Chapter 19 Grandfather, You're Going to Be Demoted

Hot pot?

Fried skewers?

The Fifth Prince was bewildered. The meals in the palace had always been ordered in advance, and this kind of thing had never appeared.

What is this?

The name made sense, but he had never eaten it.

"Thank you, Eunuch Wei, for conveying it."

The Fifth Prince thought, and followed Wei Zheng with a serious face.

He was worried all the way.

His sister said that their Tianqi Dynasty would decline under the new emperor within three years.

Recently, he heard from his master in the upper study that the river flooded and flooded many fields. The master also told them about the refugee problem.

Now money is needed everywhere.

The Tianqi Dynasty already has the hidden danger of collapse.

How can the emperor still have the mind to tinker with food? It's extravagant and wasteful.

The Fifth Prince's face was a little unhappy, but when he entered Chonghua Palace, he heard his sister's babbling voice, and he couldn't help but stop.

[Ah, fried mushrooms are delicious. Draw a cross on the back of the thick mushrooms. Fry them in oil. They are soft and elastic when you bite them, and the juice is locked. Add cumin powder and salt...]

[Fried cabbage is also great. The high temperature completely drives away the original earthy smell of the dish, leaving only sweetness...]

[Fried chicken fillet is even better. Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, the fat is wrapped inside, tender but not dry, fresh but not salty. After eating, have another skewer of fried rice cakes, wrapped in sweet sauce...]

The fifth prince's complaints were cleared at once.

It turned out that the fried skewers were his sister's idea.

It turned out that they were all cheap things, mushrooms, cabbage and rice cakes, which ordinary people could afford.

When he stepped into Chonghua Palace, a warm smile appeared on his face.

"Your Majesty, the fifth prince is here." Wei Zheng smiled and announced.

In the side hall of Chonghua Palace, Emperor Xiao Yunzhou was lifting up his two dragon-patterned robe sleeves at this moment, holding a fried skewer in his left hand and sprinkling cumin on the fried skewer in his right hand.

Hearing this, he looked up at the door.

Xiao Yunzhou was also dazzled at the sight.

Although he was not close to children on weekdays, he was concerned about his own children.

The fifth prince Cheng Gan had a stern face since he was a child. Among the princes, he was the only one who looked like others owed him money every day.

As the emperor, Xiao Yunzhou certainly did not like to see people's faces.

Therefore, he almost never asked his fifth son to have dinner, so as not to suffer from indigestion.

But unexpectedly, Cheng Gan walked in with such a conspicuous smile today. This contrast made Xiao Yunzhou flattered!

"Cheng Gan, come quickly, the emperor personally seasoned the fried skewers, come and try it."

Xiao Yunzhou was like a dog licker at the moment.

There was no way, the youngest son suddenly had a good face, and the comparison made Xiao Yunzhou a little rare!

Moreover, this filial youngest son saved his father in the Qianqing Palace where the earth dragon turned over last night.

Compared to the third prince who was the ‘new emperor who will ruin the family in the future’, Cheng Gan was better.

Xiao Yunzhou asked Wei Zheng to help his son wash his hands, and then asked his son to sit down quickly, and handed him a string of grilled squid tentacles.

“This is chewy, your mother doesn’t like it, but your father thinks it’s good, you try it.”

Liu Pin next to him was eating fried chicken wings, which were coated with salted egg yolk powder.

It was salty, crispy and tender, and it burst with juice when you bite it.

Xiao Yunzhou said, and generously gave her a string of fried wings he had prepared, “You just came out of confinement, don’t eat too strong flavors.”

The fifth prince Cheng Gan was shocked.

It had only been a day since they last met, and his mother was sitting next to his father, eating the fried skewers he served?

[Wow, the emperor father is so considerate to his mother, woo, I’m envious~]

[He obviously loves chicken wings, but he gave them to his mother! ]

Xiao Yunzhou looked pleased.

There were people who flattered him before, but it was like scratching an itch.

How could there be such real-time praise, where he would get immediate praise for everything he did?

He didn't know that he was like a naughty child now.

Once praised, he would be crazy.

The more he was praised, the more motivated he would be.

But there was no way, he was named the crown prince at the age of three, and the late emperor was very strict with him, and appointed three tutors to discipline him.

The tutors were strict in the Four Books and Five Classics, horse riding and archery, and state governance, and rarely praised him.

The late emperor and the empress dowager hoped that he could stand up, and he would be scolded if he played a little.

After he ascended the throne at the age of fifteen, he was scolded by the empress dowager for enjoying winter hunting and forced to write a confession of guilt.

When he took power and was honored by the empress dowager, the ministers and censors became excited and always wrote memorials to scold him for doing something wrong.

