Chapter 161 Meeting the Supreme Emperor
"Hahaha..." The hearty laughter of Tian Khan came from outside the hall.
Empress Changsun was teasing the ninth prince in Lizheng Hall. Several children were gathered around the cradle to watch their younger brother. When they heard her, they stood up to greet her.
"Guanyinbi!" Tian Khan came in with a smile on his face.
"Erlang!" Empress Changsun looked at her husband with a smile, "You look so happy. Have those people been fooled again?"
"Well! You didn't see it, those guys' faces turned green, and they still said they would verify the truth! Humph, do you think I don't know what they are holding back!" Tian Khan sneered.
"Ah, ah, ah!" The ninth prince in the cradle waved his little hands to greet his father, his voice full of milk.
"Zhi Nu, you know that too?" Tian Khan stretched out his hand to tease his youngest son.
"Ah, my!" The ninth prince was so amused by his father that he danced with joy and grabbed his father's hand and put it in his mouth.
"Put this kid down quickly, you can't eat it!" Tian Khan was amused. He picked up his little son and kissed him lovingly.
Helan Rongrong came in with a delicate little porcelain jar on a tray.
"Mother, what is that? It smells so good!" Crown Prince Li Chengqian twitched his nose. He had a very sensitive sense of smell and could smell a sweet scent.
The little boy was only ten years old, with a handsome face and beautiful eyes that sparkled with wisdom.
He carries the love and hope of his parents, is the future crown prince, has received the best education and upbringing, and possesses the bearing, composure, intelligence and self-confidence that his peers do not have.
It is the pride of the Khan and the Queen.
"Sugarcane brown sugar, for your royal grandfather." Empress Zhangsun said with a smile, "Gao Ming, you have a very sensitive nose, just like your father."
"Mother, why does it smell so good this time? What's different?" Li Chengqian's bright eyes were filled with curiosity.
"What Lingnan Dao sent was not sugar paste, but sugar cubes," Empress Zhangsun said. "Rongrong, bring my portion for the children to taste."
"No need, mother, I'm just asking. I don't want to eat." Li Chengqian declined politely like a little adult, trying hard to show his detachment and indifference to material things.
But the chubby Fourth Prince Li Tai and Princess Changle Li Lizhi beside him showed longing in their eyes, "Mother!"
The three or four-year-old adopted daughter, Princess Yuzhang, held her elder sister's hand, looking confused, and followed her, calling out, "Mother!"
"Go!" The queen smiled. How could a mother not understand her child's thoughts?
Helan Rongrong bowed and left, and soon returned with a white porcelain plate with a piece of brown sugar on it.
"Wow, it smells so good!" The fourth prince Li Tai smelled the sweet smell, which was his favorite. "Mother, I want to taste it!"
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious!" Empress Changsun said good-temperedly.
Helan Rongrong used a knife to cut the candy into several pieces and asked the Khan and the Queen to taste them first.
Tian Kehan picked up a small piece and handed it to his wife's mouth, "Guanyinbi!"
"Erlang, eat!" The Queen smiled and shook her head, "Woo..."
Before she could finish her words, her husband fed her, and Tian Khan smiled triumphantly.
The couple shows their affection as if no one is around, and the children are already used to it.
The two of them were like an ordinary couple, calling each other affectionately, and their children were like ordinary children, calling them Aye and A Niang instead of Father Emperor and Mother Queen.
"You can try one too!" Empress Changsun knew that her husband loved this kind of dessert the most, and her children all inherited his preference.
"Well, this brown sugar does taste better than that sugar paste! It's squeezed from fresh sugarcane, fragrant and sweet!" Tian Khan was in a good mood today, and he was very happy to eat his favorite sweets.
"Mother, I want more!" The fourth prince Li Tai was still not satisfied after finishing his meal.
"Haha, Qingque, this is not a lot of brown sugar. No matter how full you are, it's your mother's tonic. We can eat it thanks to your mother!" Tian Khan was amused by Si'er.
"Father, Qingque hasn't eaten enough!" The fourth prince threw himself into Tian Khan's arms and acted coquettishly.
"Hey, Qingque, be gentle, let me feel you!" Tian Khan picked up Si'er and weighed him in his arms. "Hmm, you've gained weight again!"
"Aye!" Li Tai hugged his father's neck and rubbed it affectionately.
Li Chengqian watched silently, eyes full of envy, but acted like a well-educated and polite little adult.
The two brothers were only one year apart in age. Li Chengqian was the eldest son and the crown prince, and his upbringing was different from that of other princes.
As the son of the queen, Li Tai could act coquettishly with his parents at will, but as the crown prince, he could not do that. He had to appear calm and composed at all times.
But in fact, he is still a child. Every time he sees his younger brother being close to his parents and acting like a spoiled child, he is extremely envious.
Princess Changle Li Lizhi was already eight years old. She could no longer cling to her father like she did when she was young, and could only watch with envy as her fourth brother became close to their father.
"Father! Hug me!" Princess Yuzhang was naive, but she also longed for fatherly love.
"Oh! Okay, Aye, hold you, Aye, hold our little Yuzhang!" Tian Khan put Li Tai down, picked up the delicate and soft Yuzhang and held her high.
"Hehehe!" Yuzhang laughed happily.
Empress Changsun looked at her eldest son lovingly, reached out and touched his head, and said nothing.
Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment when he felt his mother's touch. Feeling his mother's love, he shyly leaned towards her, his eyes full of joy, "Mother!"
Empress Changsun held her eldest son in one hand and her eldest daughter in the other. They were all her children, and she loved and loved them all.
The family played happily for a while and prepared to go to Taiji Palace to meet the emperor.
"Ah!" The ninth prince in the cradle cried anxiously when he saw everyone going out.
A baby of a few months old, who has been out of the hall and seen the scenery outside, naturally does not want to lie in the cradle all the time.
"Be good, Zhinu. Father and mother are going to see Grandfather and will be back soon!" The queen patted her youngest son gently and coaxed him.
The ninth prince held on to his mother's sleeve tightly and kicked hard with his calves. He wanted to go!
"Empress! The Ninth Prince has just finished his meal and hasn't gone out for some fresh air. Why don't we go out for a walk together?" Helan Rongrong said.
"Let's go!" Empress Changsun personally took care of the child and knew the child's temper. If she really didn't take the child out, the child would definitely cry so hard that the earth would shake.
The wet nurse held the ninth prince in her arms, and the family went to Taiji Palace in a grand procession.
"Ah, ah, ah!" The ninth prince was the most excited along the way. He lay on his wet nurse's shoulder and babbled non-stop.
As soon as he stepped into the Taiji Palace, the originally casual and relaxed Tian Khan immediately became serious in expression and tense in body.
Empress Changsun glanced at her husband. The relationship between father and son was tense, and she felt uncomfortable as soon as she entered the Taiji Palace.
The sound of stringed instruments and orchestral music could be heard from a long distance away in the Emperor's bedroom.
As we passed through one palace gate after another, the sound of stringed instruments became louder and louder, accompanied by the frivolous teasing of women.
The eunuch at the door was so frightened by the sudden arrival of the Heavenly Khan that he fell silent and forgot to inform anyone inside.
Tian Khan ignored him and went straight into the hall with his family.
The emperor leaned in the arms of a concubine, allowing her to feed him food and wine.
A group of dancers were dancing vigorously in the hall, accompanied by musicians.
Seeing Tian Khan suddenly rushing in, everyone was stunned, the music stopped, and the musicians and dancers all knelt down.
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