Seeing his happy expression, the Empress suddenly asked, "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of retaliation from the islanders if you show them so little mercy?"

The emperor, however, was not worried at all. He simply said, "I haven't provoked them much before. They dug up graves, harmed my Jingwei, and almost prevented Bai Chuan and Qin Jian from returning. I've already been very polite to them. Even if they want revenge, I'm not afraid. Let them come at me!"

He spoke without blinking, looking incredibly smug. The Empress shook her head helplessly; she knew that the Emperor's courage came from Jiang Jiuniang.

"Alright, Your Majesty, you know what you're doing, so I'm at ease."

The Queen smiled, no longer dwelling on the matter, and went to check the children's homework.

She now focuses most of her attention on raising her children. The emperor only has three children. She doesn't necessarily want them to become outstanding individuals, but at least they should be as kind and righteous as the children of the Lu family, and calm and reliable when faced with problems.

Previously, the young prince was sent to the Lu family to be raised. Later, when Lu Baichuan's family went out to play, she took the child back and taught him herself. With his experience in the Lu family, the young prince is now much more proactive in his studies and martial arts training, so she doesn't need to worry about him.

The second princess doesn't have any bad habits, she's just a bit lazy sometimes, but she doesn't need to inherit the throne, so the empress doesn't have high expectations of her. She just wants to cultivate one or two hobbies, and when she grows up, she'll find a husband for her so she can live a peaceful and happy life by their side.

What's giving the Empress the biggest headache right now is her youngest son—yes, the same youngest son that Jiang Jiuniang gave birth to via cesarean section.

She was quite well-behaved when she was little, spending her days eating and sleeping. She always thought she was a well-behaved and sensible child. But she never expected that since she could walk, she would cause so much trouble.

They've done the most outrageous things ever!

Catching fish and catching birds were child's play for him; he even went so far as to urinate on the throne, put chili powder in the incense burner, pestered a young eunuch to watch how he urinated, and even secretly plucked the old man's beard after his enlightenment...

She was so angry that she tied him up and beat him several times, but it didn't work.

If it weren't for the fact that the Japanese were currently in the capital, and the Lu family couple were both quite busy, especially Lu Baichuan who was seriously injured and resting in bed, she really wanted to send her youngest son to the Lu family for some rehabilitation.

Unfortunately, her younger sister's child was also being reformed at the Lu family's home, so she felt really embarrassed to send her third child there as well. After all, the Lu family didn't owe the two sisters anything, so why should they have to raise their child for them?

As for offering some benefits, she knew the Lu family didn't lack such things. Although the Lu couple were easy to talk to, she couldn't be too ungrateful.

So, I had to discipline this little rascal myself.

Seeing her get up to leave, the emperor asked, "Has the third son caused trouble again?"

"No, not really. I'm just worried because he's not making a fuss. I still need to go check on him."

If a child is silent, they're probably up to no good.

His youngest son really took this line to the extreme.

The emperor sighed, "It's really strange. His older siblings are all quite easy to take care of, so why is he so prone to causing trouble?"

The Empress didn't speak, so she didn't know either!

"Why don't we send him to the Imperial Academy and put him in the same class as Gou'er, so he can learn more from Gou'er? I heard that Qin Jian's son learned his lesson in just a few days. Wasn't he just as mischievous as our third son before?"

The moment the emperor uttered these words, he received a disdainful look from the empress.

“The dogs are all big kids now, and the knowledge they learn is very complicated. Our little third child is still so young. He won’t understand anything if he goes there, and it will also affect the dogs’ learning.”

After thinking it over, the emperor realized that the empress was right.

But if we don't send this kid to the same class as Gou'er, where should we send him?

Lu Baichuan is still recovering at home, so it's not a good idea to send the child to the Lu family now. After all, this troublesome kid is really hard to manage, and sending him there would only cause Jiang Jiuniang more trouble.

He had a premonition that if he really sent the child to the Lu family, Jiang Jiuniang would storm the palace overnight.

Just thinking about that terrifying scene makes me want to forget about it.

But then, there was nowhere to send his youngest child, and for a moment, his brows furrowed so deeply they could trap a fly.

This is even more difficult than dealing with envoys from island nations!

After that, the empress ignored the emperor and went to look after the child herself.

The emperor couldn't go to see them together. Although the island nation was being left out in the cold, he couldn't ignore their situation and had to send people to keep an eye on them to prevent any trouble from happening.

Meanwhile, the island nation's envoys, fuming, checked into an inn. They shut themselves in and berated the entire Northern Yan regime before turning to Xun Yi and asking, "Strategist, what should we do now? The Northern Yan emperor doesn't like beautiful women. How can we obtain the Pangu Jade?"

The most annoying thing is that the Pangu Jade is in that woman's hands, which is even more difficult to deal with than it is in the emperor's hands.

After arriving in Beiyan, they dug up countless graves, but found no trace of the treasure. Instead, they were all tainted with the stench of corpses, which was disgusting to even think about.

Their internal situation is in chaos, and they cannot afford to waste too much time outside. They must obtain the Pangu Jade as soon as possible, find the treasure, and bring it back, otherwise the people will not be able to survive.

"Strategist, why don't we find a way to lure that woman out, and then you can control her? She'll then obediently hand over the Pangu Jade!"

Upon hearing this, everyone agreed that it made a lot of sense and looked at Xunyi with anticipation.

"A bunch of useless trash! If that woman were as easy to deal with as you all say, why would we have gone through all this trouble?"

"I can control anyone, except her!"

Lan Jiu was already more powerful than him, and she also possessed spatial abilities and supernatural powers. He had to show her some respect and dared not really provoke her. How dare these people say such things?

Seeing this, everyone immediately lowered their heads and dared not refute. Whatever the strategist said was right and sacred and inviolable; they had to obey.

This was the Emperor's order before they set off.

Seeing that everyone had lowered their heads, Xun Yi's mood improved a bit. He said, "Let's observe for a while. That woman is more responsive to gentle persuasion than force. Try to satisfy her every wish as much as possible, but don't anger her. Otherwise, I won't get involved in this matter anymore!"

"yes!"

Everyone nodded in agreement. After a while, someone asked in a low voice, "So the Northern Yan court is just going to let this go after treating us like this?"

He snorted coldly and laughed, "There will always be a chance for revenge!"

The prerequisite is that you first obtain the Pangu Jade.

The emperor did not prepare any food for the island nation's envoys, but he specially ordered a variety of delicious dishes to be prepared to entertain Jiang Jiuniang. Jiang Jiuniang had eaten at home before coming, and she couldn't eat for a while, so she wanted to go and chat with the empress. The palace maids had received the news in advance and knew that the empress was with the third prince, so they took Jiang Jiuniang there directly.

The third prince neither wanted to study nor learn martial arts. At this moment, he was forcing a group of eunuchs to accompany him in cricket fighting, and the excited sounds could be heard from afar.