440 Hundred Corpse Gu
Chapter 440 Hundred Corpse Gu
Cuihua blinked her eyes and looked at her master, her grandmother, encouragingly.
Say you're going!
As long as you nod your head to go, I will take you down from here and straight to the battlefield.
The Queen Mother carefully poked her head out and just saw the scene of tiles flying in front of her.
"Cuihua, you...you go and check on Changle. I'm fine. I'm safe."
Cuihua, whose heart had long flown to her young master, could no longer hold back when she heard these words.
As soon as the Queen Mother finished speaking, Cuihua flapped her wings and flew away.
The Queen Mother, who originally thought she would have to waste some time arguing, was embarrassed when she saw the chicken that couldn't wait to fly away.
When Cuihua just arrived, she saw her young master being thrown over the shoulder by a man in a black robe.
'Crack?'
'What's up?'
When Xiaojiu heard Cuihua's voice, he paused.
Looking at her mother rushing towards her, she no longer wanted to play with her and was about to knock her out with a chop.
"Huh?"
"Master, your mother also has worms in her body?"
Xiaojiu paused with his raised hand, and his eyes suddenly shot viciously towards the people in the Changsheng Hall below.
"Really? How dare they feed bugs to my mother!"
"Of course, the man under your feet also has it, Master."
Cuihua was ready to commit suicide.
Xiaojiu grabbed Cuihua's mouth.
"Don't let my mother and uncle dance in front of so many people!"
This little wine still has some measure of propriety.
Everyone was fighting downstairs, and only her mother and uncle were standing on the roof dancing. How embarrassing.
Although Xiaojiu really wanted to dance with her mother and uncle, after all, in the past, at this time in Taoyuan Village, the aunts and grandmothers in the village danced square dance.
Of course, the fashionable square dance was taught to the villagers by the clever Xiaojiu.
Cuihua was trying to instruct the Queen and Shi Sanlang to do a split in the air, but Xiaojiu grabbed her and nipped her in the bud.
'Cluck!'
'Okay, then I'll let them go beat up someone else, okay?'
"Of course, beat that one up."
Xiaojiu pointed her finger in the direction of Canghuai Well. Since the other party fed her mother and third uncle insects, let them take revenge themselves.
Cang Huaijing, who was watching Princess Changle and her daughter killing each other, made eye contact with the child and the chicken.
Suddenly, I felt uneasy and the smile on my face froze.
Cuihua, who was now taking her turn, raised her neck and shouted happily: "Kill him!"
After hearing the order, the Queen and Tokisaburo stopped in time as they were about to attack Xiaojiu.
Then he slowly turned his head and looked in the direction of Canghuai Well.
Xiaojiu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the two men finally stopped pestering him to fight.
These two people, one is his mother and the other is his uncle, are like indestructible cockroaches, clinging to him tightly.
Xiaojiu couldn't do anything too harsh, so she could only play house with them on the roof.
Now that his hands were free, Xiaojiu immediately took out his pink little axe, put it on his shoulder, and flew towards Canghuai Well.
Following behind him were Shi Jia Sanlang and the queen who was on the roof and couldn't fly and was anxious about coming down.
Cang Huaijing looked at the uncontrollable Queen and Sanlang of the Shi family, his fingertips turning white as he gripped the bone flute. Looking at the powerful weapon rushing towards him, his heart skipped a beat and he quickly took a few steps back.
"Quick, catch this brat for me!"
Dozens of Changsheng Hall disciples rushed over with swords drawn, the sword tips shining coldly under the palace lanterns.
Xiaojiu looked at the dozens of black-robed men and the eldest prince's faction who were coming towards him and grinned. All the frustration he had just felt because his mother and uncle had restrained him from fighting freely disappeared. Now he just wanted to fight to his heart's content.
The axe blade swung diagonally, making a sharp sound as it broke through the air.
The Changsheng Hall disciple who was hit first was knocked back with his sword, and crashed into the wall behind him.
Xiaojiu rushed forward on the broken bricks on the ground. The cute pink little axe spun in her palm. The back of the axe knocked away the long sword that was stabbing from the left. The axe blade chopped off the wrist of the disciple on the right, and blood splattered on her forehead which was swollen from her mother's punch.
She touched her aching forehead, looked at the blood in her palm, pursed her lips in disgust, and the anger in her eyes grew stronger. "Anyone who stands in my way will die!"
Cang Huaijing, who was hiding behind everyone holding the bone flute, almost wore a dent on the flute with his fingertips.
He had known that Princess Changle was powerful, but he did not expect that the sword formation formed by dozens of Changsheng Hall disciples could be split in half by just one axe.
At this moment, the bloody axe was coming towards his face with a sound of breaking through the air. The bloody axe blade brushed past the tip of his nose, and the strong wind it brought made his face hurt.
Cang Huaijing jumped up to avoid Xiaojiu's axe, and at the same time picked up the bone flute and started playing.
The sharp whistle of the bone flute pierced the night sky, and with Canghuai Well as the center, densely packed poisonous insects spread out in all directions.
The rustling sound makes people's scalps tingle.
The dead bodies on the ground suddenly moved, followed by the sound of bones dislocating and snapping.
The poisoned corpses slowly stood up with empty eyes, but the moment they heard the sound of the flute, they raised their heads fiercely. Hundreds of puppet-like bodies, clutching broken knives, broken porcelain, and even pounced on Xiaojiu with their bare hands.
A shadow flashed in Cang Huaijing's eyes. No matter how powerful you are, it's of no use. Now that the 'Hundred Corpses Gu' is out, no matter how strong you are, if you are surrounded by so many zombies, you will be eaten into bones!
As everyone looked at the corpse that had come back to life, the exclamations of all the ministers present were choked in their throats. Then they suddenly realized what had happened, pointed at the people in the Changsheng Palace with trembling fingers and cursed loudly.
"So this is what you in the Changsheng Palace call resurrection from the dead?"
"This is clearly using a dead body to raise a Gu."
"The people kneel down in your Changsheng Palace to pray for 'resurrection from the dead and immortality'. It turns out that it's all a sorcery that is fed by rotting corpses!"
"I used to believe your nonsense that birth, aging, sickness and death can all be changed. Look at these corpses controlled by poisonous insects. How can this be called a fate with the gods? It's clear that they can't rest in peace even after death!"
"You manipulate corpses and use the people's trust to feed your evil magic. You... you in Changsheng Palace are worse than animals!"
"...."
Cang Huaijing didn't take everyone's scolding seriously at all. Originally, this "Hundred Corpse Gu" was not taken out at this moment, but now for revenge, he couldn't care less. He just wanted that brat to die.
He smiled grimly and said in the direction of Xiaojiu, "Go to hell!"
The next second his confident smile froze on his face.
A loud rooster crowed.
'Clack! Clack!'
'The vast sky is my love! Flowers are blooming at the foot of the rolling green hills!'
The corpse that was originally attacking Xiaojiu began to dance square dance under Cuihua's guidance.
Chapter 441 Cut off the head
Chapter 441 Cut off the head
Everyone in the palace was stunned. This was something they had never seen before.
The corpse can dance, and it's such an infectious dance. If the occasion were right, I would also like to join in the exercise.
When the Queen and Shi Jia Sanlang heard Cuihua's command, they also started to dance along with the team.
Cang Huaijing widened his eyes in horror. The corpses controlled by the Hundred Corpse Gu, which he was so proud of, were originally one of his great killing weapons.
But now, these powerful weapons are like puppets, following a flashy rooster and performing a strange dance in the serious occasion of the confrontation between the two sides.
Cuihua, giggling with her neck raised, finally experienced what charisma meant in a person.
It's the pinnacle of life to have so many people listening to its commands.
The team leader Cuihua was just trying to increase the difficulty and wanted everyone to follow her instructions and do a split in the air.
As a result, the idea was extinguished as soon as it came to his mind by a threatening look from his master.
Cuihua could only ask these corpses to stand at attention, count from left to right, and stand in rows waiting for further instructions.
Hearing the loud crowing of cocks and the funny sight of corpses dancing, Cang Huaijing no longer had the mind to seek revenge. He just wanted to retreat quickly with everyone in the Hall of Eternal Life and go back to study carefully why the Hundred Corpse Gu did not listen to him but to a chicken instead.
But even though he wanted to leave, Xiaojiu would not let him go so easily.
Xiaojiu looked at those disgusting bugs and thought of her mother and uncle's stomachs also having them. Her eyes burned with anger and she didn't even have time to participate in the square dance.
Everyone in the Hall of Eternal Life looked at Princess Changle who was approaching them with a bloody axe in her hand, and they immediately crushed the smoke bombs in a panic. The moment the gray fog rose, they were about to run away, but suddenly they felt their calves suddenly sink, as if an invisible silk thread suddenly wrapped around their ankles, pulling them and making them stumble into a ball.
