Chapter 896 Who Can Imprison Him?

"Greetings to Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

The Prince of Pingxi, who was cradling his daughter, paused slightly when he heard the commotion from his generals.

However,

He didn't reprimand them or remind them about any impropriety.

After a brief pause, he continued to focus on soothing his daughter, as if he hadn't noticed anything.

You are the princess, my little princess.

Whether it's the princess of this family or the title of princess, your father can give it to you.

Perhaps this is the difference between having sons and daughters;

To a son, if you ask for something, your father will try his best to get it for you;

To a daughter, before you even speak, your father will proactively give you everything he considers good about himself.

So,

Think about why Old Tian wanted to raise the child himself, why he would even actively restrain his longing for the child.

And think about when Blind Man taught Tian Tian "Dragon Throne flavored Sachima," was it really just a joke?

No,

It wasn't,

Blind Man's specialty is playing with people's hearts.

You, Tian Wujing, you, the Great Yan's Jingnan Prince, no matter how powerful, how majestic, so that the Qian assassins don't even dare to think of harming you, but Blind Man still keenly captured his weakness.

The world thinks you are a heartless killer, even your own people have a very bad opinion of you, but why did your hair turn white overnight?

Tian Tian never said to Tian Wujing that he wanted a "Dragon Throne,"

But look at Old Tian in those last two years,

Giving troops, giving power, giving territory;

Before a great battle, he forced you into a position, although the most dangerous, but also the most lucrative military merit in a great battle was placed before you first;

Zheng Fan's path to rise was very smooth.

To outsiders, the Prince of Pingxi was just fighting, meritorious service, reward, then fighting again, more meritorious service, more rewards, his title rising from Baron to Marquis to Prince;

But in this world, where would there be such a naive and reasonable thing?

Farmers work from sunrise to sunset, and if they encounter unfavorable weather, they have to sell their children, don't they?

The imperial court isn't stupid,

Colleagues aren't stupid,

Kicking someone when they're down, no;

Suppressing in advance, no;

It's not because Zheng Fan was so good at lying low, but because throughout his entire development period, a great figure had been sheltering him under his wing.

When that figure extinguished the barbarian royal court and left to the west,

Zheng Fan, who had been sheltered under his wing, naturally stood up.

When he stood up,

No one could make him kneel again.

The imperial court didn't dare,

The Emperor didn't dare.

Throughout history, if other warlords had such stable treatment of "building high walls, storing grain, and slowly declaring themselves king," they would probably wake up laughing in their dreams.

So, Old Tian gave up a lot in the end, for his son, yes, and for his younger brother.

Similarly,

Zheng Fan, whose style of doing things was even less restrained and more wanton than Tian Wujing's,

When he was holding his own daughter,

What's wrong with being a little more presumptuous?

What's wrong with being a little more unyielding?

Letting himself raise his child somewhere else like Tian Wujing, don't even think about it!

Letting himself throw his child out early like Li Liangting, in your dreams!

Who told the Prince of Pingxi to be a first-time father,

Arrogance!

…

Tian Tian and Ji Chuanye entered Fengxin City three days later. Their team was naturally slower. Although the Prince of Pingxi had been very steady in his heart, he couldn't help but divide the escorting army into two groups when he was close to home, and he led the vanguard back first.

At this time,

Fengxin City, both inside and out, was decorated with lanterns and colored banners, and the streets were very lively.

In fact, the soldiers and civilians in the city were very disappointed that their Prince's Princess Consort had given birth to a daughter.

They hoped that their Prince would have a son, so that everyone would have a young master to continue to be loyal to.

Moreover, this is, after all, an era where male preference is extremely serious. Wealthy families are better, but it is actually the most serious among the common people.

The soldiers and civilians really didn't understand,

Why did the Prince have to celebrate so grandly when he had a daughter?

This,

Is there anything to celebrate?

But when the shops under the Prince's Mansion put up discounts to celebrate the birth of a new baby in the Prince's Mansion, the soldiers and civilians quickly cheered and boiled over.

In Fengxin City, no, to be precise, in the entire Jindong, the Prince's Mansion monopolized almost all industries. The Prince's Mansion was the owner behind the clothing, food, housing, transportation, and even the red tents for entertainment of the soldiers and civilians under its rule.

