And as the elder brother, how could he take something belonging to his younger brother's spouse? It would be utterly humiliating if word got out.
Xiao Jinyi did not care what the gift was, as long as it was valuable. If they could not give him an expensive gift, money would do just fine.
"As long as my A-Xu likes it. It's getting late, and I still need to visit Sixth Brother. We'll be off now, Fourth Brother."
The Fourth Prince saw them out. Xiao Jinyi had had no trouble asking for gifts along the way, only to hit a snag at the Sixth Prince's residence. It was not that the Sixth Prince refused to give him anything—the man was not home.
The gatekeeper said the Sixth Prince had gone out early that morning and had yet to return!
Xiao Jinyi could only ask him to pass the message on to the Sixth Prince, and the two of them left the gates of his residence.
Just as Xiao Jinyi decided to take Xiao Yuanqi back to the palace before heading home himself, Mo Yu came running over.
"Your Highness, hurry back. It seems the lord consort has prepared something for you."
The moment Xiao Jinyi heard that, he promptly forgot all about his brother. "Brother, you'll have to go back on your own. You can have the carriage."
Using his lightness skill, Xiao Jinyi leaped onto a rooftop, then vanished from sight in a few more bounds.
Watching Xiao Jinyi disappear in a flash, Mo Yu was about to follow when someone grabbed his arm. Mo Yu instinctively lashed out. He was a man with a partner now; he could not let just anyone touch him.
Xiao Yuanqi narrowly dodged Mo Yu's palm strike. "Don't attack! Wait, you never used