[He shakes his head before he moves to check on what pots/pans/etc they have.]

I'd be a lot more worried if I was. You can't leave a noble's kid on his own. He gets into all sorts of mischief.

[Whereas if he was absent from court, Peony and the rest could manage without him just fine. That's how it was. There's still some concern eating away at him about the Jade he met earlier this month and all that entailed, but he's pushed it down for now.]

That was... two years ago. I got promoted.