The voice was loud, startling Xiao Xi Tian.
Turning her head, she saw the young monk stomping in, shouting as he walked, "Xiao, you're not allowed to eat Xi Tian sister's milk candy, that's for me!~"
Hmph, one moment she wasn't watching, and Xiao was already exchanging glances and trying to trick Xi Tian sister.
And now he'd even swindled her candy.
Xiao Jin Heng: "..."
He really wasn't in the mood to argue with the young monk right now.
But this brat was always idle and loved to cause trouble for him. The more Xiao Jin Heng tolerated him, the more the young monk escalated...
What, did he think he was easy to bully?
"Jie Kong!~" Xiao Jin Heng stuffed the milk candy into his sleeve, narrowing his eyes. "Today, this Crown Prince will eat this candy. What can you do to me?"
Little Jie Kong: "???"
Oh ho, why did this Xiao suddenly become so tough...
Did he think that with Xi Tian sister backing him, he would be afraid of him?
What a joke!
"If you dare to eat it, I'll beat you!~" Little Jie Kong struck a pose, gathered his qi, and prepared to punch Xiao Jin Heng a couple of times.
Xiao Xi Tian put her hand to her forehead and sighed. She stepped forward and nudged Little Jie Kong, saying helplessly, "Jie Kong, no fooling around..."
At this critical juncture, he still had the mood to bicker. He really was carefree.
"Xi Tian sister!" Little Jie Kong pouted, unconvinced. "Are all the candies in your pocket saved for me?"
Because Xiao Xi Tian had been losing her baby teeth recently and couldn't eat too much candy, the young monk had volunteered to help her finish all the candies...
Xiao Xi Tian had agreed at the time, but hadn't had a chance to hand them over yet.
"Yes, yes!~" Xiao Xi Tian tugged at the corner of her mouth.
Come to think of it, giving Xiao Jin Heng the milk candy was indeed a breach of promise...
Oh dear, must the world of children be this complicated?
"Here!~" Little Jie Kong extended his small hand. "Now hand over all the candies, I'm going to eat them in front of Xi Tian sister!"
As for the candy that Xiao had snatched, Little Jie Kong wouldn't fuss over it.
Xiao Jin Heng: "..."
Little monk, you're being very childish.
Gu Zhong Bo was old and couldn't stay up late. After drinking a cup of tea and eating two pastries in the main hall, he returned to his room to rest...
He had to set off for Da Shui Village tomorrow morning, so he needed to sleep early.
Meanwhile, in the Imperial Palace, within the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
Emperor Cheng sat at his desk, his face stuffed with anger, his crimson eyes staring fixedly outside the hall. He roared, "Why hasn't Eunuch Zhao returned yet? Was he hit by a carriage on the way?"
The palace maids and guards outside the hall: "..."
The Emperor had never cursed Eunuch Zhao like this before. Today was truly too abnormal.
"Someone!~" Emperor Cheng slapped the table. "Go out and check. If Eunuch Zhao was hit by a carriage and died, remember to collect his body!"
Hmph, that old fellow is useless, can't even handle this small matter. What's the point of keeping him around to eat idle food?
There was no movement outside the hall; no one dared to enter...
Emperor Cheng roared a few more times, feeling extremely thirsty. "Someone, where are the palace maids? Bring this emperor a cup of tea, quickly, cough cough!~"
This request was reasonable. It was the duty of the Emperor to have servants bring him tea and water, and the palace maids had to comply...
A moment later, a young palace maid carrying a teapot walked in. Trembling, she approached Emperor Cheng, "Your... Your Majesty, this is top-grade Jin Jun Mei, please try it!~"
Emperor Cheng stared intently at the palace maid and suddenly asked coldly, "What, are you very afraid of me?"
The young palace maid panicked. The hand that was pouring the tea trembled violently. With a crisp 'crash', the exquisite teapot fell to the ground, splashing tea water that wet Emperor Cheng's instep and trouser legs...
The young palace maid was terrified and quickly knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly, "This servant deserves death, deserves death!~"
Such a mistake, if it had happened normally, Emperor Cheng would have just reprimanded her a few words and let it pass...
But the Emperor now had a different soul, and with the蛊虫 (gu worms) acting up inside him, how could he possibly spare this clumsy dog servant?
"You useless thing!~"
Emperor Cheng's eyes blazed with fury, veins bulging on his forehead. He lunged forward and slapped the palace maid, "Do you know how hot this tea water is? You can't even do this small thing right, and you call yourself a palace maid?"
The young palace maid had only recently entered the palace and had never witnessed such a scene.
It seemed she wouldn't be leaving the Hall of Mental Cultivation today...
"Since you can't even pour tea properly, you might as well die now, so as not to annoy me!~"
Emperor Cheng gritted his teeth, his fists clenched with a 'crackling' sound.
As he spoke, he shouted towards the outside of the hall, "Someone, drag this useless thing out, chop off her head, and hang it on the plaque of the Golden Imperial Hall, so that passing palace maids can see what happens to those who only eat and don't work..."
There was silence outside the hall. The Imperial Guards and the inner court experts exchanged glances, none of them moving.
The current Emperor was clearly not right. Although the emperor's command could not be disobeyed, they could not allow the Emperor to slaughter innocents and act recklessly...
"Why is no one coming?" Emperor Cheng trembled with anger, rushed to the bookshelf, and with a 'swish', drew out his treasure sword. "Do you not even listen to my words anymore? Death, you all deserve to die!~"
After speaking, the Emperor, his face contorted, gripped the sword hilt with both hands and swung it down towards the young palace maid's head...
If he didn't kill a few people tonight, he wouldn't be able to quell his anger.
The young palace maid was completely stunned, her legs and feet unresponsive. She couldn't dodge and could only wait for death to arrive with tears in her eyes...
At the critical moment, just as the sword was about to fall on the palace maid's forehead, a dark light streaked through the air, and with a 'ding' sound, it knocked Xiao Jin Heng's treasure sword flying.
This was a hidden weapon shot by the inner court experts. They didn't want the Emperor to regret his slaughter when he regained his senses...
The young palace maid was trembling uncontrollably, her entire body drenched in cold sweat.
Taking advantage of Emperor Cheng's inattention, she quickly crawled out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, barely saving her life...
"How dare you oppose me? Do you want to rebel?" Emperor Cheng roared furiously, his voice hoarse.
The hall, inside and out, remained silent. The entire imperial palace seemed to be left with only Emperor Cheng, making him feel utterly lonely...
The voices in his mind constantly eroded his reason, and the gu worms gnawed at his internal organs. For an elderly person, this pain was something no one could comprehend.
At the same time, within the Fahua Nunnery.
Xiao Jun Bao, evading the eyes of the hidden guards, quietly slipped into the woodshed...