As Li Ting sat in the pavilion listening to his beloved daughter's inner thoughts inside the house, his temper was on the verge of exploding again.
These despicable relatives have the nerve to try and claim kinship with us.
That so-called cousin of mine is a homosexual.
Li Ting was so shocked that he didn't know how to scold his cousin.
Xu Ningyou quickly hugged Li Xingran and gently stroked Li Xingran's little nose with her finger.
My goodness, you're just a little kid who hasn't even grown up yet, how dare you use terms like "homosexuality"?
While Xiao Sheng was in the palace, the maids and eunuchs had already told him what male homosexuality was. He suddenly felt that it was a sin for a six-year-old child like himself to know these things.
Perhaps the version of myself that was poisoned in my dream was the result of my many sins!
Why did those palace servants dare to teach him like that?
He knew this without even needing to think about it.
He will make those people pay the price.
The word "male homosexuality" came out of Li Xingran's mouth at this moment, and Li Xingran's face did not turn red, but Xiao Sheng's face turned bright red.
Xiao Sheng suddenly realized that Li Xingran was unlike any woman he had ever met before.
After hearing this, the older brothers were also surprised by their sister's boldness!
Then, under the pretext that afternoon classes were about to begin, they went to Tingquan Villa together. Only Xu Ningyou, Xiao Sheng, and the mischievous Li Xingran remained in the house.
After finally catching his breath outside the courtyard, Li Ting thought about how to find out any clues about the mysterious person.
“Cousin, our little temple can’t accommodate a Buddha like you. I’ll give you some money, take the children and go back to your husband’s family! After all, your two nephews are the eldest grandsons of the Ma family, they won’t just abandon them. But, I need to know, who is the person who contacted you?” Li Ting’s eyes flashed with a fierce light, and Fu Qing looked at her cousin, feeling fear for the first time.
"I... how could I remember clearly after all this time!" Fu Qing's timid voice came, and Li Ting swept a sharp look across her face. Fu Qing quickly lowered her head.
"I only saw that the man was dressed in Shu brocade, with an extraordinary bearing. He was a tall, lean man. His face was covered with a black veil, but just then a gust of wind blew by, and I saw that there were characters carved on his face. As for what the characters were, I couldn't see them clearly."
"Oh, right, the man was afraid that his accent would give away his identity, so he didn't say anything. He just gestured for me to read the contents of the letter. There was no signature. He paid half the gold and said he would pay the other half after the job was done."
Li Ting was furious and only managed to offer a few useful clues after a long time.
After a while, Fu Qing said hesitantly with a mysterious expression, "Cousin, there seems to be a lotus mark on the hilt of that man's sword. Yes, it's a lotus, a blue lotus."
Fu Qing had heard rumors about the lotus mark among the common people. This was why she dared not refuse the other party's arrangement.
Almost everyone who saw the lotus mark died. Two survivors revealed the lotus mark to the world, and were subsequently murdered along with their entire families!
If Li Ting doesn't intervene to save Fu Qing, then the extermination of her entire family is only a matter of time.
However, if Fu Qing takes her two children and seeks refuge with the Qinglian Society, she might be able to save her life.
Inside the house, Xu Ningyou was about to take Li Xingran to rest when Xiao Sheng spoke up.
“Master’s wife, you should go and rest. I’ll watch over my sister. She’s not crying or fussing right now,” Xiao Sheng blurted out. He just wanted to see Li Xingran a little longer.
It would have been even better if she could have said something more to herself.
Xu Ningyou looked at Li Xingran sleeping in the cot, nodded, and gracefully left.
Xiao Sheng had wanted to examine this carriage closely last time; he found the wooden carriage incredibly ingenious. Even as the Crown Prince, he had never seen such a novel object.
Made of wood, it can be pushed around and also used as a bed to rest anywhere.
Li Xingran felt very comfortable in her dream. Who was so thoughtful to push this cot so well? She really wanted to sleep a little longer, but she couldn't because she had to pee again.
She opened her eyes, wanting to cry, but all she saw was Xiao Sheng. She looked around hard, but there was no one there.
It's too shameful to burst into tears in front of the cannon fodder prince.
Then just bear with it for now, and cry when Daddy comes.
Xiao Sheng moved a stool and sat in front of the gurney, resting his chin on his hands as he looked at Li Xingran, who had opened her eyes. He wondered to himself, why wasn't she crying after waking up?
If you're not going to cry, then talk to her! She's not saying a word; is she not thinking about anything?
Little did anyone know that the next second, Li Xingran would start using her own novel language again.
[Speaking of this cannon fodder prince, he's nothing like the stupid character in the book! It seems everyone is cannon fodder unless they're in the author's omniscient perspective.]
[This prince is getting more and more handsome the more I look at him. Has the gears of fate already turned onto a different track? According to the storyline in the book, after the prince went to study at the Li family, he has already been bombarded by all sorts of people!]
[That night, when he returned to the Eastern Palace and saw those dozen or so beauties, nothing happened? Didn't the book say that those beauties kept the Crown Prince entertained until dawn? The Emperor was furious, and the Censor-in-Chief even impeached the Crown Prince.]
Judging from the prince's expression, nothing seems to have happened. He's changed his ways, cannon fodder prince! Truly a teachable child!
Xiao Sheng was overjoyed; Li Xingran had praised him.
So he reached out to grab Li Xingran's waving hand. Just as his hand was about to touch Li Xingran, Xiao Sheng, startled, withdrew it again.
[You lecherous scoundrel, why do you like touching other people's hands so much!]
When I grow up, I'll teach you a lesson!
I wonder if Father found out who was behind Fu Qing when he questioned her.
[Following the plot of the book, Fu Qing eventually joins a江湖 (jianghu, a martial arts world) organization called the Qinglian Society with her children. The book describes this gang as engaging in murder, arson, and murder-for-hire schemes.]
Even after the Second Prince Xiao Ding ascended the throne, the leader of the Green Lotus Society became the Imperial Advisor.
Xiao Sheng grew up in the inner palace and had never been in contact with the world outside the palace, let alone met people from the lower classes.
This was the first time he had heard the term "Qinglian Society".
It turns out the second prince had so many helpers; no wonder he ended up as cannon fodder.
Xiao Sheng looked down at his hands, which were empty. Apart from Xiao Ma'er being willing to go to great lengths for him, and apart from the Li Ting family accepting him, everyone else seemed to treat him with indifference.
The crown prince is not like a crown prince, and the son is not like a son.
How ridiculous! How did he even grow to six years old? He even doubted whether his years in Kunning Palace were a lie.
"Father, this cousin must not be kept in the manor, and she must not be allowed to know anything about the Li family or get close to them. Her husband's family has countless connections with the Qinglian Society." Li Xingran shouted these words aloud so that Li Ting would know.
Li Ting, who was in the pavilion, immediately made a decision.
“Cousin, Ningyou has just given birth, and a series of insidious and vicious things have happened in the manor. I am very worried about keeping you at the Li family’s place any longer.”
Upon hearing these words, Fu Qing immediately stopped crying.
Fu Qing thought that since she couldn't stay here for long, she might as well ask Li Ting to give her more money.
Just as Fu Qing was about to ask for money, Li Ting instructed Liu Fu to fetch some cash from the treasury and a few silver notes, and then saw Fu Qing out of the Li family's gate.
Just as I was about to turn back, a voice called out to me.
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