Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1212 Sweet
Because he had been traveling a lot, had experienced an invisible but fierce struggle in the court, and was tormented by Xiao Yuanqian for half a day when he returned home, when it was time to go to bed, Shang Ruyi did not even have time to yawn before falling into a sweet dream.

She slept for almost an hour.

When he opened his eyes, it was already bright outside. The sunlight shone into the bedroom through the window, illuminating the entire room. Shang Ruyi was immersed in such soft sunlight, as if he was soaking in a warm bath, and was too lazy to move.

Until I heard a babyish "hum" in my ear.

She turned her head immediately and saw a chubby boy crawling into the quilt, with his butt sticking out towards her. It was none other than Xiao Yuanqian. The child had woken up at some point and looked at her for a long time. Seeing that she ignored him, he got angry and crawled into the quilt.

Shang Ruyi immediately came to his senses and pulled him with a smile: "Yuan Qian..."

No one answered her.

"Little Yuanzi..."

Little Yuanqian continued to dig deeper into the quilt. Shang Ruyi smiled so hard that her eyes curved. She reached out to grab his calf and said with a smile, "When did you wake up? Why didn't you tell your mother? Are you hungry?"

Only after hearing this did Xiao Yuanqian stop trying to get in. He struggled a few more times before he was finally pulled out by Shang Ruyi. His face was flushed, his pupils were black and bright like longan seeds, and he looked at Shang Ruyi with a little mouth open, with a little sparkling saliva flowing from the corner of his mouth.

I'm greedy.

Shang Ruyi felt that her child was the cutest thing in the world. She hugged him tightly and rubbed him twice, then said, "Are you hungry? Mommy will ask them to prepare some food for you, okay?"

"want."

"What do you want to eat?"

"Tiantian..."

"Tiantian? Do you want some caramel?"

"Tiantian..."

"It's not maltose? What's sweet about that? Sugar is sweet."

The mother and son were wrapped in a warm quilt and talking to each other. Tusheer heard the noise from outside and pushed the door open with two maids, bringing hot water, towels and green salt. She walked to the bed and bowed to Shang Ruyi and Yuan Qian, then said with a smile: "The princess is finally awake. We have been waiting outside for a long time."

Shang Ruyi blushed a little. As a princess, it was not good to sleep in. She could only glance at the side awkwardly. Yuwen Ye was no longer on the bed. Tusheer knew what she was going to ask and took the initiative to say, "Your Highness the Prince of Qin got up early in the morning and left without even having breakfast."

"Oh."

Shang Ruyi was not surprised. This man seemed to have endless energy. Even if he had just fought a bloody battle the day before, he would not waste a moment getting up early to train his troops the next day. What's more, Yuwen Yuan had just promised him yesterday that he would lead the Twelve Guards as generals to reset the Twelve Guards. He must hurry up and deal with this matter.

This is a crucial step.

Shang Ruyi thought so in her heart, her eyes turned cold for a moment, but fortunately Tusheer didn't care, and picked up the little Yuan Qian who was stretching out his hand to Shang Ruyi in her arms, and said with a smile: "Did your little prince sleep well? The nurse is waiting outside. You must be hungry."

Xiao Yuanqian nodded obediently: "Hungry!"

Tusheer smiled and said, "I will help you rinse your mouth. Can you eat after you rinse your mouth?"

"it is good!"

Seeing that the child was so well-behaved towards Tushe'er, Shang Ruyi was somewhat moved and said softly, "He is not even this close to me."

Hearing this, Tushe deliberately pouted: "The little prince has left us and the princess. We haven't seen each other for such a long time. Of course, the little prince is shy."

Hearing her mention "we" in her words, Shang Ruyi shook his head helplessly and said, "Okay, I know you are all wronged. Don't worry, this year - at least this year, Your Highness and I will not go out again."

Tusheer then smiled happily.

She helped Shang Ruyi put on his clothes, and then both mother and son washed up. Nanny Feng came in and took little Yuan Qian away. Shang Ruyi said, "By the way, he just said he wanted to eat sweet candy - what kind of candy is sweet candy?"

Tushe'er and Nanny Feng looked at each other and laughed. Nanny Feng smiled and said, "It's dessert. The little prince likes sweet food, but Doctor Su said that children should not eat too much sweet food, otherwise their teeth will be damaged. Madam Chu often makes some desserts and sends them over. The desserts she makes are a little sweet, which can fill you up without damaging your teeth, so the little prince likes that the most."

"That's right."

Shang Ruyi sighed: "I was away these days, but Madam Chu took care of me."

Tusheer said, "Pan Qing has come over to ask twice just now, asking when the princess will get up. I guess Madam Chu is coming to pay her respects to the princess."

Upon hearing this, Shang Ruyi immediately asked someone to serve the meal. Just after breakfast, Chang Wan came to report that Chu Ruoyan had arrived.

During the half year since they separated, Shang Ruyi had become much darker and thinner, with many small wounds on his hands and body, but Chu Ruoyan seemed to be kept in a closed, crystal box, without any change. In fact, in a trance, Shang Ruyi felt that even her neatly-knit hair, the bright moon beads hanging from her bun, and her snow-white teeth revealed when she smiled, had not changed at all from before he left.

"Meet the princess."

