The fat boy took such a big bite that the people who were watching him nearby felt their eyelids twitching.
Sure enough, a few seconds later, the baby, whose face was wrinkled by the smell of the medicine, suddenly burst into loud tears as expected.
"Don't drink anymore, baby."
The little fat boy's hand loosened. Fortunately, Ivy was prepared and brought the bowl of medicine over in time.
The little kid, whose eyes were filled with tears because of the unpalatable drink, waved his hands and refused to drink the second sip.
Ai Wei was not in a hurry and asked the little boy, "Ningzi, who said just now that we should finish the whole bowl?"
Ningzi: “…”
Ningzi cried even louder: "Yes, that's what Zizi said."
Upon hearing this, Ivy freed one hand to wipe his tears, and then continued her devilish speech: "Since the kid said he wanted to finish the soup, shouldn't he bravely finish it now?"
What Aunt Ivy said sounded reasonable.
But the little fat boy looked at the bowl and still didn't want to drink a single sip. "Auntie."
The little fat boy said tearfully, "Can you please stop drinking?"
Ivy hardened her heart and refused, "No."
Even the Queen had to follow the doctor's orders for the medicine prescribed by Dr. Gene.
The little guy still didn't give up. He climbed up from the sofa, put his wet little face over and gave Aunt Ivy a kiss.
In the past, Zaizai just had to kiss his aunt, and his aunt would be very nice to him!
The little cub's scheming was written all over his face. Ivy's heart was melted by his cuteness, but her words were tough.
Under Ivy's insistence, the little fat boy tried his best but failed to achieve his goal, and finally drank the whole bowl of medicine while crying.
The people around him breathed a sigh of relief when they saw him finally finish the medicine.
But the same trick cannot be used a second time, so Dr. Gene prescribed these Chinese medicines, to be taken once a day for a week.
After "coaxing" the little cub to drink the medicine, Ivy decisively abandoned this task.
"I have finished feeding the first day's medicine. It's your turn tomorrow."
After feeding the medicine, Ivy wanted to hug the little fat boy, but the little fat boy twisted his body and refused to let her hug him.
Seeing this, Ivy sighed and gave the job to someone else.
The others looked at the queen, then at the aggrieved little boy lying in his brother's arms. Their scalps tightened and none of them wanted to be the successor.
"Ivy, you are so gentle and patient, you are the one feeding Ningzi, that's the best choice—"
"Shut up."
Ivy interrupted Ludwig and glared at him: "It's useless for you to praise me. You will be the one feeding the medicine tomorrow."
Ludwig: “…”
Ludwig was unexpectedly made the successor, and his face froze.
"Ivy."
Ludwig's brain worked rapidly, and soon he came up with an excuse: "I suddenly remembered that I have some urgent official business to deal with tomorrow, so I may not have time to eat breakfast."
"It's okay. Ningzi won't be in school these days. You can hold him while you handle official business. It's not like you haven't held him before."
When Ludwig was handling official business before, he did put the baby directly on his lap.
Everyone else was tactful enough not to interrupt the conversation between the couple.
Especially Ling Qi, Ling Qi had seen the little fat boy drink medicine before. Even if it was Zhan Xi who fed him the medicine, the little fat boy would cry for several days and would not let his father hold him.
This thankless job has now been kindly taken over by His Majesty the Emperor, and all he needs to do is watch over the cubs quietly.
Under Ivy's mandatory order, Ludwig will find a way to feed the Chinese medicine tomorrow.
"Ningzi, brother is going to school."
Huo Lin listened to his parents' words, then he pinched the little boy's soft face and whispered, "I'll play with you when I get back from school."
Xiaozaizai asked for leave, but Huo Lin did not.
"My brother doesn't go to school!"
The little kid, who was still sitting on his brother's lap, hugged his brother's hand, looked at him eagerly, and refused to let him leave.
"Ningzi, do you want to eat the candied melon seeds sold at the entrance of our school? I can bring some to you when I come back from school."
Sugar-coated melon seeds, this is the snack that Zaizai has eaten!
When he heard the word "sugar melon seeds", Zaizai, who didn't want his brother to go to school just now, took the initiative to climb down from his brother's legs and carried his brother's schoolbag.
"Goodbye, brother!"
The little fat boy handed his schoolbag to his brother, then waved his little hand and said goodbye to his brother.
