Chapter 14: River Snail Rice Noodles

In the Western Han Dynasty, the Inner Court was also known as the Inner Court. Most of the Inner Court officials were close ministers trusted by the Son of Heaven. These people were mostly born in humble circumstances but had certain talents.

After summoning them to the Xuanshi Hall, Liu Che accompanied them, listening to A Jiao and them discuss the management of the Yellow River flood.

Both parents were busy, and as an obedient and well-behaved child, Liu Li could only play by herself.

The entire Xuanshi Hall was very large. The front was the place where the Son of Heaven met with important ministers to discuss state affairs. Liu Li's range of activities was limited to the back hall, the place where the Son of Heaven rested.

Liu Li stayed in the hall for a while and had already memorized the patterns on the door. Being alone was really boring, so she decided to go out for a walk.

Going out, she saw a corridor. The railings of the corridor had very fine carved patterns and were decorated with jade ornaments. Liu Li looked left and right, and after finding that no one noticed her, she reached out and touched the jade ornament.

It felt like it should be quite valuable.

Finally, Liu Li stopped at the highest point of the corridor. She climbed onto the railing and lay on the edge to look into the distance, taking in the entire Weiyang Palace.

Everything before her eyes was simply too spectacular. What she saw were dense trees, towering palace complexes, and the vaguely flowing water of the Cang Pool.

She inexplicably thought of the origin of the name Weiyang Palace: "How is the night? The night is not yet over, the light of the court torches."

No wonder many people in ancient times wanted to be emperor. Living in such a magnificent palace every day, seeing their own "back garden" as soon as they opened their eyes, and having countless palace servants serving them, this kind of life was simply amazing.

Liu Li decided that when she had time in the future, she would formulate a seven-day tour plan of the Weiyang Palace and visit the entire Weiyang Palace properly. Such a large palace should take at least a week to visit, just like going on a trip.

Liu Li didn't know how long she had been lying on the railing. When night fell, Fuqu came to find her and take her back.

Liu Li sighed heavily, jumped down from the railing, obediently took Fuqu's hand, and walked back with her.

"Have Father Emperor and Mother Empress finished their business?" Liu Li asked while walking.

Fuqu smiled and nodded: "It's all done. Now His Majesty is preparing to return to the Jiaofang Hall with the Little Lord, so he sent this servant to find the Princess."

"Returning to the Jiaofang Hall together?" Liu Li blinked, thinking of the awkward situation of her parents currently swapping bodies, and secretly smiled.

At present, it seems that Liu Che is going to be bound to A Jiao, and I don't know when they will be able to swap back. What is certain is that before they swap back, A Jiao will not be deposed.

If only they never swapped back.

Thinking this way, Fuqu had already led Liu Li to the Imperial Chariot. A Jiao reached out to her daughter on the chariot, wanting to pick her up.

Liu Li climbed onto the Imperial Chariot with her hands and feet, and A Jiao steadily picked her up and held her in her arms. Seeing the fine sweat on her nose, she wanted to take a handkerchief from her bosom to wipe her daughter's sweat, but then she remembered that she had become Liu Che.

The Imperial Chariot moved forward slowly, and A Jiao simply used her sleeve to wipe the sweat for her daughter.

Liu Che watched A Jiao's actions, frowned, and then took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to her: "Your handkerchief."

A Jiao glanced at him and took the handkerchief from his hand, but Liu Che suddenly gasped and covered his right wrist.

"What's wrong with your hand?" A Jiao asked casually, seeing his actions.

Seemingly because of A Jiao's concern, Liu Che's expression relaxed slightly. He gently rubbed his wrist and said: "I reviewed too many memorials today, my wrist is a bit sore."

As he spoke, he raised his eyes to look at A Jiao, his eyebrows carrying a trace of tenderness, and he seemed to recall the past: "I remember back then, when my wrist was sore, A Jiao would rarely gently rub my wrist to relieve the soreness."

Hearing his words, A Jiao moved her eyebrows and said: "There should be many people who want to rub the Emperor's wrist now, Lady Wei, Lady Wang, and Lady Li, these beauties should have all rubbed the Emperor's wrist, right?"

Liu Che just thought A Jiao was jealous, and his mood seemed even better: "How can those people compare to A Jiao?"

A Jiao couldn't be bothered to pay attention to him anymore, held her daughter, turned around, and stopped looking at him.

Liu Che frowned when he saw this: "What did I say wrong again?" He found that he didn't know when it started, but when she was unhappy, she no longer quarreled or lost her temper with him, but endured it and ignored him, just like now.

At first, he was quite satisfied with such a change in her, but gradually he always felt something was wrong.

The Imperial Chariot arrived in front of the Jiaofang Hall. A Jiao held her daughter and got off the car first, Fuqu supported Liu Che and followed behind, and the group walked slowly into the Jiaofang Hall.

The small kitchen of the Jiaofang Hall had already started preparing dinner. Liu Li looked at the sky outside and estimated that it should be after four o'clock in the afternoon.

Eating dinner after four o'clock, and after eating, it was time to wash up and go back to the room to sleep. There were no leisure and entertainment activities in this ancient era, no wonder ancient people started having children in their teens.

The night was long, what else could they do besides having children?

