The empress was the most respected existence in the emperor's harem.
As the empress of Da An, Su Yu was naturally the same. He was the mother of the world and commanded the six palaces. However, he was the only concubine in the six palaces, so he didn't have much to command.
After becoming the empress, Su Yu felt that his life hadn't improved at all. Instead, it had become more taxing on his mind and body.
In the early morning, when the first ray of sunlight shone through the window, Wang Gonggong dutifully called out from outside the door, "Emperor, it's time to go to court."
Su Yu opened his eyes and turned his head to try to wake the emperor up. However, he found that there was no one beside him. A golden furball was sleeping soundly on his neck. It felt that the noise outside the door was too noisy, so it buried its head in Su Yu's neck and continued to sleep.
"Emperor, it's time to go to court." Lowering his head to kiss the warm sleeping cat, Su Yu raised his hand to stroke its fur.
The golden cat raised its paw and pressed it against Su Yu's mouth, not allowing him to speak. After a while, it opened its eyes with a yawn. It raised its head to look at Su Yu who was looking at it with a burning gaze. It used its paw to pat his chin. This stupid slave, why is he looking at us like this so early in the morning?
Standing up, His Majesty stretched lazily on Su Yu's chest. Swinging his tail, he jumped off the bed and transformed into his human form. "Zhen is going to court." It was useless to look at Zhen like this. As a wise ruler, he would not be seduced by the Empress's beauty.
Eunuch Wang came in to help the Emperor wash up and change his clothes. Not long after, the incomparably handsome His Majesty finished tidying up. He turned around to look at the stupid slave who was still staring at him from the bed. With a snort, he bent over and picked up the two furballs that were sleeping soundly on the soft mattress. He stuffed them into the dragon bed and turned to leave.
"Meow?" The golden cat raised its head and looked around in a daze. It found that it was sleeping on top of the blanket.
"Meow meow!" His Royal Highness was already awake when he was picked up. He ran over to Su Yu and stretched his neck to lick the tip of Su Yu's nose.
"Son …" Su Yu originally wanted to sleep a little longer, but when she saw the two little furballs rolling around on the bed, she couldn't sleep anymore. She stretched out her arms and pulled the two kittens into the bed to give them a good rub.
"Meow-" His Highness The Crown Prince was being rubbed all over the place and was very unhappy. He wriggled out of his father's hand and patted Su Yu's hand with his pink paws. Then he licked his furry little mouth.
Seeing this action, Su Yu naturally understood that his son was asking for food. He couldn't be lazy anymore. He kissed the little furball and left the two brothers to play on the bed. He got up and started the day's work.
First, she went to the kitchen and steamed the seafood buns that the emperor wanted to eat in the morning. Then, she cooked porridge. After that, she fished out the blanched shrimps from the pot and beat the eggs to make seafood egg custard for her sons.
When the buns were steamed, the emperor just finished the morning court.
Seeing the table full of food, the emperor's cold face immediately relaxed. Then, he saw Su Yu sitting at the table holding a small spoon and blowing on the egg custard. The corners of his lips that had just curled up fell down again. "Didn't I say that you don't need to make breakfast? Why did you still make it?"
"I couldn't sleep either way. I saw that the crown prince was hungry, so …" Su Yu casually explained.
Who would have thought that when Uncle Cat heard this, his face became even uglier. He snorted and waved his hand to dismiss everyone. He sat down next to Su Yu and looked at his two sons who were squatting on the table and waiting for Su Yu to feed them. He raised his hand and flicked his finger. "How old are you? Eat by yourself!"
His two sons were already one year old. Although they were still palm-sized kittens, ordinary cats could catch mice when they were one year old. How could they not know how to eat egg custard?
His Highness the Crown Prince squatted to the side in grievance. He hugged his small bowl and obediently buried his head in eating.
His Highness The Crown Prince bared his teeth at his father.
"Unfilial son!" His Majesty the Emperor raised his hand and was about to hit him. His Highness The Crown Prince immediately jumped and hid next to his older brother. He stuck his head into his older brother's bowl and ate with him.
"Meow!" His Highness the Crown Prince saw that his younger brother was trying to steal his food, so he immediately pushed his younger brother.
His Highness The Crown Prince didn't back down and pushed him back. He also took the opportunity to bite his older brother.