Even if he didn't want to be selected or enter the harem, they would bring up the ancestors to talk about him!

Anyway, the censor never wrote a letter praising the emperor for his good work, only wrong things!

It has been many years since Xiao Yunzhou heard his daughter "praise" everything so timely.

[Wow, the emperor is amazing, the cumin is sprinkled evenly, and the gestures are graceful, the baby is greedy. ]

[Help, I want to eat it too~~~]

Xiao Yunzhou grinned immediately, put the fried skewers in his son and Concubine Liu's bowls, and picked up his precious daughter with clean hands.

"Chuchu, be good. When you grow up, your father will also cook fried skewers for you."

"You can eat as much as our Chuchu wants. Your father will make it for you."

Xiao Chuchu immediately opened her toothless mouth and drooled.

The fifth prince Chenggan glanced at his mother and quickly put the fragrant fried squid into his mouth.

He took a big bite.

Sure enough, his father could hear his sister's voice!

Can their whole family hear it?

*

Kunning Palace.

The queen was checking the eldest prince's homework. "Your father has been supervised by the late emperor to study since he was a child. He is good at everything, civil and military affairs."

"So you have to listen to the teacher in the study room. If the teacher asks you to read an article once, you have to read it three times."

"Your father will be happy, understand?"

The eldest prince nodded.

This is how his father grew up, and he will naturally be strict with his son.

But as he was talking, a palace maid came in and whispered in the queen's ear.

After a while, the queen was surprised and happy.

"The imperial concubine was punished to practice Taoism? The old man Fucha was also reprimanded?"

She could not hide her joy.

The imperial concubine and her third prince were the biggest stumbling blocks for the eldest prince to be crowned as the crown prince.

The imperial concubine and her mother's family are so good!

But the palace maid soon whispered something in her ear, and the queen could not help but be surprised and angry.

"Liu promised to be promoted to Liupin?"

Promoted twice in a row?

"The fifth prince and Liupin are dining with the emperor?"

The emperor was injured last night, and she went to visit him, but the emperor didn't see her because he was recovering from his injury!

"Did the emperor know that the third princess was harmed by the nanny?"

The queen's face turned pale.

She did not tell the emperor that the third princess almost caught a cold.

Originally, the emperor had been the busiest recently, and she was happy to see the women in the harem with children suffer.

There was no problem afterwards, so she naturally didn't tell the emperor.

Now, the queen was anxious.

The maid's next words made her look even uglier.

"The emperor just issued an order that Concubine Liu and the third lady should accompany the winter festival at Qiushan."

*

Liu Mansion in the capital.

Madam Liu and Master Liu received the news that their daughter and granddaughter would leave the palace for the winter festival.

This news was passed to the Liu Mansion by a servant when Pang Rushong left the palace for a rest.

"How did the fifth prince make friends with the imperial guards? What if the emperor is afraid of him? It's too careless."

Master Liu was more cautious.

Madam Liu's heart was pounding.

She grabbed the master's arm and said, "Master, take me with you to Qiushan. Officials' families can rest at the foot of Qiushan. In previous years, the ladies of the Jingzhao Mansion next door also went there."

"Madam, we are different. Our grandson is a prince, and we are relatives of the Liu family. It's better to be careful."

Master Liu disagreed.

But Old Lady Liu refused, she wanted to see her granddaughter again.

The granddaughter was cuter than an ordinary baby, and she was reincarnated with a fairy warning.

Ever since the incident with the nanny that night, Old Lady Liu had been dreaming of the tragic ending of the Liu family that her granddaughter had told her about.

Her daughter was going to be buried alive!

Neither the granddaughter nor the grandson survived!

The whole Liu family was going to be finished.

She still cared about her relatives and the emperor's fears?

Alas, the current emperor will be buried in three years!

"Master, I must go this time. My granddaughter and daughter finally left the palace, you can let me take a look from a distance."

Master Liu really couldn't persuade his wife, so he had to agree.

On the day of the winter sacrifice, all officials first gathered in front of Chongyang Gate to pay homage.

Then they took their own carriages and horses and accompanied the emperor to Qiushan Temple.

From afar, when Master Liu was about to get on the rented carriage at the intersection of Chongyang Gate, he heard a childish voice, as if it sounded in front of him.

[Huh? Is that my grandfather? ]

Master Liu shuddered.

He turned his head suddenly and looked ahead.

[Oh, my grandfather is also very handsome, and his figure is well maintained.

It's a pity that when my grandfather was in power, he was demoted three times and was considered stupid and unworthy of great use by the emperor. So when the new emperor ascended the throne, the Liu family was listed with seven deadly sins in the court and was exiled 3,000 miles away. Few ministers spoke for the Liu family. ]

Master Liu, who has always been cautious: "?"