Tai Chi Palace.
The tender voice of children echoed in the empty main hall. Huaijin and Huaiyu lay on the left and right in front of Yan Xiu's writing desk, propping up their chins and asking him:
"Uncle, just turn into a dragon and give us a look. We will definitely be obedient in the future."
Yan Xiu had to review the memorial and could not distract himself from dealing with the two of them, so he casually said, "Be good, I have to deal with important matters and go make trouble for your aunt."
Zhu Sijia was sitting behind Yan Xiu practicing embroidery. When she heard this, she put down her needle and thread and took Huaijin Huaiyu away: "Do you want to eat the snacks from Changle Palace? If so, just go with your aunt."
With two children here, Yan Xiu would be somewhat distracted, so why not just take them to Changle Palace to make some noise.
Huaiyu was not attracted by the snacks at Changle Palace. Instead, he ran to Zhu Sijia's sewing basket.
Huaijin's face was as red as a ripe persimmon hanging on a tree in the extreme winter moon. He looked up at Zhu Sijia, kept wringing his fingers and said: "Auntie, let me tell you one thing, you must not be angry."
Zhu Scarlett smiled and said, "What's going on?"
Huaijin stammered: "I, before, when I was playing with other children, I heard them say that you were transformed into a cat demon. At that time, I was also very afraid of cat demons. When I heard them say that about you, I felt sad. I believe you, but I dare not go forward and argue with them."
"Auntie, you don't blame Huai Jin for being timid, do you?"
Yan Xiu also put down his pen at this time. He half-closed his eyelashes, a smile overflowing from his eyes, paying special attention to Zhu Sijia's reaction.
Zhu Sijia knelt down and told Huaijin seriously: "How could it be? We Huaijin are still young and don't have much strength to convince others with reason. But you are willing to believe in your aunt, which means that you are different from other children. You are kind and upright, and your aunt is very good." happy."
Huaijin's eyes shone: "Does Auntie really think so?"
Zhu Sijia: "Of course, if Huaijin wants to protect me in the future, it is better to eat more food, grow taller, and get up early every day to practice martial arts diligently. In the future, he will definitely be as tall and strong as your uncle. Then no one will You dare to speak ill of me in front of you, don’t you?”
Huaijin nodded desperately: "I understand! I will start walking on horseback from tomorrow!"
Yan Xiu nodded: "Yes, when I was your age, I was used to getting up early at 9:00 every day."
Huai Yuke who was on the side had no interest in strengthening her body and practicing martial arts. She held Zhu Sijia's embroidery and shouted: "Auntie, this snake you embroidered is really scary!"
Yan Xiu raised his eyebrows: "Snake?"
Zhu Sijia bit her lip and said, "Huaiyu admits his mistake. What I embroidered is clearly a dragon..."
Yan Xiu waved to Huaiyu: "Bring me the snake your aunt embroidered."
Congratulations to Scarlett: “It’s really a dragon!”
Huaiyu simply held the entire sewing basket in his arms, walked to the bookcase in a fit of exhaustion, and threw it heavily on the bookcase: "Uncle, look, this is really a snake."
Yan Xiu grabbed the embroidery frame and looked at it. After a while, he chuckled and said: "The real dragon embroidered into a local snake. Your aunt is so stupid, please don't tell anyone, otherwise she won't give you snacks in the future."
Huaijin and Huaiyu nodded repeatedly.
Zhu Sijia was so ashamed that she couldn't bear to ask Yan Xiu: "Is the dragon I embroidered by my concubine really that bad?"
Yan Xiu took a breath: "Where does Cicada want to embroider this dragon?"
Zhu Sijia: "Of course I want to embroider some pajamas for His Majesty."
Yan Xiu: "Thank you for your hard work, but I'd better leave some things to the Shangyi Bureau. Don't wrong yourself."
Zhu Sijia looked annoyed: "This is clearly what I want. If Your Majesty doesn't like it, I won't do any embroidery anymore."
Yan Xiu knew that this person was angry, so he stood up quickly, hugged her tightly from behind, and whispered in her ear:
"I'm just kidding, don't be angry, Cicada. If you embroider a real dragon into a caterpillar, I will wear it on my body."
Zhu Sijia tried her best to break his hand around her waist, but Yan Xiu did not move at all. It was of no use to her, and her tone lost the discouragement she had just said:
"Then I'll ask Mrs. Chen for advice and try to embroider this caterpillar before His Majesty's birthday."
Yan Xiu: "During this period, you often go to the Yuxiu Palace of Concubine Chen, is it to ask her for advice on female celebrities?"
Zhu Sijia: "Well, Tian Shanggong said that the Dowager Empress's female beauty is better than the maids of the Shangyi Bureau. Naturally, I have to humbly ask her for advice."
In order to embroider a birthday gift for herself, she was able to put aside her past feud and go to learn from Mrs. Chen. Although Yan Xiu cared about the special relationship between her and Mrs. Chen, when he thought that Zhu Sijia was doing it for himself, he no longer cared about it.
Yan Xiu kissed her snow-white stamina, and regardless of whether the junior was still in the palace, he said softly: "Okay, I'm looking forward to your gift."
Huaijin and Huaiyu looked at each other and yawned: "Huh, it's not fun in the palace. Uncle doesn't want to turn into a dragon to show us."
Yan Xiu let go of Zhu Sijia and looked outside the palace: "In that case, I will ask Mr. Bai to personally escort you home. Bai Heng, send the crown prince and the county lord out of the palace."
Huaiyu cheered and applauded: "Great! Uncle let that good-looking brother play with us again."
Yan Xiu just smiled subtly and did not answer any more words.
Outside the palace gate.
Bai Heng walked to the left and right, holding Huaijin and Huaiyu, on Zhuque Street, followed by a group of guards with cold faces, which attracted countless people's attention.
To think that he, the dignified deputy of the Dragon Guard, wearing this eye-catching white flying fish uniform, was actually just performing the simple task of escorting the crown prince and the county lord back to the princess mansion in public.
The common people only thought that Yan Xiu doted on his nephew and niece to the extreme.
Huaijin and Huaiyu had reached the age where they were curious about everything. As long as Bai Heng escorted them out of the palace, they would not take the carriage home no matter what.
Huaiyu, in particular, made a lot of coquettish remarks to Bai Heng, asking him to lead her for a walk in the busy city of Xijing.
Although Bai Heng's face was cold, his palms were slightly sweaty. Taking care of a child was not an easy job.
After all, today was not just as simple as sending the two of them home, Yan Xiu also gave him a special task.
As long as she finds ways to hold the two children back and stay outside longer, the eldest princess will decide what happens next.
Huaijin and Huaiyu walked towards a stall selling sugar paintings. Zhaohua usually wouldn't let them eat these things, but now that she wasn't around to keep an eye on them, the two children were particularly excited.
Huaijin asked for a pattern of a unicorn riding on the clouds, and Huaiyu chose a deer. After Baiheng paid for them, he caught a glimpse of the target person from the corner of his eye, and immediately took Huaiyu's hand and turned her around:
"His Majesty specifically told the county master to eat less sweets, otherwise he will suffer from toothache in the future."
Huaiyu pinched the sugar deer and said angrily: "Huh! How many times do I eat sugar paintings throughout the year? Leave me alone."
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Shang disappearing a few feet behind Bai Heng. She was the wet nurse who was expelled from the princess mansion by Zhaohua. She shouted to Bai Heng:
"You let go of me, the county master. I saw the Fu Mu who scared me and my brother."