The people had always been clear about the prices on the streets. After all, no one was a god. The discounts didn't play any tricks, and they were truly substantial. This immediately stimulated everyone's shopping enthusiasm, and even the coffin shops sold more coffins than usual.

Taking advantage of this trend, the bonds issued by the Prince's Mansion, which were called treasure notes by the people, also began to gradually surface.

In the previous quarter, part of the salaries of the officials in the Prince's Mansion and the military pay of the soldiers were paid with these treasure notes. However, not many people used them for consumption. Instead, they were bought up by wealthy families.

Since treasure notes are bonds, they naturally have interest. The interest is actually not high. Even in later generations, various loans are still considered extremely black-hearted. In this era, the so-called "usury" can easily force an ordinary family to ruin.

But even this small amount of interest was regarded as a treasure by the wealthy families in Fengxin City.

What they were redeeming wasn't the treasure notes, but loyalty!

Because the Prince's Mansion, or rather the entire Jindong, is now an emerging military production group, half of these wealthy families in Fengxin City are generals who have risen along with the Prince through battles, and a small part are managers of the Prince's Mansion's shops, workshops, and so on.

The former received more rewards for military merits, and the latter received more dividends and bonuses from doing business. In short, their families were very wealthy, and they were the wealthy class that accompanied the establishment and rise of the Prince's Mansion, and could also be called the power class.

For them, even if the treasure notes issued by the Prince's Mansion were a pile of waste paper, they would choose to buy them to express their loyalty. This was a symbol of loyalty!

The scale of the bonds released this time was also a coincidence, as if it was just enough for this class of people to eat without feeling too painful.

Therefore, the circulation of treasure notes in the market has not really taken shape.

However, in the future, treasure notes will be used as equivalent value in the Prince's Mansion's foreign trade. Whether it is barbarians or smugglers from Chu, or even merchants from Yan in the future, they must first redeem treasure notes before they can trade goods with the Prince's Mansion.

Of course, Si Niang didn't intend to use this as "paper money" in the first place. That's not realistic. Her idea was to lay a foundation first, and then use these treasure notes as war bonds in the future.

In the future, the Prince's Mansion will issue corresponding war bonds for each foreign war, and after winning the war, they will be distributed according to the gains. This is actually a means of further mobilizing resource potential.

In an ideal state, when it is really needed, it can make the soldiers and civilians under its rule willingly contribute everything and at the same time have extremely strong subjective initiative to invest in a great war;

However, although treasure notes have not been widely circulated, the silver and copper coins minted by the Prince's Mansion have begun to spread.

Compared to the uneven quality of privately minted silver ingots in other places, the Prince's Mansion's silver coins are beautifully made, with the double-headed eagle pattern consistent with the Prince's flag, and are "conscientious" in terms of materials, so the soldiers and civilians are very willing to accept them.

On the other side,

After Tian Tian and Ji Chuanye entered the city, they were escorted by the Embroidered Uniform Guards all the way into the Prince's Mansion.

After the two children entered the mansion, they first went to the signing room to see the Prince, who had just finished listening to the reports from the major shopkeepers in the city. There was no way, since he was back, and Si Niang was pregnant, the Prince could only take the initiative to show his face for some tasks.

After Tian Tian and Chuanye saluted Zheng Fan, they went down, and then went to salute Si Niang. After finishing, the two brothers returned to the small courtyard where they had been living, and the two children began to bathe. After bathing, they changed into clean clothes and went to Xiong Liqing's courtyard.

Ji Chuanye was fine, after all, he had a younger sister;

Tian Tian was extremely concerned about this younger sister, after all, before Ji Chuanye, he had lived alone in a courtyard since he was a child, and now he finally had a "blood" related younger sister.

Yes, in Tian Tian's eyes, Zheng Fan's daughter was his own sister, there was no doubt about it.

The Princess was in confinement, and the two children respectfully saluted outside the curtain.

"Greetings to Second Mother, may Second Mother have good fortune."

Ji Chuanye also called "Second Mother" together.

After entering this family, his identity as the Crown Prince became less important.

Besides, in theory, the woman inside was a woman of the Chu Kingdom's Xiong clan, the Chu Emperor's own younger sister, so he wouldn't be at a disadvantage calling her "Second Mother."

