Chapter 2729: What a pity, such a beautiful spring
In a blink of an eye, more than two months have passed.
After the beginning of spring, the weather became warmer day by day. On this day, Ruoshui and the others took the heavy quilts to the backyard to dry and beat them. Nanyan held little Chengjun in one hand and sat under the porch with Xinping to bask in the sun.
Suddenly, a chirping sound was heard.
Xinping tugged at the corner of her clothes and asked, "Mother, what is that?"
Nan Yan looked up and saw that a swallow's nest had been built under the eaves of the main hall of Yonghe Palace. A big swallow flew back, and the little swallows in the nest opened their mouths wide and chirped towards it, asking for food.
Nan Yan smiled and said, "It's a swallow's nest."
Xinping stood on the bench and stretched his neck out of curiosity to see, and said in surprise, "Wow, there are so many birds!"
Nan Yan smiled and said, "Don't disturb the little swallows. They are small and scared."
"Why didn't you do that before?"
"It was cold before, and the swallows flew south to spend the winter. Now that spring has come and the weather has warmed up, the swallows have returned."
Xin Ping said, "They really know how to pick the right time."
Nan Yan laughed and said, "Do you think only humans can choose the right time? All living things have spirits, and everyone can choose, just like humans. They like to live in a good place and at a good time."
Shinpei blinked.
A chubby little hand touched Nan Yan's ear. Nan Yan lowered her head and saw Cheng Jun in her arms also raised his head to look at the chirping nest of birds and said, "Mother, chirp."
Nan Yan laughed and said, "What's chirping? It's a swallow."
“Chirp.”
"Ha ha ha ha."
She laughed heartily at her son's amusement. Xin Ping, who was standing beside her, stepped on a chair and walked over to little Cheng Jun, saying, "You're so stupid! You can't even say 'swallow', you can only say 'chirp'."
As soon as he saw his sister, Cheng Jun smiled broadly.
When he opened his mouth, he showed a few small white baby teeth, which made him look particularly cute.
Although she didn't like him always monopolizing his brother and mother's arms, Xinping found it amusing when she saw his chubby face, so she rubbed his face with her palms, and found it soft and elastic, so she pinched it.
Nan Yan said, "Don't bully my brother."
"snort!"
Xinping immediately retracted her hand and turned away, ignoring him.
At this time, the eunuch guarding the door said, "Your Majesty."
When they heard that Zhu Feng had arrived, Nan Yan hurriedly stood up holding Cheng Jun, while Xin Ping had already jumped off the bench and ran towards the door.
"Father!"
As soon as Zhu Feng walked into the gate of Yonghe Palace, he saw his daughter running towards him. Although he was a little sleepy at first, he immediately became energetic.
However, Xinping did not rush into his arms like a ball of flesh as usual.
Instead, he stopped when he was two or three steps away from him and bowed to him politely: "Your son greets the emperor."
“…”
Zhu Feng was stunned for a moment.
Seeing his daughter being so polite, he felt both relieved and a little disappointed. However, he immediately stepped forward, took her hand, and said with a smile, "Xinping, are you done with get out of class today?"
"Yes, Father, I memorized an article today. I did it well and my teacher praised me."
"Okay, that's good."
Zhu Feng led her in and saw Nan Yan coming forward to greet him with the child in her arms. He immediately reached out to help her up, pinched his chubby little face, and said with a smile, "What are you doing at the door? Don't catch a cold."
Nan Yan smiled and said, "How could they have caught a cold? The sun is so nice today, I will take them to bask in the sun."
"Um,"
Zhu Feng also looked up and saw that the sun was indeed shining brightly.
The family of four basked in the sun on the porch for a while. When it was almost time for lunch, Nan Yan asked Aunt Tong Yun and the others to take the two children away. Zhu Feng asked, "Aren't you going to let the children eat with us?"
Nan Yan said, "They have their own food. The last time the emperor fed Cheng Jun a bite, he had diarrhea for two days."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Feng immediately chuckled twice and said, "He's a boy, he shouldn't be so delicate."
"Boys are children too,"
Nan Yan said: "You must never do this again in the future."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
However, when the dishes were served, Zhu Feng frowned again and said, "It's Polygonum multiflorum chicken soup again. Why do you eat this every day? I've been eating it at your place for two months straight, so why haven't I finished those two Polygonum multiflorum roots yet?"
Nan Yan took a bowl of soup and handed it to him, saying, "We finished eating a long time ago. I asked someone to find two bigger ones."
Zhu Feng took only one sip and put down the bowl.
Said: "If you continue like this, I will not come to your palace to eat. Eating this every day..."
Nan Yan glanced at him and could only coax him softly, "Okay, okay, just this once, the last time. Your Majesty, drink the soup."
Zhu Feng sighed, then picked up the bowl and took a sip.
He still frowned from drinking.
He had suffered a lot in the past two months. Whenever he came to Yonghe Palace, the water he drank was Polygonum multiflorum soaked in water, the soup he drank was Polygonum multiflorum stewed in soup, and even the porridge he had was Polygonum multiflorum porridge, which made his mouth bitter. Sometimes he hid in the palaces of Concubine Shun and Concubine Yi, and Nan Yan even asked people to send him some snacks made with Polygonum multiflorum.
Everyone in the palace knew that the emperor was about to get sick from eating Polygonum multiflorum.
Nan Yan could only coax and trick him into eating more, but Zhu Feng was really tired of eating. He only drank a bowl of soup and refused to eat anymore. Nan Yan could only accompany him for lunch in disappointment.
Then he asked, "Your Majesty, would you like to take a nap?"
Zhu Feng said, "I'm not sleepy, but the sun is shining brightly today. Let's go for a walk outside and bask in the sun."
"yes."
Nan Yan accompanied him out, but just as they walked out the door, they heard chirping sounds overhead. Zhu Feng looked up and said with a smile, "Why is there a swallow's nest here?"
Nan Yan smiled and said, "It wasn't there last year. I'm afraid it was built when the weather got warmer."
"interesting."
After saying that, Zhu Feng did not go out. He stood under the eaves, looked up for a long time, and said with a smile: "Spring is here, it must be a great time for vitality."
"yes……"
Nan Yan stood beside him and watched.
Suddenly, as if remembering something, she sighed softly, "What a pity, such a beautiful spring day, but I can only stay in the palace and watch the swallows build their nests."
Zhu Feng looked down at her, frowned, and said, "What are you talking about?"
“…”
"If not in the palace, where do you want to live?"
“…”
"I really took you out for a while and let you go wild. Now you haven't come back to your senses, right?"
Nan Yan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I just came back from such a vast grassland, and now I am surrounded by walls. I am a little uncomfortable."
“…”
"I still miss the time when I rode horses with the Emperor and galloped across the grasslands."
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