"Your Majesty, thirty points!"
As it turned out, becoming a master was addictive-even the emperor could not escape it.
Had he not remembered all the beloved officials waiting in the Golden Hall, Emperor Deyuan would have liked to play a few more rounds.
The Six Ministers of the Six Ministries were itching to try, too.
"Keep a close watch on him for me. Do not let him down!"
I'll come back tonight for another couple of rounds.
Emperor Deyuan was just about to leave when Princess Funing and the Ninth Prince, along with Commandery Princess Jiarou and Jia Shan, poked their heads through the doorway of the Hall of Martial Valor.
After spotting the four little heads, Jian Ruonan found an excuse to slip away from Emperor Deyuan.
"Stop hiding and come out. His Majesty has left!"
The Ninth Prince pattered over to Jian Ruonan on his short little legs and held out his hands, asking to be picked up.
Jian Ruonan scooped him up, and the Ninth Prince said in a soft, sweet voice, "Nan Nan, you haven't come to see Little Ninth in so long. Have you forgotten me?"
"Of course not! Nan Nan has been a little busy lately. Once I'm done, I'll come play with you!"
Jian Ruonan lifted the Ninth Prince and bounced him in her arms.
They had not seen each other for a few months, and the Ninth Prince seemed to have put on weight. He was rather heavy.
The Ninth Prince stretched out his stubby little hands, hugged Jian Ruonan's head, and planted a smacking kiss on her.
After the kiss, the little cub grew bashful, lowering his head and pressing his lips together in a silly smile.
One bashful little cub //(•ω•)//
A sudden sense of crisis rose in Teng's heart.