Harem Daily Life

For the sake of He Xiaobao's physical and mental health and to help him forget the bad memory of being kidnapped by bad guys as soon as possible, he was arranged to sleep in Tao Yanyan's room these days. Only in the middle of the night was Mingyue carried him out to find the wet nurse for a night feed, and then sent back.

Cared for lovingly by his mother and father, he slept soundly every night, drooling and looking adorable in his sleeping posture.

When Yunuo learned about Xiaobao's welfare benefits, he finally lost his temper during breakfast one day.

"Father, am I still your most beloved baby? Why do I have to sleep in the palace while Xiaobao can sleep in your bedroom?"

He Linzhang choked. The precious little princess was jealous and needed to be coaxed!

He personally served Nuo a bowl of porridge and comforted him, "Xiaobao is a little upset because of the thief's theft, so your mother took him to bed. After a while, he will go back to his room to sleep."

Yunuo was still a little unhappy, she also wanted to sleep next to her father and mother.

Tao Yanyan looked at the sour look on Yunuo's face and raised an eyebrow, saying, "When Nuo'er was as old as Xiaobao, she also slept next to her mother. It was only after Nuo'er could speak that they slept in a separate room."

Yunuo was half-believing and half-doubting, looking at his mother with a silly face.

Tao Yanyan looked sincere. After all, she wasn't wrong. They had indeed slept together for a few nights, right?

The main reason was that He Linzhang was too clingy, and he was worried that the children's noise in the middle of the night would affect his sleep, so he sent the twins to sleep with the wet nurse. It was not that Tao Yanyan did not take care of the children in the middle of the night.

He Linzhang and Tao Yanyan looked at each other and thought that only the little baby Yunuo was easy to fool, so they believed it. If it was Yu Cheng, it would not be so easy to get away with it.

Sure enough, Yu Cheng ate a small bun and asked, "Did I sleep with my mother there too? Why don't I remember it?"

Tao Yanyan said with a smile: "You were still young at that time, it's normal that you don't remember it."

Yu Cheng frowned. "Am I sleeping between Father and Mother? And Yunuo, is he sleeping in the middle like me?"

Tao Yanyan narrowed her eyes. Her intuition told her not to answer too absolutely, otherwise this little trumpeter would definitely raise new questions.

"Well, of course, you two were in the middle. But I don't remember who was closer to me."

The main point is to forget the details.

Yu Cheng's brows furrowed even deeper. "But the Queen Mother's bed faces east and west, and I only like to sleep north and south. Will I make noise in the middle of the night?"

Tao Yanyan: "..."

I was careless and forgot that this little trumpet-whisperer has a mild obsessive-compulsive disorder.

"Ahem, you only started liking north-south orientation after you were assigned rooms. Before that, you were young and had no sense of direction."

Yu Cheng wanted to ask more, but Tao Yanyan forced him to change the subject: "By the way, your second brother said that he has a lot of schoolwork lately, so he asked you to memorize all ten poems and find Mingyue to pass the test. You can go and memorize them after breakfast."

When Yu Cheng heard about the homework left by his second brother, he stopped asking about which bedside he slept at when he was a baby. He quickly ate a few mouthfuls of breakfast and went to his room in a hurry.

Tao Yanyan breathed a sigh of relief, finally getting rid of this little trumpet spirit.

He Linzhang found it funny to see her fooling the twins the whole time, and thought that she would not be able to fool them anymore when the children grew up.

On the day of the New Year's Palace Banquet, Tao Yanyan was pulled up by Mingyue early in the morning to dress up, as she was going to receive the ladies of various families.

Last year, it was Concubine Xian who accompanied the Empress Dowager on the reception. This year, the Empress Dowager is not in the capital, so Concubine Xian will accompany her to do this work.

The virtuous concubine was also dressed very luxuriously today, but no matter how she dressed up, she could not surpass Tao Yanyan. All of Tao Yanyan's jewelry and clothes were far superior to those of other concubines.

He Xiaobao has been too attached to Tao Yanyan these days. When he can't see her, he looks for someone else. Tao Yanyan has no choice but to have someone take He Xiaobao with her to receive the ladies from various mansions and take care of the baby at the same time.

"The Fifth Prince is so cute, just like the boy sitting under the seat of Guanyin."

"The Empress is so good at giving birth. Both of her little princes are dragons among men."

Tao Yanyan's face was almost frozen with smiles as she could hear the endless praises from the ladies.

He Xiaobao was not shy. Seeing that everyone was looking at him with a smile, he couldn't help but grab the little snake jade pendant on his chubby waist, wanting to find someone who understood him to take off the biting "bug".

However, when everyone saw his cute appearance, they kept praising his jade pendant and no one really understood what he meant.

He Xiaobao was really annoyed. He leaned his head on Shuang'er's shoulder and didn't want to see anyone.

"The Queen's blessing is beyond the reach of others. My daughter-in-law is about to give birth, and I'm asking the Queen to give her something so she can wear it and feel the Queen's blessing."

Tao Yanyan smiled and took off a bracelet and gave it to Madam Zhao who was speaking: "I wish your daughter-in-law a safe delivery."

Mrs. Zhao took the bracelet with a smile on her face as if she had found a treasure and expressed her gratitude.

At the palace banquet in the evening, Tao Yanyan had no time to take care of the children, so he asked Mingyue and the others to take care of them. He especially told Shuang'er to be careful about the Yan State delegation approaching the children.

Shuang'er took note and after the Yan State delegation entered the hall, she kept her eyes on their direction.

Shadow hid the murderous aura on his body and dressed as an ordinary official, following behind the Yan State delegation. Beside him was Feng Chenmu in disguise.

Feng Chenmu's eyes seemed to be fixed on Tao Yanyan, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as "staring intently". However, Tao Yanyan did not even glance at the Yan State delegation, and he really did not notice that there was a man in the crowd staring at him.

He Xiaobao was held by Mingyue and sat behind his brother and sister, but he couldn't sit still and had to get up and walk around from time to time, either to grab the food in his brother's bowl or to eat a bite of the cakes his sister fed him.

Shadow glanced at the chubby little figure diagonally opposite him, and his hands itched so much that he really wanted to hug it and squeeze it.

He Xiaobao seemed to have sensed something, turned his butt, and faced the Yan State delegation, looking silly and cute, as if looking at a shadow.

Shadow was shocked and lowered his head guiltily.

However, He Xiaobao was soon attracted by the delicious food his sister fed him and diverted his attention.

"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou, Her Majesty the Queen of the Great Zhou, our Lord of the Yan State has specially ordered us to bring several wintersweet saplings of rare colors as a gift to the Queen. In a few years, blue, amber and orange wintersweet flowers will appear in the Great Zhou." The envoy of the Yan State sent someone to bring up the potted wintersweet flowers. There was nothing special about the appearance of the saplings.

Tao Yanyan glanced at the Yan State delegation and smiled distantly, "The Emperor of Yan State is very thoughtful. Come, please accept these pots of saplings."

Feng Chenmu smiled, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"I wonder why Lord Mu didn't come to the Great Zhou with you this time? Did he... die in the battle?" Tao Yanyan asked curiously.

The members of the Yan State delegation twitched their lips and it took a lot of effort to restrain themselves from looking at their emperor.

Feng Chenmu almost vomited blood, feeling both happy and angry. He was delighted that Empress Tao still remembered his earlier impersonation of Mu Chenfeng. But wasn't it too unlucky to say he'd died in battle during Chinese New Year?

This woman would make him angry.