My eunuch An is a yandere

As soon as the busy farming season is over, school begins.

Although Xiao Qi was the emperor, Bai Ningwei still didn't want his childhood to be colorless, so Xiao Qi went to the court to punch in and serve as a mascot in the morning, and went to the kindergarten to relax with the children in the afternoon.

Bai Ningwei's full-day babysitting shifted to half-day care. The sense of relief she felt during this rare half-day of leisure was something only those who had raised children could understand.

This also made it convenient for An Jiu, as he could always use the excuse of reporting work to openly engage in an office romance with Bai Ningwei.

However, the Purple Palace is a serious place for handling government affairs. There are many people here and there, so the two of them have to pay attention to many things and cannot be frivolous.

But there is a kind of sneaky and taboo feeling, and the two of them are having a lot of fun, it's sweet.

As soon as school started, it was not far from Mid-Autumn Festival, and Anjiu's birthday was on that day. He thought about it for a long time and felt that he should mention his birthday to Weiwei this year. Maybe Weiwei would be willing to celebrate his birthday privately, and he wondered if she would prepare a surprise for him.

He was not greedy and just wanted to take Weiwei out of the palace. He prepared fireworks and wanted to show them to her.

However, these fireworks were not set off for Bai Ningwei to see on his birthday.

Because Lord Bai and his wife had finally arrived in Beijing, the Ministry of Rites had already arranged all the procedures for the Empress Dowager's visit.

Regarding her leaving the palace, Bai Ningwei emphasized that she was traveling incognito and should not focus on the worship rules, so that she could spend more time with her family.

But the emperor was young, so wherever Bai Ningwei went, Xiao Qi would naturally go with her. The Marquis Bai Ping's mansion wasn't really big, as it was mostly sparsely populated, and the new residence lacked a lot of history.

So the Ministry of Rites spent a long time drafting the plan and found that without the gorgeous etiquette, this visit to the parents would be very shabby, and Anjiu provided his own fireworks to create the atmosphere of the day.

However, he was quite scheming and would not reveal anything that could win Bai Ningwei's favor immediately, just waiting for Weiwei to discover and appreciate it herself later.

In theory, Bai Ningwei's visit to her parents was nothing wrong and a good thing that showed the warmth of the royal family. But there were always people who jumped out to express a different opinion.

This person was none other than Duke Anguo.

Inside the Zichen Palace, Duke Anguo looked extremely angry and pulled the people from the Ministry of Rites to demand something from Bai Ningwei.

"Empress Dowager, when you return home to visit your family, you can spare some time to go to the Duke's Mansion first. Just go in and sit down, have a cup of tea, and rest your feet."

Bai Ningwei looked at Duke Anguo, trying her best to control her expression of disgust.

It seems that no one can guess what Duke Anguo is planning.

The first time His Majesty left the palace, he did not go to the home of his maternal grandfather, who was a Duke, but went to the home of his mother, the Empress Dowager. Duke Anguo was not convinced.

"All matters concerning the visit are arranged by the Ministry of Rites. If the Ministry of Rites can make arrangements, I would naturally be willing to be closer to you than you."

When the officials from the Ministry of Rites heard that Pi Qiu mentioned them, they could only apologize to Duke Anguo with a smile.

"My Lord, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager are traveling. According to the Empress's wishes, the ceremonial procession should be kept simple. However, even if the ceremonial procession is kept simple, the security arrangements cannot be simplified. If we take a detour to your home, there might be omissions in the security arrangements."

The people from the Ministry of Rites also specifically reminded that going to the Duke's Mansion was a detour, so they hoped that the other party would be more reasonable and not try to make a name for themselves and show off on the day when the Empress Dowager came to visit her parents.

Duke Anguo didn't care about this. He was the grandfather of the current emperor. Since it was the first time the emperor visited a minister's home, he should at least visit the Duke's mansion.

"How could there be any lapses in security? On the day of the visit, all twelve guards and the imperial guards were deployed. Besides, the capital has always been peaceful. It's just a few more steps, it won't cause any trouble."

The Duke of Anguo spoke so arrogantly that the officials of the Ministry of Rites who heard him only felt troubled.

Even without mentioning the hassle of re-arranging security, even if we really did make a detour to the Duke's Mansion, would it be just a matter of sitting down and having a cup of tea?

The Emperor and the Empress Dowager both had tea, and everyone in the family took the opportunity to meet them one by one.

There were at least dozens of masters in the Duke's Mansion, and this whole hustle and bustle must have taken at least two hours. It just so happened to be dinner time, so were you going to stay or leave?

The visit was originally scheduled to take place after the morning court session and before the palace gates were locked, a total of less than four hours. Taking into account the round trip, the Duke of Anguo's Mansion was essentially trying to intercept the imperial procession from the Marquis of Baiping's Mansion. What a calculated scheme!

"Duke Anguo, there's no need to embarrass the people from the Ministry of Rites. This visit to my parents' home would be a trivial matter among ordinary people. However, due to your status, a small matter has been escalated into a big one, adding a lot of workload to the palace and beyond. Please stop putting pressure on them and adding to their burden."

Bai Ningwei's words hit the spot for the Ministry of Rites. The Emperor and the Empress Dowager's trip was already enough to keep everyone busy, and if the Duke of Anguo intervened, it would simply add to everyone's workload.

Even though everyone can sit down and drink tea together on ordinary days, when it comes to their own interests, no one wants to be at a disadvantage.

Seeing that the Ministry of Rites did not support him, Duke Anguo felt dissatisfied and had to find another way.

The solution is to take the whole family to Bai Pinghou’s mansion to build relationships and welcome the emperor together.

When the Ministry of Rites presented Bai Ningwei with the list of people to welcome the emperor, she burst out laughing.

Not to mention that Bai Ningwei looked down on Duke Anguo's actions, even the people in the Ministry of Rites couldn't understand it.

The list of people who were to be present at the meeting, including the Marquis's fiancée, only included four. The Duke of Anguo, along with his wife, two sons, and five grandchildren, was more than double the host's family. Their manner of eating was truly unsightly.

Bai Ningwei laughed, but finally got it right with a stroke of her red pen.

On the day of the visit, when Bai Ningwei saw the little granddaughter of Duke Anguo, she finally understood why Duke Anguo was so anxious to have her come to his house.

"It's still early for the family dinner. Your Majesty should chat with your parents. Why not let my grandchildren play with Your Majesty in the yard?"

Looking at the two-year-old granddaughter of Duke Cai'an, Bai Ningwei felt that there was nothing wrong with it. She told Nanny Qin and Lady Yan to take good care of His Majesty, and then went to the main hall with her family.

In reality, Bai Ningwei was unfamiliar with her parents. The Bai family wasn't a prominent family, and with the Duke's family also present, after a few words about family, there wasn't much else to talk about.

The only interesting thing about the whole family dinner was the fireworks that were set off outside when we returned to the palace, and that wasn't arranged by the Ministry of Rites. The reason was that the Marquis's residence was too small to accommodate such large-scale fireworks.

Bai Ningwei didn't care about these things. She didn't gain anything else from this trip out of the palace. She saw clearly the ambition of Duke Anguo.

It turned out that he was planning to marry his uncle to his aunt. His own daughter had been the queen, so he wanted his granddaughter to marry his grandson, so that the Duke's Mansion would have another queen.

She didn't care about Duke Anguo's ambitions, but it was impossible for him to arrange a close relative marriage for Xiao Qi.

Ultimately, it's all due to a lack of education. These people may be well-educated, but they lack basic common sense. It seems that not only should we educate the common people, but we should also provide these nobles with some scientific knowledge.