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Chapter 400: Some little brats have made progress

Chapter 400: Some little brats have made progress

Jiang He also slid down from his senior brother's back with great effort.

"Shitou, wait a minute!"

Zhao Hu and Xing'er were originally facing away from the palace gate, arguing about who would win and who would lose next time, and who would be the primary and who would be the secondary.

Then I heard Shitou's baby voice behind me, "Huhu~~Sister Xing'er~~"

Zhao Hu and Xing'er looked back in surprise and saw the small stone rushing towards them like a cannonball.

Zhao Hu was quick-witted and grabbed the person into his arms.

Shitou fluttered in Zhao Hu's arms, "Hu'er, where's the village chief? Go find him!"

Zhao Hu patted his little butt and said, "You are so disrespectful. Call me Brother Zhao!"

Shitou pretended not to hear him and continued to flutter.

"Tiger, tiger, tiger!"

Zhao Hu bared his teeth in anger. This naughty kid had become even more naughty after not seeing him for a while.

The Zhou clan leader who was chasing after them suddenly braked and looked up and down at Zhao Hu and Xing'er, who were wearing imperial army uniforms, with a look of shock on his face.

"You two are guarding the palace?"

Xing Er nodded proudly, "Yeah!"

Patriarch Zhou hesitated to speak.

Just when Zhao Hu and Xing'er thought that Patriarch Zhou was going to say something to praise them.

Chief Zhou looked suspicious and asked, "Did you two go to the village chief to ask for the official position?"

It's no wonder that Patriarch Zhou thought too much. There has never been such a young person holding an official position since ancient times.

If these two go to the village chief to ask for official positions, and the village chief gives them to them because they are young, how will others think of the village chief? Will they think that the village chief abuses his power for personal gain, or that he is not stable and gives official positions so casually?

Patriarch Zhou was really worried.

Zhao Hu: ...

Xing Er: ...

What kind of throwing a tantrum? It was obvious that they won the title by defeating the previous commander of the imperial guards with their own strength.

Although in the early stage, he rolled on the ground crying in front of the village chief.

Not only Patriarch Zhou had this idea. At the beginning, Zhao Dalang saw his son wearing a neat imperial guard uniform and standing at the palace gate with a solemn expression.

To be honest, I was a bit surprised.

Until Zhao Hu hugged the stone, with a grin on his face, looking silly,

Zhao Dalang woke up.

"Tiger! Did you go to bother the village chief?"

Zhao Hu's face puffed up with anger.

The big knife suddenly blocked his father's way.

"What are you doing? You are not allowed to chat outside the palace gate!"

Zhao Dalang's forehead twitched, "Are you itchy?"

Zhao Hu was not afraid at all. "I am an official appointed by the court. If you beat an official appointed by the court, you will be beaten with a stick at the least, or go to jail at the worst."

He kept this court law in mind, just in case his father beat him one day.

Zhao Dalang said with a fake smile: "It just so happens that I have never been to a prison cell, so I want to experience it!"

After saying that, he picked up his dog-beating stick and rushed towards Zhao Hu.

Zhao Hu dodged with a howl.

How could he, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, be beaten at the palace gate?

He was so mad.

Zhao Hu took a big knife and started fighting with his father.

But Xing'er's case is completely different.

Xing'er's mother was so proud when she saw Xing'er wearing the imperial army uniform.

"Tsk tsk, she is worthy of being my daughter. She looks like a female general in this dress. Xing'er's father, don't you think so?"

Xing'er's father nodded in agreement, "It's beautiful, my daughter is amazing!" He thought of something and said worriedly, "Xing'er, didn't you go to the village chief to ask for an official position?"

Xing Er crossed her arms across her chest and said angrily, "No, I won it with my own strength!"

Seeing her daughter getting angry, Xing'er's mother reached out and twisted her husband's arm fiercely, "Why, even if you don't believe in your daughter's ability, you should believe that the village chief has her own judgment. The village chief can become an empress at such a young age, but you don't understand it?"

There was nothing wrong with what he said, and it instantly put to rest the clan leaders' concerns that the village chief would be criticized by others.

It's their fault for having such a narrow vision.

Jiang He's short legs finally squeezed from the back of the crowd to the front.

He held Xing'er's thigh and wouldn't let go.

"Sister Xing'er, where is the village chief?"

When they heard the word "village chief", everyone became excited again.

"Let's go! Let's go find the village chief."

Led by Xing'er, a group of people walked towards the imperial study.

On the way, they met two little men who were also wearing miniature versions of the imperial guards' uniforms and marching towards them. They seemed to be Shen Zhiyuan and the little fat man who were on patrol.

County Magistrate Shen and his wife were so excited.

"Yuan'er!"

Before the couple could rush to their daughter, they were stopped by the small spear in her hand.

"Stop! Who are you?"

The Shen couple looked at each other. They didn't look much different, so why did their daughter look so strange?

"Yuan'er, it's dad and mom! You...you don't recognize us?" When Mrs. Shen asked this, she felt it was ridiculous. It had only been a few months since they last saw each other, how could her daughter forget her.

Shen Zhiyuan looked up and down at the two people in front of him.

Yes!

She still has parents and a home.

Thinking of this, she immediately put away her spear and ran happily to her mother.

"Mom and Dad, why are you here?"

"I heard that Princess Changle was going to hold a coronation ceremony and wrote us a letter, so we hurried over to attend it. By the way, we wanted to see you, the heartless man. Tell me, how long has it been since you went home?" Mrs. Shen touched her daughter's head.

"Hmph! Didn't you recognize your parents just now?" County Magistrate Shen was deeply shocked. His own daughter didn't recognize him after only being away for a few months. Who would believe it if he told others about this?

"No way, I'm on duty and I have to do my job impartially." Shen Zhiyuan rubbed his mother affectionately.

"Then Dad and Mom, are you going back after attending the village chief's coronation ceremony?"

"Of course I have to go back. I still have a lot of official business to deal with in the government office." County Magistrate Shen is so busy that his hairline has moved back several centimeters.

"Ah? Dad, you became an official? When did it happen?"

Mrs. Shen: ...

County Magistrate Shen: ...

Magistrate Shen pointed at his daughter and said, "You...you still say you haven't forgotten your parents! Your father has been an official since you were born, and now you ask me when I became an official?"

County Magistrate Shen covered his chest with his hands, looking as if he was about to pass out from the anger of his own daughter.

Shen Zhiyuan, who felt that he had asked something he shouldn't have asked, laughed dryly, "Dad, I'm just testing you!"

In order to prevent her parents from asking her any more questions, she quickly took her mother's hand and walked towards the imperial study.

And the little fat guy here.

Wang Fugui touched his round belly and smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into a line.

"Son! You are my good son! I never thought that merchants like our Wang family would not only have the honor of entering the palace to meet the emperor one day, but also see my son serve as an official in the court..."

As Wang Fugui spoke, he was so excited that tears were almost coming out.

The old lady of the Wang family hugged her grandson in her arms and said, "Grandma's dear grandson, our Wang family's ancestral tomb is really smoking. Let grandma take a look, wow! It's solid, solid..."Chapter 401 Two Exploding Glutinous Rice Dumplings

Chapter 401 Two Exploding Glutinous Rice Dumplings

Mrs. Wang happily came forward and touched her fat son's miniature official uniform left and right, "Son, what kind of official position are you in?"

The little fat boy, who had enjoyed the emotional value and compliments from his grandmother and parents, wanted to jump up with excitement, but when he thought of his official uniform, he immediately pretended to be serious.

"We are now a patrol squad of imperial guards appointed by His Majesty himself."

Wang Fugui rubbed his hands excitedly, "Then... then what rank is this official?"

"Sixth rank!"

"Sixth rank?!" The Wang family members were so shocked that their voices changed.

Wang Fugui hurriedly pulled Magistrate Shen forward and asked, "Magistrate Shen, what rank are you?"

County Magistrate Shen shook off Wang Fugui's hand and quickened his pace.

He hates people who have no sense of boundaries.

He is a seventh-rank official, but his rank is not as high as those two little brats.

Is this what it means to follow the right master and avoid decades of detours?

Wang Fugui was a little puzzled as he looked at County Magistrate Shen who ignored him.

Is he so happy to see his daughter that his ears are hurting?

But soon he stopped caring and continued to praise his son.

A group of people came to the imperial study excitedly.