"Want to run?" Xiaojiu released his mental power and pulled back all those who wanted to escape.
Soon, the smoke faded away like a veil.
Cang Huaijing was pulled to the ground by the invisible thread. When he opened his eyes again, what he saw was——
Princess Changle, holding a bloody axe, walked over the corpses of people in the Changsheng Palace, the axe blade dragging on the ground and sparks flying.
Cang Huaijing wanted to retreat, but his back was against the cold wall, leaving him with nowhere to retreat. All he could see in front of him were the corpses of the Changsheng Hall disciples who had just stood in front of him but now died inexplicably.
At some point, the group of dancing corpses stopped moving and now they were leaning towards him like puppets.
She stared at him with empty eye sockets, and the corners of her mouth still had that weird arc left over from when she was 'commanded' to dance by the chicken.
Wherever Xiaojiu walked past dragging the axe, the corpses actually made way for him.
The little villain's shoe sole rolled over his dropped bone flute, and it broke into two pieces with a "crack", just like his collapsing courage at this moment.
Another cluster of sparks flew up, making the cold light in her eyes even more intense.
The axe finally stopped at his neck. The cold axe blade pressed against his skin, bringing a bone-chilling chill.
He smelled the scent of rust mixed with blood, and his fear reached its peak.
"You, you can't kill me, our master won't let you go!"
"Oh? Who is your master? Where is he? Take me to find him!" Xiaojiu couldn't remember how many times he had heard people from the Changsheng Palace mention the master.
She wanted to see who was the ugly freak who had done so many bad things.
"Oh, you think you can see our master whenever you want? Dream on!" Maybe because he was used to being high and mighty, the fear in his heart was relieved a lot at this moment, and he immediately started to put on airs.
"Are you sure you don't want to tell me?" Xiaojiu asked him one last time when it was already time to go to bed.
Cang Huaijing's Adam's apple rolled under the blade, his cloudy eyeballs turned, and a bloody smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "Want to know? I can tell you, unless--"
"Then stop talking!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaojiu swung the axe and chopped towards Canghuai Well.
"laugh--"
The axe fell with a sound of wind, and the sharp edge directly cut off the second half of Cang Huaijing's threatening words.
The sudden chill on his neck made his pupils shrink suddenly. The next moment, warm blood splattered on the bluestone slab. His head rolled three feet away, and his wide-open eyes still contained the greed that he had just expressed.
On the roof, the eldest prince, who had finally woken up, just opened his eyes and saw the little evil star raising his axe and dropping Cang Huaijing's head to the ground. He rolled his eyes and fainted again.
Everyone in the palace was hesitant to speak. They wanted to tell Princess Changle that this was not the way to interrogate someone. It required back and forth, coercion and inducement.
We should leave him alive so that we can extract some information about the master mentioned by the elders of the Hall of Eternal Life from their mouths.
But when I saw the old man in the Hall of Eternal Life's head fall to the ground, I felt happy again.
After dealing with the Canghuai Well, Xiaojiu looked back at the corpse infected with the Hundred Corpse Gu and felt a headache. In the end, he could only cremate it on the spot to prevent the Gu worm from running out and harming the people again.
Of course, the people who were cremated did not include my third uncle and my mother.
After all, Xiaojiu had just used his mental power to check and found that his uncle had a heartbeat, which meant he was still alive.
When the eldest prince's faction saw that their leader was defeated, they had no choice but to surrender. What awaited them was the extremely stable job with free food and accommodation as Xiaojiu mentioned.
For example, building city walls, roads, reclaiming land and all other work that has social value.
After explaining the matters concerning the palace, Xiaojiu couldn't wait to fly to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, carrying one in each hand.
Outside the palace, the old lady of the Shi family and the soldiers from the Zhenbei Marquis's mansion had surrounded the family of the official who had taken refuge with the eldest prince.
As soon as the fireworks signal sounded, people rushed into the officials' residences and searched their properties, fearing that if they were a step slow, the money would be taken away by them.
When Xiaojiu carried people into the princess's mansion, he always felt like he had forgotten something.
But I couldn't remember it for a moment.
The Queen Mother on the roof heard the sounds of fighting fade away, and it seemed that the battlefield had already been cleaned up below.
The Queen Mother had an incredible guess in her mind: could it be that Changle had forgotten her?
The Queen Mother really wanted to yell at the people below and ask them to rescue her, but her dignity as the Queen Mother did not allow her to do so, as it was too embarrassing.
She suddenly understood why the emperor was troubled by Changle. Wasn't that child too unreliable sometimes?
When Xiaojiu returned to the princess's mansion, she saw Guihua washing chicken feathers for Cuihua. She immediately forgot the things that were about to be remembered in her mind. Now she only wanted to detoxify her mother and third uncle.
Cuihua and Guihua are familiar with this process, after all, they have helped their father to remove the poison once.
hiss!!
Dad!
The thing that was about to be remembered in my mind suddenly came to mind.
Oh no, I forgot about my father and grandmother.
No wonder I felt like I forgot something just now.
Chapter 442 The Almost Forgotten Emperor and Empress Dowager
Chapter 442 The Almost Forgotten Emperor and Empress Dowager
Xiaojiu immediately ran to the palace and left the task of removing the poison to Cuihua.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw my grandmother and uncles coming in a hurry. Their eyes looked red. Xiaojiu seriously suspected that they had cried all the way here.
Thinking of her grandmother who was still enjoying the breeze on the roof, Xiaojiu didn't bother to chat with her grandmother and the others.
This kind of crying scene is left to my grandmother and others.
Xiaojiu tiptoed into the palace.
As soon as Xiaojiu arrived at the palace gate, he saw the royalist ministers who had finished dealing with the battlefield and were preparing to return home.
Xiaojiu immediately felt relieved. These were his father's younger brothers. They must remember his father and grandmother.
He quickly ran over, patted General Su's belly and asked, "I almost forgot about my father. Fortunately, I have you."
All the ministers who have also forgotten the Queen Mother and His Majesty, look at each other.
The look on everyone's face said it was over.
They were so busy celebrating their victory after the brawl that they completely forgot that the purpose of breaking into the palace was to save His Majesty, the Queen, and the Queen Mother.
Old Duke Gu rubbed his hands awkwardly and said, "We were planning to rescue him, but we haven't found him yet."
"Yes, yes, yes, I haven't found it yet."
"Let's look for it again."
"Let's go, let's go."
A group of ministers retracted their steps that were about to leave the palace and pretended that they were not the ones who were about to go home.
"Oh, Grandmother is on the roof of my father's private vault. You guys hurry up and I'll go to the dungeon to free my father first."
After Xiaojiu finished speaking, he jumped on his toes and flew away from the sight of the ministers.
Originally, Xiaojiu planned to pick up his grandmother from the roof, but then he thought about how scared she was in the air when he lifted her onto the roof just now.
Xiaojiu, who thought he was a filial child, decided to ask the ministers to bring a ladder so that his grandmother could climb down by herself so that she would not be afraid.
The queen mother, who wanted to maintain the dignity of the country, was dumbfounded when she saw the ladder brought by the ministers.
Did Changle want her, the queen mother, to crawl down tremblingly in front of these ministers?
Xiaojiu, whose filial piety was almost overflowing, had no idea that she had betrayed her grandmother who was very concerned about her reputation. Now she had already reached the door of the dungeon.
In the dungeon, the emperor's mouth was dry.
"Zero One, is the fighting outside over? There's no sound here. Why hasn't anyone come to save me yet?"
Lingyi looked at His Majesty with sympathy, "Your Majesty, Your Highness Princess may have been too busy and forgot that Your Majesty is still in the dungeon."
"That shouldn't be the case." The emperor sat up straight in anger. "Changle has forgotten a lot of things. Have those ministers in the court also forgotten about me?"
It was so quiet outside, as if all the ministers had cleaned up the battlefield and returned home.
"Rebellion, rebellion! They don't take me, His Majesty, seriously!"
"No, it's not possible that my mother doesn't even remember me."
"It's over, Lingyi, do you think something will happen to our mother?"
Lingyi looked at His Majesty, whose throat was dry and hoarse, but he was still talking.
He suddenly realized who Princess Changle inherited her love of chattering from.
"His Majesty....."
Lingyi was just about to advise His Majesty to take a rest and stop talking.
"Bang—"
The rusty iron door made a dull sound as if it could not bear the weight. The next second, there was a loud 'bang' and the door panel was kicked off the ground by the intruder, and flew inside with the crisp sound of the chain breaking.
Then the Emperor and Lingyi, who were so scared that they almost hugged each other, saw a little foot stepping in, accompanied by a cheerful child's voice.
"Dad, Lingyi, have you eaten?"
It was just a casual greeting. If the emperor hadn't stayed in the dungeon for so long, he might have replied with "I've eaten."
"Humph! What's wrong? Busy man, do you still remember that you have a father? Are you disappointed to see that your father is still alive?" The emperor's sarcastic voice sounded.
