jdhmnovel Chapter 454: The Junior Brother Who Cannot Be Ignored and Recognized
Chapter 454: The Junior Brother Who Cannot Be Ignored and Recognized
Regardless of the occasion, the three little guys knelt down in front of Xiao Beichen, kowtowed, and then cutely shouted: "Disciple greets Third Uncle!"
Then they all stretched out their little hands, palms facing up, and shouted again: "Happy New Year! Wish you good fortune and prosperity!"
Yuntang's mouth twitched. Third Senior Brother just said that they were like her when she was a child. Did she ask for New Year's money like this when she was a child?
Today is the third day of February.
But the New Year’s money always arrives late.
Xiao Beichen was touched by the cuteness of these children.
He looked at Yuntang meaningfully, then reached into his sleeves, took out three badges, and placed them in the palms of the three children's outstretched hands with a smile.
"This is the badge that Third Uncle gave you to enter the palace. If you want to come to the palace to play in the future, show this badge to the guards at the gate."
Xiao Beichen explained the purpose of the waist badge with a smile, and when three confused and curious little faces stared at the jade badge, he took out several small and exquisite purses.
Seeing the familiar purse, the three little guys' eyes lit up.
"Get up. It's not worth it to kneel down to ask for New Year's money." Seeing the three silly children still kneeling on the ground, Xiao Beichen smiled and asked them to get up.
After they stood up, they divided the purses one by one, and naturally, the purses were filled with golden plum blossoms.
You should know that these children have been prepared for their coming to the capital.
As for the badges for entering the palace, all the nephews have them. Although those who often go in and out of the palace do not need to show their badges every time, they all have them.
Even the Gu family siblings who had just returned to Beijing each had a piece.
Even though Gu Yiheng and Gu Yixiao are only Gu Chengfeng's nephews, they are also Gu Chengfeng's disciples, have Taoist names, and therefore have waist badges.
Lan Xian, Wang Yan, and Wang Qi all live in the southern border and have never been to the capital. Today is their first time in the capital, their first time entering the palace, and of course their first time meeting the emperor, their third uncle.
Therefore, Xiao Beichen also personally issued badges to them.
The three little ones don’t understand the meaning of the badges yet, but they are still very happy to receive the New Year’s money.
Each of them took out their own small Qiankun bags with a bright smile, put away their waist badges and purses, and bowed to their kind Third Uncle to express their gratitude.
Xiao Beichen liked these children very much.
However, he looked at the Lan family standing nearby and asked Lan Jue, "Old Eight, your nephews and nieces are here too. Call them up. I've prepared some lucky money for them."
Anyway, no matter how many people come, he has prepared a lot of money bags in his sleeves.
Lan Jue smiled and called out a series of names, starting with his eldest brother's child, Lan Zhou, who was about twelve or thirteen years old, followed by Lan Yu, who was ten years old, Lan Ting, who was seven years old, and Lan Hui, who was a little over four years old.
Lanhui is the only girl in their family, the others are all sons.
Then came the three from my eldest cousin's family, namely eighteen-year-old boy Lan Jin, fifteen-year-old girl Lan Wei, and ten-year-old boy Lan Xuan.
The four from my second cousin’s family are the seventeen-year-old boy Lan Cheng, the fourteen-year-old girl Lan Xin, the eleven-year-old boy Lan Qian, and the eight-year-old girl Lan Xue.
There are a total of twelve children who came to the capital, including Lan Xian.
As Lan Jue called out their names, they all stepped forward and saluted Xiao Beichen.
Although it was not a relationship between the monarch and his subjects, they had no official positions and were not the children of the powerful. To put it bluntly, if it weren't for Lan Jue's relationship, they would have been merchants from the Southern Territory.
But with what Xiao Beichen said before, they performed the etiquette as juniors.
Xiao Beichen gave out New Year's money to them one by one.
"Let's go play in the garden. Mingxi and the others will be here soon." Xiao Beichen said with a smile, "Xiao Ye and the others are in the Imperial Guard Camp. Someone has already gone to notify them."
Before the princes and princesses of similar age arrived, Yuntang entertained them, while the others went to the flower pavilion in the imperial garden with a good view.
Soon, Mingxi and several other princesses hurried over, but Mingyue did not come out because her wedding date was approaching.
Soon, the Queen also arrived with a large group of people from the imperial palace. The children hurried back to the Flower Pavilion to meet Queen Xu.
Empress Xu knew that the Lan family was the richest family in the southern border, and she had also long known that Lan Jue was the emperor's money bag. When she saw the children of the Lan family, she praised them and gave them the gifts she brought.
After meeting Wang Yan and Wang Qi, he was surprised for a while. He hugged Wang Qi and gave Wang Qi a lot of rewards.
The children were so surprised by the number of gifts from Empress Xu that they quickly bowed and thanked her. The relationship between them became closer and they felt that the Empress was very amiable despite her noble status.
After the lively greetings, the children put the gifts into their own small bags and went to play in the imperial garden.
Their small Qiankun bags are only the size of a purse and have a capacity only as large as a room. Although they can't hold much stuff, they are very convenient to use.
They were all half-finished and half-waste products refined by Tianji Pavilion in the early years. Lan Jue could afford a high price, so he bought quite a few.
It is incomparable to the small and exquisite Qiankun bag as big as a yard that Yuntang gave to his cousins.
But children are very fond of it and fill it with many snacks, toys, treasures and private money.
In the garden pavilion, the three princesses Mingxi, Minghua and Mingzhi were very happy to see their new friends. The princesses were not arrogant, so the Lan sisters also felt relaxed and they soon got along well.
Xiao Ye came with a group of people. Although the Imperial Garden was large, with dozens of them it was crowded and lively wherever they went.
But soon, when the boys saw six-year-old Wang Yan, five-year-old Lan Xian, and four-year-old Wang Qi, their smiles froze.
The younger one looked up at them with a blank face.
And when they saw that these children were of the same generation as them, and were their junior brothers... no, senior brothers, they suddenly felt like they couldn't cry.
All of them became Yun Xuanyuan's registered disciples at about the same time, and even though a few more joined later, there was no specific order of precedence.
Just like studying in academy, we are in the same group of classmates and we don’t have any special nicknames, we are all of the same generation anyway.
Every day, everyone reads books, recites Taoist scriptures, practices basic skills, and meditates to cultivate spiritual essence...
I never thought that one day several senior brothers of such young age would appear in front of me.
He is still a junior brother who cannot be ignored or denied.
Because they are all the children of the uncles, they are all direct disciples!
The teenagers slowly realized that these kids had no awareness of generational ranking, they were just curious about how many people there were...
Xiao Ye squatted down and showed a particularly warm smile: "Yan'er, Xian'er, Qi'er, hello! I am the son of your third uncle, you can call me Brother Ye."
Xiao Ye originally thought that these little guys might be difficult to coax, and he felt a little nervous.
However, when Lan Xian, Wang Yan, and Wang Qi heard that they were going to call each other brother, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they all clasped their fists and bowed, then spread out their little palms and said in a baby voice:
"Brother Ye, Happy New Year! Wish you good fortune and prosperity!"