The Empress, quick-witted, took another piece from the plate and put it back in the little dumpling's hand. The little dumpling stopped crying, but refused to be held by the Empress. He clung to Chuanwen's arm and wouldn't get down. He even huffed at the Empress angrily and gave her a small, chubby back view.
Empress: ......
Even though she got snorted at, she still seemed so cute!
The post provided a precise description: "Haha, a gas cylinder! I really want to squeeze it!"
Chuanwen thought this and did it, pinching and squeezing that tender little face with both hands.
Although the Queen didn't know what a gas cylinder was, the little dumpling's back really did look like a gas cylinder, so she couldn't help but laugh out loud.
However, seeing that Chuanwen's hands didn't stop, and that she had pinched the little dumpling's mouth into a duck's beak while it was eating pastries, she took the little dumpling away from her arms and said that you can't keep pinching a child's face, otherwise the child will keep drooling.
"oh oh."
Chuanwen answered obediently, but his eyes were sparkling. The Empress was speechless. Chuanwen's eyes clearly showed that he wanted to test whether pinching a child's face would make the child drool!
While the Empress and Chuanwen were playing with the little dumpling, a commotion suddenly broke out in the Imperial Garden. The two looked up and saw that it was the spot where the Western Regions princess was standing.
The Empress's heart tightened, and she thought to herself, "Oh no, could it be that the princess from the Western Regions is causing trouble for Chuanyu?"
But upon closer inspection, Xu Wuyou was protecting Chuanyu, who was squeezed on the periphery of the crowd, and the two of them seemed to have nothing to do with the trouble.
"What's going on?"
Chuanwen was puzzled and craned his neck to look in that direction.
The Empress handed the little girl to the nanny and hurried over. Although the Great Jin Dynasty was not afraid of the Western Regions, the two countries had just ended their war, and it was best to maintain peace. Besides, cough! The Western Regions princess seemed quite fierce, and she was worried that these young masters and ladies from noble families might suffer some injustice.
Chuanwen quickly followed suit, eager to watch the drama unfold.
Just as the two reached the outside of the crowd, a young man flew out from inside and landed right in front of the Queen.
As the crowd parted, the face of Princess Zhang Yang of the Western Regions came into view. She had just knocked someone away and was quite pleased with herself, but upon seeing the Empress, her smug smile vanished, and she respectfully cupped her hands, saying, "This young master wanted to test his martial arts skills with me, so I showed him a few moves. I never expected that the men of the Great Jin Dynasty would be so weak, unable to even defeat a woman."
The princess of the Western Regions smiled and looked at the people on the ground with disdain.
The Empress's face darkened. To beat up a Jin person in the Jin palace and then insult a Jin man—was the Western Region princess slapping Jin in the face?
"You're such a shrew! Who would dare marry you..."
The young man on the ground also felt ashamed and pointed at the princess of the Western Regions, shouting at her, but he was frightened by a sharp look from the empress and dared not say anything more.
Chuanwen watched from the sidelines, inwardly applauding. The Empress had always been gentle and kind to her, much gentler than her mother. [I never imagined the Empress could be so dignified; truly worthy of being the mother of the nation!]
The Empress, embarrassed by Chuanwen's praise, softened her sharp gaze and smiled at the Western Regions princess, saying, "Your Highness is too kind. There are many men in the Great Jin Dynasty, so it's not surprising that there are one or two who are not good at martial arts. You defeated one, but you can't generalize from one case, can you?"
"Yes, otherwise, if all the men of the Great Jin were such incompetent fools, how could they have trampled their iron hooves onto the land of the Western Regions?"
The emperor suddenly appeared out of nowhere, followed by several ministers.
Chuanwen wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that the ministers' eyes lit up when they saw him, as if they were quite happy.
Old Chen's mouth was practically stretched to his ears in a grin. Was he really enjoying watching the emperor and his wife bully a little girl?
The Minister of Works' upturned lips slowly stiffened. He was just happy to see Chuanwen, okay? Well, it wasn't that he missed Gua, it was just that he hadn't seen this girl for many days and missed her quite a bit.
Ahem, and another thing, how can you say that the emperor and empress are bullying people? It was clearly this princess from the Western Regions who provoked them first. Are they not allowed to refute her?
Besides, the Emperor and Empress are right! How can stating the facts be considered bullying?
The emperor and empress thought the same way, so even when they saw the grievance flash in the eyes of the princess from the Western Regions, they didn't feel much guilt. If she felt wronged, she shouldn't provoke them, making it seem like they were the ones bullying her!
"The Emperor and Empress are right. Hua Jing spoke without thinking."
The princess of the Western Regions felt a fleeting sense of grievance. Recalling her words, although she hadn't meant it that way, they could indeed easily be misinterpreted. She wasn't one to mince words; she readily admitted her mistakes.
But she still felt a little uneasy. If her country hadn't been so weak, she wouldn't have been subjected to such an unforgiving treatment.
"What exactly happened? Weren't we supposed to be admiring the flowers? Why did we start fighting?"
The emperor glanced at the young man who had gotten up from the ground and realized he didn't recognize him, but the young man's smug look with his chin held high really infuriated the emperor.
You got kicked away and humiliated in the palace, and you're still smug about it? You better not get ahead of yourself!
The emperor couldn't help but roll his eyes at the man and then questioned him and Princess Hua Jing of the Western Regions.
Before Hua Jing could even open his mouth, the young man started ranting and raving about it.
He was Zhang Guanjing, the son of Zhang Chengjue, the Director of the Imperial Household Department. He gave a long self-introduction, and the emperor looked at Zhang Chengjue among the ministers. Zhang Chengjue secretly wiped his sweat.
But Zhang Guanjing didn't get his father's fear, nor did he know that usually after someone introduces themselves, they will be thoroughly exposed by the emperor. Seeing the emperor looking at his father, he thought that this was a sure thing and that the emperor would definitely be on his side, so he started to complain vehemently.
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