Mu Fengwu lifted the carriage curtain to glance at his son, who was sleeping like a pig and hadn't woken up despite all the noise, and then lowered the curtain again. After greeting Lord Xiao and Xiao Jingkang, he sat on the shaft and waited for the show to begin.
"Grandfather, Dad, Fourth Uncle, you are back." Xiao Yao glanced inside the gate. Why is the sedan chair so slow today? If there was a sedan chair here at this moment, all the problems would be solved.
"Why don't you go in?" asked Old Marquis Xiao in confusion.
"My sister sprained her foot. I wanted to carry her on my back, but she insisted on waiting for the sedan." Xiao Jun had already replaced Xia Xiaofu and let Xiao Yao lean on him.
"You little brat! Your sister is injured and you still let her stand. Are you asking for a beating? Oh! Honey, you're safe. Tell grandpa if it hurts. How could you be so careless? Where are all the servants? You can't even take care of the young lady. What's the point of having you?"
"Okay, here comes another one," Xiao Yao gave Xiao Fu an apologetic smile. She'd already taken the blame twice in a short while. Being a maid wasn't easy. Compared to them, she had someone who cared about her and loved her. She was much happier. Xiao Yao cheered herself up. She didn't need to pay any attention to the harsh words and sarcasm from outsiders. As long as her family cared about her, that was enough.
After figuring this out, Xiao Yao's smile became much brighter and more cheerful. She must be well for the sake of her loving family, and any sacrifice she makes for them is worth it.
"Grandfather, please don't mention Fifth Brother and Xiaofu. It was me who insisted on riding in the sedan chair."
"Let's stop talking nonsense and go back to let the doctor check Ping An! We don't know how serious his injury is. My Ping An is not fit to go out. We won't go anywhere tomorrow. Let's invite a troupe of actors and jugglers to perform. Oh! By the way, there are also storytellers. Dad will listen with you." Xiao Jingkang said as he walked to his daughter, bent down and patted her shoulder, motioning for his daughter to lie on his back.
"Dad, I can't let you carry me on your back." Xiao Yao was already thirteen years old, and her dad was over forty. How could she bear it!
"Why do you dislike your father for being old? Not to mention carrying you, even if Ruyi and I are together, he can hardly carry us. By the way, why did you come back alone? Where is Ruyi?" Xiao Jingkang finally realized that something was wrong. Why didn't his niece come back with his daughter?
Several men in the Xiao family looked at Xiao Yao in unison, waiting for an answer.
"Weren't the princess, the princess, and I planning a barbecue? When everything was almost ready, I twisted my foot. Later, Prince Qi, Master Mu, Prince Yun, and Prince Kong also went to the villa. I felt it was too inconvenient. It just so happened that Mu Zihong from Master Mu's family missed his mother, so we discussed returning to the capital together. I left Ruyi and Xiaohui behind to help with the barbecue, so I came back alone."
It was not easy to tell this lie. After going through so much trouble, I finally made it sound convincing. I hope nothing went wrong when my sister comes back. Xiao Yao nodded to Xiao Fu, indicating that she should tell Xiao Yuan what she had just said.
"Grandfather wants to carry you on his back, but I'm sure you won't agree." Old Marquis Xiao knew his granddaughter loved him, and he felt both warm and a little lost. He was already over seventy years old, so how much longer could he spend with his granddaughter? Fortunately, the matter of his granddaughter was about to be resolved. He would find a chance to let the two children meet. If everything went well, he would arrange for them to be engaged first, and then let them get married after three to five years.
Old Madam Yuan has already done the ideological work on that family. They only ask that their future grandson take his father's surname, and everything else is decided by the Xiao family.
The old marquis was not interested in his great-grandson, he always cared about his granddaughter. In this way, the two families basically reached an agreement and were just waiting for the children to meet. In other words, they were just waiting for Xiao Yao to nod, and the marriage was basically done.
"The sedan is here." Xiao Yao cheered.
"Hurry back." Old Marquis Xiao waved his hand, and the maids were so scared that they carried the sedan chair swaying left and right and returned the same way.
"Grandfather, why did you let them go back?"
"Look at that sedan chair they're carrying. It's wobbly and not stable at all. Don't let it touch your feet. Let your father carry you back. That way it's more stable."
Those people were scared by you, old man. They had ridden in sedan chairs so many times without any problem, but when they came to you, it sounded like the sedan chair bearers were particularly unreliable.
Mu Fengwu couldn't help but chuckle. This old man didn't know how to love his granddaughter. He was sure that if he were ten years younger, he would definitely carry the little apprentice sister on his back. Because apart from himself, there was no one else he could trust. It seemed that Achen's road to marriage was not easy! He was going to have a lot of fun in the future!
"Let Fifth Brother carry me!" Xiao Yao waved to Xiao Jun, who came over happily.
"No, he's clumsy."
"Daddy walks more steadily than your fifth brother, so let Daddy carry you!"
"We won't be able to get in the house tonight if you continue like this. Ping'an, hold Fourth Uncle's neck tightly. Let's go first and let them fight here slowly!" Xiao Jingyan really couldn't bear to watch it anymore. If they continued like this, Ping'an's minor injury would be delayed into a serious one.