Seeing the two furballs pushing and shoving each other to eat, Su Yu blinked. Only then did he realize that his sons didn't need to be fed anymore. He looked at the Emperor who still didn't look well and quickly picked up a seafood bun for him. "Don't worry about them. Hurry up and eat."
His Majesty the Emperor heard this and smiled proudly at his son.
After eating a basket of buns and drinking two bowls of porridge, the Emperor picked up the bowl of egg custard that the crown prince didn't have time to eat and finished it with the side dishes in a few bites.
When the two brothers finished fighting, they realized that all the dishes on the table had been finished by their father.
After eating his fill, the Emperor pulled the Empress to the imperial study. The two little furballs followed behind.
"The Emperor is letting the Empress into the imperial study?" The guard who had just arrived was very surprised. The hougong couldn't interfere in politics. This was a rule that had been passed down for generations. Da An wasn't an exception. Even the present Empress Dowager didn't have this honor in the past.
"That's right. The Emperor favors the Empress to the heavens," The old guard reminded the junior as though he knew everything. He lowered his voice and said, "Also, this is a male Empress. Maybe he has some talent in governing the country."
The young guard nodded his head in understanding. He looked at the gentle back view with admiration. At first glance, he could tell that this was a learned scholar.
In reality, the Su Yu that everyone admired was just a cushion for the Empress from being a cushion for the Xian fei. That was all.
When the Emperor was reading memorials, Su Yu would be a cushion for him. At the same time, he would also take care of some matters in the hougong. The two little furballs would jump around on the imperial table and occasionally tease Fuhuang's brush.
The affairs of the hougong were very complicated. The Empress Dowager had taught Su Yu for a while. Seeing that he really wasn't cut out for this, she only gave him the task of distributing the ingredients. What Su Yu had to do every day was look at the accounts and ensure that the ingredients and snacks were supplied to each palace. Of course, the most important thing was the Emperor's three meals a day, the National Tutor's snacks, and the food of the ancestor of Haiyan Palace.
"The loach fish have been eaten. The only big fish left in Haiyan Palace is the salmon." Su Yu looked at the accounts and frowned slightly.
The loach fish were timid and would die if they were caught. They had to be sent into the palace blindfolded and thrown into the lake of Haiyan Palace. However, the presence of the Imperial Uncle's mythical beast was too strong. The fish would be scared to death even if they were in the water. They could only be eaten on the day they were brought in.
"Just ask Prince Jing to send more loach fish." When the Emperor heard this, he added this sentence on Prince Jing's secret memorial and asked him to send more loach fish.
After reading the memorials, it was time to prepare lunch. Su Yu got up and went to the kitchen. The Emperor also followed.
The imperial kitchen was very big, but when the Emperor came in, it seemed small because no matter how spacious the front was, he could always trip Su Yu. The two little furballs also ran over to join in the fun. They circled around Su Yu's feet and climbed up his clothes.
Su Yu, who was boiling oil in the pan, quickly pulled the two furballs down and stuffed them into the Emperor's hands. "Go out and wait for a while. It's hot here." He handed him a plate of freshly fried shrimp.
Thus, the Emperor went out with the two furballs and jumped onto the roof of the North Pole Palace.
The warm noon sun shone on the fur. It was very comfortable. The Emperor turned into a golden cat and lazily laid down, holding a plate of shrimp and slowly eating. The two sons came up and wanted to take one, but they were slapped back by Fuhuang. "You only know how to eat. Go, go to Taizu's side and think about the country."
The two little furballs squatted next to the golden statue of Taizu in the middle of the roof. They looked into the distance and only saw smoke rising from the roof of the North Pole Palace's kitchen not far away.
"What is the country?" The starving Crown Prince asked his older brother.
The Crown Prince raised his back paw and kicked his ears. "I heard Imperial Grandfather say that it is to guard our family's fish and not let others steal it."
"I think that's not right," the Crown Prince said in a childish voice. He turned his head and looked at Fuhuang, who was happily eating, "We also have to guard the shrimp well."
When Su Yu finished cooking, the father and son trio were nowhere to be found.
The Emperor Emeritus walked into the dining hall with his hands behind his back. He looked at the table full of dishes. "No need to pay attention to them. Let's start the meal first."
"Ah?" Su Yu blinked. He didn't seem to invite the Emperor Emeritus to eat today, right?
