The queen had no intention of letting her youngest son know at this moment. "You are a prince, thick-skinned and thick-skinned. What's wrong with the hot spot? Eat quickly. After you finish eating, go to the palace with your cousin and stay for a few days. Don't show up in front of me."
The Fifth Prince had completely forgotten whether the palace was cold or not, and he didn't care about the Queen's tone when she was trying to get rid of him. He just looked at his cousin with surprise and asked, "Really?"
Zhou Qiongyue nodded under her fifth cousin's expectant gaze. "Yes, it's true. Your brother-in-law will be busy for a while. Would you like to go to the palace to spend some time with me?"
"Yes, yes." The fifth prince, Li Jingyu, had long since stopped wanting to stay in the palace. If it weren't for his second brother's concubine, whom he disliked and who kept running into his front yard, he would have moved in with him long ago.
"I'll have my fifth brother Zhou Zhiquan come to accompany you when the time comes. You can stay as long as you want."
Zhou Qiongyue dared to say this because a few days ago when she returned to the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion, her mother Jin complained to her that the academy where her fifth brother studied had been suspended, and that he was wandering around the mansion all day like a dandy boy, wandering here and there.
There was a lot of dissatisfaction in Niang Jin's words. Zhou Qiongyue wanted to stay in the palace for a while.
The fifth prince, Li Jingyu, had met this fifth cousin before, and they had a lot in common, so the fifth prince agreed very readily, "Okay."
The Queen saw that the two siblings were getting along well, so she stopped nagging. She was tired of nagging a child this old.
After Zhou Qiongyue finished lunch with the Empress and the Fifth Prince, she left the palace with the impatient Fifth Prince. As for the luggage, Zhou Qiongyue and the Fifth Prince didn't have to worry about it at all.
By the time the two of them arrived at the palace, the palace had already sent the fifth prince's luggage to the palace.
However, Zhou Qiongyue and the fifth prince did not go back to the palace directly. They took a detour and went to the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion to pick up Zhou Zhiquan.
Originally, the Fifth Prince and Zhou Qiongyue had endless topics to talk about, and with the addition of the lively Zhou Zhiquan, the cousins were very lively.
In the evening, Zhou Qiongyue, the fifth prince, and Zhou Zhiquan had hot pot in the front yard of the palace. The ingredients were fried by Gu Yu according to Zhou Qiongyue's description. Although there were no chili peppers in that era, Gu Yu also found dogwood as a substitute.
Although the spiciness is not as satisfying as the peppers Zhou Qiongyue had eaten in her previous life, Gu Yu’s cooking skills are good, and Zhou Qiongyue likes it very much.
Of course, the Fifth Prince and his fifth brother Zhou Zhiquan also enjoyed the meal and couldn't stop eating. Especially since they were surrounded by ice basins and iced tea, the Fifth Prince and Zhou Zhiquan only stopped eating after they had finished all the food on the table.
After the Fifth Prince and Zhou Zhi had eaten their fill and put down their chopsticks, Zhou Qiongyue had another meal served. She cooked the dishes in the pot, then scooped them out and placed them in two food boxes.
Then he ordered someone to send it to the prince and his elder brother Zhou Zhiyi as a midnight snack.
This was also the first time Zhou Qiongyue sent food to Yuan Bohua and his elder brother. The main reason was that the food in their palace was usually quite good. If she sent it to him, Zhou Qiongyue was worried that after a while, rumors would spread that the prince could not endure hardship.
Especially during such a severe drought, Zhou Qiongyue didn't want anyone to find fault with the prince. She would only order people to prepare delicious meals when the prince returned home.
Today is the first day that her fifth cousin and fifth brother stay in the palace, so she wants to bring a midnight snack to the prince and eldest brother. I believe that people around her can understand!
Yuan Bohua's colleagues could understand when the prince's food box was not opened. After all, they had heard that the prince and the princess had a good relationship.
But when Yuan Bohua opened the food box, they just wanted to wonder why the princess couldn't deliver a portion to each of them. Although the dishes were still the same, they were just too delicious.
Yuan Bohua and Zhou Zhiyi would not open it in front of others, they would open it in their makeshift house. There were always people who were close to them and would come over after smelling the overbearing fragrance.
After Zhou Qiongyue, the Fifth Prince, and Zhou Zhiquan finished their dinner, they didn't leave immediately. Instead, they took advantage of the cooler weather to show them around the palace.
After all, these two people will be staying in the palace for a while, so they must know the approximate location of the front yard.
Zhou Qiongyue worriedly warned the two, "You two can leave the house if you want, but you must bring others with you, and you cannot leave the city."
The Fifth Prince and Zhou Zhiquan nodded in agreement without hesitation. They were living with their cousin/sister, and they certainly couldn't cause her unnecessary trouble.
"Just order whatever you want to eat. You two will each live in a courtyard. If the decoration inside doesn't suit your taste, you can change it at will. Don't be polite here.
But in the morning, my cousin will practice martial arts with my fifth brother, and in the morning, he will read books and attend classes with my fifth brother. Teacher, I have arranged everything for you two, so you can do whatever you want in the afternoon.
If you want to go out of the city, wait for the prince to come back and I will ask him to take you two with him. You two cannot run away without permission."
After Zhou Qiongyue finished speaking, she turned around and looked at the Fifth Prince and Zhou Zhiquan.
Although the two of them lived in the palace, Zhou Qiongyue had no intention of them revolving around her. They just wanted to live their own lives, so Zhou Qiongyue made it clear to them that they could not go to dangerous places.
Although he didn't want to get up early because his cousin asked him to practice martial arts and study, he also knew that his cousin was doing it for his own good. So he happily agreed, "Don't worry, cousin, I will listen to you."
"Don't worry, sister! I'll just wander around the inner city at most, I won't run around." Zhou Zhiquan might not be very smart, but he knew his place. In such a chaotic time, he was helping his family by not hindering them.
Zhou Qiongyue also believed in them. Neither of them was ignorant. She said goodbye to them and returned to the inner courtyard without saying anything else.
After a busy day, Zhou Qiongyue was tired, so she went back to the inner courtyard, took a bath and went straight to sleep.
The Empress and the Emperor in the palace had also washed up and were ready to rest. Of course, it was not the Empress who invited the Emperor, but the Emperor who heard that Shuxian had come to the palace again today and was curious about what delicious food Shuxian had brought to her aunt.
The mushroom stewed chicken that the emperor had in the Queen's Palace last time was very good, so after the emperor finished his government affairs, he came uninvited in the evening.
The Queen had obviously anticipated this outcome, so she did not take the initiative to invite the Emperor. Even after the Emperor arrived, she did not bring up the topic of Yue'er.
Isn't it? Before going to sleep, the emperor finally couldn't hold it in any longer and pretended to casually ask his curiosity, "Why did Shuxian come to the palace today?"
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