Chapter 139: Chancellor Rong, You’re So Cruel!
Rong Zhi looked at the large pile in his courtyard and was speechless for a moment.
He liked quiet.
But ever since he agreed to the little chubby cub’s request to freely enter and leave his home, the house hadn’t been so quiet.
“Lord Rong, which color and scent of scented soap do you like? Choose one.”
Qin Wanwan held the last three pieces of scented soap, exactly one of each color.
“What is this?”
The Twelfth Prince: “It bubbles when you rub it.”
The Eleventh Prince: “It smells good, but you can’t eat it. If you eat it, you’ll bubble.”
The Tenth Prince: “It’s quite fun.”
Rong Zhi: You all know quite clearly.
Qin Wanwan: “This can be used to wash hands and take baths. After washing, you’ll smell fragrant. Lord Rong, smell my hands, they’re fragrant.”
She raised her little chubby paws, standing on tiptoe, stubbornly trying to touch Rong Zhi’s nose.
Rong Zhi: That’s absolutely unnecessary.
“Scented soap?”
However, it seemed a little different from scented soap.
“Lord Rong, quickly choose one.”
Rong Zhi casually picked a mixed two-color one.
“Thank you.”
Little Qilin’s eyes curved, and her eyes sparkled.
“You’re welcome, you’re welcome~”
The Tenth Prince curiously asked: “Why don’t you give all three to Chancellor Rong?”
Qin Wanwan packed the remaining two pieces: “Because Father Shang will be sad if he knows, and I can’t forget my old daddy for a new daddy.”
Rong Zhi lowered his gaze to look at her, his eyes seemed to say, ‘I’m not your father yet.’
Qin Wanwan grinned: “Wanwan likes Lord Rong too.”
Rong Zhi had someone take the children to bathe.
The scented soap produced a lot of bubbles, and the three little princes started playing in the bathtub.
Qin Wanwan changed into a thick little skirt.
There were only two sets of the little animal outfits that had been made, and new ones hadn’t been created yet.
Her little face was rosy, her skin fair and delicate, looking very huggable.
Yin Yuanli also finished bathing and changed, only the three playful ones were gathered together playing with bubbles.
“Brother Yuanli, where are the other three prince brothers?”
“They’re still playing, don’t worry about them. Let’s go find Chancellor Rong.”
“Okay.”
Yin Yuanli took Qin Wanwan’s little hand, and the two children lovingly went to find Rong Zhi.
Rong Zhi was playing chess, playing against himself.
Qin Wanwan glanced at it and found it dazzling.
She didn’t understand.
Yin Yuanli, however, sat opposite Rong Zhi, holding a white piece and playing with him with a proper posture.
The large and small figures went back and forth, and the surrounding audience went from intently focused to hollow-eyed and confused.
She would rather play with Big Goldy’s mane!
She decided to do it and went to find Big Goldy.
Big Goldy’s fur was all light, only the mane around his neck was long and smooth.
Qin Wanwan skillfully sat next to Big Goldy, her little chubby hands grabbing its lion’s mane and starting to braid it.
Soon, a little pigtail was completed!
There was no hair tie, so it would just have to stick up like that.
After Qin Wanwan had braided over a dozen frizzy pigtails into Big Goldy, the chess game over there finally concluded.
Yin Yuanli: “I lost. Every time I play chess with Chancellor Rong, I feel like I’m falling step by step into the traps he sets.”
Rong Zhi smiled faintly: “Your Highness the Crown Prince simply lost due to age and experience.”
After this game, they didn’t continue playing and all looked up to find Qin Wanwan.
Then they were blinded by the Great Lion’s country bumpkin-like appearance.
He was clearly a majestic Great Lion, but now he looked truly rustic.
Rong Zhi: “It’s time for dinner.”
The meals in the kitchen had already been prepared.
The afternoon meal for the several princes and the little chubby cub from next door was eaten at the Prime Minister’s Mansion.
The ingredients were fish they had caught themselves.
Several large fish were made into different dishes. The fish had bones, and fearing that the children wouldn’t be able to remove the bones themselves, dedicated servants served them, carefully picking out all the fish bones.
The little princes ate with great delight.
They had a very happy day outside the palace today.
But happy times always felt short.
Yin Yuanli and the others had to return to the Imperial Palace.
The little princes cried with sad faces: “Brother Crown Prince, can we stay outside for a few more days?”
The Twelfth Prince: “I don’t want to go back.”
The Eleventh Prince looked at Rong Zhi eagerly: “Chancellor Rong, can I recognize you as my father? Then I can stay.”
Rong Zhi had a gentle smile on his face, but his words were cold and heartless: “No.”
Is recognizing him as a father a popular thing now?
The Twelfth Prince’s eyes were teary: “Imperial Father has many children, and Chancellor Rong doesn’t have any children yet. I can be your child, and I’m easy to raise, I only need to eat a little.”
Rong Zhi: “If you truly think so.”
The little princes looked expectant.
Rong Zhi’s voice was clear and melodious: “As my children, you must write ten big characters every day, recite five lessons, and master the six arts of the gentleman: zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting, not missing any…”
“Alright, Chancellor Rong, you don’t need to say more. We were just joking.”
The Tenth Prince said with a serious expression: “After all, our father is the current Emperor, and he wouldn’t allow us to be so reckless.”
The Eleventh Prince performed an instant change of face: “Exactly, we are Imperial Princes, we can’t just recognize any father.”
The Twelfth Prince counted on his fingers, then cried out.
“So many, so many assignments, Chancellor Rong, you are so cruel!”
Rong Zhi’s smile remained unchanged: “It’s getting late. If the princes wish to stay, I can indeed send a letter to His Majesty. Tonight, the princes shall stay at my residence. Coincidentally, you haven’t learned today’s lessons yet, and I don’t mind helping the Grand Tutor catch up.”
The Tenth Prince turned and ran: “No, we must hurry back before curfew, otherwise Mother Consort will worry.”
The other two younger brothers also hurried away.
“Chancellor Rong, goodbye. Tenth Brother, wait for your younger brother!”
Yin Yuanli bowed to Rong Zhi: “Chancellor Rong, goodbye.”
Then he turned to Qin Wanwan: “Wanwan, I’m going back. I’ll find time to play with you again in the future.”
Qin Wanwan was quite reluctant. She didn’t have many playmates in Shangjing, and she had a lot of fun playing with the princes today.
“Okay, Brother Yuanli, bye-bye.”
“Snowflake.”
Sea-Eastern Green cried out and landed beside Qin Wanwan.
Qin Wanwan tied the animal hide protective sheath onto Yin Yuanli’s arm.
“Snowflake, go back with Brother Yuanli. We can use Snowflake to send messages in the future. Snowflake is very fast.”
Yin Yuanli didn’t refuse. After Qin Wanwan tied it, he raised his arm and called out to Snowflake.
Snowflake immediately landed obediently on his arm.
The three little princes who had run far away ran back.
“Brother Crown Prince, are you taking Snowflake back? Then can we write letters to Wanwan in the future?”
Wanwan nodded: “Yes, we can.”
“But Wanwan, what did you mean in the letter you wrote to Brother Crown Prince last time? I only understood two words.”
Qin Wanwan: …………
The soft smile on her little face immediately disappeared.
“I wrote ten words!” Were they that difficult to recognize?
The Eleventh Prince scratched his head, looking confused: “Huh? Wasn’t that sixteen words?”
The Twelfth Prince said in a milky voice: “Nonsense, those were drawings, there were no words at all!”
