New Return of the Pearl: The Group's Pet Swallow Flies

Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

If the Emperor wanted to summon her two masters, he could have just done so directly. Why would he have to ask her?

I really don't understand.

Hongli coughed twice and said, "Ahem, Xiaoyanzi, you haven't been back for a long time. You should go back to Chengqian Palace to see your mother Yuhe first. She has been missing you day and night these days. Also, don't forget to pay your respects to the old Buddha and the queen."

Xiaoyanzi bowed respectfully and retreated with a faint smile on her face. Although she had less freedom back in the palace, it felt great to be back with her family.

Ziwei and the others also took their leave and left, following Xiaoyanzi to pay their respects to the Cining Palace.

As for what happened when Duanmu Qing and Huo Chengyue were summoned to the palace, that was not Xiaoyanzi's concern.

To show her respect, she first went to the Cining Palace to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager.

She was so exhausted that she didn't even have time to wash up and rest before running to several places. Although Xiaoyanzi felt tired, she was very happy in her heart.

In the Cining Palace, when the Empress Dowager learned that Xiaoyanzi had returned, she smiled and joked, "The palace is going to be lively again."

Although she said so, she actually dressed up early and waited for the girl to come and pay her respects. She didn't know if the girl had been wronged these days. She thought that as a grandmother, she had to show her love no matter what.

Not long after, Xiaoyanzi, Ziwei and the others came over noisily. As they got closer, their voices became quieter, but the old lady still heard some of them. She had a smile on her face, not angry.

Xiaoyanzi, Ziwei, Yongqi and Benjamin entered the Cining Palace together. They suddenly became a little reserved and greeted each other politely.

The old lady also asked Xiaoyanzi about what had happened in the past few days. Xiaoyanzi knew that she would have a lot to say today, so she asked for a cup of tea in advance. After drinking it, she recounted her experiences of the past few days word by word. Perhaps because she had talked too much, she now described her experiences vividly as if she was telling a story.

The old lady was stunned when she heard this. She thought Xiaoyanzi was so lucky. Fortunately, those people were not bad people, otherwise, who knows what would happen to this girl.

"It means that you are a lucky kid."

The old lady spoke in a soft voice with a smile in her eyes.

Xiaoyanzi chuckled and said, "Yes, I also think I am very lucky."

After saying that, he did not forget to wink at Ziwei, being very naughty.

Ziwei tapped her little head amusedly and said something naughty.

Yongqi, Benjamin and the others also watched them playing with smiles on their faces.

The old lady saw this and thought to herself that this little swallow really had great magical powers. She was always able to turn danger into safety and always made people happy about her.

Even those assassins could become her masters, which was really magical. However, such a child was her granddaughter, which showed that she was also very lucky.

Thinking of this, the smile on his face deepened a little.

Knowing that they still had to pay their respects to the Queen, he waved his hand and signaled them to leave.

Several people bowed respectfully and left, then went to Jingren Palace chattering.

If it was the vicious queen in her previous life, Xiaoyanzi would definitely not think of paying her respects to her, but now that she is reborn, she really doesn't want to do evil with the queen, so she thinks about doing basic etiquette work, at least not being criticized.

Ziwei looked at Xiaoyanzi and saw that she seemed to have become much more mature after being reborn. A trace of heartache flashed across her eyes. This girl had been so free-spirited in her previous life, but now she was restricted by her family.

But she is the same, because she has a family, she has a weak spot.

In Jingren Palace, the Queen learned that Xiaoyanzi came to pay her respects. She did not ask Xiaoyanzi about her experience. She knew that these children must be uncomfortable with her, so she prepared tea and snacks for them, and after a few words of greeting, let them go back first.

After running all the way, Xiaoyanzi couldn't help but be out of breath, but thinking that the Queen had already paid her respects, Concubine Ling wouldn't be a big deal, so she suggested to everyone to pay their respects to Concubine Ling, and the others listened to her.

In this way, Xiaoyanzi ran from the Qianqing Palace to the Cining Palace, from the Cining Palace to the Jingren Palace, and from the Jingren Palace to the Yanxi Palace, running until they were out of breath.

Only at the end did Xiaoyanzi and the others return to Chengqian Palace, and Xia Yuhe had already prepared herbal tea and some food for them to eat when they returned.

When Xiaoyanzi saw Yuhe's mother, she naturally became closer to her. Only at the end did she eat quietly and talk to Ziwei and the others about her inner thoughts.

"Hey, you don't know, that mountain is very steep, but we don't have to climb, we can go straight up, it's amazing."

The more Xiaoyanzi described, the more curious Ziwei and the others became about that unknown place.

