CH 79.1

The mother and son laughed so happily from the bath, but the man lying to the side almost had smoke coming out of the top of his head.

Jin Wang had a feeling that the little bastard was doing this on purpose.

But the brat was only a little over ten months old. How could he do anything on purpose when he didn’t even understand anything? Jin Wang felt as if he’s been at odds with this brat ever since his birth.

Yaoniang put on Xiaobao’s clothes and placed him next to Jin Wang. She turned her head and saw how messy the ground was. She couldn’t help but feel the urge to facepalm.

As the gruel cooked, she cleared away Jin Wang’s torn clothes that could no longer be worn and wiped the water on the ground. Once she was done, she checked on the porridge in the pot and saw that it was done. She filled up two bowls of it and brought it over.

The rice porridge was plain but thick. Once the porridge had cooled a bit, Yaoniang picked up a bowl then hesitated. Who should she feed first?

Jin Wang’s shoulder was injured so he couldn’t raise his arm. From what he’d said earlier, he seemed to have not eaten anything yet. As for Xiaobao, he must also be very hungry but he was a good boy and didn’t cause any trouble.

Both of them stared at her. Yaoniang suddenly had the illusion that they looked very similar.

Relying on his young age, Xiaobao stretched out his small and chubby finger and made some noise to grab her attention. Yaoniang recognized that her son was urging her to feed him. She immediately made up her mind and apologized to Jin Wang. “Your Highness, please wait a bit. Since it’s not good for babies to go hungry, this concubine will feed him first.”

Jin Wang could clearly recognize the smugness in the little brat’s eyes. Stunned, he said after a while, “This prince is also hungry.” 

After the words were spoken, he realized what he had said. Thankfully, his face was impenetrable like iron and people couldn’t tell how awkward he felt.

Uh…

Was this snatching food to eat?

Yaoniang couldn’t return to her senses right away but Xiaobao knew what he had to do. He immediately opened her mouth and howled twice. Yaoniang couldn’t be bothered to think about Jin Wang anymore and hurriedly put the spoon of gruel into Xiaobao’s mouth.

Xiaobao took a sip. It was so yummy.

Jin Wang was already so old. What delicacies has he not tasted before? Yet he was still a little jealous at this time.

Xiaobao reached out towards his mother and pointed towards the man. Yaoniang automatically looked over, just in time to meet his resentful gaze.

“Your Highness, you take a bite too.” Yaoniang scooped up a spoonful and moved her hand towards him. At the same time, she praised Xiaobao, “Xiaobao is really obedient. He even knows to share his delicious food.”

Jin Wang stared at the spoon with red eyes. Who wants to eat that little bastard’s saliva?

It’s best if you don’t eat it! Xiaobao thought to himself. Yaoniang was confused by Jin Wang’s yin and yang temper. Unable to guess what he was thinking, she hurriedly fed her son instead. She will feed her son first then serve this master.

Therefore, Jin Wang, who didn’t get her attention, had a stomach full of anger while Xiaobao showed a delighted grin.

Because of this, when it was finally his turn to be fed porridge by Yaoniang, he showed an ugly expression. Since he couldn’t bully that small thing, he’d bully the big one.

Her hair was tied up in a messy bun with strands of hair sticking to her cheeks from sweat. Add in her pale face, drooping brows and gentle demeanour, he couldn’t bear to continue bullying her.

“After you clean up, rest. You’ve worked hard all afternoon.”

He gave Xiaobao a warning look, and unexpectedly Xiaobao understood.

The two of them became quiet. Once Yaoniang finished feeding Jin Wang the bowl of porridge, she ate a bowl herself. After she washed the bowls, she boiled some water and wiped her body.

When she came out again, Yaoniang’s fair face was covered in water vapour. Her hair was a little wet and it was wrapped in a piece of blue cloth, while she was dressed in an indigo-coloured dress. Although the fabric was a bit coarse, it was brand-new, and she looked graceful and elegant wearing it.

My mother (little nanny) is so beautiful!

Two men, one big and one small showed amazement in their eyes. Because of their different identities, their amazement had different meanings. Jin Wang’s gaze was entirely from a man to a woman, while Xiaobao’s came from admiration for his beloved mother.

It was the kind of feeling where he wanted to stay in his mother’s arms forever and be a baby for a lifetime.

Xiaobao suddenly felt that although he complained a lot about being a baby again, this was actually quite good.

He stretched out his hands. Yaoniang was the most softhearted towards her son and immediately grabbed him into her arms. Nestled in his mother’s soft arms, then looking at the big black face next to him, Xiaobao’s mood suddenly improved.

He felt a little sympathetic to Jin Wang. He was clearly not stupid, yet he acted like a big fool. He thought everything he did was clever, but he was actually stupid to death.

In his last life, only after his mother died did he finally experience the vicissitudes of life. Father Emperor even recognized him as a son despite not being biologically related. Because of his early death, Father Emperor passed away without leaving behind any descendants. He was still the same in this life. Obviously, there were many different ways to win his mother’s heart, yet he chose the most stupid way.

Haha! Xiaobao laughed at Jin Wang’s foolishness. There was no way he’d remind him.

Yaoniang laid down beside Jin Wang, while Xiaobao slept in the innermost area. There was only one bed in the entire house, so she could only squeeze in with them.

He could feel her lying beside him. Her body was so soft, yet he couldn’t touch it. Who told him to pretend to be unable to lift his arms just to compete with that little bastard.

Jin Wang suddenly had the illusion of being played by that little brat.

Before Jin Wang fell asleep, he planned for his arm to ‘recover’ tomorrow.

Yaoniang got up early in the morning. She first cooked some more porridge, then went out to fetch some water by the stream.

She actually wanted to go look for some vegetables. They couldn’t eat porridge for every meal, there had to be some sort of dish. She didn’t dare to go too far, so she looked around on the hillside near the stream and found some fiddleheads.

As if she found a precious treasure, she dug them all up then took them to the stream to wash them. There were fish in the stream, but it was a pity that Yaoniang had no tools or the ability to catch fish with her bare hands. She could only lament her powerlessness.

On the way back, she found a dead pheasant. She stepped forward and touched it. The body was not firm yet, so it mustn’t have been dead for long.

Why was the pheasant here? Did it die on its own?

Although Yaoniang was puzzled, it did not prevent her from taking it with her back to the river and washing it. When Jin Wang and Xiaobao woke up, they found they had something different to eat. It was shredded chicken porridge.

Not only that but there were also braised chicken and stir-fried fiddleheads for lunch. Jin Wang also had a dish all to himself which was a soup stewed with half a chicken.

Xiaobao thought, although his mother was a bit stupid, she was quite capable. She could make clothes and cook food. He should marry a wife like her.

Jin Wang thought the little nanny’s craftsmanship was excellent even though it actually wasn’t as good as Zhaohui Hall’s kitchen. But today, since Jin Wang had a dish all to himself to eat, while the little brat didn’t, and it was made just for him, he was very pleased.