Chapter 5: Cheap Dad, Please Do Better

No, no, no, she doesn't want to eat coarse food.

[My cheap father, you better do your best and win the battle. The prosperity and wealth after the 99th day depends on you.]

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As soon as Emperor Zhaoning left, Concubine Li came to visit Jiujiu and asked her, "Jiujiu, did your cheap father beat or scold you last night?"

Jiujiu shook his head: "No."

"So what did he do?"

"Sleep with Jiujiu, and leave when you wake up!"

"Oh, so that's it!" Li Fei said, "He has some conscience. Okay, get up and wash up. After washing up, we will start moving."

Li Fei and Jiujiu didn't have much stuff, so although they were just moving, they could actually move a few bags. But there was still one person that Li Fei and Jiujiu wanted to take away.

That’s Aunt Gui.

She was the nanny of a deceased imperial concubine. When Concubine Li gave birth to Jiujiu, it was thanks to her that Jiujiu was born safely. She also secretly did needlework and sold the money to support Concubine Li and Jiujiu.

Without her, Concubine Li and Jiujiu would not survive.

At this moment, Concubine Li said to Fu An, "Eunuch Fu, I want to take Madam Gui out of the cold palace with me. Do you think it's okay?"

"Of course you can. Your Majesty, just make your own decision. Why are you asking me? I am so flattered!" Fuan said, "I can just talk to the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"That's good."

When Nanny Gui was taken out of the cold palace, many people looked on with envy and regretted that they had not built a good relationship with Concubine Li and Jiujiu.

Otherwise, they would be the ones who followed them out of the cold palace today.

"This Aunt Gui is so lucky!"

"Why don't we have such good fortune? Alas, people of the same race have different fates!"

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Imperial study.

Emperor Zhaoning listened to Jiujiu's words and made up a false military intelligence and let Wei Bin, a spy, steal it. Then he ordered the soldiers in the front to set up an ambush and ambush the child from the Southern Kingdom based on this false military intelligence.

We have been fighting with the South for so many years.

Now that they know that Concubine Wei is an important spy and have used her to pass on false military intelligence, they will definitely be able to capture the boy from the Southern Kingdom in one fell swoop this time.

Sure enough, seven days later, urgent military intelligence came from the front that the Western Chu State had successfully ambushed the Southern State. The Western Chu State won a great victory with no more than two thousand casualties. Important generals of the Southern State were also captured, and the Southern State suffered heavy casualties.

Next, the Southern Kingdom would send envoys to negotiate and ask the Western Chu Kingdom to cede land and pay compensation to them.

"That's great. That's great."

Emperor Zhaoning was very happy.

This brat is really the lucky star of his Western Chu State!

Several generals in front of him praised: "Your Majesty is wise. Not only did he find the spy, he also used the spy to pass on military intelligence and turned defeat into victory."

"It's all thanks to Jiujiu." Emperor Zhaoning said in his heart.

He wanted to see Jiujiu, but was stopped by the Imperial Master. The Imperial Master had been asking for an audience for several days, but due to various reasons he had not been able to see Emperor Zhaoning. He came again today.

Emperor Zhaoning met with the Imperial Preceptor, who usually did not come out of seclusion. But now he came out and looked very anxious, which meant something big must be going on.

Emperor Zhaoning listened attentively.

As expected, the Imperial Master said, "Your Majesty, I am going to die!"

Emperor Zhaoning: “………………”

"Master, why are you suddenly saying something so unlucky?" Emperor Zhaoning reminded, "Don't say such things carelessly. You will live a long life."

"No, I am telling the truth." The Imperial Master said, "I am anxious to see you because of this matter. Before I die, I want to tell the emperor something.

"I have observed the celestial phenomena recently and found that our Western Chu State will face the disaster of national destruction in ten years." The national teacher said earnestly: "But there is a solution, that person is the Eighteenth Duke... the Eighteenth Prince. No matter what happens in the future, Your Majesty, please trust the Eighteenth Prince and keep him safe."

