Chapter 90 The Little Asshole with Elbows Outward
Ru Fei's originally serious face was instantly filled with smiles, and she said in surprise, "Thank you, eunuch."
The eunuch smiled and said he dared not. Jin Xing did not need Concubine Ru to tell him to do so. She took out a purse filled with loose change and stuffed it into the eunuch's hand. The eunuch refused but accepted it. His smile became even bigger. He bowed to Concubine Ru and said, "Thank you, Her Majesty, Concubine Ru, for the gift."
Concubine Ru smiled and asked, "Did you tell me what time you will enter the palace tomorrow?"
The young eunuch bowed and replied, "The Empress said that at the end of the Chen hour tomorrow, Lord Xu and Madam Xu will come to the palace. After Lord Xu has seen His Majesty at Chongde Hall and Madam Xu has seen the Empress first, they can come to Miaoyunxuan. The Empress said that your father and mother can wait until the You hour and leave the palace before the palace gates are locked."
That means I can stay in the palace for a whole day. This is great. Concubine Ru was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Her Majesty, for your consideration and care."
After sending the eunuch away, Concubine Ru cried with joy and wiped her tears with a handkerchief. Jin Xing was also very excited. She held Concubine Ru's hand and advised with red eyes: "Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry to cry. Tomorrow the master and the mistress can stay in the palace for a whole day and can even stay for lunch. We have to hurry up and make arrangements."
Ru Fei burst into laughter and said, "That's right. Go quickly and call Shiqi and Youyou first, and tell the children the good news."
Jin Xing agreed with a smile and got up to find the two little masters who were running around. After a while, the two children were sweating profusely again.
Ji Jinyou flopped onto Concubine Ru's lap and said in a soft voice: "Mother, Youyou is here."
Seventeen also ran to Concubine Ru's side and looked up at her: "Mother, Jin Xing said you were looking for us."
Concubine Ru reached out and picked up the chubby girl and put her on the couch. She then picked up the little boy and put him on the other side. She smiled and said, "Your grandparents have arrived in the capital today and will come to the palace tomorrow."
Recently, the two children often heard Concubine Ru mention their grandparents. Although they had never met them, they were looking forward to seeing them very much. When they heard the news, they all smiled happily.
"Great! Grandpa and grandma are coming. You are going to prepare gifts for them." Ji Jinyou shouted happily, turned over and slid down to the ground, pulled Seventeen into the inner room, walked to the Duobao Pavilion against the wall, and pointed with her little hand: "Brother, take down my box."
Seventeen brought a chair over, stepped on it, carefully took down the box that contained Xiaojiu's treasures, and placed it on the table.
Ji Jinyou climbed onto the chair and stood up. He opened the box in a hurry and rummaged around in it with his two chubby hands. Finally, he pulled out two night-shining pearls and handed one to Seventeen: "Brother, take this and give it to grandma tomorrow."
Seventeen put his hands behind his back, shook his head and refused to take it, saying, "This belongs to Xiaojiu, brother can't have it."
Ji Jinyou tilted her head to look at him, thought for a moment, put both beads back into the box, and grunted as she put the things she had turned out back in: "Then Youyou won't give me this either."
Seventeen stopped her and said, "Xiaojiu, this is your gift, and this is my farewell gift."
"Then what do you want to give?" Ji Jinyou asked curiously.
Seventeen shook his head and said, "I don't know either. How about you, Xiaojiu, accompany your brother to the warehouse to take a look?"
At first, after Concubine Kang and Lu Zhaoyi were banned to Yongsi Palace, the Empress Dowager took charge of the matter and had all of their assets counted and listed under the Seventeen names.
When they were gathered together, there were more than ten boxes of various sizes. The Empress had everyone move them to Miaoyunxuan. Concubine Ru specially ordered people to clear out a room in the side hall to be used as a warehouse for Seventeen.
After the items were counted and put away, Concubine Ru gave the verified account book to Seventeen and asked him if he wanted to keep it for himself.
Seventeen held his hands and asked timidly, "Mother, does Xiaojiu keep her things herself?"