No matter how fiercely the two countries fought, the Ji and Xiong families were still centuries-old friends and relatives. As for the Zhao family of the Qian Kingdom, they were insignificant.

"Get some iced drinks for the two young masters."

"Yes, Madam."

"Da Niu just had milk, you guys go see your sister."

"Okay, Second Mother."

Da Niu was her nickname. As for her formal name, it would have to wait until the Prince personally gave it to her when the child was a hundred days old. In fact, Zheng Fan had already thought of a few names, but since there was no rush, he wanted to weigh them again, after all, this was something that concerned his daughter's entire life.

Tian Tian and Chuanye each had a glass of iced drink, and the two brothers thanked her together.

Afterwards, the two brothers couldn't wait to go to another room. Inside, Da Niu had just had milk and hadn't fallen asleep yet.

Inside the cradle, the two stood on either side, looking at the baby girl.

Zheng Fan's daughter just liked to smile, and the smile of a baby at this time actually had a very strong "lethality."

After seeing the two emerging older brothers, Da Niu smiled.

Tian Tian also smiled, and couldn't help but reach out his finger and gently rubbed Da Niu's cheek.

Da Niu twisted her neck and gently clamped Tian Tian's finger with her cheeks and chin.

"Hehe."

Ji Chuanye also reached out his finger, wanting to touch it too, but Da Niu turned her head away.

"..." Ji Chuanye.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was very hurt. Why was this differential treatment so obvious!

In fact, it's not Da Niu's fault. She's just a child and will only instinctively get close to the people she needs to be close to.

It is inevitable to be close to her blood-related parents;

As for Tian Tian,

It's because Tian Tian himself is a spirit child. The black cat and fox in Tian Tian's courtyard, and even the Princess's green python, liked to run there when they had nothing to do, precisely because the aura emanating from Tian Tian made them feel very comfortable.

And Da Niu, as the child of a fire phoenix spirit body, being close to Tian Tian, who also had a spirit body, was the most normal thing.

As for the Crown Prince…

The imperial bloodline is certainly noble,

But in a child's eyes, the acquired fame is nothing at the moment.

"Sister, grow up quickly," Tian Tian said, "Brother will teach you how to ride a big horse and feed you Sachima."

Ke Shi, who had been staying in the Princess's courtyard these days as the chief wet nurse in charge of the overall situation, really thought the scene of Tian Tian teasing Da Niu was very much like the Prince.

It can only be said that one is a daughter slave, and the other is almost a sister slave.

Tian Tian retracted his finger, but at this moment, Da Niu rarely cried.

"Oh, oh, oh, sister don't cry, sister don't cry."

Tian Tian gently patted his sister's stomach with his hand.

Da Niu immediately stopped crying again.

But when Tian Tian retracted his hand again, she cried again...

Ke Shi took the initiative to come over, took Da Niu out of the cradle, and placed her on the bed next to her, while winking at Tian Tian.

Tian Tian also immediately climbed onto the bed and sat down;

Da Niu was placed on Tian Tian's lap. In fact, he had wanted to hold his sister before, but he was afraid that he would not be able to hold her and drop her, so he didn't mention it.

The mutual attraction of auras between spirit children is like a kind of tacit understanding between geniuses;

Soon, Da Niu fell asleep.

Ke Shi then gently picked up Da Niu and put her back in the cradle.

Tian Tian rubbed his somewhat numb legs, but his face was still full of smiles. He jumped off the bed, walked to his sister's cradle, and whispered:

"Brother will come to see you tomorrow, okay?"

Afterwards, Tian Tian and Ji Chuanye left together.

Ke Shi then gently lifted the curtain and walked into the inner room.

The Princess, lying on the bed, was eating red dates, and asked as she ate:

"Are Da Niu and Tian Tian close?"

Ke Shi replied with a smile on her face: "That's right, she smiles when she sees Prince Shizi, and if she wasn't asleep, I'm afraid she wouldn't let Prince Shizi leave."

"What about the Crown Prince?"

"It doesn't seem like she pays much attention to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Heh." The Princess shook her head and smiled, "My daughter knows how to pick people."

In fact, the Princess was very happy that her daughter was close to these children in the family. Compared to the Crown Prince with his distinguished status, she hoped that Tian Tian would be closer to her daughter.

