"Ah An is teething recently, and perhaps because it hurts, he's been a bit irritable!"
Xie Yuan saw his eldest daughter slap the "dragon's face" without any fear or trepidation as if she were offending the emperor.
She was also holding two children in her arms, comforting them while explaining to Helian Jue, "Ale is growing faster. She was the first to grow teeth, and now she has the most teeth in her mouth."
"Teeth! Teeth!"
The chubby little girl, who just turned one year old, has already learned to speak.
Besides the everyday words "mother" and "father," she also parroted a few words like "tooth" and "eat."
The pronunciation isn't very clear, and there are even some cute sounds unique to infants.
"Oh! Our Ah Le is teething again? Let Daddy take a look!"
Helian Jue was separated from his children for nearly half a year. When he left, none of the four little ones had grown any teeth yet.
Each of them had their mouths open, revealing their pink gums, clearly toothless.
Now, the children have not only grown taller and fatter, but they can also talk and walk, and they have grown several teeth.
Helian Jue first handed his eldest son to the wet nurse beside him, then held his eldest daughter in one arm and gently pressed her chin with the other.
The chubby girl subconsciously opened her mouth, revealing her two rows of tiny teeth.
"Wow, you already have six teeth! And they're still growing?"
In fact, Helian Jue wasn't very clear about the baby's growth curve either.
But he had looked at the other three children, and they didn't seem to have that many teeth.
"Yes! Ah An is the best looking."
With ample nutrition, meticulous care, and her naturally good physique, she has consistently outperformed the other four members in terms of growth.
"...Ah Yuan, thank you for your hard work!"
Helian Jue comforted his daughter and then hugged the other children. Seeing how smooth and lively they were, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
He was gone for half a year. Not only did A Yuan have to stay in Lingnan to make overall arrangements, but he also had to take care of the entire palace.
After setting off, she single-handedly supported everything: 20,000 silver-armored soldiers, the royal palace staff and their families, and four children.
Oh right, that stupid younger brother of the fourth brother also joined in the fun, bringing his pregnant wife and staying with A Yuan's group.
snort!
That bastard, doesn't he know that they're just adding to A-Yuan's burden?
"It must have been a tough journey!"
The children were handed over to the wet nurses, who then discreetly withdrew.
Only Helian Jue and Xie Yuan remained in the temporary camp.
Helian Jue reached out and pulled Xie Yuan into his arms, resting his chin on her shoulder, and whispered.
"I'm fine here, I just need to take care of the children and Xu Shi. But things are quite 'lively' on the women's side!"
Xie Yuan emphasized the pronunciation of "lively," his eyes filled with obvious coldness and mockery.
"These people are acting too arrogantly."
If you want your daughter to become empress, then secretly assassinate the man's first wife!
Who do they think they are?
Do you still think that Helian Jue and his wife are easy to bully?
They do whatever they want and have no regard for the law!
"So, I didn't stand on ceremony!"
Xie Yuan's voice was soft, but his words carried a chilling intent: "Kill those who deserve to die! Arrest those who deserve to be arrested! Investigate those who deserve to be investigated!"
Along the way, Xie Yuan's female soldiers encountered several ambushes.
The female soldiers, with their superior equipment and ample manpower, turned the tables and killed all of them.
Each time, only two or three people were left alive to serve as witnesses.
Meanwhile, Luo Peiyu led a group of embroidered-robed envoys into the capital.
The physical evidence has also been obtained!
With all the evidence in hand, Xie Yuan was just waiting to go to the capital to personally deal with those families.
"Well done! That's how it should be!"
Helian Jue was also filled with murderous intent. Those people actually dared to plot against his wife and children; they were truly courting death!
"Since the evidence is conclusive, let's kill a bunch of them!"
"Last time I only dealt with a few minor aristocratic families. This time, in addition to the aristocratic families, there should also be meritorious nobles!"
Helian Jue raised his head, his gaze intense. "They should learn a lesson."
Besides the powerful clans, the hidden dangers of the Great Zhou Dynasty also included the old noble families.
They all originally had military power, but it was taken away one by one by the late emperor.
Without soldiers, their power is far less than before, and they are certainly unwilling to accept it.
The late emperor reigned for over twenty years and had the achievement of unifying the north and south, earning him extremely high prestige.
Those former nobles only dared to complain in their hearts or make some underhanded moves, but they did not dare to openly oppose the late emperor.
As for Helian Jue, as a newly enthroned emperor, he lacked sufficient achievements and prestige, and being a junior, the veteran generals naturally did not take him seriously.
For those former nobles, making their own daughter empress was probably already a concession on their part.
Perhaps they still harbor the dream of restoring the era when the Eight Pillar Generals held military power over the country!
dream!
Having finally regained control of the military, how could Helian Jue easily give it up again?
"Same old method, pull one group in and then strike another! Don't kill them all at once!"
Xie Yuan nodded; those former nobles were not a monolithic group.
Even within a certain noble family, there are many conflicts.
For example, the Dugu family, and the Mu family.
Besides the main branch, there are many collateral branches.
Even the direct line has several branches.
Xie Yuan and Helian Jue's consistent principle was to focus on the minor issues and cut off the minor ones.
This way, we can avoid a large-scale backlash and also solve some of the problems.
This weakened their power and, incidentally, replenished the national treasury—a win-win situation.
"Um."
Helian Jue responded and began to explain to Xie Yuan the stories that had happened in the capital over the past few months.
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