"His Highness Ke Cheng Jin is also my brother, even if he’s only two days older than me, he’s still my brother. Even if I don’t have deep feelings for him, the fact that he’s my half-brother by the same father will never change."
An Jing knew that Su Chengyu had a compassionate heart, so she wasn’t at all surprised that he still made secret visits to see Su Chengjin.
Seeing that Xiao Changyi remained silent, she candidly said, "In this royal family, only you and the emperor are esteemed by Brother Yi. That Prince Chengjin has never even been seen by Brother Yi before, so he probably won’t visit him. You should go by yourself."
Su Chengyu also knew Xiao Changyi’s personality, so he didn’t insist, "Well, then I’ll just go and take a look myself."
Immediately after, Su Chengyu called Su Muchen to go back to the East Palace with him first.
But the two little ones, An Yiyun and An Yiqing, each grabbed one of Su Muchen’s hands, refusing to let him go.
Seeing this scene, Su Chengyu laughed, "Chen, then you stay here to play with Yun Er and them. After all, your Imperial Grandfather has already decreed it; you don’t have to worry so much."
"Then Brother Yi’s sister-in-law, I must take my leave first." After saying that, Su Chengyu turned around and went back to the East Palace.
An Jing watched Su Chengyu leave and then turned her gaze back to the four children. Seeing them all clinging to Su Muchen, she said with a smile, "Chen, if you get annoyed by them, just ignore them. That’s exactly what your Imperial Uncle does."
Su Muchen smiled shyly and scratched his head, saying with a naive smile, "Chen enjoys their company; I haven’t really played before."
Although they weren’t the same age, they could still play together. Listening to Su Muchen’s words, An Jing felt a pang of melancholy.
After all, he is just a child.
No matter how composed and mature he acts in front of the Emperor of Xiyun and his father Su Chengyu, this person is ultimately just a nine-year-old child.
An Jing sighed inwardly, then smiled and said, "Then take them wherever you want to play. They love playing with you, so wherever you wish to go, they’ll surely want to go there too."
Su Muchen hesitated, stealthily stealing a glance at his Imperial Uncle Xiao Changyi. Seeing that Xiao Changyi was expressionless yet did not object, he smiled and nodded at An Jing, "Mhm."
Then, Su Muchen led the four children to play in the Imperial Garden.
An Jing and Xiao Changyi followed from behind, watching over them.
The Imperial Garden not only had flowers and grass but also pavilions, water pavilions, and even artificial mountains and stones, which were particularly beautiful.
Su Muchen took the four children to the artificial mountain and played hide and seek with the children.
There were many small caves that could be squeezed through in the artificial mountain. Su Muchen himself couldn’t fit through them, but the four children could, and sometimes when they hid, it made Su Muchen unable to find them.
Despite this, Su Muchen was very happy. All of these were things he had never had the chance to play with before.
The four children were also very happy, especially when Su Muchen finally found them after a lot of effort.
While the children were playing hide and seek in the artificial mountains, An Jing and Xiao Changyi had already climbed up. They sat on the mountain and watched the five children play exuberantly below them.
Watching the children play below, An Jing thought for a bit and then said to Xiao Changyi, "My lord, let’s also stay in the palace tonight. It will save my father-in-law the trouble of sending the children back to us tomorrow. We’ll bring the children back by ourselves tomorrow."