Chapter 56: It's Really Hard to Raise a Child Qi Buchen heard this, inexplicably...
Qi Buchen inexplicably smelled something interesting when she heard this. Lin Changqing, who was in her peripheral vision, instinctively lowered his head when he heard this, a reaction that seemed to indicate something.
Qi Buchen raised his eyebrows, glanced lightly at Yinzhen who frowned slightly, then nodded lightly and said "hmm" to show that he understood, and then raised the corner of his mouth imperceptibly.
interesting.
It seems that these little girls in ancient times had quite sensitive radars.
Although he knew that someone was coming towards them, Yinzhen did not slow down. Qi Buchen, who was concentrating on watching the show, certainly would not go on stage and say something to show his presence.
But she was still a beginner after all, and could not compete with the Mongolian girl who grew up on horseback. As a result, the group was slowed down by her and was soon caught up by Uliji.
"Fourth Prince, we meet again?!"
After the girl in gorgeous clothes and riding a horse caught up with him, she slowed down her pace, turned her head and greeted him with a smile. Her wheat-colored skin shone with a dazzling luster, covering up her few flaws and making her outstanding features even more vivid.
She is a straightforward and beautiful girl.
Well, if the teeth were whiter, it would be even more attractive.
After Qi Buchen was slightly distracted by the beauty, he muttered to himself.
Before Yinzhen responded to her greeting, the young woman noticed Qi Buchen, who was walking on the other side. Her smile reflexively faded, then blossomed again. "So the Fourth Lady is here too. Thank you so much for your gifts. I've never seen many of these things before, and they're so beautiful. But you're so polite. I only gave her a few bottles of perfume, but she tricked you into giving me so many wonderful things. I really don't deserve it."
Qi Buchen returned her smile with a faint smile. "You're too polite, Princess. Gifts shouldn't be judged by their value, but by their effectiveness. Your gift is as good as medicine to me. It would be shameless of me to send you something vulgar in return."
Yinzhen listened to the two of them talking back and forth, but made no move to speak. To him, with his wife by his side, it made no sense for a man to greet a female relative.
Seeing that Yinzhen had no intention of speaking, Qi Buchen could only greet him himself: "Where are you going, Princess?"
Wuliji glanced at Yinzhen, who had only nodded since she arrived and hadn't looked at her again. He felt a little sad in his heart: "I'm not going anywhere, just running around. I'm used to it. I always feel itchy in my bones if I don't run around every day."
The smile on her face faded a little, but it still looked sincere.
Qi Buchen also had a gentle smile on his face. Upon hearing the answer, he said with a slightly envious tone, "Gege is in such good health! I can't do that. I have to rest for two days after running for a day, otherwise my body will hurt everywhere."
"It's like this for all beginners. Once you get used to it..." Wuli Ji was about to respond that it would be fine after getting used to it, but was interrupted by a voice.
"Are you not feeling well? Why didn't you say so earlier!" Yinzhen frowned and looked at Qi Buchen. He leaned over and grabbed Qi Buchen's reins, slowing down both of them and even stopping them.
Qi Buchen was still in the novice stage and was most afraid of all kinds of unexpected situations. He was startled by Yinzhen's actions and complained, "What are you doing?"
Yinzhen's brows were still furrowed, his face slightly serious, and he said in a lecturing tone: "Why are you trying to be so strong when you're not feeling well?"
He had already automatically imagined Qi Buchen's recent behavior. Initially, she'd said she wanted to learn horseback riding to be closer to him. After a few days of learning, she felt unwell but still forced herself to do so, just to spend more time with him. Finally, her body couldn't take it anymore, so she made excuses and couldn't speak. The few days without news must have been because she was in severe pain, but she tried to hide it from him. He'd assumed she was being rejected, so he got angry and ignored her for several days. As soon as she'd recovered, she'd noticed his anger, so even though she wasn't feeling well, she'd still come out the moment he asked, just to calm him down.
Well, the plot is perfect, and the logic is very smooth.
Looking at the slightly rich micro-expressions between Yinzhen's eyebrows, Qi Buchen was very helpless. Doesn't this kid know what polite words are?
But she couldn't explain to Wuliji in front of him right now. She was just being polite and casual, so she could only say, "It was just a few days ago when I felt a little sore, but I'm fine now."
Yinzhen didn't believe it, thinking she was just trying to be tough. He dismounted and walked over to Qi Buchen. While forcibly helping him down, he ordered, "Go back and get a carriage."
Lin Changqing, who had been silent the whole time, immediately responded loudly: "Slave? I'll go right away."
As soon as he finished speaking, he was interrupted: "You are not allowed to go."
Lin Changqing froze and secretly went to see his brother. "Fujin has spoken?" he asked. "What should I do? Will he listen or not?" It was difficult!
Yinzhen was a little angry and pursed his lips: "Stop making trouble."
If it weren't for the servants and outsiders surrounding him, Qi Buchen would have wanted to roll his eyes. Who's causing trouble? It's obvious that you have low emotional intelligence and can't even hear polite words.
But she couldn't, so she could only hold back and said helplessly: "No, I'm not feeling uncomfortable." Then she patted her arms and legs, "Look, isn't this better?"
You stupid kid, you're not serious when you should be, and you insist on being stubborn when you shouldn't take things seriously.
Yinzhen wanted to say something, but it was too late because Uliji, who had not reacted and ran forward a distance due to inertia, came over.
