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Chapter 866 - 599: The Woman Who Looks Just Like Mommy, Why Doesn’t Mommy Kiss the Baby?

Chapter 866: Chapter 599: The Woman Who Looks Just Like Mommy, Why Doesn’t Mommy Kiss the Baby?

Taotao and Susu, upon hearing this, kicked their legs in excitement, slid off the Emperor’s lap, and each grabbed a sleeve of his clothing to pull him outside.

"Grandfather Emperor, let’s go find Mommy together."

The Emperor decided to hold the hands of the two little ones instead. Though they were just over two years old, they were very clever and already knew to lure him with treats.

Having promised the babies an outing from the palace, a gentleman’s word is his bond, and no horses could chase him away. It would serve as a nice break from the palace.

However, he could not wear the Dragon Robe outside the palace; he had to change his clothes.

After changing, the Emperor took the two toddlers out of the palace in a horse carriage.

Dabai and Chu Lingfeng watched as the horse carriage slowly disappeared from view, both looking quite downcast.

This was the second time the two little ones took a horse carriage ride out of the palace. Although they were young, their memory was excellent, and they still remembered the last time they went out with both the Emperor and the Empress.

Susu leaned on the Emperor’s arm, her little head tilted to one side in confusion, "Grandfather Emperor, where is Grandmother Empress? Isn’t she coming to play too?"

The Emperor felt a bit guilty. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to take the Empress out to play, but notifying the Empress to leave the palace would take too much time.

He was taking Susu and Taotao out for a short play and would return soon, not actually planning to look for the Crown Princess.

"Susu, next time we will take your Grandmother Empress out to play, okay?"

Susu nodded her head happily, "Okay, Grandfather Emperor, you can’t forget then."

The Emperor rubbed Susu’s little head, "Grandfather Emperor will keep it in his heart."

Susu spoke earnestly, "I will also keep it in my heart."

Hearing this, the Emperor couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Taotao pulled back the curtain, turned her head to look at the Emperor, "Grandfather Emperor, where are we going to find Father and Mother Concubine?"

Uh!

The Emperor was taken aback. He wasn’t even sure if the Crown Prince and Crown Princess were still in Nanzhao Country or on their way back.

"I’ll take you to the city walls to look."

Taotao and Susu said in unison, "Okay."

After leaving the Imperial Palace, the Emperor first took Taotao and Susu to buy some snacks.

Susu, tugging at the Emperor’s sleeve, suddenly thought of candied fruits, "Grandpa, I want some fruit."

Upon leaving the Imperial Palace, Susu remembered to call him Grandpa instead of Grandfather Emperor.

The Emperor was slightly surprised that Susu still remembered, and looked at her with indulgence on his face, "Alright, we will buy them in a bit."

"Buy lots and lots, I want three, and Mommy wants some, Gugu, Little Gugu, Grandmother Empress..." Susu listed everyone she was familiar with and who was kind to her.

Towards the end, she got herself confused, counting on her fingers and finally looking up helplessly at the Emperor, "Grandpa, I can’t count."

The Emperor spoke with a smile brimming in his eyes, "Grandpa will count for you, no need to worry."

Susu, happily clinging to the Emperor’s sleeve, waited for Grandfather Emperor to buy her some candied fruits.

Taotao tugged at the other sleeve, standing on her tiptoes to peer at the stalls.

The Emperor bought two pastries, one for Taotao and one for Susu, then led them to buy candied fruits.

Someone was following behind to pay the bill.

With pastries in hand, Susu let go of the Emperor’s sleeve, her attention wholly on the food.

The pastry was very flaky on the outside and had meat inside, which Susu loved to eat.

On Valentine Day, the Emperor had bought candied fruits once, so he knew exactly where to go.

As they walked, he looked down at Taotao and Susu, both of them munching on their pastries with their heads bowed.

Children naturally love to eat and play, but Taotao and the Crown Prince resembled each other as children—both were smart and loved to learn.

After finishing her pastry, Susu took out a little handkerchief from her pocket, wiped her mouth, then carefully cleaned her hands.

Once her hands were clean, she put the handkerchief away and looked up to follow the Emperor’s cheerfully striding figure.

As they neared the candied fruit shop

Susu tilted her head and glanced over at a figure in black not far away, fixing her gaze on that person’s face for a good while.

"...Mommy."

Susu scrutinized the face, searching her memory for her mother. The separation had been too long and even with a good memory, at such a young age, it was easy to forget the specifics of her mother’s appearance.

However, looking at the face before her, it began to slowly overlay with the one from her memory.