Chapter 16: Huo Qubing

The boy's strength should be quite great. After struggling a few times, he had already broken free from the palace maid's hands, rolled twice on the ground, and stood up.

His hair was tied up, a bit messy at this time, and his fair little face was also gray, especially the gray on the tip of his nose. But his eyes were dark and bright, and his features were very upright. Coupled with the expression he thought was very fierce, Liu Li felt that this boy was like a Husky.

Quite cute.

It was the little girl who was caught. Because she was young and had little strength, she didn't break free after struggling several times: "Let go of me, how dare you catch me, let go..."

The boy was covered in dust, and there was withered grass stuck to his head. He didn't care about his image and rushed over, wanting to save the girl from the palace maid's hands.

The palace maid Qiao took the opportunity to press the boy down again, raising her eyebrows and scolding: "You used stones to hit the Princess, and you are still so arrogant."

"I am a Princess, how dare you catch me, I will tell Father Emperor to punish you." The girl shouted loudly, her flushed little face revealing her embarrassment.

Hearing the girl reveal her identity, the palace maid Zhuqing, who was holding her, had a stiff expression and subconsciously looked at Liu Li, waiting for the little master's order.

Liu Li walked to the girl and looked her up and down. This little girl was quite cute, with red lips, white teeth, and round eyes, and her expression was still milky and fierce.

The boy was pressed on one knee on the ground, not forgetting to protect the girl: "Don't bully my sister."

"You say you are a Princess?" Liu Li ignored the shouting boy and asked the girl: "What is your name?" In fact, Liu Li had roughly guessed the girl's identity.

At present, the Han Emperor only had three daughters, and the eldest daughter and the third princess were both born to Wei Zifu. She had already seen Liu Yue in the Changle Palace last time, so the little girl in front of her should be the third princess, Liu Ling.

Liu Li reached out and lifted little Liu Ling's chin, letting her look at herself: "Since you know you are a Princess, you should also know that I am your sister, why did you hit me?"

Being hit by a stone for no reason, although it didn't hurt, Liu Li felt very unhappy in her heart.

"You are not my sister, you are a bad person, a big bad person. It's all because of you that my sister is sad." Liu Ling flapped her hands and feet, revealing an indignant little expression.

Liu Li: "?" This child didn't recognize her as her sister, forget it, after all, they were not born to the same mother, but...

"Your sister is sad, what does it have to do with me?" She was really sitting at home, and the pot came from the sky. Except for seeing that princess in the Changle Palace last time, she had never seen that princess again. How did it become her fault that the princess was unhappy?

Liu Ling widened her eyes: "Sister said it was you, so it is you."

Liu Li fell into silence.

Fine, she couldn't reason with a four-year-old child.

Thinking this way, Liu Li turned to look at the boy who was with Liu Ling. She squatted in front of the boy, caught a glimpse of something half-exposed in his bosom, and reached out to pull it out.

It was something like a slingshot. Looking at the material, the bow body should be made of bamboo. This bowstring was quite elastic, and Liu Li couldn't tell what it was made of for a while. She played with it in her hand and raised her eyebrows to ask: "Was it this thing you used to hit me just now?"

Seeing this, the boy struggled even harder: "Give it back to me, give my slingshot back to me, this was made for me by my uncle, give it back to me!"

"I can give it back to you, but you have to explain clearly why you came to bully me." Liu Li deliberately used the word "bully," the boy in front of her looked much older than herself, but came to bully her who was only five years old.

Hearing the word "bully," the boy looked away guiltily.

"If you don't say it, then I will confiscate your slingshot." Liu Li made a gesture to put the slingshot away.

The boy was anxious and hurriedly said: "We... we just wanted to give you a lesson, we didn't, we didn't mean to bully you."

"You used a slingshot to deal with me, and you still say it's not bullying?" Liu Li looked at the boy's little forehead and tapped him with the slingshot in her hand: "Bear child, if you hit my head just now, do you know what the consequences would be?"

His head was tapped, and the boy glared at Liu Li defiantly, but his cheeks and neck turned red: "I... I didn't want to aim at your head, I wanted to hit your leg..."

Liu Li: "..."

After a pause, Liu Li laughed: "Then your aim is really bad."

