Chapter 451: Chapter 253: Growing Up Doesn’t Seem to Be a Good Thing_2
The Eighth Prince was frightened by Zhao Yao’s bloody mouth, but it turned out he just lost a tooth. The heart that had been in his throat could finally rest easy.
"It’s alright, I lost a tooth when I was your age too."
Yu Hai brought a basin of clean water, allowing Zhao Yao to rinse his mouth.
After rinsing for a long time, the blood in his mouth was finally gone.
The Eighth Prince washed Zhao Yao’s fallen tooth clean, then placed it in a small box, and immediately put it under his bed.
"Upper teeth go under the bed, lower teeth are thrown onto the roof."
Tong Xi held a mirror, and Zhao Yao looked into it, seeing a missing tooth beside his front tooth. With a wrinkled little nose, he said unhappily, "So ugly."
"It’s alright, the tooth will grow back soon," the Eighth Prince gently comforted Zhao Yao.
"How long until it grows back?" Zhao Yao asked, his face displaying a terrified expression, "Eighth Brother, will I lose more teeth?"
"Yes, you’ll lose a lot more." Seeing Zhao Yao’s frightened little face, the Eighth Prince gently patted his shoulder, comforting him, "Everyone loses teeth when they are children."
"Tenth Highness, don’t be afraid, your new teeth will grow in soon."
The Eighth Prince advised Zhao Yao, "Don’t use your tongue to lick the gap, or the new teeth will grow in crooked."
Hearing this, Zhao Yao was so frightened that he quickly covered his mouth.
"Tenth Brother, you don’t want a mouth full of crooked teeth, do you?" The Eighth Prince deliberately scared Zhao Yao, "That would be very ugly."
Zhao Yao shook his head vigorously, "No, I definitely won’t lick it."
The Eighth Prince picked up a freshly cooked rice cake and mischievously asked Zhao Yao, "Do you want more rice cake?"
Zhao Yao quickly shook his head, "No more, I won’t eat it again." Having lost a tooth from eating rice cake just now, he didn’t want to see rice cake for a while.
The Eighth Prince asked with concern, "Does it hurt?"
Zhao Yao shook his head and said, "It hurt a little when it fell out, but it doesn’t hurt now."
"From now on, eat fewer snacks," said the Eighth Prince, "Too much sugar is bad for your teeth."
"Oh, can’t I eat snacks anymore?" Zhao Yao instantly felt life was hopeless, with a pitiful expression on his little face.
"You can eat, just not too much," said the Eighth Prince, "You’ll keep losing teeth from now on, so be careful."
"Eighth Brother, why do teeth fall out?"
"Because you’re getting new teeth, everyone goes through this, it’s not just you, so don’t be afraid." The Eighth Prince was also scared the first time he lost a tooth as a child; he thought he was going to die. He hid by himself, crying secretly, then he met Liang Zhaoyi.
At that time, Liang Zhaoyi saw the Eighth Prince crying so sadly and quickly asked what was wrong. The Eighth Prince sniffled and said he was spitting blood and going to die.
Liang Zhaoyi was shocked by what the Eighth Prince said and hurriedly wanted to call an Imperial Physician. It was then she realized the Eighth Prince was missing a few teeth and asked if he had lost them.
The Eighth Prince, still sobbing, said he had lost several teeth and asked Liang Zhaoyi if he was going to die from crying.
At the time, Liang Zhaoyi was pregnant, squatting in front of the Eighth Prince with her big belly, gently patting his arm and softly comforting him, saying all children lose teeth at this age and lose a lot, telling him not to be afraid because they would grow back.
"Upper teeth under the bed, lower teeth on the roof." This phrase was taught to the Eighth Prince by Liang Zhaoyi.
Zhao Yao didn’t expect that the Eighth Prince learned about losing teeth from his mother, the consort.
In addition to telling the Eighth Prince about losing teeth, Liang Zhaoyi told him many other things.
These things were originally told to the Eighth Prince by his mother, but the Eighth Prince lost his mother when he was three or four years old.
Zhao Yao didn’t stay with the Eighth Prince for long, he kept him company for a while then returned to Kunde Hall.
As soon as he got back to Kunde Hall, Zhao Yao cried to Liang Zhaoyi about his lost tooth.
After hearing it, Liang Zhaoyi felt happy for her son. She told Zhao Yao that losing a tooth means he’s growing up, which is a good thing.
Hearing this from Liang Zhaoyi, Zhao Yao became less opposed to losing his teeth.
The matter of Zhao Yao losing a tooth soon reached the Emperor. The Emperor even specifically summoned Zhao Yao to the Imperial Study to see how many teeth he had lost.
Seeing a missing tooth beside Zhao Yao’s front teeth, the Emperor laughed loudly and disdainfully said it was very ugly. Zhao Yao angrily bit his face, which caused another tooth to fall out. His mouth was full of blood, and the Emperor’s face was covered in it too.
This time it was a front tooth that came out, making it even uglier.
The Emperor laughed loudly, while Zhao Yao was so angry he wanted to bite him to death, but having just lost a tooth, he didn’t dare bite the Emperor again.