Chapter 257 Goose: What is this? Male protagonist, take a bite

"Dad, can you please come out?"

Xie Hui lay on the bed with a look of despair on his face, holding on to the quilt tightly, while Xie Yuan sat beside the bed holding a medicine bottle, gloating over the misfortune.

"Why are you shy? I am your father, not someone else. When you were little, I even took care of your poop and pee. Why didn't you feel shy then?"

"You also said that was when we were kids. Put the medicine down and I'll do it myself."

"Do it yourself. How can you do it yourself? You hurt your butt, and you don't have eyes behind it. Hurry up and be obedient. If you don't let your father apply medicine, then ask your mother to do it for you." Xie Yuan deliberately pulled open the bed curtain and shouted to the outside.

Princess Kang Le, who was sitting outside, laughed for a long time. After hearing what Xie Yuan said, she deliberately replied, "That's right. It's embarrassing to let your father apply the medicine. Then let your mother do it. After all, you were born by me, so it won't hurt to have a look at your butt."

"Mom, I'm already so old, can you please stop joining in the fun?"

In the end, Xie Hui had no choice but to loosen the quilt and let his father apply medicine. Originally, he planned to keep this a secret and just apply some medicine himself, but the servants saw that he was injured and did not allow him to call a doctor, so they went to report to his father and mother. When the couple heard about this, they immediately ran over to show concern (and laugh at) him.

Xie Yuan was overjoyed. It was so interesting. After ten years old, he became mature. If it weren't for those two big geese, he would never have seen such an interesting son.

"Oh! The wound is not light! This goose's bite is quite vicious."

"Look at you, where is your Qinggong? You've learned martial arts for so many years, but you were ruined by a goose. What a pity." Xie Yuan muttered schadenfreude while applying medicine.

Xie Hui closed his eyes and said nothing. After returning from Jingzhao Prefecture today, he went to see the two geese and planned to give them a bath himself. He did not expect the geese to be so ferocious and suddenly came to peck him. Their movements were so fast that he forgot to use his Qinggong skills, which allowed the geese to successfully sneak up on him.

"Okay. Be more careful next time. Geese are very ferocious. People try to avoid them, but you still want to give them a bath. You are really fearless."

"Please get out." Xie Hui needed some time to accept the fact that his father had seen his butt at the age of over 20.

Xie Yuan knew when to stop, and stood up happily to go out to find the princess to recall how cute his son was when he was a child.

"It's fine if you and mother know about this, but you can't tell Manman!" Such an embarrassing thing must not be known to Manman, otherwise Xie Hui will really move out of the capital overnight...

"You are wrong. Two people who truly love each other should be completely open with each other. Look, Dad would never hide anything from your mom."

"Okay, come out now and stop teasing him." Princess Kangle showed mercy and called Xie Yuan away, leaving her son alone to deal with the embarrassment.

The next day after applying the medicine, Xie Hui still felt a dull pain in the wound, but today was the 26th and he had to go to court. In order to avoid being noticed, he made sure that there was no difference in his walking before leaving the house in the morning.

Today is the last morning court session of the year, and after it, the ministers can return to their homes to prepare for the New Year, and then attend the first grand court session of the New Year on the 16th day of next year.

Maybe it’s because we’re about to have a holiday. Today, on the way to court, everyone was in high spirits and the whole journey was filled with laughter.

Normally, no one would present anything to spoil the mood at this court meeting. It was a common understanding that everyone came in high spirits and went home in high spirits.

At the beginning of the morning court today, the emperor took out a few pieces of paper and said, "These are the essays I wrote to test the princes and princesses a few days ago. My dear ministers, please listen to what they wrote. I would like to ask the Grand Tutor to read them to me. Just read the essays, and don't tell me who wrote them."

What the emperor was holding in his hand was the answer sheet of the last test for the princes and princesses. The top article was the essay written by Princess Zhaoyang at that time.

"The way to be a king."

As soon as these four words came out, the ministers below began to whisper to each other. The emperor actually tested the princes with this question. The way to be a monarch was something that only the crown prince would learn in the past. Could it be that the emperor wanted to establish a crown prince?

Master He did not care about everyone's reactions and continued to read the article word by word. Gradually, everyone stopped talking and began to listen carefully to the content of the article. Master He read word by word very slowly to make sure that everyone could hear clearly.

After reading the article, the emperor said, "My dear ministers, have you heard what I just said? Why don't you tell me what you think of this article?"

No one spoke, so Emperor Zhaoming began to call out names, "Sir Ma, I remember that when you took the imperial examination, you wrote an excellent essay, which was highly praised. Why don't you speak first?"

Lord Ma did not expect that the emperor had such a good memory. He had a lot of hair when he took the imperial examination. It has been so many years, but the emperor still remembered it.

"Your Majesty, I think this article is well-written and well-reasoned, beautiful but not superficial, and every sentence is meaningful. It is obvious that the author of this article is definitely a man of great talent."

Everyone knows that the article was written by the princes and princesses. No matter how it was written, the ministers knew that it would definitely be praised. However, in this article, Lord Ma did not say anything too exaggerated. He just told the truth. This is indeed a good article.

"Oh? It seems that Mr. Ma Aiqing thinks highly of this article. Then guess who wrote this article?"

Ma was very disappointed. Why did they only ask him who he guessed wrote the poem at this time? To put it in a deeper way, wasn't it just asking him to say who he supported to be the crown prince? In the middle of winter, Ma was sweating all over his forehead.

"This... I really don't know."

"I let you guess, and I won't punish you if you guess wrong, so what are you afraid of?" The emperor looked at Lord Ma, and then swept his eyes around the palace, "Don't just sit there, think about it, and don't listen in vain."

Lord Ma thought quickly in his mind. There are so many princes. If he guessed right, it would be fine. But if he guessed wrong, wouldn't he offend people? Since it was not easy to say any prince casually... Lord Ma's eyes suddenly lit up. Why not just give the most unlikely answer?

"Your Majesty, I have just savored this article in my mind. The wording and sentence selection of the article are very delicate, so I guess that this article was written by Princess Zhaoyang!"

After Lord Ma finished speaking, he found that everyone was looking at him in surprise, even the Grand Tutor. Lord Ma was very pleased with himself. Did they think he was weird? That's right! Thanks to his intelligence, he avoided this pit. He would not be stupid enough to get involved in the fight for the position of Crown Prince! Absolutely not!

The Emperor and the Grand Tutor naturally had no idea what Lord Ma was thinking, and they thought he was a genius who had the ability to read people.

The emperor suppressed a smile and said, "Lord Ma said it was Princess Zhaoyang who did it. I am really surprised. What about the other ministers?"