"Madam Gao, although you haven't done much evil, you've already created a bad karma. If you don't want to be reborn as an animal after death, I advise you to do one good deed every day. Perhaps this will change your situation and you can continue to be a human in your next life. If your merits can one day outweigh your sins, then continuing to be rich and powerful in your next life won't be a problem."
Xiao Shuangbao ran to Gao's house in the middle of the night and finished all the things that needed to be done.
Before leaving, he said this to Madam Gao, then shook his head and returned to the palace.
The reason why she shook her head was because she knew that Mrs. Gao would not listen to or do what she said before leaving.
It was already late at night and almost dawn when I returned to the palace.
Emperor Chengxuan had not gone to bed yet. He had been reviewing memorials and waiting for her.
When Little Shuangbao came back and saw this scene, he was surprised: "Daddy, why haven't you slept yet?"
"I'm not sleepy, so I want to wait for you. Besides, how can I feel at ease if you don't come back? How can I sleep?"
Seeing the little baby come back, Emperor Cheng Xuan put down the memorial in his hand and said, "Are you hungry? I asked someone to make a midnight snack and kept it warm waiting for you to come back to eat it."
It would be better if he didn't say anything.
After hearing this, Xiao Shuangbao's stomach immediately started to growl in cooperation.
The little baby had nothing to feel embarrassed about and just smiled at Emperor Cheng Xuan.
"Someone, bring the midnight snack over."
Emperor Cheng Xuan did not laugh at her and immediately gave orders.
While waiting for supper, Xiao Shuangbao told him everything that happened after he went to Gao's house.
"That's what the harem is like. There are so many underworlds, and the harem is the same."
Emperor Cheng Xuan did not have any special feelings about this, and commented in a light tone.
"Father, although Shuangbao said in front of Madam Gao today that it was her, Yu Shi, and Zhang Fei's fault, Shuangbao feels that Master Gao is also at fault."
Little Shuangbao nestled in Emperor Chengxuan's arms and said in a baby voice, "Lord Gao married Yu, but he allowed Madam Gao to bully Yu. But he is the head of the family. If he is unwilling to protect Yu, why did he marry her?
“The issues between Madam Gao, her concubines, and her children all seem to be matters between the female protagonists, but in fact, the biggest culprit is him.
"If he had never married Yu, and had no other concubines in the backyard, and had stayed with Madam Gao for the rest of his life, then the tragedy that followed would not have happened. Perhaps Yu would have found a good and ideal husband and lived a peaceful and simple life."
The little baby was quite emotional.
After hearing this, Emperor Chengxuan couldn't help but scratch her nose.
"You silly girl, how dare you say this in front of me? There are more than just Gao and Yu in my harem."
Although he said this, there was no trace of blame in his tone.
Even after saying it, I felt a little regretful, wondering why I said this to the little kid? It seemed like he was being petty.
In fact, he didn't care what the little baby said at all.
Fortunately, Xiao Shuangbao is simple-minded and doesn't think so much.
“It’s different.”
She just said confidently, "Daddy is the emperor, shouldering the responsibility of the world. Having so many people in the harem is not what daddy wants. Look at the last selection, wasn't it the Empress Dowager's idea?
“Besides, Daddy is not like Shuangbao’s God of War Daddy, who, after meeting Mom, only wanted to be with her for the rest of her life.
"Daddy is the emperor, and his throne is high. The women who enter the palace also want Daddy's power. It is different from the Gao family's situation."
Little Shuangbao didn't understand any profound principles, he just said this according to his heart.
She vaguely felt that it was not her father's fault anyway.
"Okay, okay, as long as Shuangbao still thinks about Daddy's goodness, Daddy will be happy."
As we were talking, the midnight snack arrived.
Xiao Shuangbao usually doesn't eat too much for midnight snacks.
After finishing her meal, she digested the food and then washed up and went to bed.
She slept until noon.
Little did they know that just one night later, something big happened in the court.
When Xiao Shuangbao heard the news, Liu Zhuanying had already been thrown into prison.
"The guilty one is not Captain Liu, but his elder brother, the current Great General Liu Rushi."
Chen Cao told Xiao Shuangbao the news she had gathered from the previous dynasty, "Someone reported that General Liu Rushi was corrupt, abused his power, and even illegally forged a dragon robe. They also produced all sorts of evidence. The emperor was furious and had everyone in the General's Mansion arrested."
"But since Liu Rushi was the guilty one, why was Master also arrested?"
Little Shuangbao was a little anxious.
Liu Ruying was a captain of the Five Cities Military Department. He was the instructor personally assigned to her by the emperor. Unless there were special circumstances, she would get up early almost every day to practice martial arts with Liu Rushi.
Today, I slept too late last night and couldn't get up in the morning, so I asked for leave. I didn't expect this to happen.
"Because Liu Rushi turned against him, insisting that the dragon robe was given to him by Captain Liu!"
Chen Cao continued.
"impossible!"
Although Xiao Shuangbao is young, he knows that the emperor's authority cannot be coveted by others. Privately making a dragon robe is a serious crime that will result in the confiscation of property and the extermination of the entire family. How could Liu Zhuanying do such a thing?
"It's true. Captain Liu has already admitted it himself, but his explanation is that he made the dragon robe privately on Liu Rushi's orders. If he didn't obey, Liu Rushi would dig up his biological mother's grave."
Chen Cao said.
Now, Xiao Shuangbao didn't know what to say.
Digging up parents' graves... If someone really forced her to do something like this, I'm afraid Liu Ruanying would not dare to refuse.
"Princess, Captain Liu is a illegitimate child of the Liu family. His biological mother died of illness a long time ago. Over the years, he has been living under the oppression of Liu Rushi. I believe that there must be a hidden reason behind Captain Liu's incident."
Chen Cao said again.
"Yes, you are right. Master would never do such a thing as privately making a dragon robe... Even if he did it, there must be a hidden reason."
Xiao Shuangbao calmed down now and started counting on his fingers, trying to figure out what was going on.
However, she discovered that Liu Ruanying's secret was concealed, and she couldn't calculate it!
This made her suspicion even worse.
"Who is handling this case now?"
She couldn't help but ask.
"It's Zhou Shaoqing from the Dali Temple." Chen Cao replied.
"Mr. Zhou, he is a good official..." Xiao Shuangbao murmured. In his heart, he trusted that Zhou Xu would not wrongly accuse a good person and wrongly blame Liu Qianying, but he inexplicably had a bad premonition.
At this moment, a terrible thought suddenly came to my mind.
What if all this was a plot devised by Liu Ruanying himself, and he disregarded his own life and death, just to bring down Liu Rushi and the Liu family?
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