The general was not only loyal to Chen Tiantian, but also raised her son without any regrets, taking care of almost every detail.
In that situation, others who didn't know would think that the son was the general's biological son.
It is not known whether he is really his biological son. After all, King Dai has always been in poor health and did not live past the age of 26.
Poor Prince Dai, this cuckolded man, he didn’t even know he was being cheated on until he died.
Yingbao thought secretly, and when Xiao Mo didn't answer, she asked, "Mr. Xiao, when can you let me go home?"
Xiao Mo smiled and said, "Well, we have to wait until the King recovers."
Yingbao was too lazy to pay attention to him and turned to leave the hall.
It was quite hot outside the hall, the sun shining directly down like a furnace.
But occasionally there is a cool breeze blowing, which is the cool air from the distant lake, and it feels very comfortable blowing on the body.
Yingbao thought about it, asked Chang Xiu to put the medicine box back, and took her to the orchard by the lake to take a look.
So Chang Xiu held an umbrella for the young doctor, and the two of them walked towards the orchard.
The orchard in the East Palace is very large, and there are many kinds of fruit trees. At first glance, Yingbao saw the lychee trees that can only be seen in paintings. There are more than a dozen trees, and the purple-red lychee fruits are hanging all over the branches.
"Lychee!" Yingbao rushed over, tiptoed to grab a branch and was about to pick the fruit.
So many lychees! And they were all fresh lychees growing on the trees! It was her first time seeing such a large number of lychees.
Chang Xiu hurried over to stop him: "Young Doctor, you can't pick these fruits."
"Why?" Yingbao asked as she pulled off two lychees, smelled them, and put one into her mouth.
So sweet! So delicious!
Chang Xiu saw that the little kid not only picked the fruit but also ate it on the spot, and said in panic: "This fruit is for the emperor, we can't eat it. Quickly give me the peel, I want to hide it."
Yingbao gave her the peel and ate the lychee with puffy cheeks, saying vaguely, "Don't be afraid, the Queen allowed me to eat the fruits here."
But Chang Xiu was still afraid, so he picked up a branch, squatted on the ground, dug a hole, and then buried the lychee peel in it.
Seeing that she was very skilled in this, Yingbao had reason to suspect that she did this often.
While Chang Xiu was digging the hole, he picked a few more lychees and put them into the cave.
Hehe, now she has one more lychee tree in her house.
Afterwards, Yingbao picked and ate the fruits in front, and occasionally gave a few to Chang Xiu.
Chang Xiu didn't dare to take it at first, but seeing that there was no one around, he ate it bravely and then quietly destroyed the evidence.
After eating lychees, Yingbao saw a few loquat trees, which were also full of yellow loquats. Many of them had begun to shrink and dry up, and many were eaten by birds.
But the loquats here were only as big as bird eggs, not as good as those at her home, so Yingbao was too lazy to pick them.
As they walked, they came to a pear garden.
There was a pavilion in the middle of the Pear Garden, and two eunuchs were sitting in the pavilion eating pears.
Seeing that it was a palace maid leading a child, he didn't pay any attention. He just finished eating a pear and started asking, "Whose child is it that dares to trespass?"
Chang Xiu quickly bowed and said, "Master, this is the young doctor who is replacing the king."
Gao Shishi heard that the Xiao family sent a child of a few years old who was better than the old guys in the Imperial Hospital. He was able to improve the condition of Prince Dai by his own strength. It was really unbelievable.
So he stood up quickly, bowed to Ying Bao and said with a smile: "So it's the young doctor. I'm so sorry."
Yingbao also returned the greeting: "I dare not, sorry for disturbing you."
It seems that this person is the manager in charge of the orchard.
The senior official was very happy and immediately asked the eunuch beside him to pick some fruits for Yingbao to eat.
The young eunuch agreed and ran hurriedly to pick two pears and a large bag of lychees.
Yingbao didn't hesitate to ask Chang Xiu to hold the lychees and pears while she followed Manager Gao to visit the orchard and listened to him introduce the names of various fruit trees.
The orchard in the East Palace is really big, with many varieties, including grapes, apricots, peaches, pears, citrus, persimmons, loquats, bananas, bayberries, papayas, etc., which make Yingbao salivate.
It’s a pity that many fruits are not ripe yet and cannot be tasted now.
After taking a walk around the orchard, seeing that it was getting late, Yingbao followed Chang Xiu back to the main hall.
At this time, the eunuch had already brought lunch and placed it on the table in the compartment where she lived.
A small bucket of white rice, a plate of pepper fish, a dish of boiled broad beans, and a dish of cold spinach, which was much more sumptuous than the day before.
After Chang Xiu filled a bowl of white rice for Yingbao, he stepped aside.
Yingbao said, "You can sit down and eat with us."
Chang Xiu shook her head repeatedly: "Slave, slave, wait for the young doctor to finish."
Seeing that she was restrained, Yingbao stopped forcing her and ate the meal with pepper fish and cold spinach and boiled broad beans.
After the meal, Chang Xiu put the remaining food back into the food box and took it to the maid's room.
Chang Xiu still lived with the servant palace maids. When she brought out the food in the food box, several servant palace maids were amazed.
The young doctor only ate a little of the whole pepper fish, and there was still more than half left. Together with the remaining cold-mixed egg skin and spinach, it was more than enough for the four young palace maids.
"Wow! Chang Xiu, you are so lucky to be able to serve the young doctor." A palace maid said with a smile: "I saw you and the young doctor go to the orchard. How is it? Did you bring anything back?"
Chang Xiu smiled shyly, took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, opened it, and found a dozen lychees wrapped inside. "This is what the young doctor gave me. You can have a taste too."
Several palace maids cheered, grabbed one and started skinning it.
One of the maids took a cold look and didn't take any. "You didn't steal these, did you? If the steward knows, please don't let us get into trouble."
Several palace maids were stunned and all looked at Chang Xiu.
Chang Xiu hurriedly explained: "This is really sent by the senior manager. The doctor said that he couldn't finish it, so he sent some to me. Zhang Yu'e, don't talk nonsense."
Zhang Yu'e sneered and turned to sit next to the bed.
The other three looked at each other and carefully put the lychees back on the table.
One person said, "Let's eat first." Then he took out his bowl and chopsticks to serve the rice.
The others also took out their own bowls and utensils to fill their meals.
On weekdays, they could not eat pepper fish, nor could they receive rewards from their masters as often as the palace maids in the front hall.
A few people were eating when they suddenly saw someone poking his head in the doorway. A teenage girl timidly asked, "Excuse me, is Sister Chang here?"
Chang Xiu stood up quickly: "It's Sister Chen, come in quickly."
Chen Tiantian then walked in with a package in her hands.
"I got a plate of lychee cakes today, and I want to bring them to Sister Chang and the other sisters to try."
As she spoke, Chen Tiantian placed the oil paper bag in her hand on the table and opened it, revealing six or seven round, plump cakes.
Several palace maids were surprised.
Now is the time when lychees are ripe. The imperial kitchen would occasionally make some lychee cakes or boil a jar of lychee syrup, lychee paste, etc.
It was said to be presented to King Dai, but in fact most of it went into the stomachs of the eunuchs in charge and the officials in the palace.
Occasionally, they would receive some rewards, but it was never the turn of these insignificant palace servants like them.
Zhang Yu'e, who was sitting next to them, came over, picked up a piece of lychee cake and said with a smile, "Thank you, Sister Chen, for thinking of us."
Chen Tiantian smiled slightly: "No, this is a gift from the young master of the Xiao family. I can't finish it by myself, so I brought it to my sisters to try."