After crossing the mother's handbook

Chapter 27

Fu Yunzhi is well aware of the red tapes of the ancient court, and since he has passed through here, he can do as the Romans do.After seeing Xia Houzhen's actions, she also brought her two children to kneel down in a neither humble nor overbearing manner, "My wife Fu Yunzhi brought her son to pay homage to the emperor."

Xiahou Huaiyu had already attended several palace banquets with his father, so he had already memorized some etiquette, and he bowed very properly.

It was Xiahou Huaijin's first time entering the palace. She was still young and had never learned court etiquette.But the little girl was very spooky. She looked at her brother in a daze, and then at Fu Yunzhi, remembering the movements of the two of them, imitating the appearance of the two of them, and knelt down slowly.

"What a clever little boy." Donglu Emperor Ling Xuanlong didn't have a trace of displeasure on his face, on the contrary, his face looked very happy.He looked at Xiahou Huaijin with a hint of appreciation in his eyes.

Xiahou Huaijin raised her head when she heard the words, with a sweet smile on her chubby little face, she said without fear, "Are you praising me?"

Ling Xuan was stunned for a moment, and after a long time to react, he burst out laughing.

Concubine Zheng sat aside, her face was not very happy.When she heard the emperor's unrestrained laughter, she looked at the long nails on her hands, pretending to be careless, and said in an extremely charming voice,
"Your Majesty, let Shoufu's family sit down quickly, the envoys from neighboring countries are still waiting to present treasures!"

Xia Houzhen stood aside, with a very calm expression on his face.

The emperor's eyes sank, and he quickly covered up the strange look in his eyes.He glanced coldly, then turned to look at Xia Houzhen, "Aiqing, your daughter is fine."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment." Xia Houzhen's attitude was still very steady.However, he glanced at Fu Yunzhi, meaning unclear.

Emperor Lingxuan waved his hand, and said kindly, "Take your family members to your seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." This time, it was Fu Yunzhi and others who said it together with Xia Houzhen, and the two saluted Ling Xuan again, then slowly stepped aside, and took a seat.

As soon as they were seated, there was a cheerful rhythm in the Nishang Palace.After the sound of the guzheng sounded, some dancers came to the stage to perform dances.

Fu Yunzhi was fascinated by watching, the dance of these people is much more beautiful than those who wear Hanfu in modern times.

Xiahou Huaijin kept holding the cakes on the plate, no matter how big or small, and put them in his mouth.

Due to the many pastries in her mouth, her little face is rounder than before.And at the corner of the mouth, there are some pastry froth.

Xia Houzhen drank from the wine glass, and when she was about to put the wine glass down, she saw Xia Hou Huaijin like this.He frowned involuntarily, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. He raised his hand and wiped off the powder from the corners of Xiahou Huaijin's mouth, and said in a rather helpless tone, "Eat slowly, no one will grab you."

Xia Hou Huaijin raised a sweet smile and continued to put things into her mouth as if she didn't hear it.

"Pfft..." Xiahou Huaiyu couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.But there was always a doting look in his eyes.

Xia Houzhen shook her head helplessly, her gaze was attracted by Fu Yunzhi.What the hell was this woman looking at? She was so focused that she didn't even care about the children.

"What are you looking at?" Xia Houzhen leaned close to Fu Yunzhi's ear, said softly, and then followed Fu Yunzhi's gaze.

"Look at the emperor." Fu Yunzhi didn't hide anything.In fact, she was going to ask too.

After hearing this answer, Xiahou Ting's complexion sank, and a ball of nameless anger grew in her heart.Is this woman so bold?She even looked at other men in front of him!

"I didn't expect His Majesty the Emperor to be so young and more handsome than you." Fu Yunzhi's bolder words followed.

Xia Houzhen "..."

Trying to suppress the restlessness in her heart, Xia Houzhen said in a "calm and breezy" way, "Why, do you think the current Holy Majesty is an old man?"

Fu Yunzhi withdrew his gaze and nodded vigorously.

Seeing Fu Yunzhi like this, Xia Houzhen suddenly had a lot of sarcasm in his eyes, and he said indifferently, "Why, do you have other ideas?"

Fu Yunzhi was confused, "...what do you think?"

Xia Houzhen stared at Fu Yunzhi for a long time, and finally turned her head away with a cold snort.The last look in his eyes was full of disgust.

Fu Yunzhi "..."

She blinked, it was simply inexplicable.

Just when she was wondering, Xiahou Huaijin held a piece of pastry to her mouth and said vaguely, "Mother, eat."

Fu Yunzhi's thoughts shifted, but when she saw Xiahou Huaijin's cheek, she couldn't help laughing again.

Fu Yunzhi took the pastry and put it aside.He hurriedly took out the handkerchief and cleaned Xiahou Huaijin's mouth and hands.

"Whose glutton is this, look at his face." Looking at the empty plate, Fu Yunzhi laughed.After cleaning up, she held Xiahou Huaijin in her arms.

"Xiahou Huaijin, be good, watch the show and eat later." Fu Yunzhi just finished speaking, when a voice that sounded a bit resentful floated over again:
"Are you watching a show? Or are you watching something else?" Xia Houzhen said quietly, with an unidentified taste in her expression.

The atmosphere was a bit subtle, and even Xiahou Huaijin felt it, and the look on her face began to become uneasy.

Xiahou Huaiyu secretly glanced towards this side, then lowered his head with a lonely expression.

For some reason, he actually felt like an outsider, unable to blend in no matter what.

Xiahou Huaiyu looked up at the boundless black sky, recalling the time when he and his mother got along, at that time, he was really very happy.

He saw that everyone's attention was not on him, so he stood up quietly, taking advantage of Fu Yunzhi and others not paying attention, and moved step by step to the outside of Nishang Palace.

At this time, the singing and dancing on the stage retreated, and Emperor Lingxuan sat on the main seat, taking the lead in the drummer's praise.Immediately afterwards, the ministers and their families also applauded, and there was a burst of warm applause from the audience.

The expression on Fu Yunzhi's face was slightly stunned, and it didn't ease until there was warm applause from around.

"My dear ones, apart from the annual palace banquet, there is another important event today, that is the envoys from Vietnam to come to Beijing." Ling Xuan's resounding voice resounded in everyone's ears.

As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Yunzhi could clearly see the serious expression on Xia Houzhen's face and the whispering of the surrounding people.

"Husband, what kind of country is this Fayue?" Fu Yunzhi lowered his voice and asked in a low voice.

"Don't ask too much about the previous dynasty." Xia Houzhen replied coldly, looking ahead.

Fu Yunzhi: "..."

As if angry, Fu Yunzhi turned his head away and didn't want to talk to anyone anymore.In fact, she listened attentively and listened to the whole story.

Fayue is a small country on the border of Donglu Kingdom, which was conquered by the first emperors.

Now that the former emperor has passed away, King Fayue sees that the new emperor of Donglu is young and unwilling to continue to submit. He is still friendly on the surface, but he is ready to move in secret.

(End of this chapter)