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But seeing Susu about to cry, she couldn’t bear it.

After much thought, Chu Lingfeng took Susu to Fengyi Palace.

Dabai followed behind without a word.

Chu Lingfeng glanced at Dabai behind him, thinking that if he didn’t see him every day, he might already be scared witless.

Fengyi Palace

The concubines had just paid their respects and left when the Empress descended from her throne and slowly walked to the dining table for breakfast.

The maid tiptoed in with a bow to report, "Empress, the little county lord and Chu Lingfeng are here."

No sooner had the maid finished speaking than Chu Lingfeng walked in with Susu in his arms.

Seeing Susu, the Empress smiled and stood up to greet them, "Baby."

When Susu saw her grandmother, she reached out her hands to her, "Nana."

The Empress took Susu into her arms, seeing that she was still in her pajamas, she knew she had come over as soon as she woke up.

Chu Lingfeng stepped forward to greet her, "This subject pays respects to the Empress."

The Empress glanced at Chu Lingfeng, "Rise."

"Thank you, Your Highness," Chu Lingfeng stood up and raised his head to look at Susu in the Empress’s arms, "Your Highness, Susu misses the Crown Princess and the Crown Prince."

Susu, clutching her grandmother’s neck, spoke with a tearful look, "Nana, I miss mama and father."

Seeing Susu yearning for her mother, the Empress felt unbearable heartache, "Susu, be good, mama and father will be back soon."

Susu tilted her head, puzzled, looking at her grandmother, "When is soon?"

The Empress was stumped by her beloved granddaughter’s question; she also didn’t know when ’soon’ would be. A while back, Yuyu had sent word that all was well, and the Crown Princess, along with Qin Xiao, had gone to look for the Crown Prince brother and were making progress.

But the specifics were not made clear, and she was also unsure.

The Empress eyed the meal set on the table, knowing Susu would love it, and coaxed, "Baby, how about having breakfast with Nana?"

Susu turned to see the meal on the table and clapped her hands with delight, "Okay!"

Susu had been able to feed herself for some time now and was eating more neatly than before, not making a mess everywhere.

Since his arrival, Dabai had lain down under Susu’s dining chair.

Although Dabai often followed Susu to Fengyi Palace, the maids and servants still felt intimidated and dared not come close.

Seeing the Meat Buns, Susu grabbed one and turned to Dabai, "Huhu."

Dabai, hearing his young master call him, immediately raised his huge head because he knew his young master was about to feed him and waited with his mouth wide open.

Susu, seeing Dabai, accurately tossed the Meat Bun she held into Dabai’s mouth.

One Meat Bun wasn’t enough to fill a gap in Dabai’s teeth, but Dabai ate it with relish.

The Empress watched Dabai’s wide-open mouth and robust figure and felt a chill in her heart, still somewhat worried after several months of Susu accompanying Dabai day in and day out.

But Susu was so good to Dabai, making sure he had meat whenever she ate meat. Of course, the vegetables she didn’t like were no exception for Dabai either.

For example, now, after feeding Dabai one Meat Bun, Susu took a bite of another then picked it up again to feed Dabai.

In no time, more than half of two tiers of Meat Buns ended up in Dabai’s stomach.

Dabai, with an eager look, licked his lips, indicating that a few more tiers would be nothing to him.

Susu, looking at the vegetables in front of her, picked up some with her chopsticks, "Huhu."

Dabai raised his head and opened his mouth wide again, waiting to be fed.

Susu placed the vegetables she picked up into Dabai’s mouth because she didn’t like vegetables; she loved meat, but she didn’t want to waste food, so Dabai had to eat them.

Originally a carnivore, Dabai had become indifferent to meat and vegetables after more than a year with Susu.

The Empress watched her darling granddaughter feed Dabai the vegetables and helplessly shook her head, "Baby, you need to eat your vegetables too, you can’t give them all to Dabai."

Susu said seriously, "Nana, I’m still a baby, I’ll eat more vegetables when I’m bigger."

The Empress was amused by her words, "Even a picky eater has their excuses, only a baby does that."

Susu stood up with the support of the dining table, one hand on the table and the other holding the chopsticks tightly, and put some vegetables into her grandma’s bowl.

Then in a milky voice she said, "Nana can eat vegetables, so pretty."

The Empress couldn’t help but laugh out loud, because that was what she said to coax her darling granddaughter to eat her vegetables.

"Baby’s mouth is sweet as if it’s been coated with honey."

As soon as Susu heard "honey," she craved sweets, "Nana, after meal, I want a sweet."

The Empress nodded with a smile, "Sure, after breakfast, you can have a candy."

Susu counted on her fingers, then showed her fingers to her grandma, "Nana, I want three."

The Empress asked in puzzlement, "Why do you want three? You can only have one candy."

Susu bowed her head and continued counting on her fingers, bending down the little finger, "This is for Gugu to eat."

Then she bent down the ring finger, "This is for Little Gugu to eat."

Finally bending down the last raised finger, "This is for me to eat."

The Empress understood then, her dear granddaughter wanted three candies because she was thinking of her grandson and Master Chu.

"Grandma got it, I’ll get you three candies later."

"Thank you, Nana." If she hadn’t been sitting in the highchair, Susu would have hugged her grandma’s face and given her a big smooch.

After breakfast, the Empress took out three candies and gave them to Susu, who then placed the sweets in the tiny pockets of her dress.

The Empress suddenly remembered that the Crown Princess had suggested making two pockets in the small dress when they were designing it.

She now understood that the Crown Princess truly knew the needs of a snack-lover.

Susu happily took the three candies and went back to the East Palace.

As soon as she got back to the East Palace, she was thrilled to share the sweets with Gugu and Little Gugu.

Taotao had just finished practicing his writing when his little sister stuffed a candy into his hand.

"Gugu, eat a candy."

Taotao took the candy and said happily, "Thank you, little sister."

Susu then went to Chu Lingfeng, pushing the candy into his hand, "Little Gugu, you eat a candy too."

Chu Lingfeng looked at the candy in his hand; the sweets he ate most often were those given by Susu, and they were very sweet.

"Thank you, Susu."

While Chu Lingfeng and Taotao studied hard, Susu, having finished her candy, started missing her mommy and went out with Dabai to stroll, hoping to find her.

With Dabai following Susu, all the maids and servants took detours to avoid being pounced on by the huge animal.

Lady Liang was not having a good time recently. The Empress’s attention was all on Susu, and with Wanxin by the old Empress’s side, her affection for her had long since waned.

Just returned from the Empress, she saw Susu in the garden and the fearsome tiger by her side.

If it weren’t for this tiger, how could she tolerate Susu?

"Huai Xiang, is the medicine ready?"

"My lady, the medicine is ready, guaranteed to make the tiger fall asleep after eating it," said Huai Xiang.

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ps: A little bit stuck while writing, just a little bit of Susu,

Chapter 520, with this, expressing love to all the babies.