Chapter 241 Father's Love is as Solid as a Mountain (Second Update)
A crack appeared on the Crown Princess's perfect expression.
The story begins with four people blindfolding someone and arresting them.
This game was inspired by little Ming'er, who often saw his grandfather, the king, and his concubines playing it in the Kingdom of Liang, and then he remembered it.
The four of them played rock-paper-scissors to decide who would be blindfolded first, and the result was Qin Chuyu.
After Qin Chuyu blindfolded himself, he started catching people. Xiao Jingkong and Xu Zhouzhou, not understanding the rules of the game, laughed out loud and were successfully caught by Qin Chuyu. Ming'er was not caught - because the first person caught will start counting, and the game ends when they count to one hundred. If the blindfolded person cannot catch the other three people within one hundred, they lose.
The first person caught will become the blindfolded person in the next round.
The second one is Xu Zhouzhou.
Qin Chuyu couldn't help but laugh out loud, and was successfully caught by Xu Zhouzhou.
Little Jingkong is a little wrestler. He tripped and fell, making a commotion, and was successfully caught.
Ming'er continues to win.
This happened several times, but Ming'er was never caught.
Finally, it was Xiao Jingkong's turn to be the blindfolded person, and he grabbed Ming'er first.
Ming'er believes that Xiao Jingkong cheated.
"I didn't!" Xiao Jingkong said earnestly, pulling down the cloth strip.
Ming'er: "Then how did you know I was here?"
"You have a voice!" Xiao Jingkong meant that he heard his voice.
"I didn't!" Ming'er was confident that she hadn't made any noise.
The purifier jumped up and down in exasperation: "You did! You did! You exhaled! You exhaled five times! Three heavy and two light!"
Xiao Jingkong practices his basic skills day and night, and he can even perceive the rustling of a leaf. How could he not hear a person's breathing?
But Ming'er simply didn't believe it!
He said arrogantly, "You...are...cheating!"
Xu Zhouzhou and Qin Chuyu firmly stood by their good friend.
Xu Zhouzhou: "Jingkong is very smart!"
Qin Chuyu: "That's right! He knows everything! You can test him if you don't believe me!"
The topic was thus steered astray by two overprotective teammates.
The two began a recitation contest, reciting from the Three Character Classic to the Thousand Character Classic, and from the Three Hundred Ancient Poems to the Four Books and Five Classics.
At first, the two were evenly matched, but later on, Ming'er gradually struggled, while Xiao Jingkong remained in control.
The palace servants, seeing that they were simply reciting texts and considering it harmless, did not intervene in time.
When Ming'er stumbled and couldn't recite the line for the third time, and Xiao Jingkong easily finished it, Ming'er's emotions suddenly exploded. He reached out and pushed Xiao Jingkong to the ground!
It's grass, so it doesn't hurt, but Xiao Jingkong is a little confused.
Seeing this, Xu Zhouzhou objected.
You dare bully my friend? I'll make you crawl on your knees today!
Xu Zhouzhou pounced over and punched Ming'er, knocking her to the ground.
The female official and the eunuch rushed forward to pull the group apart, but it was too late; Qin Chuyu, the chubby boy, had also joined in the beating.
Xiao Jingkong was too small to squeeze in, so he grabbed Ming'er's foot to prevent her from kicking Xu Zhouzhou and Qin Chuyu.
The three little ones are surprisingly strong.
After all, the title "Three Scoundrels of the Imperial Academy" wasn't given lightly.
When the four were separated, Ming'er's face was swollen from being slapped.
Three little ones...not a problem at all!
Princess Yu had fallen asleep while sunbathing, so she didn't hear the commotion immediately. By the time she arrived at the scene, Ming'er's face was already swollen like a bun.
The Crown Princess hurriedly explained the whole story to the Princess Consort of Yu, without embellishing or deliberately concealing anything.
The Crown Princess thought that the Princess Consort of Yu would be furious and vent her anger for her son, but to her surprise, she calmly said to the eunuch, "Take Ming'er away to change her clothes first."
"yes!"
The eunuch took Ming'er away.
Princess Yu never punished servants in front of her son.
As Ming'er walked, she kept looking back at Princess Yu.
To his surprise, his mother did not punish the little ones who had bullied him. Instead, she knelt down in front of the youngest little one and took out a handkerchief to wipe the little one's face.
He didn't hear what his mother said to the little boy, but the way his mother treated him so gently made his heart ache.
With such a serious incident, the Crown Princess naturally had to give Qin Chuyu a stern talking-to.
Qin Chuyu used to be so timid, but now he's actually willing to go to great lengths for his friends!
When the emperor heard about this, he would inevitably blame the crown prince and crown princess for failing to properly educate their brother.
