"Get up. I am a little angry. How can you vent your anger in front of a child? But I also know that you have no ill intentions. So I asked you to come here today, firstly to reassure you, and secondly, to tell you this. From now on, you have to be careful about your attitude in front of Chuan Ge'er. Don't let a little kid like him bear your depression, anger and despair. It will do him no good but harm."
"Yes, I understand. I won't dare to do it again. Grandma's words are like a revelation. Now that I think about it, Chuan Ge'er has always loved to laugh, but in the past two months, I have hardly seen him laugh. I have only been complaining about everything. After listening to Grandma's words today, I realized that the root cause was actually me. I will pay attention to it in the future."
"That's all." Su Nuannuan nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Logically, after Chuan Ge'er had a stomachache, I shouldn't have been too close to the children, but your grandfather didn't want the children to be away from me, and those little guys liked the snacks I made, so I didn't break off contact with the children. Your grandfather is not easy to fool. He has been secretly investigating Chuan Ge'er's stomachache. Unfortunately, we were so worried about Chuan Ge'er's condition that we didn't pay attention to many clues and lost them. If something like this happens again, it will just be a chance for your grandfather to get a clue. What's more, I think that Grandma Yun and Grandma Lan will not risk their sons' lives. After what happened to you, you will protect Chuan'er well. So until now, the children still like to come to my place to get some food and drinks. Before, Chuan'er isolated his brothers. I will intervene in this matter and will not let the rift between the brothers grow bigger. But if he follows his brothers to my place to eat and take things in the future, you don't have to be harsh. Why make things difficult for the child? As long as my brother doesn't eat other people's food, I swear, he will be fine here."
"Grandma, you are too kind. I understand. Thank you for your consideration." Aunt Jiang bowed her head and said respectfully. Su Nuannuan saw that she was not pretending, so she waved her hand and said, "Okay. Then you can go back. Cong'er, take the big plate of snacks I picked up from the kitchen this morning back to Aunt Jiang."
"Yes." Cong'er's voice came from outside the door. Aunt Jiang thanked him again and then said goodbye. Until she went out and took the food box with snacks, she was still a little bit unbelievable: Did she come out in one piece? The eldest grandmother did not settle the old scores, nor did she take the opportunity to take her child away. Instead, she gave her so many valuable advice, so that she knew how to talk and act with her brother in daily life. This... is it over? Is this still the vicious woman? How is it possible? But if it was intentional, she really couldn't find any flaws of harbouring evil intentions, because every word of Su Nuannuan was open and aboveboard.
He returned to his room with his feet feeling light. After the school assigned homework for the day, the holiday began. So Duan Maochuan came back early. When he saw the snacks sent by Su Nuannuan, he shouted for joy. But he soon stopped and looked at Aunt Jiang's expression. When Aunt Jiang nodded, he jumped on the snack plate again with joy.
Yang was also a little surprised. She sent Duan Maochuan to school in the morning and didn't know that Aunt Jiang went to Chunfeng Garden. She was about to ask a few questions when she heard someone talking outside. Then the door curtain was lifted and Rong'er came in with a food box in her hand. When she opened it, it was a bowl of milk. Rong'er said, "The kitchen sent it earlier and said it was fresh milk. We quickly cooked it and sent it to each room. But it was cold and it was cold when it arrived here. I asked the maid to boil it again and cool it down for Chuan'er to drink. I'm surprised, why did the kitchen suddenly become so attentive? It was as if they wanted to starve us to death before."
Aunt Jiang and Yang looked at each other, and Yang said, "No need to ask, this must be the order of the eldest grandmother. The daughter-in-law of the Xue family who manages the kitchen is the eldest grandmother's confidant. Aunt harmed the eldest grandmother before, and the master also ignored you. Even those who usually flatter you in the mansion want to take advantage of your misfortune and step on you a few times, let alone the kitchen? That is the eldest grandmother's world, how can she be kind to us? Now that she suddenly sent milk, it must be the eldest grandmother's instruction, so she treats us equally again."
Aunt Jiang glanced at her son who was eating happily, her expression was very complicated, and she said softly, "It should be what you said. Alas! She called me over today and said a lot of good things. I should have known some of the truths, but I was blinded by greed before and never thought about it. Today, after listening to her, I woke up from a dream. I... Alas! I was really confused. Could she really have changed her nature and become a bodhisattva? I don't believe it. If it wasn't her fault that Chuan Ge'er had a stomachache that day, then who would have done it? But if it was her fault, I... Now I calm down and think about it. What she did and said in the past two days can't make people find any fault. No matter how meticulous her mind is, if she has bad intentions, it can't be so flawless, right?"
Rong'er hesitated for a moment, opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but finally closed her mouth and said nothing. Aunt Jiang and Yang were only concerned with discussing Su Nuannuan's attitude and did not notice anything unusual about this girl.
