Family affection? Is it important to have rights?

Chapter 228 Don’t Get Used to It

Ji Qichen took Tang Xi to his mother's residence with a reluctant look on his face.

He had originally agreed with Tangxi not to go to his mother's house, so isn't he going back on his word now?

Mu Tangxi comforted him: "It's okay, I want to meet your mother too."

After hearing this, the expression on Ji Qichen's face gradually relaxed.

"My mother was the Jade Beauty. She lived in a small palace with three other beauties."

"So, maybe you'll meet three other beauties later."

Mu Tangxi looked at the three concubines passing by in front of her. She had fully realized how many beauties there were in the palace.

I saw several of them in a short while!

Ji Qichen had already gotten used to it, and he acted as if he hadn't seen those concubines. He gently held Tang Xi's hand and walked towards that place that was both strange and familiar.

Mu Tangxi was led forward, and Ji Qichen said that it was because her hands were too cold, so he wanted to hold her hand and use his hands to warm her.

If Ji Qichen's eyes hadn't been so vague, Mu Tangxi would have thought that was the reason.

After all, she still had a hand warmer to keep warm.

But Mu Tangxi did not refuse. This action seemed novel and interesting to her. In addition...

Mu Tangxi thought Ji Qichen was very cute as he stared straight ahead, stiffly not looking back.

As they gradually approached the concubines' residences, they could see that there were more concubines!

Some concubines gathered together for a walk, some played chess and piano in the pavilion, and some were painting.

They were gathered in groups of several people, with calm expressions, as if they were used to it.

Mu Tangxi suddenly asked: "Qi Chen, do you know how many concubines there are in the palace?"

Ji Qichen's eyes were blank for a moment. In fact, he could still count them when he was a child, but as he grew up, his father also continued to recruit people.

and so……

"I haven't counted them for a long time. When I was a kid, there were 68 of them. Now, there should be nearly a hundred, right?"

Mu Tangxi: ...

The palace is not big enough to accommodate them.

"We're here." Ji Qichen stopped and looked at this familiar place with complicated eyes.

Mu Tangxi looked up and saw a very small palace, but four concubines lived in it.

Ji Qichen knocked on the door and it was opened by Yu Meiren's personal maid. Her eyes lit up when she saw that the visitor was the Third Prince.

But then he looked into the room in embarrassment, "Third Prince, the beauty is embroidering clothes."

Ji Qichen nodded expressionlessly, "We can wait on the side for a while."

Mu Tangxi didn't understand the meaning of this, and she looked at Ji Qichen in confusion.

Ji Qichen leaned close to her ear and explained, "Mother was embroidering clothes for father, but father never wanted them and just burned them."

"Also, my mother won't pay attention to me when she's working. If someone else were to come to her, she wouldn't be like that."

Mu Tangxi was stunned. As the third prince, is Ji Qichen so unpopular with his mother?

Ji Qichen took Tangxi directly into the house, sat on a chair, and watched his mother embroider clothes.

Mu Tangxi had nothing to look at, so he had to follow Ji Qichen and stare at the beautiful Jade Lady.

The beautiful jade lady's hand trembled as she was being stared at by two pairs of eyes, and the tip of the needle in her hand pierced her finger directly.

Jade Beauty looked at her hand with blood beads, her face sank, she looked at her son unkindly, "What are you doing here?! You are such an ominous thing, I got hurt when you came here!"

Mu Tangxi:?

She felt that Lady Yu would not dare to say that the Third Prince was an unlucky person in front of the Emperor.

Ji Qichen replied calmly: "My father asked me to bring Tangxi to pay my respects to you."

The jade beauty paused, and walked over ecstatically to grab Ji Qichen's hand, and asked expectantly: "Your Majesty, have you finally remembered me?!"

"I knew your majesty would not forget me!"

The beautiful jade lady grabbed Ji Qichen excitedly, and her nails accidentally dug into the flesh of Ji Qichen's arm.

Mu Tangxi frowned, his eyes fixed on Yu Meiren's hand, his amber eyes darkened, and he spoke softly: "Your Majesty just asked me and Qi Chen to come and see you, and then Concubine Li appeared."

She had already classified Ji Qichen as one of her things, so how could she tolerate Yu Meiren harming him?

Then Mu Tangxi directly and decisively pried open the beautiful lady's hands, and pulled Ji Qichen back a few steps.

Ji Qichen's dark eyes widened a little, and in his eyes there was only Tang Xi's figure, standing firmly in front of him.

The sharp nails of the beautiful lady Yu directly cut several cuts on Ji Qichen's arm. Mu Tangxi wiped Ji Qichen's arm with her handkerchief.

Turning to look at the beautiful lady, he found that she was standing there in a daze, muttering: "Impossible... Your Majesty... will not forget..."

Suddenly, she looked at Ji Qichen and Mu Tangxi with resentment, picked up the water cup on the table and threw it at them.

"Get lost! It's all your fault that His Majesty won't come to see me!"

Ji Qichen's eyes became fierce, and he pulled Tangxi to the side to avoid it. "Since mother is not convenient, then I will leave first."

As he was about to pull Tangxi away, he just opened the door and happened to run into three concubines who had just returned. The two groups of people blocked the door for a while.

The second teacup of Jade Beauty finally hit Ji Qichen's back.

"Oh!"

The three beauties who were blocking the way were also a little embarrassed, and quickly made way to let the Third Prince and his companions leave.

Because they moved quickly, Yu Meiren's third teacup missed the target and fell directly to the ground.

Ji Qichen dragged Tangxi for a long walk before he slowed down. He turned around and looked at Tangxi guiltily: "I'm sorry for letting you see this scene."

Mu Tangxi was puzzled: "Why didn't you break free from the beautiful lady? She obviously pinched you until you bled."

Ji Qichen was silent for a moment, "Maybe... maybe it's because I'm used to it? And it doesn't hurt that much."

Mu Tangxi sighed, she held Ji Qichen's face close to her, stared at Ji Qichen closely, and said seriously word by word: "You are a human being, you will feel pain, so next time you encounter this kind of thing, you must protect yourself!"

"Don't get used to it!"

"If someone hurts you, you must retaliate a thousand times!"

"As for me," Mu Tangxi let go of Ji Qichen's hand, "I hate cowardly people."

Ji Qichen lowered his head and Tangxi held his face:!

Hate, hate? ! ! !

"I, I'm not a coward!" Ji Qichen explained nervously.

"I just, just..."

Mu Tangxi looked at Ji Qichen quietly, waiting for his words.

Ji Qichen took a deep breath, "I won't get used to it anymore, so," a gleam of water flashed in his eyes, "so please don't hate me."

He looked at Tangxi pleadingly, but Mu Tangxi just asked softly, "Then what will you do if someone hurts you in the future?"

Ji Qichen's eyes lit up, "I will retaliate a thousand times!"