Chapter 117

Chapter 117

"Dastard, the prince is going to the study, you think this is the street, you can just go wherever you want!" Wei Zheng scolded the tea servant Little Jiu uncontrollably.

For a moment, the murderous aura almost slashed across Xiao Yunzhou's neck. Cold sweat oozed out from under Xiao Yunzhou's robe.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Liu seeks an audience, saying that Princess Chuchu has been crying incessantly," the guard outside reported.

Xiao Yunzhou immediately stood up.

His daughter must have learned something, a decree from the Immortal Realm!

"Princess Chuchu has never cried so much since her birth..." Before Concubine Liu was allowed in, she was talking to the Imperial Guards at the door.

"Let her in quickly," Xiao Yunzhou said urgently.

It's likely that he, the mortal emperor, is on the verge of annihilation, which is why the reincarnated fairy princess is crying inconsolably.

Before he could finish, he heard his daughter's wailing from outside.

A father-daughter bond, indeed.

In an instant, Xiao Yunzhou felt as if he heard his daughter's cries tearing at his heart, each cry causing him pain.

And he also instantly read his daughter's plea for help woven into her wails.

[Woo woo, there's no other way. I can only cry loudly so Mother can bring me to the study!]

[Woo, something serious has happened, the assassin's progress of being converted could be reset to zero in an instant!]

[What are you doing, Father Emperor? No, I have to stop it! I have to cry to stop it!]

Xiao Yunzhou was dumbfounded.

He looked incredulously at the martial arts master Little Jiu, standing before the imperial desk.

Progress of being converted reset to zero?

Xiao Yunzhou was bewildered.

What just happened?

He merely saw Little Jiu's sincere answer and asked in surprise, which angered him?

"You wooden thing, get out! If you upset Princess Chuchu again, not even a hundred deaths could atone for your crime."

Xiao Yunzhou looked over and saw Wei Zheng scolding this martial arts master Little Jiu once more.

In an instant, Xiao Yunzhou nearly lost his soul.

"With your dull demeanor, not knowing how to be flexible, you still want to serve tea in the prince's study room? I've never seen you make progress either!" Wei Zheng scolded fiercely.

[Ah, the progress of being converted has dropped to 0 again!]

Princess Chuchu exclaimed in her heart, forgetting her wails.

Xiao Yunzhou's face stiffened, his forehead beaded with sweat, and he slammed the table, "Wei Zheng!"

"Insolence! Before I or Concubine Liu could speak, you're scolding someone here."

Wei Zheng opened his mouth.

Little Jiu looked over, but his gaze was obscure and unclear.

Chuchu whimpered, [The progress of being converted is back to 90%, no, it dropped to 0 again.]

[Ah, it's back to 90%, woo it dropped to 0 again.]

[It's fluctuating back and forth.]

"..."

Xiao Yunzhou's face alternated between pale and flushed.

No wonder Princess Chuchu cried so heartbreakingly; it was the reincarnated fairy in his daughter's tender little throat, warning him, the Emperor!

He, a mortal emperor, what virtue does he possess for his daughter's reincarnated fairy form to suffer?

"Wei Zheng, you have disappointed me greatly," Xiao Yunzhou said abruptly, finding his train of thought.

Even the Immortal Emperors have instituted a rotation system, allowing immortals to rotate through different tasks. Why can't Jing Country do the same?

As the mortal sovereign, he should learn from this.

He should recognize the diverse talents and needs of his officials and palace servants.

[Unable to reconcile loyalty and filial piety, the only option was to stay away from Father Emperor... to avoid seeing Father Emperor in this life, drawing a line for himself as if he had failed his mission.]

Xiao Chuchu analyzed the novel's plot fiercely like a tiger.

She knew the story, and it had to be said, her analysis seemed well-founded.

Xiao Yunzhou firmly believed her, and as he looked up at this emaciated tea-serving eunuch Little Jiu, his gaze wavered.

So that was how it was.

"Alas, tomorrow, no, today you shall attend to the Crown Prince's study."

"You need not remain by My side anymore."

The tea-serving eunuch Little Jiu, the assassin Jiu Xiao, suddenly looked up.

His eyes flashed with a hint of disbelief and an unprecedented gleam.

Xiao Yunzhou saw it all clearly, further convincing him of his daughter Xiao Chuchu's immortal analysis.

"There are many crown princes in the study hall."

"Little Jiu, you may choose one, or choose none and serve tea to all the crown princes in the study hall."

The assassin Jiu Xiao.

Xiao Yunzhou committed this name, known only to him, to memory.

This assassin with a combat power of 99, raised by the Earth and Moon Sect, could ultimately not follow him, the emperor of Jing Country loathed by the Earth and Moon Sect elders.

However, Jiu Xiao could follow Jing Country.

Since he was to attend the Crown Princes' study hall, he might as well follow Jing Country's next new ruler.

Xiao Yunzhou felt relieved, his gaze turning towards the study hall's location southwest of the imperial study.

As the father emperor, I have done my utmost to resolve the current crisis for my son.

As for whether he can completely win over this assassin's heart, making him wholeheartedly loyal and forget the Earth and Moon Sect elders,

That remains to be seen, the Fifth.

"Very well, Wei Zheng, until I find a new tea-serving eunuch, you shall take turns at this task."

Wei Zheng: "???"

"Besides flattering, you ought to learn something else."

"..."

That day, Cheng Qian saw the newly-arrived tea-serving eunuch in the study hall, low-key and emaciated, silent as he had been before.

[Wuwu, this matter is finally resolved.]

[The re-education mission is complete, though I thought the emperor father could gain a loyalist from this skilled hand. But there was no such gain at all.]

[This stingy system...]

Xiao Chuchu murmured endlessly in her brother's embrace.

Cheng Qian's expression changed, and soon, before the other brothers had finished their lessons, he approached this emaciated man and knelt before him.

"The Fifth... Crown Prince..."

"I... I wish to study with you..."

Xiao Chuchu in Cheng Qian's embrace suddenly widened her grape-like eyes.

"I... I wish to always follow you..."

[What's going on here??]

[My brother re-educated the assassin?!]

[Oh my, the system updated!]

[The assassin Jiu Xiao, I saw his label - 'Assassin Master Recovered by Brother!']

[Unlocked Elite Album of 108...]

[Current Elite Collection: 1/108.]

Cheng Qian: "!"