"Hou Pingping, you stand right there."

Lady Hou chased after the two little girls with a feather duster. The little girl was six years old and was panting heavily as she ran ahead, shouting all the while.

"Godmother, save me! My mother is going to beat me again."

Who is her godmother? It is none other than the former empress who raised Hou Pingping from childhood.

Hou Pingping grew up in the Empress's arms. The elderly in the family were too old to handle the child's antics, and Madam Hou and Xu Zheng were busy with business every day, so the child had to be left with the little girl.

The little girl's sister also found a good place for the child, and Wei Shuyi really liked Pingping, just like Xiangxiang.

Did you make your mother angry again?

The woman came out of the house, opened the door, picked up the child from the ground, and held him in her arms, asking questions.

"I only... made one small mistake."

"A single mistake?"

Lady Hou, carrying a feather duster, also entered and said to Wei Shuyi:

"Sister, don't protect her. I'll beat her ass to a pulp today."

"What's wrong? Tell me first, Yingying."

“She knew perfectly well that I was afraid of snakes. She put a snake in my bed just now, and that’s not all. She even took the snake eggs back to incubate them.”

Wei Shuyi genuinely wanted to protect Pingping. In the brothel, regardless of whether it was a boy or a girl, the beatings were real, and the children were indeed very naughty.

But upon hearing what Lady Hou said, the woman turned around and put Hou Pingping on the ground. The reason was simple: she could empathize with what Lady Hou said.

Because she was also afraid of snakes.

One stalk of grass was right under the covers when I lifted the covers. How terrifying!

He deserves it!

"Godmother, don't you love Pingping anymore?"

The little girl is good at playing the victim; her little eyes blink so easily that they make people feel sorry for her.

Wei Shuyi resisted the urge to look and said:

"You can let your mother beat you up now, otherwise it will hurt even more when your sister comes back."

The child burst into tears upon hearing this.

"Wow! Can't I just skip this beating?"

"cannot!"

After she finished speaking, Hou Pingping was greeted by a flurry of feather dusters.

After being beaten, the little girl ran into her two mothers' arms, sobbing.

"Neither of you cares about me. I'm your daughter. Don't you feel bad when you hit me?"

“Long’er’s two mothers never hit her.”

Lady Hou thought for a moment, recalling her days in the brothel. Now that Long'er is the emperor, it's hard to talk about what happened before.

Unexpectedly, Xiangxiang walked in from the doorway at that moment.

"Your sister Long'er was beaten a lot when she was little."

"What's wrong? Your bottom is red again today? Tell me what happened."

The little girl buried her head in her two mothers' arms, not wanting to talk to her older sister.

People say that the children in their palace are lucky these days, with many elders. The Dragon Princess of Great Yan, the King of the Grasslands, and the Imperial Physician Hou Xiangxiang all have two mothers. As the younger sister of Imperial Physician Hou, she naturally has one too.

But the two mothers loved him twice as much, and he was also beaten twice as much.

This time, my godmother didn't lay a hand on me. Next time, it will hurt her terribly.

"Your sister is just like you when you were little, bringing snakes home and putting them in my bed." Madam Hou said angrily, her tone sharp with anger.

The little girl is quite pretty. No wonder she's my little sister. I dared to put her on the ground when we were kids, and you dare to put her in your own mother's bed?

"Well... I don't have my own room, so I'll sleep with Mom tonight and put it in there."

Wei Shuyi breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Pingping wasn't sleeping with her tonight, or she would have been the one suffering.

"Hmph! I won't let you go next time!"

The little girl speaks with such enthusiasm, she's so much more cheerful than when I was a child. She only became mischievous after meeting Long'er.

Hou Xiangxiang looked at her whimpering younger sister, smiled gently, and said:

"Okay, then Pingping must keep her word."

"Sister, please watch over her for a while. I'll go back and sort out the accounts. She can go home by herself when it's time for bed," Lady Hou said to Wei Shuyi.

The dignified woman nodded in response:

"Okay, little sister, take a rest."

The little girl watched her mother's departing figure, sighed, and said:

"My mom is so busy."

"Did Pingping blame her mother?" Wei Shuyi asked.

Hou Pingping shook her head and replied:

"No."

"Pingping is such a good girl. Your mother is busy, but she doesn't mean to not spend time with you. You should be as close to your mother as you are to me, understand?"

Hou Pingping was raised by her and was usually closer to Wei Shuyi.

Some women choose to go out and build their careers, while others choose to stay home and raise their children. Whatever the choice, it is an interpretation of the meaning and value of their own lives.

"Of course, my mother is busy because she has to support Sister Long'er."

"With a full treasury, Sister Long'er will have the confidence to go out and fight."

“I want to do the same in the future. My mother will be old and I will still be there for her. When that time comes, I will earn money for Sister Long’er. When she is happy, the people in the palace will be happy, my sister will be happy, and my mother will be happy.”

Hou Xiangxiang was surprised by her younger sister's words. How could such a young child understand so much?

The Imperial Hospital is busy, and she doesn't have much time to play with her younger sister anymore.

"Sister, don't you think so?"

"Yes! Who taught you these words?" the little girl asked.

"Does this need to be taught? I play with Kaixuan and the others every day. In the future, Kaixuan will be the marshal for Sister Long'er, Siman will build a big ship for Sister Long'er, and Liu Buhui will definitely be tinkering with poisons and such. So I will be responsible for making money for Sister Long'er, sailing the big ship built by Siman, going out to sea, and bringing back all the good things from overseas."

“There will come a day when Mother can no longer work, but then there will be me and us. Sister Long’er will never have to worry.”

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