It was the evening for Huanan He to send Commandery Princess Jingle back to the palace.

As soon as she entered the Cining Palace, she was like a cheerful bird running towards the Main Hall in a lotus leaf skirt. Along the way, she kept calling for joy.

"Your Grace, Ninth Uncle promised to be with me. I'm so happy!"

The girl smiled and ran. When she saw the palace maids, she would stop and hold them panting and repeat, "You know what? Ninth Uncle promised to be with me. Ninth Uncle said he likes me. I'm so happy today!"

Huanan He hurriedly chased after her holding the four-treasure glazed square lamp, carefully reminding, "Run slowly and be careful not to trip over a skirt..."

“Trip over a skirt—”

Suddenly, there were hazy fragments in his mind, flashing off and on, which were very incomplete.

A long time ago, on such a deep night, it seemed that a girl stepped on the skirt and then leaned into his arms...

Was that picture an illusion or a real plot?

At this moment, Huanan He's consciousness repeatedly wandered between reality and illusion, and his pace became slower and slower.

"Ninth Uncle, how about you?"

Jingle ran back, and a pretty face showed doubt under the shadow of the lamp.

Just now she ran too far because of excitement and found that her beloved man couldn't keep up, so she turned back to find him.

Huanan He hurriedly calmed down, hugged her, patted her back with his big hand and comforted her softly, "It's all right. Go and see Her Grace quickly. Don't let her worry."

"Okay."

The girl looked adorable. Their fingers intertwined and stepped up their pace.

As soon as they entered the Main Hall, Imperial Mother Xiao did not rest. The gorgeous pearl inlaid high collar flower leaf royal outfit has not been taken off, and the pearl hairpin with gold was exquisite and neat.

There was still one person sitting on her lower rose chair.

Jingle and Huanan He entered the hall hand in hand. She was so excited that she didn't care about any guests. She just ran to Imperial Mother Xiao and bent down a little. Then she couldn't wait to say, "Your Grace, I want to tell you a good news. I am now with Ninth Uncle. He is going to marry me."

"Are you serious?"

Imperial Mother Xiao said, slapped the rattan bone handle of the armchair with her hand across her handkerchief, stared at the girl with angry eyes and shook her head to one side.

"Say hello to the Noble Concubine."

"All right..."

The girl stuck out her tongue, turned to the side seat and bowed down.

"Hello, Your Grace. I wish you good health."

"Good girl."

It was Shi Yuanqing, Noble Concubine Hui. She saw Huanan He, the Ninth Prince, entering the hall with the girl. She quickly lowered her head, tried to suppress her sadness, and forced out a smile, which was not natural.

"Uncle, you are coming."

"Hello," the man said humbly and politely, bowing his hand.

"Jingle came to my house to play for half a day today. It's late now, so I sent her back to the palace..."

"Today I expressed my love to Ninth Uncle, who has accepted it."

Jingle sat next to Imperial Mother Xiao. When she interrupted, her face was full of happiness. She was sweet and moving.

Imperial Mother Xiao glanced at Huanan He with a cold face, poked jingle's forehead with her fingers, and said with a complaint, "You, you, the more you grow up, the more you don't know how to be ashamed."

Noble Concubine Hui did not understand the situation and agreed with her smile, "Well, I really want to congratulate the Princess and the Ninth Prince."

Imperial Mother Xiao felt even more depressed. Her expression was as cold as an iron plate, and her tone was flat and lukewarm.

"Well, there are guests here. As an imperial concubine, you shouldn't stay long. Kneel down and leave."

Noble Concubine Hui was at a loss, and she didn't know where she was doing badly, which annoyed Imperial Mother.

She got up and left with a greet.

Imperial Mother's smiling eyes narrowed slightly, glanced at the silver-haired man and turned to look at Tongjiang.

"Please take the Ninth Uncle's seat."

"Your Grace, thank you."

Huanan He didn't refuse. His hands were about to lift up the back pendulum and take a seat. Suddenly, he was attracted by the things on the table.

"What is this?"

He stepped over to the table and looked down. The man's pupil flashed. He smiled, "Oh, there are red bayberries in this season!"

The crazy man always ignored the rules. Imperial Mother Xiao was not surprised. Her eyes were sharp and she smiled, "It's not real red bayberry, it's just some deceptive tricks. Ninth Uncle, come and have a taste."

“Your Grace, thank you."

Huanan He picked up a golden cloisonne fruit fork and fork took a red and round fruit into the mouth.

In a moment, he stopped chewing and raised his eyebrows, "It was a dessert."

"Is it delicious? I want to eat it too!"

Jingle, with a sweet voice, ran over and grabbed the man's shoulder with both hands.

Huanan He forked another one and fed it to her.

Jingle ate two in succession and was full of praise, "Yummy, yummy. Your Grace, did you change the cook in your little kitchen?"

Imperial Mother's cold eyes drifted away from Huanan He and smiled at the girl, "This was made by the one who lived in Jingyang Palace early in the morning to please me."

"Ah, is that hot vixen again? Bah!"

Jingle spat, pushed away the sweet fruit fed by the man, pulled out a handkerchief and wiped her mouth, full of disgust.

Imperial Mother looked at Huanan He and said with a sly smile, "Well, I heard that she used to buy people's hearts with these flashy things. I didn't believe it at first. But just now I heard the Noble Concubine crying. I've really learned a lot."

Commandery Princess Jingle asked, "I thought Her Grace looked different just now, is the one who in Jingyang Palace made her angry again?"

