Chapter 120: School

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“Brother, brother, this…” After a while, as they were walking, they found that the person who was called brother was gone again. The little princess, who couldn’t control her excitement and ran a long way away, panicked and quickly turned back to look for him.

As expected, my brother was mesmerised by the flowers and plants on the roadside for the umpteenth time.

“Jianjian, look, is this flower beautiful?” Ye Shuo squatted there, pointing at the green Yangchun in the grass and said.

The light green chrysanthemums are now in full bloom, and they are still graceful even in the autumn wind.

One of them in particular was exceptionally lush and beautiful.

“Yeah, yeah.” Jianjian took a look and found that the flower was exactly the same as the other green chrysanthemums. She really didn’t know what this person called brother was so happy about.

Jianjian nodded perfunctorily like a little adult, but held Ye Shuo’s hand with one of her little hands, deciding in her heart that she would not let him out of her sight no matter what.

“Brother, brother…let’s go…”

Thinking that Empress Zhao and the others might be waiting impatiently, Jianjian couldn’t speak clearly and could only express his meaning vaguely and anxiously.

Ye Shuo then stood up with great difficulty.

But the devil is a devil after all, how can that be enough?

Children, when they are happy, cannot control themselves easily, and they run so fast that the palace servants behind them cannot keep up, and they can easily fall if they are not careful.

So Ye Shuo said that as long as he ran faster than her, she would slow down herself.

“Jianjian, look, what is that!”

Jianjian had just been quiet for a while when she heard these words.

Then the man called brother successfully escaped from his hands.

Looking at the empty little hands, Jianjian was stunned.

Then such a scene appeared in the Imperial Garden——

The Ninth Prince was running in front, and the little princess was chasing him with her short legs. As she chased, she shouted, “Brother, brother, slow down…”

The prince who was passing by saw this scene and fell silent on the spot.

The fifth prince has now set up a residence outside and has also been assigned an assignment in the court. This time he came to pay his respects to his mother, but as luck would have it, he came across such a scene.

The fifth prince turned his head and said, “Am I seeing things right? Is there something wrong with my eyes, or is there something wrong with my ninth brother’s brain?”

The Fifth Prince had laughed at Ye Shuo before, saying that after his sister was born, he stayed in Qiuwu Palace every day taking care of the child, and did not behave like a prince at all.

So this is how he raises his children?

Isn’t this the child taking care of him?

But Ye Shuo didn’t care about that. He finally caught up with his brother. Xiao Jianjian was panting and grabbed his hand. This time, she refused to let go.

Jianjian panted and advised: “No, you can’t… run…”

My mother said that we are not allowed to run around in the palace.

Ye Shuo was embarrassed when he heard this: “But, brother just saw Jian Jian running too.”

Jianjian said without thinking: “Jianjian…don’t run, brother…don’t run.”

Ye Shuo pretended to think, and finally said reluctantly: “Okay then.”

Afterwards, in order to keep an eye on her brother, Jian Jian stopped rushing forward. Holding Ye Shuo’s hand, she walked slowly and firmly towards Empress Zhao’s palace.

Ye Shuo saw a pool of water in the middle. Before he could say anything, Jian Jian got anxious and took the initiative to speak: “No, no!”

Don’t think that she doesn’t know what this guy called brother wants to do. He must want to play in the water!

This happened in the summer when he wanted to jump into the lotus pond and nearly drowned.

That incident really frightened Jianjian. She would not allow him to get close to the water no matter what. She would even ask him to take a detour when he saw a well. Even when he was taking a bath, Jianjian would check from time to time to see if he was still alive.

“Cold…sick…”

Ye Shuo: “…”

No matter what, he wouldn’t jump into the water in the middle of autumn.

Maybe Jianjian was scared during the summer.

Ye Shuo originally wanted to go down to see if there were any lotus roots in the lotus pond. It seemed that digging two sections of fresh lotus roots to eat would be good, but he misjudged the thickness of the mud in the pond and his two feet sank into it and couldn’t be pulled out. He looked like he was almost drowned in the mud.

Because of this incident, Jianjian had a deep psychological trauma towards water. He didn’t know whether it was good or bad, but at least it was good now.

Jianjian saw that he was still staring at the pool and was terrified. She was afraid that he would think badly and jump in again, so she was anxious.

Seeing that she was about to cry, Ye Shuo quickly retracted his gaze.

Jianjian didn’t hesitate and hurriedly took him away from this troubled place.

The little princess did not notice the slightly distorted expressions of Su Yue and the others behind her.

It wasn’t actually too far from Qiuwu Palace to Empress Zhao’s Palace, but even so, it still took the two of them almost half an hour to walk.

More than an hour was wasted on the road.

By the time they got there, Jianjian was almost exhausted.

Seeing the miserable appearance of the little princess and looking at the spirited Ninth Prince beside her, Zhao Chongrong and the others immediately knew that the Ninth Prince must have done something again.

The Ninth Prince is really something. The little princess is still young, but he is not afraid of tiring her out.

Children exercise a lot and eat a lot. Looking at the little princess’s chubby face, Zhao Chongrong and the other two finally swallowed their words of advice.

