Great Zhou Empress

Early the next morning, Xue Zhijing didn't mention what happened last night, and Xiao Liege, an awkward kid, naturally wouldn't mention it either.

The breakfast also changed, and there were two more dishes. Xue Zhijing looked at Xiao Liege and thought to himself, although Xiao Liege looked arrogant and awkward on the surface, he actually listened to his own words.

It looks so cute.

Thinking of this, he put a chopstick of vegetables on the small plate in front of her.

Xiao Liege looked at the vegetables in front of him, turned the meat-cutting dagger in a circle, put the handle in Xue Zhijing's direction, and pushed it forward, "Cut the meat for me~"

Today's breakfast is a large piece of jerky.

In the lives of grassland nobles, they ate beef and mutton for three meals, no wonder they all grew muscles.

But this jerky is really hard. Xue Zhijing washed his hands with clean water, supported the jerky with one hand, and cut it down quickly with the other. When he put it on the plate in front of Xiao Liege, he was disgusted by the other party. "It's so ugly~"

Xue Zhijing gave her an annoyed look, "Can't you eat being ugly? What you eat is meat, not its shape. If you chew it in your mouth and swallow it, it's all nutrients in your stomach."

Although Xue Zhijing also knows that for some dishes, "color, aroma and taste" are very important, but a piece of dried meat, what kind of cut should it be?What is the most important thing?

After Xue Zhijing slapped her, Xiao Liege pouted, stared at her with rounded eyes, "When I was ten years old, I could slice meat as thin as a cicada's wing~ I can't even do such a simple thing. , I think you, a court lady of the Dacheng Dynasty, are fake."

Being bickered inexplicably by children made Xue Zhijing feel a little naive and competitive, and then refuted, "I am a court lady, and I am in charge of the court's regulations, which is to manage documents for the queen. The Shangshan Bureau It is in charge of food and drink, but even the Shangshan Bureau has different divisions of labor, not everyone has to practice knife skills. I may not be proficient in simple things that you think, what kind of problem is that?"

Xiao Liege stared at her steadfastly, took a bite of jerky in his mouth.

Xue Zhijing smiled, inexplicably feeling that the conversation just now was so boring.

Wanting to be even more boring, she said to Xiao Liege, "You cut it beautifully, come on, will you cut me a slice as thin as a cicada's wing?"

How could Xiao Liege not know that the jerky was so hard that her teeth gritted, she cut her teeth, "I am Your Royal Highness, such things are the work of you slaves, I don't want to perform for you."

Speaking of the word "slave", Xue Zhijing began to feel a little heavy.

Although Xiao Liege is very cute and treats her well, but here she is, in essence, a lowly "slave", an object whose wealth and life are in the hands of others.

Xiao Liege took a sip of the yogurt, saw that Xue Zhijing suddenly stopped talking, and didn't know what was wrong with her for a moment, so he pushed the goat's milk in front of him to her.

"Drink some milk, look at your slender arms and legs, when you turn back to hunt, you should run away when the wind blows."

Xue Zhijing sneered, "Run away as soon as the wind blows? Do I look so weak?"

"There is~"

At this moment, the curtain of the door opened, and a chubby boy walked in.

He is Xiao Liege's eldest nephew, the current emperor of Liao Kingdom, 14-year-old Xiao Derui.

It may be due to genetics. He has been a little fat since he was a child, especially his face, which is round. In addition, his eyes are also relatively cute, and he looks a little naive.

In the past two years, she has grown taller and her figure has elongated a bit, but that cuteness has always been there.

When Xiao Derui entered Xiao Liege's room, he didn't have the slightest sense of avoiding suspicion. Of course, Xiao Liege never let him avoid suspicion before, and the two were close, so he was naturally very casual.

"Auntie, it's time for breakfast. I haven't eaten yet. It's just right~" He sat down on his own.

During the dinner that night, Xue Zhijing saw Xiao Derui's appearance from a distance, and when he heard him call aunt, he guessed that he was the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, so he stood up.

Xiao Derui didn't pay attention to Xue Zhijing's actions just now, and ordered casually, "Come, serve me for dinner."

When Xue Zhijing was about to cut the meat for him, he heard Xiao Liege scolding Xiao Derui, "It's so big, do you need others to serve it? I don't have hands?"

Xiao Derui: "..."

Xiao Derui said weakly, "Isn't it right for a female slave to serve you when you eat?"

Xiao Liege said with a righteous face, "As the emperor of our Liao Kingdom, you are too weak. So from today onwards, you must do everything yourself, don't let others do it for you, grow up early, and take charge of the government early , don’t let your aunt and I work so hard, this is called respecting the elderly.”

Xiao Derui: "..."

Xiao Liege is four years older than Xiao Derui. Although they are aunts and nephews, they grew up together when they were young. Xiao Liege has always disliked Xiao Derui's slow learning, and at the same time hated that he was too weak to educate him.

After so many years of getting used to it, Xiao Derui loves and fears Xiao Liege at the same time, almost to the point of obeying his words.

It doesn't matter whether the other party's words make sense or not.

Xue Zhijing secretly glanced at Xiao Liege, then at Xiao Derui, and deeply felt that the word "respecting the elderly" was really, uh, very special.

