Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Guest

The fourth prince has been by Xiao Dong's side all the time, and he seems to be reluctant. The Empress Dowager Shengci asked him to take him out to play, and when he came back from a lap, he still sat next to Xiaodong and listened to her talk to the Empress Dowager Shengci.

The Empress Dowager Shengci was not close to her first few grandchildren.

Earlier, the head of the palace was the Empress Dowager Shengde, although she also hung the name of the Empress Dowager, her status was far inferior, just an ornament. At that time, including the queen, the ladies of the harem, the prince and the princess were all close to the Empress Dowager Seotoku. Later, the Empress Dowager Shengde lost power, but the Empress Dowager Shengci could not get close to them.

The life experience of the four princes is really pitiful, without the children taken care of by their mothers, how difficult it is in this harem, the Empress Dowager Shengci knows. She also often commanded others to take care of her.

However, it is not enough to be well fed and clothed.

This kid probably regards Xiaodong as his sister, right?

Sure enough, when Xiao Dong was about to leave, the four princes made a pilgrimage to the Empress Dowager Ci and begged for help, wanting to go out of the palace to send Xiao Dong off, and also recognize the door of the Qin Mansion.

The Empress Dowager Shengci thought for a while, nodded and agreed: "Bring a few more followers." You can get it back before the key under the palace gate. Don't run around, don't be naughty, listen to your little sister. ”

The fourth prince smiled, pulled Xiao Dong's sleeve tightly, and responded crisply: "Yes." ”

Xiao Dong didn't expect to go to the palace and go back with a little tail.

However, the fourth prince was originally a well-behaved child, and he had never heard of him being naughty.

The fourth prince and Xiaodong sat in a car, lifting the curtain from time to time along the way to look out.

"This is the first time you've been out of the palace?"

The prince nodded and said, "It's like this outside the palace, there are so many people, it's so lively." ”

Xiao Dong's heart was slightly sour. The fourth prince pointed to a shop on the side of the road: "What is that?" ”

"It's a cloth village, selling silk and satin cloth."

"Is a piece of cloth expensive?"

"Ordinary people, whether they buy a horse, measure the size first, and come and pull the cloth, whether it is seven feet or nine feet. It's enough to make a whole body of clothes, and you don't need to buy a whole horse. ”

The fourth prince nodded: "I see." Isn't a whole horse too expensive? ”

"Well, and the cloth is left at home, so it can't be worn for a while, and it's easy to get damp and insects...... It's a hassle. It's better to buy it when you want to wear it. ”

Xiao Dong has not been with children younger than her, she has been taken care of by others since she was a child, and now there is suddenly someone who needs her to take care of and teach, which feels very novel.

The car crossed the street, moving slower than usual, which was convenient for the four princes to look around. Xiao Dong was a little worried at first, afraid that the child would want to get out of the car when he saw the excitement, but the four princes were very well-behaved and curious from beginning to end, but he didn't say that he wanted to get out of the car to play.

Passing by the door of a shop, Hu Shang came out of it, with a high nose and deep eyes, red hair and blue eyes, and the fourth prince said: "That...... The man ......"

"That's the Hu people, who came from the far west to do business."

The fourth prince asked a very classic question: "Sister Xiaodong, his eyes are blue...... Is what he sees also blue? ”

Xiao Dong couldn't help laughing: "Then your eyes are still black, what you see, is it possible that they are black?" ”

The fourth prince touched his eyes and smiled: "No wonder the book says that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read ten thousand books, and these things are not written in the book." ”

The car turned a corner, Xiao Dong pointed to the front and said, "Well, my home is in front of that, if you want to come by yourself in the future, you have to look for the door." ”

The fourth prince nodded vigorously: "Well, I remember." ”

Xiao Dong smiled. When the car arrived at the door, the four princes got out of the car first, and they turned around to help Xiaodong.

"Sister, slow down."

If only there was such a well-behaved and smart brother.

Xiao Dong held his hand and said with a smile, "Okay." ”

The fourth prince raised his head and looked at the façade of the Qin Mansion, pointed to the plaque on the door and said, "Who wrote this word?" ”

Xiao Dong smiled: "Guess what? ”

The four princes' delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, and before they could speak, several people suddenly burst out of the oblique thorns and rushed straight towards them. The guards brought by the four princes reacted extremely quickly, and the family members at the gate of the Qin Mansion reacted even faster, and stopped those people from a distance of two or three zhang.

Xiao Dong stopped the four princes behind him, but the kid blocked in front of Xiao Dong.

"Hey, don't get me wrong" One of the people who came shouted: "We are here to find relatives, we are looking for Grandma Qin, looking for Uncle Lie" The voice was brittle and childish, sounding between a child and a teenager.

"It's wrong, it's not Uncle Lie, now I have to call Uncle Lie."

"That's right, of course my mother's brother calls uncle, and my sister-in-law's brother also calls uncle?"

"It's not right to call Uncle anyway"

Before he could make it clear, he started an infighting.