"What place is that? Is it so magical?"

Benjamin's eyes were shining, and he was holding the pastries that Xia Yuhe had prepared for them. He was so engrossed in listening that he even forgot to eat snacks.

Yongqi had heard of that kind of mechanical art in the martial arts world, so he took the initiative to ask, "Is it that kind of mechanical art? The kind of powerful mechanical art?"

Xiaoyanzi didn't expect Yongqi to know this. She smiled and nodded, "It seems to be that mechanical device. Anyway, it's very powerful. It can take us directly up the mountain. The feeling of being able to go up the mountain without climbing is really amazing. I will definitely take you to experience it if I have the chance."

"Yeah."

Benjamin, as a child who heard about mechanical engineering for the first time, nodded excitedly.

After all, Ziwei has the soul of an adult hidden in her body. Although she was curious, she was not looking forward to it very much. She just listened with a smile.

Xia Yuhe also sat aside, watching the children chatting, her eyes full of smiles. She was glad that the children were fine.

But when she learned that Xiaoyanzi had two more masters, she asked a few questions and then didn't say much.

Xiaoyanzi had no idea what happened when her two masters entered the palace to meet the emperor. She only heard a few days later that her uncle Duanmu fell ill after returning to the Xiao Mansion. As for why, no one knew.

Not long after, the emperor sent someone to tell her that she should go to the Shangshufang with Ziwei and the others to rest now, and then go to learn martial arts and poison techniques later.

You have to learn martial arts, and you also have to learn calligraphy.

Upon hearing the news, Xiaoyanzi almost fainted.

Oh, my God, she thought that after learning martial arts and medical skills, she would not have to study anymore, but God knows why she has to study now? Thinking of this, Xiaoyanzi regretted it very much and almost sent a message to her master to tell him that she did not want to learn.

It was Ziwei who persuaded her.

Ziwei said that if she learned well, she could protect her in the future and she would not be afraid anymore. She also thought that if Xiaoyanzi learned it, she would teach her.

When Xiaoyanzi heard this, she thought that she could protect Ziwei and her mother and the others in the future. This was great, so she agreed readily and said that she would study hard.

Seeing that Ziwei's casual words made Xiaoyanzi study wholeheartedly, Xia Yuhe watched with a smile, and sighed in her heart, Xiaoyanzi is really a silly child.

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Just when Xiaoyanzi thought that she would no longer be able to play well, the emperor sent someone to tell her that he had made an agreement with her two masters that before she turned five, she should study cultural knowledge well, and after that, she would have three years to learn martial arts and medical skills from her masters.

After all, this was the opinion that Duanmu Qing fought for with the courage to offend the emperor and almost get his head chopped off.

Xiaoyanzi breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she could still play for a few more years.

But when she went back to the Shangshufang to study with Ziwei and Qing'er, she learned that Ziwei had already learned other things while she was still in the initial stage. She was overwhelmed. Every day she either practiced calligraphy or memorized texts, including all kinds of complicated classical Chinese texts.

Xiaoyanzi thought that she was not as good as when she was wandering before, at least she was free every day. But this thought only appeared for a moment, and she began to despise herself. How many people could not eat enough and wear warm clothes, not to mention learning culture, but now she could eat enough and wear warm clothes, learn all kinds of knowledge, and learn martial arts and medical skills. How many people could not get this?

She actually has such thoughts. Bah, she is so hypocritical and hateful.

When she thought about how all the things she had once sought but could not achieve were now realized, she became more confident in her determination to study hard.

In the past few years, Xiaoyanzi studied very hard, and she was able to write big characters and recite texts easily. Gradually, she began to understand what Yongqi said in her previous life: if you study hard, you can experience the joy of reading. Now she is slowly feeling it.

All kinds of books and various literary histories made her feel excited, especially the "Tofu White" who embarrassed her in her previous life, which made her admire him even more.

After a deeper understanding, it turns out that those literati were just like them, ordinary people who could laugh and feel sad. The difference was that they had a profound knowledge and culture and passed down many shocking poems and quatrains.

The days passed quickly as I studied, laughed and played with friends, and in the blink of an eye it was New Year's Eve.

This was the first New Year she and Ziwei spent after their rebirth. They agreed to spend it in the palace first, and then return to the Xiao Mansion to spend it with their parents after the banquet.

During the Chinese New Year, the entire palace was filled with joy, and everyone from top to bottom was looking forward to the arrival of the New Year.

As the queen, Shu Yuan was busy preparing new year costumes for the ladies in the palace, princes and princesses, as well as organizing banquets.

