Helian Yu was in high spirits, with a proud look on his face:

"From now on, everyone in Fengyang Pavilion will follow me in performing the Five Animal Exercises morning and night. The best performer will be selected on that day and receive ten taels of silver."

Xiao Chunzi was a lively and young girl. Helian Yu was lenient with them, so he was less afraid. "Your Highness, is it ten taels a day?"

"Yes." Helian Yu swung the silver, "When the Five Animal Exercises stop, this activity will stop."

The eunuchs and palace maids were all delighted; their monthly salary was only two to five taels, and the daily practice of the Five Animal Exercises was enough to cover their salary for two or three months!

The palace people were very excited to learn the Five Animal Exercises. Helian Yu taught in front and the palace people followed behind.

"First, hook your left foot with your left foot, release your hands, and lower your head and body..."

Helian Yu's voice was childish, but he was meticulous and extremely detailed in teaching.

Some of the palace servants in the palace did a good job, but some had uncoordinated limbs and could not help but whisper to each other.

"Xiao Chunzi, look at what you've done, your head is crooked to the Javanese!"

Xiao Linzi laughed at Xiao Chunzi in a low voice. The palace maids and eunuchs around heard the sound, looked over, and couldn't help laughing.

Xiao Chunzi snorted, "What do you know? I just followed His Highness, so there must be no problem! Look at Xiao Xizi, he doesn't even look as good as I do."

"Don't look at me, Xiang'er is the one who doesn't look good!"

For a while, the palace servants started to pick on each other.

Helian Yu smiled without saying anything and clapped his hands twice for his plan to divert the trouble away.

"Well, everyone has learned it, right?"

"……No."

Uniform.

Helian Yu waved her hand indifferently. Her goal had been achieved: to embarrass herself together.

"It doesn't matter if you haven't learned it yet, you can continue tomorrow."

"Xiao Chunzi studied the hardest just now, so today's ten taels of silver belong to Xiao Chunzi." Helian Yu shook his purse, "If you have any objections, you can compete with Xiao Chunzi alone and re-evaluate."

The palace servants laughed and pushed Xiao Chunzi out.

The young eunuchs said in unison: "Your Highness, we have no objection."

The palace maids also smiled and said, "Your Highness, we feel that Xiao Chunzi has studied the hardest and deserves a reward!"

Helian Yu handed the purse to Xiao Chunzi, "Congratulations."

Xiao Chunzi held the silver in her arms, her eyes red, sobbing, and knelt down in front of Helian Yu with a plop, "Thank you, Your Highness."

Helian Yu was a little at a loss and looked towards Chang An.

Chang An walked quickly to Helian Yu's side and said, "Get up, Xiao Chunzi, take the eunuchs out. Those who should be on duty should be on duty, and those who should go to bed should go to bed."

"Ci Dong, go and place the maids."

"Xingchun, it's time to help His Highness settle down."

Fengyang Pavilion returned to silence and solemnity from its bustle and noise.

There are eunuchs on duty outside the palace, and guards taking turns on duty outside the palace.

The eunuch's room in Fengyang Pavilion.

The young eunuchs lived on a large bunk bed. After they lay down, they were silent at first, but then they started whispering to each other.

"Xiao Chunzi, you are so lucky today."

"Yes, Xiao Chunzi, you must have received a lot of rewards from His Highness today, right? You took three ornaments, and tonight you took another ten taels of silver. You are really lucky."

Xiao Junzi smiled, lay down properly, and put her hand on her lower abdomen, "Hehe, your highness is generous."

"Xiao Chunzi, I see that His Highness likes you very much. Maybe you are the second Eunuch Chang'an of our Fengyang Pavilion."

Xiao Chunzi quickly waved his hands at them, "Don't dare, Eunuch Chang'an is Eunuch Chang's godson, and Eunuch Chang is a big shot around His Majesty!"

"What's the big deal? Don't you know that our eunuch Chang'an stole things from eunuch Chang and was kicked out. He was lucky enough to be assigned to Fengyang Pavilion. Who knows, he might steal things from Fengyang Pavilion again!"

