Chapter 143 The Grand Princess

She reached out and pressed Haoyue's face: "Stop acting, it's too fake, your acting is too bad."

A plate of the most common, steaming hot stir-fried lotus root was served on the table.

I first gave two slices to Chef Yu to taste and also to test for poison.

After he took a sip, his expression went from numb at first to eyes that gradually brightened up.

"This... this is so delicious."

Bei Jingchu was speechless: [......You are exaggerating. ]

She and Changyan Haoyue also picked up their chopsticks and took a slice.

[Not bad, as expected of a chef like Yu, even if it's his first time cooking, he still cooks well. ]

However, after she tasted it, she looked at the expressions of Changyan Haoyue on both sides, and Bei Jingchu fell silent again.

【What are these two people excited about? 】

[Isn't it just a stir-fried cabbage? What's the excitement? ]

Haoyue heard the princess' inner complaints and realized that he was very embarrassed.

But she really couldn't help it!

"Your Highness, it's really delicious."

"If you boil this dish, it's light and refreshing, but it's tasteless."

“By stir-frying, it won’t get mushy like roasting, and it retains its refreshing taste.”

"It's not as soft and tasteless as if it were cooked, it has a spicy and salty aroma, it's really delicious!!"

While sighing, Haoyue waved his hands excitedly.

Bei Jingchu had a big question mark on her head. Although she still didn't understand, she expressed her respect.

Naturally, this new dish was served for today's dinner.

The cabbage leaves were arranged into the shape of roses and oil was poured on them, which was very beautiful.

So Bei Jingchu fell silent again.

[I never thought that such a simple stir-fried cabbage would be placed on the table in this way.]

【Elegant, too elegant.】

【It is like a divorce with its simple interior. 】

The emperor took a sip with a smile. Although he did not keep praising the rice like the two young girls who had never seen the world, he still used half a bowl more rice than usual.

“It’s really fragrant but not greasy.”

The old father praised Bei Jingchu with satisfaction: "You are so smart, and you can even cook."

Bei Jingchu always felt that this sentence was strange.

[If cooking was not a truly groundbreaking invention in this dynasty, I would have thought that Lao Deng was playing tricks on me.]

The emperor's hand froze in mid-air when he wanted to rub his daughter's head, and he felt a little angry.

...Forget it, I'm used to it.

"At your enthronement ceremony in a few days, serve this dish at the banquet."

Princesses of the Yue Dynasty usually received their titles when they reached adulthood and moved into the princess's palace.

At that time, a banquet would be held to open the palace, which would also be a way of informing the people around them that they were princesses with titles and had reached adulthood.

But Bei Jingchu was only four years old, and the emperor didn't want to kick the little bastard out so early.

So we planned to hold a simple canonization ceremony in the palace.

Of course, he was the only one who thought it was too simple. The Queen Mother could not stand it anymore and advised him, "Heng'er, Chu'er was young enough to be given a title and a fiefdom."

"If you hold such a grand ceremony for the book-sealing ceremony again, it will only attract more wind."

The emperor thought it made sense, and he obediently reduced the specifications a little bit.

The Queen Mother felt that there was no difference:

The emperor was heartbroken: "This is too unfair to Chu'er."

Queen Mother: ...Forget it, as long as you are happy.

The day before the canonization ceremony, when Bei Jingchu came to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager, several ladies from other clans came to visit the Renshou Hall.

The ceremonial officer reported: "Her Majesty, Grand Princess Fengci, her daughter, the Princess of Jiuyang County, and her grandson have come to see you and have been brought outside the Renshou Palace."

Because Bei Jingchu was not afraid of meeting strangers, the Queen Mother did not let her leave. The little girl had a lot of schoolwork and she didn't have much time to see her granddaughter in a day.

"Should we let them in?"

There was no need for the Queen Mother to introduce her; as soon as she heard the name Grand Princess, Bei Jingchu knew who it was.

But she had a question: "Grandmother, Aye's aunt, what should I call her?"

"Just my great-aunt."

Princess Fengci came in with her daughter and grandson and first paid her respects to the Queen Mother.

She smiled and said, "My husband was transferred back to the capital."

"Now that I'm back in Beijing, I should bring my children to pay my respects to my sister-in-law."

A qualified palace maid would not give them a chance to be silent. When the Queen Mother asked them to stand up, Aunt Hui introduced Bei Jingchu: "This is your Majesty's eldest daughter, Princess Tianzhen."

Bei Jingchu greeted politely: "Hello, great aunt, how are your cousins?"

However, they did not respond immediately, but their faces stiffened at the same time.

The little boy following behind them, who was slightly older than Bei Jingchu, started crying and wanted to run up, but was held back by his mother.

However, although the Lord of Jiuyang County stopped him, his expression was still not good, and he just forced a smile: "Hello, Princess Tianzhen."

This inexplicable malice made Bei Jingchu and the Queen Mother very confused.

Fortunately, Aunt Hui thought of it. She leaned over to the Queen Mother's ear and reminded her: "The husband of the Jiuyang County Lord is a man from the Qi family. Because Princess Tianzhen's biological mother Qi wanted to replace the heir, she was implicated and executed."

The Queen Mother told Bei Jingchu.

It was her mistake that she didn't remember the in-law relationships among all these clan members.

The little boy cried and cursed: "She killed Aye!"

The Lord of Jiuyang County covered his son's mouth and apologized to the Queen Mother repeatedly.

The Queen Mother could not punish them any further, so she waved her hand and asked them to leave.

Seeing that it was getting late, Bei Jingchu also set out to return to the Xuanshi Hall.

When I came out of Renshou Hall, I saw three people standing in front of the door.

Bei Jingchu raised her eyebrows slightly.

【Ouch~ Uninvited guest. 】

[If he had something to say to his mother, he would have said it just now. If he was waiting here, he was probably talking to me.]

[It's so unlucky. The Qi family made a mistake and the Qi family was implicated. Are these idiots blaming me? ]

Bei Jingchu was held back by Haoyue, and the little girl was very worried.

She patted her amusedly as a comfort.

【It’s just a small scene.】

Bei Jingchu walked straight up to him, pretending he didn't see anyone.

"Princess Tianzhen doesn't even greet the elders when she sees them?"

[It’s confirmed. I’m here to cause trouble.]

She stopped and smiled.

"Didn't I ask you just now? I think it's only been a short while, so there won't be any accidents, right?"

Princess Fengci looked unhappy. She had not been able to talk directly to Bei Jingchu in Renshou Palace just now. She had not known that this child could be so sharp-tongued and did not take her seriously.

She had been with her husband on assignments in other places for many years. Apart from them, there were no royal relatives there, and she was the most noble person.

Everyone had to flatter her, and she was used to being high and mighty, so much so that even now in the palace she couldn't adapt to the change in status.

I can't believe someone would disrespect her.

She was so angry that she pointed at Bei Jingchu and said, "You, you...evil..."

"Mother!"

The one who interrupted her was the Jiuyang County Lord, who was quite smart.

What she wanted to curse just now was something like evildoer, right?

In the emperor's territory, if someone scolded his daughter like that, even the emperor's aunt would be terribly punished.

Bei Jingchu pushed away the finger that Princess Fengci was pointing at her and said calmly, "Grandma, please forgive me."

"I don't like people pointing fingers at me. If it were someone else, I would chop off his fingers."