No, I was just a concubine, how did I become the queen?

This year passed with all kinds of gossip about the Eighth Master and his wife, and in the blink of an eye it was the eve of the banquet in the palace.

The triplets were able to enter the palace last year, and this year Emperor Kangxi said he wanted grandchildren, so the quadruplets had to enter the palace as well.

Lin Mingyan suddenly became nervous. After all, it was a bit difficult to bring seven children into the palace.

She started to worry when she got the news two days ago.

Especially the quadruplets, who are still young and are disliked by everyone.

Hongli is a guy with endless energy. He would chew on any stone he came across.

If this were brought into the palace, he would probably want to take a bite of Emperor Kangxi's throne.

"Li'er, remember? Don't put anything in your mouth when you enter the palace!" Lin Mingyan held Hongli with one hand to prevent him from moving, and gave him instructions face to face.

Hongli wanted to go downstairs and play with his brothers and sisters. He didn't hear what she said at all and nodded hurriedly: "Yeah, yeah, yeah~~ I know, mother!"

"Got it? Then can Li'er repeat it to mother?" Lin Mingyan coaxed.

In fact, she knew he didn't listen with just one glance at her fierce eyes.

However, the other party was just a child under three years old, so she could only coax and persuade him.

Hongli had no patience for this. How could it be as fun as playing with his brothers and sisters to grab the Linglong ball?

Hongli ate well and felt energetic. After a while, he screamed "Ahhh" and broke free from her hands.

He waved his little arms seriously.

"Bang~~"

The red-bottomed, gold-painted porcelain vase on the small kang table fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

Everyone in the room was startled, and the screaming children were afraid to speak.

They all knew that this bottle was E'niang's favorite.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be displayed at this time.

Hongli's eyes turned red with fear, and his voice was half as soft as usual: "Uh... Mother..."

Although the children grew up in luxury, Lin Mingyan never indulged them in extravagance and waste.

So from Honghui to Hongpei, none of them are extravagant people.

Moreover, the children have more money than she did when she was a child. After all, they have a monthly allowance since birth, although it is managed by a wet nurse.

But ever since they could speak, Lin Mingyan would ask the wet nurse to report to them how much money they were given every month and how much they spent.

If it weren't for the Fourth Master's reward, the little guys would have to pay for it from their own little treasury if they wanted something special.

Lin Mingyan was so scared when she saw the usually aggressive Hongli that she almost cried, and she hurriedly protected him and took him aside.

"Come closer, don't get pricked by the porcelain pieces," Lin Mingyan saw that Du Juan had already asked someone to clean up, so she asked the children to come over.

Hongli still looked like he was about to cry, and the poor look on his face made Lin Mingyan's heart melt.

"Don't cry, don't cry, it's okay, it's just a bottle, as long as you don't get hurt," Lin Mingyan hurriedly comforted.

What she just remembered was the scene in her previous life when she was a child and broke a bowl and was scolded by her mother.

In fact, she could no longer remember the scolding, but the ugly words the woman said made her tremble.

She still often recalls the memory of her whole body tensing up when she was trembling.

For example, when she heard the sound of porcelain breaking, she would tense up for a moment, as if she had returned to the time when she was weak and helpless.

Now it came to the children, she didn't want them to be hurt in any way just for a bottle or a bowl.

Hongli thought he was going to be scolded, because although he was young, he was not stupid. He knew that he had been disobedient at first and had knocked over the bottle later.

Even if you don't get punished, you will still get a lesson from your mother.

Unexpectedly, not to mention raindrops, there was not even any thunder.

He quietly raised his eyes to look at Lin Mingyan and said cautiously, "Mother, are you not angry?"

"Don't be angry, mother knows Li'er didn't mean it, right?" Lin Mingyan said, touching his furry little head.

Hongli was very smart and immediately connected the breaking of the bottle with intentional. "Yes, it was intentional, so I'll punish you!"

"Yes, if you deliberately break the bottle for fun, you will be punished!"

"Then I want to play, play ball~" Seeing that nothing was wrong, Hongli hurried to play with the Linglong ball.

The servants had cleaned up the debris swiftly, and Lin Mingyan put him on the ground.

Shaking his head, he said, "You can't play ball. Li'er hasn't told Mother yet. What should I be careful about when entering the palace?"

"I... I don't know..." Hongli couldn't remember what he had said before, and replied with a sad face.

Honghui and the others stopped playing after breaking the bottle and stared at Lin Mingyan.

When the Fourth Master came back in the snow and wind, he saw a room full of treasures, all of which looked pitiful.

I couldn't help but laugh: "What's going on? What are you doing with your mother?"

The quadruplets are so young and don’t know how to respond, but Yaliqi is so quick-witted.

He explained the matter clearly.

The Fourth Master hurriedly picked up Hongli and asked as he examined him, "Are you hurt? Huh?"

Seeing Hongli being tossed around by him, Lin Mingyan hurriedly said, "He's not hurt. Just carry him away."

"Did your mother scold you?" The Fourth Master wiped the corners of Hongli's eyes, feeling a little moist.

Lin Mingyan curled her lips and said, "In my mind, I am just like this, scolding my child's mother without knowing right from wrong."

The Fourth Master didn't expect that the younger one wasn't comforted, but the older one was unhappy.

He hurried to hold her in his arms, "I didn't say anything about you, I was just trying to comfort the child."

But the children were looking at them with wide eyes, and Lin Mingyan felt embarrassed, so she quickly pushed him to sit down.

Honghui defended her: "Mother didn't curse at me, I just hit her accidentally, it's okay!"

"If you do it on purpose, you will be punished!" Hongli raised his little head and added.

I did remember this sentence, telling him not to accept anything, but he didn't listen even after I repeated it more than ten times.

"Oh? That mother is really a gentle mother," the Fourth Master said quickly, "When my father was a child..."

Fortunately, he reacted in time and stopped talking, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the late Empress Xiaoyi Ren.

If a few more children parrot this, the whole family will have to follow suit.

After hearing what he said, Lin Mingyan no longer cared about being angry. She looked at the time and saw that it was getting late, so she asked someone to take the children downstairs to bed.

Then he brought up his worries: "Hongli can't change this bad habit. I don't know why he is so greedy."

"The child is still young and ignorant, so why don't you ask me to keep an eye on him?" The Fourth Master didn't take it seriously.

What’s wrong with children being curious?

Even if he bit the emperor's face, he would not shout at his grandson.

Maybe he would even praise Hongli for his courage.