"Hmph." The boy hummed unconvinced.

Liu Li also hummed lightly, stood up, confiscated the boy's "crime tool," and signaled the two palace maids to let the two people go: "I confiscated the thing, unless you explain the cause and effect to me clearly."

Palace maid Qiao didn't understand: "Princess, they wanted to hurt you just now, how can you let them go easily? You should send them to the Emperor and let the Emperor make the decision for you."

Liu Li smiled: "Just a play between children, no need to make a scene in front of Father Emperor."

Hearing Liu Li say this, the boy looked at her strangely. How could this princess speak with an adult tone? Was she not a child?

The two palace maids followed Liu Li's instructions and released the boy and little Liu Ling. The boy stood up from the ground as soon as he got his freedom, pulled Liu Ling behind him, and reached out to Liu Li to ask for his slingshot: "Give me back my slingshot."

The boy was a full half-head taller than Liu Li, and there was a faint sense of oppression. Liu Li took a small step back to distance herself from him, and then said: "If you want the slingshot, you have to explain the matter clearly, why did you want to teach me a lesson?"

From the words they just confessed, Liu Li could roughly piece together a statement. It should be that something happened to Liu Yue, which led Liu Ling to believe that this matter was related to her, and then she came to give her a so-called lesson.

"I caused Liu Yue to not be an Eldest Princess?" Liu Li felt that this statement was too absurd, but looking at the expressions of the boy and Liu Ling, they seemed to think so.

Liu Li: "..."

Forget it, don't argue with fools, don't argue with villains. She gave them an eye-roll and waved to the two palace maids: "Let's go back to the Jiaofang Hall."

"Hey, we have already confessed, give me back my slingshot." The boy wanted to chase after her to ask for the slingshot. That was made by his uncle himself, and it was his most precious thing.

The two palace maids stopped him and didn't let him get close to Liu Li.

"You go back on your word!"

"You hurt me, shouldn't you apologize to me first?" Liu Li raised her head slightly, without any guilt of going back on her word: "Apologize to me, I forgive you, and the slingshot will naturally be returned to you."

The boy couldn't take it and barked: "Little cousin Ling is right, you are really bad, you little villain!"

Liu Li shrugged innocently and stared at him: "Only incompetent people will attack others verbally. The more you scold me, the less I will give you the slingshot." As she spoke, she prepared to leave.

It's really interesting, Liu Yue couldn't be an Eldest Princess and blamed her?

However... in history, the first daughter born to Wei Zifu was indeed conferred the title of Eldest Princess by the Han Emperor. Historical records state that the Han Emperor was also very fond of this eldest daughter.

Could it be that because of her appearance, this princess who was favored in history could not be conferred the title of Eldest Princess?

【You are already a person in history, perhaps the history of this space-time will be created by you.】

The system's words sounded in her mind for no reason. Liu Li's footsteps paused slightly, and she seemed to understand the meaning of this sentence a little bit.

After walking two more steps, Liu Li stopped abruptly, and then turned around with a look of surprise, her eyes staring closely at the boy who was still standing in place.

The two palace maids were puzzled: "Princess?"

Liu Li ignored them and walked straight to the boy.

The boy frowned and looked at Liu Li, his dark eyes carrying some hesitation and confusion: "What do you want to do?"

Liu Li looked at him carefully, and then reached out and gently touched the back of his hand.

The boy's expression froze instantly, almost like an electric shock, covering the back of his hand that was touched, and the words he said became stuttering: "You... you

..."

Men and women should not touch each other, how could she touch his hand?!

【Drop, unlocked Huo Qubing favorability: -5】

He really was Huo Qubing!!!

Who would have thought that the General Huo Qubing who stepped on the Xiongnu in history was just a bear child at this time.

She should have thought of it earlier. Calling Wei Zifu's child cousin, and being this age, if it wasn't Huo Qubing, who could it be?!

However, Liu Li looked at Huo Qubing's -5 favorability toward her, and was speechless for a while.

Very good, this was the second historical figure she had unlocked whose favorability toward her was negative. Although the negative number couldn't cause her any influence at present, Liu Li still wanted to strive for it a little bit.

After all, with Huo Qubing's popularity in history, his favorability should be able to redeem a lot of points.

