Dragon's Breath

  Cai Wei nodded with a smile all over her face; "Don't worry, old lady, other things can be let go, but the matter of the fourth prince is something we dare not take lightly. This is the empress's only child, and even if I had the courage, I wouldn't dare to mess around. The empress heard that the young masters' bodies are always healthy, she was delighted, and must see them, also to bring good fortune to the fourth prince."

  The old lady nodded and said, "Don't mention these two little guys, they are quite sturdy and have a good physique."

  All the way, the old lady kept asking her daughter Jingfei about various things in detail, afraid that her daughter would only report good news and not bad news, so she could only inquire from people around her to see if there was anything that her natal family could do to help, pitifully showing a mother's concern.

  She arrived at the gate of the palace and was eager to step out of the hall, but then turned around and went back in, without greeting them. Once inside the palace, she would be the mistress, and even if it were a family reunion, they would still have to pay their respects. Jingfei couldn't bear the thought of her elderly mother having to bow down in front of the eunuchs and palace maids, so she went back inside instead.

  After entering the temple gate, Cai Wei opened the temple gate and stood at the entrance not far away, guarding it as usual. In this way, the mother and daughter could talk about their private affairs without being suspected by others. Of course, no one would be foolish enough to close the door while talking.

  The old lady led her daughter-in-law and Li Shi to kneel down to Jing Fei, "I pay my respects to Princess Jing." She said, about to bow her head in courtesy.

  Jing Fei quickly got up from her chair and took a few swift steps to block her mother's path. Her voice was choked with emotion as she said, "Mother, please get up quickly. There is no need for such courtesy among family members."

  The old lady didn't force herself anymore and stood up with the momentum. She looked at Jing Fei carefully and saw that her complexion was still good and she didn't look tired. She felt a little relieved in her heart. "Your Highness, have you been well these days? As soon as we heard that you summoned us, we rushed in."

  Jing Fei hadn't seen her mother, sister-in-law and younger sister for a long time either. She was extremely homesick, her eyes welling up with tears as she gazed at them, reluctant to look away. With a mix of laughter and tears, she nodded and said, "Mother, don't worry about me, I'm doing very well. With the Crown Prince here, I haven't been mistreated. The Emperor comes to visit me every month for several days, and even when he's busy during the day, he'll come over to sit with me for a bit. Please be at ease, Mother."

  The old lady heard this and knew that her daughter had not lost favor, slightly relieved to nod, "Well, then I can rest assured."

  "This must be your sister's child, come here and let me take a look, they really do look good, go see if the young master has finished school yet, they're all relatives after all, can't not meet them"; Consort Jing smiled brightly, stretched out her hand to hold Qi Ge in her arms, also ordering someone to place Wan Yu on the side of the bed, constantly sizing up the two children. The two children's facial features were still not fully developed, because they looked almost identical, it was hard to tell them apart, making Consort Jing love them more and more as she looked at them.

  Especially Yuanyu and Qige are well-raised, with a fair and tender complexion, obviously very healthy children. Jingfei also has the fourth prince, but when she was young, she was not as healthy and had good skin tone as Yuanyu and Qige, so she also favors these children a bit more.

  "Look at your sister, so clever, raising the child so well." Jing Fei spoke with a face full of envy, hugging Qi Ge and not wanting to let go, kissing him again and again, loving him to distraction.

  Qige and Wanyu are lovely and clever, with sweet mouths like honey; "Sister is beautiful." Wanyu deliberately pretended to be silly and shouted the wrong generation in front of Jingfei.

  But Jing Fei was not only not angry, but instead laughed happily with a smile, her eyebrows and eyes showing delight. "Ah, my mother, this child is really something, truly a clever ghost, how can your mouth be so sweet? You should call me Auntie, haha!" She leaned over and kissed Yuwen's face, her words filled with warmth and closeness.

  Wan Yu's face turned red as she whispered, "Auntie is beautiful, like a painting...". She didn't fully express herself, but the meaning was clear to everyone.

