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Si Yiang is absolutely bored with reading, even more bored than being scolded by his father.

Looking at Jian Qisi who was listening carefully to the teacher's lecture, Si Yiang propped his face and yawned lazily.

The crown prince Taifu coughed twice before Si Yiang rolled his eyes and picked up the scroll.

After finally making it to the next school, Si Yiang threw the scroll to Jian Qisi and said, "The prince has gone to play, you should take the things back to the Tai Chi Hall."

"Your Highness!" Jian Qisi shouted.

Si Yiang made a grimace, and ran away without a trace.

Jian Qisi hurriedly packed up the prince's books, papers and pens, and searched for them along the path Si Yiang left.

Without the restraint of companion reading, Si Yiang looked around the rockery like a little beast that had been released from its cage, and said, "Let the prince catch birds, and if you catch one, you will be rewarded with one silver dollar!"

As soon as the attendants heard this, they immediately climbed up the rockery, but when the birds saw people coming, they all flew away with fluttering wings.Zhang Youqing was a bit clever, he set up a dustpan with a branch tied with a long string, sprinkled some wheat under it, and hid in the distance waiting for the birds to come over.After a while, the bird returned to the rockery and slowly approached the dustpan.Zhang Youqing held his breath intently, and pulled down the thin thread at the moment when the bird jumped into the dustpan and lowered its head to peck at the rice. As soon as the branch fell, the dustpan covered the bird.

Si Yiang yelled in surprise, and immediately ran to take off the lid.

"Master, let the little one come." Zhang Youqing restrained the prince's movement, carefully opened a small gap, reached in and caught the bird.

Si Yiang grabbed the bird from the eunuch's hand and held it tightly with both hands to prevent it from flying away.The little bird is naturally struggling under the control of people, and Si Yiang only feels very relieved when he hears the sound of its wailing.

"Master, it is said that Zhou Lang of the Three Kingdoms has a feather fan scarf." Zhang Youqing bent over and smiled happily: "Why don't you pull out the bird's feathers and make a fan, and the master will also be Zhou Lang for a while?"

Si Yiang's eyes glowed, he grabbed the bird's back with one hand, and started plucking the feathers with the other.The bird screamed in pain, and Jian Qisi immediately ran over with the book basket on his back.

Jian Qisi walked through the circular arch and saw Si Yiang tearing off a bloody feather excitedly, smiling and putting it in Zhang Youqing's hand.

At that moment, Jian Qisi just wanted to slap the prince on the face, and at a young age, he ignored the wailing of the birds and pulled out the fleshy feathers. Wouldn't it be possible to peel the flesh of living people at will in the future? !

Think seven times, you must think seven times.

Jian Qisi took several deep breaths, and rushed over with the book basket on her back.

Si Yiang was the first to notice the companion's figure, and the movements of his hands stopped immediately.Jian Qisi rushed over like a calf, and kicked Zhang Youqing who was beside the prince to the ground.

"You..." Before Zhang Youqing finished speaking, Jian Qisi yelled sharply: "A bold slave dares to hurt the royal bird. I'm afraid he doesn't want to live?!"

Seeing his stern tone, Si Yiang let go of his hand and the bird flew out.

Zhang Youqing got up, and anxiously said with a pale face: "You... how dare you hit me?!"

"Why didn't I dare to hit you?!" Jian Qisi raised her eyes, "If His Majesty and Empress know about this, both of your legs will have to be discounted!"

Zhang Youqing remembered Concubine Qin's warning, and closed his mouth with a dark face.

"Bring these back to the hall." Jian Qisi coldly threw the book basket to Zhang Youqing.

Zhang Youqing was knocked back a few steps, almost biting his silver teeth while holding the book basket.

"Your Highness," Jian Qisi stopped paying attention to the little eunuch, and looked at the prince with angry eyes, "I invite Your Highness to return to the palace."

Si Yiang lingered for a while, then walked towards Tai Chi Hall without looking back.

In the hall, Jian Qisi took the prince alone to the ear room, and looked at him without saying a word.

"You..." Si Yiang was a little guilty, and immediately puffed up his chest and said, "What's the matter? I can't even play around with the prince?"

"No, success." Jian Qisi looked at him firmly, "The prince should not neglect his studies for pleasure, let alone torture the young bird."

Si Yiang snorted, "What's wrong with this prince pulling its hair? It's a blessing that it is favored by me!"

Jian Qisi suppressed the anger in his heart, and said: "The prince please stand here."

"Why?" Si Yiang asked disdainfully.

Jian Qisi glared at him with glaring eyes, and paused every word: "The prince, please stand here."

Si Yiang was taken aback, he turned his head and didn't dare to look into those eyes.

After a while, Si Yiang didn't see Jian Qisi opening his mouth, and took a step to the side impatiently.

"Take it back!" Jian Qisi shouted with her hands behind her back.

Si Yiang was terrified, and immediately stood up straight again.

Jian Qisi just stared at him silently, as long as Si Yiang made a slight move, Jian Qisi's gaze would become more intense.

After a long time, Si Yiang finally couldn't stand on his little feet, and his body began to sway crookedly.

"Don't move!" Jian Qisi yelled again.

Si Yiang couldn't take it anymore, stood there and started crying, "I want to tell Father, I want Father to kill your whole family!"

"Even if His Highness wants the villain's head, the villain must punish you today." Jian Qisi said seriously.

Si Yiang didn't care about anything else, he lay on the ground and started rolling.Jian Qisi had never seen such a posture before, and watched the prince dragging the gold brick floor in a daze.

