Chapter 1122: Reunion

Mu Yangling did not receive Mu Shi’s letter until she returned to the capital. She could not help but feel a little disappointed.

In order to coax her, Qi Haoran could only constantly urge her to look at the scenery along the way. Mu Yangling did not want him to worry, so she could only force a smile. However, she was really in a bad mood.

However, no matter how bad her mood was, it improved when she saw the group of children at the city gate.

Little An was standing at the city gate with his brothers and looking around. When they saw the carriages of the Prince’s estate, the children immediately cheered, jumped off their foals, and ran over.

Tiger Head and Little Lion were holding the hands of Little Leopard and Baozhu. Qi Haoran quickly jumped out of the carriage and took the boy-girl twins from them. With his arms wrapped around the kids, he said to the two boys, “How can you pull your younger siblings along like this? They were almost flying into the sky.”

Ignoring him completely, Tiger Head and Little Lion walked past him and jumped onto Little Bear. As they greeted their older brother with enthusiasm, they asked for their gifts.

When Mu Yangling jumped out of the carriage, the children turned around and surrounded her.

Qi Haoran: “…”

Qi Haoran retracted his gaze and stared at his youngest son and daughter in his arms for a while. Then, he smiled and said, “Daddy also brought you kids gifts. I’ll show you guys the gifts, okay?”

Little Leopard and Baozhu looked at each other and let out a decisive exclamation. They pushed their father’s face away and reached out to their second and third brothers, shouting, “Hug, hug.”

Stunned, Qi Haoran hugged the boy-girl twins and didn’t know whether to let go or not. Sweating profusely, he looked at Mu Yangling.

Mu Yangling quickly took the two children from his arms and coaxed them. “Don’t cry, don’t cry. Mother is here.”

However, after being separated for more than half a year, the boy-girl twins had long forgotten what their parents looked like. Although they would usually make a fuss about wanting to see their parents, now that they finally got to see them, their parents didn’t look familiar to them anymore. Even if Mu Yangling stepped forward personally, it was useless. The two children insisted on letting Tiger Head and Little Lion carry them.

Mu Yangling could only squat down and put the two children down. Tiger Head and Little Lion rushed over and shouted at them, “Stop crying. You look so ugly crying.”

Tiger Head threatened, “If you keep crying, I won’t let you eat pork ribs tonight.”

Qi Haoran frowned. Before he could beat up the two boys, the boy-girl twins stopped crying and wiped their tears. They looked at their two brothers with teary eyes.

Qi Haoran’s heart melted instantly. He tried his best to widen his eyes in a bid to threaten his two sons, warning them not to threaten their younger siblings again.

However, Tiger Head and Little Lion didn’t look at him, so they naturally didn’t see their father’s gaze. However, they weren’t heartless. Seeing that their younger siblings weren’t crying anymore, they nodded in satisfaction and even rolled up their sleeves to wipe their tears with a look of disdain. They said perfunctorily, “Alright, I’ll let you eat lots of meat tonight. Now, we’ll bring you to see Big Brother. Don’t cry anymore, or we won’t play with you anymore.”

Just then, Little An squeezed in and patted their heads. “Don’t you clamor for your parents and big brother all the time? These are your parents and big brother.”

The boy-girl twins opened their slightly red eyes and looked at the three of them. Not only Qi Haoran and Mu Yangling, but even Little Bear looked at them expectantly.

Little Leopard and Baozhu were a little shy and afraid of strangers, so they hid behind the twins and sneaked glances at the three of them.

Heart aching, Qi Haoran held Mu Yangling’s hand and said, “It’s fine. They’ll recognize us again in no time.”

Little Bear brought his younger brothers to the carriage at the back. He took out the gift list he had prepared and decided to distribute the gifts to everyone as they headed back.

Seeing that the boy-girl twins could already joke around with their brothers, Qi Haoran felt relieved. He held Mu Yangling’s hand and said, “It’s been hard on you in the past.”

Mu Yangling’s eyes were also red as she turned to look at him in confusion. Qi Haoran explained, “Little Bear, Tiger Head, and Little Lion were also away from me for prolonged periods when they were young. Although they were unfamiliar with me when they saw me, they could recognize me very quickly.”

Unlike now, when he could scare the boy-girl twins to tears by just hugging them. It seemed like the kids should at least have one parent by their side.

The couple returned to the residence with heartache for the boy-girl twins, but the boys-girl twins obviously did not take this matter to heart. When they returned to the Prince’s Residence, they had already acknowledged Little Bear as their big brother. Not only did they call him ‘Big Brother’, but Little Leopard also hung on his waist and insisted that he carry him in. Baozhu was also lying on Little Bear’s back. Clearly, she did not want to walk by herself.

Seeing how popular his eldest son was, Qi Haoran’s heart ached.

However, Mu Yangling did not have any other thoughts. Seeing that Little Madam Xia had already come out to welcome them, there was the handover to attend to.

Little Madam Xia asked, “Are you guys eating at home tonight, entering the palace, or coming over to eat with us?”

Wanting to hear more about the children’s daily life in the capital, Mu Yangling chose the former without thinking. “After I settle down, I’ll enter the palace to pay my respects to the empress and invite you to join me.”

Qi Haoran obviously had the same intention. He said to Eunuch Wan, who had personally come to invite him, “There are too many things to do at home, so I won’t enter the palace today. Tomorrow, I’ll enter the palace to pay my respects to Royal Brother. If he asks, tell him I’ve long recovered from my injuries and it’s not a problem for me to get on a horse and hunt now.”

Not daring to insist, Eunuch Wan simply left politely with the guards who escorted the young masters out of the palace.

Hence, Qi Xiuyuan quickly understood the reason why Qi Haoran did not enter the palace. He smiled at Eunuch Wan and said, “He’s in a hurry to please his sons and daughter. Little Leopard and Baozhu are only two years old. Children of this age don’t even remember things. I saw that they’ve been very happy for the past 20 days, and it didn’t seem like they missed their parents. Haoran thinks too highly of himself by being so anxious.”

Seeing that the Emperor was jealous of the two toddlers, Eunuch Wan hurriedly said with a smile, “Didn’t His Highness just scare the Young Master and the princess to tears? It’s no wonder he’s anxious to coax them, lest they cry every time they see him in the future.”

Qi Xiuyuan thought about it and agreed. Chuckling, he said, “That’s right. Then let him take another two days off so that he can coax the children.”

Qi Haoran was indeed sweating profusely as he coaxed the children.

He took out the gifts that he and Mu Yangling had prepared for the children and personally distributed them. He even snatched the gifts that Little Bear had prepared and gave them to them, eager to leave a good impression on the children and gain the favor of the boy-girl twins.

Before Mu Yangling finished preparing dinner, Qi Haoran had already received the unanimous approval of the boy-girl twins. They were sitting on his shoulders as he ran around the room. With their hands holding onto their father’s head, Little Leopard and Baozhu’s cheerful giggles reached the dining room.

When Little Madam Xia heard this, she praised, “Fourth Brother sure has a way with the children. Little Leopard and Baozhu were hiding from him just a moment ago, but now they’re having so much fun playing with him.”

Determined not to fall behind, Mu Yangling decided at the last minute to bring the two children out tomorrow.

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