"No, how could that be? You are my father." Xiaojiu, who felt he had had enough fun and had forgotten his father for a long time, was very well behaved this time.
After all, I just wanted my father to stay for a while longer, but later on, when things got a lot to do, I really forgot about him.
The emperor, who didn't hear the brat's retort, was immediately more certain that the bastard had forgotten about him.
"Changle, when did you come to Beijing?" The emperor stared at Xiaojiu. He wanted to see what tricks this brat would come up with.
"Dad, are you going out?" Xiaojiu, who didn't want to lie or answer, decisively changed the subject.
"What do you think?!" The emperor stood up angrily and helped Lingyi walk out.
"What's the situation outside?" After taking two steps, the emperor, who was eager to know the situation outside, didn't care about being angry at this moment, "Are your grandmother and mother okay?"
"No, but mother ate bugs. Cuihua is deworming her. Do you want to go and see, Dad?" Xiaojiu breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her father was no longer angry.
It's good that you are not angry. If you are not angry, you can tell your father about the credit for saving him this time later.
She set her eyes on the big night-shining pearl in her private collection.
The emperor thought of the disgusting bugs and shook his head quickly, "No, wait until the bugs in your mother's body are gone, then I'll go."
He had been imprisoned for so many days, and there were still many things in the court that needed him to deal with.
At this moment, the emperor just wanted to go straight to the imperial study. He wanted to interrogate that bastard and find out what made him dare to do such a heinous thing.
The emperor has made up his mind this time and will not spare his life no matter what.
However, before executing him, they still have to pry the information about the Palace of Eternal Life out of him.
The emperor was determined to know whether his daughter had forgotten him. When he walked out of the dungeon, he couldn't help asking again: "Changle, when did you return to Beijing?"
Xiao Jiu put his hands behind his back and said confidently, "I came to save you as soon as I got back to the capital. I always asked the ministers to save you, but I came to save you personally, Dad."
"Really?" When the emperor heard that his daughter was the first one to save him, all the anger in his heart disappeared in an instant.
Even his mother was standing behind him, and the emperor was immediately satisfied.
My daughter still has her own thoughts.
The more Xiaojiu spoke, the less guilty he felt, and the more he felt that he was right.
Xiaojiu, who was moved by what he said, immediately put his hands on his hips and started to seize the moral high ground.
"Dad, I was spending the New Year at home, but then I heard that someone was beating you, so I carried my pony and traveled through mountains and rivers and took shortcuts to rush back to Beijing. The journey was so hard. I didn't even have a bite of food or sleep. I was so tired."
"I have given out so much New Year's money, but I still haven't received it back. I was originally invited to many banquets, but I didn't get to eat because I came to the capital to save my father."
I didn't get to enjoy the feast and felt like I missed out on a 100 million dollar wine. The more I talked about it, the sadder I became.
"Dad, did you just doubt my sincerity towards you?"
"No, no, no!" The emperor quickly wiped away the tears that were about to flow from his eyes, and choked up, "My daughter, you are so kind. Dad is so happy. My daughter is so thoughtful."Chapter 443 Dad, Give Me Your Private Vault
Chapter 443 Dad, Give Me Your Private Vault
"That's right, Dad. Look, I'm the only one who can save you!" Xiaojiu was the most active in seeking credit.
"That bunch of unfilial sons! Wait till I get back to deal with them!" The emperor looked at his sweet and caring little girl and asked, "Changle, you have made such a great contribution this time, what reward do you want?"
Xiaojiu was waiting for this sentence, "Dad really wants to reward me?"
"Of course, our Changle has worked so hard this time, so of course we should reward him well."
Xiaojiu nodded. Seeing her father being so generous this time, she, who originally wanted a night-shining pearl, happily replied, "Dad, give me your private vault."
"You, what did you say?" The emperor roared with his voice breaking. He could not believe what he heard.
"Dad, you said that I am a great contributor. Without me, Dongxia Kingdom would be finished."
"That's what Dad said, but Dad only has one private vault, so you can't give it to me."
The emperor, who was not wealthy to begin with, regretted his decision when he heard his daughter's outrageous request. He wished he should have remained mute when he first came out of the dungeon.
"So, Dad, how much is your life worth?"
"What? If I don't give you the private vault, you plan to kill me."
"I didn't say that, you said it yourself, but you..."
"Stop, get that rebellious idea out of your head." The emperor looked at his daughter who was rolling her eyes and thinking about something, and quickly spoke out to stop her.
"Then will you give it to me?" Xiaojiu continued to ask without giving up.
"Why do you want my private treasury? You are not short of money now. I heard that the treasury of Nanling Kingdom is in your hands. I heard that your amusement park is making a lot of money now. Why do you need so much money?"
"You don't understand. I want to do business. Dad, if you leave your private treasury with me, your private treasury will increase tenfold in a year."
The emperor touched Xiaojiu's forehead and said, "You are not sick."
Xiaojiu slapped the emperor's hand away, "Dad, trust me. If you put your money with me, I will keep it for you. It must be reliable."
"No, Dad will take care of it himself. Changle, you are at the right age to study, so I won't bother you with such hard work as managing the warehouse."
The more Xiaojiu said this, the more the emperor felt it was unreliable. His daughter now looked like a swindler.
He quickly quickened his pace, regretting that he did not have two wings so he could fly away from here immediately.
"Dad, keep it for me. Believe me, by this time next year, your private vault will definitely increase tenfold."
"No, my father's private vault is useful."
"If you don't give it to me, go find your grandmother."
The emperor, hearing this, said without even turning his head: "Go ahead, Dad won't stop you."
It's obvious that the Queen Mother would not agree.
He is the king of a country and has to reward his officials from time to time. How can he do that if his private treasury is gone?
The emperor was worried that the brat would try to snatch the item, so he ran even faster.
Before he had run a few steps, he bumped into the Third Prince who was running to the rescue with his men.
Seeing his father still alive, the Third Prince immediately knelt down and kowtowed, his voice still panting, "Your son is late to save you..."
The Third Prince, who happened to be in the emperor's rage, was kicked over by the emperor before he could finish his words. "You're late? Where were you when your bastard brother was rebelling?"
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He had four sons, but not one was useful. All of a sudden, he became furious at having been imprisoned by the traitor for so long.
"You brothers, the eldest brother, that bastard, killed the king and usurped the throne. You, the third brother, are late. The fourth brother only cares about food and no one knows where he is now. Let's not talk about the second brother. Among the four brothers, at the critical moment, the chicken in the princess's mansion is no use."
The Third Prince kowtowed to the ground, "Father, please understand! I was trapped in the mansion by my eldest brother's secret guards half a month ago. I could only eat leftovers every day. I was just rescued by the guards of the Zhenbei Marquis's mansion. I was so worried about you that I didn't even care about my injuries. I rushed into the palace with my personal guards to see if you were okay."
"Please calm down, Father! I really didn't mean to be late..."
The emperor, who had wrongly accused the third brother, coughed awkwardly, "If, if that's the case, why didn't you say so earlier?"
The Third Prince: ???
He had just arrived and hadn't even said a word when he was kicked over. Why would his father give him a chance to speak?
Xiaojiu, who had been watching the show for a while, looked at the two of them with disdain, "You two are so useless!"
After saying this, Xiaojiu left without looking back. Now that the person was rescued, she was going back to sleep.
Anyway, her father would not agree to the private vault, so she would go to her grandmother when the time came.
Now being a good child who goes to bed early and gets up early is more important than anything else.
Looking at Changle flying away, the father and son, who were scolded as useless, looked at each other in bewilderment.
I really want to refute, but I can't seem to come up with a reason to refute.
In the end, the humiliated emperor could only vent his anger on the third prince again.
The third prince who had endured it all: He suddenly understood why his eldest brother wanted to kill the king and usurp the throne. At this moment, he also missed having such an unreasonable father.
The emperor, who was scolded as useless by his daughter and could not refute, rushed straight to the imperial study angrily. He wanted to find the culprit and see who was useless.
Seeing the half-dead eldest prince being escorted by the guards, the emperor waved his hand and ordered Lord Gao, who had returned to the position of commander of the imperial guards, "Take him away for interrogation. Find out from this bastard where the headquarters of the Changsheng Palace is! And who the so-called master is."
The emperor now has a suspicion in his mind. The eldest prince has known how to plot and frame others since he was young. This is simply not the scheming that a child should have. Could it be that someone from the Hall of Eternal Life has been lurking around the eldest prince since he was very young? Otherwise, how could a prince who was exiled to the imperial mausoleum gather so many people in the court to rebel in such a short period of time?
"Come here! Thoroughly investigate all the people who have served the eldest prince closely since he was a cradle. All the details must be presented to me without leaving out the slightest thing."
After the emperor gave his instructions, the imperial doctors hurried forward to examine his majesty.
