The villain prince is three and a half years old

"It's so lively in Empress Xiao's palace." Lu Hua said enviously.

Her master is only on good terms with his relative, Concubine Duan. Recently, Concubine Duan committed a crime and fell out of favor. She is in a bad mood and has a rift with her master. She hasn't called her master for a long time. Fortunately, there is Empress Xiao, who visits her every few days.

Luhua doesn't like Concubine Duan. She thinks she is too strong and too arrogant. She thinks it is a good thing that her master does not go to Concubine Duan. It would be better if she comes to Jingyixuan like Concubine Yi.

Of course, these thoughts are only in my mind.

After leaving Jingyixuan, Luhua glanced behind Xia Jing and confirmed that it was Rendong, not Xiaotianzi, who followed him out, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

That little Tianzi is really abominable, he is so curled up!

Honeysuckle is very good. Not only does it not curl up, it even looks a bit rotten.

I can relax a little today. Luhua was delighted.

Soon, she realized that she was being naive.

In Yanghe Pavilion, Lu Hua knelt behind Ning Xuenian, massaging her princess' shoulders and back with a look of despair.

She glanced at Rendong behind Xia Jing. The girl was rubbing the back of the Ninth Prince's neck seriously.

Why are you rolled up too!

The Ninth Prince is a martial artist after all, so he won’t feel any back or neck pain from walking this short distance!

Nanny Yuan envied the two palace maids. She wanted to give the third prince a massage, but as soon as she reached out her hand, it was ruthlessly slapped away.

Chapter 100 Childhood sweetheart falls into prostitution

General Mei had gone out to hang out and hadn't returned yet. Xia Jing simply waited at Yanghe Pavilion and checked on Ning Shouxu's progress on his Rubik's Cube.

Ning Shouxu looked arrogant and took out the Rubik's Cube with three sides completed.

Xia Jing applauded him and admired his ability. Being able to solve three sides without a formula was already amazing. Most people who bought Rubik's Cubes in their previous lives couldn't solve three sides without practicing the formula.

"Try it?" Ning Shouxu handed the Rubik's Cube to Xia Jing and Ning Xuenian.

Ning Xuenian shook her head, a look of fear on her face. She had, of course, tried the Rubik's Cube before. It looked simple, but when she tried it herself, she only experienced frustration. The slingshot was still much more fun.

Xia Jing didn't want it either. If he really tried and completed six sides, Ning Shouxu would be unhappy again. He didn't plan to tell Ning Shouxu the formula yet, waiting until Ning Shouxu reached a dead end before teaching him, which would maximize the Rubik's Cube's entertainment life.

Ning Shouxu was already very familiar with the two children, so he no longer concealed his feelings. He took out bamboo sticks and played the bamboo stick picking game with them.

After playing for a while, Xia Jing did not wait for General Coal, but waited for Empress Xian instead.

When Empress Xian saw someone massaging the shoulders and backs of the two children, she also wanted to give Ning Shouxu a massage, but the mature Third Prince refused her.

While Ning Shouxu went to the house to look for toys, Concubine Xian sighed, "I don't know how to find the prince's wife in this state."

This means that Ning Shouxu doesn't even accept being close to his mother, let alone any other woman.

Ning Shouxu has reached the marriageable age, and Empress Xian has been looking for a lady from a prominent family for him recently.

Physical disability is not a problem. In the capital, except for a few families, the girls of other families are considered to be marrying up if they can marry Xu'er.

Even the daughters of those few families could get the emperor to issue an imperial decree, so they wouldn't dare to disobey. Xu'er was injured for the emperor!

However, she showed Xu'er many portraits of women, tall, short, fat, thin, charming, pure, humble, arrogant, all of them were there, and some were even sold in packages, but Xu'er was not interested in any of them!

With Xuer's temper, if she doesn't accept it, then she won't accept it. Even if she is married, she will be thrown into the boudoir as a doll!

What should I do? Concubine Xian was anxious.

Nanny Yuan looked up, glanced at Concubine Xian secretly, and then looked at Xia Jing.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. The combination of yin and yang is the ultimate truth of heaven and earth. As long as the right person is chosen, there is no one who doesn't like it." Nanny Yuan comforted Empress Xian.

Empress Xian sighed, "That's true, but where is the right person?"

Nanny Yuan looked at Xia Jing again.

