After his inner voice was read, the little cannon fodder became the darling of the world

The old emperor spread his hands.

"What else can we do? Give an explanation and bring the person back.

Otherwise, if they become suspicious and investigate further, and if they find any clues, Xiyue will be in trouble."

Queen Jiang disagreed.

"The people who knew about this have been dead for decades. What can they find out?"

The old emperor shook his head repeatedly.

"What if that happens? That would be a big deal. Dongling is much stronger than Xiyue right now. I feel uneasy."

"In that case, we will take the initiative to compensate them with some property and exchange the person back to settle the matter."

Concubine Jiang's words touched the old emperor's heart, and he nodded repeatedly.

"How much compensation do you think is appropriate?"

"I don't understand this, Your Majesty, please do as you wish."

The end of the first year.

The old emperor sent an imperial envoy, who went to the border secretly after many twists and turns, carrying 5 million taels of silver notes exchanged in various countries and ten carriages of precious specialties.

After a negotiation with Chu Ruofeng, Xue Lin was taken away.

Chu Ruofeng wrote a letter and sent it back to the capital urgently along with a list of property.

After doing all this, he heaved a sigh of relief and called out to the sky: "Someone come!"

A personal guard came forward to take orders: "General!"

"Brothers, you have been on high alert for more than a month. Thank you for your hard work.

From today on, just let everyone patrol normally. No need to ambush on the border anymore. We have to give those spies a chance."

The guard smiled and took the order.

Chu Sheng looked at Chu Ruofeng angrily: "Dad, Xue Lin almost harmed my aunt's family, and we just let her go. I'm so unwilling to accept this."

"Don't worry, she won't live for a few days!"

"Why? Did you do something?"

Chu Ruofeng gave his son a slap on the face: "In your eyes, your father is the kind of villain who does evil things behind people's backs?"

Chu Sheng covered his forehead and wailed, "Dad, please stop keeping me in suspense."

Chu Ruofeng glanced at Chu Sheng and said, "Don't you claim to be very smart? Can't you even figure out this little twist?

The old emperor of Xiyue suffered such a great loss, how could he still keep her?"

Chu Sheng jumped up and said, "That's right, Xue Lin has become a bad chess piece of the old emperor. Is she still alive to annoy me if she doesn't die?

Hahaha...our emperor is still one step ahead."

Royal study room.

Late February.

After the morning court session ended that day, Emperor Dongling had just returned to the imperial study and sat down when he received a letter from the border. After opening it and reading it, he was very pleased.

"Haha... Not bad, not bad. Using Xue Lin's worthless life to exchange for a large sum of money, this deal is quite worthwhile!"

After being happy, he buried his head in the jade case to deal with memorials.

Eunuch Wei bowed and prepared to leave the imperial study, but Emperor Dongling suddenly raised his head.

"Laifu, how long has it been since Jiu'er and her daughter entered the palace?"

Eunuch Wei counted on his fingers.

"It has been a month and a few days. I remember clearly that the princess last entered the palace on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Your Majesty, how about I send a message to the General's Mansion to ask Madam Xue and the Princess to come to the palace for a walk?"

Emperor Dong Ling waved his hand and said, "Forget it. When the weather gets warmer, I will let them enter the palace to accompany the queen."

Eunuch Wei agreed and left the imperial study. As soon as he reached the door, he bumped into a young eunuch who was trying to enter the imperial study.

Eunuch Wei scolded in a low voice: "Why are you so reckless?"

The young eunuch raised his hand and pointed outside, whispering, "Princess Dingguo is here!"

"What? Where?" Eunuch Wei hurried out the door.

The young eunuch pointed to the corner in the distance.

Eunuch Wei looked up and saw Nangong Jiu sitting upright on Xiao Wang's back, walking towards the imperial study.

"Oh my, the emperor was just talking about the princess, and now he's here."

Eunuch Wei trotted forward and said, "This old servant greets the princess!"

Nangong Jiu waved his arms and greeted everyone with a grin.

"Oh, you've started to learn to speak?"

Eunuch Wei looked around and didn't see Nangong Yunxue, so he asked hurriedly, "Princess, are you here alone?"

"clatter!"

Nangong Jiu's chubby hand pointed to the imperial study.

Eunuch Wei nodded quickly: "Okay, Princess, go see the Emperor!"

When Xiao Wang carried Nangong Jiu on his back and walked slowly into the imperial study, Emperor Dongling raised his head happily when he heard the voice.

"Jiu'er, are you here to see Grandfather Huang?"

"Da!" Nangong Jiu stretched out his hands towards Emperor Dongling.

Emperor Dong Ling smiled and picked up the little guy, placing him on his lap: "Did you come here alone?"

[Yes, Xiao Wang and I went out to play, and as we were walking, we came to the palace.]

"Does your mother know that you are going out to play?"

[I know! He also told us not to go too far. Grandfather, this place is not too far, right? Xiao Wang came all the way here in one breath. ]

Emperor Dong Ling looked at Xiao Wang.

This breath is too long...

"You guys didn't run into any trouble on the way?"

[No, it’s just that some people are so weird, they keep staring at us, and Jiuer doesn’t have anything delicious in her hand.]

Emperor Dong Ling shouted outside: "A Bing!"

Ah Bing, who was hiding in the dark, quickly flashed into the imperial study and said, "Your Majesty, I greet you!"

"Well, are you guys the ones who have been following Jiuer?"

"Yes!"

"Does Xue'er know that Jiu'er is going out?"

"Young lady knows! The princess couldn't stay in the mansion and clamored to go out and play, so young lady let her and Xiao Wang go out and play for a while.

This was not the first time the princess went out to play by herself.

The first few times I just wandered around the streets near the General’s Mansion and then returned home.

I don't know why today, while walking around, Xiao Wang ran straight towards the palace."

Emperor Dong Ling was curious: "Jiu'er is so young, riding a dog on the road, and didn't encounter any trouble?"

"Yes, in addition to being watched by many people, there were also some people with bad intentions who wanted to get close to the princess, and we quietly dealt with them."

"Do the people know that she is Princess Dingguo?"

“It seems that not much is known.”

"Then you were not stopped when you entered the palace?"

"They stopped me. It was only after I explained the princess's identity that the guards let her in."

Emperor Dong Ling was silent for a moment and then ordered: "When Jiu'er goes out in the future, you guys should follow her carefully. If you meet someone who doesn't have long eyes, teach him a lesson."

Ah Bing clasped his fists in response.

Nangong Jiu listened to the conversation between the two, waving his arms and grinning from time to time.

Emperor Dong Ling looked down at Nangong Jiu and asked, "Why did you come to the palace so suddenly?"

[Jiuer misses her grandparents! ]

Emperor Dong Ling reached out and shook Nangong Jiu’s chubby hand: “Grandfather Emperor also missed Jiu’er before.

By the way, Xue Lin was sent back to Xiyue by the Emperor’s grandfather in exchange for a sum of silver.”

Nangong Jiu blinked.

Xue Lin was sent back to Xiyue in exchange for a sum of money?

[Wow, Grandfather really knows how to make the best use of things! She is dead, there is no way the old emperor will spare her life! ]

[However, her death was meaningful, as she earned a sum of money for my grandfather.]

"Well, the information you provided is reliable. The Emperor of Xiyue is guilty. When the silver comes back, the Emperor will reward you some."

Nangong Jiu was excited.

【Jiu'er followed her grandfather to get rich.】

Emperor Dong Ling looked at Nangong Jiu with a smile.

"Jiu'er, do you still want the baby?"