The little boy was restrained by Lu Zhaoyi since he was young and was not allowed to interact with other princes and princesses. In addition, he had no personal property except daily clothes and necessities, so he really had no idea how other children's property was managed.
After hearing this, Concubine Ru held the little boy in her arms and said, "Then it will be the same as Xiaojiu. I will take care of you first. When you grow up and leave the palace to set up your own residence, you can take care of yourself. But before that, if you need anything, just tell me."
When he heard that it was the same as Xiaojiu, Seventeen naturally agreed.
Ru Fei also asked him if he wanted to go and see it again, but he refused.
A six-year-old child has no idea about gold, silver, and jewelry, and is not interested in them.
There was another deeper reason that even the little boy himself was not aware of, that is, those things belonged to Concubine Kang and Lu Zhaoyi, and he was somewhat resistant in his heart.
If Xiaojiu hadn't rummaged through the drawers and said that he wanted to give gifts to his grandparents, the little boy would not have remembered that he also had quite a bit of family wealth because he subconsciously avoided the question.
Upon hearing this, Ji Jinyou clapped her hands and said, "Okay, Youyou will accompany you."
Seventeen reached out and took the little girl down from the chair, whispering, "We need to talk to mother first. Xiaojiu, how about you help your brother?"
Ji Jinyou nodded and was about to say yes, but then shook his head again, raised his two chubby arms, and acted like he was not easy to talk to: "Hmph, brother, don't even think about being lazy. Mother is still your mother. If you have something to say, just say it yourself. You will get tired if you talk too much."
Ru Fei was outside and heard the conversation between the two children clearly. She couldn't help laughing at the little girl's slightly naughty baby voice.
Jin Xing also covered her mouth and smiled, and said softly: "My queen, the young master is really considerate. This is to let the young prince practice courage."
Concubine Ru smiled and nodded, pointed inside and made a gesture for silence, and the two of them listened attentively.
Ji Jinyou raised his two small round arms, looked up at Seventeen who looked troubled, and asked again: "Brother, will mother eat you?"
Seventeen hurriedly shook his head: "My mother is so kind, how could she eat people?"
Ji Jinyou asked again: "Will your mother beat you or scold you?"
Seventeen shook his head again, saying with absolute certainty: "Not at all." From the day he arrived at Miao Yun Xuan, Concubine Ru had always been gentle and loving to him. She always held him in her arms and kissed him, and she had never raised her voice. How could she possibly scold or hit him?
Ji Jinyou spread out her two small round hands: "That's it, then what are you afraid of."
Seventeen pinched her hands and said, "But I promised to let Mother keep it before."
Ji Jinyou: "Mother is just keeping it for you. It's your own thing. Didn't Mother tell you to tell her if you want to use it?"
You spoke in an orderly manner at such a young age that Concubine Ru nodded repeatedly, feeling very proud.
She wanted to go in and say a few words to encourage Seventeen, but then she changed her mind and decided to wait for him to come to her and talk to her. Boys, if you want something, you have to take the initiative to fight for it. Besides, with Youyou cheering you on, she didn't have to worry too much.
Seeing that Xiaojiu was unwilling to help, Shiqi looked outside the door, rubbed his hands, and then said, "Okay, I'll go and talk to her myself. Then Xiaojiu, can you accompany me?"
Ji Jinyou smiled and reached out to hold Seventeen's hand: "Come on, Youyou, accompany your brother."
When the two children came to the outer room, they saw Concubine Ru sitting on the couch, looking at them with a smile. Seventeen then realized that Concubine Ru had heard what he had just said to Xiaojiu.
The little boy looked embarrassed and walked forward: "Mother, I want to go to the storehouse to see those things."
Ji Jinyou added, "My brother wanted to give gifts to grandpa and grandma."
"Okay, those are our Seventeen's things. You can look at them anytime you want. As long as they are used for the right purposes, you can do whatever you want with them." Ru Fei touched the little boy's head and said with a smile.
Ji Jin shook Seventeen's hand, tiptoed to his ear and said in a petty voice: "Brother, you see, once you said it, Mother agreed."
Seventeen was happy that he had accomplished another task. He shook Xiaojiu's hand tightly and smiled.
