It is said that good medicine tastes bitter.

Prince Chang was really in deep pain at this moment, but he could still drink the medicine.

Faced with his son's eagerness, he could only accept it politely: "Okay, leave it there, it's too hot."

"Can I give Dad a blowjob?" Zhou Zhaoheng asked.

Prince Chang choked, picked up the soup resignedly, turned his head to the side, took a deep breath of the air which was slightly less bitter, then turned his head, blew slowly on the soup in front of him, and then took a big gulp and poured it into his mouth.

Even though he tried to hold it back, the bitter juice suddenly spread throughout every gap between his lips and teeth, making him feel as if even his soul was bitter.

Tsk——

The bitter taste made him feel nauseous, and his already pale face turned slightly blue.

Fortunately, the portion of this bowl was not particularly large, and he swallowed it after a while. Just after swallowing it, a small cake was brought to his mouth by a pair of thin hands, and he opened his mouth subconsciously.

The shell is crispy, and you can hear a crisp snap when you bite it.

Then a hot but not scalding thick sweet liquid overflowed and slid between his lips and teeth, making his pale face instantly better.

The sweetness was a bit too much when eaten alone, but when mixed with the crispy outside and soft inside of the cake, it was just right, not too much, but sweet enough to make the bitterness in his lips and teeth have no effect and be overshadowed.

Prince Chang, who doesn't like sweets, felt for the first time that this cookie was really delicious.

When he came to his senses, he had swallowed the cookie without realizing it, and the bitterness in his mouth was gone. He raised his eyes and saw his son looking at him expectantly. He smiled and rubbed his son's head: "It's sweet and delicious."

Especially when he thought that this was made by his son himself, he felt so sweet to the heart!

Zhou Zhaoheng immediately smiled widely and said happily: "I knew it was delicious. There's more here. I made it especially for you!"

Then he took out the chubby cookie from a bunch of cookies and handed it over, looking forward to it.

Prince Chang had just enjoyed his meal, and when he saw his son like this, he thought that everything he was doing was for his son, so he took the food and put it in his mouth without hesitation.

It still tastes the same as before.

only……

"Click..." After a moment, the sweet and thick liquid overflowed from the lips and teeth.

"Ugh!" King Chang didn't expect that there was so much stuff packed inside. He was caught off guard for a moment and it almost overflowed. He subconsciously caught it with his hands. Fortunately, even though he reacted, it didn't really overflow.

But the taste, which was like eating melted thick white sugar, made his face turn... blue again.

At this moment, he realized what it felt like to be so sweet that it tasted bitter!

Is this the love from a son? !

Just when his expression was not right, Zhou Zhaoheng also panicked and asked worriedly: "Dad, is it not tasty? Did I do something wrong?"

"...No!" Prince Chang shook his head decisively, swallowed the sugar with a strong sweet taste, shook his tongue, and said reluctantly: "It's delicious, but Dad just drank so much soup, and now he ate two sugar biscuits, so he's a little tired."

This time it really hits me to the core!

Xiao Huaiting, who was standing aside, looked at the man coldly as he watched him deceive his son, his eyes full of mockery.

Who would believe this?

He looked as if he was about to say that he was choking on the candy cookie.

But Zhou Zhaoheng believed it. He blinked his clear eyes twice and said obediently, "Well, I won't eat it then."

"Give it to your mother and your Uncle Xiao Liu. He will definitely like it..." Prince Chang rolled his eyes and pointed at the mocking young man.

Zhou Zhaoheng looked over with sincerity.

Xiao Huaiting: "..."

He stood up and said, "Ah Heng, we can't stay in the palace for too long. We have to go back."

Zhou Zhaoheng's face fell immediately, but he did not refute. Coming here was already a trouble for the Xiao family. There were many rules in the palace, so how could he really make things difficult for them?

He put down the candy and said, "Dad, next time when the medicine tastes bitter, just take two and it won't taste bitter anymore..."

"Um……"

The father and son were talking in low voices, and Princess Chang was watching with a smile on her face, looking extremely satisfied.

When we returned to the Xiao Mansion, it was just time for lunch.

Because she had eaten some candy cookies at noon, her mouth felt a little too sweet, so Yan Qiushu didn't eat much for lunch.

And just as Nan Qi said, it rained for the past two days. That afternoon, when she woke up from her nap, she heard the sound of raindrops falling on the tiles.

It’s a rainy day!

She stretched lazily on the bed. She began to feel hungry, so she got up to eat some spicy noodles and crack some melon seeds, while leisurely thinking about what to eat tonight.

Suddenly there was a movement: "Sister Shu!"

"Aunt Yan!"

"Sister Shu..."

The voices of men and women, big and small, appeared so abruptly.

Madam Xu stopped them outside, and Shui Yu came in to announce, "Young Master Pingsong and his friends are here, and the eldest grandson is here too. Are you getting up, young lady?"

"Get up!" Yan Qiushu said quickly.

Fortunately, she couldn't sleep.

Shui Yu quickly took the clothes and helped her put them on. After she had tidied them up, she wiped her face and hands before Yan Qiushu left.

There was no charcoal stove outside and it was a bit cold. As soon as she went out, her face felt cold.

