Chapter 11

The King of Wuzhou had some sinister thoughts at that time, but the eunuch Xu Xiaoman treasured the baby he picked up too much and could not afford to throw it away. It was not worth quarreling over outsiders, so the sinister King of Wuzhou could only swallow his jealousy and find a good family for the baby.

We don’t want those who are too poor, we don’t want those who are too rich but have bad family traditions, we don’t want those whose family traditions are good but the scholars are pedantic, we don’t want those whose families have too many children and are too naughty…

When two people sleep in the same bed, neither can hide what the other does.

Xu Xiaoman was under a lot of pressure. Zhong Yun was kind-hearted and even in the midst of rebellion, he still worried about finding a good family for the child. How could he find fault with him? Sometimes he thought that if both he and Zhong Yun died, it would be fine to give the child away...

After all, I can’t bear to let go of them, they are my own children.

Xu Xiaoman was so worried those days that he grabbed his hair, thinking that he should just leave it to fate. If he was really a good person, it would be better to live an ordinary life than to follow him.

After figuring it out, Xu Xiaoman felt relieved. He drank a few cups happily, and went to bed with Zhong Yun. That night, he poured out everything in his heart. Even in his dream, he cried and cursed Zhong Yun.

"…Why did Goubi Zhongrui grant you marriage? He didn't have good intentions. Your missing princess, woo, woo, woo, I am just a eunuch who warms your bed."

Zhong Yun kissed the tears from the corners of the bed-warming eunuch's eyes.

"There is no princess, only Xu Xiaoman."

Xu Xiaoman ran away because of Zhongrui's imperial decree granting marriage. Although he was a lowly eunuch, he was not a shameless person. He just felt heartbroken when he left the palace.

"I was afraid you would catch me, so I ran to the ravine. Halfway through my run, my stomach got bigger. It must be something growing in my stomach. Zhong Yun, I'm going to die, I'm going to die."

Xu Xiaoman understood Zhong Yun, and Zhong Yun naturally knew Xu Xiaoman's methods.

If he really wanted to run away and wasn't just pretending, he wouldn't be able to find Xiaoman unless he forced Xiaoman to come back in person.

So Zhong Yun took action in advance and wrote a manifesto to the world to fight against the enemy. It caused a sensation and everyone in the world knew about it. At that time, Zhong Yun was also afraid that he was not as important in Xiaoman's heart as he thought. He was gambling, but Xiaoman had been gone for almost a year, and he was really going crazy and didn't want to live anymore.

At that time, Zhong Yun thought that if Xiaoman didn't come back, he would rebel and attack Shengdu. It didn't matter whether he died or lived. Even if he died, it would be fine as long as he killed a few more of Zhongrui's soldiers.

Fortunately... he won the bet.

His stupid eunuch loved him.

"You won't die. You're fine. Even if I die, Xiaoman must live well."

Zhong Yun hugged his eunuch and kissed him gently.

Then Zhong Yun knew the secret.

"Damn you, Zhong Yun. I worked so hard to give birth to Duoduo, and you want to give him away. Zhong Yun, you are so heartless, I will bite you to death. Do you dislike me for being a eunuch? What's wrong with a eunuch giving birth to a child? I am a gifted martial arts wizard..."

Xu Xiaoman bit and cursed, and his lips were shaking with anger in his dream.

Being rational when awake is one thing, but deep down...Xu Xiaoman doesn't want to give his own child away. Why should he give it away? Why? In his dream, he bit and kicked Zhong Yan, the bastard.

Zhong Yun, who was originally gentle and possessive, and a little bit perverted, heard:? ...?

That night, the King of Wuzhou was beaten and bitten by his eunuchs, and listened to the curses and mutterings all night. Zhong Yun believed Xiaoman's every word, no matter how unbelievable the content of the words sounded, but Zhong Yun believed it.

...This fool must have been very scared at that time.

Xu Xiaoman is actually a little inferior.

Zhong Yun knew all of this, so every time they had sex he would serve his eunuch very gently, and first let the eunuch Xiaoman stretch out.

Maybe it was cut off too early when entering the palace, and it grew a little more after Xiaoman arrived in Wuzhou.

Like a small bud.

Zhong Yun found it very cute.

But Xu Xiaoman always grumbled and didn't like to look closely at his body. What was so good about the defects and deformities there...

Emperor Ningwu woke up before the hour of Mao. In fact, he had tossed and turned until the hour of Yin and slept for less than an hour. After waking up, his eyes were clear, but he did not rush to get up. Instead, he hugged Jiu Qian Sui for about a quarter of an hour before getting up.