Huo Lin: “…”
Huo Lin understood that he was not as important as a bag of candied melon seeds.
The little kid who only remembers to eat and not to be beaten, after sending his brother away, goes to see his father.
Ludwig went to handle official business, and Ivy couldn't hold the cub, so she had to accompany Ludwig away.
Ling Qi held the baby and went back to the room to see Zhan Xi.
Time passes by little by little.
The little boy who didn't go to school was having a lot of fun playing in the palace. He was not taken back by his father, but stayed in the palace with his father and Uncle Ling Qi.
Fortunately, the palace was very large, and the three of them didn't feel crowded at all.
After waking up, Zhan Xi had already finished spending time with his baby.
At this moment, he and Ling Qi were sitting on a stone bench in the back garden, watching the baby limping on the grass chasing after Chubby, with a cup of tea in his hands.
Zhan Xi did not ask about the situation between Ling Qi and the Duke's Mansion. He only told Ling Qi that the little fat boy was not honest.
"Doctor Gene said that Ningzi can exercise appropriately. Do you think his current activities... are not appropriate?"
"He's happy now, let's ask him to stop later."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
The two adults continued to sit on the stone bench and watch the cub. The cub's face was red as he played with Pangpang. At the end of the game, Zhan Xi called him over and found that his back was wet.
"My dear, stop making such trouble. If you sprain your ankle again, you won't be able to go to kindergarten anymore."
As soon as Zhan Xi finished speaking, the little boy's eyes suddenly lit up.
Zhan Xi: “…”
Zhan Xi is indeed an experienced father with a lot of experience in raising children. He could tell what the little brat was thinking at a glance, so he changed his words and said, "I was wrong. If you sprain your ankle, I will buy you a small wheelchair and let you go to school in a wheelchair."
This time, the one with a wrinkled face immediately turned into a kid.
The days of recuperating at home are extremely comfortable for the little ones.
It's late at night and everyone is asleep.
Zhan Xi and Ling Qi slept on the same bed, with a cub sandwiched between them.
The little boy feels a little insecure now. He is afraid that Ling Qi will be taken away when he closes his eyes and sleeps, so he calls Uncle Ling Qi to his bed when he goes to bed.
On the left is dad, and on the right is Uncle Lingqi. The little guy is hugged by both, feeling very happy.
If the bed wasn't too limited in size, he would have called Uncle Lulu, Aunt Ivy, and his brother to come over and sleep with the baby.
The baby slept soundly with the baby in his arms, but it was difficult for the two adults to sleep well.
Zhan Xi slept too much during the day, but Ling Qi was not used to it.
The two people did not make any sound in the darkness, but Zhan Xi could tell from their breathing that Ling Qi was not asleep.
He coughed lightly and asked, "Aren't you sleepy yet? Do you want me to tell you a story to coax you to sleep?"
"Do you think I'm Ningzi?"
Ling Qi's tone was also very low. He turned his face slightly and looked in the direction of Zhan Xi.
Unfortunately, in the darkness, he couldn't see Zhan Xi's face clearly.
"Zhan Xi, aren't you curious at all?"
Ling Qi suddenly said: "This incident was also caused by me."
"Ling Qi, what happened in the past is in the past. If you don't want to mention it, you don't have to mention it." Zhan Xi interrupted him and stopped him from continuing.
"If there are too many unhappy things in the past, don't recall them anymore."
Zhan Xi’s words left Ling Qi silent for a long time.
After a moment.
He started talking again: "Well, you're right, the past is... all in the past."
He has already left the Duke's Mansion, and what happened before will not happen again.
Ling Qi was thinking in his mind, when suddenly, Zhan Xi's hand reached over over the little cub in the middle.
"Okay, close your eyes."
Zhan Xi patted his back gently, just like he usually did when coaxing a baby, to lull him to sleep.
The roots of Ling Qi's ears turned red, and he wanted to avoid such contact, but in the end, he just closed his eyes and let himself fall asleep slowly.
Everyone slept well that night.
Only in the hospital, Duke Cole, still lying on the bed, had his eyes open and was throwing a tantrum.
"How dare he, Ludwig! How dare he touch me!"
Duke Cole's chest heaved violently. He couldn't believe that Ludwig actually attacked him.
The interests of these aristocratic families are closely related to the empire!
