Fortunately, the emperor was quick - witted and quickly changed the subject. "Oh, Pearl, how do you want to punish the Marquis of Yong'an?"
[Beat him up! Beat up the Marquis of Yong'an!]
The Dragon King was the quickest to respond. He strongly suggested giving the marquis a good beating.
Lin Yu didn't have any particular ideas. Then came the message from the True Man Qingyun: [Rebuke the Marquis of Yong'an in public. Then confer Chen Miaochun as the heir apparent and establish a female household for her.]
Unlike the Dragon King, who just wanted to beat up the marquis, the True Man Qingyun's focus was on the household register issue just mentioned.
Shen Pearl relayed the messages to the emperor.
True Man Qingyun: [The Princess of Jingning was schemed against by Shen Yunfeng. She had to go to great lengths to get divorced. The status of women here is too low.]
The Dragon King glanced at the message and casually ate the fruit. As a dragon, these human affairs had nothing to do with him.
Inspired by this, Lin Yu said worriedly: [What if something like this happens to Pearl when she gets married in the future?]
The Dragon King slowly straightened up, looking a bit solemn.
True Man Qingyun: [Fortunately, Pearl has her maternal grandfather. Otherwise, after the Princess of Jingning got divorced, her household register would have to remain in the Shen family.]
The Dragon King stared at the message with a solemn expression. Just thinking along with what Lin Yu and the True Man Qingyun said, he couldn't accept it.
Dragon King: [No way! Absolutely not!]
After hearing Shen Pearl's account, the emperor's expression became rather subtle. Rebuking the Marquis of Yong'an was not difficult, and establishing a female household for Chen Miaochun was also doable. But the middle part was too difficult.
Directly conferring Chen Miaochun as the heir apparent would probably cause an uproar among the court officials.
Seeing the emperor in a difficult situation, Shen Pearl reached out and patted the emperor on the back. "Uncle Emperor, is it very difficult? Then we won't punish the Marquis of Yong'an. Just confer Sister Miaochun as the heir apparent!"
The emperor had just started to relax when his heart tightened again. He gently explained, "Pearl, punishing the Marquis of Yong'an is easy. But conferring the title of heir apparent is a bit difficult."
"How is that possible! Big brother said Sister Miaochun is smarter than Wang Linchun. If Sister Miaochun were the heir apparent, she would definitely pass the imperial examinations. Big brother never lies to Pearl!" Shen Pearl was very confident about this.
Seeing the emperor hesitant to speak, Ping Hai took the initiative to say, "Your Highness the little princess may not know that a woman cannot be an heir apparent."
Shen Pearl nodded obediently. "Okay, Pearl understands."
The Dragon King was still angry. He was dissatisfied with the emperor. [Little cutie, ask the emperor to guess whether I'm male or female.]
Although the Dragon King was a real male dragon, he could pretend to be a female one.
Lin Yu: [As expected of you.]
True Man Qingyun: [Amazing.]
The emperor was very pleased with Shen Pearl's understanding. Just as he was about to speak, Shen Pearl preempted him. "Uncle Emperor, the immortal asks you to guess whether he's male or female."
Then, the emperor's expression turned all sorts of colors. Finally, he angrily scolded Ping Hai, "You stupid servant! Talking nonsense! Which law of the Great Yong says that a woman cannot be an heir apparent?"
Ping Hai shrank his neck and murmured in his heart. Who would have thought that a woman could be an heir apparent? Everyone knew it well; there was no need for a law to state it.
Shen Pearl cheered, "Uncle Emperor is so amazing! Then you must remember to confer Sister Miaochun as the heir apparent and severely punish those bad guys!"
After learning that the servants in the Marquis of Yong'an's mansion were排挤ing their master, the emperor waved his hand. "Look down on their master? Replace them all. Select the maids to serve Chen Miaochun from the palace, those who will never leave the palace."
Some palace maids had no relatives and would choose to stay in the palace for life. Sending them to serve Chen Miaochun was just right.
