Chapter 198 Someone gave him something precious
Xie Chen is the protagonist of today's banquet.
Naturally, it should be saved until the end.
The birthday banquet ended only after the singing and dancing stopped and the Queen Mother left.
He returned to Chaoyang Palace.
After changing into his casual clothes, he went to the bedroom to look for someone.
Pei Tingyue was not there, but Xiao Si was lying quietly on his little rocking couch, and was unusually well-behaved today.
Xie Chen picked up the rattle and amused him for a while. Seeing that Pei Tingyue had not returned yet, he asked the palace servant beside him, "Where is Concubine De?"
The maid bowed and said, "The Virtuous Consort has just gone out. She just told me to wait for a while, saying that the Emperor would come back to look for her after the banquet was over."
Xie Chen raised his hand and asked the palace maid to leave.
He grew patient and waited in the bedroom.
With nothing to do, he felt a little fatherly and planned to hug Xiao Si.
However, Xiao Si had behaved badly before, so he didn't hug her directly. Instead, he warned her, "If you dare to make trouble this time, I will never hug you again."
In the rocking couch, Xiao Si smiled happily and blew a bubble.
Xie Chen's heart softened. He picked up Xiao Si, shook him, and strolled around the hall.
Something went wrong after all.
It’s not a matter of the clothes getting darker.
But...
Xie Xiaosi vomited milk after being shaken!
Just spit on Xie Chen's shoulder!
The father and son stared at each other with resentment in their eyes.
Xie Xiaosi pouted and was about to cry.
Xie Chen covered his mouth in time.
You can cry at any time, but you can’t cry in his arms.
Xie Chen coughed, handed Xiao Si to the palace maid, and instructed: "The Fourth Prince is hungry again, take him to the wet nurse. Also, there is no need to tell Concubine De about the feeding this time."
Liang Yao listened from the side.
A hidden smile flashed in his eyes.
The emperor has come to this day!
Completely held hostage!
Her Majesty the Virtuous Concubine is mighty!
Before he could praise him more, Xie Chen's chilling voice came from inside the hall, "Manager Liang thinks it's funny?"
Liang Yao was startled and immediately stopped laughing. He said timidly, "I dare not!"
Xie Chen snorted coldly, "Why don't you help me change my clothes?"
"yes."
After changing his clothes, Xie Chen moved to the front hall in order to be the first to know that Pei Tingyue had returned.
Not long after I sat down, I heard a noisy sound of footsteps, mixed with a woman's voice.
"Be careful."
"Slow down."
“…”
Xie Chen raised the corners of his lips slightly, stood up and went to the door of the hall.
As soon as he stood there, he was rushed into someone's arms.
Pei Tingyue complained in his arms: "I'm so tired!"
Xie Chen put his arm around her waist and asked, "What have you been doing?"
Pei Tingyue stepped away slightly, pointed at the food box in the palace servant's hand, and said with a smile, "Today is the emperor's birthday. I have thought that the emperor has everything he needs since he rules the world. In that case, I will prepare a meal for him myself."
A warm current surged through Xie Chen's heart.
This feeling was too complicated for him to describe.
He lowered his eyes: "Yeah."
Pei Tingyue smiled and pulled him to the dining hall.
Then he took the food boxes from the palace servants and placed them on the table one by one.
This was done under the guidance of the royal chef, but she also made it herself, so naturally it should be considered her work!
"This is prawn balls, this is drunken crab, and there's also vegetarian chicken with mushrooms, jade mushrooms, and bamboo fungus stuffed with tofu..."
Pei Tingyue brought out the dishes one by one, a total of eight small dishes.
That was all she did.
This amount is enough to eat and sounds good.
After finishing all this, Pei Tingyue took out a bowl of noodles from the bottom of the food box, "Oh, oh, there's this! Of course you have to eat longevity noodles for your birthday!"
Pei Tingyue placed the silver chopsticks in Xie Chen's hand and urged him with a smile, "Your Majesty, please eat quickly. If the noodles get cold, you won't be able to eat them."
Xie Chen looked at the longevity noodles in front of him and was reluctant to pick up his chopsticks.
He was lost in memories.
At that time he was still young and was raised by Queen Li.
Queen Li came from a noble family and was a very steady and dignified person.
Every time he celebrated his birthday, Queen Li would prepare a birthday gift for him and ask the palace servants to cook a table of his favorite dishes.
In order to avoid suspicion, his biological mother could only see him briefly on that day and could not do anything else.
As it is, he is happy and satisfied.
But one year, when Xie Lin celebrated his birthday, the vicious Concubine Li hugged Xie Lin very affectionately, and finally she even went into the kitchen herself and made a bowl of longevity noodles for Xie Lin.
Afterwards, Xie Lin proudly showed off to him and said, what kind of birthday would it be without the longevity noodles made by his mother?
Xie Chen thought that he didn't take it to heart.
But when it was Xie Sheng's birthday, he went to the imperial kitchen for some unknown reason.
Normally, the beloved concubine, who was treated like a golden statue, would enter this place with a look of disgust on her face, but strangely enough, when the noodles were being made, there was a smile between her impatient brows.
Xie Chen left here.
Sure enough, after Xie Sheng’s birthday, he came to show off again and mocked him, saying that he would never be able to eat longevity noodles once in his life.
At that time, Xie Chen didn't say anything, but just quietly clenched his fingers.
He thought, he will definitely get it.
Later, he no longer had time to think about longevity noodles. He just wanted to survive the persecution of Concubine Li.
On his first birthday after ascending the throne, Xie Chen somehow recalled this past event and asked the imperial kitchen to prepare a bowl of it.
But he didn't move a single morsel.
He laughed in his heart. It was just the competitive mentality of his youth, but he remembered it for so long.
So in the past few years, he never thought about it again.
When I recall it today, the past events are still vivid in my mind.
It turned out that he had not forgotten, but had just pushed it deep down in his heart and tried not to think about it.
Xie Chen looked at the steaming longevity noodles.
If this noodle was made by the imperial chef, it would be enough to deserve beheading.
It is crooked and has no aesthetic appeal, and in order to keep it continuous, it is about two or three fingers thick.
Xie Chen laughed, a genuine laugh.
He only knows it now.
What he lacked before was not a bowl of longevity noodles, but such intimate, warm and precious thoughts.
The things he had envied in the past were now handed to him personally by someone.
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