After Yingxue carried Xia Miaoyuan out of the room and closed the door, Xia Zhengqi asked curiously, "Ruoyu, when did you start to be able to hear your daughter's thoughts?"
"Since the day she gave birth prematurely." The queen felt a little embarrassed.
"What about His Majesty?" The Queen raised her eyes.
"The morning after she was born..." Xia Zhengqi was stunned.
Oops, how embarrassing! Not only am I not the only one who can hear my daughter's thoughts, but I'm not even the first one.
"Then Your Majesty knows that the carriage incident was a conspiracy of the Empress Dowager and Concubine Jiang?" the Queen asked in surprise.
"Yes, I know. And when I took her to court, I also found out that Grand Tutor Jiang was forming a clique in the court and had great ambitions." Xia Zhengqi said indifferently.
"Oh, no wonder His Majesty asked Cheng Wan to pretend to be sick in the mansion and close the door to visitors. Is it because he heard that Master Jiang wanted to harm him and wanted to protect him?" The Queen curled her lips.
"Yes, on the day we received the urgent report of the flood in Ganjiang River, we were having dinner with our daughter. What I heard was the same as you. So I sent Grand Tutor Jiang to provide disaster relief, and asked our Cheng Wan to disguise himself as an ordinary citizen and go to Jiangxia Province to investigate Grand Tutor Jiang." Xia Zhengqi suddenly lowered his head, not daring to look the queen in the eye.
To be honest, going to Jiangxia Province in disguise for a secret visit is a very dangerous task. Even with 200 elite soldiers, it is still full of dangers.
When he secretly sent the prince to Jiangxia Province, he had already thought that if the queen knew about this later, she would definitely be worried to death.
Now that the Queen knows about it early, I can't help but feel a little guilty.
"What? Your Majesty said that he was sent to Jiangxia Province to investigate the evidence of Grand Tutor Jiang's crimes?!" The Queen froze.
"I sent 200 elite soldiers to follow him and gave him the imperial sword." Xia Zhengqi hurriedly explained, trying to alleviate the queen's worries.
"Well, he's going anyway. Besides, he's the Crown Prince of Daxia. It's his job to investigate the treacherous villains." The Queen spoke in a light tone. This sentence seemed to comfort Xia Zhengqi, but more like comforting herself.
Inside Kunning Palace, everything was quiet and dark, with only the lights in the empress's inner chambers and the corridors still on. The occasional chirp of a cricket could be heard in the courtyard.
Xia Zhengqi and the queen chatted animatedly, discussing all the thoughts of their daughter that they had heard over the past month.
The next morning, Xia Zhengqi was so sleep deprived that he couldn't get up early, so he simply skipped work for the day on the pretext of feeling unwell.
The emperor had not stayed in Kunning Palace for a long time, and the queen was overjoyed.
In the main hall of Kunning Palace, Xia Zhengqi and the queen sat at the table, eating breakfast in a warm atmosphere.
After the nanny had tidied up Xia Miaoyuan, she carried her for a walk in the corridor.
Xia Miaoyuan glanced at Xia Zhengqi and the Queen with a gossipy look on his face and found that they all had yellow complexions and dark circles under their eyes.
[Tsk, tsk, tsk, what a face! You're already in your 30s, almost 40, can you please be more restrained?]
[How much I wish I could have a brother or sister.]
"By the way, who's better, a younger brother or a younger sister? There are eight princes in the palace, and I'm the only princess. The gender ratio is seriously unbalanced. When I grow up, I'm afraid I won't even have a playmate."
"Let's have a younger sister. Pray to God to give the Queen a daughter!"
Xia Miaoyuan has a lively personality. She started by complaining about the Queen and Xia Zhengqi, and then jumped all the way to hoping for a younger sister.
Although the emperor and the empress were eating in the palace, they were only a few steps away from the corridor. They heard their daughter's thoughts clearly and couldn't help laughing.
"Ruoyu, let's have another daughter before she's too old." Xia Zhengqi freed one hand and grabbed the queen's hand.
The queen's face turned red and she turned away, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise.
After breakfast, Xia Zhengqi took his daughter to the imperial study.
He held Xia Miaoyuan in one hand and flipped through the memorials with the other.
Xia Miaoyuan looked at the memorial in his father's hand curiously, complaining as he read.
[Governor Haichuan respectfully wishes Princess Anguo good health and well-being, and His Majesty good health.]
[Governor Jinsha congratulates His Majesty on the birth of his daughter and wishes Princess Anguo happiness and peace.]
The Changning Governor reports to His Majesty that the grapes produced in Li County this year are large and sweet, a bountiful harvest.
"So boring, so boring! Why is everything so useless? Can't you just pick out something useful to say?"
Xia Miaoyuan hadn't been looking for a quarter of an hour when she turned her little face away impatiently.
Xia Zhengqi laughed inwardly. "Do you think your father's government affairs are easy? Dealing with this nonsense all day is already exhausting."
"Your Majesty." Eunuch Debao walked into the study in small steps and closed the door carefully.
"The prince's secret letter just arrived."
"Give it to me quickly." Xia Zhengqi took the letter.
He quickly read the letter and his face darkened.
[A secret letter from Prince Guoguo?] Xia Miaoyuan was surprised.
"Isn't Prince Guoguo feigning illness at home? Just deliver a verbal message to Father. Why write a secret letter? What secret are you trying to keep?"
While thinking, his eyes immediately looked at the letter paper.
It only briefly read: After my own investigation, I found that Master Jiang colluded with local officials to embezzle disaster relief grain funds.
[Prince Pot is in Jiangxia Province?!]
Xia Miaoyuan widened his eyes in shock and looked at Xia Zhengqi in disbelief.
[Dad, you're really good! You asked Guoguo to pretend to be sick so you could send him to Jiangxia Province for a secret investigation.]
[Brilliant, brilliant, this is a truly brilliant move! Deliberately giving Grand Tutor Jiang an opportunity to reveal his true colors, then taking advantage of the opportunity to gather evidence of his crimes and then deal with him.]
I never thought my Emperor father would be so resourceful. It seems the book's description of him is too simplistic. He's not incompetent at all, just trapped by filial piety and deceived by his stepmother.
A hint of pride flashed in Xia Zhengqi's eyes.
Hehe, my baby daughter praised me and praised me for being resourceful.
My daughter, just wait and see, I will uproot this big tree of the Jiang family.
In the main hall of Kunning Palace, Lin Zhaoyi and Lipin looked embarrassed as they bowed to the empress and greeted her respectfully.
The young eunuchs behind them were holding gifts in their hands.
"Your Majesty, you have just come out of confinement, and you must still be feeling weak. Your concubine and Sister Lin have specially brought you some supplements." Concubine Li smiled.
"Yes, yes." Lin Zhaoyi looked a little embarrassed.
[Haha, it's you, Lin Zhaoyi. A few days ago, at my full moon banquet, you were the one who sided with that treacherous concubine, saying that if any censors criticized Daddy's extravagance and waste in the future, Mom would be blamed.]
[Princess Li, you're not a good person either. Although I didn't see you at the full moon banquet, you've always flattered the treacherous concubine and mocked my mother.]
[Hahahaha! Aren't you all usually so cocky following the treacherous concubine? Why are you all so wilted this time?]
[Is it because your support has fallen that you are afraid? ]
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