Aunt Xie smiled and said, "Master Sun, you don't know something."
"I'm in charge of chopping wood. After a while, Nanny Wang, who's in charge of the fire, sometimes goes off to do something else, so I help her light the fire."
"As time went by, I became familiar with the kitchen staff. Sometimes they would prepare a meal, but if they were not available, they would ask me to go and call the prince and princess."
Old Sun nodded and said, "Oh, so that's it! I didn't expect that an old woman like you could get along so well. You used to do rough labor, but now you've even gotten to know the people in the kitchen. That's quite something."
Aunt Xie covered her mouth and laughed, "No, no, Master Sun, you're too kind."
As she spoke, she pulled out two boiled eggs from her bosom, grabbed Old Sun's hand, and stuffed the eggs into his hand. "These are the eggs the kitchen staff gave me. I have a bad stomach and can't digest boiled eggs. Give them to Master Sun to eat!"
Old Sun's eyes lit up: "Then I won't be polite!"
As he said that, Old Sun readily put the egg into his sleeve pocket.
"Sun Bashi, I've been at the Imperial Manor for over a month now, and I've always been curious about this mysterious garden. What's planted in it?"
"I just can't understand what kind of precious things need to be managed by the prince and princess personally, and need to be guarded by the imperial guards."
Old Sun raised his chin proudly: "There are all good things in here, things you have never seen or eaten before."
Aunt Xie raised her eyebrows. "What's grown here? Can you tell me what it is?"
Old Sun scratched his head in embarrassment. "It's not that I didn't tell you on purpose, but there are several exotic crops planted there. Even if I told you one by one, you probably wouldn't be able to remember their names."
Aunt Xie said, "Oh," and then asked, "How long will it take for the things in there to grow before we can pick them and eat them?"
Old Sun smiled brightly, as if he had seen through Aunt Xie's thoughts. "Why, you still want to try something new?"
"It will probably take another twenty days, or even a month!"
"Hey, what's the point of asking these questions? There's only a limited amount of food here, and it's not your turn to eat it."
Aunt Xie smiled again, and Old Sun left with his hoe on his shoulder.
Aunt Xie's eyes turned and she showed a sly smile.
When she saw Old Man Sun walking away, she also left without inviting Prince Jin and his wife to dinner.
…
That night, at Liang’s house.
A man in black jumped over the wall of the Liang Mansion, came to the outside of Liang Chaozong's bedroom, and knocked on the window frame three times.
"Come in!" Liang Chaozong said coldly.
The man in black opened the window and jumped in.
Yao Jinse buttoned her shirt while asking, "Any news?"
The man in black stood aside respectfully and said, "My lord, madam, there's a letter from the old woman."
Liang Chaozong asked, "What did she say?"
"She said everything is going well in the garden. Most of the fruits have been produced. It will probably take another month for them to be ready."
Liang Chaozong and Yao Jinse both had complex expressions on their faces, some happy and some lost.
After a moment's silence, the man in black asked cautiously, "The old woman asked, when do we start?"
Liang Chaozong said in a deep voice: "Tell her to start now."
"Yes!" The man in black responded and jumped out again.
…
On the other side, inside Kunning Palace.
Xia Miaoyuan and Xiao Wanyin surrounded Ke Zun's bed.
Dear Mrs. Meng, after more than a month of rest, although her body is still very weak, her complexion has improved a little.
The cheeks are also a little fatter.
Amber raised the pillows so that she could lean against them.
Ke Zun smiled slightly and listened to his two granddaughters talking.
"Grandma, there is an ancient tree in the courtyard of our main hall. It is said that it is almost two hundred years old." Xia Miaoyuan spoke vividly.
"That tree is so thick, and its crown is so huge, even bigger than the roof!"
Xiao Wanyin curled her lips and said, "Grandma, don't listen to her nonsense. How can the treetops be bigger than the roof?"
Xia Miaoyuan said sheepishly: "Anyway, it's just big!"
"Grandma, when you get better, we'll take you to see the ancient trees!"
Xiao Wanyin said sweetly, "Not only do we need to see the ancient trees, but we also need to take a good stroll around the Imperial Garden."
"The imperial gardens in the palace are truly worth a visit. They're filled with all sorts of flowers, and now that the weather's warm, the flowers are in bloom."
"The Imperial Garden is so beautiful!"
Xia Miaoyuan rushed to say, "Yes, yes, the Imperial Garden. Grandma must go there when the time comes! And Father's flower room is also worth a visit."
"The flower room is full of rare flowers. Father treasures them all."
As she was talking, Xia Miaoyuan suddenly had an idea: "Oh, grandma, I remember there's a picture album in my mother's room. It's the flowers of the imperial garden that she painted specially. I'd like to show it to you."
Kezun Meng nodded with difficulty: "Okay."
As Xia Miaoyuan spoke, he got down from the chair and ran towards the queen's bedroom, with Xiao Wanyin following behind.
Nanny Li tried hard to follow the two little girls.
As the two little girls ran to the door of the queen's bedroom, they heard Yingxue's anxious voice.
"My Lady, My Lady, you can't keep watch at night anymore. You must get a good night's sleep tonight."
After hearing this, Xia Miaoyuan and Xiao Wanyin immediately understood a little bit and immediately lifted the curtain and rushed in.
"Mother, what's wrong with you?"
"Aunt, what's wrong with you?"
The two children asked at the same time.
The Queen leaned back on the couch and said with a smile, "It's okay, it's okay. I'm fine!"
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