Yan Wenxiu and others had just left the Prince Residence after dinner. After sending them off, Daohua and Xiao Yeyang took Daozi to visit Gu Jian at Nanshan Hall and Guo Ruomei at Chunhui Courtyard to pay their respects.
Old Master Gu didn’t enjoy socializing, and Guo Ruomei felt that, since she had dissolved her marriage with the Imperial Prince, living at her son’s place went against tradition and would attract unnecessary gossip. Therefore, neither of them had met with Yan Wenxiu and the others.
After paying their respects and returning, Daozi had already started yawning.
Daohua quickly washed and cleaned her son, then gently placed him on the bed: "Keep an eye on our child, I’m going to bathe."
Xiao Yeyang ’hmm’ed in response, sitting by the bed, tenderly looking at his son sprawled and sound asleep on the bed, occasionally pinching his little hands and feet.
After a while, seeing Daohua come out in a flimsy nightgown, Xiao Yeyang’s eyes immediately became heated as he said hoarsely, "The room next door has been prepared. From now on, we can have the nanny sleep with the child there."
Having the child around, he had no opportunity to be intimate with Yiyi.
Daohua noticed Xiao Yeyang’s expression and gave him a glance: "The child definitely won’t agree."
Xiao Yeyang: "How can you know it won’t work if you don’t try? Let’s start tonight, have the child sleep in the room next door tonight."
Daohua hesitated slightly: "Why not wait until the child is a bit older before moving him to the next room?"
Xiao Yeyang didn’t want to go without any longer, decisively said: "Tonight, it’s perfect—the little guy has fallen asleep, I’ll carry him over right now."
As he said this, he carefully picked up the sleeping child.
Daozi, being picked up, seemed a bit uncomfortable, murmuring ’mmh’ twice, even frowning slightly.
Seeing this, Daohua hurriedly instructed, "Be gentle with him."
Xiao Yeyang also worried about waking his son. The little one had quite a temper and would undoubtedly cry up a storm if awakened.
Successfully moving the child onto the bed in the next room, Xiao Yeyang finally relaxed and told the wet nurse Fangniang and the two maids standing by, "Take good care of the Little Prince, and inform myself and the Princess Consort immediately if anything happens."
Fangniang quickly nodded in agreement.
Xiao Yeyang returned to his room, smiled at Daohua: "Wait for me." Having said that, he quickly went to the Clean Room to wash up.
That night, the two of them only went to sleep in the late hours.
Xiao Yeyang was uncontrollable after having abstained for too long; whereas Daohua felt somewhat guilty, her attention had been mostly given to the child since his birth, inevitably neglecting Xiao Yeyang, and she intended to make up for it.
Thus, without realizing it, it became deep into the night.
The next morning, Daohua and Xiao Yeyang were woken up by a tremendous wailing cry.
Upon hearing the crying, Xiao Yeyang rolled over and sat up immediately, while Daohua was a beat slower but also swiftly sat up.
"It’s Daozi crying!"
Xiao Yeyang, wearing a robe, strode quickly towards the next room.
At that moment, in the bed of the next room, Daozi was crying his eyes out, his face all red and ears steaming. Fangniang attempted to hold him, but the little one was hitting and kicking, vehemently refusing to let Fangniang hold him, causing her and the maids to be drenched in sweat from the anxiety.
Once Xiao Yeyang arrived, Daozi immediately called out loudly, "Daddy~"
Xiao Yeyang quickly went over to pick up his son. He knew his son’s temper well, thus he didn’t blame Fangniang and the others, and while comforting his son, he returned to the room.
As soon as Daohua got dressed, Xiao Yeyang came back holding their son.
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