The Yaoguang Hall is to the west of the Zixiao Hall, and it is not far away, but it takes a quarter of an hour to walk.
The maids and eunuchs I met along the way all retreated to the side of the road in amazement when they saw Tao Ti walking around.
After Tao Ti walked away, they raised their heads one by one and began to discuss in a low voice—
"It's so strange, the Crown Princess came out to walk around? I heard that the Crown Princess sent someone to deliver snacks to His Highness yesterday. See the palace servant behind her carrying a food box. Is this going to Zixiao Palace?"
"Isn't she unwilling to marry here? What's the matter with rushing to deliver food to His Highness now?"
"Hey, maybe I've figured it out. This person is married, and they've had trouble before, so it's pointless to continue the trouble..."
"Speaking of which, did you see the appearance of the princess just now? I didn't dare to look up."
"I see clearly! Hey, who said before that the princess looks mediocre? It's really Hu Qin! I just took a look, and she could be a fairy!"
"Huh? It's so beautiful, isn't it an exaggeration?"
"I lied to you that I am a grandson! If you don't believe me, find a chance to take a look."
The palace people here were chatting enthusiastically, but Tao Ti's eyes were attracted by the small piece of Sophora japonica forest by the roadside.
On the tall and straight trees, clusters of pagoda flowers as white as snow are blooming bustlingly. The small white flowers, with green and tender branches and leaves, are in the spring breeze. , sending bursts of fragrant and sweet fragrance.
There is a poem that says: The spring breeze comes in front of the court overnight, and the Sophora japonica flowers are fragrant for ten miles.
Tao Ti looked at the soft and beautiful Sophora japonica, took a deep breath, and felt refreshed, "This Sophora japonica blooms really well."
Linglong was just about to agree with "Yes", when she heard the princess say, "Such fresh and tender Sophora japonica, whether it is made into Sophora japonica cakes, Sophora japonica buns, Sophora japonica egg cakes, or used to steam fish, it will definitely be good eat!"
Linglong, "...?"
This should be replaced by other noble ladies admiring flowers, not to mention writing poems, and not thinking of eating them all at once.
My princess is really... a food lover.
Tao Ti didn't know Linglong's slander, she had already flashed more than a dozen ways to make Sophora japonica flowers in her mind, so she turned around and said to Linglong in a happy mood, "Let's go, go and deliver food to His Highness first, and come back Let's pick two baskets and go back."
Two baskets? Linglong was silent: "Yes..."
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Zixiao Hall is worthy of being the first hall in the East Palace. Its floor area, palace scale, and magnificence are not comparable to Yaoguang Hall.
But the style of the hall is very cold, with gloomy and low-key colors, not many flowers and plants planted around, and emerald green bamboo forests can be seen everywhere. If it is placed in the hot summer, this large bamboo forest looks cool and quiet. But looking at the other three seasons, it seems a bit lonely.
But for a fairy like Pei Yan, this quiet and elegant style suits him.
Seeing Tao Ti coming, the palace servants of Zixiao Palace saluted and greeted Tao Ti with solemn expressions, ran in to report to the prince with solemn expressions, and led her into the study with solemn expressions.
This cautious and defensive attitude made Tao Ti smile bitterly—
She really wanted to hold back these palace servants, and explained one by one, don't look at me like this, I'm really peaceful, everyone quickly forget about taking poison and committing suicide, and give me a chance to reform and start a new life Bar!
After thinking about it, it is not easy to do it. After adjusting her mentality, Tao Ti went around the landscape screen and walked into the hall.
Pei Yan was sitting at the table with a scroll in his hand. Hearing the slight sound of footsteps, he put down the scroll and looked forward.
Today, Tao Ti is wearing a simple and elegant palace gown of magnolia-colored gauze and satin, her hair is pulled down in a low bun, and two sunflower-patterned silver hairpins are inserted alone. As long as she does not go out, she will dress simply. Anyway, God always favors beautiful women very much. As long as they look good and dress so plainly, they can be praised as "natural and uncarved".
Tao Ti bowed to him, "Meet Your Highness."
