Chapter 1189: Alliance

Although Pine Mountain Academy was impressive, it still could not compare to the palace in terms of teachers and teaching facilities.

Teachers who could enter the palace to teach the children were all from Hanlin Academy and were highly knowledgeable. The Crown Prince’s Grand Tutor, Fang Zhiyuan, was also famous among the scholars. Logically speaking, if they wanted to acknowledge a teacher, they should choose someone at the royal academy. Why did they have to come to Pine Mountain Academy?

Mu Bowen also had the same doubts. However, he often heard his sister talk about the three children’s mischievous deeds, so he didn’t even bother to ask them, afraid that they would come up with a reason that would drive him crazy.

He pushed the three children into the carriage and said, “Hurry up and go home. If you don’t listen, I’ll tell your mother about this.”

Tiger Head and Little Lion immediately decided that they didn’t like this uncle of theirs, who had threatened them with a complaint.

Little An also glared at Mu Bowen. The three of them looked at the entrance of the academy and began to calculate their probability of success should they force their way in.

Mu Bowen seemed to know what they were thinking and said calmly, “Your mother dotes on me the most. If I said that I wanted to teach the three of you for a period of time, do you think she would agree?”

The three children fell silent.

Mu Bowen continued, “I heard that you guys take a break every five days. However, if you guys don’t complete the homework I give, I wonder if your mother will agree to let me give you additional classes.”

The three children glared at him, feeling that this uncle was so despicable.

Mu Bowen moved away, revealing the carriage beside him as he asked with a smile, “Are you guys going home?”

Little Lion climbed onto the carriage angrily with Little An following closely behind. Seeing that Tiger Head was still standing below and hesitating, Little Lion smacked the back of his head and snapped, “Hurry up and come up!”

Tiger Head didn’t want to have endless homework, so he could only climb into the carriage gloomily and sit in the corner.

Looking at the academy that was getting further and further away, Tiger Head secretly decided that he would definitely come again during his next break.

He looked at his two brothers and saw that Little An and Little Lion were also gazing firmly at the entrance of Pine Mountain Academy. Clearly, they had the same idea. He reached out to grab their hands and whispered, “We’ll come again next time.”

Little Lion and Little An nodded slightly.

Little An snorted. “Your uncle is so annoying. I don’t like him.”

Little Lion and Tiger Head nodded in agreement. “We don’t like him either. He’s completely different from what Mother described. Mother isn’t even as strict as him.”

Little An rolled his eyes and sneered. “He forgot that this is our territory. How dare he bully us on our territory? Hmph!”

The two children also snorted.

“When we go back, we can find an alliance in advance.”

Hence, the three children’s fighting spirit rose again.

The moment Mu Bowen entered the capital, he went to Pine Mountain Academy. Hence, his carriage was a large one from the north that had everything one could need on a trip.

Not standing on ceremony, the three of them turned the carriage upside down. Even the copper coin that Mu Bowen accidentally dropped in the crack of the carriage was discovered. Once they arrived at the King’s Residence, the three children jumped off the carriage arrogantly and left with their hands behind their backs.

When the coachman lifted the curtain and saw the mess left behind in the carriage, he wanted to cry but had no tears.

When the three of them ran back to the backyard, Mu Yangling was talking to her sister-in-law, Madam Fang. The three children stuck their heads in and turned to run when they saw that their younger brothers were not around. Mu Yangling arrived at the door in a flash, grabbed their collars, and pulled them into the house.

Madam Fang was dumbfounded by the sight.

Mu Yangling brought the three children in front of Madam Fang and said with a fierce expression, “You ran away without greeting the guests. Who taught you this? This is your eldest uncle’s wife. Come, greet her ‘Aunt’.”

The three children lined up. Little An cupped his hands and bowed. “Greetings, Eldest Aunt.”

Little Lion followed closely behind, but his waist was not bent enough. “Greetings, Eldest Aunt.”

