Su Yu looked at the emperor's movements and couldn't help but curl his lips. This guy was really awkward. He raised his hand and pulled the father and son into his arms. He stroked the emperor who was sleeping warmly.
According to the imperial rules, all the sons of this generation would be titled as princes and counted as the emperor's children. They would be raised in the palace to protect the young kittens and prevent secrets from being leaked. The imperial concubines in the palace, no matter if they gave birth to ordinary or noble children, would be ranked together. However, the ordinary children of the imperial concubines still didn't have the right to inherit. At most, they would be given the title of Junwang when they grew up, just like Princess Mu who always schemed against him. Perhaps they would never understand why they couldn't inherit the throne.
Su Yu shrank down and kissed the emperor's furry head. Compared to his imperial uncles and Prince Li, the emperor's figure was still a kitten. It was unreliable to let a kitten raise a little kitten. Master Cat still needed someone to dote on him. Thinking of this, he felt his heart ache again.
The next day, Su Yu got up early and wrapped the father and son who were still sleeping soundly in the quilt. He ran to the kitchen to make seafood soup dumplings.
Su Yu wasn't good at making pastries. This seafood soup dumpling was one of the few things he knew how to make. However, the kneading and rolling of the dough were still handed over to the palace maids who helped cook. He only prepared the filling.
The sea cucumber was shredded and fried until it was fragrant. The fresh shrimp was blanched and the meat was peeled off. He added dried bamboo shoots and shiitake mushrooms into the soup that he had made the night before and mixed it with enough seasoning.
After making the filling and the skin, Su Yu wrapped one himself. It didn't look good, so he gave it to the palace maids to wrap and he went to cook porridge. It was better to eat porridge for the fragrant seafood soup dumplings. Su Yu cooked a pot of porridge and mixed it with two cold dishes.
After the dumplings were steamed, Su Yu returned to the North Pole Palace. He saw that the emperor had already gotten up. Wang Gonggong helped him quietly get dressed. On the dragon bed, a black and yellow furball was still sleeping soundly under the quilt.
"The steamed buns are ready. Eat two before you go to court." Su Yu pulled Uncle Cat to the table and opened the lid of the steamer. Steaming hot soup dumplings appeared in front of them.
This steamed bun was wrapped in rice skin. The thin, translucent skin was wrapped in bright-colored fillings. Through the thin skin, one could see the bright red shrimp meat and marinated sea cucumber mushrooms.
His Majesty picked one up and stuffed it into his mouth. The fragrant and rich soup immediately overflowed. "Oh!" He immediately frowned and swallowed the bun in two or three bites.
"What's wrong?" Su Yu saw that the Emperor's expression wasn't right and hurriedly went over to take a look.
An Hong-chul opened his mouth and sucked in a breath of cold air. He glared fiercely at Su Yu. "Are you trying to burn me to death?"
The soup of the soup dumplings was very hot for the emperor's cat tongue. Although he was not like ordinary cats who could not eat hot food, he was still more sensitive than ordinary people.
"Scalded? Let me take a look. "Su Yu hurriedly pinched the Emperor's chin to take a look and blew on his pink tongue.
His Majesty stretched out his tongue and let him blow. The cool breeze carried a faint peppermint fragrance. It very well relieved the pain on the tip of his tongue and gradually dyed his ears red. Humph, seeing that this stupid slave was so attentive, he would not bicker with him for carrying his stupid son to bed last night.
After eating a steamer of steamed buns, His Majesty was still not full. However, it was time, so he had to get up and go to court. He would continue eating when he came back.
Before he left, His Majesty looked back at the little furball on the dragon bed and then looked at Su Yu. He slightly narrowed his eyes. "Remember to bring him to mother empress to see."
Su Yu patted his head. If he didn't mention it, he would have forgotten. No matter what, this was the eldest prince. Today, he would announce the imperial edict to the world. Before that, he had to let the empress dowager see him.
"Son, get up!" After sending off the emperor, Su Yu quickly walked back to the bedroom. He threw himself onto the bed and accurately buried his nose in a pile of fluff.
