Chapter 451 Can I have a piece to try?
After saying this, Yan Changfeng got up and walked towards Changle Palace.
Arriving at the door,
Jiang Wan Ning was squatting by the garden, intently looking at the things inside.
"Ningning, what are you looking at?" Yan Changfeng walked over and asked softly.
Jiang Wan Ning glanced back, then braced herself on her knees to get up. Yan Chang Feng quickly reached out to support her, saying, "Watch your step."
Jiang Wan Ning nodded, letting Yan Chang Feng help her walk towards the pavilion on the side. "I just felt that a certain herb in the garden looked familiar, but I don't know why."
“I have never studied medicine, yet I know the names, shapes, and effects of these herbs.”
"There are also some prescriptions for treating illnesses."
Yan Changfeng's smile paused slightly, then he said with a smile, "I suppose it's because you used to like reading medical books."
"I used to love reading medical books?"
Yan Changfeng laughed and said, "Yes, you used to always make me accompany you to see things, and you even said you wanted to study medicine, but after all, you are the queen of a country, so studying medicine is of no use to you."
"Besides, studying medicine is very hard, and I didn't want you to suffer so much, which is why I didn't let you study it."
"Ningning, you won't blame me, will you?"
Jiang Wanning stared into Yan Changfeng's sincere eyes and shook her head.
Yan Changfeng smiled and picked up the bowl of porridge from the stone table beside him. "I heard from the people below that you didn't eat properly again today. Was the child too noisy?"
"I specially cooked this porridge, please try it."
Jiang Wan Ning glanced down at the porridge in Yan Chang Feng's hand. He would make different kinds of porridge for her every day, but for some reason, she always felt that these things did not suit her taste.
She didn't seem like someone from Nanli.
"What's wrong?" Yan Changfeng asked with concern when he saw Jiang Wanning in a daze.
Jiang Wan Ning snapped out of her daze and shook her head. "It's nothing. I don't really want to drink right now."
"Okay, I'll brew you a new one when you want to drink it later."
"Your Majesty, a letter has arrived from the Sand Kingdom."
Just as Yan Changfeng put down the bowl in his hand and was about to help Jiang Wanning inside, a guard at the door came to report the news.
"You go ahead and get busy," Jiang Wanning said softly.
For some reason, she has disliked being touched by others since she lost her memory, not even Yan Changfeng, so she always makes excuses to refuse his visits to her.
According to the people here,
The two of them must have been childhood sweethearts and very much in love, but why does everything here feel so unfamiliar to me?
Even some of the local customs are unfamiliar to me.
"Look, this is something I asked someone to buy for me before leaving the palace. It's delicious."
"What is that? It doesn't look like food from around here."
As Jiang Wan Ning was in a daze, she saw two palace maids carrying things in their hands, chatting and laughing as they walked towards her not far away.
The two men did not see her.
Jiang Wan Ning got up and prepared to walk closer, and the nanny and palace maid behind her prepared to follow.
"No need to follow me, I want to walk alone."
Seeing this, the old nanny could only follow from a distance, not daring to go forward. In the entire palace, no one dared to slander the Queen. The only consequence of disobeying or refuting was death.
The two palace maids looked around and, seeing no one, sat down under a large tree.
"Here, have a taste. This is a local delicacy from Dongling. It's a newly opened restaurant in Dongxiang."
Another palace maid took the pastry and said with a smile, "Thank you."
"I've heard that Dongling has a lot more delicious food than Nanli, and there's also a hot pot restaurant that recently opened near Dongxiang."
“Yes, yes,” another palace maid replied happily, but her eyes instantly lost their sparkle, and she pouted, “It’s a pity, it’s too difficult for us to leave the palace.”
"Only those who can go out of the palace to make purchases can do so; otherwise, one can only go out of the palace once a year."
"It's just that I don't have enough money, otherwise I would definitely buy more."
"Who says otherwise? Those who follow the master are more popular. People like us who have just entered the palace don't know anything and can only do rough work. Our monthly allowance is pitifully small."
“I send some money home every month, and after some expenses, there’s not much left.”
The two ate and complained, completely unaware that there was another person next to them.
Could you share some of what you have with me?
Jiang Wan Ning couldn't help but ask a question, and even swallowed the saliva in her mouth.
The two palace maids turned around and saw the newcomer, so frightened that they dropped a piece of pastry on the ground. "Your Majesty, please forgive us! Your Majesty, please forgive us!"
Jiang Wan Ning bent down to help the two up, and held out her hand, "Can I have a piece to try?"
The two palace maids looked at each other and carefully handed it over. Jiang Wan Ning didn't take much, just a piece and took a small bite, as if she were eating something she had been longing for for a long time.
I am very satisfied.
What's this pastry called?
"Your Majesty, this is a Ruyi Cake."
“It’s a snack from Dongling,” one of the palace maids replied in a low voice.
Jiang Wan Ning finished one piece and wanted to eat more, but looking at the few pastries in the paper bag, she licked her lips and held back.
He reached into his pocket but couldn't find any silver. He looked down and saw the bracelets on his wrists. They were a pair, so he took them off and gave one to each of the two palace maids.
"Consider this payment for your pastries. Next time you leave the palace, if you find anything delicious, please bring me some too."
"Your Majesty, it's just a pastry. This bracelet was given to you by the King. We dare not accept it."
"Take this one, give it to me and it's mine."
Jiang Wan Ning glanced down at the pastry on the ground. "Alright, you guys go ahead and get busy."
The two palace maids didn't dare say anything more and could only quietly retreat.
Seeing the two walk away, Jiang Wan Ning looked around again, deliberately dropped the handkerchief in her hand on the ground and picked it up, while also picking up the pastries that had fallen on the ground.
Since it fell on the lawn, it wasn't very dirty. Jiang Wan Ning gently patted the side that had fallen to the ground and began to eat it with satisfaction.
For some reason,
She felt that this was what she had always liked. She remembered reading in a book that a person's stomach is very honest.
But why does she like the food of Dongling so much?
The old woman who was not far away saw all of this and quietly reported it to Yan Changfeng.
"Drag those two palace maids out and beat them to death." Yan Changfeng didn't even look up.
The old woman was taken aback at first, then cautiously said, "Your Majesty, these two young palace maids also..."
She only got halfway through her plea for mercy when she met Yan Changfeng's sharp gaze and didn't dare to continue.
She was just afraid that Yan Changfeng would blame her when he found out, thinking that at most she would be beaten. She never expected that Yan Changfeng would directly order her to be beaten to death.
She seemed to have forgotten that this wise and righteous king could become obsessive when it came to matters concerning the queen.
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