Steamed matsutake mushrooms, stir-fried young shoots - these are all the Fourth Prince's usual small dishes. Only one dish, Eight Treasures Duck, can be considered a big dish. Although Li Aunt is full of confidence, it's actually too homey. The two desserts, sugar water osmanthus dessert and jade-colored corn flour cake, don't look exquisite either.

  I wonder if the emperor's stomach, which is used to mountain delicacies and seafood, can get used to such a plain dish.

  After a short while, Qiū Yàn returned with joy: "Auntie, auntie, the Emperor rewarded you, saying that the dishes were very good, refreshing and delicious."

  Li's aunt just smiled and did not show any fear or gratitude towards the emperor's reward.

  Chao Sheng didn't know what Li Aunt looked like when she was young. Judging from her current appearance, she probably wasn't a beauty back then either. Her voice is particularly loud and her hands can't be described as slender. But at this moment, Chao Sheng thinks Li Aunt has the air of a great general, remaining calm in the face of change.

  This calmness is tempered by years of trials and tribulations in life.

  The tide was deeply impressed in his heart.

  Look, the people who are inseparable from the Fourth Prince, such as Qiu Yan, Xiao Shun, and Xiao Su, and Li Gu Gu - although Li Gu Gu is not serving the Fourth Prince in person, her status is just as important. The Fourth Prince has been eating Li Gu Gu's cooking since he arrived at Yi Qiu Palace a few years ago. In the future, if he leaves the palace, these people will definitely be taken out with him.

  When Huai Xiang came to find Chao Sheng, he curiously asked: "Did the emperor really come yesterday?"

  "Here." Chao Sheng nodded slightly.

  "Oh..." Huan Xiang hesitated for a moment: "Didn't the Emperor mention the two of us, Your Highness?"

  "I wasn't serving in front, I was helping out at the back all along." Chao Sheng found it somewhat strange: "Your Highness knew that the Emperor had arrived, shouldn't you have come to pay your respects? Didn't you know?"

  Han Xun hesitated, speaking in a low voice: "Yesterday when the Emperor entered Yi Qiu Palace, our side knew about it. But we were ordered by the Prince to close the gate of the courtyard and not let anyone come out casually..."

  This is really strange.

  The second prince is at odds with the emperor?

  It's unlikely.

  Three Bonds and Five Constants: ruler-subject, father-son.

  How can the second prince shut the palace gate as soon as he sees the emperor coming?

  Is he pretending not to know?

  Chao Sheng felt she couldn't think it through.

  "...His Highness didn't even eat dinner yesterday...Although it's forbidden for anyone to leave the hospital gate, he himself looked towards the gate several times."

  The tide is born with blinking eyes, and the fragrance sways its head.

  I have no idea what's going on.

  Who says women's hearts are as unpredictable as the bottom of the sea?

  It's hard enough to guess what these princes are thinking.

  Not to mention the second prince, the performance of the fourth prince...

  Also lukewarm towards the emperor.

  I also don't know what they're all thinking about.

  That's an emperor!

  Others want to fawn on you but can't even get close.

  Chao Sheng didn't go to think about those things, and smiled: "I stole a trick from the master yesterday, I learned how to make sugar water osmanthus cake, when you're free, I'll teach you the method."

  "That's great." Huanyun took out a cloth package from her bosom, opened it, and inside was the booklet they used to practice writing in Yunxia Palace. Chao Sheng was stunned for a moment before recognizing it... Fortunately, Huanyun had kept it so well.

  "You're still here?"

  "Hmm, from the Yunxia Palace to here, I've lost a lot of other things, but this one I've kept carefully all along." Huanyun flipped through several pages: "I remember everything on these pages, but no one taught me the ones after that. I just learned how to write them, but I don't know what they mean or what they're saying."

  Han Xiang's seriousness is really making Chao sweat.

  If she had been as diligent and hardworking as Han Xiang when she was in school, what would she have to worry about? She would have gotten into a prestigious university early.

  "Hmm, let me see, I don't necessarily know all of them."

  Chao Sheng taught Hanyun a few more words, and Hanyun softly recited them after her. Chao Sheng turned around to look at her.

  Huan Xun was changing day by day. At this time, the girls would feel that they had changed their appearance after not seeing each other for a few days. Huan Xun's skin was originally white, with her head slightly lowered, revealing a section of snow-white nape, and a few strands of fine hair scattered down to hang beside her ears. There was a layer of fine fluff on the tip of her nose, which was illuminated by the sunlight into a light golden color, as if there was a halo on her skin.

  "Huh? Did I read it wrong?" Huang Xun turned around with some confusion.

  "No." Chao Sheng shook his head: "We'll learn another one next time, I've got to go back now."

  "Uh-huh,"

  "This is a tree character, it's the trees we see every day."

  "Oh, so this is the character for tree." Huán Xīn murmured to herself several times, and then used her hand to practice writing it in mid-air.

  Chao Sheng lowered his head and looked at the book.

