At this time, Tao Xiang served the warm soup that had been kept warm in the small kitchen. This warm soup had been made for a while, and now was the time when the temperature was right.
Xie Ziyue took the soup bowl from Taoxiang's hand, stirred it twice with a spoon, and was about to hand it to Han Xianzong. Seeing that he was holding his daughter in both hands, she scooped up a spoonful and fed him.
Han Xianzong took a sip and laughed: "The soup in Aifei's palace is sweet."
"Hahaha~" Gu Xuan couldn't help but clapped her hands and laughed after hearing this.
"You still have the sweetest mouth." Xie Ziyue couldn't help but laugh. Her eyes fell on her daughter's face. She saw that there seemed to be a looming pear dimple on the left side of her face, and her eyes widened immediately:
"Look at A-Xuan, she is just like you, she seems to have a pear dimple on her face."
Han Xianzong had a pear dimple under his left lip, so he generally didn't like to laugh because it would lose the majesty of the emperor.
Xie Ziyue did not.
She had never noticed it before, but now she was sitting here and when she saw her daughter inadvertently, she was suddenly surprised that her daughter also had one, and it was in a similar position.
"Really?" Han Xianzong immediately lifted Gu Xuan up and looked at her face to face carefully: "Let me take a look."
He had always hoped that his daughter would look like his beloved concubine, but when she was born, she was indeed a princess who was very similar to his beloved concubine... He was overjoyed, but sometimes he also wondered why his daughter didn't look like him at all.
So now after hearing Xie Ziyue's words, he raised his daughter to face her and asked humbly: "Where is it?"
Gu Xuan, a small person, was lifted up like an object and stared at her father.
Xie Ziyue put down the bowl in her hand, moved closer, and touched her daughter's left cheek with her slender fingers: "It's right here."
"I didn't see it." Han Xianzong stared at his daughter's face and looked left and right.
Gu Xuan felt like a rare object being studied by these new parents.
Hey, who told Gu Xuan to be a tolerant daughter? If the father and mother like to watch, she should cooperate and let them watch.
Anyway, she quite likes the feeling of being lifted up.
This is probably the same reason that babies like to be lifted and spun around.
"That's because A-Xuan isn't smiling now." Xie Ziyue thought for a while and said softly: "A-Xuan, smile, sweetie."
Gu Xuan smiled obediently like a tool.
When she smiled, Emperor Xianzong of the Han Dynasty suddenly became excited. If he hadn't been holding his daughter in his hand, he would have pointed at the pear dimple: "Yes, yes, she really does!"
The idea of "my daughter" became stronger in Han Xianzong's heart. He hugged Gu Xuan into his arms and loved her very much: "From now on, our A-Xuan will definitely be a great beauty."
Seeing Han Xianzong's posture, Xie Ziyue hid some words in her heart.
If he told this happy old father that the more beautiful his daughter would be in the future, the more people would miss her, wouldn't he just cry to death?
Contrasting Xie Ziyue's thoughts, Gu Xuan was naturally overjoyed by her father's praise. Father and daughter, you say something and I hum. It didn't end until they went to bed at night.
It was only after Xie Ziyue told her that she stopped.
On his way to court the next morning, he sat on the sedan chair and touched his left cheek from time to time.
Laifu observed for a long time, but he never saw his hand move away. He kept rubbing it, and he couldn't tell whether he was injured.
"Your Majesty," Laifu asked cautiously, "Are you feeling a little angry? Do you want me to ask the imperial kitchen to prepare some decoction to clear the fire for you?"
Han Xianzong came back to his senses and saw Laifu raising his head and looking at him earnestly.
"Go, go, go." He waved his hand: "I'm not angry. Who allowed you to make random assumptions?"
He was just thinking about his daughter having a pear dimple like his, which made the old father excited.
"Yes, yes, yes." Laifu responded hurriedly.
The court was destined to be unrest on this day.
However, as soon as the court was announced, several important ministers stepped out, holding wat tablets in their hands and looking serious.
Han Xianzong naturally knew that they were from the leftist faction.
Thinking of Qin Xing's words yesterday, he had already guessed what these people were planning to do today.
Sure enough, the Minister of Civil Affairs took the lead in attacking, pointing out that the general had been embezzled and accepting bribes, and with sufficient evidence, he directly took out the recorded account books.
When the amount of the general's corruption was revealed, all the officials were stunned.
The account book was handed over by Laifu. Han Xianzong flipped through a few pages and looked at the general with a face as bright as gold paper in the column.
After the Minister of Civil Affairs, several officials spoke, accusing the general of bending the law for personal gain, shielding relatives in the family who violated laws and discipline, and even his own brother openly raped civilian girls, committing all kinds of evil.
The evidence is clear and concise, with a mountain of ironclad evidence.
The general was unable to defend himself, so Emperor Xianzong of the Han Dynasty naturally removed him from his position and ordered his people to be interrogated and executed.
But he was not in a good mood at all.
People like the general were easily poached, which shows the strength of the left prime minister.
Most of the impassioned officials today have good personal relations with the left prime minister. Now that the general has been dismissed, it is time to talk about his achievements.
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The news of Zuo Xiang's return to the court soon spread throughout the harem of the previous dynasty after he went to court, and the happiest person was the queen.
She had not slept well all night and looked ugly. She squeezed her hand tightly and said happily: "Dad is back in the court! Who dares to look down on me now?"
"Yes, your Majesty." Er Rong was also happy, "Now that I have returned to the court, if my Majesty is wronged in the palace, I will have my support."
"You're right!" The queen couldn't sit still anymore and was anxious for Er Rong to dress herself up. She wanted to be well prepared.
Today, a good thing like her father's return to the court came out. If she went to invite His Majesty, His Majesty would definitely come to Jinghe Palace even for her father's sake.
Thinking of her beard being cut off yesterday, the queen was so angry that she even drank a decoction to soothe the liver and relieve depression when she came back at night, otherwise she would be so angry that she couldn't sleep.
She adjusted her body. Although the effect yesterday was the best, there is a great chance today.
Originally, she had been pampered since childhood and had good health, so it was easy for her to conceive a child.
Er Rong happily agreed and started dressing up the queen.
Some people are happy about this matter, while others are sad. The ones who are happy are the Queen and the Queen Mother, and the ones who are unhappy are naturally Xie Ziyue and Concubine De.
Concubine De was obviously the most anxious. She rushed to Weiyang Palace after learning the news, and the first thing she asked was: "Empress, do you know that Zuo Xiang has returned to the court?"
"The Queen must be extremely happy!"
"Keep your voice down." Xie Ziyue was holding her daughter in her arms, feeling helpless when she saw her being so arrogant.
Her voice was unhurried, but her tone was inexplicably full of meaning:
"If the queen thinks that her father will be able to regain her favor after he comes back, it would be too early to be happy..."
The thing she asked Tao Xiang to do was just for this day.
