C21 Too Much Schadenfreude

"Your wife and your children greet the Empress, the Third Princess, and the Fifth Prince." Mrs. Hua and her daughter bowed respectfully. Of course, except for Hua Yiqing, the other three did not make any mistakes.

"Forget it! Quickly sit down!" The Empress was rather helpless. She had told them many times that they did not need to be so polite when they met in private, but she was not in control of the palace. Mrs. Hua was afraid that she would give the Empress and General Hua a reason to discipline her. A few years ago, when they arrived in the palace, they could not make any mistakes in etiquette.

"Thank you, Empress!"

"Aunt Mei!" Xiahou Yuhan and Lanbao greeted Mrs. Hua and returned the bow.

"Ai, so obedient." Mrs. Hua sat beside the Empress and smiled at the siblings.

Hua Yiqing followed Mrs. Hua and sat on the stool. She reached out to take the pastries on the table.

"Why are you so gluttonous? Did you tell the Empress Aunt?" Mrs. Hua smiled unhappily.

"The Empress Aunt said that I can eat as much as I want!" Hua Yiqing tilted her head, blinked, and moved her lips.

The Empress Aunt's pastries were the best. How could she let her down?

The Empress waved her hand. "It's fine. She likes Miaolan's pastries. Let her eat. Miaolan, get someone to serve tea."

In order to prevent the matter of the New Year's banquet from happening again, the Empress had never asked anyone else to serve tea. As long as there was a need for tea, she would always let Miaolan go.

Shuisheng looked at her gluttonous sister. She was not afraid of eating too much in the summer.

Before she could climb up the stool, Lanbao rushed over and hugged Shuisheng, "Hua Bai, long time no see. I miss you so much!"

"…" She remembered that they had only met four days ago!

"Have you been well recently?" Mrs. Hua looked at the empress's haggard face and felt her heart ache. She had lost a lot of weight.

Two months ago, the empress had been diagnosed with a miscarriage. She had been pregnant for two months and had a very bad pregnancy.

"I have been eating the medicine prescribed by the Imperial Physician. I have been better for the past few days. Senior Sister, don't worry about me." The empress smiled.

"How come you look so haggard after not seeing you for a few days?" Xiahou Yuhan stood up and held Hua Qingyi's arm.

Shuisheng raised her eyebrows and looked at Xiahou Yuhan with narrowed eyes. Her eyes were so good that she couldn't tell that her sister had lost weight.

Hua Qingyi smiled, "Why can't I tell that I have become haggard?"

"Really? Qingyi, what is this?" The empress looked at Hua Qingyi carefully. She was much more haggard than a few days ago. She looked at Mrs. Hua in puzzlement.

Mrs. Hua grumbled, "Don't mention it. It's all because of Hua Yi. He mistook the soybean for Nannan. Nannan has been restless for the past day."

"Ah?" The empress covered her mouth in shock, "What is General Hua doing? How can the soybean be eaten by the child?"

"Mother?" Hua Qingyi was also shocked. She had always thought that she was the one who ate too much and that she was too delicate! Who would have thought that she had actually eaten her father's soybean!

Xiahou Yuhan's beautiful willow-leaf eyebrows knitted together, "Why is Uncle so careless? Isn't sister Nannan a lot better now?"

Mrs. Hua patted her forehead. The children were all here, and her daughter was also in front of her. She smiled at her daughter, "Nannan, don't blame your father. He didn't do it on purpose. Besides, Mother taught your father a lesson for you!"

"Ah?" Hua Qingyi covered her mouth. She remembered the screams she heard in the mansion. It turned out that it was her father! She didn't blame her father. Her heart ached for her father, but she didn't have time to feel sorry for him. Mother never showed mercy to her father, so one could imagine how miserable her father was. "How could I blame father? This matter has already passed."

"Pfft!" The Empress could imagine that General Hua would be taking leave in a few days. At that time, she could chat with the emperor.

"Aunt Empress, Sister Yuhan, Sister Yuhan, don't you know how miserable your father was beaten up! Let me tell you, a scream echoed throughout the General Mansion, and it shocked even the cicadas to the point that they didn't dare to make a sound!"

Xiahou Yuhan pursed her lips, afraid that she would laugh out loud. From Hua Shuisheng's tone, it was very likely that this matter was related to him.

Just then, Mrs. Hua flared up.

"Hua Shuisheng!" Mrs. Hua was so angry that she laughed. This little bastard was still gloating, "Don't think that I don't know that you pulled your father out to be a shield to escape my punishment! And now you're gloating here! You won't be able to escape tonight!"

Shuisheng covered her mouth and stomped her feet in annoyance. She was too happy to see the misfortune of others. She blinked her eyes in aggrievement and said coquettishly, "Mother, I was wrong!"

Her attitude was good, but Mrs. Hua would not be soft-hearted. If it was the big fat boy from before, perhaps he would be soft-hearted, but that black and slippery boy was just a piece of trash, so he should just go away!

"What's wrong? How did Shuisheng offend you? How did the matter of General Hua have anything to do with Shuisheng?" The Empress was very curious. Her daughter was really a treasure! Every time Mrs. Hua would bring a lot of interesting stories about Shuisheng to her, and she was so happy to hear them.

However, she regretted changing the child. If she hadn't changed the child, this treasure would have been hers.

However, there was no medicine for regret in this world!

"Mother, Aunt Mei, I recently embroidered a lotus bag. Sister Nannan's female red is very good. I will bring Sister Nannan to my bedroom to teach me. We won't disturb you and Aunt Mei's chat." Xiahou Yuhan bowed.

The Empress smiled and said, "Go on, go on. Your young lady and young lady should have a good chat."

The two children had a good relationship, so it was not comfortable for them to stay by their side.

"Yuhan will take her leave!"

"Hua Qingyi will take her leave!" Hua Qingyi followed her mother.

After the two of them left, Mrs. Hua told the Empress about what happened today.

"Tell me, is it not infuriating?" Mrs. Hua took a sip of tea.

"How is this like a... cough, who is she acting like? No one has such a personality, why is she so cunning!" The Empress covered her mouth and laughed, but she felt a little pity.

If Hua Shuisheng was a boy, it would be great!

"What are you doing? Where are you taking me?" Hua Shuisheng was forcefully dragged away by a little brat. She couldn't get rid of him, so she was very angry.

The little brat dragged her forward angrily, causing her wrist to hurt, but she didn't say a word.

Why was she so angry?

Hua Shuisheng was dragged by Lanbao for a long time, "Hey! Xiahou Lanbao, what are you doing? Stop, you're hurting me!"

"Hiss ~"