Finally, the little prince finished rolling, and Jian Qisi knelt down to help him up.

"Your Highness, the bird is in your hands, and you are as frightened as the villain who made His Highness stand still." Jian Qisi took out a brocade handkerchief and wiped the tearful child's face, "Your Highness is the crown prince, the heir apparent. Afterwards, all the people in the world are in the hands of His Highness. If His Highness acts willfully and recklessly regardless of the life and death of the people, and the people are uneasy, the country will not be peaceful. Xunzi said, "Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it." Your Highness loves the people, and the people will love His Highness."

How could Si Yiang listen to him, he continued to wail while holding Jian Qisi.Jian Qisi saw that this posture could not be stopped for a while, so she put away the brocade handkerchief, wrapped her arms around the prince and cried along with him.Si Yiang didn't know why he couldn't hold back the sadness in his heart, he turned his head and buried his face in Jian Qisi's thin arms, his forehead pressed against his warm chest, sobbing non-stop.

The crown prince's punishment was soon known by the emperor, and Si Lixiao rushed to the Tai Chi Hall angrily.At that time, Si Yiang had already finished crying, but when he saw his father, he felt like he had found a backing, and threw himself into the emperor's arms with a whimper.

Seeing his only son's small face wrinkled from crying, Si Lixiao was furious, "Bold Jian Qisi, are you guilty?!"

Standing aside, Zhang Youqing slightly bent his head, biting his lips to hold back a smile.

Jian Qisi calmly knelt in front of the emperor, "The villain is guilty."

Si Lixiao didn't want to ask any more questions, so he hugged his son tightly and said, "Come here, drag Jian Qisi down for twenty!"

Jian Qisi took a deep breath, and closed her eyes as if accepting her fate.

The guard immediately pushed the eight-year-old child down, pulled him on the bench, picked up the board, and beat him.Having followed the emperor for many years, this group of bodyguards had achieved little success in their staff skills. What kind of person should be hit hard, whether to save half life or to be killed with a few strokes of the stick, they are very good at measuring.Jian Qisi was just a child, and she was Grand Master Zhuo's grandson, so the guards naturally didn't dare to hit him hard, and pretended to hit him down, and raised them up when they heard the slightest sound.Although here he wanted to let the child go, Jian Qisi's young body couldn't bear the cane punishment, and at first he couldn't bear to make a sound, but then he grabbed the wooden stool and moaned muffledly.

Si Yiang cried out in pain when he heard the companion reading, his body trembled involuntarily.

The emperor hugged him tighter, and comforted him: "Yi Ang is not afraid, father is here."

Si Yiang grabbed his father's lapel and was about to stop him when he heard a loud shout from outside the door.

"Stop!" Fu Ziqin came before anyone else.

The guard stopped when he heard the sound, Si Lixiao looked at Fu Ziqin who was rushing towards the hall, and frowned displeasedly.

Fu Ziqin walked quickly to the side of Jian Qisi who was lying on the bench, bowed to the emperor and said, "I don't know why your majesty punished the prince to accompany you to read?"

"He committed the crime below," Si Lixiao said indifferently, "It's really shocking that my little companion dares to punish the prince."

Fu Ziqin glanced at Si Yiang, who was nestled in the emperor's arms, and said: "I gave the companion the right to punish the prince, if your majesty wants to punish me, just punish me."

Si Lixiao glared fiercely at his concubine, but Fu Ziqin just knelt down.Si Lixiao snorted coldly, "Stop."

The guard immediately put the board away, and Jian Qisi let go of the five fingers holding the wooden stool.

"Take Qisi back to the house and ask the imperial doctor to have a look." Fu Ziqin said in a low voice.

Yufeng blessed herself and recruited an attendant to carefully pick up Jian Qisi and leave the hall.

"Come here, take the prince back to rest." Si Lixiao put down his son, then looked at Fu Ziqin coldly, "Concubine Qin, come with me."

Fu Ziqin watched the emperor get up and walk towards the bedroom, sighed, and followed inside.

"I'm afraid I've been too kind to you all these years, how dare you obstruct my order!" Si Lixiao pointed at Fu Ziqin and shouted.

Fu Ziqin was too lazy to quarrel with him, bowed and said, "It's the villain's fault, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"Jian Qisi has the audacity to punish Yi Ang. Not only do you ignore people with foreign surnames." Si Lixiao's face was full of anger, "Your biological father is really competent."

Back then when he had just given birth to the emperor and brought the child to the Tai Chi Hall, why didn't he think that he was the "biological father"?

Fu Ziqin twitched the corners of his mouth mockingly, knelt down and said, "The villain is guilty."

Si Lixiao narrowed his eyes and pulled Fu Ziqin into his arms.Since Fu Ziqin knew he couldn't escape, he naturally wouldn't struggle, but the emperor suddenly lost interest.

"Go back and reflect on yourself." Si Lixiao pushed Fu Ziqin away, turned his back and stopped looking at him.

Fu Ziqin froze for a moment, as if he hadn't expected such a result.

Si Lixiao waited for a while but no one responded, he turned his face with a wicked smile and said, "Or does Concubine Qin want my 'punishment' more?"

Fu Ziqin's face turned pale, and he bowed and said, "Young man, leave." After finishing speaking, he hurriedly left the emperor's bedroom.

Si Lixiao looked at the flustered back, and the smile on his face faded.

He had obviously hugged that person many times, and he already had a son, so the succession to the throne was safe.But he always felt that there was a crack in his heart, which he couldn't fill no matter what.