Sisi said in a high-pitched voice, "Oh dear, why are you like this? I just wanted to show you some concern."
"No, no, no! You're scaring me."
Sisi glanced at Ning Yirong and stood up from him. "I'm going out to play. You stay home and look after the kids."
So that's what happened?
Ning Yirong felt relieved. "Okay. Didn't you say you wanted to wait until Gouwa and Gousheng were a bit older before going out?"
"Old Bai discovered that the Jia family in Jiangyin had secretly bought a lot of able-bodied men. Old Bai suspected that the Jia family might have struck gold, and he was going to go and take a look. I was worried, so I decided to go with Old Bai."
Matters involving mining are often big deals, and Sisi was worried that Lao Bai wouldn't be able to handle them.
How many people are you planning to bring?
"Three thousand."
Ning Yirong thought for a moment and felt it was about time. "You can make the decisions when things happen. You don't need to worry about Father."
"Okay. I'll be back as soon as I'm done."
"It's okay for you to go out and have some fun. I'll take good care of the child."
"No. Let's wait until Gouwa and Gousheng are a bit older. I can't play comfortably right now."
"Okay. Let's think about what situations we might encounter?"
"Um."
More than ten days later, Lao Hei returned.
On the third day after Lao Hei returned, Sisi and Lao Bai set off with their people.
As for the reasons?
Everyone in the capital knows that Sisi is playful.
Sisi has been living in Beijing for so many years, what's so strange about her going out for fun? It would be strange if she didn't go out for fun.
It's just that His Highness the Crown Prince has suffered.
Look, His Highness the Crown Prince is carrying the Second Prince on his back and holding the Third Prince in his arms.
The Crown Princess is truly... truly skilled at managing her husband!
Oh, and there's also the eldest grandson. He's had a tough time too. Not only does he have to study, but he also has to practice martial arts and help His Highness the Crown Prince take care of the second and third grandsons.
He saw the eldest grandson wiping the snot from the nose of the third grandson the day before yesterday.
The Crown Princess is truly... truly free-spirited!
How old are the second and third imperial grandsons?
The eldest grandson and the crown prince have had a tough time.
The Crown Princess... It's not easy being the Crown Princess either.
That night, little Gou Dan hugged his second younger brother with his left arm and his third younger brother with his right. "Sweetie, go to sleep."
Gouwa: "I don't want to sleep, I miss my mom."
Gousheng: "Hmm, I'm not sleeping, I miss my mom."
Dog Egg wanted to sleep too. But he was the older brother. "Sweetie, Mom will be angry if she finds out you two aren't sleeping properly."
Gouwa pouted. "Gouwa's making Mom angry too." Mom sneaked out to play without telling them.
Gou Sheng chimed in, "Gou Sheng is also annoyed with his mother. She doesn't even take him and his second brother with her when she goes out to play."
"...Mother must have a reason. Let me tell you a story."
"I won't listen."
"I won't listen."
"...Brother will take you to find Father."
That's fine. "Okay."
Ning Yirong was just about to rest when his three sons arrived. What could Ning Yirong do? He could only drag his three sons to the bed.
"When your mother was home, didn't you all sleep separately? Why don't you sleep separately when your mother went out?"
Gouwa: "I don't know."
Gou Sheng: "I miss my mother."
Ning Yirong gently patted Gouwa and Gousheng's heads. "Your parents can't be with you forever. The three of you need to learn to rely on and support each other."
Gouwa and Gousheng still don't understand. "Missing Mom."
"Alright, alright, your father will teach you a way, and you might just see your mother again."
Upon hearing this, Gouwa and Gousheng urged Ning Yirong to teach them immediately.
Ning Yirong told them to close their eyes first, and then think about what games they had played with Sisi before. Just think about it in your mind, don't say it out loud, otherwise it won't work and you won't be able to see Sisi anymore.
After a while, Gouwa and Goudan fell asleep.
While covering his two younger brothers with blankets, Gou Dan whispered, "Father, you're the only one who has a solution."
Ning Yirong ruffled Gou Dan's hair. "Try it yourself later, see if you can dream about your mother?"
"Alright. Father, do you also miss my mother?"
"Yes. But Father is used to it. Come, tell Father what problems you encountered when you were taking care of your younger brother? Father taught you how to solve them?"
“Okay, thank you, Father. Father, when I was taking care of my younger brothers…”
After being taught by Ning Yirong, Gou Dan became better at taking care of his younger brothers, and the younger brothers also became closer to Gou Dan.
About half a month later, Gouwa and Gousheng stopped coming to see Ning Yirong.
Ning Yirong felt both gratified and somewhat disappointed.
Meanwhile, Sisi and Lao Bai led their men to Jiangyin as quickly as possible.
Many hands make light work, and Sisi and Lao Bai are both experts in this field.
Soon, Sisi and Lao Bai figured out the Jia family's whereabouts.
Deep in the mountains of Jiangyin, Jia Laoda had just emerged from a cave when he saw a group of people standing outside. All the men he had brought with him were lying on the ground.
Boss Jia instinctively tried to shrink back.
Unfortunately, he had only taken one step back when a knife appeared at his neck.
Old Master Jia was nearly scared to death. "Great hero, spare my life! Great hero, spare my life! Great hero, what are your orders? Tell me, and I will do it, I will do it."
Old Bai slapped Boss Jia's face with his knife. "What are you doing down there? Tell me!"
Old Jia was too ashamed to speak. "I...I'm building a tomb for my mother down there. Ah!"
Old Bai poked Jia Laoda. "Do you have to sneak around to build a tomb?"
"I...I repaired the...the specifications are...a bit high."
Old Bai laughed as soon as he heard that. "How tall?"
“I…I built it according to the standards of the Empress Dowager…”
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