Imperial Mother took two puffs of the hookah gun she had just lit, with a faint tone, "Just now she came to Cining Palace to tell me about her grievances. She said that the woman in the Jingyang Palace greeted her at the Miaoyin Hall at noon and stabbed her with a hairpin when she combed her hair. The woman in the Jingyang Palace insisted that Concubine Liang and other five people came to Jingyang Palace to compete for Imperial gifts were all ordered by Your Grace."

Jingle raises her face with anger, "How could this be possible? Her Grace is famous for being virtuous and gentle in the imperial harem. How could she ask Concubine Liang and the other concubines to go to Jingyang Palace for mischief? Lady Yun, the b*tch is really hypocritical!"

"Hey, I'm used to these things in the imperial harem. I have to comfort her."

Imperial Mother sighed and touched the blessed golden thread pendant with her five fingers, with a complex smile, "They are all concubines who serve your brother. I, as an old woman, just have to persuade her that they should live in harmony."

Jingle was displeased and stubbornly retorted, "You should use your majesty to severely punish the evil woman in Jingyang Palace. Ninth Uncle, do you think my words are right?"

The girl turned her face and saw the man holding the bright red fruit with his two fingers. The corners of his lips lifted up, as if he fell into a reverie in his eyes.

Jingle pouted, raised her hand to knock off the fruit and stamped her feet, "Don't eat them again!"

The man blinked, looked at the girl and smiled, "I'm just thinking. A woman with a heart like a snake and a scorpion is very good at bewitching Emperors, but she can make such a wonderful heavenly thing. Is she a fairy or a devil?"

"Whatever fairy or devil she is, I think she is arrogant!"

Jingle said and walked out of the hall angrily.

Imperial Mother raised her voice, "Ying'er, come back quickly. It's dark. Where are you going?"

She turned and looked at the man. Her eyes were slightly relaxed and her smile was a little strange, "Jingle is young. I'm worried that she will cause trouble again. Take someone to have a look."

Huanan He didn't have time to think more and did what she said.

Looking at the man's back, Imperial Mother Xiao's eyes were sharp and pressed the corners of her mouth coldly.

—

In the Jingyang Palace, Dong Zhu presented a bowl of hot tonic to Gu Yunxi.

"Master, this bowl of Aconitum lotus you made is finished."

Gu Yunxi looked into the oval disc with autumn rock color and smiled with satisfaction, "The 'Jumbo Seafood' is almost done. Tell them to turn off the fire and give it to me."

"Master's cooking is very good. I'll go."

Dong Zhu said with a smile and turned out of the hall.

These days, Gu Yunxi had nothing to do, so she was studying the 28 delicacies in The Exquisite Collection of Delicacies.

"Aconitum Lotus" and "Jumbo Seafood" were all delicacies mentioned in the book.

Aconitum lotus was taken from the precious Aconitum rice.

Remove the shells of two Aconitum rice seeds and soak them in water for half an hour. Each piece of broken glutinous rice soaked in Osmanthus sugar, fill it with fresh and tender lotus seeds in June, put it in a plate, add a little milk, steam it in water.

The finished product was green and milky white. The color contrast was bright and refreshing. It was an eye-catching health preserving diet for dispelling dampness, tonifying the spleen and clearing the heart in early summer.

Jumbo Seafood was made from flower glue, which was known as the "eight treasures in the sea", sea cucumber and shark fin. 250g of each ingredient, 25g of areca nut flower and a whole duck were put into a casserole and stewed for one hour. It had the effect of nourishing blood and helping wound healing.

"Come on, Zhiqi and Che. Come and have a taste of this Aconitum lotus."

Gu Yunxi smiled and called everyone. At that time, she heard a mess outside the hall. It seemed that many people came in.

"Hot vixen, come out—"

"What, what are you going?"

With the panic shouting, Dong Zhu hurriedly ran into the Main Hall with a tray in her hand, "Master, master!"

Gu Yunxi put the sweet white soup bowl on the tray on the table and got up calmly. Commandery Princess Jingle crowded into the hall surrounded by a group of eunuchs.

With an angry face and sharp eyes, the girl swept around, raised her hand to Gu Yunxi and said ruthlessly, “Zheng, you beat me that day. Today I want to get it back. Someone smashed her palace for me!"

"You dare—"

Gu Yunxi was angry and stood upright in front of the girl.

The bodyguards looked at each other. No one dared to take the lead in fighting the Emperor's favorite imperial concubine.

"Smash it for me. I'll take responsibility if anything happens!"

Jingle turned around Gu Yunxi, picked up a colored glaze flower arranging screen pot and fell to the ground.

The broken sound seemed to embolden the guards. They had no scruples and followed.

There was a sound of smashing and begging in the hall.

"Your Highness, what are you doing? We can discuss and solve whatever you want to do..."

Che knelt at Jingle's feet and kowtowed constantly. In the eyes of him and the people in the Jingyang Palace, Lady Yun and the Commandery Princess were both their masters.

At present, the Commandery Princess came to find fault. They couldn't fight with her, but begged her to stop.

Zhiqi blocked Gu Yunxi and spread her arms to protect her for fear that the angry Commandery Princess would hurt her.

Gu Yunxi's eyes were red and her body trembled. She looked around at more than a dozen ferocious men and shouted.

"Stop, you stop—"

She was ignored.

Gu Yunxi angrily pushed away Zhiqi, strode to Jingle and lifted her skirt with one hand.

“Let her go.”

The soft voice with a hint of warning floated into Gu Yunxi's ears like smoke, which was enough to make her suddenly stunned and release her five fingers.