"The fifth prince of Daqi has been missing for more than half a month." When Xiao Si was led to Zhong Dequan's study, Zhong Dequan was discussing matters with someone.
Seeing him coming, Zhong Dequan waved his hand.
The man bowed to Xiao Si and left.
Xiao Si felt that he looked familiar, as if he had seen him in the court two years ago.
"Here I am." Zhong Dequan was still sitting on the armchair, without any respect for the fourth prince on his face.
Xiao Si rolled his eyes and picked a chair to sit down. "Grandfather asked me to come here. What's the matter?"
Seeing him like this, Zhong Dequan's expression became more solemn.
According to his observation, of the nine princes, the third prince was the most outstanding, with quite an imperial demeanor; the second prince was the second most stable. However, neither of them had any relationship with him, so if he wanted to support them, he would naturally have to support the fourth prince.
But Xiao Si was neither good at literature nor martial arts, and it made him angry just looking at him.
"Does your Highness the Fourth Prince have any ideas for the future?"
Xiao Si's scalp tightened. He was already seven years old and knew that Zhong Dequan was asking about the position of crown prince.
Before coming, he didn't have any idea at all. After all, being an emperor is really too hard!
But thinking of the scene just now, his face tightened: "I want to be the crown prince and sit on the dragon throne!"
Zhong Dequan breathed a sigh of relief, a look of relief on his face. It seemed the Fourth Prince could still be saved, and wouldn't become so stubborn and degenerate as to have no ideals. Naturally, he would do his utmost to support him.
"In that case..." Zhong Dequan said a long string of words.
Xiao Si, who had just entered the core of the intrigue, was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out of his head: "How can that be?! Tianbao is my only little sister, Nan Qiao's only little princess... Big brother and the others... they are all my brothers, this is not allowed..."
"Hmph." Zhong Dequan glanced at him sideways, very dissatisfied.
This grandson's scheming and viciousness are no match for his daughter. It's a pity that Mrs. Zhong passed away early!
Zhong Dequan said expressionlessly, "Did you know that Daqi lost a prince?"
"What does it have to do with me? I didn't lose it." Xiao Si felt that Zhong Dequan was getting senile. He was just talking about conspiracies and tricks, so why did he suddenly talk about Da Qi?
"Emperor Daqi has been considering appointing a crown prince recently, but he just happened to lose a prince at this time. What do you think is the reason?" Zhong Dequan smiled, his eyes cunning.
Xiao Si looked up in shock. "Grandfather, what you mean is... that the other princes lost him?"
Zhong Dequan looked at him sinisterly. "Your Highness is not stupid. It is said that this prince is a prodigy. He could write at the age of three, debate at the age of four, debate with scholars at the age of five, and master strategy at the age of six. If Daqi were to appoint a crown prince, he would be the most suitable candidate."
Xiao Si's heart was shaken, and he couldn't help but mutter, "What's so good about being an emperor? He even doesn't hesitate to hurt his brothers."
"Your Highness, you're above everyone else, and you still don't think it's good?" Zhong Dequan didn't know what was going on in his head. He really wanted to pry it open. Hadn't the tyrant once brought them to experience the daily life of an emperor? Couldn't he see the charm of the emperor's power?
Xiao Si curled his lips, "Not necessarily. Whenever the emperor makes a decision, the ministers always argue back and forth, which makes things very difficult."
Zhong Dequan sneered disdainfully: "To be disrespectful, that's because the emperor is incompetent and has devoted all his attention to carpentry."
Think about the years before the little princess was born, haha.
When a minister performed meritorious service, he would be rewarded with a wooden artifact personally crafted by the emperor. These could be anything from a screen to a folding fan. They were exquisite, but how much were they worth? Even if everyone had opinions, they didn't dare to voice them.
There are many skilled craftsmen in this world, but Nan Qiao is an emperor like that. His duty is to be an emperor, not to be obsessed with being a carpenter!
