Qi Rong was used to getting his own way. Though when his older cousin set his mind to it he was as focus as possible. Nothing could change his mind.
Xie Lian busted into the palace with a flurish. "Mother, punish Qi Rong accordingly. He abused a child on the streets today our own subjects!"
"Qi Rong wouldn't-"
"But he did mother. This child is beaten black and blue"
"Aunt! They're lying!" Qi Rong yells.
Xie Lian had already moved on to getting the child tended to. The maids showered him in ointment and plasters. The child never cried only stared at Xie Lian.
Though Xie Lian was fussing over his cousin. This shocked the child though it wasn't the nice fussing, it was the bickering and the punishment of reciting a poem 20 times written. That was harsh even for Xie Lian. Yet he gave it without a single frown.
The child was stunned but made his way to Xie Lian, sneaking past the maids and the nurses.
Xie Lian never expected the child to tug on his sleeve. So he turned quickly. Only to find the small boy there putting his hands up asking silently to be held.