blogombal Chapter 326 Shun'an 22nd Year
Chapter 326 Shun'an 22nd Year
County Princess's Mansion
"Rui-ge, should we go out? They seem unable to find us."
Several children were carefully hiding in the crevices of the artificial hill.
"Let's wait a bit longer. What if they're just waiting for us to walk right into their trap?"
"But third brother, my legs are numb."
Ange'er from Wen Zongjing's family was the first to break down.
Upon hearing this, the others abandoned their hide-and-seek game and quickly helped him to his feet.
Ping-ge'er asked, "An-ge'er, doesn't your Marquis's mansion require you to get up early for training?"
Pingge'er was Fang Sichu's eldest son. From the age of three, he had to get up early to train with his older brothers in the mansion.
Anger was a little embarrassed: "Yes, there are some."
Although the Marquis of Zhongyong's family has shifted from a civil to a military background, they still understand the importance of good health, as their descendants need to be trained.
However, unlike the Yong'an Marquis's family, whose noble families are still deeply involved in the military, the Zhongyong Marquis's family's training is more about hoping that their descendants will have good health, and their discipline is not actually very strict.
Ange'er was Liu's only son, so he was inevitably spoiled a bit, and it was common for him to work only sporadically.
An'ge looked at the others; they were all around the same age, and it seemed only his legs were numb from squatting. He felt even more embarrassed and asked Rui'ge, "Third brother, why are you alright?"
Compared to Pingge'er and Pei Shizhao's son Hengge'er, Ruige'er should be the same as Ange'er, and Wen Zongji did not force Ruige'er to train now.
Rui Ge'er smiled on his fair face: "I want to hold Ling Jie'er, but Daddy said I'm too small and don't have the strength to hold her. So I asked Captain Yu how to train myself to be stronger."
Ling Jie'er is the daughter of Pei Rujing and Wen Zongji, born in Shun'an in the 21st year of their marriage. She has just celebrated her first birthday.
Hearing this, Pingge and Hengge were both surprised: "That's really rare, you actually took the initiative to practice."
The little ones have been playing together since they can remember, and they know each other very well. They all know that Rui is very lazy and will never stand if he can sit.
Rui Ge'er defended himself: "You all misunderstood me before."
They all cast disdainful glances at him.
"You guys never include me in your games."
A childish voice rang out from behind.
The group was startled and, forgetting all about complaining about Rui, took off running, yelling, "Run! The crybaby's coming!"
"Run!"
In the blink of an eye, only Rui Ge'er was left in the same spot.
Tears welled up in the little girl's eyes instantly, and she said tearfully, "I'm going to tell my aunt."
Rui-ge went over, reached out and wiped away her tears, and said gently, "Wasn't Zhi-jie playing with Ling-jie?"
Zhi'er is the legitimate daughter of Pei Shizhao and Wei Shi. She is three years old now and the only daughter of the third generation of the Pei family. Pei Shizhao, who seems to be such a cold person, is always willing to grant Zhi'er's requests.
Pei Shirong's two sons doted on Zhi'er even more.
Despite being pampered like this until she was three years old, Zhi-jie didn't have a trace of spoiled or arrogant behavior; she was just too delicate.
She easily sheds tears even when she feels wronged.
Since most of the families only had sons, no one was there to keep Zhi-jie company. Zhi-jie had to stay with Rui-ge and the others. But boys are tough and mischievous, so Zhi-jie couldn't play with them. But she had no other choice.
This created a vicious cycle!
When Zhijie played with them, she cried. The adults scolded Ruige and the others, and they stopped wanting to play with her. But Zhijie still loved to stick with them!
Zhi'er said in her childish voice, "Ling'er is asleep. Cousin Rui, why didn't you take me with you when you came out to play?"
Zhi Jie felt very wronged. She always shared good things with them, but just now even her own brother ran away, leaving only the gentle Rui Ge'er to comfort her.
Rui explained, "Seeing you and Ling'er having so much fun, I didn't want to disturb you. Hasn't Zhi'er always wanted a little sister?"
Zhi-jie also hopes to have a younger sister to play with, so that she doesn't always have to cling to Rui-ge and the others.
So when Lingjie was born, Zhijie was happier than anyone else and often stayed at the county princess's mansion, wanting to sleep with her younger sister.
Mentioning Lingjie'er, Zhijie'er forgot to cry and said enthusiastically, "My little sister is very good. I like playing with her."
They didn't mind that Lingjie was only one year old and couldn't even speak properly.
Rui-ge led Zhi-jie back to the lobby, patiently listening to her talk about how wonderful her younger sister was, and occasionally responding softly.
Chen Dajia sketched this scene, silently admiring Rui Ge'er's gentleness.
Throughout the entire county magistrate's mansion, Chen Dajia was undoubtedly the person who cared most about Rui Ge'er.
If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, it would be hard to imagine that someone could have such tenderness ingrained in their very being.
Although everyone in the household said that the young master took after his son-in-law, Chen Dajia felt that they were actually different.
People who are good at art are probably more sensitive.
As she spent more time with Wen Zongji, she discovered that while he was well-mannered and gentle, he was actually cold at heart.
He reserved his true tenderness for only a limited number of people.
But Rui is different. He is gentle to the core, and his instinct to be considerate and think of others is innate.
What's even more commendable is that he is gentle and kind but not weak or easily bullied. If anyone tries to take advantage of his gentleness to target him, they will find that Rui-ge'er also has a cunning and clever side.
Remembering that Wen Zongji had always said that Rui Ge'er was a baby who repays kindness, Chen Dajia deeply agreed.
They came here to repay a debt of gratitude.
……
Lobby
Pei Rujing was chatting with Zuo Mingxuan and a few others.
Seeing Rui-ge leading Zhi-jie in, with Zhi-jie's eyes still glistening with tears, they probably guessed what was going on.
Wei took Zhi'er and held her in her arms.
Pei Rujing frowned: "Rui-ge'er, what's wrong?"
Rui Ge'er first greeted everyone: "Greetings to my two aunts, Aunt Xuan... We forgot to bring my cousin when we went out to play, it was our fault."
Madam Wei smiled and said, "It's nothing serious. Zhi'er is just too spoiled and always cries."
Upon hearing this, Zhi'er buried her face in Wei's arms, feeling embarrassed. She didn't want to keep crying, but she couldn't control herself.
Looking at Rui Ge'er, who was so thoughtful and considerate at such a young age, Wei felt a pang of regret.
She had considered bringing Zhi'er and Rui'er together, since she had watched Rui'er grow up and knew him well.
Regarding this matter, Pei Rujing said she would wait until the children grew up and see what they thought. Although she didn't agree, at least there was still a chance.
Wen Zongji flatly refused, and found several cases in the Shuntian Prefecture files to illustrate that the probability of problems arising from children born to cousins was far higher than that of other children.
Although this kind of thing is not guaranteed to happen.
But as long as there's a chance of it happening, they don't dare to gamble.
Thus, Wei's idea died in the womb.