Chapter 379: This queen is not worthy of being a queen, but she refrained from taking action.

Because the road is narrow, it is inconvenient to ride a horse.

The emperor got off his horse, threw the reins to the guards behind him, and walked over on foot.

It had just snowed and rained, and the road was slippery.

Eunuch Li was afraid that the emperor would fall, so he quickly stretched out his hand, "Your Majesty, please slow down."

The emperor placed his hand on Eunuch Li's and looked down at the mud on the soles of his feet. The uppers of his dragon boots were stained, and there were also many spots of mud on the hem of his clothes.

As an emperor, how could I have ever walked on a muddy road?

It was just because he wanted to find the queen that he had to do it.

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves came from behind. The rapid sound of the hoofbeats indicated that the people were in a hurry.

At the sound of the horse's neighing, the man on horseback jumped off the horse nimbly, trotted all the way to the emperor, and knelt on one knee.

"Your Majesty, this is an urgent secret letter from eight hundred miles away."

Upon hearing this, the emperor took the letter from the guard's hand, opened it, and took out the letter from it.

After reading the letter, the emperor's face darkened and he said, "Return to the palace immediately."

Eunuch Li shouted, "Drive back to the palace."

The emperor walked on the muddy road back to his original place, then mounted his horse and rushed to the palace impatiently.

Fuyaojunei

The queen practiced for a while and then began to pant heavily.

"No, no, I'm really old. I'm so tired after practicing sword for a while."

Ye Chu took the sword from her hand and said gently, "You are just like this because you haven't practiced for a long time. Why do you say you are old?"

The queen sat down at the round table and drank the hot tea that Qingying handed to her, taking two sips to moisten her throat.

"You don't know that you can't wield a spear or a sword in the palace. Moreover, I am the queen and I have to be a role model for the harem. Otherwise, I won't be able to convince others with my virtue."

When Ye Chu sat down, Qingying handed him some tea. He took a sip and asked, "Are you happy in the palace?"

The Queen paused while drinking tea and sighed, "I can't say I'm happy. Inside the palace walls, there are so many intrigues and deceptions. How can it be as easy and carefree as outside the palace?"

Ye Chu naturally knew all this, which was why he didn't want her to enter the palace. But she was willing, and he couldn't just stop her.

"Of course I'm unhappy, so why do you still want to stay inside those four-cornered palace walls?"

The queen looked at Ye Chu and said helplessly: "I am the queen. If I don't stay within the palace walls, then where should I stay?"

Ye Chu looked at Chang Wenling steadily, "Ah Ling, if you are not happy, then you are not fit to be the queen."

"Every time I get angry, I think it's okay for me to be the queen, but there are some things that I can't help." The queen stared at the teacup in front of her and took two more sips.

Ye Chu felt a pain in his heart when he saw the girl who used to be lively and outgoing had turned into a sentimental woman.

"As long as you are willing, I can make you worry-free."

The queen looked at Ye Chu. She knew that every word Ye Chu said was serious and he did what he said.

"Thank you for your kindness. I chose this path myself. Even if it's difficult, I will go on, unless..."

Ye Chu laughed softly, "Ah Ling, you don't have to rush to make a decision. You can think about it again. You don't have much time left, so you shouldn't make yourself unhappy."

The queen stared at Ye Chu for a while, so long that Ye Chu thought she was going to agree to his proposal.

"I suddenly understood why that old monk fell in love with you."

Ye Chu's eyes froze for a moment, then he chuckled, "Why?"

The queen sighed: "You know a lot and see things clearly. If I were like you, I wouldn't be like this."

"Really?" Ye Chu laughed again. How could he see everything clearly? If he did, he wouldn't have persisted for so many years and still not resigned himself to it.

The old monk told him that his obsession was too deep and if he let go of it, he could become an enlightened monk.

Ye Chu couldn't help but smile when he thought of this.

The queen suddenly grinned and said, "You haven't eaten hot pot yet, right? Let's have hot pot for dinner and let you taste this delicious food."

Seeing her like this, Ye Chu was a little curious, "Really? Is it delicious?"

The queen looked very pleased with herself, "Of course, you will know after you taste it."

Ye Chu smiled faintly, "Then I'll wait and see."

The Queen asked Qingying to tell Chunxi that they would have hotpot tonight.

Because Chunxi knows how to make hot pot, but no one else can.

When it was time for dinner, Chunxi prepared the hot pot.

Because Xiao Jinyan doesn’t eat spicy food, we prepared a spicy hot pot base.

Since there are so many people, we need to prepare twice as much ingredients as usual.

People who like to eat hot pot, when the hot soup in the pot is boiling, can't help but pick up chopsticks and put their favorite ingredients into the pot, especially beef and mutton meatballs.

When Xiao Jinyan saw the Queen eating hotpot for the first time, he found that his mother, like Xiaojiu, was very uniform in her eating habits.

Thinking of what Uncle Ye said, he stared at his mother for a long time. He really wanted to ask her if she had really been worried about him when he was sent to Nanzhao as a hostage.

I also want to ask, it wasn't him who pushed his younger brother back then.

But he didn't dare ask, for fear that if he did, he would be disappointed again.

Shen Chuwei picked up some non-spicy beef and put it in the bowl in front of Xiao Jinyan, "Your Highness, eat the meat, this is not spicy."

