Chapter 13 I Haven't Been the King of Kids for Many Years

The advantages of being engaged to the daughter of Duke Xing's Mansion soon became evident.

Old Madam Chen ordered, specially vacated Fanghua Garden which is nearby the backyard for Xia Wanwan and Chen Yi to live in, and additionally arranged several maids to take care of their daily needs.

Not only that, their monthly allowance also quintupled.

Even the amenities of Fanghua Garden were upgraded to a level almost equal to that of Zhou Wanyi and her son.

Originally, Chen Yi was quite happy, not because of the food and clothing, but because his birth mother was treated generously by the Chen Family, which was a testament to the principle of favor due to the mother by the son's status.

It wasn't in vain that he "obeyed and listened politely" every day, reading and practicing calligraphy.

However, as more and more people came to visit, Chen Yi understood what it meant by "the older, the wiser."

This was not a reward for him and his mother.

Clearly, Old Madam Chen anticipated that his engagement with Lin Xueru would inevitably make Xia Wanwan's name prominent across Kyoto Prefecture.

Those shrewd dukes, marquises, and nobility's ladies, even if they no longer thought about arranging marriage with him, also did not mind mingling more with Xia Wanwan.

Yet, during these visits, these ladies would also bring along several children of similar age to Chen Yi.

They claimed it was to let the adults discuss their matters and provide the children with a chance to interact more and have companions to play with.

Xia Wanwan originally wanted to refuse, but after some thought chose to adapt to this change.

In her thoughts, Chen Yi guessed, she probably felt that having accepted the "advantages" from the Chen Family, it wouldn't be good to decline.

"One courtyard and some necessities, can these even be considered advantages?"

"Alas, mother is just too kind."

"If it were in her previous life, she'd probably have to go through various toughness after love just to learn to say no."

Helpless, such was his mother, so Chen Yi, as the son, had to step forward!

"Today's lesson is on 'Thousand Character Text', Mr. Li, please start the class."

That's right, unable to escape, Chen Yi thought of a wicked idea.

As long as those nobility ladies dared to bring their children over, he dared to include them in his lessons.

After all, he had no intention of leading a bunch of youngsters and being a child king...

Let's see who can't bear it first!

"Brother Yi, can we not have class?"

The child who spoke scrunched up his face miserably, his chubby cheek squeezed together, his eyes almost invisible.

He was the third son of Duke Taishan, Wang Xidu, Wang Yongnian, his physique and facial style both emphasized the word "round".

"Yes, Brother Yi, I want to see Mr. Ding practicing sword technique." When Chen Yuan saw someone rising for resistance, he also spoke up.

Chen Yi glared at him, "Big brother, don't misuse titles."

"Second brother…"

"It's no use! Calling brother or younger brother is useless!"

Chen Yi decided, letting them experience what a 'happy childhood' meant, and directly signaled the teacher to begin.

"The universe was chaotic, heaven and earth were first separated, there existed clear and turbid qi…"

Wang Yongnian was on the verge of tears, mumbling with puckered lips, things like 'Brother Yi is too much,' 'I will never come again.'

Of course, while some didn't want to listen to the lesson, there were others who listened with relish.

For example, Lin Xueru, who was betrothed to Chen Yi, sat still beside, her face carved like delicate jade, full of seriousness.

Also, the twin children of Prince Zhenbei, Du Qing, the princely heir Du Yanqing and Commandery Princess Du Yan.

Lin Xueru goes without saying.

Ever since the marriage contract was made, the relationship between Duke Xing's Mansion and Duke Wu'an Mansion has grown daily.

Mrs. Lin, bringing Lin Xueru to visit and familiarize feelings with Xia Wanwan was appropriate.

But Prince Zhenbei, the direct superior to Duke Wu'an, his arrangement for his younger son and daughter to come, left Chen Yi somewhat puzzled.

Setting aside the earlier rush to be betrothed to him.