Yes, he should be braver in the future. Many times, things are not as difficult as he imagined. As long as he opens his mouth, he can succeed.
Concubine Ru called Haitang, who was in charge of managing the warehouse accounts, in and told her to accompany the two children.
Ji Jinyou held Seventeen's hand, and the two of them went to the side hall, rummaging through the boxes and cabinets for a long time. Finally, Seventeen chose a set of four treasures of the study that were exquisitely crafted and packed in a brocade box. At first glance, they looked very valuable. "Xiaojiu, do you think grandpa would like this?"
Ji Jinyou nodded at the side: "Didn't mother say that grandpa loves calligraphy? He will definitely like it."
Seventeen smiled and moved the box aside.
Just now, Ru Fei taught them that they should keep track of their belongings and register everything whether it was in or out. Seventeen said seriously, "Haitang, I need this set of four treasures of the study. Please help me remember it."
Seeing that her little prince finally showed some style as a master, Haitang smiled with great satisfaction and immediately responded, "Yes, Your Highness, I will board immediately after you make your choice."
Seventeen felt a sense of accomplishment and was very happy that he could arrange things for himself. His eyes twinkled, but he pretended to be calm.
Ji Jinyou found it funny and covered his mouth with his two chubby hands, afraid that he would laugh out loud. He felt embarrassed for his Seventeenth Brother.
Seventeen went back to the boxes and continued to search, but this time he was in a dilemma. After a long time of searching, he still couldn't find anything satisfactory. He stood in the middle of the boxes and thought: "Xiaojiu, what do you think is a suitable gift for grandma?"
Ji Jinyou walked over, climbed onto a box and sat down, kicking her two short legs: "As long as it's a gift from my brother, grandma will definitely like it."
Seeing that Seventeen was still in a dilemma, Ji Jinyou said, "There are so many beautiful pieces of jewelry, just pick one at random, brother."
Seventeen: "The four treasures of the study are new, but the jewelry are all used by them. Would it be bad to give them to my grandmother?"
Ji Jinyou didn't think it was a big deal: "What does it matter?"
But whenever Seventeen thought of Concubine Kang and Lu Zhaoyi, he felt frightened and extremely uncomfortable, and he could not get over that hurdle in his heart.
Seeing the awkwardness in Seventeen's heart, Ji Jinyou slid down from the box, reached out to hug him, held his hand, and said in a baby voice: "Brother, bad people are bad people, and objects are objects. Otherwise, all the houses where bad people have lived should be demolished and new houses should be built, and the roads where bad people have walked should also be destroyed and new roads should be built. Moreover, the sun was basked by bad people, so should we not be able to bask in it too?"
Seventeen had never thought about it this way before, and was stunned when he heard this.
Ji Jinyou grabbed Seventeen's arm, stood on tiptoe, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, "Father is still Bad Thirteen's father. If you say so, then we can't even have a father anymore. We need to find a new one."
This was really outrageous. Seventeen was shocked and quickly covered Xiaojiu's mouth with his hand. Then he chuckled and suddenly felt enlightened. "Then I won't go around that anymore in the future."
During this period of time, he deliberately avoided the palace where he lived before, because there were only painful memories there. But his sister was right, people are people, and objects are objects.
Ji Jinyou nodded her head and said in a condescending manner, "That's right." She said this because she found that Seventeen always avoided his old residence.
Seventeen's worries were resolved, and he took his sister to look for things. The two children were very happy and excited to look for things. Finally, they found a box full of jewelry and a set of four treasures of the study. They brought them back to the main hall and showed them to Concubine Ru.
Seeing so many things, Concubine Ru was very surprised, but seeing the little boy holding the box and eagerly giving it to her, she couldn't bear to say anything else. She just poked him on the forehead and glared at him: "You little spendthrift, you gave away so many things, this is a waste of money.
Dependence
Don't you plan to pass it?"
Concubine Ru always liked to call Xiaojiu a naughty boy, but she had never called him that before. Seventeen was happy when she heard the "little spendthrift" in a mock angry tone. With a red face, she imitated Xiaojiu's usual naughty behavior and snuggled into Concubine Ru's arms and rubbed against him: "Mother, Seventeen wants to send grandma off."