As soon as I stepped in, I saw the village chief lying on the dragon table like a crab.

"Village chief? Village chief!"

When Xiaojiu heard the familiar voice, he immediately jumped up from the table.

"Grandpa, clan leader!"

Patriarch Zhou pushed the person in front of him away.

Xiaojiu hasn't spoken yet.

A lot of caring words came at her.

"Village Chief, are you tired?"

"Village Chief, is the food here good?"

"Did you sleep well?"

"Has anyone bullied you?"

"..."

Xiaojiu quickly raised her hand to interrupt the endless stream of concerned words.

The unified reply was: "The baby eats well every day, sleeps soundly, and has smooth bowel movements!"

Shi Tou and Jiang He saw that everyone had finally quieted down and it was finally their turn to speak.

"Village chief, village chief, I have learned Qinggong now. Master Yan taught me!" Shitou jumped up happily and shouted, trying to let the village chief see him.

Hearing what Shitou said, Master Yan quickly denied it.

"I didn't teach that. It wasn't me who taught that."

Jiang He also jumped up and shouted to the village chief: "Village chief, do you want to see Wo Fei?"

Xiaojiu was surprised that these two short guys could really fly, even better than himself. He couldn't fly when he was three years old.

She stood up straight and pointed to an empty spot. "You two fly here for a while and show me."

Shitou and Jiang He ran happily to where the village chief pointed his finger, then squatted down and began to accumulate strength.

"snort!"

"ha!"

Everyone saw the two little kids jumping forward.

Xiaojiu couldn't help but dub the voices for them.

"Quack, quack, quack!"

When Shitou and Jiang He heard the quacking sound, they jumped more rhythmically.

Instantly the whole hall was filled with laughter.

Shi Tou and Jiang He saw that everyone was laughing at them.

The two of them were so angry that they snorted fiercely, clenched their chubby little hands into fists, and turned their bodies to the other side.

They looked like two irritated glutinous rice balls.

Xiaojiu felt that as the head of the village, he should set an example and consider the face of the younger generation in such occasions.

So, considering the overall situation, she stood on the table very politely, put her hands on her hips and laughed out loud, her laughter was extremely wild.

Shitou and Jiang He turned their heads in shock and looked at the village chief who was standing on the table, looking up and laughing uncontrollably.

Shitou's stomach bulged with anger. "Village Chief! You are so rude!"

Jiang He was also so angry that his teeth were bared, "Village Chief, I'm angry!"

Xiaojiu, who was tired of laughing, finally stopped and jumped to Shitou and Jiang He, picking them up one in each hand and carrying them to the dragon table.

"You two have to keep practicing. Next time, let Zhao Hu take you to fight the bad guys!"

"Really? Village chief, you're so nice!" Shitou and Jiang He, one on each side, held Xiaojiu's arms and swayed happily, completely forgetting that the one who laughed the loudest just now was their village chief.

At this warm moment, an inappropriate voice interrupted.

Master Xu looked at the empress on the dragon table excitedly.

"Your Majesty, you are now the emperor. From now on, you will have to learn different courses from Zhao Hu and the others. This time, I will not leave. From now on, I will follow Your Majesty and help Your Majesty catch up with the missed courses as soon as possible."

No wonder Master Xu was so excited.

In his life, he only accepted two serious disciples, one was Xiaojiu's father, and the other was Xiaojiu.

As a result, both of them became emperors.

The Emperor of Dongxia Kingdom...well...let's not talk about him for now, there's nothing worth bragging about.

But the empress of Nanling Kingdom proclaimed herself emperor at the age of five.

What an honor this is!

He must assist the empress well. With Xiaojiu's current ambition, the unification of the world is just around the corner.

Xiaojiu, who was full of ambition, had his smile instantly froze on his face when he heard what Master Xu said.

"Master, you... aren't you going home?"

Master Xu waved his hands, looking happy, "Your Majesty, didn't you ask me to come earlier? Did you miss me? I have already made up my mind. From now on, wherever Your Majesty goes, I will go there!"

Xiaojiu: A bolt from the blue!!!

She wrote to the teacher and asked him to come just because she wanted him to come quickly to help her with official business.

How could I forget that a teacher's function is to teach?

Fortunately, Xiaojiu's brain worked quickly, "Okay, Master, you can live with my second brother from now on. My second brother can ask you for help if he has any questions."

Master Xu didn't think there was a problem at all. Teaching one was the same as teaching two.

Teach a few more so that the empress will have more helpers in the future.

He fooled Master Xu and asked the housekeeper to arrange accommodation for the villagers.

Time soon came to the wedding day of the Second Prince and his wife.

The two confused parties were now being pressed on stools by palace servants to dress up.

"What? Get married?"

The second prince was so shocked that his legs split open.

Why didn't anyone inform him when he got married? These people are too much!

The fourth prince, holding a lollipop in his mouth, wandered to his second brother's room. Upon hearing this, he took the lollipop out of his mouth and said, "Because I have never attended my second brother's wedding banquet! I am the matchmaker for my second brother and his wife!"

What a powerful reason!

etc!

Matchmaker!

Yes.

How could he not have thought that he and his wife were not familiar with each other at the previous wedding banquet and there were some unpleasantness.

Holding the wedding banquet again now would mean that he and his wife would start over with their love.

Thinking of this, the second prince's face turned red with excitement.

Changle is really thoughtful, she is worthy of being my sister.

The Second Prince's wife, who was also being pressed on another stool in the palace to dress up, was equally confused.

Fortunately, Lady Du was there to explain, and she then realized that this was all Changle's good intentions.

The couple was immediately grateful to Changle for holding a wedding ceremony for them.Chapter 402: Changle is a lively and warm-hearted child

Chapter 402: Changle is a lively and warm-hearted child

Inside the warehouse, Lord Cui, who had already sent out the invitations, was now recording the gifts sent by the officials in a small notebook and marking out those officials who had not sent any.

Since they don't take their empress seriously, they can't blame the empress for taking action against them first.

Soon, everything was ready.

Unlike previous wedding banquets of princes, there were no lavish banquets or feasts.

The main purpose of this banquet is to save money, be lively and down-to-earth.

The Second Prince and his wife, who had just finished dressing up, were still in shock.

The people of Taoyuan Village pushed her, one onto a festively decorated sedan chair, and the other onto a horse tied with red flowers.

Then they went out of the palace with music and drums. His Majesty said that the team must go around the busiest street in the capital.

The most eye-catching person in the entire wedding sedan procession is neither the groom nor the bride.

Instead, she wore a smaller version of a matchmaker's outfit, had a huge mole on the corner of her mouth, and held a veil in her hand, waving it at the people in a conspicuous manner.

Amidst the whole procession of music and dance, she looked happier than the groom. If she wasn't a child, people who didn't know would have thought that she was getting married today.

There were two big lumps of red wine on both cheeks. She was waving her wedding veil, dancing the yangge and shouting.

"Sister, you sit on the bow, and I'll walk on the shore, love and love, let's swing on the rope~"

The people around burst into laughter when they saw the little matchmaker shouting so funny.

The atmosphere became lively and Xiaojiu continued her performance.

Take off the suona hanging behind your butt.

The little face puffed up, the suona was played, the sound resounded through the sky, and the atmosphere suddenly began to boil.

The sound of Zhao Hu and his men beating drums and gongs rang out, deafening.

Shitou and Jiang He were dressed up as two joyful lucky dolls. They were now skipping and jumping beside the young matchmaker, the village chief, holding rattles.

While twisting their waists and shaking their buttocks, they sang the songs taught by the village chief.

"When your heart beats, love is like fire, and when you laugh, it's crazy!"

The scene starts out with laughter, and then moves to the singing and dancing of a group of social thugs from Taoyuan Village.

The atmosphere of the entire street was instantly ignited.

Under the leadership of the people from Taoyuan Village, everyone completely liberated themselves.

The Second Prince went from being overjoyed at the beginning to being digging his toes into the ground now. He kept looking back at the wedding sedan chair behind him, as well as Changle and Shitou Jianghe who were standing next to the sedan chair and were an eyesore.

Seeing these three short and stout figures with such unique styles, he wanted to rush into the wedding sedan chair and sit with the Second Prince's wife several times. He didn't want to ride on the horse and feel this moment of social death.

However, just as he put his idea into practice, he was caught by his fourth brother, whose only desire left was appetite.

