Chapter 54 Yaoyao wins the chicken leg
Yaoyao has worked so hard. She has to worry and trouble herself with just a baby who is only one month old.

Emperor Mingde secretly decided that after the New Year, he would give Yaoyao a big gift.

"Maybe Yaoyao is too worried about her mother. She has been staying awake since her mother hasn't woken up." Princess Chaoyang explained.

"No, she fell asleep peacefully only after she saw her mother wake up."

The Queen Mother thought that Yaoyao was still awake when she just opened her eyes, so she believed what Princess Chaoyang said.

"Mother, you just woke up. Don't talk too much. Just rest for a while." Emperor Mingde suddenly said.

The Queen Mother shook her head without even thinking, "No, no, I don't think there's anything wrong with my body right now."

Emperor Mingde could see that the Queen Mother wanted to talk more with Princess Chaoyang. After all, she had secretly missed Princess Chaoyang for eighteen years. Now that she had finally seen her daughter whom she had missed day and night, she naturally felt reluctant to rest.

He looked at Princess Chaoyang and said, "Qing'er, you haven't been back to the palace for eighteen years. The day after tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Why don't you and Yaoyao stay in the palace to celebrate the New Year?"

Princess Chaoyang looked up and saw that the Queen Mother's eyes were full of anticipation. She couldn't bear to see her sad anymore, so she smiled and nodded, "Okay, brother, Yaoyao and I will live in the palace and will leave after the New Year."

When the Queen Mother heard this, a look of joy immediately appeared on her face.

Princess Chaoyang naturally caught the joy in the Queen Mother's eyes, and she felt very uncomfortable in her heart, thinking that she had been very unfilial before.

She looked at the Queen Mother and said, "Mother, if you don't mind Yaoyao and I disturbing your rest, we can live in your Changshou Palace."

"Don't disturb me. I want to be closer to my granddaughter." The Queen Mother said immediately, with an irrepressible smile on her face.

Emperor Mingde and Princess Chaoyang both smiled at the same time.

After the Queen Mother confirmed again and again that Princess Chaoyang would really stay, she listened to Emperor Mingde and lay down to rest again, and did not get out of bed until dinner time.

Dinner was sent directly to the Changshou Palace. Not only Emperor Mingde and Princess Chaoyang were there, but even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came.

In fact, the Crown Prince had been in Changshou Palace during the two days when the Queen Mother was ill. It was just that when Princess Chaoyang entered the palace, he happened to be out of the palace on business, so he did not meet Princess Chaoyang.

After dinner was served on the table, Eunuch Qiao and Nanny wanted to step forward to help Emperor Mingde and the Empress Dowager serve the dishes, but they were rejected in unison.

"Today is our family dinner, there is no need for so many rules." Emperor Mingde ordered.

Upon hearing this, Eunuch Qiao and Madam also stepped aside.

At almost the same time, Xu Yaoyao, who was still sleeping soundly, suddenly opened her eyes.

[The taste of roast chicken?! ]

【I smell roast chicken! 】

In order to make sure that she did not smell it wrong, Xu Yaoyao took a few deep breaths of air.

[Yes, it tastes like roast chicken! ]

[Ahhh, I really want to eat roast chicken! ]

[Mother, Yaoyao wants to eat roast chicken. Yaoyao wants to eat roast chicken. ]

Just as Princess Chaoyang was about to sit down, she heard a familiar baby voice and knew that Xu Yaoyao had woken up.

Emperor Mingde: It turns out that his little niece is a foodie. She has no teeth at all, yet she still wants to eat roast chicken?
Prince: My dear cousin, you can’t eat the roast chicken yet.

Queen Mother: Why do I hear the voice of a baby? Could it be that my illness has not been fully recovered and I am hallucinating?
At this time, the nanny holding Xu Yaoyao also found that Xu Yaoyao had woken up. She walked behind Princess Chaoyang with Xu Yaoyao in her arms and said, "Princess, the young lady is awake." Just as Princess Chaoyang was about to reach out and hold Xu Yaoyao over, the Queen Mother's voice rang out, "Is it my little granddaughter who has woken up? Come, come and let me hold her."

When the nanny saw Princess Chaoyang nod, she carried Xu Yaoyao to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother carefully took Xu Yaoyao and looked at the delicate little girl in front of her. She liked her so much that she said, "My little granddaughter is really pretty. Look at her little face, big eyes, and little mouth. She is just like a little boy under the throne of a god."

"Especially these eyes, they are as bright as the stars in the sky, so beautiful, really beautiful."

Xu Yaoyao didn't look at the empress dowager at all, nor did she hear what she said. Her big eyes moved around as she searched anxiously on the table. Finally, she found the plate of roast chicken, which was right in front of the empress dowager.

The roasted chicken not only smelled delicious, but also had a golden skin, sizzling with oil, making people drool just by looking at it. Especially the two big chicken legs next to it, which must be very satisfying to chew.

The more Xu Yaoyao looked at it, the more she wanted to eat it, and her chin was covered with saliva.

"Mother, Qing'er knows that you like Yaoyao, but don't just stare at her. You should eat dinner quickly."

"I heard that you haven't eaten much during these days you were sick." Princess Chaoyang said with a smile.

She sat next to the empress dowager, and after she finished speaking, she picked up some easily digestible food and placed it in the bowl in front of the empress dowager.

The Queen Mother looked at Yaoyao in her arms, then at Princess Mingyang, and felt very regretful that she had not put aside her pride and reconciled with her daughter earlier.

She put Xu Yaoyao on her lap, hugged her with one hand, then picked up the chopsticks with the other hand, picked up a big chicken leg, and wanted to put it in Princess Chaoyang's bowl.

However, just as the Queen Mother put the chicken leg in front of her, it was snatched away by a pair of small hands.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this. Before they could react, they saw Xu Yaoyao put the chicken leg into her mouth without hesitation and took a big bite.

Xu Yaoyao: Huh? Why can’t I bite it?
Xu Yaoyao: Ah! No teeth yet!

Xu Yaoyao: Cry me to death!

Xu Yaoyao: Wait, I heard that the gums also have a certain chewing ability. How about I try it again?

Just when Xu Yaoyao was about to try another bite, her little hand was grabbed by Princess Chaoyang and the Queen Mother at the same time.

However, what Princess Chaoyang and the Queen Mother did not expect was that Xu Yaoyao held the chicken leg with such force that it could not be pried open no matter how hard she tried.

"Yaoyao, be good and give the chicken leg to mother quickly. You can't eat these things now, otherwise you will feel uncomfortable." Princess Chaoyang was worried that she would break her little finger, so she controlled her little hand to prevent her from putting it into her mouth and coaxed her softly.

"Yaoyao, quickly give the chicken leg to grandma. If you like it, when you grow teeth, grandma will ask the imperial chef to cook for you every day." The queen mother also joined the team to coax the child.

Even Emperor Mingde and the Crown Prince looked at Xu Yaoyao with concern.

I thought, it’s only been a month and he’s already fighting for food? How much does he love to eat?

Xu Yaoyao looked at the big chicken drumstick in her hand, then looked at the worried eyes of Princess Chaoyang and the Queen Mother, pouted her lips, and let go.

When everyone saw Xu Yaoyao finally let go of her little hand, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"I was careless. I didn't expect her little hands were so quick." The Queen Mother said with some self-blame.

Princess Chaoyang took Xu Yaoyao back to her arms and comforted the Queen Mother with a smile, "It's not that the Queen Mother is careless, it's clearly that Yaoyao is greedy. She's always thinking about eating roast chicken before she even has teeth."

(End of this chapter)