Xiao Junzhan was very busy. Even after coming to the palace, he had many political affairs to deal with every day. At her age, she was very lively and loved to play. He was reluctant to detain her in the palace, so no matter where she went to play, even if she just wanted to take a walk outside the palace, Xiao Junzhan would let her go.

One can imagine how recklessly Wei Hanzhang has been living these days.

Everything is going smoothly and I feel like I'm in the clouds. I'm almost floating in the air.

On this day, a basket of tender and red lychees was sent from Chengming Palace. They were said to be tribute from Lingnan and looked very fresh.

After peeling a few and tasting them, Wei Hanzhang's eyes lit up slightly. He hurriedly called Lulan to pick up half of them and went to his parents' courtyard in the outer city, ready to offer flowers to Buddha and show his filial piety.

When she was leaving, she looked towards the side hall and asked Lu Zhu, "Sister Seven is in the house. Go and ask her if she wants to go with you."

Lu Zhu whispered, "Seventh Miss left early in the morning. She has been getting along well with Li Niang from the Marquis of Liu's mansion these days and loves to go and play with her. I think it will be the same today."

"Oh?" Wei Hanzhang was slightly startled, then smiled and said, "That's right, Seventh Sister should have made friends with some noble ladies and learned how to go out and meet friends."

These days, she likes to call the ladies from familiar families to come to the inner city to play from time to time, and she also wants to introduce some playmates to Wei Hansu.

Wei Hansu is now a girl of the Duke's Mansion and the Crown Princess's half-sister. She shouldn't stay in the backyard every day and be timid when she sees strangers.

Wei Hanzhang treated this concubine's sister quite well, so the other noble ladies naturally became warm and attentive to Wei Hansu when they saw her. Not long after her foot injury healed, she went out to meet her good friends.

It can be seen that he is much braver.

After asking and finding out that Wei Hansu was not there, Wei Hanzhang took two personal maids and rode in a sedan chair to his parents' courtyard in the outer city.

The courtyard of the Duke of Wei's mansion was not far from the inner city. After a while, the familiar courtyard wall came into sight. Wei Hanzhang got off the sedan chair and happened to meet his younger brother.

Wei Yunpei was four years younger than her, an eleven-year-old boy. His facial features had already grown and he was beginning to show his handsomeness. He was studying at the Imperial College, and Wei Hanzhang had rarely seen him in the past few months since she returned to Beijing.

Wei Hanzhang felt some pity for his brother who died in the cold winter in the original novel, perhaps because of their blood relationship.

Wei Yunpei bowed to her in a proper manner, with a look of familiarity in his eyes.

Judging from the direction, Wei Yunpei had just come out of his parents' courtyard, and Wei Hanzhang was about to go in. The brother and sister were not going the same way, but since they met, Wei Hanzhang couldn't help but ask her younger brother a few questions out of concern.

With this question and answer, the unfamiliarity between the two was much dispelled.

"Sister," Wei Yunpei suddenly whispered, "Dad and Mom seem to be having a conflict, did you know?"

"What?" Wei Hanzhang was a little surprised. "What happened? Did you see them quarreling?"

"I didn't see them quarreling, but..." Wei Yunpei whispered, "In short, something is wrong with them."

Wei Hanzhang looked at his younger brother, who was almost as tall as himself, and was somewhat skeptical when he saw his confident expression.

It is true that Jiang is truly virtuous and generous, and Wei Heng has always had a gentle temperament. Even though so many things have happened in the past few months since they returned to Beijing, Wei Hanzhang has never seen them quarrel.

She simply couldn't imagine what it would be like for her parents to quarrel.

They are an old married couple, and there have been many happy events in their family recently. What else is there to argue about? Is it the original heroine who is making trouble?

Not to mention Shen, who has been in the backyard for many years, even if Wei Heng took ten or eight more beautiful concubines now, Jiang probably wouldn't even frown.

Wei Hanzhang's mind raced, and he asked, "Do you know why they are arguing?"

“I don’t know,” Wei Yunpei shook his head and said, “I can’t tell from their faces that there’s something strange about the way they interact with each other. I can’t ask my mother…”

He paused and said in a lower voice, "I don't dare to ask my father."

As he spoke, he clearly acted like a little adult, but he was very afraid of his father.

Wei Hanzhang found it a little funny. He didn't expect that Wei Heng was so prestigious in front of his son.

She calmed down, patted her brother's shoulder gently, and said with a smile: "I will ask my mother later. Just pretend you know nothing and study hard."

After saying goodbye to his younger brother, Wei Hanzhang stepped into Jiang's courtyard.

It was after lunch, and Jiang was drinking tea. Seeing her daughter coming, she smiled and asked, "Why did you think of visiting Auntie? Why didn't you go to visit Yingniang, Li Niang and the others?"

Wei Hanzhang sat down next to his mother, pointed at the half-framed lychees behind him, and said coquettishly, "The lychees were just delivered from Lingnan this morning. They are so sweet and fresh. After I tasted them, I wanted to let you taste them too, so I came right away."

"I know you are filial," Jiang said lovingly, looking at the cute little girl. "Ranran is really lovable. No wonder your grandmother loves you more."

Although I have never seen her with my own eyes, I can imagine how beautiful her daughter must have been when she was a child. A delicate and pretty girl, standing there like a cute bun, without doing anything but smiling at you, which makes people feel soft-hearted.

No wonder her parents, who are such strict rule-abiding people, managed to raise their granddaughter to be so arrogant.

Wei Hanzhang had long been accustomed to the doting of her elders. She did not feel shy when she heard Jiang's praise. Instead, she glanced sideways at the lychees that were brought.

Nanny Zhou understood her master's thoughts very well, and immediately selected a pile of fruits from the basket and brought them over.

Jiang peeled one herself. As soon as she took a bite of the sweet lychee, she smiled even more deeply at her daughter's thoughtfulness.

Wei Hanzhang coaxed his mother into a good mood with a few words, and then he asked, "Mother, have you had any troubles recently?"

"... When did Ranran learn to beat around the bush?" Jiang put down the lychee shell, wiped her hands with a handkerchief, gently tapped her daughter's brow, and said angrily: "What else do you have to be careful about, mother? If you have anything to ask, just ask directly."

"Then let me ask..." Wei Hanzhang picked up a lychee diligently and peeled it, while asking directly: "Did you have a conflict with your father?"

"It's not that serious. If your father wants to be sulking, then let him be."

Jiang opened her mouth and ate the lychee peeled by her daughter. She said leisurely, "Your marriage is now settled, and your brother's position as the crown prince is also as stable as a rock. The Jiang family will return to the capital soon. Except for your sister who makes me worried, I have no regrets. I really don't care what your father thinks."

"..." Although he had already seen that Jiang, as the female supporting character in the original novel, had never cared about the male protagonist Wei Heng, Wei Hanzhang was still stunned after really understanding it. "Although my daughter has been back for a short time, I can see these days that my father has you in his heart."

(End of this chapter)