Thinking about it, Liu Li asked: "If I return the slingshot to you, will you have a good impression of me?"

Huo Qubing: "..."

In a moment, even his eyebrows were stained with a blush: "You... you little villain, how can you be so shameless, I... how could I have a good impression of you?!"

Liu Li was silent for a while and said: "Is that so, then forget it."

After saying that, she turned and left again.

Having been in the Han Dynasty for so long, she had unlocked the favorability of many historical figures. Except for Chen Ajiao's favorability toward her being full, which didn't require her to deliberately please and brush favorability, the favorability of others was not full.

Facing those who were not full, or even negative favorability, she was actually too lazy to please. After all, the points were enough now, and as long as she stabilized the Han Emperor's favorability toward her, and others' favorability was not lower than -50, she should be able to walk sideways in the Han Dynasty.

But she didn't expect to meet the famous historical war god little general Huo Qubing today, and successfully made his favorability toward her become negative.

Forget it, it's better to focus on brushing the Han Emperor's favorability, and let others follow their fate.

Watching Liu Li walk away, Huo Qubing kicked a stone on the ground angrily, angry at his own loss of composure just now. He was actually bluffed by a five-year-old girl just now, even though he was already an adult of nearly ten years old!

Liu Ling gently tugged on Huo Qubing's sleeve, a bit scared: "Cousin, what should we do now? What if she gives the slingshot to Father Emperor and says bad things about us, will Father Emperor not like A Ling anymore?"

Huo Qubing looked down at his little cousin, scratched his head and thought about it, squatted down and said: "A Ling, you go back first, I will find a way to get my slingshot back." This slingshot was not only evidence of their "crime" but also something his uncle made for him himself, he must get it back.

"But... but..." Liu Ling didn't know what to say for a long time, and finally made up her mind: "Cousin, A Ling will go with you, it's very scary there, A Ling can't let Cousin take risks alone!" The "there" she referred to was the Jiaofang Hall.

Huo Qubing raised his hand to rub his little cousin's hair bun, pretending to be calm, like a little adult: "A Ling, don't worry, if you follow me, I still have to protect you. You go back to find Aunt first and tell her I have gone home."

"Okay then."

Today, the memorials of the ministers were sent to the Jiaofang Hall according to Liu Che's orders, so Liu Che handled state affairs in the side hall of the Jiaofang Hall. A Jiao, as the Son of Heaven, could only accompany Liu Che in the side hall.

Liu Che handled state affairs, and A Jiao took out some accounts of the harem to handle. Next month would be the fourth year of Yuanguang (the Western Han Dynasty started a new year in the tenth month), and there would be many things to do by then, the most important of which was ancestor worship in the ancestral temple.

There was nothing major in the harem at present. Although A Jiao had the phoenix seal in her hand, many things in the Weiyang Palace were managed by Wang Taihou, and she was only assisting now. Major events like her daughter falling into the water were all left unsettled under the intervention of Wang Taihou and Liu Che.

A Jiao suddenly felt that her life as an Empress was meaningless.

She thought that if her grandmother was still alive, this matter would definitely not be easily let go. In the final analysis, it was because she had no power in her hands that she fell into such a passive situation after her backing disappeared.

Even... if she had power, he wouldn't dare to easily depose the Empress.

Thinking this way, A Jiao slowly raised her head, her eyes looking at Liu Che sitting opposite her.

At this moment, she was the Son of Heaven. If they could never swap back, then the future and everything of the Han Dynasty would be in her hands. She could protect her daughter, protect her mother, protect the descendants of the Chen and Dou families.

She could even decide Liu Che's life and death.

Just like in her previous life, using a non-existent "witchcraft" to depose him, lock him in the Changmen Palace, and let him experience the suffering she suffered in her previous life. Let him only look at Weiyang from the Changmen Palace and finally die alone.

And she would live on as Liu Che, becoming the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, the master of the world.

Perhaps her gaze was too burning, Liu Che sitting opposite her seemed to have some induction, raised his head slightly and met A Jiao's eyes, his eyebrows jumped, his willow eyebrows frowned, and he called out hesitantly: "A Jiao?"

