Chapter 407: Disgusting

Zhou Yunshu carried Pingping into the carriage.

Since it was Ji Sheng who sent someone to pick her up, there were only two places to go: Prince Wei's Mansion or the Imperial Palace.

After the carriage had traveled for a while, Zhou Yunshu lifted the curtain. It was obvious that they were going to the latter.

From childhood to adulthood, Zhou Yunshu has been to the imperial palace countless times, whether as the granddaughter of the eldest princess Ji Mingzhu and the King of Zhenbei Zhou Cungao, or as the princess consort of King Wei Ji Sheng after marriage.

There has never been a time like this, when the journey to the palace was as smooth as going home.

"Master." Chunque looked at Zhou Yunshu, who had been holding Pingping in silence since getting in the car, and asked worriedly. "Are you okay?"

Zhou Yunshu sighed slowly and said, "I'm so hungry."

I should have eaten two more dim sum at the teahouse.

Chunque also touched her stomach after listening to Zhou Yunshu's words. Yes, she was also very hungry.

Neither of them expected that lunch would be delayed until this late.

It was the first time that Zhou Yunshu felt the feeling of a carriage moving freely in the palace, and it was also the first time that she rode a carriage to the gate of Fengluan Palace.

After getting off the carriage, the palace maids at the palace gate guarded both sides of the carriage.

Zhou Yunshu looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar hall in front of her, and walked towards Fengluan Hall with Pingping in her arms.

As soon as Zhou Yunshu stepped into Fengluan Palace, she saw Xixi, wearing a golden dragon robe, rushing towards her.

"Mother!"

When Zhou Yunshu saw Xixi, a big smile appeared on her face unconsciously.

"Xixi."

Xixi stopped running when she got close to Zhou Yunshu, who was still holding Pingping in her arms. She was afraid that she would bump into her and hurt her mother.

"Mom, I miss you so much!"

The smile on Xixi's face was filled with grievance when she saw Zhou Yunshu standing so close to her, and her big, bright eyes were sparkling.

Zhou Yunshu handed the child in her arms to Chunque beside her, and then hugged Xixi, who was looking at her with admiration and expectation.

After being held in Zhou Yunshu's arms, Xixi smelled the familiar scent of her mother and burst into tears unconsciously.

Xixi's crying made the people in Fengluan Palace tremble with fear. The scene of King Wei's massacre in Fengluan Palace was still vivid in their minds. If King Wei saw the new emperor crying again, their lives would be in danger!

Zhu Zhengchun took a step forward, thought about it and then stepped back.

At that time, he was the only one serving in Fengluan Palace, and he was the only one who had seen Zhou Yunshu.

It must have been Ji Sheng's arrangement that allowed Zhou Yunshu to enter the palace unhindered. He should just stay here and watch the new emperor and his mother reunite.

"Mom, Xixi misses you so much, I really miss you so much, do you not want me anymore?"

Zhou Yunshu felt a lump in her throat when she heard Xixi's frightened crying.

She half-knelt on the ground, hugged Xixi's little body and said, "How could mother not want you? You are mother's precious daughter, mother loves you the most."

When Xixi heard Zhou Yunshu's clear expression of love for her, she finally felt relieved of her fear and sadness.

"Do you really love me the most?"

Xixi had never doubted her father and mother's love for her before, but after talking to Xiaodongzi last time, she was really scared.

Especially during this period of time, Zhou Yunshu was not by her side, and Ji Sheng was often nowhere to be seen, so Xixi really began to doubt that her younger brothers were more important than herself.

"Do you like it more than your younger brothers?" Xixi looked at Zhou Yunshu to confirm again.

Zhou Yunshu looked at Xixi, who was comparing herself to her brothers for the first time. She touched her little face, looked into her red eyes stained with tears, and said seriously, "I love you the most."

Xixi and Kangkang are different.

Xixi is Zhou Yunshu's first child. She accompanied her all the way from the capital to Nanzhou, and they depended on each other for survival.

There is no doubt that Zhou Yunshu loves Kang Kang and Ping Ping, but she loves Xixi, who is her daughter in both lives, more.

Zhou Yunshu kissed Xixi's little face and said to her, "Yes, mother loves you the most, Xixi the most."

After Xixi received her mother's clear love, the uneasiness and fear in her eyes disappeared, replaced by the confidence and ease she had before.

She said, daddy and mommy love her the most!

"Mom, Xixi loves you the most too!" Xixi said loudly, then glanced around furtively and whispered in Zhou Yunshu's ear: "I love you more than Daddy~"

Zhou Yunshu smiled and picked up Xixi. Xixi didn't dare to move in Zhou Yunshu's arms. She hugged Zhou Yunshu's neck affectionately and said, "Mom, I've grown up."

"You'll still be my mother's little baby when you grow up."

Xixi happily buried her little face in Zhou Yunshu's neck, feeling that she was the happiest person in the world.

While the mother and daughter were being intimate, Ji Sheng finally finished his work and returned to Fengluan Palace.

Xixi is now just a new emperor in name only and has not officially ascended the throne. In fact, all affairs now fall on Ji Sheng, the prime minister and the cabinet.

Of course, there is also the matter of Cao Zhengxing, but he has been reorganizing in the Twelve Battalions of the Beijing Army outside the palace recently and has no chance to come back for the time being.

"Here I come."

What Ji Sheng said was as if Zhou Yunshu was always by their side.

After he said that, he took Pingping from Chunque's arms. Pingping didn't know if he recognized Jisheng, but was waving his little arms and laughing at Jisheng.

"The meal is ready, let's go eat."

Ji Sheng then said to Xixi, "Take your mother with you."

Xixi looked at her father's departing figure and said to Zhou Yunshu, "Mom, I asked the imperial kitchen to make a lot of delicious food for you. You must try it!"

Zhou Yunshu glanced at Ji Sheng, wondering if he noticed that she hadn't eaten since she came out, so he prepared a meal at this moment.

Ji Sheng obviously didn't want to pay attention to her now. Even when he was talking to her, his eyes were looking at Xixi, so Zhou Yunshu asked Xixi in a low voice: "Have you had lunch?"

Xixi nodded, then shook her little head, "I ate a little bit. Daddy said that after mom and brother come, we can eat together as a family."

When Zhou Yunshu heard the word "family", she nodded silently.

Just as Xixi had said before, the meal in the side hall was exceptionally sumptuous. There were only three of them dining, but there were a total of twenty dishes.

Xixi originally wanted to sit between her father and mother, but after seeing her father holding Pingping and sitting next to her mother, she thought about it and sat on the other side of her mother.

Ever since Ji Sheng held Pingping and sat next to her, Zhou Yunshu felt uncomfortable with Ji Sheng's pervasive presence, so her eyes were always on the chopsticks and bowl in front of her, and she didn't look at Ji Sheng at all.

"Why, do you think I'm unsightly?"