  Jing Fei smiled and said to Li Shi: "You've actually raised two little rascals!"

  Mr. Li also smiled and looked at Yuwen's eyes, which were filled with joy and indulgence. "These two children are still a bit honest, but Yuwen is the most mischievous and clever. During the New Year, they went to pay their respects to their elders at home. Yuwen had Qi Ge walk in front of her and make a bow, while she held a purse behind him to collect money. Then, after the person left, she would divide some with Qi Ge. Oh my! Don't even mention how greedy she is!"

  The old lady and others couldn't help but burst out laughing, saying that their daughter was a little greedy for wealth.

  Just then a bright and clear voice came in, "What's the queen saying? She sounds so happy, let us join in on the fun too." A yellow-robed figure led a little boy walking into the room.

  The boy is about half a year older than Lige, extremely good-looking, especially his eyebrows and eyes are very bright and dynamic, with a few similarities to the emperor's.

  "Wishing Your Majesty good health and prosperity." Several people knelt down together to pay their respects.

  "Get up, I heard that your maternal relatives have arrived, come and join in the fun." The emperor smiled and let everyone get up, sat on the kang with Jing Fei and played with Qi Ge together.

  The fourth prince walked up to the old lady and said, "Grandma, are you well? I've missed you."

  "Ah, I miss the fourth prince too, wait till you're older and come play at my place." The old lady saw her grandson being so sensible and was extremely delighted, nodding repeatedly in agreement.

  Wanyu took advantage of everyone's inattention to carefully observe the emperor, who was at a prime age and extremely handsome, with a pair of sword-like eyebrows that exuded an air of authority. Wanyu quietly opened her heavenly eye to take a look and discovered that there was a purple aura swirling above the emperor's head, which made her heart excited beyond measure.

  She felt someone pulling her sleeve and turned around to find the Fourth Prince handing her a pastry with his sleeve still grasping hers. She noticed that the little boy's forehead also had a faint red cloud, not very obvious, but it was there, appearing and disappearing from time to time, indicating that he too had dragon energy, just not as strong as the Emperor's.

  Wan Yu took the pastry and fed it to Qi Ge, then winked at him, and the two climbed down from the kang and stood before the Emperor. Wan Yu was still a bit afraid of the Emperor - this was the real Dragon Descending from Heaven! But she was also very curious, gazing up at the Emperor with big, shining eyes.

  The emperor was quite surprised that for the first time he had children who were not afraid of him, except for the fourth prince, all the other children were very scared of his majesty, sometimes just a frown would make them cry, it felt very boring.

  He couldn't help but tease the two kids, "Whose children are you?"

  Qige didn't know what fear was and answered first

  "Let's go see the princess, of course it's Jing Fei's daughter who got married, you're really stupid." He spoke in a sweet and crisp tone, tilting his head with an expression that said "how can you be so stupid", looking very cute.

  Wan Yu couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh with a red face.

  The old lady and others were frightened to death, Li's face turned white with fear, this bear child actually dared to scold the emperor, really wanted to faint.

  Mr. Li was so frightened that he trembled with rage and scolded: "Qi Ge, what nonsense are you talking about? Wait till you get home, your old man will flay you alive!"

  Qige is most afraid of Murong Jin, after all the upbringing of boys and girls are different, it's just strict, so once mentioning Murong Jin he still feels scared.

  Qige was so scared that he shrunk his neck, couldn't help but look at his sister with pleading eyes, and slightly pouted his mouth with a wronged expression, thinking to himself "I didn't say anything".

  Wanyu was also afraid that the emperor would blame her brother, so she plucked up the courage to smile and pay respects to the emperor with a very soft and gentle voice, taking small steps to approach him, "You are the Emperor, I've never seen you before, you look really good when you grow up."

  The emperor was very interested and held back his laughter, lowering his head to ask her, "So, who's more handsome, me or your dad?"