Ludwig has ruled the empire for so long, how could he be so foolish as to make an enemy of the aristocratic families
For no reason, the thought of the little cub flashed through Duke Cole's mind.
"No, it's impossible."
His hands tightly grasped the bed sheet, and he murmured: "Ludwig wouldn't..."
It's just a cub, and this cub is not a royal cub. No matter how much Ludwig likes it, he would not go to this extent for a cub.
Moreover, Kohl was very sure that Ludwig had a deep relationship with the Queen and it was impossible for him to have an illegitimate child behind the Queen's back.
Intellectually, Cole didn't believe that Ludwig attacked him for a cub, but this rationality did not last long and Cole wavered.
No matter how self-disciplined a man is, it is impossible for him to never make this kind of mistake.
Just like him, wasn't he also bewitched by that woman and gave birth to a child by that woman, which represented a stain on his life
He loathed the child, but Ludwig didn't necessarily loathe his own cubs.
The more Cole thought about it, the more it made sense. He even made up a private story about Ludwig in his mind.
Ludwig had an illegitimate child behind the queen's back, but in order to maintain his image of being loyal to the queen, he gave the child to someone else to raise.
Although Ludwig deliberately concealed his relationship with the cub, he still took the cub's safety very seriously.
So, he used himself to vent his anger on the cub.
Cole, who thought he had found the truth, had a cold look on his face.
The people of the Empire always worship Ludwig fanatically. They think Ludwig is a perfect good man.
This man was affectionate to his wife, well-educated his son, and responsible to the people of the empire.
If these fanatical followers of Ludwig knew that Ludwig had such a stain, would they continue to worship him fanatically? !
Cole now really wants to know the answer.
It was already late at night, but Cole was still not sleepy at all. He called his confidant and whispered something to him.
The next day.
When the little boy woke up rubbing his eyes, his father and Uncle Lingqi were both there. He drowsily went over to them and kissed them on the cheek.
After the kiss, he lay down on his back like a sleepwalker and continued to sleep.
He kissed his father and Uncle Lingqi, then put his chubby feet on his father's belly and went on to dream.
About an hour later, Zhan Xi woke up with the kid's chubby feet in his hands, influenced by his biological clock.
After he woke up, he subconsciously looked at the cub first.
The cub's head was next to Lingqi's, and both the big and the small were sleeping soundly.
Zhan Xi sat up, lowered his eyes and looked at the scene, unwilling to look away for a long time.
He was not very educated. Although he had read a lot of books and taught himself a lot in the past two years in order to teach the cubs, he still felt that he was a rough man at heart, without the aura or knowledge of a cultured person.
He couldn't find any advanced words to describe such a beautiful scene.
He could only utter the simplest word: beautiful.
Perhaps it was because he stayed staring at him for too long, Ling Qi, who was sleeping with the little cub, slowly opened his eyes.
Their eyes met unexpectedly, and Zhan Xi turned his face away instantly. He stood up and found clothes for himself: "You sleep a little longer, I'll get up."
Ling Qi hummed.
Zhan Xi used to sleep by himself with just a pair of shorts, but now he has to sleep with his baby, so he also wears pajamas with his baby. The fabric of the pajamas is soft, and the baby who loves to cling to him will not hurt his skin when he rubs against it.
If you wear pajamas, you naturally have to take them off to change clothes.
After Zhan Xi found the clothes he wanted to change, he hesitated for a moment, but after the hesitation, he turned his back to the bed and took off his pajamas.
Ling Qi behind him: "..."
Fuck, I really don’t treat him as a stranger.
Ling Qi stared at his back for a few seconds: "Why is there still a wound on your back?"
Zhan Xi heard this and said nonchalantly: "Maybe it was chopped off before. Why? Do you think it's ugly?"
Ling Qi said nothing, just frowned.
soon.
Zhan Xi changed his clothes, and Ling Qi, who was no longer sleepy, reminded him: "If you are going out today, go out early, and it is best not to stay for breakfast."
Zhan Xi: “?”
Zhan Xi was puzzled: "Why?"
Ling Qi said calmly: "Ningzi needs to take medicine in the morning. This morning it is Ludwig's turn to feed him. If you stay..."
Before Ling Qi finished speaking, Zhan Xi's face tightened and he continued, "I suddenly remembered that I still have two trucks of scrap to sell. So, Ling Qi, do you want to come with me? Let's come back after we sell the scrap?"
