After hearing this, everyone in the Chu family looked at each other and then burst into laughter. Milk ball's words "going to court with a bottle of milk" were so vivid that they couldn't help laughing!
“Hahaha! Hahaha!…”
“Hahaha! Hahaha!…”
“Hehehe! Hehehehe!…”
“Hahahahaha!…”
Seeing the whole family laughing so hard, Naituanzi's eyes turned red with anger and he shouted loudly: "Ah! Ah! Ah!"
[Humph! Are you bullying me for not being able to speak? Are you making fun of me without restraint? I’m going to ignore you. I’m angry and can’t be appeased.]
After listening to Chu Xiaoxiao's inner voice, everyone slowly put away their smiles and dared not laugh anymore. Everyone looked over and saw the white and tender milk ball with red eyes and an accusing expression.
The old lady's heart was instantly filled with pity. She walked over and hugged her: "My dear grandma! Why are you angry? Good, good, good! Grandma won't laugh anymore. Grandma told everyone not to laugh."
The old Duke immediately stroked his beard and pretended to be serious: "Don't laugh, don't laugh, grandfather doesn't laugh."
Chu Zhinan pretended to cough a few times: "Dad doesn't laugh either."
Then he turned his head and his mouth stretched to his ears.
Chu Xiaoxiao couldn't bear to watch adults lying to children and saying one thing and thinking another. She felt that her intelligence was insulted.
Yang tried hard to suppress her smile and covered the upturned corners of her lips with her hands, fearing that her daughter would see it.
Chu Zhixi and Chu Zhibei tried hard to hold back their laughter.
Her big, round, watery eyes swept across each of their faces and finally stopped on Chu Zhinan. Chu Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at him, and the whites of her eyes almost turned up to the sky.
[Humph! Your cheap daddy is the worst. He says he won’t laugh, but he secretly turns his head to laugh. I won’t pay attention to you anymore! Bad daddy! ]
Chu Zhinan couldn't help but laughed "Hahaha" and walked out.
Oh my! How can his Xiaoxiao be so cute? Look at those big eyes rolling up and that aggrieved expression, it's so cute that it makes him bleed.
Who can bear it!
When the people in the room saw Chu Zhinan walking away with a smile, they all lowered their heads to look at the floor and dared not look at the little girl anymore, for fear that they would be overwhelmed by her cuteness.
If you don't watch it, you won't laugh.
The next morning, before dawn, Chu Xiaoxiao was picked up and dressed.
She knew that she would go to court with her father today, so she closed her eyes in a daze and let Yang do whatever she wanted. After getting on the carriage, Yang didn't dare to feed her anything, fearing that she would need to pee when she went to court.
I heard that the emperor was going to hold her in his arms. What if she peed on him? Wouldn't the Chu family be punished?
I don't know why the emperor wanted to carry her to court. If she was bumped into by the child, it's hard to say whether she would be punished. It's always better to be careful and safe in everything.
When they arrived at the palace gate, Yang stayed in the carriage while Chu Zhinan carried the sleeping Chu Xiaoxiao into the palace.
Many people saw him holding a child during court proceedings and made fun of him.
"Duke Protector of the Country! What are you doing here with a child? Do you want to donate another eight million taels of silver? Do you want another third-rank lady to appear in your mansion?"
"Are you crazy? You've brought a baby to the court. How could you think of that?"
"It's over, it's over. Could it be that the Duke of the Protectorate has gone insane? He brought his daughter to court with him? Aren't you afraid that the emperor will get angry and throw your daughter to death?"
Chu Zhinan glared at the man who spoke: "Watch your mouth. You even dare to make up stories about the emperor. You don't want your head anymore, right?"
The man was not convinced: "What did I say wrong? Why did the Protector of the Country have to bluff?"
Not long after he walked in, Eunuch Yuanbao came, followed by a little eunuch, and went straight to the Duke of Huguo.
"Duke Protector of the Country! Leave the young lady to our family! The Emperor is already waiting."
