The Adventures of the Crying Princess

The old emperor worked for most of the day and only ate three mouthfuls of meat, which was given to him by his precious grandchildren. Xingbao leaned against his back and stuffed something into his mouth. It was a small, soft lump, and Emperor Chengde did not dare to move it, for fear of scaring the child.

Bai Yimeng completely adopts a free-range approach to her child, just like her parents and master, as long as her child is alive, that's all she needs.

Emperor Chengde disagreed with this attitude, but he didn't dare to say it. Letting children run around before they were one year old, and in the middle of the lake, what if they fell into the water?

"Grandpa, go to sleep!" Xingbao pouted his little mouth and stretched out his hands for a hug.

Emperor Chengde put down the bamboo stick, wiped his hands, and picked up his granddaughter. The soft ball of flesh, like cotton, made people's heart melt.

"Sing."

The child was not very old, but she actually learned to give orders. Emperor Chengde couldn't help but find it funny and asked her, "What do you want to hear?"

"Big rabbit." The words were pronounced very clearly.

The emperor not only couldn't sing, he also didn't know what the song "Big Rabbit" was. He looked at Hui'er as if for help.

Hui'er lowered her voice, "Grandfather, you can just sing any song. Xingbao is not picky about songs."

Emperor Chengde wanted to say, this is not a question of whether to choose the song or not, but is it that he can't sing well?

How come the child didn't have so many bad habits when he was in his care before? It was all because of Bai Yimeng's spoiling. This girl is a troublemaker, and the child has become a troublemaker too.

Looking at Xingbao's eager eyes, Emperor Chengde racked his brains to think of a song and hummed it softly.

All the people eating barbecue fell silent for a moment. The emperor's performance was so fresh that if you missed it, you might never hear it again in your next life.

The old emperor didn't care about these things and sang the song. Xingbao not only didn't fall asleep, but his eyes opened wider. Yuwen Ji stepped forward to rescue his father, "Father, give it to your son."

Xingbao fell asleep in Yuwenji's arms not long after. He went to coax the other children to sleep one by one. After coaxing them to sleep, Yuwenji returned to the emperor's side and said, "Father, come and eat with us. You look lonely sitting here."

Emperor Mingde was speechless: Is it because I am not sociable? It is because of your annoying wife that she insisted on eating the meat I roasted.

Pulling Emperor Chengde back to sit, Bai Yimeng handed the old emperor a jar of wine without even looking at it.

Emperor Chengde was overjoyed and quickly took the wine, trying his best to suppress his excitement so as not to let anyone notice that he was acting strangely.

"Grandfather, if you don't like barbecue, why not eat some vegetables?" Hui'er handed Emperor Mingde a plate of vegetables. "The dishes in Zhuangyuanlou are delicious."

Emperor Chengde was stunned. When did he say that he didn't like barbecue? He didn't even eat much, so why didn't he like it?

Everyone was eating barbecue, and Emperor Mingde was eating vegetables. The old man couldn't hold it in any longer, "I want to eat barbecue too."

"You can't eat. You've just recovered from a cold. You can't eat greasy food. Do you want to get sick again? Green vegetables are good and nutritious." Bai Yimeng said and pushed a plate of vegetables to him. "The dishes in my Zhuangyuan Building are not bad."

"Okay, I'll eat it." Emperor Chengde smiled, opened the wine jar and took a sip, then almost spit it out, "What kind of wine is this? It's so unpalatable."

"This is not wine, it's medicine. Master just made it, and it's still warm. Since we didn't have any jars in the other courtyard, I just found a wine bottle."

Emperor Chengde didn't dare to have any opinions at this moment. It was good enough to have vegetables to eat and medicine to drink. What else did the angry old man want?

He didn't dare to be picky about food, let alone have any objections to the bitter and spicy medicine. After eating and drinking in a daze, Emperor Chengde was actually a little drunk.

He hung his head and spoke to the empty plate, "I'm here, what else do you want? You don't let me eat, do you want to rebel? Ordinary people know that no matter how bad your parents are, you can't abuse them. How dare you abuse the emperor? I tell you, I have a temper."

Dragon Valley Master Chuchu Bai Yimeng whispered, "That's enough. Don't make it difficult for him. This old man is just like that. He bullies the weak and fears the strong. Just scare him."