The nine thousand year old man is still having a deep sleep.

Except for the four years of war, when Xu Xiaoman would wake up at the slightest movement, at other times, Xu Xiaoman was a person who could not be disturbed from sleeping, especially when he was tired.

Emperor Ningwu changed his clothes with the help of the eunuchs and went to the martial arts field to practice swordplay for half an hour.

After coming back, Xu Xiaoman was lying on the bed: Zzzzz~

Emperor Ningwu looked at him with a smile in his eyes. He took off his coat, got on the bed, stretched out his long arms, and embraced Jiu Qiansui in his arms. He rested for a rare half incense stick of time.

Afterwards, Jiu Qiansui woke up, and Emperor Ningwu personally wrung out a hot handkerchief and handed it to Jiu Qiansui.

"What time is it?" Xu Xiaoman took it and wiped his face.

The eunuch serving in the palace lowered his head and replied softly: "My Lord, it's the first quarter of the morning."

"It's too late then."

"I'm taking a break and being lazy. It's a rare opportunity to get a nap." Emperor Ningwu said calmly. No official in the court dared to say anything.

Jiu Qiansui said anxiously: "I'm late! Duoduo has to go to school today, I promised to take him there, you can have breakfast by yourself, and I will come again in the evening." They had agreed to stay for three days, and there were still two days left.

"Let's go. Let Zhao Erxi heat up some snacks later. They taste best right out of the oven. Don't let them go bad."

After the Nine Thousand Years Old Pili Bala finished speaking in a hurry, he stood there thinking for a few seconds, as if there was nothing else to do. He didn't notice that the face of Emperor Ningwu beside him had turned dark - he had just been too self-indulgent and thought that his eunuch was too late to worry about him.

Xu Xiaoman took two steps out and turned back. Seeing his wife's gloomy face, he was puzzled. What was wrong with Zhong Yun so early in the morning? He didn't complain about his waist, but he shook his head for a long time when he sat on it yesterday. How could the head of the East Factory lose his face?

But he said, "I'll come over early tonight. Don't read in the dim light. Be careful not to damage your eyes. It would be bad if you go blind."

"If I were blind—"

"Pfft, pfft, don't say that. If you were blind, I would have to serve you for the rest of my life." Xu Xiaoman interrupted, and then muttered, "Even if you weren't blind, I would have to serve you for the rest of my life."

Zhong Yun couldn't suppress the smile, so he hummed, his face looking like it cleared up after the rain.

Xu Xiaoman: His wife has a really weird temper.

Maybe it's what people say, that woman's temper becomes strange when she reaches middle age, so he should be more tolerant. But...

That’s not right. Zhong Yun is younger than him. He is only twenty-eight now, and he hasn’t changed at all.

The Ninth Prince had been "tired" all night, but he still managed to dodge the Jinwu Guards patrolling the palace roads as light as a swallow. The Ninth Prince wanted to save face, so every time he went to see the emperor, he did it secretly, even though it was a "tacit" matter.

But if he didn't expose it, the Ninth Prince would just go and do his business.

Xu Xiaoman went out of Luoxia Gate and went all the way to Dongchang.

Too close.

Emperor Ningwu in the Purple Palace was also in a good mood. While having breakfast, he thought of something and said, "Where is Zhao Erxi?"

Xiao Luzi: Master, it’s not that your disciple can’t handle it, it’s that His Majesty is thinking of you.

Zhao Erxi walked quickly all the way into the palace.

Emperor Ningwu had finished his breakfast and sat on the dragon sedan chair to go to Xuanzheng Hall. Zhao Erxi followed the sedan chair and walked quickly again. When they were almost at Xuanzheng Hall, Emperor Ningwu asked, "How lucky we are to go to Chongming Hall today."

Zhao Erxi hurriedly said, "I have replaced the chief eunuch serving in the palace two days ago. The new one is very smart. If there is anything wrong with the young master, he must protect him first and then pass the message to me."

Emperor Ningwu nodded.

“Are the dim sum at Lao Xiang Zhai delicious?”

Zhao Erxi: Wipe your sweat, wipe your sweat, I dare not answer.

"Lord Xu said it tastes better when heated up. I have plenty here. Zhao Erxi, please heat it up and bring it over to me later."

"Well, I know."

