Being gazed at by his two younger brothers with disdainful gazes, the Fifth Prince hurriedly defended himself, "I didn't push particularly hard either! It's just that my heart was in a hurry ......"
Xue Yao hurriedly wiped away her tears and returned, "Your Highness doesn't need to be concerned, my hand isn't in any serious trouble."
His eyes were still red, a small face inherited Aunt Zhou's southern beauty's graceful posture, born with a bit of aggrieved stoicism, looking at the Fifth Prince even more guilty.
The five-year-old Sixth Prince blinked his big lacquered eyes and said with righteous indignation, "Big brother said that the competition is all about participation, so you can't be too heavy-hearted about winning and losing, and you should point ...... point ......"
He suddenly couldn't recall the words his big brother used, and hurriedly turned his head to look at Old Seven on the side, firing waves of distressing light with his big eyes, "What did big brother say to order?"
The overhearing Seventh Prince utilized his repeater prowess: "Point taken."
Seeing the Fifth Prince's embarrassed look, an attendant eunuch stepped forward to relieve himself, bowed and smiled, "Your Highnesses, after a morning of hard work, it's time to take a break."
The Fifth Prince glanced at Xue Yao in embarrassment and ordered with a lowered head, "Your hand is injured, come with us to the East Warming Pavilion to rest for a while."
Xue Yao: "......" resting together?
This nine year old boy was making a pass at him in a raw way.
Then we can't let him rest with the Emperor.
Xue Yao was just about to open his mouth when the Fifth Prince walked out of the door in big strides, not giving him a chance to refuse, and commanded in a forceful manner, "Go!"
The surrounding attendants peeked at Xue Yao with envious expressions.
Xue Yao didn't know that she had become famous for crying in front of several young masters.
Without looking back, his left hand was grabbed by a small, warm hand.
Lowering his head, he saw the Sixth Prince staring at himself with a pair of big, lacquered eyes and said excitedly, "You'll be sleeping next to me."
"...... "Xue Yao didn't know if this request was in order or not, and wanted to ask the eunuch in attendance, but he was already being trotted up by the Sixth Prince holding his hand.
Just after crossing the threshold, the hem of Xue Yao's back coat was tugged by a small fat hand.
Turning his head, dropping his gaze--
The Seventh Prince was staring at him indifferently with his head tilted up, his teal-colored pupils emitting a displeased luster that shone clearly on Xue Yao's face through his long eyelashes, giving off an ominous feeling of "dead".
"Your Highness?" Xue Yao hurriedly let go of the Sixth Prince, bending over to the little fatty and asking, "What's wrong with you?"
With a beak, the Seventh Prince spoke, "Is Your Highness sleepy? Is Your Highness resting?"
Xue Yao didn't understand what this little fatty meant at first, and then he thought about this little guy's habit of repeating what others said before he figured it out.
It could be that the former companion would ask the Seventh Prince this question at this time of the year.
Instead, Xue Yao ran away with the other emperors!
Another entry by the Seventh Prince in the little book of grudges!
Xue Yao inquired submissively, "Is Your Highness sleepy? Is Your Highness resting?"
The Seventh Prince nodded his little head.
Xue Yao straightened up, leading the Seventh Prince in one hand and the Sixth Prince in the other to keep up with the Fifth Prince's footsteps.
All royals under the age of thirteen are required to take a lunch break on time.
Hot days, the East Warming Pavilion early eunuchs to open the ice identification, filled with ice, a room into the room, feel a refreshing coolness.
The beds of the three young royals were attached to one another and were very spacious.
The fifth prince slept on the far left, the sixth prince slept in the center, and the seventh prince slept on the far right.
Xue Yao followed the Fifth Prince's order and also lay down on the couch, resting between the Sixth Prince and the Seventh Prince.
After lying down, the Sixth Prince didn't rush to sleep, but instead cupped Xue Yao's hand that had just been smashed, breathed on the back of his hand, gently rubbed it, and looked at Xue Yao expectantly, "This won't hurt!"
Xue Yao was warmed by this child and gratefully said, "It really doesn't hurt anymore, thank you, Your Highness, Your Highness quickly rest."
"I'm not sleepy!" The Sixth Prince arched his back and leaned over to him, saying, "I'll tell you a story!"
Xue Yao was so adored that he almost forgot that this little guy was a royal cub and listened to his story with a loving face.
The Sixth Prince stumbled through the monk's story and snorted, making himself sleepy.
Xue Yao gently smoothed the hairs on his head and complimented him, "That was a good speech, your highness go to sleep."
