Lying on the small plank bed that was lined with bees, Duo Bao cried and screamed in pain, tears and snot flowing down his face. "It hurts! Mother, please be gentle, my butt hurts!”
It didn't matter if Duo Bao didn't scream, but with her shouting, Zhu Xiaoxiao simply raised her hand and gently patted her red and swollen butt.
This time, Abundant Treasure cried out in pain and almost jumped up. "Mother, you're so bad! You knew that she was in pain, yet you still hit her on purpose?”
"Hit you? I'm still pinching you!" As she spoke, Zhu Xiaoxiao reached out and pinched Duo Bao's tearful cheeks. "You little fool, I, Zhu Xiaoxiao, the Three Treasures of Shaoxing, am extremely smart. From Lord Qianlong to the current Lord Wansui, which one of them hasn't been tamed by me? But how did I give birth to you, little fool?”
"How am I stupid?" Duo Bao protested. You said that you wanted to snatch Brother Long back, so I went to snatch Brother Long back, and with him…with him…"
Duo Bao's small face turned red, unable to say that she and Delong had already become husband and wife.
Zhu Xiaoxiao pinched her again." You're really stupid! What's the use of snatching Delon back? You won't snatch him and take him away with you, right?”
"Run away?"
"Yes, take him far away. Anyway, Big Brother is from the martial world. It might be better for him to return to the martial world. Besides, he shouldn't be too used to the numerous rules in the Imperial Family, right?”
"Right! Why didn't I think of that?" Duo Bao patted her forehead with her hand, but then she thought," But our Emperor is the most powerful Emperor since ancient times. He must have found us in an instant!”
Zhu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but pinch Duo Bao again." Little fool, if the Emperor really wants to punish you, how can it be settled with a few beatings and confinement? Haven't you heard that for the Empress, the Emperor buried a general alive, removed a county magistrate, brought down a provincial governor, and even used the strategy of 'inviting the ruler into the urn', cutting down his love rival with a sword!”
As for Yuqi and Su Panpan's sensational past, Duo Bao had naturally heard of it. However, she did not believe that Yuqi would be that kind of person because he had always looked stern, cold, and exceptionally shrewd. He really did not seem like a person who would disregard everything for a woman. But now that she heard this story from her mother, she began to believe that the serious Lord Wansui was really a lovestruck person who would only love one woman in his life.
"Mother, then what do you think the emperor means?”
"Think about it, if the Emperor really wants the eldest brother to marry Ding Qianqiao, he can issue another imperial edict to force the eldest brother to marry her. He is the Emperor anyway, who would dare to disobey his orders? But did the emperor do this?"
Duo Bao thought for a moment and shook his head happily." No!”
"That's right, the emperor only imprisoned the big brother and didn't ask him to marry Ding Qianqiao. Bao 'er, have you ever thought about why the emperor did this?”
Duo Bao lay on the plank bed and thought very seriously. To the prince, imprisoning the elder brother was the most severe punishment, but this was not necessarily the case. For example, Kangxi's grandfather had also imprisoned the thirteenth prince Yinxiang for ten years. His intention was not to punish him, but to prevent him from causing trouble. No one would protect him, so he was imprisoned to protect him...
When Duo Bao thought of this, he almost jumped up." Mother, are you saying that the Emperor locked Brother Long up not to punish him, but to protect him?”
Zhu Xiao Xiao nodded." You can say that. However, the emperor's main goal should still be to wait.”
"Wait for what?"
"Wait for the time!"
"What for?"
"You've really become stupid. Think about it, who is the most afraid of time and also the most eager for time?”
" Well…Old people are afraid of time, women are afraid of time, and children are anxious to grow up, so…" She met Zhu Xiaoxiao's cunning eyes." Ding Qianqiao!"”
"That's right, it's Ding Qianqiao." Zhu Xiaoxiao stood up and walked in the narrow passageway." The Empress and I don't believe that the child in Ding Qianqiao's stomach is Big Brother's, but she insisted and Big Brother didn't defend himself, so I thought that the Emperor might have known all this and deliberately locked Big Brother up, waiting for time to wait for Ding Qianqiao to give birth to the child. As long as the child was born, it would be easy to verify if the child was Big Brother's.”
"What if the child is really Brother Long's?”
"Then we'll make plans when the time comes. But if the child isn't big brother's, what do you think our wise emperor will do?”
"Of course, she will be sentenced to a major crime of deceiving the emperor and beheaded.”Duo Bao said with a smile, as if he had already executed Ding Qianqiao on the spot.
"Not necessarily, but I think there will definitely be a good show! Alright, you obediently lie down, your mother will help you rub the medicine, be brave, don't cry and shout!”
"I know, Mother."
Zhu Xiaoxiao's guess was right. The reason why Yuqi imprisoned Delong was indeed to wait for time. He was waiting for Ding Qianqiao to give birth to the child and for Ding Qianqiao to reveal her fox tail.
