Farmers have children to raise

Chapter 407 A Bowl of Rice Balls

The captain who guarded the north gate of the capital arrived at the palace without any delay after the group left.

Where is the palace?That is the most sacred, majestic and honorable place in the capital city, even in Dayong. Is it a place where he, a city defense soldier, goes in as soon as he says it?
Before he came, he had prepared himself, and he was likely to be scolded and ridiculed as a whimsical lunatic, and then driven out.

If that's the case, he has no choice but to go back to the house. He has run away, and he, a city defense soldier, has the final say on the outcome.

When he arrived at the palace gate, he talked to the guard guarding the palace gate and took out the jade pendant.

The guards guarding the palace gate really didn't look at him at first. Although everyone was guarding the gate, there was no difference in position. The difference was that they guarded the palace gate, and he guarded the city gate.

The city defense soldiers went up and down, and was scanned several times inside and out, and he kept beating drums in his heart. He was afraid that this person would arrest him as a traitor with ulterior motives. He wanted to say that the jade pendant was returned to me, but I still Let's go, you'll just think I've lost my mind.

Just as the guard guarding the palace gate was holding the jade pendant and looking at it non-stop, a man, who seemed to be the superior of that person, took the jade pendant and looked at half the salary, asked why, and then said to the city guard, " You come with me."

The city guards were stunned for a long time before responding, moved their feet, and followed the man into the huge palace.

Although it was getting late, Sun Ping didn't feel sleepy at all. He wasn't supposed to be on duty tonight, but since he separated from Princess Anping, when he returned to the palace, he felt uneasy all the time. He always felt that something was about to happen. Every hour, he had to check the defenses in the palace. So far he had checked three times. After checking the last stronghold, when he was about to go to the emperor's palace, he was blocked by one of his subordinates.

"What's the matter?" Sun Ping looked at him and the person behind him.

"My subordinate was passing by the gate of the palace, and overheard this man holding a jade pendant, which he said belonged to the emperor..." said the man who led him here.

"Oh?" Sun Ping snorted, took the jade pendant from his subordinate, looked at it and said, "He's right, it really belongs to the emperor."

Hearing this, the city guard breathed a sigh of relief.

Sun Ping asked him, "Is it a woman for you?"

The city guards nodded, "They also claim to be from the Zhenrong Palace..."

Sun Ping interrupted him, "Did the person who gave you the jade pendant say anything?"

Therefore, the city guards told the person in front of him in detail what Baochun had told him.

After hearing this, the person in front of him had a very serious expression, and after ordering another person to take him to receive the reward, he lifted his foot and left.

After Liu Chen walked around the empty hall twice, he turned around and kicked a dwarf to the ground, "It's really deceiving, it's obvious that I didn't pay attention to my great glory, in my great glory's territory, unexpectedly Dare to blatantly kidnap my Princess of Great Rong, my daughter..."

Sun Ping lowered his head, he knew that the emperor would get angry, so when he came back from the palace, he didn't tell him about it, but now because the matter in front of him involved Princess Anping, he had to tell him.

Liu Chen was sure that his daughter was not harmed in any way, and after losing his temper, he focused on the matter that the Beiwu envoy left overnight.

The jade plaque that allowed the city guards to open the door in the middle of the night was not a plaque held by a random person in the palace, but the emperor's close servants and confidantes who worked exclusively for the emperor, such as Director Sun.

The problem is not the jade pendant itself, but the behavior of getting the jade medal is shocking. What does this mean? It means that the emperor's side is not safe.

In addition, the series of strange behaviors on the surface of the envoys of Beiwu have always been puzzling as to what purpose is hidden behind them.

Liu Chen sat on the chair and pondered for a long time, then got up and went to the corridor outside the bedroom.

Looking out from the bedroom, one can not only see the large and small palaces in the palace, but also the entire capital city.

At a glance, it seems that the entire imperial palace, the entire capital city, and even the entire world are under his control, but in fact, this is indeed the case, he is the emperor of the great glory, the king of a country, and the whole world is a king.

He didn't read it carefully before, but now he read it carefully, and after reading it, he found that those statements were false.

What is it that the whole world is the king's land?Except that the three inches of land under his feet are real and down-to-earth, everything else is nothing to him.

This imperial palace, this supreme right, and their Liu family's world...

All this trapped him for most of his life, and also prevented him from spending time with the woman he loves.

Obviously her own daughter is under her nose, but she can't recognize each other.

For his status, his own son disregarded family ethics and did whatever he could.

His biological mother, even for the sake of her natal family, had a rift with him and seemed like an enemy.

Liu Chen sighed deeply, "Sun Ping, tell me, what is the purpose of my painstaking efforts for most of my life?"

Sun Ping was taken aback, and looked up at his master, probably not understanding why he would ask such a question, and thought for a while and said, "The emperor has devoted himself to the glory, of course, for the sake of the Liu family."

