Chapter 355 Extra 11

"Xiaojiu is always so... uh, unexpected." After a long while, the prince said this dryly.

He always does something even more outrageous right after they finally feel at ease. The prince seriously suspects that Xiaojiu has a grudge against a peaceful and stable life.

Not only the Crown Prince couldn't understand, even Emperor Jingwen and others couldn't understand. They didn't understand why Xiaojiu would take such a big risk. If he succeeded, it would be fine, and he would naturally be famous throughout the ages. But if he failed, he would be doomed.

As for Xiaojiu's constant saying that the current situation is not good, Emperor Jingwen and others do not think so. This is how it has been for thousands of years. What's wrong with it?

People who become emperors will inevitably cherish themselves more than ordinary people. Emperors who dare to take risks and have such ambitions are not ordinary people throughout history.

However, it was useless for Emperor Jingwen to oppose. He could do nothing at all and could only watch everything happen.

With so many backup plans, Xiaojiu naturally won this tough battle. Not only did he win, he also won beautifully. Especially his strategy of discriminatory treatment and discord left the Second Prince astonished.

"How insidious..." The second prince couldn't help but sigh.

It was obvious that Chen Guo and Bei Ting had joined forces, so Xiao Jiu only chased after Bei Ting's family. No matter how Chen Guo harassed them, he just ordered his men to defend and never counterattack. Although Bei Ting knew in his heart that Xiao Jiu must have done it on purpose, he still couldn't help feeling unbalanced.

This is probably what is called "not the lack of wealth but the inequality of wealth". We are all in the same camp. Why do we lose so much while you are unscathed? How can the always arrogant Beiting swallow this anger?

In addition, Beiting suffered heavy losses this time, and they would not benefit from continuing to fight. Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more serious, it didn't take long for Beiting to give up.

Emperor Jingwen felt complicated as he watched Xiaojiu extort a sum of money from Beiting's boss with a tough attitude, and the key point was that Beiting actually agreed.

Except for the most glorious days of the old Duke Zhenguo, even then everyone was just evenly matched. In the past, he only saw Da Zhou sending money to Beiting, and this was the first time he saw money coming in return.

"If I had known Xiaojiu had such talent..." Emperor Jingwen couldn't help but mutter, then he came to his senses and laughed and shook his head.

What's the point of knowing this earlier? If Xiaojiu showed his extraordinaryness early on, he would never grow up, let alone lead troops in battle.

If they had known that he would not survive until today, the prince and the others would not have allowed him to live to this day. All they can say is that everything was just right, or perhaps they could say that he had already anticipated what would happen to him if he was exposed too early, so this was just right.

When I think about it this way, is my son too smart?

Emperor Jingwen fell into deep thought and couldn't help but get goose bumps all over his body.

Emperor Taicheng, standing by, saw that Beiting first paid a large sum of silver as compensation, but ended up not being able to get back the cities occupied by the Zhou. Later, envoys from the State of Chen arrived, but were killed by the humiliated and angry Beiting. The alliance between the two countries was thus declared broken, and Emperor Taicheng could not help but let out a sigh of relief.

Xiaojiu is really... You can't judge a book by its cover. He is an expert at controlling people's hearts and his grasp of his opponents' psychology is too exquisite, even better than mine.

Thinking about it carefully, almost everyone had a good relationship with him in the past, including himself. Even someone as sinister and cunning as the Second Prince had never made a move on him. Emperor Taicheng understood his own character and never opened his heart to others, but Xiaojiu did it. The most incredible thing was that after the other party was exposed, he should have been estranged from him. After all, which emperor could tolerate it after knowing that his own brother had done so many things behind his back?

But no, he still couldn't feel any ill will towards Xiaojiu, so much so that Emperor Taicheng couldn't help but wonder if he had already fallen into the trap he had woven without even realizing it.

Emperor Taicheng was in deep thought. Emperor Taicheng was horrified. When he looked at Xiaojiu again, a trace of horror flashed across his eyes.

The little emperor who had been watching the whole process was: "..."

Although, he always felt that it wouldn't be that serious, really not.

Being able to associate so many imperial grandfathers and emperors at once is truly terrifying, okay? !

Originally, everyone thought that Xiaojiu could no longer hide the truth. Anyone who was not blind could see his glorious military achievements. As for Xiaojiu's idea of letting Prince Ding take his place, He Xiang and the others were not fools. How could they be fooled by him?

Once He Xiang and others realize that Xiao Jiu is a "legitimate" emperor, all the little thoughts that they had suppressed in their hearts will come to the fore, and it will be impossible for them to be united. In this case, it is simply a pipe dream for Xiao Jiu to control all his strength and use it in one place. In this way, it will become a luxury to want to continue to unify the world with his power in a short period of time.

Just as everyone was shaking their heads and sighing, the scene changed, and the Xiaojiu, who was originally full of energy, reappeared, his face was pale, and the area around his eyes was unnaturally red. At this time, he was holding the edge of the bed with one hand and stroking his chest with the other hand, looking as if he was terminally ill and would not live long.

Everyone: “?”

