After taking a sip of soup and a bite of the crispy and tender roasted meat, Li Fei felt that the trip was definitely worthwhile.
She herself came from a prestigious family and had been well-mannered since childhood, never speaking while eating. Yet, at this moment, she couldn't help but praise, "Your cooking skills are simply too good! I never knew you had such talent."
This wasn't the first time Wange had come to the hunting grounds with them. In the past, she had simply come to the hunting grounds and done nothing, more like a tool to accompany the emperor.
So she never had the chance to eat the food made by the Imperial Concubine, let alone in the palace. Now that she has finally tasted it, she feels that all the imperial chefs are utterly inadequate.
Wan Ge understood that the imperial chefs in the palace actually had far more seasonings than ordinary people. The best ordinary people had was a little fine salt, while poor people might only have a little coarse salt.
But the palace had other seasonings besides these. Having experienced so many worlds, Wan Ge knew exactly what could be used in this era to remove the gamey smell and add fragrance.
Even the imperial chefs who were cooking for the emperor couldn't help but come over when they smelled the aroma.
Seeing how curious the other person looked, Wan Ge still gave him a piece.
The Imperial Chefs Alliance expressed their gratitude to the Imperial Concubine for her gift. After taking a bite, they were greatly impressed and immediately asked her how it was made.
Wan Ge told the other party how to marinate the meat and remove the fishy or gamey smell, since rabbits, sheep, or other animals in the hunting grounds all need to have their fishy or gamey smell removed.
The imperial chef nodded quickly at Wan Ge's idea: "Your humble servant is enlightened. I will go and give it a try right away."
Wan Ge nodded and sat down to have dinner with Consort Li and Zi Shutang.
Zishu Yan handed her a plate of meat, all of which had been deboned.
Wange accepted it with a smile. Lifei always felt that there was something wrong between the two of them, but she couldn't put her finger on it. In the end, she could only think that perhaps their relationship was just that good.
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At night, Zishu Yan had just finished bathing and was still happy as she lay in bed.
Suddenly, she sensed something was wrong and became on guard. Then she saw Wan Ge peek out from under the covers.
"You...how did you get here?"
Wan Ge's fingertips traced his chest as she slowly spoke, "If I'm not here, where should I be, Your Highness?"
At this moment, he was on a flat plain, completely different from when he was outside during the day.
Zi Shuyan then realized that Wange wasn't surprised at all: "Did you already know?"
Did she already know all along, which is why she said she liked him and was so close to him?
While he was still wondering if she liked women and when he should confess, he already knew his true identity.
Wan Ge slowly lowered her fingertips: "Your Highness, didn't you feel anything was wrong when you were on horseback? You were poking me."
Zishu Yan's cheeks instantly turned bright red, and she didn't know how to face the person in front of her: "Stop talking!"
Zishu Yan pulled the blanket up and covered her face.
Wan Ge pulled back the covers: "How can my prince be so adorable?"
After she finished speaking, she lowered her head and kissed him.
"Don't be like this..." When she learned her most secret, Zishu Yan seemed to feel that he could be more unrestrained, but he didn't want to scare her.
"But what if I insist on doing it this way?" Wan Ge asked, her eyes smiling as she stared at him intently.
Zi Shuyan took a deep breath, and because of her expression, she immediately replied, "Then I have no choice but to accept."
"Okay, I'll be waiting for you to be polite."
As soon as Wan Ge finished speaking, the other person cupped her face and kissed her.
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The next morning, Zishu Yan woke up holding the person in her arms, her fingertips touching her face, her heart pounding as she looked at her cheeks.
How could someone appear so timely in his life when he felt that life was meaningless, and move him so deeply?
He had no ambitions from childhood to adulthood; his life goal seemed to be simply to live up to his mother's expectations.
But if there's no hope in life, how can you strive?
His father fell in love with someone else, and his mother knew he couldn't protect himself. So, to make him safer, he should have been the crown prince, but his mother was afraid he would get into an even more dangerous situation, so she claimed he was a princess and would only need a wet nurse to raise him.
Before her death, she desperately tried to win over her father's favor, seemingly to remind him of the best moments of their youth, and then died when her father had the deepest impression of her.
This allowed her to persuade her father to listen to her and allow only a wet nurse to raise him, instead of handing him over to any of the concubines, thus better concealing his true identity.
The wet nurse was also the Empress Dowager's wet nurse, the only person the Empress Dowager trusted and the only person she could trust.
Unfortunately, even his trusted wet nurse was murdered. She was poisoned because of him and died in front of him when he was eleven years old.
Before his wet nurse died, she pointed him to a path: to leave the palace, even to the northern battlefield, would be better than staying in the palace, where at least there would be a glimmer of hope for survival.
Zishu Yan obeyed his wet nurse's advice and asked his father for permission.
The emperor initially refused, but he demonstrated his martial arts skills in front of him. Of course, the real reason the emperor relented was because of his mother's keepsake.
His mother died just as he fell in love with her again, so her belongings were very valuable. His mother seemed to have realized this as well, which is why she left him the possessions she wanted to keep.
Tell him not to be sad about the belongings; their value lies in whether they can be used.
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