Upon hearing this, the magpie flew to the railing and excitedly exclaimed, "It's true! These fish are so beautiful!"

Everyone: "..."

This bandit is so ignorant, he's never even seen a koi fish before, what a disgrace!

"They've all swum over here, are they begging us for food?" Ji Fengyao watched with beaming eyes, her expression innocent and carefree.

Lin Shuang recalled that when Ji Fengyao got up earlier, she casually pushed a plate of flower cakes in front of her. Upon hearing this, she took the plate of flower cakes and handed it to her, saying, "Your Highness, you guessed right. These fish are raised by the palace servants and they will beg for food from people."

"I'll try, I'll try!" Ji Fengyao happily took the flower cake and pinched it into the water little by little.

Sure enough, the fish in the water swam back and forth chasing their food, and the schools of fish grew larger and larger, which was quite interesting.

The magpies were delighted to see this and shouted, "I'll come too!" They then picked up flower cakes and threw them into the water to feed the birds.

The master and servant were laughing and chatting happily, feeding the fish as if no one else was around, leaving all the concubines and noble ladies sitting around speechless.

Vulgar! Ignorant! Stupid! Ridiculous!

All the vulgar and ignorant words in the world are their entire assessment of those two bandits at this moment.

Aunt Sun stepped forward half a step, bowed her head, and softly called out, "Empress Dowager."

The Empress Dowager nodded slightly.

Aunt Sun turned around and glanced at a palace maid behind her, who then lowered her head and left with her hands behind her back.

Princess Zhaoping, sitting in the waterside pavilion, pretended not to see anything. She picked up the pastry she had just tasted and offered it to the Empress Dowager, saying in a soft and sweet voice, "Empress Dowager, I think this is soft and fluffy. I'm sure you'll like it. Why don't you try some?"

"Good, good," the Empress Dowager agreed with a smile, picked up a piece from the plate that Aunt Sun had given her and ate it, nodding with a smile: "Hmm, not bad, Zhaoping really knows me."

Aunt Sun flattered, "Who says otherwise? Princess Zhaoping knows better than those of us who serve you every day what you like and dislike. Her filial piety is truly unmatched by anyone except the Emperor."

The Empress Dowager was overjoyed to hear this, and noticed that a palace maid had already delivered some pastries to Ji Fengyao.

Ji Fengyao turned around and saw a palace maid carrying in flower cakes. She waved happily and said, "Oh, we're out of them! Bring them over quickly, they haven't eaten enough yet."

The palace maid carrying the pastries: "..."

The magpie was enjoying feeding the fish when it ran over and snatched the pastries, and the master and servant began a new round of feeding.

Empress Dowager: "..."

Princess Zhaoping: When will these two bitches ever stop!

The Empress Dowager turned to look at Aunt Sun, asking with her eyes: Is there anything else?

Aunt Sun shook her head silently: That's all.

It's not anything good, so how dare you prepare plate after plate of it?

Ji Fengyao appeared to be feeding the fish, but her eyes subtly swept over every corner of Changyin Pavilion.

After feeding the fish, he clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Hmm, the wind is just right today. This waterside pavilion that Consort Yin arranged for us is right in the breeze, so it's very cool!"

After saying that, he flicked his sleeves a few times and stretched lazily without any regard for his image.

Even Lin Shuang, who was standing next to Ji Fengyao, didn't realize that all those flicks of her sleeves were aimed at the Empress Dowager.

As the ancients said, it is impolite not to reciprocate.

Someone gave her two plates of flower cakes; wouldn't it be impolite of her not to reciprocate with something?

Just then, the play on the stage began.

Ji Fengyao secretly smiled and returned to her seat in a good mood, then went to watch the play and eat with great appetite.