Xue Yao completely failed to notice that the Seventh Prince, who was flat on his back, had tilted his head towards himself.
The Seventh Prince also wanted to be shunned!
Xue Yao did not realize the "danger" and fell asleep facing the Sixth Prince.
The companion time is like being in kindergarten.
After half a month, Xue Yao gradually understood the character of these three children.
The Fifth Prince was a strong little man who loved the limelight, and after making Xue Yao cry on the first day, he took extra care of Xue Yao.
The Sixth Prince is a sweet warm baby, gentle to all, but will stand up for justice when he sees injustice.
And the seventh prince ......
The seventh prince was probably too young and often immersed in his own world, and was really a bit of a shadow of the future, high-cool and reticent Dragon Ao Tian.
He's not talkative and doesn't initiate much interaction with people.
If someone asks him to do something he doesn't want to do, he will always say "I'm so tired".
Such a sense of indifference and detachment made Xue Yao not dare to send out the big move of "Wan Chai Milk".
One day, the royal sons returned to the palace from school.
The Fifth Prince took his retainer and went to the cuju field with a smile and a laugh.
The Sixth Prince wrapped his arm around his attendant and asked the attendant to accompany him back to the palace and listen to his aunt's stories together.
Xue Yao stared at the Seventh Prince unwillingly, delusional to be retained by the Seventh Prince.
The Seventh Prince opened his arms expressionlessly, letting the palace maid carry himself onto the carry chair to return to the palace.
On a hot day, Xue Yao felt that the north wind was passing through and it was penetratingly cold.
Is this little guy a loner by nature, or is he holding a grudge?
Helpless, Xue Yao bowed and prepared to leave.
"Second Prince Xue stayed back." A middle-aged eunuch stepped forward and smiled, "Concubine Shio invites you to enter the palace to catch up."
Xue Yao went to the Green Vault Hall and had his meal with Consort Shi.
"Since having your company, Old Seven has greatly improved." Empress Shi Fei looked joyful as she asked her maids to lay out the dishes for Xue Yao.
"I wouldn't dare, Your Highness is already gifted and has an extraordinary memory." Xue Yao thought that Consort Shi was being polite with herself.
"Old Seven's memory has always been very good, that's not saying much." Concubine Shio said joyfully, "It's just that I've always been worried that he's not quite the same in nature as other children, and since you've been reading to him, he took the initiative to tell me a story the day before yesterday before he went to bed, and that's something that's never happened before."
Xue Yao suspiciously looked at Consort Shi and tried, "Your Highness doesn't seem to be too fond of making small talk with people."
Concubine Shio frowned at his words, sighed with a lost expression, slowly nodded her head, and whispered, "You've noticed it too? This child's temperament is a bit odd, other children are mostly not like this when they are three years old."
Xue Yao wondered, "His Highness is just not very talkative, there's nothing odd about it, there's no need for Your Highness to worry."
Princess Shio shook her head, "It seems you haven't realized it yet."
Xue Yao shuffled suspiciously.
Princess Shio frowned as she recalled, "Old Seven could actually speak early on, but when he spoke to people, he had a hard time expressing himself and often made it clear what he was trying to do by repeating other people's words."
Xue Yao's eyes lit up!
That's right!
That's what it feels like!
It always felt like there was something strange about this Dragon Pride pup, but I couldn't tell!
Seeing that he didn't answer, Concubine Shih explained, ''For example, Old Seven would sometimes say to the palace maid, 'Is Your Highness sleepy?' , when he says this, he is actually asking the palace maid to put him to sleep, but he has no way to express his thoughts from his self, he won't even say 'I'm sleepy' or 'I'm hungry' like an ordinary child would, he always sets out through the bystanders to remind others of his thoughts. "
Xue Yao was shocked.
It was as if the fog that had been in his head for days had been blown away.
Suddenly remembering the first day of accompaniment, Little Fatty tugged on the hem of his coat and said to him, "Is Your Highness sleepy? Is Your Highness resting?"
And in the distant future, when the King of Ning, Lu Qian, who had returned to the court against all odds, killed him, what he said was not, "You bullied me and broke my favorite toy," but rather, he repeated Xue Yao's words of that day - "The little wooden horse's ears were broken."
After spending so many days together, from knowing this little fatty, to Shi Fei's reminder at this moment, Xue Yao was shocked to discover that: in the original story, every time this Dragon Ao Tian killed a villain, he would repeat what the villain had said when he made his death.
I'm afraid this isn't meant to be provocative or pretentious.
This Dragon Pride is telling the villain why he deserves to die, in his own way.
