At the beginning, the little prince Beili and his mother were crazy about each other.

The departure of the master did not cause much commotion.

As the chief priest of the Jixia Academy, the departure of the master did not cause much commotion.

No one from the emperor's elder brother, the uncle of Langya, or even the ministers of the court came to see him off, which made Xiao Ruolin a little confused.

Recently, he could clearly feel the changes in the people around him.

The number of patrol guards in the palace has doubled. In such an atmosphere, the eunuchs and maids in the palace are more cautious than usual.

Everyone seems to be afraid of making mistakes and being punished, and the whole imperial city is filled with a tense atmosphere.

However, Xiao Ruolin doesn't care about it. In addition to refining his sword skills every day, he spends his time with his mother.

After all, being intimate with the Queen Mother is a daily task issued by the system. This task has an age limit, and it is definitely not something he wants to do on his own initiative.

As for going to school at the Jixia Academy, he would skip classes if he could.

In the Imperial Garden, Xiao Ruolin rested his head on his mother's snow-white thighs, holding a dogtail grass in his mouth and a book given by his master in his hands, with a focused look.

Queen Hu gently stroked his soft hair, with a smile on her eyes and eyebrows.

"Lin'er, you are not young anymore, have you ever taken a fancy to any young lady?"

Xiao Ruolin's hand was stunned while flipping through the book. He spit out the grass in his mouth and said in shock: "Mother, I am only eight years old!"

Queen Hu raised her eyebrows slightly, "So what? As long as you like it, I will send it to you directly."

Xiao Ruolin waved his hand, looking very old-fashioned: "Forget it, they are all spoiled little girls and liars."

Queen Hu smiled slightly, leaned her face over, stared at her son's eyes, and said: "What about the daughter of the Ye family?"

Xiao Ruolin immediately shook his head: "Sister Ruoyi is very beautiful, but I still like beautiful women like mother, gentle and dignified."

"Little rascal!" Queen Hu tapped Xiao Ruolin's forehead lightly.

"If mother remembers correctly, today is the day for school at Jixia Academy, right? You skipped class again, be careful that your father will put you in confinement."

Xiao Ruolin didn't care at all, and said calmly: "With mother here, what can father do to me?"

Queen Hu chuckled and pointed to a certain place with her slender jade finger: "Then look who is coming?"

Xiao Ruolin looked in the direction of her finger and saw a man wearing a purple gold crown rushing over in a hurry.

Isn't it his cheap father?

"Oh no, it's father!" Xiao Ruolin was shocked.

Then he got up from his mother's knees and ran towards Jixia Academy.

Looking at her son's fleeing back, Queen Hu's eyes were filled with deep pampering.

Emperor Mingde came late, and when he arrived, only Queen Hu and her two close palace maids were left at the scene.

"Smelly boy, you run fast." Emperor Mingde sighed.

Queen Hu smiled softly with her hands covering her lips: "Your Majesty, why are you looking for Lin'er in such a hurry?"

Emperor Mingde sighed softly, then sat down and said to the queen: "The teacher of Jixia Academy sent someone to say that Xiao Shisan has not been to school for several days in a row. What he has learned is what he will use in the future. If he is lazy and doesn't learn now, how can he take care of himself in the future?"

"Since he doesn't want to learn, your majesty should let him go. I think Lin'er is very smart and doesn't need to learn those pedantic things." Queen Hu comforted.

"When I relaxed my attitude towards his martial arts, this kid became lawless. He either wields swords and guns all day long or sneaks out of the palace greedily. How can he still be a prince?" Emperor Mingde was furious.

Rather than sighing, it is better to say that he was complaining, complaining that the queen doted on this son too much, so that he became more and more lawless.

"Your Majesty, I don't have much pursuit in my life. I just hope that my two children can grow up healthy and happy, and I will be satisfied." Queen Hu meant something.

After hearing what the queen said, Emperor Mingde was silent for a while. He looked up at his beloved wife and finally left reluctantly.

In order to save his father's face, Xiao Ruolin returned to the Jixia Academy very reluctantly.

Because the teacher was still teaching, he had to sneak into the school quietly. Although the teacher saw him, he could only turn a blind eye.

