The inner courtyard of the prince's mansion was eerily quiet, as if a storm was about to come.
"Hey, why is there no one here?"
As soon as Jun Shutong came out of the room, the secret guards discovered her. A secret guard next to her pinched her thigh hard. Doesn’t it hurt?
"hiss!"
"Why are you pinching me?"
"Um... I said I pinched it wrong, do you believe me?"
"Don't talk nonsense. I'll go report to the Madam, and you go inform the General and the Master."
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A quarter of an hour later, in the old lady's yard, Jun Shutong was listening obediently to his mother's lecture.
"Tell me yourself, where did you go?"
"Did you know that your grandfather almost turned the capital upside down in order to find you?"
"Today is your first birthday party. The princes and ministers will be here soon, and you've disappeared. If it weren't for your birthday today, I would have given you a good beating."
"Okay, Tongtong is fine. Don't scare her. Just go and do your work!"
The old lady hurried to smooth things over. She was really afraid that her daughter-in-law would get so angry that she would beat up her precious granddaughter.
Jun Shutong: [So annoying, why is my mother becoming more and more nagging? ]
System: [Your mother is worried about you. Hurry up and admit your mistake. Make up an excuse to get away with it. As long as you don't mention that you entered the space, anything is fine.]
Jun Shutong rolled his eyes in his mind: [Nonsense, even if I said I entered the space, they wouldn't believe it!]
Yi: What, my daughter entered the space?
Old lady: My precious granddaughter has entered the space?
Where is the space? What space?
Yi and the old lady looked at each other and thought: The little guy went to the place called space.
"Grandma, Mother, I fell asleep behind the curtains. Didn't you see?"
The two remained silent: "Do you think we are blind? A living person is behind the curtains, and we can't see it?"
To cooperate with her, the old lady said, "Okay, since Tongtong is not lost, don't stand there and go quickly. The guests will come soon."
Knowing that his family cared about him, Jun Shutong admitted his mistake and snuggled in the old lady's arms like a good baby.
Jun Shutong's birthday party was very grand. Almost all the officials in the court came, and even the emperor came with gifts.
Among them, Lord Qi Ming Xiao Qi was the most special, and he gave the most gifts.
This was because his gift was pulled by an ox cart, and the ox's horns were tied with silk bows. The cart was filled with all kinds of fine silks, medicinal herbs, and a bunch of children's toys.
"Master Qi, are you here... to help alleviate poverty?"
"Master Fujiwara, please mind your own business. It is not your turn to tell others what to do with me."
Fujiwara no Kou continued to tease, "It's just a joke, why is Master Qi so angry? I just don't know why Master Qi came here in an ox cart."
"When did ox carts become popular in the capital? How come I didn't know?"
Qi Mingxiao glanced at Fujiwara Xiaoquan awkwardly: [Why is this person so annoying? If I had money, wouldn’t I take a carriage?]
Emperor Shunde was also curious and asked Ming Dequan beside him, "When did ox carts become popular in the capital? How come I didn't know about it?"
Whatever fun things were popular in the royal capital, the emperor was always the first to enjoy them. No matter if they were mysterious beasts, slaves, cats, dogs or crickets, he would have nothing left out. Otherwise, he would not have been given the title of "the dissolute emperor".
Ming Dequan was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I haven't heard that ox carts are popular recently. If there is a new gadget, it will definitely be sent to the palace first."
The emperor nodded, looked at the gifts from the ministers which were all packed in brocade boxes, and then looked at the gift he had given, and couldn't help feeling proud.
[Look at what you all gave me: pearl jewelry, silk fabrics, things you can neither eat nor drink. It's my gifts that please children the most.]
According to the custom of Dayu Kingdom, when a child is one year old, they have to draw lots, and the drawing of lots must be done before meals.
In order to accommodate more items, Yi specially cleared out a yard.
“Tongtong, when you go up there later, just take what you like and what you’re interested in, okay?”
"Okay, mother."
Later, everyone saw a cute baby with big eyes and a delicate face, wearing a lotus flower skirt and a small bun on her head, walked in.
"Oh my god, who was that bastard who spread rumors and said Miss Jun was ugly? Was she blind?"
"Look at this fair skin, these big watery eyes, and these little arms as thin as lotus roots. Who wouldn't want to pinch or hug them?"
"I was saying, with Madam Jun's beauty, how could she possibly give birth to a freak? Those who spread rumors aren't afraid of giving birth to a son without a penis."
Those ladies who had never met Jun Shutong before all had a new understanding today, that is, rumors are not credible, and everything must be seen with one's own eyes in the future.
[System, be more alert this time. Check if anyone wants to harm me. Don't let anyone from the Fujiwara family get close to me.]
【Don't worry, host, only one person came from the Fujiwara family today, you are safe now. 】
Minister of Personnel Qi Mingxiao: [Miss Jun's system is truly amazing, able to investigate others without even showing up.]
Emperor Shunde: [Who is speaking? Who wants to harm this little ancestor?] He seemed to hear the words "Fujiwara family".
Minister of the Central Secretariat Tang Wenyuan: [What's that sound? Who does the Fujiwara clan want to harm?]
Minister of Justice Zhang Yunqi: [Who is talking... why did you mention the Fujiwara family? ]
Grand Historian Fred: [Am I really old? Why am I still hearing strange noises?]
Andrew, the Minister of Revenue: [……]
Imperial Astronomical Observatory: Zhang Yu [……]
Right Chancellor: Benjamin [……]
Many ministers heard a strange voice, which was obviously that of a baby, and seemed to have mentioned the Fujiwara family.
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