The fourth prince: I don't know! I only saw my second brother getting off the horse and getting into my second sister-in-law's wedding sedan. This process is different from what he had seen before! Out of kindness, he pulled his second brother out of the wedding sedan and watched his second brother get on the horse before he continued to jump with peace of mind.

Alas~ I am so worried about having an ignorant second brother!

The people from Black Wind Village and Death Cave felt such an atmosphere for the first time.

It's really eye-opening. If I had known that the atmosphere could be played like this, everyone who got married in the village in the earlier years should have done it this way.

From now on, people in the village will get married according to this standard, which will be so festive and lively.

At the gate of Nanling Capital, Xiaojiu's father, grandmother and great-grandmother finally arrived.

The empress dowager helped the emperor get off the carriage. She had been sitting in the carriage for too long and needed to get off and move around.

Anyway, I have arrived in the capital of Nanling Kingdom, so I might as well go shopping and prepare some gifts for my granddaughter.

Perhaps because she was about to see her granddaughter, the Queen Mother suddenly became nervous.

She asked Madam Shi who was standing beside her, "What if Changle... doesn't like me, her Royal Grandmother?"

Madam Shi patted her hands and comforted her: "Don't worry, Changle is a smart child. If she knew that she had a grandmother who was kind to her, she would be so happy!"

The Queen Mother was relieved when she heard this. "Then tell me what kind of personality Changle has. This way I will know how to get along with this child later."

The first impression is extremely important. When the Queen Mother meets her granddaughter later, she will definitely hope to leave a good impression on her the first time she meets her.

When Old Madam heard the Queen Mother asking about Changle's temperament, she was suddenly speechless.

How should she tell the Queen Mother that Changle is a good child in every way except that she is a little too lively and warm-hearted?

Not really, how else can I describe Changle's liveliness and warm-heartedness?

Even when the child needed to get up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night, she would jump out of bed, step on the roof of the princess's mansion, hold her chicken, and stroll over to chat with her grandmother.

By the way, on the way to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, she was very polite and didn't forget to fly down to every mansion she passed by to say hello and chat with the owner before flying away.

As a result, during the time that Changle was there, there were fewer secret transactions and cliques forming at night in the mansions of the capital. Every household was harmonious and happy, and everyone would sleep in their own beds at the appointed time.

For this reason, the officials along the way also begged the Shi family to move the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion next to the Princess's Mansion.

There was no way. They were all worried that when they were secretly trading, Princess Changle would suddenly appear in front of them and ask them what they had for dinner.

Or, if a young master of a certain family stayed up late at night and went out to drink and party, and was not at home, if Changle went down to visit and did not see him, she would kindly help the ladies, catch their husbands from outside, and tell them to go to bed early and get up early.

Seeing the Queen Mother's eyes waiting for her answer, the old lady, who couldn't think of a suitable words, quickly threw the words to His Majesty, "Your Majesty has spent the longest time with Changle. You will definitely know everything if you ask His Majesty."

The Queen Mother quickly turned her gaze to the Emperor.

Perhaps fathers have a filter for their daughters, the emperor praised without thinking: "Don't worry, mother, Changle is a very well-behaved child, and she especially likes to help others. With Changle here, all the mansions in the capital are harmonious and happy. It's just... it's Changle, she's different from other children, she's a little more lively."

After hearing her son praising her granddaughter, the Queen Mother was no longer nervous.

"It's better to be lively. Girls should be lively."

Hearing this, the emperor breathed a sigh of relief. Since his mother liked lively children, he felt relieved.

Several people came all the way to the streets of the capital. The Queen Mother was preparing to go to the jewelry shop in the capital of Nanling Kingdom to see if there were any new things and buy some for her granddaughter.

As a result, a deafening sound of blowing and beating was heard.

Especially the sound of suona, no one was more familiar with it than the emperor.Chapter 403: The Queen Mother's eyes went dark again and again

Chapter 403: The Queen Mother's eyes went dark again and again

When he heard this sound, his legs couldn't help but tremble.

Apart from Changle, he couldn't think of anyone else who could have caused such a commotion.

The emperor pulled the empress dowager's sleeve and said with some concern: "Mother, I told you that Changle is a lively child. You...you know that, right?"

The Queen Mother patted the Emperor's hand and looked at him reproachfully, "I know, I know. Why, as a father, you don't like your daughter to be lively? I tell you, it's better to be lively. A lively girl looks festive. I like lively children."

The emperor was completely relieved after he confirmed that his mother liked lively children. "Mother, Changle should be in the front."

The Queen Mother quickly put down the things in her hands and asked, "Where is it?"

The emperor took the empress dowager to find a tall restaurant, then stood by the window and looked down, looking for Changle's figure.

Then the emperor was stunned.

Seeing her son staring at one place for a long time without saying anything, the Queen Mother urged, "Where is Changle? Show me!"

The emperor quickly changed the subject, "Mother, look at the groom on the horse, isn't he the second son?"

The Queen Mother quickly looked away and immediately said angrily: "Why is the second son holding another wedding? Did this bastard run off to Nanling Country to marry someone else?"

The emperor quickly helped to calm down, "With Changle here, the second brother would definitely not dare to do that. It must be that Changle wants to have a feast, and is trying to trick his second brother and his wife into getting married again."

The Queen Mother was relieved. "You arranged a marriage for the second son before, but he was not happy about it and was lukewarm towards his wife. Now it's good for them to get married again. It's better for the couple to live in harmony."

The Queen Mother continued to move her eyes to the side, and then she saw the very conspicuous and funny thing next to the wedding sedan chair——

The little girl was wearing a miniature matchmaker's costume, a flowery headscarf on her head, two big blobs of red blush on her face, a huge mole at the corner of her mouth, and waving a veil in her hand.

At this moment, he was holding a loud speaker and shouting, "Are my second brother and his wife awesome?"

The people around shouted in unison: "Great!"

"Are my second brother and his wife awesome?"

"ox!"

"Are my second brother and second sister-in-law awesome?"

"Dick!"

The Second Prince's wife in the carriage had a look of despair on her face. Just by listening to the content of the shouting, she knew that tomorrow all the people in the capital would know that Changle's second brother and sister-in-law were so great and awesome.

However, she was glad that she was sitting in the carriage and did not have to face the socially awkward situation outside.

The second prince who was riding on a tall horse outside and looking dead: If he could, he would choose to die right where he is!!!

The Queen Mother couldn't help laughing when she saw the child jumping and dancing outside the wedding sedan, "Whose child is that little bride? She looks so festive. You know what, that child looks a bit like Changle."

The Queen Mother, who had seen many portraits of Changle, did not associate the child just now with Changle.

After all, the portraits of Changle that she had seen were either majestic and heroic, or cute and soft.

So much so that the image of Changle in the Queen Mother's mind is that of a lovely female general.

Seeing such a funny and eye-catching image, it is no wonder that the Queen Mother did not connect the two together.

"Mother, do you want to listen to what that little matchmaker is saying?" the emperor said guiltily.

But he remembered that he had already told his mother in advance that Changle was a lively child.

He straightened his back again.

The Queen Mother pricked up her ears and listened carefully to the matchmaker's calls.

One after another, the words of "how great, awesome, and cool my second brother and sister-in-law are" came into her ears.

The Queen Mother fixed her eyes on the Second Prince. Who else could call the little girl Second Brother except...

With a look of shock on her face, she slowly turned her eyes to look at the little matchmaker. Then her eyes went dark and she opened and closed her eyes again and again, as if she couldn't believe it.

He pointed tremblingly at the flashy little girl who had suddenly jumped onto the roof and was playing the suona.

"This...is this what you call a little more lively?"

This was the first time in the Queen Mother's life that she saw such a funny child, and it was also the first time that she re-understood the word "lively".

I couldn't accept it for a while. I just couldn't believe it.

The emperor touched his nose awkwardly. "Mother, don't you like lively children? Changle is such a lively child. Changle is even more lively than other children."

"But mother, you don't have to worry. You have two such lively grandchildren."

The emperor pointed proudly at the chubby fourth prince who was dancing the Yangko dance while wearing a big red flower on his head and waving a wedding scarf in each hand, and said, "Look at the fourth prince over there. Isn't he a lot more lively than before?"

"In the past, mother always said that the fourth child was quiet and only knew how to run to the imperial kitchen every day. Now that he is with Changle, he likes to move around. Look at that chubby little kid, he is jumping so happily..."