When she was busy, she would think, if possible, she would not be the queen, but an ordinary concubine, wouldn't there be so many things to do? However, she really didn't want to give up the Phoenix Seal in her hand so easily, so she had to endure it.

Concubine Ling in the Yanxi Palace was concentrating on taking care of her pregnancy. She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she felt that everyone had become much kinder this year, with less intrigue and it was quite peaceful.

As Consort He, Xia Yuhe was neither a noble concubine nor a queen. She comfortably tutored the children in Chengqian Palace with their homework.

Xiaoyanzi, Ziwei and Qing'er always do their homework together. Ziwei and Qing'er study very hard and don't need any tutoring. But Xiaoyanzi is very imaginative and no one knows what's in her mind. Whether she's writing or doing other things, she's always thinking about this and that, which often makes everyone laugh and speechless.

For example, on this day, New Year’s Eve, Xiaoyanzi was doing her homework.

This is the New Year holiday homework that Master Ji assigned to them. After all, it is New Year, so there must be a holiday. During the holiday, they cannot not do the homework, otherwise after the New Year, won’t they return all their knowledge to the master?

So Master Ji prepared some homework for them. Xiaoyanzi had missed a lot of classes, so she had relatively more homework. As a result, Ziwei and the others had very little homework during the holidays, but her homework could fill up the table. Now it was New Year's Eve, and she was still making up her homework.

However, Ziwei and Qing'er were Xiaoyanzi's best friends and sisters, so they naturally wanted to help her with her homework. So while Xiaoyanzi was doing her homework, Ziwei and Qing'er practiced calligraphy beside her, and Xia Yuhe was mainly responsible for tutoring Xiaoyanzi on her homework.

At this time, Xiaoyanzi was annotating the classical Chinese text, that is, explaining the meaning of the classical Chinese text.

But when Xia Yuhe looked closely, her eyes suddenly went dark, and she felt the blood boiling. He pointed at her and wanted to say something, but she didn't know what to say. She was so angry that she wanted to beat him up, but this was not her biological child, so she couldn't hit him, so she had to sit aside and adjust her emotions.

When Ziwei and Qing'er were practicing calligraphy, they felt that their mother/mother beside them was very emotional, so they asked curiously, "What's wrong? Aren't you teaching Xiaoyanzi to study?"

Xia Yuhe rubbed her brows, pointed at Xiaoyanzi, and said weakly, "You can see for yourselves."

Ziwei and Qing'er looked at each other, then they stood up and walked to Xiaoyanzi who was immersed in doing something. Before she could block herself, they saw something that made Xia Yuhe so angry that she was speechless.

The classical Chinese text that Xiaoyanzi annotated was "The Ballad of Mulan", which contained many reduplicated words, such as "ji ji" (chi ji) and "ji ji" (chi ji), and the whole text was filled with this kind of words. If you had not learned this before, like Xiaoyanzi did not understand when she first learned it, she would have thought it was the "ji" (ji means little chicken) in the poem.

Who would have thought that Xiaoyanzi, who was sitting seriously doing her homework, was not writing notes as they thought, but was drawing?

Yes, that’s right, I was drawing. Based on the “Ji Ji Fu Ji”, I drew four little chicks and some abdominal muscles.

The word "abdominal muscles" was said by Huo Chengyue casually. It seemed to mean the fat on a man's belly, which becomes eight pieces after exercise, so Xiaoyanzi remembered it.

After returning home, she would occasionally lift up her father's clothes, hoping to see his abdominal muscles. However, because the clothes were thick, her little idea never worked. Later, thinking that men and women should not have physical contact, even though he was her father, she could not look at him carelessly, so she had to give up this little idea.

But today, when she was writing the notes, she looked at the "chi chirping" above and when drawing the chick, she suddenly thought of drawing a chick that turned into a man, and a chick with abdominal muscles.

So, she was so absorbed in her thoughts and painting that she didn't even notice that her mother and the others had seen her masterpiece.

It was not until Ziwei and Qing'er exclaimed that she came back to her senses and saw four chicks drawn on the book. Two of them were cream-colored and fluffy, and there were two chicken heads and a man with eight pieces of flesh, or abdominal muscles? It was just that the drawing was not that realistic.

Even so, she couldn't help but blush. She quickly leaned over the table, covered her painting with her hands, looked up, and said embarrassedly, "I, I'm just drawing casually, drawing casually."

Ziwei and Qing'er never thought that Xiaoyanzi would actually draw a picture, and it was such a shocking picture.

"Little Swallow, what are you drawing?"

Qing'er asked curiously, but Ziwei blushed because she had heard Xiaoyanzi talk about abdominal muscles a lot in the past few days, but she didn't expect her to draw a picture of...

"Is this a belly chicken?"