The next day, the emperor and his ministers were sitting in the imperial study, discussing the whereabouts of the person behind the eldest prince. Then they heard the guards report that the eldest prince would rather die than speak.
"He would rather die than speak! Bring the man here!" The emperor was so angry that he stood up. The hem of his dragon robe swept off the jade paperweight, and the sound of it falling to the ground startled all the ministers and they all fell to their knees.
A moment later, the eldest prince was dragged into the outer corridor of the imperial study by the guards.
His hair was disheveled and his robes were stained with blood, but he still stood straight with stubborn determination in his eyes.
The emperor took a few steps to the door, looking down at his son who had refused to repent until now, and said in a voice filled with thunderous anger, "Tell me! When did you collude with the Changsheng Palace? Where is the so-called master of the Changsheng Palace?"Chapter 444 Where is the Master?
Chapter 444 Where is the Master?
The eldest prince lowered his eyes and said nothing, with a mocking smile on his lips. This contemptuous look completely angered the emperor, who grabbed the eldest prince by the collar and said with gritted teeth, "Do you really think I dare not kill you?"
"Your son has nothing to say." The eldest prince's voice was hoarse, but every word was clear.
The emperor laughed in anger and threw his hand away. "Well, I have nothing to say. I want to see if your life can outlast the royal law."
"Come here! Take him to the Meridian Gate immediately—"
"Your Majesty, calm down!" The Prime Minister quickly kowtowed to stop him. "The eldest prince has been colluding with the Palace of Eternal Life for a long time, so he must know many secrets. If we keep him alive and interrogate him more, there may be a chance of a turnaround. Although Her Royal Highness the Princess has wiped out the remnants of the Palace of Eternal Life, the mastermind behind the scenes has not yet surfaced. If we keep the eldest prince, perhaps..."
"Perhaps?" The emperor turned angrily and looked at the prime minister. "Keep this rebellious son around and continue to raise a tiger to cause trouble? Wait for him to continue to plot secretly? Wait for the Palace of Eternal Life to revive? I gave him a chance, but he didn't want it!"
"No need to say more. Since you won't say anything, there's no point in keeping it. The time has come. The execution will be carried out immediately. Anyone who interferes will be punished with the same crime."
"Your Majesty!" Censor Yan spoke quickly.
"You want to stop me too?" The emperor narrowed his eyes and looked at Censor Yan who was speaking.
"I dare not, Your Majesty. How about letting the princess come down and talk to the eldest prince? The two siblings haven't seen each other for a long time. Perhaps the princess can get the eldest prince to talk."
The other ministers immediately echoed, "Yes, yes, yes, Your Majesty, why don't you let the princess have a good chat with the eldest prince, maybe the eldest prince..."
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you!" Upon hearing the name of Her Royal Highness the Princess, the eldest prince trembled like a sieve, his eyes full of fear.
The emperor and the ministers were dumbfounded: No, didn't you just choose death over words, how come you confessed immediately after hearing the name of the princess? Where is your backbone?
Especially Censor Yan, he really just mentioned it just now, hoping to buy some time and see if Her Royal Highness the Princess has any way to pry open the eldest prince's mouth.
Who would have thought that he only mentioned the princess's name and the eldest prince confessed.
This... somewhat makes it seem that Your Majesty and the civil and military officials in the court are useless.
The eldest prince was now afraid that he did not speak fast enough, for fear that the little evil spirit with the silver needle would come and poke him.
Now, whenever he closed his eyes, he would see the scene where Princess Changle raised her axe and old man Cang's head fell to the ground.
It doesn't matter whether I live or die now, as long as I don't fall into the hands of that little evildoer.
Soon, without the emperor even asking, the eldest prince told him everything he knew.
It turned out that the emperor had guessed correctly, there really were people from the Changsheng Palace around the eldest prince.
When the eldest prince was four years old, a young eunuch came to his side. That young eunuch was a secret agent of the Hall of Eternal Life. Even when the eldest prince was exiled to the imperial mausoleum, this man still stayed with him and lurked in the imperial mausoleum to plan. It was that seemingly submissive eunuch who instigated this shocking rebellion.
From drafting secret letters to contact cronies in the court to inciting the soldiers guarding the mausoleum to mutiny, behind every sinister plot lies the unfathomable ambition of the Hall of Eternal Life.
The air in the imperial study froze instantly.
All the ministers were filled with shock and fear. Who could have imagined that Changsheng Palace had planted this chess piece more than ten years ago.
What is even more chilling is how many hidden people from the Hall of Eternal Life are buried inside and outside the court.
The chess game of Changsheng Palace is played so deeply and secretly, what exactly is the purpose?
The emperor slammed the table and ordered his men to take the young eunuch to the prison for interrogation.
Under the torture, the truth was soon revealed from the young eunuch's mouth.
The master they were talking about was actually hiding in Beiyan!
All the ministers were stunned. The Northern Yan cavalry had trampled across the borders of the four countries, and its national strength was unmatched.
What is the status of this so-called master in Beiyan? He actually reached out to their Dongxia Kingdom so early. What on earth does he want to do?
I heard that the State Master of Nanling Kingdom is also from the Hall of Eternal Life. Could it be that this so-called master wants to unify the world?
Did the Emperor of Northern Yan know about this? Or was this so-called master the Emperor of Northern Yan?
Inside the imperial study, the ministers looked at each other, their faces full of worry.
The Prime Minister could not help but take a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. Should we inform Her Royal Highness the Princess and discuss it with her?"
As soon as these words were spoken, all the ministers in the imperial study nodded in agreement.
In their hearts, Her Royal Highness the Princess is highly skilled in martial arts and decisive in dealing with matters. She seems to be a little more reliable than the Emperor.
They hoped that Her Royal Highness the Princess would come forward and catch the rat hiding in the dark in the Hall of Eternal Life and chop off his head with one axe, just like she did with Elder Cang.
Although the emperor was reluctant to admit that his daughter was better than him, but at this critical moment, he had to admit that his daughter was indeed a little better than him.
The emperor believed deep down that he was not as good as his own daughter because he did not know martial arts.
The emperor glanced at the ministers sitting there who were talking about Her Royal Highness the Princess. His forehead was throbbing with anger. He tapped the table with his fingertips and said in a deep voice, "Let's stop here for today."
"Tomorrow morning, Her Royal Highness Princess Xuan will come to the Golden Palace to discuss the matter of Northern Yan's arrest of the Lord of the Palace of Eternal Life."
As soon as these words were spoken, all the ministers acted as if they had been pardoned. As they bowed and left, there was a hint of relief between their brows.
It seems that as long as Her Royal Highness the Princess takes action, there is nothing she can't solve.
If so, it's definitely because there's not enough money.
In the princess's mansion, Xiaojiu's face darkened when he heard that he had to get up early to attend court.
She originally didn't want to go, but she heard that all the civil and military officials in the court were waiting for her to go. Some ministers even came to the princess's mansion to invite her, saying that if Her Royal Highness the Princess did not take action, the Dongxia Kingdom would be destroyed sooner or later.
After hearing these words, Xiaojiu's smile remained on his face for the whole day.
Xiaojiu, who is on the moral high ground, now faces a problem: she cannot get up tomorrow morning.
The fourth prince looked at his worried sister and suggested, "Sister, why don't you go to the palace and sleep, so you can catch up with the morning court."
This reminded Xiaojiu.
Yes, I can't get up. Then I might as well go to the Golden Palace to sleep at night, and go directly to court when I wake up, which doesn't delay my sleep.
So, late at night, the secret guards on the beams of the Golden Throne Hall fell into deep thought as they watched Princess Changle naturally lift up the tiles and jump down from the roof holding a quilt and a pony, as well as a chicken, a parrot and the eagle sent by the Western Rong Kingdom who followed behind her.
"Your Highness, what are you doing?"
Xiaojiu yawned and replied, "Go to sleep."
"Why is Your Highness sleeping here?"
Xiaojiu, who was extremely sleepy, said perfunctorily, "Jingxin said that this place has good feng shui."
Jing Xin, the innocent scapegoat: ...Chapter 445 Discussing How to Capture the Master of the Hall of Immortality (Part 1)Chapter 445 Discussing How to Capture the Master of the Hall of Immortality (Part 1)"Your Highness, why don't you go to the Queen's bedroom? Here..." the secret guard advised as he helped Her Highness the Princess make a small bed on the dragon throne.
Xiaojiu, who just wanted to sleep, quickly interrupted the dark guard and said, "I'm going to sleep now, no talking. Whoever talks again will be a puppy."
After hearing this, the secret guard hesitated to speak, and finally returned to the beam and lay down silently.
Looking at the animals in the room below, the secret guard sighed deeply.
Fortunately, Her Royal Highness the Princess doesn't have a tiger or anything like that as a pet, otherwise he wouldn't be able to sleep well tonight with a tiger lying underneath him.
