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Hearing that, Xu Mingwei's eyes lit up, and to the few of them, she looked even cuter.

Xu Mingbai was naturally willing to spend money for his own sister, but he still wanted to take advantage of her on the surface as he grumbled, "Mother, you really are biased towards my younger sister. If I play this game of chess, I'll only be able to live in the academy with Bei Feng."

Lady Helan looked at her two sons who were respectful to her brothers and smiled in relief. She looked at Xu Mingwei who had a look of curiosity on her face and explained, "If your two elder brothers want to walk outside, they will have to spend a lot of money. The monthly fees that the officials give us are only one or two more than what you girls give us, how can it be enough? Right now, there is no branch family in our house, and children cannot leave behind private property. Your father's money can't be used, but it's not important for his son to use his own mother's dowry. The Xin Yuan Bank is one of Mother's dowry, you three siblings have a share. However, the main house is destined to be given to your big brother in the future, so the share of the money given to him will be less. "Give the remaining half to your fourth brother, and your mother will save it for you every year. Buy more land and shops, and marry you off on the day you go out …"

"Greetings, father. Greetings, father." Seeing that their father had returned, Xu Mingbai and his sister bowed and greeted him.

It was still the chilly March day, and Xu Tiangang's forehead was covered with sweat, though he did not know how he did it. Seeing Xu Mingzhang and Xu Mingbai, his face was startled, then he said happily: "Why are you guys here today, and why didn't you send anyone outside the Cabinet to inform me?"

Obviously, he had also said that it would be fine, so he didn't wait for the two brothers' reply. The Lady Helan passed a handkerchief to him to wipe his face, and gave him a look, allowing the little girl in the room to help Xu Tiangang change into a loose robe. After half a moment, the whole family sat down in front of a small round table.

Lady Helan was trying to guess what the other party was sweating about, thinking that it was not a bad thing. Otherwise, Xu Tiangang would not be so relaxed. What good would it be? Bai'er didn't enter the stage until the new year, and the marriage had already been decided. Since Zheng'er was still young and the marriage wasn't even his turn, then it definitely couldn't be Wei'er … After thinking about it for a while, the Lady Helan did not guess what made Xu Tiangang rush back home anxiously from the Cabinet.

Master, did North Dee get the good news? she asked.

Lady Helan was not the kind of woman who did not know much about outside world, she had been brought along with her grandfather when she was young, and had dressed up as a boy to travel the world. Forget about learning 90% of Puxin's skills, Lady Helan definitely had them too. It was precisely because Old Master Xu had set his eyes on her that he got Old Lady Xu to specifically tell his eldest son about her. Regarding the matters of the imperial court, Xu Tiangang had never hidden it from her. Sometimes, he would even specifically ask for her opinion. This time, it was the same for the crimes in North Dee. Lady Helan had known about it since a long time ago, that's why he asked this question.

When Xu Tiangang heard her, he knew that she was distracted, he smiled, and suddenly picked up Xu Mingwei who was silently looking at him up. Disregarding her unhappiness and disgust, he stroked his beard and took a bite of Xu Mingwei's face.

"Daddy, be good! Come and give Daddy a kiss!"

Xu Tiangang laughed, and wanted to kiss her again, but was held back by Xu Mingwei, who laughed heartily again.

Only then did he give up and he happily looked at his daughter who was sitting on his lap again. She really looked like a Lady Helan.

After he had seen enough of his daughter, Xu Tiangang turned to the Lady Helan and said, "It's not that there's any good news from the North Dee, but the Empress wants to read it for Eldest Princess. It's clear that as long as the daughter of a family with a cultivation level above three is around five years old, our Wei'er will be able to choose her."

The smile in Lady Helan's eyes froze for a second or two, but it quickly disappeared. She also knew that since her daughter had been studying with her in the palace for a few years, she would not only be able to meet an even better husband, but also form a good relationship with the ladies of the powerful officials in the capital. Forget about other things, Xu Mingwei would definitely help her in her future marriage, not to mention that she had the reputation of a princess as her reading partner. This was the Eldest Princess, the first child of the current emperor who had crawled out of the empress's stomach. There was no need to mention how much she had been spoiled in the palace.

But Lady Helan was even more reluctant to send Xu Mingwei to the palace. With her watching over the Xu family and the identity of a concubine who had descended to the throne, she had also been doted upon greatly. She had never been able to even utter a single word of reprimand in her entire life. A daughter who was raised like this, and at such a young age, sending her to the palace to be Eldest Princess's reading companion. When she thought of this Lady Helan, his heart felt like it was being grabbed, and it faintly ached.

Xu Tiangang and Lady Helan had been husband and wife for so many years, how could he not understand her thoughts? He slowly pulled Lady Helan's hand and caressed it, "I know you don't want to part with it, but it's for the child's own good. Besides, it's not like you won't come back once you've been sent in, the Emperor said that twice a week, if your family is willing to come and pick you up, you can come home the next day … "If you really miss Viv, tell the gatekeeper to take the carriage out and get her …"

He had sent someone into the palace as a reading partner of the princess, not for fun. How could he accept someone out in three days and treat the palace as a cheap place?

Lady Helan also knew that these were just Xu Tiangang's words of consolation, and were not true. It had already been 15 years since they were husband and wife, Lady Helan was very clear on his problems. When she said it, it was already decided. She sneered in her heart. After all, she wasn't his daughter born in October, so what was the point of sending a daughter to suffer in the palace for the sake of her future?

Without Xu Mingwei, he still had four other daughters, but she had no other daughters other than Xu Mingwei. Those concubinage's who stood in front of her, their eyes flashing, respectfully greeted her with the name of their mother, had the blood of their Xu Family flowing through their bodies. What did this have to do with her, Lady Helan?

The more Lady Helan thought about it, the more upset she felt. She lowered her head to look, to see that Xu Mingwei had actually placed her small hands in hers, gently holding it.

Those black and white eyes tactfully blinked at her, full of comfort.

Lady Helan smiled bitterly in her heart. She had fallen to the point where she even wanted to comfort her. Since entering the palace was already a foregone conclusion, she should muster her spirit to help Wei'er settle everything. She did not know if this Eldest Princess was friendly or not, but could she accept others? Although it was a child's fight, that was still the Eldest Princess. If they really started a fight, their own child would only be at a disadvantage … Many thoughts immediately passed Lady Helan's mind, and she was even able to multitask in response to the conversation between Xu Mingbai, and the two brothers.

Xu Mingbai and Xu Mingzhang had also heard the news that Little Sister was about to enter the palace to read with the princess. As fathers, Xu Tiangang was purely happy and as mothers, he was both happy and worried.

If they hadn't gone to the academy, the two of them wouldn't have known that this was a reading companion. Take the third young master of the Uncle Ning's Mansion for example. He was different from them, the Uncle Ning's Mansion had a lord, and students that came from the Uncle Ning's Mansion, even the leader of the mountain could not easily punish them. If the third young master failed in his studies or became lazy from reciting, the teacher would only discipline his reading partner and admonish him a few things. Because of this, the young masters of the Uncle Ning's Mansion were not well educated at the Songshan Institution. According to the Third Young Master, his mother thought that the teacher of the academy did not know how to teach, so she decided to find him another teacher before she left next year.