But she was at a loss as to how to behave in front of a five-year-old child.

  When the Emperor was five years old... that year, the Empress Dowager suddenly fell ill and died. The pirates in Zhejiang were rampant, and the northern barbarians launched a large-scale invasion of the border. Some people suspected that she had harmed the Empress Dowager. The imperial court was divided into factions, with four or five parties standing opposed to each other...

  She couldn't remember what the emperor looked like at five years old, she only remembered countless dark nights, sitting on the steps of Xuan Ning Palace, curled up in a ball, confused and unsure if she could hold on tomorrow in the imperial court, Lu Yi stood silently in the darkness, guarding her.

  "What's wrong?" Qin Wang leaned over and looked at Li Xia, who seemed a bit dazed.

  "It's just the most painful."

  "Ah Xia is so clever, I also love you the most." The Qin King smiled.

  A crow flew over Li Xia's head, and the crow's droppings splattered everywhere. What did he take her for? He treated her like a little doll... Ah! She was indeed just a little doll! Alas!

  "What's your favorite food? Sugar?"

  "It's delicious." Li Xia replied softly with a belly full of resentment and bad taste.

  The King of Qin burst out laughing, "Really clever! I also like to eat delicious food, Ah Xia has great wisdom. Then what does Ah Xia like to play with? Something fun?"

  "Nine Linked Rings."

  "Ah, the Nine Linked Rings." The Qin king snapped his fan a few times in his palm. He had forgotten that she could solve it so quickly, and only someone who really liked it could be so good at solving it.

  "My mother also likes to play the nine linked rings, my mother said that those who can play well with the nine linked rings will have great prospects. I think Ah Xia will be a promising person in the future." Qin Wang didn't know what he was thinking of, and his eyes flashed with a hint of gloom.

  Li Xia happened to catch a glimpse of the faint gloom that flashed across his face, and her heart sank.

  The empress said that those who can untie the nine linked rings well are people with patience and endurance, and are the best hunters. Does the empress want to teach him to become a hunter? Who is he going to hunt?

  "Besides 'Qianziwen', have you read other books?"

  "Ba Jia Xing, San Zi Jing." Sixth Brother had finished reciting these three books by the time he was five years old and started to recite "Enlightenment Through Broad Knowledge".

  "Ah, Xia is really clever." The Qin King immediately exaggeratedly praised her. When Li Xia heard him praise her for being clever, she got goosebumps all over her body. She really hated being treated like a five-year-old child!

  "Does Asha like reading books? What about writing?"

  "Uh-huh." Li Xia nodded, she had always liked reading books, and later also started to like writing. She especially liked sitting next to the Empress Dowager, listening to her tell old stories while copying scriptures, and also copied letters, copied memorials, copied newspapers, and copied some unknown confidential documents...

  "Asha is really amazing."

  Li Xia hated that he couldn't spit in Qin Wang's face, why can't he just praise him instead!

  "What book is brother reading?" Li Xia decided to ask back.

  "University, Tongjian, and Xingtong." Qin Wang replied very seriously.

  "Brother is really awesome, really smart!" Li Xia opened her eyes wide and exaggeratedly praised him back.

  The King of Qin burst out laughing, "No wonder your fifth brother, sixth brother, and even your sister all dote on you. You really know how to brag shamelessly! Do you even know what a university is? What is the Comprehensive Mirror? You little brat!"

  Li Xia nodded, Qin Wang stared at her, Li Xia met his gaze and nodded again, she really knew.

  The King of Qin burst out laughing again, and rubbed Li Xia's head with his hand, "You little girl, you don't understand anything, yet you dare to nod randomly? Hmm, anyway, you don't understand, at your age, you just want to nod however you like, right?"

  Li Xia was rubbed by him, her head and body twisted back and forth. She glared at him sideways, and Qin Wang met her angry gaze, raising his hand to lightly tap her forehead. "Still not happy? Then I'll ask you, what is Xing Tong?"

  Li Xia turned her head and ignored him.

  "I'm telling you, the penal code is...” The King of Qin paused, seemingly thinking about how to explain it in a way that Li Xia would understand. “It's a book that tells all the common people what things are wrong and can't be done. If they do them, they'll receive punishment. For example, if someone kills another person, the government will execute him. If someone steals something, he'll get flogged. Do you understand?"

  Li Xia glanced at Qin Wang and nodded reluctantly. She originally understood, but after his explanation, she was a bit confused!

  "A Xia is indeed clever." King Qin praised again.

  Li Xia's heart was racing like a thousand horses, alas, when could she grow up, when could she not pretend to be silly in front of this idiot...

  "Axia, you know, brother doesn't like reading penal codes at all. It's okay to read the Comprehensive Mirror, but he can't not read it. The older brother gets, the more uncomfortable he becomes. He has to do this and that... Look, even after Guo'er had his coming-of-age ceremony, he still has to sneak around to eat sweets..."

  The King of Qin did not know which heartstring he had touched, and let out a long sigh. In his few words of lamentation, there was a thick sense of melancholy. Li Xia heard his last sentence and subconsciously looked at Jin Zuyan, but Jin Zuyan didn't move, still staring straight ahead as if he hadn't heard the King's words.

  Lu Yi shot a glance at the Qin Emperor with an expressionless face. Those few words from Jin Cui, how did they manage to infuriate him to such an extent? Just a few honest words...

  "Take advantage of your youth, eat sweets to your heart's content, play as you please, cry when you're unhappy, nod your head whenever you want, in short, since you're still young, do as you like. Once you turn seven, you won't be able to come out anymore, your mother will surely make you learn etiquette, sewing, and all that, and I, your brother, won't get to see you again. Alas, it's a pity you have to grow up."

  In Qin Wang's sighs, more and thicker melancholy and repression were revealed.

  Li Xia looked at him, suddenly a wave of heartache, she had not experienced his growth, in her previous life she was always confused until her sister got married, but she could feel Qin Wang's emotions, almost the same as what the emperor had told her and cried to her...

  "Okay." Li Xia replied softly.

  The King of Qin wanted to smile but couldn't bring himself to, and instead let out a sigh. "What's good about you? Can't you just not grow up?"

  "Good good eat sugar." Li Xia replied.

  The King of Qin burst out laughing, "Ah, you understood that sentence, didn't you? Just remember, eating too much sugar is bad for you. Listen to your brother, don't eat more than... um..." The King of Qin hesitated for a moment, "At most ten pieces... twenty pieces a day, from morning till night, it's quite long, at most only twenty pieces, did you hear? If you listen, and don't exceed twenty pieces a day, I'll wait until you finish one box of sugar, then send another box to you, so you can always have sugar to eat, how about that?"

  "Good." Li Xia nodded, "And Sixth Brother."

  "You really care about your sixth brother, okay? And you and your sixth brother, each of you can have at most twenty yuan per day. I'll send someone to watch over you two, if you eat too much, there won't be any more, that is, no more sweets for you to eat, understand?" Qin Wang smiled when Li Xia mentioned the sixth brother.

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