Adoption brings disaster

The palace rules are very strict, and one must always follow the time. No mistakes or omissions are allowed. This applies to leaving the palace and returning to Qianqiu Pavilion.

Although I entered the palace early, it was already dark when I returned to Qianqiu Pavilion. This was because I had A-Da by my side and the journey was smooth. If it weren't for A-Da, I don't know when I would be able to return to Qianqiu Pavilion.

This also made me understand that although Ada and others condoned the Seventh Prince's evil deeds, Ada was extremely useful in certain matters.

So when I returned to Qianqiu Pavilion, I couldn't help but praise Ah Da in front of the Seventh Prince.

Seeing that A-da was so proud in front of me, the Seventh Prince also asked A-da to stay by my side and serve me well.

This Ah Da is the Seventh Prince's confidant, but asking him to be with a rich and idle person like me would be unfair to Ah Da, so I dare not accept it.

But the Seventh Prince said that A-Da is more familiar with the affairs of the palace. If the palace's power is needed, A-Da will be able to better dispatch the people in the palace. This is why I let A-Da follow me.

Of course, I only believed half of this. The other half should be that I should let A Da monitor me, or at least prevent me from reading the storybook.

Although I know that A-Da follows me with the intention of monitoring me, I still let A-Da stay by my side all the time, because with A-Da around, many things are indeed much more convenient.

Moreover, A-Da is very familiar with the palace and knows all the interesting places in the palace, both openly and secretly. So I really lived a comfortable life during the time when A-Da was by my side serving me.

During this period of time, A Da took me to play in the palace, and I met the servants in each palace. From their expressions and words, I learned a lot of things that I didn't know before.

I found that many servants in the palace were afraid of Ada, but there were also many who liked Ada. I asked Chunyu to make targeted inquiries. It turned out that although Ada had a hot temper, he was still quite righteous, and he was generous with his money following the Seventh Prince, so naturally many people liked him.

Chunyu also found out that many of the evil deeds of the Seventh Prince were just rumors. Ada and the others followed the Seventh Prince and beat up many princes and princesses, but there were reasons for everything, so it could not be considered evil.

Even if he sometimes believed rumors and hurt good people, the Seventh Prince would give him adequate compensation and would never let anyone suffer in vain.

After getting to the bottom of these things, I felt more guilty towards the Seventh Prince. I became much gentler towards him on a daily basis, and our relationship became closer.

One morning, after I accompanied the Seventh Prince in practicing martial arts, the Seventh Prince took Er and the others to school.

When Ah Da saw that the Seventh Prince had gotten married, he came over with a smile and said that there was a nice place he wanted to take me to.

I am a homebody by nature, and the palace is really too big. Due to the strict palace rules, I cannot use light skills. Every time I walk around, I feel very tired.

So he rejected Ada's suggestion and prepared to go back to take a nap.

I was already very sleepy, but when I saw that Ah Da looked different, I became curious and asked, "You seem to really want to take me out for a walk? Aren't you tired at all?"

"Your Highness is kind and considerate of us servants. Every time we go out, we feel very relaxed and not tired at all. Besides, as a servant, we are happy to do anything with Your Highness," said Ada.

Although Ada tried his best to deny it, I clearly saw that he was relieved and looked very relaxed. If what Ada said was true, then the only reason for him to be happy was the Seventh Prince.

I looked at the dark cloud-covered sky outside and came up with an idea. I smiled and said, "It's going to rain today. The Seventh Prince didn't bring an umbrella when he went out. It would be bad if he got caught in the rain and got sick. Let's send him an umbrella."

"Don't go." Ah Da exclaimed in fear when he heard that I was going to deliver an umbrella to the Seventh Prince.

I ignored Ah Da and just asked Xiao Tian to fetch some umbrellas. Then I looked at Ah Da and asked teasingly, "You are usually very loyal to His Highness the Seventh Prince. Why are you so unwilling to give him an umbrella today?"

When Ah Da heard me ask this, he immediately said, "Seventh Prince is filial and always tells us to serve His Highness Yuan Qing well. The school is a long way to go, and I am afraid that I will tire you out. Then His Highness will be heartbroken."

Ah Da is not good at lying. Every time he lies, his expression is extremely unnatural, just like now.

I looked at Ah Da's face twisted like a bitter melon and found it a little funny. I said, "It's because the road is far that we have to go and send him off. Only by sending him off can everyone in the palace know how much we, father and son, love each other."

