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Chapter 11 The Emperor's Trick

Liu Shi heard what Chen Xiaozhuo said. He touched the top of Chen Xiaozhuo's head and said, "Xiaozhuo, adults have complicated feelings. At present, your father is the most dangerous person we have to face, but if...Father said that if you have to face him, you still have to try your best to pretend that you like him very much, understand?!"

Seeing Liu Shiwen's increasingly serious expression, Chen Xiaozhuo nodded vigorously.

Liu Shiwen sighed. His Majesty was considered a more dangerous character in this book than King Yikang.

This guy still had some feelings in the early stage, but gradually became more and more cold-blooded. Later on, he had his kingdom in his eyes, and all the remaining feelings were given to the protagonist Shu Feiyuan.

Such an emperor was ruthless in dealing with the concubines in the palaces and those who wanted to get close to him.

Right now, these steamed buns are probably his way of treating and humiliating himself.

"Forget it, let him vent more. It will be good if it can reduce some of the hatred." Liu Shiwen's biggest goal now is to finish the plot as soon as possible, not to cause any trouble, and to develop slowly on his own.

When he got the chance, he would take Chen Xiaozhuo away from this circle of trouble.

He knew that the book was not a superb work with perfectly coherent logic, and there were still many loopholes and variables that could be manipulated.

"The biggest support for our survival right now is King Yikang. King Yikang's sudden illness this time has reduced his life span. We can't continue to take his medicine like this."

Liu Shiwen thought about it and decided to hurry up and build his own pharmacy and medicine field.

"It seems that we can't be lazy yet."

Liu Shiwen sighed, and after a while the steamed buns were cooked.

Liu Shiwen and Chen Xiaozhuo started eating while it was hot.

"Delicious... huh... so delicious..." Chen Xiaozhuo sat next to the earthen pot, eating sweet potatoes and high-quality steamed corn bread at the same time.

Liu Shiwen was afraid that he would be too full, so he got him some hot water from the spiritual spring.

Chen Xiaozhuo felt a sweet taste after drinking it, and soon his whole body felt comfortable.

"Come out and run around. We have to get to work."

Liu Shiwen closed the kitchen door and took Chen Xiaozhuo out. He first went to his own small pond, fed the fish food into it, and put some shrimp fry in it.

The lotus leaves in the pond also began to grow a lot bigger.

Chen Xiaozhuo used a stick to poke the water, and soon the fish in the water gathered in front of his stick.

Chen Xiaozhuo tried to catch it, but Liu Shiwen lifted him up and said, "Come back and play here after you learn how to swim."

After Liu Shiwen finished speaking, he produced a large net out of thin air and threw it into the pond. A net full of big fish were caught jumping up.

Liu Shiwen could turn those fish into silver with just a wave of his net. Sometimes, rare species would appear among them and the price would increase a lot.

However, because it is sold directly to the space, the average price of fish is used, so the price is not as good as imagined.

But the advantage is that the growth period in this space is different from that outside, so you can still make a lot of money.

Liu Shiwen used the money from selling fish to buy some rarer fish and shrimp seedlings with longer growth periods in the space, and then bought other ordinary fish seedlings into the space.

"Click."

After Liu Shiwen scattered the fish fry, the entire pond expanded a lot backwards.

There is a small bridge in the middle of the pond, and a pavilion on the bridge.

Chen Xiaozhuo happily ran up to the top and saw the fish below swimming back and forth. Some of the small fish had visibly grown, but some had not.

"I'm leaving."

Liu Shiwen waved at Chen Xiaozhuo, and Chen Xiaozhuo ran to Liu Shiwen's side.

Liu smelled the smell coming from the cowshed. The cows in the cowshed had the slowest growth period, but there were five cows there now.

Liu Shiwen sold two of the calves to expand the cowshed, and bought three calves to put in it.

Two of them are dairy cows.

Chen Xiaozhuo was amazed when he saw this kind of dairy cow for the first time.

Liu Shiwen smiled and spent some money to build a simple dairy workshop nearby so that both goat's milk and cow's milk could be produced there.

These can all be placed and operated by themselves. All Liu Shiwen needs to do is to replenish the raw materials and take out what he needs in time.

"There's not enough silver yet."

Liu Shiwen counted the things he had in his hands and found that before he could upgrade them all, he had already run out of money.

However, he knew that as long as he stayed alive and managed to survive until this batch of cattle and fish food grew, his income would increase exponentially.

"Just stay in the cold palace and be fine."

After Liu Shiwen finished speaking, he walked to the door, asked Chen Xiaozhuo to sit there, and started paving the road and moving the stone slabs.

Chen Xiaozhuo started yawning after a while.

"Father will accompany you to sleep." Liu Shiwen wiped the sweat off his face and carried Chen Xiaozhuo to sleep.

Chen Xiaozhuo fell asleep quickly.

Liu Shiwen was busy again for half the night.

He looked at the path he had paved and felt a sense of accomplishment.

"Go to sleep, there's no rush." ​​Liu Shiwen said and went to sleep.

The next day, the father and son woke up around noon.

Liu Shiwen sat up and saw Qingcai moving things into the house.

"What's this?"

Liu Shiwen took a look and found that they were some woven grass things.

"It's not good for the master to be idle all the time. Why don't you do some work and earn some money?" Qingcai said, pointing to the pile of straw and said, "One copper coin for a pair of straw sandals."

"I don't need copper coins." Liu Shiwen said.

After Qingcai heard this, he glanced at Liu Shiwen and said, "Master, don't you feel bored in this cold palace? It's good to do these things, for you and for the young master."

"You are deliberately making fun of the master!" Yinping said angrily.

Qingcai glanced at Yinping coldly and said, "You are wrong. This is all for the good of the master. What do you think, master?"

When Liu Shi heard Qing Cai's words, he became furious. This emperor was too despicable.

He had just reached a deal with King Yikang, and now he was upset and wanted to come and mess with him? And he was threatening him like this?

"I can't do this. Throw it back to where you got it from." Liu Shiwen said it so rudely to match his identity.

According to the old Liu Shiwen, it would be abnormal for him not to make a fuss after seeing these things.

"This is not good. What if these things came from the Liu Mansion?" Qingcai said again.

Liu Shiwen paused and looked at Qingcai.

He has not forgotten that he still has his mother's family. That family is not bad to him, and there are some people in that family who are worth protecting.

Although he had sent a secret letter before the accident, asking the Liu family not to protect him.

But as long as the Liu family is in the hands of the emperor, he can't make any big moves.

One thing leads to another.

"After all, the emperor is the most powerful." Only after Liu Shiwen came in could he feel the suffocating feeling in this situation. Fortunately, the emperor would soon not have enough energy to take care of himself.

After all, he is the center of the vortex of struggles between previous dynasties in this palace. After this period of silence, his harem will also become powerful.

"I understand. You can leave it here." Liu Shiwen finally agreed with a very reluctant look.

"I'm not trying to make things difficult for you, my master. These straw sandals are needed somewhere, so I'd like to trouble you to make at least a hundred pairs a day." Qingcai said again.

"A hundred pairs?!"

Yinping's eyes widened when she heard this.

Liu Shi heard this but did not react much. Anyone who thought about this number would know that he could not possibly do it.

The emperor was just trying to use this to suppress his own spirit.

"The master thinks there is no problem, why are you in such a hurry!" Qingcai shouted.

Yinping was about to speak when Liu Shiwen stopped her.

"I understand. Go ahead." Liu Shiwen said and waved his hand.

He asked for money and bowed, saying, "Although you have to work, we still have to eat."

Liu Shi heard that it was time to eat, and took a look. Today's meal was porridge, steamed buns, and some pickles.

Liu Shiwen sneered. He didn't believe that this was also the emperor's intention. The emperor wanted to torture himself by making straw sandals, so he would not make it so difficult for him to eat.

After all, if Chen Xiaozhuo was really starved to death, that mad man King Yikang would probably go crazy.

After Liu Shiwen calculated, he knew that the next plot point was coming.

"Put it here and eat it later." After Liu Shiwen said this, he asked someone to put the food over there.

Yin Ping looked at the food and the straw on the ground and said in humiliation, "This is too much."

"It's okay. You've worked in the palace and you know that this is just taking it out on others. When things get complicated, they will forget about it. We just need to hold on for now." Liu Shiwen said and let Yinping go and have her meal first.

Chen Xiaozhuo and I put away the porridge and steamed buns, and I had a good meal in my space.

When they finished eating, Qingcai came to collect the dishes and saw that they had eaten everything. He smiled and said, "It seems that being hungry is useful."

Liu Shiwen glanced at Qingcai, thought for a moment, and said, "Which palace were you from before you came to me?"

Qingcai heard the voice and looked at Liu Shiwen warily.

"You can't even answer a question the master asks you?" Liu Shiwen asked with a smile.

Qingcai thought about it and felt that Liu Shiwen had cooperated with him a lot today, so it would be okay to mention a name now.

"It's from Si Ning Palace." Qingcai said.

"Oh, Si Ning Palace, then who is your master? Liu Fu or Wang Shou?" Liu Shiwen asked again.

Qingcai was stunned for a moment, then said angrily, "This has nothing to do with you, Master, right? Besides, you are now a person in the cold palace. My master and the others are all working properly in the palace. How can you call them by their names?!"

"I'm sorry, I just said it casually." Liu Shiwen glanced at Qingcai and said, "Go ahead, I'm afraid someone is waiting for your reply."

Qingcai inexplicably felt as if Liu Shiwen had seen through him. It seemed to him that Liu Shiwen already knew his origins and knew that he was just a small soldier passing messages back and forth.

Qingcai ran away in annoyance. He didn't want to come here in first place, but his master received the order from His Majesty to select people and finally chose him, the least favored one.

"Hey!" Qingcai ran for a distance and met the person who spoke to him again. Just as he was about to greet him, he found that the person had changed.

"Eunuch, where is the previous one?" Qingcai knew that if the eunuch on duty was suddenly replaced, it meant that he had made a big mistake.

Generally, this kind of mistake is caused by the master above.

If the master were to move, there would be unrest in the palace.

"Don't ask questions that are not your responsibility." The eunuch asked a few questions. After hearing that Liu resisted a few times but finally lowered her head obediently, he went over to answer with satisfaction.

Qingcai stood there for a moment, then turned around and ran to his master to find out the news.

But when he went there, he heard that Concubine Qi, whom his master followed, had made a mistake and was punished by house arrest. As for his master, he had been taken away and no one knew where he went.

When Qingcai heard this, he took several steps back and saw that the place where his master used to live had been cleaned out, and he didn't know where his brothers had gone.

Qingcai shuddered, and he suddenly remembered the look in Liu's eyes when she asked him questions before she came. It was as if he already knew that something was going to happen here.

Qingcai thought that according to rumors, Liu was related to King Yikang. If he could live like this in the cold palace, he must have some great ability.

But I treated him like this.

"I have to find a way out for myself." Qingcai gritted his teeth. He knew that even though his master had fallen, as long as he was not implicated, he still had a chance to climb up!

The only path before him was whether to continue pursuing His Majesty to make meritorious deeds, or... turn to the Liu family.

"Chirp."

Suddenly a little sparrow chirped and flew away.

The little sparrow flew over the palace wall and finally landed near the cold palace.

At the same time, Chen Xiaozhuo told Liu Shiwen that Concubine Qi was under house arrest and Eunuch Liufu was arrested.

Chapter 12 Conquer

"Concubine Qi? Have you reached Concubine Qi yet?"

Liu Shiwen discovered that the plot moved much faster without himself as a supporting troublemaker.

Now we have arrived at Concubine Qi's place.

Concubine Qi is one of the four concubines and a mid-term villain BOSS. The things she did involved major events of the previous dynasty.

With Concubine Qi's presence, the court began to fall into chaos.

The emperor was also restrained in many ways here, and he also felt the kindness of the protagonist Shu Feiyuan from Concubine Qi.

It can be said that Concubine Qi is the catalyst and glue of the relationship between the protagonist Shu Feiyuan and His Majesty the Emperor.

After overthrowing Concubine Qi, the emperor became more and more dependent on Concubine Shu.

This also caused panic among the people in the harem, and even the queen, who usually sat upright, could not sit still and started fighting with Shu Fei.

"The Qi Fei incident has been going on for a long time. Originally, it was just Qi Fei's brother who caused the trouble. Later, Shu Fei's confidante found out about the problem, and then Shu Fei hinted to the emperor."

"The emperor only then discovered that the Qi family had indeed committed many evil deeds, and he began a thorough investigation."

Liu Shiwen began to read the plot while muttering to himself. As he was reading, a name suddenly popped up - King Yikang!

"Yes, how could I have forgotten about this villain?! When the incident with Concubine Qi happened and the court began to be in chaos, Prince Yikang also stirred up a lot of trouble here. His original intention was to embarrass the emperor and win over some court officials, but he was also exposed in this incident and was discovered by Concubine Shu."

