As Xuanxuan ate, he thought about the news he had overheard in the palace and asked, "By the way, mother, I heard that the emperor will be going on tour in two weeks, and father will be included. Is that true?"
He also heard this from Hong Jin from the Prince's family.
"Yes, your father will go with you then."
"Really, mom? Are you going? Can we go with you?" Chenchen looked at his mother with shining eyes and even forgot to eat the delicious chicken leg.
Everyone else also looked at their own mother (aunt) with expectant eyes.
At this moment, out of Chenchen's sight, a pair of small, fleshy hands reached out from beside him and took away the big chicken leg that he had not had time to eat.
"Go ahead. Your father has already told your mother about this. As for you, you should go along when the time comes. Going out and seeing the world will teach you a lot more than just burying your head in study. And these things are often missing from books."
As the saying goes, reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. No matter how many books you read or how good they are, if you have never gone out to see the vast world, then the knowledge you have learned is limited to what you know but not understand.
So with such a good opportunity, Wen Mianmian would of course take them with her.
"Mom, you are so kind. I will have a good trip when the time comes. I heard that there are many places with delicious food and fun places out there. I must go and see them when the time comes." Chenchen couldn't hide the joy on his face.
"I want to go too." Yuanyuan's eyes lit up when she heard the word "delicious food". She raised her greasy little hands and couldn't wait to speak.
Chenchen looked over with a smile, but the smile on his face suddenly stopped.
"Xiao Wu, this is my chicken leg. You actually... you ate it all..."
Chenchen stared with wide eyes at the chicken leg on the plate on his table that had disappeared. Then he looked at the chicken leg bone in Yuanyuan's hand and knew that Xiaowu had stolen his chicken leg again.
Unexpectedly, Yuanyuan said angrily: "So what? You owed me a chicken drumstick before, so consider this as your repayment."
As he said this, he finished the last bit of chicken leg meat and then handed the chicken bone to him.
"Yes, I'll give this back to you."
Chenchen was so angry that he almost died of rage as he watched Xiaowu gnaw on the bare chicken bones. "You..." Chenchen turned his head angrily and looked at his mother and complained, "Mother, look at Xiaowu. Not only did he steal my chicken legs, but he also gave me the chicken bones back. This is too much of a bully."
"Ahem, Xiaowu~" Wen Mianmian said with a stern face, "You ate my chicken leg, so you can't eat chicken anymore later."
Yuanyuan turned her head away, her little face full of stubbornness, “If you don’t want to eat, then don’t eat.” There are so many delicious foods here anyway.
"You are all here, but you didn't call me." Tiantian walked in.
"I've saved it all for you. We just finished eating. Why are you here just now?" Wen Mianmian said with a smile when she saw her coming.
Tiantian came to the empty seat next to her mother and sat down. "Big sister accidentally fell down. I just went to see her, so I'm late."
Tiantian was also hungry, so she sat down and picked up her chopsticks to start eating.
"You fell. Are you okay?" The eldest princess had a good relationship with Tiantian. She had dined with Tiantian in Zizhuyuan before. Moreover, she had a gentle personality, unlike Li.
"It's okay, just a little scrape, it will be fine in a few days."
"Sister, have this, it's delicious." Xiaoliu, who was sitting next to Tiantian, held French fries in his hand and wanted to feed them to his sister.
Tiantian lowered her head and ate, "Thank you, Xiaoliu." Tiantian touched his little head.
"Sister, mom said that we can go out and play in a while. Can you buy me something delicious then?" Yuanyuan raised her little head and looked at her sister and spoke.
"Mother, is it about the patrol?" Tiantian heard Yuanyuan's words and asked her mother.
She had heard this mentioned before.
"Well, you all will come along then."
"Really~" Tiantian was very surprised. She had been practicing martial arts with her master these days, so she didn't know about this at all. Now when she heard her mother say that she could go on the patrol together, Tiantian was so happy.
Who wouldn't like to go out and see the world?
"Mom, my four younger brothers are still young. Do they want to go with us too?" Xuanxuan asked in confusion.
The four little ones all looked at their mother.
Wen Mianmian looked at the four of them with expectant eyes and said with a smile, "They're going too."
"Yeah, I knew mom was the best." The four little ones felt relieved when they heard that they could go.
They were afraid that their mother would not take them with her.
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In a blink of an eye, the day of the tour arrived. Li, Ma Jia, Geng and Song all went with them. Seven or eight carriages were parked at the gate of the mansion before dawn.
Because this trip was quite long, Wen Mianmian and the children's stuff alone took up two large carriages. This was after some downsizing, otherwise even three carriages wouldn't be able to fit them all.
The quadruplets and Wen Mianmian were in the same carriage. After everyone said goodbye to the lady and got on the carriage, it was almost dawn. Only then did the carriage begin to sway and move forward.
Originally, Xuanxuan, Chenchen and the other three wanted to ride horses, but Wen Mianmian was worried about something happening, so she asked them to take the carriage first. If they really wanted to ride horses, they could wait until they were out of the city.
Wen Mianmian and other female relatives gathered at the city gate first, while the Fourth Master followed the emperor's team.
Because there were many people accompanying this tour, even Empress Defei would be going, and by the time the entire team set off it was already past noon.
Fortunately, Wen Mianmian's carriage was spacious and comfortably furnished, so Wen Mianmian and the quadruplets felt very comfortable sitting inside.
There were also fruit snacks refrigerated in ice containers, and there was also an ice basin inside to keep cool. Wen Mianmian had someone prepare lemon tea and sour plum soup early in the morning.
It's very hot outside, and drinking these things can help you cool down.
Emperor Kangxi was going south this time, so they traveled by carriage for two or three days before changing to a boat.
The Fourth Master's Mansion and the Sixth Master's Mansion were on the same ship. It was said that the Sixth Concubine had also come this time, bringing her two sons with her. Just two years ago, the Sixth Concubine gave birth to another son for the Sixth Prince. It was said that a concubine and a princess also came with her.
That concubine was selected into the palace two years ago, and her father was also an official in the court.
Xuanxuan, Honghui and others were on the same boat with the little princes from other mansions. After all, they were almost seven years old, so they naturally could not ride on the same boat with Wen Mianmian and others.
And they can also get along better with their peers.
After Wen Mianmian got off the carriage, she stopped just as she was about to get on the boat. She looked to the other side and saw Master Ling Ye on a boat not far ahead, with several Buddhist disciples following behind him.
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