3:30 PM the next day

The winter sun became very warm at noon. Yan Qiushu lay lazily. After being busy for the whole morning, she didn't want to work anymore, so she asked Nanny Xu to help her with lunch.

At this time, in the Imperial Academy, the students in the classroom felt their heads nodding and drowsy under the teacher's slightly calm tone.

Until the bell rang.

All the children became alert, staring at the teacher with their big black eyes, silently praying that school would end soon!

Only the Master and Zhou Zhaoqin looked at them blankly.

The Master laughed and said, "What are you doing?"

A little kid said expectantly: "Pingzhou will bring us some delicious food."

Zhou Zhaoqin, who had no idea about this, looked downcast. He glanced at the little boy who was two seats away from him and pouted.

When the teacher heard this, he subconsciously looked over. He thought of the double-skin milk and some snacks that the Xiao family had sent to the Imperial College for the teachers. He raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled, "Pingzhou, is there any for the teachers?"

Dong Dong quickly stood up and said, "Master, of course there is!"

After saying this, he pursed his lips in uncertainty.

He just told Sister Shu that he wanted to give some to his classmates, and didn't say anything else. He didn't know how much Sister Shu would send this time. If it wasn't enough, he could only... send his own share.

Hmm!

It hurts just thinking about it.

The child's chubby face was also full of expression, and the teacher laughed: "Okay, school is over, you can have a rest."

"Farewell, Master!" The tender voices of children echoed throughout the classroom. Then the children cheered and quickly went to the cafeteria.

For the first time, Zhou Zhaoqin was a step slower and happened to be walking one in front of and one behind Dongdong. When the former passed by, he turned around to look at the person behind him, bit his finger, and wanted to say something, but his ears turned red and he was embarrassed, so he finally left with a snort.

Dongdong was standing behind with a puzzled look on his face.

But he put it down immediately, and walked towards the cafeteria with excitement and a bit of pride.

When they arrived at the cafeteria, the children cheered even louder. In addition to the lunch boxes brought by their respective palace maids, the palace maid who served Dongdong also held a large food box in her hands!

It’s a huge food box, there must be a lot of things in it!

If you bring it to the cafeteria, it must be delicious.

However, the palace maid did not open it and distribute it directly. Instead, she opened it and handed it to Dong Dong: "The servant who brought it over said that Master Xiao should treat his classmates to it. This is packaged separately."

As he spoke, the lid opened, revealing packages of things wrapped in oil paper bags.

Each child's hands were clenched into a circle, and the wrists were long and tied with a red rope. Because it was wrapped tightly, people who were far away could not smell anything, but those who were close could still smell a little.

It has a milky and sweet scent, which attracted many children to take deep breaths and want to smell more.

The kids here are at least descendants of high-ranking officials and have seen a lot of good things. Even though they are full of expectations, they are not restless and are very reserved. Dongdong, however, hesitated.

Do you really want him to deliver it himself?

Dongdong pouted, as if he was somewhat reluctant and embarrassed. When he stood up, he stood up so quickly that the bench hit his head with a loud bang.

He picked up two bags, walked over to a classmate, and handed them over: "This is yours."

The child was the closest to him, and he was almost drooling at the sweet taste of the milk, so when the food was handed to him, he took it with both hands and said in a crisp voice, "Thank you, Pingzhou!"

Pingzhou was startled, and his face flushed with thanks. He was flustered, but soon calmed down and said with a straight face, "You're welcome."

Then he walked to the second classmate.

Because the first person had set an example, the ones who came after him followed suit. Each of them thanked him sincerely before taking the food.

The first child who received the gift didn't even bother to take care of the lunch sent by his family. He immediately untied the red string to reveal the things inside.

After unfolding the light brown oil paper packaging, you can see the tender yellow custard rolls dotted with a little black sesame seeds. Each one is cylindrical in shape. The moment it is opened, the aroma that has been suppressed for a long time rushes out.

"It smells so good..." the child exclaimed, picked up an egg roll and took a small bite.

The egg roll, which was several times crispier than expected, broke between his lips and teeth with just a light push. Although some crumbs fell off and looked a bit unsightly, it tasted sweet and milky, and because of the extreme crispness and the remaining slight warmth...

The child said to his companion with sparkling eyes: "This is delicious!"

His companion ate even faster, "crunch, crunch, crunch..." like a little hamster, and finished the whole custard roll. He said happily, "Mm! So delicious! So sweet..."

As the egg rolls were eaten one by one, the whole cafeteria seemed to be immersed in its sweetness. Because of the far distance, Zhou Zhaoqin, who had not been sent yet, secretly swallowed his saliva and ate his lunch, which he usually thought was delicious, as if chewing wax. His legs kicked under the table in dissatisfaction.

He has a bad relationship with Xiao Pingzhou, he definitely won’t give it to himself!

But……

Zhou Zhaoqin secretly glanced at him out of the corner of his eye with grievance, regretting that he might have offended Xiao Pingzhou before, which resulted in him not being able to eat these foods now. Then he found that he was almost here, delivering food to the classmate behind him.

At this time, the little follower who had been following him whispered, "Your Highness, will he give it to us?"

