Fubao understands the principle, but he just can’t get rid of his gluttony.
"Oh, it's so hard to be a kid!"
The days passed with Fubao's daily craving for food, and soon it was New Year's Eve.
Nanzhao attaches great importance to New Year's Eve. Every household will offer sacrifices and pray, and the royal family will even set up an altar to ask the gods for protection.
Before dawn, Fubao was taken out of bed by her mother to wash and dress up. The little girl was still young and did not need to put on makeup, but she looked particularly festive in her red New Year's dress.
Fubao yawned and squinted his eyes to look out the window.
It was dark outside the window and I couldn't see the road clearly. The little guy felt even more sleepy.
"Fubao, wake up. We have reached the altar."
Only when he heard his mother's voice again did Fubao slowly open his eyes.
"Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"
Fubao looked at the altar expectantly. The items needed for the sacrifice had already been prepared on the altar.
Pigs, chickens, ducks, and many other foods, but they were all raw.
“Why are they all raw?”
Fubao didn't understand, why do people eat delicious food, but gods give raw food?
Wang Yanran explained to her daughter: "Gods prefer food without impurities!"
Impossible, this is impossible!
Fubao shook her head repeatedly. She had been a fairy, so she had the final say. Fairies also liked things with flavor.
"Fubao is here, let me hold him."
The emperor's health is no longer as weak as it used to be, and it's all thanks to Fubao's help.
He felt that if he was close to Fubao, his body would recover faster.
Of course, he really liked Fubao. After holding the little girl, he leaned close to her ear and said.
"Yesterday a small country paid tribute, including a night-shining pearl. I will give it to you after the sacrifice is over."
Fubao's eyes sparkled, and he looked at the emperor with admiration in his eyes.
"Uncle Emperor is the best."
The people below were shocked to see the cold-faced emperor being so fond of a little girl.
They had indeed heard that Fuxing was favored, but they were still shocked when they saw it with their own eyes today.
Fubao was doted on, and as Fubao's biological mother, Wang Yanran naturally also received a lot of attention.
"How could a business woman like her, who is not worthy of being on the stage, be worthy of standing on the altar?"
"Who told me to give birth? I'm going to give birth to a lucky girl!"
"Hmph, who knows where that lucky star came from? Look at His Majesty..."
The man was stopped by the people around him. Is it appropriate to say such words in such an occasion?
The person felt a chill on her back and quickly shut up, but the people who had just spoken all agreed with what she had not finished saying.
Although Fuxing has done some great things, how could a baby have such abilities?
If Fuxing has a relationship with the emperor, there will be plenty of people helping Fubao, and it will be easy to handle these things.
They did not dare to question the royal family, but it was different for Wang Yanran. They looked at Wang Yanran with contempt, and even felt that Wang Yanran had dirty the altar.
The sacrifice begins, and Nanzhao prays for good fortune and hopes for a smooth year ahead.
The emperor held Fubao in his arms, knelt down with the prince, and recited scriptures.
All the gods and wishes sounded like lullabies to Fubao's ears.
ha……
She was already sleepy after getting up so early.
When the emperor and the prince got up, they found that Fubao had fallen asleep.
"Fubao, wake up quickly. It's your turn to ask for blessings from heaven."
Hearing the prince's voice, Fubao opened his eyes a little.
"Does Fubao also request it?"
The little girl was confused and didn’t understand why everyone thought that this would bring good luck?
She felt that Godfather Jade Emperor, Grandpa Taibai, and even Uncle Jinxuexing would not be willing to come here to eat.
"They are all raw, I can't beg for anything!"
Fubao never does anything without confidence.
"It has to be delicious, cooked, and flavorful. The blessed gods like these."
But she remembered that the gods envied the Kitchen God the most because he could eat the delicacies of the human world.
"According to ancient records, all kinds of gods and immortals like these sacrificial items."
The emperor hesitated, not because he did not believe in Fubao, but because these rituals had been used for many years and his predecessors would not lie to him.
"Ancient book? What ancient book? That must be a book of lies!"
Fubao clenched her fists. It turned out that she was right not to read books. Everything in the books was a lie.
"Ahem, Fubao, it is said that a great immortal descended upon the land and left behind these ancient books, so the records there should be true."
The prince explained.
Fubao opened his mouth wide. What? What? Which god said that? It's really a lie!
She tried to recall meeting the gods in her mind, but couldn't remember it for a while.
"No matter what, what Fubao said is true. If you don't change the offering, Fubao won't ask for blessings!"
Humph, she herself is Fubao. If her magic power was not limited now, these people would just beg her for help.
"Father, why don't we try as Fubao said!"
The prince has been following the emperor in offering sacrifices for several years, and the ceremony is the same every year, but the national situation in Nanzhao is getting worse and worse, which shows that the previous sacrifices were of no use.
"Come here, change the sacrifice..."
The emperor had the same idea. Fubao was the Jade Emperor's goddaughter, so what she said must be true.
The Imperial Astronomical Observatory, who was presiding over the sacrifice, was anxious: "Your Majesty, this sacrifice must not be replaced!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, if you change the sacrifice and anger the gods, you will be punished."
"Your Majesty, please reconsider!"
…
Looking at the minister kneeling on the ground, the emperor sneered.
"Think twice! I've already thought twice. With this kind of sacrifice every year, Nanzhao has been declining year after year. Now I have a way to please all the gods, but you keep trying to stop me. Do you want Nanzhao to be destroyed?"
These ministers of the Imperial Observatory do little more than complain and do little to no real work, and he has long been fed up with them.
The minister of the Imperial Observatory did not dare to say anything more, and the offerings on the altar were quickly replaced.
"Alas, Your Majesty has acted so recklessly, I'm afraid Heaven will punish you..."
The officials below wailed.
The emperor looked at the ministers who were disappointed in him and couldn't help but sigh.
“Uncle Emperor, they will be slapped in the face!”
Seeing the emperor's worry, Fubao spoke.
The emperor's only worry disappeared and he rubbed Fubao's little face.
"Okay, Uncle Emperor, please believe in Fubao."
But he had also made up his mind that even if Fubao was wrong, he would take full responsibility for the mistake.
Although Fubao is a lucky star, he is still a baby after all. How can he know everything?
He and the prince knelt down again, and just as they were about to recite the previous words, they were stopped by Fubao.
"Uncle Emperor, Brother Crown Prince, please recite along with Fubao."
"All the gods, please come quickly. I have prepared a variety of dishes for you. Please come and try them..."
The emperor and the prince were both stunned. Are all gods so down-to-earth when they speak?
"My fellow immortals, if you like, please point out your favorite dishes and I'll prepare them for you later. Also, after eating the food prepared by the Nanzhao Kingdom, please give us some rewards..."
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