Emperor Ningwu was sitting at the table in Xuanzheng Hall, with several memorials on the table, reporting on his work and paying respects. Then he remembered, "General Liu has returned to Shengdu. I remember that he has a grandson named Liu Qiang, who has been guarding the border with his father for many years. How old is he this year?"

"Your Majesty, I remember that when General Liu was fighting with Lord Xu, he said that his grandson was six years old. He should be ten years old now." Zhao Erxi said respectfully.

Zhong Yun: "Ten years old, just right."

Zhao Erxi understood the emperor's intention and his brows jumped: ... He remembered that General Liu had said that this little grandson was the most naughty and lively and didn't like to study. Now, after listening to the emperor's will, he definitely couldn't say that.

"There are a few students missing from the Chongming Hall. General Liu is strict in his military discipline. I believe that young master Liu is also a good person. He returned to Shengdu with his grandfather and it is a good opportunity for him to enter the hall to study and practice calligraphy." He continued, holding the emperor's will.

Zhong Yun smiled, wrote a reply, and said, "I can't be partial to one and disparage the other. I should also treat the other two families well, as well as the four great generals who helped Taizu conquer the country."

Zhao Erxi's head was almost buried in his neck. Originally there were four great generals, but now there were only three surnames left. The entire lineage of the Zhao family was wiped out. What a pity. At this time, he could only flatter the emperor: "Your Majesty is wise."

Zhong Yun was introducing new classmates to his child, and he became more and more interested as he was doing so.

"Now that we have people who practice martial arts, we also need people who are good at studying. The Grand Tutor who taught me before..." Zhong Yun's voice became a little colder.

The teacher passed away due to illness.

After the Zhao family case broke out, his teacher pleaded for him and hit his head against the pillar in the Xuanzheng Hall to save him. He then retired and returned to his hometown. Three years later, he was granted the title of a vassal king and went to Wuzhou. At the end of the same year, his teacher passed away.

Zhao Erxi didn't dare to answer. He was a little eunuch who went to Wuzhou to serve the emperor when he became the King of Wuzhou. Wuzhou was a poor place, and any eunuch with a little bit of intelligence and quick ears was unwilling to go there. Some of them had already recognized godfathers early on or paid money to bribe themselves to get away.

He was the only one who had no money and no godfather, yet he stupidly became a member of the accompanying list.

Even so, he, a little eunuch, had heard about what happened back then. Before His Majesty was ten years old, although he was not called the Crown Prince, he was treated as the Crown Prince by the left and right palaces. It was said that the one who taught His Majesty to read was the famous Master Yan during the reign of Emperor Taizu.

only……

"It's time to change Duofu's current tutor."

It is not enough to just change classmates, the teachers should also be changed.

Zhao Erxi stood aside and nodded in his heart, right, right, and then he saw the emperor move the memorial away and take the letter paper himself...

So solemn.

I’m afraid that Xiao Duofu’s new tutor’s surname is Yan.

His Majesty really values Lord Xu, and also little Duofu. But then again, the original purpose of opening the palace school in Chongming Hall was to make it convenient for little Duofu to go to school. Governor Xu said to the Majesty: Duofu is at his age and it is time for him to study. It is not convenient to invite a teacher to the palace. I might as well move out and find a courtyard nearby.

Even if it was a courtyard close to the Taiji Palace, it would still take half an incense stick of time to drive a horse-drawn carriage to get there. How could it be as convenient as the palace?

The emperor's face turned dark as he looked at Governor Xu.

...Finally, Gongxue was established.

Nowadays, those young masters in Shengdu have been able to enter the palace to study, and it is all thanks to Xiao Duofu.

Because the son had to go to school, his father built a school for him. Xu Fu slept until about 7:30 in the morning. He was full of energy and felt that he could sleep for more than ten hours.

It feels so good.

And I don’t feel embarrassed at all for sleeping in.

Many blessings: Children need to sleep more to grow taller!

Zhuixing Zhuyue woke him up several times in the morning. Xuanyufu hugged the quilt and hummed in a daze, saying: Wait a minute, I will sleep for five more minutes, don't worry, the school is so close, let me sleep for a while.

Anyway, star-chasing and moon-chasing don’t dare to be forceful.

Governor Xu, who was shouting "It's too late, it's going to be late" in the Purple Palace, didn't care about the pain in his butt all the way. He quickly returned to the East Factory to ask about Duoduo, only to find out that he was still sleeping.

"Maybe he was tired from playing yesterday. I'll go take a look." Xu Xiaoman went to the back house.

