Chapter 292: Crawling Through the Dog Hole

The princess's attendant aunts all said that, Aunt Xiang thought, forget it, she couldn't persuade her either, so she might as well follow along.

If they really ran into trouble, she could also block it from the front.

Besides, there's still a princess.

Aunt Xiang felt helpless, so she could only follow along.

Sui Sui didn't understand why her older sister was so insistent on going to someone else's courtyard.

After realizing her persuasion was useless, she could only sigh like a little adult, then follow behind Feng You Tan.

Feng You Tan didn't want Sui Sui to be afraid, so she whispered, "Second Brother has a bad temper; at most he'll scold people, he doesn't hit anyone."

Sui Sui:?

You didn't mention that before.

If you were going to say that…

Forget it, older sister is going, she'll definitely follow along.

Sui Sui also didn't really understand: Second Brother has a bad temper, why does older sister still want to go over?

The two of them, one in front and one behind, arrived at Lu Fourth Young Master's courtyard.

The gate was shut tight, even though it was daytime, even though there was a banquet at the Residence.

But the Fourth Young Master's gate was closed very securely, as if to keep people from sneaking in.

After Feng You Tan walked around the Gate, she pointed to the trees not far away and said, "Come on, let's climb over past those."

After saying that, she then looked at Sui Sui's small frame, shook her head, and said, "Forget it, you Xiao Huanggua, you can't climb up."

Sui Sui:?

The child didn't understand, so she could only earnestly correct: "My name is Sui Sui, not Xiao Huanggua."

Feng You Tan didn't listen to Sui Sui's explanation at all, giggling: "Xiao Huanggua, Xiao Huanggua!"

Sui Sui puffed up her cheeks in anger, but unfortunately there wasn't much flesh on her face, only a slight sense of it.

Feng You Tan thought the feel of that face was nice, then quickly changed her tone: "Okay, okay, okay, Sui Sui isn't Xiao Huanggua, come on, let older sister pinch you."

While speaking, Feng You Tan's hand had already reached out.

Older sister had pinched it before; it didn't hurt, just a little itchy.

Sui Sui obediently stretched out her head.

Her proactive manner made Feng You Tan laugh outright: "It's so fun, I want to put you in a food box and take you back to the palace to play."

Sui Sui wanted to say, she's a person, not fun to play with.

But she couldn't argue with older sister, so in the end the words rose to her lips and she swallowed them back helplessly.

The two little kids aren't good at climbing mountains; Aunt Chou's meaning was: why don't we just knock on the Gate?

It's not like we have some shameful identity; we can just knock on the Gate.

At worst, the Fourth Young Master won't let us in, we'll get a scolding, be honest about it, and then leave, right?

Feng You Tan listened, unconvinced, she put her hands on her hips, lifted her head, like a rooster about to go into battle, and said, "No way, how can we not go in? I want to, I want to, I want to go!"

Having said that, she lifted her little head and strode forward angrily: "I remember there's a dog hole; I'm going to crawl through, nobody can stop me!"

Aunt Chou: ……

Used to it, lying flat is also fine.

Aunt Chou said, sometimes lying flat is also nice.

Living is comfortable, dying is peaceful.

Otherwise, what else could she do?

Seeing Aunt Chou finish persuading, Aunt Xiang's face showed a calm, awaiting-death expression, and she was directly startled.

She felt uneasy, moved closer to Aunt Chou's side: "This…… really can't be persuaded?"

Aunt Chou revealed a smile that looked past life and death: "You see, does persuasion even help?"

Aunt Xiang: ……

It seems it's not useful.

Ah!

The aunts and grandmothers in the palace look glamorous, but upon closer inspection, serving people's work is really not easy.

When this little princess encounters something, it's still these servants who end up being punished.

The two aunts have now let go of their mindset, holding an attitude that whether they die early or late, they'll die anyway, and they follow the two young ladies forward.

Feng You Tan has clearly been here before, and she seems to have crawled through the dog hole.

So, she's familiar with the spot; she found it quickly, lay down without saying anything, and called to Sui Sui: "Come on, this hole is fun to play in, it gets wider the more you crawl, and once you're through, it's a little flower garden that smells lovely."

Sui Sui felt a bit hesitant, always thinking it's not right to enter someone else's courtyard without permission.

But she didn't know how to refuse older sister, so in the end she followed behind Feng You Tan in a daze.

The two young ladies, one in front and one behind, crawled into the dog hole one after another.

When Aunt Chou saw Feng You Tan crawling in, she had already signaled someone to knock on the gate.

They still couldn't crawl in; besides walking through the main gate, what else could they do?

Sui Sui felt she had been crawling behind Feng You Tan for a long time.

Soon, she smelled a whiff of grass and wood fragrance, and also saw warm sunlight.

Have we come out?

Sui Sui lifted her head; Feng You Tan had already risen, and was brushing dirt off her body.

As she raised her hand, she noticed Sui Sui was still on the ground, not getting up, so she quickly reached out: "Come on, come on, get up quickly; you look like a little dog, but we're just crawling through a dog hole, we're not actually dogs."

Sui Sui still had a dazed expression, but obediently stretched out her hand.

Feng You Tan is tall and sturdy; don't let her young age fool you—she lifted Sui Sui up with a light exertion of her hand.

Sui Sui didn't need to rely on herself; she simply floated up to stand, still somewhat dazed.

She was about to imitate her older sister, patting her clothes.

As a result, she saw that someone seemed to be ahead.

Sui Sui slightly opened her mouth, lifted her head with a bewildered expression, and then saw two people not far away, one sitting and one standing.

The young older brother stared at their direction, his face as calm as water.

The older brother standing beside the eldest brother slightly opened his mouth wide, apparently surprised by their manner of appearance.

Upon seeing someone, Sui Sui jumped in fright.

Did they just casually enter someone's courtyard and then get caught?

She panickedly stepped forward, lightly grabbing the corner of Feng You Tan's clothes: "Sis, sis… uh… uh… uh, someone's here."

Sui Sui's nervous, fearful voice trembled.

Feng You Tan naturally saw the people; she lightly raised her hand and patted Sui Sui's hand back to comfort her: "Don't panic, I saw them—that's Second Elder Brother."

Sui Sui was about to ask who Second Elder Brother was when she heard the brother sitting in the chair over there hoarsely shout: "Get lost!"

The opposite party's face was grim, their eyes fierce, their voice carrying a hoarseness as if they hadn't spoken in a while.

After shouting, the opposite party raised a hand to gesture.

The standing servant hurriedly pushed Fourth Young Master's wheelchair a bit, then quickly turned his back to Feng You Tan and her group, pushing it away in another direction.

Upon seeing this, Feng You Tan hurriedly called out: "Second Elder Brother, it's me!"

Fourth Young Master didn't respond to her, only raising his voice and shouting again: "Get lost!"

Sui Sui was startled by his shout, anxiously clutching Feng You Tan's clothes.

Feng You Tan wasn't angry at being shouted at; she playfully retorted: "Second Elder Brother, I won't get lost—you have to tell me how to get lost, come down and demonstrate it for me."

Fourth Young Master didn't reply, merely signaling the servant to speed up; in a moment, master and servant vanished from Feng You Tan and Sui Sui's sight.

Feng You Tan wasn't giving up, pulling Sui Sui's hand as she still wanted to chase after them.

As a result, another servant quickly appeared, bowing slightly, respectfully yet firmly saying: "Princess, please return."

The second watch was at 19:00.