CHAPTER 511: CHAPTER 511 : (EXTRA) THE RACE (1)

Back when Xie Junjie and Zhang Mingrui were born and their mother had to leave them behind within a day of the birth, Lady Song entered into heavy clashes with Xie Jianshen.

That infuriating male omega just had to rise to the highest position in the entire realm to steal her grandsons from under her eyes.

Even after Xie Jianshen returned the boys to Zhang Fengxi and allowed him to raise them, Lady Song often felt unhappy with herself.

Zhang Mingrui’s personality was a carbon copy of Zhang Fengxi’s, so Lady Song knew exactly how to deal with him.

Just feed him when he did not ruin anything and make him kneel when he did ruin something.

But Xie Junjie was a different case altogether.

Lady Song didn’t know how to raise a dragon boy, let alone one who inherited Xie Jianyu’s temperament.

But she would rather die than say it out loud.

In return, she always took care to pay extra attention to Xie Junjie, making sure that the heir to the Xie family, and also to the Fuxi Palace Master seat did not encounter any accident under her watch.

Thankfully, Xie Junjie was a kind and obedient child.

He did not climb trees.

He did not run around, trip over a stone, and bawl his eyes out.

If he broke his horn that one time, it was purely his twin brother’s fault!

But ever since her granddaughter was born, Lady Song was particularly satisfied with herself.

Zhang Yueting was born as a tiger girl.

Lady Song might not have any experience raising a tiger girl, but neither did everyone else!

Lady Song held a single, potent card -- one she’d play not only with her husband and son, but even the Heavenly Emperor himself. It was a weapon she wielded with relish, a means to assert her dominance in raising Zhang Yueting.

"You are not a woman, what do you know!"

The sheer absurdity, rather than the underlying meaning, of Lady Song’s pronouncements often left the others speechless.

First of all, did Lady Song think that Qingyun and Mingyu were born as males?

Second of all, baby Yueting was still a baby and not a woman.

The maids of Fuxi Palace and Longjing Palace combined wished fervently that Princess Zhang Yueting would inherit Lady Song’s bubbly and cheerful personality, but none of her senselessness at times.

Despite her persistent attempts to establish dominance, Lady Song’s arguments thus continued to fall flat.

Thankfully, Heaven listened to her tearful cries and gave her a chance to shine.

After Zhang Yueting was born, Xie Jianyu delegated all his field assignments to Zhang Fengxi because he had to focus his attention on taking care of their daughter.

Zhang Fengxi, the Supreme General, took the field assignments with gratitude and shamelessly handed them over to his poor generals, particularly Wu Shenxia. In Zhang Fengxi’s words, Wu Shenxia enjoyed enough time with her daughter while Zhang Fengxi had not.

This was naturally a big secret from Xie Jianyu, who failed to appreciate Zhang Fengxi’s grand gesture of warmth and love.

All the big alpha tiger wanted was spend more time with his wife and baby daughter. Why must his wife drive him out of Fuxi Palace and make him grind his bones to dust???

After covertly hanging around Fuxi Palace day after day, Zhang Fengxi was finally found out by his wife.

"Why are you loitering around the palace ground when you are supposed to be at Golden Dragon Palace, managing the army?" Xie Jianyu questioned his husband one sunny day, with one hand pressing at his hip and the other cradling Zhang Yueting.

Zhang Fengxi might have swallowed his tongue, because he was unable to give Xie Jianyu a proper retort.

In the end, the Supreme General prostrated himself in front of his wife, hugged his wife’s thigh, and begged him for mercy.

"You were gone for five years!" Zhang Fengxi howled like a wounded tiger as he shed crocodile tears in the most convincing manner. "I was lonely. So lonely. Now you are driving me away to work away from home. Jianbao, you are too ruthless!"

Xie Jianyu threw his head backward in exasperation.

It was not like he was not aware of Zhang Fengxi’s machinations, but the Crown Prince was gentle in heart by nature. Against his elder brother’s advice, Xie Jianyu found himself unable to summarily expel Zhang Fengxi from Fuxi Palace.

By chance, the Golden Dragon Palace was hosting a little racing competition for the young children at the Human Realm. The prize was a basket full of candied hawthorn cakes, coated in honey. This treat was prepared specifically by the Goddess of Fate and Destiny for this event.

Legend whispered that devouring a whole basket imbued the lucky winner with a lifetime’s worth of fortune.

The children envisioned a life full with delicious food to fill their stomach with.

The parents, on the other hand, envisioned a house full of alpha children.

In light of the amazing reward, naturally both Xie Junjie and Zhang Mingrui were participating.

"Let’s watch the children’s race together," Xie Jianyu thus suggested while rubbing his aching temple.

Maybe once Zhang Fengxi had enough family time, he would be persuaded to go to work.

"Really???"

Zhang Fengxi immediately showered Xie Jianyu with kisses, eliciting a wail of protest from Zhang Yueting, who pressed a tiny hand at her father’s cheek to keep him away from her mother.

Given the promise for an outing within three days, Zhang Fengxi bounced back to the Golden Dragon Palace with a heart as light as feather.

"You are going to see the race together???" Lady Song shrieked in excitement when she heard the news soon after.

"En."

Xie Jianyu just finished feeding his baby, and was now lulling her to sleep.

"I wanted to go with Tingting*, but the boys will surely be happier to see Fengxi as well."

Lady Song widened her eyes in shock.

"Why would you take Tingting with you? Leave her in Fuxi Palace, I will watch over her the entire day!"

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Author’s note :

*Tingting is Zhang Yueting’s nickname.

Fengxi : Ever since Tingting was born, I did not get to be intimate with Jianbao again. The boys keep me busy and the girl cries whenever I try to hold their mother.

Why are my children against me??? QAQ!!!