After saying that, he walked out without saying anything more.

When Ah Da saw this, he hurried over to serve, his eyes darting around as if he was looking for something.

I looked at his expression but didn't say anything. I just pretended to be excited and said, "When we get to the school, everyone should be quiet and don't disturb Chongguang's studies."

Then he looked at Ah Da and said deliberately: "Especially you, your voice is particularly loud and the most noisy. From now on, you are not allowed to speak."

Hearing this, Ah Da's face turned green. I found his expression a little funny, but mostly angry. So this was the reason the Seventh Prince kept Ah Da with me. Although I had already guessed it, I still felt unhappy.

The school was far away, so I hurried all the way. Finally, after half an hour, I arrived at the school gate.

I first ordered everyone to stay at the door and not go in, then asked Xiaotian to hold Ada tightly and not let him tip off, and then I sneaked in.

Before I even stepped through the door, I heard the Seventh Prince's wild laughter, echoed by the sobbing of another person.

Listening to the voice, it didn't sound like a child's, but more like an old man's. I thought to myself that the person crying could only be their teacher.

I walked to the window with bated breath and looked inside through the small opening. What I saw was a scene that made me extremely angry.

In the school, Ah Er and Ah San were pressing a man down on the table, and the Seventh Prince was scribbling on his face with a brush.

The Seventh Prince was probably too happy painting. I watched him from the window for a stick of incense, but he didn't notice.

In the end, the teacher was tortured to the point of despair and stopped resisting. He just knelt on the ground and cried.

There was an eight or nine-year-old child under the old man, who looked even more miserable. His clothes had been stripped off, leaving only a pair of underwear, and his body was pitch black, like a black man.

The more I watched, the angrier I became. In the end, I was so angry that I almost exploded. I ignored the palace rules and kicked the door open, shouting at the Seventh Prince, "Yu Chongguang."

When the Seventh Prince heard me calling him, he turned around and looked at me in fear, and didn't move for a while.

I was now furious. I rushed over and kicked Ah Er and Ah San, who were holding the teacher, to the ground. Then I pointed at the corner and yelled at the Seventh Prince, "Go stand there and reflect on your mistakes."

Seeing how angry I was, the Seventh Prince was a little scared, but he also felt it would be embarrassing if he just left, so he hesitated and didn't move.

The Seventh Prince looked at me in horror, trying to make some excuses, but I didn't give him the chance. I just stared at him fiercely and shouted again, "Stand over here, or I'll take care of you today."

Seeing that I was really angry, the Seventh Prince dared not to resist. He walked slowly to the wall and faced it, mumbling something as if he was talking about the teacher.

Embarrassed and distressed, I helped the teacher up and shouted outside, "Chunyu Xiaotian, bring some water."

Chunyu Xiaotian knew what was going on inside. When they heard me calling them, they didn't hesitate and soon fetched water and brought towels into the school.

I took a towel and wiped the ink off the teacher's face bit by bit, and kept comforting him. The teacher, who had originally collapsed, saw me yelling at the Seventh Prince, and saw Ah Er and Ah San kneeling on the ground and not daring to move, and his heart calmed down. Soon he returned to his gentlemanly appearance.

The teacher was polite and kept thanking me, and the child under him also bowed to him. Only then did I realize that the child was the teacher's child.

Seeing that the teacher had recovered a lot, I yelled at the Seventh Prince to come over. I pulled the Seventh Prince and took out the ruler next to him, gritting my teeth and saying, "Stretch out your hand."

The Seventh Prince didn't want to, so I pried his opponent apart and hit him hard. This time the hit was so hard that his hand immediately swelled up. The Seventh Prince burst into tears.

Seeing the Seventh Prince crying, my heart softened instantly, but when I turned around and saw the teacher's worried expression on his face, my heart immediately became hardened.

He pulled her over and hit her hard a few times until the teacher pulled me aside and stopped me. Then he let Chunyu take the ruler away.

After beating the Seventh Prince, I stood up again and bowed deeply to the teacher. The teacher didn't dare to accept it, so he hurriedly returned the greeting.

Seeing my teacher being tortured like this by the Seventh Prince, I was even more furious and said to the Seventh Prince, "I know you must have your reasons for what you did today, and I also know you are feeling very wronged, but a gentleman can be killed but not humiliated. You can't humiliate someone like this, especially when this person is your teacher."

Speaking of this, I remember the years when I was a teacher and I tortured my children, my parents, and my leaders.

