After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 509 Extra ()

The appearance of the crazy girl seemed to have injected new vitality into this dynasty that had already entered a period of decay and decadence.

No one will reject strength, especially when such strength is in the hands of the powerful.

Technological innovation always brings about a new group of vested interests. Those who fail to keep up will fall behind and always want to pull others down.

This group of people are the ones who react most strongly to technological change, and the reasons they use are particularly high-sounding. Machines will deprive a part of the human workforce of opportunities to make money.

However, the imperial court had already responded to this reason. The excess productivity would be converted into money in other ways.

The steam engine was not originally invented for use in cars, but in ships.

The entire country is expanding outward, the grassland people have been defeated and new armies are heading overseas.

All possible reasons have been used up, and these people who fell behind the times eventually became a speck of dust in the progress of the times under the power of the powerful.

Ten years after the new emperor's marriage, the queen finally became pregnant.

After ten months of pregnancy, the woman finally gave birth to a daughter. The officials in the court were naturally disappointed with the result.

Five years later, the queen became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter.

The court officials who were originally on the sidelines were no longer in a hurry.

Because the eldest daughter of the emperor and empress had been conferred the title of Crown Princess at the age of three, having another daughter would only mean having another backup crown prince.

However, officials still hoped that the royal family would have many children, but after giving birth to two daughters, there was no movement in the queen's belly.

"Two children are enough. Too many children will make the mother suffer." Zhang Yunniang held her daughter's hand and persuaded her.

Neither she nor Gu Mingda had the idea of ​​favoring boys over girls. Zhang Yunniang was originally worried that her son-in-law would have objections, but now that her granddaughter has been made the Crown Princess, Zhang Yunniang has nothing to worry about.

The Queen nodded and said, "The Emperor said the same thing. He said that having two children is enough. If there is one more, if it is a boy, I am afraid that the court officials will clamor for the establishment of a crown prince. There is nothing we can do. The Emperor loves the eldest child too much."

The Crown Princess was a treasure that the Emperor and his wife had obtained after ten years of marriage. The Emperor held her in the palm of his hand. Even the youngest daughter, who had just been born, could not compare to the eldest daughter in the Emperor's heart.

"How could I not know how His Majesty treats you? Throughout history, how many emperors were willing to share power with their wives?" Zhang Yuniang said with a smile.

The queen lowered her head to glance at her little daughter who was sleeping peacefully beside her. The fair and tender little girl didn't know what she was dreaming about at this moment, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

The queen patted her little daughter gently.

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps was heard outside the hall.

A little girl in a red riding suit ran in quickly from outside.

"Mother! Mother! My aunt took me horseback riding today! The pony was so cute and listened to me very well!"

The Crown Princess rushed to her mother's side, as happy as a little sparrow, chattering non-stop.

Princess Baoer, who was following behind, was a step late. After entering, she bowed to the queen and said, "Sister-in-law, although Chaoyang is young, she is smart and learns quickly. She also wants to raise a pony in her own yard, saying that she wants to live and eat with the pony to cultivate feelings." The crown princess grabbed her mother's sleeve and said, "My aunt said that I can only raise the pony in my own palace unless you agree."

The Queen wanted to refuse.

But the Crown Princess turned around and rolled around in Zhang Yunniang's arms, "Grandma, please help me say a few words. I really want to raise a pony. Grandma, you said that when my mother was a child, she raised a lot of pony in her yard. Why can't I do the same?"

Zhang Yunniang couldn't bear the child's pleading, and immediately looked at the queen for help: "Why don't you agree to the child, he looks so pitiful..."

The Crown Princess immediately opened her beautiful pair of black grape eyes and stared at her mother pitifully.

The queen said, "If you really want to keep one, that's fine. When I was a child, I kept pets and I always found food for them and took care of them myself. You should do the same."

The Crown Princess was unable to realize how arduous this task was, and she cheered excitedly on the spot: "I knew that my mother is the most open-minded, not the old-fashioned one!"

The Crown Princess had only raised the foal for three days when she became visibly listless. The Queen ordered the servants in the Eastern Palace that no one was allowed to help the Crown Princess and that she had to do everything herself.

The Crown Princess didn't feel tired preparing fodder for the foal, but there was too much work to do in taking care of a foal.

The foal was dirty and needed to be cleaned with a brush. The tiny princess was held up by the servants and brushed the foal with a special small brush.

The foal would poop after eating, and if the poop was not cleaned up in time, her East Palace would be filled with an unpleasant odor. The Queen even had someone specially order a special small shovel and let the Crown Princess shovel the poop herself.

The stench that permeated the East Palace had made the Crown Princess talked about by several teachers in turn.

If it weren't for Gu Mingda, the grandfather and teacher, who often secretly helped his precious granddaughter clean up the poop, the situation in Donggong would be even more serious.

"I don't want to raise it anymore! Mother, please have someone send the foal back to the stable!" The Crown Princess ran to the Queen's palace and begged.

The queen deliberately said: "Since you can't keep this horse, let someone bury it."

When the Crown Princess heard this, her eyes widened: "Mother! Why can't we send it back to the stable? Why must we kill it?"

The Queen said: "This horse could have stayed in the stable and been taken care of like other foals. But you insisted on keeping it in the palace. It is no longer a stable horse, it has no home, and it can never go back."

"Can't we just not kill it? We can let the foal go free!" said the Crown Princess.

The queen shook her head and said, "If a foal this size were to be released into the wild, it would only become a meal for wild animals. If we bury it now, at least its body will be intact. When you miss it in the future, you can visit its grave."

The Crown Princess is only six years old this year, an age when she is easily fooled. She was actually frightened by what her mother said, and tears were welling up in her eyes.

After all, she had been taking care of the foal for several days and had developed feelings for it. Even though the foal's poop smelled very bad, she couldn't bear to let the foal die like that.

"Don't send it away! I will continue to keep it!" said the Crown Princess crying.

The queen patted her daughter's head and taught her daughter just as Gu Mingda had taught her in the past: "You insisted on bringing this pony back to the East Palace to raise it, so you must be responsible for it. Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. Do you understand?"

The Crown Princess gritted her teeth and nodded.