First Lady of the Crown Prince

Chapter 960: Showing off babies (dragon and phoenix twins)

Since Xiao Heng took over the cabinet, he has been high-profile in doing things and low-key in life. He saves red tape and energy and never puts on a show.

 But today, for the first time, the chief minister actually wants to call everyone into the room to talk?

 The two secondary assistants, three cabinet bachelors and several middle school officials all looked at each other and gathered outside the intermediate hall of the first assistant, wondering which song was being sung today.

“Did we get caught for something we did recently?” Liu Cifu asked.

He was originally a confidant of Taifu Zhuang. After Taifu Zhuang was defeated, he turned from darkness to light and showed his sincerity to His Majesty.

Another secondary assistant named Zhang was dismissed due to serious circumstances and could not be pardoned even if he committed suicide. His replacement was named Wu, who was selected from the cabinet's bachelors.

Wu Cifu thought about it: "We haven't done anything wrong recently... Could it be that Mr. Chief Assistant discovered that I promoted a relative of my own?"

 When the water is clear, there will be no fish. No dynasty can guarantee that its officials are absolutely clean, but these few people are at least a little thoughtful and cannot be regarded as worms in the country.

Xiao Heng usually turns a blind eye and doesn't interfere unless it's too much.

“The two pavilion elders don’t even understand the situation, then let’s wait—” The person who spoke was the Grand Bachelor of Wuyingdian, whose surname was Kong.

There are a total of six bachelors in the cabinet. Only the first assistant and the two second assistants are qualified to be called "Ge Lao". The other three bachelors from Wuying Palace, Wenyuan Pavilion and Dong Pavilion can only be called "Xiao Ge Lao".

"yes."

"yes."

Grand Bachelors of Wenyuan Pavilion and Grand Bachelor of Dong Pavilion sighed and nodded.

Liu Cifu said: "Three great scholars, please don't worry. The first assistant is not a moody person. He summoned us here today, presumably to attend to recent official matters."

Wu Cifu said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, the chief minister has never had a close relationship with me since he took office. Even if something went wrong in his daily life, he would lightly remind him that today... maybe something good will happen."

 “It’s best this way,” said Master Kong.

 Not long after, the Shu Cheng next to the first assistant came out and was the first to call Liu Cifu in.

Liu Cifu said he was not worried, but his face turned pale when he was actually called.

For some reason, he felt that today's posture was too formal.

 Did something big happen?

 Should the chief minister want to cultivate his own people and let them submit their names one by one in private?

If you don’t submit to the chief assistant, will you be ruthlessly eradicated by the chief assistant in secret?

 He bit the bullet and entered the chief assistant's study.

Xiao Heng was sitting on the official hat chair behind the desk. The youngest chief minister in the history of the Zhao Kingdom, he used his strength to explain what it means to be young and promising. He became a priest of the Imperial Academy at the age of thirteen. He was killed and lived among the people. At the age of seventeen, he returned to the capital as Jieyuan. At the age of nineteen, he was the top scholar in high school. In the same year, he entered the Hanlin Academy, the cabinet, and the Ministry of Punishment. At the age of twenty-one, he became the chief minister of the cabinet.

 This is the legend of Zhao State and will surely be recorded in the annals of history.

"I've met you, sir." Liu Cifu didn't dare to be scornful because he was young.

 “Hmm wow~”

Liu Cifu was stunned for a moment when a little milky sound suddenly came from beside Xiao Heng.

His nose was not working well and he could not smell the fragrance of milk that filled the room.

 But he is not deaf.

He bravely looked to the side of the chief assistant and saw a sweet smile on his forehead!

 Two babies!

  Xiao Cong and Xiao Yan were lying side by side in the cradle next to the table. The weather was not so cold anymore, and they were no longer wrapped in swaddling clothes. Xiao Cong was a quiet little handsome man as always, and Xiao Yan was eating her hand.

 The little milky sound just now was made by her.

“Are they the young daughter and young master of your family?” he asked blankly.

 “Yes.” Xiao Heng responded calmly, with a very proud expression.

Liu Cifu was confused. What's going on? You came to your last visit and brought the baby with you?

 So the reason why you asked me to come to your study——

 “Hmm.” Xiao Heng winked at Shu Cheng who was beside him.

Shu Cheng understood and walked forward with two red eggs in his hands. He said to Liu Cifu in a pleasant manner: "My lord gave you the red eggs."

 Liu Cifu: “???”

Ha

Xiao Heng said without changing his expression: "The master forgot to send it last time, so I will make it up for you this time."

Liu Cifu: After working on it for a long time, do you just want to give out a red egg? You told me earlier! Look how frightened everyone is by you!

 “Is it cute?” Xiao Heng asked seriously.

 “Cute…cute!” Liu Cifu almost doubted his life.

Your father has finished showing off his daughter, and now you show off your twins. What is wrong with your family?

 The second person called in was Wu Cifu.

He also likes to bring two red eggs and a basket of auspicious words praising the twins, which cannot be the same as Liu Cifu.

 The bachelors of the cabinet were subjected to the first surprise literary assessment of the year - fancy praise of dragons and phoenixes.

 …

Gu Changqing's marriage has come to an end. Gu Jiao plans to leave for Dark Night Island. Xiao Heng will go with her, and An Guogong will also return to the Yan Kingdom.