A Jiao came back to her senses, withdrew her gaze, and lowered her eyes to cover the thousands of thoughts in her eyes. When she looked up at Liu Che again, her bright black eyes were clear: "It's nothing, I'm a bit tired from watching, I'll go out and rest for a while, Your Majesty continue."

After saying that, A Jiao placed the bamboo slips in front of her aside and stood up slowly to leave the side hall.

Liu Che supported his head and watched A Jiao's back as she left, slowly narrowing his beautiful phoenix eyes. Just now, he actually saw a trace of hatred in the eyes A Jiao looked at him with.

She... hated him?

Such cognition made Liu Che's willow eyebrows lock tightly, and the anxiety in his heart was further magnified. It should... be that he saw it wrong, how could A Jiao hate him?

No, he must quickly find a capable alchemist and find a way to swap bodies back with A Jiao.

A Jiao came out of the side hall and stood by the railing, looking into the distance, temporarily putting aside the thoughts that had just appeared in her mind.

Coincidentally, Liu Li returned from outside and saw the "Son of Heaven" who looked dejected. She rushed over, lifting her skirt: "Mother... cough, Father Emperor." There were palace maids around, so she couldn't mess up the address.

A Jiao came back to her senses, raised her hand to gently stabilize her daughter's little body: "Where have you been just now?"

Liu Li just said: "I just took a look around the Jiaofang Hall and came back." She didn't tell A Jiao about meeting Huo Qubing and Liu Ling, not wanting her to worry about herself.

"By the way, Father Emperor, can I use the small kitchen of the Jiaofang Hall?" Liu Li looked at A Jiao with expectation. She had already checked the system store just now. Because she completed the first event, she could redeem daily necessities.

Not only daily necessities, but also some food ingredients could be redeemed. Liu Li decided to redeem some food ingredients first, and she would cook her own dinner today.

She was tired of eating the food of the Han Dynasty!

"Yes." A Jiao nodded, her eyes calm: "Everything in the Jiaofang Hall, even everything in the Weiyang Palace, as long as A Li wants it, she can have it."

Liu Li smiled and reached out to hold A Jiao's hand: "Let's go together, I will cook something delicious for you."

Every palace in the Weiyang Palace was equipped with a kitchen, and there were also palace maids specially prepared to prepare meals. At this time, the palace maids in the kitchen had actually started to prepare things to eat in the evening. Because the Son of Heaven was in the Jiaofang Hall, they were extra careful when preparing food.

The palace maids in the kitchen never thought that the Son of Heaven would come over at this time.

"Your, Your Majesty?" The three palace maids in the kitchen stood in place, forgetting even their etiquette.

A Jiao didn't care about these things with them, she was curious about what A Li was going to do.

Liu Li walked around the kitchen first and was surprised to find that there were actually quite a lot of seasonings in the kitchen. Among oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and sugar, except for no oil, there were others.

But even if there was no vegetable oil for modern people to eat, there was animal oil here. Because there were no refrigerators in ancient times, meat was mostly meat jerky, which was easy to store after being pickled or dried.

She thought for a while and decided to make something simple to satisfy her craving today. When she had time in the future, she could write a recipe, so she wouldn't have to do it herself.

It happened that there was a freshly killed chicken in the kitchen, and the palace maids in the kitchen said they wanted to make dry-mixed chicken pieces. Liu Li raised her eyebrows and said: "Today, we won't make dry-mixed chicken pieces, let's make spicy diced chicken."

The palace maids were at a loss, what kind of chicken was spicy diced chicken?

Chili peppers were introduced to China during the Ming Dynasty, so there was almost no spicy taste in people's diet at this time.

And Liu Li preferred spicy food. When she saw that she could redeem chili peppers in the system store, she had already decided what she wanted to eat today.

When the time came, redeem some chili seeds, and it would be more convenient to eat spicy food in the future. **Chapter 17: Spicy Diced Chicken**

Chili peppers were only introduced to China during the Ming Dynasty, so at this time, there was almost no spicy flavor in people's diets.

But Liu Li preferred spicy food, and when she saw in the System Mall that she could redeem chili peppers, she had already decided what she wanted to eat today.

If she redeemed some chili seeds later, wouldn't it be even more convenient to eat spicy food in the future?