Wait, what just happened? How could a perfectly good person become like this in the blink of an eye?

Emperor Jingwen couldn't help but step back and look at it several times before he realized that it was because of fear.

...Wait, scared?

"..." After a long silence, the Second Prince said in a gloomy tone: "If I remember correctly, he personally ordered the killing of those prisoners, right?"

With so many people, even Prince Ding could not do such a thing at the beginning. With such a decisive and cruel order, it was no exaggeration to say that he was a living devil in the world at that time. But in the blink of an eye, seeing him scared like this again, several people suddenly felt that it was unreal.

But the little emperor thought it was very normal. After all, the Ninth Prince was a very soft-hearted person. If he was not forced by the situation, he would definitely not be willing to do so.

When everyone heard the little emperor's explanation, they all exclaimed in unison.

Soft-hearted? Is this kid serious?

If the captives had not been reincarnated, they would probably rush in and shake his shoulders and scream after hearing this, "Are you serious?"

Then the prince couldn't help but look at Emperor Taicheng next to him, with a sincere attitude and a serious tone: "Although we are all dead now, it is a bit late to talk about this, but I still think... a father should take care of his children more and teach them more."

Don't be like him. It's only been a short time since you separated from your son, but your son, who was once quite cute, has grown up to be a bad boy.

Noticing the prince's unintentional glance at him, Ye Xun, who had been hiding in the corner and pretending that he did not exist, lowered his head silently.

Emperor Taicheng choked and was silent for a moment. He nodded: "...I will."

After thinking for a while, Emperor Taicheng added: "Thank you for the reminder."

The little emperor opened his eyes wide, his face full of disbelief.

Looking at Xiaojiu who was becoming increasingly weak due to the long journey, Emperor Jingwen and others had already anticipated what would happen next.

As expected, as soon as the carriage arrived in Shangjing, He Xiang and his men chose to ignore the battle report that they had personally received and read. The report clearly stated in black and white that the emperor had made great contributions to the great victory of the Great Zhou. However, when they saw Xiaojiu's appearance, He Xiang and his men could not remember anything about the content.

The ninth prince is now the emperor, so the achievements of his subordinates should naturally be attributed to him.

For a moment, Emperor Jingwen really wanted to knock open the heads of He Xiang and the others to see what was inside. They usually looked smarter than foxes, so why did their brains stop working when they met Xiao Jiu?

Finally, the Fourth Prince spoke the truth: "If we hadn't witnessed the whole thing with our own eyes, I'm afraid we wouldn't have believed it."

Emperor Jingwen was silent.

It’s just that Xiaojiu’s unreliable image has been deeply rooted in people’s minds. It has been like this for more than 20 years, so it’s really unrealistic to discover something in a short time.

But Emperor Jingwen could never have imagined that even after Xiaojiu admitted it himself, and even after he said, "To be honest, I did all those things you mentioned. Not only did I personally order the killing of that group of Beiting people, I also killed General Lan Feng and the deputy general beside Lan Feng with my own hands. They were pierced like candied haws by a few of my arrows."], Prime Minister He and the others still thought it was just a joke.

Although He Xiang and the others nodded in affirmation on the surface, Emperor Jingwen dared to guarantee that they absolutely did not believe it.

Emperor Taicheng couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart, but it was not because of whether He Xiang and the others believed it, but when did He Xiang and the others learn to coax people? The most important thing was why were they so skilled!

How could there be an emperor in this world who would be praised heavily for doing a little work? He is not a child!

Look at how this group of people treated Jin'er, a real child, and then look at how this group of people treated Xiaojiu, who is almost thirty years old. Emperor Taicheng felt sorry for his son.

Emperor Jingwen took a deep breath. Before he could be surprised by the three things Xiaojiu took out, namely, glass, sugar and soap, and before he could even think about whether Chen Guo would cut off one of his arms as Xiaojiu expected, he was immediately covered in the face by the chubby and pink Xiao Dingning that appeared in the picture.

The image on the projection seemed to have sensed Emperor Jingwen's mood, and it couldn't help but pull the camera over and deliberately enlarge it. Little Dingning's pink and tender little face suddenly occupied the entire screen, making her look even more lovely. She had inherited the beautiful features of both her father and mother, and you could vaguely see some of Xiaojiu's shadow on her face.

Emperor Jingwen's heart softened before he could even react. Even the usually steady crown prince and others couldn't help but lean their heads forward slightly. Emperor Taicheng even thought of the dowry he had prepared for Dingning before his death. Although he had done so on purpose just to get Xiaojiu to work for Jin'er at that time, when he saw this scene now, Emperor Taicheng suddenly felt that he had made the right decision.

This is Xiaojiu's first child...

Feeling his heartbeat speeding up, and the blood connection he could feel even through the screen, after a while, Emperor Jingwen praised with a bit of reserve, "Not bad."

It is also a beautiful thing to bloom before bearing fruit.

But soon, after Emperor Jingwen calmed down, he suddenly thought of something -

Besides the queen, are there other women in Xiaojiu's harem?

Wait, does Xiaojiu have a harem?

Also, how old is Xiaojiu this year?