The more Liu Shiwen read the plot, the more he felt that this incident seemed to be the beginning of the demise of the Qi family, but it was more like the beginning of the demise of King Yikang, the great villain in the court.

"No wonder he suddenly came to the capital. He must have heard about it a long time ago." Liu Shiwen thought that King Yikang probably still felt that he could make fun of the emperor and win over a lot of forces.

But he didn't know that danger was approaching him quietly.

"Prince Yikang cannot die. If he dies, the emperor will chase him to the ends of the earth to kill Xiao Zhuo. After all, Xiao Zhuo also carries the blood of the Cui family."

Liu Shiwen thought about it, glanced at Yinping who was making straw sandals over there, and asked, "Yinping, can you still talk to your master on weekdays?"

Yin Ping was stunned for a moment, looked at Liu Shiwen and said, "As a servant, I only listen to my master's words, and I have no reason to seek my master's advice."

When Liu heard this, he knew that the silver bottle could only receive commands but not transmit them.

This is reasonable to think so. Considering King Yikang's cautiousness, now is not the time for him to show up.

"However, based on his planning, now that Concubine Qi has been punished, he should have already joined the game. I just don't know how far he has gone." Liu Shiwen thought to himself and sighed again.

Yin Ping saw Liu Shiwen frowning and whispered, "Do you want me to give it a try?"

"No... no need. The palace has been uneasy lately. We'd better just focus on making straw sandals. When you go out, if anyone asks you anything, just say you don't know and that you are making straw sandals yourself." Liu Shiwen hurriedly instructed Yinping.

Yinping now has four peaches' favorability points, so she naturally obeys Liu Shiwen's words.

"But the woven grass is rough and I'm afraid it will cut the master's hands." Yinping said with concern.

"It's nothing. Compared to being beaten with a stick or losing your head, this is already a very easy thing." After Liu Shiwen said this, he followed Yinping to learn how to weave straw sandals.

He didn't really aim to make the straw sandals 100% perfect, as long as he got the vague number together.

But even so, it was still very hard work. The straw weaving was rough and the steps were a bit complicated. I sat there for a whole morning.

While waiting to rest and prepare to eat, my waist and back were sore.

"Master, it's time to eat. Please cook slowly." Qingcai came in with the food, but the food was still not very good.

"Didn't you say that you wouldn't treat the master harshly in terms of food and drink?" Yinping said and looked at Qingcai.

Qingcai smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Majesty said so, but there are other masters who are unwilling."

"Other master? Who?" Yinping asked, but Qingcai didn't say anything.

Liu Shiwen thought about it for a while, but couldn't figure out why someone would still not let him go even though he was already in the cold palace, and the emperor had even nodded...

Liu Shiwen thought about it and said that he would take a rest before eating, and asked Yinping and Qingcai to go out first.

Yinping stood up, packed up and prepared to leave, but Qingcai stayed behind.

"Master, my master Liu Fu has been captured."

After Yinping closed the door, Qingcai knelt down and saluted.

After hearing this, Liu Shi knew that this was the critical moment to subdue Qing Cai. If he couldn't show his true ability, Qing Cai would probably leave.

He thought about it and realized that the eunuch Liu Fu also had a name in the book.

"Captured? Who captured him?" Liu Shiwen asked with a smile.

Qingcai looked at Liu Shiwen in shock, then shook his head and said, "The house has been cleaned up. I don't have any skills, so I don't dare to ask more."

"Do you want to save your master, or do you want to know what happened to your master?" Liu Shiwen asked again.

Hearing this, Qingcai slowly lowered his head and said, "I have been following my master since I was a child. Although I am not favored on weekdays, I still have some feelings for him. But even if I want to save him, a servant like me is no more than an ant..."

"So you want to know whether your master will die, right?" Liu Shiwen said directly.

When Qingcai heard this, he suddenly looked up at Liu Shiwen.

Although Liu Shiwen's face was ruined, her appearance and aura were still there, especially at this time, Liu Shiwen seemed to have become one of those scheming concubines in the harem, who always seemed to be able to see things that these servants could not see.

"Yes, I want to know whether my master can still survive." Qingcai said directly.

"He can survive, but not very likely. His chances of survival are slim." Liu Shiwen looked at Qingcai and said, "I estimate there is a 10% to 20% chance of survival. You still need to take some risks. Are you willing to save him?"

When Qingcai heard this, he felt conflicted and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

"Your master still has a chance to redeem himself by making meritorious contributions. If he misses this opportunity, it may not work. But right now, your master obviously hasn't realized his own crisis. He's probably still pretending to be confused and trying to get away with it." Liu Shiwen said.

"My master wants me to find a way to notify my master and ask him to come out and make amends for his sins?" Qingcai said after thinking for a moment.

Liu Shiwen nodded. He remembered that Liu Fu was dead in the plot.

But Liu Fu does not get involved in the affairs of the protagonist Shu Feiyuan. According to Liu Shiwen's experience, the life and death of this kind of character can be saved.

However, even if Liu Fu was rescued, he probably wouldn't be able to do anything important and wouldn't be able to appear in the palace fight.

"You go and think about it. Give me an answer after I finish my meal." After Liu Shiwen said this, he sent the confused Qingcai away.

"Qingcai's favorability has turned into a peach." Chen Xiaozhuo came over and said after a while.

After hearing this, Liu Shi nodded, turned around and took Chen Xiaozhuo into the space.

After entering the space, Liu Shiwen set up a small workbench.

On the workbench, Liu Shiwen put a lot of woven straw on it, leaving it in reserve for weaving straw sandals.

"In case the higher-ups blame us, we can take these out." Liu Shiwen knew that although the emperor would not be in the mood to pay attention to this side for a long time, one still had to be extremely careful when doing things in the palace.

After he finished making the straw sandals, he went to check his barn, where the cows, sheep and pigs were all growing well.

Chen Xiaozhuo went to see his flowers. The seedlings had already grown, obviously growing faster than the wheat planted by Liu Shiwen.

"Come and eat."

Liu Shiwen made meat patties for Chen Xiaozhuo today and also packed up some ketchup.

Chen Xiaozhuo was so happy while eating that he almost danced.

Liu Shiwen helped Chen Xiaozhuo wipe the corners of his mouth, and he finally felt a little relaxed.

After the two of them finished their meal, Liu Shiwen let Chen Xiaozhuo sleep in the room, and he walked out of the space.

"Is the young master asleep?" Qingcai asked in a low voice after coming in.

Liu Shiwen nodded.

Qingcai hesitated for a while, and finally looked at Liu Shiwen and said, "I haven't made a decision yet, and I want to ask for a clear solution from the master. Does the master think Qingcai should take the risk to save my master?"

Liu Shiwen looked at Qingcai and finally said, "I want you to save him. Qingcai, you are a man who values ​​friendship. If I don't save him, I'm afraid you will feel uneasy in the future."

After Liu Shiwen finished speaking, Qingcai also gritted his teeth and said, "Then... then I will kneel down and beg the master to help save my master."

When Liu Shiwen saw that Qingcai finally opened his mouth, he smiled in his heart and said, "In exchange, you tell me who is making things difficult for us father and son when it comes to food and drink."

Qingcai paused and whispered, "Noble Concubine Wang."

"It turned out to be her." Liu Shiwen remembered that Concubine Wang was the biggest and most powerful chess piece left in the harem by King Yikang, but he did not expect that Concubine Wang would make things difficult for him here.

"Okay, I got it." After Liu Shiwen finished speaking, he pointed the way to Qingcai. He remembered that the big event in Concubine Qi's family had not yet completely happened, and the emperor was probably trying to find some clues at this moment.

If Liu Fu said something now, it would probably save his life.

When Qingcai heard this, he excitedly went to find someone to help him pass the message to his master.

Asking for wealth is also extremely fearful of death. It is not said so obviously, but the fear is that one might be implicated. As for whether he can listen to the teachings or not, it depends on whether his master has such luck.

After coming back from asking for money, I was shaking all over.

"Sit down and order some straw sandals." Liu Shiwen took advantage of the fact that he was still not in a clear mind and hired him to work for free.

After Qingcai had been weaving straw sandals for quite a while, he finally felt calmer and even began to secretly like the craft.

Yinping didn't know why Qingcai suddenly came over to help weave straw sandals, but it was good to have more people as it would make the work easier.

"Father."

Chen Xiaozhuo woke up early. When he had nothing to do, he flew around the cold palace and heard someone saying that Prince Yikang had come to the palace to see the queen mother.

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Chapter 13 Chen Xiaozhuo's Cat

Chen Xiaozhuo now knows that the dangerous and sick man is called Prince Yikang.

Of course, he also knew that he might have some unclear relationship with him, such as his background.

But Chen Xiaozhuo has called the Emperor "Father" for so many years, and it would be a bit troublesome to suddenly ask him to accept that another man is his father.

Besides, it looked like his father was not willing for him to accept that crazy father, so he could only pretend that he knew nothing.

But every time this person came, apart from being a little scary, he would make life a little easier for him and his father.

With this in mind, Chen Xiaozhuo was actually looking forward to this man's arrival, hoping that he could save his father from having to weave straw sandals anymore.

In this way, his father  can concentrate on moving bluestone slabs and managing affairs in the space.

So when Chen Xiaozhuo, who was controlling the little sparrow, heard that King Yikang was coming, he became excited and couldn't help but call out "father".

Liu Shiwen gave Chen Xiaozhuo a look and asked, "Do you want some water?"

Chen Xiaozhuo reacted and nodded.

Yinping got up and brought some water to Chen Xiaozhuo.

"Go and play." Liu Shiwen knew that Chen Xiaozhuo must have heard some news, but now was not the time to talk about this, so he sent Chen Xiaozhuo out to play.

Chen Xiaozhuo didn't dare go to the yard alone, so he just played with the things piled up in the corner of the house.

"The young master is really pitiful. He doesn't even have a playmate." Yinping said with heartache when she saw Chen Xiaozhuo sitting in the corner.

"There's nothing we can do about it." Qingcai started chatting.

Yinping is a chatty person. As soon as Qingcai started talking to her, Yinping started chatting.

Qingcai had something on his mind, so he started chatting with Yinping, which diverted his attention.

Liu Shiwen waited until it was slightly dark before he put down the straw sandals in his hand and said, "It's almost time to eat."

"ah?!"

Qingcai was startled and looked down at the pile of straw sandals at his feet. It turned out that he made the most.

"I didn't realize that Brother Qingcai was so good at weaving straw sandals." Yinping said with a smile.

Qingcai was a little overwhelmed by her sudden praise. He glanced at Liu Shiwen, turned around and ran out to serve the meal.

"It turns out this guy isn't that bad after all." Yin Ping said, and then she helped Liu Shiwen put away the straw sandals. Looking at the sandals scattered on the ground, she said, "He asked someone to make them, but he didn't take them away. He wasted his time."

"I guess he's too busy now and doesn't have much time." Liu Shiwen said casually, but Yin Ping was stunned when he heard it. Once the palace becomes busy, it can be a life-threatening matter.

She nodded silently and went out.

Not long after Yinping left, Qingcai brought the food over, and this time the food was indeed good.

Liu Shiwen looked at it and started laughing.

"I heard that Prince Yikang has come to the palace." Qingcai explained automatically.

Liu Shiwen nodded, without much change in his expression.

Qingcai couldn't see what Liu Shiwen was thinking. Now he didn't dare to look down on Liu anymore. He said, "Master, enjoy your meal," and got up and left.

"Come and have dinner." Liu Shiwen called Chen Xiaozhuo over. When he turned around, he saw Chen Xiaozhuo coming over with a kitten in his arms.

"Where did you get it from?" Liu Shiwen was startled, and thinking that Chen Xiaozhuo hadn't left the room, he asked in surprise, "You made it again?"

"Well, when I was bored this afternoon, a cat came out from Taozi's side, and I let the cat out." When Chen Xiaozhuo spoke, the kitten opened its mouth.

"The cat is still a little too obvious, so don't take it out casually." Liu Shiwen said nervously.

Chen Xiaozhuo nodded and put the cat away.

"Your abilities are growing stronger and stronger." Liu Shiwen laughed and said.

Chen Xiaozhuo nodded and said, "That voice told me that sparrows are used to gather information, and cats are used to fight. The strength and fighting skills that cats gain from running outside will be given to me."

After Chen Xiaozhuo finished speaking, he raised his hand and meowed.

"Oh?" Liu Shiwen didn't expect that different animals have different functions.

In this way, there would be no need to worry about Chen Xiaozhuo not getting enough exercise. As for learning fighting skills, Liu Shiwen couldn't help laughing when he thought of Chen Xiaozhuo meowing a few times before fighting with others.

"Father, please don't laugh!" Chen Xiaozhuo also felt it and said something.

Liu Shiwen nodded repeatedly, and then told Chen Xiaozhuo about Prince Yikang's entry into the palace.

"Father already knows." Liu Shiwen nodded.

"Then father, do you think he will...will he come to find us?" Chen Xiaozhuo asked tentatively.

