Chapter 338 - First Visit to the Prince Jings Estate (1/2)

Princess Consort Jing jokingly scolded, “Stinky brat, you dared to threaten your lady mother. Be careful of your lord father spanking your bottoms!! Alright, Lady Mother understands. I will send your younger cousin back as soon as possible.”

Looking at her youngest son’s broad and straight back, Princess Consort Jing’s heart was filled with emotions. Her son had finally grown up. He could gradually control his emotions without being affected by the negative energy that he perceived. Didn’t her son appear quite cunning and amusing with his childish ‘threat’ earlier?

Early the next day, Jiang Zixian missed another opportunity at the dining table again. Her aunt told her that Older Brother Yang had gone out early in the morning. Was Older Brother Yang really this busy? He must be avoiding her! She refused to accept this. With her beautiful appearance, alluring figure, and excellent schemes, there was no way that she couldn’t get Royal Prince Yang!!

In the main courtyard’s parlor room of the General’s Estate, Yu Xiaocao carried the chubby Little Linlin with slight difficulty to the dining table. She looked strangely at Royal Prince Yang, who sat calmly at the table, and joked, “Young Royal Prince, could it be that the breakfast at the Prince Jing’s Estate doesn’t suit your taste so you’re bumming a meal at our General’s Estate?”

“This child, is that how you should speak to Royal Prince Yang?” Lady Fang glared at her in disapproval, and then smiled at Royal Prince Yang, “This lass is used to speaking casually, so please don’t take it to heart.”

Zhu Junyang’s gaze didn’t even shift as he nodded seriously and said, “The chef in the Prince Jing’s Estate is definitely not as skilled as Xiaocao.”

Yu Xiaocao rolled her eyes at him and said, “Who are you coaxing? You think I don’t know that your family’s chef came from a family of imperial chefs. His culinary skills are even higher than that of the chefs at Zhenxiu Restaurant. Heh heh… are you hiding here because you can’t endure the attention of the beauty?”

Zhu Junyang looked at her, raised his eyebrows, and said, “Can’t endure the attention of the beauty? Where did you learn such an impudent remark? It’s enough to just mention it here in this parlor room, lest other people heard you and say that the young miss of the general’s household acts in an undignified manner!”

Yu Xiaocao curled her lips, made a funny face at him, and said, “Since you’re evading the topic of our discussion, I must have guessed correctly!! Who would have thought that the young royal prince has the potential of being ‘a handsome man who causes calamity’ ah!”

Seeing that she was speaking more and more outrageously, Lady Fang patted her shoulders twice and said, “What ‘a handsome man who causes calamity’? I have only heard of ‘a beauty who causes calamity’! Why do you have so many weird phrases in your brain? Cao’er, if you continue to speak so recklessly, I will invite a senior palace servant to teach you some proper etiquette!”

“There’s no need, right? I have a new project, so I need to go back to Dongshan Village in two days…” Yu Xiaocao’s face instantly turned pale. When she heard about a senior palace servant teaching her manner, she thought of the scene of the ugly old palace servant pricking the female lead with needles in My X Princess [1].

Zhu Junyang thought of those noble young ladies who all seemed as if even their breathing were calculated. They all seemed to be exactly the same, which was extremely boring. Hence, he said, “Actually, Xiaocao is very good right now. She’s carefree like a little wild horse, so there’s no need to restrict her.”

Yu Xiaocao blinked her eyes at the young royal prince and nodded in agreement, “Yes, that’s right! I think that those so-called noble young ladies are all really fake, like they’re wearing masks. They’re not living in an unrestrained and free manner at all, so there’s nothing to be envious about.”

Lady Fang also felt that her daughter’s temperament was pretty good and was just somewhat eccentric at times. She thought about it and said, “After this year’s autumn harvest and when it isn’t as busy at home, you come to the capital again. I’ll teach you how to engage in social activities and some etiquettes of interaction. You should also know some of the rules of the imperial palace. There’s nothing bad with learning a little more!”

Zhu Junyang nodded and said, “Mhm, that works!”

Yu Xiaocao lowered her head to look at Little Linlin’s chubby hands and thought, ‘We can think about the matters in autumn when it’s autumn.’ The project that she had in mind should be implemented by autumn. At that time, she could just come up with another excuse to avoid coming again!

Little Linlin, who was nestled within his older sister’s hands, saw the fish porridge in front of himself. His eyes immediately lit up, and he stared at the bowl of porridge without blinking. He patted Yu Xiaocao’s arm with his plump little hands and mumbled, “Eat, eat…”

Little Linlin, who was almost one year old, had begun to learn to speak. Lady Fang never expected that she had taught him to say ‘father’ and ‘mother’ for such a long time, but her son’s first word ended up being ‘eat’! He would definitely grow up to be a foodie.

Seeing the skinny Yu Xiaocao holding a chubby baby and her fair hands had turned red from the patting, Zhu Junyang felt somewhat displeased in his heart, “Isn’t there a wet nurse? Why are you always taking other people’s jobs? Would they be able to take their wages with ease?”

The wet nurse, who stood on the side, sweated profusely within her heart. She quickly tried to take the young master back, but Little Linlin didn’t cooperate. ‘Older Sister’s embrace is so comfortable ah. It’s fragrant and soft. Older Sister feeds me yummy food. I don’t want the wet nurse: I want Older Sister!!’ Little Linlin desperately pushed away the wet nurse’s hands, and anxiously cried, “No, no!!”

Zhu Junyang stood up. With his hands under the little guy’s armpits, Zhu Junyang picked him up and stuffed him into the wet nurse’s hands. Little Linlin kicked his chubby little legs, but when he turned and saw the dark-faced royal prince, he pouted in fright. He turned his body and looked in the direction of Yu Xiaocao, “Sister! Sister——”

Lady Fang felt sad in her heart. She took her son and carried him in her embrace. She tapped his small nose and said, “You little heartless fellow. Your older sister has only come for two days, yet you already got bribed by her tasty food. I have taught you to say ‘mother’ for so long, but you still haven’t learned it. However, you can say ‘sister’ quite clearly ah!”

Linglong laughed on the side, “Madam, this shows that Young Miss and Young Master are fated. You should be very happy that they have such a deep sister-brother relationship.”