On the other side, in Flower Country, the children were all bewildered as their teacher explained the origins of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the tradition of eating mooncakes. Although they were still young and didn't understand everything the teacher said, it didn't stop them from having fun. They clapped their hands and happily ate the mooncakes their families had painstakingly made, along with the snacks on the table, occasionally chatting with the children next to them.
At this time, the activity continued with the cheerful voices of the children. The second activity was for each child to perform on stage.
Then, with the teacher's encouragement, the children went on stage and began their performances.
The first children to go on stage were a pair of adorable twins. The two chubby little guys ran onto the stage skipping and jumping, and then began a serious performance.
The two little guys were wearing exactly the same clothes, shoes, and the same cute little hats on their heads. After they came on stage, they stood straight and seriously, and then said in their baby voices, "I am the eldest, my name is Tao Haoyu," and "I am the second, Tao Haotian."
They paused for a moment, looking a little nervous or shy, and then continued in their baby voices, "This time we want to perform, guess who I am, guess who is the boss, who is the second in command."
After they finished speaking, they straightened their backs and stood seriously. However, their mothers in the audience couldn't help but smile helplessly when they saw their serious expressions.
The other people in the audience couldn't help but laugh when they saw the two little ones' adorable appearance, but for the sake of the two little ones' face, they all tried hard to hold back their laughter.
The two kids who came up next seemed to realize their problem and immediately pretended nothing had happened. They quickly circled each other and then stood straight on the stage, pretending nothing had happened, looking down at the audience intently, waiting for others to guess.
At this time, the other people in the audience also laughed out loud at the actions of the two little guys and couldn't help laughing.
But when everyone saw the two little guys were about to change their expressions, they held back and pretended to seriously start guessing who was the eldest and who was the second.
In fact, it is very easy to recognize who is the eldest and who is the second little one. Although the two little ones look exactly the same, wear the same clothes and hats, their body shapes are different. The second one is a little rounder and the eldest one is slightly taller than the second one, so it is easy to tell them apart at a glance. However, in order not to hurt the self-esteem of the two little ones, all parents made the wrong choice.
Looking at the two little ones on the stage, their happy little faces because no one could guess who was the eldest and who was the second, everyone couldn't help but smile knowingly. In their opinion, the happiness of children was more important than anything else.
But then the laughter of the Flower Kingdom was different. The people of Da Qi were very confused as to why they, the Flower Kingdom, would agree to the existence of twins.
Because in Da Qi and the surrounding countries, twins were not allowed to exist. If a family gave birth to twins, they had to kill one child and raise only one. Because the existence of twins was like an evil spirit, one had to be eliminated so that the other could survive. If they were discovered and the other was not killed, the entire family would be exterminated.
The decision to kill the other twin was made a long time ago. Legend has it that in the pre-Qin period, a queen gave birth to twins. As they grew older, they looked identical, often making it difficult to tell who was who. The two princes often played a game where the palace servants would guess who the other was. No one could guess, not even their father, the emperor, and their mother, the queen. Later, the eldest twin prince, due to the emperor's death, was chosen as the new emperor. Thus, the eldest twin became the new emperor and began his dream of ruling the country and ensuring peace for the people, while the second twin became a prince and began his own life of playing around in the world.
However, this life didn't last for many years. The emperor, tempted by power, became increasingly tyrannical and self-centered. He even began selecting girls for tribute. Every daughter, once she reached the age of 15, would be selected. If she was beautiful, she would be promoted through the ranks until she entered the imperial palace. If her appearance was mediocre, her taxes would be increased.
Under this kind of oppression, the people complained, but the emperor ignored their complaints and continued to be so overbearing. He even oppressed the people even more, ordering civil and military officials from all over the country to lead the people in building a temporary palace specifically for him to rest during his visits.
Unable to bear this oppression, the people of various places finally rose up in rebellion, overthrowing the tyrant. However, when the rebels finally reached the imperial court, they discovered that the current emperor was not the original emperor, but a prince who had long since announced that he was traveling. The real emperor had been murdered by the prince, who had successfully deceived everyone with his twin appearance, including the empress dowager, the emperor's biological mother, who failed to recognize that he was the second prince.
When the crowd interrogated him, they finally learned the truth. It turned out that the second prince had long been dissatisfied with the fact that he could only be a prince and not an emperor. He wondered why he could not be an emperor while his eldest brother could, despite having the same appearance.
After that, he saw that all the court officials treated his elder brother with great respect, including the tutor who had previously taught them. Furthermore, whenever tributes from other countries or places were brought to the palace, his elder brother always received it first. His jealousy grew, and every time he saw his elder brother, he wanted to get rid of him. However, since his elder brother was the emperor, he was always surrounded by people who protected him.
Unable to take action against his elder brother, he grew increasingly depressed, believing the world was against him. Just as he was tempted to assassinate him, he finally came up with a plan: to play a game with his elder brother, a game they had often played as children: guess who I am. He thought he could use this opportunity to ask his elder brother out and then eliminate him as soon as possible. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this plan would work, and he quickly put it into action. The emperor was indeed fooled.
[Until his death, the emperor never imagined that he was simply trying to catch up with his brother, only to be eliminated by him.]
Afterwards, he successfully used his own appearance to replace the eldest prince and ascended the throne. He then deliberately issued an imperial decree, saying that he, as a prince, was too bored staying in the palace every day, so he planned to travel around the country. This even fooled everyone, because in everyone's eyes, he was just a prince who liked to live a carefree life.
When those people learned the truth, they were shocked. They hadn't imagined the truth would be this. From that day on, rumors spread that the emperor's evil nature stemmed from his twins. One of the twins was a demon, and after growing up, the demon devoured both twins. He then transformed into one of the twins and began to do evil. After that, these rumors spread and became impossible to suppress. To reassure the people, the newly enthroned emperor issued an imperial decree. It stated that any family with twins must eliminate one of the twins. If anyone refused to cooperate or hid one of the twins, the entire family would be exterminated.
After that, under that imperial decree, all twins gradually disappeared, and the birth of twins became taboo. Even after the emperor was defeated and a new one took over, this taboo was passed down. Everyone believed it was true, believing that one of the twins must be a demon, and if kept alive, it would devour the other.
This decision has continued to affect the entire Da Qi and its surrounding vassal states until now. They all believe that there are no twins in Da Qi or its surrounding vassal states. . .
That's why they were so shocked and surprised to see twins appear in Flower Kingdom. Although they had learned many different things through that strange screen, they still believed that the twins were demons. They believed that one demon would devour the other twin, then live in its place and start doing evil. Thinking of this, they couldn't help but feel sympathy as they looked at the twins and their families on the screen.
Despite the Da Qi people's worries, the Flower Kingdom remained unaffected. The Mid-Autumn Festival Gala was still going on happily. After their performance, the twins skipped back to their mother's arms, nuzzling into each other and telling her in their baby voices what they had just done. Surprisingly, no one had guessed what they had done.
It was then time for the second child to perform on stage, and the second performer was Little Roubao. At this time, Little Roubao was still reciting to Lu Suisui the ancient poem that he had memorized with great effort. However, because he was too young, he always remembered the previous sentence and forgot the next one. After he finally remembered the next sentence, he stumbled over the previous one again.
In this way, he memorized one sentence and forgot the next one, stumbling over it. In his memory, Little Roubao finally memorized all the words. At this time, the kindergarten teacher called out Little Roubao's name.
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