Chapter 413: Zhao Lingmeng's Worry about the Child's Examination
Zhao Lingmeng arranged everything in the mansion before taking people to the front yard. They said they were going to the front yard to appreciate the flowers, but everyone knew that His Highness wanted to wait for the two young masters.
Everyone cooperated with Zhao Lingmeng and even placed a brazier and fruit snacks in a yard in the front yard.
However, Zhao Lingmeng waited for a while, suddenly remembered something, and returned to Menglinyuan.
"Your Highness, aren't you going to wait for the two young masters?"
Qiuyue was very curious about Zhao Lingmeng's behavior. Seeing that the prince was in a good mood, she asked directly.
Zhao Lingmeng explained and instructed, "Yes! But I suddenly thought that Jing'er and the others had been taking exams all day and might be tired. If I wait here, they might even force themselves to deal with me out of worry.
When they arrive, let the court doctor take a look first, and then let them go back to the courtyard! After they have washed up, tell someone to bring the delicious food directly to the two young masters' rooms, let them eat directly in their own rooms and rest!
Let them come and pay their respects tomorrow after they wake up!"
After hearing His Highness' explanation and instructions, Qiuyue understood, "Yes, Your Highness, don't worry. I will definitely have someone make the arrangements."
Zhao Lingmeng nodded at Qiuyue and said, "I trust you to do the job. Go and call the Third Young Master over to have dinner with us!"
Qiuyue immediately bowed and left. Since His Highness wanted to have dinner early, she would definitely go and take care of these matters in person.
As soon as Qiuyue left, Chunshui immediately took over Qiuyue's position and praised her sincerely, "Your Highness is really thoughtful."
Zhao Lingmeng didn't think it was a big deal, but when it came to small talk, she would just leave it at that. "What's so thoughtful about that? It's just that sometimes I try to put myself in someone else's shoes."
However, despite this preparation, when Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houming returned from the exam, their carriages drove directly into the mansion through the side door.
When they were both helped out of the carriage by their respective servants, they both looked around at the first moment. Seeing that only Qiuyue was waiting there, they were a little disappointed.
"Greetings, two young masters!" Qiuyue hurried forward and saluted.
Zhao Houming was worried that something had happened to his mother, otherwise he felt that his mother would definitely be waiting for them. "Aunt Qiuyue, why isn't mother here?"
"Replying to Second Young Master, His Highness was originally waiting for you in the front yard. After waiting for a long time, His Highness remembered that he was worried that you two were too tired from the exams, so he told you to go back to the yard directly, wash up, eat something delicious, and rest. You can go and pay your respects to His Highness tomorrow when you wake up."
Qiuyue explained while having someone help the two young masters walk into their own yard.
"Mom is so thoughtful. Please tell her for us. Thank you." Zhao Houjing sounded gloomy when he said this.
Zhao Houming nodded in agreement with his elder brother. He was in no mood to talk anymore. He just wanted to take a shower, eat something, and then fall asleep.
Qiuyue waited for the court doctor to come and examine the two young masters and confirmed that there was nothing serious before going back to report to Zhao Lingmeng.
After listening to Qiuyue's report, Zhao Lingmeng knew that the two children were fine, and the tension in her heart finally eased. "Then let's have dinner!"
Zhao Houyang was reading a book on the couch, listening intently to Qiuyue's report. He was happy to hear that his two brothers were fine.
When he heard his mother tell Aunt Qiuyue that dinner was ready, he immediately closed the book and jumped down.
"I heard there are a lot of delicious food today?" Zhao Houyang ran to Zhao Lingmeng and looked at her with expectant eyes.
Zhao Lingmeng reached out and pinched the baby fat on Zhao Houyang's face that had not yet completely disappeared. "Yes, I will definitely eat so much today that you can't walk."
Zhao Houyang was originally being pinched on the face by his mother, and he wanted to resist. But after hearing what his mother said, he stood still and let her pinch him.
"I don't know if my two brothers still have the energy to eat these dishes properly today." Even though Zhao Houyang's cheeks were pinched by his mother, it couldn't stop him from gloating.
Zhao Lingmeng loosened his grip upon hearing this and looked at his son with amusement: "You, don't you want to be carried around by your second brother at all times?"
"Mother" Zhao Houyang still wanted to save face, and he was a little unhappy when he heard his mother ruining his plan.
This displeasure only lasted a short while, and when the food started to be served, he instantly regained his vitality and kept pacing around the table.
"Wipe your saliva."
When Zhao Houyang heard what his mother said, he immediately reached out and touched his chin in disbelief. The result was dry. He knew his mother was teasing him again.
Zhao Houyang stomped his feet lively and called out coquettishly: "Mom!"
"Okay, okay, let's eat." Zhao Lingmeng said and sat down at the table. After sitting down, she added leisurely, "Children should play when they are young! It's not fun when they grow up."
Zhao Houyang waved his hand nonchalantly, thinking that he has never been fun!
But when he looked at the table full of delicious food, he couldn't remember anything at once.
"What a hope!" Zhao Lingmeng said this despite the fatal complaint from her own mother, but she quickly picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of food nearby.
Zhao Houyang didn't care about that! When he saw his mother pick up her chopsticks, he immediately threw himself into the business of eating.
After Zhao Houyang had eaten his fill, he said in a flattering tone, "Next time when I take the exam for the Tongsheng degree, prepare this many dishes for me, and also include a few new dishes that I haven't had before."
"What a promising future! I will prepare it for you according to this standard when the time comes, okay?" Zhao Lingmeng was just complaining. In fact, it was not difficult to prepare this. She didn't have to do it herself, she just had to talk about it.
When Zhao Houyang saw his mother agreed, he bowed with satisfaction and left with a big belly.
The next day, Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houming woke up and came to pay their respects to Zhao Lingmeng. Zhao Lingmeng didn't ask them how their exams went, as she felt the exams were already over and there was no point in asking more.
Besides, the results of the Tongsheng exam will be out in three days, so one or two days won’t make a difference.
Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houming hadn't read in the past two or three days, nor had they gone out to visit friends or attend any gatherings. Instead, they'd been busy around the mansion with Zhao Houyang and Yang Chengchen, farming, fishing, and touring the lake. They'd even plucked all the peach blossoms from the mansion's peach orchard and brewed them into wine, which they'd buried beneath the trees.
When Zhao Lingmeng looked at the bare peach forest, all kindness and consideration in her heart were nothing. She just wanted to beat these naughty children.
Anyway, they wreaked havoc throughout the mansion during those three days. The most exaggerated thing was that even several of the ornamental koi fish in the viewing lake were starved to death.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
