The weather was good in the afternoon, but suddenly it became gloomy. The thick rain clouds accumulated more and more, and there was a slight thunder roaring, which looked like it was going to rain heavily.

In the palace.

Zhan Zhao stood in the yard, looking up at the sky.

Zhao Zhen was playing with the jade ball that Yaoyao picked up for him from the river in his hand, thinking about something.

Bai Yutang had been studying the drawing. Tianzun felt bored and wanted to go around. Zhao Zhen instructed Eunuch Chen to take Tianzun to the attic where famous paintings and calligraphy of all dynasties were collected in the palace. Tianzun was very interested, and Yin Hou had nothing to do, so he followed him.

Zhan Zhao looked at Xiao Wu who was dozing off in the yard and Yaoyao who was standing next to Bai Yutang with his face raised to look at the sky, and felt that the atmosphere was inexplicably awkward.

At this time, footsteps came from outside the yard. From the slight footsteps, it was obvious that it was a child... Sure enough, Xiao Sizi and Xiao Liang ran in.

Zhan Zhao asked him, "Don't you spend more time with Xiangxiang?"

The little Sizi smiled and replied, "Xiangxiang is taking a nap, Xiaopang and Auntie Fat are accompanying her."

On the side, Zhao Zhen also looked over, obviously... he was still a little worried about Xiangxiang.

Bai Yutang is still looking at the drawings.

Zhan Zhao saw Xiao Sizi approaching Zhao Zhen, while Xiao Liangzi went to Baiyutang, curious about what he was looking at.

Zhan Zhao knew what Xiao Sizi was probably going to ask for. Although Xiao Sizi was usually stupid, he was very concerned about the affairs of the two people, one was his father, and the other was naturally Zhao Pu.

Zhan Zhao felt that the little fourth son could indeed ask something from Zhao Zhen. He and Bai Yutang were not easy to speak... Zhao Zhen was also an emperor, and he was too smart and too cautious. Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were of the nature of the world, so they always felt a little estranged when communicating. It’s not that Zhao Zhen was not good, and it was difficult to be an emperor. Everyone was actually a little wary of him. If you have nothing to do, you can talk less. If you want to speak, just say less. It’s better that the little fourth son is not good, and it’s difficult to be an emperor. Everyone is actually a little cautious.

Sure enough, the little Sizi climbed onto the chair beside Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen was happy to see Xiao Sizi, put the beads away, then carried him over and put them on his lap, and asked, "Let me stay for dinner later? What do you want to eat? Let the imperial kitchen cook."

Xiao Sizi nodded, took out the specialty fruit candy brought from the Devil City from his small bag, and stuffed it into Zhao Zhen's mouth.

Zhao Zhen tasted it and raised his eyebrows, "Hmm! What kind of candy is this? I haven't eaten it."

Xiao Sizi told him about all kinds of rare fruits in the Devil City, saying that Xiao Linzi would bring a lot of them when he came in two days, and then he would send them to Zhao Zhen for food. The strange folk customs of the Devil City made Zhao Zhen fall and fall together.

Zhan Zhao reached out and touched Xiaowu's head, looking at the communication between Xiao Sizi and Zhao Zhen, and nodded - it turns out that Xiao Sizi is the ultimate killing weapon.

"Emperor." Xiao Sizi asked Zhao Zhen, "Is that Guigui a must?"

Zhao Zhen was slightly stunned.

Zhan Zhao silently gave Xiao Sizi a thumbs up - a burst of blood! No, to be precise, the child directly asked the question he was most concerned about.

Zhao Zhen smiled, touched Xiao Sizi's head, and shook his head, "It probably won't be possible."

The little Sizi tilted her head and looked at Zhao Zhen, "Then doesn't she like you?"

Zhao Zhen was stunned again and asked Xiao Sizi curiously, "Who do you think doesn't like me?"

"Ghost," Xiao Sizi replied.

At this time, Bai Yutang, who was looking at the drawings, also raised his head.

Zhao Zhen was out of sight and then asked Xiao Sizi, "Why do you ask that?"

"She hurts Xiangxiang." Xiao Sizi replied, "The people who hurt Xiangxiang must hate you so much."

Zhan Zhao silently wrote the word "无" to Xiao Sizi, don't lie to the children, they can see the most real and essential side.

Zhao Zhen suddenly laughed, but he seemed to find it very interesting, poked Xiao Sizi's cheek, "Didn't you listen to them? Qige is the best with me."

Xiao Sizi tilted her head, "Why would you like the one you are the one you like the most? People who are good to Xiao Sizi will not harm dad... Or are you sorry to the emperor?"

"Uh..." Zhao Zhen opened his mouth.

Zhan Zhao sighed silently - no one would ask so directly, children are so omnipotent!

Xiao Sizi squinted her eyes and whispered, "Zhengzheng said that there is only one reason for women to hate men, and she will abandon them all the time."

"Cough cough..." Bai Yutang, who was drinking water, was choked by the tea.

Zhan Zhao touched his chin - the little four son has a talent!

Nangong, on the side, tried to raise his face as much as possible, so that Zhao Zhen would not see him laughing.

Zhao Zhen was amused and crying, "Which Zheng is Zheng? Ouyang Shaozheng?"

The little Sizi nodded.

