Kindergarten

The number one contributor to the Jingnan Campaign?

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone seemed to come to a sudden realization.

Including Zhu Yuanzhang.

So this kid Jiujiang, during the Jingnan Campaign, was actually standing on Lao Si's side?

And here he thought he was loyal to Emperor Jianwen.

In other words, Lao Si was ultimately able to ascend to the throne because he had a fierce general like Li Jinglong by his side?

And it was not just Zhu Yuanzhang; Zhu Biao, Xu Da, and the others present all felt the same way at this moment.

Xia Fei scratched his head again, knowing at a glance that these people had misunderstood something.

He wanted to explain, but ultimately chose to remain silent. He raised his wine glass, Come, come, let us drink and not talk about this. Later, I will have someone send over some modern weapons. I guarantee you will be able to easily conquer the Japanese state. And let me tell you, do not think of this as a waste of manpower and resources. On that island, there is a massive silver mine with an annual output of at least eight million taels, and it can continuously produce for hundreds of years!

What? Such a thing actually exists!

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's face filled with excitement. Good, good, good! Then I will not say any more. No matter what, this island nation must be taken!

...

In the modern world.

Inside a massive shopping mall.

Qin Ning was carrying Little Sizi, Li Lizhi was holding Princess Chengyang's hand, and Qin Fei was leading Zhu Xiongying. The six of them arrived here.

Today was May 20th, and the mall was filled with all kinds of chocolate gift boxes everywhere.

Seeing this scene, Li Lizhi could not help but be curious. Young master, what day is today? Why are they selling this black candy everywhere? I remember Little Sizi ate some last time and said it was a bit bitter.

Oh, today is May 20th, Valentine's Day. 520 sounds like 'I love you' in Chinese, so it is a holiday spontaneously created by the young people in our country, though of course, it is partly due to merchant marketing.

In the modern era, chocolate is considered the main gift for Valentine's Day. The reason is that it contains phenethylamine and theobromine, which can stimulate the brain to secrete dopamine, producing a feeling of pleasure similar to being in love. Because of its sweet taste and melt-in-your-mouth texture, it is widely used as a metaphor for the sweetness and tenderness of love.

I see.

Li Lizhi understood. Just now, seeing so many young people buying it, she had originally planned to buy some to give to Qin Ning. After all, he had helped the Great Tang a lot recently. But now, after learning the meaning behind chocolate, she suddenly felt a bit embarrassed and withdrew her hand.

Changle, if you want to buy some, just buy some. Do not listen to my brother's nonsense. Chocolate also symbolizes friendship. Let us buy some to take back and give to Weiyang, Sister Xingwan, and the others, Qin Fei said.

Alright.

Hearing this, Li Lizhi did not hesitate anymore. Pushing the shopping cart, she grabbed several boxes of every kind of chocolate gift box on the shelves, filling the entire cart in just a moment.

Sister, I want this.

Princess Chengyang pointed to a giant plush toy placed on the top of a nearby shelf. It was Lazy Yangyang, looking very fluffy, which children naturally liked.

I want one too, Little Sizi wants one too! In Qin Ning's arms, Little Sizi reached out her hands.

Okay.

Qin Ning smiled and rubbed her head, then lifted her up high so that Little Sizi could take the plush toy down herself.

Seeing this, Princess Chengyang beside them could not help but blink her big eyes and look at Qin Ning.

Qin Ning understood her meaning and picked her up as well, letting her take down a plush toy herself.

What about Xiongying, which one do you want? Li Lizhi looked at Zhu Xiongying beside her.

I want that one.

Zhu Xiongying had no interest in plush toys and raised his hand to point at a toy car not far away.

Let us buy a few more. Before coming back, I already set up the portal over at the Palace of Earthly Tranquility. Empress Ma said she would bring the Prince of Xiang and Gaochi over later, so let us buy one for each of them too, Qin Ning said.

