The Prime Minister’s Darling-Chapter 474 - 241 Fathers Love is Like a Mountain (Second

Chapter 474: 241 Father’s Love is Like a Mountain (Second Update)

Chapter 474: 241 Father’s Love is Like a Mountain (Second Update)

The Crown Princess’s perfect expression had a small crack.

The matter had started when the four of them had blindfolded themselves for a game of tag.

The game was Minmin’s idea, who often saw the King of the Liang Country and his consorts playing it, so he remembered it in his heart.

The four of them decided who would be blindfolded first by playing rock-paper-scissors, and the unlucky person was Qin Chuyu.

Once Qin Chuyu was blindfolded, he started to catch people. Little Zen and Xu Zhuzhu, who didn’t understand the rules of the game, laughed out loud and were successfully caught by Qin Chuyu. Minmin wasn’t caught—because the first person to be caught would start counting, and the round would end when the count reached a hundred. If the person with the blindfold couldn’t catch the other three within a hundred counts, they lost.

And the first person to be caught would be the one to be blindfolded in the next round.

The next person was Xu Zhuzhu.

Qin Chuyu couldn’t help but laugh, only to be successfully caught by Xu Zhuzhu.

Little Zen was clumsy. He fell and created some noise, which also got him caught.

Minmin continued to win.

And so it repeated several times, with Minmin not being caught once.

Eventually, it was Little Zen’s turn to be blindfolded, and he quickly caught Minmin.

Minmin thought that Little Zen had cheated.

“I didn’t!” Little Zen pulled down his blindfold and insisted earnestly.

Minmin: “Then how did you know I was here?”

“You made noise!” Little Zen meant that he had heard him.

“I did not!” Minmin was sure he had not made any sound at all.

Little Zen was so annoyed, he stomped his foot: “You did! You did! You breathed! You inhaled five times! Three heavy and two light!”

Every day, Little Zen honed his basic senses, even being able to hear the rustling of leaves. So, how could he not hear a person’s breath?

But Minmin did not believe at all!

He was indignant: “You. Cheated!”

Xu Zhuzhu and Qin Chuyu firmly stood by their good friend.

Xu Zhuzhu: “Zen is naturally very smart!”

Qin Chuyu: “Yeah! He knows everything! If you don’t believe, just quiz him!”

Just like that, the subject got derailed by the two defensive teammates.

The contest turned into a text recitation competition, from the “Three Character Classic” to “A Thousand Character Essay”, and from “300 Tang Poems” to The Four Books and Five Classics.

In the beginning, they were neck and neck, but gradually, Minmin started to struggle while Little Zen continued to recite smoothly.

The palace maids didn’t stop them in time because they thought that it was just an innocent contest of reciting texts.

However, the third time Minmin stammered unable to continue, and Little Zen effortlessly picked up the next line, Minmin’s emotions exploded. He stretched out his hand and shoved Little Zen to the ground!

It did not hurt since it was a grassy field, but Little Zen was a bit confused.

Seeing this, Xu Zhuzhu couldn’t endure it.

Dare to bully my friend? I’ll make you walk on your knees today!

Xu Zhuzhu lunged over and punched Minmin, knocking him to the ground.

The palace maids and eunuchs hurriedly separated the group, but it was a step too late, Qin Chuyu, the little fat boy, had also joined the fight.

Little Zen was too small to join in, so he just held onto one of Minmin’s legs to prevent him from kicking Xu Zhuzhu and Qin Chuyu.

The three little ones were surprisingly strong.

After all, they weren’t called the Three Rascals of Guozijian for nothing.

By the time the four of them were separated, Minmin’s face had swelled up.

The three little ones…had no problems at all!

The Duchess had fallen asleep while sunbathing, so she didn’t hear the commotion right away. By the time she arrived, Minmin’s face had swelled up like a steamed bun.

The Crown Princess hurriedly explained the sequence of events to the Duchess, not exaggerating or hiding anything.

The Crown Princess thought that the Duchess would be furious and vent her anger on behalf of her son, but she calmly told the eunuchs, “First, take Minmin away to change his clothes.”

“Yes!”

The eunuch took Minmin away.

The Duchess never punished servants in front of her son.

As Minmin walked away, he looked back at the Duchess.

Surprisingly, his mother didn’t punish the ones who had bullied him. Instead, she squatted down in front of the smallest child, took out a handkerchief, and gently wiped his face.

He didn’t hear what his mother said to the little child, but the gentleness with which his mother treated him hurt Minmin.

After such a major incident, the Crown Princess naturally had to teach Qin Chuyu a stern lesson.

Qin Chuyu used to be so timid, but now he was even willing to take a knife for his friends!

Such a thing would displease the Emperor when it reached his ears, and the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess would inevitably be blamed for the lack of discipline towards their brother.

