Jiang Qingqing looked at the person in front of her with a complicated expression.

She couldn't imagine that Queen Xu, who usually appeared virtuous and gentle in the harem and never spoke loudly,

Such a person would appear in our family.

If the Xu family had ordered him to do this...

In this harem, except for the emperor, perhaps everyone's favor towards her is like a reverse blade!

Lord Xu felt the princess's eyes were as sharp as a knife. For the first time, he felt afraid and wanted to find an excuse to sneak away.

At this moment, a bustling noise suddenly came from the entrance of the horse training ground.

The three of them looked back at the same time and saw Xiao Linting walking towards them with one hand behind his back.

When he saw Her Royal Highness the Princess riding on the pony, he ignored Lord Xu's bureaucratic greetings and instead carried Jiang Qingqing down to ensure her safety.

"The morning classes have been over, why is Lord Xu still in the palace?" Xiao Linting's black eyes were calm and indifferent, as if he was a superior person, and he greeted Lord Xu.

Lord Xu bowed quickly.

He was a middle-aged man in his forties. He had worked hard in the court for half his life. Now, he had finally become a fifth-rank official, but he had to bow and nod to a fifteen-year-old young general.

He was still unhappy in his heart, but he was afraid of his current status in the court, where he had achieved some success, so he did not dare to show too much dissatisfaction.

"Your Highness the Third Prince has some new arithmetic questions to ask me, so I will stay here for now." Lord Xu's response was very pompous.

But considering that Jiang Chen had just been scolded by Jiang Qingqing, it took him a long time to realize his mistake.

He quickly explained, "No! I asked him to ask for leave from the calligraphy teacher. I didn't skip class."

Although Jiang Qingqing understood that Jiang Chen had no bad intentions, his unguarded nature still made Jiang Qingqing angry.

She looked at Jiang Chen fiercely and scolded him fiercely, "Now you know the problem. Do you know where you lost this time?"

"I won't let anyone take my place anymore in the future." Jiang Chen hastily dismounted after the emperor's uncle entered the venue.

He walked to the imperial sister at this moment, reached out and held Jiang Qingqing's chubby little hands, and whispered.

Jiang Qingqing snorted, then clenched her hands, put her other hand on the back of Jiang Chen's hand, and said again earnestly: "It's better to trust yourself than others. The most reliable person is always yourself, do you know?"

The brother and sister were whispering about something with their heads facing each other, while Xiao Linting looked at Lord Xu with a more profound expression.

"If you enter the palace and don't leave at any time, this will be known to the people in the Censorate. I don't know how many official hats Lord Xu will have to be stripped of."

There was a hint of tentativeness in his tone.

Lord Xu's face froze, and he immediately clenched his hands even tighter in the gesture of bowing.

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty," he was panicking. He glanced around and saw a pond surrounded by curtains. He spoke quickly as if he had seen a savior, "Your Majesty came to the palace this time to investigate this pond and its source. I just came here to fill in for my friend this morning."

As he spoke, he pointed at the curtain, very confidently.

Jiang Qingqing, who was standing by, heard him say this with such confidence, and couldn't help but look towards the pond behind the curtain with suspicion.

She had heard from her uncle that they had originally wanted to build a pavilion here, but because of the sudden gushing of water, they quickly expanded it into a pond. They gave up the idea for a while until the water stopped gushing out.

I think the Ministry of Industry should now think about how to design this land?

This didn't sound like there was anything wrong with it, and even Jiang Qingqing was about to divert her attention.

Xiao Linting, who was standing aside, raised his eyebrows and looked at the pond behind the curtain. He asked, "Since Lord Xu wants to investigate, according to the rules for officials entering the palace, he should report for three hours. If there is any effect, he can delay it. It has been three and a half hours since Lord Xu left the school. I wonder..."

"Well, I noticed that the water coming out of this pond is large and clear. It looks like it is civilian water coming from other sources. As for where it comes from, I need to investigate further."

Lord Xu spoke nonsense in a serious manner.

Xiao Linting saw through his little plan at a glance, but because the third prince and the little princess were there, he decided not to expose it for the time being.

But Jiang Qingqing, who was standing aside thoughtfully, took Lord Xu's words to heart.

It's not that she is nosy. It's mainly because of what happened in Ba Village recently. The specific content of what happened there suddenly and inexplicably matched the relevant conditions of the pond in the palace.

Jiang Qingqing let go of Jiang Chen's hand and came to the emperor's uncle. She reached out and tugged at the hem of his clothes.

He looked down and saw the little princess looking up and blinking her big eyes, looking at him.

Xiao Linting paused for a while before speaking: "Since Lord Xu has made a new discovery, I will not bother you any further. I will take the two princes back first."

After saying that, Xiao Linting stretched out his hand and Jiang Qingqing shook it skillfully.

It was not until the royal family members walked out of the horse training ground that Lord Xu breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, the palace maid who had been watching from afar hurriedly came up with her hands folded, nodded slightly to Lord Xu, and whispered: "Lord Xu has done a good job. Tomorrow I will send two hundred taels to your mansion."

"Thank you, sir." Lord Xu cleared his throat and responded in a serious tone.

Here, Xiao Linting took the little princess out of the horse training ground, and the number of palace servants surrounding them suddenly decreased by half.

But Jiang Qingqing didn't have time to study it right now. She shook her uncle's hand and said excitedly, "Has the court ever mentioned the matter of Ba Village?"

"More or less. The situation in Ba Village is not serious. The Ministry of Works and the Cabinet have agreed to temporarily allocate funds to the village chief to divert water from other sources." Xiao Linting thought for a while and told Jiang Qingqing everything that had happened in the court.

Jiang Chen walked aside and frowned when he heard the emperor's uncle speak so generously.

"In the past, when my brothers and I asked the uncle about what happened in the previous dynasty, you said that we were still young and needed to learn knowledge first. After we understood the great principles, we could go and observe and learn. But my sister is younger than us, so why can the uncle tell us directly?"

Jiang Chen spoke up for himself.

When Xiao Linting heard this, he raised his head slightly and glanced sideways at the Third Prince who had grown taller beside him without him noticing.

"Last time, His Highness was tricked and taken to the pond at the horse training ground, and even fell into the water. This time, he was tricked and taken to the horse training ground again. If it weren't for the timely arrival of His Highness the Princess, it's unknown whether His Highness the Third Prince would have fallen into the water today."