This doesn't mean that the candidate is Xia Jing. Nanny Yuan would never be so confused. She looked at Xia Jing because Xia Jing knew one of the right candidates.

Xia Jing didn't know at first, but after seeing this from Nanny Yuan, he found out.

Nanny Yuan was forbidden by Ning Shouxu and dared not speak, but Xia Jing did not have this concern.

It was just that Nanny Yuan was not good at speaking and didn’t know how to guide the Ninth Prince to speak out. She was getting anxious when she heard the Ninth Prince speak.

"Is Empress Xian going to choose a girl for my third brother?" Xia Jing asked.

The term "selecting girls" was a bit frivolous, but Empress Xian didn't take it to heart, thinking that the child had used the wrong term.

She nodded. "Yes."

"Brother Li took me to the pleasure boat before, and I also chose a girl." Xia Jing pretended to be innocent. He did choose, but he dared to choose. Xue Renli didn't dare to let the girl come and drove her away.

The Qingshui River pleasure boats were quite famous, and even Concubine Xian had heard of them. She was stunned. Brother Li? Xue Renli? The incident from his last trip out of the palace?

She sat up straight, her brows furrowed, her face fierce. "Alright! You're so kind, Xue Renli! I told you to entertain the Ninth Prince well, but you took him to a pleasure boat! Although a pleasure boat is considered legitimate, is it suitable for taking the little prince there?"

These bastards just like to hang out in those shady places. Sooner or later, she will beg the emperor to close the pleasure boat and sink the dead ship!

"Third brother was there too and sent flowers!" Xia Jing said again.

Empress Xian was stunned again. Xu'er was there too? Sending flowers? Was that a reward? Did Xu'er have a lover on the pleasure boat?

She thought that the Qingshui River pleasure boats had survived to this day, and there was a reason for their existence. As expected, they were the most profitable department under the Jiaofangsi. She would report to the Emperor tomorrow and ask for a reward for the Jiaofangsi.

She waved to Xia Jing, held the boy in her arms, and asked with a smile, "Which girl did your third brother give flowers to?"

Although the girl in the pleasure boat is not presentable, she is still a girl after all. Let’s solve the issue of whether she has it or not first, and then solve the issue of her reputation!

A bastard is still a bastard, better than no bastard at all! Besides, she asked Emperor Kangning to take that girl out of her lowly humiliation and make her Xu'er's concubine, so wouldn't that make her a family bastard?

Xia Jing shook his head: "I don't know, I saw Aunt Yuan go and deliver it."

Empress Xian turned her head to look at Nanny Yuan.

"what to give?"

Ning Shouxu interrupted the conversation. He came out of the room, pushing a wheelchair with a chessboard on his lap, and looked at everyone with confusion.

Empress Xian hesitated, Xia Jing looked at the sky, and seeing that this rare opportunity was about to slip away, Nanny Yuan made a prompt decision and knelt on the ground.

She cried out, "Your Majesty, please let my family go. I really can't say anything!"

Empress Xian blinked and asked, "When did I ever do anything to your family?"

I was about to ask, but luckily I reacted in time.

She said sternly, "Yes, tell me now! Otherwise, your whole family will be trapped!"

Nanny Yuan fell to the ground, crying bitterly.

Xia Jing almost laughed out loud. She couldn't miss such an interesting scene.

He feigned fear and timidly said, "Isn't Empress Xian going to punish Brother Li too?"

"Oh, none of them can escape!" Empress Xian was addicted to playing the villain. Unlike Nanny Yuan, Xue Renli really couldn't escape. He was so audacious to take the little prince to such a place!

Ning Shouxu looked at Nanny Yuan, then at Xia Jing, and sighed: "Go ahead."

Nanny Yuan cried twice more and confessed everything with sobs.

"Oh? Is it the girl from the Sun family?" Empress Xian was surprised.

Xia Jing pricked up his ears. Did Concubine Xian know him? There was actually something else going on here?

"That's right." Nanny Yuan replied.

What do you mean by "exactly"? You should be like the supporting characters on TV and tell the story from beginning to end. How can you just say "exactly"?

Xia Jing felt itchy and grabbed Concubine Xian's sleeve and asked, "What Miss Sun?"

Empress Xian was lost in thought as she explained briefly, "The eldest son of the Sun family was originally the Censor of Yuzhou. A few years ago, when Yuzhou was in turmoil, he was suspected of collaborating with the rebels. The entire family was imprisoned, some were exiled, and some were sent to the Imperial Music Bureau."

