Watching the four little ones walking towards them hand in hand, both An Jing and Xiao Changyi felt their hearts melt into softness, deeply filled with immense satisfaction.
Subconsciously, An Jing and Xiao Changyi turned their heads, eyes meeting each other’s, one with a smile blooming like a flower, the other with the corners of his lips slightly lifted.
At that moment, the four children had also reached their side, Su Yi Jing and Su Yixing cuddling into Xiao Changyi’s embrace, An Yiqing and An Yiyun burrowing into An Jing’s arms.
Xiao Changyi and An Jing still knelt there, but their arms were wrapped around the two children snuggling into their embrace.
The children, held in their arms, were all smiling, each looking exceptionally joyful.
Looking at the scenery around them, her four children, and her beloved man, only then did An Jing sigh contentedly.
Soon after, she asked her four children, "Tomorrow, Mom and Dad will take you to the Imperial Palace to see your grandfather, are you happy about that?"
The four children simply looked at An Jing and smiled.
An Jing smiled as well, "You’ve only seen your grandfather once, that was on your first birthday, and now, more than half a year has passed, it’s normal if you don’t remember him. But tomorrow, when Mom asks you to call him ’Grandpa,’ you must do it, if you dare not to and embarrass Mom, wait and see if I won’t spank you when we get back."
Immediately, the four children started calling out to her in their milky voices, showing their delightfully playful little selfs, "Grandpa! Grandpa! Grandpa! Grandpa!"
Watching the children do this, An Jing instantly thought of a modern animated movie scene she had seen of seven gourd children calling out to their grandfather, and she burst out laughing without control.
Xiao Changyi didn’t know why An Jing suddenly felt so joyful, but seeing An Jing so happy, and the children too, he didn’t show much on his face, but he too was very happy inside.
The next day, An Jing and Xiao Changyi dressed all four little ones in identical outfits and shoes.
The clothes and shoes of the four children were always identical, all four of them small and clean, and particularly cute looking. Dressed in the same outfits and shoes, the group of children standing together made an incredibly adorable scene that was especially pleasing.
Each time An Jing and Xiao Changyi took these four children out, they received a hundred percent turn-back rate.
Xiao Changyi wore a black wide-sleeved embroidered prince’s robe, which already added to his naturally stern and majestic aura, making him even more commanding and awe-inspiring.
An Jing wore a bright red wide-sleeved Princess dress, without any extra decorations, just a simple yet elegant jade hairpin nestled in her ink-black hair, simple and tasteful yet dignified.
"Let’s go see your grandfather," An Jing said, quickly flicking her fingers over each of the little ones’ noses, then joined hands with Xiao Changyi to lead the four out the door.
Meng Zhuqing had already been waiting at the door with the horse-drawn carriage, and once An Jing and her family were all aboard, he drove them into the Capital City.
The Imperial Palace was heavily guarded, but the guards dared to search only Meng Zhuqing.
After he had been searched, Meng Zhuqing then led the horse-drawn carriage into the palace. Given his status, and since this was the Imperial Palace, he could not carelessly drive around; he had to lead the carriage step by step forward.
The slow pace allowed An Jing, seated in the carriage, to open the carriage curtains and pointed out to the four children the places she recognized, letting them look.
The four little ones, having never seen such buildings before, were especially curious, their little heads bustling to look out first.