Grandfather used to always say to him, Kid... you are the Eldest Young Lady, so you must endure more hardships, set an example for your younger siblings, show the demeanor of an Eldest Young Lady, protect your younger siblings. Don’t think that just because you are a girl, you cannot do better than a boy. As long as you are willing to endure hardships... even boys cannot surpass you!
Bai Qingyan has the same expectations for her daughter, hoping Kangle won’t think she should be sheltered by her relatives just because she is a girl. She wants both her daughter and son to grow up to be upright and independent individuals.
Xiao Rongyan was somewhat stunned, not expecting the Bai family to educate their children in this manner.
After a while, Xiao Rongyan’s eyebrows and eyes carried a smile: "The Bai family’s ethos is very admirable. It seems how we teach our two children in the future will rely heavily on Kid. Well then... in the future, we will have a gentle father and a strict mother! Let me be the good person, as the father!"
Bai Qingyan couldn’t help but laugh aloud: "Alright, I’ll be the strict mother, and you be the gentle father."
"Words once spoken cannot be taken back! Kid, you are the Emperor, when you speak, you must keep your word!" Xiao Rongyan, holding the child in his arms, was filled with joy, "When we reunite as a family in the future, if the two of them do something wrong, I’ll tell Kid so she can scold them, and I’ll come out to protect them!"
"How clever the Regent Prince is, having me as the mother do the dirty work while you, the father, take the credit."
Chun Tao, who was standing beside the red lacquered pillar, couldn’t help but cover her lips and laugh softly, remembering her mother saying that when their lady had just given birth to the eldest young lady, the master held her in his arms and couldn’t bear to part with her. Even when the eldest was just a baby, the master told the wife to be a strict mother in the future so he could be the gentle father, making sure the daughter would be closer to him.
Watching Bai Qingyan and Xiao Rongyan holding the two children together and chatting happily, Chun Tao thought of the already deceased Bai Qishan. Her eyes turned red, thinking that if the master were still alive, he would surely be happy to see the eldest young lady, the master, and the two adorable grandchildren.
This was Xiao Rongyan’s first visit to the palace, so he couldn’t stay too long. After coaxing the two children to sleep, Xiao Rongyan had to leave.
"There’s someone related to my sister-in-law in the escort team I brought to the palace, so I can’t stay long... I must return!" Xiao Rongyan clasped Bai Qingyan’s hands, kissed them gently at his lips, and said in a low voice, "But luckily, I’m in Dadu City now, at least I’m closer to you and the children."
Chun Tao and Chun Zhi saw what was happening and smiled, carrying the two little masters away to give their eldest young lady and master some privacy.
"If only we were at the Bai Mansion, things would be so much better. If I were at the Bai Mansion, I could have Yue Shi divert people to Qinghui Courtyard to see you and the children!" Xiao Rongyan couldn’t help but feel regret. When Bai Qingyan was still at the Bai Mansion, with the sharp-eyed and keen-minded Bai family guards, it was easy for him to enter. Now that Bai Qingyan lives in this vast Imperial Palace, it’s difficult for him to sneak in unnoticed, and Bai Qingyan cannot just divert people away... otherwise, it would arouse suspicion.
"Alright..." Bai Qingyan lowered her eyes and took the embroidered pouch from Xiao Rongyan’s belt, placing it in his arms, "In Dadu City, there are many ways to meet. In a few days, my two aunts are organizing a flower appreciation banquet, and they will definitely invite the envoys from Yan Kingdom visiting Zhou, so we’ll meet then!"
This pouch cannot be taken out by Xiao Rongyan openly; otherwise, the people arranged by Empress Dowager Yan to watch over Xiao Rongyan might see it, and if they report back to Empress Dowager Yan that A Yan took a double-swallow embroidered pouch from the palace, it will undoubtedly raise suspicions.

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