Chapter 1132: Objection (1)

While it was true that the Prince’s Residence had to be shifted to a different location, it was not something that could be done overnight.

The large residence opposite King Rong’s residence was left behind by the previous dynasty. As the two families had always been close, Fan Zijin had taken a liking to this area at first glance. He and Qi Haoran had gone to take a look and saw that the houses there were well maintained. The key was that one of the residences was located beside the mountain like King Rong’s residence, and in that mountain there was a lake. Although it was not as majestic as the lake in King Rong’s residence, the scenery was still splendid.

Thus, Fan Zijin had chosen this area, and with his status as a Prince, it was just right to connect three residences into one.

One to enjoy the finer pleasures in life, Fan Zijin was very pleased. In the past, he had not constructed a garden in his residence because he had neither the time nor the extra money. Now that he no longer needed to support the national treasury with his business profits, he had a lot of spare cash. Furthermore, he was in the capital and had plenty of time. There was also enough space for him to develop his residence. With so many favorable conditions, he no longer wanted to contend with a mediocre residence.

Fan Zijin asked Qi Haoran happily, “Do you want to fix up your garden too?”

Qi Haoran thought for a moment and shook his head. “My garden is already beautiful enough. How am I supposed to fix it up?”

Fan Zijin pursed her lips. “That was built by Qin Fang, and all you did was lay new tiles. In my opinion, you should change the layout of the garden. Considering there’s such a large area for you to work with, wouldn’t it be better to separate the garden into different sections according to different styles?”

Only focused on eating and playing, Qi Haoran wasn’t interested in the garden, so he waved his hand and said, “You go ahead. Ah Ling and I will come to visit your garden when it’s done. I’m quite happy with my garden, so I reckon there’s no need to make any changes.”

Fan Zijin felt that it was a pity. He had wanted the two residences to build a garden together.

Having been promoted from a Duke to a Prince, Fan Zijin’s residence had to be expanded by more than 50%. As for Qi Haoran, he was promoted from a Prince to King, so his residence also had to be expanded. Those ownership of those areas that had previously been segregated in order to avoid arousing suspicion were now returned to Qi Haoran’s name. They just had to be slightly tidied up.

Therefore, when Fan Zijin’s Prince’s Residence was still undergoing massive renovation, Qi Haoran had already hung the plaque of the King’s Residence on his door. To officially celebrate his promotion from Prince to King, he even held a banquet for three days and hired performers for two days.

Little Bear led his two younger brothers to entertain the guests for three days. By the time the banquet ended, he wished he could just lie on the bed and not get up. “This is even more tiring than fighting a war.”

Tiger Head and Little Lion nodded in agreement. “I feel like I’ve been copying books for a month. Let’s go to the palace tomorrow. I’d rather study in the Royal School now.”

Mu Yangling, too, was so tired that she collapsed on the bed and could not get up.

When Qi Haoran entered and saw that she had fallen asleep on the bed, he hurriedly asked Spring to bring hot water over and personally took off her shoes to soak her feet.

Seeing Mu Yangling wake up with a start, Qi Haoran pressed her feet down. “Soaking your feet will help get rid of the exhaustion.”

Mu Yangling narrowed her eyes and leaned against the bed. Because of the comfortable massage, she felt sleepy again.

Seeing this, Qi Haoran sighed. “In the future, there’s no need to hold such a grand banquet. You can just invite a few families who are on good terms with us.”

“That’s what we should do. If our family doesn’t even hold a banquet after being promoted to a King, what will happen to those families who have been conferred the title of Duke and Marquis?” Mu Yangling said with a yawn, “Three days is considerably short. You should know that Zijin plans to hold a five-day banquet…”

Qi Haoran pursed his lips. “He’s too energetic. There’s no need for us to compete with him.”

The couple was not good at entertaining guests, so they were both very tired this time and woke up late the next day.

The moment Qi Haoran opened his eyes, he felt that something was wrong. When he pulled open the curtains, the sky was already bright outside and the sun was already in mid-sky.

