Chapter 355: Extra 11: The Underworld

“Xiaojiu is always so… uh, unexpected.” After a while, the prince said this dryly.

He always does something more outrageous right after they finally feel at ease. The prince seriously suspects that Xiaojiu has a grudge against a stable life.

Not only the prince can’t understand, but even Emperor Jingwen and others can’t understand. They don’t understand why Xiaojiu would take such a big risk. If it succeeds, it will be fine, and it will naturally be famous for thousands of years, but if it fails, it will be a disaster.

As for Xiaojiu’s constant saying that the current situation is not good, Emperor Jingwen and others don’t think so. It has been like this for thousands of years, what’s wrong?

People who become emperors can’t help but cherish themselves more than ordinary people. Emperors who dare to take risks and have such ambitions are not ordinary people throughout history.

However, it is useless for Emperor Jingwen to oppose. He can’t do anything at all. He can only watch everything happen.

With so many back-ups, Xiaojiu naturally won this tough battle. Not only did he win, but he also won beautifully. Especially the trick of treating people differently and sowing discord made the second prince amazed.

“How insidious…” The second prince couldn’t help but sigh.

It was obvious that Chen and Beiting had joined forces, and Xiaojiu only chased Beiting. No matter how Chen harassed them, he only asked people to defend and never counterattack. Although Beiting knew that Xiaojiu must have done it on purpose, he still felt unbalanced.

This is probably what is called “not worrying about the lack of wealth but worrying about the imbalance”. We are all in the same camp. Why do we lose so much while you are unscathed? How can the always arrogant Beiting swallow this bad breath?

In addition, Beiting suffered heavy losses this time, and they would not be able to get any good if they continued to fight. Seeing that the situation was getting more and more serious, it didn’t take long for Beiting to hold on.

Seeing Xiao Jiu extorting a sum of money from Beiting with a tough attitude, and the key point is that Beiting really agreed, Emperor Jingwen was in a complicated mood.

Except for the most glorious days of the old Zhen, even so, everyone was just evenly matched. In the past, he only saw Da Zhou giving money to Beiting, and this was the first time he saw money in return.

“If I had known that Xiao Jiu had such talent…” Emperor Jingwen couldn’t help but muttered, and then he reacted and laughed and shook his head.

What’s the use of knowing it earlier? If Xiao Jiu had shown his extraordinaryness early, I’m afraid he wouldn’t have grown up, let alone leading troops to fight.

If they had known that he wouldn’t live to this day, the prince and others wouldn’t have let him live to this day. It can only be said that everything is just right, or he had already anticipated what he would encounter if he was exposed too early, so there was this just right.

Thinking about it this way, is his son too smart?

Emperor Jingwen fell into deep thought, and Emperor Jingwen couldn’t help but get goose bumps all over his body.

Emperor Taicheng, who was standing by, saw that Beiting first paid a large sum of money, but in the end, the city occupied by the Great Zhou could not be taken back. Later, the envoys of the State of Chen arrived, but were killed by the angry Beiting. The alliance between the two countries was declared broken. Emperor Taicheng could not help but let out a breath.

Xiaojiu is really… You can’t judge a person by his appearance. He is a master at controlling people’s hearts. He is too good at grasping the opponent’s psychology, even better than himself.

Thinking about it, almost everyone had a good relationship with him in the past, including himself. Even the insidious and cunning second prince had never made a move on him. Emperor Taicheng knew his own character and never opened his heart to others, but Xiaojiu did it. The most incredible thing was that after the other party was exposed, it was reasonable that he should have a gap with him. After all, which emperor could endure it after knowing that his own brother had done so many things behind his back?

But no, he still had no ill feelings towards Xiao Jiu, so that Emperor Taicheng couldn’t help but wonder if he had already fallen into the trap he had woven invisibly.

Emperor Taicheng pondered, and when he looked at Xiao Jiu again, a trace of horror flashed in his eyes.

The little emperor who watched the whole process on the side: “…”

Although, he always felt that it was not the case, really not the case.

It is really terrifying to be able to associate so many imperial uncles and fathers in one breath, okay? !

Originally, everyone thought that Xiao Jiu would not be able to hide it this time. Such a glorious military exploit can be seen by anyone who is not blind. As for Xiao Jiu’s idea of ​​letting Prince Ding replace him, He Xiang and others are not fools. How could they be fooled by him?

Once He Xiang and others realised that Xiao Jiu was a “serious” emperor, the little thoughts that had been suppressed in their hearts before would emerge one after another, and it would be impossible for them to be of one mind. In this case, it would be a foolish dream for Xiao Jiu to control this force to work together. In this way, it would become a luxury to want to continue to unify the world with power in a short period of time.

Just as everyone was about to shake their heads and sigh, the scene changed, and the lively Xiaojiu reappeared, his face was pale, and the area around his eyes was unnaturally red. At this time, he held the edge of the bed with one hand and stroked his chest with the other hand, as if he was terminally ill and dying.

Everyone: “?”

Wait, what just happened? How could a healthy person become like this in the blink of an eye?

