The third princess bit her cherry lips and gave a gentle blessing: "You are back from suppressing the bandits? Are you almost done?"
"Thank you, Third Eunuch, for your concern. Liu Mingzhi has eliminated the traitors of the White Lotus Sect who have been causing harm to Jiangnan for many years. From now on, the people of Jiangnan will no longer have to mention Baise Chang. This is all a great blessing from Your Majesty!"
The third princess shook her head calmly: "What's more important is that you and the two guards have worked tirelessly. Your Majesty will definitely reward you based on your merits!"
When talking about merit and rewards, the third princess's Fang couldn't help but jump up and down, and she didn't dare to look at Liu Mingzhi at all.
"Definitely!"
"Definitely!"
Liu Yaoyao, who was in the arms of the third princess, fluttered her little hands and giggled.
Liu Mingzhi had a smile on his face that looked like he had eaten bee shit, and his smile was as bright as a chrysanthemum: "Good girl, daddy heard this, please let daddy hug you!"
When the third princess heard Young Master Liu asking to hold her daughter, she hurriedly reached out and brought her daughter over.
Liu Mingzhi happily reached out his hand, but due to the typical childlike appearance of the third princess, some touching was unavoidable during the handover process to Liu Yaoyao.
Young Master Liu laughed angrily and hugged Liu Yaoyao. He did not look at the weird look on the third princess's face and concentrated on teasing Liu Yaoyao: "My good daughter, call me daddy!"
"Definitely!"
"Call me daddy!"
"You deserve to die!"
"Um, my good daughter, I was counting on you to be daddy's caring little cotton-padded jacket, but you are a typical black-hearted guy! It's okay if daddy dies before he does anything!"
Qi Yun stepped forward and took Liu Yaoyao over: "Husband, my daughter is only over one year old, and her ability to learn to speak is much better than many children. Do you expect her to speak clearly?"
"Yes, yes... My husband is too impatient, where is that little brat Liu Chengzhi?"
"Can't you speak properly? Children have such strong learning abilities, what if Yaoyao learns it? Aren't you afraid that Yaoyao will find a husband like you in the future?"
Qi Yun's appearance as a virtuous wife and loving mother suddenly turned into a tigress protecting her calf, fearing that Young Master Liu would lead her good daughter to bad ways.
“I can’t even imagine that I could be so lucky!”
Qi Yun and Qi Yun burst out laughing: "Bah, shameless!"
"Chengzhi is at the nanny's place. Do you want me to send you here?"
"Forget it, the little bastard is more comfortable eating and drinking than him. Don't say that I ruined his good deeds when he gets older. Forget it!"
Qi Yun is completely helpless towards her husband who has gone astray, and there are outsiders who say this shamelessly.
"Husband, I will send Yaoyao back first, change my clothes and bring the guqin here. You and sister Yan'er will chat in the pavilion first!"
"Okay... okay! There is snow, so be careful not to drop my daughter if you fall!"
Qi Yun hugged Liu Yaoyao and left quickly. This husband's words were so irritating!
"Third Princess, please sit down!"
"You can sit down too, this is your home and I'm just a guest. Guests can do as they please!"
Liu Mingzhi sat down and stretched out his hand to grill on the steaming stove beside him: "Thank you so much, Third Princess! The New Year is coming soon, and the Princess won't return to the palace, won't Your Majesty blame her?"
The third princess shook her head slightly: "Father wrote a letter asking me to accompany the emperor's uncle to celebrate the New Year. It must be very lonely for the emperor's uncle and the old housekeeper to be left in the palace. I have already prepared a lot of new year's goods. If I didn't have a waist card,
My body, your soldiers almost drove me out!"
Liu Mingzhi sighed slightly and pondered for a while: "Things in the world are unpredictable, and I never thought that Duke Ming would be inextricably linked to the traitors of the White Lotus Sect. Fortunately, Duke Ming found his way back and waited until he arrived in the capital.
I hope your Majesty will be given a lenient sentence, after all, blood is thicker than water!"
In the end, Liu Mingzhi did not tell the story about the red dragon. This was an agreement, and it was also the leverage between Li Yugang and himself.