This Mrs. Du Qing's demeaned herself very lowly, almost to the point of saying "whatever requests the mother-in-law has, just tell us."

Such an attitude, even Xia Wanwan who was not very familiar with the nobilities of Kyoto Prefecture, had some doubts.

Chen Yi thought deeper.

He didn't believe that such a major event as an engagement would occur without Prince Zhenbei discussing it with Chen Taiping.

But in the end, his father chose Duke Xing...

It was hard for Chen Yi not to suspect some trickery involved.

However, he had no way of understanding the affairs of the court, otherwise, with multiple confirmations, he could have speculated a thing or two.

When Chen Yi was teaching a few children, the conversation among the four ladies also slightly shifted.

"Sister Wan Wan, Yi Er is so obedient and well-behaved under your guidance; do you have any methods?"

The wife of Marquis Taishan asked sincerely, pointing at her son Wang Yongnian, "I really worry that Yongnian will fall behind as he grows."

"It's not that I refuse to teach, but Yi Er has been obedient since he could talk, I don't know either."

Xia Wanwan looked at Chen Yi teaching in the classroom, her face revealing a touch of gentleness.

Although she was still not quite used to the changes, she knew that all these rooted from having a good son.

This made her feel proud from the bottom of her heart.

"Lady Wang, don't make it difficult for Wan Wan."

Mrs. Du said in a carefree manner: "Each child has their own fortune, otherwise, when Duke Wu'an traveled north that day, why was only Yi Er noticed by the Holy Emperor?"

"That's also true, I hope when they grow up, Yongnian will still remember their friendship as classmates."

Compared to these two, Duchess Xing was much more low-profile, only watching Chen Yi and liking him more the more she watched.

"Speaking of which, have you sisters heard about the Grand Void Sect opening its mountain gate?"

Hearing what Mrs. Du said, Xia Wanwan's face shifted slightly, "Sister, are you planning to send Princely Heir over?"

"I won't hide it from you, Prince indeed has this plan."

Mrs. Du's appearance was not gorgeous or stunning, with a delicate oval-shaped face and a phoenix hairpin skewed into her hair, and her behavior did not resemble that of a sophisticated lady but rather was quite liberal.

"As far as I know, there are quite a few in the Kyoto Prefecture with the same plan, not to mention others, even the esteemed official from Tong county intends to send his son."

"With the decree announced by the Holy Emperor last time, every military family benefited, and all of them are thinking of getting their descendants admitted into the Grand Void Mountain."

"Yes, my master also hopes that the children can be admitted, but given Yongnian's talents, it might be difficult," Lady Wang said with some worry.

"There's still the Foundation Establishment evaluation to come; nothing is certain yet, maybe your Yongnian will be rated excellent in Foundation Establishment and successfully admitted into the Grand Void Mountain."

Listening to the few sisters, Xia Wanwan learned more about the Grand Void Sect.

She had already planned to let Chen Yi try it; hearing so many people are interested, she became even more determined.

"Let's wait and see..."

It was unknown what these rarely outgoing ladies had to talk about.

Whenever they visited Fanghua Garden, they almost always left close to evening.

Thus, they would have lunch at the Marquis Mansion, and naturally the children would join them.

However, Chen Yi had his own special addition—West Continent mangoes.

"Brother Yi, may I have one?" Princess Du Yan looked at him with eager eyes.

Chen Yi smiled and refused.

It was a joke; he kept eating them because he was immune to the effects of Soft Bone Powder.

Letting Du Yan eat one and risking her health would be inviting trouble.

"Stingy!" Princess Du Yan pouted.

The others, especially Wang Yongnian who wanted to try, also wisely didn't ask.

Chen Yi didn't mind their childish thoughts and kept eating the mangoes.

However, after finishing, he was startled not to see the familiar light screen appear.

No panel notification?

Chen Yi summoned the panel and took a look.

After confirming that there indeed was no notification about gaining Rebellion Point, he couldn't help frowning slightly.

My poisoned mangoes, gone?