Hey!How dare you take me as a substitute

This year has gone smoothly, as calm as the eve of a storm.

If Heng Mingshi didn't hold the dead soldiers and Yingwei in his hands, he wouldn't know that outside the seemingly prosperous and beautiful palace, the people were already full of complaints.

Empress Dowager An made frequent moves. She has gradually replaced the ministers and officials who were reused by the first emperor with her own people, but those who took up the post had little knowledge and no responsibility. They couldn't learn and do competent things. It's a set, learned well, and is proud of it.

If things go on like this, if there is a good year, the people will still be able to make a living, but if there is a catastrophe, these incompetent corrupt officials will not only be unable to carry the burden, but may even intensify it and increase the burden on the people.

Perhaps the natural disaster is not enough to crush the people, but the cruel exploitation after the disaster is the last straw.

Heng Mingshi's life in the palace seems to be the same as before, but Heng Mingshi is keenly aware that as Heng Wenjin grows up, the eyes of some court ladies who have been trained from the Queen Mother's Palace have changed when they look at him. Quite a lot.

In fact, to be precise, there is no change, but they were able to restrain themselves and cover up before, but now they gradually become unscrupulous.

It's like... Knowing that the palace will have a new master, there is no need to pretend to the old master.

Although these "masters" are all puppets.

Concubine Hua's little brat started to learn to walk. In the imperial garden, more than a dozen court ladies could often be seen moving forward in small steps around a group of small things.

Those palace maids were all sent by Empress Dowager An to protect the little boy, as if they were afraid that Heng Mingshi would get excited one day and grab a few worms and stuff them into the little boy.

Sometimes when Heng Mingshi approached deliberately, those court ladies would look over with vigilance and say: "All blessings to the emperor", but his subordinates guarded the little boy tightly.

Heng Mingshi could only greet the little boy through those skirts: "Hi~ Xiao Jinzi~"

Heng Wenjin was still babbling, no matter what others said, he always said, "Ahhh!"

Hearing that Heng Mingshi called Heng Wenjin the eunuch, the ladies in the court had complicated expressions. There was a big court lady, Xu Shi, who served the little prince personally recently. She gained power, and her spirits also increased a lot. Seeing Heng Mingshi calling him like that, unexpectedly Dare to refute: "The emperor is careful, the little highness has a noble status, and should not be called the same as those eunuchs."

Heng Mingshi:? ? ?

At this moment, Eunuch Gao was sent by Heng Mingshi to do something, and he couldn't shout "Bold and Diao slave!" around Heng Mingshi in time, so after the big court lady finished saying this, no one yelled at him.

And the big court lady who uttered wild words saw that Heng Mingshi was still smiling foolishly, her contempt in her heart was even worse, and she didn't know how to restrain herself and said: "Your Majesty, let's go play alone first, don't disturb your Highness."

That demeanor and tone seemed to be dismissing a three-year-old child.

Heng Mingshi's gaze finally shifted from Heng Wenjin's face to that of the court lady, "Huh? Who are you? Why have I never seen you before?"

The big court lady thought she was very cryptic and rolled her eyes, and said: "Back to the emperor, the servants were chosen by the empress dowager to serve the little highness, and they have been serving the empress dowager before."

Heng Mingshi blinked, pretending to be naive: "Ah? That's so strange. Before I went to my mother's place, I never saw you. Now that you are here with Xiao Jinzi, I have noticed you...... Ah! I understand Because the queen mother is taller than you, she blocked you, but Xiao Jinzi was shorter than you, so she couldn't stop you, but it was you who blocked Xiao Jinzi!"

Grand Palace Lady: "..."

The maid of honor who was originally full of contempt turned pale when she realized the other meaning of this sentence.

She suddenly raised her head and looked at Heng Mingshi, trying to see the word "pretending to be stupid" from Heng Mingshi's eyes, but found that the little emperor was always that stupid, with a sense of stupidity in his voice and actions, as if he was really It's just comparing everyone's height, and has no other meaning.

However, even if the silly emperor didn't mean it, would they understand it that way if someone else listened to it?

If an idiot can compare a high and low question, will other people go online and compare other "high and low" questions?

This imperial garden is full of Queen Mother An's eyeliner, Heng Mingshi said it so loudly just now, if she dared to reply "servant is taller than your highness", I'm afraid she won't be able to live in this imperial garden!

Thinking of this, the palace lady felt dizzy and looked around quickly, wanting to see if anyone had listened to Heng Mingshi's words, and was relieved when she found that the surrounding area was empty, as if no one was watching the place.

But Heng Mingshi did not intend to let her go, but looked at the other court ladies on the left and right, and asked in a louder voice: "Do you think she is tall?"

Hearing this, the court ladies looked at each other, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Which of the court ladies who can serve in front of Empress Dowager An is not a human being?

As soon as Heng Mingshi's words came out, they felt something was wrong, and they also looked at Heng Mingshi in shock, and found that it seemed to be Heng Mingshi's unintentional words, then looked around nervously, for fear that these words would be heard, Then he went to the Empress Dowager An and told them that they were "deceitful slaves and deceitful masters".

