The two of them went to Zuihua Palace with their own thoughts, and found that Yu Yiluo was not there.
"Where's Luo'er?"
The emperor asked Concubine Xian to stand up and asked in confusion.
"I went to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's place. Has the Emperor had his meal yet?"
Eunuch Cao stole a glance at the emperor and complained in his heart.
When he came to see Empress Xian, he pretended to ask the little princess. He was not a talkative person, but the emperor was still putting on a show in front of him.
But it’s also true that the emperor wants to save face.
"No."
Empress Xian hurriedly asked someone to bring dinner over and walked to the emperor's side to help him serve the food.
Although the emperor was eating, Concubine Xian could still sense a strong aura of displeasure emanating from him.
Could it be that the Emperor is unhappy because he has stayed in the General's Mansion for too long?
Empress Xian tried to guess the reason why the Emperor was unhappy.
Eunuch Cao's eyes moved between the two silent people, not daring to breathe too loudly.
"Your Majesty, this dish is not to your liking?"
Empress Xian asked.
My Queen, the Emperor doesn’t really think the food is unpalatable; he is just waiting for you to coax him.
Eunuch Cao said silently in his heart.
"No, how is it living in the General's Mansion?"
The emperor had almost finished eating. He put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and looked at Concubine Xian.
Concubine Xian gave a faint smile, "Thanks to the grace of Your Majesty, I am able to stay at the General's Mansion for a few days. Luo'er and the General, the Fourth Prince, have finished drawing the training puppets these days. The Fourth Prince should be working on it now."
The emperor raised his eyebrows. He thought Luo'er went to the general's mansion just to have fun, but he didn't expect that she was going there to do serious business.
Thinking of this, the emperor felt much better. He, as Luo'er's father, had a high status in Luo'er's mind. Tianqi was his kingdom. Luo'er cared so much about Tianqi, wasn't she actually thinking about him?
After saying this, Concubine Xian found that the emperor's expression had become much softer, and his majestic face became particularly gentle under the candlelight.
The emperor then said a few words casually, then stood up and left.
Concubine Xian had the leftovers removed, stood up, took a book, sat on the chaise longue and read while waiting for Yu Yiluo to come back.
…
Yu Yiluo completely forgot about coaxing her old father and was now eagerly waiting for the sweet and sour pork ribs she had been longing for.
I thought I could eat sweet and sour pork ribs like last time, but after all the dishes were served, I still didn’t see any sweet and sour pork ribs.
Her fair little face suddenly fell and she looked very aggrieved.
"Brother Crown Prince, don't you have sweet and sour pork ribs?"
[There's nothing at noon, and there's nothing at night either. So my trip here is a waste. I was foolishly waiting for my favorite sweet and sour pork ribs in the evening.]
The prince almost couldn't hold back his laughter at her constantly changing expressions. He raised his hand and picked up a piece of extremely tender stewed chicken and put it in her bowl.
"No, come, Luo'er, try this chicken."
Yu Yiluo sighed.
"Brother Crown Prince definitely did this on purpose. I clearly heard the chef say they had sweet and sour pork ribs tonight, so I left them there. I even stood up Daddy, and then he actually lied to me and said there weren't any."
The prince thought that Yu Yiluo would not give up, but she said nothing and just ate the chicken in the bowl obediently.
Although she didn't say anything, the prince felt very pitiful for her as she focused on eating the chicken.
The prince stood up and said, "Luo'er, eat first."
After saying that, he walked out. Yu Yiluo's eyes rolled, and she quickly got down from the chair and secretly followed the prince.
The prince went out of the house and headed towards the kitchen. The head chef in the kitchen saw him come in and hurriedly bowed respectfully.
"Get up, where are the sweet and sour pork ribs you made?"
[Huh, I made sweet and sour spare ribs as expected.]
Yu Yiluo had just walked to the door when she heard this and became even angrier in an instant.
He cooked it but didn't give it to me, and even left me to eat it by myself in the kitchen. This prince brother is too much.
The prince: “…”
After taking the sweet and sour pork ribs, the prince put them aside, washed his hands, stood in front of the table, and picked off all the bones on the sweet and sour pork ribs on the plate.
The chef was stunned watching from the side, and when he came to his senses, the prince had already washed his hands again and left with the sweet and sour pork ribs.
The prince walked to the door and chuckled, "I've been following my brother all the way. Can I come out now?"
Yu Yiluo came out with a smile, showing her four little white teeth, and said sweetly, "Crown Prince, you are the best."
The prince took her by the hand and they returned to the house together.
Although it was not real sweet and sour pork ribs, Yu Yiluo enjoyed eating it very much.
She rubbed her belly after eating.
【It's perfect. It's worth it for standing up my father.】
Yu Yiluo looked at the sky outside which had already become dark, and stopped rubbing her stomach.
[No, I have to go check on Daddy right away. What if he gets angry and takes it out on Mom?]
"Brother Crown Prince, I'm going back."
Yu Yiluo stood up and waved her hand, "No need for anyone to send me off. I can go back by myself."
The prince nodded in agreement, but gave Lin Qi a wink, asking him to follow.
As soon as Yu Yiluo left, Nanny Chang walked in.
"But what's going on with the concubine?"
The prince put away the smile on his lips and asked Nanny Chang.
"The concubine said she wanted to find some books to read, and asked me to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince if it was possible."
"Send it to her."
He said that as long as Feng Hongyu was well behaved, he wouldn't mind having another idle person in the East Palace.
Feng Hongyu has indeed been very well-behaved recently. Apart from having dinner with him and Luo'er that day when she first came to the East Palace, she has never appeared in front of him since then.
It's as if it doesn't exist.
Nanny Chang quickly picked out some miscellaneous books and sent them to Feng Hongyu.
Feng Hongyu was full of gratitude when she received the book. After seeing off Nanny Chang, she walked to the window, opened it, looked at the pitch-black night, and sighed in her heart.
She had lived an exceptionally comfortable life since moving into the Eastern Palace. The Crown Prince had never treated her harshly, and the servants respected her greatly. Whatever she wanted would be given to her, which was something she had never dared to imagine when she was in the Kingdom of Li.
Although she was a princess in Li Kingdom, she actually lived worse than some palace maids.
Not to mention having whatever you want, even having enough to eat is a problem.
Every day she was woken up early to wash clothes for the princess. Even though she did a good job, she would still find fault with her and be scolded by the princess.
At that time, she was wondering, since they were both daughters of the Queen Mother, why could the Princess get all the Queen Mother's love, while she could only attend classes secretly if she wanted to learn to read, or even practice writing on the ground with charcoal.
She complained, complaining that her mother was unfair to her, until she realized that she came into this world because of her father's scheme against her mother. Then she dared not complain anymore.
It was a great blessing that the Queen Mother did not kill her and her father.
"Concubine, be careful not to catch a cold."
The sound of the maid pushing the door open interrupted Feng Hongyu's thoughts. She came to her senses, slowly retracted her gaze, closed the window, and said silently in her heart.
Such comfortable days are probably coming to an end, because the envoys are about to return to Li Kingdom.
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