After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

"Er Dede, what reward do you think the Grandmother will give us when she wakes up?"

Shangguan Bailin shook his head, looking forward to it. "I don't know either, but it shouldn't be too shabby. The Grandmother has a lot of good things!"

Shangguan Qiyou exclaimed, "Second brother, have you seen it?"

“I’ve never seen it!”

"Then how do you know?"

"My guess!"

Shangguan Qingyue raised her little hand, closed her eyes, and made a wish, "I hope the Grandmother will reward me with many beautiful dolls..."

Shangguan Bailin frowned, "Yue'er, didn't mother give you a box the day before yesterday?"

He remembered that his mother had specially asked the weavers from the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau to make it, and it was so delicate and beautiful.

"Yes!" The little girl said confidently, pouting her lips when she heard it, "But I don't like it anymore! I want my mother to give me a new one, but my mother said that I get bored easily and that my dolls have taken up all her sleeping space, leaving her with no place to sleep. Humph! My mother even threatened me that if I filled my bed with dolls again, she would throw me and the dolls out..."

Shangguan Bailin did not comment, fearing that he would anger his little sister. Shangguan Qiyou nodded in agreement and said to Shangguan Qingyue in a serious tone, "Then don't say it out loud. People say that wishes won't work if you say them out loud!"

"Oh...then I won't say it. Make a wish again!"

The next second, the two brothers' minds echoed with the little guy's thoughts, "I wish that the Empress Dowager would give Yue'er many, many beautiful dolls, and I also wish that my mother would not kick Yue'er out and send him to sleep!"

Shangguan Qiyou scratched his head, not knowing whether his wish would come true after hearing his inner voice...

The palace maids who were busy coming and going in the Cining Palace, upon hearing the conversation between the three little guys, were all three parts surprised, three parts speechless, three parts slightly angry, and one part disdainful. They thought to themselves, what reward is this? Just give them a beating!

Half a cup of tea later, Emperor Jianxi had laughed enough in the Yangxin Palace and came late.

Before coming, Emperor Jianxi invited the old Duke to go with him, but the old Duke refused again and again. Emperor Jianxi couldn't help but ask, "Are they all your grandchildren?"

The old Duke stiffened his neck and waved his hands at Emperor Jianxi, "Don't dare, don't dare, yours, yours!"

Emperor Jianxi's eyelids twitched, but he didn't give up and said, "They all have the surname Shangguan..."

"In fact, the surname is not important. If Your Majesty wants them to have the surname Zhao... that's fine too!"

"You really don't want to go?"

At this point, the old Duke no longer tried to hide his feelings and said with a bitter face, "Your Majesty, this old minister cannot bear this disaster..."

It was the Queen Mother who had a stroke due to anger!

Even if it was someone else, even Emperor Jianxi himself, the old Duke would not be so afraid!

Oh my God...

I didn’t expect that there would be three people in their Shangguan family who “attacked” the Cining Palace!

"So, I will wait for your news at the door?"

Emperor Jianxi chuckled and nodded, "That's fine too!"

Emperor Jianxi immediately looked very angry, walked out of the Yangxin Palace and came to the Cining Palace. He happened to meet Zhao Ying and Shangguan Shu at the door. Shangguan Shu had just survived a life-and-death experience and was so injured that he could not get out of bed, so he had to be carried in.

The four of them met by chance at the door and didn't speak.

Silence replaced everything.

Seeing that Shangguan Shu had arrived, the old Duke felt embarrassed to say that he could not go in, so he had to bite the bullet and go in.

The Queen Mother was in the inner hall having the imperial physician treat her, while Prince Shou was waiting outside.

"The Emperor has arrived! Princess Chengqian has arrived!"

Everyone is here.

When the three children inside heard that their grandfather and mother were coming, they ran out quickly to ask for praise.

Shangguan Qingyue's voice rang out from afar, "Mother!! Imperial Grandfather!"

"Yue'er and Dede defeated the giant zombie that was plaguing the palace and saved the Empress Dowager. Aren't Yue'er and Dede awesome?"

"Huh? Daddy and grandpa are here too?" Shangguan Qingyue came out of Zhao Ying's arms and looked at Shangguan Shu and the old Duke excitedly.

"Ah..." The response from my father and grandfather was very dry.

The three excited kids didn't pay much attention.

Shangguan Qingyue, in particular, looked at Zhao Ying with sparkling eyes, asking for praise.

The corners of Zhao Ying's mouth twitched. She really couldn't say the word "awesome"...

At this time, Shangguan Bailin raised the peach wood sword, "Dad, Mom, Bailin defeated the zombies with this sword you gave me!"