"You...you shut up!" When the Queen Mother saw the Fourth Prince's attire clearly, her eyes went dark again. She turned her head and angrily said to the Emperor, "You call this lively? A dignified prince and princess...are going to act like a matchmaker in public?"

The Queen Mother wanted to poke out her own eyes.

If the late emperor knew that his grandchildren were dressing up as matchmakers, singing and dancing on the streets, he would probably be so angry that he would crawl out of the imperial mausoleum.

As if she remembered something, the Queen Mother's eyes shot towards the Emperor, "Is it because you, as a father, are not serious on weekdays, and these two ignorant children have learned from you?"

No wonder the Queen Mother suspected the Emperor.

After all, the emperor did a lot of outrageous things when he was a child, and was often beaten by the empress dowager for this.

For example, in order to avoid the teacher's lessons, the prince disguised himself as a little girl and sneaked out of the palace, ran to the streets of the capital to play, and was then kidnapped by a kidnapper and sold to a brothel.

For example, when she took this naughty boy to attend the full moon banquet of the old lady's little daughter Yan'er, this naughty child saw that the one-month-old baby was so cute that he accidentally stole the one-month-old baby back to the palace, scaring Yan'er's father so much that he almost fainted.

....

The Empress Dowager still gets a headache whenever she thinks of these past events. Fortunately, she has grown up now and is no longer as mischievous as before.

With the emperor as a precedent, the empress dowager seemed to comfort herself by attributing Changle's abstract behavior to her ignorance when she was a child, and she would definitely not be like this when she grows up.

After all, isn't this quite normal for an emperor to become an adult?

But the emperor didn't agree when he heard his mother's words. He was obviously the most serious person in the family. He pointed at the queen who was shaking her head and hitting the gong and said, "Mother, you are wronging me. Look carefully at who Changle looks like."

The Queen Mother followed the Emperor's finger and turned her gaze to the woman who was beating the gong, shaking her head and singing "The King asked me to patrol the mountains!"

After taking a closer look at the woman's face, she staggered a few steps and her vision went dark again and again.Chapter 404: Xiaojiu Meets the Imperial Grandmother

Chapter 404: Xiaojiu Meets the Imperial Grandmother

As if he was not giving up, he turned his gaze towards Old Madam Shi.

"This is...Yan'er?"

The white-haired old lady lowered her head and twirled her toes guiltily, her eyes wandering as she asked, "Should...should be, right?"

If it is, it is. If it is not, it is not. What does it mean by "should be", right?

When I thought about why Yan'er became such a queen mother, I suddenly felt bad.

At this moment, his eyes were filled with heartache. "Before Yan'er's head injury, she loved beauty the most. She was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Do you think that if she recovers from her injury and recalls what she has done, will she be unable to accept this blow?"

Madam Shi shook her head and said, "With Jiu'er here, even if she gets better, Yan'er's temper will never go back to normal."

Based on her understanding of her daughter, her favorite thing now is to be with her child.

Unlike the empress dowager who was worried, the emperor was very excited at this moment and really wanted to go down and join in the fun.

"Mother, today is the day of the second son's wedding. Shall we go down together to celebrate?"

The empress dowager, who had already accepted the existence of so many abstract people in the family, became even more certain after hearing this that Changle, the fourth brother, and even the queen had all learned bad things from the unreliable emperor.

The three of them were eight years old, five years old, and only three years old. What could they know? It must be that bastard who led the three children astray.

The Queen Mother felt that she had to turn them over while they were still young.

Especially since Changle will be the one to govern a country in the future, if she is so unstable, how can the court officials obey her?

The worry-inducing empress dowager will feel that the burden on her shoulders is particularly heavy.

Looking at the funny scene below, the big one is abnormal, and the small one is even more abnormal.

Below, the emperor, holding Eunuch Huang's arm, finally squeezed into his daughter's field of vision and called out to Xiaojiu, "My daughter! Dad is here to see you."

When Xiaojiu heard the familiar voice, he immediately jumped down from the roof.

"Huh? You look like my dad!"

The emperor's face darkened, "My daughter, it's been such a short time since we last met, and you've already forgotten your father?"

Xiaojiu shook his head and smiled brightly, "Dad, I was just kidding you!"

The emperor then smiled and pinched his daughter's cheeks, "You are such a heartless little thing. You have been away for so long and only wrote one letter to your father. The rest are all messages asking for money."

Xiaojiu scratched his head, "Is there?"

"You still say you don't have any money, but your two guys named Suancai and Shunfeng keep flying to the palace to ask for money!"

Xiaojiu thought about it carefully and it seemed that she had told Suancai before she left that if she didn't have enough money, she could go to find her father.

Xiaojiu scratched his head awkwardly, "Dad, don't worry, when I become rich in the future, I will definitely be filial to you."

The emperor's mouth twitched. This pie was drawn on his head?

"Then your father is waiting for you to become rich!"

After the two finished chatting, the team with music and drums strolled around the streets of the capital and headed towards the palace.

The emperor then remembered his mother and quickly took Xiaojiu's hand, "Dad will take you to see someone."

"who?"

"Your royal grandmother."

"I still have a royal grandmother?"

"You are saying that, of course you have a royal grandmother, otherwise where would I, your father, come from."

Xiaojiu's eyes were full of anticipation. It would be great to have the Royal Grandmother. With the Royal Grandmother, there would be one more person to give her New Year's money.

Xiaojiu smiled so much that her eyes narrowed.

Soon the father and daughter arrived at the teahouse where the Queen Mother and her entourage were.

The Queen Mother looked at the little girl dressed as a matchmaker. She was unable to accept it at first, but now she couldn't help laughing.

"Child, come here, come here and let the Royal Grandmother see you!"

Xiaojiu just found out that her royal grandmother was the empress dowager, and was said to be very powerful.

Xiaojiu thinks he is pretty powerful, so he cannot be weak in momentum.

So she straightened her chest, put her hands behind her back, and walked over very steadily.

He raised his chin and asked preemptively: "Are you my royal grandmother?"

The Queen Mother looked at the little kid standing in front of her with a bulging belly and a very confident aura.

I tried to hold it back, but finally I couldn't help it and burst out laughing.

Xiaojiu clenched his little fists again and again.

She hasn't even acknowledged this old lady as her royal grandmother, yet she dares to laugh at her in person, as if she can't even lift a knife?

When the emperor saw Changle clenching her fists, his scalp instantly went numb. He was about to rush over to hug Changle away, but the empress dowager got there first and hugged Changle into her arms.

"Oh, my dear grandson, how could you be so cute?"

Xiaojiu, who was praised, loosened his fists instantly and the corners of his mouth gradually curled up.

Everyone in the room, who were worried, breathed a sigh of relief.

Scared to death.

The empress dowager, who didn't even know she had saved her life, hugged her granddaughter and adored her with love.

Xiaojiu was held in the Queen Mother's arms. After a while, she felt a heaviness on her wrist. Before she raised her hand to see what it was, her neck began to feel heaviness.

Then the Queen Mother took him into her arms, and his ankles felt heavy.

The young matchmaker Xiaojiu finally found a gap, then raised her arm with great effort, and saw a jade bracelet on her wrist, the transparent emerald color flowing in the sunlight.

Xiaojiu's eyes suddenly lit up.

This is a grandmother with the ability to make money!

Xiaojiu quickly reached for his neck and touched a gold-thread eight-treasure necklace. The pearl pendant felt cool against his skin, trembling with his breathing.

Xiaojiu's eyes brightened even more. This was her long-lost grandmother!

She quickly lifted her feet as well, and on her snow-white ankles she was wearing a pair of delicate gold anklets with ruby-studded bells that jingled as she moved her feet.

Xiaojiu's eyes were as bright as lasers.

She hugged the Queen Mother and started to cry without tears, "Grandmother, my dear grandmother! Why did you find me only now? I miss you so much!"

Which elderly person would not be moved when hearing his or her granddaughter say these words?

Especially this kind of relationship between generations.

As soon as they met, the little granddaughter burst into tears and said she missed her. How could she not be happy?

The Queen Mother knew that her well-behaved granddaughter was more fragrant.

"Oh, my dear granddaughter, please stop crying! Your crying is breaking my heart!"

She put the valuable jewelry in her arms on Xiaojiu as if it were free.