"Mi?" The eldest prince opened his eyes in a daze. He stretched out a small paw to press on Su Yu's nose and opened his mouth to yawn.
His pink paw was only the size of a fingertip and had a milky fragrance. It was warm and soft. Su Yu couldn't help but give him a kiss. He picked up the little furball and put it in his arms.
When he made the soup dumplings in the morning, he deliberately left a few shrimp for his son to make breakfast. The cooked shrimp meat was chopped and simmered in the soup dumplings stock until it became a delicious shrimp paste.
After the eldest prince was full, Su Yu wrapped him in a small blanket and carried him to Ci 'an Palace.
He sent someone to report to the empress dowager in advance. The empress dowager quickly sent away a few imperial concubines who came to pay respects.
"Oh, I didn't expect to have a little prince so soon." The empress dowager was very happy. She picked up the basket and wanted to make some toys for her eldest grandson. She said to Aunt Lin, "There are still a lot of snow eagle feathers left from last time. Weave a small blanket."
On the other side, the atmosphere in the imperial court was very tense.
When Prince Li came to the capital, he naturally had to attend the imperial court. Every year before the Full Tribute Festival, many princes would come to the capital. The officials were very nervous. They were afraid that these princes, who held a large number of troops, would cause a storm, especially Prince Li.
As the oldest son of this generation, Prince Li was always calm and reliable. Even if he left the capital for a year, he still knew the news in the capital like the back of his hand.
"The emperor hasn't had an heir yet. Appointing a prince as the eldest prince is not in line with the etiquette." The emperor just announced the result of the National Tutor's judgment of Prince Li's third son. Some ministers raised objections.
Although each generation of emperors would appoint many princes as princes, most of the crown prince was still the emperor's own son. It was rare for the current emperor to only favor a male concubine and appoint the eldest prince without an heir. The courtiers were worried that if this went on, the crown prince would be chosen by a prince.
Prince Li glanced at the courtiers, who spoke with conviction, and said slowly: "I heard that Li Daren's concubine recently gave birth to a concubine's eldest son for Li Daren. Presumably, Li Daren has been very happy recently."
Li Daren, who came out to oppose, suddenly turned pale. He didn't have a legitimate son, but he had a concubine's eldest son first. Although this kind of thing was not a big mistake, it was not good. His virtue was not good, so he didn't have the face to say anything bad about the imperial family. He could only shut his mouth.
His Royal Highness King Zhao stood at the bottom of the jade stairs and silently watched Prince Li expose the shortcomings of those courtiers. Wang Daren's family newly bought a garden, Zhang Daren had a mistress two days ago. Those courtiers who were full of benevolence and righteousness were speechless. Prince Zhao only started to enter the court a year ago. He didn't see his second imperial brother in the court before, so he felt strange.
After the court, His Royal Highness King Zhao asked the emperor with difficulty, "Second imperial brother is so capable, why don't you keep him in the capital?"
His Majesty glanced at his younger brother and was too lazy to pay attention to him. It just so happened that Su Yu was holding the eldest prince to accompany the emperor to review the memorials. His Majesty threw his son to his younger brother and let him go talk to Prince Li. He also threw his stupid son to Prince Li for a while.
"Mi?" His Royal Highness King Zhao squatted on a fat hand and looked at His Royal Highness King Zhao with his head tilted. He found that the face in front of him had the same shape no matter when he looked at it straight or crooked. He felt strange.
When his stupid younger brother left with his stupid son, His Majesty reached out and pulled the stupid slave cushion over. "What did imperial mother say?"
"The Empress Dowager liked it very much. She said that she wanted to keep the child in Ci 'an Palace." Su Yu answered honestly. Today, the Empress Dowager held the kitten and didn't let go. She said that the child looked exactly the same as Prince Li when he was young. They were both so well-behaved.
"Then why didn't you keep him in Ci 'an Palace?" His Majesty frowned.
"Didn't you want to show him to the two imperial uncles?" Su Yu blinked. Yesterday, the emperor said that he would invite Prince Ling and Prince Su to the North Pole Palace to see the child. That was why he refused the Empress Dowager's request to keep the child.
His Majesty, "…"
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