Emperor Jingwen couldn’t help but step back and look at it several times, and then he realised that it was because of fear.

… Wait, scared?

“…” After a long silence, the second prince said in a deep voice: “If I remember correctly, he personally ordered the killing of those captives, right?”

So many people, even Prince Ding couldn’t do this at the beginning. Such a decisive and cruel order, it’s not an exaggeration to say that he was a living devil at that time. As a result, seeing him scared like this again in a blink of an eye, several people suddenly felt unreal.

But the little emperor thought it was normal. After all, the Ninth Prince was a very soft-hearted person. If it weren’t for love, and forced by the situation, he certainly would not want to do it.

And everyone who heard the little emperor’s defence said “…” in unison.

Soft-hearted? Is this kid serious?

If the captives who heard this had not been reincarnated, they would have rushed in to shake his shoulders and scream, “Are you serious about this?”

Then the prince couldn’t help but look at Emperor Taicheng next to him, with a sincere attitude and a serious tone: “Although we are all dead now, it is a bit late to say these things, but I still think… a father should take care of his children more and teach them more.”

Don’t be like him, it’s only been a short time since he was separated from his son, and his son, who was originally pretty, has grown crooked.

Noticing the prince’s inadvertent glance, Ye Xun, who had been hiding in the corner and pretending that he didn’t exist, silently lowered his head.

Emperor Taicheng choked, and after a moment of silence, he nodded: “… I will.”

After thinking about it, Emperor Taicheng added: “Thank you for reminding me.”

The little emperor widened his eyes, with a look of disbelief on his face.

Looking at the increasingly weak Xiaojiu on the screen due to the fatigue of the journey, Emperor Jingwen and others had already anticipated what would happen next.

As expected, as soon as the carriage arrived in Shangjing, He Xiang and others chose to ignore the battle report that they had received and read with their own eyes. It was clearly written in black and white on the report that the emperor had made great contributions to the victory of the Great Zhou. However, when they saw Xiaojiu like this, He Xiang and others could not remember anything about it.

The former Ninth Prince is now the emperor, and the achievements of his subordinates should naturally be attributed to him.

For a moment, Emperor Jingwen really wanted to knock open the heads of He Xiang and others to see what was inside. They usually looked smarter than foxes, but why did their brains stop working when they met Xiaojiu?

In the end, the Fourth Prince told the truth: “If we hadn’t witnessed the whole process with our own eyes, I’m afraid we wouldn’t believe it.”

Emperor Jingwen was silent.

It’s all because Xiaojiu’s unreliable image has been deeply rooted in people’s hearts. After more than 20 years, it’s unrealistic to find something all of a sudden.

But Emperor Jingwen could never have imagined that Xiaojiu admitted it in person in the end. Even after he said, “To be honest, I did all the things you said. I not only ordered the killing of that group of Beiting people, but also killed General Lan Feng and the deputy generals around Lan Feng. They were all pierced into candied haws by a few arrows of mine.” He Xiang and the others still thought it was just a joke. Although He Xiang and the others nodded in affirmation on the surface, Emperor Jingwen dared to guarantee that they absolutely didn’t believe it.

Emperor Taicheng couldn’t help but feel sour in his heart, but it was not because of whether He Xiang and the others believed it or not, but when did He Xiang and the others learn to coax people? The most important thing is why are they so skilled!

How can there be an emperor in this world who is praised for doing a little work? He is not a child of a few years old!

Seeing how these people treated Jin’er, a real child, and how they treated Xiaojiu, who was almost thirty years old, Emperor Taicheng felt sorry for his son.

Emperor Jingwen took a deep breath. Before he could be surprised by the three things Xiaojiu took out, namely glass, sugar, and soap, and before he could even think about whether Chen Guo would cut off one of his arms as Xiaojiu expected, he was immediately stunned by the chubby little Dingning that appeared on the screen.

The image on the projection seemed to have sensed Emperor Jingwen’s mood, and it couldn’t help but pull the camera over and magnified it. Little Dingning’s pink and tender little face suddenly occupied the entire screen, making her look even more lovely. She completely inherited the beautiful faces of her father and mother, and you could vaguely see some of Xiaojiu’s shadow on her.

Emperor Jingwen didn’t even react, but his heart softened. Even the usually steady prince and others couldn’t help but lean their heads forward slightly. Emperor Taicheng even thought of the dowry he had prepared for Dingning before his death. Although he had done it deliberately just to make Xiaojiu work for Jin’er, seeing this scene now, Emperor Taicheng suddenly felt that he had made the right choice.

This is Xiaojiu’s first child…

Feeling his slightly accelerated heartbeat and the feeling of blood connection that could be felt across the screen, Emperor Jingwen praised with a little reserve after a while: “Not bad.”

It is also a beautiful thing to bloom before bearing fruit.

But soon, after Emperor Jingwen calmed down, he suddenly thought of one thing-

Besides the queen, are there other women in Xiaojiu’s harem?

Wait, does Xiaojiu have a harem?

And how old is Xiaojiu this year?