Since sending Zishuang away, the atmosphere in Yaoguang Hall has become much more harmonious.
At first, Tao Ti thought it was her own illusion, until one afternoon, she overheard the chittering of three little maids.
It was nothing more than how Zishuang used to bully others before, how rude she was to these little palace people overtly and secretly, thank God she is gone now, the Crown Princess has finally done a good deed... and so on.
Then, the topic naturally shifted from Zishuang to her master—
"Actually, I think the Crown Princess is quite a nice person. She treats people politely, and I don't see her putting on airs."
"You have only eaten the snacks made by the princess twice, and your heart has turned to her? It's really shallow! Who knows if she is really getting better now, or is she just pretending to show His Highness?"
"Shouldn't it be pretending? Hey, don't think of people so badly. In fact, the princess is quite pitiful when you think about it carefully. Which lady doesn't want to marry a healthy man? Our Highness is really not in good health. ... She was taking poison at that time, so she must have thought about it for a while."
"That's what I said, but when I think about what she did before, I still feel sick."
Tao Ti was not angry when she heard these small words in the back corridor, after all, it would take some time to change her impression. At least for now, it seems that there are still people speaking for her, seeing the big from the small, so her reputation is gradually getting better
She was thinking optimistically, when she suddenly heard that Linglong was looking for her.
In order not to let the little maids find out that she, the princess, was eavesdropping on the corner, she hurriedly moved away quietly and walked towards the front of the hall.
It turned out that a female officer from the Internal Affairs Bureau came to measure and prepare to make summer shirts.
Tao Ti cooperated with the female officer to measure, and was very satisfied when she saw the measured data.
This body has a slender waist and long limbs. Although the chest is a bit small, it is still very interesting to squeeze.
The female officer also praised while measuring, Tao Ti was coaxed to be happy, and rewarded her with a purse, the female officer was surprised and happy, and thanked her in a hurry.
After the female officer retreated, Tao Ti saw the weather was good, so she wanted to take advantage of the half-day to finish stepping on the big map of the East Palace.
Seeing that she was in a good mood, Linglong naturally didn't stop her, ordered two young eunuchs to accompany her, and went out with Tao Ti.
The Eastern Palace covers a large area, with many palaces, pavilions, gardens and rockeries, and the scenery is pleasant.
One of the little eunuchs had a clever mouth, and he kept chatting non-stop, introducing the various parts of the Eastern Palace. Modern and proper, a gold medal tour guide.
A group of people strolled leisurely for almost two hours before they managed to take a rough tour of the East Palace.
"I'm exhausted. I didn't expect the East Palace to be so big. My legs are about to break. I have to buy a basin of hot water to soak my feet at night."
When Tao Ti sighed and returned to the Yaoguang Palace in the afterglow of the setting sun, Pei Yan was already sitting in the courtyard drinking tea.
Hearing the movement at the door, he turned his head to look.
He is wearing a light white brocade robe today, with a jade belt around his waist, and he sits upright. The golden sunlight sprinkled on him softly, making his already delicate and beautiful eyebrows and eyes even more gentle.
With this situation, Tao Ti suddenly forgot to speak, and her footsteps subconsciously stopped.
Pei Yan smiled at her, her voice was neither high nor low, "Are you back?"
Only then did Tao Ti come back to her senses, and walked towards him, with some surprise in her dark and clear eyes, she said, "Your Highness, why are you here so early?"
In the past, he only came during dinner time, but now it's still dark.
"I'm not busy today, so I'll stop by and have a seat." Pei Yan raised his hand and poured her a cup of tea, signaling her to sit down and drink tea.
Tao Ti happened to be thirsty too, so she sat down opposite him, picked up her teacup and drank it, without thinking carefully about the matter of "dropping in".
Pei Yan saw that her cheeks were slightly red, and there was a thin layer of sweat on her smooth forehead, so she couldn't help narrowing her black eyes, and said softly, "I just heard you shouted that you were tired, where did you go shopping?"
Tao Ti drank a glass of water and felt it was not enough, so she added another glass, and replied, "I have been in the East Palace for a while, and I didn't take a good look around, so today I walked through the East Palace once. I just didn't expect the East Palace to be so Big, it took almost an afternoon to finish shopping!"
Hearing this, Pei Yan raised his eyes calmly, and glanced at Linglong who was beside him.
Seemingly understanding the question in the deep eyes, Linglong nodded sharply, indicating that the princess was telling the truth.
Only then did Pei Yan raise the corners of his lips, and said calmly, "The future will be long, you can take your time, don't be in a hurry."
It happened that a gust of wind blew by, causing his sleeves to move slightly. For some reason, Tao Ti only remembered his phrase "the future will last forever".