Their plan was to stay in Shengdu for a while. Gu Jiao and Xiao Heng only had to cross the ice field before the extreme weather in October.

The only problem before them now is whether the two children are too young to adapt to such an intense journey.

 Princess Mansion.

 The family is sitting in Princess Xinyang’s room.

Princess Xinyang said: "There is a lot of rain in April, so it is not suitable to travel by water. You can only go by land. It is too bumpy to take a carriage. Yan'er and Gong'er have just turned two months old."

Gu Jiao was silent.

This is indeed a very real problem. It is too hard for a two-month-old child to ride in a carriage, especially in the hot weather in Yan State. Entering May is like midsummer, and being suffocated in the carriage all day is as terrible as being put in a steamer.

Xiao Ji has always been very good at raising children, and this time he agreed with Qin Fengwan's concerns.

 It’s too much trouble for such a small twin to go on a journey.

Princess Xinyang looked at Gu Jiao and Xiao Heng and said, "You can either wait until the children are older and go again next year. Or, leave the children here and I will take good care of them."

The godfather’s bones are still buried on Dark Night Island. Gu Jiao has been waiting for a year and cannot wait for another year.

 What's more, even if the twins are one year older, they are still not suitable for long distances.

Gu Jiao looked at Xiao Heng.

Xiao Heng said softly: "Just decide."

Gu Jiao said: "Then let the child stay in the capital."

Xiao Heng held her hand: "You won't be reluctant to let go?"

Gu Jiao thought for a while: "It's okay, how about you?"

Xiao Heng stroked her temples and said calmly: "Of course I'm fine."

As soon as he returned to Lanting Courtyard, Xiao Heng rushed into the room, locked the door, and hugged the twins without letting go, his eyes red.

 …

 The things for the trip were prepared several months ago and are ready to go at any time.

 The two of them entered the palace first to bid farewell to their aunt.

It is true that my aunt hopes to keep them by her side forever, but when the children grow up, they will have to go out and complete their own mission in life.

 What she has to do is to guard their home and wait for their return every time.

After leaving the palace, the young couple went to Bishui Hutong and Ding'anhou Mansion to say goodbye respectively. By the time they returned to the Princess Mansion, it was already dark.

 However, that night, something unexpected happened—the twins disappeared!

“Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo of of of of of of of development into and out of control... I didn't keep an eye on the young master and the young lady...” Yu Ya'er burst into tears at the door of the room, twitching and out of breath.

 Gu Jiao did not blame her, but asked calmly: "Don't cry yet. Please tell me carefully what happened."

Yu Yaer told everything about what happened tonight.

The twins stayed with Princess Xinyang all day. She brought them back at night. The twins were very energetic and had no intention of sleeping, so she put them together on Xiao Heng and Gu Jiao's bed. I want them to play for a while longer.

 She was tying her knot in the room.

 The people from the kitchen came over and asked her if she wanted to prepare a midnight snack for the young marquis and the young lady.

 She went out and told the man some snacks that they both liked.

"I was standing at the door... here..." Yu Ya'er pointed to the place where she was talking to the cook, and cried, "I didn't expect that it would take just such a moment... when I enter the house again... Yan'er and Cong'er will Gone…”

“Was Long Yi at the house at that time?” Xiao Heng asked.

Yu Ya wiped her tears and pointed forward: "Yes...he was sharpening charcoal pencils in the yard. After Yan'er and Conner disappeared, he went out to look for someone."

  Someone sneaked into the mansion and stole the twins. This was the first reaction of the two of them.

But judging from where Yu Yaer was pointing, Long Yi was facing the door at that time.

 No assassin could sneak into the courtyard under Long Yi's nose, let alone steal the twins.

Xiao Heng entered the room. He inspected it carefully and concluded: "No fourth person has come in."

 The three people are Yuyaer and the twins.

Gu Jiao frowned: "Since no one has been here, why are Yan'er and Gong'er missing?"

Xiao Heng's eyes fell on the bedside table: "I remember that when you went out this morning, you put the small medicine box here."

Gu Jiao nodded: "Yes, eh? The small medicine box is also missing!"

  Known: The small medicine box cannot be stolen.

so-

 It was the little medicine box that abducted the twins!

Gu Jiao’s hair was on the spot, she clenched her fists, and her face turned dark on the spot!

 …

 The Imperial Master's Palace.

A young man wearing a white crescent white imperial robe stepped into the Qilin Hall.

 The disciples on duty in the palace saluted him one after another: "National Master."

 Ye Qing nodded.

 He wears a filial piety on his arm, no one knows who it is for.

He walked through the long corridor on the right side of Qilin Hall and came to the secret room at the end. He said to the two dead soldiers guarding the secret room: "I will go in and clean it. You open the door."

 “Yes! National Preceptor!”

The two dead soldiers followed the instructions of the newly appointed young national master, took out the key and opened the secret room.

Ye Qing walked into the place that his master told him to spend his whole life guarding.

But as soon as he lit the oil lamp, he saw that there were two cute little dolls in the place that should have been empty!

　　“Ah!”

He was so frightened that his legs gave out and he fell to the ground!

 (End of this chapter)