The laughter stopped suddenly, and the old princess glanced at Princess Rouping.
Princess Rouping was also surprised: "Why are Xiaosi and Mingzhu here too?"
"Since they are here, let them come in." The old princess ordered.
Xuan Bao touched his belly. Fortunately, he was full. He could meet his fourth brother and sixth sister wherever he went. The little baby suddenly lost his appetite.
After a while, Xiao Keyi and Xiao Mingzhu walked in. Seeing that all five uncles were there, they were obviously stunned for a moment.
After bowing politely and greeting her, Xiao Keyi said straightforwardly: "I heard that my grandma is ill, but it seems that she is fine now."
"Yes, Mingzhu was very anxious and wanted to come to visit with her mother." Xiao Mingzhu paused and glanced at Xuanbao before lowering her head, "I didn't expect that my sister had already dragged my mother over. I could only
I asked my fourth brother to accompany me."
Xiao Mingzhu's words not only expressed her concern for the old princess, but also secretly pointed out that Xuan Bao was playing tricks on Princess Rouping to gain favor and deliberately left her behind.
Except for Xuan Bao, who really couldn't understand the meaning of the words, Xiao Keyi didn't notice anything wrong. The adults here could more or less hear Xiao Mingzhu's accusation.
"My sister is wrong. I didn't know that my grandmother was not feeling well. I didn't drag my mother here. My mother brought me here after hearing the news."
After saying that, Xuan Bao half-turned around and looked up at the old princess with a smile: "Grandma, this is the first time we have met each other."
The old princess touched Xuan Bao's head and said, "Yes, it's the first time we've met, but grandma has missed you, my little darling, for five years."
"Mingzhu is very thoughtful. She is thinking of her grandmother. She came just in time."
Li Zhi's simple words were quite meaningful. Xiao Mingzhu retreated to the side and bowed his head slightly without saying anything.
A light flashed in Princess Rouping's eyes. Xiao Mingzhu's information was really well-informed. She had to check it carefully when she got back. The Qinse Courtyard did not leave any slanderous people, let alone unclean ones.
Seeing that the fourth brother was blocking Xiao Mingzhu from opening his mouth, Li Zhuo changed the subject: "Keli went to the academy, right? Why didn't you go to study, Keyi?"
"Fifth uncle, I'm not worried, so I came with Mingzhu." Xiao Keyi replied.
"Humph, you're wasting your studies!" Li Zhi's face instantly darkened.
Xiao Mingzhu noticed Li Zhi's displeasure and stood up: "Fourth uncle, blame me, blame me."
"Of course it's strange. It's understandable that you are worried about your grandmother. Since your mother didn't bring you here, you just stay in the house. She will naturally bring back the news. Why do you have to ask Ke Yi to take leave to follow you on this trip.
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"It was Mingzhu's poor thinking that delayed the fourth brother's studies." Xiao Mingzhu's face was full of guilt, with tears glistening in her eyes.
Xiao Keyi was heartbroken when he saw this: "Fourth uncle, it has nothing to do with Mingzhu. It's my fault."
"She was wrong, and you were even more wrong." Li Zhi chuckled, "I will tell the master of the academy to pay more attention to your studies during this time."
Xiao Keyi's face fell instantly. As the youngest cabinet minister, his fourth uncle said that the master of the academy obeyed the imperial decree. You can imagine that the following days will not be easy for him.
Inadvertently, Xiao Keyi looked at Xuan Bao with doubtful and curious eyes, and he became even more angry. It was all her fault. If in the past, his mother would definitely come with Mingzhu, he would not have to ask for leave, let alone his fourth uncle.
Got the chance.
Xuan Bao didn't even know that the fourth brother put all the blame on himself. Even if he knew that the little baby had toes, he still couldn't figure out such a complicated thing.
Xiao Mingzhu clenched her hand hard and then unclenched it. She really underestimated Xuan Bao. A step later, she gained a favorable impression in front of her grandmother and uncles. Even her fourth uncle, who was always the coldest to others, spoke up for her.
"Is grandma feeling better?" Xiao Mingzhu cleverly changed the subject and came to the old princess.
"Okay, it's much better. As people get older, their legs and feet have some minor problems." After all, Xiao Mingzhu was a little girl that she had loved for several years. Although the old princess didn't like her shrewdness, she was still quite kind to her.
However, Li Guang and Li Kuo stood up at the same time. For Xiao Mingzhu, the two big and thick men could not be said to be annoying, but they always felt that they could not get close to each other.
Seeing that the old princess was fine, the two of them left first. Before leaving, they specifically told Yang and Lin to remember to prepare a meeting gift for Xuan Bao later.
"Thank you uncle, thank you second uncle. Of course, I also want to thank my eldest aunt and second aunt." Xuan Bao waved his little hands, "But there is really no need to prepare any greeting gifts for me, so don't bother."
Li Guang and Li Kuo took turns reaching out and patting the little baby's head a few times: "Okay, don't refuse."
"There's no need for the greeting gift. I'm not short of anything. Why don't you take the time to teach me archery and horse riding." Xuan Bao said with a small mouth.
Finally seizing the opportunity, Xiao Mingzhu took the lead and preached: "Sister, my two uncles are busy with official duties, so how can they not have this spare time? You are too ignorant and are fooling around."
After hearing this, others might think that Xiao Mingzhu was sensible, but Li Guang and Li Kuo felt inexplicably disgusted, thinking that she was the one applying eye drops to Xuan Bao in front of them.
Seeing Xuan Bao's displeased expression, Li Kuo smiled and said, "If you like archery and horse riding, you can. My second uncle will teach you some other time."
"Uncle can take the time to teach you." Li Guang tapped Xuan Bao's pouted mouth with his finger, and he smiled when he saw her giggling.
Xiao Mingzhu didn't understand. She had spent a lot of effort to get the attention of several uncles and grandmothers, but Xuan Bao easily gained their favor after entering the palace for only half a day.
Seeing Xuan Bao's smile, Li Guang and Li Kuo saluted the old princess and left.
"Xuanbao." Third uncle Li Shen squeezed forward with a doting look on his face, "It's our first time meeting you, and third uncle doesn't have anything to give you. Here you go, take the flowers."
Not to mention Xiao Mingzhu, even Xiao Keyi's eyes widened.
Li Shen has always been generous and generous to his nephews, but he has never been so exaggerated. He only offered a large stack of banknotes, estimated to be tens of thousands of taels.
What is it? Xuanbao looked at the stack of paper in her hand. She muttered to herself that it didn't look like talisman paper. It was full of drawings and couldn't be used to practice calligraphy. Could it be that the third uncle gave this stack of waste paper so that she could tear it up and play with it?
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Xiao Mingzhu could hardly hide her envy and hatred. She had been saving money for three years since she entered the house, and it was estimated that the total amount would not be as much as this stack of banknotes.
"Third brother, Xuan Bao is still a little baby, this is too much." Princess Rouping declined.
Xuan Bao blinked and asked, "Third uncle, what is this?"
"A banknote?"
"A banknote? What's it for?" Xuan Bao suddenly felt that the banknote looked a bit familiar.
"A silver note is money and can be used to buy things." Li Shen showed a distressed expression, "Xuan Bao is suffering. This child has never even seen a silver note."
Come to think of it, there are two big cabinets in the space filled with these waste papers. Oh, no, they are filled with banknotes. It turns out that banknotes are silver, Xuan Bao was instantly happy.
