Your Majesty, I am not doing this for any reward…
If you do not wake up soon, then all the civil and military officials and the people of Daliang will suffer, including her.
Besides, it’s just killing a bug, a simple task, why would I need thanks?
“Your Majesty, I don’t want anything, I just want you to be healthy…” Little Xi Tian said with a sweet smile.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Cheng felt a warm current surge within him. “Xi Tian, my girl, you are so sensible. I knew I was right about you!~”
There aren’t many sensible children like her nowadays…
Little Xi Tian, only six years old, had already contributed so much to the court and the country. Emperor Cheng truly wished she would grow up quickly so that Heng’er could marry her into the palace soon and make her his daughter-in-law…
“Father Emperor!~”
Xiao Jin Heng glanced back towards the palace entrance and lowered his voice, “It’s good that you’ve woken up. There are still many important matters to attend to. Now that Consort Hui has revealed her true nature, and the蛊 worm was planted in you by her own hands, so, so…”
“Heng’er, go ahead and do it!~”
Before Xiao Jin Heng could finish speaking, Emperor Cheng patted his shoulder with a look of relief. “I can hardly imagine, if you hadn’t pursued Consort Hui and killed the蛊 worm this time, I might have been killed already…”
That wicked woman, in due time, I will personally chop off her head.
Emperor Cheng gnashed his teeth in his heart.
“Your Majesty, your concubine was so worried about you…”
Empress Xiao held Emperor Cheng’s hand, her face filled with a mournful expression. “Your concubine thought Your Majesty only had Consort Hui in his heart, and everyone else was superfluous!~”
If she had known Your Majesty had been planted with a蛊 worm, she wouldn’t have bothered coming to argue with Your Majesty…
Having an extra, sickening worm in his body, what immense pain that must be.
Emperor Cheng couldn’t help but chuckle upon hearing this. “Even if I’m senile, I wouldn’t turn on you all!~”
After speaking, Emperor Cheng sat up with difficulty and looked at Xiao Jin Heng. “Heng’er, what are your plans now?”
He had to seriously listen to his son’s advice now. It was precisely because he had made so many mistakes before that he wanted to quickly rectify them and give an explanation to the ministers and the people…
“Father Emperor, Marquis Jingnan has amassed troops in the southern coastal areas. Sooner or later, he will lead his army to the capital. Therefore, we should control Marquis Jingnan and Fourth Brother before he raises his army…”
Xiao Jin Heng narrowed his eyes and analyzed in detail, “Currently, Consort Hui does not know that the蛊 worm has been swapped. So, we should cooperate with her and continue the act until Marquis Jingnan and Fourth Brother reveal themselves…”
Emperor Cheng listened and gave a faint ‘hmm’. “The plan is good, and the considerations are thorough. But how do you know Consort Hui’s next move? If I’m not mistaken, she must have planted eyes and ears in the palace. My every move is also under her surveillance, so…”
“Your Majesty need not worry!~”
Little Xi Tian bowed with a sweet smile. “I’ve already thought about this. I heard that whenever Consort Hui wants to control Your Majesty, she goes into a secret room, recites a spell in front of the蛊 worm, and then states her thoughts and intentions…”
“So, I plan to install a pinhole camera in the secret room to monitor Consort Hui’s actions. The footage can be transmitted to me in real-time. This way, we will know her thoughts!~”
Emperor Cheng: “???”
What is a pinhole camera?
However, after the incident with Consort Xian’s rebellion last time, Emperor Cheng gradually understood Xi Tian’s nature and capabilities…
She could even save the footage of Consort Xian’s illicit affair. Monitoring Consort Hui’s every move would surely be a piece of cake?
He really didn’t know where she got all these strange and peculiar things from…
“This method is great!~” Empress Xiao clapped her hands excitedly. “When it matters most, the little county princess is the most resourceful!”
Xiao Jin Heng also looked at Little Xi Tian with pride. “Yes, Mother Empress. When Xi Tian was in Dashui Village, she was always the most decisive and imaginative in everything she did. Starting with the design of the waterwheel, every subsequent feat she accomplished was completed independently by herself…”
“Imagine, in our country, who else could be more talented and intelligent than her?”
He was now seizing every opportunity to praise the little village girl, to make his father and mother recognize, re-examine, and accept her.
Little Xi Tian, looking bewildered: “…”
Wait, why did the conversation suddenly turn to her?
Doesn’t she just want to quietly do her own thing?
That night, Xiao Jun Bao once again came to Fahua Nunnery and, as per Little Xi Tian’s request, installed the pinhole camera in a corner of the secret room…
The real-time footage was transmitted back, bringing everyone a sigh of relief.
The next morning at the imperial court, the palace announced astonishing news: the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace was deposed, and Prime Minister Yang’s household was confiscated and he was banished to the northern frontier…
Emperor Cheng fulfilled everything Consort Hui requested unconditionally.
Including himself, Emperor Cheng also ‘fell ill’ on his imperial bed, appearing to be on his last breath, as if he was about to abdicate…
In the Yun Mansion, in the main hall.
“Sister Xi Tian!~”
The young monk, eating homemade candied hawthorns, tilted his little head and looked at Little Xi Tian. “I’m very curious. If the common people and the other princes knew that the surname Xiao was no longer the Crown Prince, wouldn’t the world fall into chaos…”
Isn’t this too rash…
Little Xi Tian was standing by the water basin, wiping her little bones.
When she killed the蛊 worm, the dark green fluid had stained her little bones, and she felt heartbroken…
“Don’t worry, Your Majesty announced to the public that the Crown Prince was deposed and Prime Minister Yang’s household was confiscated. In reality, this news is kept very secret. Only Consort Hui, wet nurse Xing, and their spies in the palace know. Of course, some loyal officials are also aware of it…”
Little Xi Tian explained patiently.
If the other princes and the common people were to know, then the world would indeed fall into chaos.
At that time, everything that had been done would be meaningless…
Little Jie Kong heard this and said, ‘Oh.’ “The adult world is so tiring. It’s best to be a child!~”
What Crown Prince, what Emperor, he wouldn’t be them even if they were given to him for free. Worrying about the country and the people every day, being mentally exhausted, never having a moment of peace…
Little Xi Tian glanced at him and giggled, saying nothing.
Meanwhile, in the royal palace of Halarin City.
Yun Si Man was escorted in by a group of soldiers and quickly walked up to Na Risong De…