Zhao Chen raised his eyes and looked at Concubine Xuan with displeasure.
"You want to control how I act?"
Concubine Xuan lowered her head in astonishment. She was clearly just muttering softly, how could Zhao Chen hear it?
When Lin Zhiya saw the fruit wine, she secretly drank a lot of it. The fruit wine was cloyingly sweet, but Lin Zhiya had a special liking for this taste.
She remembered that when she was still a girl, she loved the low-quality sweet taste of fruit wine. Lin Yiyuan was too poor, so several sisters would often fight over a bowl of fruit wine.
Lin Zhiya looked down at the reflection in the cup and fell into deep thought.
[Why do I feel like drinking sour grapes? It must be an illusion. ]
【vomit--】
Zhao Chen's hands trembled and he subconsciously looked over his shoulder. He would never forget the time when Lin Zhiya vomited all over him.
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Fortunately, Lin Zhiya didn't vomit. Zhao Chen gently reminded her, "My beloved concubine, don't get so close to me. I feel a little hot and want to get some fresh air."
Lin Zhiya then moved to the side and licked the corner of her lips behind Zhao Chen's back.
She suddenly felt puzzled: "Am I close to the emperor? Isn't Concubine Xuan just as close?"
"Is Concubine Xuan not going to block the wind? Is the emperor saying that I'm fat?"
Lin Zhiya was angry, haha, dog emperor.
Faced with Lin Zhiya's questioning gaze, Zhao Chen was speechless. He couldn't say that he was afraid that Lin Zhiya would vomit on him again.
Zhao Chen had no choice but to say in a cold voice: "Xuan Jieyu should stay away from me. I haven't asked you how you discipline the eldest prince yet."
Concubine Xuan moved her seat in embarrassment, retreated to the bottom, and looked at the eldest prince and his mother with tears in her eyes.
The eldest prince whispered, "Mother, I don't want to go to the military camp. I will definitely lose a layer of skin if I go."
Xuan Jieyu also cried and lowered her voice and said, "Son, please bear with it. I will ask your father for mercy later."
The eldest prince was sad: "It has to be like this, wuwuwu."
The family dinner was still going on. The musician came up and played a piece of pipa music. When the atmosphere was at its peak, Zhao Chen wanted to test several princes.
Zhao Chen's words were sincere, "When the late emperor was alive, he always favored military generals, which left me without any talents. I hope you can all become talented. Governing the country still depends on civil officials."
Zhao Xiaoxiong secretly kept these words in mind, and a hint of determination flashed in his eyes.
Several princes looked sad: "Father, didn't we go to the army for training? Why do we still need to take exams?"
Zhao Chen frowned, "You've eaten your meal but you don't want to eat vegetables? I see that you usually eat a lot."
Lin Zhiya burst out laughing. This analogy was too funny, causing Concubine Xuan to glare at her with hostility.
The princes had no choice but to wait obediently. At this time, they heard the sound of a wheelchair turning. Lin Zhiya turned around and saw Chi Rong being pushed over by a palace maid.
Chi Rong's fallen hair covered her head again, and her face was still as white as paper. Lin Zhiya looked at her and found that there were a few lighter sections in her hair. She didn't know what they were glued on with.
Chi Rong said shyly: "I haven't been out for a few days. I have to rest for a few days before I can get out of bed. I heard there was a party and couldn't help but come over."
Lin Zhiya thought that she was a troublemaker. The princes were all here, and she was going to come up and ruin the atmosphere.
As expected, Concubine Xuan didn't tolerate her, and she took out her anger on Chi Rong.
"Miss Chi, the emperor is hosting a family banquet. Why are you here to join in the fun? If you feel bored, there are plenty of shows for you to watch outside the palace."
Chi Rong's face froze, and he said gloomily, "I plan to leave the palace in a few days. After I finish drinking this medicine..."