The dinner prepared by the small kitchen was quite rich, with a combination of meat and vegetables, with four dishes. However, these dishes were almost uniformly steamed, and Liu Li didn't have much appetite looking at them.

She closed her eyes and glanced at the River Snail Rice Noodles in the system store, resisting the urge to redeem a bag.

Because she had unlocked the favorability of Princess Guan Tao, Liu Piao, and Liu Che's favorability toward her had also risen a lot, her points were now enough for her to redeem many things.

If only Liu Che wasn't here.

"Why isn't A Li eating?" A Jiao noticed that Liu Li had hardly touched her chopsticks, thinking that she should feel that today's dinner was not to her taste.

In fact, after tasting that magical self-heating hot pot, A Jiao also felt that the food in the palace was a bit bland.

Liu Li ate a few mouthfuls of cold cucumber: "Father Emperor, Mother Empress, A Li is full."

She put down her chopsticks: "Can A Li go back to her room to rest first?"

A Jiao nodded: "Go."

Liu Li was happy, climbed up from the ground, and said goodbye to Liu Che very obediently: "Then A Li will go back first."

Out of the palace where they ate, Liu Li walked toward her room and said to Fuqu: "Sister Fuqu, can I trouble you to send some hot water to my room?"

Fuqu heard Liu Li's polite way of speaking to her and hurriedly said: "Princess, just order this servant if you have anything."

Liu Li smiled, didn't say anything else, and just repeated: "Send some hot water to my room."

"Nuo, does the Princess want hot water to wash up?"

"No, I want to drink it." Liu Li decided to secretly make herself a bag of River Snail Rice Noodles!

"Regarding the Goddess, how much does A Jiao know?" During the meal, Liu Che suddenly asked, and as he spoke, he stared closely at A Jiao's expression, not knowing what he was looking at.

What Goddess?

A Jiao was a bit confused by Liu Che's inexplicable question. She looked up at him, just about to ask what he was talking about, but saw Liu Che take out a facial tissue from his bosom.

Liu Che carefully spread the facial tissue in front of A Jiao: "Do you recognize this?"

The moment A Jiao saw the facial tissue, she seemed a bit dazed. She nodded calmly: "Of course I recognize it, this is paper."

Liu Che didn't expect A Jiao to know it was paper. He raised his eyebrows: "So you also know about the Goddess?"

Although A Jiao didn't know what the Goddess in Liu Che's mouth referred to, she could be sure it should be related to Liu Li. After all, only Liu Li could take out such paper.

So A Jiao nodded: "Yes, I know."

Liu Che seemed a bit excited: "Have you seen the Goddess?"

Facing that slightly excited face of her own, A Jiao's thoughts flashed by, and she shook her head: "Since it is a Goddess, how can she be seen casually? The Goddess has only seen A Li."

This statement was consistent with her daughter's, it seems Liu Li didn't lie, she really met the Goddess and received the Goddess's favor.

It was no wonder that Liu Che easily believed what Liu Li said. After all, he had arranged for a group of alchemists to go to sea to the legendary Penglai Immortal Island last year to seek immortals.

He didn't expect his daughter to be favored by the Goddess, which showed that the immortals still recognized him as the Son of Heaven.

On the other side, Liu Li was in her room, using the box left over from eating the hot pot

to make River Snail Rice Noodles. Before long, the entire bedroom was filled with the fragrance of River Snail Rice Noodles.

Liu Li swallowed her saliva and couldn't wait to pick up the River Snail Rice Noodles with chopsticks and start slurping. Although there was no entertainment in the ancient era, she could still eat modern food here, and Liu Li suddenly felt very satisfied.

It's a pity that there is no milk tea or fried chicken in the system store, otherwise she would definitely redeem them to taste. After unlocking the event in the future, she seemed to be able to redeem food ingredients, and then she could make it herself.

Frying, frying, cooking, and boiling, what she made herself should taste better.

She was hiding in her room happily slurping noodles, not noticing that her door had been opened, and A Jiao and Liu Che had walked in.

Liu Che smelled the strange smell in the room and covered his nose with disgust: "What is that smell, so stinky."

Liu Li: "?" She turned her head abruptly to look at her parents who appeared suddenly, and was stunned.

Liu Che pinched his nose and walked to Liu Li's side, and also found the source of the stench. He was both curious and disgusted: "What is this thing, so stinky?" And this stench seemed to be very special.

A Jiao also felt that this smell was a bit stinky, but seeing Liu Li eating happily, she didn't show disgust like Liu Che.

Liu Li was speechless.

Before entering a girl's room, why don't you knock?

Looking at Liu Che's disgusted appearance, she suddenly had a bad idea. Her eyes turned slightly, and she held the bowl and sent it to Liu Che: "Father Emperor, this is the River Snail Rice Noodles that the Goddess loves to eat. She gave it to her daughter to taste, do you want to taste it too?"

Liu Che took half a step back, showing hesitation: "The Goddess actually likes to eat such stinky things?"

Liu Li nodded very solemnly: "Yes."

Liu Che still felt that this thing was very stinky, but this was what the immortal liked to eat. If he didn't eat it, would the immortal think he was not sincere enough?

Looking at how A Li was eating with relish just now, Liu Che suddenly understood a little why the Goddess chose her. **Chapter 15: Solving the Event**