Adhere to the gentleman's principles

"My Lord, the First Madam, the Second Madam, the Crown Prince and Commandant Xu have come to celebrate the Second Madam's birthday! They are waiting outside the house now!" said the housekeeper; Guangping Marquis Li Yin heard it and said, "Let them in!" "Yes!" Li Ziyan and Xu Wenhe entered the hall together, and the dancers stopped dancing and stepped aside! "My child greets my father, mother, and the Second Madam!"

"Nephew greets the Marquis, his wife, and the Second Madam!" Li Yin said, "Okay, okay, let's take a look! Didn't Yan'er Ke Jiu say that you were not feeling well and couldn't go back to the Marquis' Mansion? Why didn't you recuperate in the Imperial City Mansion? Are you feeling better now?"

Li Ziyan bowed and replied, "Father, the child is fine now. I thought my health has improved. The second wife is turning 45 this year and she is late in having a child, so I came to visit your house to show my care as a junior!"

As he spoke, he clapped his hands. The servants came in carrying a box. "Father, this is the birthday gift I sent to the Second Madam. It contains ten thousand year old human roots and Ganoderma lucidum, as well as medicine to nourish the fetus and body! After all, it is not easy to have a child at this age! You must take good care of yourself!"

Xu Wenhe smiled when she heard what Li Ziyan said, but the second lady, who was sitting in the lower row beside the first lady, was so angry that her face turned blue. She wanted to blame Li Ziyan, but every word Li Ziyan said was true, but every word hurt her heart! The second lady, Hu Yueer, said with a stiff face: "Thank you Ziyan for your generous gift. I will accept it!" The first lady, Xu Zhiwan, said: "Ziyan is thoughtful! Please take a seat quickly!"

The two of them took their seats and the dancers continued to dance. Xu Wenhe moved to the side of Li Ziyan and whispered, "Is this your way? It's too mean! Look how angry you made the Second Madam!"

Li Ziyan replied in a low voice: "What I said is also true. If you are pregnant at your age, you must take good care of yourself."

Xu Wenhe nodded and replied: "That's true!"

In the Crown Prince's Mansion, Crown Prince Zhao Nian was practicing martial arts in the courtyard. "Your Majesty!" The attendant saw Crown Princess Meng Xiangning holding tea and bowing. Meng Xiangning said, "Get up, Crown Prince, how long have you been practicing?"

The attendant replied, "Your Highness has been practicing for half an hour!"

Meng Xiangning put the tea on the table and waved, "You guys go down first!"

"Yes!"

At this time, a figure attacked Zhao Nian and started fighting with this figure. The servant wanted to step forward but was stopped by Meng Xiangning. Meng Xiangning watched the fight between the two with a smile, and when she looked closely, it was Zhao Junning!

The father and daughter fought for more than a hundred moves, and soon Zhao Junning's martial arts was slightly better than Zhao Nian, and the fight stopped!

"Father, how's it going after not seeing you for a year? I guess my martial arts skills have improved!" Zhao Junning said proudly.

Zhao Nian smiled helplessly, shook his finger and pointed at Zhao Junning and said, "Hahahaha, after not seeing you for a year, you still want to spar with your father as soon as they meet. But your kung fu has really improved a lot in this year. It seems that you have learned from Master Hongmei! Your internal strength has also become stronger!"

Zhao Junning smiled proudly but shyly and said, "Hehe, that's right!" Then she ran to Meng Xiangning like a child, took the Crown Princess' arm and said in a coquettish tone, "Mother, I miss you so much!"

Meng Xiangning poked Zhao Junning's head and said, "You missed me for a whole year and I haven't come back!"

Zhao Junning rubbed his forehead and said, "I'm back now! By the way, where's Junhao? Hasn't he come back yet?"

Zhao Nian said, "This morning, a message came saying that he was about to arrive at the imperial city. He should be back soon! You two siblings fight as soon as you meet. Why don't you think more about your father?"

Zhao Junning smiled and said, "No way! I miss both father and mother!" The three of them sat down and were about to chat about family matters.

Suddenly a dart flew over, but Zhao Junning glanced at it and threw it back. He turned around and walked into the yard to fight with a man. The man stabbed at Zhao Junning with a sword, but Zhao Junning easily caught the blade. The two looked at each other, and Zhao Junning raised an eyebrow and said, "How dare you sneak attack me, brat!"

As she spoke, she bent the sword towards the man. The man was frightened and let go of the hilt. Zhao Junning took the opportunity to grab the hilt and kicked the man to the ground. He jumped up again and the two began to fight. Meng Xiangning poured tea and filled four cups. Zhao Junning asked, "Is the tea full, mother?"

Meng Xiangning said, "It's full and waiting for you to drink!"

"Okay, I'll come right away!" As he spoke, he spun around and hit the man with his palm. The man stepped back a few steps against the palm force and stood firm. He looked at Zhao Junning, walked towards Meng Xiangning and said, "Mother, look, my sister always bullies me!"

