Little Xi'er, supporting her belly with both hands, slowly walked into the Golden Palace.
The ministers underground craned their necks and stared wide-eyed when they saw the little princess arrive.
"In the Tang Dynasty, look, you didn't even have a granddaughter."
Fang Li bumped Tang Dai's arm.
The Tang Dynasty didn't even bother to look at the etiquette; these are the harsh words.
"You talk as if you have a granddaughter. I heard your youngest son beat up the fourth son of the Marquis of Dingkang yesterday."
Fang Li was speechless at Tang Dai's words. He said, "Why did you go and provoke Tang Dai for no reason?"
The bold neighbor stopped the little princess.
Xiao Xi'er looked at the "fierce-looking" and "ill-intentioned" strange uncle blocking her way and took two steps back.
"Little princess, why are you putting your hand on your belly?"
Bai Lin had a rugged appearance, with a thick beard on both sides of his face.
Qin Jue was very dissatisfied with Bai Lin, who was talking to Xiao Xi'er one-sidedly.
Looking at this strange uncle, Xiao Xi'er took advantage of Bai Lin's inattention and quickly ran to Qin Jue's side.
"Minister Bai, this won't do! Look how frightened the little princess!"
"Fang Li, it seems your Ministry of Rites needs your help with something."
Fang Li shut up again; this Bai Lin was probably asking for trouble.
It's true, even one or two of them can't say anything.
Little Xi ran to Qin Jue's side, hugged his leg, and started climbing up.
Still somewhat shaken, she patted her chest and said to Qin Jue with a wronged expression.
"Daddy, I was scared when I pulled someone away (that person was so scary)."
"Father, you should stay away from Li Lianli (he's a bit of a troublemaker)."
"Haha, okay, Daddy promises, Little Xi'er!" Qin Jue patted Little Xi'er's little pigtails and laughed heartily.
The neighbor below: Who's scary? Who's scarier than your dad? He even chops people! I'm just scary-looking... Pshaw! I'm just a bit rugged-looking.
My nephew Bai Fei is handsome. How about we let Bai Fei kidnap the little princess?
Before he could even properly figure out how to make his nephew's attempt to abduct the little princess to his own residence go to waste...
I immediately felt the oppressive gaze; I knew without guessing it was His Majesty.
"Minister Bai, I recently received a memorial stating that the Ministry of War is very negligent, and even the weapons are of poor quality."
Upon hearing his name mentioned, Bai Lin respectfully stepped forward, holding his writing tablet.
"Minister Bai, do you wish to know what happened?"
"Your Majesty, this..."
"Since that's the case, Minister Bai, you shall spend this month thoroughly reforming the Ministry of War. I hereby grant you exemption from court attendance for this month."
Bai Lin said that was nonsense and accepted the so-called punishment, saying it was better than being beaten or losing his head.
Seeing such an adorable little princess, I momentarily forgot that this was the Imperial Palace, and His Majesty was also present.
After punishing Bai Lin, Qin Jue looked at the person in his arms as if he had remembered something.
Why is Xiaoxi supporting her belly with both hands?
Thinking about this, Xiao Xi'er was filled with regret, "My tummy is so big, I can't walk anymore!"
Sanhezi asked someone to prepare a digestive soup.
When Qin Jue heard Xiao Xi'er say she was full, he instructed Sanhezi...
Sanhezi responded and ordered preparations to be made.
"What did Xiaoxi eat to make her tummy so round? Hmm?"
Xiao Xi scratched her head and thought for a moment.
"Girls are tall, lotus ears are lotus pit, hat hat, screws are scallion" (mung bean cake, white fungus and lotus seed soup, gauze hat (shumai), Luosu soup (corn and pork rib soup)).
When Qin Jue heard that Xiao Xi'er had eaten so much, his first reaction wasn't "Great job eating so much!" but rather, "What if she gets too full?"
Why not advise against it even when spring lotus and summer chrysanthemums are in bloom?
Xiao Xi covered her mouth and looked at Qin Jue with a smile.
"Daddy, what did I bring you?" (Guess what I brought you)
"What? Little Xi'er, tell Daddy, Daddy can't guess!"
"Wow, Daddy, you're so stupid!"
"The Party building stuff looks really good! I just ate some, and I brought some back for Daddy."
Little Xi'er's face was practically screaming, "Praise me! Praise me!"
The courtiers below watched as the Emperor and the little princess displayed their father-daughter relationship as if no one else was around.
My heart is filled with joy at seeing the little princess and hearing her adorable voice, yet also with anger at His Majesty's double standards.
His Majesty treats us ministers with leniency, resorting to beatings and executions at the slightest provocation. But look how well he treats the little princess.
He was gentle and kind, playing with the little princess. I heard he's never lost his temper with her.
Sigh, that's the difference. Here, he's a tyrant. To the little princess, he's a loving father, even more loving than a loving father.
Qin Jue, hearing that Xiao Xi'er had brought him food, looked proudly at the crowd below.
The look in his eyes seemed to say, "Look at me, I have a daughter bringing me food. You old men without daughters can't enjoy that!"
"Retreat from court!"
Sanhezi received a signal from His Majesty and announced the end of the court session.
Before leaving, Qin Jue showed off to everyone.
"The princess brought me food; I can't refuse it."
Your Majesty, could you please stop showing off?
It has to be said that everyone below was quite envious of His Majesty for having a princess bring him food.
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Have you heard?
"What did you hear?"
The two palace maids walked together, their heads close together, whispering...
"The Fourth Princess went to the Imperial Kitchen this morning."
"What?! How could a princess, who is so precious, possibly go to the imperial kitchen?!"
At this moment, another young eunuch arrived, and asked in great surprise...
Before I knew it, I had joined in the conversation about the two palace maids.
The young palace maid initially didn't want to acknowledge the eunuch who had squeezed in.
Seeing the little eunuch's happy expression when talking about the little princess, he continued...
"It's true. Many of the imperial chefs in the imperial kitchen prepared their best dishes for the Fourth Princess."
"Has the princess eaten yet?" another palace maid asked with a hint of anticipation.
"Of course I ate it! The princess even said it was delicious!"
"When they left, they were reluctant to go and even brought food for His Majesty."
"I'm so envious of the people in the royal kitchen who get to see the princess."
"I also want to work in the imperial kitchen. Even just a cleaning maid would be fine."
"I'd be willing to be a lowly eunuch."
The three of them looked on with envy at those who worked in the imperial kitchen, each dreaming of working there themselves.
When the three of them looked up, they saw Qin Jingyi standing not far away.
The three panicked, terrified that Qin Jingyan had overheard their discussion.
"Crown Prince An"
"Um"
Seeing that Qin Jingyi didn't seem to blame them, the three of them withdrew.
Qin Jingyi hadn't expected that even though he'd gotten up late this morning, he'd still hear news about the little girl on his way to the palace academy.
I never expected that little girl would get up so early this morning to go to the imperial kitchen for food.
According to what those palace maids said, it seems this little girl is very favored wherever she goes.
That's good, that way no one will bully her.
Qin Jingyi smiled as he thought of Xiao Xi'er and continued walking towards the palace school.
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