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Chapter 1096: Minor Tricks · Oct 18, 2026

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1051 Chapter 1051 2026-10-18
1052 Chapter 1052: Sleeping In 2026-10-18
1053 Chapter 1053: Gained an Uncle 2026-10-18
1054 Chapter 1054: Refusal 2026-10-18
1055 Chapter 1055: Madness 2026-10-18
1056 Chapter 1056: Cheap or Precious? 2026-10-18
1057 Chapter 1057: Illness Strikes Like a Falling Mountain 2026-10-18
1058 Chapter 1058: Betrayal 2026-10-18
1059 Chapter 1059: What Is the Purpose 2026-10-18
1060 Chapter 1060: Partners in Crime 2026-10-18
1061 Chapter 1061: Jealousy 2026-10-18
1062 Chapter 1062: Yue Er Learns to Read 2026-10-18
1063 Chapter 1063: Of Course There’s Exercise 2026-10-18
1064 Chapter 1064: Does She Take This for Her Own Home? 2026-10-18
1065 Chapter 1065: Annoyed 2026-10-18
1066 Chapter 1066: Someone Is So Wicked 2026-10-18
1067 Chapter 1067: Learning to Eat 2026-10-18
1068 Chapter 1068: Ready for Battle 2026-10-18
1069 Chapter 1069 - 1070: Investiture 2026-10-18
1070 Chapter 1070 - 1071: The Banquet 2026-10-18
1071 Chapter 1071 - 1072: Sixth Birthday 2026-10-18
1072 Chapter 1072 - 1073: Not Jealous at All 2026-10-18
1073 Chapter 1073 - 1074: Courting Death 2026-10-18
1074 Chapter 1074: Punishment 2026-10-18
1075 Chapter 1075: Just Thinking About It Gets Me Excited 2026-10-18
1076 Chapter 1076: Turning the Tables (Part 1) 2026-10-18
1077 Chapter 1077: Turning the Tables (2) 2026-10-18
1078 Chapter 1078: Establishing the Crown Prince 2026-10-18
1079 Chapter 1079: Moving into the Palace 2026-10-18
1080 Chapter 1080: Secret Letter 2026-10-18
1081 Chapter 1081: My Big Brother Will Catch Me 2026-10-18
1082 Chapter 1082: Birthday 2026-10-18
1083 Chapter 1083: Truly, the Younger Generation Is to Be Feared 2026-10-18
1084 Chapter 1084: Truly a Blunder 2026-10-18
1085 Chapter 1085: Martial Contest 1 2026-10-18
1086 Chapter 1086: Duel 2 2026-10-18
1087 Chapter 1087: Qingqing Understands My Heart 2026-10-18
1088 Chapter 1088: Tao Hua Blooming Ahead of Time 2026-10-18
1089 Chapter 1089: Planning 2026-10-18
1090 Chapter 1090: A Wolf’s Ambition 2026-10-18
1091 Chapter 1091: Confidence in Success 2026-10-18
1092 Chapter 1092: The Master Is Not Anxious, But the Eunuch Is Restless 2026-10-18
1093 Chapter 1093: Seventh Master’s Worries 2026-10-18
1094 Chapter 1094: Why Must He Be Like This? 2026-10-18
1095 Chapter 1095: Third Birthday 2026-10-18
1096 Chapter 1096: Minor Tricks 2026-10-18
1097 Chapter 1097: Enormous Pressure 2026-10-18
1098 Chapter 1098: Honored Lady Dou Is Not Well 2026-10-18
1099 Chapter 1099 2026-10-18
1100 Chapter 1100 2026-10-18

Chapter 1096: Chapter 1096: Minor Tricks

Don’t keep it in your heart, keep it in your mind!

Even Ma Liyi is like this.

The other newcomers to the palace dare not act recklessly; they only say pleasant things.

Everyone was lively, chatting and laughing, the atmosphere was very vibrant.

Xia Ruqing was very satisfied.

”Not bad! They’re all quite smart, almost like me back then!”

Back then, when I first traveled through time.

I made plenty of compromises just to survive.

Living in constant fear, being extremely cautious, all just to stay alive.

Kept my thoughts completely hidden, not daring to express them.

Recalling those feelings now still brings heartache!

Xia Ruqing clenched her fist secretly.

”Luckily, it’s all in the past now!”

”No one is here to make me suffer or threaten to kill me anymore!”

This feeling is truly great!

Xia Ruqing curled her lips.

...

The banquet ended in less than two Shi Chen (hours).

Xia Ruqing instructed Xiao Zhu Zi to record and catalog the gifts from each palace.

Then she returned to her room.

After being busy for half a day, it’s time to rest well.

Zi Yue and Zi Su helped her remove the hairpins.

Xia Ruqing lay down on her soft and comfortable bed.

She embraced the blanket, sighed contentedly, and gradually fell asleep within a few breaths.

When she woke up, it was already evening.

She comfortably turned over, just in time to see the bare branches outside the window swaying with the wind.

The glazed windows were making a tinkling sound.

The dark and hazy night looked gloomy, as if it was going to snow again.

Xia Ruqing shivered instinctively.

”It’s too cold outside!” Just looking at it makes me feel freezing.

Zi Su brought over a freshly warmed fox fur coat.

”It’s windy outside, this year is really cold!”