Xiaojiu instantly transformed from a gaudy little wedding lady into a golden lucky doll.

The emperor stood aside and watched with jealous eyes. Don't think he didn't know that Changle's tears were smeared with saliva from her fingers.

At this time, the Queen Mother did not know that once her obedient granddaughter started to study, she would be so angry that her life would be shortened by several years.

The grandparents and grandchildren were being affectionate with each other for a long time, and Xiaojiu then remembered that her second brother was waiting for her to preside over the wedding.

Xiaojiu stayed in his grandmother's arms for a while, and then received a bag of gold, silver and jewelry.

He led everyone to the palace.Chapter 405: Stealing More Than Ten Mansions

Chapter 405: Stealing More Than Ten Mansions

Inside the palace, the second prince was surprised to see his father and the empress dowager suddenly appear at the top.

He quickly pulled his wife to kneel and kowtow, saying, "May the Empress Grandmother live long and healthy! Your son is getting married today, and I have come with my wife to pay my respects to you. May the Empress Grandmother live long and healthy."

There were several happy events today, and the Queen Mother couldn't suppress the smile on her lips, "Good! Good! From now on, you two will be of one mind, which will be the greatest filial piety to me!"

Then she ordered the nanny to fetch a bracelet, and the Queen Mother placed her old hand on the Second Prince's wife's hand, "I came here in a hurry, I will prepare a decent gift for you when I return to Dongxia."

The Second Prince's wife's cheeks instantly turned red. "Grandmother, you are really embarrassing me. You sitting in the hall and witnessing my wedding ceremony with His Highness is better than any gift in the world."

The more the empress dowager looked at the second prince's wife, the more satisfied she was. This was why she did not stop His Majesty, regardless of the second prince's wishes, from issuing an imperial decree to force the marriage on him when Concubine Xian wanted to marry her niece to the second prince.

Now it seems that your majesty's decree was correct.

Although fate came to the two of them a little late, it is not too late. The greatest happiness is for the couple to live in harmony.

Soon, it was time to start the meal.

Xiaojiu held his round belly with one hand and held a small wine glass filled with Wangzai in the other hand as he walked around the entire banquet.

He chatted with all the officials of Nanling State and successfully narrowed the distance between himself and these officials.

These officials went from looking down on it in the beginning to accepting it calmly now.

After all, the previous emperor was not a good emperor.

What's more, the current emperor not only allows the people to live a good life, but is also so close to the people.

The most important thing is to listen to opinions.

Just now, a number of officials had the courage to speak out about their dissatisfaction with the court.

I originally thought that the empress would be dismissive.

Unexpectedly, the empress not only listened to them, but also had people write down their ideas and demands one by one.

How could this not move them?

Of course, corrupt officials are excluded.

The corrupt officials who cannot take advantage of the people and the court are now trying every possible way to contact officials and generals from other states in order to revolt.

Relying on their small stature, Adou and his companions strolled around the banquet and silently wrote down the names of these officials and the officials they wanted to contact in a notebook.

So, that night, these drunken corrupt officials were inexplicably beaten up in their sleep by someone unknown.

This was not the most heartbreaking thing. The most heartbreaking thing was that their warehouse was completely looted, and even the small amount of money they had hidden in the corners was taken away by the thief.

Before they could recover from the shock, they discovered that the damn thief had completely looted their house of pots, pans, tables, chairs, and benches.

Moreover, it is said that all these items appeared in the homes of the poor people.

Now the people of the capital all knew that a thief who robbed the rich and gave to the poor had appeared in the capital. Not only was this thief very skilled in stealing and left no trace, as he looted the residences of many high-ranking officials overnight, but he was also kind-hearted and gave all the stolen items to the people.

The officials who had been robbed did not dare to delay any longer and hurried to the palace. If the situation continued to be left unchecked, they were worried that when they opened their eyes the next morning, they might not even be able to see the tiles on the roof.

In the Golden Throne Hall, Xiaojiu, with dark circles under her eyes almost falling to her chin, yawned and looked lazily at the officials below. She touched the storage bag hanging around her waist and felt a little guilty, but she quickly adjusted her mentality.

Without evidence, you are just a hooligan!

So she opened her eyes, straightened her back again, and stared with a stern face at the officials below who had bruised eyes and were fat.

On two small stools behind the screen next to them, there were the emperor and the empress dowager, who were very worried that Changle would be bullied by officials.

The Emperor and the Empress Dowager sat in a row, listening attentively to the movements in the hall.

An official was the first to kneel down and bang his head on the ground. His wailing almost shook Xiaojiu off the dragon throne. "Your Majesty, please make the decision for us!"

Xiao Jiu asked with an innocent face, "Just tell me what's going on? And what's the style of this?"

Prince Ming, who had lost the most money, no longer cared about his manners. The gold, silver and jewelry in the secret room were all stored bit by bit by him over the years in preparation for the rebellion. He did not expect that they would be looted clean by the hateful thieves.

Now, let alone rebellion, there is no money to buy daily food rations for everyone in the mansion.

"Your Majesty! Last night our house was robbed and everything was looted!"

"Oh?" Xiaojiu tilted her head. She really wanted to take out the melon seeds in her pocket and eat them, but she remembered that when she came to the Golden Palace, Master Xu pulled her with tears and told her not to eat anything on the dragon throne, and not to lie on the table like a pancake in front of those officials, otherwise she would have to double her lessons.

Xiaojiu silently retracted his hands that wanted to crack melon seeds and his feet that wanted to put on the table.

"What did you lose?"

"Everything is lost! Your Majesty, that damn thief left nothing for me!" The officials below beat their chests and stamped their feet, accusing with tears in their eyes.

Xiaojiu, "Why are you sleeping so soundly?"

There was an instant silence in the hall, and the expressions of the officials below froze instantly. The thieves had looted everything in their mansion, and no one in the mansion heard any noise. Everyone who heard this found it absurd.

An official stammered, "This... this... I guess the thief must be very skilled in Qinggong, coming and going like the wind..."

"I suspect it was the work of the ghost from the Desperate Cave." Prince Ming stepped forward and said loudly, "Your Majesty, apart from the ghost from the Desperate Cave, who else could steal more than ten mansions in one night without leaving any trace?"

The ghost who was drunk and snoring loudly last night turned over in bed and sneezed violently.

Xiaojiu jumped off the dragon throne, then walked in front of the group of officials with his hands behind his back.

"Let me analyze it carefully!"

The officials just looked at the little kid, who was not even as tall as their thighs, strolling back and forth in front of them with his hands behind his back.

He scratched his ears and his head, looking like he was really analyzing something seriously.

Just when the officials were getting impatient and wanted to urge them.

Xiao Jiu spoke up, "There are so many officials in the capital, why did the thieves only rob your families? Have you ever reflected on yourselves? Did you do something wrong?"

"And the thief stole so many things, and none of you noticed?"

"Are the people in your house so stupid?"

"If you can't even protect your own money, how can you do good things for the people?"

"..."

Perhaps it was because he had been studying under Master Xu's watch these days, and he often heard the voice of Master Xu scolding Zhao Hu and others, although sometimes he suspected that Master Xu was just making a veiled criticism.

After Xiaojiu put his hands behind his back and scolded these officials, he suddenly felt less sleepy.

No wonder Master Xu stared at Zhao Hu and scolded him every day. You know what, it turns out that scolding others can be a boost of energy!Chapter 406: Failed to seek justice, but was instead angered and faintedChapter 406: Failed to seek justice, but was instead angered and faintedOfficials in the palace:.....

Is this the result of the empress's analysis after spending so much time on it?

I originally just wanted to come to the palace to ask His Majesty for justice, but ended up being scolded for no reason.

This feeling is so frustrating.

The emperor and the empress dowager looked at each other behind the screen.

They found that their worry about Changle suffering a loss was unnecessary.

The emperor silently took out a handful of melon seeds from his pocket and asked, "Mother, would you like some?"

The Queen Mother slapped the Emperor's hand away and whispered, "Changle is handling official business in the front, and you, as a father, are eating melon seeds here. How can you be so rude? Also, learn how to be an emperor."

Emperor: No, who is learning from whom? It's Tian Gang! !

He has been the emperor for so many years, and now he is going to learn how to be an emperor from a little kid who has only been the emperor for a few days?

The Queen Mother saw the dissatisfaction in his eyes and said, "Look at Changle, she can deal with those old foxes in the court with just a few words. And look at you..." The Queen Mother did not continue with the next words because they were all reflected in her sad and disappointed eyes.

