Chapter 587: Is Uncle playing wrestling?

Xin He had guessed long ago that in such a family alliance, there was no chance for children to resist, even for the Great Prince.

Now the Song Family was thriving. The eldest legitimate daughter of the Song Family had married into the palace and become the beloved Imperial Noble Consort Shu. The only other legitimate daughter of the Song Family was Song Yalin. The Empress naturally wanted to draw the power of the Song Family. This marriage was definitely to be arranged. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

What the Empress didn’t know was that the Song Family had long been divided, this marriage with the second branch of the Song family wouldn’t bring any real influence from the Song family, because the main branch of the Song Family was under Mu Houchu’s control.

But those were events of the future.

"The Great Prince is a pitiful figure too. His father disregards his life, using it as bait to trap you. His mother sees him as a puppet, hoping that he would fight for the throne, in exchange for her limitless glory. He doesn’t even have the right to resist the marriage." Xin He chuckled, shaking her head slightly.

"Being a part of the royal family, one should be prepared for such manipulation. Do you truly think it’s easy being a royal child?" Mu Houchu murmured.

Xin He burrowed into his arms, muttering: "Regardless, my child must not suffer the same. I want our Ah Guai to be happy all her life, to have anything she should have, including freedom."

Mu Houchu chuckled, "Our Ah Guai, should have everything."

Xin He looked at him and smiled: "I’ve probably been weary these past few days. Now that you sit by my side so calmly, I feel very fulfilled."

"What about Xiao Bei?"

Xin He shook her head with a smile: "Apparently, he was detained by his teacher again. Maybe he did something wrong, Xiao Chai is with him."

Mu Houchu gently rocked the crib beside him, observing Ah Guai’s peaceful sleeping face. A smile appeared at the corners of his lips. He pulled Xin He into his arms and whispered, "Absolutely perfect."

Xin He blinked, "What’s perfect?"

Mu Houchu grinned at her, "Everything is perfect."

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Five years later.

Pingyang Prince Mansion held a banquet today to celebrate the birthday of the youngest princess. The birthday celebration was held on a grand scale, nearly all the illustrious clans of Yu State visited, causing a lively atmosphere within the Pingyang Prince Mansion.

The banquet for the women was held at Pingque Terrace, the garden was filled with the laughter and excitement of girls. It was said that Pingque Terrace was a garden specially built for the princess by Prince Pingyang. The garden was exquisitely beautiful and elegant. Most importantly, it contained almost all kinds of rare and exotic plants, offering different sceneries throughout the four seasons.

"Quick, look! There’s a butterfly, a beautiful butterfly! As expected, these precious flowers attract even more beautiful butterflies. Hurry, let’s catch this butterfly!" An excited daughter of a noble family pointed at a butterfly on a flower branch.

This statement attracted the attention of four or five other noble daughters. They were all captivated by the colorful butterfly and began to chase after it, causing quite a lively scene.

Not far away, half a head quietly peeked over a tall wall. A pair of bright eyes quietly watched the magnificent view inside the wall. He was standing on a large locust tree outside to just about reach the height of the wall, thus his footing was unstable, and his hands clung tightly to the top of the wall.

A young boy, his face full of impatience, stood at the corner outside the wall: "Had enough?"

"Hey, wait a minute! Just a little longer!" The boy on the wall made a "hush" gesture towards the one below, lowering his voice: "Keep your voice down, be careful not to let the people inside hear!"

"If you don’t move, I will. I don’t want to be caught and mistaken for a thief."

"Hey, hey, hey! Are you so unscrupulous as to abandon me? Li Nan?!" Xiao Bei shouted anxiously from the top of the wall, yet he dared not raise his voice, afraid of alerting the people inside.

Xiao Chai stopped: "So, are you coming or not?"

"A little bit longer, hey, are you my brother? I’ll only need a little bit longer!"

Xiao Chai rubbed his forehead, he must have gone crazy to accompany him here, sneaking a peek at other people’s women as if they were thieves.

Xiao Bei, seeing him like this, knew that he must have silently agreed. He excitedly said, "Remember to cover for me!"

With that, he turned his head to watch the girls inside chasing butterflies again.

At this moment, suddenly a soft voice rang out: "Little uncle, what are you doing here?"

Caught off guard by this voice, Xiao Bei nearly cried out in surprise. His feet slipped and he lost his grip on the trunk of the tree. With a "thud", he fell directly from the high locust tree, landing on the ground in a jumbled pile.

A girl as pretty as a porcelain doll blinked her wide eyes at her little uncle, who had just fallen from the sky and landed right at her feet. Blinking her watery eyes, she softly asked, "Little uncle, were you playing mock wrestling?"

The corner of Xiao Bei’s mouth twitched, nearly bursting into tears, "Ah Guai, you mustn’t sneak up on your uncle like this in the future."

Xiao Bei struggled to get up from the ground, clutching his bottom which felt like it was broken in eight places. He was about to cry out in pain but was quickly muffled by Xiao Chai.

"Huh?!" Xiao Bei’s eyes widened in confusion.

Before he even had time to react, Xiao Chai had already picked up both Xiao Bei and Ah Guai, dashed into the nearby bushes.

Subsequently, several girls came out from Pingque Terrace, looking around while saying, "There’s no one here, did we see wrong?"

"I heard something just now, maybe I was mistaken." A young girl scratched her head, only able to give that rationalization.

"Ah, let’s go inside. What’s there to see here?"

The young ladies elegantly returned.

Only then did Xiao Chai come out, clutching the two troublemakers.

Xiao Bei let out a sigh of relief, "That was close! If we were discovered, I wouldn’t be able to live it down!"

Xiao Chai glanced at him: "You realize how embarrassing it is now?"

Xiao Bei immediately forgot the pain, he draped an arm over Xiao Chai’s shoulder, "Ah, you don’t understand, it’s the bitterness of yearning, you know what I mean? It’s not easy for me to find the chance to see her, even at a risk. Did you see the girl in yellow? Isn’t she extremely beautiful?"

Xiao Chai said blankly, "I didn’t look."

"You! Ah, how can you be so dull?" Xiao Bei chided Xiao Chai, then picked Ah Guai up from the ground, pinching her little cheek, "Ah Guai, you must not suddenly scare your uncle in the future, okay?"

Ah Guai, with her innocent and wide eyes, said, "Ah Guai didn’t scare uncle."

"Accidentally scaring is also not allowed!"

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