So sweet! She's pampered like a precious gem in her little world.

Jingyin held the little girl on his lap and carefully braided her hair.

When he was young, his mother often whispered in his ear that she wanted to give him a cute little sister.

At that time, he didn't know what a younger sister was, but the tender love in his mother's eyes when she talked about her made him look forward to it.

Later, his mother really did become pregnant, and he looked forward to his little sister every day.

Unexpectedly, before her younger sister arrived, she received a series of devastating news: the sudden death of their father and the suicide of their mother after becoming involved with the regent.

He never got to see his mother one last time.

He didn't know what had happened to make a gentle woman like his mother abandon her son and resolutely face death with the daughter she had been waiting for in her womb.

"hiss--"

A soft cry of pain brought Jingyin back to his senses.

Only then did he realize that he was pulling the little girl's hair quite hard.

"I'm sorry, Chu Chu, I didn't mean it. Does it still hurt?"

A pair of adorable pigtails have been tied.

Chu Yu looked at the boy behind her in the mirror; she hadn't missed his sorrowful expression just now.

"elder brother."

"what happened?"

The little bundle in my arms used both hands and feet, as if trying to turn around.

Jingyin raised his hand to protect her and helped her turn around to face him and sit down.

He looked down at the little girl; the delicate, adorable baby with her two pigtails sticking up in the air made her even more adorable.

"Our baby will definitely be the most beautiful girl in the world when she grows up."

Chu Yu looked up, and the sunlight from outside the window shone through the exquisitely carved window lattice into the hall, falling directly on the face of the young man sitting upright at the dressing table in front of the window.

The young man had a face as fair as jade, and his fair, snow-covered cheeks were made even softer by the sunlight.

That moment.

Her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Even though nothing had happened, her vague suspicion seemed to have been confirmed just a moment ago.

It's him.

Chu Yu couldn't quite describe how she felt.

Having experienced the previous small world in its entirety, she actually felt somewhat distant and vague about the original world.

That one person, however, was the deepest obsession in her heart.

For some reason, Jingyin noticed that the little girl's gaze suddenly became strangely deep, as if she were looking through him at someone else.

"What are you thinking about, little one?"

He regretted it as soon as the words left his mouth.

Who else could she be thinking of, after what happened just last night?

"Brother, I'm a little hungry."

Jingyin was taken aback. "Breakfast is ready. Let's take Guai Guai to eat now."

After saying that, he called out to the outside, "Li Zhi, serve the meal."

Just as Chu Yu was being carried by the young man and sat down at the table, the palace servants who were serving the meal filed in, neatly placing the exquisite dishes one by one on the table before quietly leaving.

The entire process took no more than the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, and it was almost completely silent.

In the blink of an eye, only the two of them and Li Zhi, who was waiting to serve the meal, remained in the room.

Jingyin noticed that Chuyu was uncomfortable, so he told Li Zhi to put the washbasin aside and leave.

Chu Yu shifted, trying to get off his lap, but he held her down and scolded her in a low voice, "What are you doing moving around like that?"

The little girl was startled when she heard him speak in that tone for the first time, and instantly became obedient and stopped moving.

A soft sigh came from behind her, and then the boy took her small hand and carefully wiped it clean with a handkerchief soaked in warm water.

Jingyin carefully wiped her hands while patiently explaining.

"I didn't mean to be mean to you. You're still small. If I hadn't caught you just now, you could have easily fallen and gotten hurt."

The little girl seemed to understand but not quite, "Will my brother be unable to support me?"

Jing Yin: "..."

Kids really do have unique thought processes.

"No, your brother won't let you fall."

The little dumpling was very satisfied and happy, her two pigtails bobbing up and down.

Jingyin stared at the top of her fluffy head and smiled slightly.

He held the little girl on his lap and sat her down, then picked up the jade chopsticks to feed her.

"I don't know what Chu Chu usually likes to eat, so I had a portion of each prepared. Chu Chu, try them and tell me which one you like, okay?"

The little girl nodded obediently, her pigtails swaying like a pair of cute long ears.

Jingyin adhered to etiquette from a young age, and the most basic requirement was not to speak while eating or sleeping.

Unexpectedly, once the little girl came to his side, these deeply ingrained habits were easily changed.

He knew all too well how dangerous it was to be so easily influenced by one person, especially as the ruler of a country.

But he watched helplessly as he walked into the abyss.

Chu Yu is naturally small-eaten at her age. She only tasted a bite of each dish on the table, and before she had even eaten half of it, she was already full.

He reached out and pushed away the spoon the boy offered, shaking his head with a heavy expression.

"Brother, I really can't eat anymore, Chu Chu is really full!"

My tummy is going to explode if I eat any more.

Following her movements, Jingyin glanced at her noticeably bulging belly, frowned subconsciously, and quickly put down his jade chopsticks to cover her stomach.

"How did you get so bloated? Are you in pain? Let me have the female healer take a look at you."

Chu Yu didn't feel uncomfortable. It's true that children tend to have round bellies when they're full, but she only ate a tiny bit more than usual.

You can't blame her, the dishes from the imperial kitchen are just so delicious!

The main reason is that Jingyin was not greedy for food, and his daily meals consisted mainly of simple dishes.

The chefs in the imperial kitchen had unparalleled skills but had nowhere to use them.

It is rare that His Majesty has specially ordered that a different kind of breakfast be prepared today.

Not only that, Chief Steward Li also specifically instructed that this breakfast was prepared for the newly appointed Princess Yuanjia, and that they must be careful to prepare it. If the princess was satisfied, they would naturally receive a reward.

This morning, the imperial edict was issued, and everyone in the palace knew how favored Princess Yuanjia was.

The nation's top chefs put in their best efforts to prepare a feast, so what's wrong with her eating a few more bites?

Although the girl repeatedly said that she was not uncomfortable, just a little full, Jingyin's tightly furrowed brows did not relax.

"Little Bao, be good. Just to put your brother's mind at ease, I'll have the female physician take your pulse later, okay?"

Last night, Yingqi checked her body while wiping her down and found no injuries.

However, since the female doctor hadn't taken his pulse, he still couldn't completely put his mind at ease.

Concern leads to chaos.

She was standing perfectly fine in front of him, and he would worry that she might be feeling unwell, so he would force himself to endure it.

When the female physician arrived, Jingyin was coaxing the little girl, who was feeling lazy after dinner, to take a walk in the palace to digest her food.

The Zichen Hall is not particularly large, with nine bays in width and five bays in depth, symbolizing the supreme ruler.

Chu Yu lazily walked back and forth with the boy for only one round trip before she started whining and begging for a hug.

"Brother—hug me!"

Jingyin looked down at the little one, who was pleadingly reaching out his tiny arms. The last vestiges of his principles had long since vanished.

With a resigned sigh, she bent down, picked the person up, and held them in her arms. Just as she reached the entrance of the bedchamber, she encountered a female physician who had come to take her pulse.

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