Li Chenjiao absolutely did not teach the Fourth Prince these things. This was only the first day of the Fourth Prince's schooling. She planned to teach Wanwan earlier, but she only intended to teach him slowly after Wanwan came back from school every day.

Bayanbu and Muliha are the two children who accompanied the Fourth Prince to the front courtyard for his studies today. They are two and three years older than the Fourth Prince, respectively. These two are not very talkative, but they are quite strong.

Wait a minute, Li Chenjiao suddenly grabbed something else: "A slingshot...where did it come from?"

Li Chenjiao didn't remember that the slingshot was among the gadgets that Fourth Master had given her.

The Fourth Prince pursed his lips and refused to speak.

No one knows a child better than their mother. Before, the child answered whatever Li Chenjiao asked, but now he suddenly stopped saying anything...

Li Chenjiao tentatively asked, "Did Bayanbu and Muliha make it for you?"

The Fourth Prince's lips seemed to be stuck together with rice paste. Hearing his mother's words, his eyes widened slightly, but he still remained silent.

Li Chenjiao wasn't going to blame them. She was just teasing Wanwan: "Since you won't say anything, then I'll have Bayanbu and Muliha come in and give us their answers."

Even the cleverest of the Fourth Princes was still just a child. Now, with the Haha Beads that he had been playing with for quite some time in question, he couldn't help but lose his composure: "They made these for me... I haven't even played with them twice yet."

Li Chenjiao pressed on, "What is the slingshot made of, and when was it made?"

The Fourth Prince was now behaving himself: "It was done half a month ago..."

Li Chenjiao didn't believe that it was freezing cold in February.

Li Chenjiao leaned back, chuckled, and said with a half-smile, "Still not telling the truth?"

The Fourth Prince licked his lips again: "Made during the first month of the lunar year..."

It's even colder in the first month of the lunar calendar, and Li Chenjiao... suddenly feels a bit itchy. What's going on?

Li Chenjiao had played with slingshots when she was little, and she was quite good at it... cough cough, I'm getting off topic.

"Made of tree branches?" The slingshots made by the children themselves would naturally be a bit rougher; Li Chenjiao had made them herself before.

The Fourth Prince honestly said yes.

Li Chenjiao felt slightly relieved. Since it was made of tree branches, there was no fear of any markings on it, and therefore no fear of being discovered by someone with ulterior motives.

Li Chenjiao asked a few more questions.

"Did you hurt yourself? Why didn't you stand further away when they were arguing and fighting?" She remembered that the Fourth Prince had fallen.

The Fourth Prince scratched his head again: "Son, son wanted to get the slingshot back... but he fell on his bottom, it didn't hurt."

As if to prove something to his mother, the Fourth Prince even patted his own bottom.

Li Chen looked at him reproachfully, and after saying so much, she picked up the sweet water on the table and fed it to the Fourth Prince.

The Fourth Prince was a little embarrassed. He had already started his studies, so how could he let his mother feed him with a cup?

But since his mother was like this, he felt too embarrassed to refuse...

He was so preoccupied with his thoughts that he drank the whole cup of honey water.

Li Chenjiao didn't say anything more and quickly sent the Fourth Prince out for lunch.

As the Fourth Prince left the study, he quietly exhaled, and upon looking up, he saw Dongsheng guarding the door.

The Fourth Prince smiled and made a gesture indicating that everything was alright. Dong Sheng quickly followed behind the Fourth Prince.

He headed towards the flower hall for lunch, but halfway there his eyes suddenly lit up: "Eyun! Are you waiting for me here?"

Erge grabbed her younger brother's hand: "I told you not to act recklessly. Come on, go have dinner with Eyun."

As she spoke, the Second Princess turned back to look at Dongsheng, who was following behind her younger brother: "Go and rest. If you need any ointment, go to Green Chrysanthemum for it."

The Second Princess spoke with a stern face, her expression somewhat resembling that of Li Chenjiao.

The Fourth Prince was lost in thought. After regaining his senses, he smiled at Eyun and said, "Eyun, I'm hungry. Let's go."

The second princess turned her head and looked at her younger brother with a somewhat fierce expression: "I told you not to mess around like this, and you didn't even call me!"

The Second Princess herself was quite playful, but she was still very well-behaved outside. Now she understood the rules and knew that she couldn't embarrass her mother in public.

The Fourth Prince smiled ingratiatingly and said, "I can't change clothes with my sister..."

That's true...

The second princess pondered for a moment, then said, "Next time something happens, send someone to inform me first..."

The second princess is still pondering the rest.

The siblings went to the flower hall together for their meal.

Li Chenjiao then summoned Qiu Hu, Qiu Ci, and Xiao Luzi to the study.

"Xiao Lu, you personally keep an eye on things at the gatehouse. Report back as soon as Fourth Master and his wife return."

"At the front yard, near the haha ​​beads... have you found out who's arguing?" Li Chenjiao asked.

Qiu Ci replied, "I've already asked Lü Ju. Two of them were chosen by the Ulanara clan to serve as servants in the manor, and there are four others chosen by the Fourth Prince. I heard that the oldest of those four has a younger brother who was originally also a servant to the Second Prince. However, because the Ulanara clan chose people to serve the Second Prince, and because the Second Prince prefers peace and quiet and doesn't need so many people to serve him, the number of servants was reduced by two."

No wonder.

After Qiu Ci finished speaking, she added, "It's not like the two sides have been at odds for just a day or two. It's just that the Second Prince turns a blind eye to it, and his attitude towards both sides is sometimes cold and sometimes warm. Therefore, both sides regard each other as enemies."

After hearing this, Li Chenjiao seemed to realize something; the Second Prince's attitude was quite interesting...

She was too lazy to care about the messy affairs in the main courtyard, and she didn't care whether the Fujin knew about them or what her attitude was. But if someone tried to act tough in front of her, Li Chenjiao wasn't made of dough.

Li Chenjiao hummed in agreement, and then asked a few other questions: "What does that have to do with the Third Prince?"

Wanwan tried to take back the slingshot because he was thinking of "selling the stolen goods" or because he couldn't bear to part with it. As a result, he was pushed around. Bayanbu and Muliha are honest people, but they wouldn't stand by and watch their brother be bullied. Naturally, they would step forward to protect him. What does that have to do with the Third Prince?

Qiu Hu replied, "I heard that the children of the Ulanara family casually grabbed the inkstone and paperweight that were right next to them... right next to the Third Prince and his son Haha Zhuzi's desk..."

"That paperweight was given to me by the Fourth Prince during the New Year to praise the Third Prince for his good studies..."

The Third Prince's servant, Haha Zhuzi, naturally wanted to snatch it back, so a fight was inevitable.

Li Chenjiao felt a headache coming on.

"How arrogant! They dare to make a move with just a few haha ​​beads..." Li Chenjiao clicked her tongue, also somewhat disapproving.