Chapter 694 Brother or Sister

This year's New Year's Day is quite special. Her Majesty is pregnant, with a belly of more than five months. Yin Yue beside her is also pregnant, and it has just been more than two months, and she has not yet passed the dangerous period. In order to be on the safe side, Her Majesty always reminds her to pay attention to protecting the fetus and not to do any violent movements. Even Qingyang has become cautious and worried.

In addition, Xuanyuan Qi and Chu Hongyi also stayed in the palace to accompany the emperor all day, and did not have much time to accompany their son. Therefore, Nan Xi only kept the ministers in the palace for the New Year's Eve dinner. There was no long-term stay-up banquet, but the ministers were asked to go back to accompany their families.

After dinner, Xie Jin and Xuanyuan Yao stayed in Dazheng Palace to play with the prince for a while, and took the initiative to leave before Rong Yu opened his mouth to drive them away. Rong Yu, Nan Xi and Hao Er's family of three were happily staying in Dazheng Palace. Originally, Nan Xi wanted to invite her mother to the palace to stay up together, but the princess now had her own quiet happiness and didn't want to disturb her daughter and son-in-law, so she stayed in the princess's mansion.

Although this year's New Year's Eve was not as noisy as in previous years, there was a kind of peaceful and warm happiness that made people feel very relaxed.

Hao Er, who was almost two years old, was more articulate. In addition to his father and mother, he could clearly call out "father", "mother", "aunt", "uncle", "auntie" and many other names, and could express some simple meanings. Among children of the same age, he had clearer thinking and articulation, and was particularly smart and learned things quickly.

This night was New Year's Eve, a festival for fun and relaxation. Rong Yu did not test him on any homework, but held Hao Er and Nan Xi to stand on the palace building to watch the fireworks.

The father and son both had the same handsome and cold facial features, and they had the noble and aloof aura of the royal family, which made Nan Xi more and more satisfied as she looked at them, with a gentle smile on her face.

The night sky was full of bright fireworks, and the lights were shining brightly, illuminating the entire sky. The long street outside the palace was bustling with people, and the sound of firecrackers and children's laughter made this New Year's Eve as joyful as in previous years. Even though this empress did not have three palaces and six courtyards, and there were not so many concubines accompanying the king during the holidays, this kind of satisfaction and fulfillment from the heart at this time was incomparable even with the company of many people.

"Hao'er, look." Nan Xi's eyes fell on the prosperous long street, "This is your country, your society, and the well-being of the people in the world will be your responsibility in the future."

Hao'er opened his clear and clean eyes like glass, looking at the prosperous world in front of him, his little mouth pursed lightly, and even his expression was very similar to his father's.

"Prosperity is only a corner of the world. The emperor's feet are the richest place in the world." Nan Xi's voice was soft and calm. "There are many different places waiting for you to see when you grow up. There are prosperous and desolate places, rich and poor places. The king cannot make everyone live the same life, but he can make most people live a relatively stable and prosperous life."

Hao'er didn't know if he could understand it. His ignorant eyes blinked, and his white and tender hands wrapped around his father's hair, wrapping around and around, just looking at the end of the long street quietly.

"It's windy at night, let's go back." Nan Xi turned around, stretched out his hand to gather the wide cloak on Rong Yu, and completely wrapped Hao'er's small body. "It's hard to keep your body better. Don't let the cold wind blow and ruin it."

Rong Yu laughed: "It's not that serious."

It made him seem like a delicate girl who was weak and fragile.

However, he was indeed treated as a weak patient during this period. Nan Xi always treated him as a fragile vase with caution, so that he had no position to care about Nan Xi now. He always felt that the roles of the two people had been completely reversed.

The family of three walked down the tower and turned to walk towards the Dazheng Palace.

Entering the palace, the warm breath hit them. Rong Yu held Hao'er and walked to the couch to sit down. After he was fully adapted to the temperature in the palace, he took off his cloak and let the palace servants hang it up.

"Time flies so fast." Nan Xi looked at his son's pretty little face, and a smile rose at the corner of his lips. "In a blink of an eye, he is almost two years old."

Rong Yu didn't say anything, but his expression was just as gentle.

Time really flies. In a blink of an eye, they have been in Dongling for more than two years. Many things seem to have passed a long time ago, but when they look back, they seem to have happened yesterday.

"Hao'er." Nan Xi stroked her bulging belly, "Do you want a sister or a brother?"

Hao'er stood on his father's lap, his voice soft and tender: "Brother."

Nan Xi was surprised: "Don't you want a sister?"

"...Yes." Hao'er thought for a while, "This is a brother."

Nan Xi was silent for a long time after hearing this: "Hao'er means, this is a brother in my mother's belly?"

Hao'er nodded.

"Children's words can't be taken for granted." Rong Yu said, "He doesn't have the final say."

Nan Xi frowned: "But there seems to be a saying among the people that if a woman is pregnant and has an eldest son or daughter, if she is asked whether she wants a sister or a brother, the child's answer is usually very accurate."

Rong Yu was suspicious: "Is that true?"

It is said that children's words are innocent, and I have never heard of children's words being prophecies.

Nan Xi looked at her son: "Hao'er, is this baby really a little brother?"

Hao'er pouted, turned his head to look at his expressionless father, and then looked at his expectant mother. Perhaps the child's desire to survive took over, he pointed at the fireworks outside the window: "Beautiful."

Nan Xi laughed, Hao'er was so smart at such a young age, he would definitely be a wise king when he grew up.