Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chen Jia shook his head. The students in the Imperial College were all sons of noble families and were all boys. There were no girls, so Chen Jia had no chance to come into contact with the opposite sex of the same age. In addition, Wu Mi's control over him was relatively strict. No young palace maids were arranged to take care of him to prevent him from ruining his body.

In this case, how could he find a girl he liked?

"Empress, since Jia'er doesn't have a girl he likes, then you will be the one to choose the Crown Princess. Don't limit yourself to the daughters of famous families. As long as they have good character and appearance, girls from ordinary families can also be accepted." Chen Mo said.

Wu Mi smiled and said, "I will send someone to the Ministry of Revenue to let them know and have each state department screen the people first. The Ministry of Revenue will then submit the list and it will be up to Your Majesty to decide."

Chen Mo then looked at Chen Nuo and said, "Nuo'er, you are the eldest brother, and the prince is about to get married. Do you want to start a family?"

Chen Nuo shook his head: "I don't want to get married so early. I want to join the army and fight on the battlefield like my father."

Chen Mo was stunned, looking at Chen Nuo's serious face, he smiled and said: "Your father has fought all the battles for you. At least there will be no wars in the next few decades. Where can I fight for you?"

Chen Nuo pursed her lips and said nothing.

Chen Mo waved at him, and Chen Nuo came over. Chen Mo touched his head and said, "In less than two years, Nuo'er will be an adult. Do you want to go out and try your luck?"

"Your Majesty." Xia Zhiqing was worried when she heard this. She wanted to dissuade him, but was interrupted by Chen Mo. "I have made some connections during my recent trips out. Nuo'er is already a top-grade warrior. Maybe he can join some big sects. Once he becomes a disciple of a big sect, his safety will be relatively guaranteed.

The children have grown up and have their own paths to walk. We cannot protect them forever. It is time for them to stand on their own feet.”

The children all practiced the same martial arts that Chen Mo had practiced. With the help of the Fire Spirit Pill, people like Chen Nuo, Chen Jia, Chen You, and Chen Zhong have all become first-grade warriors, that is, the first level of the Lingtai.

The reason why Chen Mo wanted them to go out and try their luck was because the resources he had and the environment of the Lingjue Land were only enough for them to reach the Lingtai Realm. If they wanted to go to the next level, they had to go out to the small world and have a larger platform for training.

"But Nuoer is still young"

Xia Zhiqing didn't feel confident when she said this. Fourteen years old was not young anymore.

In ordinary people, people of this age are already married and have children.

"I know you don't want Nuo'er to leave, but how can children stay with their parents forever?" Chen Mo looked at Chen Nuo seriously: "Nuo'er, tell me."

"Your Majesty, I will obey you," said Chen Nuo.

Xia Zhiqing was not as strict as Wu Mi in disciplining her children, and teenagers were in their rebellious period. Although Xia Zhiqing was reluctant to let Chen Nuo leave, Chen Nuo really wanted to leave his parents and go out to explore the world.

"Then you should practice well in the next two years, and after the coming-of-age ceremony, your father will make arrangements for you." Chen Mo thought to himself.

"Uh-huh."

"Your Highness, you cannot go in. His Majesty and the Queen are in a meeting."

At this time, the respectful and embarrassed voice of the palace maid was heard outside the palace.

"I gonna go see."

Chen Mo glanced at Wu Mi, stood up and walked out of the hall, where he saw a girl in a little princess dress, whose features resembled Xia Zhiqing a bit.

It was Chen Qing, Xia Zhiqing’s second daughter born in the third year of Zhenguan.

"Father." Chen Qing trotted over, holding up her skirt, and hugged Chen Mo's legs.

"His Majesty."

The palace maids and the maids who took care of Chen Qing hurriedly bowed to Chen Mo.

Chen Mo waved his hand and was about to pick up Chen Qing and carry him into the hall.

"Father, wait a minute."

Chen Qing let go of Chen Mo's legs and took a brocade box from the nanny's hand.

The brocade box was very light. Chen Qing picked it up and shook it in front of Chen Mo's eyes: "Father, guess what's inside."

Chen Mo squatted down and could sense through his soul that there was a brocade bag inside. Judging from the faint fragrance it emitted, it should be a sachet, but he pretended not to know and said, "Is it the delicious osmanthus cake?"

"Father, you guessed wrong. It's a sachet. Although the cloth bag of the sachet was sewn by my mother, the spices inside were packed by me." Chen Qing whispered in a childish voice.

"Wow."

Chen Mo was very happy. He kissed her on the cheek, then picked her up and lifted her high, saying, "Qing'er is really filial. Father likes her very much."

"But Father, you haven't opened it yet."

"Why don't we go in and open it so everyone can see it."

"it is good."

