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

"It's okay. You brothers and sisters have a good relationship. It's normal to go out and play together. It's okay. Just tell me in advance next time. I'm not the kind of mother who won't let her children go out to play."

Concubine Yu spoke to them with a smile, and then asked the palace maids around her to bring some tea and snacks for the children.

Ziwei quickly said, "Empress Yu, we came here specially to send Brother Yongqi back. We are going back now and will come to visit you next time."

When Concubine Yu saw the dignified and generous appearance of this girl, her eyes flickered slightly. Is this the emperor's illegitimate daughter who was left alone? She is well-behaved and cute, and she speaks very skillfully. She is truly worthy of being a princess.

"Okay, then you guys go back first. Next time you come here, I'll prepare some delicious snacks for you."

Thinking that it was getting late, Concubine Yu did not try to keep them and asked them to go back first.

Everyone greeted and took their leave, then left chatting and laughing.

Yongqi watched his brothers and sisters leave, looking at their backs reluctantly. Suddenly, a faint sigh came from behind him, "Can't bear to leave? How about going with them?"

The sudden voice startled Yongqi. He turned his head slowly and saw his mother standing behind him, looking at him with a gloomy face.

At this time, the breeze blew the leaves in the yard, making a rustling sound. Some leaves were blown down, slowly curled up, and slowly fell to the ground. In the dim yard, there was a person standing behind him, it was the mother who was standing in front of the stone table just now.

Yongqi was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground, his face horrified, "Mother, mother, why are you suddenly behind me?"

Concubine Yu had intended to scare him, but she didn't expect him to be so frightened. She felt inexplicably uneasy. She coughed twice, bent down and picked him up, then sat down in front of the stone table while holding him, and sighed silently.

At this time, the palace maids lit lanterns in the courtyard, making it quite bright, which also dispelled the fright Yongqi had just suffered.

He nestled in his mother's arms, feeling a little awkward. After all, he was already six years old and no longer needed his mother's hug. However, his mother seemed very angry about his leaving without saying goodbye last time, so he had no choice but to stay there obediently, not daring to move.

Hearing his mother's sigh, he couldn't help but ask, "Mother, are you very angry about my sudden departure?"

Concubine Yu touched his head and stopped scaring him. She had indeed wanted to wait for him to come back and give him a good beating, but seeing him being sent back by so many friends, she inexplicably felt that this was a good thing.

As a member of the royal family, it is difficult to have a close friend due to the cold emotions. Most of them are just opportunistic friends who only care about status.

But she just observed that although those people were both men and women, their eyes were very clear and they didn't care about his identity at all. After all, their own identities were not low either.

It is fate that such a group of friends can get along well with each other from childhood to adulthood. If they cannot get along until the end, at least they once had a relationship as brothers and friends that are worth remembering.

"Mother? Mother?"

Yongqi felt his mother touching his head like a kitten, and he felt inexplicably flustered. It seemed as if his mother was planning something big and was thinking about how to deal with him. It was a bit scary.

"Hmm? What's wrong? Don't be afraid, I won't beat you, ahem, I won't punish you, forget about this matter, next time you want to go out, just tell mother first, how can mother not let you go out?"

Concubine Yu was called back to her senses by him, and she gently patted him on the head, then smiled and said, and gently put him on the ground, "Go, go wash up and rest. If you have homework to do, go quickly."

Yongqi blinked. He didn't expect that his mother didn't punish him. This was really strange. In the past, his mother was most afraid that he would run around and miss his studies. Every time he sneaked out to play, he would be scolded by his mother. In serious cases, he would even be punished by standing. Now there is no punishment at all?

It seems that Xiaoyanzi and her friends are really very proud.

He asked tentatively, "Really, everything is alright? Can I leave now?"

Concubine Yu nodded unhappily, "Yeah, let's go, or I can't help but want to beat someone up."

Hearing this, Yongqi ran away immediately, and the eunuchs behind him didn't even have time to react.

Upon seeing this, Concubine Yu couldn't help but shook her head in amusement, then got up and went back to her room to rest.

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Ruyi Pavilion.

When Xiaoyanzi and the others brought Benjamin back, Pastor Lang was scolding the young eunuchs in the broken Qing dialect: "Yellow, green, and blue."

"Yellow, green, and blue, how did you wash your brushes? There's still some paint on them.

You, the floor wasn't cleaned.

And you, how did you clean that table? There's still dust on it."

When they reached the door of Ruyi Pavilion and heard the scolding from inside, the seven of them stopped instantly, fearing that they would be discovered by accident and then be targeted by the scolding from inside.

As a result, before they could hide well, they were discovered by the sharp-eyed Xiao Huangzi. He had just been criticized and saw the culprit who had provoked Pastor Lang coming back. He shouted excitedly, "Master Ban, you're back?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the scolding inside stopped abruptly.

Benjamin's body stiffened, and he thought to himself, it's all over.

He huddled beside his brothers, not daring to go out. Not long after, an old man with white hair and beard stood in front of him. It’s not accurate to call him an old man, because he just had white hair and a little white beard, but his face was still handsome and he looked quite young.

However, the usually kind and amiable man now looked at him with a look of disappointment and said in poor Qing dialect, "Benjamin, you're back."

Benjamin scratched his head awkwardly and said directly to his master, "I'm sorry, Master, I, I shouldn't have sneaked out..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiaoyanzi interrupted, "Hello, Pastor Lang, I'm really sorry, I invited Benjamin to stay at my house for a while, but I forgot to inform you in advance. Please don't blame him, and please don't draw a red circle on his mouth."

Pastor Lang turned his head and looked at the people in the row, then looked at the little guy in front of him. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Actually, I didn't plan to draw circles on his mouth, but you reminded me that it's possible to do this."

When Benjamin heard what his master said, his face suddenly changed. Draw a red circle on your mouth? What would that look like?

Xiaoyanzi was dumbfounded. She just subconsciously remembered that Benjamin was punished by his master by drawing circles on his face, so she reminded him not to draw.

However, she didn't expect that she would provide Pastor Lang with an idea for punishment?

"Pastor Lang, I was wrong. I, I said something wrong. You, you, please don't punish Benjamin."