"Shh! Don't tell me!"

In the inner hall of Fengyang Pavilion, Helian Yu fell asleep, and Xingchun and Chang'an tiptoed out.

"Go to bed early." Chang An lowered his eyebrows and brushed his sleeves lightly. "Tomorrow morning, when I make candies and dried fruits, I can go to the imperial kitchen and get a few skilled people to help me."

Xingchun nodded, "Thank you for the reminder, eunuch."

"Um."

Chang An responded and walked towards his room.

Chang'an was the chief eunuch of Fengyang Pavilion. He had his own independent room and did not live with the younger eunuchs.

It was quiet and lonely. In a blink of an eye, the moon set in the west and the crow rose.

Early in the morning, Xingchun sent Yingyue to the imperial kitchen to ask for help from a few people who knew how to make candies and dried fruits.

The movement in Fengyang Pavilion immediately attracted the attention of all the palaces.

With the incident of Concubine Shu demoting Lady Xue, no one dared to get involved at this time, but many people had their own little thoughts.

Yingyue led the cooks back to the palace and introduced them to Xingchun: "The Imperial Concubine heard that Your Highness wanted to eat sweets, so she sent a few chefs from the small kitchen of Yikun Palace and told Your Highness to try some. If you like it, you can stay in her palace for a while."

Xingchun glanced at the cooks, said a few polite words, then went into the hall and found Chang'an.

"Eunuch, the Imperial Concubine has borrowed a few of our cooks and said that if Your Highness likes to eat, you can come to her palace and have a seat."

"Did the Imperial Concubine point to Your Highness? Logically speaking, Your Highness should indeed meet the Imperial Concubine..."

There is no queen in the harem, and the Imperial Noble Consort holds the Phoenix Seal and temporarily takes over the duties of the queen. Her position is the same as that of the vice queen, so it is indeed time for a visit.

But Princess Zhaoyang met with misfortune when she first returned to the palace. The emperor was furious and punished Concubine Shu. Those with lower status in the harem did not dare to get close to her and bring bad luck upon her.

They were afraid that Princess Zhaoyang was sick or something and that the emperor would take his anger out on them.

Chang An hesitated for a moment and said, "Just focus on making candies and dried fruits. I will find a chance to talk to His Highness about this."

In the early morning, Helian Yu was awakened by sweetness.

There was a sweet smell in the air. Helian Yu got up in a daze and was helped by Yingyue and Caiyun to wash and sit at the table.

Chang An prepared the meal, and then half coaxed and half threatened Helian Yu to drink the medicine.

"When will Brother Chang Zuo come?"

"Yesterday he said he would come at noon."

Helian Yu ran excitedly to the small kitchen. It was the first time that the small kitchen in Fengyang Pavilion was cooking. Unexpectedly, it was used to make sugar and dried fruits.

"Changan!"

"Your Highness, I am here."

"Come with me out of the palace! Let's go pick out some cooks and bring them back to the palace!"

"Listen to your highness."

It takes a long time to make sugar and dried fruits, and the time to wake up spring and say goodbye to winter is spent in the small kitchen.

The Five Animal Exercises were supposed to be performed half an hour after dinner, but because there were outsiders in the palace, Helian Yu was too embarrassed to perform them in front of them.

She took advantage of Chang'an not mentioning it and asked Chang'an to prepare the little things he would take with him when leaving the palace.

When Chang An remembered, Chang Zuo arrived.

Helian Yu threw himself on Chang Zuo's thigh, "Brother Chang Zuo, you are a god!"

Chang Zuo looked at Chang An expressionlessly, "Is she trying to trick me?"

"Your Highness drank the medicine and did not do the Five Animal Exercises."

"Oh." Chang Zuo nodded, picked up Helian Yu by the back of her collar, and lifted her to the carriage outside Fengyang Pavilion, "Young Master will let her do it ten times."

Helian Yu climbed out and looked up at the clear sky. "The weather is bad. I will leave the palace tomorrow."

Chang Zuo's long sword blocked Helian Yu's way: "Young Master said it was today."

Helian Yu: "..."

Dead wood! (End of this chapter)