Chapter 492 - 260 Humble Gentleman_1
Brother Jie was a good child, who obediently stood there waiting for Auntie Cheng to enter the room and fetch the letter.
Seeing her young aunt like this, Qian Yixiu blushed slightly and quickly took her younger siblings to the swing set a little farther away, playing a game of cat and mouse around the swing. She rejoiced at having found a new audience for the storytellers, happy to stay out of the way. As for whether the contents of the letter were suitable for little ears, that was not her concern.
Qian Yixiu admired Brother Jie standing there, his beautiful little face showing not a hint of impatience. Grandpa Pan was truly clever, bringing such a lovely little angel of peace to win everyone’s affection.
Qian Yixiu had always been puzzled about something, it was said that children from aristocratic families were aloof, with no dust in their eyes, and had extremely serious notions of hierarchy. Look at Grandpa Pan, he was an outstanding figure from an aristocratic family, who was once narcissistic and arrogant, strutting around like a proud peacock. After he was shocked by the incident with his young mother, he became somewhat more gentle.
Not only was Brother Jie a child of an Aristocratic family, but he also had another identity. He was an imperial relative, the legitimate great-grandson of the current Empress Dowager. It was often said that children from Imperial relatives’ families were wild and unruly. Look at Uncle Ye from the past, how domineering and tyrannical he was.
Yet, Brother Jie was well-behaved, sensible, and lacked much sense of hierarchy, courteous to everyone, his temperament somewhat akin to that of the Little Monk.
From Brother Jie’s conversations, Qian Yixiu learned that he had not grown up in Pan Mansion, but rather in the neighboring Rongen Earl Mansion, usually taught personally by his father Pan Yang and his mother Lady Zhang. Grandfather, Prince Consort Pan, was away from the mansion most of the time, and it was only Pan Yang, Lady Zhang, Brother Jie, and Yi Gege who were the masters of the Rongen Earl Mansion. They merely visited the adjacent Pan Mansion daily to greet Old Madam and have dinner.
Qian Yixiu’s impression of Uncle Panyang improved. To be able to raise such children, he must be a true gentleman. In the land of the Great Qian Kingdom, there would not be a shortage of true gentlemen, but for the only son of the most honorable Elder Princess to be among them, that was truly remarkable.
Until now, her young aunt occasionally still calls out for "Brother" in her dreams, surely the relationship between the siblings must have been exceptionally good before.