Stunned, Qi Haoran asked Spring, who had heard the commotion and came in to serve him, “Where are the young princes?”

Spring replied with a strange expression, “The young princes went to the palace with the two young masters early in the morning. They said that they were going to school. Fourth Young Master and the young princess haven’t woken up yet.”

Qi Haoran raised his eyebrows. “They’ve become unprecedentedly diligent.”

Mu Yangling hugged the blanket and said in a daze, “Did they enter the palace to cause trouble?”

Stunned, Qi Haoran immediately jumped up, hurriedly put on his clothes, and ran out. “I’ll go into the palace to take a look. Big Brother’s mood has finally improved recently…”

At this moment, Little Bear had just knocked down two guards. He took a towel and wiped his sweat as he rushed towards Little Treasure. “You’ve been slipping away so quickly these past two days. You only show yourself briefly every day before running away. Why weren’t you helping me?”

Little Treasure smiled apologetically. “Royal Mother is choosing a secondary consort for me. These few days, she kept asking me to look at the portraits. How would I dare to stay out for too long?”

Little Bear widened his eyes. “Secondary consort? Aren’t you too young to be choosing a secondary consort?”

Little Treasure replied in a tone that suggested it was perfectly normal, “I’m already 14 years old and will be 15 after the new year. How is that considered young? I can marry my main consort in a few years, but descendants of royal families typically take secondary consorts at around this age. By the way, you’re 13 this year, right? Hasn’t Fourth Aunt mentioned letting you take a secondary consort?”

“That’s impossible.” Little Bear cried out. “Imperial Physician Wang clearly said that having sex before the age of 17 or 18 is not good for one’s health. Why did Royal Aunt let you take a secondary consort at this time? My mother said that I can only get married after I turn 18.”

Little Bear felt that it wasn’t a good idea. During this period of time, they had learned a lot about the ways of health and sexual matters after taking Imperial Physician Wang’s lessons on the “Yin-Yang theory”. Although he wasn’t a coward who feared death, he definitely wasn’t someone who would knowingly cause damage to his health.

Little Bear took Little Treasure’s hand and said solemnly, “You can’t take a secondary consort yet. Let’s go. I’ll go with you to talk to Royal Uncle about this.”

At this moment, the four children, who had just finished class and were running to the harem, bumped into two young women in the small garden.

Little An fell backward, and Tiger Head only managed to catch him thanks to his quick reflexes. The person opposite him, however, was not so lucky and fell to the ground.

The young lady on the ground widened her eyes. Although her eyes turned red, she did not cry. Other than the princes, she knew that the only boys who could run around in the palace were the young masters of King Rong’s Residence and Prince An’s Residence.

The children were not unreasonable people. Knowing that they had knocked into someone in a hurry, they hurriedly apologized before turning to run again.

The girl who was knocked down did not say anything, but the palace maid who was supporting her said angrily, “Simply saying sorry after bumping into someone? How improper to be charging around in the palace.”

“Xiu’er, shut up.” The blushing Huili hurriedly bowed to the children. “Young Masters, please forgive us. Xiu’er didn’t mean to offend you.”

Huili paused for a moment before saying, “I’m fine. Young Masters, please go ahead.”

Little An looked at the indignant Xiu’er and turned to Huili. “It’s indeed our fault. Where are you from? We’ll send someone to apologize to you later. Don’t delay your work because of us.”

What he meant was that he would send things to the young lady’s place of work and speak up for them so that their supervisor would not make things difficult for them.

Having been in the palace for many years, Huili naturally understood what he meant. She knew that the young masters would not hold Xiu’er accountable for her insolent remark, so she hurriedly declined with a smile.

But as a palace maid who had just entered the palace, Xiu’er snorted and said, “If you sincerely wish to apologize, go to the East Palace. Sister Hui is the Crown Prince’s personal attendant and isn’t someone you can knock down at will.”

Xiu’er emphasized the words “personal attendant”.

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