Thick land, capital city.

At this time, the morning court had passed. As the emperor of the Lutu Kingdom, the king was reviewing memorials in Xuanhe Hall, deliberating on today's work matters, and arranging one by one to issue imperial edicts.

At this moment—

"Your Majesty, Ding Dangxiang asked for a visit to Prince Ding!"

Hearing the brother-in-law asking for a meeting, the emperor raised his brow slightly, and a slightly complicated and unpredictable expression appeared on his face. He put down his memorial: "Let him come in."

The voice fell, and after a moment, the eunuch led Ding Dangxiang slowly in. General Ding put down a long brocade box in his hand and bowed three times and five times to the emperor.

"I am the one who is not good at meeting the emperor! I wish my emperor a long life!"

The emperor nodded, and instantly, a very angry expression appeared on his face, and he shouted—

"Ding Dangxiang, you are so brave! Don't think that you have become my brother-in-law and I dare not punish you. This morning court was absent for no reason and had never even asked for a leave! Are you here to apologize to me now?"

Ding Dangxiang hurriedly bowed down again, touching the ground with his forehead, and said in a panic: "Damn me! Please ask Your Majesty to atone for your sins. I interrogated a case of thieves overnight yesterday. It was because the case was complicated. In order to avoid the war of the army, I tried until today's sunrise in the east! In order to avoid letting the emperor see the ugly appearance of Wei's unclear consciousness, I slept again and came over again!"

Bang-!

The emperor slapped the table heavily and snorted coldly: "Very good, Ding Dangxiang, you are so good! Under your management, even robber murders can occur in the military camp? You are a good army!"

Ding Dangxiang's body shook and continued to kowtow and said, "I know my guilt! Therefore, I brought the culprit's clothes to ask Your Majesty for guilt today. Now, these evil people have been executed by military law, but some of the stolen small amount of money and silk are really unavailable to search. I have no choice but to discipline him, so I ask Your Majesty to give him guilt!"

After saying that, Ding Dangxiang raised the box, the eunuch next to him glanced at the emperor, and only came to take the box after getting the emperor's permission.

After the eunuch opened the box and confirmed that there were no other mechanisms in the box, he handed the boxes containing four pieces of clothing to the emperor.

The clothes were covered with blood.

The emperor didn't look at the two men's clothes carefully, and his eyes carefully swept over the two women's clothes stained with blood several times.

After confirming, a smile that was not enough to make people notice... At this moment, the corner of the Holy Emperor's mouth floated.

"Yeah, I've seen it."

The smile no longer lasted, and the anger on the emperor's face was still very obvious. He waved his hand and asked the eunuch next to him to put away the clothes and box and handed it back to Ding Dangxiang. He sneered: "Ding Dangxiang, you have no way to manage the army, which has led to theft and murder cases in the army. I should have punished you for your crime. But I think that you have lost your sheep and repaired the stolen money, and it is not important. So it's not too late. I will punish you for three months' salary first and go back to manage the army well, so as not to happen again like this again!"

"Thank you for your sins! I'm going to leave."

Ding Dangxiang thanked him loudly, held the box, stepped back and left Xuanhe Palace.

Walking outside the palace, Ding Dangxiang's mouth always had that smile on his lips, without any dissatisfaction because he was fined three months' salary. However, when he saw a little boy wearing a yellow jacket running towards him, he immediately put away the smile on his face and bowed to the boy.

"I am here to see His Highness the Crown Prince."

The little boy didn't seem to care much about Ding Dangxiang's salute. After seeing the general, he ran over immediately, his little face looked very impatient-

"Uncle! I heard that my father punished you? Is this true?"

Ding Dangxiang stood up, laughed, and said, "It's true. I didn't attend the morning court, so it was something that should have been punished. Your Highness, is it going to study now?"

The little boy, prince sighed and shook his head and said, "Yes, I want to go to the teacher to read the Four Books and Five Classics that are useless... Alas, I really hope my uncle can be my teacher. My uncle knows a lot of things, and those teachers can't even compare to a single finger of my uncle!"

Ding Dangxiang shrugged and smiled, "After all, my uncle was born as a commoner and has not read many books. What I know is just secular unofficial history."

"But my uncle's lecture is quite interesting! I can always find some interesting stories to explain what I teach, unlike those old scholars who only know how to memorize by rote! Damn, I must let my father change his teacher and let my uncle be my teacher. I believe that what I learned will definitely not be bad, but will be better!"

Ding Dangxiang nodded and smiled and said, "Go to study first~~! Your Highness, the Crown Prince. Let's talk about the future later! I'm going back, otherwise your aunt will be worried."

The prince nodded, waved his hand, and walked towards his destination unwillingly: "Goodbye! I'll go to play with my aunt and uncle next time!"

Looking at the little prince's back as he left, Ding Dangxiang laughed and took another step, walking out of the palace.

Leaving the palace, getting on the carriage.

The carriageman waved his whip toward the Princess' Mansion. Ding Dangxiang returned home and told Princess Shaohua that he was safe, handled some matters, and had supper.

After dinner, he left the Prince Consort's Mansion in casual clothes without taking a follower. After experiencing the people's conditions on the street for a while, Ding Dangxiang came to a house, reached out and knocked on the door.

Dong-dong-dong-dong-dong-dong-dong-dong-dong-dong-dong-dong-dong-dong-

After the seemingly messy knock on the door, a light crack sound came from the door.

The door opened, and what appeared in the crack of the door was the face of an old woman.

After seeing Ding Dangxiang, the old woman opened the door and let him in.

The door was closed, and Ding Dangxiang looked at the house. Although it seemed a bit simple, it had everything needed, and it was cleaned very clean and there was no dust.

"Are you still used to living?"

The old woman slowly walked to a chair and sat down. She seemed to be very careful in her movements, while covering her belly. On that very old face, her eyes looked very young and ethereal.

"Thank you General Ding for his kindness, great kindness, Li Er can't repay you..."

Ding Dangxiang smiled and shook his head and said, "What are you doing politely to me? It's just temporary now. I will arrange a better place for you in a few days. No matter what, I can't let the emperor down..."

"And, the dragon seed in the belly of the favorite concubine, right?"

Amid Ding Dangxiang's modest and gentle smile, the old woman reached out and touched her belly again. Unlimited expectation appeared in those young eyes...r1152
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