Chapter 32: The Fate of a Favored Concubine Used as a Shield in a Harem Intrigue Story……

These three, when facing many matters in court, might occasionally have differing opinions, sometimes even directly arguing. However, those minor private matters never affected their relationship.

“Mother’s life in the imperial harem is not easy, and Father Emperor doesn’t value her much either.”

After closing the door, Shen Yijing’s first words were these. The Prime Minister’s shoulders slumped upon hearing this, and he sighed, sitting there.

“It’s all my fault.”

When he had planned to marry his daughter to the Emperor as a concubine, several of his friends had advised him to think twice.

Not to mention that the young Emperor was someone they had watched grow up, knowing his temperament and character, he wasn’t someone reliable.

Even setting all that aside, how could the imperial palace be a suitable place to live? His delicate daughter, if she entered the deep palace, would surely be devoured by those wolves and tigers.

“Mother has never blamed you, Grandfather. There’s something I’d like your help with.”

The Prime Minister shook his head. The less his daughter blamed him, the deeper his guilt became. He knew back then that his daughter and another man were actually fond of each other.

If it weren’t for her entering the palace, that man would now be working under him, and his daughter’s life would definitely be much freer than it was now.

“Never mind, what is it you want?”

“Grandfather, I want to rebel.”

Shen Yijing showed no intention of concealing anything from his grandfather. Rebellion was the best and easiest path before him. He wanted to protect his mother, and also the unborn younger siblings in her belly.

“This, why do you suddenly have this idea?”

Even though the Prime Minister had already guessed that what this child was about to tell him would be extraordinary, he was still startled by his words.

“The physician said last time that mother is pregnant again. I don’t want my younger siblings in mother’s belly to repeat the same mistakes.”

At this point, Shen Yijing coughed twice, his emotions slightly agitated.

The Prime Minister lowered his head, feeling he had no face to speak properly with this child.

“This, this… why was there no news about this?”

“Mother said it’s best not to let too many people know about this for now.”

Even with the Prime Minister’s Estate, the methods of harming people in the imperial harem were impossible to guard against. Moreover, if his Father Emperor wanted to act, finding a scapegoat after the deed was too simple.

“This, this matter indeed cannot be known by too many people. You, why do you suddenly have that idea?”

At this moment, Jiujiu, who had always wanted to be a little clumsy bird, poked his head out. His dad must have suddenly thought of rebelling because his little one said he wanted to sleep on the dragon throne.

Ah, no choice, for a cute little one like him, Dad just loves to spoil him!

“Grandfather, I want to protect my mother.”

Shen Yijing had just said this, but the self-blaming Prime Minister had overlooked it. Now, he stared at the young boy standing before him, whose slender shoulders were already beginning to bear a heavy responsibility.

“Mm.”

The Prime Minister responded softly, signifying his compromise and willingness to help him.

He himself had accumulated considerable power; otherwise, the Emperor wouldn’t be so wary yet respectful of him. As for his two other friends, the Prime Minister didn’t plan to ask them for help.

Although he was now prepared to help his grandson, he didn’t want to drag all his friends into it.

If they succeeded, that would be wonderful, but he always had to be prepared for failure.

“This bird, is it…?”

The Prime Minister didn’t want to bring up the overly heavy topic from before, so he stiffly changed the subject. Shen Yijing gently stroked Jiujiu’s head. Jiujiu poked his head out and greeted the old man, his dad’s grandfather, whose name he didn’t know.

“Jiu jiu jiu~”

The Prime Minister didn’t understand what the little one wanted to say but could tell he was greeting him. He inwardly sighed, thinking that such spirited birds were rare.

After Shen Yijing and the Prime Minister reached the same objective this time, he brought two pigeons on his way back to the palace. These pigeons were used by the Prime Minister’s Estate to send messages to certain people.

Jiujiu saw his dad carrying the two birds and snorted disdainfully. Just two birds? He could do it too!

“You can’t.”

Shen Yijing heard his soft grumbling and immediately retorted. Jiujiu stood on the table, wings akimbo, staring at his dad, clearly displeased.

Who said he couldn’t! Not only could he help his dad write letters, but he could also do many, many things for him.

Those two pigeons could only recognize paths, but he was a little one who remembered everything in his head!

If that Prime Minister was willing to tell him those things, he could even directly relay them to his dad, as convenient as a phone in the modern world.

The more he thought about it, the more displeased the little one became, turning his back to his dad.

