The emperor sensed that the Prince of Rui was in a bad mood and deliberately mocking him. Not wanting to argue with the prince, he pretended not to hear.
The Prince of Rui clutched the imperial edict in his hand and didn't continue to pick a fight. He knew his limits and when to stop while he was ahead.
The queen didn't ignore the emperor. She pulled the Fourth Prince forward and said, "Son, this is your father."
Under the emperor's expectant gaze, the Fourth Prince called out, "Uncle Baozhu!"
"Pfft!" The Prince of Rui couldn't hold back his laughter and laughed out loud right in front of the emperor.
The emperor's face darkened visibly. He warned the Prince of Rui, "The imperial edict."
The Prince of Rui immediately stifled his laughter. He bent down and explained in words the child could understand, "The queen is your mother, and this is your father."
The Fourth Prince turned around, hugged the queen's waist, buried his face in her clothes, and said in a muffled voice, "Fathers are all bad guys. I don't want a father."
The Prince of Rui was still trying to persuade him, but halfway through his words, he realized something was wrong. "Not necessarily. Look at Uncle Baozhu..."
The Dragon King: [Old Man Gu, the cute one's father is a bad guy!]
The Prince of Rui quickly changed his words. "Then look at Qiuqiu's father. He's a marquis and loves Qiuqiu very much."
"Grandpa Gu is wrong. My father is also a bad guy. He even stole the dowry money of Sister Miaochun and Sister Ruxia. My mother said he felt sorry for his son and stole it for the bad elder brother to use." Qiuqiu was very articulate as she corrected the Prince of Rui.
Lin Yu: [Qiuqiu's father is also a bad guy.]
The Dragon King: [Among the three kids, there isn't a single good father. Hahaha.]
It was Shen Baozhu who was quick-witted. She thought of Yan's father whom she had just met. "Not necessarily. Mingli's father is very good. It's just that Qiuqiu and I are unlucky and met bad fathers. But the Fourth Prince's father is Uncle the Emperor. Uncle the Emperor must be a good father!"
"Before, when the Third Prince did something bad, he advised me to be friends with the Third Prince and said that all those things before were misunderstandings."
The Dragon King: [Wow! That's really a good father!]
Lin Yu: [Baozhu's persuasion is good. But don't do it next time. The emperor's face is already turning sour.]
The Dragon King: [Master, do you want the clone to come out?]
The True Man Qingyun: [Do you have enough points?]
The Dragon King: [Yes. The clone can come out to play with the cute one every day.]
Lin Yu: [Does the Dragon King have so many points? It seems that these points are not easy to accumulate.]
The True Man Qingyun had the same confusion as Lin Yu. Both of them were a bit surprised at the Dragon King's points, which seemed to be inexhaustible.
The Dragon King: [It's really not easy to accumulate. You can only send gifts ten times a month. For the rest, you need to spend points to buy the number of times.]
The Dragon King: [I don't know Lin Yu's situation. The master can find some disciples and grandchildren to help, but you have to make it clear in advance who the merits will belong to.]
Seeing this message from the Dragon King, the True Man Qingyun paused in his action of slaying the monster. He realized he had thought too narrowly. There was such a way.
Lin Yu also looked at the message thoughtfully.
The Fourth Prince, on the other hand, hugged the queen and said nothing, looking like he refused to talk to the emperor.
Fortunately, the queen reacted quickly. She whispered to coax him, "Son, quickly recognize him. He's Uncle Baozhu. Since you're his son, then Baozhu is your cousin."
Hearing this, the Fourth Prince finally looked up and reluctantly called out, "Father."
The Prince of Rui had had enough fun watching the show. He was also afraid that if he stayed any longer, the embarrassed emperor would revoke the requirements in the imperial edict. So he prepared to leave with the imperial edict in his arms.
Just then, a low growl came, scaring the Prince of Rui to stop in his tracks.
The Dragon King: [I've sent the clone out! How about it? Isn't it very majestic?]
