Liang Zhaoyi knew that Zhao Yao loved eating beef and hot pot, so she directly had the small kitchen prepare a beef hot pot.
Zhao Yao sat at the dining table, staring intently at the beef hot pot in front of him, hesitating to pick up his chopsticks.
Liang Zhaoyi and Yu iren saw Zhao Yao looking cautiously at the beef hot pot and asked with a smile and curiosity, "Yao Yao, this is your favorite beef hot pot, why aren’t you eating?"
The Fifth Princess also found it strange, "Yao Yao, you keep clamoring to eat beef every day. Now that Father has gifted you so much beef, why aren’t you eating it?"
Pan Cairen saw that Zhao Yao hadn’t touched the beef and hesitated to pick up her chopsticks as well. She asked in surprise, "Yao Yao, is sothing wrong with this beef?"
Zhao Yao puffed his cheeks and said, "I think Father doesn’t have good intentions..." Before he could finish his sentence, his little ear was pinched by his mother, the consort.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch... Mother, spare ." Zhao Yao quickly begged for rcy.
"The Emperor saw that you like beef and gifted it to you, how can you say such things?"
Zhao Yao rubbed his ear, sore from Liang Zhaoyi’s pinch, and pouted, "Why would Father suddenly be so kind?" He had often been teased by his Father, "In the past, when Father saw I liked certain foods, he deliberately wouldn’t let have pastries and would eat them in front of , saying a child eating too many pastries would spoil their teeth."
"There was another ti I wanted an apple, and Father deliberately had soone take it away."
"And another ti, I liked drinking the sweet soup Mother made, but when Father ca, he snatched it away and said kids shouldn’t drink sweet soup."
"Also, every ti Father ca to Kunde Hall, he would snatch my food. I liked chicken legs, and he would deliberately snatch them from ."
Every ti Zhao Yao thought about the Emperor snatching his food, his little face would puff up like a pufferfish. His eyes would turn red with anger, and his little expression would be very aggrieved.
"I like egg custard, and Father snatched my egg custard away, finishing it entirely without leaving a crumb!" The more Zhao Yao spoke, the angrier he beca, "Whatever I like to eat, Father takes away. How could he possibly be kind enough to gift beef?"
What kind of father specifically snatches what his son likes to eat?!
What kind of father loves bullying his son so much?!
He knew his father liked to tease him. The angrier he was, the happier his father beca. Every ti Father ca to Kunde Hall, he told himself not to fall for Father’s tricks, not to get angry, or Father would tease and bully him even more. Yet, every ti, Father would make him angry, then sit nearby laughing very happily and loudly.
Listening to Zhao Yao’s complaints, Yu iren, and Pan Cairen were taken aback, unable to believe the Emperor was like this.
Liang Zhaoyi was well aware of the Emperor’s nature and how he liked to tease Zhao Yao for fun.
"Father must have put sothing in the beef, then made have diarrhea." Zhao Yao was scared of being teased by the Emperor and couldn’t believe he would kindly bestow him beef.
Liang Zhaoyi reached out to stroke Zhao Yao’s little cheek, gently saying, "Your Father wouldn’t poison you to give you diarrhea."
"It’s not like Father hasn’t tampered with my food before; he put Coptis in my sweet soup before, almost making bitter to death." Once, Father ca to Kunde Hall, very kindly brought him a bowl of sweet soup. At that mont, Zhao Yao thought Father was genuinely kind-hearted, but he never imagined Father had put Coptis in the sweet soup. He had never tasted sothing so bitter.
Rembering this, a bitter taste rose in Zhao Yao’s mouth, and his face scrunched up.
"Father must have put Coptis in the beef."
Yu iren and Pan Cairen were speechless, not expecting the Emperor to be so wicked.
Liang Zhaoyi picked up chopsticks, took a piece of beef from the pot, and started eating it, then she told Zhao Yao, "Not bitter, there’s no Coptis."
"Mother, you’d better not eat it either." Zhao Yao still didn’t let his guard down, "Even if Father didn’t put Coptis in the beef, he might have added another drug, like making my stomach rumble constantly, or making constantly fart." Father wasn’t beyond doing such things.
The Fifth Princess listened in shock. She couldn’t believe the imposing Emperor in her heart could be so... bad!
Yu iren and Pan Cairen were hearing such things for the first ti, and their faces were full of disbelief.
"Sister, did the Emperor really..."
"Second Consort, Third Consort, I’m not lying to you; Father is really this bad!" Father just loved bullying him, taking pleasure in it! Third Brother liked abusing people, enjoyed whipping people, and that was inherited from Father! "Moreover, when I’m asleep at night, Father will pinch my nose and wake up."