"Little Fourth, go slower. Ping An has a foot injury." Old Marquis Xiao followed closely behind his youngest son, his heart in his throat. How did his granddaughter end up in the hands of such an unreliable person? If he had known earlier, it would have been better to let his grandson carry her on his back instead of letting him hold her in his arms! If his granddaughter got hurt, he would be heartbroken.
"Mr. Mu, thank you for sending my daughter home." When Xiao Jingkang saw that his daughter had been taken away, he felt that his heroism was no longer useful, so he had to turn around and do the aftermath work.
"It's time for my nephew to say goodbye." The play was over, and he hurried home to settle his son. When Yun Yichen came back, he would go to the palace to teach him about what had just happened. He wanted the boy to have a good idea and think of a way to deal with the old man. Otherwise, it would be hard to say whether he could marry his beautiful junior sister!
After Xiao Yuan brought Xiao Yu back, one of them, thanks to Xiao Fu's message, basically agreed with Xiao Yao's story; the other, who had been given "special" care by Yun Yichen and Kong Xuzhe, either remained silent or simply responded with "hmm" and "ah." Xiao Yao was most afraid her cousin would let something slip; she had assumed his obedience was due to Xiao Yuan's careful instruction since her sister, Xiao Yuan, had returned.
Although the family felt that the children were a little strange, they couldn't tell what was wrong at the moment, so they had to put the matter aside for the time being and go about their own business. It was not until this time that Xiao Yao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Yun Yichen and his friends were not as lucky as Xiao Yao. They were summoned to the palace the next morning. The three brothers gathered in the imperial study. This was a scene that had not been seen for a long time. Now there was another Prince Min, Kong Xuzhe.
Looking at these guys who had caused him such a huge trouble but pretended to be indifferent, the emperor really wanted to give each of them a slap in the face. At the same time, he kept muttering to himself that the little beauty of the Xiao family was a disaster, an absolute disaster.
"Do you know why you were summoned to the palace today?" the emperor asked after looking them up and down.
"Someone has complained to you first!" Mu Fengwu was extremely disgusted with the behavior of the Xie brothers and sisters. Seeing that the emperor was trying to win them over, he began to daydream. After having his eyes on the Prince of Jing, he now set his sights on the junior sister. He really thought that the whole world had to revolve around them!
"Is Xie Zhuoliang wrong? Didn't Xuzhe and Achen beat him?" The emperor thought to himself, you didn't complain, so does that mean you are right to just take action?
"That guy surnamed Xie is obviously not a good guy. His face is sallow and his eyes are dark blue. Doesn't he have a wife? Why is he still planning to pursue Miss Xiao? He is simply a toad wanting to eat swan meat." Kong Xuzhe had the least contact with the emperor among the few people, but he was by no means a coward.
"You..." Do you also like the beauty from the Xiao family? Things are really getting more and more confusing. The emperor turned his head to look at his nephew. You have so many rivals in love!
"Young Prince, you are not also interested in my junior sister, are you?" Mu Fengwu was not surprised by Kong Xuzhe's audacity, but was surprised by Yun Yichen's calmness. When did this kid cultivate such good self-cultivation?
"They are really your junior sisters. Yes, I like that little girl. If she wasn't too young, I would ask my family to propose marriage to her today." Kong Xuzhe said what was in his heart without any concealment.
The emperor and the other two turned their heads to observe Yun Yichen's expression. He was neither anxious nor flustered. This... this doesn't make sense!
"Achen, don't you have anything to say?" Mu Fengwu winked and signaled Yun Yichen to go and beg the emperor. If he didn't take action, who knows who would own the little junior sister!
"He's into my cousin, the daughter of the third branch of the Xiao family." You bastard Kong Xuzhe, why don't you explain yourself clearly? You made everyone think that he and I were going to stage a drama of two men competing for one woman!
"I was scared to death." Mu Fengwu patted his chest. If people scare others, they will be scared to death. Can you please consider others too?
"As far as I know, the Xiao family only has two granddaughters!" The prince's family has reserved one, and the young prince has chosen another. Is there any family in Tianyu more glorious than theirs? The emperor now suspects that Xiao Hu had foreseen the situation today and asked for the imperial edict. If these two guys want a wife, they can go to the Xiao family and ask for it themselves! Anyway, he has no other way.
The emperor looked at Yun Yichen and Kong Xuzhe with glee, and let them compete with the old fox Xiao Hu in a battle of wits and courage. He would just stand on the sidelines and watch the fun, to see whether the young and inexperienced would win in the end, or the old fox would have the upper hand.
"I have a feeling the Xiao family will become increasingly lively. To thank the old man for his guidance over the years, I've decided to visit more often." Mu Fengwu smiled playfully. It wasn't his style not to join in the fun. A few years ago, the old man and Yun Yichen used to fight each other frequently, and I thought I'd never see that scene again! I never thought we'd get to revisit those old memories again. I'm so looking forward to that day arriving soon!
Yun Yifan just sat there quietly. It wasn't that he didn't want to talk, but on the contrary, he didn't know what to say or how to say it. Apart from bitterness in his heart, all that was left was numbness.
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