On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, the government office was sealed. Duan Tingxuan said goodbye to his colleagues in the Zhanshi Mansion early in the morning, then left the government office and was about to rush back to Anping Marquis Mansion when he saw the prince waiting for him in the corridor. He walked up to him and said with a smile, "Your Highness the Prince looks thinner than before. This is really a cause for celebration."
"Tingxuan, I really can't bear to leave you." The prince held Duan Tingxuan's hand and looked at him reluctantly. That look made the young marquis's hair stand on end. He quickly shook him off and said unhappily, "What for? Is it because I supervised your training these days, and the anger accumulated in your heart has reached the extreme, so you come to disgust me?"
"Bah! I have such deep affection for you, and you dare to say that I am disgusting. No minister is as bold as you." The prince changed his face immediately when he saw that the conciliatory policy did not work. Did he really think that he could not bear to part with this bastard? Who the hell would like to be shouted at by him like a cow with a willow branch in his hand? It would be a disgrace to the prince of a country, okay?
"The seal of the government office has been completed, and I am not in the imperial study. I seem to be your cousin, right?" Duan Tingxuan rolled his eyes: "If you have something to say, please say it quickly. I am in a hurry to go home."
"Did my sister-in-law make something delicious again? The eight-treasure honey food, bubble oil cake, and various meatballs she sent over yesterday were all very delicious. The Crown Princess loved them very much. I wanted to eat more, but she hid them all under the pretext that I was losing weight."
"The Crown Princess is virtuous and fearless, and you are admirable." Duan Tingxuan said sincerely, "If Your Highness succeeds in losing weight, you must first thank the Crown Princess."
"Bullshit." The usually elegant and wise fat man suddenly cursed angrily: "She used the excuse that I wanted to lose weight and sent half of it back to her parents' home. My brothers-in-law came over early this morning. Although they came under the banner of visiting me, their words and deeds showed that they wanted to take more back. They are all ungrateful people. How come I have to deal with so many relatives?"
The prince beat his chest and stamped his feet in grief, leaving Duan Tingxuan speechless. He stammered, "Is it that serious? I clearly sent a lot of snacks, meatballs, vegetables, etc. to the Changping Marquis' Mansion yesterday." The Changping Marquis' Mansion is the Crown Princess' maiden home, and is well-known among the nobles in the capital for its lively family style. In fact, it's not very decent, but they are nice people and have always been on good terms with the Anping Marquis' Mansion.
"What? These greedy guys." The prince was so angry that his fat was shaking, but he heard Duan Tingxuan say with a smile: "Your Highness, you specially stopped me here today, could it be that you want to accuse me of the evil deeds of the Marquis of Changping Mansion?"
"Of course not." The prince coughed, his eyes became affectionate again: "Tingxuan, ever since I was old enough to understand, I have spent the New Year in the East Palace, without exception. This... It is said that it is lonely at the top, you know it well, I really yearn for the life of ordinary people, I want to spend the New Year outside, but my father and mother will not allow me to go far, so after thinking about it..."
"After thinking about it, you thought of my house? You want to spend the New Year at my house?" Duan Tingxuan stared at the prince with his eyes wide open, looking at him in disbelief. He knew that this cousin really liked food, but wasn't it a bit too much to be so greedy? Did he still remember that he was the prince and had to pay attention to the impact of his status?
"The one who understands me is Tingxuan."
The prince was overjoyed. He stretched out his fat hand and patted Duan Tingxuan on the shoulder. He saw that the other party looked at him with sympathy and said softly, "But your highness, even if the emperor and the empress agree that you can spend the New Year at our house, what's the use? My wife and I will definitely keep a close eye on you and not let you eat too much. It's not easy to lose weight and have some results. We can't repeat the last mistake and waste all our efforts, right? My wife has a lot of vegetables in the greenhouse of Meiyue Tower. If you really go to our house, it can be said that you are in her hands. Can you bear eating radish tops and cabbages all day long? Of course, I have no objection to you going to our house. It also saves me from going to the East Palace to supervise your exercise during the New Year. At this time, who doesn't want to be comfortable at home, eat some delicious food made by his wife, tease his babbling daughter, and check on his son's homework, right?"
The prince's face twitched, and he seemed to be trying very hard to control the urge to beat up his sinister cousin. After a long while, he threw his sleeves and roared, "Okay, I won't go to Anping Marquis's Mansion to celebrate the New Year, but you are not allowed to come to my East Palace. Just stay at home and eat and coax your son comfortably. Let's not disturb each other."
After saying that, he turned away. Duan Tingxuan blinked his eyes, shook his head, and said to himself, "Eat? Why does this sound so unpleasant? Eat? Eat? I wonder if this is a word used to refer to pigs and dogs? Damn it."
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