Chapter 3186 Family Happiness
Although Zhu Feng and Nan Yan went to the prosperous south this time, they basically had not had a proper meal since they arrived at the shore. Before the rebellion was quelled, they had no appetite to savor the food.
In addition, I have been away from Beijing for a long time, and it has been a long time since I last tasted the familiar flavors.
So, when the dishes were served, Nan Yan's eyes lit up.
Zhu Chengxuan smiled and said, "I thought that since your father and your majesty have been gone for almost a year now, they might miss the taste of the palace. So, I asked the imperial kitchen to prepare some home-cooked dishes. Your father and your majesty can try them and see if they suit your taste."
Nan Yan took a taste with her chopsticks and immediately said with a smile, "This is exactly the taste I want."
Lian Zhu Feng also filled a bowl of soup and drank it, nodding repeatedly.
Only Xinping looked at the dishes with a pout on his face, almost enough to hang a bottle of oil on it. He said sullenly, "There's no fish or shrimp. It's not tasty."
Zhu Chengxuan put a piece of food into her bowl with chopsticks and said softly, "Let's eat tomorrow, okay?"
"snort!"
Nan Yan immediately said, "Don't spoil her. This time when I came back, I saw that she has gained a lot of weight. I'm afraid the Crown Prince is embarrassed to withhold her rations. Just give her whatever she wants."
Zhu Chengxuan blushed.
He said softly, "Xinping is still young, and I can't bear to see her hungry."
"It doesn't matter if she's hungry or not, she's just greedy."
Nan Yan said to Xin Ping with a stern face, "Don't take advantage of the fact that your father and mother are gone, and your brother, the Crown Prince, dotes on you, and act lawless. This time when I come back, I'm going to starve you for a few meals!"
Upon hearing this, before Xinping had time to feel wronged, Zhu Feng and Zhu Chengxuan both started to plead for Xinping.
Nan Yan waved her hand and said, "It's useless no matter what anyone says."
Xinping was so aggrieved that her ears were about to droop. Zhu Chengxuan had no choice but to put some more food in her bowl and said softly, "Eat more tonight."
Although the child was young, he was very smart. He saw at a glance that it was his mother who was in charge of this matter. Even his father couldn't persuade her, so he couldn't get away with it by acting like a spoiled child. He could only accept his fate and shoveled food into his mouth while holding the bowl in frustration. He looked up and saw his younger brother Cheng Jun still smiling at him. He couldn't help but yell at him: "What are you laughing at! Eat your food!"
Cheng Jun had no choice but to lower his head obediently after being yelled at by his sister.
Zhu Feng sat in the head seat, looking at the noisy children at the table, and a gentle smile couldn't help but appear on his face.
In the past, when he was in the army, he had often heard his fellow soldiers talk about returning home after battle, wanting to live a life with their wives and children. He hadn't really taken it seriously, thinking a man's job was to conquer the world, and it was boring to think about his wife and children all day long. But now, as he was older, he realized that this simple happiness surpassed everything else.
No matter how exhausted he was working outside, as long as he looked back and saw the children around him and Nan Yan looking at them, he would feel satisfied as if he were already living in a prosperous and peaceful world.
This kind of homely happiness is irreplaceable.
So, while coaxing his daughter to eat more, he chatted with his eldest son about state affairs. He also affirmed the prince's contribution to the suppression of the rebellion. No matter how chaotic the south was, there was no chaos in the capital, which gave him a strong backing.
Moreover, Zhu Feng also knew that in history, there were countless emperors who were away from home. Once an accident occurred, the regent prince would immediately start to have other ideas, and even if there was no chaos, a big chaos would be caused. But this time, no matter what happened in the south, even during the time when Zhu Feng pretended to be dead, there was no chaos in the capital.
Regardless of whether he liked this son in the past, or whether his personality was to his liking, Zhu Feng really understood this time.
My son is a capable person.
So, after eating a few mouthfuls, he picked up the wine glass and said to his son, who was almost as tall as him but still very thin, "Come."
When Zhu Chengxuan saw Zhu Feng actually raising his glass to him, he was stunned for a moment because he had never been treated like this before.
Nan Yan, who was standing beside him, smiled and said, "Prince, why don't you raise your glass?"
"Ah? Ah!"
Zhu Chengxuan hurriedly picked up the cup and looked at Zhu Feng flatteredly: "Father..."
Zhu Feng smiled and said, "You did very well this time."
“…”
"I've just looked over the memorials you've reviewed these days. You're even more attentive than I am in some of the little things."
"How dare I compare myself to my father, my father, as I am so stupid and dull as to be compared to him?"
"It's good, it's good. I was strict with you in the past because I was afraid you wouldn't be able to do anything, but now that you have, I should praise you. Also, the matter of the Xu family, the concubine and I have already taken care of it, you don't have to worry about anything else."
When talking about the Xu family, Zhu Chengxuan's expression changed slightly.
He looked at Nan Yan carefully, and Nan Yan just looked at them with a smile. Zhu Feng clinked his cup with his, then drank it all in one gulp. Zhu Chengxuan naturally did not dare to be negligent and hurriedly drank it as well.
However, he had something on his mind, and because the wind was strong at night, he specially prepared newly brewed wine. New wine tastes spicy, and after drinking it, he choked and coughed, and his eyes turned red.
Xinping immediately held the bowl and said, "Haha, brother is drunk."
Nan Yan tapped her with chopsticks.
"You're talking nonsense again!"
“Woo…”
Zhu Chengxuan wiped his mouth, smiled sheepishly, looked at the aggrieved Xinping, and said softly, "Actually, sister Xinping and brother are very well behaved. It's just that the affairs of the previous dynasty have been weighing on your desk these days, and I'm unable to cope with them. I've wronged them a little. Now that I think about it, the harem really needs the Imperial Concubine. Without her, many things are messed up."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Feng's eyes flickered.
But he didn't respond immediately. He just looked at Zhu Chengxuan and then at Nan Yan. After hearing what the Crown Prince said, Nan Yan also smiled and said, "Your Highness, this is serious. In fact, I usually only take care of the beginning and not the end. If I think about it carefully, if Empress Renxiao was still here, there would be no such chaos in the harem."
Hearing her say this, Zhu Chengxuan was stunned for a moment.
Nan Yan continued, "These days, I've missed my sister especially much, thinking of the things she said to me when she was alive. Thinking back on it now, her words always seemed so light, but when I think about them, they weigh heavily on my heart. There will never be another person like her in this world."
Zhu Chengxuan's eyes couldn't help but turn red.
I also feel a little uneasy.
He had originally wanted to bring up the matter of the Queen's position during the family dinner tonight, but the Imperial Concubine's words were all about commemorating his mother, so there was no way to talk about the matter of enthroning the successor Queen.
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