Yu iren and the other two were montarily at a loss for how to react.
Zhao Yao angrily stated, "Father’s mischievous deeds are innurable!"
Liang Zhaoyi was amused by Zhao Yao’s words, pinched his little cheek, and teased him, "You even know the phrase innurable?"
"Mother, am I wrong?"
"Your Father is just playing with you." Regarding the issue of the Emperor loving to tease Zhao Yao, Liang Zhaoyi was also helpless. She had previously advised the Emperor to stop bullying Zhao Yao, and the Emperor responded, "Sons are ant to be played with by their fathers," and he said Zhao Yao was fun.
The Emperor loved seeing Zhao Yao’s angry appearance. With his eyes round and angry, his face flushed, and his expressions very fierce, but daring not to do anything.
He often said Zhao Yao’s angry appearance resembled an angry young wolf cub.
"It’s not just playing, it’s bullying ." The more Zhao Yao spoke, the more aggrieved he felt. "Mother, you always take Father’s side."
"Mother promises you there’s nothing wrong with the beef," Liang Zhaoyi gently reassured him, "If anything’s wrong with the beef, Mother will seek justice for you."
"Really?" Zhao Yao asked, sowhat unbelieving.
"Really, Mother wouldn’t lie to you." Liang Zhaoyi picked up a piece of cooked beef and placed it in Zhao Yao’s bowl, "Mother assures you, the beef is delicious."
Zhao Yao was half-convinced. Ultimately, he couldn’t resist the allure of the beef and decided to reluctantly trust Liang Zhaoyi’s words. He picked up the beef and began eating cautiously.
After eating a couple of bites, his eyes imdiately sparkled.
"Delicious!" So what if Father put so strange drug in the beef, he’d still want to eat it. Because the beef hot pot was truly delicious.
Liang Zhaoyi picked up a few more pieces of beef and put them in Zhao Yao’s bowl, "Eat more." After saying this, she turned her head to Yu iren and the others, "You all eat too."
"Second Consort, Third Consort, Fifth Sister, the beef hot pot is absolutely delicious, hurry and eat."
Yu iren and the others looked at Zhao Yao, amused. He had just been angrily saying the beef had problems and couldn’t be eaten, but now he was eating happily.
Liang Zhaoyi laughed, "The beef really doesn’t have any problems, eat without worry."
Upon hearing this from Liang Zhaoyi, Yu iren and the others no longer hesitated, picking up the beef and eating it.
"Delicious!"
"This beef tastes great in the hot pot!"
"Yes, incredibly delicious."
Zhao Yao said proudly, "I told you beef is the best at in the world, and you didn’t believe , but now you agree, right?"
"Of course, our Yao Yao knows how to eat best."
Liang Zhaoyi noticed Zhao Yao only eating beef and no other vegetables, feeling helpless. She picked up so spinach and brought it to Zhao Yao’s mouth, "Eat your veggies."
Upon seeing the spinach, Zhao Yao imdiately furrowed his small eyebrows, showing an expression of disgust.
"If you don’t eat vegetables, you can’t eat beef." This child Yao Yao loves at and dislikes vegetables, it’s hard to say who he inherited that from.
Zhao Yao pouted and reluctantly opened his mouth to eat the spinach.
Soon enough, Zhao Yao and the others finished all the beef in the pot.
The beef hot pot was not only delicious but also very appetizing, making Liang Zhaoyi and the others inadvertently eat too much. After finishing lunch, they all felt stuffed.
Liang Zhaoyi worried that Zhao Yao would have stomach issues in the afternoon, so she quickly gave him a digestion pill and then rubbed his little belly.
"You weren’t saying the beef might be tampered with by your Father," Liang Zhaoyi pinched her son’s little nose, amused yet helpless, "yet you ate the most."
"Can’t help it, the beef was too delicious." Zhao Yao laughed cheerfully, "I couldn’t resist the temptation of beef."
Yu iren laughed, "This beef hot pot really tastes great, no wonder Yao Yao loves it so much."
"Thanks to Yao Yao, we all got to enjoy such delicious beef today," Pan Cairen said.
"Unfortunately, to eat beef again, we’ll have to wait for the Dragon Boat Festival."
Liang Zhaoyi patted Zhao Yao’s little butt, "You just finished eating and are already thinking about the Dragon Boat Festival."
"That’s how life remains hopeful."
"Since you’ve eaten the beef, rember to go thank your Father," Liang Zhaoyi instructed, "After your studies this afternoon, go thank your Father."
"If I don’t have a stomach ache after my studies, then I’ll thank Father." Although he had eaten the beef, he still suspected his Father might have done sothing behind the scenes.
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