Xiao Jinyan came back to his senses, looked down at the meat in the bowl, glanced at Xiaojiu, and saw that she was looking at him expectantly. He clenched the chopsticks in his hand, picked up a piece of beef, put it into his mouth and started eating.

When Shen Chuwei saw that he had eaten, she took the colander, scooped up the meat, put it into her own bowl, and started eating.

The queen was not willing to be left behind. She picked up the meat and put it into her own bowl, then dipped it in the sauce and started eating.

Ye Chu ate the non-spicy meat slowly and leisurely. The taste was indeed a little unusual.

Until the end of dinner, Xiao Jinyan still hadn't asked the question he wanted to ask.

Back in the house, Xiao Jinyan looked at Xiaojiu who was breastfeeding her baby. He sat down at the desk and found the drawing board on it. He picked it up with confusion and was stunned for a moment when he saw the painting on it.

The painting shows him when he just returned to the palace and put his face against Xiaojiu's belly.

He knew Xiaojiu's painting skills, which could be said to be so exquisite that the fake ones looked real.

The picture is very warm and harmonious, and you can see their feelings through the painting.

He raised his head and looked at Shen Chuwei, "Xiaojiu, this painting is very good."

Shen Chuwei's eyebrows curved slightly, "Your Highness, do you like it?"

"I like it very much." Xiao Jinyan stood up and sat down beside her. He lifted her chin with his slender fingers and lowered his head to kiss her.

Shen Chuwei widened her eyes. Xiao Jinyan actually kissed her in front of the child.

Susu was squeezed between the two people and was forced to eat a big mouthful of dog food.

Xiao Jinyan felt that his daughter was getting in the way, so he picked her up and put her in the crib, then returned to the bed and continued the kiss that had just begun.

When the clothes were taken off, Xiao Jinyan looked at them and gave his comments.

"Xiaojiu, you are in perfect shape now."

Shen Chuwei was dizzy from the kiss and was a little confused for a moment when she suddenly heard these words.

Xiao Jinyan pinched her waist and whispered in her ear, "You've gained some flesh here, and it feels better."

Shen Chuwei realized later that Xiao Jinyan was saying that she had gained weight~

So there is no hope of eating it.

Xiao Jinyan suddenly asked, "Xiaojiu, you said that mother actually cares about me, right?"

Although Xiao Jinyan was asking Shen Chuwei, he did not give her a chance to answer and tightly blocked her lips.

No one disturbs you, you can do whatever you want.

*

It has been more than two months since I left the palace, and the babies are already three months old.

The weather also gets warmer in April.

In addition to practicing sword skills with Ye Chu every day, the Queen would also make clothes for the babies with Qingying and read storybooks, making her life more fulfilling.

However, the palace was shrouded in gloom.

A secret report was received earlier, requiring the emperor to return for emergency processing.

The emperor was very busy with the events that happened one after another, but at the same time, he did not give up looking for the empress.

Finally, the emperor had no choice but to summon General Chang into the palace to inform him of the empress's departure from the palace. He mainly wanted to know whether the empress had contacted her natal family after leaving the palace.

When General Chang learned that his beloved daughter had run away from the palace, he was extremely anxious. After leaving the palace, he personally led people to look for her.

After dealing with the emergency, the emperor relaxed and felt exhausted. He hadn't had a good sleep for a long time and was extremely tired.

For several days in a row, the emperor woke up from nightmares in a cold sweat. Looking at the empty Fengyi Palace, he could no longer fall asleep.

"Ling'er, where on earth have you been?"

The next morning, the emperor put on casual clothes again and went out of the palace to look for the queen.

The city has been searched countless times, but there is no sign of the queen. It can be concluded that the queen is not in the city.

The emperor rode straight out of the city gate and galloped towards the suburbs.

*

Babies born in March can already roll over.

Taotao fell into a sound sleep after drinking milk.

Susu held the ball of fur in her hand, kicked her legs and hands twice and turned over, with her legs resting on her brother's body, and her chubby little face just against her brother's face.

Susu, who knew nothing, opened her mouth and took a bite of her brother's cheek.

Taotao, who was originally sleeping soundly, had her face covered with saliva, and she couldn't wake up even if she wanted to.

Looking at her sister who opened her mouth and seemed to want to take a second bite, Taotao blinked her pretty eyes twice, wondering whether to push her away or not.

Thinking that it was his own sister, he refrained from taking action.

When Shen Chuwei walked in, she saw Susu with half of her body lying on Taotao. That was not all, Susu was also using her little mouth to bite Taotao's face.

Taotao's little expression, as if she wanted to complain but couldn't, made Shen Chuwei laugh.

"Susu, this is your brother. He is not edible. You can't chew him with your mouth." Shen Chuwei turned her daughter's little body over and saw that she was grinning with great joy.

A three-month-old baby smiles more than a one-month-old baby, and his facial features have grown more, making him look cuter.

Taotao, who was rescued, was no longer sleepy. She kicked her legs and hands, turned over, and looked around curiously.

When the queen came in, she saw Taotao and Susu lying in the crib.

Susu used her legs to move to her brother's side, grabbed her brother's hand, and stuffed it into her mouth.

"Susu, why did you put your brother's hand in your mouth?" The queen pulled Taotao's hand out.

At this time, Qingying walked in from outside.

"Your Majesty, the guards outside have sent word that the Emperor has come to the suburbs again."

ps: One more

Do you guys want the emperor to find the queen in the next chapter? Or meet his love rival?