The emperor shamelessly understood that look.

The emperor was furious and silently put the melon seeds back.

At this time in the hall, the officials who heard what the empress said wanted to beat her up, but they thought of her terrifying fighting power.

Several officials were so angry that they almost fainted.

Xiaojiu looked at the official who had fallen down in front of him and was so scared that he quickly returned to his throne.

He said angrily: "Don't even think about touching porcelain!"

The rest of the officials were so angry that their faces turned red and their necks became thick. Prince Ming looked at the courtiers who fainted from anger because of a few casual words from the empress, his eyes full of anger and uselessness.

He looked at the empress sitting on the dragon throne with sharp eyes, "Your Majesty, there is one thing I don't understand. I hope Your Majesty can help me solve this puzzle?"

Xiaojiu moved his butt and adjusted his sitting position before he said, "Ask!"

Prince Ming sneered and continued to speak. His voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for the entire hall to hear clearly.

"Last night, our residence was robbed. Your Majesty not only did not help us, but also changed the subject and blamed us. Could there be some hidden secret behind the missing money?"

The hall fell silent again.

The empress dowager behind the screen was so angry that she almost rushed out.

Fortunately, the emperor stopped her in time, "Mother, be steady, be steady!"

The Queen Mother calmed down her anger. "That old fox, what he said could it be that he still suspects Changle of stealing their money? This is obviously to make things difficult for Changle. I think that the several mansions have joined forces to accuse Changle of stealing!"

The emperor also felt that what the queen mother said made sense. "Mother, please be patient and wait and see how Changle handles it. If Changle suffers, it won't be too late for us to rush out and support Changle. You have also seen that these officials must have come prepared. If we rush out now, they will think that Changle did it."

The emperor did not expect that the officials of Nanling Kingdom were so shameless and staged a thief crying thief with many loopholes in order to challenge the authority of the empress.

It's so abominable!

At this time, Xiaojiu, who was sitting on the dragon throne, looked at Prince Ming with shining eyes, "Secret? What secret? Tell me quickly."

Originally, he just wanted to trick the empress and make her lose her composure and reveal her true intentions.

result--

The yellow-haired girl actually mistook him for a storyteller in the teahouse and waited anxiously for his next words.

He suddenly felt as frustrated and powerless as if he had punched cotton.

"I am just wondering, the only person in the capital who can come and go without a trace and steal the money and belongings of the ministers' houses quietly is probably the ghost in the deadly den. Your Majesty, why don't you arrest him and interrogate him?"

Lord Cui, the Minister of Rites, who hurried to the imperial study, just happened to hear what Prince Ming said.

First bow to the empress above.

Then he snorted coldly, "Huh! Doesn't Prince Ming find this funny? Are you saying that the ghost in the Death Cave came and went without a trace, and quietly ran to more than a dozen of your mansions to steal your money and belongings?"

"Let's not talk about how soundly everyone in your mansions slept and no one noticed. Just take the stolen beds. If such large beds were carried out of your mansions, the night watchmen would not have noticed it, and even the night watchmen and merchants along the way would not have heard of any unusual movement. Or are the patrolling guards on the streets of the capital all blind?"

"Is Prince Ming crying thief, trying to throw dirty water on Your Majesty and deliberately make things difficult for Your Majesty?"

Prince Ming was so angry that veins popped out on his forehead. "How dare you slander me? It's obvious that you are a villain who covets our money. Your Majesty has been delaying in sending people to investigate, and has condoned this treacherous villain to frame us!"

Xiaojiu finally understood what was said and thought of what Master Xu had told him, that he should treat people politely and not just come up and beat them up!

So the civilized and talkative Xiaojiu decided to talk to them about some moral principles.

"You are so unreasonable, old man. If you suspect that the ghost stole your money, you must provide evidence. How did he steal it? Where did he steal the money?"

"You can't just throw anyone into jail just because you suspect them. The jail isn't owned by your family."

"Then I also suspect that you stole my Wangzai buns last night. Should I also arrest you and interrogate you?"

After Xiaojiu finished her chat, she nodded her head as if to affirm, thinking that what she said made a lot of sense. After she finished speaking, she did not forget to look at Lord Cui with an expression that seemed like she was about to praise me.

"Xiao Cui, tell me, is this the truth?"

Lord Cui immediately cupped his hands and said in agreement, "Your Majesty is right. Since Prince Ming suspects the ghost in the Death Cave, then you should show us the evidence so that His Majesty can make a decision for you. Otherwise, if you just say who you suspect and ask His Majesty to arrest him, isn't that putting His Majesty in an unfair position?"

Prince Ming looked at the two of them singing the same tune and felt dizzy in front of his eyes.

Xiaojiu looked at Prince Ming with encouragement, "Bring out the evidence, and I'll catch the ghost for you right away."

Lord Cui, "Yes, Prince Ming, it is impossible that there were no traces of thieves when so many of your mansions lost money. It is impossible that pots, pans, tables, chairs, benches and other large items were carried out of the mansion without anyone noticing."

Prince Ming began to doubt himself after hearing what these two said.

yes!

It is impossible that such a large object was carried out of the family's mansion and then thrown into the homes of ordinary people without any noise.

He was so anxious that he had to check quickly, including the patrolling guards, the night watchmen, and the people along the way... He just didn't believe that no one saw it.

But I have already come to the palace to seek an explanation today. If I go back in disgrace, how will the officials below view me?

Chapter 407: The Empress Who Wants to Dig a GraveChapter 407: The Empress Who Wants to Dig a Grave"Your Majesty, there are many strange people and things in the world. I heard that the poison lady in the Death Cave is a master of poison. I guess it must be the masters with special skills in the Death Cave who stole the property of each family without anyone noticing, and left no clues. Please, Your Majesty, make a decision!"

"Please, Your Majesty, make the decision!"

"..."

The people in the Death Cave who were blamed innocently: How come we didn't know that we had such great capabilities.

Xiaojiu held his chin and listened to the officials below, who were talking one after another and asking His Majesty to make the decision.

I was very curious about the special skills that everyone in the Death Cave had, "Is the Death Cave really that powerful?"

Xiaojiu felt that he had underestimated the people of the Death Cave. It was a waste of their talents to ask them to grow sweet potatoes.

Such talents should be used to confiscate property.

We will make sure that not a single penny is left in the corrupt officials' homes.

Prince Ming was not sure what the empress meant by asking this, but he continued to speak out his prepared words, "Your Majesty, order people to arrest the people in the Desperate Cave and interrogate them, so that we can find out their background. These are desperate criminals. In the past, the court could not catch them for a long time. Now that Your Majesty has ascended the throne, you must not let the evil people like Black Wind Village and the Desperate Cave continue to be rampant."

The purpose of Prince Ming's visit this time is to instigate the Empress to take down the two gangs under his command.

Xiaojiu, who had asked Cuihua to find out the details of the two gangs a long time ago, frowned when he heard what Prince Ming said.

"I didn't do anything bad, why are you arresting me?"

"Also, your old emperor of Nanling Kingdom is going too far, humph!"

"The boss of the Desperate Cave is a chivalrous man. Your father forced him to do things for him. When he refused, he said he was a desperado and wanted to arrest him."

"And Madam Du, her father used to be an imperial physician. Humph! Just because the queen in your Nanling Kingdom's palace got into a fight and killed her baby, your old emperor took his anger out on the imperial physician and killed her father. That's too much!"

"And the leader of the Black Wind Village. His father used to be an imperial censor. He just advised your father not to kill innocent people, but your father turned around and killed his whole family. Fortunately, the leader of the Black Wind Village was stubborn and managed to escape. He used to be a handsome young man, but now he has become a street urchin because of you."

"..."

Xiaojiu became more and more angry as he spoke, and slammed the table heavily, "The more I think about this, the angrier I am. I'm going to dig up your old emperor's grave! I'm so pissed off!"

The ministers saw the empress was about to dig up her grave.

"Your Majesty, absolutely not!"

Now none of them cares about their own mansions being robbed and they have to ask His Majesty to take charge.

The most important thing now is to stop the empress from digging the grave.

If the tomb of the late emperor was dug up by the empress, their Nanling Kingdom would be completely finished.

Is Xiaojiu someone who would listen?

That's definitely not the case.