Liu Shiwen looked at Chen Xiaozhuo and actually saw a little expectation in his eyes.

"Do you want him to come?" Liu Shiwen asked.

Chen Xiaozhuo shook his head and said, "He has a bad temper and is also sick. He makes a lot of noise every time he comes to our place. I don't want him to come."

"Well, father doesn't want him to come either." Liu Shiwen said this and went to prepare food for Chen Xiaozhuo.

During dinner, Liu Shiwen used a snack machine to make snacks for Chen Xiaozhuo.

Chen Xiaozhuo said that his appetite has increased because of the cat.

Liu Shiwen laughed and let him eat two more pieces.

After waiting for the meal, the two came out of the space and called Qingcai to come and clean up the dishes.

Liu Shiwen asked Qingcai if there was any news, but Qingcai just shook his head and left.

After finishing her meal, Yinping came over and weaved straw sandals for a while.

"No need. We don't have to treat this as a real job. We just need to deal with it." Liu Shiwen stretched his body after saying this. He couldn't afford to hurt himself while weaving straw sandals.

Liu Shiwen urged Yinping to sit here for a while and then leave.

After Yinping left, Chen Xiaozhuo took out his cat and started playing with it happily.

"This cat looks quite like you." Liu Shiwen looked at the cat, which turned out to be a little orange cat, chubby and very cute.

"I'm not that fat." Chen Xiaozhu gradually began to understand fat and thin, beautiful and ugly.

"How come there is nothing? Look at your little belly." Liu Shiwen said and went to tease Chen Xiaozhuo.

Chen Xiaozhuo chuckled.

"What's so happy?"

Suddenly a voice came from outside the door.

Chen Xiaozhuo was so scared that he quickly put the cat away and looked at Liu Shiwen in fear.

Liu Shiwen patted him, and then saw the door was opened. It was King Yikang who came in wearing eunuch clothes.

"you......"

When Liu Shiwen saw Prince Yikang coming over, he immediately got angry and frowned and said, "Your Highness, are you worried that my father and I are living too well? You just came to visit us after entering the palace. Are you afraid that His Majesty is not tired of my father and me?"

King Yikang frowned when he heard this. He took off his hat, threw it aside, and said, "Don't worry, I have made preparations and will not let anyone know."

"No matter how perfectly you do it, His Majesty will still be thinking about your return here. Aren't you afraid that he will bring people here to arrest you later?" Liu Shiwen said again.

King Yikang looked at the straw sandals piled in the corner, sneered and said, "I just want to ask what the emperor meant by playing tricks on you behind your back."

When Liu Shiwen heard him say this and he actually wanted to get back at him, he could only silently tell himself that this man's way of thinking was different from that of ordinary people, so he should not argue with him.

"I'm afraid the emperor is the same. Ever since Prince Yikang came in, he was certain that he would come over here. I'm afraid he has already made a mark in his little notebook in his mind." Liu Shiwen sighed in his heart, gave up and sat there without saying a word.

However, Chen Xiaozhuo looked at King Yikang and saw that he was fine this time and did not vomit blood or anything.

When King Yikang saw Chen Xiaozhuo looking at him curiously with his eyes open, like a kitten, the corners of his mouth almost curled up, and he said as he brought a food box over from the door.

"Are you hungry?" King Yikang opened the food box, which was filled with snacks and other things that looked like they were not ordinary items.

Although Chen Xiaozhuo looked envious, he still shook his head.

King Yikang frowned. He had taken great pains to bring these things over, but he didn't expect that Chen Xiaozhuo would not eat them.

None of the scenes he imagined appeared, especially the look of displeasure and annoyance on Liu's face when she saw him.

King Yikang raised his hand and crushed a piece of dessert.

"Okay, stop going crazy." Liu Shiwen knew that King Yikang was emotionally unstable. Seeing that he crushed the snacks, he asked Chen Xiaozhuo to bring the box of snacks over.

Just as King Yikang was getting angry, Liu Shiwen interrupted him. He stood there unable to say anything, and finally just slowly ate up the snack in his hand.

Liu Shiwen glanced at him. King Yikang was really a crazy beauty. The dangerous look in his eyes combined with his facial features gave him a strange and evil charm.

It's not that he was born evil. On the contrary, King Yikang had handsome facial features. But it was these features mixed with a kind of evil that distinguished him from others.

"Please sit down, Your Majesty. Since you are here, you are a guest." Liu Shiwen said as he got a glass of well water and brought it to King Yikang.

"There's no hot water?" King Yikang said and took a sip.

"The servants will bring some hot water on a regular basis. To be honest, it is all because of your help, Your Highness, that our lives have become better." Liu Shiwen said.

King Yikang waved his hand and said, "This is not a place to stay for long. I am trying to find a way to get you and your son out."

When Liu Shi heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he quickly said, "Your Majesty, this cannot happen!"

"Why not? Are you still hoping that the emperor will change his mind and grant you wealth and glory?" King Yikang glanced at Liu Shiwen, with a cold light flashing in his eyes.

"Your Highness is joking. I no longer have Your Majesty in my heart. I just want to live a good life with Xiao Zhuo." Liu Shiwen said.

"Live on? Here?" King Yikang looked at the cold palace and felt inexplicably angry.

"We'll stay here for now. We'll move out of the palace in the future. I'll take Xiao Zhuo to find a quiet place to live." Liu Shiwen said seriously but firmly.

When King Yikang saw Liu Shiwen's expression, he curled his lips and said coldly, "Follow me and return to Cui's!"

Chapter 14 Let's make straw sandals, King Yikang!

"Cui Shi? The prince asked me to go back to Cui Shi with you?"

When Liu Shi heard this, he felt like he was dreaming. The cold-hearted villain King Yikang, who had been so cruel and ruthless all his life, would actually take the initiative to invite someone to go back to Cui family with him.

"What's wrong?" King Yikang's eyes flickered, and then he looked at Liu Shiwen with a gloomy expression.

Liu Shiwen turned around and looked at Chen Xiaozhuo, then said with a smile, "Your Highness, do you think this way because of Xiaozhuo? But if I may be frank, your Cui family is the most unsuitable place for a child to grow up."

"How dare you humiliate Cui?!" King Yikang became furious.

"Whether I said anything wrong, Your Majesty, you know it best, don't you?" Liu Shiwen looked at King Yikang without any fear.

"What do you know! Cui is a famous and large family with many talented people. Even now there are still countless people vying to join the Cui family." King Yikang said proudly.

"Of course, but as a child, Cui's children are too unhappy. I hope Xiao Zhuo can live freely and freely." Liu Shiwen looked at King Yikang and sighed, "At least he doesn't have to bear the family honor and blood feud from birth."

"I had no intention of letting him do those things." King Yikang muttered, and looked at Chen Xiaozhuo again, and found that this kid was still eating until now, a real foodie.

Although he did not have high expectations for Chen Xiaozhuo, seeing his own bloodline in this state, King Yikang, who had received a strict education, still felt a sense of powerlessness spreading over him.

"The prince has no such plan, but others may not think so. The prince is a direct descendant of the Cui clan, and if Xiao Zhuo is your blood, others will look at him differently." Liu Shiwen looked at King Yikang and said, "When the prince is here, he may be protected, but what if the prince is gone..."

"How dare you curse me?!" King Yikang growled.

"I'm afraid you know better than me about the prince's health condition." After saying this, Liu Shiwen took out a medicine bag from his sleeve and handed it to King Yikang.

When King Yikang saw the medicine bag, he knew it was the one that Liu Shiwen used to save him last time. He went back and asked someone to make it but failed to get it out.

After he took out the medicine bag, he saw a prescription inside.

"Use it when you feel uncomfortable. It can relieve the prince's condition, but it can only relieve it and cannot cure it." Liu Shiwen knew that King Yikang was born weak and had an acquired poisonous disease. His whole body had been almost corroded.

King Yikang looked at the medicine bag, leaned over to smell it, and indeed felt much better.

"Don't smell it often, as it will create a certain dependence on it. When you really feel uncomfortable, its effect will be reduced." Liu Shiwen said.

"I know, you don't have to say that..." Before King Yikang finished speaking, Liu Shiwen came over and snatched the medicine bag away.

"You..." King Yikang naturally knew how good that thing was, but he didn't expect that Liu Shiwen would snatch it away after giving it to him.

"Your Highness, when someone gives you something, don't you know how to respond?" Liu Shiwen asked, holding the medicine bag.

King Yikang glared at Liu Shiwen. He had been feared and protected all his life, but he naturally knew how to treat people.

But he didn't expect Liu Shiwen to argue with him about this, not to mention that the little guy Chen Xiaozhuo was looking at him with a puzzled look, as if he didn't even know all this.

"Ahem." King Yikang turned sideways, as if he didn't want it anymore.

Seeing him like this, Liu Shiwen looked at Chen Xiaozhuo and asked with a smile: "Xiaozhuo, father asks you, if it were someone else..."

"That's enough! Liu!"

When King Yikang heard that Liu Shiwen wanted to ask Chen Xiaozhuo more questions, he could no longer sit still. He reached out and snatched the medicine bag. He glared at Liu Shiwen with murderous eyes and said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Liu Shiwen said lightly.

King Yikang was so angry that he started coughing. He smelled the medicine bag and gradually got better.

But even so, a hint of sickly red could be seen on his cheeks.

"I was wrong just now. I shouldn't have fought with the prince." Liu Shiwen also regretted it. King Yikang was not the kind of arrogant and overbearing person, so why should he tease him like this.

"It's okay. I know you are doing this to teach the children." King Yikang's eyes calmed down.

Liu Shiwen looked at Chen Xiaozhuo. Chen Xiaozhuo's eyelids drooped and he looked a little tired.

"Xiao Zhuo, are you going to sleep?" Liu Shiwen said, and helped Chen Xiaozhuo take off his shoes. King Yikang also stood up.

Liu Shiwen reached over with one hand to pull the quilt, and King Yikang reached over and helped him spread it out.

Liu Shiwen looked at King Yikang in surprise.

"What? Do you think I'm really that kind of waste?" King Yikang was so angry that he almost jumped up.

"Of course not. The prince has also suffered a lot." Liu Shiwen said with a smile and put Chen Xiaozhuo away.

He took some water and helped Chen Xiaozhuo wipe his hands and feet.

"Come and rinse your mouth, Xiaozhuo." After Liu Shiwen finished speaking, King Yikang pulled Chen Xiaozhuo to the side, and the two adults gently helped Chen Xiaozhuo rinse his mouth.

"This kid... looks like a little master." King Yikang said with a smile.

"I am a prince who is more noble than you, young master." Liu Shiwen glanced at King Yikang speechlessly.

King Yikang coughed, looked at Chen Xiaozhuo's cute sleeping face, and actually reached out to pat his cheek.

"Don't touch him." Liu Shiwen said. King Yikang sniffed and simply sat cross-legged over there. He looked at Liu Shiwen and said, "If you don't want him to suffer so much, why did you show such a despicable flaw in the first place?"

"Because if we delay it any further, the danger will be too great. It would be better to cut off one's arm." Liu Shiwen said bluntly.

King Yikang thought about it and felt that Liu Shiwen's idea was indeed a good one. Otherwise, if the emperor found out later, that guy would definitely use Xiao Zhuo's identity to restrain him.

He might even get rid of Xiao Zhuo and then tell himself about it.

After all, the emperor was the most despicable person.

"It's good now. I knew earlier that I had such a lovely son." King Yikang said and looked at Chen Xiaozhuo again.

After Chen Xiaozhuo falls asleep, his whole little face has a cute and peaceful feeling, even his little hands are cute.

"He slept so soundly that people who watched him couldn't help but feel sleepy." King Yikang moved his body and naturally leaned over to lie sideways, supporting his head with his hands.

Liu Shiwen also knew that King Yikang had poor sleep quality, which was one of the reasons why he loved to go crazy.

"If Your Majesty is sleepy, please rest here for a while." Liu Shiwen said as he gave King Yikang a pillow.

King Yikang glanced at Liu Shiwen, touched the pillow and said, "Forget it, I'm used to sleeping alone, and I can't sleep here."

Liu Shiwen did not force him, and said, "Since the prince can't sleep, why don't you help us weave some straw sandals, so that we can relax a little bit."

Upon hearing the sound, King Yikang walked over and took a look at the pile of straw sandals, many of which were of little use.

"You are good at fooling people," said King Yikang.

"Not bad." Liu Shiwen went to weave grass for King Yikang.

"Do you really want me to do it?" King Yikang raised his eyebrows and looked at Liu Shiwen.

Liu Shiwen looked at him and said with a smile: "Prince, Xiao Zhuo is so old now, you haven't fulfilled your responsibilities as a father yet, right?"

"I didn't know it before. If I knew..." King Yikang said as he picked up the weaving grass and really started weaving it.

"Your Highness, please don't talk about the past. It's better to focus on what's happening in front of you." Liu Shiwen interrupted.

King Yikang looked at Liu Shiwen and said with a smile: "You are much calmer than before."

