Seeing that Jin Yu was so anxious that her forehead was sweating and her little face was flushed, Linglong guessed that the child had just bumped into it, she glanced at Xiao Seventeen again, and saw that his eyes were shining, the corners of his mouth were upturned, and he looked proud, obviously, he was the only culprit.

Linglong's face turned from blush to serious, she glared at Xiao Seventeen, but Xiao Seventeen still didn't care, and muttered: "Sister-in-law, what are you talking about, I didn't hear clearly." ”

Linglong ignored him, raised her eyes and said to Chunlin and Run'er: "You all stand down, don't let people in." ”

She turned around and smiled and said to Jin Yu, who was cramped and uneasy: "Sister Yu'er, you let everyone who came with the seventeenth master go back to Yimingxuan, and said that I will stay here to learn to write." ”

Jin Yu went out nervously, and didn't forget to look back at Xiao Seventeen, Xiao Seventeen was so naughty, should he bite the fifth sister like Brother Nan.

Everyone went out, and there were only Linglong and Little Seventeen in the east room.

Little Seventeen was also a little confused, no matter how clever he was, he was only a five-year-old child.

He looked at the twelve sisters-in-law in front of him suspiciously, his eyes flickered, but he was not timid. What is he afraid of, Qiubai beats him with a book and him with a sewing needle, he is not afraid, he doesn't cry, let alone the twelve sisters-in-law like children. Qiubai is much taller and stronger than the twelfth sister-in-law.

"Seventeenth master, sit on the kang." Linglong patted the edge of the kang and said to Xiao Seventeen like an adult.

Little Seventeen suddenly became a little uneasy. The queen never reproached him, but when she looked at him, it was like looking at a superfluous object; The nurse Ge never scolded him. She just asked Qiubai to clean him up, and every time Qiubai beat him, she never let people see his injuries. On one occasion he was beaten and lay down for a whole day, but there was not a single bruise on his body.

The twelfth sister-in-law seemed to be very angry just now, but why didn't she scold him and not beat him, what was she going to do?

Seeing that he cautiously climbed onto the kang with a cautious gaze, it was a look that did not match his actual age.

Looking at those eyes that looked like Yan Xu, Linglong's heart softened. Among these princes, only Xiao Seventeen looks the most like Yan Xu. They all have the same pair of eyes as Emperor Jingwen.

Yan Xu, who was kicked out of the capital and sent to Fujian. I guess it's the same as Little Seventeen.

She sighed secretly. I swallowed the tirade that had already been typed.

Although Yan Xu was far away from the capital back then, he still had his mother to rely on, but Xiao Seventeen did not.

"Seventeenth master, the imperial sister-in-law asked you. Just when you came. Are there maids outside the door and inside the door? ”

Little Seventeen didn't know what Linglong was going to say. Nodding blankly.

"When you came to the door of the ear room, you were also stopped by a maid, right?"

"Hmm."

"The Seventh Maiden came in to tell you out. Is that right? ”

"She wanted to hug me, but I didn't let me."

"Then there are so many of them, why didn't they stop you until I came out of it?"

"Because they are afraid of me, they dare not stop me, and they dare not hold me casually."

The corners of Linglong's mouth were slightly raised, and an imperceptible smile flashed: "Then why are they afraid of you?" ”

"Because I'm the lord, I'm the prince" Xiao Seventeen snorted, he seemed to know why the twelfth sister-in-law asked this.

"Seventeenth master, the imperial sister-in-law asks you again, you are not doing well in the palace, especially Qiubai, she must always bully you, since you are the prince, why do they dare to bully you?"

This question is a bit cruel and complicated for a five-year-old child, but Linglong firmly believes that a little person like Xiao Seventeen can be answered.