The secret guards did not sleep well that night. They either got up to cover the princess with a blanket or tried to stop the chicken, parrot and eagle from fighting, for fear that they would wake up the princess from her sleep.
The quietest one throughout the evening was the pony.
Apart from the fact that he couldn't hold it in in the middle of the night and had to take it to poop, there was nothing bad going on.
He really didn't understand why Her Royal Highness the Princess had to take all these birds and animals with her when she went to sleep.
Xiaojiu: You don't understand, when I'm not around, they are likely to get into trouble.
The next day, when the morning light pierced through the clouds, the civil and military officials had been waiting under the Danchi for two quarters of an hour.
General Su stroked his beard and looked toward the palace gate, then asked Duke Gu, "Lord Gu lives next door to Her Royal Highness the Princess. Did he wake Her Royal Highness up in the morning?"
Old Duke Gu rolled his eyes at him and said, "Your Highness is a trustworthy child. She said yesterday that she would come today, so she will definitely come to the morning court."
General Su coughed lightly and said awkwardly, "It's not that I'm questioning Her Highness the Princess. I'm just a little anxious because I haven't seen Her Highness the Princess at this hour."
All the ministers nodded. They were unsure about the princess's absence.
Censor Yan tried to test him: "How about sending someone to the Princess's residence to wake Her Highness up? Children are bound to be sleepy..."
Before he could finish his words, bells and drums rang out, and Eunuch Huang's shrill voice pierced through the corridor, "Your Majesty—here you are!"
The sound of dragon-patterned boots stepping on the white jade steps made all the ministers hold their breath. The emperor was about to raise his hand to announce the start of the morning court, but suddenly he stopped where he was.
Isn't the little girl sleeping soundly on her belly on the dragon throne the daughter he summoned to the court yesterday?
It looks like he slept here last night, right?
The emperor continued to move his eyes and saw a chicken and a parrot sleeping nearby, as well as an eagle nesting on the ground.
No, why is there a pony lying under the table?
How could Changle sleep in the Golden Palace?
And brought so many pets.
The ministers below saw the emperor standing there in a daze, and followed his gaze, only then did they vaguely see the eagle and the pony lying there.
They did not see the wine, the chicken and the parrot that were blocked by the imperial table.
"This... that pony seems to be ridden by Her Royal Highness the Princess. Could it be that Her Royal Highness has come?"
"Where are the people?"
Everyone stood on tiptoe and continued to look behind the imperial desk.
"Hiss~"
"Your Highness couldn't get up in the morning, so he just slept in the imperial study?"
The ministers below were talking among themselves, and when they saw the emperor's gaze, they all lowered their heads, their shoulders shaking as they tried to hold back their laughter.
The emperor really wanted to wake the brat up, but he was worried that the brat would be in a bad mood and would get punched in vain if he didn't wake him up.
He is such a cowardly father, no one else can be like him.
The emperor signaled to Eunuch Huang with his eyes to go and wake the person up.
"This..." Eunuch Huang's hands holding the whisk were shaking slightly.
Unable to disobey the emperor's order, he finally set his sights on Cuihua. Instead of waking up Her Royal Highness the Princess, he might as well wake up Her Royal Highness the Princess's pet and let her pet do the barking.
When Cuihua was awakened, the first thing she heard was a loud crowing sound.
However, as soon as the clattering sound was heard, Cuihua was thrown out by her owner.
When Eunuch Huang saw this scene, he breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was smart and woke up Cuihua, otherwise he would be the one thrown out.
Xiaojiu rubbed his eyes and looked at his father who was standing in front of him with a gloomy face, and the ministers who were trying to hold back their laughter.
Confused, he tried hard to recall why he ended up sleeping here.
The emperor looked at his half-asleep daughter and simply pushed her to the side of the dragon throne.
Then he glanced at the various animals lying beside the dragon throne and signaled the palace servants to take them away quickly so that they wouldn't be an eyesore here.
Soon, the morning court returned to normal.
Xiaojiu sat up, hugged the quilt, and began to take out his small basin and kettle to brush his teeth and wash his face, while he pricked up his ears to listen to the ministers discussing state affairs.
Censor Yan looked at the dark face of His Majesty, tried his best to hold back the smile on his face, and then reported to the little princess who was busy on the dragon throne: "Your Highness! The master of the Changsheng Palace is hiding in Beiyan. Beiyan's cavalry is invincible, and its national strength is far superior to the other three countries. Your Highness, should we use the power of the whole country to crush Beiyan and capture the master of Changsheng Palace alive, or..."
Before he finished speaking, all the ministers in the hall gasped.
Not only the ministers below, but also the emperor looked at Censor Yan with horror.
I didn't expect that. I didn't expect that.
Censor Yan, a civil servant, spoke so fiercely as soon as he opened his mouth.
Marquis Pingnan thought of the letter his son had sent him. The letter was full of praise for Her Royal Highness the Princess's various deeds in the Kingdom of Nanling, and his words conveyed the idea that Her Royal Highness the Princess was invincible.
He also said that if Her Royal Highness the Princess wanted to go to Beiyan, he must follow her. Whether their Pingnan Marquis Mansion could move to the next level depends on this time.
Now is the best time.
Pingnan Hou stepped forward with confidence and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to escort the princess to Beiyan."
I heard that the previous Minister of Rites is now doing very well in Nanling Kingdom, helping Her Royal Highness the Princess to do many things that benefit the country and the people. Now he is a good official praised by the people. Who wouldn't want to have such an honor?
When other officials heard what Pingnan Hou said, they immediately thought of the Minister of Rites.
Who doesn't want to be praised by the people and become a good official whose name will go down in history?
General Su stepped forward, clasped his fists and said loudly: "I am willing to lead 50,000 elite soldiers to follow Her Royal Highness the Princess and attack Huanglong!"
Other officials, both civil and military, stepped forward one after another and expressed their willingness to follow Her Royal Highness the Princess to Beiyan to capture the Lord of the Hall of Eternal Life.
The emperor looked at the civil and military officials below who stood up one by one to express their willingness to fight. He vaguely remembered that not long ago these officials had repeatedly said that peace was the most precious thing.
The emperor sneered, "My dear ministers, your loyalty is more fickle than the clouds in June. Nanling State has repeatedly violated our borders before, but why didn't you show such bloodiness in sharing the same hatred for the enemy?"
The ministers below all lowered their heads in embarrassment.
Xiaojiu finally understood and sat up straight, "You mean, we should go to Beiyan to capture the Lord of Changsheng Palace?"
The ministers below nodded quickly, their eyes full of anticipation of accompanying the princess to fight.
Chapter 446 Discussing How to Capture the Master of the Hall of Immortality (Part 2)
Chapter 446 Discussing How to Capture the Master of the Hall of Immortality (Part 2)
Xiaojiu remembered what the third princess of Beiyan had said before, that their country was prosperous and its territory was several times larger than that of Dongxia.
"Is Beiyan really rich?"
Duke Gu quickly replied, "Your Highness, Northern Yan is the richest country in the world, and its treasury is piled high with gold and silver..."
Before he could finish the rest of his words, Xiao Jiu stood up and asked, "Is their treasury really piled high?"
The court officials below nodded in unison.
Xiao Jiu rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "More money than the treasury of Nanling Kingdom?"
The emperor quickly pulled his daughter, who was about to jump onto the table in excitement, down from the table. "Beiyan is the richest of the four countries, but it is the only one among the four countries that has strong soldiers and horses, financial resources, and combat power."
He spread out the map on the table, and ran his fingertips over the territory of Northern Yan, with a worried look on his face. "The rats in Changsheng Palace dared to sneak into our Dongxia Kingdom blatantly, turned the imperial city upside down, and instigated the eldest prince to rebel. It's obvious that they found out that you ascended the throne in Nanling Kingdom."
"Those old foxes in Beiyan have already known your details very well, Changle. This trip will definitely lead you into a dangerous place. They must have set a trap long ago and are waiting for you, Changle."
After hearing His Majesty's words, the ministers below immediately calmed down.
"Your Majesty is right. Beiyan has been prepared for a long time. This trip to Beiyan is not like the previous trip to Nanling. The other side is completely unprepared. Beiyan must have set up a trap everywhere, waiting for Your Highness to come."
Xiaojiu, who didn't hear a word, now had her mind full of the national treasury piled with gold, silver and treasures. It didn't matter whether it was a trap or not, she just had to do it.
Xiaojiu picked up her quilt and toiletries, and stood up ambitiously, "Don't worry, I will definitely seize the treasury of Beiyan, just wait for my good news."
"Your Highness, are you ready to go to war with Northern Yan?" asked the Prime Minister.
Xiaojiu's eight hundred conspiracy theories circled around in his mind, and finally he replied, "Who said we should fight with them? Fighting and killing is not good. I am six years old now, not five years old. I am already past the age of fighting. I plan to go to Beiyan and persuade them to give me the treasury with emotion and reason."
