"Are you mute?" Luhua cursed.
"What a disgrace to be making such a fuss," Xiao Tianzi frowned. "Don't talk nonsense when you're on duty."
Luhua's eyes widened. Even servants serving the Empress Dowager and the Emperor couldn't help being lazy and talking!
She felt that Xiao Tianzi was targeting her and was very angry. Okay, if you want to be a good eunuch, I will keep an eye on you and see if you can roll up all the time! If you get distracted and don't do it well, hehe.
She stared at Xiao Tianzi, walked from Guanlanzhai to Shuiyun Palace, and then walked half a circle in the palace before returning to Jingyixuan.
Her eyes changed from resentment to suspicion, and finally to fear.
Xiao Tianzi was truly meticulous, always on call for the Ninth Prince. When there was water on the road, he stood by to warn people. When a gust of wind blew from behind, he blocked it with his body. When General Coal came rolling around, covered in dirt, he caught him, wiped it clean with his clothes, and handed it to the Ninth Prince.
Fortunately, the Seventh Princess was not smart enough to notice Odani's scroll, so she did not ask her to do so.
After Luhua was thankful, she prayed that Xiao Tianzi was just in a momentary impulse and would not continue. If the princess realized it and asked her to open the book as well, it would be the end of her life!
At the door of Jingyixuan, Xia Jing said goodbye to Ning Xuenian and watched the two disappear around the corner.
He turned his head to look at Xiao Tianzi, who had his head lowered like a devout believer.
He also noticed Odanoko's curl and Luhua's fear.
Sure enough, feudal superstition is the most useful thing. Loyalty and piety are completely different concepts.
However, this piety was a bit too considerate. It would be fine if it was done by Honeysuckle, but Xia Jing could not accept a eunuch being so considerate.
Speaking of honeysuckle, the second step of the plan to tame the princess of the fallen country should be started.
He asked Xiao Tianzi: "Have you finished writing the letter to the eldest princess?"
"Please punish me, master. I forgot!" Xiao Tianzi knelt down and was about to slap himself in the mouth, but Xia Jing hurriedly stopped him.
"You fainted this morning, so I don't blame you for forgetting. Go and write it now." Xia Jing waved his hand.
Xiao Tianzi returned to the ear room, Xia Jing entered the study and called Rendong.
He hadn't written his own letter yet. According to the character setting, the Ninth Prince hadn't learned to write yet, so Honeysuckle had to write for him.
Chapter 97 Brother, You Are So Delicious
Picking up the brush and spreading out the letter paper, Jindong glanced at Xia Jing and felt a little flustered.
Family members know their own business. She knew that her behavior in Jingyixuan and in front of the Ninth Prince was definitely not respectful.
This disrespect stemmed in part from first impressions. A third-rank official at the prime minister's door, meeting a prince of the fringe of imperial concubines for the first time, she didn't look down on him, but she didn't look up to him either.
The other half stemmed from her unwillingness and reserve. She was the princess of the Chi Kingdom, even though it was only a tiny country and had already perished.
She was afraid that Xia Jing would tell Ning Wanjun about her.
She underestimated Xia Jing's cultivation.
"I say, you write, make a draft first, it's okay if it's sloppy." Xia Jing said.
Unless writing regular script or cursive script, writing with a brush is very slow, and Xia Jing doesn't want to wait.
He started by talking about the recent spring hunt, talking about how powerful General Yu was, and also mentioned that Ning Wanjun had previously not believed in his taming skills.
Then they talked about Emperor Kangning’s reward, the Upper Study, and Ning Xuenian’s crying.
Ning Xuenian then talked about Ning Zhixing and Ning Shouxu, and mentioned Empress Dowager You.
The more Jindong wrote, the more alarmed she became. At the Spring Hunt, was there a subtle conflict between the Crown Prince and Emperor Kangning? Did the Seventh Princess actually want to go to the study? The Fourth Prince's obsession with woodworking wasn't surprising, but the Third Prince's obsession with toys was quite unexpected.
She had never heard the eldest princess talk about Empress Dowager You's farming.
After talking to everyone, the letter came to an end.
"...The water in the Imperial Garden is no longer frozen, and I can skip stones on it and make three splashes in a row. The new buds on the branches have all become targets for my slingshots. I hope they will grow new leaves. How is my eldest sister doing? I heard there is a kind of creeping chrysanthemum on the grassland that blooms a mountain of small yellow flowers. I really want to see it. Everything is fine in Jingyixuan, except for that tree whose name I don't know. I asked Xiao Tianzi to pick a leaf for it and enclose it in this letter for you."
