: Being interested

"Copper coin flower? This Chu Qing is very considerate!" The emperor frowned.

What was she hinting about? Did she still want to convey what she mean through the princess? Who gave her the courage!

"You said just now that her son has also arrived in Kyoto?" The emperor picked up a piece of jade-filled lung cake to look at it, and asked casually.

Yuguan Lung Cake is one of Xiaobao's favorite snacks. The first time he ate it was with Chu Qing in the palace to attend the Qianqiu Festival of the Queen Mother.

Unlike other desserts, Yuyuan Lung Cake has a sweet and spicy flavor. The ingredients include real powder (mung bean powder), pastry, sesame, peeled walnuts and a small amount of dill (foliate), red koji, white sugar, etc.

The above ingredients need to be ground into powder and mixed, steamed into a steamer and cooked into a cake, then cut into small pieces, poured with spicy sauce made from wasabi, mustard, pepper, etc. before eating.

Chu Qing was unbearable, but Xiaobao liked it very much.

Coincidentally, the emperor also likes to eat it.

"At this time, Madam Yu said before that she invited the child to the palace together, but Chu Qing stopped him." The queen answered and thoughtfully added tea to the emperor.

Emperor: "Why?"

Queen: "That child is not much younger than Zhao Hua's junior high school, and he is twelve years old, so he is not suitable to enter the harem again."

The reason was so good. The emperor nodded, as if he agreed, but said, "Since the royal family gives grace, it's better to be older. The child has come to Beijing, but he can't see his mother..."

Queen: "You mean…?"

Emperor: "The child was admitted to the scholar at the age of six. Now he is twelve, but he has been wasted for six years. Let him enter the palace and study with Xiao Shi and the others."

The queen felt that it was inappropriate: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid his identity is not enough."

When the prince is reading with him, don’t think that he is just a little slave and a little book boy who is accompanying the royal family to study, to create a learning atmosphere, and to play with the prince.

No, the prince’s accompanying reading is not a common book boy, but an official position. From the ninth rank, you can get a salary.

At present, the companions of several princes are all children of several grand sages. Chu Qing has an awkward identity. Although he is an official, he is a woman and has no homeschool origins.

If Chu Qing’s son was asked to accompany the prince, and if the court officials thought about it, the princes would probably be unhappy themselves - does the father look down on me, as my son? Why did he get an unknown boy to be his companion?

"That's grace." The emperor said, swallowing the jade and sucking the lungs in one mouthful. Oh, it's so fragrant!

But as a companion, wouldn’t I still not see his mother? The queen had questions, but the emperor spoke firmly, as if he had decided on this matter, so he swallowed the questions back into his stomach.

"Okay, don't worry," the emperor picked up another piece of jade lung-filled cake. "The child became a scholar at the age of six. I think he was smart enough, but his mother might not have the time to teach him. She put it in the palace and follow the princes to study together. His mother would save some hard work and perform her duties with all her heart."

After fulfilling his duties with all his heart, the queen chewed these four words repeatedly, and finally said with a smile: "It's still the emperor who thinks carefully."

Before dinner, the queen came to the princess and said she wanted to have dinner with Chu Qing. During the chat, she talked about Xiaobao entering the palace to study for the tenth prince.

Before the meal was over, Chu Qing was already feeling like he had taken a bite of a dumpling, but he found half a fly-like nausea in the filling.

But the queen's words were very considerate and involved Chu Qing's "wrongfulness": "Mr. Hu was inappropriate. Although he wanted to prevent the emperor from being biased towards you to become an excuse for the court officials to attack you, he didn't have to do things so ruthlessly;

The emperor felt that you had suffered a grievance and felt unbearable, so he asked me to ask you what he meant;

Alas, they are all mothers. If it were you, let alone doing something bad, just taking care of your children alone would be a big problem..."

The queen said in a pertinent tone and “put her heart in mind”, but what Chu Qing heard was: Look, the emperor is sympathetic to you, help you take care of your children, you have to be grateful!

What are you grateful for? Are you grateful for taking my son as a hostage?

If I don’t feel at ease, I will kill me! Use a child as a threat, what a great emperor!

Don’t think about it. In your country, there are not many neighboring countries and foreign affairs relations are not complicated. Just think about how to reform your land policies and adjust the resource allocation ratio with aristocratic families!

Control your court well and help you get money like me, we can also be considered a win-win relationship for cooperation, but what are you now?

Chu Qing was angry, but could not refuse.

Xiaobao has arrived in Kyoto and lives in the Blue House. If he really wants to send troops to "invite", can Chu Qing fight?

"Well... Queen, the dog has not been interested in going to school in recent years. He is very casual. I'm afraid not only can't..." Even if there is little hope, Chu Qing still wants to try and refuse.

What if there is a job? No matter how small the hope is, it is hope, isn’t it?

"Don't worry," the queen smiled kindly, and gently patted Chu Qing's back of her hand, as if she was a family matter:

"Your son has been smart since childhood, so it's okay to be more casual. I will ask the gentleman to worry more about you. Besides, children, playing is natural and nothing;

If you have no other concerns, I will send someone to pick up the children. I have asked someone to prepare a few more dishes that children like. Let’s eat dinner together, just treat it as a welcome to the children, right?”

The queen spoke to Chu Qing at this time, just like facing another mother who had not met for a long time but had always been in love with her. She was very considerate of the other party's difficulties, but she called herself "the palace".

It really is a coexistence of virtuousness and femininity.

Does Chu Qing dare to refuse? Can he refuse?

"I am kind to you, thank you, the queen!" Chu Qing said.

Let’s just do this for now. If you really treat it as a “hostage”, at least you won’t have any worries about your life in the short term. You’re just limited in freedom, so you should come down first.

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Blue House.

After Chu Qing left, Xiaobao "rests" in Chu Qing's room on the third floor, and told Xiaorou that he wanted to sleep and not let anyone disturb him.

One afternoon, Zheng Xiaorou came to the door several times to listen to the sound, but she didn't hear any noise. She thought Xiaobao was really tired from the journey and fell asleep.

In the back alley, Qiao Wanqi was handing a bag to Xiaobao: "The night clothes, flying tiger claws, and ropes are all inside, and the topographic map is also inside. Liu Luqi has already been guarding. The patrols under the imperial city are much stricter than before. He goes to find out the command."

Xiaobao took out the flying tiger claws and looked at it, nodded: "Okay, you go back!"

Qiao Wanqi was worried: "I can't go back, I have to follow you. Your light body skills are not as good as mine... If it really doesn't work, I can dig a dog hole for you or something."

Xiaobao: "There are too many people, so I'll be in trouble for you!"

Qiao Wanqi turned his fingers and said, "You, me, Liu Luqi, only three of them, how many?"

"Click!" A small stone fell from the sky. Xiaobao looked up and stood on the eaves of the house and moved his toes.

"You're here, you go!" After Xiaobao said that, he pressed the iron pipe of the flying tiger claws, and instantly shot the hook, hooked on the window frame on the third floor, and Xiaobao pulled the rope and climbed up.
Chapter completed!