Bilian, who was waiting at the door, saw Li Qiji come out of the house and quickly knelt down to pay her respects, saying, "Respectfully seeing off Your Majesty."
Li Qiji stood in front of Bilian and suddenly said, "Take good care of her. If she needs anything, just come to Hua Quan."
Bilian lay on the ground, dumbfounded. Had the sun risen in the west?
Seeing Bilian kneeling on the ground, somewhat stunned and speechless, Hua Quan quickly stretched out his foot and gently kicked Bilian.
"Hurry up and thank the emperor!"
Bilian remembered Hua Quan's voice and quickly kowtowed, saying, "Yes, thank you for your grace, Your Majesty!"
Seeing that Bi Lian had reacted, Li Qiji gave a soft "hmm" with a barely perceptible smile on his lips and walked towards the door.
As soon as she came out, she saw her younger brother lying comfortably in a rocking chair in the hallway. She said with some displeasure, "Aren't you leaving? Are you going to stay here for dinner?"
Upon hearing the sudden sound, Li Qishang staggered and quickly stood up from the rocking chair, clasping his hands in a respectful bow to his brother.
"Royal brother."
"Okay! Let's go!"
Li Qishang turned his head to look in the direction of Guan Zhiyue's bedroom. Li Qiji knew what he was thinking and said softly, "He's fine now!"
"Ah, oh! Okay, that's good, that's good!" Li Qishang said, somewhat lost in thought.
Li Qiji didn't say anything, and strode towards the door with Hua Quan. He caught a glimpse of the open-air kitchen in the courtyard and remembered the stinky tofu he had eaten that night. He couldn't help but swallow, but the bitter taste in his mouth made him shake his head.
Hua Quan looked at the open-air stove, then at the Emperor, whose smile was almost imperceptible. He seemed somewhat bewildered, and took a step back to stand beside Ji Wu, saying, "Your Majesty, looking at that open-air stove, isn't it...?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Wu looked up and smacked his lips nostalgically. This was the second time Hua Quan had seen this expression on someone's face.
What are you doing here?
"Your Excellency, this is a secret, a secret belonging to the Emperor," Ji Wu whispered mysteriously in Hua Quan's ear.
Li Qishang looked at the two whispering behind him, not knowing what they were talking about, but it seemed to be about his elder brother's secret. He couldn't help but recall that his elder brother had seen the open-air stove in Yue'er's courtyard and then laughed, and then Jiwu said it was a secret.
"Could it be that something happened around this stove that he doesn't know about?" Li Qishang kept thinking to himself.
Li Qiji walked ahead, recalling that night when the group of them sneaked into the Cold Palace to steal her stinky tofu, and heard that they had been cursing and swearing about it all morning the next day!
Speaking of stinky tofu, he thought of his younger brother talking about opening a shop and getting him samples. It's been days and he still hasn't received them. He's really getting angry.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He suddenly stopped walking. Hua Quan was following behind Li Qiji, still thinking about the secret of the stove. He didn't notice that Li Qiji had stopped and bumped into the emperor with a thud.
"Ouch..."
"Your Majesty, what's wrong! Are you alright?" Hua Quan quickly knelt down, and as soon as he knelt, all the servants knelt down in unison.
Li Qiji looked at Li Qishang, who was following behind him, and said, "Qishang, come here."
After hearing his elder brother's words, Li Qishang walked over hesitantly and asked, "Brother, what is it?"
"Didn't you say you wanted to open a restaurant?"
Upon hearing this, Li Qishang's eyes widened, and he looked at his elder brother in disbelief, saying, "Yes, yes, then is elder brother going to give Qishang some silver?"
Li Qiji gently patted his younger brother and said, "It's possible, but..."
"But what? As long as my brother gives me money, I will definitely agree to anything he asks."
Is this really true?
"I'm absolutely not kidding!"
"good!"
Li Qiji said "okay" with great pleasure, which made Li Qishang regret it a little. Why did the word "okay" feel so easy and pleasant, even carrying a hint of joy? Was it just his imagination?
"What does Your Majesty need Qi Shang to do?" Li Qi Shang asked cautiously.
Li Qiji smiled and said, "Of course, of course."
"Yes! Please speak, Your Majesty."
A faint smile appeared on Li Qiji's lips, revealing his dazzlingly white teeth.
"Aren't you going to get some samples for your brother, the Emperor, to try when you open your shop?"
Upon hearing this, Li Qishang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It is only right. I have been saying that I would let you try it first, but I have been so busy lately that I forgot. I will definitely send it to you personally in a few days."
Li Qiji's somewhat dissatisfied voice rang out: "Why do we still need a few more days?"
Li Qishang quickly said, "This food was invented by Sister Yue... so I'm just cooperating with her. Naturally, it's still Sister Yue who should make this for my brother."
Li Qiji seemed quite satisfied with the result, and a slight smile even appeared on his lips.
"Then Qi Shang will take his leave first. I won't see you off, Your Majesty." Li Qi Shang looked at his brother's suddenly smiling lips.
Li Qishang returned to his Chaoyang Palace and sat down in a chair, feeling somewhat downcast. He didn't know what he was thinking, but he felt a tightness in his chest and a sense of unease that made him feel particularly depressed.
On the fifth day of the eleventh month, Guan Zhiyue had been sleeping in a daze for about three or four days and had fully recovered. While she was lying in bed, she heard that she should eat more ginseng to nourish herself.
She thought of the giant radish-like ginseng in the bamboo house in her space, and she had to find a way to get it out and eat it.
"Little Tuantuan, why don't the ginseng in my room look as appetizing as I'd like?" Guan Zhiyue said, holding a ginseng root that looked like a giant mountain radish.
Little Tuantuan laughed and said, "Hehe, that's why I became like this, because I absorbed their nutrients."
"Oh, can this ginseng still be eaten? Will it still be effective?" Guan Zhiyue weighed the ginseng in her hand and looked up at Xiao Tuantuan.
"Yes, although they have lost their beautiful appearance and are not as appetizing, their therapeutic effects are still there. Besides, this was grown by you using the spiritual spring water from the black soil. No matter what, this thing is definitely better than what you have outside."
Guan Zhiyue nodded knowingly, indicating that she understood.
She then carried four or five ginseng roots the size of radishes out of the space. Looking at the worthless ginseng roots, Guan Zhiyue shook her head helplessly. What the hell is going on here!
"Bilian, Bilian..."
Bilian ran in from the doorway and looked at Guan Zhiyue excitedly, saying, "Your Majesty, you're awake! Are you feeling any better?"
Guan Zhiyue waved her hand and said, "It's alright. Go find me some clothes. I need to get up and move around a bit."
Bilian obediently opened the wardrobe, only to find five ginseng roots, each the size of a large radish, neatly arranged in a corner of the wardrobe.
Bilian's eyes widened in disbelief, and she took a step back.
"Your Majesty...Your Majesty...this wardrobe?"
"What's wrong? I just asked you to get a piece of clothing. Why are you making such a fuss?" Guan Zhiyue said as she walked over, pretending to exclaim in surprise when she saw the ginseng in the wardrobe.
"Who put this in there for me? Was it you, Bilian?"
Bilian quickly shook her head and said, "It wasn't me, Your Highness..."
"Then let's keep it a secret and keep it for ourselves. Didn't the imperial physician just tell me to eat more ginseng?"
Bilian was still in shock, so she nodded vigorously as she listened to Guan Zhiyue's words.
Guan Zhiyue looked at Bilian, who had been fooled, and a faint smile appeared on her lips...
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