Tao Ying absent-mindedly put the tofu curd into her mouth with a spoon. She didn't have the time to appreciate the wonderful taste of the sweet tofu curd sprinkled with chopped green onions.
Drinking the tofu in silence, Tao Ying raised her eyes from time to time to glance at Mr. Liu, who was enjoying a big mouthful of meat buns and a big mouthful of tofu, and suddenly asked: "How does it feel to be a parent?"
"Ah? What?"
Tao Ying looked at Young Master Liu's blank gaze, bit her red lips tightly and was silent for a moment, as if she had made up her mind.
"How does it feel when... your child calls you daddy or mommy? Isn't it very happy?"
Young Master Liu finally heard the pretty girl's question this time and wolfed down the remaining half of the meat bun in his hand.
Picking up the stall owner's towel for wiping the table and wiping the grease on his fingers, Young Master Liu frowned and muttered for a while.
"How should I put it? Sometimes when they are chattering or mischievous around you, you want to strangle them to death.
Sometimes, if you don't see them for a while, you will be so worried that you can't eat, and you can't muster the energy to do anything. You always want to see them, and only when you see them can you feel at peace.
For example, Liu Luoyue, the most naughty and mischievous girl in my family, that girl is simply a villain.
Maybe one day, the younger brother would like to hold her on his lap until her butt is swollen, and let her lie on the bed and be honest for a few days, so as to avoid causing any trouble to the younger brother.
But if her startled shouts were missing from the house, my little brother would always feel like something was missing.
That’s love and hate!”
As Young Master Liu spoke, he pulled the fox fur cloak behind him in front of Tao Ying as if offering a treasure, his eyes narrowed almost like crescent moons.
"This fox fur cloak, my girl just bought it for my little brother when she was shopping yesterday.
Look at the threads at the interface, the colors are inconsistent, and there are a lot of flaws. However, this cloak, which is worth only a dozen taels of silver, feels warmer when I wear it than the tiger fur cloak, which is worth thousands of gold.
Comfortable.
Even though I looked nonchalant when I took it yesterday, my heart felt as sweet as honey.
There is also my little girl Yunxin, who is less than six years old this year. She is as well-behaved, sensible, considerate and caring as her mother Ying'er.
Whenever I am at home, she will always bring a plate of weird pastries to my little brother.
What I ate was even more delicious than the pastries carefully prepared by the royal chef in the palace.
It’s not that these weird-shaped pastries are really delicious, but because my baby Yunxin and her mother learned to make these pastries by hand.
Although it has a shape but not a shape, it has a shape but not a look, and the taste is just so-so.
But the little brother ate it and it was delicious.
Let’s talk about my son, my third eldest brother Liu Chengqian. This boy looks a little dull, but in fact he is very thoughtful.
No matter when, as long as I...
As for children, parents don’t ask for anything.
If you can have your parents in your heart, you will be content."
Seeing Young Master Liu beaming with joy when talking about his children, Tao Ying's eyes were full of envy that could not be concealed, and she felt a surge of sadness in her heart.
In my own impression, since he entered the Prince of Shu's palace, his husband Li Yunlong spent about 20 or 30 days every month with various staff under his command.
Either to meet with the feudal officials from various places in his fiefdom, or with the powerful state officials.
Not to mention his side concubine, even his eldest sister, the Princess of Shu, could only spend a handful of times with him.
So much so that when she was over 20 years old, she still had only one son and one daughter, both of whom were born to the royal concubine.
He, his second sister, and his fourth sister didn't even have a chance to conceive an heir.
It seems that from the day he entered the palace, my husband has been thinking about how to seize the throne and sit on the chair that rules the world all the time.
I have never cared about my family's mood or situation.
Even if his eldest son Li Geng wanted to talk to him about the relationship between father and son, it was difficult for him to do so.
Suddenly, Tao Ying couldn't help but feel a little unworthy of her husband.
After fighting for a lifetime, what did you get in the end?
Although I was able to sit on that chair as I wished, it only lasted a few days.
In the end, not only did he bear the eternal infamy of treason and usurpation of the throne, but he also ended up dead, leaving a whole family of wives, children, and children hiding in hiding like lost dogs, living in poverty and poverty.
On the other hand, the jovial man opposite him is not an upright man.
From what I learned about his past for revenge, this man seemed to have never fought for anything.
He was even more submissive under his father, Emperor Ruizong Li Zheng, and never expressed any dissatisfaction.
Although he doesn't have the kind of loyalty that the king wants his minister to die, he has to die, but he still lives a free and easy life.
Not only does he have a family full of children now, he will also have a family full of children and grandchildren in the future.
Finally, she sat on the chair that her husband had only dreamed of sitting on for a few days, giving advice and scolding Fang Qiu.
People who have been fighting for their whole lives not only fail to get what they want, but also keep nothing.
Even my life was lost!
A person who doesn't fight will eventually get everything that the person who fights for gets.
From Tao Ying's point of view, this has to be said to be a great irony.
"You - you are so happy, I really envy you!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the unexplainable complex meaning on Tao Ying's face. He was silent for a while and seemed to understand what Tao Ying was thinking. He leaned forward and looked down at the pretty girl and laughed happily.
"What? My good sister wants to be a mother?
What a big deal, I just have to do a lot of hard work at night."
"Get out of here, you're not doing the right thing!"
Young Master Liu smiled and sat back. Looking at Tao Ying's unhappy expression, he took out his handkerchief and wiped the leftovers from the corner of his mouth.
"Good sister, don't worry, sooner or later I will let you experience what it feels like to be a mother.
Drink it quickly, it won’t taste good when it’s cold.”
Tao Ying shook her head silently: "When we are full, let's go!"
"No, I won't eat more than half of the bowl left. What a waste!
You really don’t want to eat?”
"I can't eat anymore, I have no appetite!"
Young Master Liu clicked his tongue twice, brought the remaining tofu puffs in front of Tao Ying in front of him, picked up the spoon and wolfed it down, finishing it in just a few strokes.
Tao Ying looked at Mr. Liu with an awkward expression, who seemed to have not eaten for a month. She glanced at the stall owner who was greeting customers more than ten steps away and muttered in a low voice.
"You are the king of a country after all, but is it as if you haven't eaten in eight lifetimes?"
Liu Mingzhi took out ten fortune-telling coins from his sleeves and threw them on the table. He took Tao Ying's hand and walked towards Penglai Restaurant.
"Good sister, you have lived without worrying about food and clothing for half your life and have never experienced the feeling of starvation. I don't know what this half bowl of tofu bread means to the soldiers on the frontier.
My little brother, I am someone who has led troops on expeditions, let’s just say when we went to the Western Regions!
When attacking Cheshiqian State, the grain and grass collected in Loulan, Qiuci, Gumo, and Qiemo States were not delivered to the soldiers in time for three days.
The three soldiers shared a piece of dry food.
Just a mouthful of water and a mouthful of dry food lasted three days.
At that time, not to mention the delicious tofu puffs, even a sip of hot gruel was a luxury for the soldiers.
Let's talk about the second year of Taihe, when my younger brother led the Six Guards of the New Army to conquer the former Jin and Turkistan countries.
We fought on the endless prairie in winter. At that time, the grassland was covered with heavy snow, and it was not easy to have enough food. In order to prevent the enemy from discovering our whereabouts due to the smoke, we continued for ten or even dozens of days.
You may not be able to have a hot meal.
At that time, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, my younger brother encouraged the brothers that as long as they unified the world and won a great victory, he would take them to eat a delicious roasted whole lamb at his own expense.
It’s a pity that tens of thousands of brothers are still buried in foreign lands and never came back.”