Fortunately, the Emperor Emeritus didn't wait for the Emperor Emeritus to finish eating the first crab leg before he came back. When he saw Fuhuang, he snorted coldly. "Fuhuang always comes to the North Pole Palace to eat. If the courtiers saw this, they would think that this son didn't give Fuhuang a share of the food in the palace."
"Hmph, that's true," The Emperor Emeritus ate another shrimp with salt and pepper. "If Guren didn't come himself, would you send a plate of these dishes to Guren?"
Su Yu quickly stuffed a piece of peeled crab meat into the Emperor's mouth to prevent the father and son from fighting again. If that happened, the dishes that they worked so hard to make would be gone.
After eating lunch without any mishap, the Emperor Emeritus happily got up and left. He took his two chubby grandsons with him and went to Hai Yan Palace to take a nap.
His Majesty the Emperor stretched. He was full and didn't want to move, so he lay on Su Yu's back and let him drag him back.
Su Yu then dragged the big guy on his back back to the palace without complaint. He opened his eyes and accompanied him to take a nap. When the Emperor had enough sleep and got up to deal with the state affairs, he took the food box and went to pay his respects to the National Tutor.
Ever since Su Yu finished learning 《Su's Cookbook》, the National Tutor decided to let him learn something else. There were many ancient books about cooking in the Anguo Tower's library. The National Tutor picked out some and let Su Yu learn them. He also tested him every few days.
Su Yu had just finished memorizing 《Fresh Fish Biographies》 yesterday. Today, he made a dessert called "Beauties Leaving the Borders" and sent it to the National Tutor. The so-called "Beauties Leaving the Borders" was to put fresh yuanbei in a steamer basket and steam it until it opened its mouth. Then, the meat was dug out and fried. Then, seasonings were sprinkled on it. When the seasonings were mixed together, it looked like frost and snow. It was called "Beauties Leaving the Borders".
When he went to Anguo Tower, he was told that the National Tutor had gone to Hai Yan Palace to tame a mythological beast.
Su Yu's mouth twitched. He carried the food box and turned to go to his Imperial Granduncle.
As expected, the National Tutor was lying on Big Boss Cat's belly, basking in the sun. The Emperor Emeritus had run off somewhere, and the two princes were digging up the beads they had hidden yesterday on the beach.
After giving the National Tutor a taste of the dessert and sharing some of his views on 《Fresh Fish Biographies》, Su Yu stood up and excused himself. He carried his two sons and went to find the Emperor.
Without those eyesores of the imperial concubines, His Majesty resumed his daily routine. However, he had to attend court in the morning, so he could only pay his respects to his Imperial Father and Empress Dowager in the evening.
The Emperor Emeritus rested in Ci 'an Palace every day, which saved His Majesty two trips.
Today, Prince Zhao happened to be there as well. The Empress Dowager was talking to him non-stop, while the Emperor Emeritus was hiding in a corner playing with a cloth mouse.
Su Yu stared with wide eyes at the cloth mouse. It was bright red. Why did it look so much like the one His Royal Highness King Zhao had?
Prince Zhao's chubby face wrinkled like a steamed bun. Seeing that he was about to turn twenty, his Imperial Mother nagged him to choose a few more concubines and side concubines for him.
His Majesty the Emperor ignored his stupid younger brother's pleading gaze and bowed to his Imperial Mother. He took out the two furballs in Su Yu's arms and threw them to the Empress Dowager, "I'll have to trouble Imperial Mother to take care of them for a night."
The Empress Dowager was naturally happy. She put her two grandsons on her lap and continued to talk to Prince Zhao.
Before Su Yu could say anything, he was pulled back to the North Pole Palace by the Emperor. He made a sumptuous dinner to feed the Emperor and helped uncle cat bathe. Su Yu, who didn't have any free time all day, lay on the bed and sighed. Then, he saw the Emperor leap up and pounce on him.
The Empress, who had worked hard all day, didn't have any peace at night.
After letting the Emperor fry fish twice, Su Yu fell asleep in a daze. Then, he was woken up by uncle cat, who had gotten up in the middle of the night to play around. He helplessly reached out and dragged the furball, who was scratching its tassels, into the quilt, "You still have to attend court tomorrow. Go to sleep."
The Jade Hare rose in the east. In the dead of the night, Empress Su's busy day finally came to an end and a new day was about to begin.
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