  This paper... At that time, Chao Sheng didn't recognize it, but now he can see it almost every day.

  The fourth prince practiced calligraphy with this kind of character.

  The handwriting above...

  Chao Sheng looked carefully again and shook his head.

  Although it looks a bit like that, things in the world are not so clever, and most of them are probably similar to the same font, so looking at the strokes is somewhat similar and nothing special.

  Besides, the fourth prince has always been serious and cautious, especially when it comes to reading and writing. The handwriting here appears to be disorganized and uninhibited, suggesting that the person who wrote this is quite carefree and unrestrained.

  Han Xun took a step forward first, and Chao Sheng looked back at her after she had already walked far away, before turning around to head in the direction of Hua Ye's residence.

  "Grapes, come here."

  Chao Sheng was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head around.

  It can't be such a coincidence...

  But just then, a hand lifted the thick hanging vines, and the face of the second prince appeared.

  This person...

  It's really too unpredictable!

  She and Han Xun sat next to each other talking for so long, I don't know if he heard or not?

  The tide became tense, recalling the volume of their conversation just now -

  It's okay, the voice isn't too loud, even if it's heard, the Second Prince would probably only catch a word or two.

  Chao Sheng felt a bit guilty, and the Second Prince was already impatient: "I called you over, what are you standing there for?"

  Chao Sheng slowly walked over and bowed: "Greetings to the Second Prince."

  The second prince didn't have the slightest embarrassment of eavesdropping on others, and the smile on his face looked somewhat ill-intentioned: "You two little girls are huddled together whispering, what bad things are you saying about me?"

  Chao Sheng was startled and hastily explained: "Your Highness, don't misunderstand, we didn't."

  "What's that? What are you talking about?" The second prince scanned her from head to toe: "I didn't expect you could read? Who taught you? Have you studied?"

  "I haven't studied, I just vaguely recognize a few characters."

  This is an era where a woman's lack of talent is considered virtuous. A woman's talent and virtue are usually inversely proportional. Cao Xueqin dare not say that she has read books and understood things that she shouldn't understand.

  "Alright, alright, what are you so afraid of? I'm not going to hit you." The Second Prince waved his hand and paused for a moment before asking nonchalantly, "Did Father Emperor have dinner at the Huaye Residence yesterday?"

  "Yes."

  The second prince's expression was so gloomy that he didn't dare look at him much, but listening to his voice, it seemed to be very tangled.

  "Do you know... what they've all eaten?"

  Actually, Chao Sheng thought that if this sentence were changed to "What did they say" it would be more appropriate. What's the big deal about eating?

  However, even if the Second Prince asked, Chao Sheng couldn't say anything. She only saw the Emperor come in, but she didn't know what happened afterwards.

  "These are some of the usual dishes eaten by the fourth prince, just a few small dishes."

  "Hmm..." The second prince looked somewhat dejected: "Alright, I know." He fished out a small object from his sleeve: "Here's your reward."

  As she took a closer look, it was a delicate and exquisite jade lanter pendant.

  "This thing is too valuable, I cannot accept it."

  No kidding, this thing's value might be enough to buy ten of her.

  Receiving such a heavy reward for no reason, Chao Sheng certainly didn't think it was a pie that had fallen from the sky.

  Is it so easy for a master's belongings to be taken? Once taken, who knows if one will have to pay with their life.

  Besides, the second prince is not a good-tempered master. He might reward you today, but tomorrow he might regret it and give you a beating instead.

  Chao Sheng thinks that although living is very difficult, it's still a beautiful thing after all. She has struggled to get to where she is now and doesn't plan on giving up her life for a jade pendant.

  The second prince glared at her: "What a precious fart, take it and keep it."

  He tossed the jade pendant into the air, and it drew an arc in the sky. Chao Sheng's heart almost jumped out of his throat as he hastily stretched out a hand to catch the pendant!

  What a close call!

  Almost fell to the ground.

  This is a bluestone floor, if it falls, it will definitely break into pieces.

  She was killed and it's still not enough to make up for what can't be compensated!

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  Wish to be collected, wish to be pampered...

  The number of collections is pitifully small——how can it be put on shelves like this?

  I'm persisting in working under the condition of plateau hypoxia and headache, please support me... Wooo, rolling and rolling...

  Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong are very beautiful, but for a homebody like me who is rotten to the core, it's also a great test. In the morning when I went up the mountain, my lips were frozen purple, and after noon, the sun was so strong that it could roast people. After returning, I showed everyone the photos.

  The tour group arranged by the newspaper, none of the accommodations had internet. As for food... it's not even worth mentioning. In short, there was almost nothing edible. After entering the temple to "receive blessings" and donate money, the tour guide kept trying to lead everyone to extra consumption.

  What a joyful and worrying journey.

  It just so happens that this week coincides with a strong promotion, and next month's first day is also going live.

  Travel and overtime, how can they be done at the same time? It's really frustrating Zhu Bao to death.

  I hope you all don't abandon me.