The True Man Qingyun: [Go back first. Come out when the Fourth Prince returns to the palace.]
The Dragon King: [Why? Didn't you say you were going to let the clone come out?]
The True Man Qingyun patiently explained: [It was because we were afraid that the Fourth Prince would be bullied by the emperor. At first, the emperor had a cold face towards the Fourth Prince, which obviously showed that he didn't like the Fourth Prince.]
The Dragon King: [When was that?]
Shen Baozhu was also surprised and said, "The Fourth Prince was bullied!"
Lin Yu: [It was when the Fourth Prince asked about Cui.]
The Dragon King: [Is the emperor out of his mind? He still wants to protect Cui? Cui is already dead!]
Lin Yu: [The Third Prince is still alive.]
Shen Baozhu silently looked at the messages and was extremely angry. She didn't expect that Uncle the Emperor, whom she trusted very much, would have a cold face towards the Fourth Prince.
The angrier she thought, the angrier she got. She directly grabbed the Fourth Prince's hand and said angrily, "If Uncle the Emperor doesn't like the Fourth Prince and likes the Third Prince, he can just tell me. Then I wouldn't have brought the Fourth Prince into the palace and let you give him a cold face!"
"Fourth Prince, Qiuqiu, let's go!"
The emperor was startled and was about to stop them when a golden figure blocked his way.
The golden dragon clone circled around Shen Baozhu a few times and was extremely excited.
Sensing that the cute one was angry, the golden dragon clone looked at the few people left in the hall and finally locked its gaze on the emperor. It gently slapped the ground with its dragon tail.
The solid floor tiles cracked into several gaps, like spider webs, and dust flew everywhere.
All that dust fell on the emperor alone.
The Prince of Rui gave the emperor a sympathetic look and silently walked to the side of the golden dragon clone. Respectfully, he said, "My Lord Dragon King, I'm on Baozhu's side. I don't know that guy over there."
The emperor was too lazy to care about the Prince of Rui. He looked at the queen.
The gentle and virtuous queen of the past took a step back and said coldly, "Is this how Your Majesty gives our son a cold face?"
"The Third Prince was raised in the Fengyi Palace for seven years and had the best food, clothing, and daily necessities. What about our son? He was locked in the courtyard by Cui and could only pick up the garbage that even the palace servants didn't want."
"I've investigated. Cui had long wanted to kill our son, but her elder brother didn't allow it."
"For the sake of Cui Zheng's kindness, I spared the Third Prince. I didn't kill him, nor did I treat him harshly. Now the Third Prince is staying in the Ci'an Palace well."
"Yet Your Majesty gives our son a cold face?"
This was the first time the emperor had heard the queen mention this. He subconsciously defended the Third Prince. "Xuyang is innocent. He didn't know."
These words only made the queen even angrier. Xuyang was the name she had carefully chosen for her son, but it was used by Cui's child.
The queen took a deep breath. "All of you step back. I have something to discuss with His Majesty."
The eunuchs and maids in the hall almost ran out. The Prince of Rui couldn't help but gossip with the golden dragon clone beside him. "It seems that the queen is going to beat the emperor. Are you leaving? If you don't leave, I won't either."
Although the golden dragon clone had its own consciousness, its personality was the same as the Dragon King's. It rarely had the chance to see human gossip and wanted to watch.
The man and the dragon hit it off and both stayed to watch the argument.
Shen Baozhu apologized to the Fourth Prince. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought you into the palace and let you be bullied."
The Fourth Prince shook his head and said happily, "It's not Baozhu's fault. You and Qiuqiu both protected me. I wasn't bullied."
"Most importantly, the bad guy is dead."
The Dragon King: [I have a bad news and a good news. Lin Yu and the master, which one do you want to hear?]
Lin Yu: [The bad news?]
The Dragon King: [The good news is that the clone can always accompany the cute one!]
The True Man Qingyun: [The bad news is that your points will be continuously deducted?]
The Dragon King: [Yes.]