But looking at these four cute little faces, she smiled again: "What happened? All of them came at once?"

Xiao Pingsong smiled foolishly, scratched his head and said nothing.

Wan'er smiled shyly and looked at Dongdong.

The same is true for Zhou Zhaoheng.

Only Dongdong, with her bulging belly, said in a crisp voice: "Sister Shu, it's raining today!"

"Hmm? Then what?" Yan Qiushu asked with raised eyebrows.

Dong Dong said very well: "This is the first rain of the year, so we have to celebrate. Sister Shu, what delicious food shall we eat tonight?"

Yan Qiushu laughed and pinched everyone's face, but she didn't touch Xiao Pingsong. Twelve years old is still a child in fifth or sixth grade in elementary school today. Even in this era, he can get married, but the difference between men and women still needs to be paid attention to.

She said, "I just woke up, are you so impatient?"

The four expectant little faces all fell, especially Dongdong, whose expression was lively and lively.

Yan Qiushu couldn't tease him any more and said with a smile, "Come on, let's go see what's in the kitchen!"

"good!"

"Go, go!"

The children suddenly became full of energy.

The servants who were assigned to hold umbrellas for them could hardly keep up.

The Xiao family’s large kitchen did not disappoint her.

Because it is winter, fish and shrimp are no longer so scarce. The kitchen has always had them, including fish soup, steamed shrimps and the like.

But at this moment, because she had eaten the overly sweet cookies made by Zhou Zhaoheng at noon, she didn’t want to eat anything light, so she took some shrimps and a fish.

Clean the shrimps, open their backs and remove the shrimp threads. Chop the fish into two halves in the middle, remove the bones, and use a knife to slice them into thin, translucent skins.

After cleaning the fish fillets and shrimp, add scallion, ginger water, salt, egg white and other seasonings to marinate.

Then use the remaining fish head and fish bones, add onions, ginger, garlic and other seasonings and a lot of water, cook for about a quarter of an hour, then add bean sprouts and other vegetables, after cooking, take them out and use them as the bottom of the dish, then put the fish fillets in and quickly rinse them with water, take them out after a few moments and put them on the plate.

Then you can heat the oil in another pan, add star anise, cinnamon, green onion and other things when the oil is hot, fry them until they are fragrant, then remove them, add spicy foods such as Sichuan pepper, cornus officinalis, ginger, etc., fry them until the pungent spicy smell comes out, then pour the oil into a plate.

"Sizzle, sizzle—" the sound of hot oil being poured on was heard, and the boiling fish fillets were cooked.

Then pour the remaining half of the oil into the plate containing the shrimps in the same way.

But unlike the boiling fish fillets, the fish fillets are thin and tender and can be cooked easily, but the thickness of the shrimps is different. If they are simply poured with oil, they may not be cooked easily. Therefore, in order to ensure that they are not eaten raw, Yan Qiushu used a small milk pot instead of a bowl. Bean sprouts were placed in the small milk pot as the base dish, the fire at the bottom was lit, and hot oil was poured on top with a "sizzle".

The originally light brown shrimp skin turned directly into orange-red, and the shrimp meat quickly curled up, mixing with the large amount of pepper and cornel, the color was also very beautiful.

Then cover the pot and simmer over high heat for three minutes. Take it out and the boiled shrimps are done!

Because this dish requires a lot of hot oil, Yan Qiushu was worried that the four children might cause trouble in the kitchen, so she strictly prohibited them from coming in.

At this time, the four children were all staring at the kitchen door. When a dish was ready, the aroma began to make them restless. They wanted to come in again and again, but they dared not move because of Yan Qiushu's words.

When the shrimps were cooked, the fragrance doubled. They couldn't help themselves. Dongdong had the worst self-control and sneaked in: "Sister Shu, are you ready?"

“I haven’t eaten something so delicious in a long time!”

He jumped up and down, wanting to see what smelled so good.

He has been eating too light food recently and he urgently needs something with a stronger flavor to stimulate his tongue.

Yan Qiushu put her hand on his head without turning back and threatened: "Get out first, or you won't be able to eat!"

Dongdong suddenly became depressed and ran out in shame.

At this point the last step was completed. Yan Qiushu clapped her hands, picked up the tray, left Shui Yu and Nanny Xu to continue working, and made some for the people in other courtyards to send to.

If what she did was not enough, she only had to deal with herself, her children, and Mrs. Xiao.

The other adults in the middle can be more casual.

As soon as Yan Qiushu started walking, the four children automatically separated into two groups to protect her, following her step by step. When they arrived at the restaurant and saw her put down the two dishes, the four of them exclaimed, "Wow!"

“It looks so hot!”

"It looks so beautiful~"

“It smells good!”

The dishes made with a lot of pepper, cornel and other ingredients look very bright in color just by looking at them, not to mention the boiling shrimps, which look like an orange flower at first glance because of its curled-up shape and the head removed after the back is opened.

"It's time to eat!" Yan Qiushu said.

The palace maid who had been prepared came up first to test the poison.

One took a bite with chopsticks and tasted it, then the other took a bite with chopsticks, and after they finished eating everything, they waited for a while and then left.

The children couldn't wait to take out their chopsticks and start eating!