After entering the bedroom, Chen Mo put Chen Qing down, and the latter quickly threw himself into Xia Zhiqing's arms, his eyes narrowed with joy: "Mother, mother, father likes the sachet that your son gave him very much."

"Yeah."

"Yes, my father said it himself just now. I also said that the bag was sewn by my mother."

"Qing'er is so good." Xia Zhiqing pinched Chen Qing's little face and smiled, "Hurry up and pay your respects to the Queen and your brothers and sisters."

"The Queen."

"Brother Prince."

"Brother."

"Sister."

"Third brother."

Chen Qing greeted her brothers and sisters sweetly.

Chen You dotes on his little sister very much. He lowered his head and said softly, "Little sister, why are you here? Aren't you playing with Dabai?"

"I heard from Nanny Rong that you were here and that my father had returned, so I came here." Chen Qing said.

He looked at everyone one by one and asked curiously, "Sister, what are you doing here?"

"Father is talking about some adult matters, you are still young." Chen You said.

"But Xiao is one year younger than me." Chen Qing pointed at Chen Xiao. She was born in the third year of Zhenguan, and Chen Xiao was born in the fourth year of Zhenguan.

Chen You was startled, then walked over, took Chen Qing's hand, and coaxed: "Sister will take you out of the palace to play, okay?"

"Leave the palace?" Chen Qing's eyes suddenly widened and glowed, and then he subconsciously looked at his father and mother, obviously thinking that his sister had no say in this matter.

Chen Mo nodded: "Go ahead."

"Youyou, take good care of your sister." Xia Zhiqing said.

"Sister, let's go quickly." Chen Qing took Chen You's hand and pulled her outside, seeming a little impatient.

After the two of them left, Xia Zhiqing covered her mouth and smiled: "Youyou was the same as Qing'er when she was a child."

"Nuo'er, Jia'er, Chong'er, Jin'er, Xi'er, Yan'er, please follow me."

Seeing that things were almost over, Chen Mo planned to take this opportunity to pass on his magical powers to them and also take a look at their talents.

The first thing Chen Mo taught was the skill of escaping.

Dragon Step.

It’s been a busy day.

At present, among the six, Chen Xi has the best understanding, followed by Chen Nuo, Chen Jia, Chen Yan, Chen Jin and Chen Zhong.

"The best performer today is Xi'er, followed by Nuo'er. Although they haven't yet entered the door, they have already mastered several tricks. They deserve encouragement." Having said this, Chen Mo hesitated for a moment and said, "I hope you can practice seriously. After three months, whoever makes the most progress will get the sword."

Chen Mo took out a Wind Shadow Sword, suspended it above his palm, exuding a stern sword intent.

Young people are the most immature, and everyone has the heart of a knight who wants to travel the world with a sword.

They all liked it at once and responded one after another.

"Okay, let's all get down."

After saying that, Chen Mo looked at Chen Xi carefully again.

Chen Xi was born to Yue Ruyan.

Of all his sons, he is the most like him.

Although Chen Mo always said that he did not favor anyone.

But in his heart, he loved this son the most.

Looking at him, Chen Mo felt as if he saw himself when he was a child.

night.

Chen Mo went to Xia Zhining's bedroom.

Because Chen Mo said in advance that he would be there, Xia Zhiqing was also there.

In the bedroom, Xia Zhining's two daughters, Chen Li and Chen Xin, were also there.

Xia Zhining was scolding, while Xia Zhiqing was persuading her.

Chen Mo came over and asked, and found out that there was a fight.

In the afternoon, Chen Li, Chen Le'an, Chen Nianmo, Chen Rou, and Chen Ke were playing.

Chen Li took a fancy to the toy in Chen Ke's hand.

This is the "Zhao Yun" that Xu Ying made for her daughter with peach wood according to the story of the Three Kingdoms.

Chen Li liked it and asked Chen Ke to give it to her.

When Chen Ke refused to give it to her, Chen Li called her sister Chen Xin to snatch it from him. Not only did they steal Chen Ke's toy, they also beat Chen Ke and scolded Chen Ke's mother Xu Ying, saying that she was a vixen.

After Chen Mo asked, he also frowned and looked at Chen Li with a sullen face: "Who taught you to say that?"

In his opinion, among the three wrong behaviors of Chen Li, namely snatching toys, hitting people and swearing, swearing is the most serious.

The first two types, although rare, are just fights between children and are not uncommon.

And they are swearing at adults.

If no one taught me, it would be impossible to say this.

Chen Li raised her head and looked at her father, saw his angry expression, and then lowered her head in fear.

"Raise your head." Chen Mo said dissatisfiedly.

Chen Li raised his head and met his father's eyes, and felt a little dazed.

"Speak." Chen Mo shouted softly.