Pei Yan smiled at her very naturally, "You're here."
"I made candied fruit and jerky today." Tao Ti took the food box from Linglong's hand and put it down beside his table, "Isn't the candied fruit from Honey Fried Bureau too sweet, so I made some less sweet ones myself And this pork jerky, salty and sweet with sesame seeds, if you are hungry after dealing with government affairs, you can eat some to fill your stomach."
While speaking, she had already laid out candied fruit and pork jerky.
Pei Yan motioned Fu Xirui to move a stool for her, and his eyes fell on the things she brought.
Tao Ti's gaze followed his gaze, and seeing him looking at the brightly colored jerky pork, she said, "Although the weather is not particularly hot, this kind of jerky pork won't last long, you'd better eat it within three days Drop it, or it won't taste good."
Seeing him looking at the candied fruit, she said again, "I made four kinds of candied fruit in total, candied ginger, honey kumquat, snowflake hawthorn balls and dried apricot with rouge. Don't worry, none of them will be very sweet. These four cans can be eaten first." Eat, feel good after eating, then tell me, I'll make it for you."
Pei Yanwen said, "It's too much trouble for you."
"No trouble, it's not difficult to do." Tao Ti said sincerely, "Speaking of which, you have helped me several times, and I can't do anything for you, I can only cook you something to eat..."
If he had pursued her for taking poison back then, would he be in prison now? Or the heads of all the members of the Yongweihou Mansion fell to the ground? What's more, he also promised to himself and Li Shu that it would not be an exaggeration to say "be kind and recreate".
Now she cooks something to feed him, it's nothing at all.
Seeing her serious expression, Pei Yan didn't continue to argue, but picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of candied ginger.
As soon as the young ginger is delivered to the mouth, you can smell a fresh and spicy taste. When it is put into the mouth, the faint sweetness melts between the teeth. With chewing, the unique freshness and spicyness of young ginger is mixed with the sweetness of honey, which relieves greasy and appetizing.
He looked at Tao Ti who was sitting on one side, and praised, "This is the best candied ginger that Gu has ever eaten."
This sentence is the truth.
He had never eaten such a good candied fruit before. The taste of the young ginger itself was well preserved, unlike other candied fruit he had eaten before, except that it was sweet or sweet.
"As long as you like to eat." Tao Ti's beautiful smiling eyes were bent into crescent moons.
Being recognized by others is something to be happy about, not to mention being recognized by such a handsome guy, it is almost double the joy!
"Your cooking skills are so good, who did you learn from?" Pei Yan asked casually, but her deep eyes were fixed on her face.
Sure enough, he accurately caught the flash of astonishment that flashed between her eyebrows and eyes.
She panicked.
Tao Ti clenched her fingers subconsciously, then blinked her shiny eyes, and said with a smile, "I haven't learned from anyone, but I like to read some miscellaneous books in my free time, especially some food notes. Yes, I will figure out how to do it..."
The slender jade fingers lightly tapped the table, Pei Yan's expression was still impeccable, and he said lightly, "Oh, so it is like this?"
Tao Ti nodded her head, and said without changing her expression, "It's a pity that when I was in the Hou Mansion, there were too many people talking, and the four rooms shared the big kitchen, and I couldn't often go to the big kitchen to make troubles, so I didn't do much before. Kitchen. Now I can have a small kitchen to do whatever I want, thanks to Your Highness, who is so considerate... I am really grateful."
When Tao Ti proposed to open a small kitchen before, Tao Ti guessed that someone might ask questions. After all, the original owner didn't cook very much, but now he has become fond of cooking, so it will inevitably attract attention.
She originally thought that the first ones to ask would be those dowry maids, but she didn't expect that Pei Yan would be the first to ask.
A simple-minded little angel like Pei Yan should be easy to fool, right? After all, I was not familiar with it before.
She comforted herself like this, and by the way, praised her witty response and calm acting skills.
Pei Yan at the desk listened to her words, raised his thick eyebrows slightly, this explanation is logical, he tentatively accepted her statement.
It's just that she explained it, and she didn't forget to flatter him...
What a cunning and flattering little fox.