"Your Majesty, Princess Pingting is different because she studied pharmacology. Knowing that you have a poor appetite, she chose dishes that are good for your appetite."
Moreover, there's a lot to learn about how to cook food, what to eat first and what to eat later, so that it feels refreshing and not greasy.
We are simply not as meticulous and capable as Princess Pingting, which is why we haven't been able to serve you comfortably.
As if she had received a sponsorship fee from Dugu Pingting, Granny Ji kept praising her incessantly.
Just then, Chu Yuan was also thinking about this matter, and upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in her eyes.
Is Dugu Pingting skilled in pharmacology?
Then you shouldn't make the basic mistake of food incompatibility!
For a while afterward, Chu Yuan remained silent, watching as Dugu Pingting fed the Empress Dowager, while Granny Ji chimed in with amusement. She was quite cunning during the meal.
Finally, the Empress Dowager glanced at her and said, "It just so happens that Pingting came to the palace today. Invite the Emperor over for dinner tonight. He hasn't tasted Pingting's cooking in a long time."
These words had a hidden meaning and were clearly meant for Chu Yuan's ears.
It gives her a good chance to appreciate the flavor.
Chu Yuan didn't take it to heart. These were all just the Empress Dowager's wishful thinking. She was under the Empress Dowager's roof and had no choice but to bow her head. But whether she did it or not was up to her.
In the afternoon, she leaned on the windowsill and watched Dugu Pingting busy in the courtyard. She said that the Empress Dowager had chronic leg pain, which would flare up whenever the weather changed. All the imperial physicians had prescribed bitter medicine, but the Empress Dowager found it hard to swallow, so it was difficult to cure completely. It was most likely to relapse in the autumn and winter seasons.
Thanks to Dugu Pingting's dedicated research into a plaster, the effect was excellent.
That's why she's been busy for half the afternoon, doing just this.
The small kitchen will be ready with the ingredients soon, and she will have to cook. Her schedule is so packed that she seems to be even busier than an emperor attending court.
This further highlights that Chu Yuan, this idle person, is all beauty and no other good.
Granny Ji couldn't bear to watch any longer and rushed into the room to ask Chu Yuan, "Young Master Ji Yun, did you not listen to a word I said yesterday? Judging from the time of day, the Emperor will be here soon after reviewing the memorials. Why are you still lying here?"
Chu Yuan looked confused, feigning ignorance as she asked, "Granny, what should I do when the Emperor comes?"
"Of course it should be washed..." Granny Ji said halfway, but perhaps because the Empress Dowager had instructed her to keep a low profile, she had to swallow her words back.
She glared at Chu Yuan with a look of disappointment and called to Chunxiao, "Go quickly and find a few pretty clothes that Consort Ji Yun can wear. Although it's a family banquet tonight, she can't be dressed in a drab way. Consort Ji Yun is now someone the Empress Dowager is in her sight, so she can't be like before."
Hearing this, Chu Yuan finally perked up a bit.
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She used to live outside the palace, and her money was fixed, so she was naturally not well-off.
But Gu Yue insisted on provoking her. Since she couldn't compete with him in beauty, she compared clothes, jewelry, food, and daily necessities. Before long, the feud between the two deepened.
After Chu Yuan was helped to dress and groom herself, a eunuch announced, "Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince has arrived—"
Everyone in the room, except for the Empress Dowager, knelt down to greet her, and Chu Yuan was no exception.
Although her head was lowered, her eyebrows unconsciously rose slightly.
Dugu Jue has come too?
His gaze fell upon the half-set sun, and he realized that it wasn't dark yet, so it should be Dugu Ling, not Dugu Jue!
"No need for formalities," said Lonely Tianxiong in a good mood.
As soon as Chu Yuan stood up, Dugu Tianxiong and Dugu Ling's gazes fell on her at the same time. Chu Yuan didn't pay much attention to what Dugu Tianxiong was like, but she felt that Dugu Ling's expression was awkward, and he even took a step back imperceptibly.
Is it because he's afraid of her?
"It is a good thing that the Empress Dowager has such a beautiful young girl as Ji Yun to keep her company."
Dugu Tianxiong glanced at it twice, then quickly looked away and began chatting with the Empress Dowager.
Unfortunately, the Empress Dowager always managed to steer the conversation toward her target.
"Yes, if the emperor finds it pleasing to the eye, he should come and visit more often. Ji Yun is a good woman, it's just a pity she had bad luck, but well, it's hard to say..."
In short, the emperor made a promise to the girl's father and brothers, so he should take good care of her and not waste the young girl's most precious years.
Chu Yuan, "..."
Dugu Tianxiong, "..."
Is this never going to end?
Beside her, Dugu Ling gripped her chopsticks tightly. Whether she had just made eye contact with Chu Yuan or was now hearing the Empress Dowager's pointed words, she remained silent, giving off an air of escapism and disappointment.
Chu Yuan guessed that he might not share memories with Dugu Jue.
His reaction to her was still stuck on the incident of drugging her and climbing into her bed yesterday!
Over here, Dugu Tianxiong coughed twice and stiffly changed the subject, "Our Pingting is still the most filial, unlike Yue'er who is crazy all day long. It's only the second day after the Empress Dowager's birthday, and she has already gone off to who knows where."
Dugu Tianxiong didn't know whether he was a father or a brother, but if he really took Ji Yun as his wife, he wouldn't be able to get over his own conscience.
Back then, he had been thinking about Ji Yun's mother for a long time, but in the end she chose Ji Yun Zhan.
Decades later, in the afterlife, he would face Ji Yunzhan and Yueyin with dignity, and there was absolutely no way he would take their daughter as a concubine now!
The Empress Dowager knows nothing and is just randomly matchmaking people up.
Upon hearing this, Dugu Pingting paused slightly in her soup-serving movements and smiled, "Uncle, please don't say that. I'm already engaged and will be getting married soon, so naturally I won't be leaving the house. But Yue'er is only 15 years old, and she's at the age where she's very playful. You and the Empress Dowager are reluctant to restrict her, so Yue'er has developed a naive and lovable personality."
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