Ding Qianqiao was a smart woman. How could she not know this? She knew that Yuqi must be suspicious of her, otherwise he wouldn't have imprisoned Delong for no reason. Because imprisonment was a big crime, and Delong didn't commit any big crimes, so there must be something going on.
She knew that she couldn't sit still and wait for death. She had to think of a way.
So on this day, she left her residence alone and came to an old house on Dongsi South Street.
She raised her hand and knocked on the door. After two short and three long knocks, the door opened. A young man in his twenties appeared behind the door.
The man's eyes lit up when he saw Ding Qianqiao. He pulled her into the room and lowered his head to kiss her.
" Gao Peng, don't be like this. I have something to say…" Ding Qianqiao pushed him.
"I don't want to hear it. I miss you so much that I'm going crazy.”
Without waiting for Ding Qianqiao's response, he tore her clothes apart and pressed her to the ground, taking her in his arms.
Ding Qianqiao did not resist or struggle. She welcomed Gao Peng and accepted his possession. She let him run amok in her body until he was completely paralyzed.
After a long time, Gao Peng got up and put on his clothes. He took a bottle of wine and poured it for himself. Why are you looking for me?"
"I want to see Delon."
Gao Peng's hand that was pouring wine suddenly stopped in mid-air." Delong? Are you talking about Nie Bing?"
"Yes, I want to see him!"
Gao Peng sneered." I'm not the emperor. Why are you looking for me? If you want to see him, go find the emperor. Don't come looking for me!”
"The Emperor is already suspicious of me. If I tell him, he won't let me see Delong at all, so I can only come to you.”
Gao Peng looked at her from the corner of his eyes." Do I have a way?”
Ding Qianqiao walked up to him and held his hand." Of course you can. Although Delong is surrounded by a high wall now, I know that the wall is nothing to you. As long as you are willing, you can go in."”
Gao Peng took a sip of wine." Why do you want to see him? You clearly know that he doesn't like you or love you at all, so why do you still want to see him?”
Ding Qianqiao's face turned pale." I…I want revenge. I need Delong to help me take revenge."”
"Revenge? Can't I take revenge? Why must it be him?"
Ding Qianqiao looked up at Gao Peng. "I know, but if someone else did it, then it would be meaningless for foster father to steal Delon.”
Gao Peng narrowed his eyes and said in realization,""So the person who took the child away was Nie Qing!”
"Yes, the reason why foster father took Delong away was because he hoped that when he grew up, he would avenge our family.”
"Dai? Your surname is Dai?"
Ding Qianqiao nodded." Yes, in order to escape the court's investigation, I changed my surname to Ding, and my uncle changed his surname to Nie.”
"Uncle? So Nie Qing is your uncle. I thought he was your father. What exactly is it that requires you to change your surnames?”
" Of course…" Ding Qianqiao wanted to say something, but she suddenly stopped herself. "You don't need to know so much. Anyway, my family was destroyed by the emperor, so I want revenge. I want to kill the emperor to avenge my family!”
"But do you think Nie Bing would do that? He had always been a person who clearly distinguished kindness and hatred. He was not even willing to go ashore to rob and rob when he was in Coldwater Stronghold, let alone this kind of treasonous thing!”
"That's why I want you to take me to him.”
"Will he listen to you and help you if you meet him?”
"He won't listen to me, but if we have someone in our hands, then he has no choice but to listen.”
"Who is it?"
"That little girl, Duo Bao."
Delon sat by the pond with a bag of shrimps in his hand. He sprinkled shrimps to feed the fish while looking around the beautiful garden. He felt calm.
He had been imprisoned here for a month.
During this month, no one came to see him. Other than two or three servants who were ordered to take care of his daily life, all he saw was this pond of fish and this landscape garden that had a rich Jiangnan aura.
However, his heart was calm and steady like never before. Because here, he could put aside all his grudges. He was neither the leader of Coldwater Stronghold, Nie Bing, nor Prince Delong, who had just returned to the clan. Here, he was just a person, an ordinary person who lived with the rising and setting of the sun, flowers, insects, and birds.
This was what he had always wanted. He wanted to live his life without any worries, without worries, without thinking about anything, without doing anything.
Back in Coldwater Stronghold, although he wanted to live this kind of life, he couldn't do it for the sake of his brothers 'livelihood. He did not expect that he would actually obtain it after he became a prince. Could it be that the heavens were joking with him?
If that was the case, this joke was too big!
Perhaps no one would be like him. He had just climbed to the top of the clouds and fell down for a woman, for a last word that he could not do. However, he was willing to do so because it was better for him. There was no resentment, no pursuit of fame and fortune. There was only dullness.
However, what worried him was that little Treasure who was always jumping around, impulsive, reckless, brave, and passionate.
Is she alright? She must have cried out in pain after being beaten ten times by the Internal Affairs Bureau, right?
That girl had always been naive, lively, and bold. She would do whatever she wanted. If she wanted a husband, she would rob Ding Qianqiao of her marriage. He felt that the emperor's words were harsh, so he clamored to take back the auspicious words that he had used to greet the emperor. He was so angry that the emperor's expression changed on the spot. What was that girl thinking?
