Chapter 233: The Little Girl Really Dares to Dream

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Huo Xing’Er and Zhu Xiuxiu said they would go to Bright Moon Pavilion together, but in reality, only Huo Xing’Er went.Zhu Xiuxiu, on the other hand, went to the Imperial Palace. The two young masters of the Ji Family had served as the Emperor’s reading companions. Although His Majesty had taken personal control of the government long ago, the eighth young master of the Ji Family, Ji Youze, held no official position but still resided in the Palace. He was an unshakeable and highly favored figure before the Emperor. As for the seventh young master of the Ji Family, in the very year His Majesty assumed personal rule, he had received an imperially bestowed Gold Medal, granting him authority as if the Emperor himself were present, to leave the Palace and handle cases. Therefore, even though no one else from the Ji Family held an official position in the imperial court, they still enjoyed the Emperor’s favor. The guard at the Palace gate, upon seeing Ji Youze’s token, hurried to Yangxin Palace to report that someone from the Ji Family was at the Palace gate looking for the Eighth Young Master. "You’d better go and see! I certainly hope my precious daughter hasn’t said anything outrageous again!" The young Emperor, upon being rescued from the Lotus Pond yesterday, hadn’t thought much of it initially. Later, after returning to the Palace and lying down on his dragon bed to collect himself, he slowly began to recall the day’s events. His mind drifted to his precious daughter’s words about "taking a bath in the Lotus Pond." At that moment, he was so infuriated he wanted to curse. But as the Emperor, his self-cultivation was simply too profound; he could only suppress everything. Now, whenever the young Emperor recalled how his little daughter’s words had caused him such immense embarrassment at the Ji Mansion, he couldn’t help but grit his teeth in resentment! Ji Youze asked for leave and left the Palace. At the Palace gate, he met Zhu Xiuxiu. "What brings you here, Third Sister-in-law?" Ji Youze, his face expressionless, directly asked Zhu Xiuxiu the purpose of her visit, which, in turn, put her much at ease. She was a merchant’s daughter and preferred directness in business. She disliked beating around the bush, a trait that often offended people. Fortunately, after marrying Ji Youcheng, she had moved to the countryside to serve her mother-in-law. Ji Youcheng had also left for Xiling on urgent business soon after their wedding, so over the years, her reputation as the eldest daughter of the Zhu Family had gradually faded. "Eighth Uncle, I’m here on behalf of others." Ji Youze reached up to rub his temples. He had just turned eighteen, yet someone several years his senior was already calling him ’Uncle.’ It was truly unbearable. "Third Sister-in-law, you should call me Eighth Brother, just as Third Brother does! Or Old Eighth is fine too!" Zhu Xiuxiu blinked upon hearing this, then, understanding, laughed softly. "Alright! Although calling you Eighth Uncle or Eighth Brother makes no real difference to me. In a few more months, when Eldest Sister-in-law gives birth, you’ll be called ’Uncle’ regardless!" Ji Youze looked up at the sky speechlessly. His eldest brother was about to have a child. How quickly time passed! He remembered when he had privately taken the initiative, persuading Old Seventh to come to the capital as a reading companion. He was only eight years old then, still just a child! In the blink of an eye, he was about to become an uncle himself! "Sigh! How come your expressionless face is so unlike your brothers’? You don’t even crack a smile when I tease you. Alright, I won’t tease you anymore. It’s about the Third Young Lady of the Xie Family. She asked her mother and Suisui to pass on a request. She wants to use the Empress Dowager’s decree as leverage against the Xie Family’s main branch to reclaim her mother’s servitude contract. Furthermore, she wishes to separate from the main Xie Family and be expelled from the clan. Can you ask the Emperor for a special dispensation for this? If others make similar requests, could you perhaps delay them? Only grant it when she herself comes to petition." Ji Youze nodded upon hearing this. "Understood. Is there anything else, Third Sister-in-law?" Zhu Xiuxiu waved her hand. "No, that’s all. I need to go to the Xie Family’s place to keep an eye on things. I’ll be off then; you can head back!" ... 「Yangxin Palace」 "Expelled from the clan?" The young Emperor was utterly shocked when he heard Ji Youze relay Zhu Xiuxiu’s words. "This young girl is truly audacious in her thinking! Does she even understand what being expelled from the clan means? To actually dare to have such an idea." Expulsion from the clan was a grave matter, detrimental to one’s reputation. Any family with even a modicum of understanding of propriety would never entertain such a thought. Moreover, people lived in fear of being expelled by their clan elders. Once a clan chose to expel one of its members, it signified that this individual had behaved disgracefully, committed some unforgivable act, and had become so intolerable to the clan that expulsion was the only recourse!

Chapter 233: The Little Girl Really Dares to Dream

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