novelhk Chapter 340 Parenting
Chapter 340 Parenting
The Empress Dowager Song was happy these days, enjoying the fun of playing with her grandchildren every day. Her daughter-in-law Luo Li was busy with business matters, but she also chatted with her happily. Although her son was busy with government affairs, the family could still have dinner together every day.
The family of four sitting together for dinner were so happy and laughing. The etiquette of not talking while eating or sleeping did not exist in the Regent's Palace.
The Empress Dowager carefully picked out the bones from a piece of fish and put it into her precious grandson's mouth with a silver spoon, "Lin'er, be good. Eat another bite of fish. Grow taller and stronger."
Sitting on a special high stool for babies to eat, Lin opened his mouth and swallowed the fish meat in one gulp. He clapped his chubby little hands and laughed as he chewed, "Smells good, smells good, the meat smells good!"
"My dear grandson is so smart!" The Empress Dowager praised her grandson, and turned around to show off to her son and daughter-in-law, "I only taught Lin'er once, and he could say 'meat smells good'. If I teach him for a few more days, Lin'er will be able to speak in complete sentences."
Regent Zhao Defang smiled and complimented, "Mother, you are patient and teach well. Lin'er has learned to speak from you and has made great progress. It's all thanks to you, mother."
Luo Li winked at the Grand Empress Dowager mischievously, "Mother, don't worry, even if you have no merit at all, I will not drive you back to the palace to live."
The Empress Dowager Song blushed and glared angrily at her silly daughter-in-law who had revealed her thoughts.
As a legitimate Empress Dowager, it was against ancestral rules and regulations for her not to live in the palace. Some censors had already written letters to advise her against this. Although they were rejected by the little emperor, she still felt a little guilty!
But she really didn't want to go back to the lonely palace. She wanted to stay in the warm and happy home of her son and daughter-in-law for as long as possible. Anyway, the silly daughter-in-law said arrogantly that ancestral rules were meant to be broken!
After dinner, the family of three returned to Ningxin Garden. Luo Li asked about what happened in the court today. While taking off the clothes of her yawning son, she said, "Zhao Defang, you are under a lot of pressure and have a long way to go!"
Lin'er, who was so sleepy that he closed his eyes and yawned, suddenly opened his eyes, looked at his parents with his dark eyes and smiled, "The mountains are big and far..."
Luo Li patted his chubby little butt gently and said, "Lin'er, have you become addicted to learning to talk with the Royal Grandma these days?"
Lin Er smiled and imitated again, "Addiction, addicted."
Zhao Defang embraced his wife and children lovingly, rubbing his wife's neck with the stubble on his chin, and said gently but firmly, "Li'er, I will complete the set goal as soon as possible and leave all this big mess to Zhao Wuji. We, as a family, will realize your dream of traveling far away and find a paradise to enjoy a good life."
With an itchy neck, Luo Li leaned her head back and bit her husband's earlobe, "Zhao Defang, what you said makes me feel itchy, but I don't know when I can realize my beautiful dream?
Remember, don't rush into anything! Take one step at a time and be steady. Don't let a single carelessness ruin your success."
"Don't worry! Your husband knows what's going on."
Little Lin stared with his dark eyes. He didn't understand what his parents said. Without learning anything, he stretched out his two little arms like lotus roots, hugged his mother's neck, found her ear, and took a bite!
"Ouch! It hurts so much! You naughty son, why did you bite your mother's ear?"
Lin'er laughed and pointed at his father's ears, then pointed at his mother's ears. His meaning was very clear, he learned it from his mother.
Zhao Defang rubbed the small tooth mark on his wife's earlobe with heartache, and glared at his son angrily, "If you dare to bite mother again, father will beat your butt to pieces!"
Lin'er smiled happily, but his little mouth pursed in grievance, tears welled up in his eyes. Luo Li hugged him and comforted him distressedly, "It's okay, it's okay, Lin'er didn't bite hard and it didn't hurt, mother doesn't feel any pain."
Zhao Defang wanted to say something like "A loving mother often spoils her son", but he didn't dare to say it out loud and swallowed it.
I thought to myself: The Queen Mother dotes on Lin'er without limit, and Li'er also dotes on her son without any bottom line, how can this be tolerated?
It seems that even if I am busy, I have to take some time out to raise my children myself.
Luo Li hugged her son and got into bed. She coaxed him to sleep with soft voice. Looking at Zhao Defang's dark face, she knew that he wanted to raise his child again. She quickly smiled and acted like a spoiled child, "Defang, husband,... this is the first time I have given birth to my own flesh and blood. It's inevitable that I'm spoiled and pampered! When Lin'er is three years old and sensible, I will be a strict mother, okay?"
Zhao Defang immediately lost his temper, took off his shoes and got on the bed, hugged his wife who was acting cute, and said, "Okay! Li'er, you are smart and wise, and you will definitely be a good mother who can teach her children well."
Luo Li nudged her head into his broad arms with a guilty conscience. She sighed inwardly, "Alas! There is nothing I can do! After giving birth to my son, I finally understood the feeling of my mother, Madam Luo, who held her child in her hands for fear of dropping it, and held it in her mouth for fear of melting it. She was reluctant to scold him, and even reluctant to hit him. Is this the maternal love that was inherited from the original owner's genes?"
After Zhao Wubing learned to walk, he loved to run after Luo Tianci. The two children, one teased his younger brother in the front, while the other staggered after him. The Empress Dowager and Madam Luo were so scared that they followed Lin'er with their arms outstretched, one on each side, to protect him.
The maids also watched nervously, but no one stepped forward to protect the young master. The princess said that children grow strong through falling and being beaten, and can withstand the wind and waves and become independent and strong. However, the princess did not dare to see her son fall, so she hid aside.
Luo Tianci held the small wooden sword and turned back to tempt his brother: "Lin'er, if you catch up with your cousin, this sword that can cut through iron like mud will be yours! Come on, chase him!"
Lin'er, who was struggling with his arms and legs tied, shouted, "Sword! Give it to me!" He quickened his pace and chased after him. His right foot tripped over his left foot, and he fell with a "thump".
"Lin'er!..."
"Oh! My dear grandson! ..."
The Empress Dowager and Madam Luo were heartbroken, but they dared not hug him with their arms outstretched. Li'er said that if a child falls, let him get up by himself, so that he can develop a strong and independent character without relying on others.
Seeing their precious grandson not crying but struggling to get up with his teeth bared in his mouth, the Grand Empress Dowager and Madam Luo shed tears of distress.
Lin'er's mother and father are so cruel!
Seeing the young master struggling to get up and then running happily after young Master Tianci, the maids Yingchun and Yingxue who were standing by breathed a sigh of relief.
The princess gave a harsh order. Anyone who picked up or helped the fallen young master would not be able to take care of him in the future. This rule also applies to the Empress Dowager and Madam Luo.
Fortunately, the princess, who had given the cruel order, did not dare to watch her son's wrestling training and running, but ordered people to lay thick wool carpets in the courtyard so that it would not be damaged even if it fell!
Luo Li peeked behind the gate for a while, choking with heartache. After seeing her baby son fall, she tried hard to get up and excitedly chased him. She ran more and more steadily, and got up more and more agilely. Only then did she feel relieved to go back to Ningxinyuan to check the account book for Ruhua, who had just come out of confinement.