Zhao Ying: ...

Shangguan Shu: ...

Is there any point in worrying about who gave the sword to me at this moment? !

Emperor Jianxi glanced at his embarrassed daughter's former son-in-law, clenched his fist and coughed lightly to hide his smile.

Shangguan Qiyou was not to be outdone, and said with great pride, "Mother, father, Qiyou splashed a lot of black dog blood on the Imperial Grandmother!"

"Alright, alright, you guys go back to Guangming Palace first...Madame Li..." Zhao Ying called Madame Li to send the child away, but was interrupted by Shangguan Qingyue. She said seriously, "Mother, Yue'er won't leave. Yue'er will wait for the Empress Dowager to wake up and ask for a reward!"

Zhao Ying: ...

Zhao Ying was really in a dilemma. As Prince Shou was present, she couldn't favor the children too much and give them a chance to be criticized. But she really couldn't bear to scold them, especially since the little ones looked so innocent and adorable.

Even after all this, you still want a reward!

Zhao Ying knew very well that although the three children's actions were a bit unorthodox, they were exactly what her father wanted and would not cause any big trouble. She just had to cooperate with her father and give some face to the Queen Mother and Prince Shou.

Emperor Jianxi saw Zhao Ying's dilemma and ordered, "Take the child away first!"

Shangguan Shu said, "You go back first."

They were all driven away, and the three kids had to obey and leave even though they were unwilling.

After the three children were taken away, Emperor Jianxi coughed heavily and said, "It is the father's fault if the son is not well educated. Cheng Qian, Shangguan Shu, do you know your crime?"

Zhao Ying and Shangguan Shu were familiar with each other, especially Shangguan Shu. Zhao Ying knelt down with a blank expression, "I admit my guilt!"

Shangguan Shu was seriously injured and had not recovered yet. Emperor Jianxi exempted him from the ceremony. Shangguan Shu pretended to be ashamed and said, "I know my crime!"

Seeing this, the old Duke also knelt down and apologized, "This old minister also knows his guilt..."

As he said this, the old Duke regretted it very much. Why did he enter the palace today?

Emperor Jianxi scolded Zhao Ying and Shangguan Shu, but Prince Shou, who was standing next to him, remained indifferent. He would have spoken out to stop them in the past, but now he seemed to be very angry.

The three people who were scolded lowered their heads and said nothing until Zhao Ying thought it was almost time. Then he quietly argued, "Father, don't be angry. The children were kind-hearted. I heard that Yue'er wanted to pay his respects to the Queen Mother, but he was mistaken and thought the Queen Mother was a zombie, so he made such a joke. But the three children thought the Queen Mother had become a zombie and wanted to save her. They were really filial. The Queen Mother's stroke was also unexpected. If you say that the three children who haven't even grown all their hair did it on purpose, then it's really unjust. Since it was unintentional, how can they be blamed?"

Emperor Jianxi shouted, "How dare you quibble?"

Shangguan Shu took over the conversation, "Your Majesty, I heard that Princess Side was buried today. The Queen Mother has been feeling unwell since Princess Side's death. I think that the Queen Mother is the mother of a country, the model of the world, and has an open mind. How could she be angry because of the mischief of a few children? Could it be that Princess Side was too grief-stricken and had a stroke?"

Shangguan Shu spoke so frankly and selflessly, and his arguments were so convincing that if you didn’t know him, you would think he was not the biological father of the child who committed the crime!

Emperor Jianxi frowned and remained silent, as if he was thinking about what the two said.

Prince Shou sneered in his heart and said, go ahead and say it, who can argue with you two?

Prince Shou was worried that if they continued talking, they would put the blame for the Queen Mother's stroke on him. Anyway, there was nothing they could do to prove his guilt and there was nothing they could do to punish him. If there was any responsibility, His Majesty himself was also responsible. The Queen Mother was already very angry with Emperor Jianxi.

Everything is fate. It's all because of my mother and my brother who lost.

The current situation is just a matter of winners and losers.

Prince Shou stepped forward and gave Emperor Jianxi a way out. Emperor Jianxi gave him a light punishment, and the matter was over.

After the accountability, Emperor Jianxi was busy visiting the Empress Dowager.

As soon as the empress dowager woke up, she saw Emperor Jianxi. She stared with her eyes wide open, pointed at him with her mouth wide open, and kept moaning for a long time. No words came out, but saliva flowed down the corners of her mouth.

Emperor Jianxi stared at the empress dowager, a hint of mockery flashing across his dark eyes.