However, nephew Qiao understood it immediately.
He then asked, "Where did Your Majesty get this painting?"
"Don't worry about where I got this. I just want to know what you and Xiao Qiaoqiao saw and heard during your trip to Linzhou, as well as... the meaning behind this painting."
After hearing this, nephew Qiao replied respectfully: "Yes."
"Get up. I'm here to pick you up today, not to watch you kneel." The old emperor smiled awkwardly. "Lu Xiaojia, take Princess Qiaoqiao here. I want to keep her in the palace tonight."
[You left the baby in the palace right after returning. What on earth do you want to do? 】
[Forget it, if he wants to stay, then stay. It's a good opportunity to hear what he wants to do.]
Nephew Qiao agreed without hesitation.
He simply told the emperor briefly what happened in Linzhou and then left.
When I left, I specifically took Lu Xiaojia with me.
He took out a bag of silver from his sleeve and said, "Eunuch Lu, my aunt has stopped drinking milk recently and has only been eating this rice porridge. Please prepare it yourself. I'm afraid it will be like last time..."
Although Lu Xiaojia didn't say anything else, he probably understood it.
With a faint smile, she nodded in agreement, "Don't worry, Minister, our family will do everything in our power to protect Princess Qiaoqiao."
"What if the eldest princess takes action?" Nephew Qiao spoke frankly.
Lu Xiaojia replied respectfully: "Don't worry, my Lord, the princess has gone crazy."
"Crazy?"
"Yeah, I've been crazy for a long time."
"Then I am relieved."
Nephew Qiao's melancholy disappeared and he left slowly.
After walking a few steps, he turned back to look at Lu Xiaojia who was holding Jing Qiaoqiao, and nodded slightly.
Lu Xiaojia held Jing Qiaoqiao and turned to enter the hall.
The old emperor flipped through the memorial in his hand and asked, "Is he gone?"
"The Minister has just left."
"What did you say?"
Lu Xiaojia hesitated and replied, "The Minister has asked me to take good care of Princess Qiaoqiao."
"Nothing else?"
Lu Xiaojia replied: "Nothing else."
"Well, he is quite filial." The old emperor thought for a moment and looked at Lu Xiaojia. "Do you think I went a bit too far by letting him go to Linzhou this time?"
"I don't know."
"You didn't see it, his eyes are terrifying. I always feel that this arrangement has hurt his heart."
The old emperor threw the memorial in his hand onto the table in frustration. "Also, the painting in my hand is the scene from that night. His painting is good, but it's not realistic."
[Either the group of men in black that night were sent by the old emperor, or he secretly sent people to monitor his nephew and himself.]
The old emperor stood uneasily.
Lu Xiaojia next to him was calm and didn't react much.
"This time, I just wanted to give him a warning, to let him know that next time he shouldn't casually speculate on the emperor's will, but look, he brought..."
Pointing at Jing Qiaoqiao in Lu Xiaojia's arms, he said, "There's news from Linzhou. They say this Princess Qiaoqiao is extraordinary."
Jing Qiaoqiao listened to the conversation between the two and was very impressed by her nephew Qiao's accurate judgment.
"It's unbelievable that a child, dressed so lightly, could have stayed on a rooftop all night. Furthermore... even the secret guards from various countries dared not approach. It's truly unbelievable."
The old emperor pressed his fingers to his temples. "At first, some people said it was a demon fetus. Now, some people say it is a god. I don't know who to believe anymore."
Perhaps because he was afraid of being heard by Jing Qiaoqiao, he shut up in time, "Lu Xiaojia, put Princess Qiaoqiao down. I will take care of her myself tonight."
"But Your Majesty, Princess Qiaoqiao..."
Lu Xiaojia hesitated, and the old emperor asked in confusion, "Why, are you worried that I can't lead Jing Qiaoqiao well?"
"No, that's not what I meant." Lu Xiaojia immediately lowered his head.
That smile clearly meant that.
Jing Qiaoqiao raised her head and clearly saw Lu Xiaojia's barely perceptible smile.
"You, I am the emperor, but I can't even take care of a baby." The old emperor turned his face away in dissatisfaction.
"Your Majesty can lead it, he can lead it." Although Lu Xiaojia had doubts in his heart, he still smiled on the surface and did not say it out loud.
Only Jing Qiaoqiao felt nervous after leaving Lu Xiaojia.
After all, she didn't want to be placed on the altar by the old emperor again.
However, Jing Qiaoqiao did not expect that the palace door would close as soon as Lu Xiaojia left.
The old emperor followed his previous practice and enshrined her as a sacrifice.
He also took out a lot of longevity locks from the sandalwood box and placed them in front of her.
Just look at it yourself, don’t wear it yourself.
"Little Fairy, I'm not targeting your nephew on this trip. He's just too stubborn, so I'm punishing him. I hope you don't mind."
[He's still young and needs to be punished. If it weren't for the spiritual spring, my nephew wouldn't be able to cure those people. He might even end up dying in the end.]
[Furthermore, with so many people in the imperial court, you let my nephew go alone. That's really unethical.]
[They even used me as bait to lure all the secret guards from various countries to that shabby place called Linzhou. If the plague gets too terrible and my nephew dies, they'll help bring in the secret guards from various countries.]
"No, you're so cruel. If I don't do something, how can I justify putting me on the altar?"
Qiaoqiao: We must teach him a lesson
Just as the old emperor was apologizing, Jing Qiaoqiao ordered the Fulu system to push the apple on the table to the ground.
"Pretty little fairy..." Seeing this, the old emperor's eyes trembled.
After all, he was the emperor, so the slight timidity did not stay on his face for too long.
He maintained a terrifying calm.
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