Chapter 126 – Hot Spring
Warning: This chapter contains a little explicit content!
Chu Xiang will be one year old the day after tomorrow. Everyone in the Ministry of Rites, the Department of Rituals and Taiji Palace were bustling with this matter. Even Ye Huaiyang had inevitably asked a few questions.
"Has the Clothing Bureau sent Xiang'er's clothes?"
"They had delivered in the morning."
As Yue'ya replied, she fetched Chu Xiang's clothes from the inlaid mahogany box. There were two sets in total; the purple satin with cloud crane patterned and the yellow satin with dragon playing the pearl patterns which not only exquisitely tailored, but also lined with extremely soft filtered cotton core that would not scratch the child's delicate skin and could even be described as made with ultimate attentiveness.
After a casual quick glance, Ye Huaiyang nevertheless felt that the bright yellow piece was too ostentatious. After all, Chu Jinglan has yet to make Chu Xiang the Crown Prince and wearing this would probably incurred criticism from the others. It was still better to choose the purple one which was tastefully fitting and reservedly noble.
Taking the clothes and unbuttoning them, she then turned to look at Chu Xiang who was playing tangram on the inside of the big bed and said with a smile, "Xiang'er, come and try on the new clothes, okay?"
Tilting his head, Chu Xiang still could not fully understand what she meant but seeing her waving something brightly colored at him, he crawled over obediently. His chubby little legs were so fast that he reached in front of her moment later. She then carried him to sit on her lap and began to change his clothes. Afterwards, she supported him to stand up on the bed.
"Is still Niang-niang who has good eyes. His little Highness looks really good in this set!"
Looking at the lifelike white crane on Chu Xiang's chest, Ye Huaiyang caressed his head and said, "Looks really good."
She always felt that Chu Jinglan looked pretty good whenever she saw him wearing purple-colored clothes, looking peerlessly noble like a celestial monarch descended to the human world. And now Chu Xiang was by no means inferior wearing it too, they are indeed father and son.
Speaking of Caocao, Caocao arrived when Chu Jinglan walked leisurely into the room amidst the franticness.
[T/N: 说曹操曹操到 (Shuō cáocāo cáocāo dào) – speaking of the devil and he doth appear]
Ye Huaiyang raised Chu Xiang's little hand to wave at him and spoke with a smile, "Emperor Father is back, come and see if our Xiang'er is handsome?"
Chu Jinglan glanced casually at him and nodded in reply. He let Yue'ya carried Chu Xiang out while all the other palace maids retreated too when only the husband and wife remained in the bedchamber. As it happened, Ye Huaiyang had something to discuss with him. So she fetched the list that was kept beside the pillow in passing and said to him excitedly, "Come help me look at this."
"What is it?"
Taking a look at it, it turned out to be the list of things for Chu Xiang's grabbing test* which was a detailed page full of everything that would definitely not be able to lay out all on the brocade mat at that time. Hence, Ye Huaiyang wanted him to help choose a few for their son, but who knew after browsing through it, he replied indifferently "Anything is okay, you do as you see fit."
[T/N: 抓周 (Zhuā zhōu) – a custom of placing a varieties of articles (writing brush, abacus, books, etc) before an infant on its first birthday to see which he or she will picks (the article chosen is supposed to be an indication of the child's inclinations or the future career etc)]
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RomanceThe first time they met, all the other noble women scurried away in an attempt to distance themselves from him as much as possible. Only Ye Huaiyang remained rooted to the spot, unable to tear her gaze away from Chu Jinglan. The third time they met...