Ling Ruo heard the noise, walked out and asked Hongli who was standing there, "What's going on? Why are the two of them running around?"
Shui Xiu stared at it carefully and said in a panic: "Master, what the princess is holding seems to be a musket?"
"Musket? Why are there muskets in the palace?" After confirming that the musket in Jiarou's hand was indeed a musket, Ling Ruo ignored the question about the origin of the musket and hurriedly said: "Hongli, go get the musket back quickly. This thing is terrible.
You can't play casually, what if something happens?"
Hongli smiled forgivingly and said: "Don't worry, Eniang, the musket was brought by the minister. There is no ammunition in it. It will be fine." After Ling Ruo breathed a sigh of relief, he pursed his lips and said: "This
The sixth brother also knew it, but he seemed to have forgotten it because he was nervous and was preoccupied with chasing Jiarou to get the gun back."
"You kid, when you see Hongzhan in a hurry, you don't even remind him. Isn't it fun to see Hongzhan in a hurry like this?" Hearing what Ling Ruo said, Hongli said, "Your Majesty, I don't know.
I didn't remind you on purpose. Have you noticed that the sixth brother has started to become different from before? When he first came to the palace, he wouldn't care about Jiarou's life and death, but now he looks better than me.
My real brother is even more anxious."
Speaking of this, Ling Ruo nodded and said: "That's true, Hong Zhan, this kid... is actually very sensible and well-behaved, but it's a pity that he was ruined by life's teachings."
"Sixth brother has changed a lot. Erchen believes that given time, he will definitely change." While they were talking, Jiarou had already started running and playing with the gun in her hand. Just like Hongzhan, she was very interested in this.
The things were also full of novelty, but unlike Hong Zhan, she was not aware of the dangers of muskets at all.
Hongzhan couldn't catch up with Jiarou for a while, so he could only say urgently: "Jiarou, stop making trouble, be obedient and return the musket to me quickly."
"No!" Jiarou giggled, seeming to think this was fun. Later, her little finger was already on the trigger. After trying it for a few times, it didn't turn. She ran away for a distance, stopped and pulled the trigger hard.
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Hongzhan, who was originally chasing after him and was out of breath, saw this scene and was so frightened that his hair stood on end. He quickly ran over and snatched the musket from Jiarou's hand and threw it aside far away. He hugged Jiarou with all his strength.
His body couldn't help but tremble.
Jia Rou didn't know why he was doing this. She just felt uncomfortable being hugged by him. She twisted her body unhappily and said, "Brother Six, you're hugging me so tight and stuffy. Let go!"
Hongzhan looked at Jiarou carefully and breathed a sigh of relief after making sure she was not injured. At this time, he also remembered that the musket was unloaded, and there would be no danger no matter how Jiarou played.
Thinking of this, his face suddenly turned foul, and he ran to Hongli and said dissatisfiedly: "You knew there was no ammunition there, why didn't you remind me and made me chase blindly for a long time?"
Hongli pretended to be confused and said: "Really? I am just like you. I was so nervous that I forgot about it."
"You...you lied!" Although Hongzhan was young, he would not be fooled by such a clumsy lie. He said angrily: "If you really forgot, you wouldn't watch Jiarou playing with a musket and remain indifferent.
Already."
Hongli chuckled and said, "Isn't it because you, the sixth brother, are here? How can I not be worried?"
Hongzhan was so angry that he couldn't speak. He stamped his feet and said, "I won't learn arrows today. I'm going back to practice calligraphy." After that, he turned around and left. He heard Hongli just two steps away.
Said: "Don't you want this musket?"
"No more!" Hongzhan threw down these three words with difficulty and ran away quickly, fearing that he would regret it if he had been slower.
Jia Rou came over and asked in confusion: "Fourth brother, sixth brother, what's going on? Why are you running?"
Hongli rubbed her hair, which was tied into two small hairdos, and said, "It's nothing. Just give him this thing and it'll be fine."
"Oh." Jiarou happily responded and ran to Hongzhan's room with a short gun. Hongzhan was spreading out paper and preparing to practice calligraphy. When he saw her coming in, he said angrily: "Get out, I don't want to talk to you."
Jia Rou handed the short gun in front of Hong Zhan and said bluntly: "Fourth brother said I would give you this thing."
"I don't want it, you take it away!" Hongzhan was furious, but he didn't want it, so he waved away Jiarou's hand and made the short gun fall to the ground.
Jiarou was stunned for a moment, then curled her lips and started crying. Hongzhan didn't want to pay attention to it, but hearing how sad she was crying, he couldn't help but said, "I didn't scold you, why are you crying."
Jiarou sobbed: "Brother Six, did I do something wrong? Please don't be angry, okay?"
Hong Zhan awkwardly wiped the tears on her face and said, "I told you to stop crying. I'm not angry with you. I'm angry with my fourth brother... Bah, bah, bah, he's not my fourth brother."
As he spoke, he tried to correct himself: "I'm angry with Hongli."
Jia Rou said in confusion: "But isn't he our fourth brother? Why does the sixth brother say no?"
Hongzhan didn't know how to explain it, so he said: "You don't need to ask about this. In short, I am angry with him and it has nothing to do with you. Stop crying. If you cry again, you will become a little cat."
Seeing that Hongzhan was really not angry, Jiarou obediently stopped crying, then picked up the short gun on the ground and said, "Brother Six, don't be angry with Brother Four. Brother Four asked me to bring this gun to you.
If you don't want it, he will be very sad."
Hongzhan actually liked this short gun very much, but he was angry that Hongli didn't remind him when he saw him making a fool of himself, so he said he didn't want it.
He hesitated for a while and said: "You can accept the gun if you want me to, but you have to promise me that you will obey me from now on. You won't touch it if I tell you not to touch it, you know? Otherwise, it will be too late if you get hurt."
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"Well, I listen to Brother Six." Jiarou smiled sweetly, and after saying this, Hongzhan also took the short gun she held in her hand, and at the same time rubbed Jiarou's hair vigorously, making the queen
The reporter protested dissatisfied: "You and fourth brother both like to mess with other people's hair. You have messed it up, and you have to ask grandma to comb it."
Perhaps...even Hongzhan himself didn't realize that the longer he lived in Chengqian Palace, the more smiles appeared on his face, and the relationship between him, Jiarou, and even Hongli and Lingruo were slowly improving.
The next day, Ling Ruo looked through the palace's account books for the past few days under the light. Because the palace's expenses were no longer tightened, and because of the use of ice in the summer, the palace's expenses were a bit higher than before.
Yang Hai brought a cup of tea to his hand and whispered: "Master, Xiao Ningzi left the palace again today."
Ling Ruo frowned slightly, put down the account book in her hand and said, "Didn't you just leave the palace the day before yesterday?"
"Yes, he has been out of the palace very frequently recently. In addition, the servant inquired outside the palace that Xiao Ningzi bought dozens of acres of land for his family in the suburbs of Beijing, and also ordered a thousand-gong contract for his little sister.
A bed and a set of wenge wood tables and chairs as a dowry.”