Chapter 455 - 246: Brain Broke Down_3
As they were talking, Jingjing woke up with a loud cry, alarming Ming Wa into crying as well. The wet nurse went upstairs, fed the children, and cleaned them up.
They couldn’t go to Hexi Garden to play now, as the family’s servants, workers, and Steward Wong were busy at West Lake.
So they took the children to cool off under the shade of the trees in front of Wangjiang Building. Cheng Yue did not go out, but the main door of Wangjiang Building was open, and she was sitting by the door, watching the children play with Monkey Brother and Monkey Sister.
In the afternoon, the Little Monk happily carted away a full load of Number One Golden Lotus Roots.
Because Qian Manjiang was a close confidant of Prince Ning, and also because Prince Consort Pan and Old Duke Liang were here, Fourth Master Song dared not be too domineering, and Steward Wong dared not be too greedy. Now that the Qian family was being openly supplied with Number One Golden Lotus Roots from West Lake, they were not affected by the Little Monk taking more.
Dinner was a lotus root feast. For some reason, Prince Consort Pan, who liked quiet and spoke little, took the initiative to invite Qian Sangui to Linxiang Courtyard for a meal. He also proactively toasted Qian Sangui several times and praised him for educating the children well.
His abnormal behavior did not stop there; he also kept casting tender glances at Qian Yijin, picking food for him from time to time.
Qian Yijin was feeling on pins and needles under his gaze. Mr. Pan was not someone with a warm heart, previously, his affability was scant and mostly directed towards his two sisters. Besides his two beautiful sisters, Mr. Pan had been indifferent to others, including Ming Wa who was clearly very cute.
So much so that Qian Yijin held the Old Duke in very low esteem and had more than once instructed his sisters to stay away from danger, dreaming of their departure soon. He was particularly unhappy with Mr. Pan’s fondness for carrying Sister Jingjing around and had discussed with Yixiu more than once how to keep this man from touching Jingjing. Yixiu would laugh it off, saying he was overthinking, and that Mr. Pan’s actions towards Jingjing were just an elder’s affection for a younger relative.