Ling Qi pondered for a few seconds and nodded.
Neither of them had eaten breakfast, and before they left, they did not forget to hand the cub over to Huo Lin.
It was not convenient for them to knock on the door of the Emperor's bedroom, so they could only hand the baby over to Huo Lin.
When Ludwig was about to find an excuse to leave early at the dinner table in the morning, he looked up and found that Zhan Xi and Ling Qi were not there.
Huo Lin had already taken care of the little cub. He stuffed the round spoon into the little cub's fat hand, and then explained to his father: "Uncle Zhan and Uncle Ling Qi are busy. They have a lot of things to do, so they didn't stay for breakfast."
Ludwig: “…”
Ludwig knew it was an excuse as soon as he heard it.
He looked at the kid who was still eating seriously, and then thought about the medicine he would feed the kid later. At that moment, His Majesty the Emperor felt that handling official business had never been so difficult.
"Ningzi."
Ludwig knew that the kid was in the best mood when eating, so he took this opportunity to give the kid a shot of prevention in advance: "If you get sick, do you need to take medicine?"
The kid slowly stopped stuffing rice into his mouth.
His little head suddenly became a little smart: "Are you trying to feed the baby medicine? The baby doesn't like medicine!"
Ludwig's vaccination failed.
He changed his strategy and used the same conciliatory tactics as Ivy: "Good babies are not afraid of taking medicine. Ningzi, are you a good baby?"
Ningzi, who had already realized what Uncle Lulu was trying to do, looked at Uncle Lulu with a vigilant look. He clenched the round spoon and said firmly in his baby voice: "Zizi is a bad baby!"
Ludwig: “?”
Ludwig really couldn't handle this kid. He turned his head and looked at Ivy.
Ivy drank her porridge calmly, refusing to accept his gaze.
After breakfast, Ludwig still couldn't find anyone to do the job for him.
Huo Lin was carrying his schoolbag and walked particularly briskly this morning.
Butler Andre also had a lot of things to do, so he didn't appear in front of Ludwig at all. Other people in the palace didn't dare to take over this job.
As time passed, the medicine in the kitchen was ready.
Ludwig took a deep breath and picked up the little fat boy.
The little fat boy was watching the video that Wagner shared with him. When he was picked up by him, his face was full of unhappiness: "The little boy wants to watch the video!"
Ludwig put him on his lap: "Okay, you continue watching."
Ivy had already put the medicine on the table.
Ludwig looked down at the kid who was playing the star machine seriously, then looked at the bowl of medicine. He raised his eyes and looked at Ivy again.
It was clear in his eyes that he needed help, but unfortunately, Ivy was very cruel.
no way.
Ludwig had no choice but to go ahead. He looked down at the little cub and asked, "Ning cub, do you want to be a healthy cub?"
The baby was concentrating on watching the star machine, without even raising his head: "Baby is healthy!"
He has no fever and no more pain in his body. He is now a healthy cub.
Ludwig ruffled his curly hair and said, "You are not very healthy now. Doctor Gene said you need to take some medicine so that you can be a healthy cub."
The little kid, who was sitting peacefully on his lap, twisted his body and tried to get off him after hearing this.
"Baby, I don't want you to hold me anymore!"
"Be good."
Ludwig held the cub in his big hands, preventing him from breaking free.
Ludwig felt that he had never had such trouble taking care of Cesare before. Cesare also had times when he was sick, but Cesare did not reject taking medicine.
Not only did Xizel not reject it, he didn't even need him to feed him.
"Auntie, hug the baby!"
The little cub, who was being held down by Ludwig and unable to run away, opened his little hands to Ivy for help.
Ivy sat in her original position and coaxed him, "I'll come over to hug you when I'm done with my work. Ningzi, wait for me for a moment."
The little cub who was not picked up by his aunt was forced to continue sitting on Ludwig's lap.
Ludwig couldn't think of any other good idea, so he brought the bowl over and fed him directly.
"Ningzi, drink a sip of medicine and I will buy you ten toys."
"No! Cub has toys!"
"I'll buy you an excavator that's bigger than you, and then I'll take you to the construction site to watch the excavator dig the earth for yourself."
The temptation was a little too great. The little boy covered his mouth and hesitated for a moment: "Just drink one sip, little boy."