"There's no other way. If I wasn't calm, I would have died long ago." Liu Shiwen said.

King Yikang nodded as if he had thought of something, picked up the straw sandals, looked at them, and began to weave them.

"Your Highness, please don't make it up too well. It would be bad if people find out." Liu Shiwen warned.

"I know. I will just write it according to your ideas." King Yikang's fingers moved nimbly as he spoke.

He quickly wove a pair of them himself. Looking at the crooked straw sandals, King Yikang couldn't believe that he would actually be able to weave such a thing one day, and he laughed speechlessly.

Seeing that he was quick to make up stories, Liu Shiwen sat there and pretended to say casually, "Why did the prince enter the palace this time?"

"Oh, isn't the Queen Mother's birthday coming soon? I couldn't come because of something, so I came to see her first." King Yikang said casually.

Liu Shiwen knew that he was lying to her, but he could understand it.

"But I heard that there seems to be some trouble with Concubine Qi recently. Isn't it a bit bad for the prince to be in the capital at this time?" Liu Shiwen asked again.

When King Yikang heard this, his eyes turned three points colder as he looked at Liu Shiwen, completely different from his previous look.

When Liu Shiwen felt that look, he broke out in a cold sweat and secretly blamed himself for underestimating those in power. Even if he knew the outcome, it would still be too difficult to influence them.

"Have you heard some nonsense? What does the accident of Concubine Qi in the harem have to do with me?" King Yikang asked casually.

Liu Shiwen smiled awkwardly and talked about asking for money.

"Oh, I see." King Yikang frowned when he heard Liu Shiwen asking Qingcai to rescue the eunuch Liufu.

This would allow the emperor to resolve the dilemma more quickly, which would be detrimental to his own plans.

"You shouldn't meddle in other people's business," said King Yikang.

"There's no other way. I have to do this in order to win the hearts of the people." Liu Shiwen said and glanced at King Yikang.

King Yikang was much calmer than before. He was known as the wisest man in the book. If it wasn't destined by heaven that he could not accomplish anything, I'm afraid he would really cause a big uproar.

Liu Shiwen still felt sad and distressed when he thought that such a talented person like Liu Shiwen was destined to destruction and failure.

"Hmph, do you take me for a fool?!" King Yikang said as he threw away the half-woven straw sandals in his hands.

"Why do you say that, Your Highness?!" Liu Shiwen saw that King Yikang had indeed seen something, so he didn't need to say anything more in a roundabout way. He happily picked up the half-woven straw sandals and stuffed them into King Yikang's hands, letting him talk while he wove the sandals.

Chapter 15: Don't Believe in Fate

King Yikang looked at the straw sandals in his hand, then at Liu Shiwen, and began to weave the sandals first, then slowly said: "Do you think that I was the one who did this to Concubine Qi? Or do you not want me to interfere in this matter?"

When Liu Shi heard what King Yikang said, he burst out laughing. It turned out that King Yikang was a man who knew everything without much explanation.

When King Yikang saw Liu Shiwen smiling and not saying anything, he glanced at Liu Shiwen indifferently, then lowered his head and wove a few straw sandals.

"Do you think that the timing of my coming to the capital is wrong? How much have you seen about Concubine Qi's matter?" King Yikang asked again.

"I see a lot. I can even see places that you, Your Highness, can't see." Liu Shiwen reached out and grabbed a handful of woven grass.

"Oh?" Although King Yikang was prone to going crazy, he still liked and was polite to talented people. It was rare for someone to speak so confidently in front of him, so he couldn't help but look at Liu Shiwen a few more times.

Although Liu Shiwen's face is now disfigured, the light flashing in his eyes is much more lively than before.

"Your Highness, do you believe in fate?" Liu Shiwen put on a mysterious look.

After hearing this, King Yikang thought for a moment, frowned and said, "I don't believe it."

"I believe it, but at the same time I also want to try to alleviate or avoid some disasters." After Liu Shiwen finished speaking, he went to get the woven grass. King Yikang also went to get it, and their hands touched each other.

Liu Shiwen's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly and naturally took something from somewhere else.

King Yikang looked at his fingertips and said with a smile: "So, you want me to not interfere in Concubine Qi's matter so as to avoid some disasters?!"

"Yes, this situation of Concubine Qi may seem very bad for Your Majesty, but it may turn out to be a blessing in disguise. However, it is also very dangerous for Your Majesty." Liu Shiwen said cautiously.

King Yikang didn't expect the situation to be so serious. He looked at Liu Shiwen and saw determination and confidence in his eyes.

Many thoughts flashed through King Yikang's mind quickly, and finally he said with a smile: "But the situation has already unfolded, it's a bit too late for me to stop now."

"Then try to do less and do it more cleanly." Liu Shiwen said with a hint of regret.

King Yikang nodded, but it was unclear whether he really heard it or not.

Liu Shiwen wanted to explain further, but for someone like King Yikang, it would be better to let him think for himself than to talk more, which would have a better effect.

"I still remember that you once told Sui Fu to let me give up my great cause, saying that it was not my destiny, right?" King Yikang looked at Liu Shiwen and asked.

Liu Shiwen looked at him and was actually at a loss for words.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, King Yikang looked down at the straw sandals on the ground, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "That's why you firmly rejected my move to bring Xiaozhuo back to Cui's house."

"Your Highness." Liu Shiwen called out, but didn't know what to say.

King Yikang said at this time: "Interesting, it's getting more and more interesting."

Liu Shiwen was puzzled to see that he was actually happy. King Yikang thought about it and laughed, then began to weave straw sandals seriously.

He put the straw sandals down after weaving for a while, looked at Liu Shiwen and said, "I have remembered something, so I have to leave first. I will come back here to help you weave straw sandals when I am free."

When Liu Shi heard that he was leaving, he nodded, stood up and called "Prince".

"What else?" asked King Yikang.

"Please tell Concubine Wang a few words. I have no intention of arguing with her. Tell her not to worry about us father and son." Liu Shiwen said.

"Concubine Wang? What did she do to you?" King Yikang asked with a bad look.

"It's just a matter of food and drink. It's nothing." Liu Shiwen said sarcastically.

"I understand. I won't do it again." King Yikang said with a sharp tone in his voice. Liu Shiwen didn't know what he would do, and whether it would make Concubine Wang hate him even more.

However, Concubine Wang actually bypassed Prince Yikang and the Emperor to mess with her father and son. It's time to give her a warning. Only if people in the palace know that you are not easy to bully can you avoid many disasters.

"Forget it, let them do whatever they want." Liu Shiwen stretched his arms, feeling that he had said a lot of things he shouldn't have said tonight. Now he was so sleepy that he fell asleep with Chen Xiaozhuo.

The next morning, Qingcai came to pay his respects early with a nervous look on his face.

"What's wrong?" Liu Shiwen asked in a daze, as he was still half asleep.

"Master... Master..."

Qingcai called out with a trembling voice, and then said: "I... the master rescued me."

"Oh? So fast?" Liu Shiwen finally came to his senses a little more.

From yesterday's conversation with King Yikang to today's rescue of Liu Fu, Liu Shiwen felt that changes might have taken place within the Qi Concubine incident.

But the outcome of the Concubine Qi incident will not change. This time the court of the Chen Dynasty will be in turmoil for a while.

"Yes, my master came out late yesterday night. Although he was beaten half to death, at least he survived. When my master knew that I saved him, he cried for a long time." Qingcai was about to cry as he spoke.

"It's good to rescue him." Liu Shiwen felt a little relieved.

"Yes, it is always better to live a miserable life than to die. My master said that he is not completely without a chance to serve." Qingcai said.

"Then you just wait for your master to pamper you from now on." Liu Shiwen said with a smile.

Qingcai also smiled, then took out a box from his arms. When he opened the box, there was a row of small gold ingots inside.

"This is a gift from my master to you." Qingcai said.

"No need. I just said a few more words. Your master has just suffered and you have also taken a risk. I'll leave these to you." Liu Shiwen said.

"This...how can I do that?" After asking for money for a while, Liu Shiwen pinched out a small gold ingot and handed it over. It was worth about one hundred taels of silver.

"There is one more thing I want to tell my master." Qingcai did not expect Liu Shiwen to only ask for a small gold ingot. In this case, he would get more. He could not help but feel closer to Liu Shiwen and said in a low voice, "It seems that because of what my master said, even the third prince was looked at today. It seems that the Qi family is in big trouble."

"Really? If that's the case, then let's stay away from it. Otherwise, if we are affected, we won't be able to bear it." Liu Shiwen said.

"Yes, I think so too." After Qingcai finished speaking, he spoke a few words to Liu Shiwen before leaving.

After Qingcai left, Chen Xiaozhuo came over and whispered that Qingcai's favorability towards them had reached the level of three peaches.

Liu Shiwen stroked Chen Xiaozhuo and said, "Asking for money is our extended limbs. Three peaches are far from enough. We have to get him to the level of five peaches."

Chen Xiaozhuo nodded.

"But we have to be quiet for a while recently. We have moved too much in the past few days and we are afraid of attracting attention." Liu Shiwen said and instructed Yinping that they should be patient in everything for a while and not talk to outsiders.

"Yes, I understand." Yinping also knew that Concubine Qi's palace was sealed off. The noise was so loud that people dared not even breathe.

No one dared to say anything stupid at this time.

"Master, let's eat."

After a while, Qingcai brought the meal over and everything returned to normal.

Liu Shiwen took Chen Xiaozhuo to eat behind closed doors as usual.

While eating, he entered the space and saw that some of the fish in the pond had grown up, and the river shrimps had also grown up.

Liu Shiwen helped Chen Xiaozhuo fry a few and made porridge and rice for himself, and the two of them ate for a while.

After waiting to eat his fill, Liu Shiwen went around the barn, cleaned what needed to be cleaned and put food in where it needed to be put out, and finally moved the bluestone slab.

"I've been busy these days and there hasn't been much progress here." Liu Shiwen thought about it. He remembered that the matter of Concubine Qi took about three months to go back and forth.

By that time it would be the hottest time of summer. Liu Shiwen calculated his progress and thought that if he worked harder, the bluestone slabs would be paved and he would be able to walk out of this cold palace.

"Father, there are people outside."

Liu Shiwen had just been busy for a while when someone came outside.

The person who came was a nanny. She brought people and silently picked up the straw sandals woven by Liu Shiwen and others and looked at them. Finally, she said, "The straw sandals in the palace are almost enough. You don't need to make these anymore."

"Okay." Although Liu Shiwen's expression was indifferent, he could be busy with his space without having to make straw sandals, and the smile on the corner of his mouth could not be suppressed.

The nanny glanced at Liu Shiwen, then at Chen Xiaozhuo, who smiled at her.

Even a nanny as stiff as this moved the corners of her mouth, then turned around and led her people away.

After the nanny left, Chen Xiaozhuo's sparrow flew away.

"No need, I know who she is." Liu Shiwen said.

"She went to the Queen's palace..." said Chen Xiaozhuo.

Liu Shiwen nodded and said, "Perhaps His Majesty was afraid that Prince Yikang would cause trouble with him at this juncture, so he closed the palace early. His own people were embarrassed to come, so he called the Queen's maid to close the palace."

Chen Xiaozhuo nodded and said, "The Queen is very kind to Xiaozhuo and often gives him delicious food."

"That's because Xiao Zhuo is a likable child." Liu Shiwen looked at Chen Xiao Zhuo with a smile. Chen Xiao Zhuo is getting more and more handsome now. He has been eating well recently and his skin looks very tender.

"This is not good. We have to learn how to disguise ourselves. If Xiaozhuo stays in the cold palace longer and longer, it will arouse suspicion." Liu Shiwen muttered to himself for a while, ran to the space and got some disguise items. He gently touched and scratched Chen Xiazhuo's face a few times, and Chen Xiaozhuo's face looked yellow and a little sickly.

"What's wrong with the young master? Are you feeling unwell?" Yinping was shocked when she saw it.

"It's okay. I applied it to him, but I was afraid it would arouse suspicion." After Liu Shiwen said this, he told Chen Xiaozhuo to go and play.

Yinping thought about it and nodded. She looked around the house and found that her straw sandals were gone. Suddenly, she didn't know what to do.

"Search this room. I remember there are still some pieces of cloth. You can make some robes for yourself and some for Xiao Zhuo as well." Liu Shiwen said as he gave the gold ingot to Yinping.

Chapter 16: Big Changes in Space

"master?"

When Yinping saw the small gold ingot, her hands were shaking with fear.

"This is my most valuable treasure. Please keep it for me. If I need anything in the future, please buy some for me." Liu Shiwen said.

"This...I...don't need so much." Yinping looked at the small gold ingot and felt a level of importance she had never felt before.

These are things that only the most trusted senior palace maids can get!

"Grind it up slowly yourself and find a way to exchange it. Any amount is fine." Liu Shiwen said.

Yin Ping thought for a moment and said, "That will take a while."

"Well, don't change it recently, just keep it yourself." Liu Shiwen said.