"Your Majesty, Li'er is still young, don't scare her." Xia Zhiqing hurried forward to stop Chen Mo.

Chen Mo's expression remained unchanged as he stared at Chen Li.

Chen Li was only eight years old and could not handle the pressure well. She cried, "No one taught me. I heard my mother say that about Concubine Qing once, and then I remembered it. I know I was wrong. I didn't mean it."

After Xu Ying gave birth to Chen Ke for Chen Mo, she was promoted from Concubine Qing to Imperial Concubine Qing.

Chen Mo and Xia Zhiqing turned their gaze to Xia Zhining.

Xia Zhining, who was angry, was stunned when she heard her daughter's words. Then she became even more furious and said with her hands on her hips, "When did I ever say that to Concubine Qing? You've learned to lie at such a young age. I must teach you a lesson today."

"I didn't. I told you last time when you were angry."

"Last time? When?"

"that is."

After hearing Chen Li's slow explanation, Chen Mo and Xia Zhiqing's expressions turned strange.

Because they felt that Chen Li should not have lied.

This is indeed what Xia Zhining said.

Before Chen Mo became emperor, Xu Ying still lived in Tongque Garden.

When Chen Mo came back from Tongque Garden, he met Xia Zhining. Sometimes she would ridicule him in a sarcastic way and say that Xu Ying and the others were vixens and swindlers.

Xia Zhining felt guilty when she thought about what she had said, but she definitely did not teach Chen Li to say that. Instead, sometimes when she was angry with Chen Mo, she would curse Chen Mo's women in a low voice.

As a result, Chen Li accidentally heard it.

"It's all your fault. If it weren't for you."

Xia Zhining knew how to pass the buck, and soon started to criticize Chen Mo.

"Blame me?" Chen Mo was stunned for a moment, but he couldn't argue with Xia Zhining in front of his daughters, so he said to his two daughters: "Reflect on your mistakes tonight, and tomorrow morning, go to Concubine Qing and Chen Ke to admit your mistakes and ask for their forgiveness."

"promise."

Because they spent little time together, the two daughters were still very afraid of Chen Mo and dared not disobey his orders.

Chen Mo waved his hand, and two maids came over and took Chen Li, Chen Xin and the others away.

As soon as they left, Chen Mo looked at Xia Zhining and said nothing, but everything was implied.

Xia Zhining saw Chen Mo's expression, bit her rosy lips, and glared at Chen Mo fiercely: "Why, I didn't say anything wrong, it was your fault in the first place."

Chen Mo raised his eyebrows, walked forward, picked up Xia Zhining by the waist, and walked towards her bed.

After the clouds cleared and the rain stopped.

Chen Mo stroked her snow-white and smooth shoulders, but Xia Zhining pushed him away and said coldly, "Don't touch me."

Although the words sounded cold, they were somewhat weak, and the strength in his hands when he slapped was also limp, as if he had not eaten.

Chen Mo patted her on the buttocks and said, "You are still not convinced. How can you teach your daughter? Fortunately, Chen Ke is still young, otherwise, what would she think when she heard this?

I know you are angry with me, but there are some things you cannot say in front of your daughter. "

"I didn't do it on purpose. After I found out about this, I reprimanded them right away and told them that this behavior was wrong." Xia Zhining admitted her mistake, then looked up at Chen Mo and said coldly, "And you're not wrong, aren't you? If you hadn't provoked so many women, this wouldn't have happened. Besides, Lizhi is your daughter, and you have the responsibility to teach her. Now that she's made a mistake, you blame it all on me. How can this be justified?"

"Zhi Ning." Xia Zhiqing, who was lying on the side but still fully clothed, frowned.

Xia Zhining snorted coldly and turned away.

Chen Mo sighed, pressed his body against her, hugged her tightly from behind, and said, "You are right, I am also wrong in this matter, but you should also understand what I want to express. You and Concubine Qing are both mothers now. There are some things that should not be said in front of the child."

"I can hear you, just talk, don't touch me." Xia Zhining slapped Chen Mo's hand away and said in a snorting voice, "I'm tired, go find my sister."

At this time, two soft lumps pressed against Chen Mo's back. Xia Zhiqing lay over and gently hugged Chen Mo, saying, "Your Majesty, don't be angry with Zhining. She feels bad because she didn't teach Lizhi well."

"I'm not angry with Zhining, I'm just worried about how to discipline them. It's also my fault because I don't spend enough time with them."

Chen Mo held Xia Zhiqing's hand on his belly and said, "No such thing happened to Nuo'er and Youyou, right?"

Xia Zhiqing shook her head, and after some consideration, she said, "Your Majesty, Zhining, how about I teach Lizhi and the others in the future?"

(End of this chapter)