Chapter 1197: Education

After being checkmated by the children, Qi Xiuyuan was instantly in no mood to continue playing with them. After learning everything from Tiger Head, he quickly made up his mind. “Second Prince, you can stay at your Fourth Uncle’s house for two days while the Third Prince and Fourth Prince will stay at the palace. As punishment, each of you will write 200 words when you get back. Whoever told you that you can achieve your wish just by crying?”

The Third Prince and the Fourth Prince didn’t expect that not only were they not allowed to follow them out of the palace, but they were also punished. Seeing them pout and about to burst into tears, Qi Xiuyuan glared at them coldly and said, “If anyone dares to cry, I’ll punish them to write another 500 words. Also, no meat for you before you finish writing!”

Tiger Head and Little Lion immediately covered their cousins’ mouths and winked at them.

When the two children thought of the additional punishment, they could only hold back their tears.

It was not until they left the Imperial Study that Tiger Head and Little Lion finally let go of their mouths and comforted them. “It’s just 200 words and easily finished if you put in the work. Unlike us, if we dare to cry and act shamelessly to ask for things, my father will definitely beat us up. Not only will he make us write words, but he’ll also forbid us from riding horses. Also, he’ll mock us for being girly.”

The Second Prince also came over to apologize to his two younger brothers. “I’ll definitely bring you something fun when I come back. But you guys mustn’t cry so easily in the future.”

The three of them worked together and finally coaxed the two brats away.

Tiger Head and Little Lion wiped the sweat off their foreheads and sighed. “It’s been tough on Mother.”

With his hands behind his back, Little An said profoundly, “Wenqian and Wenmi turned out this way because Royal Uncle spoiled them. Previously, he found Wenqian and Wenmi’s cries annoying, so he tried his best to fulfill their wishes in order to make them stop. This made the duo feel that crying could get them what they wanted. Therefore, they would start crying every time something went wrong.”

Tiger Head and Little Lion widened their eyes and asked, “How did you know?”

“I guessed.” Little An glanced at them and said, “Didn’t you hear what Wenqian and the others said just now? It was Royal Uncle who said that if they cried again, the house would collapse. In order not to let the house collapse, he naturally had to fulfill their wishes to stop them from crying. Of course, this might also be because of their Mother Consort.”

Little An said like an adult, “In short, I now understand why when we were young, every time we cried unreasonably, Fourth Aunt would beat us up or simply make us stand in a circle and let us cry.”

Tiger Head and Little Lion widened their eyes again. “Why don’t I remember these things?”

In their hearts, they had always been very obedient, okay?

Little An looked at the two of them disdainfully and walked away with his head held high.

Tiger Head and Little Lion hurriedly pulled along Wensu, who was deep in thought, and chased after him.

The children rarely avoided being overheard when they spoke, so Qi Xiuyuan naturally found out about this very quickly.

Realizing that he couldn’t even compare to a child when it came to educating others, Qi Xiuyuan couldn’t help but feel ashamed. After thinking about it seriously, he finally cast the political affairs aside and headed to the harem to find the two children who had suffered a psychological and physical blow.

When the four children returned to the King’s Residence together, they told Mu Yangling about their homework this time. They looked at her eagerly and asked, “What do you think we should write about?”

Mu Yangling blinked and looked at the children for a while before saying, “Well, didn’t your teacher point you in a direction?”

The four children shook their heads in unison.

“What do you want to write about then?”

The four children looked at each other and shook their heads. They had never written such an article for the newspaper before, so how would they know what to write about?

Mu Yangling stroked her chin and said, “You can write about things that make you happy or troubled, or you can write about your ideals. Alternatively, you can write about topics that you have a strong opinion on.”

Little An was deep in thought, but the other three were still confused. Mu Yangling said, “Why don’t you ask Little An’s daddy when he comes back? With his excellent writing skills, he might be able to give you some suggestions.”

Hence, the four children headed to Prince An’s Residence instead.

When Little Fu heard the news and ran over with Little Leopard and Baozhu, his brothers had already disappeared. Little Fu immediately pouted aggrievedly and said, “Big Brother forgot about me!”

Feeling embarrassed, Mu Yangling quickly pulled him into her arms. “Your big brother hasn’t forgotten about you. It’s because Fourth Aunt is going to your house for dinner, so I’ll bring you there later.”

Only then did Little Fu stop crying and cheered up again. “Then hurry up, Fourth Aunt. My younger siblings and I will go retrieve the toys.”

“Alright.” After the kids left, Mu Yangling said to Spring, “Get Xiao Ting to inform King Rong that we’re all going to Prince An’s Residence. Tell him to go straight to Prince An’s Residence for dinner after leaving the government office.”

Little An, who had jumped out of the carriage, immediately wailed, scaring everyone. Little Lion rushed over and asked, “What’s wrong, what’s wrong?”

“I forgot about my younger brother. He’s still at your house.”

Little Lion and Tiger Head were also dumbfounded.

Little Fu loved to play with Little Leopard and Baozhu the most, and Little Madam Xia was also at ease leaving her sons in King Rong’s residence. Thus, the first thing Little An did every day after school was to pick up his younger brother from the King’s Residence before returning to the Prince’s Residence. Today, he was so focused on the article that he forgot about his brother.

Little An climbed back into the carriage and said, “I’ll go pick up my brother first. Wait for me in my small study first.”

Tiger Head and Little Lion responded and left with Qi Wensu.

As the King’s Residence was not far from the Prince’s Residence, it only took 15 minutes by carriage, But to the anxious Little An, it was an awfully long time. He lifted the curtain and peered at the Prince’s Residence that was under construction. “When can we move into our new home?”

As the new Prince’s Residence and the King’s Residence were opposite and even connected, there was no need for a carriage. They could just open the door and rush over.

Seeing Little An rush back, Mu Yangling laughed and stroked his head. “I was about to bring your younger brother over. You mustn’t forget your brother in the future.”

Little An lowered his head in shame. “Got it.”

When Little Fu carried a pile of toys over with Little Leopard and saw that his brother was also here, he asked with widened eyes, “Brother, why are you here?”

“I’m here to take you home.”

Little Fu snorted arrogantly. “I’m not a child anymore. With Fourth Aunt bringing me home, I don’t need you to specially come over to pick me up.”

Mu Yangling could not help but sigh at the strength of Fan Zijin’s genes. This child had clearly spent the most time with her, but why was his temper becoming more and more like his father’s?

Not minding his brother’s arrogance, Little An picked him up and stuffed him into the carriage. “Let’s go. I’m in a hurry.”

Little Leopard and Baozhu immediately opened their arms to get into the carriage, so Mu Yangling stuffed them in as well.

Having long received the news, Little Madam Xia was standing in front of the secondary gate, waiting for them. When she saw Mu Yangling, she said with a smile, “We’re usually the ones who eat at your place. Considering it’s not New Year’s Eve, it’s rare for your entire family to come here to eat.”

“If you’d like it, I’ll bring them here every day to eat for free.”

“Great. Otherwise, the house feels cold and cheerless, not as lively as yours…” The two of them walked towards the backyard as they spoke. Little An had long abandoned them and ran towards the small study.

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