Xiaosuisui heeded his words and rushed over immediately. She tilted up her small head, her eyes blinking, and looked at Ji Youlin happily.
"What kind of gift is it?"
Ji Youlin opened the box and took out a beautiful silver bracelet, which he directly put on her small wrist. From the bracelet, he then drew out a small circlet attached by a gold thread.
"See, this is the bracelet, and this small circlet, connected to it by the thread, is the ring part. Put them both on."
After saying that, Ji Youlin helped her put them on, then pointed at a black bird flying in the sky. "Raise your hand and aim your bracelet at that flying black bird!"
Xiaosuisui did as instructed. She heard Ji Youlin shout lightly, "Clench your fist and pull the gold thread!"
Xiaosuisui immediately did so. Then, with a THUD, the black bird flying in the sky dropped to the ground.
Xiaosuisui’s eyes widened in surprise.
"This is fun! Uncle Six, you’re amazing!"
A slight smile touched Ji Youlin’s lips as he waved his hand dismissively.
"This is nothing; it’s for your self-defense. Here, these are short darts. The mechanism rotates, and each rotation shoots out one dart. Keep count. When you’ve used them all up, reload it, and then come find your Uncle Six to make you more."
Xiaosuisui nodded happily. "Alright, alright, I got it! Thank you, Uncle Six!"
Xie Pan’Er was dumbfounded by all of this. To her, Xiaosuisui had always been bold, which she couldn’t quite understand.
The gentle Second Mistress, the generous Third Mistress, the dignified and noble Old Madam... how could they have raised such a bold and unconventional Princess?
Now she finally understood. It was likely the pampering from her Ji Family uncles that had allowed the Princess to develop such a dauntless, fearless personality, right?
Taking a deep breath, she said to Ji Youlin, "Sixth Master, the Princess is still young. If she carries this and accidentally hurts herself, what should we do?"
Upon hearing what Xie Pan’Er said, Ji Youlin waved his hand dismissively. "What’s the big deal? This is for her self-defense during the day. At night, you can take it off her and put it away safely. Then, put it back on her the next day!"
Alright then!
Xie Pan’Er had no other objections, so she took Suisui and said her goodbyes.
Ji Youlin, however, called out to stop her. He then took out another identical small box and handed it to her.
"That one is Suisui’s, and this one is yours!"
Upon hearing his words, Xie Pan’Er was stunned, her face a mask of disbelief. "I... I get one too?"
Ji Youlin nodded. "Of course. You are specifically assigned to be by Suisui’s side, looking after her and guiding her."
"If she’s ever in danger, you’ll be in danger too. I’m giving you something for self-defense. In the future, if you both face danger and you can’t protect yourself, wouldn’t that end up harming our Xiaosuisui?"
WHOOSH. Xie Pan’Er felt as if a knife had pierced her heart.
Despite this, she was still grateful for Ji Youlin’s gift. "Thank you, Sixth Master."
Ji Youlin waved his hand, dismissing them.
Watching them walk off into the distance, Ji Youlin muttered to himself, The young Emperor was right. Miss Xie has the responsibility of guiding Xiaosuisui towards goodness; she needs the ability to protect herself too!
「In the Imperial Palace.」
The young Emperor, who was currently receiving Princess Ata from Nanjiang, couldn’t help but sneeze, feeling quite embarrassed.
Princess Ata, her face quite pale, sat in a seat of honor below him, looking at him with some concern.
"Your Majesty, are you perhaps feeling unwell?"