She immediately felt the same pain and continued with tears in her eyes, "I am your lover. Although we are not father and son in reality, we are father and son in name only. I believe you are unwilling to apologize for what happened today. In that case, I have to bear the consequences of your actions. I will apologize on your behalf."

Then he stretched out his hand and said to the teacher: "If a son is not well educated, it is the fault of his father. Please punish me."

When the teacher saw this development, he was stunned. I gave him a look, and he immediately understood and picked up the ruler, pretending to hit me hard.

When the Seventh Prince saw this, he also pushed my hand away, held out his own and said, "I don't need you to take the blame for me. Everyone has their own responsibility for their own actions. I will take the punishment myself."

When the teacher saw the Seventh Prince stretching out his hand, he was so scared that he immediately dropped the ruler. I took the Seventh Prince to apologize to the teacher again. Finally, Chunyu and the others also comforted him in various ways, and the matter was temporarily ended.

After this incident, I couldn’t go to school today, so I asked the teacher for leave and took the seventh prince back.

At the moment of leaving, I found that there was another person in the room. The person was sitting upright in his seat. I smiled at him apologetically, and he nodded politely in response.

There is no teacher who would not like such a well-behaved and polite child, so I couldn't help but look at him twice more.

Back in the pavilion, the hand of the Seventh Prince that I hit was swollen like a pig's trotter, so I quickly asked someone to bring some ointment.

I applied ointment to the Seventh Prince, feeling incredibly distressed, but I still said, "For what you did today, I can spank you a hundred times, and it wouldn't be considered harsh."

"Do you like Master Wang?" the Seventh Prince asked without thinking.

I rolled my eyes at the Seventh Prince, and the pain I felt before immediately vanished. I said speechlessly, "Have you been beaten silly? You actually asked such a nonsensical question."

"You beat me for him, don't you like him?"

After hearing this, I knew that I had to make things clear with the Seventh Prince today, otherwise there might be other troubles in the future.

So he sat up straight and said with a serious expression: "Why do you think like that? I hit you because I like you. If I liked him, I wouldn't hit you."

Although the Seventh Prince didn't understand what I meant, he was still happy to hear that I liked him.

Seeing this, I continued, "I beat you because you disrespect your teachers and elders, because you are uneducated and unskillful. I beat you because I love you deeply and I punish you harshly. I hope you will become better, not worse. If I didn't like you, why would I risk my life to make you hate me and learn well?"

"I won't bear a grudge against you." The seventh prince said in a low voice.

The Seventh Prince's words softened, and my heart softened as well.

As I applied the medicine to him, I patiently said, "Even if the Master did something wrong, he is still the Master after all. Let's sit down and discuss it. Please don't humiliate him like this, okay?"

The Seventh Prince nodded in agreement. I continued, "He must be a formidable scholar to be able to become the Prince's teacher. As the saying goes, there's always someone who can be my teacher. You should learn from formidable individuals. Only in this way can you become formidable, shoulder the responsibilities of a Prince, and protect the people of the world."

"What do the people of the world have to do with me? I just want to protect you, my mother, and my grandfather."

The child has a very sweet mouth, which makes me feel very happy. However, we still need to let the child establish a correct outlook on life, not to mention that this child is the future master of this country.

I also said happily: "If the country is not a country, how can it be a home? If you want to protect us, you must protect this country and protect the people of the world."

The Seventh Prince heard this and said seriously: "I will protect you. Even if it means protecting this country and the people of the world, I will protect you."

I was delighted. I patted the Seventh Prince's head, hugged him, and said, "You promised me a promise before. I hope you can work hard, practice martial arts diligently, study literature diligently, become stronger day by day, and become the best person in this world."

"I promise you that you will study hard and become the best person in the world." The seventh prince also said solemnly.

When I saw the Seventh Prince like this, I was reminded of a former student of mine, who was also very cute and serious.

He also promised me at that time that I would study hard and become the best person. But he broke his promise and played games every day and didn't study at all. It made me so angry that my liver hurt.

I looked at the Seventh Prince with worry, but when I thought about it, I only had this one child, and I could act on his father's behalf, so he shouldn't make the same mistake again. However, I still had to visit him often and supervise him every day.

Fortunately, the literature in this world is similar to ours. It shouldn't be a problem to tutor the Seventh Prince in his homework every day and see if he's studying hard.

To find out who the well-behaved and polite child in the school is, please stay tuned for the next episode.