Li Chenjiao was indeed suffering from the spiciness, and she even drank the mutton soup much faster now.
The two of them quietly finished their mutton soup. Li Chenjiao comfortably patted her stomach, and after a while, she used serving chopsticks to pick up some less spicy roasted fish from the table for Fourth Master.
"Spring is just around the corner, but the weather is still a bit cold. It's especially important for you to be out and about, sir. The spring chill is still in the air."
Last winter came early but left late. It's almost the end of February now, and if you're only wearing a spring coat, you'll still feel the chilly wind when you walk outside.
Li Chenjiao wasn't just making conversation; she genuinely cared about this matter. The maids in her courtyard were doing well every day, except that two maids, Lümei and Lülan, had both fallen ill with colds in the past two days.
Both maids lived in the back room. After hearing Qiu Hu's words, Li Chenjiao exempted the two maids from serving her for the next two days.
The servants naturally couldn't call the palace physician, but there was an old eunuch in the mansion who could relieve headaches and fevers. Xiao Lu invited him over and prescribed some medicine.
Fortunately, it was just a cold and he did not develop a high fever.
The two maids haven't been dressed lightly lately, but it's still chilly outside, so they inevitably catch a cold from the wind.
Fourth Master hummed in agreement; things hadn't been too warm lately.
After exchanging a few more casual words, the kitchen staff brought over the additional dishes.
The two maids quickly set out the meal, and Li Chenjiao waited for the Fourth Master to start eating before she began to feast.
That's the rule.
However, since Li Chenjiao had already eaten some, she slowed down her eating pace.
Otherwise, I'll be stuffed in a bit.
However, in the eyes of the Fourth Master, these little actions meant that Li Chenjiao was not having a good appetite at the moment.
As the saying goes, "One should not speak while eating or sleeping," Fourth Master picked up a piece of roasted fish with his chopsticks, and suddenly remembered what Su Peisheng had said earlier about Li Shi not sleeping well the night before.
Li was not a jealous person in front of him, and in most cases, Li would not mention the other people in the backyard in front of him.
Whether it was his wife or Song, the Fourth Prince had almost never heard Li mention them.
At this moment, as Fourth Master recalled all of this, some inexplicable emotions welled up in his heart.
He naturally disliked the jealousy of women in his backyard, and he didn't think that jealousy was a good thing.
only--
Fourth Master frowned, his mind suddenly becoming even more unsettled.
He ate the piece of roasted fish and composed himself.
Li Chenjiao ate her fill at dinner, but she noticed something unusual about Fourth Master today.
However, Li Chenjiao is not a god and cannot guess everything. Besides, the Fourth Prince's thoughts are not so easy to guess.
The Fourth Master's gaze didn't show much disgust; Li Chenjiao observed that he didn't seem to dislike her, but rather showed some concern.
However, the Fourth Master's concern still sounded somewhat creepy, and Li Chenjiao preferred to think that she was seeing things.
It was already quite late after dinner, and the small kitchen had prepared hot water, but Fourth Master didn't seem to have any intention of washing up or taking a bath.
On a small table in the inner room was the chess game that Li Chenjiao had played with Qiu Hu and the others during the day. The maids figured that their mistress hadn't had enough yet, so they didn't remove it.
However, Li Chenjiao's chess skills were not good. But seeing the expression on the Fourth Master's face after he sat down, Li Chenjiao had no choice but to bite the bullet and play.
Since she can't beat the Fourth Master anyway, she might as well treat it as a pastime after dinner.
The two played chess at a leisurely pace, rather than quickly, mainly because Li Chenjiao was slower.
Fourth Master didn't urge Li Chenjiao. While Li Chenjiao played chess, Fourth Master still sat upright, but he was holding two white jade chess pieces in his hands, seemingly pondering the chessboard or something else.
“A few days ago, the Imperial Household Department sent a chef from Sichuan. Tomorrow, Your Highness will have Su Peisheng transfer him to the kitchen in the backyard.”
Fourth Master naturally noticed that when he first arrived today, most of the dishes on the Eight Immortals Table were spicy. Later, when Madam Li ordered, she added a few dishes that he usually liked.
Li Chenjiao was making her move when she heard the sound and her fingertips trembled.
The kitchen that Fourth Master mentioned at the beginning was naturally the kitchen in the front yard.
Fourth Master is not one to break the rules, so his suggestion to move the kitchen staff from the front yard to the dining room in the back yard is, frankly speaking, a bit of a breach of protocol.
At the very least, it disrupted the Fourth Master's own rules.
Li Chenjiao knew very well that Fourth Master was a man who valued rules and regulations, and he arranged everything according to the prescribed standards, rarely overstepping the bounds.
However, to be honest, the Fourth Prince does value rules, but he can still be flexible when it comes to matters of reason and emotion.
For example, when it comes to meals, Li Chenjiao naturally didn't dare to do everything according to her own wishes in the past. She only figured it out gradually later.
Fourth Master values rules, but there is also reason and emotion beyond the rules.
However, Fourth Master rarely considered reason or emotion when it came to his own rules.
At this moment, Li Chenjiao was genuinely surprised, a surprise that was roughly no less than if the Second Princess had suddenly opened her mouth and spoken in front of her.
However, she was fortunate that Fourth Master did not suggest that the chef from Sichuan in the front yard come to her small kitchen, otherwise she would have suspected that Fourth Master was possessed.
Li Chenjiao slowly placed her piece: "Your Majesty is joking. That piece was painstakingly found for you by the Imperial Household Department. Putting it in the kitchen in the backyard would be a waste. Besides, I don't eat spicy food every day. I only eat it occasionally to satisfy my craving."
She definitely couldn't stand it. She loved to eat and loved all kinds of new flavors, but having a cook suddenly added to the backyard was still troublesome, even if it didn't cause any problems.
However, Li Chenjiao could not refuse Fourth Master's request, so she suddenly got off the soft couch, leaned against the small table, and moved closer to Fourth Master.
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