However, he could imagine that she must be anxious about him being imprisoned here.
Seriously speaking, the only person in the world who truly treated him well was probably Abundant Treasures. Although he had a foster father before, his foster father was more strict with him than loving him, and more harsh than teaching him. He would never understand why his foster father would beat him when he was happy and when he was unhappy. He was not allowed to call him foster father. As long as he called him, he would punish him to soak in water for a day, making him tremble from the cold.
Now, he finally understood that his foster father did not love him. The reason why he raised him was to take revenge.
As for the Emperor and Empress, although he knew that they were his biological parents, after so many years, the relationship between father and son was always distant and unfamiliar. Coupled with Ding Qianqiao, there was always an invisible knot in his heart.
Therefore, in the end, the one who really cared about him and was really willing to risk her life for him was probably the little caterpillar who could not do anything but was more than capable of ruining things.
That's right! She was indeed incapable of accomplishing anything, but he liked her, missed her, and could not stop thinking about her. He wondered what she was doing, wondering if she was hiding and crying, or if she was angrily running to the emperor to reason with him. Or should he just kill his way here and snatch her again?
This was not impossible. After all, this girl…
Suddenly, a rustling sound interrupted his thoughts. He raised his head and saw a woman walking towards him.
When he first saw the woman, Delong thought it was Duobao. However, when the woman came closer, Delong's expression changed drastically because it was Ding Qianqiao!
"You…what are you doing here?"
Ding Qianqiao raised her head and looked at Delong's haggard but still handsome face. "I came to see you."
Delon threw all the shrimps in his hand into the pond, then stood up and clapped his hands. He said coldly,"You've seen it. You can go now!”
"You're still so cold. Even though you're locked up here by your own father, you still don't feel the slightest bit of remorse. Do you hate me that much? So hateful that he would rather be imprisoned for the rest of his life than lower his head and admit his mistake?”
Delon glanced at her indifferently." Mistaken? Admit what?"
"Don't you think you're wrong? You abandoned me and that girl in front of everyone at the wedding. This is a huge humiliation to me, and you actually don't think you're in the wrong!”
Delong sighed and walked to Ding Qianqiao." Qianqiao, I know I've let you down, but you can't force yourself when it comes to relationships."”
"I don't care if you force me or not. I'm just asking you, do you want me? Do you want the child in my stomach?"
"If I didn't want you, why would I acquiesce to the child in front of the emperor?”
Ding Qianqiao was stunned." What? Acknowledge?"
Delon nodded." Yes, although there are some things that women know better than men, as long as men are more careful, they should be able to find out."”
"You, what are you trying to say? What do you know?"
His gaze shifted to her slightly bulging belly. "That child's father isn't me, but Gao Peng, right?”
Ding Qianqiao took a few steps back. "You…"
"If this child's father was me, why did you go through so much trouble to come into this garden to see me? If the father of this child is really me, you just have to wait for the birth under the arrangements of the Emperor. Why are you in a hurry to see me? Moreover, if this child's father is really me, even if the Imperial Clan Court wants to check the marriage, you don't have to worry, right? But you didn't. Not only did you lose your cool, you even risked being discovered to come and see me. Qianqiao, can you tell me why you're in such a hurry to see me?”
Ding Qianqiao stared at Delong and didn't say anything for a long time. Suddenly, she burst out laughing." Delong, you are indeed your father's son. You are as cunning and observant as your father!”
Delon narrowed his eyes." You admit it?”
Ding Qianqiao smiled coldly." That's right. The child's father is Gao Peng, not you."”
"In that case, why did you say that the child's father was me in front of the emperor's mother?”
"Because I know that with your personality, it is impossible for you to assassinate the Emperor, especially when you know that the Emperor is your father. That's why I thought that if I could marry you and become your wife, once you ascend the throne and become the emperor, wouldn't my son have a chance to become the emperor as well?”
Delon's heart skipped a beat." You!"
"But I know that you don't love me. It's impossible for you to marry me unless I have a reason for you to marry me. Do you know what that is? It's a child!"
"So you plan to marry me with Gao Peng's child?”
"That's right. As long as I marry you while carrying Gao Peng's child, and let this child become the emperor in the future, I can do whatever I want. Is there any other way in the world to take revenge so thoroughly?”
Hearing Ding Qianqiao's words, Delong couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Heavens! If Abundant Treasures had not come to the wedding that day, he really did not dare to imagine what the consequences would have been.
"Why are you doing this? What is the reason that you hate me so much?”
"Because…"
"Because she is the daughter of Gan Province's Dai Fang. Her entire family was raided by the Emperor, so of course she has to seek revenge from the Emperor.”A somewhat fierce and mischievous voice sounded.
Hearing this voice, Delon was surprised and happy." Bao 'er, it's you?”
Delong was right, the person who had come was Abundant Treasures. However, Abundant Treasures did not appear alone. There was a man standing behind her, and that was Gao Peng.#
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