Tiger Head was even more impatient and only cupped his hands perfunctorily. “Greetings, Eldest Aunt.”

Seeing that although the three children’s eyes were not darting around, they looked anxious, Madam Fang knew that they probably had other urgent matters to attend to. Smiling, she said, “This is Aunt’s greeting gift to you. I hope you’ll like it.”

She gave everyone a jade slit ring.

After the three of them thanked her again, Madam Fang smiled at Mu Yangling and said, “Let them play while we continue to talk.”

Only then did Mu Yangling let them leave.

As soon as the three children ran out, they asked where their younger siblings were. Winter pointed at the garden and said, “Young Master Little Fu, Fourth Young Master and Princess must have gone to check on the flowers and plants they planted.”

The three children immediately rushed to the garden.

The three children were indeed squatting in the garden and looking at the flowers and plants they had planted. When they were pulled up by their brothers, they were still a little confused.

Upon hearing that they were going to form an alliance against their uncle, Little Fu said hesitantly, “Aunt Fang brought his son and we want to play with him. If we don’t like his father, can we still like the boy?”

Little Leopard, on the other hand, was concerned about the gift. “I accepted Aunt’s gift, but I haven’t taken Uncle’s gift. If I don’t get along with him, I won’t be able to accept his gift.”

Baozhu said, “I’ll decide after meeting Uncle. If he’s not good-looking, I’ll agree to it.”

The three of them did not expect their younger siblings to be so difficult to convince. Sweating profusely, they said, “We’re one unit. We have to unite, understand? Uncle is very fierce. Just like the teachers in the palace, he only knows how to give us homework. No, he’s even more detestable than the teachers in the palace.”

Little An held his brother’s hand and persuaded him, “You playing with Aunt Fang’s cousin doesn’t affect your dislike for Uncle. Look at how much we dislike the teachers in the palace. Aren’t we still playing with their children? These are two separate matters. Our grudges with the adults are only limited to that and won’t affect our friendship with their children.”

Little Fu clearly didn’t believe him and pointed it out. “That’s not right. The last time someone impeached Daddy, didn’t you bring us to beat up that high-ranking official’s grandson? If our grudges with the adults were only limited to that, why did you bring us to beat up a child in his family? You should have asked Daddy to beat up that official instead.”

Little An: “…”

“Aiya.” Tiger Head pushed Little An away, put his hands on his waist, and said to the three children, “Anyway, just tell us if you’re on our side or on Uncle’s side. If you ally with us, we’ll bring you along when we go out to play. If you ally with Uncle, you can’t play with our toys anymore. We won’t bring you out to play on the streets either.”

This threat was so serious that Little Fu and Little Leopard fell silent.

Baozhu looked around. Seeing that her two brothers were silent, she placed her hands on her waist and glared at Tiger Head. “Brother, you’re bullying us. I’m going to tell Mother about this.”

Tiger Head snorted. “How is this bullying? I’m just refusing to let you play with my toys and bring you out to play. It’s not as if I’m snatching your things or beating you up. How is that bullying?”

Baozhu opened her mouth and tilted her head to think for a long time. It seemed that her older brother indeed did not bully them.

Little Leopard held his sister’s little hand and said, “Our older brothers have a lot of toys, and we want to play on the streets!”

Little Fu decisively waved his hand and said, “Alright, we’ll ally with you.”

Little An and Little Lion heaved a sigh of relief and looked at Tiger Head approvingly. It seemed that direct coercion and bribery were the most effective when dealing with children. Reasoning with words wasn’t at all effective.

When Mu Bowen returned from the academy, a group of children stood in a row and bowed to him, but every one of them had a straight face. Even after receiving the greeting gift from him, there was not a trace of a smile on their faces.

Since the children bowed politely and thanked him, Mu Bowen and Madam Fang did not think that there was anything wrong. However, Mu Yangling and Qi Haoran looked at the children several times.

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