Simply put, it's "letting you die".
But this expression ......
Xue Yao, who had taken clinical psychology, realized that the dragon was probably suffering from "emotional communication disorder".
Extraordinary memory.
The habit of indulging in the world of self.
Math talent and creativity.
These extraordinary gifts are often tied to children with emotional communication disorders, like a little joke from heaven.
Xue Yao never dreamed that in the novel, the god Ning Wang, who is silent and paralyzed and has a superb IQ, that cool character ...... is actually because of the "disease"!
No wonder the main character is so cold and detached, it turns out it's because he thinks differently than normal people, and perhaps has always felt like an alien.
Probably, very lonely ......
While immersed in shock, Xue Yao's mind suddenly recalled a mechanical system beep:
[Side Quest Opened: Assist Lu Qian in exercising his emotional communication skills, reversing his withdrawn and warlike personality, and avoiding the name of a cold tyrant in the future. Mission Reward: 500 whitewash points.]
Seeing Xue Yao's shocked expression, Concubine Shi said with some embarrassment, "This child is very eccentric, isn't he?"
Xue Yao came back to his senses and hurriedly replied, "No, Your Highness should not be worried, His Highness is still young and his personality and habits are subject to change."
"I hope so." Princess Shio looked despondent.
Xue Yao lowered her eyes in thought and raised her head to say, "Your Highness, could you please ask His Highness's personal aunt to tell His Highness a short story every night before putting him to sleep?"
Consort Shio smiled bitterly, "Once upon a time, I would have spoken about it, but Old Seven is not interested in that ......"
"Forget about Your Highness's interest for now." Xue Yao said firmly, "Have auntie just tell stories, even if your highness doesn't have any response, tell a story every day, I have a way to make your highness become like any other child."
Princess Shio's eyes lit up, "Really?!"
*
That day in the academy, during break time, the Sixth Prince colorfully told a new story to a group of young chaperones, causing the crowd to call out for its splendor.
Xue Yao had been observing his own Seventh Prince with his afterglow, hoping that the Sixth Prince's appearance in the limelight would stir the little fatty's interest.
However, the Seventh Prince's expression did not fluctuate and he was still fiddling with his little toys as usual.
Turning his head to look at the Sixth Prince, who was hugging his own companion's arm and begging for praise, Xue Yao was envious.
Moving a chair, Xue Yao cheekily sat next to the Seventh Prince and cleared his throat.
The Seventh Prince's teal colored pupils slanted at him with some suspicion, but he did not open his mouth to inquire, continuing to fiddle with his toys and waiting for Xue Yao to speak up on his own.
"Is this His Highness's new toy?" Xue Yao had no words.
The Seventh Prince didn't look at him and nodded in silence.
Xue Yao stiffly continued to strike up a conversation, "Has Your Highness told us any interesting stories lately?"
The Seventh Prince gave him a sideways glance, a slight doubt in his eyes, but he did not reply and lowered his head to continue fiddling with his toys.
Xue Yao lowered his head and joined the little one in silence.
He knew that in order to enter the world of such abnormally thinking children, he would have to try to get used to their rhythms first, which would not upset and repel them.
A period of silence followed.
The Seventh Prince realized that the young companion hadn't left yet, and only then did he solemnly turn his head to look at Xue Yao, his teal eyes like they were scrutinizing his purpose.
Xue Yao pretended to look back over casually, as if he hadn't been sitting and waiting dryly for a quarter of an hour and was also minding his own business.
"Boring." The Seventh Prince suddenly uttered those two words.
Xue Yao thought that the little fat man resented him for being boring, but then he heard him say--
"Boring story." The Seventh Prince tilted his little mouth, revealing a smile that was naturally a bit bad, and said to Xue Yao, "Still telling us?"
In an instant, Xue Yao felt like little flowers were suddenly blooming all around him!
What's going on, this mentally ill child, why does he have a seizure for no reason?
Is it really the Dragon Pride Aura!
Calming down, Ning Wang's brainwashed fan, Xue Yao, tried to understand this sentence with the mindset of the Seventh Prince.
It should be in response to his earlier remark, "Has His Highness told us any interesting stories lately?"
What the Seventh Prince may have meant was, "I only have uninteresting stories, do you still want to hear them?"
The two children looked at each other in silence.
"To ah." Xue Yao smiled, a pair of phoenix eyes bright, full of anticipation staring at the seventh prince: "As long as it is a story told by His Highness, it will definitely be very interesting, I want to listen to all of them, especially especially ...... want to listen to His Highness tell a story."
The Seventh Prince's eyes widened in surprise.