The seven emotions and six desires are all my nourishment

"Liu Banban, why does father like chicken so much?" The innocent little prince, who was three or four years old, pulled the former little Liu and asked Liu Banban.

Liu Banban bent down and smiled, took the handkerchief and carefully wiped the little prince's chubby little hands.

She coaxed him gently, "Your Majesty is the true dragon emperor. Didn't Mencius say that when Heaven is about to confer a great responsibility on a man, it will first make his heart and mind suffer, his muscles and bones toil, and his body hungry?"

"So the Emperor had a very miserable childhood."

"Then a phoenix transformed into a chicken and came to the human world to protect the emperor every day, allowing him to survive the difficult times."

"The Emperor is very kind and grateful, so many families in this dynasty raise chickens. Every household has eggs and meat, and the people are prosperous."

The little prince was stunned. "Is it so powerful? Then why do you dare to eat chicken?"

"It turns out that the emperor doesn't eat meat either. It's the phoenix incarnation beside the emperor who saw that the emperor was too thin and cut off his meat to feed him. That's why the emperor doesn't restrict everyone from eating meat."

"Father is so awesome, that chicken is truly amazing! It's such a righteous act!" The little prince sat down obediently with his mouth wide open.

"...Liu Banban, go and clean up Fengyang Palace." A majestic voice sounded from behind Liu Banban.

"Father, you are here!" The little prince was very happy.

Liu Banban's smile froze, and he turned around and knelt on the ground, "I obey your command!" Without daring to raise his head, he walked out of the palace backwards and ran to the once desolate palace, now Fengyang Palace.

At the entrance of the palace, there is a sculpture of a flying, majestic and colorful chicken. Perhaps for the purpose of beautification, the chicken is beautified to look like a phoenix.

Therefore, nowadays, whether among the common people, court officials, or the palace, the phoenix has replaced its original image with this one.

Liu Banban touched the sculpture and smiled.

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"Father, you are so awesome! I was able to see a phoenix. Was it pretty? Where did it go later? Will it come again?" The innocent little prince was full of longing and kept chattering.

Zhou Xihe felt a little embarrassed and amused. He touched his beard and shook his head.

Not intending to go into too much detail, he continued Xiao Liu's nonsense, saying with some nostalgia, "It came to help my father avoid disaster. It has already ascended to heaven after completing its mission."

"Does your Majesty miss it?" The little prince's bright eyes were full of longing.

"Father, I miss it so much and have never forgotten it." Zhou Xihe sighed and fell into memories...

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"Woo, aunt, wake up, I'll go find someone to save you! Wuuu!" Aunt Qing vomited blood and fainted on the ground. Little Xihe was frightened and dragged Aunt Qing onto the bed.

I went out to beg for help, but all I got was ridiculed and humiliated.

When it was dark, Xiao Xihe returned to the palace in a mess, sadness spreading. But what did he see when he arrived at the palace!

"Aunt Qing! Xiaodouzi!" Zhou Xihe ran towards the weak Aunt Qing with tears in his eyes.

"I'm sorry to have worried you. Thanks to Xiaodouzi, I brought you a ginseng. Don't be afraid. I can still take care of you."

From then on, the half-grown chicks would bring back some food or gold and silver every day, and they never came back empty-handed.

Until the little bean grew bigger and bigger, and brought back more and more food.

Even during the most chaotic years, when the late emperor was incompetent, evil people were causing harm to the country and the people, and the country was in turmoil, Xiaodouzi never let himself starve.

Even the titles of Grand Tutor and Grand Protector were obtained unexpectedly thanks to Xiaodouzi.

Unfortunately, Xiaodouzi only stayed with him for nine and a half years. By then, he was already an emperor respected by all the people, but he still couldn't keep the chick that had been with him for nine and a half years.

The chick was particularly energetic that day. I followed the little chickens and quietly prepared food for myself again and again. After it was ready, I asked for credit just like when I was young, and then I went.

After he became an adult, the emperor never cried again. That time, he was terrified and stayed in Fengyang Palace for two days.

Later, when the chick was cremated, there was a feather that could not be burned away.

Until the emperor reached out to take it with a trembling hand, sobbing and crying, "I will be fine, don't worry."

The little feather floated up gently and slid softly across the emperor's face, as if acting coquettishly, then turned into a golden light and merged into the emperor's brow, never to be seen again.

Zhou Xihe felt as if he were bathed in spring breeze, and murmured, "Thank you, Xiaodouzi..."

Zhou Xihe did not know how many people witnessed this moment, but it was this time that the phoenix incarnated and blessed the true dragon emperor, and this was widely circulated and known to the world.

There are even clay statues of Xiaodouzi in temples.

Later, the emperor devoted himself to governing the country, pacifying the world, emphasizing agriculture and sericulture, and recruiting talents regardless of their background.

When Zhou Xihe was 35 years old, the country was strong and prosperous, the people lived a good life, everyone could afford to read, everyone had warm clothes and enough food to eat, and all nations came to pay tribute, it was a prosperous era!

Everyone is grateful for the emperor's wisdom, which is unprecedented and unparalleled. They are worried that the emperor will be too lonely, so the people plead with him to have his own children.

The emperor may be disgusted with the harem's infighting, although he promised to get married, but when choosing a queen.

Only those who are close to the animals are selected from among the many ladies.

Only pure people will not make animals afraid. Maybe... Xiaodouzi will come back again?

The little prince sensed his father's sadness and quickly hugged the emperor's neck, "Father, don't be sad. Go to mother's palace and eat meat. Eating meat will make you feel less sad."

Zhou Xihe came back to his senses, smiled, picked up the little prince and shook him, "Okay."

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