Drop of Cinnabar in the Heart (6)
Yu Xiaocao stared at him. Fang Haolin couldn't endure her knowing look any longer and admitted his faults, "Older Sister, I was wrong! In the future, I will never sneak behind the adults to go riding by myself."
"Just where were you wrong?" Yu Xiaocao had raised her two younger siblings well in her past life, and had also done a good job raising Little Shitou in this life. She was quite experienced in the ways of disciplining unruly kids.
Fang Haolin began counting on his fingers as he recited, "A gentleman shouldn't do things that he knows that are dangerous. I shouldn't have gone out riding by myself as I knew that it could be bad. I also didn't think of the consequences of my actions and weigh what might have happened. I didn't take into account the feelings of my family once they found out...I made my father and mother worried about me as well as my older sister...I won't do it again!"
Little Baozi also chirped in to show his good side, "I was also wrong. Lady Mother, don't be angry. Baozi won't dare to do something like that again."
Little Shitou felt all of this was quite interesting and glanced at his nephew's chubby little face as he asked, "Are you sure you won't do it again? Then, in the future, you won't be able to ride a horse again ah!"
Little Baozi scrunched up his face and sobbingly said, "Lady Mother, Maternal Uncle Lin isn't reliable, so I won't let him take me riding again. Is it ok if other people take me along though?"
Fang Haolin didn't expect for his young nephew to change colors so quickly. He angrily huffed, "Such a coward! Once I've mastered horseback riding, I won't bring you along to play!"
"I don't need you! My lord father is better at riding than you and his horse can run really fast!" Little Baozi pulled on Xiaocao's hand, swaying it as he asked, "Lady Mother, can I have my lord father take me riding?"
Zhu Junyang's heart felt as if it was about to burst with happiness as he crowed, "Of course ah! You don't need to ask your lady mother, I can give you permission. Once you get older, I will teach you personally how to ride!"
Little Baozi surreptitiously looked at his mother's face and when he saw there was no rejection, he became happy, "Lord Father, you're awesome. Lord Father and Lady Mother are the absolute very very very best people in the world! Lord Father, Maternal Uncle Lin has his own little horse, but I don't have one..."
"Once you learn how to ride, I will give you an even better one! The heir of Imperial Prince Xu's definitely requires a Ferghana horse to pair with him!" What a joke, his family was the one in charge of the imperial family's horse-breeding program. It was a simple matter for him to get a Ferghana colt for his son.
If the emperor didn't object...then he would bring his wife along to the horse breeding farm to stroll around and get a few wild horses to tame. What was so hard about that?
Fang Haolin suddenly felt as if his normal little horse wasn't that interesting anymore. He shamelessly asked, "Older Brother-in-law...my good master, can you also give me a Ferghana horse as well?"
"Do you think Ferghana horses are that easy to come by? That we can just reach out and grab one ah?" Zhu Junyang saw that the youth didn't act as an outsider at all, so he glanced at him briefly as he calmly replied.
Fang Haolin opened his eyes pitifully, "Then...didn't you just say you were giving Little Baozi one ah?"
Zhu Junyang chuckled lightly, "Yunxuan is this prince's son and the heir of my estate. Isn't it right and proper for me to give such a precious gift to him? Just who are you to me?"
Fang Haolin glanced at Yu Xiaocao and then righteously said, "The eldest sister is like a mother, and a brother-in-law is like a father. I'm sure Older Brother-in-law has heard of this saying before ah?"
