Chapter 564 Later, she came to care
"It's my honor to hold the princess in my arms. How can it be hard work?" Jun Lie was happy to do it. If Xiao Jiuyue herself was not unwilling, he would probably want to hold her in his arms all day long and take her with him wherever he went.
"I'm glad you're not tired." Xiao Jiuyue yawned. Every time she entered the palace, she had to get up early. She was still very sleepy now. She nestled in his arms like a little kangaroo. Even the cold winter wind could not reach her. She got on the carriage and slept soundly.
"Jiuyue, we're at the palace gate." Jun Lie reminded softly. Xiao Jiuyue opened her eyes sleepily and looked outside blankly. It was still dark at the palace gate.
"Everyone is lining up to enter the palace now. Are you hungry? I prepared some filling rice cakes for you today. Come and try them." Jun Lie took out the rice cakes that were being warmed nearby and said, "The temperature is just right."
"Jun Lie, you are so nice!" Xiao Jiuyue was hungry. After entering the palace, it would take a long time for her to have breakfast. This rice cake was just right to fill her stomach.
Xiao Jiuyue ate the rice cake with big mouthfuls. The rice cake was at the perfect temperature and not hot at all. She said, "Is this made by Mother Wang? This is the taste of her rice cake. Delicious!"
Mother Wang was the one who liked cooking the most. When Su Su got married, she sent Mother Wang to the Wang Mansion and asked her to cook for her.
"Yes, Mother Wang said that you like to eat rice cakes because they can fill your stomach." Jun Lie looked at her happily eating. He picked up the bowl and ate with big mouthfuls. Just now, when she was sleeping, he didn't dare to move for fear of disturbing her.
"You, you're done eating?"
Xiao Jiuyue suddenly looked up and saw that Jun Lie had eaten twice as much rice cake as her, but he had finished it all.
"I eat fast." Jun Lie quickly finished the rice cake. He lifted the curtain and took a look before saying, "Don't worry, there are still many people in front. You can eat slowly."
"Well, no rush." Xiao Jiuyue finished eating slowly. Coincidentally, it was their turn to enter the palace.
Before they parted, Jun Lie reminded: "Let Donggui follow you everywhere." If Prince Duan had a mental breakdown and attacked Xiao Jiuyue, it would be the end of him.
"Don't worry, I will protect myself. But you should be careful too." Xiao Jiuyue reminded.
"It's okay. Big brother Crown Prince is protecting me everywhere now." Ever since returning from Xiangcheng, the Crown Prince has been protecting him.
"Then I'll go first. Sixth sister is probably waiting for me." Xiao Jiuyue waved goodbye to him with a smile. Today she only brought Donggui into the palace and didn't bring Lianxin with her, so as to avoid affecting Lianxin.
"Hey, isn't this Princess Ling?"
After walking a few steps, Xiao Jiuyue heard an unfriendly voice. She turned around and saw Princess Duan Du Ting, who was dressed in noble attire.
When I first met Du Ting, she was still Feng Yan's close elder sister.
"Do you know what a chef is? It's someone who cooks for people, just like in a restaurant, you cook whatever I want you to. No matter how delicious the food is, it's just to get more tips." Du Ting said with sarcasm in his eyes, "It seems that you really deserve to be the owner of a restaurant in Hongdu."
Isn't it just cooking a meal for the Emperor and the Empress Dowager? The chefs in the imperial kitchen can even get rewards.
"Princess Duan is right. I run a restaurant. My father and grandmother both particularly love the dishes I cook." Xiao Jiuyue emphasized the word 'particularly'. She asked, "By the way, Princess Duan, I heard Feng Yan died. Did you know?"
Feng Yan?
When she heard the name, Du Ting thought of the humiliation she suffered in Fengchun Tower that day, and her eyes were as cold as if they could pierce a knife.
It would be better if you died.
"You and Feng Yan were good sisters. You must be heartbroken when she died, right?" Xiao Jiuyue said this deliberately, and said with regret: "It's a pity, I don't know if you untied your knot when you were chatting together today. Otherwise, she would have died with regrets. I wonder if she would..."
"Xiao Jiuyue!" Princess Duan interrupted her anxiously. Hearing Xiao Jiuyue's exaggerated voice, she felt a chill all around her, fearing that Feng Yan's ghost would come to find her.
"Princess Duan, why do you look so guilty? Did you do something to offend Feng Yan? Are you afraid that she will come to you at night?" Xiao Jiuyue asked deliberately.
Du Ting's face was as white as paper. He pursed his lips and tried hard not to let his legs go weak. "I'm also very sad about what happened to Yanyan. Please don't mention Yanyan anymore."
Du Ting looked uncomfortable and pulled the maid away. If she hadn't had the maid to support her, her legs would have probably gone weak.
Du Ting left quickly, looked at the maid and asked, "Mingyue, do you think there are ghosts in this world?"
"I don't know." Mingyue lowered her eyes.
"Definitely not." Du Ting comforted himself, and consoled himself in his heart: She was robbed of her money and raped, and was abused to death. It had nothing to do with her.
Besides, she just paid some money to let them teach her a lesson, but who knew that she was so vulnerable to humiliation that she died directly.
"Princess, do you want to..." Dong Gui looked at Du Ting's back and whispered. Xiao Jiuyue turned her head and looked at her: "Dong Gui, fighting and killing won't work in the palace. In the palace, people are eaten without blood."
Xiao Jiuyue looked at Du Ting's receding back and thought: I wonder if she will still be able to laugh after tonight?
As soon as they arrived at the Empress Dowager's Palace, the Sixth Princess came to greet Xiao Jiuyue from afar. Seeing Xiao Jiuyue, she was particularly happy: "Third sister-in-law, you are finally here. I specially asked someone to give you some white-cut noodles. They are delicious!"
"Aren't we going to pay our respects to the Imperial Grandmother?" Xiao Jiuyue was being dragged away. The Sixth Princess said, "No need. The Imperial Grandmother isn't feeling well today and won't be seeing guests. Everyone has to go to the Imperial Noble Consort later."
"Then we have to go pay our respects to the Empress Dowager." Xiao Jiuyue had just opened her mouth when the Sixth Princess pulled her directly to her palace and said, "No, the Empress Dowager simply doesn't like the Imperial Noble Consort. My second brother's birthday is even more lively than the Crown Prince's every year, and the Empress Dowager is not happy."
Xiao Jiuyue was silent, then immediately understood what she meant. She said, "It seems that the Empress Dowager likes the Crown Prince very much."
"Maybe he feels that the Crown Prince has no mother." The Sixth Princess finished her words and added, "The Empress Dowager is also very kind to the Third Brother."
The Sixth Princess' voice sounded a little weak. She had never known before that she had a third brother.
"Third sister-in-law, please eat some noodles." The Sixth Princess quickly changed the subject and didn't dare to look at Xiao Jiuyue.
"Okay." Xiao Jiuyue didn't pursue the topic anymore, which made her feel even more sorry for Jun Lie. In the past, no one cared about him in the palace, right?
It doesn’t matter, she will care about it later.
After eating a bowl of rice cakes when entering the palace, Xiao Jiuyue ate another bowl of noodles. She successfully filled herself up. When she went to pay her respects to the Imperial Noble Consort, the Sixth Princess asked, "Third sister-in-law, have you prepared the birthday gift?"
"Your Highness has prepared it." Xiao Jiuyue smiled. Preparing a birthday gift for Prince Duan? Not to mention that there was a jealous person at home, even if there wasn't one, she wouldn't want to give Prince Duan a gift.
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