After Hua Fei was reborn, she became the white moonlight of Pangju

Chapter 127: Come and cut the meat for me

"Empress Dowager, Concubine Hua has prepared carrot and mutton soup and is waiting outside."

"It's dark and cold. This Hua Fei is really filial. Let her come in."

Outside the window, snow began to fall again.

The Queen Mother calculated the days and discovered that this winter, Concubine Hua often came to see her ten or so days a month.

This filial piety is second only to Shen Meizhuang.

"Greetings to the Empress Dowager." As soon as Concubine Hua came in, she first took off her mink coat and brushed off the snow on her body, then approached the Empress Dowager and handed her the soup.

When the Empress Dowager saw that Concubine Hua’s nose, ears and hands were all red from the cold, she felt somewhat moved.

"Don't stand there, come closer to the stove and warm yourself up."

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

Hua Fei was indeed frozen.

After getting closer to the stove, my body did feel much warmer.

The Queen Mother also drank most of the mutton soup she had cooked.

"Drinking mutton soup in winter is indeed warming. You have prepared the meat very well. It tastes delicious without any smell of mutton."

"If the Queen Mother likes it, I will do more for you."

The Queen Mother waved her hand and said, "It's okay to eat it once in a while. When you are old, it's hard to digest if you eat too much."

The two chatted for a few more sentences, mostly about food.

The Queen Mother had been waiting for Concubine Hua to ask her for something, but knowing that Concubine Hua was gone, she did not ask for anything.

"It's really hard for me to guess why Concubine Hua came and left like that." The Queen Mother leaned back in her chair and sighed.

Zhu Xi consoled her, "Perhaps Concubine Hua just wanted to see you, Your Majesty. Please don't worry, Your Majesty."

In the next few days, Concubine Hua always found ways to send food to the Empress Dowager.

Seeing that the Queen Mother was enjoying her meal, she seemed very contented as well.

After escorting for many days, Nian Gengyao returned to the capital.

The emperor was very happy and immediately ordered a summons.

Nian Gengyao went to the court exhausted without even having time to change his clothes.

The emperor did not blame him, and even praised him.

After the court was dismissed, the emperor invited Nian Gengyao to have dinner at the palace the next day, and Nian Gengyao thanked the emperor for his grace.

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"Hua Fei, how do you think I should reward your brother?"

After the emperor finished his court session, he went to Hua Fei's Yiku Palace for lunch.

Concubine Hua smiled and said, "Brother has already received too much favor. The Emperor should not give him any more rewards."

The emperor took a sip of bitter wine and looked at Concubine Hua without blinking, "I am asking you a serious question. Just answer truthfully."

Hua Fei poured more wine for the emperor and said solemnly: "I am serious. The emperor has already asked me this question, and my answer is the same now."

There was silence in the room.

The emperor picked up a piece of meat and ate it carelessly.

"Where are Nian Fu and Nian Bin? I want to go see them."

"It's in the side hall."

The emperor stood up and walked towards the side hall.

Nian Fu and Nian Bin were very surprised to see the emperor coming and they knelt down to greet him.

"Get up, I'll come and have dinner with you."

Nian Fu and Nian Bin were trembling with fear and stood there refusing to sit down.

"Sit down quickly, what are you standing there for?!" The emperor greeted the two brothers with a smile.

Nian Fu and Nian Bin had no idea what the emperor was up to, but they dared not disobey, so they could only sit beside the emperor in a restrained manner.

The emperor picked up his chopsticks and asked them to eat, but they were too hesitant to pick up their chopsticks.

"You eat too." The emperor invited.

Nian Fu and Nian Bin picked up the chopsticks, picked up the food stiffly and stuffed it into their mouths.

The emperor was eating by himself, and after swallowing a few pieces of meat, he suddenly put down his chopsticks.

"What title do you think I should give to your father?"

When Nian Fu and Nian Bin heard this, they were so scared that they stood up and knelt on the ground.

"Everything is decided by the emperor."

The emperor laughed. "I am asking you, why do you still want me to make the decision?"

Nian Fu and Nian Bin lowered their heads, not daring to speak, and their bodies were shaking the whole time.

Seeing them like this, the emperor lost interest in eating and got up to leave.

When he went to court the next day, the emperor asked Su Peisheng to read the imperial edict.

Nian Gengyao was conferred the title of first-class duke and the title of Grand Protector, and his father was also conferred the title of first-class duke and Grand Tutor. In addition, his second son Nian Fu was awarded the title of first-class male hereditary position, and his third son Nian Bin was also awarded the title of Viscount.

"I bow my head and thank the emperor for his grace!" Nian Gengyao expressed his gratitude loudly in front of all the civil and military officials.

"Nian Qing, please dine with me and Concubine Hua later."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After the court was dismissed, Nian Gengyao boarded the royal carriage and headed for the Palace of Tranquil Longevity amid the envious gazes of civil and military officials.

As soon as he arrived at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he walked in with arrogance.

Hua Fei saw it and reminded him, "Brother, the emperor has been waiting for you for a long time, why don't you apologize to the emperor?"

The more powerful one's achievements are, the more one should be humble and modest, which is the long-term strategy.

During the time that Nian Gengyao was in the northwest, the emperor gave him supreme power. He had full authority over everything from food, property, manpower to the deployment of officials and the army.

It is no exaggeration to say that Nian Gengyao was the "local emperor" of the Northwest.

So when he heard Concubine Hua say that he and the emperor should apologize, Nian Gengyao laughed and just bowed to the emperor.

"The emperor is magnanimous and will surely not bother with a reckless man like me."

The Emperor also laughed, but the smile did not reach his eyes.

"Nian Gengyao is right. Sit down!"

Nian Gengyao just sat down on the chair.

Concubine Hua knew that in the previous life, the emperor got angry because Nian Gengyao snatched his mutton soup.

She immediately stood up and said to Nian Gengyao, "Brother, the emperor likes to eat this mutton soup. Please bring it to me and I will cut a few pieces for the emperor."

Nian Gengyao glanced at the mutton soup next to him and became greedy.

"Don't worry, sister. Let me cut a few pieces and try them first."

Concubine Hua glared at Nian Gengyao secretly and winked at him desperately.

Nian Gengyao pretended not to see it, picked up the small knife he carried with him, cut off a large piece of mutton and put it on his plate.

Concubine Hua was stunned for a while.

She secretly glanced at the emperor and found that his face was so gloomy that water almost seemed to be wrung out of it.

Su Peisheng saw the panic in Concubine Hua's heart, and he smiled and said to Nian Gengyao: "General Nian, you have cut the meat, are you going to give it to the emperor?"

Concubine Hua looked at Su Peisheng gratefully.

Given such an obvious way out, Nian Gengyao should definitely give in.

Concubine Hua looked at Nian Gengyao nervously and tried to hint at him with her eyes again.

Nian Gengyao picked up the knife and fork and said to Su Peisheng in a bossy manner: "Come here and cut the meat for me!"

The smile on Su Peisheng's face froze instantly.

He looked at the emperor.

The emperor said with a fake smile: "Since General Nian asked you to serve him, you should go."

Concubine Hua hurriedly said, "Don't bother Eunuch Su, I'll do it myself. It just so happens that I haven't served my brother properly for a long time!"

Nian Gengyao said dissatisfiedly: "Sister, please sit down! Just let those servants do this kind of thing!"