"Jiutian, you're back?"

"Uncle, I'm back!"

Yin Jinan hurried over and touched her head. Sure enough, it was still her little round head, but a little taller.

He was like an old father who had been waiting for his son to come back. He said incoherently: "It's good that you're back. It's time for the New Year. I didn't know when you would come back."

"Are you hungry? Or do you want some pancakes? I invited the pancake seller to the palace. He has been idle in the palace for seven years. It's great that you are here. He finally has something to do."

"It's so cold, where have you been? Why didn't you wear thick clothes?"

"Where's your Taoist robe? I've prepared a lot of sets for you. They're not expensive. Don't worry. They just have a little more cotton inside..."

The guards and secret guards around him all had red eyes. Xiahou Yan had no choice but to remind them, "Your Majesty, can you ask the princess to go in first?"

Yin Jinan suddenly woke up, looked at Jiutian standing at the door, and asked Xiahou Yan: "Xiahou Yan, what's going on? I'm dreaming again! How come it's so real that I heard her talking?"

"Your Majesty, you are not dreaming. Princess Longxiong is really back." Xiahou Yan said, "You touched her head. It must be hot, right?"

"I used to dream that I felt hot when I touched her head."

"This time it's real..."

Jiutian couldn't hold back any longer, so she ran over and held his hand, tears streaming down her cheeks, and she said, "Second Uncle, I am Jiutian, I am really back. Feel my hand, it's freezing cold."

Yin Jinan smiled brightly and said, "Then come in quickly."

He held Jiutian's hand and strode into the palace. The carriage followed him in, and he said as he walked, "If you don't like it, I'll ask someone to push it tomorrow."

"I like it very much, second uncle, it's very good, much better than before." Jiutian said quickly.

If her second uncle really destroys the palace, she will become a sinner. This is the hard-earned money of the people!

I don't know what happened, but after holding her hand and entering the palace, Yin Jinan seemed to have realized something. He stopped talking and went to the kitchen in silence.

He said to Jiutian who followed him, "Dumplings on the bus, noodles on the bus. Play for a while and I'll make you a bowl of hot noodles."

He kneaded the dough and rolled it out very seriously, and also chopped the green onions carefully.

The chefs in the imperial kitchen didn't want to ask him to take action, but Xiahou Yan waved his hand and told them not to stop him, so those people stood not far away trembling with fear.

Which emperor cooks for his nephew?

There is no one else except their Emperor Aotian.

The noodles he made were pretty good, they were chewy and rolled evenly, and had plenty of ingredients including shredded meat, eggs, and vegetables, and he was also generous with the amount of oil.

After it was done, he brought it to the table and said to Jiu Tian, ​​"It's too cold, would you like a bowl of noodles to warm yourself up?"

Jiu Tian did not refuse and placed the little tiger mask on the table. The morning sun shone through the window onto the two of them.

Yin Jinan looked at Jiutian eating with big mouthfuls. Only then did he realize that Jiutian had really returned.

Jiutian knew that he didn’t need to say anything now. He would be happiest as long as he ate all the noodles made by his second uncle.

Soon the bowl of noodles was finished and Jiu Tian was really full.

He rubbed his stomach and said, "Uncle, my stomach hurts because I am so full."

Yin Jinan patted her head gently: "You are stupid. You can stop eating if you can't eat anymore. Why eat so much?"

"But my second uncle made it himself, and I haven't eaten it for seven years."

"I haven't cooked for seven years, so I don't know how bad my food must be. It's a pity you finished it all." Yin Jinan said, "Let's go out for a walk and digest the food."

"Second uncle, isn't the palace preparing a banquet?"

"No preparation. They work hard all year round, but I won't keep them around during the Chinese New Year. I'll ask them to go home and reunite with their families."

"But how are you going to celebrate the New Year, uncle?"

"Why not? It's no different from usual. I've been used to living like this since I was a child, but some of my childhood friends have started families, and we've gradually drifted apart."

Jiu Tian talked with him as they walked, saying, "Second uncle can also start a family. It would be more lively if there were more children running around in the palace."

When she said this, Xiahou Yan immediately said, "Yes, yes, Your Majesty, the princess also means this, not just the servants."

Yin Jinan shook his head: "Jiutian, my second uncle doesn't know how to be a good father. It's better not to have a child than to delay his life."

"But doesn't Second Uncle like Jiu Tian very much?"

"So nine days is enough."

"..."

The two men left the palace in secret clothes.

Yin Jinan said as he walked: "This street is more prosperous than when you walked here. Can you wear women's clothes? Can we not buy anything too expensive?"

"Row."

Jiutian did not tell him that now that she had been "unsealed", she was afraid that her second uncle would be like her father and mother and would frantically buy her valuable items.

Too much love and too heavy love will scare children.

Relatively speaking, Jiutian felt more comfortable with Yin Jinan.

Yin Jinan went to the sugar ball shop and bought a string of sugar balls for Jiutian, and even bought her a small paper windmill.

Since Jiu Tian wanted to eat pancakes, he bought her freshly baked ones, which tasted better.

Jiutian couldn't eat any more, so he was asked to take it. He ate all the leftovers from Jiutian without hesitation.

"Second uncle, why did you eat the cake I left?"

"Since becoming the emperor, my second uncle has realized that money is not enough and food is extremely precious. The half piece of cake you left is the dry food that many ordinary people cannot afford!"

Yin Jinan said, "Qi is located inland, and it is impossible to carry out long-distance trade. Qi has few rivers and not much rain. There are droughts nine out of ten years... I never knew that money was a worrying thing before, but after becoming an emperor, I was worried about silver and food every day."

Since I became emperor, I truly understood why several countries here are so keen on war. It is because they do not produce enough food and they are always thinking about robbing.

The State of Qi is now many times richer than when Jiu Tian left, but there are still people starving.

"Second uncle's hair has turned white from exhaustion?"

"Well, not really. It was Wang Can and his men who did the work. My second uncle didn't do much. He just talked and borrowed some grain seeds from Yulong Country and participated in ocean trade..."

When Yin Jinan mentioned Yulong Country, he suddenly thought of Beichen who came with Jiutian. He frowned and said, "I think I saw Beichen coming too? Why is he with you?"

Jiutian's eyes suddenly turned red again.

Since her return, my second uncle may have been too excited and ignored everything except her.

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