After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 500 Awakening from a Beautiful Dream
If someone else had said something like this, the emperor would have probably gotten angry a long time ago.

But the person who spoke was Niu Niu.

He endured it again and again, and then said: "Staying in the palace is not like being in prison. Do you still remember Concubine Li? Fine clothes and delicious food, delicacies from land and sea, all the best things in the world are placed in front of her. You can live better than her in the future."

Niuniu shook her head: "The clothes don't have to be too fancy, the food doesn't have to be too delicious, as long as I am with my family, this is the best day."

The emperor frowned. He didn't expect that although she was young, she had an extremely firm will.

"Don't you want a life where a bunch of people surround you every day, trying to make you happy, and you can get your favorite things with just a glance?" asked the emperor.

Niuniu shook her head: "Why are you all surrounding me? Don't you all have your own things to do? Even if it's my parents, I just want to be with them, not for them to stare at me every day."

The emperor had no way to deal with her.

Niuniu added, "You didn't let Dad teach me, and you sent everyone else out of the palace, leaving me alone. Doesn't that mean that everyone else can go home and study and learn etiquette, but I don't know anything?"

"Don't you think studying is hard?" asked the emperor.

Niuniu nodded.

The emperor said as a matter of course: "If you find it hard, then you don't have to study. You are born with a good life and don't need to live such a hard life."

If an ordinary little girl heard this, she would probably jump into such a trap immediately.

But Niuniu didn't even show a trace of hesitation on her face: "Although studying is hard, it is worth it for the sake of understanding."

The emperor seemed to have thought of something, and a smile appeared on his lips. He said, "If you want to study, I can teach you myself."

Niuniu's resistance deepened: "I'd rather my dad teach me."

"Don't be willful," said the emperor.

The emperor tried to separate Niu Niu from the Gu family. In Niu Niu's heart, the Gu family was too important and he didn't like it.

Niuniu said: "You ask a lot of me."

The emperor was stunned when he heard this and said, "I am doing this for your own good."

Niuniu looked at the other person as if she was looking at a disobedient child: "My parents wouldn't talk like that. Even if it's for my own good, they would explain it to me clearly."

Naturally, the emperor was unable to explain his little thoughts clearly.

Niuniu jumped down from the chair: "I want to see the Queen Mother."

The emperor quickly reached out and held her back: "The Queen Mother is ill, and it is not convenient for her to see anyone now."

Niu Niu looked at him in silence, and found the dreamy expression on his face particularly terrifying.

The emperor had no choice but to say, "You can have lunch here today, and I will send you back to Shoukang Palace in the afternoon."

In Shoukang Palace, the Queen Mother had just woken up.

She woke up early and drank a bowl of medicine. She had been drowsy and slept until now. When she woke up, she immediately asked Li Shunfu: "Where is Niuniu? What time is it now? Hasn't she finished school yet?"

Li Shunfu bent over and answered carefully, "Empress Dowager, it is time for lunch now. His Majesty sent someone to tell me that Niuniu will have lunch in Wuji Palace at noon."

The Queen Mother came to her senses instantly.

She widened her eyes and said, "Didn't I tell you yesterday that you must wait outside the Baisun Courtyard without any mistakes?"

Li Shunfu was embarrassed: "Empress Dowager, how can others change His Majesty's mind?"

The Queen Mother was anxious and angry. She knew that Li Shunfu was telling the truth, but her heart was pounding and she always felt that something bad was going to happen.

She was worried about both Niu Niu and the emperor.

Niu Niu is so young, and the Queen Mother doesn't want the little girl to see the dark side of the palace.

But the emperor insisted on his own way, and the empress dowager was always afraid that he would bring trouble upon himself.

"Change my clothes, send the sedan chair and go to Wuji Palace!" said the Queen Mother.

"Your Majesty, you are still sick. If you go out and get caught a cold..." Li Shunfu tried to stop her.

The Queen Mother glared at him fiercely and said, "How dare you ignore what I say?" Li Shunfu quickly agreed.

After the empress dowager was dressed, she was helped by servants to get on the sedan chair. The old lady, who was always calm and unhurried, kept urging her while sitting on the sedan chair: "Hurry up, go faster!"

She looked anxious, as if something really bad would happen if she was late.

After much haste, the empress dowager's sedan chair finally arrived at the Wuji Palace in one third less time than usual.

Outside the Wuji Palace, the Queen Mother saw Qian Rongsheng standing outside from afar.

"Why aren't you inside serving the emperor? Who's inside?" asked the Queen Mother.

Qian Rongsheng took a look inside and looked embarrassed.

The Queen Mother's face turned pale: "Only Niuniu and the Emperor are in there?"

Qian Rongsheng nodded imperceptibly.

The Queen Mother was panicking: "Tell the Emperor that I am here."

Qian Rongsheng hesitated for a moment and said, "His Majesty has ordered that no one is allowed to enter the palace to disturb it."

The Queen Mother had never heard such words: "How dare you stop me?"

Qian Rongsheng opened his hands to try to stop him.

The Queen Mother was not polite either. She pushed the person away and then rushed in with her men.

The door of Wuji Palace was suddenly pushed open, and sunlight suddenly poured in.

The empress dowager was completely relieved when she saw that there was a small table between Niu Niu and the emperor.

"Grandma Empress Dowager!" Niu Niu trotted to the Empress Dowager.

The queen mother stretched out her old hand and stroked the little girl's face: "Grandma didn't see Niuniu when she just woke up. Grandma was anxious to see you, so she ran here by herself."

Niu Niu clung tightly to the Queen Mother and didn't want to move at all.

The emperor looked gloomy and asked, "Mother, you are guarding against your son like a thief."

The Queen Mother had already prepared for a conflict with her son, and she advised earnestly: "Emperor, please stop. Things in this world cannot be achieved by force."

The emperor had a dreamy expression on his face and said, "This is what I deserve. Don't worry, mother. I am not a beast. I will not do anything until the time comes."

But the Queen Mother was not at all relieved: "Why do you have to do this? Isn't her unwillingness more important than anything else?"

The emperor disagreed with this and said, "Everything can change over time. I lost in the past because I spent too little time with her and didn't know her well. Now that I am willing to change, she should give me a chance."

The Queen Mother was so angry that she almost fainted when she saw how stubborn he was.

The emperor waved to Niuniu and said, "My dear, come to me."

Niu Niu doesn't want to go over there.

"Be obedient." said the emperor.

Niu Niu walked over helplessly.

The emperor stretched out his hand toward her, as if wanting to touch her hair.

Niu Niu took another step back and dodged.

Before the emperor could speak, Niuniu suddenly asked, "Uncle Emperor, what's growing on the back of your hand?"

The emperor lowered his head and saw that dark brown spots had appeared on the back of his hand, which had been clean and tidy.

"Are you poisoned?" Niu Niu asked curiously.

The emperor looked as if he had been struck by lightning. He stared at the back of his hand, as if he wanted to stare a hole in it.

The strange, dreamy expression on his face finally disappeared completely, as if he had finally woken up from a beautiful dream.