After conquering seven male favorites, the vicious heroine wants to run away

Chapter 122 The Empress Returns
"Your son pays homage to his father, the emperor, and his mother, the queen."

Before Shi Nuanyu could stand up, she fell into a warm embrace, her face pressed against the cold light armor, but she didn't feel cold at all.

"Xiaobao, Mommy misses you so much. Let Mommy see if you've lost weight?"

While she was in a trance, she was picked up with her toes off the ground.

Shi Nuanyu stared at her original mother in a daze. Should she cry in her arms, call her mother sweetly, or complain to her?

The silver light armor sparkled under the warm sunlight, and Shi Nuanyu was unable to recover from her daze for a long time in the arms that did not belong to her.

Ding Lan rubbed her daughter's face distressedly, "Mom's little treasure has lost weight, and her face is not as round as before."

Shi Zheng followed behind with a stern expression, looking up and down at his daughter whom he hadn't seen for many months.

"Well, I've lost weight."

"I told you not to delay in the military camp. Look, my good daughter is already shy."

Ding Lan glanced at Shi Zheng with dissatisfaction, put down her daughter in her arms, took her hand and walked towards the palace gate.

"Xiaobao, let's go home and leave your father alone."

Shi Nuanyu looked left and right without blinking, following her mother in a daze.

They thought completely differently from what she had thought. She had thought that the emperor and empress were dignified and their dignity was inviolable. But just now she observed that except for the emperor's cold temperament, the empress was easy-going and approachable.

"Mother, don't we have to wait for Daddy?"

Shi Nuanyu prepared for a long time and called out dryly, but she did not notice the flash of emotion in the queen's eyes beside her.

"Don't worry about it. He stayed behind to deal with those ministers. We haven't seen each other for a long time, mother and daughter. Let's have a good chat."

Following the queen into Kunning Palace, the palace was richly decorated outside, but the inside was plain and simple, just like an ordinary home.

Perhaps seeing her confusion, Ding Lan explained with a smile,

"I don't like fancy things, so your father accommodated mother, so the furnishings in Kunning Palace were arranged according to mother's preferences."

Ding Lan pulled her to sit down and touched her head lovingly.

"My dear baby has grown up and suffered a lot. Let me take a good look at him."

Was she talking about accepting punishment on her own initiative?
Shi Nuanyu guessed secretly, her body stiffened and she dared not move, allowing her to grope her body.

Somehow she saw guilt and love in her eyes?
The original owner grew up in the midst of love and affection, so why would the queen show such an expression?

"Your father won't be back for a while. You must be hungry, little treasure. Can I cook something for you to eat?"

"Mother, you're tired from the journey..."

Shi Nuanyu was about to refuse, but the queen did not give her the chance. She quickly changed out of her light armor and put on her casual clothes, then took her to the small kitchen.

The maids seemed to be used to it, and they prepared the side dishes and waited respectfully outside the door.

Shi Nuanyu sat obediently in front of the stove, watching the busy queen rolling noodles, pulling noodles, and cooking.

Seeing the queen like this, she felt a strange feeling in her heart.

Logically, the original owner grew up by her side, so the queen shouldn't be like this.

Ding Lan brought the dishes to the small table next to her and called her daughter happily.

"Xiaobao, come and try mother's cooking."

Shi Nuanyu suppressed the strangeness in her heart, took the chopsticks handed to her by the queen, tasted a mouthful of noodles and drank a mouthful of noodle soup under her eager gaze.

The noodles are chewy and the soup is delicious. To be honest, they are much better than those made by my aunt.

"good to eat."

After getting the correct answer, Ding Lan was delighted and put a piece of fish with the bones removed into her bowl.

"Try the fish that mother made and see if it suits Xiaobao's taste."

Shi Nuanyu stared blankly at the fish in the bowl, her nose felt strangely sour and the grievance in her heart was about to overflow.

In her previous life, she loved eating fish but hated picking out its bones, and her aunt had patiently removed them for her. Her eyes were misty, and she lifted her bowl and ate the noodles in big mouthfuls, hiding her tears.

The original owner's mother was so good to her, why did she develop such a temper?

Also, her personality is very different from the original owner. Have the emperor and empress noticed it?

Such doubts continued until the dinner. The return of the emperor and empress to the capital was a major event, and a grand banquet was held in the palace, and all officials above the fifth rank were invited.

The banquet was filled with a wide variety of dishes, and the ministers were chatting and laughing as they congratulated the emperor and empress on their return.

The first seat was originally for the emperor and empress. Shi Nuanyu was sitting quietly on the side, but was called by the empress to sit between the two of them.

In the eyes of the ministers, this was a great honor, and it also meant that no one could shake the princess's position.

But in Shi Nuanyu's eyes, this was torture. She sat uncomfortably between the two of them, trying hard to digest the endless dishes and pastries on the plate.

Just after finishing the food on the plate, the emperor father slowly picked up another piece. The queen mother, who was a step slower, rolled her eyes at him and picked up another piece of pastry for her.

In order not to disappoint them, Shi Nuanyu ate all the dishes and couldn't even drink the last sip of tea.

While the emperor was talking with the ministers, she quietly tugged at the queen's sleeve and spoke in a low voice.

"Mother, I really can't eat anymore."

She had a big bowl of noodles at noon and now she ate a lot of food. What she ate was enough for two days.

"Are you full?"

The Queen touched her abdomen worriedly, "You really are full."

Emperor Shi Zheng, who had been keeping an eye on them, ordered the eunuch beside him, "Bring a bowl of hawthorn soup to help the princess digest her food."

He spoke loudly, just loud enough for the ministers and husbands in front to hear.

Shi Nuanyu's cheeks flushed and she lowered her head in shame. How embarrassing!

She is already a grown-up, but she is still treated like a child. It's so embarrassing.

She secretly glanced at the people who were laughing, and she felt more and more ashamed.

"Your Majesty, I have an imperial decree to submit."

A depressing voice was heard, and Prince Anchang walked to the front of the hall with a sad face and knelt down.

Shi Nuanyu's eyebrows twitched. This old guy was going to make trouble again.

Since the last time he brought people to cause trouble in front of the imperial study and tried to slander Shan Baiyu, Prince Anchang no longer treated her kindly.

From the morning of the reception, his gloomy eyes had been fixed on him.

This guy must be crazy and wants to fight to the death.

There was an unmeltable ice in the emperor's eyes, which contained a warning.

"Royal brother, today is the homecoming banquet for me and the Queen. If you have anything to report, please come to court tomorrow."

King Anchang knelt on the ground, looking determined to fight to the death.

"Your Majesty, what I want to report is of great importance to the nation. Even if it means death, I will risk my life to present myself before you today."

There was no emotion on Shi Nuanyu's face as she looked at King Anchang quietly.

What crime do you want to pin on yourself?
Qing He, Yu Changfeng and others looked worried, staring at King Anchang with sword-like eyes.

The ministers at the banquet fell silent in an instant, wondering why the usually low-key Prince Anchang would risk his life to meet the emperor.

The Grand Tutor put down the wine cup in his hand with dissatisfaction and snorted, "Prince Anchang should just hit his head against the pillar and die."

As soon as these words were spoken, the ministers whispered to each other, wondering what bad luck Prince Anchang had brought upon him.

Shi Nuanyu shouted in her heart that her grandfather was mighty and worthy of being a senior official who had served in three dynasties. She was not afraid at all.

Glancing at the way his daughter was looking at her father-in-law in admiration, Shi Zheng's brows furrowed with anger, and he looked at Prince Anchang, who was seeking death, with displeasure.

"Who does Prince Anchang want to impeach?"