Xuan Jieyu's ears were almost callused after hearing this. She was about to retort her when she heard the rhythmic sound of Zhao Chen's knuckles tapping on the table.
Concubine Xuan stopped talking and glanced at Chi Rong with contempt.
Zhao Chen: "It's not appropriate to make noise today. Give Chi Rong a seat."
Chi Rong was about to sit down when she found Lin Zhiya looking at her. Chi Rong's heart skipped a beat. Ever since she felt the shock from her hair loss last time, she had developed a trauma towards Lin Zhiya.
Chi Rong hesitated slightly, turned a corner, and sat in a corner farther away from Lin Zhiya.
Her faint voice came: "I'll just sit here."
At Zhao Chen's instruction, a lot of fruit wine was served. Lin Zhiya used the excuse of pouring wine for Zhao Chen to pour a lot of it into her own glass.
Zhao Chen finally couldn't bear it anymore, and put his hand over the rim of the cup, covering Lin Zhiya's hand as well, scaring her.
[What's wrong? Why don't you let me drink? 】
Lin Zhiya complained quietly, stammering and complaining to Zhao Chen in her heart. Zhao Chen found it funny and grabbed Lin Zhiya's hand and put it on his knee.
Zhao Chen: "Just drink it yourself, why are you bringing me along? I'm about to vomit."
Lin Zhiya sighed, thinking that her love for fruit wine had been exposed.
Zhao Xiaoxiong looked at his mother in confusion and couldn't help but say, "Mom, don't drink too much. The master said that drinking fruit wine will also damage your teeth."
Lin Zhiya said seriously, trying to save her face: "Of course mother knows."
After a while, Lin Zhiya poured herself two more glasses of fruit wine, and Zhao Chen had already started asking questions to several princes.
As they did not have cheat sheets, several princes gave confused answers and were scolded by Zhao Chen.
It was Zhao Xiaoxiong's turn. Although Zhao Xiaoxiong was nervous, he still expressed himself clearly.
Even the few ambiguous questions that Zhao Chen had deliberately picked out were seen through by Zhao Xiaoxiong, who answered them almost exactly.
After a few questions, several princes were so ashamed that they could not raise their heads, but Zhao Xiaoxiong straightened his chest in front of Zhao Chen's surprised gaze.
Concubine Xuan was shocked: "They both took classes from Tutor Sun, how come there is such a big gap? Could it be that Tutor Sun gave the Fifth Prince extra lessons?"
[Teacher Sun used to only tutor others, so our little bear is of course very talented.]
Zhao Xiaoxiong also said: "My mother taught me all this. She told me to work hard and not give up. I read the book for a few days and suddenly I understood everything."
Zhao Chen looked quietly at Concubine Xuan who was trying hard to argue, then looked at Lin Zhiya who was concentrating on drinking and was about to get drunk, and the corner of his eye suddenly twitched.
Zhao Chen was puzzled: "...I didn't know that Concubine Wan liked fruit wine so much."
Zhao Chen no longer had any hope for his harem. People like Concubine Xuan and the eldest prince only made Zhao Chen feel cold in his heart.
Zhao Chen called Zhao Xiaoxiong to his side. Zhao Xiaoxiong looked up at his father and heard his father say, "I will ask you one last question."
Zhao Chen said in a deep voice: "When the late emperor was still alive, an incident occurred. A merchant named Chen came up with an idea to use coupons instead of money. People with cake coupons can go to his shop to exchange them for flower cakes."
"But how do we get the food coupons?" Zhao Xiaoxiong swallowed nervously.
Zhao Chen: "With two-thirds of the money for the flower cakes, you can buy a cake voucher. But later it was found that there were too many people exchanging for flower cakes, and the store couldn't handle it, so the businessman surnamed Chen decided to delay it, so the cake vouchers could only be exchanged for flower cakes after two months."
Zhao Chen: "Two months later, the late emperor killed the merchant named Chen."
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