"What's wrong? Is Fu Jin feeling unwell?" asked Wuli Ji, who heard the last syllable before they distanced themselves.
Qi Buchen smiled and said, "No, I'm fine."
Wuliji was obviously a little unconvinced and looked at Yinzhen hesitantly: "Then what is the Fourth Prince doing..."
Qi Buchen sold the man out without hesitation: "He was just impatient to listen to us women talking. He was distracted just now and ended up only listening halfway."
As he said this, he glanced at Yinzhen with a slightly helpless look, expressing his speechlessness.
Being inexplicably accused of looking down on women, and unable to refute it in front of outsiders, Yinzhen said: "..."
Wuliji, who was called a "woman" before he even got married: "..."
Forced to smile, Wuliji said with understanding, "As a prince, the Fourth Prince has the most important things in the world on his mind. It's really not worth paying attention to the little words of us women."
Stubbornly replaced the woman with a girl.
After hearing this, Yinzhen glanced at her lightly, with no emotion visible.
Qi Buchen, who had originally just wanted to find a topic to turn the tables, was met with such an official reply. After a long pause, he could only reply: "Gege, what you said makes sense."
Then? No one spoke and the atmosphere was silent.
Good? Awkward.
Qi Buchen, who was very good at making others and himself feel embarrassed, had to step forward to save the atmosphere: "Just now I said I wanted to go and see that Huaao that you just discovered. I heard that this place was thanks to your princess. If you don't have any other destinations, why don't we go and have a look together?"
Wuliji glanced between Yinzhen and Qibuchen, then replied with a smile, "Alright."
Yinzhen swallowed the words of objection he wanted to say when he saw the young wife looking at him with round eyes.
No matter how slow-witted he was, he could still smell something wrong in the silent atmosphere.
However, when he set off again, he silently slowed down his already slow pace, and kept an eye on Qi Buchen with his peripheral vision, waiting for her to show any discomfort and then stop immediately.
Qi Buchen seemed unaware of Yinzhen's vague gaze and continued chatting with Wuli Jila about the interesting things she had experienced as a child on the grassland.
While Wuliji was sharing with the Fourth Lady his childhood mischievous days of teasing his brother, he noticed the Fourth Prince's inconsistent attention to the Fourth Lady, feeling envious but also a little sour.
Is she really inferior to the Fourth Lady?
Thinking of this, she looked at the delicate little face with pink lips that expressed envy of her brotherly love, and noticed the skin that was still fair and delicate despite being exposed to the wind and sun on the grassland for more than a month.
Looking at the rough and dark back of his hand, the hand holding the reins couldn't help but shrink.
It's indeed not comparable.
Although the people around him have rich and colorful thoughts, Qi Buchen's emotions are very simple.
Nature always has this kind of "magic" that makes people relax and calm their minds involuntarily.
Huaao was indeed quite far away, and of course it was also because they were running too slowly. It took them fifteen minutes to reach the destination after running for more than two quarters of an hour.
This place isn't actually very large; it's just a bump where two rising slopes meet, enclosing a small depression that somewhat shields it from the northerly cold. There aren't many wildflowers here, but there are plenty of varieties and colors, making them look lovely against the vast green grassland.
The group dismounted, and the servants stationed themselves outside the perimeter, leaving only three masters and two attendants to walk into the flowers.
The two attendants were Lin Changqing and Wuliji's personal maid, both of whom looked strong and powerful. Xie Hanshan was still reflecting on his actions, and the others couldn't ride horses, so Qi Buchen didn't bring anyone with him.
Yinzhen, who was walking on the left side of Qi Buchen, was thinking silently in his heart that he must find a few useful people for his wife when he returned this time. The wife of the fourth wife didn't even have a servant by her side.
Thinking about it, he glanced at Lin Changqing who was following behind him, and thought to himself, he is still not as careful as Su Peisheng, and he doesn't know how to appoint someone to serve the concubine.
Lin Changqing noticed his master's gaze and thought he had some instructions. Just as he raised his eyes, he saw his master withdraw his gaze slightly and at the same time, his left hand behind his back twisted the jade beads tied to the end of his hair.
This is a small action taken by the master when he is dissatisfied!
Lin Changqing: “…”
I did something wrong again? What? I didn’t do anything!
Qi Buchen didn't care at all about the complicated thoughts of the people around him. He just looked at this flower and touched that flower with great interest.
"What kind of flower is this?"
She pointed to several flowers with yellow stamens, large red petals, and long shapes that looked like small lanterns and asked,
"This is a lily," replied Uliji.
"Lily?" Qi Buchen was puzzled. "It doesn't look like it." Although it is quite cute.
"It is indeed uncommon. It should be caused by the special terrain here." Yinzhen opened his mouth.
"Oh." Qi Buchen nodded. This was not difficult to understand.
"Do you like it?" Yinzhen asked, then tilted his head and instructed, "Before you leave, have someone pick some and transplant them back to the mansion."
"Don't?" Qi Buchen quickly stopped him.
Transplanting a flower from this vast grassland back to Beijing? This isn't the modern world with SF Express! Don't think they're just saying it casually now. Who knows how much manpower and material resources the people below will have to spend to complete this task.
She didn't want to be Yang Guifei who "no one knew it was lychees coming".
"There are plenty of lilies in the capital. It's just the terrain here. I don't think they'll grow if I take them back. There's no need to do this."
Yinzhen seemed convinced: "Then forget it?"
Alas, it is really difficult to raise a child who has been pampered since childhood and has no idea of the sufferings of the world.
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