The Censor is an official of the third rank, and the eldest son of the Sun family is one of the people in power in Yuzhou.

"The Sun family was originally on good terms with my Xue family, and Xu'er has met her several times." After Empress Xian finished speaking, she fell into deep thought.

Xia Jing touched his chin. It turned out to be a story about a childhood sweetheart whose family went bankrupt and ended up in a brothel. He had seen this many times and had a lot of experience.

Strictly speaking, the pleasure boats on Qingshui River aren't considered entertainment establishments. They're more like idols and anchors, singing and dancing and selling handshake tickets, well—here they'd call them meet-and-greet tickets—but no shaking of hands is allowed.

Compared to this, this painting boat is really evil!

Chapter 101 Lizard is currently committing a crime

The subsequent matters were slowly discussed by Empress Xian and Ning Shouxu. Xia Jing just held Empress Xian's hand and protected Xue Renli.

Walking out of the house, Xia Jing made the sign of the cross on his chest.

"What's this for?" the girl imitated curiously.

"Pray for Brother Li." Xia Jing replied.

Xue Renli was bound to be scolded, and most likely Xiao Jida as well. There was no other way. It was not that the Ninth Prince was unkind, but he had to make this sacrifice for the sake of his third brother's lifelong affairs.

Ning Xuenian didn't ask why she should pray for Brother Li, nor did she ask who Brother Li was. She didn't care about that.

She asked, "Is the pleasure boat fun?"

"It's more fun than visiting the East Market and West Market." Xia Jing commented.

"Oh." Ning Xuenian took note of it silently.

Emperor Kangning's decree has been issued. Concubine Yun is about to leave the palace to visit her relatives, and Ning Xuenian will also follow her out of the palace.

She thought to herself that she would also like to go to the pleasure boat to take a look. This was a place jointly recommended by her younger brother Jing and her third brother.

"Don't tell anyone about what happened today, or your third brother will be angry." Xia Jing warned.

"Oh." Ning Xuenian agreed.

I can't talk about what happened today, so if my mother asks me why I want to go to the pleasure boat, I can only say that I heard it from "Brother Li".

"Meow?" General Coal came back after fooling around outside, holding a bird's egg in his mouth.

Xia Jing suddenly realized that they were kidnapping and selling birds.

Presenting the bird eggs to Xia Jing, General Coal rubbed his head against the boy's ankle to show his affection and asked him to kill the chicken.

Xia Jing put the bird eggs aside and grabbed General Coal: "We got it. Let's go to the zoo."

"Meow?" General Coal's voice was sharp, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.

One stick of incense later, in the zoo.

Ning Xuenian and Lu Hua looked around the zoo curiously. The zoo wasn't heavily guarded, but not everyone could enter. Concubine Yun didn't like the smell of the zoo, so it was a rare opportunity for the two of them to enter.

It was only because Xia Jing had a Saker Falcon that he was qualified to enter and exit the zoo freely.

Xia Jing was in front of General Yu's new nest, on the grass. General Coal and General Jade looked at each other in surprise. This was the first time they met.

The bird and the beast looked at each other for a long time. General Coal raised his front paws, and General Jade also stretched out his eagle claws, and the two claws touched each other in the air.

It seems that they get along well, so we can let them act together without worry.

"Yours, do the work of finding people, yours, do the work of hurrying on the road." Xia Jing assigned them tasks, "Enter the mausoleum quietly, don't shoot with a gun, and if you meet Miss Yu, follow her and do the work."

The beasts stared blankly, as this sentence was beyond their comprehension.

Xia Jing explained it in simple and easy-to-understand words, found Yu Meiren, contacted Yu Meiren, and prepared for the next formal communication.

General Jade and General Coal nodded.

Xia Jing was worried and warned General Yu: "Don't eat your colleagues!"

"Meow meow meow?" General Coal got angry.

"Don't take the bird eggs!" Xia Jing reminded General Coal again.

"Crack, crack, crack?" General Yu closed his legs.

The bird and the beast looked at each other with awe in their eyes.

In order to make it easier for General Coal to ride, Xia Jing made a small hanging basket, hung it on General Jade's claws, and told it to fly slowly.

After a loud eagle cry, General Jade rose from the ground, and General Coal seized the opportunity and jumped into the hanging basket.

A pair of beasts disappeared into the sky.

Hope everything goes well for them.