The emperor's enthusiastic tone left Shen Baozhu stunned. She still remembered what her mother had said: when meeting the emperor, one should be respectful and not throw a tantrum. Her mother had also said that they must not expose the existence of the immortals...
It dawned on Shen Baozhu belatedly. Oh no! If her mother found out that she had sneaked out and exposed her treasure, she would definitely be deprived of pastries!
No, she mustn't let her mother find out!
The True Immortal Qingyun knew Shen Baozhu very well. Seeing her standing there with a kaleidoscope of expressions on her face, changing from confusion to fear and now determination, he could pretty much guess what was going on in her mind.
[Threaten the emperor with the ornament given by the Dragon King. Tell him to keep it a secret, or you'll let the dragon in the ornament out.]
Shen Baozhu had blind faith in the True Immortal Qingyun's words, but the problem was...
The little girl didn't know how to threaten people. She wracked her brains for a while, then with a straight face, stammered, "Your Majesty the Emperor must keep a secret for Baozhu and not tell Mother about today's incident. If Mother finds out, Baozhu won't get any pastries!"
The threatening words came more smoothly as she went on. "Baozhu will get angry if she doesn't get any pastries. When I'm angry, I'll let the dragon out, and it will scare Your Majesty to death!"
The little girl, waving her arms and legs, thought she was full of menace and fierce enough to threaten the emperor. Little did she know that the emperor was on the verge of bursting into laughter.
The little one was speaking with a straight face, and the silk flower on her head swayed from side to side with her movements, looking cute and amusing. If it weren't for the sake of the celestial child's dignity, the emperor would surely have burst out laughing.
"Don't laugh. If you laugh again... if you laugh again, Baozhu will call the Golden Dragon out to scare you!" Seeing that the emperor didn't say a word, Shen Baozhu panicked and emphasized the Golden Dragon again.
The emperor was also afraid that the celestial child would really get angry. He coughed lightly and also emphasized, "No more Your Majesty the Emperor. Call me Uncle!"
"If Baozhu calls me Uncle, then we're relatives. Uncle will surely help Baozhu."
"Then the Empress will be Baozhu's Aunt. Baozhu can eat pastries in Aunt's palace every day..."
Under the emperor's gentle persuasion, Shen Baozhu called out crisply, "Uncle!"
"Hey! Uncle's here." The emperor was delighted to have established a connection with the celestial child. He then ordered someone to bring some pastries and personally fed Shen Baozhu. Casually, he asked, "Since Uncle and Baozhu are relatives, can Baozhu call the Golden Dragon out again so that Uncle can take a closer look?"
With her mouth full of pastries, Shen Baozhu managed to say, "Okay..."
The next second, the Golden Dragon in the ornament flew out, circled around Shen Baozhu, and nuzzled her with its head.
Shen Baozhu was in the middle of eating pastries and was a bit annoyed by the Golden Dragon's interruption. She pushed the dragon's head away. "Stop being naughty. Baozhu has to go and save Third Brother after finishing the pastries!"
The Golden Dragon looked a bit aggrieved. It let out a low growl and pointed its tail at the emperor.
No one understood what the Golden Dragon meant, except for the true form of the Dragon King.
[It's saying, tell this human emperor to get lost. It can feed the little cutie pastries.]
[It can even be jealous.不愧是我的分身.]
The Dragon King's smug look was really eye - catching.
The True Immortal Qingyun said calmly, [It's just average - looking.]
[This is my clone. How could it be just average - looking?]
[What does a human cultivator know about dragons?]
The Dragon King was enraged by these words and started arguing with the True Immortal Qingyun. But after the first sentence, the True Immortal Qingyun said nothing more.
After the argument, just as the Dragon King was about to take a break, he saw a new subtitle.
[Is this the dragon from the legends? It seems the research institute needs to conduct further research.]
The Dragon King was elated. Right, dragons were legendary creatures and were indeed worthy of study. [Right, you have good taste. Our dragons...]
After that, the Dragon King started to boast about himself, from his character to his strength, claiming that every aspect was flawless.
It wasn't until the Dragon King had used up all his speaking opportunities and saw the system's reminder that he realized he had been tricked.