After reading, Xia Jing looked at the handwriting of Jindong, which was indeed very sloppy. The girl took out a new piece of letter paper and wrote slowly and beautifully in regular script. At the end of the letter, Xia Jing smeared his hand with ink and pressed his palm print on it, then tucked a small leaf into the letter.
Honeysuckle rolled up the letter and put it into the metal tube. General Jade was not a human, so he could not hold the letter. He had to tie the metal tube to his feet.
The little palace maid breathed a sigh of relief.
The Ninth Prince mentioned her, but only briefly, without going into details.
She suddenly felt a little guilty. The Ninth Prince was a good boy, and what she had done before was a bit too much.
She overestimated Xia Jing's moral level.
The Ninth Prince himself did not write about Rendong's fault, but that does not mean that no one mentioned Rendong in the letter sent to Beizhen.
I haven’t received Odano’s letter yet!
In the main hall, Xia Jing took Odano's letter and glanced at it quietly. Sure enough, half of it was a complaint. However, compared to the fight yesterday, the words in the letter were somewhat restrained.
This is the second edition written by Odano, which downplays the actions of Honeysuckle.
It’s not that he is afraid of honeysuckle. If he were to compete with honeysuckle now, the girl would definitely lose.
Xiao Tianzi restrained himself because he had to. He thought about it for a day and realized that the person who massaged the young master's legs in the dream was none other than Honeysuckle! Although her hair had turned red and her skin color was darker, her face shape was clearly that of Honeysuckle when she grew up!
Since Honeysuckle can massage the young master's legs, it shows that the future is good, but there are some minor problems now, so there is no need to be too harsh in the words.
He secretly looked at the Ninth Prince, wondering what the future Ren Dong would be like, a palace maid or...
The emperor's legs are not something that an ordinary palace maid can massage.
Xia Jing stuffed his letter into the tube. It was already dark, and Xia Jing waited all night. The next morning, he went to the zoo.
He tied the metal cylinder to General Yu's feet and patted his head: "Go, go to Beizhen, go to the eldest royal sister."
General Yu flapped his wings, stirred up dust, and flew towards the north.
The Saker Falcon was extremely fast. Xia Jing looked at the 3D map and saw that it took only a few breaths for it to leave the harem and fly into the sky above the capital.
A few sharp-eyed people only saw a dark shadow flash by, and when they could no longer find it, they realized it was an eagle.
General Yu's journey was not lonely. He received many letters from the capital to Beizhen, and carrier pigeons accompanied him on his journey.
Feeling tired, General Yu would catch a carrier pigeon and have a snack.
As a Saker Falcon, General Yu had no idea what a carrier pigeon was and only thought it was a delicious bird that flew with him.
After eating one, it discovered the bamboo tube on the pigeon's foot and realized that this pigeon was a colleague of its.
Urgent, what should I do if my colleague is eaten?
Its originally defiant look suddenly became uneasy as it realized that it had done something bad.
After hesitating for a long time on whether to flee the scene of the accident or destroy the body, General Yu pecked off the bamboo tube of the carrier pigeon, held it in his mouth, and caught another carrier pigeon.
Eating one colleague is eating, eating a group of colleagues is also eating. The meat of this colleague who delivered the letter was so delicious that General Yu couldn't resist!
This colleague is flying so slowly, he must have heatstroke and won't live long. Eat him! This colleague is fat and has high blood pressure, high blood lipids, and high blood sugar. He's definitely going to die. Eat him! This colleague... looks healthy, but he must have a hidden illness. Eat him!
When they entered the territory of Beizhen, there were even more pigeons. After eating all the pigeons that came with them, General Yu started to eat the ones that came from Beizhen.
The sun set and rose again. General Yu, having eaten and drunk his fill, circled in the sky and soon found his target.
Ning Wanjun sat in the royal tent, lost in thought as she gazed at the map of Bei Zhen. Just as the Ninth Prince had intel, King Bei Zhen was nearing death. She had used coercion and inducement to win over those close to him, and in his name, she had taken control of the royal tent and his direct line of power.
However, those outside the direct line are difficult to control and even difficult to contact.
Many of the Beizhen lords had been at odds with the king for many years, and even during the heyday of the Beizhen King, it was difficult to command them.