She said instinctively rubbing her arms.

”I’m wearing two rabbit fur coats, a silk jacket and skirt, and still can’t resist the cold!”

Zi Yue brought in hot water, took over the conversation with a smile.

”It’s the coldest time of the year, how could it not be cold?”

”True!”

Zi Su tidied the fox fur coat and helped the lady dress and get out of bed.

Xia Ruqing washed her face, put on a warm yellow collar and skirt, layered with a goose down vest, only then she didn’t feel cold.

She tied up her hair loosely, bundled it into a bun, and got up to go to the outer room.

”Where’s Yue Er? Did she go out today?”

In this weather, the little girl shouldn’t be so silly!

Zi Yue laughed.

”The Princess behaved well today, stayed inside all day!”

”She’s playing ball with Snow Ball!”

Xia Ruqing felt relieved.

”Luckily, this little girl knows a little about enjoying herself!”

If she insisted on going out in this weather,

I would really doubt if I had a silly daughter!

While speaking,

The sound of footsteps came from outside, followed by an announcement.

”The Emperor has arrived!”

Because it was cold, the Little Eunuch’s voice was trembling slightly.

Accompanied by the drake voice of the announcement,

Zhao Junyao, wearing pure black brocade dragon-patterned fox fur coat and with a stern expression, walked in with cold air.

After the greeting ceremony,

He pulled Xia Ruqing up as usual.

”Didn’t I say no need for formalities?”

”Your hand is so cold, are you freezing?!”

Xia Ruqing chuckled and responded quietly.

”The servants are around!”

”I’m not cold; I just woke up and washed my hands!”

While speaking,

The Emperor and Empress entered the inner room.

During this time, Zhao Junyao had been busy.

Firstly, Prince Jin had been staying at the guesthouse, and he had to have someone keep a close watch.

Secondly, this year is exceptionally cold, with snow disasters in the north; crops and livestock were frozen and dead, even several thousand houses collapsed.

The number of victims is in the tens of thousands; it’s a problem to survive this winter, and next year’s reduced harvest will be an issue too!

Additionally,

He always had to pay attention to Portland Country’s Mission.

Though Little Seventh was assigned to monitor, he couldn’t completely let go.

Plus, several nomadic tribes beyond the southwestern and northwestern borders.

The Great Chu Dynasty’s harsh land is hard enough; they have it even worse.

Desperate times call for desperate measures; if pushed, they might attack directly, must be guarded against.

Zhao Junyao was so busy he wished he had three heads and six arms.

Frequently holding late-night meetings with Ministers to discuss national affairs!

That he could come today,

Was because he hadn’t been here for several days.

He pushed some less important matters aside to rest a bit.

The two sat on the warm kang in the inner room.

Zhao Junyao leaned against the soft pillow, closed his eyes comfortably.

”It’s still best here!”

Whenever he came, he could leave all the chaos behind.

The whole person completely relaxes.

Xia Ruqing was somewhat amused.

”What’s different from other places? It’s all rest!”

Zhao Junyao thought with closed eyes: Of course it’s different.

Xia Ruqing saw how exhausted he was.

Immediate sympathy arose in her heart.

”Being an Emperor is really tough!”

Thinking that her son is now Crown Prince, he too will suffer in the future.

Might even be tougher than this!

She felt quite distressed.

No wonder there were far more foolish Emperors in history than wise ones.

Being a foolish Emperor is so comfortable, being a wise Emperor... cough cough!

Dinner was served, all were homely dishes.

Considering Zhao Junyao’s recent fatigue,

No greasy food; all were light low-fat high-protein ingredients.

Steamed bass, shrimp ball soup, tender little bok choy, crunchy white lotus root, red date ribs, clear stew venison, and snow frog jelly in wine.

Zhao Junyao was very satisfied with his meal.

After dinner, they relaxed on the kang.

Not in the mood to read, then...

”Let’s play chess!”

”I don’t know how...”

Xia Ruqing once tried hard to learn Go, but seeing the dense pieces, her fear of densely packed objects nearly triggered.

Just didn’t want to learn.

”Shall I teach you?” Zhao Junyao looked at her tenderly, trying his best to persuade.

Xia Ruqing firmly refused.

”Emperor, I... don’t want to learn!”

Cannot understand why ancient people enjoyed playing this!

It’s both mind-boggling and tedious, extremely boring.

”Emperor, let’s play this instead!”

She ran out quickly and returned shortly with a booklet.

”I found this nine-square grid in a folk ancient book and couldn’t solve it for a long time, take a look?”

Nine-square grid is a number game that originated in ancient times among the people.

A big nine-square grid contains nine small nine-square grids inside.

There are eighty-one blank spaces in total.

In these blank spaces, some known numbers are given.

The solver needs to follow certain logic and rules to fill numbers one to nine into the blank spaces.

Ensuring each row, column, and grid has nine unique numbers.

Though tedious, this game is much more fun than Go.

Unfortunately, her intelligence was insufficient; after filling for a long time, only a few numbers were placed, unsure if they’re correct...

Zhao Junyao handles numerous tasks.

Since childhood, received more advanced royal family education, never encountered such folk games.

He took the booklet and concentrated on it.

Xia Ruqing proudly introduced each rule beside him.

The tone seemed to say, ’Haha, you’ve been stumped too!’

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