Quickly wear cute girls to fight against five, and the villains form a group to protect them

They discussed privately what they wanted to exchange for the [-] troops.

As long as it's not too much, the emperor would probably agree no matter how depressed he felt.

But in order to settle things once and for all, in order to be more peaceful and comfortable in the future, so that this kind of thing never happens again, they are willing to take a step back.

Hu Wan waved her hand, and Su Xi and Yueyue came over carrying the tattered burdens they had brought from the mountains.

The three of them gathered around the table and began to take out things.

"This is the cloth that Granny Sun from the village asked us to bring you. She knitted it herself."

"The longevity picture above was embroidered by Granny Wei and other grannies in the village."

"These are the dried mushrooms that Mr. Liu from the village asked us to bring you. He said they are the best among the mushrooms he picked this year."

"This is the stone that Tieniu in the village asked us to bring you. He said it was the most beautiful stone he had ever picked up in his life, even though he was only five years old."

"And this jerky..."

"and this……"

The emperor was stunned, feeling as if he had gained a poor relative out of thin air.

"Oh, this, this is given to you by Yueyue."

Yueyue took out the innermost small baggage.

The emperor looked at her age and the shape of the package, and suspected that she had brought a carrot for him.

But when the baggage was untied, there was a thousand-year-old ginseng in excellent condition.

There is only one such thousand-year-old ginseng in the palace.

The emperor did not expect that she would give such a heavy gift at such a young age. This...

Then he saw Yueyue carefully pulling out three strands from the ginseng.

After hesitating for a moment, he pulled out two more sticks.

"Give……"

emperor:……

Su Xi was furious, "Okay Yueyue, last time my brother was injured by Han Xu, he only used one whisk, but you actually gave the emperor three!"

"Hey, aren't we far away? It may not be when we come next time. Leave a few more for him."

"Oh, then you are right."

emperor:……

He originally felt despised, but after hearing what they said, he suddenly felt that he was quite valued.

Although these gifts were not expensive, they were very thoughtful. Through these strange things, he seemed to see the simple and simple Miao people in the mountains.

Seeing Yueyue still looking distressed and ready to pluck her beard, the emperor patted her paw.

"Okay, that's enough. Let's have dinner in the palace later. I asked the imperial kitchen to stew the food you brought with these ginseng seeds. You and I can use some together."

The world knows very little about the Southern Barbarians. Even if you are an emperor, you will inevitably be interested in things you have never seen.

During the dinner, when the emperor asked about things in the Miao village, Su Xi started to talk.

She chattered about her hometown with great joy, and Hu Wan and Yueyue occasionally joined in. The atmosphere was very lively, and the vibrant Shili Mountain slowly spread out in front of people.

Speaking of excitement, Su Xi simply stood up and sang a folk song. She was not tall, but her voice was clear and loud.

The smile on the emperor's lips never faded. He really wanted to keep this Miao girl, but when he thought about it, such singing would only be more moving in the mountains.

They do not belong to the capital, to the red walls and gray tiles, or to the inner gardens of the palace.

They only belong to those ten miles of mountains.

Maybe he was wrong from the beginning.

Because I don’t understand them, when I think of their Miao territory, I think of poison as darkness, resistance as cruelty.

But in fact, those concepts never originated from them, only from the fears and prejudices of those in power.

They are just a group of people who live in the deep mountains, have their own rules of survival, and use the most primitive and simple way of life to survive.

They did not worship the emperor or believe in the imperial court, because the ten-mile mountain was everything to them. It was already their entire world and could not accommodate anything else.

But does that mean he should die?

The emperor didn't know, but he understood that he should accept their peace proposal. This was the best result.

The meal was haphazard, and everyone in the hall was kicked out by him, but the emperor was unusually cheerful. Maybe it was the freedom and simplicity that affected him, and it was rare for him to be relieved of the heavy burden in his heart.

The imperial chef stewed pots of soup with ginseng and mushrooms, and when it was served, the aroma filled the entire hall.

After being away from the mountains for a month, Su Xi and Yueyue, who had not tasted local food for a long time, were the first to pounce.

Hu Wan didn't show anything on her face, but she silently picked up a big bowl to fill the soup.

The emperor originally left the meal because he was afraid that the food he sent was poisonous, but looking at them like this, there was no doubt about it.

If he doesn't hurry up, he won't be able to eat it!

He was usually the eunuch serving the dishes, but today he took matters into his own hands for the first time and grabbed a bowl of soup.

After taking a sip, the umami taste is indeed extraordinary and makes people indulge in it.

"Ah, the mushrooms from our mountains are better, but this chicken is a bit inferior."

"what?"

The emperor was dissatisfied, "The chickens used in my palace have been served by dedicated people since they were young. The environment is good and the food is the best."

"Humph, the chickens in our mountains grew up eating bugs, herbs and mushrooms. They run all over the mountains and fields. Their meat is firm and elastic, with its own fragrance. It's a hundred times more delicious than yours!"

The emperor was still dissatisfied and wanted to argue with Su Xi again, but he saw Hu Wan and Yue Yue surrounding the soup and filling their own bowls with soup.

He hurriedly shut up and grabbed it. The drink always felt particularly delicious.

After finishing the last three bowls of soup, the emperor saw the late emperor who had been dead for several years...

Perhaps it was those thousand-year-old ginseng whiskers that emboldened him. He glared angrily at the late emperor who had blatantly favored He Wang.

He is no longer the young prince who worried about being deposed day and night and only dared to cry secretly because of his father's partiality.

He stood up!

He went crazy and fell asleep on the ground.

Yueyue saw her mother, whom she had not seen for a long time, suddenly appear holding a brick. She lay down in her mother's arms, coquettishly and fell asleep.

Han Xu appeared in Su Xi's hallucination, and she shook his shoulders and called him a liar.

Hu Wan held up her eyelids with her hands to let her see clearly who she was.

"Do you see clearly? Do you see clearly! I am not Han Xu, I am your father!"

When the chief eunuch heard the commotion in the palace, he thought they had drunk too much, so he did not go in. He just guarded the door quietly and did not allow anyone to come in and disturb them.

It's rare to see the emperor so relaxed, he must guard it!

It wasn't until the sun was about to set that the emperor, who had grabbed the least amount of soup, slowly woke up.

The first thing he saw was Hu Wan and Su Xi hugging each other.

The two sisters had their limbs entwined together and slept soundly.

Then, he felt a heavy weight on his chest. Looking down, he saw a fluffy little head pressed against his chest.

Yueyue was still holding his collar in her hand, mumbling something while sleeping.

The emperor listened carefully and heard her calling again, "Mom..."

The emperor was stunned. Is something wrong?

He knew that they called their mothers "Ama", so "Mother" should also mean "Mother".

But the main thing is, how does he look like her mother?