Yaoguang Palace is to the west of Zixiao Palace. It is not far away, but it takes a quarter of an hour to walk there.

The palace maids and eunuchs they met along the way were all surprised to see Tao Ti coming out and walking around, and they all retreated to the side of the road to salute.

After Tao Ti walked away, they raised their heads and started talking in low voices:

"It's really strange. The Crown Princess is out and about? I heard that the Crown Princess sent someone to bring snacks to His Highness yesterday. I saw the palace maid behind her carrying a food box. Is she going to Zixiao Palace?"

"Isn't she unwilling to marry here? Why is she rushing to deliver food to His Highness now?"

"Hey, maybe she's figured it out. She's already married into the family, and the trouble has already been made. There's no point in continuing it..."

"By the way, did you see the Crown Princess's appearance just now? I didn't dare to look up."

"I saw it clearly! Hey, who said before that the Crown Princess looked ordinary? It was really Hu Qin! When I took a quick look, she looked like a fairy!"

"Huh? It's really that beautiful. Isn't that exaggerated?"

"I'm lying to you. I'm your grandson! If you don't believe me, find a chance to take a look."

While the palace servants were chatting animatedly here, Tao Ti's attention was attracted by a small locust tree forest on the side of the road.

On the tall and straight trees, clusters of white locust flowers like snow are blooming busily. The small white flowers, coupled with the tender green branches and leaves, send bursts of rich and sweet fragrance in the gentle spring breeze.

There is a poem that says: The spring breeze arrives at the courtyard overnight, and the fragrance of locust flowers spreads for ten miles.

Tao Ti looked at the tender and beautiful locust flowers, took a deep breath, and felt happy. "This locust flower is blooming so beautifully."

Linglong was about to say "yes" when she heard the Crown Princess say, "Such fresh locust flowers, whether made into locust flower cakes, locust flower buns, locust flower egg pancakes, or used to steam fish, they will definitely taste delicious!"

exquisite,"……?"

If it were other noble ladies admiring flowers, let alone writing poems, they would not immediately think of eating them.

My own Crown Princess really... loves food.

Tao Ti didn't know Linglong's complaints. A dozen ways to cook Sophora japonica flowers had already flashed through her mind. So she turned around and said to Linglong happily, "Let's go and bring some food to His Highness. When we come back, we can pick two baskets of seeds to take back."

Two baskets of rice? Linglong was silent for a moment: "Yes..."

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The Zixiao Hall is worthy of being the largest hall in the East Palace. Its area, palace scale, and magnificence are incomparable to the Yaoguang Hall.

But the style inside the palace is very cool, with a gloomy tone. There are not many flowers and plants planted everywhere, and green bamboo forests can be seen everywhere. If it is placed in the hot summer, the large bamboo forests appear cool and quiet. But in the other three seasons, it seems a bit lonely.

However, for a divine figure like Pei Yan, this kind of quiet and elegant style really suits him.

When the palace maids in Zixiao Palace saw Tao Ti coming, they all bowed and greeted her with serious faces, as if they were facing a powerful enemy. Then they ran in to report to the prince with serious faces, and then led her into the study with serious faces.

This cautious and defensive attitude made Taoti smile bitterly——

She really wanted to grab these palace ladies and explain to them one by one, "Don't look at me like that. I am a very well-behaved person. Please forget about the suicide by taking poison. Give me a chance to reform and start a new life!"

Thinking is one thing, but doing is not easy. After adjusting her mindset, Tao Ti walked around the landscape screen and headed into the hall.

Pei Yan was sitting at the table holding a book. When he heard the light footsteps, he put the book down and looked forward.

Today, Tao Ti was wearing a simple and elegant magnolia-colored gauze palace dress, with her hair tied up low and two silver hairpins with sunflower patterns inserted into her hair. She would dress simply unless she went out. Anyway, God always favors beauties. As long as they are good-looking, no matter how simple their clothes are, they can be praised as "natural and unadorned."

Taoti bowed to him and said, "Greetings, Your Highness."