The little boy acted coquettishly in a very unfamiliar and clumsy way, which made Concubine Ru couldn't help laughing. She patted the boy on the back and said, "Okay, okay, Mother will let you send me off."
Ji Jinyou also giggled and deliberately squeezed into Rufei's arms to compete with Shiqi for space. Shiqi put his hands around his chubby sister and laughed.
Seventeen's gift was chosen, but Ji Jinyou was not satisfied with her gift. She remembered that Concubine Ru said that her grandfather liked to play chess. Her big dark eyes rolled and she had an idea, "Mother, go play chess with father."
After saying that, he pulled Shiqi and ran out of the door. Seeing this, Jin Xing and Hai Tang hurriedly followed.
Ru Fei chased them to the door and warned them, "Run slower." But the two kids didn't listen and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Ru Fei smiled helplessly and shook her head, turned back to her room, took out a pile of new clothes from the cupboard and sorted them out one by one. She had rushed out all of them when she learned that her parents were coming.
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Ji Jinyou pulled Seventeen and jogged all the way to Chongde Hall.
Liang Quan saw the two young masters from afar. He went in to report first, then came out and welcomed the two in with a smile.
"Thank you, Eunuch Liang." Ji Jinyou and Shiqi thanked in unison.
Although the little princess was always so polite, Liang Quan was still flattered every time he heard it, and smiled with wrinkles on his face: "I dare not, the two little princes, please enter the palace quickly, His Majesty is waiting."
Ji Jinyou and Shiqi walked into the hall hand in hand, and saw Emperor Wen Zhao looking at them with a smile. The two stepped forward, bowed and greeted him. Emperor Wen Zhao smiled and asked them to stand up, and waved his hand with a smile: "Xiaojiu, you must be missing your father. Why did you come here at this time?"
Ji Jinyou ran over and took Emperor Wen Zhao's hand: "Father, Xiaojiu wants to play chess with you."
Emperor Wen Zhao raised his eyebrows. Oh, the sun is rising from the west? In the past, when he asked the little girl to play chess with him, she didn't say anything, but her little round face was wrinkled and she would go up to her and sneeze after just a few games. Today, she actually took the initiative to ask to play chess?
There must be something wrong when things are out of the ordinary. Xiaojiu, this clever boy, must be thinking of something. Emperor Wen Zhao did not expose him, but laughed and nodded: "Okay, father will play chess with Xiaojiu."
Emperor Wen Zhao stood up, picked up the little girl with one hand, and took Seventeen by the hand, walked to the Luohan couch by the window, put Xiaojiu on one side of the chess table, and took Seventeen to sit on the other side. He covered his mouth with his hand and whispered deliberately: "Seventeen, watch carefully later to see how your sister is playing tricks."
Seventeen pursed her lips and smiled, "Okay."
When Ji Jinyou heard what Emperor Wen Zhao said, he chuckled and pretended to be stupid.
The father and daughter each held chess pieces of a different color and started playing in a very serious manner. Even though Emperor Wen Zhao tried to let them pass, he could not resist the little girl's disorganized moves. She would destroy chess pieces whenever she wanted and move wherever she wanted. She did whatever she wanted, which made Emperor Wen Zhao laugh non-stop.
In the end, as expected, the little girl raised her two little hands and made a mess of the chessboard.
Emperor Wen Zhao laughed even more happily, pointed at the little girl, and said to Seventeen, "See what I just said. This little bastard always does this."
Seventeen also laughed continuously.
Ji Jinyou didn't care about them and put all the chess pieces into the chess pot with her two little hands.
Emperor Wen Zhao saw the little girl busying around as if in a hurry, and shook his head and said, "Oh, this is really rare, our little Jiu is actually packing up the chess pieces today."
Ji Jinyou put all the chess pieces into the chess pot and hugged them: "Father, Youyou likes this chess piece, can you give it to Youyou?"
Oh, that's how it is. Emperor Wen Zhao suddenly realized what was going on. He asked why the little girl was acting so abnormally today. It turned out that she was after him as a chess piece.
