seeing that something was wrong, Chief Secretary Xie quickly squatted down and whispered, "Your Highness, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with these candied hawthorns?"
In the blink of an eye, Chief Secretary Xie had thought of many things, even the possibility that the candied hawthorn seller might poison His Highness.
He straightened up abruptly, raising his voice to summon the guards so he could subdue the candied hawthorn vendor first.
Gu Yuzhi reached out and grabbed Ke Xie's sleeve in time, stopping Ke Xie from kidnapping someone on the street.
He looked up at Chief Secretary Xie with teary eyes, pouting, and said, "Chief Secretary Xie, Chief Secretary, my teeth are loose."
As he spoke, he opened his mouth and made an "ah" sound.
Fearing that Xie Changshi might not be able to see clearly, he even used his tongue to press against the loose tooth.
He felt wronged just thinking about it. When he was in the palace, he didn't have many opportunities to eat candy because of the lack of resources and his strict mother.
Having finally arrived in the northern desert, he restrained himself, and this candied hawthorn was only the second time he had eaten it, so why was his tooth about to fall out?
The more Gu Yuzhi thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt, and he unconsciously licked the loose tooth again.
The next instant, Shu Xiaohan and Xie Changshi shouted in unison, "Your Highness, you can't!"
Gu Yuzhi slowly closed his mouth, his big eyes filled with tears, looking at the two of them with an innocent and pitiful expression.
Chief Secretary Xie said in a low voice, "Your Highness, when you are losing your baby teeth, you must not use your tongue to push them out, otherwise the teeth will grow out unevenly and look very unsightly."
Gu Yuzhi's eyes widened in disbelief; he had never heard of such a saying!
He quickly pursed his lips tightly, afraid that if he licked them again, his teeth would become crooked and ugly.
After this little incident, Chief Secretary Xie dared not continue to wander around outside with Gu Yuzhi. He coaxed him into the carriage first, and then ruthlessly confiscated the candied hawthorns.
Gu Yuzhi stared in disbelief as the coachman took the candied hawthorns and devoured them one after another in no time. He stomped his foot in frustration and said, "Thank you, Chief Secretary! These are my candied hawthorns, mine!"
He knew he was starting to lose his baby teeth and couldn't eat these things anymore, but that didn't mean he wanted to give them away as a reward!
Gu Yuzhi's face puffed up like a pufferfish, and his big eyes stared at Xie Changshi without blinking, his gaze full of accusation.
Chief Secretary Xie patiently said in a low voice, "Your Highness, I am doing this for your own good. Those candied hawthorns are sour and sticky, which is especially bad for your teeth. If you don't control yourself, it will be very painful when your baby teeth come in."
Shu Xiaohan chimed in, "Yes, yes, not only will it hurt, but worms will also crawl into your teeth, making them loose and black..."
Gu Yuzhi suddenly covered his mouth, his face filled with terror.
His mind was filled with the image of him opening his mouth and seeing a mouthful of black teeth, with worms falling out.
He burst into tears, grabbing Xie Changshi's hand and saying, "Xie Changshi, Xie Changshi, I don't want to be covered in worms, and I don't want to be all black!"
Chief Secretary Xie looked completely bewildered. What long worm? What pitch black?
What are you saying, Your Highness?
But obviously none of that is the most important thing right now; the most important thing is to soothe the wailing little prince.
Gu Yuzhi returned to the Wen residence, sobbing uncontrollably. As soon as he entered his room, he locked himself inside and stared at the bronze mirror for a long time, but the mirror was blurry and he couldn't see clearly.
The more this happened, the more Gu Yuzhi felt his teeth were turning black, and he even felt like there were worms crawling in his mouth.
Gu Yuzhi jumped onto the bed and wrapped himself completely in the blanket. Tears welled up in his eyes as he thought, "I'm doomed. I'll become an ugly monster. I'll never be able to face anyone again."
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He couldn't even hear Wen Shu and the other person calling out to him anymore. He cried for a while, and when he was really tired, he tilted his head and fell asleep.
Wen Xiuzhu rolled her eyes at Shu Xiaohan: "Didn't you say you were a mother? Didn't you say you were very experienced? Your experience is scaring the little prince to tears?"
Shu Xiaohan also looked anxious and said aggrievedly, "How was I supposed to know that the young prince would think so much? I just wanted the young prince to know that eating too much candy will cause cavities..."
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't hit her, Wen Xiuzhu really wanted to tap Shu Xiaohan on the head with his fan: "You still dare to talk! You still dare to talk!"
Shu Xiaohan shrugged and sighed, "I won't say anymore. I'll tell the little prince when he wakes up that his teeth are now white and straight, and he looks especially handsome when he smiles."
When her eldest child was losing his baby teeth, she explained it to him in this way, and he wasn't scared at all.
Shu Xiaohan completely forgot that modern children have known from a young age that eating less sugar and brushing their teeth frequently will prevent cavities.
Compared to modern children who are always surrounded by classmates and friends, Gu Yuzhi has almost no peers around him. Although he knows that he will lose his baby teeth, no one has ever told him that eating too much sugar will cause cavities in his teeth...
Thinking of all this, Shu Xiaohan couldn't help but sigh again: "The young prince is still too lonely."
Children should spend more time with other children. Spending all day with calculating adults can make them prematurely mature.
However, when she thought about the young prince's identity, she knew that there was no use in expressing her feelings.
After Gu Yuzhi woke up, both Wen Shu and Xu Mama kept assuring him that as long as he ate less sugar and brushed his teeth properly, his teeth would not get rotten.
He looked at his teeth for a long time, grinning, before he was sure they were really white. Then he patted his chest hard with his little hand and let out a long sigh of relief.
While he waited anxiously and fearfully, his teeth hadn't fallen out yet, but Guard Qi and Guard Zhang returned to the Wen residence together.
Gu Yuzhi looked up when he heard Mingli's report, but forgot that he was drinking porridge. The fine silver spoon suddenly hit his teeth, and the next moment, Gu Yuzhi felt something fall off his mouth.
He stared blankly at the tooth on the silver spoon, and after a long while, he cried out in panic, "Granny Xu, Granny Xu..."
As soon as he spoke, Gu Yuzhi sensed that something was amiss.
With one tooth missing, he speaks with a lisp!
This unfamiliar feeling terrified Gu Yuzhi even more. Holding the silver spoon, he stared blankly at Granny Xu: "Granny Xu, look..."
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