Everyone in the palace has eight hundred thoughts. Who knows what Mr. Kang’s thoughts are?
But Jiu'er thought too much. Eunuch Kang already had a good impression of Ruan Mianmian. Now that he saw that the emperor liked her, he just wanted to have a good relationship.
Ruan Mianmian was in a good mood and asked curious questions along the way. She asked about insignificant matters, and Eunuch Kang answered them one by one.
Before you knew it, Yongtai Palace, where Prince Li Yu lived, was right in front of you.
Seeing Eunuch Kang arriving, the people from Yongtai Palace wanted to report but were stopped.
Ruan Mianmian said she wanted to surprise His Highness the Crown Prince, so Eunuch Kang naturally agreed to help her with this innocuous matter.
The palace maid took them all the way to the study room of Yongtai Palace. As soon as Eunuch Kang wanted to speak out, Ruan Mianmian grabbed him. She shook her head and signaled to wait outside.
Eunuch Kang was not in a hurry to wait outside with him. He couldn't help but praise the old Marquis for his good teaching. It was rare for someone to know etiquette so well at such a young age.
Prince Tutor Jichang finished the class and was scolding Ruan Xiao: "You are absent-minded today, so stretch out your hand."
"Pah, pah, pah." Ruan Mianmian could guess from outside that the fourth brother had been slapped three times.
After Ji Taifu finished beating Ruan Xiao, he said: "Go back and copy the pages you learned three times. Your Highness is still not focused enough. He was distracted just now due to the influence. You should also copy them three times."
"Yes." Li Yu and Ruan Xiao agreed in unison.
Ji Chang packed up his things and walked out of the study. When he saw Eunuch Kang, he thought the emperor was here, but there was no sign of the emperor. Instead, he saw him holding a cute female doll in his hand, and he couldn't help but feel surprised.
"Hello, Master." Ruan Mianmian greeted politely, "Thank you very much, Master, for teaching me and my fourth brother."
"Mianmian." Li Yu and Ruan Mianmian's voice rushed out of the room.
He often kept talking about it, but when he saw Ruan Mianmian, Li Yu didn't dare to recognize her. This was the first time he saw her in women's clothing.
Ruan Mianmian let go of Eunuch Kang's hand and rushed toward Li Yu: "Little brother."
Li Yu didn't come back to his senses until his thigh was hugged by the cute little baby, feeling just like that day.
"Mianmian, it's really Mianmian." Li Yu knelt down and looked Ruan Mianmian up and down.
Ruan Mianmian couldn't help but frowned when she saw Li Yu. The little brother had lost some weight and his face didn't look good. Could it be that he was ill?
Li Yu smiled and said, "I almost didn't recognize you."
"Little brother, do I look good?" Ruan Mianmian spread his hands and turned in a circle.
Li Yu smiled broadly and said, "You're good-looking. Mianmian is good-looking whether you're your younger brother or your younger sister."
After being a Tutor for so long, Ji Chang saw Li Yu laughing so heartily for the first time.
"Eunuch Kang, who is this little girl?" Ji Chang couldn't help but stop and look at Ruan Mianmian a few more times.
The little girl was not a princess in the palace, because Ji Chang had never seen her before, but her brocade dress showed that she had an extraordinary status. Looking closely, he found that the little girl was not only beautiful, but also very spiritual, so cute.
"Mr. Ji, this is the granddaughter of the old Marquis."
"Old Marquis? Ruan Geng?" Ji Chang came to Ruan Mianmian with his eyes widened and squatted down to take a closer look.
"Oh my, the old guy not only has a handsome grandson like Ruan Xiao, but he also hides such a cute little granddaughter. He even hid it from me."
From the tone of the words, Ruan Mianmian knew that the Grand Tutor had a close relationship with his grandfather.
"Mianmian has met Grandpa Ji." Ruan Mianmian bowed politely again.
"No gifts, no gifts." Ji Chang stretched out his hand to help Ruan Mianmian up.
I called you "Master" just now, but now I call you "Grandpa Ji". The little baby is so smart.
Taifu Ji was so happy that he happily took out a jade pendant from his sleeve and handed it to Ruan Mianmian.
"Come on, come on, take the meeting gift Grandpa Ji gave you."
Ruan Mianmian's eyes wandered for a few times, then she looked at Jiu'er. When she saw her nodding slightly, she happily accepted the jade pendant.
"Thank you, Grandpa Ji."
"Master, you are too partial." Ruan Xiao said with a smile, "You didn't give me any gift when you first met me before."
Taifu Ji retorted confidently: "Tsk, can you, a bastard like you, compare with Mianmian?"
"Can't compare, can't compare." Ruan Xiao was instantly frightened.
"That's alright, the court is almost over, I'm going to settle the accounts with Ruan Geng." Ji Chang touched Ruan Mianmian's head, smiled and turned to leave.
Eunuch Kang bowed and cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, I brought Miss Ruan here under the order of the Emperor. Now that she has been delivered, I will leave first."
"Yes. Tell your father that Gu will entertain Mianmian well." Li Yu returned to his usual expression, with the majesty that a prince should have in his tone.
Ruan Mianmian sighed in her heart, her little brother's smile just now seemed to be short-lived, but she still liked to see him smile.
"Wait a minute." Ruan Mianmian took out two gold ingots from his arms and stuffed them into Eunuch Kang's hand, "Thank you, Eunuch."
"I dare not take it seriously." Eunuch Kang once again praised such a transparent little person, "Miss Ruan, this slave is just following orders."
Ruan Mianmian put the gold ingot into Eunuch Kang's hand: "I know you don't like it, but it's just a little thought of mine."
"I received my wish, but this gold ingot..."
"You're welcome, as the saying goes, what comes, comes, goes." Ruan Mianmian said with a smile.
There was something in his heart. Was Miss Ruan just talking casually or was there something behind her words? Eunuch Kang glanced at the two gold ingots in his hand.
"Then it's better for me to be respectful than to obey. Thank you very much, Miss Ruan."
Watching Eunuch Kang leave, Ruan Mianmian found Ruan Xiao looking at her with an expression of admiration.
Li Yu walked up to Ruan Mianmian and pinched her cheek naturally: "You are really capable of letting a cautious person like Eunuch Kang accept your gold ingot."
"Perhaps he thinks I'm cute." Ruan Mianmian grinned and changed the topic with a flash of light in her eyes, "Little brother, haven't you been out of the palace recently? Why haven't you come to see me?"
Hearing this, Li Yu did not answer immediately. He looked past Ruan Mianmian to Ruan Xiao behind her. He was relieved when he saw him shaking his head slightly.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Fourth Young Master had a secret, and Jiu'er, the bystander, saw it clearly and wanted to tell the lady later.
"I have been busy with my homework lately, and my father is taking assessments from time to time, so I don't have time to leave the palace."
It was clearly an excuse. Ruan Mianmian was a little unhappy, but he didn't show it. Maybe he had some unavoidable reasons.
"If you don't leave the palace, then I will have to come into the palace to see you. Are you happy?"
"I'm happy." Li Yu looked at Ruan Mianmian who hesitated to speak and finally said, "However, you should not enter the palace again in the future. Don't worry, as long as I have the chance to leave the palace, I will definitely find you."
Ruan Mianmian became more and more confused. She was sure that Li Yu was hiding something from her.
Ruan Xiao realized that Ruan Mianmian was suspicious and hurriedly stepped forward: "You two only focused on talking and forgot about me."
"No." Ruan Mianmian and Li Yu said in unison.
The two looked at each other and smiled, and Ruan Xiao also laughed. This chapter has been completed!