Chapter 321 Return to the Palace
A leisurely life outside is always beautiful and short-lived. Before the emperor learned how to make radish cake, Zhuifeng came to ask them to go back.
Lu Yaoyao had no choice but to leave the courtyard to her apprentice, and they set off back to Kyoto.
This small courtyard is a medicine house, and villagers from several nearby villages come here to see a doctor.
Now that she's gone, let her two apprentices take over!
Zhuifeng was very low-key when he came, riding alone on horseback.
On their way back, they rode together in a carriage.
Zhuifeng looked at the familiar room in the carriage and excitedly slept in it for three days without eating.
In his words, he is used to being in his bed.
They walked and stopped many times until winter came before they arrived in Kyoto.
Kyoto also welcomed the first snow of the winter. Lu Yaoyao opened the car curtain and looked outside. There were almost no pedestrians on the street. It was really too cold in winter.
Occasionally, a few pedestrians walked by, but they also hunched their necks and wore very thin cotton coats.
Lu Yaoyao frowned. "Grandpa Emperor, I remember we promoted the high-yield cotton seeds nationwide, right? Why are the cotton clothes worn by the people in Kyoto so thin?"
In the past few years, she has brought back a lot of seeds, not only cotton seeds, but also high-yield grain seeds.
She had many people send sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, and other cold-resistant and high-yielding crops back to Kyoto.
The small mountain village where they lived grew sweet potatoes, potatoes, and cotton, so they had a particularly comfortable winter.
Originally, every family would wear one cotton-padded jacket for three generations, but now everyone has one.
Why are the people of Kyoto worse off than those in the countryside?
The emperor had long since stopped caring about worldly affairs and had no idea what was going on.
"Princess, you may not know that all the seeds you sent back were intercepted by Duke Qiao along the way. He said they were distributed to the people."
"In fact, only one in ten seeds that reach the hands of ordinary people survive. The emperor is investigating evidence of Duke Qiao's crimes, but that old fox is hiding too deeply, and we haven't found anything yet."
Zhuifeng gritted his teeth when he thought of what Duke Qiao had done over the years.
In order to force the emperor to marry his daughter Qiao Yinyin, Duke Qiao completely disregarded the lives of the people.
Lu Yaoyao thought about it carefully and knew the reason. "Duke Qiao is planning to force my father to marry Qiao Yinyin?"
The last time Qiao Yinyin met her father, she has been thinking about him ever since.
After her cheekbone was cracked that day, she sought help from a miracle doctor and it was cured, but she was left with some sequelae.
That is, half of the face is like an old woman, and the other half is like a young girl.
Who would dare to marry her with that appearance? She will never get married.
Later, Qiao Yinyin learned of her father's identity and insisted on marrying into the palace to become the queen.
Naturally, the emperor refused, so Duke Qiao did all kinds of stupid things, and in the end, no one could find any evidence against him.
Zhuifeng nodded, "Exactly! Ever since Qiao Yinyin learned of His Majesty's identity, she's been thinking about marrying His Majesty all day long. She even tried to force His Majesty to depose the Queen and marry her. Su Yan'er was also involved in this."
Su Yan'er is really lucky. She has survived until now despite being tortured by Princess Li.
Lu Yaoyao hadn't heard from Su Yan'er for a long time, and it took her a long time to remember who this person was.
"Since they're jumping around so happily, I'll just take care of them all at once when I get back this time!"
Lu Yaoyao was surrounded by cold air, which was a sign of her anger.
The retired emperor quickly moved away. Over the years, he had finally come to understand his granddaughter. She was the type who would beat people up if they disagreed with her, and would kill them without leaving any trace behind.
It seems that Duke Qiao and his men are in trouble.
Wen Zhou was not afraid at all. He just blinked his eyes and ate the fruit in front of him.
No matter who my sister hits, she will never hit him.
Zhuifeng hadn't been with Lu Yaoyao for these years and didn't know that she had become very cruel.
He just spoke cautiously, "Your Highness, Duke Qiao only returned to Kyoto a few years ago. He is not someone you can easily mess with. You have to be careful."
Duke Qiao commanded a large army and was once a frontier king, but was later recalled to Kyoto.
Even the retired emperor was wary of him. The current emperor wanted to take back his military power, but he had no reason.
"Don't worry, if I want to kill someone, I must have evidence."
She just couldn't believe that Duke Qiao had been in charge of military power for so long without making any mistakes.
Since he is an ambitious person, he must have something to hold over you.
Zhuifeng shuddered. He hadn't seen the princess for several years. Was the princess's aura so strong?
No more words were spoken along the way, and the carriage went straight into the palace.
Her coming-of-age ceremony is in a few days, otherwise her father and mother would not have let her come back so soon.
Now that she's back, she doesn't want to leave for a while.
After arriving at the palace, the emperor went back to his bedroom to rest.
Lu Yaoyao took Wen Zhou to the harem.
"Father, Emperor, Mother, Empress."
Arriving at the harem, Lu Yaoyao trotted into her mother's bedroom.
At this time, my father must be accompanying my mother.
Yutan was embroidering. When she heard the sound, she stood up anxiously.
Looking at the girl running towards her with a sweet smile, Yu Tan's eyes turned red, "My precious daughter, you are finally back."
Lu Yaoyao threw herself into her mother's arms and hugged her tightly, "Mother, I'm back! I missed you so much."
"Okay, I'm glad you're back! I'm glad you're back!" Yu Tan's eyes were red and she choked with sobs as she spoke.
The last time I saw my daughter was two years ago. It has been a long time since I last saw her, and she has grown taller.
Lu Xiao, who came out later, also had tears in his eyes.
Lu Yaoyao let go of Yu Tan and wiped the tears from her eyes. "Mother, I won't leave now that I'm back! I'll be with you every day from now on."
He smiled and looked at Lu Xiao, "Father, I miss you too!"
She rushed over and snuggled into Lu Xiao's arms, acting like a spoiled child like she did when she was a child.
Lu Xiao patted her back and said, "Do you miss your father and mother? Why are they always away from home? It's good that you're back now. Go spend more time with them at home."
"Okay!" Lu Yaoyao agreed with a smile.
This time she didn't plan to leave immediately and wanted to stay for a few more days.
It’s a good opportunity to get along well with my other two younger brothers.
Looking at the heartwarming scene before him, Wen Zhou curled his lips and said, "Father, Emperor, and Mother, I'm back too! Have you forgotten that you still have a son?"
My father and mother are becoming more and more partial. They only saw that my sister came back, but didn’t they see that he was there too?
Lu Xiao's face turned sour when their warm moment was interrupted. He turned around and glared at his son.
"You're back, so what? What's the big deal? Don't disturb us from catching up with your sister."
He turned around, hugged his wife, held his daughter's hand and started chatting, without any intention of paying attention to Wen Zhou.
Wenhao, the literary youth who had just returned from the palace school, looked at his brother with sympathy.
"Hey! Brother, don't be sad. Sister is back and we have nothing to worry about." Wen Qing comforted him seriously.
It would have been fine if he hadn't been comforted, but once he was comforted, Wen Zhou felt even more aggrieved.
Wenhao shook his head like a little adult, "Brother, let's go to Grandpa Huang for dinner! It looks like we have nothing to do with the dinner table tonight."
It's like this every time they come back, they've gotten used to it.
Wen Zhou's eyes twitched, and he walked away holding one of his younger brothers' hands.
My brother is right. Tonight’s dinner table will be filled with my sister’s favorite dishes, and they have nothing to do with it.
(End of this chapter)
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