Jing Xingzhi’s Daily Life in Ancient Times

A few days later.

At the palace entrance.

Li Jiading walked in front, while Li Jiafu followed behind with shorter legs than Li Jiading.

Feeling that he couldn’t keep up, Li Jiafu jogged two steps to match Li Jiading’s pace.

Li Jiading frowned when he heard the pace quicken but still slowed down a little.

Li Jiafu felt that he could keep up with his third brother without running and smiled happily.

“Third, third brother, take a carriage. Junior uncle’s house is far away!” Li Jiafu reminded Li Jiading.

Li Jiading nodded and said nothing.

Only Li Jiafu, who rarely left the palace, felt the need to mention such a trivial matter. He already knew it.

The two walked to the carriage.

Li Jiading’s serving eunuch took two steps forward and opened the curtain for the two princes in advance.

As for Li Jiafu’s serving eunuch, he was not very old and was a little afraid of the cold-faced third prince, so he did not dare to get too close. He thought that after the third prince got on the carriage, he would pick up the fourth prince.

Li Jiafu’s eunuch watched eagerly, but Li Jiading noticed that he didn’t come forward. He picked up Li Jiafu impatiently and placed him in the carriage.

Li Jiafu got on the carriage in a daze, and after sitting down, he thanked Li Jiading, “Thank you, thank you, third brother.”

Li Jiafu expressed his gratitude but suddenly remembered that he had been caught by his third brother while crying, and his face turned red with embarrassment. It was so embarrassing that he was still crying at such an old age.

Li Jiading said nothing and took out a book to read intently.

Li Jiafu enthusiastically opened the curtain and looked out, feeling curious. He thought that when his junior uncle saw him coming to the door again, he would be very happy!

Li Jiafu could sense that his junior uncle liked him very much.

Well, he also liked his junior uncle, but he preferred the unborn little brother.

The little brother was younger than him, so he could play with him when he was born.

And the junior uncle was a grown-up, so busy that he had no time to look at him even after entering the palace.

In Li Jiafu’s expectant eyes, the carriage soon arrived at the gate where he had come last time.

Li Jiafu pointed to the door and said to Li Jiading, “Here. It’s right here! I’ve been here before.”

When the carriage came to a stop, Li Jiafu reached out to the eunuch serving him first and was carried off the raised carriage shaft.

Li Jiading got off the carriage behind him, his face still calm.

He thought that if he hadn’t seen Li Jiafu crying miserably, he wouldn’t have been interested in coming here.

He let the concierge go in and tell the master that the two brothers were waiting outside the door.

Jing Xingzhi heard that two brothers had come to visit, one named Li Ding and the other Li Fu. He almost didn’t know they were the princes; Li Jiading and Li Jiafu.

He was a little surprised. “Is it possible that they missed me? The fourth child came running, and the third child came too.”

Liu Fang pushed him. “You haven’t gone to them up yet. They are standing at the door. It wouldn’t be good to be recognized by others.”

There were many civil servants and officials in the place where they lived, and it was impossible to say that they had actually met Li Jiading and Li Jiafu. If something happened then, it would be trouble.

Jing Xingzhi nodded and went out to pick up the two brothers.

Holding Li Jiafu in his left hand, Jing Xingzhi asked Li Jiading on his right, “Your Highness, why are you here?”

Li Jiading’s lips straightened instantly. He looked toward Jing Xingzhi and found that the fourth prince was still holding his hand.

‘Little brother…why are you so clingy?’

Li Jiading felt a little unhappy and almost wanted to turn around and leave. He held back his temper and said, “The fourth prince is coming. He is too young. Father asked me to accompany him.”

“Oh, that’s it. The Third Highness is here to have fun, you can have a light meal with us. I brought a Hanbei cook here who can make authentic Hanbei cuisine. Let’s try it.”

After Jing Xingzhi greeted Li Jiading, he turned around, lowered his head, and pinched Li Jiafu’s cheeks familiarly. “I haven’t pinched him for a few days. Junior uncle has been thinking about it.”