Zhao Junning walked to his seat leisurely, sat down, took a sip of tea and said, "I bullied you? Zhao Junhao Oh, no, Your Highness Prince Nanyang, think carefully about the time when I came back and you attacked me? And I bullied you!"

Zhao Junhao was so angry that he sat down and took a sip of tea and said, "Weren't you arrested in Rucheng? Why are you back so soon?"

Zhao Junning then remembered what she wanted to say: "Have you arranged everything for the girl, her sister, and the other little girls?"

Zhao Nian and Meng Xiangning didn't understand and just listened to what the siblings said. Zhao Junhao said, "Of course I have arranged everything properly. How could I fail in my work? But you are so careless, big sister. You just gave your token to someone else! Here, I brought it back for you!"

Zhao Junning smiled and said, "With your temper, would you easily believe that girl if I didn't do this? Okay, okay, let's get down to business! Father is now the prime minister in the court and has the same status as you!" Zhao Nian asked, "What do you mean? What happened?"

Zhao Junning said, "This prime minister bribed the mayors of the major border cities to capture young men who had performed the coming-of-age ceremony, blacksmiths who knew how to forge iron, young girls, and martial arts families! I'm afraid they're going to start targeting you!"

Zhao Nian said: "Wang Luozhong is also dignified in the court. As an old minister who has assisted two generations of the royal family, I'm afraid his foundation has been laid firmly!"

Zhao Junning added, "However, father, you don't have to worry about Wang Luozhong who came down first. He doesn't dare to do anything wrong. The whole Dabian Kingdom is now in the hands of the emperor's younger brother, and the military power is in the hands of General Qin. If he wants to rebel, he will have to work hard!"

"Princess!" Gancao and Fuling came over when they heard that Zhao Junning had returned; Zhao Junning said, "Get up!"

Licorice and Poria said, "My princess, you are too reckless to go to Rucheng alone. If you encounter such a thing again in the future, please call us!"

Zhao Junning rubbed his forehead and said, "Okay, okay, I promise you! Now you two are my ancestors!" Licorice and Poria smiled at each other. Zhao Junning stretched and said, "Oh! It feels different to be home! It's so comfortable!"

Licorice and Poria asked in perfect agreement: "Since the princess feels comfortable at home, does she still plan to travel around the world?"

Zhao Junning answered without hesitation: "Of course I have to travel around the world! There are countless heroes in the world, and I can meet different powerful people and make friends. It's so comfortable! Although I eat better and sleep more comfortably at home, it's still not as fun as going out there!" Licorice and Poria laughed secretly!

"Stop, stop, stop. I was wondering why you are so aggressive in a competition! Competing with you is more tiring than crawling on ten mountains. I'm not going to compete anymore," Xu Wenhe complained while panting!

Li Ziyan said: "Your Kung Fu has regressed greatly!"

Xu Wenhe said, "I've regressed a lot? Who are you? The famous Ghost Hand King of Hell in the martial arts world, can I beat you? Next time you want to compete, find someone who is equally matched with you. I don't want to suffer this. It's embarrassing for a great captain to lose to you every time!"

"You still know that you can't beat Zi Yan! Didn't you love to brag in the past?" A young girl's voice came from behind the two of them!

Xu Wenhe looked at the girl and said, "Hey, Wang Aipao, why are you everywhere?"

"What do you mean Wang Ai Pao? My name is Wang Ningyi and you love to run! Besides, you have no right to stop me from being wherever I want to be! Ha!" Wang Ningyi said with both hands folded in front of her chest; Li Ziyan shook his head and looked at the two of them, Xu Wenhe said: "If you can't win, then run away, isn't that what Wang Ai Pao is! How could I be wrong!"

"You humph, I don't want to bother with you! Ziyan, this is something I made myself, it's delicious!" Wang Ningyi took the food basket from the maid and walked to Li Ziyan and handed it to him while her eyes were drifting to Xu Wenhe. Sure enough, Xu Wenhe came over, grabbed the food basket, opened it and said, "Let me try it for Ziyan to see if it's cooked!"

He bit off half of a cake and chewed it. Wang Ningyi chased Xu Wenhe and beat him while running. Wang Ningyi said, "Give it to me. This is not for you. This is for Ziyan. Who told you to eat it?" Xu Wenhe ran around Li Ziyan and said, "Ziyan, this cake is not delicious. I tasted it for you. It's terrible! You didn't even cook it well!"

Li Ziyan said: "Alright, alright, I'll accept this cake, it's so thoughtful!"

Wang Ningyi smiled and said, "Okay, if you think it tastes good, I'll make it for you next time!" She rolled her eyes at Xu Wenhe again! Xu Wenhe walked to Li Ziyan with his eyes wide open and said, "She, she, she, she, glared at me?"

Li Ziyan patted Xu Wenhe and said, "Okay, okay, let's go, give me the cake!" Xu Wenhe asked, "This is what Ning Yi gave you. Do you really want it?" Li Ziyan said, "I saved it for you!" Xu Wenhe asked again, "What about you?"

