The Adventures of the Crying Princess

After Yuwen Ji left, without waiting for the Queen to speak, Emperor Chengde spoke first, "I know you like the little girl from the Bai family. But the marriage of the third child is no joke. The Crown Prince is in poor health, and I am interested in the third child. The Queen is not unaware of this.

Now that the third brother has just regained some of his fighting spirit, he cannot let this girl affect him. This girl is indeed very likable, and I like her very much too. But can she be the mother of the country?"

The queen knelt down upon hearing this, "Your Majesty is right. I am ashamed. I have been weak in recent years and have neglected the management of the harem. Thank you, Your Majesty, for not abandoning me and for keeping a place for me. I am very grateful."

"What do you mean, Queen?" Seeing the Queen kneeling down, Emperor Chengde quickly helped her up. "You and I have been husband and wife since childhood. Isn't it strange to talk about this?"

The Queen smiled, "Your Majesty, do you still remember what I looked like when I was young? Wasn't I also a jumping tomboy? I also talked back to the late Emperor. Fortunately, the late Emperor was magnanimous and didn't hold it against me."

"I understand what the Queen means. I just feel that this girl's purpose for coming to the capital is impure and she feels uneasy." Emperor Chengde finally expressed his concerns.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember that little girl saved your life? Do you still remember that she went to the Barbarian Territory alone?

Maybe Rujing had other purposes for this child at first, but Your Majesty, don't forget that she is the daughter of the Bai family, and she has good roots, so she will be good in every way."

The queen coughed and said, "I just want Ji'er to have someone he truly loves by his side. Don't be like the prince, who doesn't even have a close friend to talk to."

Emperor Chengde nodded slightly, "Even so, that girl must be properly controlled. It's okay for her to talk back to me, but if she steals things, I'm right to beat her, right?"

The queen smiled and nodded when she heard Emperor Chengde speak softly, "Yes, she deserves to be beaten. Even if the Marquis of Zhenbei is still here, she can't escape this beating. Children stealing things must never be tolerated. But, Your Majesty, please don't feel bad."

No one knows a man better than his wife. Emperor Chengde closed his eyes and thought for a long time. "Little Chen, send that box of blood-activating pills to Princess Jing'an tomorrow."

Suddenly, Emperor Chengde felt something was wrong again, "I beat her, and I'm still sending her medicine? If this gets out, wouldn't I be considered a person who goes back on his word? I won't send her medicine."

At 9 o'clock the next day, Emperor Chengde sneaked into Prince Yi's Mansion and came to Bai Yimeng's room. Seeing the little girl sleeping, he walked in quietly.

Bai Yimeng felt pain all over his body and couldn't sleep well. His two little eyebrows were twisted together and he was mumbling something.

Emperor Chengde sighed softly, "You deserve it. Let's see if you dare to talk back to me again."

While cursing, he couldn't help but touch her head, which was warm. The old emperor's heart softened all of a sudden, "Why are you so weak? You became like this after just a few beatings? Those dogs, why didn't they use more gentle force?"

Seeing a handkerchief in the basin, he wrung it out and placed it on Bai Yimeng's forehead.

Bai Yimeng was dizzy and saw a figure. She thought it was Yuwen Ji and started crying out of grievance.

"Don't cry, don't cry. But does it hurt? Don't scare me." Emperor Chengde had never seen such a scene before. He was not good at coaxing children.

"I want my parents..." Bai Yimeng's mind was in a daze and she probably didn't even know what she said.

Emperor Chengde felt even worse, and he touched Bai Yimeng's head, "Whatever you like, just tell me and I will do whatever you want."

"It hurts!" The voice was weak but clear.

The old emperor sighed, "You little bitch, tell me yourself, did I really want to beat you? You stole something and refused to admit it, and you even dared to talk back to me. Tell me, should I beat you or not?

Furthermore, if I ordered you to be beaten, wouldn't you beg for mercy? If you just cried, wouldn't it be over? Now that you feel the pain, it's too late."

Yi Tong saw this scene at the door and pulled Bohe to ask, "Your Majesty, who are you competing with? I didn't hear the little princess respond."