The Prime Minister, who thought that Her Royal Highness the Princess had come up with some good battle plan, was choked in his throat when he heard that the Princess wanted to appeal to her emotions and reason, and his next words could not be uttered, and his face turned red.
The court was silent for a few seconds, and then Censor Yan calmed down and asked, "How is your highness going to persuade the emperor with emotion and reason?"
Xiaojiu shook his head and said, "I haven't thought about it yet. I'll tell you when I think of it."
She remembered her cousin saying that when you haven't figured out what to do, just take it one step at a time, and if it doesn't work, just cover yourself with a blanket and lie down halfway.
Censor Yan felt a little flustered when he saw the princess suddenly acting out of control.
Everyone looked at each other. Although they knew that Her Royal Highness the Princess was a martial arts expert and had no rivals in the four countries for the time being, they overlooked one problem: Her Royal Highness the Princess was only six years old.
A child of this age, no matter how sensible, is still a child. If the princess goes to Beiyan, how will she deal with those conspiracies and intrigues?
"Your Highness, why don't we think of a solution using force? The people in Beiyan are all old foxes. I'm afraid it won't work if Your Highness tries to reason with them." Lord Shen suggested, bowing to Her Royal Highness the Princess who was sitting upstairs.
After all, it doesn't make sense to reason with Beiyan and ask them to give the national treasury to the princess.
Xiaojiu, who thought he had a lot of negotiation experience, patted his chest and assured, "It can be made sense. I have been the village chief for six years and I know how to reason. Don't worry, wait for my good news."
Lord Shen, who couldn't communicate with a child on the same channel, gritted his teeth and decided to be straightforward, "Your Highness, the national treasury is very important to a country. What do you plan to use to negotiate with the other party?"
"Wait, aren't we discussing going to Beiyan to capture the Lord of the Hall of Eternal Life? How did we end up talking about the national treasury?" The prime minister couldn't help but interrupt them after listening for most of the day without seeing them turn the topic to the right path.
The ministers, who were almost led astray by the little princess, quickly changed the subject and said, "Your Highness, our current goal is to go to Beiyan to capture the Lord of the Changsheng Palace. Does Your Highness have any countermeasures?"
Xiaojiu thought for a long time with his chin lowered, "Why don't we sneak into Beiyan and catch the person and then bring him back quietly."
The ministers nodded in agreement after hearing this. "Your Highness, what you said makes sense. We still don't know who the master of the Changsheng Palace is. If we go there rashly, we will definitely alert the enemy. I agree with what Your Highness said. We should disguise ourselves and sneak into Beiyan."
"I agree, Your Highness is wise!"
"...."
The emperor, who was ignored the whole time, became more and more irritated.
Do these ministers regard Changle as the emperor and themselves as decorations?
After the matter was settled, Xiaojiu stood up and said, "Okay, let's set off tomorrow."
The emperor finally found a topic and asked hurriedly, "Changle, which minister do you need to go with you?"
When the ministers below heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they were full of hope to leave their names in history. They stood up one after another and expressed their willingness to follow Her Royal Highness the Princess through fire and water.
When a group of officials were trying their best to promote themselves, Pingnan Hou stepped forward calmly and bowed, saying: "Your Highness, I have no other abilities, my only advantage is diligence."
After reading the letter from his son, he has come to the conclusion that Her Royal Highness the Princess does not keep any idle people around her, so he is very confident at this moment.
After hearing this, Xiaojiu appointed him without hesitation.
"It's you. Go home and pack your things. We'll leave tomorrow."
"Okay, Your Highness, I will definitely fulfill my mission." Marquis Pingnan looked down upon the ministers around him and replied with pride on his face.
The other ministers looked at each other in bewilderment. No, just because of being diligent, one can be chosen by Her Royal Highness the Princess?
If I had known...
Why.....
Xiaojiu hugged her quilt and patted her father on the shoulder, "Dad, take good care of your private vault for me. I'm leaving now."
After saying that, he went straight to the princess's mansion.
When she reached the entrance of the Golden Throne Palace, Xiaojiu looked back at the entire Golden Throne Palace, and then her eyes lit up. She always felt that the meeting room in her princess mansion was not as domineering as her father's Golden Throne Palace, and that it was missing something. Now she knew.
Xiaojiu knew what was missing, nodded with satisfaction in the direction of her father, then left the palace without looking back.
The emperor, who was fidgeting with anxiety because of his daughter's stare, moved his buttocks and whispered to the eunuch Huang beside him, "What did Changle's look mean just now?"
Eunuch Huang, who also did not understand the princess's look, held on to the beautiful wish of a loving father and a filial son, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the princess just had a look of reluctance. This trip to Northern Yan will take at least a year and a half, or at least a few months. The princess must be sad that she has not been able to see her father for such a long time."Chapter 447: Another Night Visit to the Golden Palace
Chapter 447: Another Night Visit to the Golden Palace
"Is that so?" The emperor tried hard to suppress the corners of his mouth.
I have to say that my daughter is thoughtful. None of those brats has a conscience.
When Xiaojiu returned to the princess's mansion, the first thing he did was to visit his mother.
The imperial physician said that when my mother cleared the poisonous insects from her body, the blood clots in her brain also dispersed, and now is the time for her to recover her memory.
When Xiaojiu entered the room, he happened to see his mother taking medicine.
Before she could say anything, her mother's tears fell.
Xiaojiu got goosebumps all over his body, "Mom, how old are you now?"
The queen hugged Xiaojiu and touched the bump on her forehead distressedly, "Mother, I'm sorry for you."
Xiaojiu, who was not used to her mother growing up, pouted and said, "If I'm sorry, why do we need the police?"
Xiaojiu, who was still upset about being beaten, turned her back in anger. She had always beaten others since she was a child, and no one had ever dared to beat her.
As a result, she was punched by her mother the day before yesterday. Although she knew that her mother was controlled by the insect and it was not her intention, she was still angry.
She has already blamed the so-called Lord of the Hall of Eternal Life for this grudge.
When she goes to Beiyan, she will dig three feet into the ground to find the person and whip his corpse.
The queen was at a loss as to what to do when she saw her daughter getting angry.
Feeling extremely guilty, "Changle, how about...how about you fight back? Mother will definitely not hide."
"Hmph! I don't want to!" Xiaojiu, who rarely had the chance to act like a spoiled child in front of her own mother, slowly raised the corners of her mouth behind the queen's back.
She had seen that this was how her fourth brother acted coquettishly with Concubine Shu.
It turns out that acting like a spoiled child is quite fun. No wonder Fourth Brother often throws tantrums at Concubine Shu.
But she would not sit on the ground and cry like her fourth brother.
When my mother was three years old, Xiaojiu always regarded herself as her mother's parent, and she had a sense of responsibility on her shoulders.
But now her mother is the parent, and the baby is going to make a fuss.
Old Madam Shi looked at this scene with loving eyes. Now that Yan'er had returned to normal, she no longer had to worry so much about Changle. She now had the temper that she should have at her age.
The queen turned her daughter's body around, and seeing the smile on her lips, her eyes moistened. She touched her belly and said gently, "How about I give you all the money from mother's bedroom? Changle won't be angry anymore, okay?"
"Really?" Xiaojiu's eyes lit up.
The queen nodded, "Of course, all of mother's money is yours, and your father's is also yours."
Xiaojiu, who believed that everything could be negotiated with money, smiled particularly brightly, "I'm not angry anymore, I forgive you."
"It's not that I want your money. It's the money you gave me, mother. It's also from father's private treasury. Mother, remember to keep it for me. I'm not greedy for your money. I'm keeping it for you. Don't worry, leave the money with me. By this time next year, it will definitely be returned to you tenfold."
The queen looked at her daughter, who was obsessed with money just like the emperor, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, mother will persuade your father to give you his private vault for safekeeping."
"Mother is now extremely strong, and your father has to look at her face now."
Now she finally understood what her daughter said: the one with the bigger fist has the final say.
Here, the mother and daughter were happily chatting about the emperor's private treasury, but the same was not the case with Shi An and his son.
Shi An stood with his hands behind his back, looking seriously at the person who looked like his father who had just woken up.
Shi Jiasanlang also looked at his son at a loss.
After being a walking dead for five or six years, I just regained consciousness and opened my eyes to hear that I had a child.
This surprise almost made him unable to breathe.
He is an introverted person and now he has no idea how to talk to his son.
Shi An didn't want to talk because he was thinking about how this guy chased his sister and beat her up that night. He originally wanted to save his sister, but ended up not being able to beat this guy.
This is very infuriating.
"I'm telling you, if you hit my sister, I will never forgive you, and I will never call you my dad."
Shi Sanlang's face turned red instantly. When he woke up, his son told him that he had chased his little niece and beat her up as soon as he appeared.
How could he not feel guilty about this?