Okay. Qin Fei nodded.

Then, she took Zhu Xiongying and swept all the various toys off the nearby shelves.

Pushing the shopping cart to the self-checkout counter, after scanning the barcodes, Li Lizhi said, Young master, let me try paying. I have not used this before.

She had been in the modern world for quite some time now, and during this period, she had gone out to play with Qin Fei, Cheng Weiyang, and the others a few times, but they had always been the ones paying.

Li Lizhi had always found this modern way of paying very novel, and today she was determined to experience it herself no matter what.

Alright. Hearing this, Qin Ning stepped aside to make room for her.

After Qin Fei helped with the operation, Li Lizhi directly paid using facial recognition.

As for the ID cards for her, Empress Zhangsun, and the others, Elder Zeng had naturally helped sort them out long ago.

So magical, I did not expect that besides scanning codes, you could also just scan your face. Seeing the phone prompt a successful payment, Li Lizhi spoke with a look of novelty.

Scanning codes is just one method. Facial recognition, palm print payment, and things like that are also possible, Qin Fei smiled.

Soon, they pushed the shopping cart to the underground parking garage. Seeing that there was no one around, Qin Ning waved his big hand and stored everything into his storage space.

Afterward, Qin Fei drove the car, taking everyone back to the villa.

This current villa area had been completely bought out by Wang Er and his people with money a long time ago.

Qin Ning and Qin Fei's group lived in one building, Xia Fei, Wang Er, and a few others in another. There was another building that had recently been arranged for Li Shimin's family, and right next to Li Shimin's family, another building had now been allocated for Zhu Yuanzhang.

In addition, Qin Fei had also ordered someone to tear down one of the unoccupied villas and had already started building a kindergarten.

She had already discussed this with Li Lizhi beforehand. When the time came, they would let Little Sizi, Zhu Xiongying, and the others enroll here to receive a modern education.

Besides Little Sizi, Chengyang, and Zhu Xiongying, there would be some other children of a similar age sent over, such as Li Zhi, who was already four years old in the sixth year of Zhenguan.

There was also the six-year-old Prince of Xiang, Zhu Bai, from the eleventh year of Hongwu.

Zhu Gaochi was a bit younger, not even two years old yet.

But later, when he grew a bit older, he would also attend kindergarten here.

Mother!

Returning to the Great Tang villa, Little Sizi and Chengyang saw Empress Zhangsun sitting on the sofa watching television from afar, with Empress Ma beside her, casually chatting.

Aside from the two of them, the children like the Prince of Xiang Zhu Bai, Li Zhi, and Zhu Gaochi had also arrived here. The Princess Consort of Yan, Xu Miaoyun, was currently playing with the several children.

Imperial Grandmother. Zhu Xiongying brought his toy car over to Empress Ma and excitedly showed it off to her.

My eldest grandson is back. Was it fun outside?

Empress Ma dotingly pulled him into her embrace.

It was fun. Zhu Xiongying replied with a smile, then immediately jumped out of Empress Ma's embrace and ran over to Zhu Bai and the others with his toy.

Li Zhi, Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Bai were all immediately attracted by the toy car and gathered around.

This instantly made Little Sizi and Chengyang, who were standing to the side, unhappy. They felt that their plush toys were pretty and fun, and also fluffy, so they could not understand why Zhu Xiongying and the others did not like them.

Greetings to Mr. Qin, Miss Qin Fei, and Princess Changle.

Xu Miaoyun, the Princess Consort of Yan, married Zhu Di in the ninth year of the Hongwu era. Deeply favored by Empress Ma, she had been summoned into the imperial palace from a young age to study alongside the princes. Since she and Zhu Di were of a similar age, they spent their days together, reading and reciting the classics. Through this constant companionship, a profound affection blossomed between them early on. Their union was far from the simple political marriage often depicted in unofficial histories; she and the Prince of Yan shared a genuine foundation of love.