Zhao Zhen made Xiao Sizi happy, "I want Uncle Jiu to beat him when I have time."

The little fourth son was puzzled, "Aren't he abandoned the mess at the beginning?"

Zhao Zhen suddenly asked Xiao Sizi with interest, "Do you know the meaning of being abandoned at the beginning and end?"

The little Sizi nodded.

Zhan Zhao was confused - who taught him?

Bai Yutang was not very optimistic - the little fourth son was probably misled, so it would be strange if Gongsun Hui taught him.

"Then tell me, what does it mean to abandon the mess at the beginning and end?" Xiao Sizi touched her chin and said seriously, "I gave up because she was very messy!"

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, and raised his face and thought, "Well... it's not right. It's just right to abandon the chaos in the beginning and the end on me and Qige."

The little Sizi opened her eyes wide, "Really?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both looked at Zhao Zhen—the situation seems not simple.

Zhao Zhen sighed and asked Xiao Sizi, "Do you have a very good friend who is about the same age?"

Xiao Sizi nodded and pointed at Xiao Liangzi, and then used her fingers to tell Zhao Zhen about some of her good classmates who were studying together in the Kaifeng ancestral hall.

Zhao Zhen was surprised, "There are still many friends."

"That's it." Xiao Sizi nodded, "I haven't even known anyone who knows Xiankong Island, Black Wind City or Devil City."

Zhao Zhen smiled and said with envy, "It's great... You can meet new friends everywhere, but I'm different. You were not allowed to have friends when you were a child."

The little fourth son was surprised, "Is there no friends?"

"My former mother..." Zhao Zhen looked at the fourth son and wondered whether to explain to him the matter of replacing the prince with the raccoon.

The little fourth son was surprised, "Old mother? Emperor, are you adopted like the little fourth son?"

Zhao Zhen was happy and thought it was serious and easy to communicate with. So he shook his head and said, "I have turned against you. The Empress Dowager was first harmed by someone. I was adopted by my enemy and raised until it was very big. Bao Qing and the others helped me find my own mother back. He is the current Empress Dowager."

The little fourth son opened his mouth wide and looked at Zhao Zhen in surprise.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other - speaking, Zhao Zhen was actually the one with the most miserable life experience.

The little Sizi patted Zhao Zhen on the shoulder sympathetically and asked, "Will the emperor, your stepmother treat you?"

Zhao Zhen thought about it very seriously, then shook his head, "No... she is very good to me. Without her training, I can't become an emperor."

The little Sizi tilted her head, "Then won't she let you make friends?"

Zhao Zhen nodded.

The little fourth son seemed confused, "Is that good or bad?"

Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said, "Let me say that, my mother is not like the mothers of other children. She cares about whether the child is full, whether he is cold or not, whether he is happy, whether he has a sweetheart, and whether he can make a living with a skill."

The little fourth son was even more confused, "Don't you worry about these things? My dad only cares about these things."

Zhao Zhen nodded, "Not it, what my mother cares about is whether the children eat is poisonous, whether they can tolerate it, whether they are happy or not on their faces, whether their sweetheart is useful for fighting for the throne in the future, whether friends can use it, and not be too close because feelings will delay things, etc..."

The little fourth son looked at Zhao Zhen stupidly, then sighed, shook his head and patted Zhao Zhen on the shoulder, "It has nothing to do with whether he is a biological child or not."

Zhao Zhen raised his eyebrows.

The little fourth son said, "She doesn't love you! She just wants to train an emperor, but the empress dowager is not like this! Jiujiu's mother is not a child. The little fourth son is not a biological father, and he is not a child."

Zhao Zhen stared at Xiao Sizi and asked, "Are you sure she doesn't love me?"

The little Sizi nodded.

"But... a loving mother defeats her son..."

The little Sizi pouted, "Nonsense."

Zhao Zhen smiled, "If it weren't for her, I would have been a useless idiot when I was a mother who had been carefree since childhood. The Queen Mother also said that fortunately I was not taken wrongly."

Xiao Sizi nodded, "That's because you are good at nature, and Xiao Bazi and Jiujiu are good. If the empress dowager was taken care of since childhood, you might be better."

Zhao Zhen was stunned.

"Fortunately, the Emperor has not changed like the mother and queen before." The little fourth son shook his head, "It is wrong to steal other people's children! Dad said that when he was a child, no one was too kind to him, and he would not be nice to others even when he grew up! So the Emperor is so obsessed with so many hearts and not more than ninety-nine friends."

Zhan Zhao's eyelids were thrusting straight into his eyes - Xiao Sizi... Isn't this good?

Bai Yutang looked at Zhao Zhen with a bit of a crooked look—the so-called childish words are divided into two types: one is the child's stupid words, and the other is the child's truth. You can ignore stupid words, but you have to swallow the truth, and you really have to be tolerant.

Zhao Zhen was silent for a long time, suddenly laughed and pinched Xiao Sizi's nose, "A good little son, all the civil and military officials in the court are not as good as you, haha."

The little Sizi stuffed a candy into his mouth again.

Zhao Zhen was so happy that he sighed and said to Xiao Sizi, "There is one thing that I have never told anyone."

Nangong, who was beside him, also turned around and looked at Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen said lightly, "That night, Qige asked me to go to Furong Garden and said that there was an important thing to tell me, and it was urgent."
To be continued...