Empress Ming, Empress Xiaochunxian, of the Gu'erjia clan, from the Manchu Plain White Banner, younger brother is Grand Scholar Gu'erjia Jiahuan. When Shizong Yongzheng was a prince, she gav...
At the table, Jiaming kept serving food to the Fourth Master, and Su Peisheng, who was watching from the side, said that her skill in serving food was basically on par with his own, who had served the master since childhood.
Just as Su Peisheng had predicted, the person being served, namely the Fourth Master, felt very comfortable being served.
Whatever you want to eat, it will be in your bowl the next moment.
As the Fourth Prince ate, he looked at Jiaming with a satisfied and warm smile in his eyes. Jiaming smiled sweetly at the Fourth Prince and then continued to serve him food diligently.
Gradually, Jiaming, who used to occasionally serve food to her youngest son Hongjing, became the Fourth Master's personal food server.
Seeing this, Xiao Hongjing pouted jealously.
No matter how jealous or dissatisfied he was, his mother wouldn't even glance at him, continuing to serve food only to his father, who was the only one there, completely ignoring him!
Fourth Master did notice, but after glancing at Green Willow, who was serving food to his son, he indicated that someone was watching over him and there was no need to worry about the little guy not being able to pick up the food.
As time passed, Fourth Master suddenly spoke up: "Jing'er, what's wrong with your eyes?" He looked at his youngest son who was covering his eyes, put down his chopsticks with concern, and was about to stand up and go over to take a look.
Upon hearing this, Jiaming, who was to the right of the Fourth Prince, stopped serving him food. Turning her head, she saw that Xiao Hongjing was covering his eyes and became worried. She quickly put down her chopsticks and reached out to remove the little guy's hand from his eyes, wanting to know what was wrong.
Su Peisheng and Lvliu, who were standing by, also became worried and quickly moved closer.
As a result, before Jiaming could make a move, and before Su Peisheng and the others could get to Xiao Hongjing's side, the little guy automatically removed his hands from his eyes.
Fourth Master frowned: "Huh?"
Jiaming frowned: "Huh?"
Su Peisheng and the others stopped in their tracks, and Green Willow exclaimed in surprise, "I don't see anything wrong! Strange!"
"..." Little Hongjing was confused. "Father, Mother, what's going on? And, Su Anda, Green Willow?"
Fourth Master frowned again and asked, "Why are you covering your eyes?"
“Right?” Jiaming nodded in agreement, staring intently at Xiao Hongjing, waiting for his explanation.
Su Peisheng and the others also kept their eyes fixed on the Fifth Prince Hongjing, waiting for his answer.
Little Hongjing chuckled, looked at his father, Fourth Uncle, and then at his mother, Jiaming. He then spread his chubby little hands in front of his face, his bright black eyes peering through the gaps in his fingers at Fourth Uncle. In his childish voice, he replied, "Father is looking at Mother, and his eyes are smiling. Mother's smile is so beautiful, um, it feels so bright, it even shines into her eyes!"
Fourth Master coughed lightly, exchanged a glance with Jiaming, whose ears had turned red, and then the two awkwardly looked away and began to eat. As they ate, they kept putting food on Xiao Hongjing's plate, urging him to eat quickly in order to distract him.
Su Peisheng and Lü Liu, who were standing nearby, lowered their heads and shrugged, laughing quietly.
After dinner, because it was cold outside, we didn't go out for a walk to digest our food. We just stayed indoors and chatted about everyday things.
After chatting for a while, Jiaming took the initiative to suggest to the Fourth Master, "Your Highness, would you like me to give you a massage?"
So proactive?
A flicker of emotion crossed the Fourth Prince's calm eyes. This scene seemed familiar. Could it be...? But then he thought that he would feel much better after being massaged, especially by Lady Beguerjia, so he nodded and agreed: "Yes, give me a massage, especially on my shoulders!"
Jiaming nodded, flexing her fingers as she walked behind Fourth Master. Once behind him, she began to massage him.
As the massage continued, Fourth Master closed his eyes in comfort.
Seeing this, little Hongjing also longed for his mother to rub his belly. After the meal, his mother rubbed his belly, and it felt so good.
But Mother is massaging Father's shoulders right now, so maybe we should just find Red Peach to make do.
After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Hongjing decided to let Hongtao rub his stomach to help him digest.
Fifteen minutes later, Jiaming's lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't say it. However, as her massage ended and as Fourth Master relaxed and opened his dark eyes, he finally spoke.
"My lord, I have a request."
"Oh?" Fourth Master glanced at Jiaming meaningfully and teased, "No wonder you're so attentive to me. You've always been like this. You only become attentive to me when you need something from me?"
Jiaming responded with a straight face, "If I need something from you, sir, of course I have to give you some benefits, so I have to be attentive to you, right? Otherwise, what kind of attitude is that when asking for something?"
Fourth Master: "..."
Seeing that the Fourth Master had nothing to say, Jiaming quickly went up to him and asked, "Master, will you grant it?"
Fourth Master did not answer Jiaming's question. He slowly picked up his teacup and took two sips of tea.
Seeing the Fourth Master's actions, Jiaming was anxious to get a positive answer from him, but she kept herself calm and stood patiently in front of him, holding her handkerchief and waiting for his reply.
Fourth Master glanced at Jiaming standing in front of him, slowly put down his teacup, and said indifferently, "Whether you agree or not can wait. Tell me what it is first?"
“It’s nothing that would trouble you, sir; it’s my private matter,” Jiaming said immediately.
"you say!"
Jiaming: "My lord, I wish to learn the guzheng, so?"
What she didn't finish saying was that she lacked someone who could play the guzheng and teach her, and she hoped that the master could arrange one for her.
Fourth Master: "I never expected Ming'er to be so eager to learn. If you want to learn the guzheng, that's fine."
Upon hearing this, Jiaming smiled and said, "Thank you, sir!"
"Hmm!" After acknowledging Jiaming's thanks, Fourth Master turned to Su Peisheng and instructed, "I remember there's a rather nice guzheng in my storeroom. Bring it here."
Upon hearing this, Jiaming immediately felt that the guzheng was meant for her.
Sure enough, after Su Peisheng brought back the guzheng, it was given to her by the Fourth Prince, who was playing a jigsaw puzzle with Hongjing.
"From now on, you will use this guzheng to learn."
Although Jiaming didn't know much about the quality of guzheng, anything that the Fourth Prince had taken a liking to and put into his storeroom must be a good one!
She happily accepted the guzheng and thanked the Fourth Master with a radiant smile, saying, "Thank you for your generous gift, Your Highness!"
Fourth Master: "Now that you have the guzheng, why don't you start learning?"
Jiaming blinked, her eyes scanning her surroundings. There was no one else there! She was momentarily confused, a little slow to react. "Learn...learn what?"
How can someone learn the guzheng if they have a teacher but no instructor?
Looking at Jiaming's foolish expression, Fourth Master said, "What else can you learn? Didn't you say you wanted to learn the guzheng?"
"I want to learn the guzheng!" Jiaming's tone was a little urgent, clearly annoyed. She thought to herself, "I'm not stupid!" "But where is the guzheng teacher? Without a teacher, how can I learn?"
Fourth Master immediately changed his expression and looked at Jiaming, as if to say, "You have no appreciation for her."