Quick Wear: The Stunning Beauty is Forbidden to Be Pampered

royal palace.

Royal study room.

Wisps of refreshing fragrance rose with the smoke from the incense burner, and as the breeze blew, the alluring aroma filled the entire palace.

But inside the hall, the atmosphere was stagnant and the temperature dropped to its lowest point.

A tall figure stood in front of the window. The man was wearing a bright yellow robe with a five-clawed golden dragon pattern on it. His posture was as straight as a pine tree. Even if you only looked at his back, you could feel that he was mighty and domineering.

Behind him, there was a figure kneeling. He listened without even frowning, as if it was just an insignificant thing.

In the center of the hall, a man in crimson court robes was kneeling on the ground, with beads of sweat on his forehead, explaining something anxiously.

"Your Majesty, I am responsible for this matter. The flood in Jiangnan was caused by Your Majesty's trust in your ministers, but the officials in Jiangnan protected each other and exploited each other. I can only do my best to protect a part of the disaster relief funds."

That’s right, this person is Xiao Heng who will ascend the throne in the future. He looks okay, but his abilities are not outstanding. However, he is the only son or nephew of the emperor.

When the royal heirs of the dynasty were dying out, not only the emperor, but all the royal children had difficulty getting pregnant, especially men, who might have countless concubines throughout their lives and still find it difficult to have a son.

In Xiao Jin's generation, only his sister, the eldest princess, gave birth to a son and named him Xiao Heng.

Because they are brothers from the same mother, Xiao Jin still has no royal heir. Therefore, he values ​​Xiao Heng very much and specially entrusts him with this important task. However, he did not expect that Xiao Heng messed it up.

Xiao Heng seemed to know that this was an opportunity given to him by the Emperor's uncle to examine his abilities.

It would be fine if it was done, but it was not done well. He had no idea that Jiangnan was so dark. Even if he revealed his identity, it would be of no use.

Xiao Jin turned around and looked at him with a very oppressive and sharp gaze: "Why, are you still making excuses for your incompetence?"

In Xiao Heng's heart, Xiao Jin was like an insurmountable mountain, weighing heavily on his heart. It was said that more than ten years ago, when there was a civil strife in the palace, Xiao Jin had been living among the people and was almost killed.

But instead of giving up on himself, he fought his way out on his own and killed all the rebels along with their entire clans. It was his perseverance and decisiveness that made no one dare to underestimate him.

There are rumors that Xiao Jin once ended up in Chunfeng Tower, and there are also rumors that he once entered a bandit's lair and was kept as a male concubine by the bandit leader. It is difficult to tell the truth from the false.

Many scholars criticized him at that time, but after Xiao Jin killed all the enemies and successfully intimidated everyone with his swift and decisive measures, no one dared to say a word.

Xiao Heng was so frightened by Xiao Jin's questioning that he broke out in a cold sweat, and his back was soaked. However, he didn't even dare to wipe it off. He just knelt on the ground timidly and accepted the scolding.

"I'm asking you a question, are you deaf? If you were really useless, you would have cut your body off and fed it to the wolves long ago!"

Xiao Jin looked down on this nephew more and more, especially this cowardly look. How could he dare to give him the burden of the country?

"Forget it. Since you can't solve it, it means you are not suitable for the position of pacification envoy. Go to the military camp and gain experience as soon as possible!"

Xiao Jin's voice made Xiao Heng happy. Military camp, doesn't that mean he can command the troops and gain military power?

However, before he could think about it, Xiao Jin's next words completely shattered his beautiful dream.

"Start as a lowly soldier and go to the bitter cold land of the northern border to gain experience. Do not reveal your identity, otherwise I will remove your surname Xiao!"

Xiao Heng raised his head suddenly, his eyes full of disbelief. He thought he would at least be given the rank of lieutenant, but in the end, he was made to be a nobody?

"Uncle Emperor..." Xiao Heng wanted to plead for himself. This was completely different from what he thought.

The lowest-ranking soldiers of the Apocalypse Kingdom did not even have their own tents. Instead, they had to squeeze together with others like servants, eat the worst food, and do the most tiring work.

"Why, you can't even bear this little bit of hardship? Then why don't you just stop doing anything and be an idle playboy forever."

Xiao Jin's eyes were full of coldness, and this time he really had the idea of ​​deposing him in his heart. It was better to have no successor to the Xiao family than to have a scourge as the emperor.

Xiao Heng didn't know much else, but he knew how to read people's expressions. When he saw the coldness in Xiao Jin's eyes, he shuddered all over and kowtowed to admit his mistake.

"It's my nephew who is narrow-minded. Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty. I will definitely be a good soldier and guard the border for Your Majesty."

Although Xiao Heng said this, there was no joy in his eyes. Instead, he was extremely anxious and wanted to return to the mansion immediately to ask his adviser for advice.

"get out."

Xiao Jin waved his sleeves without even looking at him, as if he was extremely disgusted with this stupid guy.

"Yes, my nephew is resigning."

Xiao Heng lowered his head and looked extremely respectful, then quietly left the imperial study.

After Xiao Heng left, Xiao Jin pinched his brows with a headache. After a while, he decided to send the prime minister to handle this matter.

It's not that he is making a fuss out of nothing, but Jiangnan is too far away from the capital. As the saying goes, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. This is not just say.

He also had to send someone with a high enough status and sufficient resourcefulness. He thought the prime minister was a good old fox and should not have let him go just now. He should have kept him.

Xiao Jin had a suitable candidate in mind, so he made a prompt decision and immediately sent someone to the Prime Minister's residence. After sending the person away, he remembered that the Prime Minister wanted to invite Master Hongyi.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jin called Li Peicong to ask about this matter: "The Prime Minister just came..."

As soon as he started the conversation, Li Peicong understood and immediately continued.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister's son died because of a fortune-teller named Hongyi who said that if the Prime Minister's son cannot find his destined partner, he will not live to see his twenties."

"Yesterday, the Prime Minister's son got married. Today, I think he wants to ask Master Hongyi to take a look and see if the new young lady is the destined one for the Prime Minister's son."

"Has Hongyi gone?" Xiao Jin was quite curious. After all, Xie Changling, the son of the prime minister, was an old friend of his. If he could give him a hand, it would be considered as repaying the favor.

"The master didn't go, but he figured it out and asked the boy to pass on the message."

"What?" Xiao Jin didn't believe in gods or Buddhas. The Master Hongyi was invited to the palace by the Empress Dowager. He had never met him and didn't know how capable this man was.

Seeing that the emperor showed some interest, Li Peicong's face was no longer as gloomy as before, and he let go of most of his worries and spoke quickly.

"Master means that the woman is Mr. Xie's destined person and can cure his illness."

"Hahahaha, although I don't know whether that is true or not, Prime Minister, you can rest assured!"

Xiao Jin smiled and nodded, feeling relieved. After all, he was also involved in the arranged marriage, so in that sense, he could be considered half of Xie Changling's benefactor.

Xiao Jin laughed happily at this moment, but he didn't know how much he would hate himself for doing this unnecessary thing in the future!

But that’s all in the past.