Zimu grew up under the care of his parents, elders and a group of brothers and younger brothers until he was seven years old. When his eldest and second brothers' wives married into the He family, Zimu had just turned one year old.

The two sisters-in-law treated this toddler as their own daughter, and Concubine Yue would occasionally invite Zimu to stay in Yongle Palace for ten days or half a month.

Perhaps because there was a child younger than herself in the palace, the Fifth Princess no longer opposed the Third Princess. The two of them even treated He Zimu as their own sister.

Perhaps because they suddenly realized what it meant to be older sisters, the third princess and the fifth princess both wanted to set a good example for their younger sister, and several princes in the palace who had been making a lot of noise also became much more obedient.

For a time, the palace was very harmonious. Even Empress Xuan and Concubine Yue no longer got caught between the children and settled endless lawsuits for them.

Huo Wushang, who was forced to live as Ling Buzhi, was no longer bullied by the princes and princesses.

Emperor Wen saw that the children in the palace were becoming more and more well-behaved, his adopted son was no longer bullied, and his own children were no longer arrogant and domineering. More importantly, the relationship between Concubine Yue and Empress Xuan was getting better and better.

Even Emperor Wen sometimes felt that he was disliked by both his first wife and the empress.

Emperor Wen became more and more fond of Zimu, a little girl who often lived in the palace, exercised diligently every day, and said she wanted to be a general when she was one year old.

He Yong made several contributions on the battlefield and expanded the country's territory several times, and the civil officials of the Cui family also assisted him wholeheartedly during the changes.

Because her paternal and maternal families were powerful in the eyes of Emperor Wen, and because her father had made considerable military achievements and was liked by the emperor and his concubines, Zimu was granted the title of princess by Emperor Wen on her fifth birthday, and her fiefdom was set in Jinyang, which included Qinghe.

In the past few years, Zimu has been strictly exercising according to the secret manual given to her by Rongtuan, and has been practicing the moves in her mind over and over again with a specially made small sword.

In Rongtuan's words, his dear, at such a young age, has already made her sword skills somewhat like Kong Zhou's elegant yet powerful charm.

After meeting Ling Buyi, He Zimu also thought of Cheng Shaoshang who was still being tortured in the Cheng family.

She really feels sorry for Shao Shang in the play. She is so unlucky and so pitiful.

"Rongtuan, do you think I should find a way to bring Shaoshang to live with the He family?"

"Honey, do you want to take her to your side?" Rongtuan doesn't quite understand human emotions, but he wants to make his host happy.

"Well, both she and Ling Buyi are so pitiful, even more pitiful than He Zhaojun." Zimu felt a little suffocated when he thought of Ling Buyi, who entered the military camp when he was a teenager, and the gloomy aura around him.

He Zhaojun is the same age as Cheng Shaoshang, but He Zhaojun is a few months older. She was unable to prevent the lonely city from being broken and allowed Ling Buyi to live under her identity.

He could only find a way to bring Shao Shang to his side so that she would be less tortured by that vicious woman Ge and that stupid mother Dong.

Teach her everything that all the girls from noble families in the capital learn after they start learning at the age of seven so that she no longer feels inferior. I also want to teach her to judge people and not be so silly. If someone is a little bit nice to her, she will be sincere and not bear grudges.

"As long as you want, I will give you a task." After Rongtuan said this, a task window appeared in Zimu's mind.

"accept"

This was the first time that Zimu went directly to Yongle Palace to act coquettishly to Concubine Yue without looking at the mission reward.

"Aunt Yue"

"Zi Mu is here. Aren't we learning archery today? Are you tired?" Yue Heng asked as she saw Zi Mu running towards her.

"Aunt Yue~"

Zimu crawled into Yue Heng's arms and nudged him, but he didn't give Yue Heng any support at all: "Oh, my little ancestor, please stop nudging me. It's so hot, don't you feel it?"

"Aunt Yue... Today, as I was learning horse riding and archery with my master, I missed my father and brother. Aunt Yue wants to go home."

"Alright, alright. If Zirui sees you like this, he'll scold you."

Zimu felt aggrieved when talking about this. Recently, Wen Zirui was very sarcastic every time he saw her. Anyway, she was not planning to enter the palace recently, so she just complained directly.

"Aunt Yue, you don't know, Brother Zirui's complexion and mood lately are just like the four sisters-in-law in my family on those special days every month. He is extremely changeable, and he also..."

"He Zhaojun"

Before "Wen Yang" Zimu could finish his complaint, he was startled by He Zhaojun, who was speaking loudly from Wen Zirui outside the palace.

"Aunt Yue, is her hearing so good?"

Yue Heng smiled and whispered, "Guess."

I will argue even if I am unreasonable and you can't do anything to me as long as I don't admit it.

Zimu immediately stopped feeling guilty and asked directly: "Wenyang, what did I do to you? You actually called me by my full name."

"Don't you know what you did? How dare you come to your mother to complain?" Wen Zirui was almost laughed at by this little girl. She didn't know how she had offended him.

"You tell me what I did... uh... I can actually explain this." Zimu looked at the two purses that Wen Zirui had the servants put on the table and instantly felt guilty. It was not that she was useless, but the two sisters gave her too much.

Yue Heng seemed to be enjoying the fun and added fuel to the fire: "Wow, look at our future female general, she can do needlework now, her skills are really good."

"Aunt Yue, this is not what I did..."

"It wasn't you who did it?" Wen Zirui looked puzzled. These purses were indeed given to him by Zisheng in the middle of the night half a month ago. At that time, he said that they were given to him by Zimu.

"The two sisters from the Zhao and Yu families asked me to bring them to Brother Zisheng. So how come these purses are here with you?"

"Zisheng gave it to me. He said you gave it to him personally." How could Wen Zirui not have thought that he was being betrayed by his brother, but there was no way he could do anything but give in now.

"..." Zimu thought to himself: Ling Buyi, you are so stupid, you still want to help me. Just wait for me to take Shao Shang away and teach him well, and then introduce Shao Shang to Yuan Shanjian and let you live out your life alone.

"I thought you were embroidering them for Zisheng, and you embroidered two for him at once."

"How can I embroider a purse when I've never even held a needle? It's impossible that I will never be able to do needlework in my life." After saying that, Zimu changed the subject and asked, "Even if I can embroider, why would I embroider for Brother Zisheng?"

"Don't many girls in the capital like Zisheng?"

"It has nothing to do with me. I don't like it."

"It's okay, don't you want to go home? Go away quickly." Wen Zirui didn't want to explain, so he just drove him away.

"Why are his ears so long?"

"What did you say?"

"no"

Yue Heng watched with great interest the confrontation between his son and Zimu, which was indeed very lively, and his vicious-mouthed and black-faced son was finally silenced by someone.

"It's really inexplicable." Zimu said to Yue Heng, "Aunt Yue, I'm going home first. I'll come to the palace to accompany you and Aunt Xuan in a few days."

"Okay, okay, go ahead. It's good to have a good rest at home for a few days. Every day it's either horse riding and archery training or studying the Four Books and Five Classics. It's been such a long time, I really need to go home and play for a few days."

"Aunt Yue, Zimu has gone home first. Please ask Pei Ling to tell Aunt Xuan for me." After saying that, Zimu left politely.

Because of Wen Zirui's bad attitude just now, Zimu didn't even look at him before leaving except for a blank look.

"Mother, look, she's ordering the people around me around and glaring at me." Wen Zirui was almost laughing because of that look.

"Alright, alright, stop complaining. You have a gloomy face and a vicious mouth all day long, and only Zimu is willing to pay attention to you. What do you have to complain about?"

"..."

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