Chapter 88: Preventing Disaster
Emperor Liang looked at the interaction between the big and the small with a serious look on his face, his face so dark that ink could drip out.
The little brat is relying on the Queen Mother's influence and is so proud of himself... Is this how she treats her elders?
Caught off guard, he coldly smashed the cup to the ground, "You are a royal consort, kneeling before a child in public? Why don't you get up?!"
The emperor's sudden murderous aura shocked everyone in the tent, who fell silent and dared not even breathe.
At an angle invisible to everyone, Jiang Tongshu proudly curled the lower corner of his lips, his gaze fixed on a piece of jade with the sharpest break.
He was ready to see some blood, to add fuel to Emperor Liang's rage...
He had to let everyone know that no matter how favored this kid was, he was the one they should cling to and curry favor with!
Just as Jiang Tongshu's fingertips touched the corner, Xiao Tangbao, who had been observing him, suddenly staggered forward, pretended to step on his hand accidentally, and crushed it hard.
Humph! Tang Bao is full of tricks. If a bad man dares to act pitiful in front of the emperor, Tang Bao will let the dog emperor know who is the real pitiful one!
"Well……"
Jiang Tongshu was most afraid of pain. He broke out in a cold sweat instantly, but he didn't dare to shout in front of the emperor.
Tang Bao: "..."
Even if you are not careful, you can only step on one, if you step on more than one, the secret will be exposed!
Fearing that he would be the first to complain, Xiao Tangbao quickly dodged to the side, but lost his balance and fell into Emperor Liang's arms...
Uh…(⊙⊙)? ?
If she said she didn't do it on purpose, would anyone believe her?
Looking up at the emperor, whose face looked as ugly as if he had eaten shit, the little fellow touched his face, which had been pinched by him just now, and asked blankly, "What's wrong with my great-uncle? Is he angry?"
Emperor Liang: “?”
Why are there fingerprints on the kid's face? Did he pinch him just now?
If the Empress Dowager saw this, wouldn't she take a rope and hang herself in his bedroom in the middle of the night?
The less people have, the more they want to show off; the more they care about something, the more they fear losing it.
Although she was only her legal mother and adoptive mother, and even her relationship was mixed with false feelings, Emperor Liang did not want to lose even this vague and illusory family affection.
He once killed his father and brother. He hoped that when he really ascends to heaven, the record of his life will not make the column about filial piety and kindness look too ugly!
Emperor Liang lowered his eyes and asked, "Are you hurt?"
Hearing the emperor ask this to the precious little princess, everyone in the tent breathed a sigh of relief.
"..." Tang Bao shook his head and stared at Emperor Liang, "So the jade pendant given by the elders is something very important?"
"?" Emperor Liang didn't react to what the little guy wanted to say for a moment.
Little Tangbao quickly climbed onto him, his brows slightly furrowed and his face looking a little unwell.
"That day, my great uncle gave Tang Bao a gold medal of immunity from death. Tang Bao was naughty and almost destroyed the medal, but you and great-grandmother didn't get angry... My great uncle also gave Tang Bao a lot of golden pumpkin seeds, and Tang Bao remembers them all!"
"But just now, Tang Bao simply failed to catch the jade pendant that Second Uncle-in-law had, that jade pendant of unknown origin, and yet Granduncle seemed unhappy..."
Tang Bao pouted and rubbed her little face that had been pinched just now.
"No wonder that day when Tang Bao went to Third Uncle's house, Third Uncle was willing to give Tang Bao all his treasures, but he only had a jade pendant, and he refused to give it to Tang Bao no matter what!"
As she spoke, she pulled out a jade pendant of extremely ordinary quality from her bosom as if by magic and handed it to Emperor Liang.
"Third Uncle said this was a gift from his great-uncle when he first learned to ride a horse. It's a priceless treasure!"
"Tang Bao was very curious. Could there be anything more powerful than Tang Bao's death-proof golden medal? So, he quietly hid the jade pendant..."
The more the little guy spoke, the lower his head became...
"Tang Bao sent the wrong message. Tang Bao will return the jade pendant to Third Uncle!"
"Tang Bao just wants to ask my uncle, which one is more precious, Tang Bao's or Third Uncle's..."
Emperor Liang looked at the jade pendant in the little guy's hand, his brows raised suddenly, and his body straightened unconsciously.
Yes, he remembered, this was the case.
He remembered that Yun Lie was only four years old that year, but he had learned to ride a horse. He was very surprised and hurried to the stable.
Lie'er is the one who looks most like him among the children. Not only in appearance, but also in temperament...
He looked at the small figure galloping on the horse, as if he saw his childhood self who was not confined in school to learn those boring things, but was learning riding, archery, and practicing kung fu as he pleased, and was very free!
Little Yunlie was also very happy that day. He looked up at him with his little face, as if asking for praise.
He didn't want to spoil the child's fun, so he tore off a jade pendant from Shen Ying and gave it to him.
It's been over 20 years, and I never thought he would keep this worthless thing like a treasure until now! ?
This kid is thoughtful!
Emperor Liang suddenly felt a little guilty, yet also inexplicably proud.
Who said he was a son-in-law and that all his children regarded him as an enemy? That's nonsense, absolutely ridiculous!
While Emperor Liang was reminiscing about the past, little Tangbao was waving the golden medal of immunity from death back and forth towards Jiang Tongshu.
╭(╯^╰)╮
It’s just a broken jade pendant with a dead aura... Do you want to blackmail me?
No way!
Jiang Tongshu's eyes were practically glued to the gold medal. He had initially thought the little brat hadn't explained clearly, or had made a mistake... but he hadn't expected her to actually win the death-proof gold medal?!
Everyone in the Daliang Dynasty knew that only one piece of the golden medal of immunity from death left by the late emperor was left.
I never thought it would fall into the hands of that brat?!
Jiang Tongshu was so angry that he almost vomited blood!
Seeing that Emperor Liang's attention was no longer on him, he could only stagger to his feet.
Xiao Tangbao rolled his eyes and felt that the emperor was not so angry anymore, so he quickly argued:
"Granduncle, Tang Bao didn't mean to refuse the jade pendant from my second uncle. I just shuddered..."
She was furious when she first heard that this bad guy was the adulterer of the Third Princess!
Emperor Liang: “?” Trembling?
It must be because of the cold weather, the kid was frozen by the jade pendant and started hallucinating!
I heard that this kid had nightmares every day and couldn't sleep well. He even cried and made a fuss several times and wanted to find him, but the Queen Mother stopped him.
Haha... I didn't expect the kid to be so dependent on him!
Thinking about how his children were afraid of him since they were little, and how his grandchildren would cry uncontrollably when they got close to him, Emperor Liang was very satisfied with little Tangbao.
"Tongshu, this jade pendant was obtained by your mother to protect you. Now that it's broken, it might have warded off disaster for you. That's a good thing!"
"..." Jiang Tongshu was stunned and chuckled, "Your Majesty is right. Everything has its own destiny. Even if Princess Zhaoning hadn't been here, this jade pendant would have broken today."
He folded his hands in front of him, deliberately exposing the injured hand.
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