"Did you wash your hands before coming here?" The Empress Dowager looked at Yun Duoduo in Zhang Mama's arms, and then carefully examined A Xiang's hands.
Her grandson is so sweet and cuddly! You can't just hug him anywhere.
It's the dead of winter now, and the cold is everywhere. What if she doesn't pay attention to hygiene and her precious granddaughter catches some kind of disease?
Ah Xiang paused for a moment, then realized that she had followed Zhang Mama from the Hibiscus Palace in the southwest garden of the palace to the Shouchang Palace in the very center of the palace. Although she hadn't touched anything along the way, she had inevitably touched things like door frames when she came in from the outside, and her palms were sweaty. She really needed to wash her hands properly before holding the little princess.
"Your Majesty, I will wash my hands now. I will be more careful in the future."
The Empress Dowager nodded; this palace maid was quick to understand.
After Ah Xiang left, she carefully scrubbed her hands clean inside and out with soapberry leaves, and then carefully dried them with a handkerchief before returning to her bedchamber.
Granny Zhang gently placed Yun Duoduo in A Xiang's arms.
Ah Xiang was thin but still half a head taller than Zhang Mama. She bent her knees and stretched out her arms. Although her hands were trembling a little, she steadily supported Yun Duoduo.
She looked at the adorable little baby in her arms, her eyes and brows beaming with joy.
Yun Duoduo felt inexplicably at ease smelling the soapberry scent on Aunt Xiang's hands.
When she grows up, she will definitely ask Aunt Xiang more questions about her mother.
The person who caused her to lose her mother's love right after birth, and she'll wash her neck clean and wait. When Yun Duoduo grows up, she will definitely find that person and tear him to pieces!
"I need to rest now. A bed has been set up for you in Duoduo's bedroom. You can take care of her yourself." After saying this, Zhang Mama helped the Empress Dowager walk towards the Buddhist hall.
As Yun Duoduo watched her grandmother's departing figure, she couldn't help but think that her grandmother was truly full of rituals. Reciting Buddhist scriptures before bed every day was an unwavering ritual for her grandmother.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Ah Xiang bowed while holding Yun Duoduo.
"Our little princess is so cute!" Ah Xiang carried Yun Duoduo towards the bedroom, gently touching Yun Duoduo's soft, chubby little face.
"That's right, I'm the cutest princess!"
Yun Duoduo chuckled somewhat narcissistically.
Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her stomach, so intense that she was caught off guard. The feeling seemed familiar, but her small body seemed unable to control it.
Ah Xiang was also surprised to see Yun Duoduo's suddenly changed expression. Yun Duoduo, who had just been giggling, now had a flushed face, her eyebrows were drawn up, and her eyes were wide open, as if she was trying to do something.
After a comfortable bowel movement, Yun Duoduo's facial expression relaxed, and then a foul smell wafted out.
She actually pooped...
Yun Duoduo felt comfortable, but then a foul smell wafted over, much to A Xiang's dismay.
Ah Xiang was holding Yun Duoduo and was unsure whether to put her on the bed or continue holding her. After hesitating for a moment, she gently placed Yun Duoduo on the bed and went to get clean clothes, bedding, and diapers.
Yun Duoduo stared at the ceiling with her big eyes, feeling so embarrassed! She had actually pooped!
And the feeling of poop coming into close contact with her little bottom was really unpleasant! She looked down at her little body with great disgust.
That was incredibly embarrassing...
That stinky guy has no sportsmanship at all! How could he just show up like that?!
Although it's a perfectly normal physiological reaction for a baby, the thought of being stripped naked and having Aunt Xiang clean her smelly diaper made her feel very embarrassed.
Waaaaah, she has to grow up quickly!
After changing Yun Duoduo's clothes, A Xiang hugged Yun Duoduo, rocked her little body, and coaxed her to sleep.
Yun Duoduo gradually felt sleepy, closed her eyes, and felt Aunt Xiang's warm embrace.
Suddenly, the window moved, as if someone outside was trying to open it.
Hearing the noise, Ah Xiang stiffened. She cautiously placed Yun Duoduo on the bed, covered her with a tall quilt, then picked up the vase from the corner of the bed and slowly moved closer to the window.
The palace is in turmoil; could someone be plotting to assassinate the princess again?!
Who on earth would be so audacious as to commit such a heinous act at the Empress Dowager's Shouchang Palace?
[With so many guards outside, how could someone still break in? Should she call for help? She would risk her life to protect the little princess!]
Just as Ah Xiang was about to shout for help from the guards, a child's voice came from outside the window.
"Wow, this window is really hard to open!"
"Royal sister, does the royal sister miss the royal brother?!" The eldest prince, Yun Yibo, peeked inside, and when no one paid him any attention, he climbed in through the window.
"Hey, don't pull me!" Yun Yibo glared at the clumsy Yun Yishu with disdain.
"Brother, I can't get up there, please help me!" Yun Yishu pleaded with Yun Yibo with a mournful face. He was too fat, which made him somewhat inflexible.
"Brother, why didn't you use the main gate? Why did you have to climb into bed? I'm not a thief! Honestly, the clothes Mother made for me are torn again!" The Third Prince, Yun Yishu, grumbled, expressing his dissatisfaction.
"You blabbermouth! We're here to see our sister. If we enter through the main gate, we'll have to ask permission from the Empress Dowager. You idiot!"
The Third Prince, Yun Yishu, followed closely behind and climbed in through the window. It was quite a struggle for his chubby body to climb in. Yun Yibo, while complaining about his brother, grabbed Yun Yishu's chubby arm and pulled him in.
"Little sister, little sister, your brother misses you so much!"
Yun Duoduo lay on the bed, listening intently to the sounds outside. It turned out that the visitors were the First Prince and the Second Prince. No wonder the guards at the palace gate hadn't stopped them.
Seeing that the visitor was not an assassin, Ah Xiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, put the slender vase back in its original place, and gave a slight bow, "This servant greets the First Prince and the Second Prince."
"No need for formalities, no need for formalities. We've come to see our imperial sister." Yun Yibo waved his hand casually.
"Auntie, please prepare some pastries and tea. We're going to read a bedtime story to our little sister." Yun Yishu glanced at the empty table; his stomach was already rumbling.
Bedtime stories?! That's a good thing.
No need to poke, no need to poke.
Yun Duoduo lay happily on the bed, giggling. This was such a nice treatment; someone would even read her a story before bed.
"What's that smell? It's so stinky!" Yun Yibo scanned his surroundings and sniffed carefully.
Yun Duoduo was speechless; this was incredibly embarrassing!
Her round eyes darted around, and she couldn't help but silently question Yun Yibo, "Elder Brother, are you being polite?"
"It does smell a bit." Yun Yishu covered her mouth and nose with her sleeve and reopened the window that had been closed.
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