Yinping nodded and put the gold ingot away. After all, she was King Yikang's subordinate, so she had some confidence.

"Go." Liu Shiwen said and let Yinping go.

After Yinping left, Chen Xiaozhuo said that Yinping's favorability had reached five peaches.

"It seems that everyone loves money." Liu Shiwen smiled. He walked over, closed the door, and entered the space himself.

He spent the whole morning moving bluestone slabs in the space, and before lunch, Chen Xiaozhuo woke him up.

Liu Shiwen sat up and tidied up things. Seeing that Chen Xiaozhuo was still holding the kitten, he asked him to put it away as well.

After having this kitten, Chen Xiaozhuo was obviously much happier.

"Master, it's time for dinner."

After a while, Qingcai brought the meal over and talked a little about what was happening in Concubine Qi's palace.

"I heard that because Concubine Qi was imprisoned, there was a commotion in the court. His Majesty got very angry early in the morning."

Qingcai said quickly.

Liu Shi heard this but his expression did not change much. He remembered that Concubine Qi also came from a wealthy family, but unfortunately the crime she committed was also serious, otherwise the emperor would not have killed her so cruelly.

However, even for the emperor, it is somewhat difficult to deal with a big family like the Shangqi family.

"There are times when he feels bad." Liu Shiwen couldn't help laughing when he thought about the straw sandals and seeds.

"Don't try to find out about these things in the future." Liu Shiwen suddenly thought about it and said, "What about King Yikang? Is there any news about him?"

"It is said that because Concubine Qi was conferred an imperial palace title, Prince Yikang asked the Queen Mother for his resignation and His Majesty agreed." Qingcai looked at Liu Shiwen and said.

He had also heard about the unspeakable relationship between Liu Shiwen and Prince Yikang, but he had never caught any trace of Prince Yikang in this cold palace.

This also made his superiors somewhat displeased with him.

But he just didn't notice.

If it were in the past, he might have said something bad about Liu in order to avoid being scolded, but now that Liu has been so kind to him, how could he still say something bad about her? He was so busy covering up for Liu that he didn't even have time.

"Okay, I understand."

When Liu Shi heard that King Yikang had passed away, he always felt that King Yikang would not really listen to him and not interfere in this matter.

On the contrary, he is likely to change his strategy because he has realized something in advance.

As for what to do, Liu Shiwen couldn't guess.

"Whatever."

Liu Shiwen waved his hand and took Chen Xiaozhuo to have dinner.

It is spring all year round in this space, and the weather is good as soon as you enter.

Liu Shiwen's orchard was beginning to take shape. He spent some money to build a fence, so that the orchard had a complete appearance.

Chen Xiaozhuo called out his kitten as well. The kitten came in and meowed nervously a few times. Chen Xiaozhuo picked it up helplessly.

"You really know how to spoil." Liu Shiwen said with a smile.

Chen Xiaozhuo stroked the little orange cat and said, "It's still young."

Liu Shiwen laughed and took Chen Xiaozhuo to the wheat field. The wheat fields had begun to produce ears of wheat and the area had reached ten acres. This meant that one harvest could yield nearly 20,000 kilograms.

Liu Shiwen felt comfortable seeing this, and his space was gradually beginning to develop.

"Father, look at my flowers."

Chen Xiaozhuo happily circled around his flowers.

Chen Xiaozhuo's five-meter square flower field has bloomed and looks very beautiful.

Liu Shiwen went over to take a look, then gave Chen Xiaozhuo some flower seeds and asked him to plant some flowers in the space to decorate it.

After hearing this, Chen Xiaozhuo took the flower seeds and started planting them in the right place.

Liu Shiwen told him not to go over to the pond.

Chen Xiaozhuo nodded obediently, called Xiaohei out, and went to plant flowers with the cat and the dog.

Just in case, Liu Shiwen built a fence across the pond and scattered some flower seeds around the fence.

Chen Xiaozhuo saw it and came over to plant some.

Liu Shiwen told him to plant some seeds at a certain distance, then he walked in, opened his money bag and threw the seeds over. The entire pond began to grow gradually.

Chen Xiaozhuo exclaimed repeatedly as he watched. In the end, the pond actually looked like a small lake.

Liu Shiwen built an extended platform and built a pavilion on it where one could fish and do other things.

However, the pavilion will take some time to complete.

Liu Shiwen walked out without caring about all this. He went to the barn, opened the sheepfold, blew a whistle, and a group of white sheep bleated out of the sheepfold and went up the distant hillside.

When Chen Xiaozhuo's dog Xiaohei saw the sheep, he remembered that he was a sheepdog and started barking and chasing after the sheep.

Chen Xiaozhuo also ran over and saw that the cows had been released. The cows were slowly walking towards the hillside.

"Let them walk more and the meat quality will improve." Liu Shiwen gave a simple explanation and saw Chen Xiaozhuo going to check the gate of the pigpen.

"Hey, we don't need them, not for the time being." Liu Shiwen hurriedly stopped them.

"Okay." Chen Xiaozhuo didn't have such a strong impression of the pig, so he turned around and went to collect the eggs.

It is not easy to store too many eggs, so Liu Shiwen collected and sold them at the same time. In the end, he used the silver to upgrade the chicken coop into a chicken house with an open space.

"Move aside, Dad wants to move them somewhere else."

Liu Shiwen packed up the chicken coop and walked in another direction, stopping near a grove.

Liu Shiwen waved his hand and the chicken coop fell back to the ground.

Fifty chickens ran out and began to dig up grass and catch insects to eat in the open space.

Liu Shiwen saw that the chicken coop was quite empty, so he bought two hundred chicks and put them in.

After seeing the little chicks, Chen Xiaozhuo clamored to raise one for himself.

Liu Shiwen gave him ten of them and locked them in a small wooden box so that he could raise them for fun.

"call......"

After Liu Shiwen finished all these, he looked around and found that his space had expanded and the smile on his face increased a lot.

These things will be his support after he takes Chen Xiaozhuo away in the future. What he even wants is to use these wealth to transform them into some self-protection capabilities.

This way you can feel more at ease and avoid being affected by the plot of the novel.

"master."

Please come again.

Liu Shiwen packed up and it was dark. After dark, he would take Chen Xiaozhuo to have fun in the space for a while.

After waiting for Chen Xiaozhuo to fall asleep, he started to busy himself with laying the bluestone slabs.

After about a month, the bluestone slab had extended a long distance.

Liu Shiwen could also vaguely see the foggy area in front of him, where the space was connected to the outside of the palace.

Liu Shiwen exhaled and came out of the space.

When he opened his eyes, Qingcai was already knocking on the door nervously, saying that there was a commotion outside.

"It seems like they are sealing up the Qi family."

Qingcai said a little nervously.

"So fast?" Liu Shiwen was frightened. No matter how powerful he was, it was impossible for the emperor to deal with the Qi family so quickly!

"Yes, although it caused a big fuss, the Qi family was indeed convicted and sealed off, and Concubine Qi was also demoted." Qingcai said with certainty.

"Demoted? What about the third prince?" Liu Shiwen's heart trembled and he asked hurriedly.

"Leave him to the Queen to raise him." Qingcai said.

"so......"

Liu Shiwen sat there and thought, it seemed that the ending was almost the same, but how could an incident that originally took three months to be resolved end so quickly!

"Master, it's bad. The palace said that Concubine Qi hanged herself." Yinping also ran in quickly and said.

Qingcai was also surprised when he heard this and looked at Liu Shiwen.

He found that Liu Shiwen was also in a state of shock.

"Don't be sad, Your Majesty. These things are normal in the palace. It's because the Qi family went too far this time that Your Majesty has punished even Concubine Qi." Qing Cai was afraid that Liu Shiwen would be frightened, so he hurried to comfort her.

"I know, I know. You guys go out first. I need to calm down by myself." Although Liu Shiwen already knew the result, when these things really happened in front of him, he still couldn't bear it.

"Father..."

Chen Xiaozhuo was a little scared when he heard it and ran over.

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Liu Shiwen comforted Chen Xiaozhuo a few times, and it took him a long time to calm himself down.

He told himself that the Qi family was not innocent. Not only had they been corrupt and committed crimes, they had also withheld relief food. In order to make money, they had even maliciously used moldy medicinal materials on the victims.

In this way, the subsidy money that has been issued can be recovered.

It was also because of going too far that a disease disaster occurred.

If it weren't for the protagonist Shu Feiyuan's intervention, a terrible plague would probably have occurred!

It was at this time that Shu Feiyuan's reputation as the medical concubine spread.

Liu Shiwen didn't dare to say much, for fear of hindering the protagonist's power and even hindering the development of the plot.

"Xiao Zhuo, let your little sparrow fly out and see if Concubine Shu is no longer in the palace?" Liu Shiwen said.

Chen Xiaozhuo nodded and let the little sparrow fly out. Soon, he heard the news that Concubine Shu had requested to leave the palace to receive medical treatment.

"We've been gone for two days." said Chen Xiaozhuo.

Liu Shiwen nodded. It seemed that the plot was going on the right track. Shu Feiyuan's move helped His Majesty avoid a lot of public resentment and even avoided the occurrence of a huge disaster.

After returning to the palace this time, Liu Shiwen remembered that Shu Feiyuan would have a serious illness. After experiencing life and death, the emperor became more aware of Shu Feiyuan's position in his heart.

When the protagonist Shu Feiyuan was ill, he was canonized as a noble concubine, and he was also the first male noble concubine.

It was also during this illness that the protagonist Shu Feiyuan remembered his true life experience and the deep blood feud he carried.

Chapter 17 Call Dad

"Fortunately, during the Shu family's confiscation and extermination case, the Liu family had not yet become powerful. Otherwise, given the level of suicidal behavior of the Liu family and Concubine Liu, they would have definitely gotten involved."

When Liu Shiwen thought of the deep blood feud between the protagonist Shu Feiyuan's family, he felt a chill in his heart.

In the past, the Shu family was also one of the most prominent families in the imperial city. However, later on, because of their great achievements and the upright people in the court, the late emperor was afraid of them and disliked them.

Later, a group of families, led by the current queen's family, worked together to fabricate evidence of the Shu family's corruption, abuse of power and treason, resulting in the Shu family being confiscated and exterminated.

The protagonist Shu Feiyuan witnessed the tragedy at a young age and was directly stimulated by a fever and lost his memory. He was then secretly taken away and raised.

His elder brother Shu Ning'an was also raised in the countryside due to illness and was able to return to the village. Later, for revenge, he changed his name and endured humiliation and became the current Wu'an General Xia Yanliang.

"Xia Yanliang..."

When Liu heard this name, his heart trembled.

Speaking of this person, he is quite extraordinary. He started out as a small soldier and rose all the way to become a great general who was trusted by the emperor and respected by everyone.

Later, he met Shu Feiyuan, killed all his major enemies, ascended to a high position, became a powerful official with heavy troops, and became a strong guarantee for Shu Feiyuan to ascend to the throne.

"This time... don't have anything to do with him anymore. He's the protagonist's biological brother!" Liu Shiwen felt his scalp tingling when he thought of his relationship with Xia Yanliang.

It turned out that Xia Yanliang had once thought of entering the court to assassinate the Queen's father. After failing, he fled to the Liu family and pretended to be a slave. Because of his good horsemanship, he was taken care of by Liu Shiwen, who finally recommended him to re-join the army.

This action also left a deep impression on the protagonist's brother, causing the protagonist to know about this later.

In order to prevent his brother from competing with King Yikang and His Majesty for Concubine Liu, Shu Feiyuan was even more ruthless towards Concubine Liu.

However, the premise of all these is that Concubine Liu, as a villain who is always slapped in the face, loves to commit suicide and attract hatred. In addition, her mother's family, Liu, also jumped on the protagonist's side several times in the later period, which made the protagonist and the emperor extremely unhappy.

As a result, the whole family was exiled.

The crimes committed by these people are more serious than those committed by some of the protagonist Shu Feiyuan's real enemies.

"But it's also because Concubine Liu, who is always good at slapping people in the face, loves to make sarcastic remarks too much. She even uses her own family's abilities to get together with the Queen's family, and has become a heinous criminal." Liu Shiwen's heart ached when he thought about how Concubine Liu and the Liu family were courting death in their later years.

"We must be as quiet as a chicken this time, and we must also tell the Liu family to give appropriate help to brother Shu Feiyuan." Liu Shiwen made up his mind and calculated the time. General Wuan had not returned yet, and the protagonist had just started to go to the ward, so he didn't need to rush to do anything.

"Father."

Chen Xiaozhuo was still in fear of being punished by Concubine Qi.

"It's okay. It has nothing to do with us." Liu Shiwen patted Chen Xiaozhuo twice and pulled his thoughts back.

He remembered that the matter of Concubine Qi did not end so quickly, and he was not quite sure what changes had taken place in the meantime.

"Please give me money."

Liu Shiwen felt uneasy until he could figure out these things.