He was so angry that he ate all the fruits in the garden, screened out the bitter ones, and threatened the fruit trees to bear sweeter fruits, or else he would burn them.
The fruit trees trembled, swaying their branches and leaves, indicating that they would surely obey the Dragon King's order.
Looking at the greedy system that constantly reminded him to earn points and raise his level limit, the Dragon King couldn't hide his annoyance.
He transformed. His magnificent robe turned into shiny golden scales, and he became the true form of the Golden Dragon.
The Golden Dragon was several kilometers long. With a light leap, it shuttled through the clouds. In an instant, it completed the rainfall and killed several evil spirits.
The saved humans and demons knelt down and kowtowed to thank the Dragon King. The power of faith flew out of them and converged on the Dragon King.
[+1 point]
[+2 points]
[+3 points]
[……]
Hearing the continuous sound of points being credited, the Dragon King was in a great mood. He raised his dragon claw and tried to speak again.
[Beep! You have sent too many messages today. If you want to continue sending messages, please wait patiently.]
The Dragon King looked at the system's message in disbelief. "Greedy merchant! You think I talk too much?"
...
While the Dragon King was scolding the system, Shen Baozhu had already been coaxed by the emperor into telling everything.
As Shen Baozhu ate the pastries to get rid of the bitter taste in her mouth, she worried, "Before, every time Baozhu sent delicious food to Third Brother, he would write back to me. But today he didn't!"
"Third Brother must have been captured by bad guys!"
Although Shen Baozhu's words sounded like a joke, the emperor didn't ignore them. On the contrary, he took them very seriously.
The emperor said seriously, "This is a serious matter. Uncle can help Baozhu find Third Brother."
Shen Baozhu looked at the emperor and was a bit happy. "Does Uncle think so too? Big Brother is so stupid. He said Third Brother didn't write back because he was busy..."
Compared with Shen Heqing's non -chalance, the emperor gave Shen Baozhu full emotional support.
Not only did he agree with Shen Baozhu's idea, but he also sent guards to look for Shen Haiyan. After learning that Shen Haiyan had gone to the military camp, he waved his hand grandly, gave the guards a token, and sent the imperial eunuch along to search for Shen Haiyan.
Looking at the large crowd in front of her, Shen Baozhu instinctively grabbed the emperor's collar. "Uncle, Baozhu can go and find Third Brother alone. There are too many people. Mother will definitely find out..."
Actually, the emperor thought the same as Shen Heqing. He believed that Shen Haiyan didn't write back to his sister because he was too busy. But he heard the concern in Shen Baozhu's words for Shen Haiyan, so he sent people without hesitation.
Just sending people out for a round could win the favor of the celestial child. This was a great opportunity.
The emperor coaxed her, "Don't be afraid. I'll ask your father to go too. If Mother blames anyone, we'll say it was his idea."
Anyway, Shen Yunfeng was no good. They could just say that he was worried about his third son and borrowed the guards to look for him. They could even charge him with being reckless.
Shen Baozhu thought for a while and asked uneasily, "Really? Mother won't really find out?"
"No, she definitely won't." The emperor was confident. The Princess Jingning had a rift with Shen Yunfeng. If she could make things difficult for Shen Yunfeng, she definitely wouldn't object.
With the emperor's promise, Shen Baozhu felt extremely relieved. She took another sip of tea and then said happily, "Baozhu thanks Uncle for the help. Now Baozhu is going to find Third Brother!"
Shen Baozhu politely said goodbye to the emperor and then waved and left. In an instant, she disappeared.
As soon as she left, the virtual shadow of the Golden Dragon that had been floating in the air returned to the ornament. No matter how the emperor called it, it didn't respond.
This actually made the emperor excited. Although the Golden Dragon ignored him, it listened to Shen Baozhu.
As long as he got on good terms with Shen Baozhu, in a way, the Golden Dragon could also be at his disposal.
Thinking of Shen Baozhu's supernatural powers, the emperor became even more excited. "Go. You take Shen Yunfeng to look for Shen Haiyan. Remember to walk around in the bushes outside a few more times and let Shen Yunfeng suffer... No, let him suffer more."
Looking for Shen Haiyan was just for show, but it could be used to torment Shen Yunfeng.