"I won't. From now on, if anyone offends me, I will dig up his grave and disturb his ancestors."

After saying that, he tiptoed towards the Death Cave and Black Wind Village where they had temporarily stayed last night.

She wants to take them to dig graves for revenge.

Inside the Golden Palace, the officials looked at each other in bewilderment when they heard the empress's words.

If anyone offends the empress, she will dig up his grave and disturb his ancestors.

this.....

All the ministers were a little hesitant, in case they were so aggressive and asked the empress for justice.

What if the empress got unhappy and ran to their house to dig up their graves, disturbing their ancestors?

Thinking of this, the officials hurriedly helped the fainted official back.

The Minister of Rites, Lord Cui, looked at the direction where the empress was leaving with adoration, and with just one sentence he subdued these evil spirits.

The emperor looked at the officials walking away in shock.

Is this solved?

The Queen Mother's eyes were full of admiration for her granddaughter.

"I didn't expect that Changle, at such a young age, could handle things so flawlessly. He looks careless, but he actually plans every step. This is the kind of person who can take on the responsibility of governing a country."

Emperor: How do you know that?

Changle's face clearly showed that she was going to fight, so how could we tell that she was so careless and planning every step?

******

In the Second Prince's Palace.

The Second Prince and his wife sat beside the collapsed bed with looks of despair on their faces.

Time goes back to the bridal chamber last night.

The red candles are swaying, and the gilded wedding curtains are hanging like red clouds, wrapping the carved wooden bed into a charming world. The red dates, peanuts, and longans scattered on the ground complement each other, implying the early birth of a baby.

What a beautiful and harmonious atmosphere suitable for creating villains.

After lifting the veil, drinking the wedding wine, and completing all the procedures, the second prince finally waited for the time to kiss, hug, and lift his wife up.

The Second Prince looked at the Second Prince's wife's blushing cheeks and rolling Adam's apple, his voice trembling with nervousness.

He thought about the two books he had read that Xiong Da gave him.

He grabbed the Second Prince's wife's wrist and pressed her down on the bed.

"I want you to have my scent on you. You can never escape it in this life. You will be my woman for the rest of your life."

The Second Prince's wife's face turned red immediately after hearing such explicit words.

Seeing such good results, the second prince became bolder.

He pressed down on the Second Prince's wife and rubbed her chin with his thumb. The two looked at each other lovingly for a while.

The Second Prince's wife turned her head away nervously.

The second prince chuckled when he saw this, "What are you hiding for?"

After saying this, he was about to lower his head and kiss those beautiful lips.

Then he saw a little head popping out next to them.

It was a stone dressed as a lucky doll.

Shitou lay on his butt with his butt sticking up beside the two men, staring at them eagerly.

"What are you playing? Is it fun?"

The Second Prince and his wife came back to their senses instantly.

The two separated as quickly as possible, straightened their clothes, and then sat down again.

"Shi Tou, why...why are you here?" the second prince asked curiously.

Seeing that he was wearing little, the Second Prince's wife quickly hugged the stone into her arms and continued, "It must be Changle and the others who dropped the stone again."

Shitou was holding a longan in his hand, drooling with greed.

The Second Prince's wife peeled the longan in his hand, then called the maid, "Get a blanket to wrap the person up, don't let him catch a cold, and send him to Old Madam Xu."

Shitou looked at the Second Prince and his wife eagerly. He didn't want to go out. He still wanted to play.

But I thought of what the village chief said: whoever is discovered loses, and he can't cheat and must go out honestly.

Shitou waited anxiously for the Second Prince and his wife to persuade him to stay, but they were only thinking about their wedding night.

Finally the stone was sent away.

The two continued to get to the point.

Lying on the bed, just as the second prince was about to press his lips down again.

The Second Prince's wife covered his mouth with her hand.

She looked at the Second Prince with a horrified look on her face, "Your Highness, I...I feel like something is moving behind my butt."

Upon hearing this, the Second Prince quickly patted his wife soothingly, then reached out and pulled out the thing from behind the Second Prince's wife's butt.

A cute baby appeared in front of the two of them.

Chapter 408 The Couple Who Have No Hope in Life

Chapter 408 The Couple Who Have No Hope in Life

The second prince's forehead was throbbing.

Light all the candles quickly.

The couple met Jiang He's innocent eyes.

The second prince was so angry that he almost laughed, "Those guys left Shi Tou and Jiang He behind again!"

The Second Prince's wife also found it funny, "These two kids are left behind every day, yet they never get tired of running after Changle and the others every day."

She poked Jiang He's belly and said, "You have short legs and can't catch up with them. Next time, stay by your senior brother's side and don't run around."

Jiang He shook his head like a rattle: I don't want to listen. I'll follow you next time.

When he saw some longans on the bed, he grabbed them and stuffed them into his pocket.

Take it home and have it as a midnight snack.

The second prince saw Jiang He immersed in picking longans and looked around.

Suspiciously asked, "Do you think Changle and the others will pop up from some corner later?"

"It shouldn't be that serious?" The Second Prince's wife also looked around with suspicion.

"Don't hide, I know where you are." The second prince decided to trick them.

As a result, there was no other sound in the room except Jiang He's giggle.

He was a little unwilling to give up. He didn't believe that those immoral street urchins in Changle could be so honest. To be on the safe side, he decided to go look for them himself.

I leaned under the bed and opened it, but there was nothing.

I opened the cabinet in the room, but there was nothing.

I bent down to look under the table, but there was nothing there.

He checked every nook and cranny.

He even opened the lid of the teacup on the table and took a look, but still nothing.

"Really not. Are Changle and the others so honest today?"

"Your Highness, Changle has something important to do today, how could he be here?"

The Second Prince's wife rubbed her brows and called the maid to carry Jiang He out.

"Your Highness, stop looking. Changle and the others must have left the stone and Jiang He behind when they were making a fuss in the bridal chamber just now."

The second prince looked around again, making sure that every corner had been checked, and only then did he feel relieved.

"Changle is a group of unreliable people. Shitou and Jianghe are left behind every now and then. What should we do if they are left outside and kidnapped?"

The second prince quickly blew out the candle and whispered into the ear of the second prince's wife.

Just when he was about to continue speaking in a greasy, overbearing CEO style.

The second prince's wife pinched her mouth.

"Shut up!"

After hearing the Second Prince's goosebump-inducing words again, she felt like vomiting the bowl of soup she had just drunk.

I don't know where he learned this, it's really an eyesore.

The second prince's eyes lit up.

I understand. My lady is shy.

The moment their lips were about to touch.

A snoring sound was heard above their heads.

Before the two of them looked up.

"Bang--"

With a loud bang, a person fell from the beam and landed next to the two people.

Then there was a 'click' sound, and the bed collapsed, and the three of them sank into it.

The couple buried in the bed closed their eyes with hopelessness.

He gritted his teeth and asked, "Which one is it this time?"

The little fat boy scratched his hands awkwardly, "Well, the beam of your house is small and narrow, I accidentally fell asleep just now, and I turned over and fell down."

The Second Prince and his wife lost all interest in their wedding night.

The two of them lit all the candles.

Just waiting for the people hiding in every corner of the house to show up.

There has been no movement for a long time.

The second prince slammed the table heavily, "Changle, the rest of you, come out right now! Believe it or not, I'm going to look for your Grandma Xu right now!"

As soon as Grandma Xu shouted out those few words, she successfully controlled everyone.

Xiaojiu and the Fourth Prince on the roof, Zhao Hu and Tie Niu on the beams.

Adou was hiding under the bed and was not discovered by the second prince.

Shi An buried himself in the pillow on the bed.

Shen Zhiyuan, who hangs himself like a piece of clothing on a rack.

Xing'er behind the screen, and Cuihua who stuffed herself in the vase and couldn't get out.

They all jumped out obediently, except the chicken that was stuck in the bottle.

The second prince looked at the people in his room and the collapsed bed, his face darker than the bottom of a pot.

He said sinisterly, "You are not sleeping so late at night, so you must not be sleepy. It just so happens that Master Xu said that you have too little time to study during the day, so this time is just right."

"Someone, go inform Master Xu and Old Madam Xu that Changle and the others couldn't sleep for a few nights and wanted to study."

Seeing that something was not right, Xiaojiu ran out the door.

"quack!!!"

"Master, save my chicken's life!"

