Chapter 569 - The Prince Comes to the Mansion (2/2)

Long Tianyu suddenly lowered his eyes and looked hesitant.

“Since I have promised Concubine Xian, I will definitely keep my word. You don’t have to worry. Although our mansion is not as good as the Imperial Palace, at least the 10th prince will grow up safely here.”

Lin Mengya didn’t know how many secrets there were in the palace.

Even the father and son, and wife and husband would keep a secret from each other.

There were some questions that Lin Mengya would never ask. She knew that she would get to know what she should know sooner or later, and that Long Tianyu kept what she shouldn’t know from her for her good.

“Concubine Xian… Well, that’s what I should do.”

Lin Mengya only got a rough idea of Long Tianyu’s hesitating words.

Suddenly, Baizhi ran in, and her eyes glittered with surprise and joy.

“Your Highness, the prince, and princess, the 10th prince is here, and his wet nurse and teaching nanny are waiting for you outside.”

The 10th prince arrived just as Lin Mengya and Long Tianyu talked about him.

With a smile on her face, Lin Mengya stood up and followed behind Baizhi as she walked out of the courtyard.

As soon as she reached the outer courtyard, she saw many guards and people from the palace.

A boy was standing blankly in the crowd, looking expectantly into the inner courtyard with a timid expression.

When he saw Long Tianyu and Lin Mengya, his face brightened up a little, and he looked relaxed. He addressed them in a timid voice.

“Third Brother and Third Sister-in-law.”

The boy was dressed in a vermilion robe, and his hair was tied into a bun. He had a snow-white face and delicate facial features, looking very lovely.

He stood there, looking like a dumpling made of glutinous rice. Not to mention the girls in her courtyard, even those old maids all looked at the little prince with a joyful expression in the distance.

However, Long Yinghua, the little prince, was not accustomed to those fervent eyes.

The servants in the Imperial Palace all treated him either too respectfully or too coldly.

For a moment, he was at a loss as to how to respond to those people who were looking at him with curiosity and love and without any evil intentions.

Now that he saw his Third Brother and Third Sister-in-law, whom he was most familiar with, it was natural for him, a small child, to go to their side.

The smile on his face grew bigger.

Lin Mengya stretched out her arms and held this lovely little boy in her arms.

As she had lived in danger for so long, now only the innocent children could touch the softest part of her heart.

“Don’t be afraid. They’re all from your Third Brother’s mansion. Stay with me from now on, okay?”

Long Yinghua looked at the people around him and nodded obediently at Lin Mengya.

“You can leave now. This is the 10th prince, and he will live in our mansion from now on. Regard him as your master just like the prince and me. Don’t slight him, understand?”

There was a hint of fierceness in Lin Mengya’s eyes as she spoke, and all the servants immediately said yes.

Long Yinghua was still young and it wouldn’t be long before she went to the epidemic area with Long Tianyu. Therefore, she must warn the servants in advance so that she wouldn’t need to worry after she left.

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Lin Mengya believed that with Ms. Tian and her three maids there, no one in the mansion dared to bully Long Yinghua.

Lin Mengya went back to the Liuxin Courtyard holding the little boy in her arms. Ms. Tian, who liked children very much, had prepared a side room for him long ago.

Everything had been arranged well, even including the palace servants Long Yinghua brought with him.

Long Yinghua looked at his new room, but there was no surprise on his small face. Instead, it seemed that he had something on his mind.

“What’s wrong? Don’t you like this place?” Lin Mengya asked in a soft voice. She saw through the little boy.

The boy suddenly wrapped his arms around her neck and buried his face in her arms as he said in a muffled voice, “No, Third Sister-in-law. It’s just that I miss my mom so much.”

The boy sounded like he was about to cry in the next moment.

Lin Mengya suddenly sighed inwardly. “He was separated from his mother at such a young age, so it was natural that he couldn’t get used to it in a short time.”

Lin Mengya sat on the chair in the side room, holding the boy in her arms. Except for Ms. Tian and Baiji, other servants all stepped out of the room on their own.

“I understand how you feel now, but your mother only asked you to stay here for a couple of days. Maybe she has been too busy to take care of you recently. I’ll send you back after these days, okay?”

On hearing the words, the little boy finally lifted up his head from Lin Mengya’s arms with a bitter expression.

His big watery eyes were full of sparkling tears, but he didn’t let his tears fall.

It almost broke Lin Mengya’s heart when she saw how he managed to put up a front.

“My mother told me that the Crown Prince wanted to deal with her and me. She said I would be safe only when I was with you, and in this way, she would no longer worry about me. So I’ll stay in your mansion and be obedient, Third Sister-in-law.”