The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 474

Chapter 474: 241 Father’s Love is Like a Mountain (Second Update)

Chapter 474: 241 Father’s Love is Like a Mountain (Second Update)

The Crown Princess’s perfect expression had a small crack.

The matter had started when the four of them had blindfolded themselves for a game of tag.

The game was Minmin’s idea, who often saw the King of the Liang Country and his consorts playing it, so he remembered it in his heart.

The four of them decided who would be blindfolded first by playing rock-paper-scissors, and the unlucky person was Qin Chuyu.

Once Qin Chuyu was blindfolded, he started to catch people. Little Zen and Xu Zhuzhu, who didn’t understand the rules of the game, laughed out loud and were successfully caught by Qin Chuyu. Minmin wasn’t caught—because the first person to be caught would start counting, and the round would end when the count reached a hundred. If the person with the blindfold couldn’t catch the other three within a hundred counts, they lost.

And the first person to be caught would be the one to be blindfolded in the next round.

The next person was Xu Zhuzhu.

Qin Chuyu couldn’t help but laugh, only to be successfully caught by Xu Zhuzhu.

Little Zen was clumsy. He fell and created some noise, which also got him caught.

Minmin continued to win.

And so it repeated several times, with Minmin not being caught once.

Eventually, it was Little Zen’s turn to be blindfolded, and he quickly caught Minmin.

Minmin thought that Little Zen had cheated.

“I didn’t!” Little Zen pulled down his blindfold and insisted earnestly.

Minmin: “Then how did you know I was here?”

“You made noise!” Little Zen meant that he had heard him.

“I did not!” Minmin was sure he had not made any sound at all.

Little Zen was so annoyed, he stomped his foot: “You did! You did! You breathed! You inhaled five times! Three heavy and two light!”

Every day, Little Zen honed his basic senses, even being able to hear the rustling of leaves. So, how could he not hear a person’s breath?

But Minmin did not believe at all!

He was indignant: “You. Cheated!”

Xu Zhuzhu and Qin Chuyu firmly stood by their good friend.

Xu Zhuzhu: “Zen is naturally very smart!”

Qin Chuyu: “Yeah! He knows everything! If you don’t believe, just quiz him!”

Just like that, the subject got derailed by the two defensive teammates.

The contest turned into a text recitation competition, from the “Three Character Classic” to “A Thousand Character Essay”, and from “300 Tang Poems” to The Four Books and Five Classics.

In the beginning, they were neck and neck, but gradually, Minmin started to struggle while Little Zen continued to recite smoothly.

The palace maids didn’t stop them in time because they thought that it was just an innocent contest of reciting texts.

However, the third time Minmin stammered unable to continue, and Little Zen effortlessly picked up the next line, Minmin’s emotions exploded. He stretched out his hand and shoved Little Zen to the ground!

It did not hurt since it was a grassy field, but Little Zen was a bit confused.

Seeing this, Xu Zhuzhu couldn’t endure it.

Dare to bully my friend? I’ll make you walk on your knees today!

Xu Zhuzhu lunged over and punched Minmin, knocking him to the ground.

The palace maids and eunuchs hurriedly separated the group, but it was a step too late, Qin Chuyu, the little fat boy, had also joined the fight.

Little Zen was too small to join in, so he just held onto one of Minmin’s legs to prevent him from kicking Xu Zhuzhu and Qin Chuyu.

The three little ones were surprisingly strong.

After all, they weren’t called the Three Rascals of Guozijian for nothing.

By the time the four of them were separated, Minmin’s face had swelled up.

The three little ones…had no problems at all!

The Duchess had fallen asleep while sunbathing, so she didn’t hear the commotion right away. By the time she arrived, Minmin’s face had swelled up like a steamed bun.

The Crown Princess hurriedly explained the sequence of events to the Duchess, not exaggerating or hiding anything.

The Crown Princess thought that the Duchess would be furious and vent her anger on behalf of her son, but she calmly told the eunuchs, “First, take Minmin away to change his clothes.”

“Yes!”

The eunuch took Minmin away.

The Duchess never punished servants in front of her son.

As Minmin walked away, he looked back at the Duchess.

Surprisingly, his mother didn’t punish the ones who had bullied him. Instead, she squatted down in front of the smallest child, took out a handkerchief, and gently wiped his face.

He didn’t hear what his mother said to the little child, but the gentleness with which his mother treated him hurt Minmin.

After such a major incident, the Crown Princess naturally had to teach Qin Chuyu a stern lesson.

Qin Chuyu used to be so timid, but now he was even willing to take a knife for his friends!

Such a thing would displease the Emperor when it reached his ears, and the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess would inevitably be blamed for the lack of discipline towards their brother.

As for Xu Zhuzhu, the Minister of War had already scared himself witless, and he tottered into the palace to take his son home.

Little Zen was left.

His family had not been notified of his visit, so no one came to pick him up.

He hung his head low, dejectedly staring at his toes, feeling for an instant that he had been abandoned by the whole world.