Xiaojiu ran to the door, turned around and ran back. She pulled the chicken's neck a few times, but failed to pull Cuihua out. She directly took Cuihua away together with the vase.

"Brother and sister-in-law, I have something to do suddenly. I'm leaving now!"

Seeing this, others started running after him.

It is impossible to study. It is impossible to study in this life.

The second prince slammed the table angrily.

"Changle, if you have the guts, don't come back tonight!"

Xiaojiu, who was running towards his palace, stopped when he heard this, looked in the direction of his palace, and then ran out of the palace without looking back.

If you don't want to go back, then don't go back. Goodbye, second brother. I'm going on a long voyage tonight.

The kids could easily figure it out that after the Second Prince made his complaint, Master Xu and Grandma Xu would definitely hunt them down everywhere.

If I get caught, I'll definitely have to study all night.

After discussing it, they decided to leave the palace to avoid the limelight.

He accidentally avoided it and ended up at the house of a corrupt official.

You say that those corrupt officials have so much gold, silver and treasures, why do they have to keep their valuables at home when there are so many other places to put them.

Now, he was seen by a group of Pixiu.

Adou took the list of corrupt officials drawn up by the Minister of Rites Cui, and the spy leader Cuihua was there to check for any omissions.

The group visited all the mansions on the list in one night.

rebel?

Now that you have no money, I don't think you can do anything to rebel!

It doesn't matter if there is no evidence of rebellion; they can cut off the source of the trouble.

To all the corrupt officials who became poor overnight: ....I thank you and your whole family!!!

The wedding ceremony of the second prince and his wife ended perfectly with all the corrupt officials in the court returning to poverty.

The next step is to prepare for the empress's coronation ceremony.

But these are not Xiaojiu's concerns, she just needs to make a brilliant appearance that day.

He who could avoid the drinking on the first day of the month but not on the fifteenth day, was now sitting quietly listening to Master Xu's lecture.

A group of children who have been busy all night are nodding their heads.

Master Xu also heard that more than a dozen mansions were looted by thieves last night.

He guessed that it was these kids who did it, although he didn't know how they did it.

But these were not things he, as a teacher, should be concerned about. After all, the fewer people who knew the empress's secrets, the better.

It seems that the group of children below have no intention of attending class, but if we let them off so easily, they will become even more lawless in the future.Chapter 409 Discussion of Problems in Class

Chapter 409 Discussion of Problems in Class

"I see that you are not interested in class, so in this case—"

A group of children's eyes suddenly lit up. It seemed that the get out of class was about to end?

"I remember that you kids wrote down a lot of people's and officials' dissatisfaction and opinions about the court last night. So, in this class, let's pick some of them out and discuss solutions together, how about that?"

No matter what, they just want to go back to sleep.

But instead of attending class, they chose to discuss the problems.

Master Xu picked out a few suggestions and dissatisfactions he had collected yesterday and made them into small pieces of paper.

Then let the wine smoke.

Whichever one you draw will be dealt with today.

Xiaojiu stretched out his hand lazily, grabbed a note, and handed it to Master Xu.

Master Xu picked it up and looked at it, frowning. It was obvious that this question was difficult.

He originally wanted to change the question, but when he thought about the unusual way these children think, maybe they could come up with a solution.

He spread out the note and spoke slowly, "The three questions on the paper were all written down during the casual conversation between everyone and several soldiers at the border during the banquet last night."

"First, some soldiers mentioned that they were often on the battlefield to defend their country, but their families at home were often bullied by neighbors and rioted by hooligans, and they were out of reach in the army."

"Secondly, when old or injured soldiers return home, they have no skills or are ill and cannot find work, making their survival difficult."

"Third, the pensions for fallen soldiers were often withheld by corrupt officials, and the money they received was meager and could not support their families at all."

Every time Master Xu said something, his brows furrowed a little more.

"How do you think the court should deal with these matters?"

Outside the classroom, the Empress Dowager, the Emperor and several others who were standing by the window watching a group of children in class fell into deep thought when they heard Master Xu's question.

At that time, the old lady felt that this question was not only something that the children should think about, but also that the general should think about.

So he pushed Shi Xian and said, "You go in and listen too."

Shi Xian: ???

Madam Shi glared at him, and Shi Xian went in obediently.

He glanced at Master Xu and found a seat to sit down awkwardly.

The empress dowager felt very disappointed when she saw the emperor standing beside her as if nothing had happened.

"What are you standing there for? Why don't you go in and listen? Have these matters in the court been resolved? You are just standing there doing nothing."

The emperor pointed inside and said, "Mother, there are a group of children in there..."

"What's wrong with the child? Go in quickly!"

Under the threatening gaze of his mother, the emperor obediently went in and sat next to his daughter.

It's really the opposite.

He was an emperor, but he actually attended classes with his daughter and son.

Xiao Jiu glanced at his father who was sitting next to him and poked him, "Dad, do you know what "out of reach" means?"

The emperor frowned, "Don't you usually read?"

Xiaojiu glared at him, as if she would throw him out of the class if he continued to whine.

The emperor immediately admitted his mistake and said, "The whip is too long to reach the horse, but it can never reach the horse's belly."

Xiaojiu, "Why can't I hit the horse's belly?"

The emperor looked at this ignorant woman and endured it again and again. Finally, he explained honestly in a language that she could understand: "The soldiers are in the army, too far away from home, and can't take care of the situation at home."

Xiaojiu understood what he said and thought while biting the pen.

Zhao Hu, an activist at the back, was the first to stand up and answer, "Master, we can set up a government office and send people to protect the families of soldiers in the army! If anyone bullies the family of a soldier, we should arrest them all and punish them severely."

The emperor shook his head. "It's easy for you to say that. There are so many military dependents in the world. How can we manage them all? Besides, where can the court have so much money to set up more government offices?"

After being rejected, Zhao Hu sat down angrily.

Xing'er was not to be outdone. "Master, what if we ask the village chief and the head of each village to register the families of the soldiers in their village, and then the court can send people to visit from time to time? If they find someone being bullied, they can tell His Majesty immediately?"

Shen Zhiyuan quickly added: "Master, I think we can also let the students in the academy take turns to visit the families of those soldiers. Master, didn't you say that scholars should understand the people's sentiments? In this way, these students can not only supervise, but also learn something!"

Master Xu stroked his beard, with a hint of admiration in his eyes. He didn't expect that these kids were not empty-headed, but had some knowledge.

"The methods you guys proposed are all good, but some of them are not well thought out. For example, setting up a special government office will make the court bloated. Adding a department will mean more expenses, and then reporting to higher levels, which will be inefficient and cannot quench immediate thirst."

"However, arranging for students in the academy to visit the families of these soldiers is a good idea, but how to implement it still needs to be considered in the long run."

Master Xu looked at Xiao Jiu, who was in a trance, and walked up to her, knocked on her table and asked, "What? Haven't you thought of it yet?"

"Who said I didn't think of it? I think they are all right—"

Just when Master Xu was about to take out the ruler.

Xiao Jiu continued, "However, in my territory from now on, those retired soldiers can be given priority to be employed as yamen runners, postmen and other public servants. If there are seriously injured soldiers who retire, the court will support them. Anyway, they will definitely not be left to starve or freeze."

"Also, if anyone dares to bully the families of soldiers in my territory, I will make sure that their families will never be able to take the imperial examinations for several lifetimes, let alone become officials. I will also drag them all into the army to hone their skills."

"In the future, I will raise the pension standard for fallen soldiers, and let the censors supervise the payment. If anyone deducts it, I will make him enjoy the treatment of being carried by the people of the whole city through the streets. The treatment will refer to the former Minister of Rites of Nanling State."

"And more, and more!" Xiaojiu couldn't stop talking. "In the future, as long as someone in our family serves the country in the army, we will hang a plaque of "Family of Honor" on their door. I want to see who will be so brave as to bully their family in the future."

Master Xu touched his chin and said, "There is a solution, and it also has deterrent effect, not bad, not bad."

Although there are many neglected details that need to be supplemented, these can be considered in the long run.

"But village chief, where do we get the money to increase pensions and appease the soldiers' families?" Adou raised his question.

We can't rely on them to rob.

"That's a good question!" Xiaojiu touched his chin, "I got it. Let's set up a charity organization and let officials, wealthy businessmen, or ordinary people donate from time to time."

The fourth prince scratched his chubby face and said, "But sister, will they donate?"