Chapter 349 It’s boring without my sister
Chapter 349 It’s boring without my sister
Feng Huaiji entered the inner hall, sat on the chair and opened the wooden box on the table.
The first thing that caught his eye was a letter. He opened it and saw two lines of words, "Returning the gift to my second brother, incense to calm the mind."
Unlike her, who is docile and gentle, this handwriting is elegant and lively.
Feng Huaiji put the letter aside, opened the box, and the scent of agarwood mixed with other medicinal herbs wafted into his nose.
He took one, put it in the incense burner and lit it, then went to wash up.
After returning, there was a constant smell of animal smoke and a fragrant scent from the brocade tent.
I was busy a few days ago, but I have nothing to do during the past two days of rest. The palace has transferred troops to Bozhou, and the capital is calm.
Since the change in the palace sixteen years ago, it has been difficult to tell whether the emperor is happy or angry, and the court officials have been in fear and keeping to themselves for several years.
In the past two years, because the emperor had no heir, many officials were ready to take action and submitted memorials to the emperor, suggesting that a son of the royal family be selected for adoption.
At the same time, after some people started to come forward with proposals for selecting concubines, the number of proposals increased day by day.
The emperor just sits there and lets it go. I don’t know whether he agrees or is just watching the fun. His mind is unpredictable.
Feng Huaiji lifted the gauze curtain and lay down on the bed.
Light footsteps approached, and Qing Ming's voice came, "Sir, the guards have caught someone."
Feng Huaiji opened his collar, revealing his chest slightly. "Who?"
"Miss Zhang, after interrogation, we learned that it was the old lady who helped us bypass the guards in the mansion and get outside the courtyard wall."
"She heard that you asked the old lady to drive her out of the house, and she wanted to... climb into bed."
Feng Huaiji didn't stand up. "I'll drive her out of the house tonight with drums and gongs. Since she has no dignity, I don't need to give her any dignity."
"Also, to make an example of others."
"Tomorrow you will personally lead people to send those cousins away."
"As for those who helped the old lady, give them 10 or 20 blows. Make sure they are severely injured and send them back at night."
"If you don't want her grandson to have a good sleep, then don't blame me, her grandson, for waking her up."
"Old people have so much energy in their old age that they won't get sick if they sleep one or two nights less."
No matter how much filial piety he had, it would have been worn away by her repeated disgust and troublemaking, not to mention that she had often bullied his mother in his early years and established her mother-in-law's authority.
His grandmother had played an important role in the fact that the first wife had so many illegitimate sons and daughters. She had sent many people to his father, fearing that no one would "serve" her eldest son.
The mild reprimand given to his father at the door today was just to make his brother feel guilty.
Calling them grandma or saying "you" is the greatest filial piety they can show.
It's better that they have a complete falling out. In the future, his brother's affairs will be put in a clear path and there will be one less obstacle.
The current emperor suffered a lot in the past because of the empress dowager's so-called filial piety. Even if the news of his filial piety or not gets out, there are reasons for it, and he will not be labeled as unfilial.
Of course, this matter could not be spread.
"Yes." Qing Ming stepped back.
"Wait, I asked you to weave a new tassel, have you done it?" Feng Huaiji's eyes suddenly flashed with the image of Yingyue tying a tassel on the jade pendant.
"Not yet. We'll finish it tomorrow morning. It's ugly and it would be disgraceful for you to take it out."
“The quick effect is low.”
Qingming said nothing and retreated. Soon after, a faint humming sound was heard in the night, and the sounds of gongs and drums gradually faded away.
Early the next morning, Feng Huaiji got up to practice swordplay, while Xuan Qing reported what happened last night.
"Everyone in the mansion got up last night and watched us drive that man out. Even the people living next door came out to watch."
"This morning, Qingming took people to send the cousins in the mansion to the carriage."
"The old lady blamed you for not giving her face. She was so angry that she couldn't sleep all night and invited the palace doctor overnight."
