I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 447 So Big and Rich

Seeing that the two had made up, Chu Shangming smiled and drank two bowls of thick porridge with pickled vegetables.

Bai went to the kitchen to wash the dishes, while Chu Yuxin ran to the back door to see her older brother off.

"Big brother, did you bring all your things?"

"I've brought everything." Chu Shangming patted his little sister's head. "At home, you must listen to your mother and not make her angry."

"Okay~" Chu Yuxin waved her little hand at him with a drawn-out sound, and only closed the door and went into the yard after the person had walked past the corner.

No sooner had she locked the door than someone knocked on it.

She quickly opened the door, "Big brother, do you have anything again—"

After seeing who was outside the door, Chu Yuxin swallowed the rest of her words. It wasn't her brother; it was a member of the Imperial Guard!
"Mother, someone's coming!"

She shouted, gripping the door with her little hands, looking at the stranger outside with a mixture of wariness and curiosity.

Hearing her call, Bai came out of the kitchen wiping her hands. "Who is it?"

"You must be Madam Chu." Standing in the middle of the Imperial Guards, Xiao Anzi smiled and bowed to her, holding his whisk.

In her entire life, Bai had only ever heard one person call her "Madam Chu"—the fat eunuch who had come to deliver the imperial edict last time. Judging from the young man's attire, he was clearly also a eunuch.

She pulled her little daughter behind her, asking in a puzzled tone, "Have we done something good again?"

Xiao Anzi choked for a moment, then explained, "You've misunderstood. We've come here on orders to escort you and the Second Miss to the palace. Please get in the carriage."

He stepped aside and gestured for them to proceed.

His gesture finally drew the attention of the Bai family mother and daughter to the large carriage parked not far away. Although it was not decorated, it looked very expensive.

Bai withdrew her gaze, her heart filled with unease.

They were just ordinary people, and suddenly a eunuch came to take them to the palace, accompanied by so many Imperial Guards. Could they have accidentally gotten themselves into some big trouble?

The more Bai thought about it, the more frightened she became. She secretly gripped her little girl's hand, her eyes darting around, trying to find a chance to escape.

Xiao Anzi could tell that Bai was nervous, so he quickly reassured her, "It's because Miss Chu wanted to see her family that His Majesty granted her request. Please get in the carriage, both of you."

Their attitude was already very kind.

Madam Bai was taken aback. "Is the Miss Chu that Father-in-law is talking about my young... Liu Zheng?"

Xiao Anzi nodded.

Just then, Chu Qin returned in his oxcart, which was loaded with a lot of goods.

Seeing a large carriage parked not far away, with many Imperial Guards standing around, seemingly heading towards his home, Chu Qin's eyelids twitched wildly. He hurriedly jumped off the oxcart, abandoning the goods, and ran home as fast as he could.

"Father!" Chu Yuxin, who had just stepped onto the carriage, spotted him with sharp eyes and quickly waved her little hand, saying to the Imperial Guards who were trying to stop her, "He is my father, not a bad person."

Only then did the Imperial Guards release Chu Qin.

Bai, who had boarded the carriage earlier, climbed out and saw Chu Qin looking pale with anxiety. She quickly said, "My lord, we haven't done anything wrong. It was His Majesty who showed mercy and sent this Eunuch An to bring us to the palace to see Youmiao."

Chu Qin was stunned, never expecting such a reason.

Chu Yuxin turned to Xiao Anzi and asked, "Eunuch An, can Father come with us to the palace to see Sister?"

According to palace rules, even if Chu Qin was Chu Liuzheng's biological father, he was still an outsider, and even if he entered the palace, the father and daughter would probably never see each other. But Xiao Anzi had her own selfish motives.

Chu Liuzheng treated him well, and he was willing to think more about Chu Liuzheng in return.

Let's bring the person along first, just in case we happen to see them? Miss Chu will definitely be happy then!

Thinking this, he smiled and nodded at Chu Yuxin.

Chu Yuxin immediately cheered happily, "Father, we can go to the palace to see my sister together!"

Even after getting into the carriage, Chu Qin was still a little dazed. He grabbed Bai Shi and asked her to explain carefully, just in case they had misunderstood. What if these people had picked up the wrong person?
Bai was still confused. She only said that she had confirmed with Eunuch An several times that the Miss Chu in the palace was indeed named Chu Liuzheng. Eunuch An refused to reveal any more information.

The family of three entered the palace with mixed feelings of excitement and trepidation.

A side hall of the Wenhua Hall.

Chu Liuzheng spread his arms and twirled in front of Siyue and Chenxing, "Tell me, do you think this outfit suits me?"

"It fits perfectly," Chen Xing replied helplessly for the twentieth time.

She didn't understand why she was so nervous about meeting her family, since it wasn't like she was plotting an assassination.
Chu Liuzheng got up earlier than the emperor who was going to court today. He changed his clothes and hairstyle, which took him almost two hours. He didn't even have time to eat breakfast.

After finally settling on her clothes and hair, she arrived at the Wenhua Hall and sat down for a short while before starting to get nervous again. She kept asking if her hair and clothes were okay, whether her face looked energetic, and whether she seemed to be doing well.

At first, Chenxing and Siyue answered very seriously, but Chu Liuzheng asked too many times, so the two of them just replied with "uh-huh," "yes," "okay," and "all good," which sounded very perfunctory.

Chu Liuzheng didn't recognize it at all.

Seeing that Chu Liuzheng was about to turn around for the twenty-second time and ask the same question for the twenty-second time, Siyue quickly handed her a cup of tea, "The imperial kitchen has brought all the snacks you ordered, would you like to take a look?"

Chu Liuzheng immediately said, "Bring it up."

“Father likes crispy ones, Mother likes sweet and soft ones, and Xin’er… Xin’er likes them all.” Chu Liuzheng looked at them one by one, checked the time, and then asked someone to prepare some perilla drink, as she remembered that her mother loved to drink this the most.

I looked around anxiously, my neck was practically stretched out of shape, and finally I saw Xiao Anzi walk in.

He smiled and reported, "Master Chu, Madam Chu, and the Second Miss are all waiting outside the hall."

"Please come in quickly." Chu Liuzheng stood up to greet them, but Chen Xing and Si Yue pulled him aside from the left and right, and ordered someone to move the screen over.

Chu Liuzheng then remembered the rules of the palace, frowned, but said nothing and obediently sat down behind the screen.

This is just the first time, let's leave it at that for now and figure out a solution later.

Before long, Xiao Anzi led two adults and one child into the hall.

Having been warned beforehand, Chu Qin and Bai Shi didn't dare to look around recklessly. Only Chu Yuxin's big eyes kept darting around, feeling that the palace was so big and rich.

The tiles were shiny, the walls were golden, the pillars were golden, and even the floor was sparkling. The emperor was indeed the richest person in the world!

The gauze screen, semi-transparent, is placed in the middle, allowing both sides to see each other's shadows.

Chu Liuzheng could see it more clearly.

Seeing that the shorter figure had been turning his head to look around since entering the hall, his eyes wide like a cat's, his small mouth slightly open, almost exclaiming in surprise, he couldn't help but smile and called out first, "Father, Mother, Xin'er."

"Sister!" Chu Yuxin called out excitedly towards the screen, forcefully shaking off Bai Shi's hand that was holding her, and ran behind the screen. Before Chu Liuzheng could react, she had already thrown herself into her arms, hugged her waist, and burst into tears.

(End of this chapter)