Seeing her walking towards him and bowing, Shang Ruyi immediately waved his hand for her to stand up, and the two of them walked to the table and sat down hand in hand. Tushe'er only placed two cups of tea, and then said with a smile: "Since Madam Chu is here, I won't take the snacks here." Chu Ruoyan looked at her with a smile, then waved to Pan Qing beside her. Sure enough, Pan Qing was holding a box in her hand. She put it on the table and opened it. There were several exquisite snacks inside. Not only were they lifelike, but they were also fragrant, which made people's appetites grow at the sight.

Shang Ruyi sighed: "Your hands are becoming more and more dexterous."

Chu Ruoyan smiled and said, "There's nothing to do, so I can only put some effort into these trivial matters."

Shang Ruyi said: "To do one thing well is the right thing to do."

Hearing her say this, Chu Ruoyan blushed and said softly: "Sister is too good at comforting people."

After that, she looked up and carefully examined Shang Ruyi, then said, "I also heard some news in the palace. I heard that your sister also went to the battlefield. Is she injured?"

Shang Ruyi didn't want her to worry or be scared, but couldn't help showing off, so he picked a few battles that were not too dangerous and told her about them. Chu Ruoyan had never been to the battlefield, but Shang Ruyi had experienced it personally and described it vividly. Not only did she open her eyes wide, frightened and curious, but even Tushe'er, Changwan and Panqing, the palace maids, were fascinated by what she heard.

After a long while, Chu Ruoyan covered her chest and sighed, "This is too scary."

After that, she said to Shang Ruyi: "Sister, you'd better not go to the battlefield again in the future. What if you really get hurt?"

Shang Ruyi smiled and said, "There is no big battle to be fought outside."

After all, Chu Ruoyan was born into a royal family and had experienced the destruction of her country and her family. She was very sensitive to some things. She personally took a piece of chestnut cake from the food box and handed it to Shang Ruyi, then said, "Sister means that the foreign invasion is over."

Shang Ruyi smiled without saying anything. She took the chestnut cake and took a bite. It was just as Tusheer said. It was lightly sweet and not greasy. The chestnut flour was ground very finely and almost melted in her mouth. She praised, "Hmm, delicious!"

Chu Ruoyan smiled with eyes curved: "Sister likes it, I will go back and make some more and ask Pan Qing to send it over."

Shang Ruyi took a sip of tea, looked at her again, and said with a smile: "No, wait for Feng Chen to come back later - just ask him to bring it back tomorrow."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Chu Ruoyan immediately understood what she was hinting at and her face turned red.

Tushe'er, who was standing by, was originally very happy. Although she was not as angry as before, she still couldn't help pouting. But at this moment, Yuan Qian had finished his breakfast and changed his clothes. Nanny Feng brought him over. When he saw Chu Ruoyan, he immediately became happy and ran towards her: "Zhuzhu."

Shang Ruyi was stunned: "What beads?"

Everyone laughed, and Pan Qing explained, "Madam came over several times, but the young prince couldn't pronounce the word 'Chu', and only called him 'Zhu Zhu', so everyone followed him."

Seeing little Yuan Qian, Chu Ruoyan was even happier. She picked up a small and delicate lotus crisp from the food box, leaned over and handed it to him, and said with a smile: "Yuan Qian, eat this."

Yuan Qian immediately took it and stuffed it into his mouth.

Shang Ruyi looked at his son's greedy cat-like appearance, shook his head repeatedly in shame, and poked his forehead: "You eat other people's food, but you can't even call people. Why did I give birth to such a stupid and greedy cat like you?"

With the delicious food in his mouth, Yuan Qian no longer felt wronged, nor was he angry with her. He just laughed and ate the lotus cake while climbing up Chu Ruoyan's knees, looking eagerly at the other snacks in the food box. Chu Ruoyan said softly, "Your Highness, just eat one today. If you eat more, your stomach will hurt."

"Well……"

The little guy pouted his sugar-covered mouth in grievance.

Shang Ruyi couldn't help but pat his little butt again: "Little greedy cat."

With the presence of a child in the hall, the atmosphere was more lively and sweet than before. Everyone was playing with the children while talking about what happened after they separated. Chu Ruoyan said, "In the fall, I took Yuan Qian to the Thousand Steps Corridor for a walk, but recently - he has been going less often and he is bored."

Shang Ruyi said: "The weather has been cold recently."

Chu Ruoyan glanced at her and shook her head gently: "Not entirely."

Shang Ruyi looked at her: "Hmm?"

Chu Ruoyan said softly: "Sister just came back, have you heard about Concubine Tao?"

Upon hearing this, Shang Ruyi's expression froze slightly, and he said, "Sheer told me, but I don't know the details yet. Do you know?"

Chu Ruoyan whispered, "Since my sister is not here, I can't ask too much, but I heard from people around Concubine Tao that it should be Concubine Zhang - no, she should be called Zhang Zhaoyi now, who did it."

"..."

"Tao Jieyu is in a state of disarray and hasn't come out to see anyone for a long time. After the emperor went to see her a few times, he rarely goes there anymore."

Shang Ruyi couldn't help but frowned and murmured, "This won't do. I have to go see her."

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Chu Ruoyan waving at Pan Qing behind her. When she looked up, she saw Pan Qing took out another exquisite snack box from behind and handed it to her. Chu Ruoyan smiled and said, "If you want to visit the patient, take this with you. It's not good to go empty-handed."

Shang Ruyi took one look and immediately laughed: "You are so thoughtful."