Li Ziyan said: "Don't you like her? And Ning Yi was looking at you just now, didn't you notice?" Xu Wenhe coughed and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? I like her? Wait, she really looked at me just now." Li Ziyan laughed!

"Hey! But how did you tell? Is it so obvious?" Xu Wenhe asked, and Li Ziyan replied: "Anyone who knows can tell by the look in her eyes!" "Then do you have someone you like?"

Li Ziyan thought about it and the corners of her mouth rose unconsciously. She recalled the girl who saved her when she first went to the palace when she was seven years old! The first time Li Ziyan went to the palace with the Marquis, she was wandering around the palace alone. Suddenly, a big beehive fell from a good maple tree and landed in front of Li Ziyan. Li Ziyan was so scared that he ran away. The wasps chased after him and ran. When they were about to catch up, a little girl took a torch and swept away the wasps. She sprinkled some potions and the wasps retreated. The little girl helped Li Ziyan, who was limp on the ground, up and said, "Are you okay?"

Little Li Ziyan was so frightened that he dared not speak. The little girl said, "Hey, you are not scared silly, are you? There are beehives everywhere in this palace. They are raised by the Imperial Hospital. How can you be so unlucky to run into the biggest nest!"

Little Li Ziyan recovered and quickly bowed to thank the little girl and said, "Thank you!" The little girl smiled and said, "You're welcome. You're stung by a sting. I need you to apply this on your hand every day and it will heal soon!"

"Princess, Princess, why are you here? His Highness and the Queen have been looking for you for a long time!" An eunuch came running over in a hurry, and the little girl followed the eunuch!

"Hey! What's wrong with you?" Xu Wenhe called out to the dazed Li Ziyan. Li Ziyan came back to his senses and said, "Yes, but I don't know if she still remembers me!" Xu Wenhe asked, "Isn't it the princess you met in the palace when you were a child?" Li Ziyan nodded, and Xu Wenhe said, "There are so many princes and princesses in our Great Bian Kingdom. I guess the one who saved you may have gone to marry a foreign prince!"

After hearing this, Li Ziyan said nothing more. Seeing that Li Ziyan was a little unhappy, Xu Wenhe said, "But that's just an estimate. Think about it, the princess is about the same age as you, around 15 or 16, and should not have married yet! Maybe you still have a chance!" Li Ziyan smiled again after hearing this!

"Princess, Master Qin and Miss Xing Hui are here!" Fuling ran into Zhao Junning's room and said. Zhao Junning had just finished practicing and put on her shoes and ran out happily after hearing it! "Xing Hui! I miss you so much!" Like a child, she ran and shouted to Yuan Xing Hui and hugged her. Yuan Xing Hui smiled and said, "I miss you so much, too!"

"Zhuoyuan, you're here too! Come on, let's sit down and talk!" The three of them walked to the pavilion and sat down! Qin Zhuoyuan said, "Lady Jun Ning, we've heard all your stories this year. You taught the bandit leader a lesson, pulled out Ye Hai's beard, taught the local hooligans a lesson, your medical skills are like Hua Tuo in the world, and you ruined the reputation of the martial arts arena in a martial arts competition! You're nicknamed the Miracle Doctor, but you always do things that have nothing to do with your nickname!"

Zhao Junning felt a little embarrassed after hearing this, Yuan Xinghui said, "Okay, okay, I think Junning is pretty amazing! Think about how many heroes in the martial arts world stay away when they hear her name. Those who are better at martial arts than her are not as smart as her, and of course no one is smarter than her. Now, in a year, she has learned the true teachings of Red Eyebrow Master. Just think about it, Red Eyebrow Master is the best in the world! Now our Junning is the famous Little Red Eyebrow in the martial arts world!"

The more Zhao Junning listened, the more embarrassed she felt, so she quickly interrupted him and said, "Alright, alright, alright, are you two here to see me or to scold me? Besides, the people I taught a lesson to were all oppressors of women, the elderly, and children! I'm eliminating harm for the people!"

Yuan Xinghui smiled and said, "Yes, yes, yes! But you came back so early this time? The emperor's birthday is still more than half a month away! According to your temper in previous years, you should have rushed back the night before his birthday!" Zhao Junning looked at the two of them and said, "I came back this time to deal with Wang Luozhong, the dog official!" Qin Zhuoyuan paused and asked, "Why?"

Zhao Junning said, "That bastard official has bribed all the city lords of the border, except General Xiahou of Rucheng!" Yuan Xinghui raised his voice and said, "What? What about my father?"

Zhao Junning patted Yuan Xinghui and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Yuan's Yongcheng is still fine! Besides, no matter how powerful Wang Luozhong is, he wouldn't dare to bribe General Yuan!"

Yuan Xinghui was relieved after hearing this: "That's good!" Zhao Junning said again: "But Wang Luozhong must be going to the Qin Mansion to lobby for Qin Shangshu!"

Qin Zhuoyuan said: "But since you can say it, you must be confident." Zhao Junning said: "Of course! How can Lord Qin not have confidence in our great Bian Kingdom's loyalty!"