The next day.

The family of four wore ordinary people's clothes and left the palace in a low-key manner.

Mingyi and Mingxi rarely leave the palace. They are extremely curious about everything and linger in front of the stalls of small vendors.

Before going out, Su Zhiruan prepared a purse for each of them. The two children would buy whatever little things they liked. Many stall owners saw that the children were cute and gave them many gifts.

Although the two little ones are only three years old, their talents and interests have already been revealed.

My daughter Mingxi likes to study and make sophisticated gadgets. She even made a small wing that can carry people flying. If the palace maids hadn't stopped her fearfully for fear that she would fall, she would probably have flown everywhere.

Su Zhiruan did not deliberately stop it, nor would she suppress the child's nature, but a three-year-old child was too young after all, and she also had to consider the child's safety.

As for Ji Mingyi, he is completely different from Mingxi. Relatively speaking, he has a more stable personality and likes to study classics and history books.

Now, Su Zhiruan and Ji Xiaoyuan were watching their daughter examining a finely crafted wooden bird in her hand, while their son was flipping through an ancient book with yellowed edges at the stall next door.

"One is a liberal arts student and the other is a science student," Su Zhiruan shook his head helplessly.

Ji Xiaoyuan held the bag in one hand and held Su Zhiruan's hand with the other. He chuckled, "I don't know what they will be like when they grow up."

Su Zhiruan recalled a passage he had read before, "The joy of raising children is watching them grow up little by little, shaping their future, and looking forward to their growth, just like playing a nurturing game. When you are old, looking at your young and beautiful children, it's as if you see your young self through time and space. After we leave, they will also have children and grow old. This is the cycle of life."

"Yeah." Ji Xiaoyuan held her tightly and nodded seriously, "Just think of it as - raising myself again."

The children walked away and the two hurried to catch up.

They bought a lot of mountain products. Mingyi and Mingxi picked leaves, touched small fish and shrimps, and picked up a lot of beautiful stones. They played for a whole day and got on the carriage at dusk. They fell asleep soon, one resting his head on Ji Xiaoyuan's legs and the other leaning on Su Zhiruan's arms.

The daughter's cheeks were rosy, and she leaned in Su Zhiruan's arms, her little hands still clutching the corner of her clothes, "Mother..."

Golden light refracted in from the gaps in the curtains, swaying in the earthenware jars filled with small fish and shrimps. The horses walked slowly, all the way towards the direction of the palace.

* Life was relatively peaceful in the next five years. The Wan Dynasty was basically stable. While Su Zhiruan handled government affairs herself, she returned a lot of power to the young emperor, and she was also happy and relaxed.

Mingyi and Mingxi studied with the little emperor in the study room. In addition, Su Zhiruan and Ji Xiaoyuan found teachers for them based on their interests.

"Daddy, Mommy! Look at my new invention!"

Mingxi had grown a lot taller. At this moment, she walked in happily holding a large object. She almost tripped when she stepped into the doorway, and was helped by Mingyi in time to stand steady. After she stood steady, she blinked and said thank you, "Thank you, brother!"

"You have to watch the road when you walk," Ming Yi said with a stern face, looking like a little adult, "otherwise, Daddy and Mommy will worry."

"Don't worry," Mingxi waved his hand carelessly, and suddenly his eyes lit up as if he had thought of something, "Hey? The threshold of the palace is too high, why not invent a gentle slope for the threshold."

"The threshold has its uses," Ming Yi pulled him in, his expression serious as if this was some kind of academic research. "In classics, the threshold is the boundary between the inside and the outside. In Feng Shui, it is equivalent to the owner of the same door. It is also a symbol of status. In reality, it can prevent sandstorms, snakes and rats, rain and snow..."

"Ah?" Mingxi couldn't bear to listen any longer, and covered her ears and shook her head, "Can snakes and rats be prevented?"

"I'm going to go back and improve the threshold!" Mingxi was still excited.

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Su Zhiruan put down the last memorial, picked up the tea and took a sip slowly, watching the two children talk.

Ji Xiaoyuan was also beside her. He was currently compiling information on farming and agronomy, under the pretext that he would be able to grow more crops when they finally retired to the countryside. (End of this chapter)