Seeing that they didn't answer, Heng Mingshi said again: "Do you think she is taller, or my mother's mother is taller?"

The faces of the maids changed, and they hurriedly said: "Of course it's the empress dowager!"

Heng Mingshi: "Then what do you think, is she taller, or Xiao Jinzi taller?" Heng Mingshi raised his hands to measure while talking, his expression was innocent, his movements seemed a little uncoordinated, and his speech was vague Confused, it seems that they are really simply comparing heights.

But those court ladies dared not really "compare their heights", and hurriedly said: "Of course the little Highness is taller!"

Heng Mingshi tilted his head: "Really? But, how did I find out that you all seem to be taller than Xiao Jinzi? It's so strange!"

"Putong!" A court lady standing at the farthest side knelt down first, and even bent down, before saying: "Back to the emperor, this servant is not tall, and this servant is shorter than your Highness!"

With her acting like this, the other court ladies also knelt on the ground, bowed their heads and lowered their heads, expressing that they were indeed not as tall as Heng Wenjin.

Even the big palace maid from just now knelt down slowly, with a look of unwillingness on her face, but she didn't dare to say anything else.

Heng Mingshi clapped his hands and laughed: "Huh? Really! I was wrong just now. Compared with this, you are really not taller."

All the maids knelt down and lowered their heads, the little boy who had been blocked by several maids finally stopped being blocked under the skirt, showing his fair and tender face.

Seeing Heng Mingshi clapping his hands, the wobbly toddler actually learned how to do it. He raised his hands and started clapping, but he couldn't make a sound, so he could only pretend.

The little boy seemed to find it amusing, and grinned "giggle".

One big and one small, they looked like they were so stupid.

Heng Mingshi called out on purpose: "Xiao Jinzi~"

Heng Wenjin: "Ah!"

Heng Mingshi: "Do you want to play with bugs? They look a lot like you~ You will definitely like them~"

Heng Wenjin: "Ah!"

Heng Mingshi: "Then it's settled, next time I'll catch bugs for you to play with~"

Heng Wenjin: "Ahhh!"

While talking, Heng Mingshi took out a straw hat from his sleeve—it was a green straw hat made of the greenest leaves and vines.

Heng Mingshi put the straw hat on Heng Wenjin's head with a smile, and praised: "It's so beautiful, it suits you so well!"

Heng Wenjin: "Ahhh!"

Ladies: "..."

Satisfied after teasing the little boy, Heng Mingshi turned around and left, jumping and running away quickly.

Unexpectedly, behind him, Heng Wenjin, who was still learning to walk, strode hard on her short legs and followed him for two steps, but in the end she couldn't hold on and sat down on the grass.

Seeing Heng Mingshi running farther and farther, and quickly disappearing from his sight, Heng Wenjin blinked his big eyes, then shrunk his mouth, and burst into tears.

Several maids hurriedly coaxed him.

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Although there seemed to be no one in the imperial garden that day, when Heng Mingshi went to tease the little boy again, he found that the big palace lady had disappeared and was replaced by another palace lady.

The new batch of maids who came to take care of the cub had a long memory. When they saw Heng Mingshi, they all knelt down to pay their respects obediently, and even hugged Heng Wenjin so that Heng Wenjin was a head taller than them.

Heng Mingshi raised his hand and pinched the boy's tender face, and said to the servant who was holding him: "I don't seem to have seen you before."

The new maid was very obedient, she lowered her eyebrows and said, "Go back to the emperor, this servant is new to serve His Highness."

Heng Mingshi: "When will Xiao Jinzi be able to play with me? The queen mother clearly promised me that as long as Xiao Jinzi can leave, she can play with me. I have been waiting for a long, long time!"

Maid: "Go back to the emperor, your highness is not walking safely yet."

Heng Mingshi: "I see that his pair of calves are kicking quite vigorously."

Maid: "Your majesty is wise!"

Heng Mingshi: "..." Tsk!This new lady-in-waiting is really smooth and boring!It seems that Empress Dowager An chose it on purpose this time!

Alas, to put it bluntly, the days before the storm are too quiet and boring, Heng Mingshi can only find fun by himself, find all the way from the palaces of several concubines in the harem, tease the little bastard at Concubine Hua, go to Concubine Xiao After walking for a while, I ate a wave of Li Fei and Xiao Fei's dog food at Li Fei's place, went to Leng Gong and took a few new hidden weapons, and then went to Xiang Fei's to pack a bunch of delicious food.

Heng Mingshi carried an oiled paper bag, picked up the fried small fish inside, and took a bite, eating them crispy and delicious, and then returned to his Zichen Palace contentedly, and then... met Feng Qi a black face.

Heng Mingshi: "..."

"The emperor's harem is really full of beauties, making the emperor linger." Feng Qi said in a cold tone.

Heng Mingshi: "..." There are many beauties, but there are also many green hats!Besides, I am a broken sleeve!

Heng Mingshi took another look at Feng Qi's favorability towards him... Well, it's awesome, the current favorability is 34, which has only grown a little this year.

According to basic standards, this is not even good enough to be friends!

So how did you force yourself to make that easily misleading, jealous expression?

If it weren't for the system's ability to look at the popularity, I would have believed your evil!