Looking at the densely packed palaces and houses, Liu Chen suddenly smiled, "You are wrong."

Sun Ping was stunned for a moment, but didn't say anything more, because the emperor didn't need him to say anything.

The dim yellow light cast on his white hair, with a golden luster, whether it was Dayong or the world of the Liu family, they were not enough to support him to the present, how could these cold things warm a person's heart?

In this world, the only thing that can warm people's hearts is affection.

He buried his love deeply in his heart, and only when he got underground could he continue his relationship.

Family affection, yes, he still has family affection, which is the only force in the world that supports him to live, the one who runs in the night for his safety.

Thinking of this, a knowing smile unconsciously appeared on his face. Under the smile, there was still a faint worry. Nothing happened to her, and she would definitely come back safely. Compared with knowing each other or something, he hoped that she would be well. of.

Liu Chen stood for a while, and when he turned around again, his face was full of fear, and he ordered Sun Ping to step up security in the palace and forbid anyone to enter or leave the palace.

Sun Ping left to go to work, Liu Chen stood for a while, feeling the night wind was getting colder, and when he turned to go in, there was a sound of footsteps from the other end of the corridor, and soon someone shouted that the Queen Mother had arrived.

Liu Chen's brows were full of doubts, thinking, why did mother come?Is it still this time?
Since the last time he pretended to be sick, the mother and son haven't seen each other. It's not that he is unfilial, but every time he goes to pay his respects to the old man, he is blocked back. The excuse is that he is unwell.

In fact, Liu Chen knew that his mother was angry with him and forced him to nod.

If there are other things, he will obey his old man, but the marriage grant is absolutely impossible. The prince is under house arrest, and his position can only be handed over to Liu Jing. How could they get married again?
When he was in power, the Deng family controlled Chao Gang, but when his son was in power, the Deng family still controlled Chao Gang?
Of course, this is what mother wants to see most.

Liu Chen stepped forward and helped her in, "It's so late, why hasn't mother rested yet? It's windy at night, so don't catch cold."

The queen mother glanced at him and sighed softly, "I knew this. You must have not slept yet. People sleep less when they get old. If they sleep more during the day, they will not be able to sleep at night. Thinking that you have not slept yet, I just cooked some glutinous rice balls, I remember that you liked my cooked glutinous rice balls the most when you were young."

Liu Chen helped his mother to sit down, and couldn't help being touched, "I'm sorry for my mother, my son is really unfilial."

"You are a piece of meat that fell from my pregnancy in October. Can I not remember you? That is always remembered. What do you like to eat and what do you not like to eat? That way you can hide it from me." said the Queen Mother.

Liu Chen smiled and said yes.

"When you were young, you had a serious illness. I didn't know the cause of the fever. At that time, I was so anxious that I didn't dare to blink my eyes. The imperial doctor said that if the fever didn't go away, you would be in danger. When I heard it, my whole body went crazy. I'm all stupid, confused, I don't know what to do, thanks to your uncle at that time, he found some leaves from somewhere, and said that using the water soaked in the leaves to wipe the body can reduce the fever. After I heard it, I said Screen off the maid, and personally wipe your body until the fever subsided after wiping all night, it scared me to death at that time."

"Let mother worry."

"Since you got there, for some reason, you never eat sweets anymore, no matter what you do. Later, I prepared a kind of stuffed glutinous rice balls myself, which suits your taste..."

Speaking of these, Liu Chen also thought of many warm things before, "Not to mention, I haven't eaten glutinous rice balls made by my mother for a long time. After my mother said so, I was not hungry at first, but suddenly I have an appetite."

The queen mother smiled kindly, and greeted, "Girls, why are you still standing there, quickly bring out the glutinous rice balls."

A maid who followed the Queen Mother opened the food box, took out the prepared blue and white porcelain bowl, scooped out a bowl from the steaming small pot, and respectfully handed it to the emperor.

In the bowl, more than a dozen small and large round reunions, exuding a tempting fragrance, brought back many memories of him, and many mothers' warmth.

Liu Chen took it, stirred it with a spoon, stared at the soup bowl, lowered his head, and remained silent for a long time.

Therefore, he missed the complex look in the Queen Mother's eyes.

The Queen Mother said, "From stuffing to steaming, I didn't let them intervene..."

Liu Chen raised his head and said, "Let them do some things. If you are tired, I..."

The queen mother waved her hand, "I can live for a few years, I can't do it a few times, so eat it while it's hot."

Liu Chen sighed, eating glutinous rice balls under the watchful eyes of his mother, as if he had returned to his childhood.

Liu Chen ate a bowl, and asked someone to add another bowl for him, "It's still my mother who knows me. I asked them to learn how to make it, but no one can make your taste."

The queen mother's eyes were a little moist, and she wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, "When you want to eat, tell me, and I will make it for you."

(End of this chapter)