Lin Wanyue had no time to pay attention to him at the moment.

She's currently busy summoning Laifu, who's always trying his hand at food.

Lai Fu just took a walk around outside and found that the food outside didn't look as good as the food inside. It wasn't because the people in the Imperial Kitchen were being condescending, but because the Ministry of Rites had so many rules.

In addition, the outer shed, although well-maintained and equipped with many warm charcoal braziers, was still not as warm and bright as the main hall.

He wandered around outside for a while, then ran back into the main hall. Whenever he saw someone who looked pleasing to the eye, he would pick up the food in front of them and take a couple of bites.

Since these people couldn't see him and weren't focused on the food, no one noticed that the food in front of them had quietly gotten a little cold.

"What are you doing, Wanwan? Do you want me to bring you some dishes?" Laifu lowered his head and realized that apart from the Emperor's side, there were probably few places with more lavish food than the Regent's, so he quietly pursed his lips.

The ghosts dared not go to the emperor's side, and Lin Wanyue repeatedly warned them not to frighten the frail Qi Yuan.

Lin Wanyue shook her head and said, "No need, go and touch that concubine in the blue dress across the street!"

Lin Wanyue stared intently at the Dowager Consort who exuded a chilling aura of death.

"?" Laifu followed her gaze and looked in that direction. He turned to Lin Wanyue with a shocked expression and said, "Wanwan, that was the late emperor's concubine. There's no way things could work out between us!"

"I just asked you to touch him, not to seduce him," Lin Wanyue rolled her eyes.

Lai Fu shook his head faster than a rattle drum, and with his arms crossed, he said with the expression of a chaste and virtuous man, "That won't do. I can't betray my future Daoist partner and seduce other women!"

"..." Lin Wanyue rolled her eyes even more, and reluctantly compromised, saying, "Then you can just touch the food in her bowl, okay? The food can't be tempting you!"

"So Wanwan really did have her eye on someone else's food. Wait here, I'll go get you a bowl right now!" Laifu teased Lin Wanyue enough, then rolled up his sleeves and rushed over there.

But as soon as he touched the food in front of the imperial concubine, he frowned.

Something was definitely wrong!

She's not human!

As a ghost himself, and having spent every day among people and dealing with a group of ghosts, and having lived for so many years, Lai Fu naturally knew the difference between humans and ghosts.

Food that people have eaten, even leftovers, will still retain some warmth.

But food touched by a ghost is chillingly cold, a coldness like ashes.

And that's what the food in this bowl looks like now.

That means the imperial concubine in front of us is not human either; whether she is a ghost is another matter.

At least in all these years, Lai Fu has never seen a ghost that can have a physical form.

Seeing Lai Fu's serious expression, Lin Wanyue knew that things were not going well, just as she had guessed.

Then she saw Laifu still with that stern face, with that serious expression as if carved from wood, reaching out his claws and touching the Dowager's entire body.

He seemed to have completely forgotten his previous image as a chaste and virtuous man.

Lin Wanyue was speechless.

This guy is way too sleazy!

Is he the only one who can find a Daoist partner?

That's impossible!

"Wanwan? Why are you always looking over there?" Qi Sichen reached out and scratched Lin Wanyue's chubby little chin.

It's too cold, and the family thinks that all the children need to eat more meat so they can grow tall and strong.

The little pink butterflies also learned to make many dishes from the recipes, all of which were delicious and unfamiliar to them. However, these dishes were only suitable for eating at home; selling them would be too costly.

Lin Wanyue also ate quite a bit, and before she knew it, she had become even rounder, with two extra layers of fat on her chin.

Although her parents and grandmother told her that being chubby was a sign of a pretty girl and a lucky one, Lin Wanyue, as someone who embraced 21st-century aesthetics, still felt somewhat bothered.

Now, when Qi Sichen scratched it, it immediately turned its little face away fiercely.

Qi Sichen smiled slightly, a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"Godfather, who is that person in blue? I think she's quite pretty," Lin Wanyue asked Qi Sichen.

Qi Sichen looked at the group of imperial concubines, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes.

In fact, apart from Xiao Yuehan, who was usually the most boisterous and came from the highest social standing, she wasn't very familiar with any of the other concubines.

He pondered for a while, but couldn't match the quiet and frail figure with the name, so he simply called over Eunuch Liu.

Eunuch Liu knew everything about what happened in the palace; he was extremely knowledgeable about it.

Upon hearing Lin Wanyue's question, Eunuch Liu flicked his whisk, smiled broadly, and recounted Liu Shuhua's entire life story.

She came from an ordinary family, but was lucky enough to catch the eye of the late emperor, and gave birth to a son who died at the age of five.

After her son died, Liu Shuhua practically died with him. She became somewhat eccentric and elusive, like a ghost, rarely interacting with anyone, and she became extremely thin.

Even before the late emperor died, she had been out of favor for many years. Although she was somewhat eccentric, she never committed any serious offenses and remained completely obedient.

After all, she had borne children for the late emperor, and the late emperor, being a man of deep affection and loyalty, kept her in the harem.

Later, when the late emperor died, the regent granted a general amnesty in the name of praying for the young emperor, but he did not release the concubines who had never given birth.

Originally, Liu Shuhua, who had lost her son, was also on the list of those to be released from the palace, but she herself was unwilling to leave, saying that her parents were all dead and leaving the palace would be like sending her to her death.

That's a serious statement.

The Regent originally intended to pray for the young emperor's well-being; if he were to harm others' lives in the process, wouldn't he be needlessly creating a sin of killing?

No one dared to take such responsibility, so they turned a blind eye and let Liu Shuhua continue to stay in the palace. After all, she wasn't the only one in the palace who was just eating for free, so she stayed in the harem quietly.

After listening, Qi Sichen nodded and said, "It seems there is such a person."

But he really didn't have any impression of Liu Shuhua.

Lin Wanyue frowned even more after hearing this. If this Consort Liu continued to live in the mortal world because her son had died, then she must also have a lot of resentment.

But she had neither resentment nor murderous intent; she was just an empty shell, supported by her ghostly aura, and she could still walk normally under the sun.

Lin Wanyue couldn't figure out what was wrong with this person for a moment.