Li Jiafu tried his best to keep a straight face and looked up at Jing Xingzhi. “Liar, liar. You’ve been to the imperial palace, and you didn’t see me there!”

“Junior uncle can’t wander around in the palace, and it won’t be convenient on any given day. There’s a reason why I didn’t come to you, so don’t be angry.”

Jing Xingzhi’s mind ached when he thought about the silent war between the two women that day.

It hadn’t been easy for him to run away that day. He had no time to see Li Jiafu. He didn’t know where the news Li Jiafu had come from, he even knew that he had been to the palace.

“My wife is inside. Let’s go meet him first,” Jing Xingzhi said, leading the two little ones into the house.

When the three of them entered the room, Liu Fang was holding two small red purses in his hand. He looked at Jing Xingzhi, one on the left and one on the right, and smiled. It felt like he saw a teacher taking care of his students.

“I’ve met my aunty,” Li Jiading said first.

Li Jiafu followed suit, “I’ve seen you, junior… junior aunty.”

After speaking, Li Jiafu frowned unhappily. He had almost gotten one word right, but he had said one more word, which made him a little dissatisfied.

Liu Fang already knew the situation of the two of them and smiled sheepishly. “I am the one who should be greeting. It’s not convenient because my belly is too big, so I have to let you do it first. I have met His Highness the Third and the Fourth Highness.”

Both parties just held hands as a gesture, without making any big bow. Liu Fang relaxed when he saw the salutes.

After the two highnesses nodded, Liu Fang started stuffing his purses, one for each person, as a greeting gift.

Jing Xingzhi saw it and touched his nose.

It turned out that as an elder, he had to give out gifts, but he had completely forgotten about it.

Li Jiading collected the purse and put it in his arms. Li Jiafu happily hung it on his waist.

After the purse was hung up, Li Jiafu looked at Liu Fang’s belly eagerly, as if he wanted to touch it.

He looked obedient, and Liu Fang glanced at Jing Xingzhi. When Jing Xingzhi nodded, Liu Fang waved to Li Jiafu to rub his belly.

He didn’t know if it was a coincidence, but when Li Jiafu went to touch it, the baby in Liu Fang’s belly moved, which made Li Jiafu extremely happy!

‘My little brother really likes me,’ Li Jiafu thought happily until he was about to leave after eating and drinking.

They walked out of the gate and got on the carriage.

Li Jiading didn’t know why, but he felt that he was quite rude, and he really shouldn’t have eaten the last bowl of rice at noon.

He caught a glimpse of Li Jiafu’s smiling face and inexplicably stretched out his hand to pinch it.

Li Jiafu was even more confused this time, “???”

Li Jiafu looked at Li Jiading with wide eyes and asked with his big round eyes, “Third brother, what are you doing?”

Li Jiading was very calm, thinking that it felt really good, and calmly solved Li Jiafu’s doubts, “Don’t cry next time, you know?”

Li Jiafu nodded first, then blinked and said strangely, “Third brother, why are you pinching my face?!”

‘I’m not crying now; why are you pinching my face?’

Li Jiading couldn’t calm down any longer. He secretly turned red at the base of his ears and squeezed out two words, “There is ashes.”

“Oh.”

Li Jiafu touched his face and continued to lift the curtain to look at the scenery outside without caring.

Just pinch it; just think of it as thanking third brother. If the third brother had not gone to tell his father, he wouldn’t have been able to get out.

Li Jiafu didn’t believe that there was dust. He had just washed his face and gone out to take the carriage, okay? He just stuttered, not stupid.

It was the third brother who acted strangely. He had said he didn’t want to come but had eaten four bowls of rice at noon, as if his father was starving him.

Was it possible that even the third brother didn’t have enough to eat? An idea popped into Li Jiafu’s mind.

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Time flew by like a fleeting moment, and it was March in the blink of an eye.

Spring was here.

Before dawn, Jing Xingzhi and Wu Mingrui got into the carriage together and headed out to take the exam.