Ning Wanjun needed a stepping stone, an opportunity to contact the lords of Beizhen, big and small. Moreover, in this contact, he had to show his majesty and gain their respect. Only then would the subsequent work be carried out.
"Princess." The maid came running in from outside in a panic.
"Speak." Ning Wanjun raised his head.
"Bird!" The maid pointed outside the tent.
Bird? Ning Wanjun walked out of the royal tent and saw a bird, a familiar one at that.
That was the Saker Falcon she gave to Xia Jing.
General Yu walked to Ning Wanjun's side and called out with a click. Several bamboo tubes in his mouth fell to the ground one after another.
Ning Wanjun was puzzled and opened a bamboo tube to take a look.
Wow, a letter from a Ningguo caravan to a lord in Beizhen.
Opening another one, it was even more amazing. It was a letter from a small lord in Beizhen to his old lover in the northern border of Ningguo.
There are a total of fourteen bamboo tubes, all of which contain communications between Beizhen and Ningguo. Although there is nothing confidential about them, they are definitely not known to the public.
Ning Wanjun gripped the bamboo tube tightly and raised his head suddenly.
Isn't this what she needs, an opportunity to establish her authority in front of the lords of Beizhen?
But fourteen is still too few.
"What's going on?" Ning Wanjun asked General Yu how he got these.
General Yu made a clicking sound and acted ferociously, then jumped in another direction, folded his wings, and acted pitiful.
Ning Wanjun understood what was going on. This meant that a bird of prey had set its sights on the delivery pigeon.
The bird of prey played by General Yu grabbed hard and bit again, and then the carrier pigeon played by General Yu fell to the grass, sticking out its tongue and its head tilted.
In the end, General Yu, played by General Yu, came to the rescue in a majestic manner, killed the bird of prey that attacked his colleagues, and took over the unfinished business from his colleagues' claws.
The maid was fascinated by the sight, angry yet in awe: "Damn the eagle, what a wonderful Saker Falcon."
Ning Wanjun sighed.
It's worthy of being the Saker Falcon raised by that boy, it's as frivolous as he is.
Ning Wanjun could only reluctantly believe that there was only one mailbox, but could it be that all the pigeons in so many bamboo tubes had encountered birds of prey?
Without exposing General Yu, Ning Wanjun asked, "Where is his letter?"
General Yu raised his wings, stretched out his claws, and revealed the iron tubes on his legs.
This posture is somewhat enchanting, and Ning Wanjun suspected that it was also taught by the boy.
Chapter 98: Capturing the Little Palace Maid
The flying speed of the Saker Falcon is very fast. Even in level flight, it is not inferior to vehicles traveling on the highway. In addition, the airspace is not controlled, so there is no need to detour. It took a day and a half to reach Beizhen.
Xia Jing confirmed its arrival through the 3D map. He thought it would be back in a day, but unexpectedly, it stayed in Beizhen for three consecutive days.
Did the Queen Mother really come true? He’s gone and never comes back?
After checking General Yu's loyalty, Xia Jing confirmed that it was still 80. He denied this possibility.
Could it be that he met his lover and couldn't bear to leave?
That's great. It would be best to find a few more and bring them all back.
On the morning of the third day, Xia Jing saw through the map that there were many people around Ning Wanjun's icon, and it seemed that a banquet was being held.
That's great. He also wants to host a lively dinner party.
After the banquet, the icon representing Ning Wanjun met with the guests one by one until the evening.
[Intimacy: 79 → 81]
"...?"
Xia Jing was confused. Why did Ning Wanjun's favorability increase when he held a banquet?
The intimacy level of 79 was before Ning Wanjun left the palace, which included Xia Jing's cuteness and hard work, plus Bei Zhen's information.
As soon as General Yu's letter arrived in Beizhen, Xia Jing stared at Ning Wanjun's interpersonal interface, hoping for some change, but it didn't. 79 to 80, it wasn't something a single letter could break through; it would either require a little effort or some external force.
How come the price suddenly went up after just three days?
It can't be that General Yu is having an affair with someone else to make Ning Wanjun so happy, right?
On the evening of the fourth day, General Yu arrived at the zoo. Xia Jing went there and only saw General Yu's bird, which made him very disappointed.
He tapped General Yu's bird on the head: "Where's the female bird you hooked up with?"
"Ka?" General Yu jumped on the ground anxiously.
How can you defame the bird's innocence out of thin air!
Ignoring its protest, Xia Jing lifted the bird's wings and looked at the iron tube on its feet.
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