The next morning.
When Ling Shumo opened her eyes, the seat next to her was empty.
Pei Jiusheng had just swallowed a whole bottle of painkillers when he heard a noise from the inner room. He brought in a basin of hot water and a towel, "Your Highness, I will help you wash up."
Ling Shumo signaled the servant to take the toiletries from Pei Jiusheng's hands, "No need, you worked hard yesterday, just let the servants do these things."
Pei Jiusheng didn't insist on doing it himself. He smiled and said, "Then I will go to the kitchen and cook now."
Ling Shumo was about to call out to Pei Jiusheng, but he had already disappeared. Only his bright and cheerful voice could be heard from afar, "Your Highness, don't worry. I will only cook a few dishes that won't take too long. It won't affect my visit to the palace to pay my respects to the Queen Mother and the Empress."
Ling Shumo had just finished dressing and washing up with the help of her servants when hot meals were already on the table.
Pei Jiusheng put a small piece of crispy pork on Ling Shumo's plate. "I don't know if Your Highness likes salty or sweet. I originally planned to fry half of each, but the sweet and sour sauce in the small kitchen of Linglong Palace is not of good quality, so I only made salty crispy pork. When I return from the palace later, I plan to prepare the sauce and make sweet and sour crispy pork for Your Highness at noon today."
The crispy meat in the dish was golden and crispy. Ling Shumo took a bite and found it to be crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
In the time it took to take a bite, Pei Jiusheng poured out a small bowl of each of the four porridges on the table. He introduced them to Ling Shumo with a beaming smile, "From left to right, they are apple, red dates, and white fungus porridge, mushroom, chicken, and vegetable porridge, cheese, milk, and oatmeal porridge, and wolfberry, shrimp, and corn porridge. Which one would you like to try first, Your Highness?"
Ling Shumo suddenly had difficulty making a decision. Pei Jiusheng pushed the bowl of cheese, milk and oatmeal porridge in front of her and said, "Most of the dishes on the table are salty, and they go perfectly with a bowl of sweet porridge. I like milk and oatmeal porridge the most. If Your Highness likes, you can add some taro balls or dried osmanthus flowers to it. Oh, and glutinous rice with brown sugar is also delicious."
Pei Jiusheng's face was filled with an expression of extreme distress when he said this. "It's a pity that the brown sugar and glutinous rice in the kitchen are of poor quality. The sweet potatoes are too soft and sticky, and the purple potatoes are not sweet enough. I will ask someone to go back to the Shangshu Mansion in a while..."
Pei Jiusheng paused again, pointing at a servant from Linglong Palace. "No need to wait any longer. Take my badge and leave the East Palace right now. Bring back all the food from the Shangshu Mansion's storehouse. Especially that basket of cassava in the small kitchen. Those are all treasures that I carefully selected. If anyone else uses them except me, it would be a waste of good things."
Ling Shumo had a strong appetite, but now she put down her chopsticks and stared at Pei Jiusheng, "Pei Jiusheng, have you not spoken in eight hundred years?"
Pei Jiusheng finally realized at this time that he seemed to have said too much. He sat back in his chair very embarrassedly and lowered his head shyly, "I just want Your Highness to taste my cooking skills. But the ingredients prepared by the small kitchen in Linglong Palace are of poor quality, which really limits my original level."
Pei Jiusheng looked up at Ling Shumo. His eyes, as clear as lake water, seemed to be filled with love, as bright as spring flowers and as bright as the moon. "Your Highness, do you feel that I am a little different today than yesterday?"
Ling Shumo looked at Pei Jiusheng carefully.
Pei Jiusheng looked as charming as ever.
Ling Shumo asked tentatively, "Did you change to a different color of lip balm this morning?"
Pei Jiusheng shook his head, then opened his beautiful eyes wide, "They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. Your Highness, can't you see from my eyes that I love you more today than last night?"
Ling Shumo was successfully amused by him, "I really don't know whether to say you are smooth-talking or sharp-tongued."
Pei Jiusheng muttered dissatisfiedly, "Neither of these sounds like a good word."
Because Pei Jiusheng was talking so much, he used the time originally reserved for breakfast to tell his "stand-up comedy". It was not until Shi Qi reminded them that if they dawdled any longer, they would miss the time to pay their respects to the Emperor and Empress in the palace that Pei Jiusheng sat down in a panic. While eating, he did not forget to apologize to Ling Shumo, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's all your fault. I've said too much nonsense..."
Ling Shumo couldn't stand it anymore. She picked up a custard bun and stuffed it directly into Pei Jiusheng's mouth. "If you know it's a sin, just shut up. I've seen what it means that even eating can't stop your mouth."
I just had two bites of breakfast.
The wife and husband boarded the carriage heading to the palace.
As soon as Pei Jiusheng sat down, he took Ling Shumo's arm and said, "Your Highness, I forgot to tell you that I don't like plum blossoms. What I really like is the wandering flower. Do you know why?"
Ling Shumo followed up on his words and asked, "Why?"
Pei Jiusheng leaned his head on Ling Shumo's shoulder, "I told Your Highness the other day, 'The plum blossoms bloom proudly in the cold winter, defying frost and snow.' Plum blossoms represent noble character, strong and unyielding. But I don't want to be a strong person. The lingering flower is different. Its beauty and fragrance make people linger and unwilling to leave. I just want to stay by Your Highness's side and let Your Highness protect me. I don't want to face the wind, frost, rain and snow outside the window alone."
Pei Jiusheng's warm lips gently kissed Ling Shumo's cheek. His somewhat intoxicating voice became serious at this moment, "So, Your Highness, can you always protect me?"
Ling Shumo also turned her head and pecked Pei Jiusheng lightly on the lips, smiling, "I will always be subservient to your stunning beauty, and naturally I will not allow anyone to hurt you in the slightest."
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