After all, Xiao Ruolin's identity was there, and other princes could still reprimand and punish him.

But only the thirteenth prince, the queen stood behind him, and he was the most jumpy among the princes. His Majesty indulged this child for the queen's face, so what could he, a teacher, do?

In the school, Xiao Ruolin spent his days like years. In this class, the teacher talked about the principles of being a human being, but these knowledge

He had learned it in elementary school in his previous life.

It was really torture to listen to it again now. He finally made it to the end of school, but was stopped by someone.

"Thirteenth brother!"

"Ninth brother." Looking at the boy in front of him, Xiao Ruolin called out lightly, without any extra expression on his face.

This is the least likable ninth brother among his eleven brothers, the ninth prince-Xiao Jingxia.

He is the youngest son of Emperor Mingde. His brothers have already graduated from the Jixia Academy, but this ninth brother has not passed the literary or martial arts exams for various reasons, so he has not graduated from the Jixia Academy.

Seeing Xiao Ruolin's bitter face, Xiao Jingxia asked kindly: "Thirteenth brother, why do you look so unhappy? Who offended you? Tell the emperor and let the emperor teach him a lesson for you."

Xiao Ruolin replied expressionlessly: "Nineth brother, if you have something to say, just say it. If not, I'll leave."

Xiao Ruolin actually didn't like his ninth brother, and even had some repulsion.

He had a lot of bad intentions in his belly. Not only did he spend his days drinking and partying in brothels and gambling houses, but he also liked to take those noble children to bully the children of those honest officials in the academy.

For this reason, he had a conflict with this group of people. Xiao Ruolin didn't expect that the other party suddenly took the initiative to greet him. What was his purpose?

Xiao Jingxia stepped forward enthusiastically and shook Xiao Ruolin's hand, saying with a playful smile: "It's not the unpleasant thing that happened last time, Thirteenth Brother, the other party is just the eldest daughter of the Minister, but you and I are brothers, and I am still your ninth brother. I hope that Thirteenth Brother will not care too much about this matter, and don't talk too much to the father."

Xiao Ruolin frowned, he pulled out his arm, and said coldly: "Ninth Brother, if you are afraid that I will tell the father, you must not do that shameful thing in the future, otherwise I will tell the father next time and let the father put you in confinement."

Xiao Ruolin naturally knew what he was talking about. The father issued a decree a few years ago that all officials above the fifth rank could send their children to the Jixia Academy to study.

For a time, the Jixia Academy, which was originally only for the children of second-rank officials to enter and exit, was finally accessible to fifth-rank officials.

The father's original intention was good, but this also divided the Jixia Academy into two factions.

One faction is the children of powerful officials above the second rank, and the other is the children of officials below the second rank.

Xiao Ruolin really didn't expect that school bullying exists in any era.

And he happened to see the children of powerful officials trying to do something shameful to a girl not long ago, and the leader was his ninth brother.

"That's right, ninth brother must turn over a new leaf and never do it again next time!" Xiao Jingxia stood straight with a righteous look on his face.

Xiao Ruolin replied expressionlessly: "I hope ninth brother can do it."

Then he left straight away.

If a dog can't change its eating habits, how can a person change his behavior?

As the saying goes, it's easy to change the country, but it's hard to change one's nature. It's wishful thinking to ask this group of powerful people to change their nature.

"Take care, Thirteenth Brother!" Xiao Jingxia smiled and waved goodbye.

At this time, several of his followers came out and said, "Your Highness, the Ninth Prince, the Thirteenth Prince has gone far away."

When Xiao Ruolin left, Xiao Jingxia's smiling face immediately turned cold, and his eyes were full of gloom: "Relying on your mother being the Queen, you are so disrespectful to your elders, little beast, do you really think that your ninth brother is afraid of you!"

"Your Highness, behind the Thirteenth Prince is not only the Queen, but also the Sixth Prince." One of the followers couldn't help but remind him.

"Do you need to be so talkative?" Xiao Jingxia stared at the follower who spoke with a sinister look.

The little follower realized that he had said the wrong thing and slapped his mouth.

"Wait!" Xiao Jingxia sneered.

"A young boy who is still wet behind the ears is teaching me a lesson. My brother will teach you a lesson soon!"