Ludwig: “Yeah.”
Ludwig said, bringing the edge of the bowl to his mouth.
As soon as the little kid opened his mouth, he found that Uncle Lulu was feeding him medicine without stopping!
After drinking several mouthfuls, the medicine spilled all over Ludwig when the little cub struggled out.
But he didn't care about his clothes at the moment, he continued to coax: "Ningzi, drink another sip. After you finish it this time, I will make you a candy house."
The little cub who is addicted to watching cartoons on the Star Machine has always wanted the candy house in the cartoons, but the candy house is difficult and expensive to make. Even Zhan Xi, who dotes on the little cub, cannot fulfill his wish for a while.
"Liar!"
The baby, who had just been fed several sips of medicine, had red eyes: "It wasn't just one sip, the baby drank several sips!"
"Uncle didn't hold it firmly just now, so you drank a little more. I won't do that this time."
Under multiple conditions of "excavator", "candy house", "sitting on shoulders" and "being taken to the chocolate factory by Uncle Lulu", a big bowl of medicine finally went into the little baby's stomach smoothly.
After feeding Ludwig the medicine, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
He looked at the little cub who had climbed into Ivy's arms, and said with relief, "It's finally over. I'm going to take a bath. You can wash him later when it's hot."
"OK."
Ludwig went to the bathroom after he finished speaking, and Ivy was very satisfied as she watched her cub start to stick to her again.
The little guy was biting a candy in his mouth and showing Aunt Ivy his favorite video.
He was watching videos when suddenly, Andre came to report that the Minister of the Imperial Public Opinion Department wanted to see him.
Upon hearing this, Ivy asked the minister to come in later.
When Ludwig finished his shower, the minister came in.
Ivy was holding the cub, sitting and playing behind a screen not far away. At this distance, she could hear what Ludwig was saying to the minister while also being able to block their sight.
"His Majesty."
When the minister saw Ludwig, he didn't say anything nonsense, but asked directly: "Do you have an illegitimate child who is studying in the Imperial Military Kindergarten?"
Ludwig: “?”
Ludwig's golden eyes narrowed slightly: "I don't have any illegitimate children, what happened?"
"Last night, the largest entertainment forum broke the news that you have an illegitimate child, and the information about the illegitimate child was very detailed. After we detected this news, we blocked it in the shortest time possible. We used technical means to block all related topics, words, and pictures. But even so, many people still found ways to spread it."
"Because of our blocking behavior, a lot of people think this is real."
After the minister finished describing the incident, he also brought up several solutions: "If the illegitimate child thing is false, then this matter can be easily resolved."
What the minister fears is... This is true.
From the information and pictures released by the whistleblower, it can be seen that their emperor is indeed very doting on the cub in his arms.
If someone else did this kind of pampering, it might be normal. But for the cold-blooded emperor of their empire, it was like seeing a ghost in broad daylight - no one would not be horrified.
Moreover, Queen Ivy also has a higher reputation among the people and a large number of supporters. If Ludwig really has an illegitimate child, there is no doubt that his image as a loyal person will completely collapse.
The minister was very nervous when he came here, but fortunately, he now heard a good answer.
In the new plan proposed by the minister, the little cub needs to appear again. It is definitely not possible to continue hiding the little cub. Now they have to use the account of the emperor of the empire to update a new status.
The little cub knew he was going to be on camera and wasn't afraid at all. He found the clothes he thought looked best and put them on, then asked his brother to blow dry his hair!
"Is the cub pretty?"
The cocky little brat raised his chubby face and asked his brother in front of him.
Huo Lin stroked his curly hair and gave affirmation: "Looks good!"
Just when Xiaozaizai was about to record the video, the children in the Green Grass class also heard the rumor. A group of children were very angry. They sat together and held a serious meeting!
The topic of the meeting: How to help Ningzai clarify the rumors!
Their Ningzi has a father, he is not the emperor's child. All the children believe in the emperor, they are his little fans.
"I've been angry with my dad, and now he believes what I say."
One of the kids spoke up: "Now we have to tell the other adults not to say bad things about Ningzai."
"That's right, they can't say bad things about Ningzai!"
"Ningzi's father is so nice that he even painted Ningzi's mecha. His Majesty the Emperor is not Ningzi's father!"
(End of this chapter)