The white pieces in this chess set are made of polished South China Sea shells, and the black pieces are made of polished obsidian. Each piece is round and smooth. It is a rare and exquisite piece. This little bastard has a good eye.
Seeing the chubby little girl sliding down the ground with the chess pot in her arms and slowly moving towards the door while winking at Seventeen to let him follow her, Emperor Wen Zhao laughed out of anger.
Ji Jinyou chuckled, and when Seventeen walked up to her, she saluted crookedly, turned around and ran away holding the chess pot.
"Father, I am leaving now." Emperor Wen Zhao bowed and hurried after him.
Emperor Wen Zhao pointed at the short and stocky figure from a distance and said, "Xiao Jiu, you little bastard, you dare to take advantage of me right under my nose."
Ji Jinyou ran to the door and stopped, stuffed the chess pot into Seventeen's arms, and poked his head back from the door frame: "Father, you gave this set of chess pieces to Youyou, right? You won't take it back."
The chubby little girl leaned against the door frame, revealing a chubby little face. She blinked her innocent big eyes and coaxed him to ask for the chess piece in a baby voice. Emperor Wen Zhao's heart melted even though he was as hard as stone. He waved his big hand and said, "Take it, take it. Father will not ask for it back."
"Thank you, father, hehe." Ji Jinyou clenched his fist and asked, "Now it's Youyou's thing. Youyou can give it to others, right?"
After hearing what the little girl said, Emperor Wen Zhao thought about it for a moment and understood, "You came to me to trick the chess piece. Are you going to give it to your grandfather?"
"Father is so amazing that he can even guess this." Ji Jinyou's eyes widened in shock.
Emperor Wen Zhao was overjoyed by his little daughter's compliment and laughed out loud.
While Emperor Wen Zhao was happy, Ji Jinyou stretched out her hand and pointed to the inkstone on the table: "Father, Youyou likes that too."
This is going too far. Emperor Wen Zhao smiled and waved his hand to drive him away: "You can't give that away. Get out of here right now."
“Hmph, if you don’t want to give it to me, forget it. Youyou doesn’t want to be friends with father anymore.” The little kid stomped his feet, turned around and ran away.
"Hey, you kid." Emperor Wen Zhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He stood up and went to the table. He picked up the stone inkstone with landscape patterns and looked at it. He called Liang Quan in and said, "Go, give this to the Ninth Princess."
Liang Quan was surprised: "Your Majesty, this was a gift from the late emperor." The ninth princess was so young that she couldn't even write, so how could she use an inkstone?
Emperor Wen Zhao waved his hands and said, "It doesn't matter. It's not important anymore. Didn't you hear Xiao Jiu say that she doesn't want to be with me anymore? Send her there quickly. This cunning little bastard must be sending her to her grandfather. Let her do whatever she wants."
If he were to follow the way common people address him, he would have to call the concubine's father father-in-law. As a son-in-law, it would be his duty to give his father-in-law an inkstone, Emperor Wen Zhao thought.
"Yes, I'll go after her right away." Liang Quan walked out holding the inkstone, secretly sighing in his heart that his majesty really doted on the little princess.
When your majesty was still a prince, you were not favored by the late emperor and never received any reward from the late emperor. This was the gift from the late emperor when your majesty returned to the capital after winning a victory that year, as a token of recognition of your majesty's son. This inkstone is of great significance to your majesty. It has been placed on your desk for so many years, but you didn't expect to give it to the little princess just because of a word.
Liang Quan quickly caught up with the two young masters holding the inkstone, "Ninth Princess, His Majesty asked me to bring this inkstone to you, saying that you can do whatever you want with it."
Ji Jinyou was very surprised and took it with a smile: "Eunuch Liang, please thank my father for me."
Liang Quan smiled and replied, "I will definitely convey it to you."
Just as Emperor Wen Zhao expected, the little girl's elbow was indeed bent outward, but she did not intend to give this inkstone to her grandfather who she would meet tomorrow. Instead, she carried it to Xue Yili's courtyard, knocked on the door and entered, then stuffed the inkstone into Xue Yili's arms and said, "Here, it's for you to use."
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