Xuanyifu's body alarm clock is very sensitive. He wakes up on time at 7 o'clock, but he deliberately dawdles and takes a nap while he is still drowsy. However, he is worried about going to school, so he only dawdles for about half an hour.

Wait until he opens his eyes.

"father!"

Xu Xiaoman dug the cub out of the quilt with his own hands and touched its forehead, "Are you too tired and feeling uncomfortable?"

"I sleep very well without my dad," Xuanyufu said happily.

Zhuyue Zhuixing hurried forward to help the young master wash and dress.

Xu Xiaoman felt the temperature and found it to be normal, so he breathed a sigh of relief and stepped aside.

Xuanyuefu jumped to the bedside and said to his father while getting dressed: "Dad, I've calculated it. I'll take the buns and eat them on the way. I won't be late."

"It's not too late - you'd better not be late. I'll take you to the hall in a while." Xu Xiaoman nodded. It was best not to deal with the serious master. He said, "When I was a child, I went to the mountains to pick grass for pigs and ate sweet potatoes on the way."

Xuanyuefu raised his neck with bright eyes, "Dad, what does pig grass look like?"

"You'll know when your father Xiu Mu takes you out."

The father and son chatted for a while early in the morning, and Zhuyue Zhuixing quickly dressed the young master for the main hall to go to school. The young master wore simple clothes with few accessories, so it was done quickly.

"Let me get the buns. What's the filling?" Xu Xiaoman asked as he took the bowl of buns.

Zhu Yue said, "My Lord, two fresh meat and shrimp and three red bean paste buns. The young master ordered it last night. I'll just have the buns for breakfast today."

The small kitchen also provided two kinds of porridge, salty and sweet, fried liver soup, soy milk and tofu pudding. No one knew that the buns that the young master mentioned for breakfast were actually meant to be eaten on the road.

Xu Xiaoman understood immediately and said, "I'll come back and eat the rest."

Food cannot be wasted. If the master doesn’t eat it, just give it to the servants as a reward.

"Let's go." Xu Xiaoman lowered his head to look at his son and handed him a red bean paste bun. Duoxuanfu took it and took a bite. The bun was soft, and the folds on it were very beautiful. The second bite was filled with the sweet and dense red bean paste.

"Eat it well, Dad." He chewed vaguely.

Xu Xiaoman was also happy that her son had inherited Zhongyun's love for sweets.

However, Zhong Yun was very pretentious and never showed it in front of outsiders. He thought eating sweets was unsteady. It was also because the Queen Mother was strict with him when he was a child. It was said that eating too much sweets would damage the teeth.

Thinking of this, Xu Xiaoman also took a red bean paste bun and ate more than half of it in one bite.

The father and son came out of the East Factory and ate a steamed bun in three or four bites. The young eunuch behind them carried the young master's small schoolbag. They walked across the wide arch bridge and there was no one in front of the square.

Because class is about to start, which young master from outside the palace would dare to enter the school on time?

Many blessings come because home is close.

A sweet and salty perpetual motion machine. Xuanyufu had one red bean paste bun and one fresh meat and shrimp bun, and the remaining three all went into his father's stomach. It was a short distance from home to school, and his father sent him to school after a good meal and sleep. Xuanyufu was in a good mood, and the cool breeze blowing from the Qingque Canal in the morning was particularly nice.

"Dad, we're here. I'm going in." Xuanyufu waved to his father.

Xu Xiaoman stood at the entrance of the hall and waved happily: "Go ahead, learn to read and study hard. Dad will pick you up after school in the afternoon."

"I got it, Dad!" Xuanfu didn't say that he was old enough and didn't need a dad to pick him up.

His father loves him, and he is the happiest child.

Happy to go to school.

When Xu Xiaoman saw his son go in and his back disappeared, he pounded his chest. He felt a little choked because he ate too fast. He would go back and tell the kitchen to make something that would not choke him for breakfast tomorrow, or something he could take with him on the way.

As Xuanyifu entered the hall, he attracted everyone's attention.

However, he thought that it might be because he had not been to school for several days, and because of his previous "battle to fame", he had no time to communicate with his classmates, because the low sound of "dang dang dang" of chimes was heard outside.

The young eunuch reported: The Grand Tutor has arrived.

Well, it's time for class. After almost a week of traveling here, Xuan Duofu finally went to school for real. He saw his teacher!

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Cub: Let’s go to class~

Ten minutes later, the chicks pecked at the rice and nodded sleepily. [Strange, I am so sleepy even though I am full of sleep.