After solving the major issue, Shen Pearl continued to express her gratitude. "Thank you, Uncle Emperor!"
The emperor forced a smile and skipped over the topic of the immortals. He led Shen Pearl around the Qianqing Palace a few times, with Ping Hai following behind.
Shen Pearl was lively - natured. She broke free from the emperor's hand and skipped a few steps. The silver bracelet on her wrist flashed in and out of sight, catching the emperor's attention.
"Pearl likes the little silver bracelet? Uncle Emperor will give you a few more, okay?" The emperor turned around and told Ping Hai to go to the warehouse to find some little silver bracelets.
Hearing someone mention her precious silver bracelet, Shen Pearl remembered that Uncle Emperor and Eunuch Ping Hai had never seen it!
She had two more people to show off to!
Seeing Shen Pearl stretching out her arm and running back to the emperor, the Dragon King instantly guessed what she was thinking. His message was full of jealousy: [How many times has she shown this off?]
[It's just a silver bracelet. Wait, I will definitely find a dragon who can make jewelry.]
[Why doesn't she show off my gold?]
Lin Yu: [The biggest piece of my gold is as big as Pearl, and the smallest one is bigger than Pearl's fist. How can Pearl take it out to show off?]
The Dragon King fell silent.
Shen Pearl stretched out her arm and successfully caught the emperor's attention.
Looking at the shiny silver bracelet, the emperor's eyes were drawn to it, and a thought occurred to him. "The quality of this silver bracelet is too good."
"Isn't Pearl's silver bracelet very beautiful? I like it so much!" Shen Pearl didn't listen to the emperor's words and just said what was on her mind.
She stood on tiptoe to let the emperor see it more clearly. "This is a gift someone gave me. I think the patterns on it are very beautiful."
Taking this opportunity, the emperor took a clear look at the silver bracelet. He was absolutely sure. "It's too pure. This is the shiniest silver I've ever seen!"
Lin Yu: [Sorry, I forgot that the silver - refining technology in ancient times was different from that in the interstellar era. The purity of this silver bracelet is too high.]
The material for the silver bracelet was taken from Lin Yu's laboratory, and the silver sent to the laboratory was of extremely high purity.
Seeing the emperor's excited expression, Shen Pearl subconsciously retracted her hand and tightly protected her little bracelet.
Realizing his gaffe, the emperor coughed lightly and softly asked, "Pearl, Uncle Emperor doesn't want to snatch your bracelet. I just want to ask who gave it to you."
Under the emperor's expectant gaze, Shen Pearl replied, "The immortal! The immortal gave it to Pearl!"
Dragon King: [The emperor's expression is so funny. It's like he thought he found a treasure, but actually he's not even qualified to touch it.]
True Man Qingyun: [Demonstrate the function of the magic weapon to get him to give up his thoughts.]
Actually, even without the True Man Qingyun's suggestion, Shen Pearl was eager to show it off. "The little bracelet is very powerful! It can also protect Pearl!"
Then Shen Pearl punched a hole through the palace wall of the Qianqing Palace.
Looking at the small hole, Shen Pearl suddenly felt a bit guilty. She was so happy that she forgot this wasn't her home. The palace wall looked very expensive. She hoped she wouldn't have to pay too much.
Shen Pearl had a premonition that her two pastries a day might be reduced to one.
The emperor walked forward silently, peeked through the small hole, and then led Shen Pearl to the other side. Finally, they found the bullet embedded in the porcelain behind the wall.
Looking at the porcelain, Shen Pearl hung her head dejectedly. She had a new premonition that one pastry a day might be reduced to one every two days.
Touching the little silver bracelet on her wrist, Shen Pearl deeply realized her mistake. She thought to herself, "I should have known. Big brother was right. Bragging brings trouble!"
[It's not that bad. I like to show off.]
[I have pearls. I can give them to the little cutie to show off.]
The Dragon King used his dragon tail to dig out a pile of dazzling pearls from the depths of the Dragon Palace.