“What I mean is you’re still too small. Look, the feathers on your wings haven’t fully grown yet. How can you go deliver messages, right?”

When Jiujiu was held in his dad’s palm, his anger involuntarily began to dissipate. He followed his dad’s gaze to the downy feathers on his own wings and snorted with a hint of disdain.

“Hmph!”

His dad simply didn’t understand now. Unfledged feathers didn’t affect his flying at all. Even if he got plump, he could still fly, just as naturally as humans breathe.

“This matter cannot be told to mother for now. mother’s health isn’t very good either.”

Shen Yijing groomed Jiujiu’s feathers. This was his observed special method for soothing this little one; after his feathers were tidied, he himself would also become much calmer.

Back then, he himself thought he would die, and even considered that if he died, mother wouldn’t have to suffer so much, nor worry about him constantly.

But in the end, he couldn’t bear it. mother had spent days in the Buddhist hall for him, working hard, and his grandfather’s family had always been searching for famous physicians for him.

With the hopes of so many people resting on him, how could he easily die?

“Then next time I’ll go rub against Grandma~”

Ever since Jiujiu discovered how quickly Grandma came when his dad encountered trouble last time, his slight previous dissatisfaction with Grandma disappeared.

He cared most about his dad, but for Grandma, both were her children, and she must feel the same heartache for both.

Jiujiu flipped over in his dad’s palm, pressing his wings on his dad’s pulse to test it. That person truly didn’t lie to the bird; learning medical skills was indeed very useful.

“Dad, don’t be sad. Grandma has other children, but Jiujiu only has Dad!”

Dr. Jiu’s pulse diagnosis result was the same as what the previous physician said: his body was gradually recovering, and after a period of recuperation, he should be almost like a normal person.

As long as Dad was willing to keep his little one by his side at all times, then one day, his body could be even stronger than those of normal people.

“It’s ‘daddy,’ not ‘dad.'”

Shen Yijing didn’t know what that term was, but he also couldn’t tell such a big bird off. He could only correct him every time he called him that.

Jiujiu nodded perfunctorily. He had gotten used to calling him that in so many previous worlds. Now, he knew he should call him ‘daddy’ in this world, but occasionally, a ‘dad’ would still slip out.

“Jiujiu only has daddy!”

“Mm, daddy also only has Jiujiu.”

“Jiu jiu!”

Jiujiu happily echoed. He had pondered in the Heavenly Palace when he was bored why his daddy cultivated the path of emotionlessness. Seeing other Star Lords in the Heavenly Palace in pairs, his daddy didn’t even feel lonely.

But now he felt that his daddy’s path of emotionlessness was the best; he didn’t have to worry about his daddy having other little ones coming to compete for affection.

“Only Jiujiu, otherwise Jiujiu will peck them.”

Jiujiu stood there waiting for the eunuch to bring the melon seeds. A little tea water got on his claws, leaving a mark on the dark table with each step.

“With such a tiny mouth, who can you effectively peck?”

Shen Yijing was already prepared to have only him. After all, children weren’t something particularly worth his concern.

If he had them, he would naturally prepare to be a qualified daddy. If not, he wouldn’t force it.

However, seeing Jiujiu’s fierce look, he reached out and touched his beak, which was smaller than his pinky finger, curious about what use it could be.

“Don’t underestimate birds!”

Jiujiu pushed his daddy’s finger, displeased. Although he was small now, even small, he was still a phoenix. If he truly wanted to burn someone, he could peck them to death in one go.

The reason he only caused a little bleeding when pecking was because his dad had taught him that as a divine beast phoenix, he should not be stained with the sins of any innocent person.

“Alright, alright, I won’t underestimate you. But what did you mean just now by ‘rub against mother more’?”

Shen Yijing remembered what he had said earlier and quickly leaned over to ask. Jiujiu, who had started shelling melon seeds, threw all the shells into his daddy’s palm.

Shen Yijing didn’t rush him, patiently waiting. Jiujiu, having shelled the seeds, pushed the kernels towards his daddy, inexplicably feeling that he had found another purpose.

Those walnuts in the last world were impossible; he couldn’t crack even one in a day. These melon seeds were pretty good.

Jiujiu, having inwardly disdained the walnuts, hopped into his dad’s palm, flapped his wings, and motioned for his dad to lower his head.

“Hmm?”

“Daddy, I’ll tell you a secret: your little one is a treasure.”

“A super invincible great treasure! Rubbing against me can extend your life!”