She lowered her eyes and looked at his slender fingers holding the cup. The skin on the back of the hand was extremely pale, and the light blue blood vessels could be clearly seen.
With such a frail body, how long will he have in the future...
In this quiet interval, the daylight dimmed a little unknowingly.
Tao Ti was still feeling melancholy about his physical condition, but when she looked up, she saw a round of orange-red sunset quietly hanging on the horizon not far away, it was yellow and shiny, like a hammer knocked open. Gaoyou Salted Duck Eggs with bluish-white shell and oil oozing out.
Thinking of the wonderful taste of salty egg yolk, Tao Ti's eyes curved, and she said to Pei Yan in a brisk tone, "Your Highness, why don't you eat salted egg yolk fried rice tonight?"
Pei Yan, "...?"
Why did it suddenly involve dinner
Fu Xirui, who was standing on the side, was also a little surprised. He was thinking about whether to give the prince a message, when he heard the prince say to the princess in a gentle voice, "You should be tired after walking around all afternoon, take a good rest, dinner Let the dining room be ready."
"I was a little tired just now, but it's okay to rest for a while now. Besides, it's not about cooking noodles, fried rice, or something." Speaking of this, Tao Ti rubbed her nose a little embarrassedly. , said in a low voice, "The main reason is... I suddenly had a craving for that bite."
Although after tens of thousands of years of evolution, their gluttonous tribe is no longer as greedy as it is recorded in ancient books, eating everything they see, but the yearning and greed for food, especially delicious food, is still deeply buried in their bones.
Once they want to eat something, they have to eat it, otherwise the food will be like a mantra, and they will keep thinking about it in their minds, the more they think about it, the more they want to eat it, the whole vicious circle.
For example, Tao Ti’s thirteenth uncle, who was still on business in Yangcheng the night before, wanted to eat authentic baked naan and baked buns in the middle of the night, so he immediately bought a plane ticket and flew to Urumqi just to have a bite of fresh and hot food.
Tao Ti's frank and greedy look made Pei Yan chuckle.
Tao Ti was confused by his laughter, and her eyes blinked, "Your Highness, what are you laughing at?" Could it be that he joked that she was too edible
Pei Yan's charming peach eyes fixedly looked at her, and his voice was magnetic and gentle, "I'm happy to think that I can taste your craftsmanship again."
Tao Ti, "..."
Oops, seems to have been teased again.
Her ears were a little hot, and her tone was flustered, but she still pretended to be calm, "It's just as long as you like to eat... Well, it's getting late now, I'll go back to the house to clean up first, and then prepare dinner."
After all, she got up quickly and hurried into the house.
Pei Yan looked at her petite back, and the smile in his eyes faded away after a while.
Fu Xirui, who was on the side, carefully observed the prince's expression, wondering in his heart, His Highness only said that he would come to Yaoguang Palace and leave, and didn't intend to stay longer... Why did he stay when the princess made a meal? It's weird.
Having said that, this princess really... has no rules. The prince stayed for dinner, not to mention a big banquet, at least he had to set up a rich table to show his importance. She's fine, she had a bowl of noodles yesterday, and a bowl of rice today? Her husband is the crown prince, not a peddler!
The slander is all the slander, when half an hour later, the rich and alluring fragrance wafted from the small kitchen, not to mention Fu Xirui, there was no one in the entire Yaoguang Palace who did not stretch his neck and take a deep sniff.
Lord Stove, what is the princess doing, how can it be so fragrant? !
Even Pei Yan, who was sitting in the hall playing chess with himself, paused for a moment in the air holding the black chess.
Fried rice, can it be so fragrant
certainly-
Fried rice is not so powerful. The reason why it is so fragrant is all thanks to the salted egg yolk chicken wings.
In the small kitchen, a small pot of oil was gurgling and boiling. As soon as the chicken wings wrapped in powder slurry were put into the oil pot, there was a sizzling and crisp sound immediately, and at the same time exuded an incomparably attractive aroma.
After frying until golden and crispy, pick up the chicken wings, set up another oil pan, put the sauce prepared with salted egg yolk into the pan and melt it, fry dense golden foam, then pour the fried chicken wings into it, quickly Stir-fry to ensure that the surface of the chicken wings is coated with salted egg yolk.
In this way, a delicious salted egg yolk chicken wing is ready.
After simply arranging the dishes, Tao Ti turned around and started making salted egg yolk fried rice.
The rice was an overnight meal that she specially ordered the dining room to prepare. Manager Sun was a little confused when he heard the request at first. After all, the dining room provided the masters with freshly steamed rice, so how dare they use the overnight meal to fool them. But since this was specially ordered by the Crown Princess, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and get a large bowl of leftover rice from the palace's meal, and sent it to Yaoguang Hall along with other ingredients.
