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Chapter 264 The Xia Emperor's Personal Ambitions

No, no, no! Master, we absolutely did not have that intention! We also do not have the courage to anger you. It's just that when we tried to bring the little lady to see you, she cried and made a fuss.

Yes, yes, yes! Did you know? Her crying almost alerted the noblewoman who was taking her for a stroll. In order to bring her to you smoothly, we picked up a stick and hit her on the head hard.

Since you'd already knocked her unconscious, why force-feed her sleeping potion? Don't you bunch of idiots know that every medicine has some degree of poison?

Coco, boss, we're really afraid the little girl will wake up halfway through and run away. That would prevent us from completing the task you assigned us.

Yes, yes, yes! Boss, have you ever thought about this? What if the young lady forgets everything that happened at the Yang residence after she wakes up?

Emperor Xia originally intended to have his men take this arrogant man in black out and give him a good beating.

But when he heard this, he abandoned the idea! Because during this time he was always trying to make Xia Rong forget everything that had happened at the Yang residence.

In this way, Xia Rong would belong entirely to him! That's why he had his men bring Xia Rong back to his side at this time.

That's because her father had passed away! She was now completely in charge of managing everything at the Xia residence. Therefore, she could confidently bring her most precious daughter to live with her.

The only potential problem now is the concubines in the Xia family mansion, although they seem to welcome Xia Rong back to the mansion on the surface.

But they all knew that they were secretly plotting to kill Xia Rong. They had previously gone to great lengths to prevent Xia Rong from returning to the Xia residence.

They knew that their nominal stepmother was a believer in ghosts and superstitions, so they seized on this point and made a big fuss about it.

The purpose was to bring five-year-old Xia Rong back to the Xia family mansion, where a very annoying concubine named Xiao had somehow hired a fortune teller.

He told his stepmother that Xia Rong and her mother were both jinxes, and that if he insisted on bringing Xia Rong back to the Xia family, the Xia family would suffer endless misfortunes from then on, and the family would be destroyed.

When my subordinates told me about this, I couldn't help but burst out laughing.

My precious daughter doesn't even have the ability to protect herself! How could she possibly bring down the Xia family and cause their destruction?

This was just an excuse for those concubines to prevent Xia Rong from entering the Xia family mansion! Originally, I was going to have a huge fight with the concubines in the Xia family mansion over this matter.

But after calmly thinking about it, I realized that it might not be good for Xia Rong if I insisted on bringing her into the mansion.

He was always busy managing the bustling business street he had founded, and only returned to the Xia residence once every ten days or half a month.

Moreover, I only reluctantly went back because I remembered that little black girl, and every time I returned to the Xia residence, the little girl always looked listless.

Although the little guy was being cared for by his trusted confidants, he couldn't stop the concubines in the Xia family from trying every means to harm him.

How petty of them! They'd go to such lengths to harm even a cat. I don't even want to imagine what would happen to young Xia Rong if I took her back to the manor.

So, for the little girl's safety, she was placed in a very inconspicuous, dilapidated little house. This way, he could disguise himself and visit her from time to time.

To ensure the little girl's safety, I spent a lot of money to hire a highly skilled martial arts master to teach her martial arts.

Originally, I wanted to hire a very experienced old woman to take care of the little girl. However, I was worried that the little girl would find it boring to have an old woman serving her, so I found a girl her own age to take care of her.

In order to ensure that she is not in danger and that no one can help her get out of danger.

So when he asked the master to teach the little girl martial arts, he made a deal with the master that the little girl's personal maid, Taozi, would learn martial arts with her.

Although my master readily agreed to my unreasonable request, I paid him double the wages.

To make Taozi more interesting, I secretly had her learn to perform skits. That way, if one day Taozi stops serving Xia Rong, she can support herself by performing skits.

In addition to teaching Xia Rong, who was still young, he also hired teachers to teach her painting and poetry.

That way, she wouldn't have the time to leave her little wooden house and go out to play in the street. I didn't do this to confine Xia Rong to the little wooden house.

Rather, she feared that one day when she went out for a stroll, she might run into her aunt Yuqin and others, which would remind her of every little detail of her life in the Yang family mansion.

She had a very close relationship with Yuqin and the two brothers, Muwang, which was something she greatly envied.

The safest approach would have been to raise the little girl with her aunt, Yuqin. This was the best idea! It would allow the little girl to grow up in a loving environment.

However, what greatly displeased Emperor Xia was that Mu Long always bullied his precious daughter. It was for this reason that Emperor Xia made up his mind to bring Xia Rong to his side.

Although Mu Long didn't do anything to harm Xia Rong, Emperor Xia couldn't bear to see his precious daughter suffer even the slightest grievance.

Therefore, Emperor Xia began to devise a plan to bring his youngest daughter back to his side. He then ordered his men to disguise themselves as human traffickers and infiltrate the Yang residence to steal Xia Rong back.

But one day, a man who really wanted to get involved with her told her that Yuqin was currently strolling around the streets with Xia Rong.

Even when he learned about this, he was still skeptical, but he still had his men pose as human traffickers and follow Yuqin and the others.

Let them act according to the situation so that the little girl will willingly come to their side.

She also gave them all sorts of toys that little girls liked, which she had bought on the street before. She hoped they could use these little trinkets to lure the little girl away.

Unexpectedly, they actually hit Xia Rong's head with wooden sticks, hoping to make her forget everything that happened in the Yang family mansion.

From then on, the little girl's memories consisted only of me and her, and I also hope that Xia Rong will never remember her again.

He had already planned that if Xia Rong ever returned to his side, he would give up everything he had and elope with her.