"The Marquis knew about this and wanted to come over to ask for accountability, but was stopped by the Crown Prince."
After a while, Feng Huaiji threw the sword to Xuanqing, went to wash up and have a meal, thinking that he didn't need to go to pay his mother a greeting in the morning, and his mother could also sleep well.
A few days ago, his good friend Fu Pingyun invited him to go hunting in the eastern suburbs, and Feng Huaiji went to keep the invitation today.
When we were about to reach the gate, we saw the talkative little cousin holding his sister's hand and shaking it, with a look of expectation on his face, "Sister, please go out and play with me~"
Yingyue was still a little sleepy and didn't want to go out, but she couldn't resist Aqi's coquettishness and was dragged to the door by him in a daze.
She was supposed to get up early today to pay her respects to the old lady, but the old lady said she was not feeling well, so she canceled the visit and wanted to go back and take a nap.
"How about going out in the afternoon? Or you can go find Brother Wu. Brother Wu said you can find him if you want to go out and play."
"Okay, then I'll play by myself until the afternoon. I want my sister to accompany me." Feng Huaiqi lowered his head and pulled her back.
"Forget it, we're already at the door. I'll accompany you out. Where do you want to go?" Yingyue couldn't bear to see his lost look.
"I don't know, I just want to go out and have fun. I haven't played in the capital yet."
Yingyue was silent for a moment. When she turned around, she saw Feng Huaiji approaching, "Second brother."
"Going out?"
Yingyue nodded, "Aqi said he wanted to go out and play, but he didn't know where he wanted to go."
Feng Huaiqi looked up when he heard his voice, "Second brother, do you know where to have fun?"
Feng Huaiji glanced at Yingyue, whose eyes seemed more moist than yesterday, then lowered his head, pinched the little guy's armpits, lifted him up, and walked out the door, "I'll take you horseback riding."
Yingyue blinked and followed with some doubt, "Can Qi ride it?"
"Let Qingming take him for a ride. There is a relatively docile pony." Feng Huaiji stuffed Feng Huaiqi into the carriage, then turned to look at her. After a moment of silence, he reached out his hand to her unskillfully.
Yingyue looked at the big hand reaching out to her, gently took it, and used the force to get on the carriage, "Thank you, second brother."
Feng Huaiji responded and climbed onto the carriage, "The incense you sent last night is quite good."
"I'm just doing this for fun, as long as my second brother likes it."
Yingyue pulled Feng Huaiqi's sleeve to play, and when she saw Feng Huaiqi trying to reach out for the pea yellow on the table, she poked his forehead with her finger, "Aqi, don't eat so many cakes. You've already eaten them this morning."
Hearing this, Feng Huaiqi obediently stretched out his hand and said, "Oh."
Feng Huaiji poured her a cup of tea.
Aqi was bored and lifted the car curtain to look out. There were already many vendors on the street.
"Sister, let's go shopping tomorrow."
"Today isn't even over yet, and you're already thinking about what to do tomorrow."
"Can't I even think about it?"
"Okay, but I won't accompany you tomorrow. You have to come out by yourself."
"Then I won't come out either. It's boring without my sister."
"Clingy."
Feng Huaiqi snorted twice, then leaned against the window and continued to look outside.
Yingyue sipped her tea slowly. Seeing this, Feng Huaiji asked, "Don't you like it?"
Yingyue raised her eyes and said, "I don't like it. I don't like any tea. I only like flower tea."
Feng Huaiqi turned around when he heard that, "I'm the same as Sister!"
"A follower." Feng Huaiji snorted.
Feng Huaiqi chose to ignore it, "Brother, is riding a horse fun?"
"You'll know if it's fun after you ride it." He probably couldn't even get on the horse, but there were many snacks in the stable, so the little guy could play for a while.
He brought them along for some unknown reason, and only realized that something was wrong after he put them on the carriage.
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