At the Princess Mansion.
"Mother, where are we going?" Shen Baozhu skipped along behind Princess Jingning, carrying a small basket.
Today she was dressed in a canary - yellow outfit. From afar, she looked like a wobbly little duckling.
Princess Jingning handed a veiled hat to Shen Baozhu. "Baozhu has been very good these days and didn't sneak any pastries. So Mother is going to reward you with a gift. Put on the veiled hat first."
Hearing about the gift, Shen Baozhu got excited. "Is this veiled hat my gift? I like it so much!"
The gift - loving Shen Baozhu put the hat on her head with her left hand. But since the hat was a bit big and she was using only one hand, it tilted to the left. The thin veil of the hat stuck to her face. She shifted the basket from her right hand to her left and then tried to adjust it with her right hand. But she over - adjusted, and the hat tilted to the right...
Dragon King: [Hahaha! After adjusting for so long, the hat is still crooked.]
Lin Yu: [Baozhu can give the basket to her mother so that she can use both hands to adjust the hat.]
Shen Baozhu was so focused on the hat that she forgot about the basket. With Lin Yu's reminder, it was as if a light had dawned on her. "Right! I have Mother. I can ask Mother for help!"
With Princess Jingning's help, the veiled hat finally sat properly on Shen Baozhu's head.
This was Shen Baozhu's first veiled hat. She reached out and touched the thin gauze, asking curiously, "Mother, why is there a circle of cloth around the hat?"
"It's for sun protection and dust prevention." Princess Jingning smiled and led Shen Baozhu into the carriage.
Today, the senior maid attending Princess Jingning was Hongshen. Hongshen took out two veiled hats from behind, one for Princess Jingning and one for herself.
Shen Baozhu lifted the veil and looked over curiously. "There are patterns on it. Why don't I have any?"
Hongshen pointed to the back of Shen Baozhu's hat. "Little Princess, your veiled hat was embroidered by Concubine Yun herself. And there's a nice... duck embroidered on the back?"
Most of Shen Baozhu's clothes were made by Concubine Yun. Even if she didn't make them herself, she would still take a look at them. Yesterday, Princess Jingning suddenly decided to take Shen Baozhu to the manor outside the city.
But the manor was very windy and sandy, so Princess Jingning thought about buying a veiled hat for Shen Baozhu. She originally wanted to ask Concubine Yun to choose one together, but unexpectedly, Concubine Yun had already embroidered one, which happened to come in handy.
Princess Jingning took off Shen Baozhu's veiled hat and pointed to the fluffy little yellow duck on it. "Hongshen, look. Doesn't this duck look like Baozhu?"
Shen Baozhu looked at the little yellow duck on the hat and then looked down at her own clothes. It really did seem a bit similar.
Dragon King: [Of course it does! They're both yellow and cute. They're practically identical!]
Dragon King: [Princess's gift shouldn't be this veiled hat, right? What is she going to give the little cutie?]
Seeing the Dragon King starting to inquire about Princess Jingning's gift, Lin Yu secretly felt lucky that he had good luck and the Dragon King had used up his number of messages. Otherwise, if the Dragon King saw the little golden dragon modeled after him, he would definitely be hopping mad.
The Dragon King was right. Princess Jingning's gift was not the veiled hat. She helped Shen Baozhu hold the hat. "Mother will hold it for you. Put it on when we get there."
"Your gift is a very, very big manor. Big Brother, Second Brother, and Third Brother don't know about it yet. So Baozhu and Mother have to be quiet. We can't let them find out, or they won't have a surprise."
Although Shen Baozhu didn't quite understand why her gift couldn't be known by her brothers, she was an obedient child and believed that her mother wouldn't lie to her. "Okay!"
Even by carriage, it took a long time. Hongshen took out a few toys from the carriage to amuse Shen Baozhu.
Shen Baozhu casually picked up a Luban Lock and suddenly thought of her eldest brother. She felt a bit sad. "Mother, when will Big Brother come back? I miss him."
Hongshen said in surprise, "It's rare for the little princess to miss the eldest young master. I must write a letter to tell him. He will surely come back quickly."
Dragon King: [Does the little cutie like the idiot so much? I thought she didn't like him!]
Lin Yu: [Baozhu loves Heqing very much. After all, after Heqing came back, Baozhu has to get up early to read and practice calligraphy.]
Dragon King: [Not only that, but she also has to recognize characters and recite ancient texts. She can't be distracted. If she's caught being distracted, she has to copy a large - character calligraphy sheet.]
Even the Green Cloud True Man could chime in. [Since Shen Heqing found out that Baozhu has a photographic memory, he's started teaching her to write poems and read the Four Books and Five Classics.]
[The three brothers all lull their sister to sleep. Shen Danqing tells stories to Baozhu, Shen Haiyan explains military books, but only Shen Heqing reads annotations and essays.]
Dragon King: [I heard that after the idiot lulls the little cutie to sleep, he goes back to read books for a while.]
Lin Yu summarized. [Heqing not only forces Baozhu to study, but he also studies harder himself. For Baozhu to be looking forward to Heqing's return, she really loves this brother.]
Looking at the subtitles in mid - air, Shen Baozhu nodded silently. After thinking for a while, she looked up. "Aunt Hongshen, Baozhu thinks Big Brother's business is more important. We shouldn't bother him!"
Hongshen was taken aback. "Then I won't write the letter?"
Hearing this, Shen Baozhu nodded her head repeatedly. "Right, right, right. We won't write the letter."
Dragon King: [Hahaha, where's the sibling affection between the little cutie and the idiot?]
Shen Baozhu patted her stomach. "Baozhu ate it."
Dragon King: [Hahaha.]
Amidst the laughter, the carriage finally arrived at the manor gate.
Princess Jingning first put the veiled hat on Shen Baozhu. At Shen Baozhu's strong request, she moved the part with the little yellow duck to the front so that Shen Baozhu could see the little duck all the time.
The manor was very big, and it was also Princess Jingning's gift to Shen Baozhu.
Knowing that Princess Jingning's gift was the manor, the Dragon King finally felt relieved.
There was a big mansion in the manor, and there was a room for Shen Baozhu in it. This was also the reason why Princess Jingning asked them to keep it a secret.
The biggest courtyard in the middle was Shen Baozhu's. It was full of layers and had many rooms. Shen Baozhu could run from one end to the other.
Measuring the size of the courtyard with her steps, Shen Baozhu's little face was flushed. "Mother, this courtyard is so big! It's bigger than my previous courtyard. No, it's much bigger than Mother's courtyard. Qiuqiu and I can play here!"
Princess Jingning led Shen Baozhu inside. The bedroom was divided into two spaces by a screen, and the bed was extremely large, big enough for Shen Baozhu to roll around on.
"Baozhu can bring Qiuqiu here to live. This bed is big enough for both of you." Princess Jingning also showed Shen Baozhu other places.
"There are several rooms beside this. Miaochun, Ruxia, Yutang, and Qiuqiu can all live here. In the future, when Baozhu makes new friends, they can also live here."
Shen Baozhu counted the people and felt something was wrong. "Qiuqiu, Sister Yutang... Where will Brother Mingli live? Will he still live with Big Brother?"