The aroma was that of roasted sweet potatoes, and in the bitterly cold December, roasted sweet potatoes had a unique flavor. So Xueying had several palace maids bring over some sweet potatoes from the kitchen and put them in the brazier in the room to roast.
Xueying looked in the direction the aroma was coming from and said with a smile, "Oh, this... it smells like roasted sweet potatoes."
"Roasted sweet potato?"
Mingyu had always been very strict with Yonglian, so she naturally wouldn't let him eat such so-called 'coarse' food. This was the first time Yonglian had smelled the aroma of roasted sweet potato, so he was very curious about it.
Looking at Yonglian's big, blinking eyes and the confusion on his face, Xueying was completely charmed by the adorable boy. Xueying smiled and instructed A'luo, "A'luo, go and take some from the brazier to show the Second Prince."
"Yes, I'll go right away." With that, A'Luo turned around and went to get the roasted sweet potato.
When A'Luo brought it over, it was still steaming, and a delicate fragrance wafted into Yonglian's nose. Yonglian looked at the soft and fragrant sweet potato, his eyes shining. He couldn't help but swallow and quickly said to Xueying, "Your Highness, I don't want any other tea snacks, I just want to eat this."
Seeing the expectant look on Yonglian's face, how could Xueying bear to refuse? Xueying reached out and pinched Yonglian's cheek, smiling as she said, "Okay, okay..."
So Xueying had someone bring hot water for Yonglian to wash up. Since it was Yonglian's first time seeing roasted sweet potatoes, he naturally didn't know how to eat them, so Xueying peeled and ate the sweet potatoes for him herself.
Yonglian had never eaten such fragrant sweet potatoes before. He loved them and ate two in one go.
After Yonglian finished his second sweet potato, he stared blankly at the remaining sweet potato on the plate, his face clearly saying, "I want to eat more." But this time, Xueying didn't soften her heart. She waved her hand to let A'luo take the rest of the sweet potato away, and then smiled at Yonglian and said, "You can't eat too much of these things, or you'll fart."
Upon hearing this, Yonglian burst into laughter and stopped lingering over the fragrant sweet potatoes. He secretly planned to come to Yikun Palace again to eat roasted sweet potatoes, because he knew that Mingyu would definitely not give him such a thing to eat.
After finishing his meal, Yonglian turned his attention to the kitten that was still curled up over there, got up, went over, and played with the kitten for a while.
Looking at Yonglian's smile, Xueying felt very happy. She secretly hoped that she could have a child as cute as Yonglian in the future.
"Why are you out again? Don't you have to study today? Does the governess know you've come out?" Xueying asked with some suspicion as she watched Yonglian playing with the cat so calmly, not in a hurry to return to Xiefang Palace.
Upon hearing Xueying's words, Yonglian pouted and shook his head, then snorted, "Since it's a good time to come out, I've come out. If the governess wants to look for me, let her look."
Xueying knew that the two young princes, Yonglian and Yongzhang, were having a rather stressful time at Xiefang Palace, and she felt very sorry for them. So she said to Yonglian, "If you want, come and play whenever you have time."
Upon hearing Xueying's words, Yonglian quickly nodded, "Okay."
Yonglian was naturally more than happy to accept this. At Yikun Palace, he could play with the cats, eat soft roasted sweet potatoes, and not be watched by the governess.
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