As for Xu Zhuzhu, the Minister of War had already scared himself witless, and he tottered into the palace to take his son home.

Little Zen was left.

His family had not been notified of his visit, so no one came to pick him up.

He hung his head low, dejectedly staring at his toes, feeling for an instant that he had been abandoned by the whole world.

He missed Jiaojiao.

His nose stung as if he were about to cry.

Suddenly, a tall shadow loomed over him.

“Crying?”

A jesting and magnetic voice echoed above his little head.

“I’m not crying!”

As Xiao Jingkong spoke, he raised his head and saw a handsome face that was almost threatening in its intensity. It was the same face he’d seen at the post station.

The handsomest uncle.

Lord Xuanping hooked a finger under his small robe and directly lifted the little fellow up.

Xiao Jingkong was securely nestled in his arms.

The palace maids and eunuchs supervising Xiao Jingkong were stunned.

They had just intended to salute him but were waved off by Lord Xuanping. His appearance here was surprising enough, but the fact that he had picked up this troublemaker left them flabbergasted.

This child was rumored to be a commoner’s child, and his sister was a mere physician’s daughter.

Was such a lowly citizen deserving of Lord Xuanping’s treatment?

Xiao Jingkong had not originally felt aggrieved, merely a faint longing for home and for Gu Jiao. However, when he was hugged by Lord Xuanping, he suddenly felt a great sense of grievance well up in his heart.

The handsome uncle had a familiar scent about him, a scent similar to his sister’s cruel husband, though he didn’t know that yet.

This scent was comforting and also gave him the right to feel aggrieved.

One only feels aggrieved in front of those who care about them.

Secured on Lord Xuanping’s strong forearm, he gripped the hem of his robe, his eyes downcast so as not to reveal his red-rimmed eyes.

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Lord Xuanping clicked his tongue, “If you want to cry, just cry.”

“I’m not crying!”

He shook his head.

The teardrops scattered as he moved.

Lord Xuanping: “…”

Lord Xuanping carried him towards the carriage.

A palace maid said, “Lord Xuanping, the Crown Princess commanded us to wait for his family to come, the Lord Xu has already gone to notify them …”

Lord Xuanping shot a cold glance her way, and the palace maid shivered, unable to make another sound.

Lord Xuanping had Xiao Liulang’s scent, a scent of blood, that came from deep within their bones.

And Xiao Jingkong had Xiao Liulang’s scent too, but was due to sleeping together every night and absorbing his scent.

Cradling this little fellow, wouldn’t Lord Xuanping feel comforted too?

Because of the same person, they felt a hint of closeness to each other.

After getting in the carriage, Lord Xuanping asked the boy about what had happened.

Xiao Jingkong wouldn’t say.

Lord Xuanping chuckled, “If you don’t tell me, I won’t cover for you when we get home.”

Under the coercion of a certain person, Xiao Jingkong recounted the incident in which he had hit someone.

Lord Xuanping wasn’t interested in the part about reciting the books, he chose to be selectively deaf. However, the cause of the incident piqued his interest; “You mean to say you can really hear people’s breaths? Then how many times have I breathed by now?”

Xiao Jingkong stayed silent for a moment, and after counting the number of breaths, said, “Seven times. Six light, one heavy.”

Lord Xuanping sucked in breath in surprise and squinted at him.

This kid was amusing.

On one hand, Lord Xuanping was escorting Xiao Jingkong home. On the other hand, Prince Yu was bringing his wife and child back to their home.

Minmin had already fallen asleep.

The Princess Consort of Prince Yu was tucking him in.

“Was it that child?” Prince Yu suddenly spoke.

When he had gone to fetch his wife and child, he naturally saw the three children who had beaten up his son. One of them was the prince of Zhan Country, another was the son of a high official, and the last one was said to be a commoner’s child, around four years old, who was too clean and cute to ignore.

If he had not stopped her, his wife might have taken that child home on the spot.

“It was him,” the Princess Consort of Prince Yu began to choke up as she nodded, “You saw him too, didn’t you? He’s our son! I asked around, he was born in the twelfth month! Just like our son!”

Prince Yu’s unwavering conviction began to waver slightly.

The child looked pure and adorable. He was taken with him at first sight.

Could it be that the child had really survived?

To verify this, all they needed to do was to dig up the coffin they had buried the child in back then.

However, this was an extremely difficult decision.

But in order to confirm the child’s identity, Prince Yu gritted his teeth and went anyway.

He arrived at the blessed land where they had chosen to bury the child and commanded his guards to dig up the coffin.

When a guard wanted to open the coffin, he suddenly stopped him: “Hold on!”

“My Lord.” The guard looked at him in confusion.

Prince Yu, with a complex expression, said, “I will lift it up.”

He reached out his hand, lightly touched the surface of the coffin, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. With a crack, he opened the coffin.