After Qingcai came over, Liu Shiwen asked him to sniff around a bit. If he could hear anything, then he could listen. If not, forget it.

I was also afraid to ask for money, as I didn't get any news for several days.

Instead, Chen Xiaozhuo's little sparrow was in some corner of the palace and heard that the Emperor was in a very bad mood because Concubine Shu went to the ward.

What made His Majesty even more unhappy was that Concubine Shu left and Prince Yikang came.

Moreover, this time, His Majesty had to welcome King Yikang happily, because King Yikang made great efforts in handling the Qi family case. If you really think about it, King Yikang might be the one who made the greatest contribution.

"I knew it!" After hearing the news, Liu Shi slammed the table in excitement and anger.

Chen Xiaozhuo, who was standing next to him, was also a little confused when he saw Liu Shiwen like this.

"I was wondering how this major case could be handled so quickly! It turns out that Prince Yikang listened to me and stopped interfering in the matter. Instead, he took the credit from the emperor and Shu Fei. This not only publicizes Cui's ability, but also disgusts the emperor and forces him to accept the favor of Prince Yikang of Cui."

The more Liu Shiwen thought about it, the more he felt that King Yikang was both crazy and smart. He actually made such a perfect turnaround in the middle of his words.

"But in this way, although it can avoid the danger of being exposed, the hatred value in front of His Majesty will probably increase a lot. After all, His Majesty absolutely does not want to see Cui Shi being remembered."

Liu Shiwen thought about it and felt that even if we calculated it this way, King Yikang was still one step forward on the edge of a knife, and it did not change anything about his ending.

"Is it really destined to be difficult to reverse the situation?!" Liu Shiwen sighed to himself. He asked Chen Xiaozhuo to pay more attention to the developments in the palace. He always felt that King Yikang would definitely cause trouble again.

When Chen Xiaozhuo heard that King Yikang was going to cause trouble, he widened his eyes and said, "Isn't it a serious crime to cause trouble in the palace? Why would he do this?"

"Because he... is such a moody person, there's nothing we can do about it." Liu Shiwen said, spreading his hands.

Chen Xiaozhuo frowned and said, "This is not good."

"Yes, so Xiao Zhuo, you must not learn from him." Liu Shiwen used King Yikang as a negative example to educate Chen Xiaozhuo.

Chen Xiaozhuo nodded obediently. Liu Shiwen sent him to play with the cat, and he went into the space to continue paving the way.

The faster the plot develops, the sooner his way out of the palace must be paved.

Although escaping in the dark is not a good idea, if he really encounters a huge crisis, even if people accuse him of witchcraft, he will take Chen Xiaozhuo away from here and flee to the ends of the earth!

But these are the last resort.

Liu Shiwen thought that the best way was to complete the storyline well. Otherwise, with the huge limitation of the plot, even if he and Chen Xiaozhuo could escape for a while, they would probably run into the protagonist and others around the corner.

"It will be even more troublesome then." Liu Shiwen wiped the sweat from his head and looked at the fog that still seemed to have no end. He felt a little anxious.

"Master, it's getting dark, we should have dinner."

Qingcai walked in and said.

Liu Shiwen was so tired from back pain that he drank a lot of spiritual spring water before he barely recovered. After he sat up, he looked a little ugly.

Qingcai asked him worriedly if he was feeling unwell.

Liu Shiwen shook his head and sent Qingcai away.

Not long after Qingcai left, Liu Shiwen prepared to call Chen Xiaozhuo to come over for dinner.

But Chen Xiaozhuo suddenly shouted and stood still.

"What's wrong?" Liu Shiwen asked nervously in a low voice, and then saw sweat on Chen Xiaozhuo's little face.

After a while, the door was pushed open.

Liu Shiwen saw King Yikang coming in with a sparrow in his hand and said, "This little creature kept looking at me when I came here, so I caught it for Xiaozhuo to play with."

When Liu Shiwen saw the little sparrow, his whole head was screaming, not to mention Chen Xiaozhuo.

"Let it go!"

Chen Xiaozhuo said anxiously.

"Why? Don't you like it?" King Yikang frowned and asked.

"I don't know what dirty things are flying around outside. He can't play with it." Liu Shiwen said quickly.

"That's right." King Yikang said, then opened his hands and let the little sparrow fly away.

The little sparrow chirped a few times as it flew away.

Chen Xiaozhuo and his son breathed a sigh of relief.

"What? You don't welcome me here?" King Yikang always felt that after he released the sparrow, the father and son looked at him with some displeasure.

"Nothing. Why did the prince suddenly come back?" Liu Shiwen said helplessly.

"What do you mean by coming back suddenly? I haven't been here for more than a month, right?" King Yikang said as he brought another food box over. After the last experience, it was much easier for him to bring things this time.

"Really?" Liu Shiwen didn't pay attention to these.

King Yikang looked at Liu Shiwen and saw that he had an indifferent expression. He then looked at Chen Xiaozhuo who was only focusing on the food he was carrying. His face suddenly darkened.

However, he was angry and no one paid any attention to him, so he could only open the food box and show it to Chen Xiaozhuo.

Chen Xiaozhuo's eyes lit up instantly, and that greedy little cat look immediately soothed King Yikang's depression and anger.

"Do you want to eat? This time, I specially asked the chef of the Cui family to make some southern food for you. I'm afraid you have never eaten it before." King Yikang said.

After Chen Xiaozhuo saw it, he realized it was something he had never eaten before, so he became even more excited.

"Go and get a stool for the prince." Liu Shiwen said.

Chen Xiaozhuo swiftly brought a stool over to King Yikang.

"Nothing to say?" King Yikang held up the food box and said lazily to Chen Xiaozhuo.

"father......"

Chen Xiaozhuo opened his mouth and screamed. If it weren't for Liu Shiwen, King Yikang himself would have been so confused and shocked that he couldn't move.

"Don't yell, kid!"

Liu Shiwen never expected that Chen Xiaozhuo would break this fuzzy window paper just for a bunch of food!

"Ah... No, no, it's the prince..."

Chen Xiaozhuo also reacted and quickly shook his head and waved his hands while speaking.

King Yikang smiled silently at first, then handed over the food box and sat on the stool and laughed like a lunatic.

Liu Shiwen was also unable to utter a word.

It would be too obvious to deny it now, and I'm afraid King Yikang would suddenly explode and kill people.

"Is it delicious?"

Liu Shiwen, looking as pale as death, took something from Chen Xiaozhuo's food box and ate it.

"Why did you steal his things?"

Before Chen Xiaozhuo could speak, King Yikang spoke first.

"We have a deep bond as father and son, so it's no big deal to eat one or two." Liu Shiwen said through gritting his teeth.

"The love between father and son is so deep..."

After King Yikang repeated this sentence, a smile appeared on his face that was completely inconsistent with his style.

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Chapter 18: Love Novice King Yi Kang

Seeing the smile on King Yikang's face, Liu Shiwen reluctantly put down the snack in his hand and said, "Compared to this, I want to know what the prince did in this case of Concubine Qi?"

"It's nothing, I just helped the emperor dig up some evidence of the Qi family's crimes." King Yikang talked about this with a smile on his face, and said, "The emperor knew that I sent the evidence, and he didn't know whether to accept it or not. That look made me feel much better."

Liu Shiwen heard his direct admission and said, "But if you intervene like this, I'm afraid it will cause His Majesty to be more wary and hateful."

"It doesn't matter. Our Cui family has been frustrated for so long. It's good to be happy for a while. Besides, we have also learned a lot from this Qi family case." King Yikang said with a crazy look in his eyes, looking at Liu Shiwen and said, "Speaking of which, all these things are thanks to your advice."

"I dare not. I was just talking nonsense." Liu Shiwen looked at King Yikang and said, "I just hope that the prince will not tell others what I said."

"That won't happen," King Yikang assured.

Liu Shiwen nodded. He still had some trust in Liu Shiwen.

King Yikang looked at Liu Shiwen and said nothing more, "But I heard that the disaster caused by the Qi family this time was very serious, even the emperor's concubine Shu went there to treat it."

"Yes, I'm sure Your Majesty must be very worried." Liu Shiwen said.

"Do you still have some feelings for that emperor?" King Yikang asked Xiang Liu Shiwen tentatively.

Liu Shiwen smiled and shook his head, pointing at his own face. King Yikang didn't know what to say.

He coughed and said, "The medicine bag you made for me is very useful. I think your medical skills should be very good. I wonder who is better, you or Shu Fei?"

"Shu Fei should be more capable. I just have some clever tricks occasionally." Liu Shiwen said.

King Yikang looked at Liu Shiwen, leaned closer, lowered his voice, and said with a smile: "Do you have any tricks for this disease?"

Liu Shiwen looked at King Yikang. As the man came closer, he could see more of his handsome features. King Yikang rarely smiled so intimately. This feeling forced Liu Shiwen to step back and say, "So this is why the prince came here."

King Yikang looked at Liu Shiwen and didn't know how to adjust his expression for a moment.

He moved his fingers and looked at Liu Shiwen with a strange look.

Liu Shiwen looked at him and couldn't help laughing. He avoided King Yikang's gaze and said, "Forgive me for being incompetent in this matter. I have no other choice."

"Really?" King Yikang nodded with some regret. After thinking about it, he realized that even if Liu Shiwen knew medical skills, the disease was not an ordinary one. It was natural that he had no way to deal with it.

"Isn't the prince planning to send someone to treat the disease?" Liu Shiwen said as if he had thought of something.

"Why not?" King Yikang asked back.

Liu Shiwen nodded and said, "Well, I have done some good things, which will always bring merit to His Majesty."

King Yikang laughed mockingly upon hearing this: "It's just a way to expand the reputation of our Cui family."

Liu Shiwen nodded. He felt that although this was a bit of a blatant act of opposing the emperor and competing for credit, it was still much better than doing bad things in secret.

"Father, I'm thirsty."

Chen Xiaozhuo next to him said something.

Liu Shiwen went over and poured him some water.

After Chen Xiaozhuo finished drinking, he patted the crumbs off his body, packed up the food box and handed it to King Yikang, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Hmph, you don't recognize me just because you're full?" King Yikang said as he reached out to touch Chen Xiaozhuo's little face.

Liu Shiwen instinctively pulled Chen Xiaozhuo over.

King Yikang's eyes suddenly turned cold.

At this time, Chen Xiaozhuo reached out and held King Yikang's hand.

King Yikang looked at Chen Xiaozhuo and said with a smile, "It seems that your father are still avoiding me like the snakes and scorpions."

"Your Highness has misunderstood. I am just used to being cautious." Liu Shiwen explained awkwardly.

King Yikang looked at Liu Shiwen, sneered, stood up and left with the food box.

When Liu Shiwen saw King Yikang leave, he always felt like he had missed asking something.

When he woke up the next morning, Qingcai said with a unhappy look on his face that King Yikang got drunk last night and accidentally broke the dragon jade wall that Your Majesty loved most.

"this......!"

Liu Shi was so shocked when he heard this that he was speechless. This dragon jade wall was carved by the emperor himself in his early years and he had always treasured it.

What's even more terrible is that the emperor and Shu Fei fell in love because of this dragon jade wall.

Now that Concubine Shu has gone to the place of disaster, the emperor is really worried, but King Yikang actually broke his dragon jade wall...

"How is it now?"

Liu Shiwen asked hurriedly. Both the Emperor and King Yikang were men of strong tempers. They might start fighting and it would lead to a catastrophe.

"I heard that it was the Queen Mother who came over personally and tried to pull them apart, but it was only because His Majesty reprimanded Prince Yikang that Prince Yikang almost resorted to violence."

The more you talk about asking for money, the more frightening it becomes.

Liu Shiwen thought about King Yikang's methods and was afraid that he was almost going to resort to violence.

"This guy..."

Liu Shiwen knew that King Yikang was not the kind of person who would do such a thing casually. There must be a meaning behind it.

"Long Yubi...Long Yubi...Ah! That's right!"

When Liu Shiwen was thinking about it, he suddenly remembered that there was another story behind this dragon jade wall.

It is said that the Dragon Jade Wall was originally the idea of ​​King Yikang, and the draft was even started, but later it was somehow created by the emperor.

This King Yikang must have been unhappy with Long Yubi for a long time.

"Wow... King Yikang..." Although Liu Shiwen thought that King Yikang was too crazy, he vaguely admired him.

Who among ordinary people dares to take this step?

"On the surface, he has a special status, and he has made great contributions in the Qi Fei case. Now that the emperor doesn't know how to reward him, he kicked the dragon jade wall to pieces. I'm afraid his merits and demerits will be offset."

Liu Shiwen was thinking quickly in his mind, and when he finally arrived here, his mood gradually stabilized.

From this perspective, this was actually within King Yikang's plan.

Not only did it disgust the emperor, but it also allowed him to vent Long Yubi's anger. Their Cui family no longer needed any reward as they were so prosperous.

"But such an action is really too challenging to one's nerves." Liu Shiwen thought about it and was worried that the emperor would vent his anger on him and Chen Xiaozhuo.

