"What's this?"
Liu Yishou was busy in the kitchen of Lao Bai's house, serving new hot dishes and snacks one after another. The emperor picked up a pastry that had never been seen in the palace before and asked curiously.
The pastry is an open flat shape with steamed eggs surrounded by puff pastry, exuding a mellow milky flavor.
"Cousin, please try it. This is called KFC egg tart." Xiao Fuyuan said with a smile.
"KFC egg tart?"
The emperor took a bite curiously. It tasted good, but it was too sweet. It should be something that children like to eat. The emperor saw Xiao Fuyuan looking at him with bright eyes, and his heart softened and he couldn't help but laugh. After all, it was the child who was happy when he saw sweets.
So I picked up two egg tarts and handed them to Xiao Fuyuan and A Zhen respectively.
"Thank you, cousin." Xiao Fuyuan said with a sweet smile.
The emperor's cousin rubbed Xiao Fuyuan's little head.
I sighed in my heart, what a blessing the Lao Bai family is to have such a beautiful and lovely little girl.
It is simply a shining jewel in a humble house.
A Zhen saw the emperor take away his hand and rub his knees, and turned to look for He Shun and the people waiting on him, but they were all kicked out by the emperor to eat and drink.
At this time, there was no one waiting in the upper room.
"Brother Azhen, what are you looking for?" Xiao Fuyuan asked softly.
"Look for my hand stove." A Zhen said.
The charcoal fire in the Bai family's house was burning well. A Zhen was sweating on the tip of his nose. It was obviously not cold. Why was he still looking for a hand stove?
Xiao Fuyuan looked at the emperor again and understood in her heart!
"Your hand stove is here."
Xie Chuntao habitually pays attention to her sister-in-law's movements every time she eats, so that she can serve her at any time. New Year's Eve was no exception. She noticed that A Zhen was talking to her sister-in-law about the hand stove. Although she was surprised, she got up, buried A Zhen's hand stove with charcoal, lit it and handed it to A Zhen.
A Zhen held the hand stove in his hand with a hesitant look on his face.
"Cousin, brother A Zhen is afraid that you will be cold, so he prepared a hand stove for you." Xiao Fuyuan snatched the hand stove from A Zhen's hand and placed it on the knee of the emperor's cousin.
She remembered that when it was snowing, A Zhen told him that the emperor grew up on the border when he was a child. Once, he was plotted by an enemy and was hit by an arrow in the knee. His knees would get cold in winter.
The emperor only felt a warmth on his knees, which warmed his heart.
"Xiao Yuan Bao is so considerate." The emperor rubbed Xiao Fu Yuan's head, then rubbed A Zhen's head, and continued, "A Zhen also learned from Xiao Yuan Bao how to care for others."
He Shun heard the noise and quietly came to the door of the upper room to take a look. He happened to see this scene and his eyes were red with excitement.
Not only did the emperor not dislike his master, he still doted on him as usual.
Thanks to Xiao Fuyuan being in the middle, otherwise the father and son would still be awkward.
"Azhen is a good boy." Zhen said with a smile.
The emperor nodded slightly, raised his glass and said, "As a father, I would like to toast everyone and thank you for taking care of my son."
The Bai family put down their chopsticks and raised their glasses.
Bai Banban drank a large glass of wine and couldn't help but said: "I thought before that the emperor and the prince were not like father and son. Looking at it this way, the emperor treats A Zhen no differently than us farmers treat their sons."
The emperor smiled and said: "How do farmers treat their sons?"
The white wooden board pointed at the sons on the table and said: "Of course, father and son are of the same mind. Sometimes my sons do something wrong, and I feel angry. After being beaten and scolded, should I feel distressed or distressed? For example, the three of my family My son and my fifth son, one went to Nanyang and the other went to the border. As a father, I haven’t seen each other for a long time. I don’t know it on my face, but I am actually thinking a lot in my heart. And my fourth son, who usually studies in Huaicheng, only has one year. Being able to go home twice, I think about it every day, but if he doesn’t come home for more than two days, I feel so annoyed that I want to drive him away.”
After drinking too much Baiban wine, he talked a little too much. He talked about how a father felt about his son. At the end, he didn't forget to ask the emperor: "Is my cousin like this too?"
The old lady Bai was so shocked that she kicked him. The emperor was being polite when he called you cousin-in-law. How could he take this son of a hammer seriously?
The emperor agreed with his face, looked at A Zhen and said, "It's just as my cousin-in-law said."
Bai Ban said proudly: "That is to say, the emperor is also a human being and a father. How can he not love his son? A Zhen, don't look at the fact that you are far away from the capital. Your father is worried about you every day. .”
When Mrs. Zhen saw her man talking more and more, she smiled and shook her head slightly.
"Cousin of the Emperor, do you think I am right?" Bai Banban chuckled.
Mrs. Bai's vision went dark, she kicked the white wooden board again, and cursed: "You won't know your last name after drinking some cat urine. Don't be rude to the emperor."
He apologized to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, don't be like us farmers. He is happy to see the Emperor and doesn't know what to say."
"Old lady, don't be nervous. We already said this is a family banquet, so let's talk about some family matters." The emperor laughed and poured a glass of wine for Mrs. Bai himself.
To be honest, he liked the straightforwardness of the white-boarded farmers, who cared more about him than the roundabout thoughts of those ministers.
Including the white wooden board actually accurately expressed the heart of an old father.
Unlike the ministers in the DPRK who spend all day thinking about his attitude towards A Zhen.
Mrs. Bai's hand trembled as she held the wine. She took a sip and was reluctant to finish it. This was the wine the emperor poured for her.
The Bai family were still restrained at first, but seeing how approachable the emperor was, they kept calling cousin Zhen and calling her cousin Baibanban, and patting little Fuyuan to call her eldest niece.
So we relaxed and the whole place was lively.
The emperor asked about Bai Panmei's study status, and then asked Bai Dazhuang about farming matters.
Bai Panmei was very calm, but Bai Dazhuang was extremely excited. He didn't expect that the emperor was very familiar with when to sow and when to harvest, and how to use farm tools, as if he had been in the fields himself. He also praised the Yan millet seeds he cultivated. Already planted all over the border.
The whole conversation was in a very harmonious atmosphere.
"Cousin, the Queen Mother has been thinking about you very much. After searching for you for so many years, I was so excited that I read the scriptures for two days in a row when I heard about you. When I come, you must hold my hand and let me see how you are doing." The emperor looked at Zhen and said.
Mrs. Zhen felt sour.
"Tell my aunt that I have lived a good life these years. Your Majesty, you have also seen that the Bai family has not treated me badly. Now I have many children and grandchildren, and I live a contented life." said Zhen.
These emperors naturally saw it.
The yard is big, the barn is full of grain, there is wine and meat, and he is wearing new clothes.
But as far as the emperor is concerned, my cousin's life is indeed a bit shabby compared to when she was the eldest daughter of the Zhen family.
The calluses on my hands showed that I had suffered a lot.
Besides, the Queen Mother can’t let go even if she doesn’t see her cousin for a day.
"Cousin, you are from the capital, so you don't want to go back to the capital?" The emperor changed the topic and asked.
The white wooden board is half sober.
What does it mean?
Want to take your wife away?
Old lady Bai dropped her chopsticks nervously on the table. Is the emperor here to rob someone?
Bai Dazhuang and others couldn't help but look at Zhen. Although they didn't believe that Zhen would leave the whole family behind and return to Beijing, sometimes it was hard to disobey the emperor's orders!
(End of chapter)