I saw Tao Ti shaking the spoon smartly, and grains of golden rice rolled in the air, and then fell back into the pot steadily without falling.
The maid of the kitchen's eyes straightened, and she said in her heart: The princess is really amazing.
Not long after, Tao Ti served fried rice, took off her apron and ordered, "Take them all to the dining room."
The palace people swallowed their saliva, and hurried out with the simple but very tempting food.
Tao Ti washed her hands, walked out of the kitchen to dissipate the smell of oily smoke from her body, and then went to the dining room. It's only a short distance from the small kitchen to the dining room, but almost every palace official I met on the way cast admiring gazes when they saw her.
When she stepped into the dining room, the palace people in the dining room also had the same expressions.
Tao Ti raised her eyebrows slightly, feeling amused in her heart: I just cooked a meal, and this can also increase my favorability
After thinking about it, it seems that no matter which dynasty they are in, the people in this vast land love food very much. People regard food as their heaven, sincerity is not to be deceived!
"Didn't you just fry rice? Why did you cook so much?" Pei Yan glanced at the food on the table, a big bowl of golden fried rice, a plate of crispy chicken wings, and a bowl of delicious and light vegetable tofu soup , in addition to some common fruits, pastries, and a pot of fragrant jasmine tea.
"I made a lot of salted egg yolk. I thought it would be a waste, so I fried a chicken wing. As for the vegetable and tofu soup, it's even simpler. When the water is boiled, add the ingredients directly, add some seasoning and start the pot. It doesn't take any trouble at all." Tao Ti said with a relaxed tone.
"Thank you for your hard work." There was a soft light in Pei Yan's eyes.
"Hi, you're welcome. It's just that I want to eat it. Let's sit down and eat it. It won't taste good when it gets cold."
The two sat facing each other, and Tao Ti directly scooped a large bowl of rice into her own bowl, seeing Pei Yannasi's gentle appearance, she also scooped a large bowl for him, "Eat it, it's delicious !"
Pei Yan never eats much, and eats lightly. Facing this big bowl of oily and golden fried rice now, he was a little dazed.
He was just about to say "I may not be able to eat so much", but when he looked up, he saw that the little girl across from him had already started eating.
She ate very happily, her cheeks were bulging, and her bright eyebrows carried a natural joy of being immersed in delicious food.
Seeing her eating so deliciously, Pei Yan unconsciously got an appetite and took a bite of the fried rice.
As soon as he entered, Pei Yan's black eyes also showed a hint of amazement.
This salted egg yolk fried rice is really delicious. The rice is golden in color and has distinct grains. Every bite has the taste of salted egg yolk rustle. The fresh fragrance tastes like the fattest crab roe in autumn.
Seeing that he ate several mouthfuls, Tao Ti asked with a smile, "How is it? Is it delicious?"
"Very good." Pei Yan commented affirmatively, and tried another piece of chicken wing. One bite, the skin is crispy, the inside is tender, the juice is flowing, and the meat is full of fragrance.
The palace servants at the side saw them eating mouthful after mouthful, and their noses were filled with the tempting aroma of the food, their saliva almost turned into tears: I didn't find it difficult to serve meals before, but now...they are so greedy too. !
Seeing the crown prince eating a big bowl of fried rice, three chicken wings, and a bowl of vegetable tofu soup for dinner, Fu Xirui's eyes almost didn't fall off:
Your Highness actually ate so much? This is really the first time ever!
If at the beginning he just thought that the Crown Princess was good at cooking, now seeing that the Crown Princess can make the Prince eat so much food, Fu Xirui would really like to offer the Crown Princess as a Bodhisattva!
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This night, Pei Yan took advantage of the opportunity to stay in Yaoguang Palace.
Before going to bed, he asked casually, "Tomorrow is the fifteenth day. Are you nervous when you go to greet the queen alone?"
Tao Ti was surprised, "Yes, tomorrow is fifteen..."
Time passed so quickly, and she was so happy in the little kitchen that she almost forgot about it.
"If you don't want to go, maybe you can say that you are sick and won't go."
"Well, I just got married not long ago, so it's not very good... Once you are born and you are familiar with each other, let's go there." Tao Ti thought to herself, Ganlu Palace is not a dragon's pool and tiger's den, and Queen Zhou's attitude is quite polite, that is, It is safer to be more thoughtful in the etiquette of taking a day off from sleeping in.
Seeing what she said, Pei Yan gave an incomprehensible "um" and said softly, "Go to sleep."
Tao Ti obediently closed her eyes, but she didn't know why, thinking of going to Ganlu Palace tomorrow, her eyelids twitched several times.