"Mad man, a real mad man!"

After Liu Shiwen cursed himself for a while, he didn't dare to go into the space any further, for fear that the emperor would suddenly send people to break in and capture him and Chen Xiaozhuo.

"Father, it seems that the emperor is ill."

A day later, Chen Xiaozhuo came to report to Liu Shiwen that everyone was saying that the dragon jade wall had hurt the emperor's dragon energy, and now everyone was blaming King Yikang.

"here we go."

Liu Shiwen knew that a fight was about to begin, but it was a little strange that the emperor would take the initiative to claim illness.

"Squeak."

While Liu Shiwen was thinking, King Yikang walked in casually.

"It's just getting dark today."

Liu Shiwen frowned and said.

"Don't worry, your emperor is no longer in the palace." King Yikang said with a smile.

Liu Shiwen was stunned for a moment, then said, "Could it be that he went to find Shu Fei? No way?"

"What? Looking at your expression, do you think it's good for him to be like this?" King Yikang looked at Liu Shiwen and said.

"No matter what, it's still admirable that he can make such a decision. After all, it's still very dangerous over there." Liu Shiwen thought about it and could only sigh that the important plot will not change. This disease confirmed the deep relationship between Shu Fei and the emperor.

Even if there was a small accident in the middle, after the emperor's action, the relationship between the two of them would definitely be greatly sublimated.

"He's just a fool," said King Yikang.

Liu Shiwen wanted to say more, but suddenly remembered that King Yikang had never been in love, so what was the point of telling him all this.

"What's that look in your eyes? Do you think I don't understand these things?!" Unexpectedly, King Yikang instantly understood Liu Shiwen's eyes and asked angrily.

"It's nothing. Although His Majesty is not in the palace, I advise you not to act rashly. I'm afraid he has set a trap for you here." Liu Shiwen didn't know what the emperor had done.

But under the biggest conditions of the plot, if King Yikang dares to rebel, he will definitely be the one who suffers.

After all, the emperor is one of the protagonists, and his great cause will not be affected. Unless Shu Fei takes action personally, no one else should be able to influence it.

"I know." King Yikang said as he sat there angrily and depressed.

Seeing King Yikang like this, Liu Shiwen felt relieved and said, "Since His Majesty is gone, why is Your Majesty still staying in this palace? Didn't you say you were going to provide disaster relief?"

"There is no need for me to go there in person to provide disaster relief. My concubine Shufei is not waiting there." King Yikang said sarcastically.

"Where is Prince Shufei waiting for you?" Liu Shiwen said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, King Yikang stood up angrily, looked at Liu Shiwen fiercely and said, "You are very brave. Don't think you can talk to me like this just because Xiao Zhuo is here!"

Liu Shiwen also felt that he had gone too far and actually started joking with King Yikang.

Not to mention that it hit someone where it hurts.

King Yikang...he's a guy who has never been in love in his life.

"I'm sorry, I was talking nonsense." Liu Shiwen said and laughed to himself.

Seeing him like this, King Yikang glared at him again and said, "Don't be too relaxed. The emperor is really angry this time. He might punish you when he comes back."

"This is all your fault. Why did you kick his dragon jade wall?!" Liu Shiwen said angrily after hearing this.

"You are really sending people to spy on me!" King Yikang said immediately, as if he had caught some evidence against Liu Shiwen.

Liu Shiwen smiled helplessly and said, "Of course I have to inquire about you, Your Majesty. You are related to the life and property of my father and I. If I don't inquire about you, who else can I inquire about?"

King Yikang laughed after hearing this. He looked at Liu Shiwen with a strange look, and then extended his hand to Liu Shiwen.

Liu Shiwen instinctively avoided it.

But King Yikang is a top master. Although Liu Shiwen used the powerful pill, he is still not as agile as King Yikang.

King Yikang reached out and grabbed Liu Shiwen, pulling him over easily.

Liu Shiwen looked at the face of King Yikang right before his eyes and shouted in panic and anger: "Cui Zhesui!"

King Yikang has not been called by his name for many years.

When Liu Shiwen's voice sounded, a little light flashed in his eyes, and then he shook Liu Shiwen away with a flick of his hand.

"Father...!"

Chen Xiaozhuo, who was playing nearby, ran over hurriedly and stood in front of Liu Shiwen.

King Yikang glanced at Chen Xiaozhuo, and he smiled for no apparent reason, saying, "Okay, no more trouble. Pack up your things, and I'll take you out of the palace while the emperor is away for the next two days."

Chapter 19 Wu'an General Xia Yanliang

"Why are we going out again? We said we won't go out." Liu Shiwen said with a frown.

"I'm just taking you out for a walk to avoid the limelight. Don't think too much about it." King Yikang said in a rare explanation.

"Keep out of the spotlight? What does that mean?" Liu Shiwen asked puzzledly.

King Yikang looked at Liu Shiwen and gave him a look.

"Xiao Zhuo, cover your ears." Liu Shiwen said, and Chen Xiaozhuo covered his ears.

King Yikang couldn't help but laugh when he saw Chen Xiaozhuo like this, then he glanced at Liu Shiwen and said in a low voice: "Someone wants to take action against you and your son while the emperor is not in the palace."

"You mean someone wants to kill... us father and son? We didn't provoke anyone?!" Liu Shiwen said in a daze.

"That's hard to say. Just follow me. I'll take you out to play for two days and then bring you back." King Yikang said.

Liu Shiwen still looked at King Yikang with some disbelief.

King Yikang frowned and looked at Liu Shiwen.

Liu Shiwen couldn't say that he still had space to hide, so he could only say, "Why don't you send more people to protect us father and son? It's too risky to go outside."

King Yikang looked at Liu Shiwen, nodded and said, "If that's the case, then I will have to live here myself."

"No need, Your Majesty..."

"Okay, it's decided. Xiao Zhuo, come here." King Yikang said.

Chen Xiaozhuo looked at King Yikang, and a handful of candies appeared in King Yikang's hand. Chen Xiaozhuo ran over immediately.

"Don't let him eat too much sugar." Liu Shiwen warned.

"I know." King Yikang said as he took some candy to tease Chen Xiaozhuo.

Chen Xiaozhuo was very good at acting like a spoiled child, and King Yikang was completely unable to resist his tactics. He quickly smiled and gave the candy to Chen Xiaozhuo.

Seeing King Yikang like this, Liu Shiwen said, "The messenger will be here soon. Your Majesty, why don't you eat first?"

"No need, I'll ask someone to make some and send them over." King Yikang said and walked out, then turned around and came back after a while.

Liu Shiwen looked at King Yikang who was following him closely and it was obvious that the other party was threatening enough.

But who dares and who can take action at this time?

Liu Shiwen sat there and thought to himself, this is a plot that is not in the novel.

"Boom boom boom."

Just as Liu Shiwen was thinking, there was a knock on the door.

King Yikang's expression changed slightly. He stood up and opened the door, and Sui Fu came in.

"Your Majesty, it's bad. A lot of people are coming this way." Sui Fu said as he leaned close to King Yikang's ear.

"Why is he here?" King Yikang thought for a while with a dangerous look in his eyes, then turned to look at Liu Shiwen.

Liu Shiwen clearly felt that King Yikang's eyes were considering whether to forcibly take them father and son away.

"Your Highness, you'd better hide for a while. My father and I have our own ways to save our lives." Liu Shiwen didn't want King Yikang to take any extreme measures, as that would completely disrupt their plan of hiding and going through the plot.

"Really?" King Yikang left after hearing this.

Just a few breaths after King Yikang left, a cry of surprise was heard from outside.

Then Yinping came running over in a hurry, saying that a ferocious general with a group of guards rushed over and even Qingcai was caught!

"General?"

Liu Shiwen knew that no one was allowed to walk around in the harem with guards, unless they had the emperor's permission and were trusted by the emperor.

Now the emperor is not here, and Shu Fei is not here either.

Who else has the ability to lead people in? !

"Bang!"

The door was finally opened.

Liu Shiwen instantly thought of someone and his heart tightened. If it was the other person, he would have room for negotiation.

"Father...!"

Chen Xiaozhuo was so scared that he quickly climbed onto Liu Shiwen's body.

Liu Shiwen clearly felt that Chen Xiaozhuo had become much more agile. Perhaps that was the effect of the cat.

"General Xia Yanliang has been ordered to guard and take care of Concubine Liu and her son."

A deep and powerful voice sounded. When Liu Shiwen looked up and saw the other person, his heart skipped a beat. It turned out that his guess was right.

"I dare not. I am now a person in the cold palace and I am not worthy of the general's salute." Liu Shiwen returned the salute.

When Xia Yanliang saw Liu Shiwen's face, he was stunned for a moment. Still wearing military armor, he looked at the layout of the cold palace, his face was gloomy and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.

"You guys guard outside and are not allowed to come in without my order!" Xia Yanliang said and strode in.

The door was slowly closed.

After the door was closed, Liu Shiwen could still feel that there were many people standing outside.

After all, she is still a concubine in the cold palace, and Xia Yanliang is still a minister, so they can't talk in a completely isolated manner.

"Long time no see, General Xia." Liu Shiwen took the initiative to speak to him.

Xia Yanliang looked at Liu Shiwen, then looked at Chen Xiaozhuo, then nodded with a complicated expression and said, "Why is your face like this?"

"I bumped into it by accident." Liu Shiwen said awkwardly, and then asked Chen Xiaozhuo to move a stool for Xia Yanliang to sit on.

Chen Xiaozhuo nodded, silently moved the stool to Xia Yanliang, and then still looked up at Xia Yanliang in shock.

"Is this the child?" Xia Yanliang asked.

"Yes, his name is Xiao Zhuo." Liu Shiwen stroked Chen Xiaozhuo's head.

Chen Xiaozhuo called him "General" sensibly.

Xia Yanliang laughed and said, "More like you."

Liu Shiwen nodded, then looked at Xia Yanliang and said, "But what did my father and I do wrong? Why did they send you to look after us?"

"No, His Majesty asked me to come here because he was worried about you." Xia Yanliang didn't know how to say everything.

Liu Shiwen thought of what King Yikang had said before, and guessed that the emperor was also afraid that King Yikang would take them away while he was away.

In this way, the emperor would have fewer means to restrain King Yikang.

As for sending Xia Yanliang here, it was probably to let him guard the harem and prevent others from taking advantage of the situation.

I just wonder if the emperor knows about the past between Xia Yanliang and Concubine Liu? !

"He should know, otherwise the emperor wouldn't have specially asked him to come over to guard. He probably wants to use Concubine Liu to restrain Xia Yanliang." Concubine Liu knew that the emperor was not a fool. On the contrary, he was a very powerful guy since he could fight with King Yikang all the way to the end.

"They are all cunning people." Liu Shiwen complained in his heart and found that Xia Yanliang was still looking at him without blinking.

He said awkwardly: "It's time to eat. General, have you eaten yet?"

"Oh, pass the food!"

After Xia Yanliang finished speaking, he asked someone to bring the food over.

This time it was Yinping who sent it.

Liu Shiwen noticed that today's food was better than usual.

I don't know if it was arranged by King Yikang, or if His Majesty was afraid that Xia Yanliang would feel sorry for him and his son, so he deliberately asked someone to do it well? !

"Wait a minute, Your Majesty." After Xia Yanliang finished speaking, he asked Cai to try the food one by one before letting Liu Shiwen and his son eat.

"Father, I'm afraid..."

Chen Xiaozhuo was a cat-like person. He deliberately put on a pitiful look and looked at Xia Yanliang.

When Xia Yanliang saw this, he stood up, said he would not disturb the Empress and her son from having their meal, and went out to stand.

Liu Shiwen pinched Chen Xiaozhuo's little face.

But he didn't dare to do anything else in front of Xia Yanliang, and took Chen Xiaozhuo to eat the meal outside.

Seeing that he was not going to enter the space today, Chen Xiaozhuo didn't say much and just ate obediently.

Seeing Chen Xiaozhuo like this, Liu Shiwen felt more and more distressed and pity him.

"He brought a lot of people with him." Chen Xiaozhuo leaned close to Liu Shiwen's ear and said something, but the good thing was that the general had a good impression of him, so there was no need to be so scared.

"Really?!" Liu Shiwen felt relieved when he heard that the two peaches had a good impression of him. He opened the door, and the guards outside immediately turned around and looked at Liu Shiwen with a cold face.

Liu Shiwen knew that he probably couldn't get out of the door, so he could only hand over the dishes and chopsticks.

After waiting for them to finish their meal, Xia Yanliang knocked on the door after a while.

Liu Shiwen opened the door and let Xia Yanliang in.

"If Xiao Zhuo goes to bed early, the general won't have to keep watching him all the time." Liu Shiwen said in advance.

Xia Yanliang nodded silently.

Liu Shiwen was not surprised. Xia Yanliang was just like that. Not to mention that he had a blood feud to suppress, so he naturally talked less.

