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Incense and candles were lit, and the items displayed included gold, silver, precious stones, toys, stationery, books, Buddhist and Taoist scriptures, scales, knives and scissors, measuring cups and steelyards, colorful satin and flowers, official paper money and coins, needlework supplies, everyday objects, and children's toys...

With so many things to look at, Ru Feng was dazzled. You see, she had spent the whole night researching the topic of "how to speak," so she was already very tired.

So she walked over shakily, stretched out her little arms to lift the sword she was carrying her grandfather, picked up a calligraphy brush, and said in her childish voice, "This is it."

Everyone present was shocked. Her parents were so embarrassed that they cried loudly, holding her and calling her "baby, baby" over and over again. They then immediately wrote a letter.

Upon receiving the letter, Yuchi Huaiyang, who was stationed on the frontier, was overjoyed, exclaiming that the Yuchi family had a worthy successor!

Everyone said that the young master of General Yuchi's family would surely grow up to be a fine young man, skilled in both literature and martial arts!

Chapter 003 Grandpa

Ever since Ru Feng was able to walk and talk, she has become very good at expressing her opinions.

"Mother, please don't call me baby, just call me by my name, Rufeng."

"Okay, baby." Lin Yilan affectionately patted her head.

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"Mom, please don't dress me up like a New Year's picture doll, it looks really silly."

"But it looks good like this, I like it."

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"Mother, don't give me food that you've chewed yourself. It's disgusting. I have my own teeth."

Lin Yilan remained silent.

"Father, if you don't let me leave Pine Forest Courtyard, then you can forget about sleeping with Mother." This was absolutely a blatant threat!

"Then let the wet nurse go with you," Yuchi Song said after some consideration, and compromised.

Soon, Yu Chisong and Lin Yilan realized that their daughter was different from ordinary people. She was independent, sensible and well-behaved. Although she would occasionally do some surprising things, as long as she didn't cause trouble, the couple felt at ease with her.

Ru Feng was incredibly well-connected within the Yu Chi family, able to roam freely, get whatever he wanted, and have his way with whatever he said.

After a period of trial and error, Ru Feng finally understood his situation.

This is the so-called Zi Luo Kingdom. Its history before the Sui Dynasty is the same as that Ru Feng knows well, but there is no Tang Dynasty here, and the emperor does not believe in Li. Now the entire Central Plains region is divided into four countries, namely Zi Luo Kingdom, Chun Teng Kingdom, Fan Lu Kingdom and Shi Nan Kingdom. The names sound strange, but the four countries are relatively equal in strength, and they only fight small wars occasionally.

The emperor of the country where Ru Feng lived had the surname Tantai, which made Ru Feng feel that he had wasted his time learning history.

Now let's talk about Ru Feng's family. The family is small: just her grandfather, parents, and sister. All the other elders are dead, especially those of her grandfather's generation, almost all of whom died in battle. By her father's generation, he was the only one left. That's why her grandfather was so concerned about the Yuchi family's descendants. Unfortunately, her father was a bookish scholar who refused to practice martial arts and married the fierce daughter of the former prime minister. Over the years, they only had one daughter. That's why the old man issued a final warning: if this child wasn't a boy, her father could expect to enjoy the blessings of having two wives!

That's why Ru Feng's mother made her dress as a man.

Just as Ru Feng was happy that her parents had let go, her grandfather returned!

Grandpa's back. What does that mean? It means that Rufeng is no longer the most important person in this family! Rufeng, with a pained expression, thought about how to please her grandfather and make a good impression on him.

My goodness, this is absolutely earth-shattering news! Especially for Mr. and Mrs. Yuchi Song, they had to be on their guard. So every day they would whisper in Rufeng's ear, "Baby, you must never tell your grandfather that you are a girl. You must remember that you are a boy."

Ru Feng rolled her eyes: "This is the 101st time. Do you think I'm that stupid? I'll remember this."

"I hope the old man doesn't suspect anything," Lin Yilan muttered nervously to herself.

The day the old man returned, the whole family went to the door to greet him, including three-year-old Rufeng. To prevent the old man from touching Rufeng's little brother on a whim, Lin Yilan dressed Rufeng in thick pants, making him walk unsteadily and feel much heavier.

That day, they waited from morning till afternoon, and finally, Grandpa's carriage arrived. They said Grandpa always rode a horse back, but this time he was in a carriage? Everyone tensed up; could he be injured?

