Chapter 361 The Emperor's Congratulatory Gift
Over the years, Du Wanchun has rarely been sick. Not to mention spraining her ankle, she has never even broken the skin.
So Zhou Ruiyuan was very nervous, and he practically ran to the front yard with Du Wanchun in his arms.
Du Wanchun grabbed his arm and quickly said, "Husband, I'm fine. I just twisted my ankle. I'll have Lan'er get some ice to put on it for me."
Lan'er was a maid that the Zhou family had recently bought.
She usually takes care of Du Wanchun and her three children in Du Wanchun's room.
Zhou Ruiyuan frowned and said seriously, "No, we must see a doctor. It would be bad if we injured our bones and muscles."
Du Wanchun looked up at his serious expression and couldn't help but smile.
Zhou Ruiyuan carefully placed her on a chair in the front yard, and then called the doctor.
After examining Du Wanchun's foot, the doctor smiled and said to Zhou Ruiyuan, "Lord Zhou, don't worry too much. Madam's injury is not serious. After applying this ointment, the swelling will subside within three days."
Zhou Ruiyuan breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you, doctor."
After saying that, he asked the servant next to him to give the doctor more money.
The doctor accepted the money, left the ointment with a smile, and then left the Zhou family with his medicine box, escorted by a servant.
Zhou Ruiyuan squatted down, held Du Wanchun's small feet on his knees, opened the ointment, and gently applied it to Du Wanchun.
The ointment felt cool and refreshing on my legs, which did relieve the pain.
Du Wanchun slightly withdrew her foot and said, "Husband, it's alright, my foot is healed."
Zhou Ruiyuan gently lowered her feet and said, "Don't go to the shop these days. Let Zhou Feng look after it. You should focus on recovering from your injury."
Zhou Feng's injuries have fully healed, but he didn't rush back to the capital. Instead, he moved in with Han Yan'er.
Du Wanchun nodded slightly and said, "Yes, it's fortunate that my second brother is at home."
Zhou Ruiyuan slowly got up, picked her up again, and walked into the room.
Xiao Mianmian, Yi'er, and Yu'er slept in the same room with Xiao Qing'er and Madam Wu.
When the three little children heard that the mother and son would be returning to the Northern Di in a few days, they started to stick to them every day.
Little Mianmian, in particular, would prop her head up and look at her brother Qing'er every day, asking, "Brother, will we ever see each other again?"
Xiao Qing'er said earnestly, "Of course, we will definitely meet again in the future."
Little Mianmian was overjoyed upon hearing this.
However, it wasn't long before she would ask the same question again.
However, Xiao Qing'er would always patiently reply to her.
Seeing this, Madam Wu chuckled and teased, "Little Mianmian, why don't you come with us to the Northern Barbarians?"
Xiao Mianmian was initially a little excited, but she quickly calmed down and said seriously, "No, I can't leave my parents."
Madam Wu couldn't help but laugh out loud, then reached out and patted her head, saying, "Don't worry, I'll bring Qing'er here often."
Little Mianmian nodded obediently.
The following day was Xiao Mianmian's and Yi'er Yu'er's birthday.
Yi'er is the most sensible of the three children. He is also the tallest, even though he was born on the same day as his younger siblings, he is a head taller than them.
He usually likes to stay by Zhou Ruiyuan's side. In school, children can usually only memorize one poem, but he can remember it after one glance.
This gave the Fifth Prince a huge fright.
Now the Fifth Prince praises his nephew to everyone he meets. Today is the children's birthday, and he specially selected the best writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone for Yi'er, as well as several books that Yi'er likes.
Yu'er is also quite talented, but she is a bit more active than Yi'er, and she likes to jump around on her feet.
Little Mianmian is also very active; the two of them would either climb trees together or go up the wall together.
The Fifth Prince had just arrived at the Zhou family's door with his congratulatory gifts when he noticed a little dust on his shoulders.
He looked up and saw that Xiao Mianmian and Yu'er were above him at some point.
"Mianmian, Yu'er, what are you doing on the roof beam?" The Fifth Prince was startled.
Yu'er climbed down from the roof beam and then helped her younger sister down as well.
"Uncle, Mom sent us to pick you up."
The Fifth Prince patted his chest. "There's no need to pick me up. Where's your eldest brother?"
As he spoke, he looked up and peered into the room.
Little Mianmian replied with a smile, "Big brother went to the yamen with Father."
"The government office? It's your birthday today, why are you at the government office?"
Yu'er and Xiaomianmian shook their heads together.
The fifth prince continued, "Where is your mother?"
Little Mianmian smiled and said with her round eyes, "My mother went to the yamen too."
Upon hearing this, the Fifth Prince assumed that something important had happened at the yamen, and took their hands, saying, "Come on, let's take your uncle to see."
Little Mianmian nodded and led the Fifth Prince toward the government office.
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