Pei Yan smiled at her naturally, "You're here."

"I made preserved fruits and pork jerky today." Tao Ti took the food box from Ling Long and put it down on his table. "Isn't the preserved fruits in the honey pancakes too sweet? I made some less sweet ones myself. And this pork jerky is sesame and salty and sweet. If you feel hungry while handling government affairs, you can eat some to fill your stomach."

As she spoke, she had already put out the preserved fruits and pork jerky.

Pei Yan motioned to Fu Xirui to move a stool for her, and his eyes fell on the things she brought.

Tao Ti followed his gaze and saw him looking at the brightly colored pork jerky. She said, "Although the weather is not particularly hot today, this kind of grilled jerky will not last long. You'd better eat it within three days, otherwise it will taste bad."

Seeing him looking at the candied fruits, she added, "I made four kinds of candied fruits in total: candied ginger, candied kumquats, snowflake hawthorn balls, and rouge dried apricots. Don't worry, they're not too sweet. Eat these four jars first. If you like them, tell me and I'll make more for you."

Pei Yan said gently, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

"No trouble, this is not difficult to make." Tao Ti said sincerely, "You have helped me several times, and I can't do anything for you. I can only make you some food..."

If he had pursued the matter of her taking poison, would he be in jail now? Or would the heads of all the people in the Yongwei Marquis's mansion have fallen to the ground? Moreover, he had promised to give her a divorce letter, so it was not an exaggeration to say that he had "reborn with kindness".

Now she just makes some food to feed him, which is not a big deal at all.

Seeing her serious expression, Pei Yan did not continue the conversation. Instead, he picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of candied ginger.

As soon as you put the young ginger in your mouth, you can smell a burst of fresh and spicy flavor. When you put it in your mouth, the light sweetness melts between your teeth. As you chew, the unique freshness and spiciness of the young ginger mixed with the sweetness of honey is refreshing and appetizing.

He looked at Tao Ti who was sitting on the side and praised, "This is the best candied ginger I have ever tasted."

This is the truth.

He had indeed never eaten such good preserves before. The flavor of the young ginger was well preserved, unlike other preserves he had eaten before which were sweet all the time.

"As long as you like to eat it." Tao Ti's beautiful smiling eyes curved into crescents.

Being recognized by others is something to be happy about, let alone being recognized by such a handsome guy, it is doubly happier!

"Your cooking skills are so good, who did you learn from?" Pei Yan asked casually, but his deep eyes were fixed on her face.

As expected, he accurately caught the flash of surprise between her eyebrows.

She panicked.

Tao Ti clenched her fingers subconsciously, then blinked her bright eyes and smiled, "I haven't learned it from anyone, it's just that I like to read some miscellaneous books when I'm free, especially some food notes. When I see something that interests me, I will try to figure out how to cook it..."

Pei Yan tapped the tabletop with his jade-like fingers. His expression remained flawless as he said calmly, "Oh, so that's how it is?"

Tao Ti nodded her head and said calmly, "Unfortunately, when I was in the Marquis' Mansion, there were so many people and so many gossips, and the four rooms shared the big kitchen, so I couldn't go to the big kitchen often, so I didn't cook much before. Now I can have a small kitchen to cook in, and it's all thanks to your understanding, Your Highness... I am really grateful."

When she suggested opening a small kitchen, Tao Ti guessed that someone might ask about it. After all, the original owner didn't cook much, but now that she loves to cook, it would inevitably attract attention.

She originally thought that the first people to ask questions would be the maids and nannies who came with the dowry, but she didn't expect that the first person to ask questions would be Pei Yan.

Pei Yan is such a simple-minded little angel, so he should be easy to fool, right? After all, they were not familiar with each other before.

She comforted herself in this way and gave herself a thumbs up for her quick response and calm acting skills.

Pei Yan, who was sitting at the desk, raised his eyebrows slightly as he listened to her words. This explanation was logical, so he accepted her statement for the time being.

She just explained and didn't forget to flatter him...

What a cunning and flattering little fox.