"I don't know!" The people of Wan'an Valley didn't have a good impression of the emperor. Bo He pushed Yi Tong away and walked towards the kitchen.

Yuwen Ji was worried about Bai Yimeng, so he returned home before noon. Seeing that Bohe was not there, he quickly pushed open Bai Yimeng's room door, wanting to see how the little girl was doing.

When I raised my eyes, I saw Emperor Chengde squatting beside the little girl's bed and saying something.

The father and son looked at each other, feeling extremely embarrassed.

"Uh... your son... your son greets your father."

"No need to be so polite. I was just passing by and wanted to see if you were in the mansion. Well, I should go back to the palace."

"Your Highness, I respectfully send you off, Father."

Emperor Chengde suddenly stopped and pointed at Bai Yimeng, "Take good care of her and don't let her always make me angry."

"Yes, son, obey."

Emperor Chengde stood still and looked at Bai Yimeng, "What does she like?"

"what?"

"You're so stupid. You don't even know what a little girl likes. No wonder you still can't find a wife."

Emperor Chengde hesitated, wanting to leave but not wanting to. "Dongsi Street is in a good location. You can rent a shop for her later. Last time I saw her, she seemed to like these things very much."

The next day, Emperor Chengde came again. This time, Bai Yimeng did not sleep. She lay on the bed and counted the candy beans. These were bought for her by Yuwen Ji after he left the court. He asked Bohe to watch over them and not eat them all at once.

Bai Yimeng had never seen such a stingy prince. There were only a dozen pills, which was enough for her to fill her teeth.

Emperor Chengde motioned for Bohe to come out, and he walked in, grabbed a handful of candy beans, and stuffed them all into his mouth.

Bai Yimeng turned his head and recognized that it was Emperor Chengde. He did not greet him or say anything, but lowered his head and pretended not to see him.

"Little girl, are you angry because I snatched your candy beans?" Emperor Chengde was as proud as a rooster that had won a battle.

"I dare not." Bai Yimeng looked unwilling to communicate.

"Can we reconcile? You stole the King of Qi's things, and I stole your candy beans. Let's be even now, is that okay?" Emperor Chengde squatted aside like an old man at the village entrance.

"Your Majesty, if you say yes, then yes. I dare not disobey." Bai Yimeng lay on the bed crying with grievance.

"Go ask, whose child stole something and the adults didn't care? Your father is not here, so I take care of you for him. What's wrong with that?"

Bai Yimeng turned his head away and said nothing.

Emperor Chengde was afraid of such children. "If there is another one, go and ask which prince or princess dares to talk back to me. You know I am angry, but you still talk back. Who else should I beat if not you?"

"Well, why don't you just chop me down?"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Mingde slapped Bai Yimeng hard on the wound. Even though there was a quilt between them, Bai Yimeng still cried out in pain.

"If you dare to talk nonsense again, you will be treated like this. Remember that?"

After saying these tough words, seeing the little girl sobbing, Emperor Chengde sighed, stroked her head, and spoke softly, "The last time I gave you that pearl, it was because I wanted to warn you.

You said, you argued with the King of Qi all day long and caused me a lot of trouble. How difficult is it for me to do my job?"

"You are not making it difficult. You don't like me anyway. You think the daughter of the Duke of Yue is better than me, and I am only fit to be a concubine. You bully me because I have no parents to love me and no one to care for me, so you beat me.

You just don't admit it. If Daddy were here, would you still regret the engagement? Would you still scold me like this? Would you still hit me?"

Thinking of what Emperor Chengde said that day, Bai Yimeng felt very aggrieved.

"Hey, kid, you're exaggerating, aren't you? You remember my angry words clearly. I told you to be good, but why didn't you listen?"

Seeing Bai Yimeng hanging her head and looking listless, Emperor Chengde pinched her face hard and said, "You heartless little thing, go and ask around.

How many of my princes and princesses were beaten when I personally explained the situation to them? When your prince was beaten, did I come to see him? Don’t be ungrateful. "

"Then, give me back the candy. It was bought for me by the prince. It's wrong for you to eat it."

"I can't pay it back! I have to go to the toilet tomorrow." Emperor Chengde said and turned to leave.