Chapter 160 Enough is Enough

Consort Li never expected that Consort Liu would be so magnanimous.

She immediately nodded with a smile: "This girl's skills are absolutely superb. No wonder the Emperor likes her so much. I like her too. However, it's always hard on her to do so much. How about I give her some compensation for her hard work?"

Consort Li looks like the kind of girl who was pampered at home and grew up with great care; she is very thoughtful in her words and actions.

Seeing Consort Li's sincere demeanor, Consort Liu knew that she was also a clever person.

Consort Liu smiled gently: "Alright, I'll remember this. These pastries were all made by her. If you like them, I'll pack them up for you to take back later."

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Consort Li immediately beamed with joy, turned around and walked outside. Before leaving, she made sure to watch them pack everything up before she walked out with a happy smile.

Watching Consort Li's retreating figure, Fuling's face darkened even more: "Your Highness, look at Meng Yanzhi, she hasn't even entered the palace as an imperial concubine yet, and she's already learned how to win people's hearts. If she really enters the palace and becomes an imperial concubine, what kind of behavior will she have!"

Consort Liu had finally reached her breaking point.

She looked coldly at Fuling, then said, "Since you are so unruly in the palace, I have nothing more to say. From now on, you will return to the Liu family immediately and you are not allowed to set foot in the palace again!"

"No, no!"

Fuling immediately realized what was happening and hurriedly knelt on the ground, choking back tears as she said, "No, it's really not like that. Your Majesty, I have you in my heart. I did all this for you!"

"Go out."

Consort Liu appears to be gentle and easy to talk to, but she is also a very individualistic person. Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it.

The key is this Poria cocos; it looks restless, and keeping it around will only cause more and more trouble!

Before she could finish speaking, Zhao Bailu walked in happily with her maid. As soon as she entered, Zhao Bailu said with a smile, "Your Majesty, I've missed you so much!"

As she spoke, Zhao Bailu hurriedly stepped forward and took Consort Liu's arm, looking at her with a grin.

Consort Liu rolled her eyes at her, then said irritably, "You brat, all you know how to say are these sweet words. I think you want to see Rouge, don't you? She should be fine now. You can go see her and tell her that Consort Li really likes her pastries, and ask her to make more."

Zhao Bailu looked at Consort Liu somewhat embarrassed, then whispered, "Aunt, you're really wronging me if you say that. I haven't only been thinking about her; I've been thinking about you!"

As she spoke, Zhao Bailu immediately took out the things she had brought and said with a smile, "Aunt, look, these are all things my mother asked me to bring in. My mother said that you work hard in the palace, so you must eat well and sleep well!"

Consort Liu felt a warm glow in her heart as she looked at these things, and smiled gently: "I knew my sister loved me the most in the whole family! These are so beautiful, I love them so much!"

After exchanging a few words with Consort Liu, Zhao Bailu headed towards Meng Yanzhi's courtyard.

Meng Yanzhi spends most of her days in the kitchen researching her new recipes, so Zhao Bailu eventually found her in the small kitchen.

"I said, you're busy in the kitchen day and night, aren't you tired?"

"By the way, I've come to see you because I have something extremely important to tell you!"

Zhao Bailu stepped forward, looking at Meng Yanzhi with some concern.

Meng Yanzhi was naturally delighted to see Zhao Bailu. Her eyes crinkled into a smile as she stuffed the shumai she had just made into Zhao Bailu's mouth, saying with a smile, "Try it, it's freshly made. How does it taste?"

"Mmm! Delicious!" Zhao Bailu immediately beamed with joy, but quickly realized what she was doing and hurriedly swallowed the shumai in her mouth. Then she said, "No, no, that's not the point right now. Do you know that Meng Anxian has been staying at the Crown Prince's residence for the past few days?"

So that's what it was about. It seems the Meng family has already started building momentum!

Meng Yanzhi smiled gently: "Then it's probably going to be a marriage alliance, but what does this have to do with you? I've never seen you show any interest in His Highness the Crown Prince before!"

"I don't like His Highness the Crown Prince, but I hate Meng Anxian!"

"The mere thought of this person becoming the Crown Princess makes me want to vomit and I get angry!"

Zhao Bailu has a straightforward temper; she will never hold back her displeasure.

Seeing Zhao Bailu's angry expression, Meng Yanzhi felt helpless. She sighed and said, "I still have to advise you, never, ever say such things again. A marriage alliance between two families is not as simple as you think. No matter how much you dislike Meng Anxian, if she becomes the Crown Princess, you will have to smile at her when you see her, otherwise you will only be asking for trouble."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Bailu became even angrier!

She stomped her foot, gritted her teeth, and glared at Meng Yanzhi: "How dare you say that? Look at how useless you are! The Crown Prince was the best to you before, but you insisted on wasting your time in the small kitchen. Now look what happened, that Meng Anxian got the better deal. Bah!"

"Shut up!"

Meng Yanzhi finally lost her temper and covered her mouth, saying angrily, "How many lives do you have to say such things? This is the palace, there are many people and gossips here. You are not allowed to say these things again, and you are not allowed to cause trouble for the family, do you understand?!"

This was the first time Zhao Bailu had ever seen Meng Yanzhi lose her temper. Even though she was still a little resentful, she could only nod reluctantly and say sullenly, "Yes, I know, I was wrong. I won't say such things again, okay?"

"That's more like it."

"You're not young anymore. You have to be responsible for what you say. Do you think you can just say it's childish nonsense if you say something wrong and offend someone?"

Meng Yanzhi looked at Zhao Bailu with a mixture of amusement and exasperation.

"Besides, what did Meng Anxian do to offend you? Why do you hate her so much? She's the most talented woman in the capital, after all."

As Meng Yanzhi spoke, she handed the braised chicken leg she had just made to Zhao Bailu and smiled gently at her.

Zhao Bailu was also a well-behaved girl. After quietly finding a small stool to sit down, she took a big bite of the chicken leg and said sullenly, "I just don't like her pretentious way of acting like some kind of fairy descended from heaven. Look at her face, it's ugly as hell, how dare she pretend to be alluring!"

Well……

It has to be said that Zhao Bailu's mouth is really quite piercing.