As everyone's eyes were fixed intently on the exit of the carriage, the first to jump out was a little boy of about six years old. He was dressed in an expensive light blue brocade robe, wearing a silver crown, and had such a lovely face with red lips and white teeth. His eyes darted around, and he looked incredibly cute.

Then the old man came out, looking dignified. Although he was over fifty years old, he was dressed in casual clothes and still looked strong and vigorous, like a sprightly old general!

Just as everyone was about to step forward to greet them, another little boy stepped off the carriage. He was dressed similarly to the previous boy, except that he was wearing a moon-white brocade robe and looked to be about seven or eight years old.

Ru Feng looked at the boy before her. His face was as gentle and refined as jade, and his clear, starry eyes shone with a serene light, as bright as the stars in the sky. Although young, he already exuded a dashing and elegant air.

For a moment, the two of them attracted everyone's attention, but as soon as they got out of the car, they went straight to Lin Yilan's side and circled around Yu Chi Rufeng.

Looking at the two handsome little boys in front of him, Ru Feng felt a strong sense of crisis.

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Chapter 004 Hair

Please, please, it can't be the son of some illegitimate child of my grandfather! If that happens, I won't be the only young master of the Yuchi family anymore, and I won't be able to dress as a man! Ru Feng wailed in her heart, "Am I supposed to go back to being a proper young lady like my sister?"

It turns out that Ru Feng's thoughts were filthy and her imagination was rich. Wasn't that an insult to Yu Chi Huaiyang's devoted feelings for her deceased grandmother?

So when Grandpa introduced him as the grandson of an old friend who was only staying at Yuchi's house temporarily, Rufeng felt a little guilty.

Hearing this, Ru Feng felt relieved. She had always enjoyed looking at beautiful things, including people. So, judging from the fact that she spent half an hour admiring herself in the mirror every day, no one in the manor had any doubt that their young master was a lover of beauty at such a young age.

Ru Feng stood proudly with her small body upright, looking incredibly steady, a sweet smile on her face.

"See? See? I refuse to believe I'm not as pretty as you two." Ru Feng cheered herself on. She was very confident in herself, even though she had just been given a little blow by the two of them. But it didn't matter; she had a strong heart and could always withstand setbacks.

Dressed in bright red children's clothes, she was tiny, barely reaching Lin Yilan's thighs. Looking closer at her face, her dark eyes were framed by long, curled eyelashes that fluttered. Her rosy lips were slightly upturned, revealing pearly white teeth like corn kernels when she smiled. Her skin was fair and tender, her cheeks were slightly flushed, and a small red mole adorned between her eyebrows, making her look absolutely adorable.

"General Yuchi, is this your young master?" the six-year-old boy asked, looking up.

Her grandfather looked at her with a smile and nodded.

"Grandpa." Ru Feng called out crisply. Was this destiny or fate? Although this grandfather did not look quite the same as her modern grandfather, he had the same majesty and was also a soldier. One was a general, and the other was a commander. They were both from military families, except that this father was not a soldier.

"Hey." Yu Chi Huaiyang responded happily. If there weren't outsiders around, he would have liked to rush over and hug his grandson and give him a good kiss. Look how red his little face was, and how sweet his smile was. He was so cute no matter how you looked at him. It was a pity that he had spent the first three years of his life with his grandson. If only he could have stayed by his grandson's side all this time.

Ru Feng could see that her grandfather liked her. She was just about to rush over and get intimate with him to solidify her position in the family when the two big-eyed idiots next to her started slandering her right in front of her!

"So short, so small." The boy in blue pursed his lips and stated his observation.

“That’s because he’s still young. You used to be just as short,” the boy in white retorted, easily winning Ru Feng’s favor.

"But he's so ugly! Round and chubby, and look, he has so little hair!" The boy in blue exclaimed as if he had discovered a new continent, his voice sharp and hurting Ru Feng's fragile self-esteem.

His shout drew everyone's attention to Ru Feng's hair. On Ru Feng's head, one could see white scalp, sparse yellow hair scattered among it, and slightly yellow bangs covering part of his forehead.

Ru Feng's face contorted in a flash, and he immediately reached up to wipe his head. Oh no, he forgot to wear his hat!

Ever since Ru Feng saw what her parents and sister looked like, she had been very excited about her own appearance. So when she was able to stand up, the first thing she did was go to find a mirror. But her mother's dressing mirror was too high, and it took her a lot of effort to climb up and see her reflection.