Another child said, "Don't make any noise. Her voice was as crisp as a silver bell, she took a step forward, raised her face and said, "Let's come to find Granny Qin, my uncle is Li Wanhe, does he live here?" You...... Is it Uncle Lie's new daughter-in-law? ”

This is Li Wanhe's ...... Nieces and nephews?

The fourth prince saw that they were only half-grown children, his tense body relaxed, and he shook Xiao Dong's hand: "Sister? ”

Aren't they in Suizhou? Why did you come all the way to the capital? Moreover, how can there be only three children? No adults followed?

"You ...... How did you get here? Xiao Dong raised his hand and asked them to come over. The three children looked dusty, and the girl was also dressed as a boy, and her face was dirty from the left and right—the four princes tilted their heads to look at them, probably never seen like this, and they were children of a similar age, very curious.

"Sister Shi brought us here."

Who is Sister Shi? Not from the Li family?

A child pointed back, and a man stepped out from behind the crowd and took a step forward.

She was dressed in men's clothes, and the boots on one foot were simply wrapped with hemp rope, and although her face was dusty, her eyes were large and round, black and white, as clear as spring water. She looked at Xiao Dong fixedly, her lips pursed tightly.

Xiao Dong felt a little strange, but the gate was not a suitable place to talk. Li Wanhe and the others have already left the capital, and these children are afraid that they don't know, so they came here at this time, and they just staggered a day before and after.

Could it be that something is wrong? Otherwise, how could a girl's family come all the way to the capital with three children after such a long journey?

Xiao Dong instructed Hongfu to lead them into the mansion, freshen up and settle down first, and then ordered someone to report to Qin Lie, saying that he was from his hometown and asked him to come back early.

The fourth prince was very curious, followed Xiao Dong Chao inside, and frequently looked back at the group of four, and asked in a low voice: "Sister Xiao Dong, the guests in your house are so ......" He couldn't describe it, but Xiao Dong understood what he meant.

That's not it, the first time I encountered it today, I let the four princes catch up.

"Yes...... Brother-in-law's hometown? ”

Xiao Dong nodded.

The first time I heard someone call Qin Lie's brother-in-law, I felt really ...... It's kind of new and interesting.

Hu Shi came out of it, she already knew that the four princes were coming, and they saluted first, and the four princes waved their hands very politely: "No courtesy."

Children pretend to be adults are the most fun.

"County Lord, I heard that there are guests?"

"Well, it should be the child of the Li family, who somehow ran to the capital, and it looks like he was in a hurry and embarrassed......"

It's not like a guest looking for relatives, but like a child running away from home.

"Mom went to take a look, see if they still lacked anything, packed up and brought them to the side hall, I have to ask clearly."

Xiao Dong beckoned the four princes to sit down, asked them to serve refreshments, and went to fetch some things. Zhao Lu had given Xiaodong many exquisite gifts before, most of which were left in King An's Mansion, and some were brought here. Like nine consecutive rings, wishful bells, strings of chess pieces and so on. The fourth prince washed his hands and took a piece of berry jam snack, but obviously his mind was not on eating, and after a while, he secretly looked out at least three times.

Xiao Dong knew what he was thinking, and after a while the maid led the four people over, they had all changed their clothes and washed their faces, and the two boys were a little older and the other was a little smaller. Sure enough, dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes, Li Changhe's figure, his son is not short, like half an adult. The girl had snow-white skin, pink makeup, two small braids in her hair, and two small red flowers.

The stone girl walked last, she seemed to be seventeen or eighteen years old, slender, handsome, with thick and dark hair, and was a very beautiful woman. Xiao Dong pondered, their faces were wiped like that when they came, eighty percent of them didn't get like that because the journey was too hard. When you go out, the beauty of a young woman is really not appropriate.

Xiao Dong sat them down, and before she could ask first, the little girl over there opened her mouth first, twittering like a bird: "Where's Grandma Qin?" What about my aunt? Is Uncle not there? ”

Xiao Dong asked, "What's your name?" Why did you come to the capital from Suizhou? But what happened at home? ”

The three small ones shrank their heads, and Xiao Dong glanced at them, and he had a rough idea in his heart.

Three children, you push me, I push yours, or the girl said: "My name is Yanzi, and my brother's name is Tusheng and Baocheng." Home...... Nothing. We just miss our uncle and aunt...... Well, I still want to come to the capital to see the world. ”

Asking them if they didn't seem to have gained much, Xiao Dong turned his gaze to the stone girl and met her gaze.

Her direct, almost scrutinizing look made Xiao Dong frown slightly.

Her experiences over the years have made her particularly sensitive to women's hostility.

The stone girl's gaze was wrong.

"This girl's surname is Shi? I don't know what to call the Li family? How could they bring their children to the capital? ”

Miss Shi didn't speak, but Li Yanzi rushed to say: "Sister Shi lives close to our family, if it weren't for her, we wouldn't have come to the capital." ”

Then it's not a relative?

Miss Shi suddenly spoke: "I grew up with Brother Qin as a child, and my father is his master. ”

Her chin was slightly raised as she spoke, and there was a strong sense of provocation in her words.

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In fact, Miss Shi should have come two days ago, because I was not feeling well, so I postponed her appearance.