The next day.
Li Qiji had already gone to court. Guan Zhiyue was awakened by Chang Le's laughter. She had been kept up by Li Qiji until midnight last night and was still in a daze, unable to distinguish east from west.
When she opened her eyes, she saw Chang Le lying next to her. She didn't know when she had woken up. She was staring at Guan Zhiyue with her big eyes wide open, and her mouth was drooling because of her smile.
"Oh, my darling, you really are my little darling!"
Guan Zhiyue rolled over and scooped Chang Le into her arms, tapped her little nose, and said, "My sweetie, why are you awake!"
"Did your mother wake you up?"
Little Chang Le just grinned and chuckled, lost in thought, her big, dark eyes fixed on her without blinking!
"You shameless fool!"
Guan Zhiyue shouted loudly, and Bilian, who was waiting at the door, heard the shout and pushed the door open to enter.
"Your Majesty, you're awake!"
"Hmm, why is Xiao Chang Le in my room? Where is the wet nurse?" Guan Zhiyue asked.
Bilian respectfully walked to the bedside and said, "Your Majesty, Princess Chang Le was brought here by the Emperor."
Guan Zhiyue listened to Bilian's words and gave a faint "oh" before saying nothing more.
"Your Majesty, are you getting up?" Bilian asked.
Guan Zhiyue thought for a moment and asked, "Where is the Emperor? Did he go to the morning court?"
Bilian clasped her hands together in front of her and nodded slightly, saying, "Yes, His Majesty has already gone to the morning court session. Before leaving, he instructed me not to overwork you, saying that you had worked hard last night."
Guan Zhiyue blushed instantly, her face turning bright red. What kind of nonsense was this? It made her blush so deeply!
Then, as if remembering something, he asked, "By the way, has Seventh Imperial Uncle left?"
Bilian shook her head and moved closer to Guan Zhiyue, saying, "I heard that the Seventh Prince stayed overnight in the palace last night."
Guan Zhiyue's eyes widened upon hearing this. It seemed something was amiss! He had actually stayed overnight in the palace. It seemed she really was going to have a stepfather-in-law!
"How did you know?" Guan Zhiyue asked.
Bilian whispered, "This matter has spread throughout the palace. They're saying that the Seventh Prince is in love with the Empress Dowager."
"How could rumors spread so quickly? What else could it be?"
Bilian shook her head and said, "I don't know about the others. I only heard it from the people in the kitchen. They said they went to the imperial kitchen to collect today's rice and rations this morning and heard about it."
Guan Zhiyue shrugged, gave a delicate yawn, and said, "Okay, I understand. You can leave now. I'll play with Xiao Changle for a while before getting up."
So Bilian withdrew, and Guan Zhiyue happily played with Xiao Changle on the bed again.
One moment they would lift Chang Le high in the air, the next they would pinch her little hands and cheeks, which made Chang Le laugh out loud.
The Golden Palace.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!" An old man walked to the center, bowed, and said.
Li Qiji looked at the remonstrating officials below the stage, rolled his eyes, and wondered if this guy was about to start cursing again.
"Minister Liu, what is it that you wish to report?" Li Qiji asked in a cold voice with sharp eyes.
Upon hearing this voice, Liu Jie felt a slight unease throughout his body, but he still straightened his back and said, "Your Majesty, what I wish to report is that our country is currently peaceful and prosperous. The Empress has been married into the royal family for three years, but has not yet given birth to a prince. None of the other concubines in the harem have also given any good news. I urge Your Majesty to expedite the reproduction of the royal family and strengthen the territory of our Southern Ding Kingdom."
Li Qiji: "..." I'll reproduce my ass, you old geezer, you've got too much to do.
"Minister Liu, what you say is absolutely right. I have also considered this matter. However, what I am worried about now is the unrest in the country!"
"As for the important task of procreating the royal family, I will decline it for now. The most important thing now is to stabilize the safety of the country."
When the ministers heard Li Qiji's first words, they were all wondering if the emperor was about to change his ways and start favoring the concubines in the harem.
While everyone was secretly happy for their child, the emperor suddenly changed his tune and brought up the issue of national unrest again.
"Your Majesty~~~"
Li Qiji quickly spoke up to stop him, saying, "Minister Liu, I know your good intentions, but all I want now is to bring peace to the world."
Liu Jie: "..."
The morning meeting ended amidst everyone's discussions. After leaving the Golden Palace, Li Qiji went to the Imperial Study to organize memorials and didn't have time to deal with his mother and uncle's affairs.
However, I heard that the Imperial Uncle stayed overnight in the palace last night. It seems that my mother really can't bear to punish her Imperial Uncle!
"Hua Quan, send someone to check on my mother and my uncle. See what their situation is now," Li Qiji said as he walked.
Hua Quan quickly bowed and left. Ji Wu, who was standing to the side, asked, "Your Majesty, should we still investigate the Seventh Prince?"
Li Qiji crossed his hands in front of him, turning the jade thumb ring on his right thumb with his left hand, and slowly walked back to the Imperial Study, thinking about the question Ji Wu had just asked.
When they were almost at the Imperial Study, he slowly said, "Keep an eye on things."
Ji Wu clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Yes." Then he turned and left.
However, a fierce battle is unfolding 500 kilometers away from the capital.
"はははは, すべてkill して, privy は比らに死んでもらいます!" [Hahahaha, kill them all, I want them dead! 】
A man with a shaved head in the middle and a mustache on the corner of his mouth stood at the crossroads of a village, holding a long knife in his hand. He had one hand on the scabbard at his waist and the other holding the knife up. He was shouting loudly.
Behind him followed a man dressed in the same manner, wearing wooden clogs and carrying a long sword, who charged straight in.
They started hacking at anyone they saw. In an instant, the entire village was filled with the sounds of roosters crowing, dogs barking, women crying, men shouting, children crying, and old people cursing. The whole village was plunged into screams of terror. Chickens flew around in fright, and dogs barked wildly in terror.
Two men, the leader, were pointing long knives at a pregnant woman, laughing maniacally, "Is this a boy or a girl?" [Let's guess, is it a boy or a girl?]
In the blink of an eye, amidst the woman's terror, a knife slashed open her abdomen, and another man plunged his long knife into her belly, pulling the child out along with the placenta and umbilical cord.
The woman watched as her child was impaled in a scabbard, and her own abdomen was ripped open. She died with her eyes wide open.
The other man looked up, a satisfied smile spreading across his face. "Yamamoto-kun, I won! This is a boy!"
The two men were quite satisfied. They threw the child on the ground, wiped their blood-stained long knives on the woman, and then strode away.
However, under a large banyan tree, a dozen women were surrounded by a group of men. The men held long, gleaming knives and wore lewd smiles, treating the women as tools for their amusement and shoving.
A mocking smile appeared on their faces. Some of the women were so fierce that they bit their tongues and committed suicide on the spot. Some even brought scissors and plunged them into their hearts, dying instantly.
But these beasts don't just let people go after they die; they continue to do things that even beasts wouldn't do, dragging the dead body aside and humiliating it.
In an instant, blood was everywhere in Darong Village. Crows circled overhead, and the air was thick with the stench of blood. The entire village fell silent; not a single life remained. Even the livestock had been slaughtered...
Darong Village was massacred by Japanese pirates...
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