First of all, Tian Tian can be considered half-raised by her, and secondly, Tian Tian has been "fatherless and motherless" since he was a child, so he is a true member of the family.

In the future, when Sister Feng's child is born, or if a few more children are born in the mansion, no matter what, Tian Tian will be the eldest son in the mansion, and the eldest brother is like a father, this is not just a saying.

She is clear about Tian Tian's intelligence and aptitude. Her husband has already begun to take him on expeditions, and when he grows up, he will inevitably be a person who can stand on his own;

How happy a younger sister would be to have such an older brother to protect her.

As for the Crown Prince,

He has parents, and in the end, he is still an outsider.

Moreover,

In Xiong Liqing's eyes, the current Ji family has a bit of an intention to win over her husband by playing the emotional card to let him fight for their country and protect their world.

She cannot interfere with what her husband thinks in his heart, and she will not be silly enough to blow any pillow talk or give any advice, but in any case, she still feels uncomfortable in her heart.

She was originally a royal woman, so of course, she has no reverence for the imperial family.

"Madam, there are rumors outside that the Prince personally promised a few days ago to request the title of Princess for our little mistress."

"The title of Princess is just a title, does it need to be requested?" Xiong Liqing spat out the date pit in her mouth disdainfully, "If their Yan Emperor is sensible, he has to take the initiative to send the title."

Speaking of this,

The Princess laughed again,

"I'm afraid the imperial decree was already prepared in Fengxin City before I gave birth to Da Niu, with one for a boy and one for a girl, do you believe it?"

Ke Shi had never seen such a battle before, and said cautiously: "Madam, this is, after all, an imperial decree..."

"Hehe, imperial decree."

…

"What's wrong, Fire Phoenix Spirit Child, you don't like it?"

Si Niang was sitting on a reclining chair in the courtyard. On the tea table next to her, stood a red stone.

"Oh, I see, the Fire Phoenix is a supreme yang bloodline, born to restrain evil spirits. You're not afraid of her, but she's afraid she won't like you very much. At least, before she's sensible, she'll instinctively feel disgusted with you. Hehehe, I was wondering, the children in the mansion have all gone to see the baby, how can you bear the loneliness and float here to accompany me."

Si Niang covered her mouth and yawned lightly:

"The child is quite cute."

Saying that,

Si Niang reached out and stroked her stomach.

At this time, the red stone floated up and also came above Si Niang's stomach.

"It's coming soon, it should be born in another two months."

The red stone shook up and down.

"According to what we said at the beginning, don't worry, I don't have the time to stay with the child all day. I can tease and play with it when I have time, but usually, I'll let you take care of it."

A cloud of black mist rose from the red stone, condensing into the figure of the Magic Pill.

It can be seen that the Magic Pill is very much looking forward to it.

The Magic Pill's temperament has always been very childlike, with extremely clear likes and dislikes.

Da Niu is right there, he doesn't even look at her. In his eyes, there is only the one in Si Niang's stomach.

"This is the child of the Lord and me, and at the same time, it is the child of all of us."

Si Niang said softly while stroking her stomach,

But then,

It seemed like she thought of something again,

The corners of her mouth,

Revealed a meaningful smile;

She thought of a passage that Blind Man had said to her when she was just pregnant.

This, in fact,

Was what the other Demon Kings had thought in their hearts.

Including,

The Magic Pill in front of her.

Why do the Demon Kings value the child in her stomach so much?

This is certainly the bond that belongs to all of them and the inheritance in this world;

But at the same time,

It also means a possibility.

At present,

Although the Demon Kings' strength has recovered a lot with the Lord's realm improvement, it is still far from their peak.

It is very difficult for the Lord to rise again, and the corresponding "licking" becomes even more difficult.

Moreover, the Demon Kings' strength is restricted, but their own bloodline level is still there;

Looking at Liang Cheng and A Ming, it can be known that their bloodline can still suppress their own kind when facing their own kind, even if their realm was inferior at the time.

And this child,

He is conceived by the Demon King, and will undoubtedly inherit Si Niang's bloodline;

Then,

Is he considered a member of the Demon King or the other half of the Lord?

Or,

He himself is both a Demon King,

And at the same time,

Also belongs to his own… Lord!

So,

Who,

Can imprison his power?

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