The opera troupe is performing a story about a father bird and his family searching for their little sister bird.

A happy family of birds lived in the forest. One day, a demon suddenly appeared and stole their eggs. Three brave bird brothers began to search for the lost eggs.

After overcoming numerous difficulties, they finally found the lost bird eggs.

The bird egg has hatched, and it's a cute little sister.

So, the father bird, the mother bird, and their four adorable baby birds lived happily together.

It's a very happy and fulfilling story, full of childlike fun, and the lines were all written by Zhou Shaoyu himself.

He had originally added a segment, saying that the first animal a bird sees will be considered its closest father or mother, so the younger sister only had the cunning black crow she saw at first glance...

Xie Zhaozhao was both amused and exasperated. She gently patted his back and said, "You..."

We made a slight change to this part, replacing the black raven with the eagle that was the first to be rescued from the devil.

Zhou Shaoyu didn't say anything about the change, though he felt a little awkward, but he was sure his wife was right.

Sure enough, Xie Zhaozhao, Yunyang, and the others kept quiet about the performance, while only the uncle and nephew from Qi were all smiles, completely unaware of what was going on.

Jiutian ran up to Yin Jin'an and asked, "Second Uncle, do you have any money?"

Yin Jin'an had a tray brought out, and Jiu Tian rewarded the opera troupe leader with silver, saying, "It was so good! Are there any other plays?"

The troupe leader said, "If the princess likes to watch, we'll continue rehearsing."

"I like it, I like it. You guys keep lining up. I'll ask my second uncle for a reward."

She gave out a plate of reward money, and Zhou Qize immediately asked Zhou Shaoyu and Xie Zhaozhao for reward money as well, wanting to give rewards together with Sister Jiutian.

Zhou Shaoyu rewarded him with two ingots of gold.

The troupe leader was overjoyed.

Two ingots of gold, worth one hundred taels, can be exchanged for nine hundred taels of silver!

The entire opera troupe could live off this for several years.

Eating, watching plays, playing games—Jiutian had a very fulfilling birthday.

At 1:00 PM, Madman Chu returned, ran up to Jiutian, and fawned over her by giving her two strings of candied hawthorns.

"Chu the Madman, why are you back so late?" Yin Jin'an knew something was wrong when she saw his guilty look.

Madman Chu said evasively, "I haven't been out for a long time. I'll have some fun outside for a couple of days."

"Where did you go having fun?"

"I didn't go anywhere..." Madman Chu looked at Emperor Chen and said in a flattering tone, "Your Majesty, I've heard that your lightness skill is superb. Shall we have a contest?"

Zhou Shaoyu responded, hoisted Jiutian onto his shoulder, and competed with the madman Chu in lightness skill.

Besides making poisons, Madman Chu is also skilled in light-body techniques, which are unparalleled in the world, and Zhou Shaoyu cannot compare to him.

Madman Chu said magnanimously, "Emperor Chen is too amazing, definitely the second best in the world."

Xie Zhaozhao chuckled inwardly.

Yin Jin'an pointed at the madman Chu and said to Xie Zhaozhao, "He is the young master of the Chu family in Huainan who betrayed his family. Now he is the number one expert in making and using poison in the martial arts world. He is Jiutian's disciple."

"He's Jiutian's disciple?" Xie Zhaozhao was very surprised.

She had heard of Kuangren Chu before; he was extremely unruly. How did he become Jiutian's disciple?

Yin Jin'an recounted how they became disciples, and Xie Zhaozhao's mother couldn't hide her joy, saying, "Jiutian is so young, yet he has such great potential."

As everyone was celebrating Jiutian's birthday at the post station, someone from the palace came to report that Zhao Qiaoqiao's carriage had arrived.

Yin Jin'an said, "Let's arrange for her to stay at the post station for now. Don't let her into the palace for the time being."

Zhao Qiaoqiao had traveled a long and arduous journey. She was skilled in both literature and martial arts, so this short distance was nothing to her. Therefore, she arrived only two days later than Yin Jin'an.

They originally thought they would go directly to the palace, but unexpectedly, the palace arranged for them to stay at a post station.

Upon entering the inn, they learned that both the Emperor of Jade Dragon Kingdom and Emperor Aotian were there, which made them extremely happy.

Zhao Song sent a troupe to escort the bride, with several cartloads of dowry. Because he was afraid that Emperor Aotian would be wary, he only brought four maids: Baohuan, Yuzhui, Yuzhu, and Baozhu.

Because Cuiyu had taken heart's blood, Zhao Qiaoqiao was afraid that Yin Jin'an would find out, so she didn't bring Cuiyu with her.

"Miss, shall we go and pay our respects to His Majesty? And perhaps we could also meet the Emperor of the Jade Dragon Kingdom?"

Bao Huan thought that she should take this opportunity to establish contact with Emperor An of Yulong Kingdom, so that her mistress's position in the palace would be secure in the future.

"No," Zhao Qiaoqiao said. "His Majesty told us to wait here, so we'll just wait obediently and not cause any trouble."

After resting for a while, Zhao Qiaoqiao changed into women's clothing and stretched her limbs in the garden of the post station.

In mid-May, the sun shone brightly. Even though it was past Shen Shi (3-5 PM), the sunlight was still very bright. Zhao Qiaoqiao remembered that Yin Jin'an had used his internal energy in front of the military tent that day, and had actually conjured two giant dragons of water and fire.

How skilled must he be in martial arts?

She wore a veiled hat and slowly strolled to the vicinity of the Jade Dragon Pavilion.

Just then, the courtyard gate opened, and a large group of people came out, carrying lanterns.

Zhao Qiaoqiao and her four maids stopped and saw the group of men and women in the distance.

They came out in a group of people. She didn't recognize the others, but she recognized the people in the middle.

Emperor Chen, Emperor An, Emperor Aotian, and Prince Qi Xie Yu were all exceptionally handsome and imposing.

Emperor Chen and Emperor Aotian held Princess Longxiang's hand, with two boys standing beside them.

Their faces were filled with happy smiles, smiles that had nothing to do with national affairs, as if they were all one family.

A family goes out for a trip or has a meal at a restaurant.

They stopped by the river, and someone handed pen and ink to Emperor Chen, Emperor An, and Emperor Aotian, asking them to write on the lamp.

Then everyone chose a lamp, wrote their blessings on it, and chatted happily as they wrote.

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