"Little slave, you, sit down and eat with me~"

Xue Zhijing sat down, and Xiao Derui who was opposite looked at the "slave" in front of him, and then at his aunt, but said nothing.

While eating, Xiao Liege asked, "Since you're all here, I haven't checked your archery skills for a long time, I'll send you to the shooting range after dinner, let me take a good look."

Speaking of this, Xiao Derui's chubby face was full of pride, "I have made progress, aunt, please take a good look at it later."

Xiao Liege smiled and nodded, "Okay, let me take a good look~"

After packing up, they went to the shooting range outside Wang's tent together.

Skills such as horseback riding and archery are too important for the Khitan people, and they are too busy now, Xiao Liege always doesn't have much time, so she simply opened up an open space next to Wang's tent as a shooting range, whenever she has free time, she can use it as a shooting range. Let's practice.

The Hu suit of the Khitan people is designed for horseback riding and shooting. The clothes are tightly tied, the cuffs are even tighter, and they wear leather boots all the year round.Unlike Han people's clothing, wide robes and wide sleeves, it is very inconvenient to do things.

After simply warming up, the little fat man Xiao Derui began his performance.

The posture is quite strong, and the arm strength is also there, but it's not accurate, it's a bit short.

He also asked Xiao Liege: "Auntie, look at me, don't I make great progress?"

Xiao Liege thought about it, it was true that he hadn't checked his archery for a long time, and when he heard him talking about it at breakfast, he thought how far he had improved, and he was full of anticipation, but this was the end?

Probably, he originally only had 60 points, Xiao Liege's expectation for him was 80 points, but in the end he only scored 65 points.

Xiao Liege gave him a disgusted look, took the bow and arrow and threw it into Xue Zhijing's hands, "Little slave, come and try~"

Xue Zhijing was slightly startled, met Xiao Liege's gaze, and the other party said, "Give my elder nephew a gesture, let him see how bad he is, and don't keep saying that I bully him."

It turned out that Xiao Liege felt that Xue Zhijing, who could control the strongest wild horse, must have achieved something in archery, after all, equestrianism and archery are combined.

It's been a long time since she touched bows and arrows, but when she was at the polo field in Bianjing City, she still let Yuan Jinxue grind her for a while.After all, she has too many skills to overwhelm her body. Her first battle in the Dacheng court made her famous instantly.

After a little movement, he tried to draw the bow, Xue Zhijing stood still, and slowly put the arrow on the bow.

Her arm strength is stronger than before, and her bow-drawing arm is as stable as it is.

The cluster of arrows flew out rapidly, stably piercing into the core of the target.

If there are several arrows, all of them hit the target.

Xiao Liege looked at his eldest nephew with a look of disgust, "I said, our little emperor, even a small slave around me is better than your archery skills, so you are ashamed to tell me that you have improved."

Xiao Derui pouted, with a mournful face, feeling that he had been hit so badly that he lost his self-confidence.

Xue Zhijing couldn't stand it anymore, and said to Xiao Liege, "Look at things from a long-term perspective~ If he has improved compared to before, then he should be praised, blindly hitting him will affect his progress."

Xiao Derui cast a grateful look at Xue Zhijing.

Xiao Liege didn't say that he was bad, but thought of something else, "Okay, even if you have improved a little bit compared to before, it's just that your progress is too slow, so you can't give me a quicker time~ What about other subjects? , go back to the tent, I'll check it carefully~"

After returning to the tent, Xiao Derui asked Xiao Derui to recite the "Zuo Zhuan" he was reading recently. He was quite proficient in memorizing it, but when it came to the specific meaning, he was not so clear when speaking.

Stumbling, like a second-grade elementary school student memorizing a text.

Xiao Liege was upset again, "Why are you so stupid~ Do you know that in the future you will face those Khitan nobles who are like jackals, and Han ministers who are full of poetry and books and cunning like foxes. The articles and classics are all unclear, and when the time comes, they will be tricked to death without knowing why they were cheated."

Seeing that Xiao Liege was about to lift the table, Xue Zhijing suggested from the side, "Your Highness, do you think this is good, I will help His Majesty take a look at his schoolwork, if I can help him make some study plans or something. "

Yesterday, Xiao Liege saw how Xue Zhijing taught his little niece Xiao Linger, and believed her experience in this area.

At the same time, seeing Xue Zhijing's smiling eyes, her mood gradually eased, as if smoothed by soft water.

"Okay, Xiao Derui, give me some snacks~"

Xiao Liege handled government affairs in the king's tent, while Xue Zhijing and the little emperor of Liao Kingdom watched the little emperor's study progress in the next tent.

The little emperor told Xue Zhijing every detail, including how much his teachers taught, how they taught, how he learned and so on.

Xue Zhijing discovered that the little emperor is actually a very simple child, not that outstanding in IQ, and a little inferior because of his slightly fat body, but he has a great advantage, he is patient enough.

A successful person is often not the smartest person, but the most patient one.

After all, most of the time in life is boring and complicated work. There is often only a moment of success. If you don't have enough patience, you often can't wait for the moment of success.

Xiao Derui also likes Xue Zhijing very much, after all, who doesn't like an elegant, knowledgeable, and gentle sister.

"How do I address you?"

"Well, you can call me Mr. Jing~"