It is better for a foreign minister to have less involvement in royal affairs.
The face of the third princess was a little gloomy: "I didn't expect that the emperor's uncle would do such a thing. My father said that the emperor's uncle had never coveted the throne back then, and I couldn't figure out why he would join in the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect against the imperial court.
"
Liu Mingzhi glanced at the third princess with a strange expression and felt a little confused.
The relationship between the Red Dragon, the Emperor, Concubine Jing, and King Huainan may be complicated enough that no one knows.
Young Master Liu sighed silently and began to think in his heart: "Although it is unlikely, I cannot rule out that Third Princess, your father has a little green hair! Concubine Jing is the sister-in-law of Ming Gong. Liu Mingli once said this when eating dumplings.
The most delicious thing is the dumplings......"
Liu Mingzhi's tiger body trembled and the corners of his mouth twitched, "God damn, the best thing to eat is dumplings, why do I want to think about this problem!"
"Third princess, maybe Ming Gong also has some last resort difficulties. Your Majesty asked Manager Zhou to send a message to me to spare Ming Gong's life. Maybe there really is some misunderstanding in it that we juniors are not aware of. Let's wait until we return to Beijing next year to discuss everything!
"
"That's all we can do!" The third princess glanced at the snowflakes covering the sky outside: "It's snowing all over the south of the Yangtze River, and the roads in the capital must have been blocked by heavy snow. This year has been great. I haven't heard any news about war in northern Xinjiang.
This is all your credit. If you hadn’t been on your mission to establish border trade between the two countries, so that the people of the three countries could communicate with each other and have enough food and clothing, I don’t know how many people would have died in the war when the Turks marched south!"
"The third princess is so ridiculous. This is all the result of your majesty Chanaya's benevolent policies. Without your majesty's order, I would not have sent an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin to establish a border trade between the three countries with the Turks. I just put in so much hard work."
!It’s really not much credit!”
The third princess looked a little sad: "Liu Mingzhi!"
"Well? What are the orders from the third princess?"
The third princess hesitated and took out a letter from her pink skirt: "In addition to asking me to spend the Spring Festival with my uncle, my father also has a letter!"
Liu Mingzhi stared at the letter in the third princess's hand in astonishment: "Third princess, is this from your Majesty to you or to me?"
The third princess bit her teeth lightly and stared at Liu Mingzhi with a hint of embarrassment in her bright eyes: "It's for me and it's for you. The letter is not an ordinary greeting, but a story!"
"story?"
"Well, Father asked me to tell you when you come back!"
Liu Mingzhi was a little confused about what the emperor meant, but he still smiled and nodded: "I am all ears!"
The third princess slowly stood up and threw the letter into the stove aside. The third princess stared at the snowy scene outside with complicated eyes.
"Once upon a time, in a certain mountain, there were three strongholds in the mountain. One of the strongholds was the strongest and could easily suppress the other two strongholds, making them pay tribute year after year and obey!"
"But people are subject to birth, old age, illness and death. Naturally, the owner of the largest village cannot avoid the cycle of life and death. It is inherited from generation to generation. However, everyone's character is always very different. The life of the largest village also has its ups and downs. Fortunately, nothing has been lost.
The name of the number one copycat! The other two major copycats are naturally the same!"
"Suddenly one day, another small village emerged in this mountain. The owner of the small village has a good reputation and has won the support of the people around the mountain. Who knows who the owner of the big village is?
The old man’s son built it up!”
"I don't want to hurt my old friend's feelings, and the leader of the big village has met the leader of the small village and appreciates his character very much!"
"The leader of the big village doesn't want to hurt the feelings of his old friend and he likes the little leader very much, but he also doesn't want the leader of the little village to become bigger and bigger in the future and take over the position of the leader of the big village! Father asked me to ask you, if you are the leader of the big village,
What will the village leader do?"
"I will secretly support the leader of the small village to fight against the other two villages with the same power. I will sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. When the small village is strong enough to compete with the other two villages, I will take advantage of the fact that its wings are not harvested and take it as my own.
The Lord has become one of our own, not hurting anyone’s feelings but also getting the best of both worlds!”