The virtuous concubine came out of Qiuyue Pavilion with a sinister smile on her face.
From that night on, Concubine Xian would visit Jiang Qiqiu late at night every four or five days, and every time she would bring delicious food.
Jiang Qiqiu was so moved that she was speechless and treated Concubine Xian as her own sister.
On days when he didn't have to accompany Emperor Mingxi to the morning court, Xia Miaoyuan would eat breakfast slowly.
She now has seven or eight teeth and can eat a lot of food. She can also sit with the Queen Mother to have breakfast in the morning.
She enjoyed this kind of life very much, but she really didn't like some of the infant food that her mother prepared specially for her.
That morning, Xia Miaoyuan looked at the delicate and small vegetable pancakes on the table and began to worry.
[Why is it a vegetable patty again? Why can’t it be a meat patty? Woohoo!]
"Miao'er, be good and eat the vegetable pancake. You usually eat too little vegetables." The queen lovingly picked up a piece of vegetable pancake for her.
Xia Miaoyuan pretended to take a bite of the vegetable pancake, and when his mother wasn't paying attention, he put the small vegetable pancake into his pocket.
In this way, she finished all three vegetable pancakes in a row.
[Yeah! This princess is so smart! ]
She stretched out her dirty little hand, touched her belly, said "full" to the queen, then slipped away from the table and ran out to play.
[Maomao, look what I brought you today.]
Xia Miaoyuan called "Maomao" in a baby voice, took out three small pieces of vegetable cakes from his pocket and put them in the deer's food bowl.
The little deer heard her call and ran over, wolfing down the vegetable pancakes.
[Hehe, it's nice to have a deer at home.] Xia Miaoyuan stroked the deer's back and grinned proudly.
"You haven't even heard of him? He's pretty famous now."
The voice of a little palace maid came over.
Xia Miaoyuan immediately became curious.
Following the sound, I tiptoed over and saw two young palace maids cleaning the yard, chatting in low voices while working.
"Good sister, please tell me."
"He's called Master Xiyun. He's truly handsome and charming. His singing voice is like the sound of nature."
"Then when can we go see him? It would be great if we could."
[Who is Master Xiyun? A celebrity?] Xia Miaoyuan bit her finger, recalling.
This name doesn't seem to be in the book. Who is it?
As she was thinking hard, the second prince came to her and picked her up.
"Miao'er, do you want to go out and play? Second brother just made an appointment with mother to take you out to play today."
[Wow! That's great! Second brother is just right!] Xia Miaoyuan pouted and kissed the second prince on the face.
【Yue...it's time for you to shave again! 】
Xia Miaoyuan was pricked by the second prince's hard stubble and immediately cried out in protest.
The second prince scratched his head sheepishly. "Oh, I forgot to shave again. I'm sorry, sister."
The second prince carried Xia Miaoyuan into the carriage. Xia Miaoyuan looked inside and saw the prince sitting inside.
"Big brother, big brother." Xia Miaoyuan called in a baby voice and threw herself into the prince's arms.
[So the prince is also going out to play with us today. That’s great!] Xia Miaoyuan hugged the prince’s neck tightly.
The prince reached out and stroked Xia Miaoyuan's hair lovingly.
"Where are we going today? I finally have a day off, so you called me out." The crown prince asked the second prince.
"Hehe, let me take you to see someone. You can't see him on ordinary days, but only on holidays." The second prince smiled mysteriously.
Xia Miaoyuan jumped around like a monkey all the way, never stopping for a moment. Two quarters of an hour later, the carriage stopped in front of the Tianxiang Restaurant.
[Huh? Why is it the Tianxiang Restaurant again? Didn't we come here last time? What's so good here? I don't want to see Liang Chaozong.] Xia Miaoyuan pouted as she looked at the restaurant's sign.
Prince: What? Liang Chaozong? There's also Liang Chaozong here!
The prince asked with great interest, "Second Brother, you're not taking us out for a feast today, are you? Isn't this the big restaurant that just opened a while ago?"
The Second Prince waved his hand triumphantly. "How could that be? Am I such a superficial person? You'll know in a moment."
The three siblings were led by the waiter to a private room on the third floor.
Today's private room was booked in advance by the Second Prince. It has an excellent location, with a panoramic view of the stage on the first floor, and the small stage on the third floor also has an excellent view.
Xia Miaoyuan ran around in the private room, looking here and there.
[Hehe, actually, even if it's just to eat, this princess would be happy to come.]
She looked downstairs through the railing. Although it was not yet lunchtime, the place downstairs was already full of people.
[It's really strange that the restaurant is so full of customers in the morning. When did morning tea become popular in Beijing?]
[No, why are 70% to 80% of these customers women?]
Xia Miaoyuan observed and talked to himself.
After waiting for another stick of incense, I heard the guests downstairs shouting in unison: "Master Xiyun! Master Xiyun! Master Xiyun!"
"No way? Second brother brought us out today just to see this Young Master Xiyun?!" Xia Miaoyuan glanced at the Second Prince in confusion.
The second prince still had a smug look on his face.
"Is this the person you want to bring us to see today?" the prince asked, pointing downstairs.
I saw a few tall guards pushing through the crowd, and behind them, a young man in white clothes with fluttering sleeves walked over.
The young man in white was tall and straight, and had an elegant temperament. He was holding a folding fan in his hand, but his face was covered with a veil.
The female guests downstairs all looked at the young man in white excitedly, shouting "Young Master Xiyun."
The Second Prince chuckled and said, "Brother, what do you think? This is Master Xiyun, who is now famous in the capital."
"He looks quite elegant, but why does he have his face covered?" the prince murmured.
[Masked? Could it be Dongfang Lingyun?] Xia Miaoyuan's mind instantly flashed back to Dongfang's last tearful appearance in the restaurant.
There was another commotion downstairs for a while, and several guards had a hard time maintaining order.
An articulate man came up to the stage and said, "Everyone, please be patient. Now we would like to invite our Master Xiyun to perform."
Immediately afterwards, the accompaniment of pipa and guzheng sounded, and Mr. Xiyun walked onto the stage slowly and leisurely.
A clear singing voice came over.
The singing was ethereal and beautiful, like the sound of nature.
"I don't know where you are when we part. The rain beats on the banana leaves and all the flowers fall. I miss you day and night but there is no letter from you. Where can I ask you when I am drunk?"
"Deep in the night, the rain wets my brocade robe. Delicate flowers fall into the mud, leaving me with nameless regret. On my thin quilt and single pillow, I long to dream of you, but the dream has become empty clouds covering the moon."
For a moment, all the guests were mesmerized and listened attentively to Master Xiyun's singing.
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