The emperor, watching the little baby struggle to climb over the threshold from his high platform, burst out laughing.

As these ministers watched the emperor's ambiguous expression on the high platform, some of them secretly turned to look at the doorway.

It turned out to be the young princess.

Su Muyao was seen dragging a large bundle and holding a small stool in her right hand.

He huffed and puffed his way to the Duke's side, put the small stool on the ground, and plopped down on it.

He put the large bundle on his back on the ground, shook his legs, and swung his arms.

She sighed, "Ugh, this is exhausting."

The Duke twitched his lips. "I'm exhausted after walking just these two steps. And what kind of ghost is my mother?"

Who exactly did this little princess learn all this nonsense from?

He listened quietly as the ministers talked about trivial matters.

After everyone had finished talking, Su Muyao had also rested.

He then stood up, opened the package at his feet, and took out the contents.

The emperor chuckled and asked Su Muyao, "What extraordinary treasure has our little princess created this time?"

The little dumpling rolled its eyes at him.

Emperor… Oh ho ho ho, this little dumpling is getting fiercer and fiercer!

When Su Muyao took out the items, Minister Qian and Minister Li from the Ministry of Works immediately rushed over with their eyes shining.

"Young Princess, what's wrong...?"

The two asked Su Muyao with some uncertainty in their voices.

Then the little dumpling began to introduce the things in his hands in a very generous manner, and everyone gasped in surprise.

There are even crossbows that can fire 20 shots in a row, and their power is incredibly great.

The emperor, standing on the high platform, excitedly slapped the dragon throne: "Excellent, excellent! Truly a lucky star for the great dynasty!"

Now, even if the Yan and northern states have this thing, it'll be enough to give them a hard time."

The emperor wished he could adjourn the court immediately so he could put the test into practice right away.

But judging from the young princess's expression, he didn't know if she had something else to say, so he didn't dare to easily say that he wanted to adjourn the court!

It's truly tragic that an emperor of a nation would end up like this!

Su Muyao looked at Lord Qian and Lord Li and said, "This is the whole process of making a crossbow. Overall, it is relatively simple."

Producing them in large quantities is no problem, but the blueprints absolutely must not be leaked.

The emperor took this seriously, realizing that he had only thought there were two, but that they could actually be mass-produced.

It seems this blueprint is extremely important. The emperor will now have to decide who will oversee the construction and who will keep the blueprint safe.

Su Muyao didn't care about any of this and picked up her small stool, intending to make a quick getaway.

The emperor could also see that the little one was getting impatient and wanted to run away.

He quickly said to Su Muyao, "Yaoyao, your royal aunt said she wants you to come and visit her because she misses you."

Su Muyao turned around and nodded: "Then I'll go find my royal aunt. Goodbye, royal uncle."

After saying that, he grabbed his small stool and rushed out of the main hall.

Just as Lord Xu and Lord Wang were about to jump out and say that the young princess was acting improperly, and that it was no reason for her to leave so early when she was supposed to attend court, they were about to speak up.

But then I thought, since the emperor has already agreed, wouldn't it be a waste for them to speak up and offend people instead of winning favor?

Alright, they decided to keep quiet.

When Xia saw her young mistress come out, she quickly took the stool from her hands.

Su Muyao walked towards the Empress's palace, with Xia following silently behind.

Along the way, she encountered many palace maids cleaning. Two palace maids who hurriedly walked to the side on the right side of the garden caught Su Muyao's attention.

"Why is Princess Zhu Hua, who just got married, so sickly?"

Then another palace maid said, "Who says otherwise? I think this small country just doesn't take our great dynasty seriously. Otherwise, why would they send a sickly princess to marry into the country?"

"That's right, and my sister works as a maid in her palace. I heard that she has been suffering from constant itching, and even the imperial physicians are helpless."

Seeing another palace maid nod, the first palace maid said, "I'm telling you this in secret, but you absolutely mustn't tell anyone else, I heard it's because it's itchy down there!"

Su Muyao, who had almost walked past, immediately turned back.

Xia stood to the side, not daring to utter a sound.

Our little princess is secretly eavesdropping on other people's whispers!

Then the palace maid said, "My friend said that the more you scratch that spot, the itchier it gets, and the skin gets raw from scratching."

They summoned all the imperial physicians in the palace, and after their diagnosis, they said the patient had pruritus.

But the prescribed medicine had absolutely no effect, whether it was oral medication or topical treatment; the condition was only getting worse.

Even the Empress went to visit him overnight.

Then the little palace maid in blue laughed and said, "Xiao Mei, didn't you ask your sister how these imperial physicians treated this princess who was sent to marry a foreign ruler? Hahaha."

Xia was suppressing her laughter from a short distance away; this palace maid was just too amusing.

Su Muyao also found the blue-clad palace maid's thought process quite peculiar.

For some reason, Su Muyao suddenly thought of some unclean diseases, such as venereal diseases, etc.

But then she thought, a princess of a nation would not be able to have casual relations with outsiders. But if she really did consummate her marriage with the emperor, wouldn't that be...?

Su Muyao shook her body repeatedly and continued walking towards the Empress's Palace with Xia Xia in tow.

Upon arriving at the Empress's palace, they found, unfortunately, that the Empress had gone to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager.

However, the head maid in the Empress's palace advised Su Muyao to also visit the Empress Dowager's palace, since everyone knew that this little princess was the darling of the harem.

Not only did the Empress love this little guy, but even the Empress Dowager often talked about him.

Su Muyao nodded and was led by Aunt Qiu to the Empress Dowager's palace. As soon as they arrived at the gate, a maid went to report.

When the Empress Dowager saw the little baby, she went up to hug him, but the Empress dared not let the Empress Dowager actually hug him.

This little bundle of joy has grown quite a bit taller now.

"Dafu, quickly prepare some more desserts for the little princess, and also bring up the peach blossom cakes made by the cook I recently invited to the palace for the little princess to try."

The father-in-law, named Dafu, hurriedly went down to prepare.

Su Muyao chatted with them casually, but suddenly remembered what she had heard in the Imperial Garden.

I believe it's better to believe it exists than not.

It would be better to have a full check-up, otherwise what if word spreads that the entire harem is full of venereal diseases?

She didn't care about others, but the Empress had always treated her gently, and the Emperor was her powerful patron; she absolutely couldn't let anything happen to either of them.

“Imperial Aunt, I just passed by and heard from a palace maid that the princess who was sent to marry a foreign ruler had an itchy spot and had scratched it raw, and the imperial physicians were still helpless.”

The palace maid said it was some kind of venereal disease. What is venereal disease?

Having experienced so much bloodshed, the Empress Dowager immediately understood what the little girl meant and looked sharply at the Empress.

"Find a few skilled imperial physicians to take a look at what's going on."