Chapter 228 Emperor Fengwu Discovers Clues

Emperor Fengwu swept his eyes across the room, finally landing on Father Su, who was sitting in the main seat in a birthday robe.

With a faint smile on her lips, she strode over, leaned over and helped Father Su up with her own hands, and said cheerfully:

"Please stand up quickly. I believe this person must be the father of Mr. Su, today's birthday boy. You are the oldest today, so there is no need to be polite."

Father Su stood up and bowed his head and said:

"I dare not."

Emperor Fengwu shook his head and said nothing more. He took the brocade box from the palace attendant behind him and said:

"Everyone else please get up too."

After she finished speaking, she handed the brocade box to Father Su and said:

"I heard that Master Su was having a birthday, so I wanted to come and join in the fun, but I didn't come empty-handed. This is a self-warming cup offered as tribute from the north. I heard that when you pour wine into it, it will be warm and have an aura that is almost boiling."

"I just got it and haven't tested it yet. I think it is real. I will give it to Elder Su as a birthday gift. Please test it for me."

Father Su held it with his palm facing upwards, respectfully, and said with a smile:

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me this gift. I like it very much."

As soon as Su Yuan entered the backyard, he ordered his servants to vacate the main seat. At this moment, he saw Emperor Fengwu had finished bestowing the gifts.

She raised the corner of her mouth with a friendly smile on her face, took a step forward and made a gesture of invitation to Emperor Fengwu:

"Your Majesty, please take a seat."

Emperor Fengwu chuckled, walked slowly to the main seat and sat down, then said a few words to let everyone know not to be so restrained.

Then she turned her head and looked at her good sister, Queen Nanyou, and said jokingly:

"How long has it been since I last drank with my step-sister? I'll just take advantage of your presence as my in-law and have a good drink."

After saying that, she waved to Su Yuan beside her:

"You can go down and accompany your father. You don't have to accompany me. I can enjoy myself today with you as my mother-in-law!"

Su Yuan nodded and said "yes", walked to sit between Su's father and Nan Chu, and glanced back.

She looked down at Luo Luo in Nan Chu's arms and asked:

"Father-in-law and Yuezhong are both out, where's Xier?"

Nan Chu scooped a spoonful of egg custard and carefully fed it to Luo Luo. Without looking up, he thought for a moment and replied:

"Well... Yue Chong said Xi'er caught a cold and it was too cold outside, so he asked Gu Yang to take care of her in the backyard, so he didn't come."

Su Yuan glanced at Emperor Fengwu who was sitting at the top, then turned to look at Song Yuezhong who was sitting next to Meng Yunlan and was obviously in a bad mood with his head lowered.

She pursed her lips and said:

"I see. It's better not to come out. It's freezing outside and it's not suitable for children to stay for a long time. You can send Luo Luo back later."

Nanchu agreed:

"Okay, I'll let my daddy take her away later."

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Backyard, inside the pavilion.

"Guyang, fruit."

"Xi'er wants to eat fruit."

Xier pushed away the food offered by her nanny, pointed at the fruit plate carried by a servant passing by Banyue's door, and yelled to Guyang beside her.

Gu Yang was leaning against a wooden pillar with his arms folded across his chest. Upon hearing this, he raised his eyes and glanced towards the door, frowning and saying:

"I'm afraid not. Those are the candied oranges that were sent to the banquet in the front yard. If you want to eat them, please ask Sanlangjun to bring them to you after the banquet."

Xi'er ran to Guyang's legs with her short legs, stretched out her hand and gently tugged at the corner of the man's robe, raised her head and said:

"Go now and eat."

As she spoke, she pouted her pink lips and tears sparkled in her eyes.

She looked at Gu Yang with a pitiful look, which made Gu Yang's heart soften. He said to the nanny who was feeding him soup:

"You stay here to look after the second young lady and don't let her go to the front yard. I'll go to the kitchen and take a look. I'll be back soon."

Daddy nodded: "Okay."

Little did he know that right after he left, Emperor Fengwu had just finished taking his personal palace servant to the toilet because he was drunk and had just finished dealing with the most important matter in his life.

Emperor Fengwu was about to leave. When he passed by the Crescent Moon Gate, he glanced inadvertently and saw the festive dolls in the pavilion diagonally opposite.

She raised her eyebrows, stepped over the threshold and walked slowly to the pavilion.

The other side.

When the nanny saw a stranger approaching, he still remembered what Song's father had told him not to let anyone get close to Xi'er.

He quickly put the chicken soup on the stone table, took Xiao Xi'er into his arms, and looked at Emperor Fengwu warily:

"Who are you? How can you allow a foreign woman to approach the backyard?"

Emperor Fengwu was not angry when being questioned, but the personal palace attendant following behind her felt that her majesty was offended.

Then he frowned and shouted:

"How dare you not kneel down here, Your Majesty."

The nanny was startled by the yelling, and he mustered up the courage to take a closer look at what Emperor Fengwu was wearing, and saw that it was indeed a dragon robe.

His face turned pale and he knelt down:

"I am sorry for my poor eyesight and I have offended you. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Emperor Fengwu waved his hand indifferently and said:

"Get up, ignorance is not a crime."

Then he walked slowly to Xiao Xier, bent down slightly to look at the child with two small buns, with a smile on his face:

"Your mother is Su Yuan."

Xi'er blinked and said nothing. The nanny beside her answered with a hint of anxiety on his face:

"In reply to your Majesty, this is the second young lady of the mansion, her nickname is Xi'er."

Emperor Fengwu nodded in understanding:

"So your name is Xi'er, that's a good name."

After saying this, she looked at the palace attendant next to her and said:

"It may be because there have been no children in the palace for so many years. Now that I see Su Yuan's second daughter, I feel very happy in my heart."

The palace attendant smiled and said:

"Miss Xi looks like a snowball. No wonder His Majesty likes her."

Emperor Fengwu nodded in agreement, raised his hand to touch Xiao Xier's little bun, and glanced sideways at the chicken soup on the table.

She slowly sat down on the stone bench, holding the porcelain bowl in one hand and waving at Xi'er with the other:

"Come, I'll feed Xi'er chicken soup."

When Xier heard someone feeding her, she didn't know what "Your Majesty" meant and just thought that there was another servant coming to serve her.

"Da da da" it ran to Emperor Fengwu, opened its pink little mouth and waited to be fed.

Emperor Fengwu looked at her with such a casual look, chuckled, and scooped a spoonful of chicken soup to Xier's lips.

But, it hasn’t been fed in yet.

The little girl looked into the distance with her big eyes shining, raised her arms and waved them, shouting:

"Guyang, fruit."

The soup in Emperor Fengwu's hand fell to the ground with a "bang" as she pushed it, and some of the hot soup spilled into Xier's collar.

When Emperor Fengwu saw this, he felt an inexplicable tightness in his heart.

She didn't bother to ask the palace maid to come over and show concern for her. She quickly tore open Xier's collar, took out a handkerchief and was about to dip it in the chicken soup that had splashed in.

The next second, Emperor Fengwu's pupils shrank fiercely, a trace of disbelief flashed across her eyes, and she murmured:

“This, this is…”

Birthmarks that only royal baby girls have!

And they are of the same direct lineage.

But how could it appear on this little girl in front of me?

Thinking of this, Emperor Fengwu touched it with trembling fingers. The bright red phoenix tail birthmark did not show any trace of forgery.

The warmth mixed with the skin reached her fingertips. Emperor Fengwu's eyes were so close that she could clearly see each blood-red feather.