In fact, if the little princess is healthy, this is also good…

It was Ye Shuo’s idea to have lunch at Zhao Chongrong’s place. The main reason was that there were not many entertainment activities in the palace and Jianjian was still young. If she was not allowed to do something, she would just make trouble every day.

Coming to Zhao Chongrong’s place at noon every day, she treats it as a mission. When she hears the word “mission”, Jianjian works very hard.

No matter how obedient and sensible a child is, there will always be bad times. During this time, the mother can feel more relaxed when the two children are not around.

Every day, Ye Shuo and the other two come over to eat, so Zhao Chongrong and the others don’t feel lonely anymore. It’s good for all three parties.

Except that Jianjian feels a little tired, there is no other problem.

After a long time of struggling, they finally finished lunch. Jianjian felt sleepy and was about to make trouble. Zhao Chongrong and the other two were ready to coax the child, but…

Before the three of them could speak, Ye Shuo spoke first.

“Jianjian, it’s time to coax brother to take a nap.”

Zhao Chongrong and the other two: “…”

“Coming, coming.” Habit became nature, Jianjian ran over without thinking.

While rubbing her eyes, she reached out to pat her brother’s chest. The force should not be too strong or too weak. If it was too strong, he would feel the shock, and if it was too weak, he would not feel anything.

After Ye Shuo closed his eyes, Jian Jian could hardly stand.

The wet nurse was so heartbroken that she quickly picked up the little princess and put her on the small bed that Zhao Chongrong had prepared long ago.

Only at this time of day can the little princess take a rest. The rest of the time, she is either being assigned work by the Ninth Prince or on her way to do work assigned by the Ninth Prince.

Zhao Chongrong had imagined countless times what her daughter would look like when she was born. Although her little princess was not born successfully, she was sure that she would never be like this!

At noon, Jianjian woke up on time and played with the three ladies for a while. When the time was almost up, Jianjian went to call her brother to get up, and then dragged her brother back to Qiuwu Palace.

“Goodbye, Madam Zhao, Madam Li, and Madam Xu.”

Alas, such a polite child, how come she has such a brother?

Of course, the little princess is not always a little angel, she also has her temper sometimes.

For example, in winter, Jianjian ran back and forth in the palace. She complained that her clothes were too thick and it was difficult for her to move, so she refused to let the imperial concubine give her a cotton coat.

There is a kind of cold that makes mom feel you are cold.

It just so happened that Ye Shuo didn’t like wearing cotton pants either. Seeing his sister like this, he decisively said, “Okay, then I won’t wear them either.”

Jianjian was stunned.

After much thought, Jianjian finally put on the cotton coat.

“…How can you be so lacking in persistence?” Even after walking quite a distance away, Ye Shuo could still be heard complaining.

Jianjian didn’t want to do that, but——

“Brother, you’re so thin.” Jianjian looked at her own chubby hands with dimples, then looked at her brother’s skinny hands with protruding joints, and couldn’t help shaking her head.

Ye Shuo looked down at his well-proportioned and slender fingers, but didn’t find anything wrong. Why was Jian Jian looking at him like that?

Afraid that the man called brother would freeze to death, Jianjian decided to put on a cotton coat.

When he was over two years old, Jianjian couldn’t stand the man she called brother, always picking up dishes she didn’t like for her. He didn’t understand even when she told him that he was so stupid.

Seeing that they really couldn’t communicate, one day, Jianjian pushed her brother’s hand away in anger and went to find chopsticks by herself.

Although she was extremely unskilled in using chopsticks as it was her first time and the chopsticks fell back into the bowl at least eight times out of ten, at least she didn’t have to accept food she didn’t like.

You can pick up whatever you want and eat whatever you want. It’s so free.

After experiencing this kind of happiness once, Jianjian never let Ye Shuo feed her again, and she became more and more proficient in using chopsticks, from being unfamiliar at the beginning.

In less than a month, Jianjian could eat whatever she wanted.

Emperor Jingwen, who was standing by, couldn’t help but hold his forehead when he saw this scene.

Silly daughter, doesn’t she know that besides her brother, she can also let the maids, eunuchs or wet nurses feed her?

If she wants to eat something, she can just move her mouth, why bother to do it herself?

Until now, she still hasn’t figured out why her brother always sends the maids, eunuchs and wet nurses out every time she eats?

Xiaojiu is really something. He even lied to his own sister.

The next day, after his stepfather left, Ye Shuo suddenly remembered something and went to tell his mother.

After hearing this, Concubine Rong looked incredulous.

“Are you going to ask your sister to go to school???”

“Yes.” Ye Shuo said without thinking, as if it was a matter of course.

“She’s almost three years old now, so she should start learning calligraphy and reading.”

Putting aside the question of whether to invite the princess to the study room, based on his previous actions, he shouldn’t have thought of this.

When Shuo’er was three years old, he refused to go to the study room. Now it’s Jianjian’s turn, but he looks like he’s determined to send her in no matter what. I really don’t know what’s going on in his little head.

As if he had seen through his mother’s doubts, Ye Shuo cleared his throat and said seriously, “I’m just thinking, there must be someone in our family who can study, right?”

“It’s not like you can’t even come up with the last one, right?”

Concubine Rong was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that her son’s words seemed to make sense…