My Crown Prince Consort Is a Firecracker!

r eyes round and bright as they looked hopefully at Wei Ziqin.

Meeting their gazes, Wei Ziqin didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
In the end, she finally cast them a brusque glance.
“Don’t make trouble for your eldest sis.”

“I know.”

“Mom, I’m very well-behaved.”

The sister and brother duo quickly agreed, and they continuously shoved rice into their mouths especially exuberantly, their hearts so joyous that they flew out of the house.

After finishing their dinner in haste, Qiao Mu and the two men, along with the two children in tow, all boarded the crown prince’s carriage and set off for Wurun Pill House.

However, Shaoyao didn’t go along with them.
After politely saluting Wei Ziqin and Qiao Zhongbang, she returned to Nanzhu Garden by herself to put it in order.

“Shaoyao, this child, just keeps getting better as she grows up.” Wei Ziqin sighed with emotion.
Turning her head, she caught a glimpse of her nephew Qiao Hu gazing absentmindedly in the direction Shaoyao had left in, spellbound, and she couldn’t resist chuckling in laughter.

“Silly lad, you haven’t seen Shaoyao in a long time.
Why aren’t you chatting with her?”

“Isn’t that right, look at how foolish you look right now! Hurry along now!” Second Uncle Qiao smacked the back of his son’s head.

Qiao Hu consequently leaped up and left in haste.

Meanwhile, the carriage had been advancing along Minshun Boulevard for a while, neither quick nor slow.

Before they had even gotten to Wurun Pill House’s entrance, the road had already become crowded.
In addition, the snowy roads had made travelling difficult.
Two carriages had even crashed into each other, obstructing the middle of the road, and the two parties’ servants were quarrelling loudly while criticizing the other.

Qiao Mu lifted the curtain and poked out her face for a peek.
“The area’s been blocked up front.
Let’s get out and squeeze in.”

“They haven’t started transacting just yet, so let’s go to that restaurant’s third floor instead.
When the time comes, we can just holler directly.” Mo Lian pulled her hand and pointed to a place up front.
He couldn’t bear for his little fellow to get shoved around in a crowd of stinky men.

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[1] Fun fact: The three siblings are Qiao Mu 乔木, Qiao Lin 乔林, and Qiao Sen 乔森.
Each subsequent sibling has an additional wood radical 木 in their personal name, which respectively mean tree, woods, and forest.