For nearly two months, apart from having three meals a day in the Palace of Eternal Joy, Luo Nanchen spent the rest of his time in the Three Academies.
Moreover, even during the three - meal times, Lin Qiao hardly had a chance to talk to Luo Nanchen. When Luo Nanchen ate, he was swift and decisive, gobbling down his food and then rushing off. He went to the school in the morning, the drill ground in the afternoon, and spent the whole evening practicing on the Spiritual Qi Platform.
After he started fasting, he didn't even return to the Palace of Eternal Joy for meals.
Although they didn't have much time to talk, Lin Qiao was no longer worried about her future at all. Luo Nanchen was extremely obedient now. Except for his reluctance to call her "Mother Empress", he was very well - behaved in other aspects. He would also take time every day to report to Lin Qiao what he had done.
His childish appearance already showed the heroic bearing of the future Emperor.
Lin Qiao was very gratified.
After Luo Siyuan sent the rewards to the Spiritual Qi Platform, the concubines from various palaces heard the news and came to congratulate Lin Qiao.
They explicitly praised Lin Qiao for her good parenting, but actually, they were all insinuating that Lin Qiao was just lucky.
But they were not wrong. A poor little waif who was ragged and unloved all of a sudden became a highly - talented darling, and even Luo Siyuan began to pay attention to Luo Nanchen.
One should be proud when it's time to be.
Lin Qiao: "It's really good luck to have a son who is highly - talented, well - behaved, cute, good - looking, extremely capable, and won't turn me into a human swine!"
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It seemed that the bad luck of getting diarrhea and having to go to the hospital even when drinking a mouthful of cold water in modern times was made up for here.
Lin Qiao was in a great mood and began to look forward to the wonderful retirement life as the Empress Dowager.
While daydreaming, Lin Qiao thought she should be nicer to this step - son Luo Nanchen. So she ordered the small kitchen to make a lot of pastries and then headed towards the school in a grand manner.
The emperors of the Yunjin Dynasty had always been diligent. Since the concubines in the harem couldn't fill up the palaces, the Three Academies were set up in the palace. However, in Luo Siyuan's generation, he was extremely licentious and had collected many beautiful women. So the concubines of this generation were a bit crowded and lived rather uncomfortably.
There were also many disputes in the harem.
If Lin Qiao hadn't shown her unusually bad temper right from the start, she might have spent a lot of time mediating neighborhood disputes.
In the Three Academies, the most capable people from all over the world were recruited as teachers. The students in the Three Academies were basically the children of noble families and the descendants of high - ranking officials.
So the tendency to curry favor with the powerful and look down on the weak was more vividly demonstrated among these children.
This was also the reason why Luo Nanchen was reluctant to come to the Three Academies before.
Because he was beaten up all day long.
When Lin Qiao walked to the school gate with the arrogant and nonchalant attitude of the original owner, it was just after class. Many children were playing in the yard.
Although she was no longer restricted by the original owner's personality and didn't really like that kind of behavior, after some experience, she found that the original owner's overbearing and unreasonable personality actually made things easier.
On the first day when Luo Nanchen quietly went to the Three Academies for class, Lin Qiao had come here in a high - profile way. But that time, she wasn't as friendly as now. She clearly showed everyone that she was a backer not to be messed with.
Since then, no one dared to provoke Luo Nanchen for no reason.
It was just after class, and there were many children playing in the yard.
Luo Nanchen was the only one in the room, bending over the desk and writing something. Hearing the sound of the door, he looked up. When he saw Lin Qiao, his eyes lit up.
Lin Qiao waved her hand, and the maids behind her took the pastries to distribute. The pastries she had ordered were for every noble - family child and even the teachers, except for Luo Junhao.
Although pastries were not rare things, in a school where food and entertainment were extremely scarce, it would be embarrassing not to have any while everyone around was enjoying them and talking about them happily.
That was exactly what Lin Qiao wanted for Luo Junhao.
Spring Blossom quietly came over and whispered, "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that His Highness the Crown Prince will make things difficult for you when he becomes the emperor?"
Lin Qiao sneered contemptuously, "Let's make a bet. Luo Junhao will never become the emperor."
Spring Blossom looked at Lin Qiao curiously, gossipingly and a bit excitedly. Then she looked at Luo Junhao, whose face was a mixture of green and red and who had already walked far away. Finally, her gaze fell on Luo Nanchen, who was sitting not far away with a serious expression, writing quickly.
After distributing all the pastries, the students and teachers all tactfully stepped aside, making way for Lin Qiao.
The school was very large, composed of two merged palaces. But the buildings inside looked very simple, and some were even thatched cottages, in order to create a school - like atmosphere. The one where Luo Nanchen was staying was a thatched cottage.
The thatched cottage was simple and full of the aroma of books.
Lin Qiao walked to Luo Nanchen's desk. "What are you writing? Let me have a look."
Luo Nanchen looked up at Lin Qiao. There was no emotion in his inky eyes. Although they were the eyes of a young child, they were extremely deep. He didn't say a word and then lowered his head again.
Lin Qiao teased him with a mischievous smile, "Are you just pretending to study here when you saw me coming?"
Luo Nanchen still didn't say a word. His small mouth was pursed into a line. Unhappily, he shifted his body a bit, showing the rice - paper.
Lin Qiao didn't know what Luo Nanchen was up to, but she had asked to see it at first. If she refused to look after he showed it, wouldn't it make her seem like a trouble - maker?
So she pretended to look at it with a profound expression.
Then, Lin Qiao found that she couldn't understand it.
"......"
Although she didn't understand, Luo Nanchen was blinking his big eyes at her. As a mother, Lin Qiao of course couldn't show her ignorance. She pretended to be calm and said, "It's well - written. Very good."
Luo Nanchen obediently nodded, carefully put away the rice - paper, and then covered it with a book.
She felt something was wrong.
Although Luo Nanchen seemed very obedient at the moment, Lin Qiao just felt there was a hint of something amiss.
What was wrong?
Oh... during the chaos of distributing the pastries just now, it seemed that the voice of little Siri had sounded in her head.
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Moreover, since she came in until now, Luo Nanchen hadn't said a single word to her.
His small lips were pursed into a straight line. He was looking at the desk but hadn't written anything for a long time. After being well - taken care of in the past two months, he had put on some baby fat. His face was chubby, and now with his pouting mouth, it looked even more so. Lin Qiao couldn't help but pinch his baby cheeks.
Luo Nanchen pouted even more. Like a wronged little daughter - in - law who finally couldn't hold it in anymore, he burst out, "Don't touch me. Go distribute the pastries to others. Don't come to me."
Finally, he spoke.
Lin Qiao found it funny. Why was this little puppy - like version of the early, non - blackened Emperor so cute? And so jealous? He was just so endearing!
Lin Qiao couldn't help but pinch Luo Nanchen's baby cheeks again.