Ru Feng was very secretive about her thinning hair, always wearing a hat when looking in the mirror. She'd tried all sorts of things like sesame paste, but nothing seemed to work. So, to have her flaw so openly mentioned in public, especially in front of her grandfather who had just returned home, was bound to make her furious—it would be like gold falling from the sky.

Yu Chisong and Lin Yilan were also slightly nervous. They knew very well how much their daughter cared about her hair. She talked about growing it out all the time, and she was especially envious of Ru Xue's thick, long hair.

Ru Feng touched her little head and glanced at everyone's expressions, including the dozen or so guards her grandfather had brought back. She found that most of them had expressions of sympathy in their eyes.

How can this be? If I'm defeated by hair now, how am I supposed to face the world in the future? As Ru Feng looked around, he quickly thought of a solution.

She quickly and proudly said, "Hehe, that just shows your limited knowledge." Ru Feng stared intently at the boy in blue, a smile on her face. "Legend has it that the smartest children in the world are bald when they are young. Haven't you heard what it means to be exceptionally intelligent? Smart children are bald at first, it's God's compensation to them! Humph, it's one thing to be stupid, but to come out and embarrass yourself!" Ru Feng smiled, but her words were extremely sarcastic.

“You’re talking nonsense! I had a lot of hair when I was little, but my master said I was very smart. I know a lot of words and I can write poems. Can you do that?” the little boy in blue shouted defiantly, and then picked up the black hair hanging down his chest and showed it off to Ru Feng.

"Hey, you're a guest! Besides, you're older than this young master, how dare you compare yourself to him?" the boy in white said in a low voice, tapping the boy in blue on the head.

"Hmph, I'm the smartest kid, and you're just an average kid. Do you think you can beat me?" Ru Feng defiantly puffed out her small chest, retorting defiantly. At this moment, she had forgotten that she was a nearly twenty-year-old adult. No wonder her modern father said she had the intelligence of a genius and the emotional intelligence of a three-year-old.

"How about we have a competition?" The boy in blue also disliked the kid. Why did they say he was stupid?

"Let's have a competition!" The two children rolled up their sleeves, revealing their fair little arms. They put their hands on their hips, looked at each other, nose to nose, one squatted down a little, and the other stood on tiptoe, like two little bulls about to fight, their faces red and necks thick with anger.

The adults around laughed, and even the boy in white chuckled.

"Alright, alright, there's still time later. Let's go inside and rest. Everyone must be tired after traveling all day." The mistress of the Yuchi mansion quickly stepped in to smooth things over, and with a lot of coaxing, she finally managed to coax the two children, who had been grumbling all the way, into the mansion.

However, Ru Feng's idea of giving her grandfather a good first impression failed, and from then on, the feud between the two was officially established!

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Chapter 005 Competition

At the welcoming banquet, Ru Feng sat confidently in his seat, shoveling rice into his mouth while peering through the rim of his bowl to guess the identities of the two little boys. The older one was called Yu Jue, and the younger one was called Yu Xuan.

The fact that the grandfather treated him with such respect meant he was definitely not just a grandson of an old friend!

I remember when we first entered the dining room, Grandpa instinctively offered the head seat to the boy in white, but the boy waved his hand, so Grandpa had no choice but to sit in the head seat.

Throughout the meal, her parents paid extra attention to the two little boys, serving them food until their hands were sore—something they usually only received themselves! Now, with the two boys here, not only did they steal her thunder, but they even dared to laugh at her!

"Madam Yuchi, is this your daughter?" Yu Jue asked softly, looking at Yuchi Ruxue, who had been sitting quietly and politely to the side.

Ru Xue quickly looked up at Yu Jue, her face immediately turning bright red, then she lowered her head again, leaving Ru Feng dumbfounded. This... this is too easy to be shy!

Lin Yilan was taken aback, then quickly replied, "Yes, this is Yuchi Ruxue."

"Wow, the older sister is much prettier than the younger brother. Look, her hair is so beautiful, so black and thick!" Yu Xuan immediately said meaningfully.

Ru Feng chewed her food fiercely, imagining that Yu Xuan was chewing it beside her, without giving a direct response.

Seeing that Ru Feng did not accept the challenge, Yu Xuan could only purse his lips in boredom.

After swallowing the food in her mouth, Ru Feng raised her pretty face and said with a smile, "Grandpa, are you going to the frontier again this time? Ru Feng admires you very much. You are a great general who commands the battlefield."