"Thank you Xuan'er." Mingruo smiled and touched Xiaotuanzi's head, "I'll give you whatever food you want to eat."
"I want to eat sweet and sour pork ribs, fried chicken wings, and seafood tofu soup." Xiaotuanzi said the dishes he wanted to eat.
Mingruo filled half a bowl of seafood tofu soup for Xiaotuanzi. Si Haochen had already given Xuaner the dishes he wanted to eat, and also put two shrimp balls in Mingruo's bowl: "You eat first, and you'll be busy for a while."
It’s afternoon.”
"A Yuan and the cook took care of the ingredients, so I'm not too tired." Ming Ruo also filled a bowl of soup for Si Haochen.
"Thank you, sister-in-law, I'm so happy today." Xiaotuanzi smiled sweetly at Mingruo, who felt like she was about to be cute.
After dinner, Xuan'er began to open his gifts. The largest box contained a complete set of pens, ink, paper, and inkstones, which were better than what he usually used. In the slightly smaller brocade box, there were various crystal-carved ten
Each of the two zodiac animals has its own palm size, and they all look cute.
"The little tiger is still the most majestic."
"Xuan'er doesn't like Xiao Qinglong?" Mingruo picked up the Q version of Xiaolong.
"This little dragon looks silly..." Xuan'er still likes the little tiger the most.
The other brocade boxes contained gadgets that Mingruo brought back from Zhongzhou. Xuan'er found everything novel and interesting.
Xuan'er looked at the new clothes and shoes made by Grandma Jin, and then opened the last brocade box. Inside was a sepak takraw ball with a golden bell hanging inside. It rolled up and made a crisp ringing sound. "This shouldn't be given to me by my eldest brother."
"..." Xuan'er thought for a moment, "It was given by Eunuch Ke. I accidentally kicked the ball into the lake yesterday!"
"My young master guessed it right, it was the old slave who made sepak takraw." Eunuch Ke replied with a smile.
"So, what is the eldest brother going to give me as a birthday gift?" Xuan'er turned her head and looked at her eldest brother, blinking her dark eyes.
Si Haochen made a gesture, and Shi Fifteen came in with a puppy in his arms. The black fur was flecked with silvery gray.
"Wow, it's a puppy!"
Yeah, sister-in-law, let’s give it a name?”
"Okay..." Mingruo felt that if she was asked to take it, it would definitely be 'Xiao Hei'. How about using the name of the herb? Wuxi? Wuchuan? Cuttlefish bone?
Si Haochen saw his wife's serious look on her face and said, "It's Yin Mo's cub."
"Huh?" Xiaotuanzi scratched the back of his head, "Isn't Yinmo a male? Why are you still giving birth to cubs?"
"Yin Mo found a wife from somewhere and gave birth to a litter of wolf cubs. This was just the strongest one." Fifteen told the origin of the 'little wolf cubs'," Butler Zhou said,
It just so happens that the mansion is short of a janitor, so let him take good care of her."
Okay, Mingruo is also convinced - other people's gatekeepers are dogs, but the palace is so advanced that it just raises a group of wolf cubs.
"Then let's call it Yin Ye." Xuan'er stroked the little wolf cub's head, and the little wolf cub barked "woo woo" twice, as if he liked his name very much.
"It's okay to raise it, but it can't delay the business. If you lose your ambition by playing with things, I will send it away as a brother." Si Haochen said solemnly.
"Yeah, I know."
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"Let's go and show you something fun." Mingruo held Xiaotuanzi's hand and walked slowly towards the rockery in the garden.
Yinye had some difficulty climbing the stone steps, so he ran directly along the hillside next to him, his short legs flying very fast.
Standing on the pavilion on the top of the mountain, you can see the lights shining all over the palace - the warm golden candles and bright red lanterns are particularly beautiful.
"What does sister-in-law want me to see?" Xiaotuanzi looked up at Mingruo.
Ming Ruo raised his hand slightly towards him, and Xiao Tuanzi was stunned by the sight in front of him - Kongming lanterns rising from the foot of the mountain, like countless stars converging into the galaxy.
"It's so beautiful..." Xuan'er raised her little head and looked at the Kongming lantern floating farther and farther away, "Brother, do you think my mother can see the lantern we put up when she is in the sky?"
"Yes." Si Haochen ruffled Xiaotuanzi's hair, picked him up and put him on his knees.
Xuan'er stretched out her little hand, grabbed Mingruo's sleeve and shook it again and again: "Sister-in-law, can you still celebrate my birthday with me next year?"
"Okay." Mingruo held Xiaotuanzi's hand with his backhand.
Xiaotuanzi got the answer he wanted and soon fell asleep in Si Haochen's arms.
Ming Ruo looked at Xiao Tuanzi's mouth and smiled knowingly. Although the preparations were a bit hasty when he returned from Xunzhou, luckily he caught up and Xiao Tuanzi also had a good time.
"Ruo'er, thank you." Si Haochen came up to Mingruo and kissed her gently on the forehead.
"You have to thank me, otherwise Xuan'er will definitely think you are a boring and strict brother." Mingruo rolled her eyes unceremoniously.
"Yeah." Si Haochen's lips curved into a wicked smile, "It's better that your husband is not a boring and harsh husband."
"Ahem." It was a serious sentence, but when Si Haochen said it with such an expression, he always felt like he was driving. "Let's go back. Xuan'er fell asleep outside and could easily catch the cold."
"Yes." Si Haochen made a gesture, and Xuan'er's secret guards appeared.
"Your Highness."
Si Haochen put Xuan'er in his arms: "Send him back to rest."
"Yes." The secret guard hugged Xiaotuanzi and disappeared into the night with a few leaps.
When 'Yin Ye' saw that her little master was missing, 'Ao Ao' screamed and scratched Si Haochen's boots with her little paws.
"Find it back by yourself." Si Haochen bent down and pushed 'Yinye' out of the pavilion with his hand.
'Yinye' made two aggrieved 'whimpering' sounds, and seeing that being cute didn't work, she had no choice but to twitch her 'dog nose' and run down the mountain along the way she came.
"It's so small, and the palace is so big, don't get lost..." Ming Ruo was a little worried.
"If you get lost, it won't be lost." Si Haochen led Mingruo and walked down the mountain along the stone steps.
"I have a husband holding me, so I won't lose it." Mingruo shook their clasped hands, "I'm optimistic about you."
Si Haochen didn't know what to say: "What about you, what are you doing with me?"
"A fake horse will not be able to reach a thousand miles, but a fake boat will be able to travel a thousand miles; a fake boat will not be able to swim, but it will stop the river..." Mingruo shook his head and recited a passage from "Encouragement to Learning", "Those who have a husband will not change their direction.
, and travel in all directions."
"Pfft... cough cough..." Si Haochen poked the little princess on the forehead, "You, you..."
"What a smart little guy with a lot of knowledge and a lot of talent." Mingruo hummed the ditty "The King asked me to patrol the mountains" again.
