Chapter 1210: Swear

Chapter 1210: Swear

No longer touched, Fan Zijin glared at the four brats. “You still have the cheek to talk? You can’t even articulate your thoughts clearly. Haven’t you learned anything from all that studying?”

Mu Yangling coughed lightly and advised, “Although their words don’t sound nice, they have good intentions. Don’t be angry with them.”

Fan Zijin snorted and decided to let the matter rest. He glanced at Little An and snapped, “What are you waiting for? Hurry up and apply the medicine. Do you want me to beg you?”

The four children immediately swarmed out.

Mu Yangling looked at Fan Zijin, then at Little Madam Xia before chasing after the children.

“Where are you hurt?” Mu Yangling caught up with the children and hurriedly tugged at them.

The four children touched their buttocks in unison. Tiger Head and Little Lion only rubbed their butts before waving their hands and saying, “It’s fine.”

Wensu sensed it carefully and shook his head, too. “It doesn’t seem to hurt much anymore.”

The four of them looked at Little An together. Tiger Head explained to his mother, “Little An was beaten up most severely.”

Seeing Little An hold his butt and not saying anything, the three of them immediately laughed and helped him into the house to apply medicine.

The corners of Mu Yangling’s lips twitched. She waited for the commotion inside to stop before entering the house. Without asking the cause of the matter, she warned them, “Since you’re following Little An’s father around these days, you’d better be obedient. If you cause trouble again, even I won’t be able to save you.”

“Fourth Aunt, we didn’t cause any trouble. Father simply wasn’t satisfied with our articles.” Little An rolled his eyes and whispered, “Fourth Aunt, do help us take a look at our articles tonight.”

After some hesitation, Mu Yangling said, “It’s fine if you want me to read the content, but if you want me to critique your writing skills, I won’t be able to guide you…”

Little An had already started learning how to write an eight-legged essay. Mu Yangling had learned alongside Little Bear for a period of time, but she never quite mastered it. Qi Haoran refused to let her learn it at all. He said that she wasn’t taking the Imperial Examination, so why bother learning that?

Hence, she was not of much help to the children when it came to the articles.

However, Little An said happily, “Just help us take a look at the content. Fourth Aunt, don’t worry about the writing techniques and literary skills. Just look at the content and see if it’s feasible. Will you support me? If I announce the content one day, will Royal Uncle, my father and Fourth Uncle cripple me?”

Mu Yangling was surprised. “What did you write that warrants such cruel treatment?”

Little An chuckled.

Mu Yangling found out what he had written that night. She didn’t expect Little An to be the first person to advocate equality in the eyes of the law. She felt that with this advanced thinking, even if Little An didn’t achieve anything in his life, he would be remembered by future generations.

Excited, Mu Yangling wondered if the history books would add that Queen Consort Rong, Madam Mu had once reviewed this article.

Amused by the thought, Mu Yangling rolled on the bed happily.

Unable to stand the disturbance, Qi Haoran grabbed her and pinned her in his arms. He asked, “How much longer are you going to continue reading? Hurry up and sleep. Also, I don’t bring the official documents back to the house to read. In the future, you’re not allowed to read the articles at home either. You’re already home, yet you’re still not looking at me!”

Mu Yangling placed the article in front of him. “Is this an article from the newspaper office? These are your nephews and your sons’ articles. Zijin shot down all four articles and asked the kids to rewrite them.”

Mu Yangling looked at the clock on the wall and said sympathetically, “They’re probably still up late at this time and still have to wake up early tomorrow to enter the palace. How pitiful.”

“Does reading their articles give you so much joy?” Qi Haoran said as he flipped through them. “Zijin told me that there’s something wrong with the articles of the four children, especially Little An’s. Zijin said that he’s too bold.”

At this moment, Qi Haoran had finished skimming through Little An’s article. With a sigh, he said, “No wonder Zijin is angry. If this happened in another family, Little An’s legs would definitely be broken.”

Mu Yangling snatched the article back and snorted. “That’s because you people are short-sighted. With the development of society and the advancement of times, such a day will eventually come.”

“That’s right.” Qi Haoran rested his head on his hands and said leisurely, “This day might come one day, but I definitely won’t be able to see it. It might be hundreds of years later, or even a thousand years later. This is because I know that whoever is stupid enough to suggest that nobles and commoners be viewed as equals in the eyes of the law at this time will die. If I and Big Brother suggest this, Great Qi will become history like Great Zhou.”

Qi Haoran leaned in front of Mu Yangling curiously and asked, “Didn’t you always say that what’s suitable is the best? Do you think it’s appropriate for Little An to mention such a thing now?”

Mu Yangling looked at him in surprise. Qi Haoran actually thought so deeply?

Qi Haoran puffed up his cheeks. “What kind of look is that? Can’t I be wise?” He looked at Mu Yangling solemnly and said, “Fortunately, Zijin was alert. If this article accidentally leaked out, I bet there’ll be chaos.”

Qi Haoran stared at Mu Yangling and said, “No one will believe that the 11-year-old Little An wrote such a article. They will only suspect that Zijin instructed it. When that happens, we might not even know how Zijin died. Ah Ling, you have to keep a close eye on the children. Make sure things that shouldn’t be leaked stays under wraps!”

Mu Yangling coughed lightly and said in a low voice, “Little An didn’t say that he’s going to push for equality immediately. He just wants to shorten the distance between the two sides a little first and advance slowly. As long as we don’t say anything, who will think that we’re going for that goal?”

Qi Haoran sat up from the bed and glared at her. “Ha, you’re even bolder. You’re aiming for everyone to be equal. Also, this is your and the children’s goal. It’s not mine, let alone Zijin and Big Brother’s.”

Qi Haoran lay down before getting up again to glare at her. “If everyone is equal, then will I still be King Rong? Will you still be a Queen Consort? I object!”

Mu Yangling shrunk her neck and nestled in front of the bed. She whispered, “Didn’t you say that it will be hundreds of years later? At that time, we’ll have turned into ashes and dust…”

“Judging by the momentum of you and the children, are you sure this matter will really only happen in a few hundred years?” Qi Haoran crossed his legs and said to her seriously, “Ah Ling, you have to remember at all times that when Little Leopard and Baozhu get a bit older, we’ll go sightseeing. You’re not allowed to get involved in the mess caused by the brats.”

Qi Haoran knew that if Mu Yangling did not get involved and the children did not have anyone to encourage them, he and Zijin might be able to suppress this matter by discouraging them every few days. If Ah Ling encouraged them from the side, it would be useless no matter what he and Zijin did.

Mu Yangling raised her hand and swore. “Don’t worry, I’ll definitely keep my promise and keep an eye on the children. I won’t let them cause trouble.”

No one understood the bloodiness of reform better than her. Every reform resulted in blood shed by countless people.

Mu Yangling did desire a better future, but she would not sacrifice her family for this. She did want to create more opportunities for her descendants and let the people live a better life, but only on the premise of a good life for her family.

Instead of sacrificing her family for the people of the world.

On this point, she was a little selfish, but she was extremely clear-headed.

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