"Your Majesty, it's the servants who are steaming the chicken."
With a disdainful snort, Zhou Beichen put Zhou Zhaonuan on the ground, and then said to the shadow guard who had followed him at some point.
"Yuqin, follow the princess, protect her, and accompany her in choosing food in the imperial kitchen. If she loses a single hair, I will hold you responsible."
"Yes, I will definitely fulfill my mission."
Yuqin's skin was unusually white. She knelt down calmly and walked in front of Zhou Zhaonuan.
Little Yuantuanzi was almost frightened, but she quickly realized that this was given to her by her father, so there was no need to be afraid.
Zhou Beichen gave Zhou Zeyun a shadow guard named Yu Shu, which shocked De Shun and almost made his jaw drop.
"You guys go and pick out whatever you like to eat, and then let..."
Zhou Beichen randomly pointed at a palace maid and said, "Tell her to bring it back to you and take it to Qianyuan Palace to eat."
After saying that, he glanced at his daughter meaningfully, narrowed his eyes, patted Yuantuanzi's shoulder, and warned, "Nuannuan, Daddy has to go to Xuanzheng Hall to handle some important business. You and your brother should choose carefully here. Remember, don't make trouble, otherwise, I will beat you up."
Yuantuanzi nodded happily. The fragrance of food filled the room, which made her very happy. The little girl skipped and jumped towards the imperial kitchen.
The imperial chefs were still kneeling on the ground when Zhou Beichen roared loudly.
"Get out of here! If the princess isn't used to the food, you'll all be beheaded."
The imperial chefs rolled away feeling aggrieved and trotted towards Zhou Zhaonuan.
"Princess, Princess, please look at this."
Deshun thought for a long time before he figured it out. The phrase "bring your head to me" was clearly what the emperor often said to the imperial physicians. Why was he using it to threaten those imperial idiots now?
After returning to Qianyuan Hall, Zhou Beichen immediately saw General Ye waiting at the door of Qianyuan Hall.
What is this old man doing here at this time?
His dark and deep eyes sank, and Zhou Beichen coughed dryly.
General Ye heard the sound, turned around and knelt down.
"Your Majesty, this old minister pays homage to the Emperor. Long live the Emperor!"
"Get up and come in. What's the matter?"
Sitting back on the dragon throne, Zhou Beichen went straight to the point. He saw General Ye take out a small tiger talisman from his sleeve and hold it in his palm.
Zhou Beichen remained calm for a long time, then he asked.
"What's this, Lord Ye?"
"Your Majesty, I am old, so I want to retire and return home. Now I return this tiger talisman to Your Majesty."
He handed the tiger talisman to Deshun, knelt down again, kowtowed heavily, and then took off his official hat.
"Now, the country is no longer at war, and I am old. I now resign from my post and return to the countryside."
"Also, my only wish is that if the Empress makes any terrible mistakes in the future, I ask nothing else but Your Majesty to spare her life. Don't lock her up in the cold palace, but demote her to a commoner and banish her from the palace. I'm old, and my wife died young. It's not easy for me to say this, but for so many years, I've been both her father and mother, raising her. It's not easy. I only ask Your Majesty to spare her life."
After saying that, he kept knocking his head on the ground and refused to lift it up.
Zhou Beichen's eyes flickered. What was going on with General Ye? When did he say that he wanted him to resign? Also, the queen had no children. Although he had the tiger talisman, he had countless shadow guards, secret guards and royal guards at his disposal. It would be very simple to find a way to get the tiger talisman.
He really couldn't figure out what General Ye was worried about. His achievements surpassed his master's, and he couldn't surpass him now.
However, Zhou Beichen still felt a little guilty when he thought about the fact that the queen had not been able to give birth to a child for so many years. But those concubines in the harem who could not give birth were useless.
With a guilty feeling, his tone was not very good.
"Okay, get up. If you want to resign, then go ahead. As for the Queen, as long as she doesn't do anything out of line, I will naturally treat her well."
Cold sweat instantly covered his whole body, but General Ye still couldn't get up after hearing this.
"I only ask that the Emperor grant this old minister's long-cherished wish. Otherwise, I will kneel down forever."
Zhou Beichen: “…”
How could anyone threaten him? He coldly threw out a memorial and raised his voice.
"Ye Chouxiu!"
"Get out of here!"
He lowered his voice again.
General Ye shrank back, but did not move at all.
"Please grant me your blessing, Your Majesty."
Zhou Beichen laughed a few times and looked very happy, but Deshun knew that the emperor was really furious.
But it was also strange, because Ye Chouxiu had threatened the emperor for some reasons before, for example, the position of the queen. At that time, the emperor had just ascended the throne and was not yet fully prepared, so he had no choice but to allow his daughter to take the position of queen.
He has been honest for so many years, but what happened now? Why did he suddenly want to take off his armor and return home?
"Grant it? It seems Lord Ye really doesn't understand my temper. Considering General Ye's undefeated record for so many years, come, take General Ye away and bring him back to the palace. Summon the imperial physician and tell him he's ill. He shouldn't come to court for the time being."
Zhou Beichen said this after careful consideration.
"...Yes, I will obey your command."
After a long silence, Ye Chouxiu finally didn't dare to say anything. He must not die before that huge incident was exposed. Even if it cost him his life, he had to protect his daughter.
Outside the Meridian Gate, Ye Chouxiu looked at the extremely tall and majestic imperial palace, and suddenly... tears streamed down his face. "Daughter, you are confused. There are some things that the emperor can do but you cannot do."
In the imperial kitchen, Zhou Zhaonuan looked at the exquisite dishes and felt very comfortable.
"This, this, and this, give me two of each."
Zhou Zhaonuan pointed at the delicious braised duck, steamed crucian carp, boiled cabbage, crispy fried chicken, rapeseed, and small round dumplings on the table and ordered two of almost the same.
"Sister, this is so much. Can we eat it?"
Zhou Zeyun pulled his sister over. The blue girl looked at the pink girl, frowned, and spoke in the tone of a brother.
"Mother said that we shouldn't waste anything. We should only take as much as we can eat. Also, Father just said that we shouldn't take more than we need."
Zhou Zhaonuan looked left and right, shaking his little fleshy hands hard, and caught Zhou Zeyun off guard and slapped him on the head.
"Silly brother, Nuannuan brought so much, of course it's not all for the two of us to eat. Nuannuan remembers that mother didn't eat after she came out of the cold palace, and daddy didn't eat either."
As soon as these words were spoken, Zhou Zeyun suddenly became as depressed as a shrunken winter melon.
It turned out that his sister was more thoughtful than him this time.
But will my father agree if my sister does this?
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