Xie Yaoqing glared at his third brother and said, "Third brother, shut up, or else our eldest brother will hear you. He will be tempted to beat you to death, and I won't be able to help you then."

You know, my eldest brother is a real talented person. He is proficient in classics, history, poetry and songs. It can be said that he knows everything about astronomy and geography. If my niece can be as smart as my eldest brother, he will definitely feel very pleased.

But if I do the same with my third brother, I'm afraid my eldest brother will be very depressed. The "glorious deeds" of my third brother, who had driven away one teacher after another over the years, must not be repeated on my little niece.

Xie Yichen shrank his neck, but still said stubbornly: "Humph, what's so great about Big Brother? I'm not afraid of him."

Although he had to admit that he was indeed not as good as his elder and second brothers in terms of literary talent, but when it came to martial arts, he absolutely dared to pat his chest and claim that he was the best. If he claimed to be second, no one in the family would claim to be the best.

Hearing this, Xie Yaoqing looked at him with a half-smile, "Oh? Third brother, are you sure? Aren't you afraid of the eldest brother?"

Xie Yichen suddenly became a little unsure, and stammered: "Uh... well... I'm not so sure..."

Xie Siyan said to Xie Yaoqing in a low voice: "Aunt, Third Uncle lied to you. He is actually afraid of Dad."

This is not nonsense, but Xie Siyan saw it with his own eyes. Once, Xie Siyan witnessed the whole process. At that time, Xie Yichen did something wrong and angered Xie Yiming. The two chased each other in the yard for a long time. In the end, Xie Yichen was punished by the family law and was beaten with a stick.

From then on, Xie Siyan no longer believed in his third uncle's words so firmly.

Especially when Xie Yichen was praising his sister for the poems she had memorized in various ways, if it weren't for the consideration of being an elder, Xie Siyan simply couldn't help but want to complain.

Fortunately, I am not like my third uncle.

He thought that as long as one of him and his sister looked like his third uncle, it would be enough. It would be best if they didn't look like anyone else.

After all, Uncle San's poetry is only at the level of "one piece, two pieces, three or four pieces, five, six, seven, eight, nine or ten pieces", which is no different from those messy doggerel.

Xie Siyan even began to suspect that the doggerel that his sister was reciting might have been taught by his uncle. After all, when had the teachers in the school ever taught such a messy doggerel?

Xie Yaoqing knew much more about the fact that the third brother was afraid of the eldest brother than his nephew. It has always been like this since they were young. The eldest brother has always been the most majestic one among all the brothers and sisters.

Naturally, the whispers of the aunt and niece did not escape Xie Yichen's sharp ears. People who practice martial arts usually have very good hearing.

He didn't expect that the image of himself in his nephew's mind would be like this. He didn't feel majestic or impressive at all. Xie Yichen couldn't help but say "Hey", then walked over with big strides, and picked up the little guy who was saying bad things about him, and dangled him in the air.

"You little brat, you actually dare to look down on your uncle. Humph! Come on, let's go practice martial arts with me. Your father is not at home right now, so as your uncle, I have to accompany you to practice. The children of our mansion must be good at both civil and military affairs! Even if you plan to take the imperial examination in the future, you still need to have a strong physique."

"Aunt, aunt, save me."

Xie Siyan had a bitter face, and his whole body revealed his resistance to martial arts training. Although his uncle seemed careless on weekdays, he would become extremely strict once martial arts training was involved.

Xie Yichen looked at Xie Siyan's pitiful appearance and couldn't help but burst into laughter, his laughter full of pride and arrogance.

"Want to ask your aunt for help? Boy, you are wrong. Your aunt also supports you to learn martial arts."

In fact, Xie Yaoqing did think that learning martial arts was a good thing. After all, even her elder brother did not object, so what reason did she have to object?

So, faced with her eldest nephew's request for help, she could only sigh helplessly.

Seeing that there was no hope for help, Xie Siyan, who was flapping his short legs, had no choice but to accept reality. In the end, he was dragged out of the room by his petty uncle and forced to practice martial arts.

As he is still young, Xie Siyan has only learned some basic Kung Fu, such as horse stance, etc. These seemingly simple movements actually lay a solid foundation for the future.

After the eldest nephew passed away, there was still a little niece. The little niece was so soft and cute that Xie Yaoqing would rather spend more effort to hold the little girl in her arms, coax her with soft words, bring her cakes, pour her hot tea, and patiently feed her mouthful by mouthful.

Watching her little niece eating with gusto, Xie Yaoqing couldn't help but feel a strong sense of accomplishment and satisfaction in her heart, thinking: It's so good to raise a child!

If only her eldest sister-in-law was still alive, she would definitely go to her sister-in-law to ask for a child. She is not greedy, as long as she has a nephew and a niece, her eldest brother and sister-in-law can give birth to more lovely nephews and nieces.

Half an hour later, Xie Yichen came back with a happy face, but behind him was a dejected and listless little guy.

"Aunt, Uncle San is bullying children!"

Xie Siyan ran to Xie Yaoqing angrily to complain, and kept gesturing with his hands, "This is how he bullies me... hum... ha..."

His flustered movements looked like he was boxing, and there was no rules to his boxing at all.

Since Xie Siyan was imitating his third uncle, it was not difficult to infer that Xie Yichen must have practiced boxing in front of him before, so he followed suit.

At this time, Xie Yichen was in a good mood, so he asked with a smile: "Just tell me whether Third Uncle is powerful or not?"

The answer was of course affirmative. Xie Siyan nodded vigorously, his bright eyes fixed on his third uncle. He clenched his little fists and made bold statements with a serious look on his face.

"I will be more powerful than Third Uncle! Just wait, Third Uncle, I will defeat you one day."

Hearing this, Xie Yichen raised his eyebrows and gladly accepted the challenge: "Okay, then Third Uncle, I'll be waiting for you."

Seeing the energetic interaction between the uncle and nephew, Xie Yaoqing at the side could not help but laugh, with the corners of his mouth still curled up.

The smile on Xie Yaoqing's face gradually faded only when the two little ones happily ran to the corridor to watch the snow scene. However, the smile in her eyes remained, and her gaze almost always stayed on her nephew and niece.

Xie Yichen didn't want to speak at first. After all, it was really embarrassing and awkward to talk about such things.

But at this moment, there was no outsider in the room, and seeing Xie Yaoqing's love for his nephews and nieces was beyond words, he finally decided to ask clearly.

"That... uh..."

Xie Yichen spoke hesitantly, but didn't know how to express his problem. He felt that no matter what he said, it would make people feel extremely embarrassed.

Xie Yaoqing looked at him in confusion, and asked, "Which one? Third brother, what do you want to say? Just say it directly. Is there anything that cannot be said between us brothers and sisters?"

Xie Yichen gritted his teeth, put on a desperate look, and said: "There are rumors outside that the current emperor is in poor health. I want to know whether this rumor is true or false? Is the emperor... really not well?"

After saying this, Xie Yichen looked at Xie Yaoqing nervously, waiting for her answer.

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