  Wan Yu saw that he didn't seem angry, and her heart wasn't as afraid anymore. She said very seriously: "Although you're also very good-looking, I still think my dad is more handsome."

  "Oh, why is that?" The emperor was amused and teased his siblings.

  The empress quietly waved her hand at them, indicating that everything was fine, the emperor wasn't angry, which finally allowed the old lady to breathe a sigh of relief.

  "Because my dad gave me many good things, look at this jade pendant, the three of us siblings each have one, and you didn't give me anything, so I'm naturally on my dad's side, that's called helping relatives not outsiders." Yuanyu spoke with a self-righteous tone, the emperor's attitude was gentle and kind, she also dared to be more open.

  "Hahaha! It's so interesting, I never knew Manjusri had such an interesting child." The emperor laughed heartily with great amusement.

  Wan Yu saw him smile and asked: "Shall we play a guessing game? Guess who is the older brother and who is the younger sister?"

  Li covered her face with a helpless expression, and the old lady understood at a glance that this was probably a game often played by the children in the family, and twins would inevitably be teased like this.

  The emperor showed a hint of interest and said, "Oh, I'll take a guess."

  Wanyu was excited and circled around with Qige several times, changing positions multiple times, looking like they were seasoned players. After settling into their new positions, the two stood still, not saying a word, staring intently at the Emperor.

  The emperor was so stunned that he showed a look of surprise and suspicion, lowering his head to carefully distinguish between them, and if you didn't look closely, it would be really hard to tell who was who.

  But the emperor soon discovered the difference between boys and girls, and immediately recognized that Qi Ge was a boy, who had some differences with girls in some places.

  However, he didn't speak up and instead called the fourth prince over, "Rui Cheng, come here and see who's the older brother and who's the younger sister?" The emperor wanted to test his son's discernment.

  Ruichen walked over and almost without thinking, pulled Wenyu out with one hand, saying: "She's my sister."

  He said it in a very affirmative tone, without any hesitation. What he didn't say was that there was a faint fragrance on her body, which could be smelled when one got close to her.

  Wan Yu looked at Rui Cheng with great surprise and praised him without reservation: "Brother, you're so clever! They all had to guess for a long time." Her big eyes blinked repeatedly as she gazed at him, full of admiration.

  Rui Cheng's face turned slightly red with embarrassment, and he sat down on the kang to play by himself. Qi Ge saw the jade nine-linked ring in his hand and was very envious, but didn't dare approach him and instead went to look at Wan Yu. Wan Yu nodded, and only then did Qi Ge happily climb up onto the kang to play with Rui Cheng.

  The emperor found their sibling interaction very interesting, Yuanyu seemed to be like an elder sister leading Qi Ge, and Qi Ge's every move had to wait for his younger sister's cue, it was quite amusing.

  Wanyu didn't come here just to see the Emperor, she wanted to absorb the dragon's energy to heal her own body, so she plucked up the courage and climbed onto the Emperor's lap, face to face with him. "Why aren't you hugging me? I'll fall off! Can't you even hug? Ah, you're not as good as my dad, he can toss me high in the air, can you? My dad would let me ride on his shoulders, can you?" She raised her voice, a proud look on her face.

  Rui Cheng raised his head and gazed at Wan Yu and Qi Ge with a face full of envy, the loss in his eyes couldn't be suppressed, even though his mother had already been favored, but still hadn't ridden on the emperor's big horse.

  Wanyu leaned on the emperor's shoulder and quietly began to absorb the dragon energy. The emperor was in his prime, with vigorous dragon energy, so absorbing a little bit for herself would not have any impact on him, almost negligible.

  The emperor stiffly hugged Yuwen with his hands and feet, fearing that she would really fall down and get hurt. With a puzzled yet fresh tone, he asked: "Does your father still let you ride big horses?"

  "Huh? You know this game? I thought you didn't understand it." Yuwen said with an excited face.

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