A Foodie Transmigrated into the Palace Chapter 1497 - 1495: Done on Purpose

Chapter 1495

Neither too much nor too little, just enough to cover the entire Guangnan City.

"Is this a coincidence?" He suddenly chuckled.

Before the words left his mouth, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door.

Zhao Qichen pondered briefly, quickly put down his pen and turned to greet them at the door.

As soon as Li Deming opened the door, sure enough, Taishang Huang and the Empress Dowager stood at the doorway, accompanied by several rough Palace Maids and eunuchs.

"Father, Mother, why are you here?" Zhao Qichen walked up quickly.

"Greetings to Taishang Huang and the Empress Dowager!" Li Deming quickly saluted.

Zhao Junyao raised his eyebrows.

"What, you can come, but we cannot?"

Xia Ruqing seemed a bit curious, frowning and staring at Chenchen.

"How did you know it was us?"

Zhao Qichen felt rather helpless.

His usually stern and cold face now bore a faint smile.

"Mother, with the strict defenses here, who else besides you and Father could come in?"

Xia Ruqing thought for a moment, then nodded.

"All right!"

She rubbed her forehead, feeling a bit tired.

"We traveled for a while, and I’m sweating—let’s find a place to rest!"

With that, she was about to walk inside.

She actually wanted to see where Chenchen was living and, importantly, what he was up to.

Most importantly, she wanted to know why they couldn’t all stay together.

Was Chenchen hiding something from them?

Zhao Junyao certainly knew her intentions but couldn’t reveal them, so he walked her inside.

Zhao Qichen smiled bitterly, helplessly, and couldn’t say anything.

He hurriedly ordered someone to prepare a room for Father and Mother, arrange a lunch, and have people attend to them.

After all, they were his biological parents; how could he just drive them away?

"Father and Mother, I didn’t know you were coming; there’s only a few rooms here. I’ll have someone prepare one for you to rest!" Meaning after resting, you need to leave.

The city is dangerous; he absolutely couldn’t let Father and Mother stay here and take risks.

Xia Ruqing looked dissatisfied, but didn’t say anything.

She nodded slightly, then looked around as she walked.

She noticed the courtyard was indeed small, without gardens or any greenery—just a neatly arranged courtyard, like a commoner’s dwelling.

She was a bit surprised.

"Why didn’t you find a bigger place to live?"

Zhao Qichen respectfully answered.

"As I’m here alone, this courtyard suffices!"

"Moreover, I’m here for disaster relief, not for enjoyment!"

It’s stupidity to flaunt wealth when the victims are already full of resentment.

Xia Ruqing thought this over and didn’t ask further.

Upon reaching the room prepared by the servants, Xia Ruqing glanced around lightly and smiled.

"Not bad, clean, simple, and tidy!"

"Your father and I will rest here for a while; if you have things to attend to, go ahead!"

Zhao Qichen didn’t say much, saluted, and withdrew.

...

Servants brought tea, and Xia Ruqing sent them all away, pulling Zhao Junyao aside mysteriously.

"I think this matter is not simple!"

"You see Chenchen’s pale face, as if he hasn’t slept all night!!"

"Could it be... something happened in the city?"

"You can tell?" Zhao Junyao was utterly surprised.

There’s a saying, "A mother knows her son best," indeed it’s true.

He had just received the news this morning.

But Qingqing... she deduced it all! Amazing! Admirable, five stars for you!

Xia Ruqing glanced at him.

"Didn’t you notice? Or haven’t you cared about our son!"

Zhao Junyao was speechless, feeling wronged.

"Cared, how could a father not care for his own son?"

"But no matter how much you care, you can’t stare directly at your son’s face all the time!"

"Whether he’s pale or not, he truly hadn’t noticed!"

Xia Ruqing saw his demeanor and didn’t care to entertain him, turned her head, holding the teacup, gazing out the window with worry.

"Who knows what exactly happened, how should I inquire!"

"Chenchen prefers to keep everything to himself!"

"How could this be okay!"

Zhao Junyao finally spoke.

"He’s no longer a child!"

Xia Ruqing rolled her eyes at him again.

"Not a child, what then? In parents’ eyes, no matter how big, a child is always a child!"

Round two, Zhao Junyao is completely defeated!

"Fine, you win, he’s a child!"

"But Chenchen’s grown up, he can handle these things, you don’t need to worry so much!"

If he can’t handle it, I’ll be there!

You old lady, just stay home peacefully, let us two men protect you!

Xia Ruqing didn’t know what he was thinking, continued to worry.

"Such a huge disaster, a once-in-a-century event! He’s unexperienced!"

"Husband, since we’re here to help, we should do something!"

Zhao Junyao raised an eyebrow.

"So what do you wish to do?"

Xia Ruqing thought about it, feeling a bit embarrassed, answered.

"I don’t know much, only cooking and farming!"

"If necessary, I’ll help Chenchen with aftermath processing and disaster area reconstruction!"

Incidentally, I could teach the victims how to grow vegetables, breed, and become affluent.

In her previous life, she always lived in the countryside.

Her grandmother grew plenty of vegetables to raise her, though not worth much, it sufficed to fill their bellies.

So... these were all she knew.

Zhao Junyao didn’t know what she was thinking.

Thought she wanted to bring the accumulative experience from Duanning Palace’s backyard; couldn’t help but laugh.

"Alright!"

"However, the northern climate differs from the southern; research thoroughly before teaching them anything to avoid a laughable situation."

Xia Ruqing snorted, pridefully replied.

"Impossible!"

"I won’t fail, just you wait and see!"

With that, she gulped down her tea and went out looking for servants.

The courtyard has several local impoverished women sweeping.

Poor and lower-class people often understand the local livelihoods the most.

Qingqing probably went to chat with them.

Zhao Junyao didn’t stop her.

Just instructed Zi Yue and Zi Ning to accompany her well, while he turned towards the front courtyard.

Like Xia Ruqing said.

Having traveled thousand miles, you should do something!

...

When Zhao Junyao arrived at the library room, Zhao Qichen was working intensely on writing something.

He gently knocked on the door.

Zhao Qichen all of a sudden looked up, but there was no surprise, only got up quickly to greet.

"Father!"

Zhao Junyao put his arm around his son’s shoulder, clapped him twice strongly, and they sat by the chair.

After brief greetings, Zhao Junyao asked.

"How is it going?"

Zhao Qichen didn’t hide anything, honestly said.

"Father, there are too many doubts, the coincidences are too coincidental; I suspect someone did this deliberately!"

Zhao Junyao nodded.

"Indeed, go on!"

Zhao Qichen pondered, then stood up to grab a few books.

"These are local records from Southern Ocean Kingdom, Lvsong Island, and neighboring isles!"

"If someone did this intentionally, these islands have the greatest suspicion!"