He tidied up and took some hot water to help Chen Xiaozhuo wash his face and feet.

After everything was cleaned up, he took off his outer robe without any hesitation and went to bed.

Xia Yanliang kept turning his body sideways and didn't look.

Liu Shiwen laughed. He didn't care and started to play with Chen Xiaozhuo.

"You're lying down right after dinner?" Xia Yanliang finally spoke.

"There's nothing to do, so I'm just sitting around doing nothing." Liu Shiwen said.

Xia Yanliang thought about it. Although this cold palace still looked somewhat presentable now, there was nothing to pass the time.

It is normal to go to bed early.

Instead, Chen Xiaozhuo grabbed the quilt and looked at Xia Yanliang again and again.

"It's my first time meeting the general, so I can't help but be curious. Why don't you tell him what you do so that he can broaden his horizons." Liu Shiwen helped Chen Xiaozhuo sit up.

Xia Yanliang was suddenly told this and paused for a moment, then picked out some things that could be said to a child and said them.

He has a low voice and speaks slowly, but it doesn't give people a dull feeling.

On the contrary, he knows very well what children like.

Liu Shi felt longing after hearing what he said. It would be a good idea for him to open a ranch there.

Chen Xiaozhuo was a little afraid of Xia Yanliang at first, but soon he was completely attracted and started asking questions.

Xia Yanliang talked to Chen Xiaozhuo for a while and even joked around.

"I want to ride a horse too." After saying that, Chen Xiaozhuo looked at Liu Shiwen. Liu Shiwen thought that there was no horse in his space yet.

But that thing is precious, and there is no profit in raising it now.

However, if Chen Xiaozhuo likes it, you can buy him a pony to ride for fun.

"When I get back and have time, I can take you for a ride." Xia Yanliang said.

"Thank you, General." Chen Xiaozhuo said politely, but he was looking at Liu Shiwen.

Liu Shiwen patted his head and said, "Okay, it's almost time to go to bed."

Chen Xiaozhuo nodded and closed his eyes obediently.

Liu Shiwen also yawned. After Xia Yanliang finished speaking, he stood up and prepared to leave.

"I forgot to ask, how long will His Majesty let the general guard my son and me?" Liu Shiwen suddenly asked.

Xia Yanliang paused for a moment and said, "At least seven days, at most half a month."

Liu Shiwen thought about it and realized that it was indeed impossible for the emperor to stay there for that long.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, General Xia." After saying this, Liu Shiwen closed his eyes and went into his space.

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Chapter 20: Learning Martial Arts from the General

After Liu Shiwen entered the space, he could still vaguely feel that someone was watching him.

He could only try to ignore that feeling and walked into the room first, where he found that the little guy Chen Xiaozhuo had fallen asleep as expected.

He smiled to himself, closed the door, and started moving the bluestone.

Liu Shiwen now feels more and more in a sense of crisis. No matter what, he has attracted too much attention.

Now even Xia Yanliang is in place, and a real Shura field is about to descend.

Liu Shiwen had no choice but to start moving the bluestone slabs, ready to run away at any time.

"Fortunately, I have gained a lot of strength recently. I think I can clear the road by the time the emperor returns to the palace." Liu Shiwen wiped the sweat off his face. He had been busy all night.

When he was waiting to wake up the next morning, he was woken up by Qingcai.

"Master, it's time for us to eat."

Qingcai was used to Liu Shiwen not getting up early.

Liu Shiwen glanced at Qingcai, and it was clear from his eyes that something had happened.

He looked behind Qingcai and saw two expressionless guards standing there, but Xia Yanliang was gone.

"You guys wait outside for a while. I'll get up after I return the robe." After Liu Shiwen heard this, Qingcai had no choice but to follow the guard and leave.

After they left, Liu Shiwen entered the space and woke up Chen Xiaozhuo.

Chen Xiaozhuo's sparrow flew around, and finally told Liu Shiwen that the third prince suddenly fell seriously ill last night and even the imperial physician was unable to help.

The Queen had no choice but to ask His Majesty to come out, otherwise she could not bear the blame.

Fortunately, the Queen Mother and Prince Yikang came to the rescue. Prince Yikang took Cui's secret medicine and gave it to the Third Prince, which barely saved his life.

"The third brother is still sick. Father, will he be okay?" Chen Xiaozhuo asked worriedly.

Liu Shiwen thought about it for a while, then he touched Chen Xiaozhuo's head and told Chen Xiaozhuo not to try to find out the news anymore.

"Your third brother will be fine." Liu Shiwen said this, but he remembered that the third prince did fall ill during the palace fight. Although his life was not in danger, he had completely withdrawn from everyone's sight and had been recuperating.

When Chen Xiaozhuo heard Liu Shiwen say this, he felt a little relieved.

"Xiao Zhuo doesn't want to stay here anymore." After experiencing these changes, Chen Xiaozhuo has grown a lot. He frowned and said with some discomfort.

"Okay, father will take you away from here soon." Liu Shiwen said firmly.

But even so, Chen Xiaozhuo still felt a little lethargic in the morning.

Liu Shiwen knew that he had a good relationship with the third prince.

He looked at Chen Xiaozhuo, not knowing what to say, and could only try his best to comfort him.

"What's wrong?"

When Xia Yanliang came over, he saw that both the father and son looked unhappy, and asked with a frown.

"Nothing." Liu Shiwen shook his head.

Xia Yanliang knew that Liu Shiwen also had his own way, so he told him what happened last night without hiding anything.

"The third prince has been rescued. The Queen Mother has sent the imperial physician over and also reprimanded the Queen." Xia Yanliang said in a low voice.

Liu Shi nodded after hearing this.

"Is the third brother going to die?" Chen Xiaozhuo finally couldn't hold it back anymore and asked in a trembling voice.

His eyes were filled with tears, and the pain of a child like that was so heartbreaking.

Xia Yanliang saw that Chen Xiaozhuo was not afraid, but was simply sad because of his third brother, so he hurriedly whispered: "No, don't worry, the imperial physician has asked him to cure it."

Chen Xiaozhuo's tears the size of beans fell.

Xia Yanliang looked at Chen Xiaozhuo like this and looked at the environment of the cold palace. He knew that compared to the third prince, Chen Xiaozhuo was actually in more danger.

He already knew Chen Xiaozhuo's background.

Xia Yanliang didn't know how to face the fact that Concubine Liu had done such a thing with King Yikang.

But when he came over and saw that the once handsome Liu Shiwen had a disfigured face and was living in the cold palace wearing tattered clothes with a child, he felt very uncomfortable.

Liu Shiwen asked what happened last night.

Xia Yanliang also shook his head and said that he was only here to guard the cold palace and he would only take action if there was a big chaos in the palace.

He would not interfere in the affairs of the inner palace, and would only go there when the Empress Dowager asked him to be a witness.

"When we went there, the Third Prince was indeed very ill. The ladies were arguing with each other with red eyes. In the end, it was Prince Yikang who took Cui's secret medicine to help the Third Prince recover."

Xia Yanliang looked at Liu Shiwen and said, "But this does not mean that King Yikang is a good person. I hope your Majesty understands this."

Liu Shiwen nodded slowly, but based on his understanding of King Yikang, this approach was not in line with his methods.

"This was probably done by someone in the inner palace. By targeting the third prince, they can pick a weak spot and make the queen fail to fulfill her duty." Liu Shiwen's mind raced, but no matter how hard he thought, he couldn't be completely sure who it was.

He had no idea why King Yikang would rescue the third prince.

Given King Yikang's hatred for the Chen family, he shouldn't have used secret medicine to save people.

"Don't think too much, Your Majesty. You will be safer here." Xia Yanliang was now glad that Liu Shiwen was here with the child, otherwise he would not be able to escape the blame.

"That's right." Liu Shiwen nodded, but didn't say anything.

Xia Yanliang looked at his expression and wanted to comfort him but didn't know what to say. Then he suddenly seemed to have thought of something and took out a mechanical figurine from his sleeve.

"This..." Xia Yanliang looked at Liu Shiwen and felt a little embarrassed.

"Isn't this the treasure you used to carry with you?" Liu Shiwen laughed as soon as he saw it and said.

"No... I put that one away back then, and I made this again." Xia Yanliang handed it to Chen Xiaozhuo and said, "Let... let him keep it for fun.

Liu Shiwen looked at Xia Yanliang in surprise and said, "But isn't this for practicing martial arts?"

Xia Yanliang nodded and said, "I think he has good bone structure, so I think he should be able to learn from him."

"Is it true?" Liu Shiwen said nothing else. He was still looking forward to learning martial arts in this world. After all, the martial arts here were quite powerful.

It would be good if Chen Xiaozhuo learned self-defense.

"Can I help him take a look?" Xia Yanliang asked.

"Sure." Liu Shiwen said and asked Xia Yanliang to help Chen Xiaozhuo take a careful look.

Chen Xiaozhuo looked at Xia Yanliang feeling a little embarrassed.

Xia Yanliang's favorability towards him kept rising, reaching the level of four peaches.

But Chen Xiaozhuo remembered that he had not given any benefits to the general!

"Not bad, not bad. Although he is a boy, he is in very good health. I guess you took good care of him." Xia Yanliang praised sincerely.

"Really?" Liu Shiwen looked at Chen Xiaozhuo and said, "If you don't mind, you can ask General Xia to help him with the foundation. This will be good for his health in the future."

"No... this... is what I should do." After Xia Yanliang said this, he quickly glanced at Liu Shiwen.

Although Liu Shiwen's face was now pale, his demeanor and eyes were much clearer than before.

Xia Yanliang is not a person who judges by appearance, and he has known Liu Shiwen in his early years. Although his face is now faded, he can still remember what he originally looked like.

"Then... let's give it a try. I don't know if Xiao Zhuo can do it." Liu Shiwen said and asked Xia Yanliang to start teaching Chen Xiao Zhuo.

Chen Xiaozhuo listened to the two adults talking and vaguely knew that he was learning martial arts from the general. Thinking of the scenes of riding horses and fighting that he described, Chen Xiaozhuo's eyes lit up.

"Come, let's play with it first and see if you're interested in it." Xia Yanliang said as he moved a small table over, half-knelt down and began to explain the little man's movements to Chen Xiaozhuo.

Chen Xiaozhuo saw it clearly. Later, he tried to demonstrate it a few times and almost tripped himself.

Liu Shiwen sat there and watched and started laughing.

Xia Yanliang also moved the corners of his mouth, and then helped Chen Xiaozhuo correct it a few times.

Chen Xiaozhuo started to sweat after a while, but his movements became more and more sophisticated.

"Not bad, not bad. He's a good candidate." Xia Yanliang couldn't stop praising him.

"Tired."

After all, Chen Xiaozhuo had never learned in this way, and after a while he started to complain of being tired.

Liu Shiwen glanced at Xia Yanliang, and Xia Yanliang said, "It's better to hold on a little longer."

"Xiao Zhuo, practice more, so that you won't be afraid of bad guys in the future." Liu Shiwen coaxed for a while, and Chen Xiaozhuo gritted his teeth and started practicing again.

Only when Chen Xiaozhuo's eyes were almost filled with tears did Xia Yanliang nod.

Chen Xiaozhuo sat there, tilted his head and took a rest.

"It's still a bit delicate."

Even so, Xia Yanliang still said that Chen Xiaozhuo was delicate, but Liu Shiwen didn't say anything. After all, a strict teacher produces good students, and it is good to lay a good foundation when you are young.

It's not a good idea for him to take Chen Xiaozhuo around all day.

"General."

Someone called out from outside.

Xia Yanliang responded, then got up and left.

After Xia Yanliang left, Chen Xiaozhuo said with a bitter face: "I don't want to practice this anymore. It hurts."

"Practice now. When you come back, your father will make you some more delicious food." Liu Shiwen said.

Chen Xiaozhuo hummed for a while, but didn't say anything else.

Liu Shiwen took him to the back and took some spiritual spring water from the space for him to drink.

After drinking it, Chen Xiaozhuo's pain and fatigue were relieved a lot. Liu Shiwen gave him some massages, and Chen Xiaozhuo started to laugh after a while.

"Learn this. He is the most powerful general. There are not many opportunities to learn from him. He will be here for a few days and then leave." Liu Shiwen said to Chen Xiaozhuo.

Chen Xiaozhuo thought about it and nodded, but whispered and asked for a few delicious dishes.

Liu Shiwen agreed with a smile. While the two were talking, Yinping came in from outside with his head lowered to accept the examination.

Chen Xiaozhuo looked at Yinping and found that the peach of Yinping's affection for him had turned completely black.

Chen Xiaozhuo widened his eyes when he saw Yinping bowing to Liu Shiwen. He quickly stood beside Liu Shiwen, grabbed his father's hand and drew an X on it.

This was the secret code he and Liu Shiwen agreed upon to use in times of danger.

After Liu Shiwen sensed Chen Xiaozhuo's movements, he was puzzled but still alert. He looked at Yin Ping and asked, "Why are you here at this time?"