Under the bright moonlight at night, Hongxuan looked at his elder brother and his mother, who were chatting and laughing intimately not far away, and suddenly felt a sense of realization. (Please search on Baidu.)

Lost in thought, Honghui had turned around and come to Hongxuan's side without him noticing.

"Fourth brother, fourth brother?" Honghui gently nudged Hongxuan's small shoulder.

"Ah, it's my older brother!" Hongxuan finally realized.

Honghui asked Hongxuan with a puzzled look, "What are you thinking about?"

Hongxuan shook his head, "I wasn't thinking about anything."

Honghui looked at Hongxuan with disbelief, but Hongxuan insisted that he hadn't thought about it.

Honghui had no choice but to give up, saying, "If you don't want to talk about it, then forget it."

Then he put his arm around Hongxuan's shoulder and whispered to him like brothers: "But, your older brother has finally recovered and is able to come out to attend the banquet. You have to give your older brother face. Don't frown. The way you frown makes you look just like another father. One father is enough. Don't be like that."

Before Hongxuan could respond, he released his arm from Hongxuan's shoulder, then tugged at Hongxuan's cheek and said with a grin, "Come on, give me a smile."

"Hehe," Hongxuan smiled politely, slapped Honghui's hand away, and then raised the glass of juice to him, "Come on, big brother, let's drink juice together."

After the banquet ended, I returned to my lodgings, returning from a lively atmosphere to a quiet one.

Hongxuan sat by the window, looking out, his expression blank and his mood somewhat downcast.

Xiao Li looked at Hongxuan in this state with some concern, "Master, Master, what's wrong with you again?"

"It's nothing!" Hongxuan replied absentmindedly.

"Nothing again?" Little Li muttered under his breath, "You were also a little distracted during the banquet just now, and when the First Prince asked you, you said it was nothing?"

"What are you muttering about?" That's what he said, but Hongxuan, with his sharp ears and eyes, heard it very clearly.

Having served Hongxuan for so long, Xiao Lizi naturally knew how sharp his master's ears were, and he knew that the other party was just being perfunctory, so he continued, "Master, if you have anything to say, you can tell this servant if you can. Maybe this servant can help you."

Hongxuan lowered his eyes and shook his head, "Even if I told you, you couldn't help."

Hearing his master say this, Little Li knew he couldn't help, but he still tried to make conversation, saying, "Master, how do you know I can't do it if you don't tell me?"

Hongxuan glanced at Xiao Lizi, "Can you get the letter that Grandpa and Mother sent back from Father?"

Little Li's expression changed; his eyes widened, his mouth slightly open, and he quickly shook his head in a look of fear.

His exaggerated expressions and movements instantly amused Hongxuan, who was feeling down, making him smile and his eyes crinkle with laughter.

When Little Li saw his master smile, he became even more exaggerated, shrinking back as if the Fourth Master he was about to meet was a demon.

"Alright, stop acting. I know you're trying to make your master happy," Hongxuan said helplessly, "but it's unnecessary. Your master is just..."

He just missed his mother and fifth brother a little, and wished they were here with him this time! But he considered himself a little adult and was too embarrassed to say it.

Little Li was quite clever; he saw the problem from the conversation just now—his master was missing his concubine and the Fifth Prince!

However, he was very perceptive and didn't say it out loud. Instead, he approached the issue from another angle. He rolled his eyes and quickly came up with an idea.

"Master, we'll be going back soon. Didn't you say you were going to prepare gifts for Consort and the Fifth Prince? How are the preparations going?" As he spoke, Xiao Li thought to himself that as long as his master was busy, he probably wouldn't have time to be depressed because he missed Consort and the Fifth Prince.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Hongxuan's attention was immediately diverted to this place, and he no longer had time to continue gazing at the moon and thinking of his loved ones by the window.

"Now that you mention it, I remember. I did prepare some things, but I feel like it's not enough, and I don't know if Mother and the others are satisfied with what they received." As he spoke, Hongxuan stood up and walked towards the shelf where he kept his items. When he got to the shelf, he called to Xiao Lizi next to him, "Come and take a look, and give me your opinion."

Little Li: "Yes, sir."

Hongxuan first looked at the fur. He carefully examined the fur, which was soft and of good color. Although he thought so himself, he still asked Xiao Li for his opinion.

"Little Li, what do you think of these furs?"

Little Li didn't mince words. He touched the fur, examined it carefully, and then nodded affirmatively: "Master, the quality of the furs here is quite good."

"Of course the quality is better!" Hongxuan said proudly. "Most of these furs are my combat spoils, and so are those gems and pearls." As he spoke, he deliberately picked up a pearl and a gem in his hand. "They were all won from those princes of the Mongol royal families. When they lost, their expressions were so painful!"

Little Li had been following Hongxuan closely and witnessed it firsthand. Recalling those people's expressions, he couldn't help but smile broadly. To avoid laughing too exaggeratedly, he pursed his lips tightly.

However, thinking back to his master back then, Little Li couldn't help but say, "Master, you are really amazing. Those who lost not only didn't feel unhappy, but instead admired you."

As Li Zi said this, his eyes, when he looked at Hong Xuan, instantly overlapped with those of the person from that time, shining brightly.

"Hehe!" Hongxuan chuckled a little shyly, scratching his head, but he felt incredibly pleased.

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