Emperor Zhaoning naturally took this matter to heart. He nodded and said, "I will remember it."

"I have something to ask you, too." Emperor Zhaoning hesitated for a long time before saying, "Master, I have so many sons but not a single daughter. Is it because I have done something wrong? Is it not in my destiny?"

This incident made Emperor Zhaoning very unwilling.

Why is he so unlucky?

She gave birth to so many sons in a row.

The Imperial Master did not answer, but only said: "The secret of heaven cannot be revealed."

The imperial teacher left after he finished speaking. The next day, news came that the imperial teacher had died.

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After Emperor Zhaoning issued an order to bury the imperial teacher with great ceremony, he went to Qiu Shui Ju to visit Concubine Li and Jiu Jiu while thinking about the imperial teacher's last words.

Emperor Zhaoning did not know whether the Imperial Master died of natural causes or was punished by heaven for revealing the secret that the Western Chu Kingdom would be destroyed ten years later.

After all, the destruction of the Western Chu Kingdom ten years later was no small matter. It was okay to know it in my heart, but saying it out loud would be against the will of heaven and would bring punishment from heaven.

If the national teacher really suffered divine punishment for this.

He will feel guilty all his life.

He felt guilty that if he had paid more attention to the Eighteenth Prince earlier, the Imperial Master might not have used his own death to warn him?

Thinking of this, Emperor Zhaoning sighed deeply, his mood became worse and worse, and a layer of gloom surrounded him.

Upon hearing that Emperor Zhaoning had arrived, Concubine Li and Jiujiu invited him into the house.

Jiujiu sat in her mother's arms, looking at her stepfather's bitter face, muttering to herself.

[Didn't we win the battle? I'm so happy. My stepfather has finally stood up and finally seen through the true face of Concubine Wei. It's great.]

[But why is my cheap dad unhappy? Could something have happened again? ]

[Oh, by the way, it is the Imperial Master who died. ]

When he heard that the Imperial Master had died, Emperor Zhaoning's eyes suddenly lit up. He stretched out his hand towards Jiujiu and said, "Concubine Li, will you let me hold Jiujiu?"

Perhaps Jiujiu could answer his doubts. He wanted to hear Jiujiu's opinion on the death of the national teacher, no, her true feelings.

Concubine Li handed Jiujiu to Emperor Zhaoning's arms.

Jiujiu felt that her stepfather was looking at her strangely. What was he planning?

Emperor Zhaoning pinched Jiujiu's soft and adorable face and said, "The Imperial Master died suddenly. I don't know if it was because of his old age or if there was another reason for his death?"

Jiujiu had no idea that the old fox said these inexplicable words to her on purpose, and she muttered to herself.

[My life span has come to an end! 】

【The Chinese teacher in the book died at this time. 】

When he heard the words "life span has ended", Emperor Zhaoning felt much better. He no longer blamed himself and even kissed Jiujiu several times out of joy.

Jiujiu was stunned by the kiss.

An old man actually kissed her?

Ahhh, she is not clean anymore.

After a brief moment of joy, Emperor Zhaoning suddenly realized that it was inappropriate to kiss his son. He never kissed his son and only wanted to give his kiss to his daughter, but he didn't have a daughter. Was he so desperate for his daughter that he kissed this stinky boy in front of him?

So disgusting.

Emperor Zhaoning returned Jiujiu to Concubine Li with a look of disdain, and then said, "Come here, give me a reward."

reward?

What's the strange reward?

Princess Li was also confused.

[Could it be that my cheap dad feels that kissing me is something that deserves a reward? ]

【Ahhh, I'm not a face-seller, I don't need rewards. 】

[And he is my father, so I am a kisser. Although I feel a little wronged, I can accept it.]

Is he still feeling aggrieved?

Emperor Zhaoning was angry and looked at Jiujiu coldly.