As for Xu Zhouzhou, the Minister of War was terrified and tremblingly went into the palace to bring his youngest son out.
There is still a small amount of space left to clear.
He didn't inform his family when he came, so no one is here to pick him up now.
He hung his little head, staring blankly at his toes. For a moment, he felt like the whole world had abandoned him.
He misses Jiaojiao.
My nose feels sore.
Suddenly, a tall, dark shadow loomed over him.
"Are you crying?"
A playful yet magnetic voice rang out above his small head.
"I didn't cry!"
As Xiao Jingkong spoke, he looked up and saw a strikingly handsome face—the same face he had seen at the post station and before.
The most handsome uncle.
Marquis Xuanping hooked one finger around the little guy's collar and lifted him up.
Little Jingkong landed steadily in his arms.
The palace maids and eunuchs who were watching over Xiao Jingkong were taken aback.
They were about to bow when Marquis Xuanping raised his hand to stop them. They were already surprised enough by his appearance, but they were even more surprised when he picked up the troublesome little boy.
This child is said to be from an ordinary family, and his older sister is just a regular female doctor.
Does this lowly commoner deserve such treatment from Marquis Xuanping?
Xiao Jingkong wasn't originally aggrieved; he just missed home and Gu Jiao a little. But after being held in Xuanping Hou's arms, he suddenly felt a great sense of grievance.
The handsome uncle had a familiar aura about him, but at this moment he didn't know that it was very similar to the aura of his bad brother-in-law.
This feeling reassured him, but it also gave him the right to feel aggrieved.
You only feel wronged in front of people who care about you.
He sat on Xuanping Hou's strong forearm, his small hands gripping his clothes, his eyes lowered so that he wouldn't see his red eyes.
Marquis Xuanping clicked his tongue: "If you want to cry, then cry."
"Don't cry!"
He shook his head.
Tears welled up in her eyes.
Marquis Xuanping: "..."
Marquis Xuanping carried him to the carriage.
A palace maid said, "My lord, the Crown Princess has ordered that we wait for his family to arrive. Lord Xu has already gone to inform him..."
Marquis Xuanping cast a cold glance at her, and the palace maid shivered, not daring to utter a sound.
Marquis Xuanping carries the aura of Xiao Liulang; it is bloodline, an aura that comes from the very bones.
Xiao Jingkong also carries Xiao Liulang's aura, but because they sleep together every night, he has become tainted by it.
Marquis Xuanping held this little one in his arms, how could he not feel at ease?
Because of the same person, they felt a sense of closeness to each other.
After getting into the carriage, Marquis Xuanping asked the little guy what had happened.
I won't go into the details of small-scale purification.
Marquis Xuanping chuckled and said, "If you don't tell me, I won't help you keep it a secret from your family later."
Under duress from someone's tyranny, Xiao Jingkong recounted the events leading to the assault.
Marquis Xuanping wasn't interested in the recitation part; he was selectively deaf to it. What really intrigued him, however, was the reason behind it: "You mean you can really hear people breathing? How many times have I breathed now?"
Xiao Jingkong remained silent for a while, and after taking a few breaths, he said, "Seven times, six light and one heavy."
Marquis Xuanping took a weak breath and squinted at him.
This little guy is quite something.
On one side, Marquis Xuanping escorted Xiao Jingkong home, while on the other side, Prince Yu also brought his wife and children back to their residence.
Ming'er is already asleep.
Princess Yu is covering him with a blanket.
"Is it that child?" Prince Yu suddenly asked.
When he went to pick up his wife and children, he naturally saw the three children who were ganging up on his son. One of them was a prince of Zhao Kingdom, one was the son of a minister, and the other was said to be a commoner's child, about four years old, who was so clean and cute that it was unbelievable.
If he hadn't stopped her, his wife might have taken the child back on the spot.
“It’s him.” Princess Yu nodded, her voice choked with emotion. “You saw it too, didn’t you? He’s our son! I asked, he was born in the twelfth lunar month! Our son was born in the same month!”
Prince Yu's unwavering resolve suddenly wavered.
That child was lovely and charming; he liked her at first sight.
Could it be that the child really came back to life?
Proving this is not difficult; simply go to the place where the child was buried and dig up the coffin.
But this was a very difficult decision.
However, in order to verify the child's parentage, Prince Yu gritted his teeth and went anyway.
He arrived at the auspicious burial site he had chosen and ordered his guards to dig out the coffin.
As the guards were about to open the coffin, he suddenly stopped them: "Wait!"
"Your Highness," the guard said, looking at him with confusion.
Prince Yu said with a complicated expression, "I came personally."
He reached out and slowly touched the coffin, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and with a click, opened the coffin.
Good morning, everyone.
(End of this chapter)
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