Chu Zhinan glanced at his sleeping daughter in his arms, and reluctantly handed her over to Eunuch Yuanbao. The little eunuch behind him took out a cloak and covered Chu Xiaoxiao with it.
Seeing this strange scene, all the officials dared not say a word. They stretched their necks and saluted Eunuch Yuanbao.
What did the emperor want to do with the baby from the Duke of Huguo's mansion? And he asked Eunuch Yuanbao to come and pick him up in person?
Eunuch Yuanbao was a very popular figure around the emperor. He would not come out to greet him, let alone a baby. Even if the old Duke Protector of the Country came, he would not come out to greet him.
Why did you come out to greet a child?
Yes! Why?
Many people wanted to ask, but seeing the inquiring eyes all around them, they all held back and didn't ask.
The Duke of Protectorate loved his daughter very much. When he saw his daughter being taken away, he wished his neck could become a giraffe's.
Seeing that he looked unhappy, everyone dared not ask.
It was not until they arrived at the court that everyone saw clearly that the infant from the Duke of Protectorate's Mansion was being held in the emperor's arms as he walked into the Golden Palace and sat on the dragon throne.
The court officials knelt down and shouted "Long live the emperor". Chu Xiaoxiao frowned and slowly opened her eyes.
I looked at it unconsciously, and saw a bright yellow in front of me and the emperor's cold jaw.
She started, turned over and sat up, looked at the crowd of people below, rubbed her eyes, then pulled the emperor's arm and stood on the dragon throne.
[Oh my! This is the morning court session, why are there so many people here? Are Prince Duan's right-hand man, General Yao Bitian and Grand Commandant Liu Zhengji here? ]
The emperor was overjoyed when he heard this. He knew that he would gain something from bringing Chu Xiaoxiao to court.
General Yao Bitian actually defected to Prince Duan, and Taiwei Liu Zhengji was also Prince Duan's man. And what else? Xiaoxiao, the little ancestor! Can you name a few more people?
Eunuch Yuanbao had just finished shouting "If you have a petition, please present it; if you don't, please leave the court," when someone stood up and cried.
"Your Majesty! A baby from the Duke of the Protectorate's mansion is not worthy of being carried by Your Majesty to court. She is not a princess, nor a member of the royal family. How can she stand on the dragon throne and accept the kneeling worship of the courtiers?"
Then someone knelt down and said, "I second the motion!"
Chu Xiaoxiao felt despised, her face fell, her brows furrowed, and she yelled "ah" at the man fiercely.
[Who is this annoying person? I just arrived and you are talking a lot of nonsense, do you think I am happy to come here? I don't even kneel when I see the emperor, so how can I not accept your worship? Humph! Arrogant. ]
The emperor was also very displeased: "Imperial Censor Wang Qiaolin! Are you accusing me of being incompetent and willful?"
The emperor deliberately called out the censor's full name, as he really wanted to hear what Chu Xiaoxiao thought of this person.
[Ah? He is the Imperial Censor Wang Qiaolin? He is a good and upright man, but unfortunately his son is not ambitious and always causes trouble. A few days ago, he was jealous in Baihua Tower and beat to death a scholar from outside the province.]
What? The emperor's face gradually turned ugly, and he shouted: "Wang Qiaolin! Has your son's jealousy in Baihua Tower and the killing of a foreign student been properly handled?"
As soon as this question was asked, not only Wang Qiaolin, but all the civil and military officials broke out in cold sweats.
Although no one dared to whisper, they all kept their eyes on their noses and their noses on their hearts, and dared not say anything more. A few censors wanted to second the motion, but they all slowly retracted their legs.
"Your Majesty! I have already compensated the family of that out-of-town student with silver." Wang Qiaolin knelt on the ground, trembling.
Few people knew about this matter. Who was the one who spread the news to the emperor's ears?
Chu Xiaoxiao: “…”
It’s me, it’s me, come and bite me!
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