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In fact, there wasn’t any falsehood in the talent of the Fourth Prince. The Emperor simply became doubtful because of the Fifth Prince, and was now also suspicious of the Fourth Prince.
Should he test Old Four’s knowledge as well?
Even if he passed the knowledge test, maybe he should also test his character?
The Emperor's heart was full of twists and turns. In the end, he only had one thing to say—- with regards to conferring Wang titles, it should be discussed at a later time!
As a result, the Fourth Prince who had done nothing wrong also suffered, deprived the chance to be conferred a Wang title.
The Fourth Prince complained in his heart. Just who did he offend? Where could he go to complain to?
……
Little Jing Kong spent a beautiful afternoon in the imperial palace.
In order not to reveal his identity, Qin Chuyu didn't say that he lived in the palace, and only said that he would go back with his father in a while.
It wasn’t in children’s nature to be suspicious after all.
"Then, see you tomorrow." Little Jing Kong bid farewell to Qin Chuyu, took the carriage with Xu Zhouzhou and went out of the palace.
It was already a little late when the Xu Family's carriage sent Little Jing Kong back to the medical hall. There were not many patients in the medical hall today, and Gu Jiao was waiting for Little Jing Kong in the lobby.
Little Jing Kong was actually very tired. Xu Zhouzhou had already fallen asleep askew on the couch of the carriage, but Little Jing Kong's eyelids were still fighting as he kept trying not to let himself fall asleep.
The carriage finally arrived in the medical hall.
Gu Jiao would look at every carriage that stopped before the medical hall.
This time was no exception.
Seeing the carriage of the Xu Family, she quickly got up and went out.
Little Jing Kong didn't jump off the carriage at once, and she immediately guessed what was going on.
She got into the carriage and picked up Little Jing Kong into her arms.
Little Jing Kong resembled a chicken pecking at rice, and in the middle of his pecking, he suddenly felt his body get lighter. He glanced at Gu Jiao in a daze and called out, "JiaoJiao?"
"En, it's me." Gu Jiao hugged him with one hand, held the back of his head slightly with the other, and carried him out of the carriage.
"Be careful." The coachman brought over a footstool.
"Thank you very much." Gu Jiao thanked him and went back into the medical hall with Little Jing Kong held in her arms.
Little Jing Kong fell asleep in Gu Jiao's arms with his head resting on her shoulder.
Gu Jiao freed up one hand to get her back basket.
At that moment, a slender jade-like hand suddenly stretched out.
"I'll do it." After putting Gu Jiao's small medicine chest into the back basket, he carried the back basket on his back, and then he reached out to hold Little Jing Kong.
Little Jing Kong, however, seemed to have sensed it. With a small frown, he clung to Gu Jiao's outer robes.
“It's okay, I'll hold him." Gu Jiao said to Xiao Liulang.
Xiao Liulang responded, "Alright."
Gu Jiao asked curiously, "Why are you here so late? The medical hall is not busy today."
"Passing by." Xiao Liulang replied solemnly.
Gu Jiao: "Oh."
"Is there anything else?" Xiao Liulang asked.
"No, let’s go home." Gu Jiao said briskly.
"En." Xiao Liulang replied, then soon felt something was wrong.
Home?
Since when did he sincerely treat it as his true home?
Gu Jiao stepped out of the threshold and found that Xiao Liulang didn't catch up with her. He looked back at him and said, "Aren't you going home?"
Xiao Liulang opened his mouth, "I’m going home."
Xiao Liulang walked out on a crutch.
Gu Jiao waited until he reached her, and then they walked to Bishui Alley side by side.
The streets were noisy and people were coming and going.
Xiao Liulang went around to the outside and used his body to block the pedestrians who might bump into them.
As he walked, he quietly looked at her who was beside him.
At first, she was just a silly little girl, but now she had grown into a slim and graceful young lady. Her face was still the same, but she seemed to have changed into a different person.
He said he would leave in the future.
But he didn’t know when it started, perhaps from the moment when she insisted that he go to Tianxiang Academy, or perhaps the moment when she was desperate to send him to the examination hall during the county exam… Step by step, he got to where he was today.
But, childish behavior like asking for gifts last time couldn’t happen again.
He couldn’t have feelings, couldn’t have a family, or couldn’t have any worries.
Creak——
Gu Jiao pushed open a courtyard gate.
Xiao Liulang practically said in reflex, "You're going the wrong way. This is not our home."
After saying that, he froze.
Gu Jiao turned back and bent the corner of her lips upwards, "I know, I am sending some cough medicine to Uncle Zhao."
Her smile was as clean as the snow at the summit of Tianshan Mountain.
Xiao Liulang was dazzled.
……
The next day, the news of the Emperor's stripping of Gu Jinyu's title and position as the Commandery Princess spread all over the streets, and several tea houses were fervently discussing the reason as to why Gu Jinyu was severely punished by the Emperor.
"I heard that she broke the imperial jade seal, and His Majesty severely punished her in a rage!"
"That's not what I heard."
"What is it?"
"Did you know the furnace accident in the yamen of the Ministry of Works? That's the furnace connected to the bellows she modified. It turns out that only two bellows can be used at most, but she had to use six! As a result, the furnace blew up!"
"She said she would modify it and the change was accepted just like that? Shouldn’t the officials of the Ministry of Works test it thoroughly first?"
"That's where the problem lies. She just provided the blueprints, and it's still up to the Ministry of Works to decide whether to use it or not. The manufacturing department supervisor of the Ministry of Works is the one mainly responsible, so why would she be punished? In fact, there is something else going on."
"All right, all right, stop keeping people in suspense and just spill it!"
"The bellows was actually not invented by her, but by another girl! The old blacksmith who came from the county town exposed her on the spot!"
"Ah! There’s such a thing?"
"Why else would His Majesty severely punish her? Isn’t it because she committed the crime of deceiving the monarch?!"
"A grand Marquis Estate’s young miss taking other people’s credit, what a disgrace!"
"Right? Shame on her!"
This was a small teahouse outside the capital, but this news was so widespread that it even reached outside of the capital.
A strong-looking old man whose majesty couldn’t be hidden by a simple and plain attire frowned slightly, "Little brother, which Marquis Estate is that young miss you are talking about?"
His voice was so imposing that all the people who were discussing this news involuntarily fell silent and looked at him.
His hair was already silver in color, but his stature was tall and sturdy, his looks awe-inspiring, and his aura very powerful. Not a single person dared to look down on him.
A young boy, just like a newborn calf who wasn’t afraid of tigers, boldly answered, "Marquis Ding'an Estate. "
The old man said solemnly, "Are you sure? You’re not mistaken?"
The young boy was suddenly scared by his imposing manner and shivered, "No, no, not mistaken… It's really Marquis Ding'an Estate! This news is all over the capital. Just ask another person if you don't believe me! The young miss of the Marquis Ding'an Estate invented the piston bellows and was conferred the title of Commandery Princess... After a few days of glory, something happened to the bellows... which injured a lot of people..."
The eyes of the imposing old man suddenly cooled down.
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