Longkodo was different from Guo Xiu. When he saw the Fourth Master from afar, he smiled, cupped his hands, and called out to him, becoming much more unrestrained.
"I heard a few days ago that Fourth Master was ill, but I was too busy with affairs at home to visit him. Now that I see that Fourth Master looks well, I feel a little relieved."
Because of his connection to the Tongjia clan, Longkodo was practically a senior relative of the Fourth Prince, who would have to call him "uncle." The way he addressed Longkodo as "I" was not wrong in terms of etiquette and made him sound approachable.
One after another, they were either testing the Fourth Prince with the incident from the day of the retest, or joking about the Fourth Prince raising troops on the day of the retest.
Longkodo naturally falls into the latter category.
Fourth Master cupped his hands and said, "Humans are only made of flesh and blood, how can they not get sick at all? The Admiral is joking."
Longkodo has always been a favorite of the emperor. He is currently serving as the Commander of the Nine Gates, overseeing the inside and outside of the Forbidden City, and commanding a group of guards within the Forbidden City.
It's not surprising that Fourth Master would run into Longkodo here.
At first glance, the Fourth Master's use of the term "Admiral" seems harmless, but upon closer examination, it's full of irony.
Longkodo was arrogant and domineering. Because he held the official position of Commander of the Nine Gates, many civil officials in the court who disliked him cursed him as a good watchdog of the Emperor in the Forbidden City.
Longkodo could not possibly be unaware of these things.
Longkodo, still smiling slightly, replied to the Fourth Master's words: "You're too kind, Fourth Master. When we head north for the Ban Jin Festival, I'll need your help."
That's not a very nice thing to say, after all, the Fourth Prince's archery and horsemanship skills have always been "poor".
The two men stood at the palace gate, one with a cold face and the other with a playful grin, looking as if they were about to start an argument.
Su Peisheng, who was standing by, was terrified, fearing that his master would get into a fight with Lord Longkodo at the gates of the Forbidden City.
It's not surprising that their master, being upright, disapproved of Lord Longkodo's arrogance. In the past, Lord Longkodo rarely gave their master a pleasant look either.
It's quite rare to see someone so verbally abusive as they are today.
Sure enough, before his master could even say a few words, Longkodo on the other side was already furious.
The Fourth Prince brushed past Longkodo's shoulder as he left, his thin lips slightly pursed: "Yinzhen thanks his uncle."
Fourth Master's voice was so soft that even Su Peisheng, who was nearby, couldn't hear it clearly.
Longkodo grinned, but outwardly gave a soft snort.
This fourth brother is quite interesting.
Longkodo watched the Fourth Master's departing figure, touched his sweaty forehead, and grinned again.
Although the fourth brother called him "uncle" today, Longkodo is not the type to let people take advantage of him for nothing.
In his youth, Longkodo harbored some wicked intentions.
On the first day of the tenth month, the main wife in the main courtyard had been recuperating lately, and had been exempted from the greetings on the fifteenth of last month.
The princess felt quite well when she woke up today, so she didn't send anyone to pay her respects.
Li Chenjiao spent a little more time playing with the Second Princess last night.
Although the second princess is not yet six months old, she is a very active little girl and learned to sit up at only five months old.
However, the little girl was not sitting very steadily at this moment, and Chen and others still needed to support her.
Li Chenjiao had consulted the imperial physician and confirmed that although there was an old saying that children should roll over at three months, sit up at six months, crawl at seven months, and move around at eight months, each child was different and it wouldn't affect their physical development too much.
Li Chenjiao found this quite novel, but she couldn't recall when she was a few months old when she learned to sit up.
Thinking about it this way, Li Chenjiao realized that the Second Princess would probably forget about it when she grew up.
So she had a sudden inspiration and simply asked two maids to prepare brush and ink, and drew the scene of Madam Chen carefully watching the Second Princess sit up straight with a smile on her face.
However, painting is time-consuming, so Li Chenjiao went to bed a little later.
The second princess, having slept a lot during the day, was quite energetic at the moment.
When Li Chenjiao finished painting, Chen Mama brought the Second Princess to see it. The Second Princess even made a handprint on the painting herself, fortunately in the empty space at the top.
Li Chenjiao was both amused and exasperated. Just as the Second Princess's ink-stained hand was about to touch her face, she, as the mother, dodged it quite decisively.
"Second Princess looks sleepy. Granny, please take her downstairs to wash up and rest. I'm also a little tired."
Li Chenjiao bent down to avoid the little girl's "clutches," and then had Qiu Hu find a seal to write down the time and reason for painting.
Therefore, Li Chenjiao was still a little dizzy when she left the East Courtyard this morning.
When she arrived at the main courtyard, she didn't even have time to listen to the people's back-and-forth banter. When Madam Song asked her how her complexion was, she just gave a few perfunctory replies without even lifting her eyelids.
This made Mrs. Song purse her lips in annoyance.
Little did they know that Li Chenjiao was practically asleep with her eyes downcast.
When the Fujin arrived, Qiu Hu stepped forward to support her mistress, which also served as a reminder to her.
The Fujin looked quite well today, and her mood improved even more when she saw Li Chenjiao, whose expression was particularly bad when everyone paid their respects.
The Fujin, unusually, smiled and said a few words of concern for Li Chenjiao.
These words of concern were also unusually free of the sarcastic tone they used to carry.
Li Chenjiao became more alert after hearing this, and finally stood up to thank the Fujin for her concern.
It was rare for the Fujin to be so agreeable, but she was only like this with Li Chenjiao. When she turned around, she didn't give Wu Shi such a friendly look.
At this moment, Princess Wu's smile was almost gone because of the words of the Fujin.
Just as Wu Gege was about to stand up and speak, a maid suddenly came in from outside to report.
"My lady, my lords, I have something to report."
The princess glanced at the servant who had entered, then slowly said, "You ignorant fellow, don't you see it's time for greetings? What is it?"
The maidservant hurriedly kowtowed and apologized, then knelt and walked to the Fujin's side before whispering to Yu Ru, who was walking down the aisle.
Yu Ru seemed to have heard something, and her expression changed slightly.
She hurried back to the head wife, knelt down, and whispered in her ear.
The princess consort heard something, and her expression suddenly turned very bad.
"Why is she here all of a sudden? I think Longkodo is getting more and more confused. What kind of place is this? Does he think just anyone can come and pay their respects to the Fourth Prince?"
The wife already disliked her own concubines enough, let alone those from other households.
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