"I don't--" Zhou Zhaoqin snorted, and was about to say that he didn't care, when suddenly a figure came to his side. He swallowed the words subconsciously and turned his head to the side in a daze.

Then Xiao Pingzhou stood beside him, holding two oil-paper bags: "Here you go."

One per person.

There was no distinction between the two and I gave it to him directly.

The surprise happened in just a moment, and his eyes widened and he stood there in a daze.

After a few moments, the person in front of me did not leave.

Zhou Zhaoqin hesitated for a moment, then subconsciously held the oil paper bag in his arms. Was this guy going to leave again?

At this time, the attendant pushed him and said, "Your Highness, you need to thank me."

Zhou Zhaoqin:?

He looked around and saw that other classmates were looking at him curiously. Xiao Pingzhou was also looking at him. His face turned red. He was so nervous that he even forgot his etiquette. He hurriedly said, "Thank you, thank you!"

Because he spoke so quickly, he stuttered a bit.

But even so, Dong Dong was already very satisfied. He pursed his lips and smiled: "You're welcome."

Then he ran to his seat and asked the palace servants to deliver the remaining egg rolls to where the master was resting. He couldn't wait to share his joy with Zhou Zhaoheng: "Ah Heng, they just said thank you to me~"

These words were spoken quietly, but the suppressed tone concealed a lot of happiness.

In the past, no one dared to bully him, but few people would talk to him. He seemed to be isolated from the group of people. However, this situation began to change with the double skin milk sent by Sister Shu. Until now, he can clearly feel the difference in their attitude towards him.

The joy of the person in front of him was so obvious that Zhou Zhaoheng's eyes flashed dimly and he smiled: "Yeah, I heard that Dongdong is very popular."

Dong Dong laughed and said, "No, it's Sister Shu who is popular!"

However, Sister Shu couldn't come to school, so everyone changed their attitude towards him.

Dongdong covered his mouth and smiled, then started eating.

Sister Shu once said that if one wants to eat snacks, one must eat the staple food first, so he now has to eat before he can eat the egg rolls. Seeing this, Zhou Zhaoheng also started to eat. Recently, Sister Shu has sent a lot of meals, and if he doesn't eat them, Dongdong's stomach will be broken.

Well, that’s what Sister Shu said.

Zhou Zhaoheng was eating the slices of meat and always felt that it was made specially for him by Sister Shu!

Everyone was eating the delicious food quietly. Some were munching on the egg rolls, while others were eating and saving the egg rolls to share with their families at home.

Lunch was spent in this space filled with the aroma of milk.

Lunch is half an hour.

But generally it only takes about quarter of an hour to finish. The palace maids will be there to serve you, and after lunch, you can take a break.

But before Dongdong could rest, children came to him one after another and said, "Pingzhou, these are the cakes I brought!"

"Pingzhou, this is for you. I love this fried dough twist. My chef makes the best!"

Zhou Zhaoqin hesitated, but finally took out a piece of food from his dessert and handed it over, hesitatingly saying, "This is for you..."

He thought he would receive a strange look from Xiao Pingzhou.

Unexpectedly, a little boy holding a box of treasures attracted all the attention. No one paid attention to him anymore: "Xiao Pingzhou, this is my favorite snack. My mother usually doesn't let me eat it. I begged her for a long time before she brought it to me. Now I give it to you."

The little boy had a painful look on his face, but when he opened the box in his hand, it was a box of fried cicada pupae.

Dong Dong who received the return gift: “???”

Will Sister Shu be scared and cry if I take this back? I heard that girls are very afraid of insects!

That afternoon.

Yan Qiushu received the return gift brought back by Dongdong.

Fortunately, the fried cicada pupae never appeared in front of her, so she didn't know about it.

For the next few days, everything inside and outside the palace was quiet.

Apart from the fact that Yan Qiushu received some tuition fees from Egg Roll and added bricks and tiles to buy a house for her, there was nothing else to do.

It was not until the third day that Dongdong brought back a message. The second grandson Zhou Zhaoqin told him that his father was ready to speak to his father, and only the emperor could issue an order, and he would be the second grandson's study companion.

Yan Qiushu was stunned: "He told you?"

Didn’t they both almost fight last time?

Dong Dong was also stunned. Is this the time to discuss this? !

However, he still pouted and whispered, "Well, the Second Grandson... isn't that annoying anymore. He also said that if I'm not happy, he won't let me be his study partner, but his father disagrees."

Yan Qiushu blinked, looked at the little boy in front of her who was sweating anxiously, smiled dumbly, and rubbed his head.

It was her fault. She shouldn't have looked at children in an adult's way. When she was a child, she would just fight with a child the day before, but they would play games together the next day.

Dong Dong complained with tears in his eyes: "Sister Shu! You are still laughing!"

Yan Qiushu hugged him and said, "Don't worry, this won't happen."

Even though it is now an adult game, a child cannot say to suspend it, but the Xiao family is not a pushover. Xiao Wai-ting has been away from home for so long, so I guess things over there will be settled soon.

Just as he was thinking about these things, a few days later, a piece of news shocked Kyoto - the fact that the Qiao family, the governor of Jinzhou, had lent money at high interest in Jinzhou was exposed!