"Okay, I'll listen to Master." They clapped their hands, "Okay, let's all go. Let's take a rest and then we'll go back to Beijing."

After giving the order, he looked at Yuwen Ji and said, "I can't hold your majesty, you can hold him and let him lie down inside for a while."

Seeing his daughter-in-law speak, Yuwen Ji agreed immediately and carried his father to the bedroom in the villa.

Emperor Chengde was still drunk and kept talking to Yuwen Ji.

It's not that the emperor is not good at drinking, it's just that he had been feeling depressed for a day and had been cautious for several days, so when he suddenly let out his drink, he couldn't control himself for a while.

It is not the wine that makes people drunk, but people themselves. He also wanted to do as Hui'er said, and take advantage of the alcohol to tell his son and daughter-in-law things that he dared not and was too embarrassed to say on ordinary days.

"Third brother, it's not that Daddy doesn't like you. Daddy has paid a lot of attention to you and once intended to make you the crown prince. If I hadn't been poisoned back then, perhaps I wouldn't have killed the Marquis of Zhenbei, perhaps you would have married the little monkey long ago, and perhaps I would have made you the crown prince..."

"Father, you've drunk too much. Take a break. The hangover soup will be here soon. Calm yourself down first." Yuwen Ji didn't want to talk about that memory. He didn't deny that what Emperor Chengde said was true, but where in the world is there a "maybe"? Now that things have come to this, mentioning these things will only add to the sadness.

The emperor wanted to say something, but Bai Yimeng came in with a hangover soup, "Drink it up, I'll give you acupuncture later."

Hearing about acupuncture, the old emperor sobered up instantly, sat up, and shook his head, "I'm fine, no acupuncture needed."

"No, you have to get acupuncture. You were frightened too much, which caused your vital energy to be insufficient, and you caught a cold, which is why the evil wind entered your body. I deliberately added wine to the medicine you drank just now to drive away the evil cold. You can get better quickly with acupuncture."

"How do you know my condition?" When Emperor Chengde saw Bai Yimeng explain his condition clearly, he subconsciously concluded that she was always paying attention to him and must have gone to the Imperial Hospital to ask.

"Your Majesty, you are joking. I am a doctor and I can tell your symptoms at a glance." Bai Yimeng handed over the sobering soup and prepared to give him acupuncture.

The drunken Emperor Chengde hugged his son and said, "I don't use acupuncture."

Bai Yimeng was so adorable that he could not get angry for a moment. He pulled the emperor's arm and quickly inserted the needle through his clothes. Bai Yimeng's needles did not hurt. Emperor Chengde had been frightened by the imperial physician's acupuncture skills in the past few days, and under the influence of alcohol, he began to talk nonsense.

Now that he realized it wasn't painful anymore, he patted Bai Yimeng's head with a smile and said, "The little monkey is still amazing."

Under the influence of alcohol, he looked at Bai Yimeng with a smile, "Monkey, don't be angry. I didn't expect you to be so good. I have lived in an environment full of intrigues and deceptions since I was a child. There is no one like you.

Monkey, I have been thinking a lot these days. I used to be afraid that you would bully me because of your achievements. You are so bold, and I am afraid that one day you will ride on my head and I will not be able to control you.

I didn't reward you for your meritorious service, I just wanted to see your attitude. At first I thought it was good that you didn't seek fame and fortune.

As time went by, I started to worry about you because you didn't want anything. I was also afraid of the third brother because of my worry about you. I always felt that what you wanted must be greater than gold, silver and jewelry.

The King of Qi and the Crown Prince kept whispering in my ears, and I became more suspicious of you. As time went on, I felt that I should not reward you for your merits. Not only that, I also indulged the Crown Prince and the King of Qi to suppress you.

But every time you look at me with a smile, I don’t know whether it is sincerity or calculation behind that look.

Not to mention me, no emperor has ever seen such a loyal minister like you. You can't blame me for misjudging you."

"Your Majesty is wrong. You have many loyal ministers around you. General Long Wei, Eunuch Chen, both of them are in the court. I don't know, but I believe that Master Su must have a seat.

Perhaps there are many more, but because of your majesty's excessive suspicion, they chose other ways to protect themselves."