"A powerful person like Emperor Daqi is a tyrant. No one dares to refute his words. He always keeps his word. Who dares to argue with him? Daqi has been gaining momentum in recent years. Its territory has more than doubled. How powerful it is! If we in Nanqiao had not suddenly given birth to a lucky star, the people would probably have changed their minds..." Zhong Dequan sighed and shook his head.
However, the foolish monarch's mind seemed to have become much clearer in the past two years, and Nanqiao had a hint of prosperity.
But it's just the last gasp of a dying force, so there's no point in saying more.
Xiao Si murmured twice: Tyrant? Tyrant...
The confusion in his eyes gradually cleared up, and he seemed to have found his goal...
Tianbao was waiting for barbecue. When Qin Huo looked around with his peripheral vision, he found a stall selling purses.
There is a pair of koi purses that are extremely cute. The koi open their mouths as if they want to eat, and their open mouths are the openings of the purses. When tied, the koi look like they have their mouths closed.
As soon as Qin Huo saw the purse, he felt that it matched the little milk bag very well.
Just as silly and a little cute.
He walked over unconsciously, touched his waist, and wanted to buy it and give it to Little Milk Bag. After all, he saved his life and treated him to delicious food.
His hand touched nothing and he paused in embarrassment.
Tian Bao, who had been holding his hand, followed him closely and looked at the purses. Tian Bao looked around, stood on tiptoe and asked quietly, "Sister Fairy, do you want to buy purses?"
Qin Huo nodded and looked at Tianbao's purse, which was inlaid with gold and silver threads, looking so rich.
He pointed directly at Tianbao's purse and spread out his hands, wanting to borrow some money, which he would surely pay back hundreds or thousands of times in the future.
Tian Bao blinked, took out some silver and handed it to the old lady selling purses: "Buy two!"
"Young Master, you have a good eye. These two purses are the most expensive, worth two taels of silver."
Qin Huo felt it was too cheap, and a purse of two taels of silver could not express his gratitude at all.
However, Tianbao immediately became like a poor orphan, frowning and saying, "It's too expensive! Can you make it cheaper?"
Princess Jing, who was a few steps away, said: ...It's so sad. Princess Yongle is actually bargaining?
Prince Jing, who was peeking from the carriage, said: ...He wanted to kill someone. That tyrant king was really mean to Tianbao girl, wasn't he?
"Young master, my eyesight is not good, and these two purses took me a long time to embroider." The old lady saw that the two children were dressed richly and refused to lower the price.
Qin Huo pulled Tianbao and turned around, not wanting it anymore.
But Tianbao really wanted it, so he reluctantly took out two taels of silver and said, "Here, buy it!"
Qin Huo thought for a moment, wrote a word on the stall, and pointed to the tail of the koi.
The old lady said uncertainly, "Young Master, do you want to embroider words on it? That would require another..."
"Ahem!" Prince Jing in the carriage couldn't stand it any longer. He said, "Don't you dare yell at a child like that? Didn't you see that little sweetie was already bargaining for the price? If he raised the price again, wouldn't she be heartbroken?"
The old lady heard the man's voice and smiled awkwardly: "Okay! I will embroider two words for you as well."
So, on the two koi purses, one was embroidered with the word "sweet" and the other was embroidered with the word "fairy".
Tianbao stuffed the purse with the word "Xian" on it into Qin Huo's hand, and happily stuffed the other purse into her clothes, patting it gently, as if she had hidden a rare treasure.
It’s great to have a beautiful sister. Purses are what girls like. Those brothers only give slingshots, night pearls, warm jade... They are too straight men.
Prince Jing stared at the purse on Xiao Qinhuo's waist, feeling that it was very eye-catching, causing pain in his eyes and a stuffy feeling in his heart.
It was clearly two children giving each other a small gift, but he felt as if the boy was exchanging tokens with Tianbao.
A token of love.
Hahaha!
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