Chapter 448 Meeting
"Why, why are you crying?" Chu Liuzheng hugged her helplessly, wanting to hold her on his lap to comfort her as he did before, but he found that the little girl had grown a lot and he could no longer hold her.
"Wow, sister, I miss you so much." Chu Yuxin cried and climbed onto Chu Liuzheng like a monkey. She sat on her with her legs crossed, her face pressed against her chest, and hugged her tightly face to face.
Chu Liuzheng's ears were filled with her loud crying, just like when she was a child, her howling could be heard by half the village.
Her heart was filled with pangs of pain. She gently patted the little girl in her arms, comforting her softly, and her eyes gradually became red.
On the other side of the screen, Mrs. Bai looked at her hand being flung away, dumbfounded. This, this, this, this little girl just ran behind the screen like that. Did she break the rules? Wasn't this going to cause You Miao to be punished?
Just as she was thinking this, she saw a pretty palace maid come out from behind the screen and ask her to go behind the screen to talk.
Bai followed without a second thought.
Previously, Chu Liuzheng was able to control his emotions and comfort his sister softly, but now, when he saw his mother whom he hadn't seen for many years and heard the familiar and trembling voice of "Youmiao", tears flowed down like a flood.
"Mother!"
"Why."
The three of them, mother and daughter, hugged each other and cried together. Chu Qin, who was standing behind the screen, was extremely anxious. If Xiao Anzi had not pulled her back, she would have run behind the screen without paying any attention to the rules.
Xiao Anzi brought a chair over for him, served him tea personally, and told him not to worry, as they would be able to talk soon.
Chu Qin could only suppress his anxiety and stared at the figure swaying behind the screen, wondering what kind of broken rules there were in the palace. Why couldn't a father see his own daughter?
About a quarter of an hour later, the crying sound behind the screen gradually weakened, and the voices of the mother and daughter were heard, and even the little girl's giggle. Chu Qin's heart finally settled down, and he couldn't help coughing twice to remind the mother and daughter that there was someone here.
Chu Liuzheng then remembered that she had forgotten her father, and hurriedly asked Chu Qin through the screen whether she was okay and how she was feeling. Chu Qin answered her while showing concern for her.
Bai Shi was so jealous of the politeness between the father and daughter that she couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.
Chu Liuzheng scratched her face awkwardly. She knew everything about the family situation from the system. Now, separated by a screen, she really didn't know what else to talk about with her father, apart from caring about his health and the grocery store business.
She thought for a moment, then reached out and scratched Chu Yuxin's upturned nose. "Xin'er, I asked the imperial kitchen to prepare some snacks. Go out and have some with Dad while I talk to Mom."
"No, I want my sister." Chu Yuxin wrinkled her nose and hugged Chu Liuzheng's neck coquettishly.
Dad can see her every day, but sister can only see her for a short while. Of course, it is more important to accompany sister.
"The dim sum made by the royal chef is not available outside."
Chu Liuzheng pinched her cheeks and fluently named a series of snacks, deliberately picking the ones that sounded good and tasted better, successfully arousing the greed in little Chu Yuxin's stomach. She ran out with clattering legs and pulled her father to taste the snacks and fruits. At the same time, with sympathy for her father who couldn't see her sister, she chattered to him about what Chu Liuzheng was wearing and what he was wearing today, whether he was fat or thin, white or black.
Chu Qin listened very carefully and was quite happy.
Mrs. Bai behind the screen was not in such a good mood.
She grabbed Chu Liuzheng's hand and looked her up and down carefully. Seeing her pointed face, long neck, and not a pound of flesh on her body, she couldn't help but feel more and more distressed. Tears fell again, "Why are you so thin?"
Chu Liuzheng was a little embarrassed, actually she had gained weight.
Now all she does every day is eat and sleep, and then play. There is almost nothing for her to worry about. She is a complete rice bug.
Fortunately, she was too thin before, otherwise she would have started worrying about losing weight.
On the other hand, Xiao Jingfan ate, slept and lived with her, and sometimes even had an extra midnight snack than her, yet he didn't gain a pound of weight.
It turns out that work makes people haggard... no, thin.
"Mother, this dress hides my flesh and makes me look thin. If you don't believe me, just touch it." Chu Liuzheng was ready to speak with facts. He took Bai's hand and placed it on her waist. "Look, there is flesh, right?"
Bai Shi really pinched it and frowned, "They are all bones."
Chu Liuzheng: “…”
[I'm lying, how can there be bones in the waist? ]
Maybe all parents in the world are the same. She stopped discussing with Bai whether she was fat or thin, and turned around to instruct Chen Xing to go to the Imperial Hospital and ask Doctor Qin to come over.
Although Bai's old illness has not recurred in the past two years, it has not been cured. Chu Liuzheng is worried that it will suddenly break out one day.
She had previously asked Qin Shu if the Juyi Divine Needle could cure Bai's illness. Qin Shu's reply at the time was that based on the symptoms she had described, it was likely curable, but she would need to see the patient and carefully feel his pulse before she could be sure.
Since then, Chu Liuzheng has been looking for an opportunity to let Qin Shu show herself to Bai. Now that Bai has entered the palace and Qin Shu happens to be in the palace, it is a good opportunity.
Seeing her casually ordering people around, Bai's heart skipped a beat and she vaguely guessed something.
She gripped her daughter's hand tightly and whispered, "Youmiao, Deyin said you'd be able to leave the palace in the next two years. Now His Majesty has shown mercy and invited us to the palace to see you. Is it going to be soon?"
There was anticipation in his tone and eyes.
Alas, quite the opposite.
Chu Liuzheng originally wanted to talk about it later, but now that Bai asked, she didn't hide it.
"Mother, I can't leave the palace for the time being."
"Why, why?" Bai's hands trembled, and her red face gradually turned pale. She stared straight at Chu Liuzheng, "Are you short of money or... is it..."
"Maybe we have to wait a few more years." Chu Liuzheng patted her hand soothingly with a faint smile on his face, "Don't worry, I will take good care of myself. Your Majesty, please be kind and send someone to bring you to the palace every month so that we can see each other."
She couldn't tell the whole story about the bet, so she could only use this ambiguous statement to reassure Bai.
But Bai was not stupid. Although she did not know the rules of the palace, she had just noticed that her daughter's dress was different from that of the palace maids. She thought that her daughter had dressed up specially to see them, but now it seemed that the situation was not that simple.
Her eyes almost stared through Chu Liuzheng, and she tightened her grip on his hand, her joints turning white from the exertion, and her breathing became heavier.
Chu Liuzheng saw that something was wrong and quickly reached out to help her calm down: "Mother, don't be anxious. Just take your time and tell me what you want to say. I'm listening."
Mrs. Bai did have something to say, but she couldn't say it to her daughter who had suffered a great injustice for the family. Her breathing became more rapid, and tears slid down her pale face, "pa" splashing on the clasped hands of mother and daughter, blooming a warm splash of water.
"Mother, please don't cry." Chu Liuzheng didn't understand what had happened so suddenly, and hurriedly wiped her tears with a piece of silk. "I'm fine, really fine. It will be the same when you come to the palace to see me in the future."
How can this be the same?
Bai only felt that the things in front of her eyes began to spin rapidly, and the sounds in her ears gradually became blurred.
It's all her fault. She shouldn't have been sick.
If she hadn't been sick, her daughter Xiao Miao wouldn't have sold herself into this cannibalistic place, never to be able to get out.
(End of this chapter)
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