Chapter 52: Attending the Palace Banquet



Not to mention Chu Xiaoxiao, she was very careful about what she ate, for fear that she would eat something wrong and pass the milk over, harming her baby daughter.

How can you feed your child random food?

The old Duke and the old lady did not attend the palace banquet. They were old and did not like to attend. The Emperor and the Queen Mother also knew this and never forced them.

Only Chu Zhinan and Yang went to the palace banquet. Even Chu Zhixi and Chu Zhibei did not go and stayed at home to accompany the old duke and the old lady.

The three of them are enough for the Chu family.

Chu Zhinan and Yang held Chu Xiaoxiao in their arms and got on a carriage, slowly leaving their home and heading for the palace.

Chu Xiaoxiao was still chewing her hand, with saliva dripping down.

There was no way she could do that. She didn't want to chew it, but she just couldn't control her mouth. She felt like something was missing without something to chew.

Chu Zhinan took a towel from the side and wiped his daughter's face with a smile, feeling that his baby daughter was adorable.

He clenched his white little hand into a fist and stuffed the whole thing into his mouth, eating with a "smacking" sound. He couldn't take the food away, and after a while he put it back into his mouth and chewed it with relish.

The carriage stopped outside the palace gate and they got off and walked into the palace.

Chu Zhinan was holding his daughter, and Yang was following beside him. A familiar lady saw them and they smiled at each other as a greeting.

After all, we were in the palace and didn't dare to make loud noises.

[Ah! The palace is the palace. The flowers and plants are arranged very nicely. It's a pity that in the middle of winter, there is nothing to enjoy. The plum blossoms should be in bloom this year! There won't be branches without buds anymore! ]

Chu Zhinan answered in his heart that it should be blooming. There were no plum blossoms planted in the mansion, so he was not sure.

If my dear daughter likes plum blossoms, I will go back and dig up the peach forest where Liu Yiyi and Wang Dajiang had sex in the wild, and plant plum blossoms there.

Whenever I think of Taolin, I will think of Liu Yiyi's disgusting appearance, and her previous gentle, cold and elegant image is shattered.

Princess Qingyuan, who was not far away, turned around and saw Chu Zhinan and Yang, curled her lips, and deliberately stopped.

Seeing them coming, he raised his chin and looked at the child in Chu Zhinan's arms: "General Chu! Is this your daughter who came late? She looks good, but unfortunately her nose is like Yang's, a little flat. If it was higher, it would be better."

[Big sister! Don’t you think it’s too much to say such brainless words to a five-month-old baby? Who are you? What right do you have to say that about us mother and daughter? Are you digging up your family’s ancestral graves?]

Yang burst out laughing. Her daughter's voice was so funny that she couldn't help laughing.

Chu Zhinan was also trying to hold back his laughter. His daughter's soft and tender baby voice coupled with her arrogant and aggressive tone was so cute and fierce that it made him blush.

In particular, she stopped sucking her fingers, opened her big, dark, watery eyes like black pearls, and stared at Princess Qingyuan. Her cute expression could simply melt one's heart.

"Meet Princess Qingyuan!"

Holding Chu Xiaoxiao, Chu Zhinan nodded to the woman in front of him as a greeting.

Yang bowed to her, and no longer disliked her in her heart. But Qingyuan was also a princess of the royal family, so she had to be polite.

Princess Qingyuan also liked Chu Zhinan when she was young, but unfortunately because of her status, she did not dare to show it.

[Princess Qingyuan? The son that she had raised for eighteen years, but suddenly found out that he was not her biological son, but the son of a concubine?]

Chu Zhinan: “…”

What? Prince Xiao is a concubine's son?

Yang: “…”

No wonder Prince Xiao doesn't look like Princess Qingyuan or Prince Consort Xiao. When did you find out? At the age of eighteen? Prince Xiao turned eighteen after the Chinese New Year.

[Hahaha! This princess is such an idiot. She didn't even know that her own daughter was switched by her husband. Her biological daughter was raised by a concubine, and she was either beaten or scolded all day long. She was tortured to death when she was eight years old.]

When Yang looked at Princess Qingyuan, her eyes were suddenly filled with sympathy. It was really sad that she was schemed against by the person beside her.

Although Princess Qingyuan hated her for getting Chu Zhinan first, she still felt sorry for her. As a princess, she had to raise someone else's son.

Her own flesh and blood was tortured to death. The child should have been a noble princess, but she was gone just like that.

Chu Zhinan: “…”

What?

Prince Consort Xiao did something worse than pigs and dogs? His own daughter was tortured to death? Is he still a human being?

Suddenly he felt very happy. His daughter was not harmed by anyone and was sucking her finger in his arms.

Princess Qingyuan was very sensitive. Seeing a strange look in Yang's eyes, she felt very uncomfortable.

Is she pitying herself?

Do you feel sorry for her for not being able to snatch Chu Zhinan away from her back then?

Thinking of this, she looked unhappy: "Yang! Why are you looking at me like that?"

Yang smiled and immediately put away her sympathy: "The princess is older than me, but she has taken good care of herself. She looks younger than me. I envy her so much."

Envy? Really? There was sympathy in his eyes just now.

Princess Qingyuan frowned slightly, and listened to Yang's flattery, feeling happy in her heart, and no longer cared about her unreasonable behavior just now.

She glanced at Chu Zhinan proudly, with an expression that said, "You have no vision and missed this princess." "I am naturally well-maintained, so my skin color is definitely better than yours."

[I told you you were fat and you gasped. Can't you tell that my mother was just being polite? How stupid! No wonder you raised someone else's son for eighteen years.]

Chu Zhinan: “…”

Indeed, Princess Qingyuan's judgment of people is really not good. The Xiao family relies on Princess Shang, the son-in-law of the Xiao family, and all the relatives and friends will benefit from it.

It's a pity that he is not good at either literature or martial arts. Even though he has the support of the princess's mansion, he still exudes a petty air.

Yang: “…”

Princess Qingyuan has been proud for most of her life. If she knew that her son was not her biological son, she would probably be so angry that she would die.

I don't know why she is so arrogant. Isn't she just the youngest sister of the late emperor? It was fine for her to act arrogantly when the late emperor was alive. But now that the late emperor is gone, who is she acting for?

It was Chu Xiaoxiao’s first time to come to the palace. She looked around with curious eyes, without even using her hands to eat. She opened her mouth slightly and turned her head around.

The golden bells on the hat made a pleasant "jingle-dong" sound from time to time, and many ladies heard the sound and looked over here.

When they suddenly saw this cute and chubby baby, they were all attracted.

Several ladies even quickened their pace to get closer to take a look. At this moment, Chu Xiaoxiao was held in Yang's arms, and Chu Zhinan separated from them.

The palace banquet had separate seats for men and women. Chu Xiaoxiao was still young and couldn't leave her mother, so she was naturally held in the arms of Yang.

"Mrs. Chu! Your daughter is so pretty! She looks like the beautiful girl from Guanyin Bodhisattva. Can I hug her?"

The one who was speaking was the wife of the Minister of Rites. She loved children, and when she saw Chu Xiaoxiao, she felt itchy in her hands and wanted to hug her.

Yang handed Chu Xiaoxiao to her: "Okay."

Even when being hugged by a stranger, Chu Xiaoxiao didn't cry, but smiled at the stranger.

Her eyes and eyebrows were curved when she smiled, and her laughter was joyful.

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