"Dad was wrong. I will go find Jiu'er and apologize now."
"No, you are already penniless. Your mother used all your money to open a shop. You need to prepare a generous gift to apologize. Do you want to go empty-handed?"
"Then Dad, I'll go and earn money." Shi Sanlang promised.
Shi An touched his chin and said, "I have a good idea."
"What, what method?"
"Help me with the work. I like hardworking people the most. If you help me do the work well, maybe I will forgive you." Shi An is a professional at this.
He heard from his mother that his father was very good at making all kinds of mechanisms. His sister had so many blueprints, and his father must be better than him and could make all of them.
Shi Sanlang nodded quickly, fearing that his son and niece would have a bad impression of him.
Xiaojiu just happened to hear these words when she came over, and her eyes lit up instantly.
He immediately took out a bunch of blueprints and gave them to his uncle. "Here, this is for you. As long as you make it, I..."
Before she finished speaking, Shi Sanlang stood up excitedly when he saw the contents on the drawing.
"Jiu'er, don't worry, I will definitely make these things."
Xiaojiu and Shian looked at each other, then ran away slyly.
It seems that when Beiyan comes back, we will be able to see the things on the blueprint being made.
I thought of the farm tools, mechanisms, and various things that benefit the country and the people on the blueprint.
Thinking of this, Xiaojiu almost laughed out loud.
It's great to have an uncle.
As night falls, the moon climbs up to the treetops and everything becomes quiet.
The guards in the palace patrolled back and forth yawning, and the palace maids blew out the oil lamps and went into bed.
Night Owl Xiaojiu is out again.
On the beam of the Golden Throne Hall, the secret guard who was preparing to go to sleep noticed movement above his head again.
Soon, the tiles were lifted and a little head popped in.
Following the moonlight, the secret guard saw clearly that Princess Changle was coming again.
Xiaojiu happily greeted the secret guard who helped him make the bed last night, then took out a handful of beef jerky from the cloth bag and handed it to the secret guard.
"Yes, I brought you some midnight snack."
The secret guard, who was now familiar with the technique, brightened up his eyes and quickly took it.
These secret guards really want this thing.
He had seen their leader take out some food from time to time when he was stalking them, and he was lucky enough to get some as well.
He still remembers the delicious taste of that beef jerky.
Now that he had a lot of them, the secret guard couldn't suppress the smile on his face.
"Your Highness, do you still want to sleep on the dragon throne today? I will make the bed for you."
Xiaojiu jumped down from the roof carrying a bench on his back and shook his head, "I'm not going to sleep here today. I'm going to Qiongzhou tomorrow. I'll come over to get my things."
"What do you need? I'll get it for you."Chapter 448 The Dragon Chair Becomes a Pink Stool
Chapter 448 The Dragon Chair Becomes a Pink Stool
"No, just eat it. I can help myself."
"Okay, Your Highness, you go ahead and do your work. If you need any help, just let me know." The secret guard happily put the beef jerky into his mouth.
Xiaojiu looked up at the roof and said, "Can you help me lift the tiles a little wider?"
"Of course." With the motivation of beef jerky, the secret guard began to act very actively. After all, one should be grateful to the person who fed him and should be grateful to the person who gave him money.
Xiaojiu looked at the roof that was opened large enough and nodded with satisfaction.
"Okay, thank you, you are really a good employee of my father." Xiaojiu really felt that this secret guard was diligent and obedient. If this man was not her father's secret guard, she would have wanted to kidnap him to Qiongzhou.
After all, she had wanted to kidnap Lingyi and let her go to Qiongzhou, but her father refused to allow it.
Thinking about how weak her father was, she gave up the idea. These secret guards were there to protect her father, so she didn't worry about them anymore.
The secret guard who received the praise scratched his head and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."
After saying this, seeing that there was nothing else for him to do, he returned to the beam and began to enjoy the delicious food that Her Royal Highness the Princess had brought him.
Xiaojiu looked at the dragon throne, then tied it up with a rope, put it on his back, and jumped onto the roof with a tiptoe.
The secret guard, who was eating a piece of beef jerky, suddenly felt a black screen in front of his eyes, and then he seemed to see a huge monster flying past.
Then he heard Her Royal Highness the Princess ask him to please put the tiles back.
Feeling that something was wrong, the secret guard quickly looked towards the Golden Palace.
After looking around, I finally found that the place where the dragon throne was originally placed was now empty. That was not right. There was a bench instead, which was just big enough for a butt.
And the bench is pink.
this...
The secret guard was so frightened that he jumped up from the beam and quickly looked in the direction where Her Royal Highness the Princess was going away.
My goodness, that dragon throne was flying out of the palace quickly.
No, what does it mean that Her Royal Highness the Princess carried the dragon throne away?
Could it be that he slept on the Dragon Throne all night last night and found that he slept soundly on the throne, so he came back tonight and carried the throne away?
The secret guard hesitated between rushing forward to stop the dragon throne, or going to the princess's mansion to bring the dragon throne back.
In the end, he found that none of them worked and each one was a dead end because he couldn't win.
After all, their secret guard leader was said to have been beaten several times by Her Royal Highness the Princess.
As a small secret guard, he decided not to ask for trouble.
The secret guards quickly flew towards the direction of their leader, deciding to leave the matter to the leader.
Ahhhhh!
He shouldn't have been so greedy today and eaten that beef jerky.
Not to the point of taking the initiative to help Her Royal Highness the Princess lift up the roof.
Now that the dragon throne has flown away, he has also helped out.
When Lingyi heard the news, he glanced at the emperor who was already asleep. Knowing the emperor's temper well, he decided to leave the matter to Eunuch Huang.
Eunuch Huang, who didn't want to know about this, looked at Lingyi in front of him with his eyes almost spitting fire.
He is an old man, why should he suffer like this?
He originally wanted to report to the emperor, but in the end he quietly turned off the lights and went to sleep, pretending that Lingyi did not exist.
Lingyi did not give up and lit the oil lamp again.
"Father-in-law, this matter is of great importance."
Eunuch Huang turned over angrily and glared at Lingyi who was standing beside his bed and refused to leave.
"Of course I know this is a serious matter, but what can I do now that His Majesty knows about it?"
"You are the most powerful martial artist around His Majesty. Why don't you go to the Princess's Mansion and take back the throne?"
Lingyi, whose heart was stabbed, lowered his head silently.
Eunuch Huang continued, "This matter has already been decided. It will be useless to tell Your Majesty now. It is better to let Your Majesty have a good sleep tonight. Your Majesty will see it for himself tomorrow morning."
When Lingyi heard this, he felt that it made sense. He nodded repeatedly, then pretended nothing had happened and returned to the emperor's bedroom.
Eunuch Huang was the most thoughtful one. Telling Your Majesty now will not change anything, and will only make Your Majesty so angry that he won't be able to sleep all night.
Then, late at night, he took them to the princess's residence to find His Highness Changle, and then beat them up and threw them out, causing chaos in the entire palace.
Zero shook his head in horror when he thought of that scene.
It's no big deal for them, the subordinates, to be knocked down, but if His Majesty is beaten, he won't be able to attend court for several days, which will delay things. The eldest prince rebelled, and now he has left a mess to deal with. How can His Majesty not attend court to handle government affairs?
Anyway, Her Royal Highness the Princess will leave the capital tomorrow, so Your Majesty won't be able to find Her Royal Highness the Princess even if he wants to.
I saved myself the trouble of getting a beating and went to sleep peacefully with my eyes closed.
The next day, Xiaojiu carried his dragon throne onto the carriage early in the morning and headed for Qiongzhou with everyone.
Little did he know that at this moment, there was an uproar in the Golden Palace.
The emperor got up early in the morning to attend court. He was full of resentment. As soon as he stepped into the Golden Palace, he saw that the place where he usually sat was empty. A small pink stool that could only accommodate one buttock stood arrogantly where the dragon throne was originally placed.
His dragon throne was stolen?
"Who, who did it?"
The court officials below were also stunned. Which petty thief was so bold as to sneak into the palace and steal the dragon throne that symbolized His Majesty's status.
This is a provocation, a naked provocation.
Everyone's first reaction was that it was done by Changsheng Palace. This must be because Changsheng Palace failed in instigating the eldest prince to rebel last time, and now this threat has come.
The ministers were filled with indignation.
Eunuch Huang, who already knew the truth, fell to his knees with a plop and quickly replied, "Your Majesty, yes, it's the Princess."
The indignant ministers suddenly quieted down, as if they were not the ones who had just said they wanted to cut the thief who stole the throne into pieces.
"Who are you talking about?" The emperor suspected that he had heard it wrong.
Eunuch Huang repeated it tremblingly.
"Your Majesty, the throne was carried away by Her Royal Highness the Princess last night."
When the emperor heard who had carried away the throne, he became furious and went berserk.
"That bastard! Is she brave enough?!"