Sure enough, Xiao Seventeen did not disappoint Linglong, but his tone was not the indignation that Linglong imagined, but very casual and indifferent, as if he had already taken these things lightly: "Because I am not protected by others like other royal brothers, let alone being a prince, it is difficult to be a king in the future, and a fool will be good to me, and it is not good for me to be good." ”

Looking at that thin little face, Linglong sighed, and continued: "I was talking to Mama Yao in the ear room, if your Twelfth Emperor Brother came, what would he do? ”

Xiao Seventeen tilted his head and thought about it: "Brother Twelve is an adult, of course he won't eavesdrop, but I'm still a child." ”

Linglong chuckled: "Like Brother Nan, only those who are taken care of by their parents are called children, and you let a few minions bully you so much that you don't even dare to stay in the palace, and you are embarrassed to say that you are a child and a prince?" ”

Xiao Seventeen's face turned red, but his neck stiffened: "Who said that I was bullied by the minions, I just want to come to Brother Twelve's house to live for a few days." ”

"Okay, even if you didn't come to our house for refuge, then let me ask you again, if your twelfth brother also wants to know what I and Mama Yao are talking about inside, what will he do?"

Xiao Seventeen pressed his fingers on the black lacquer and ivory kang table, and hesitated: "The twelfth brother will say, no, the twelfth brother will say to the maids at the door: This king is here, please come out to talk to the princess and Mama Yao." He would also sit down at the kang table in all directions, and then let the maids who blocked the door at the door make tea and serve snacks. ”

"Will the maid who blocked the door not give the message, and me, will I be as unhappy as I am today?"

"Of course not, the maids must run to pass on the word to the twelfth brother, and the twelfth sister-in-law will not be unhappy, and will be like the concubines in the palace, smearing powder and wearing flowers to come out to see the twelfth brother."

"Do you know why we're like this?" Linglong looked into Xiao Seventeen's eyes and asked.

Little Seventeen thought about it and shook his head.

Linglong smiled: "Because your twelfth brother is also a prince and a prince, but what he does is what the prince will do, and what the master can do." So we respect him, he's the way he does, you know? ”

Xiao Seventeen was stunned, the imperial sister-in-law said that he was listening to the corner outside the door, this is not what the master can do?

Even if he is still a child, he is also a prince, so what other children can do, he can't.

He didn't have a mother to take care of him, and the queen mother was also very cold to him, he rarely saw his father, and he even suspected that his father had forgotten him.

So he can't just hit people with his fists like Brother Nan. He can't cry when he wants to like Brother Nan.

But he is a prince with a noble status, so even if he is still a child, he can't do something like the minions, and even if he wants to, he can't do it in front of the minions, which will be laughed at. If he is laughed at a lot, the minions will be like Qiubai, and they will no longer treat him as a master.

Although he was only five years old, he was born intelligent, and Linglong believed that he must understand.

Linglong didn't speak again, just looked at him quietly, and after a long time, Xiao Seventeen said: "Today, the maids in your house have all seen me listening to the corner, will they not respect me in the future?" ”

Linglong let out a long sigh, this child is really smart, she raised her voice and called Xingyu in: "Go and bring the sandalwood box on the Hundred Treasure Pavilion in the western room." ”

After a while, the sandalwood box was fetched, and Linglong pushed the box in front of Xiao Seventeen: "Seventeen Master, go do what you should do as a prince." ”

Xiao Seventeen opened the sandalwood box and saw that there was a whole box of golden broad beans inside, which was obviously used by the imperial sister-in-law for rewards.

He grabbed a handful of golden broad beans and put them in his sleeve, put on his shoes and got off the kang, came to the hall, and said loudly: "Everyone who blocked the door for my imperial sister-in-law came over today, you gave my imperial sister-in-law a good errand, and the seventeenth master rewarded you for the imperial sister-in-law, each of whom had a golden bean!" ”

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Linglong is not a virgin. Not every child can be carefree and naughty, Linglong can't, and neither can Little Seventeen. When a person is faced with a harsh living environment, if he cannot recognize his own situation, it is the saddest. (To be continued.) )