Chapter 34: No place is worse than your own doghouse



Along with the sound of puffing, a strong and refreshing smell rushed forward.

In front is the back of Xiaosi's head.

Xiao Si's body stiffened, and the stench of Gaitian passed by the back of his head and rushed into his nose.

Uh, sweetie has pooped.

She was dancing with joy just a moment ago, but now she froze in embarrassment and started crying with a "Woooo ...

How embarrassing! She—the time traveler, the reincarnated lucky star, the national treasure of Nanqiao, the Princess Yongle—also has a long list of baggage!

It must be because I laughed too hard that the stinky poop came out. It was so embarrassing, wuwuwu!

"Haha!" The foolish emperor laughed so hard that he fell backwards. The queen and Concubine Wan also covered their mouths and laughed so hard when they saw Xiao Si's frowning face.

Concubine Wan was so excited that she took the little baby to wash her butt without waiting for Tianbao to cry for a while.

The Queen laughed till tears came out of her eyes. "I haven't been this happy in ages. Well, you two are sweating all over after playing. Go take a bath and rest early."

Xiao Si climbed up using his hands and feet and chased after the Second Prince: "Second brother, I want to take a bath with you."

When he stayed at Deyun Palace, he would bathe with Xiaowu, and the two of them could play in the water for a while.

The second prince blushed slightly, but finally couldn't resist Xiao Si's enthusiasm and agreed.

He hasn't bathed with anyone else yet, so he's a little embarrassed...

The next day, Xiao Si was dragged up at dawn.

While washing up in a daze, he thought time had gone back to the day when he accompanied the tyrant emperor to the morning court, and he was startled awake.

The Second Prince turned to look at him and said in a grown-up manner, "I'll pay my respects to Mother and then go to the Imperial Academy. Go to the study and practice calligraphy. Be sure to practice well. Mother will personally check it."

Xiao Si: ???

Why do I have to write when I visit Fengyi Palace?

Seeing that he didn't make a sound, the second prince thought that he was still asleep, so he wet a towel in cold water, wrung it out, and wiped his face.

The cold breath made Xiao Si shiver.

The Second Prince continued, "My Queen Mother will probably ask Aunt Huaying to supervise you. Don't be naughty. Aunt Huaying has a ruler in her hand. It was pressed with the Phoenix Seal by my Queen Mother. She can hit our palms with it."

Xiao Si woke up completely and wanted to cry.

The second prince thought that he was still asleep, so he took him to greet the queen good morning.

After the Queen had breakfast with them, the Second Prince went to the Imperial Academy in an orderly manner, without crying or making a fuss.

The Queen turned her head to look at Xiao Si, who was dawdling over his breakfast, and said gently, "What have you learned? Can you write?"

Xiao Si said sullenly, "Mother, I, I...I can't write a few words."

"You are already five years old and will go to the Imperial Academy next year. It is not good to know too few words. So, after dinner, go to your second brother's study to practice calligraphy. I will let Huaying teach you." Huaying was a maid who grew up with the queen and was her study companion when she was young. She was more than qualified to teach a five-year-old child.

Xiao Si was sobbing inwardly, but she forced herself to change her words: "Mother, actually, I, I... I was just being modest. I can actually write a lot of words."

No need to write now, right?

The Queen understood: "Then go to the study and write out the words you are going to write. After you are done, give it to Huaying to check. Then let her teach you to read two articles."

Xiao Si: ...You can’t dodge it anyway?

He let out a muffled "Oh".

He didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of the Queen, which was different from not daring to be presumptuous in front of his own mother.

He couldn't tell the reason.

After finishing his breakfast, he bowed respectfully to the queen, then hung his head and followed Huaying to the study.

Concubine Dong brought Xiao Wu here early, and also came with her the fourth-rank Concubine Sun and Concubine Zheng who lived in the side hall of Deyun Palace.

Seeing Xiao Si's well-behaved appearance, Concubine De smiled and said, "After staying overnight at Fengyi Palace, the Fourth Prince has become more stable in his words and deeds than before."

Concubine Sun and Concubine Zheng whispered to each other, "Noble Concubine Shu... Zhong Cainu has been sent to the cold palace, but His Highness the Fourth Prince doesn't seem to be very sad."

Concubine De said sarcastically, "It's because she usually does mischief that even her own son is not close to her."

After a few people chatted and laughed for a while, people from other palaces soon arrived.

Everyone's main task today is the same, which is to congratulate Concubine Wan and complain about Concubine Zhong.

Most of Zhong Cainü's former minions were fence-sitters, and they all cleverly changed sides.

The only one who was closest to Zhong Cainu was Liu Zhaoyi, who was squeezed back and forth by various faction leaders...

Xiao Si could only write a few words, and he finished writing them all in less than an incense stick of time.

Huaying glanced at it expressionlessly. There were only twenty words, and six of them were written wrongly.

She circled the typo and said, "Fourth Prince, please rewrite these words."

Xiao Si had a sad face and reluctantly rewrote it, but it was still all wrong.

Huaying glanced at him suspiciously: "Has His Highness the Fourth Prince always written these six words like this?"

"Yeah." Xiao Si was nonchalant and didn't sit properly.

Huaying shook her head and rewrote the correct character: "Your Highness wrote this character with the dot horizontally; this character has a long horizontal line on top and a short horizontal line on the bottom..."

Xiao Si was daydreaming, glancing at Huaying's mouth out of the corner of his eye, which was chattering non-stop.

She's so nagging, does she have obsessive-compulsive disorder?

"Did you hear clearly, Your Highness? Please rewrite it again."

Xiao Si glared at her angrily, picked up the brush and started scribbling on her face: "How many times do you want me to write it?"

“Bang!”

Huaying pulled up his left hand and hit it with a ruler. A red mark immediately appeared on Xiaosi's palm, and her face was also covered with a lot of scribbled marks.

"Your Highness, did you hear that? Please concentrate!" Huaying hit him really hard. She wouldn't hit him frequently, but she would definitely use real force every time she hit him.

Xiao Si was furious and waved his hand to overturn the things on the desk to the ground.

The ink in the inkstone spilled onto the ground, staining it black; the brushes on the pen holder fell to the ground in pieces; papers flew everywhere, and fell to the ground, leaving ink spots; several books were also scattered everywhere...

Huaying remained expressionless: "I will go get some water and a rag. Your Highness, please clean up yourself."

"You dog slave, what right do you have to hit me and order me around! Be careful of me... Woo." Xiao Si yelled at her back, but his mouth was covered by the accompanying eunuch Xiao Caizi.

After the figure walked away, the young scholar knelt down hurriedly: "Your Highness! This is not Mingyue Palace, Your Highness, please think twice before speaking! Your Highness is now helpless and cannot be as willful as before. No matter how well the Queen treats Your Highness, she is not the one who gave birth to Your Highness. From now on... Hey, Your Highness, please learn to be more sensible, otherwise your life will be difficult!"

A nest of gold or silver is not as good as your own doghouse. Even though Concubine Shu has fallen, they are not all rootless duckweed.

Apart from being scolded by his mother, Xiao Si had never been humiliated by servants.

He was very unhappy.

His mother told him that these slaves were born lowly and must obey their masters.

But why, after coming to Fengyi Palace, was he being controlled by a servant? He couldn't fight back when she hit him, and couldn't even talk back when she scolded him?

He clenched his fists in hatred and stared at the door.

When Huaying brought water and a rag, Xiaosi had a fit.

He didn't care what the little talented boy, the servant, said. After all, in Mingyue Palace, he wouldn't be criticized for beating and scolding the servants.

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