No wonder, no wonder that bastard turned back and stared at him when he left yesterday. It turned out that he was not reluctant to leave him as his father, but was attracted by the dragon throne under his butt.
Thinking of this, the emperor was so angry that he rushed to the princess's mansion to settle the score with that bastard.
"That rebellious girl has rebelled, she has rebelled. Come, follow me to the Princess's mansion!"
It's infuriating that there are such unruly and quick-handed kids in the world!
Before the emperor even walked out of the Golden Palace, he was stopped by a group of ministers, who all talked to him in a flurry of persuasion. Even the secret guards on the beams jumped down from the roof to give him advice.
The emperor was furious. "You guys weren't the ones who were carried away from the throne? Get out of my way!"
The prime minister knelt down in front of the emperor and hugged the emperor's legs tightly. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, don't be impulsive. Think about the fist of Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Other ministers also stepped forward, some grabbed the waist, some hugged the legs... they used every possible means.
"Your Majesty, calm down, calm down, the princess is still a child, Your Majesty, please don't bother with a child."
"Yes, Your Majesty, cherish your life! If you endure your anger for a while, you will have peace in the palace!"
"It's just a stool, Your Majesty, please don't be confused!"
"..."Chapter 449: Divided into Four Teams
Chapter 449: Divided into Four Teams
The emperor was so angry that he didn't care about anything else. "Gao Ren, come here!"
Gao Ren, the commander of the imperial guards who had seen Her Royal Highness the Princess carrying the dragon throne out of the palace last night, took a deep breath, walked into the Golden Throne Hall and knelt on one knee.
"What are you still standing there for? Pull these bastards away from me." The emperor yelled at Gao Ren.
Gao Ren stepped forward and apologized to the ministers.
Then he started to recruit people.
It was not known whether it was because the ministers had great internal strength or what, but Gao Ren was careless and was bumped by someone. He became dizzy and passed out. He deliberately stayed a little far away from the emperor and the others, fearing that they would accidentally step on him during the argument.
The Golden Palace was once again in chaos.
Xiaojiu, who had already left the capital, had long forgotten the fact that he had taken the throne from his father.
Her mind is now full of how to make money in Beiyan.
Along the way, everyone discussed a lot about how to infiltrate Beiyan.
This group of children is too conspicuous. If they appear like this on the border of Northern Yan, they will be recognized by the enemy at a glance.
The best way is to divide these children and Xiaojiu's three thousand guards into four teams, and then find a way to disguise themselves and sneak into Beiyan.
The final result of the discussion was that Marquis Pingnan would take Zhao Hu, Xing'er and Tie Niu with him.
Old Mrs. Xu and Xiong Er brought Shen Zhiyuan and the little fat boy.
Xiong Da brought Jingxin, Shian and Adou with him.
Finally, it was Pang Biao who brought Xiaojiu, the Fourth Prince, and Cuihua.
There is no way. As the fourth prince with the worst martial arts, he will definitely be a cannon fodder that holds back the team no matter which team he joins. He can only follow Xiaojiu, who has the highest martial arts value.
As for the parrot and the rookie, they of course continued to stay in the palace.
However, this time the three chickens, Hua Yi, Hua Er and Hua San, have also joined the team and can now go on missions independently.
For example, this time, they also came to Beiyan.
There are four teams, one chicken for each team, so there is no need to worry about any danger when the village chief is away.
In this way, a group of people arrived at the border of Northern Yan.
The first team to enter the city was that led by Old Lady Xu.
Xiong Er, who had already learned about the news about Northern Yan from Marquis Pingnan, disguised himself as the manager of Rongbaozhai in the capital.
He wore a melon-shaped hat and held a string of shiny agarwood Buddha statues.
He deliberately hunched his back and walked to the city gate with his feet turned outward.
With a smile on his face, he shouted to the soldiers checking at the city gate: "Military officer, you have worked hard! The old lady of Rongbaozhai in the capital has gone out to do something, please give her a favor!"
In the carriage, there was Old Lady Xu, who was dressed up by Xiaojiu and covered in jewels, the fat boy who didn't need any decoration and was a rich kid from a landlord's family, and Shen Zhiyuan, who was dressed in a way that showed "I'm rich" all over his body.
This nouveau riche outfit is exactly what the wealthy Rong family in Northern Yanjing City wears every day.
Look, this kind of nouveau riche dressing up is what Xiaofupo Xiaojiu is best at.
When Xiong Er saw the soldiers looking towards the carriage, he took a step forward calmly.
"Sir, the old lady came all the way to the border because of the furs outside the city. I hope you can bear with me."
As he spoke, he handed the forged document in his hand, which was almost indistinguishable from the real thing, to the soldier, and then slipped a heavy ingot of silver into his hand without leaving any trace.
The soldier weighed the silver in his hand, looked at the glittering team, and finally waved his hand.
Xiong Da and Jing Xin felt more confident when they saw the team entering so easily.
Xiong Da, accompanied by two children, one adult and two children dressed in Taoist robes, approached the checkpoint with unsteady steps. He raised his hand to wipe the mud off his face and shouted in a hoarse voice, "General, please be merciful!" As he spoke, he staggered two steps as if he was exhausted.
"Where did you come from?" The soldier held his spear horizontally, his eyes alert.
Xiong Da's body was so big that it attracted a lot of attention. The soldier noticed him in the crowd at a glance.
Xiong Da took out a wrinkled certificate of ordination, which had old marks left by deliberate rubbing of his fingertips.
"Replying to the general, we are from Qingtai Temple."
Xiong Da really didn't make up the Taoist temple. Jingxin had told him before that he had an uncle who worked in the Qingtai Temple in Beiyan.
Well, it would be easier if I borrowed his uncle's name.
The soldier looked at Xiong Da, who looked out of place in his Taoist robes, but his vigilance did not relax at all.
Seeing this, Xiong Da quickly added, "The disciples in the temple were ordered by the master to go south to collect herbs, but they missed the return date. I hope you can help me."
After saying this, he did not forget to complain about his hardship, "We, the master and the apprentice, have traveled through mountains and rivers with our young apprentices. Our money is almost gone. We even froze all night in a dilapidated temple last night. We, the master and the apprentice, can still carry on, but it's hard for these two young apprentices..."
Ah Dou sniffed at the right moment and said in a crying voice: "Master, I'm so hungry..."
As he spoke, he casually lifted up his tattered Taoist robe, revealing the patched jacket underneath.
Seeing that Ah Dou had already acted out, Shi An was unwilling to be outdone, so he quickly hugged Jing Xin's legs and said, "Brother, I'm cold!"
The stage is set, there is no reason not to perform if you are calm and focused.
He quickly hugged Adou and Shian in his arms and coaxed them in a low voice: "Don't cry, there will be food after we pass the checkpoint. We can return to the temple soon."
The soldier looked at the miserable master and his four apprentices, picked up the certificate in his hand and began to read it. The seal and handwriting on it were very realistic. When he was hesitating, Xiong Da quickly took out a few amulets and said, "Soldier, these are the amulets that Master drew for you. Keep them for good luck! I guarantee that you will have smooth sailing in the future."
The soldier's fingertips traced the gold-plated patterns on the amulet, and his eyes relaxed.
After taking a look at the ragged four masters and apprentices, he finally waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright, let's go!"
Pingnan Hou, who was in the crowd behind, stared with wide eyes at the two teams that had passed.
He muttered to the guards of the Princess's Mansion next to him: "These people must have done this more than once. It doesn't look like an act at all."
The guards said nothing, but kept their heads down.
All I can say is that Her Royal Highness the Princess doesn't keep useless people under her command.
Pingnan Hou looked at the three children beside him and swallowed his saliva. "Can you act well? You must not reveal the truth."
Zhao Hu rolled his eyes at him and said, "I'm a professional."
Xing'er and Tieniu, there's no need to say anything, their eyes are full of looking down on me? I'm sure you'll be amazed later.
Pingnan Hou: .....
Well, these three kids look like they are not easy to deal with, so he decided not to say anything more.
Soon the team entering the city reached them.
Pingnan Hou was wearing a dark suit with a black cloak on the outside. The soft sword and jade pendant on his waist swayed slightly with his steps. He also deliberately painted his face dark.
His thick eyebrows were slightly frowned, his eyes were sharp but contained a bit of the fierceness of a gangster, and he strode forward in front.
Behind them, Zhao Hu and his two companions stood on both sides, each wearing a quick-haired jade crown, carrying a large sword on their backs, and with a look of disdain in their eyes.
When they reached the checkpoint, Pingnan Hou stepped forward with a smile, handed over the ultimatum document, and said to the soldiers with a fist: "Thank you for your hard work, sirs! We are from the Shannan Iron Fist Gang! This time we enter the city to participate in the Beiyan Martial Arts Conference, it is our chance to make a name for ourselves! Please help us, sirs!"