Chu Yaoyao slept until noon.

She sat up dazedly, wrapped in the quilt.

She stretched out her white, tender little hand with four dimples and rubbed her big eyes which were not yet fully open.

As if hearing her movement, the palace maid guarding outside the room knocked on the door.

"Enter."

She yawned and responded vaguely.

"Princess, I am here on the orders of the Emperor to take care of your daily life. You can just call me Ah Shi."

Chu Yaoyao blinked her misty eyes, "Ashi?"

The palace maid bowed her head slightly and said, "I am here."

"What about Sister Chunshi?"

"Miss Chunshi has returned to the Imperial Concubine."

System: Host, this new palace maid is quite interesting.

【How do you say it? 】

System: He has martial arts skills, the kind of masters who have seen blood!

Chu Yaoyao swallowed nervously.

A little excited.

【It’s so exciting! 】

[It seems that what happened yesterday frightened my father and mother, so they sent them to protect me. ]

Seeing that her eyes were a little dull, Ah Shi seemed not to notice. He looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, and stood there motionless.

The emperor has instructed that the little princess has many differences from ordinary people, so there is no need to make a fuss or ask questions.

If necessary, help cover up.

With the help of Ah Shi, after everything was cleaned up, Chu Yaoyao sat in a special seat and waited for dinner to be served.

Ah Shi came in with a food box and took out items one by one.

Well, red dates and yam porridge, hand-shredded mushrooms, stir-fried vegetables...

Green vegetables!

Seeing that Ah Shi was about to put away the lunch box, she quickly stood up from the chair, rummaged through the lunch box, and stretched her neck to look inside.

?!

Gone? ! "Where's the meat?"

【I have a big chicken drumstick for every meal! 】

Ah Shi explained softly, "The Queen has ordered that the princess is ill and if she eats meat, she may suffer from stomach upset."

"So I'll ask you to eat lighter meals these days."

Eat light...

These words were like a bolt from the blue.

Chu Yaoyao was beaten to the point of being in tears.

So she didn't have meat for just this meal.

Next meal.

Next meal...

None? As expected, flags cannot be set casually! In the end, she turned her grief and anger into appetite and ate the mushrooms mouthful by mouthful.

At least it tastes a bit like meat! ...

There are three things that everyone in the capital is talking about today.

The first thing is that the autumn examination is about to begin.

The scholars in this city are no longer keen on finding a teahouse to chat, nor are they gathering together to talk about poetry, songs and other high-brow literature.

They all put their best efforts into memorizing the book.

The second thing was that the Moon-Raising Pavilion was sealed off! This made all the men sigh and stomp their feet in despair.

The woman clapped her hands and cheered, saying it was so enjoyable.

"Do you know? Two divine thunderbolts fell from the sky last night, directly destroying most of the Lanyue Pavilion!"

"What?"

"There is another thing. This Lanyue Pavilion is secretly involved in trafficking women and children!"

After the man finished speaking, he spat at the entrance of Lanyue Pavilion.

"It turns out that I have done too many bad things and am now under divine punishment!"

"God has mercy on us. It's so refreshing!"

When the two women saw the seal on the door of Lanyue Pavilion, they immediately smiled and said, "Let's go to Tianwei Building. I'll treat you!"

"Great, I heard there's a new product!"

"It's just that this store is really far away. It's in two different directions from my house."

The woman who said she wanted to treat us came closer with a mysterious look on her face, "You don't know yet? Sweet House is going to open a branch!"

"really?"

"That would be great!"

This is the third piece of news.

Imperial Study

After listening to the report from the Zhao father and son, Emperor Qixuan threw the memorial in his hand onto the table and pinched his brows.

“Didn’t catch him?”

Zhao Chengwen said cautiously: "It is said that Murong Shen is meeting a friend outside."

Emperor Qixuan snorted, "What a coincidence!"

He was sulking in the imperial study, and Chu Yaoyao was also angry as she looked at the food on the table.

She stretched out her chubby fingers and asked loudly.

[Not only did they not give us the meat, but they were reluctant to even give us the oil? ]

Ah Shi brought out the last small bowl, "Princess, there is egg custard today."

Seeing the bright yellow egg custard, Chu Yaoyao's big eyes suddenly glowed green and tears flowed from the corners of her mouth.

He held the small bowl and started eating, enjoying each bite very carefully, even licking the bottom of the bowl clean.

Chunshi, who was outside the door, saw this scene and felt a little distressed.

"My lady, the princess is still young and growing up. How can she not eat meat every day?"

The Imperial Concubine also saw it and felt pain in her heart.

But now that I have made up my mind to teach her a lesson, I can't give up halfway!

She sighed, "If I don't punish her more severely, how will she learn her lesson?"

I can't bear to hit her, so this is the only way to punish her.

"Forget it, let's give her a boiled egg for breakfast tomorrow."

After one night, I went through a series of tragic experiences, including eating several vegetarian meals, hiding under the covers in the middle of the night to eat dried meat and being caught, and the meat was confiscated...

Early that morning, Chu Yaoyao ate a boiled egg slowly, then jumped off the stool with a stern face.

She did not want to perish in silence.

She clenched her little fists, "I want to save myself!"

She came to Ci'an Palace with her short legs.

"Mammy, Imperial Grandmother, are you busy? I'm here to keep you company and chat with you."

Let's chat for a while and then have lunch.

No matter how powerful my father and mother are, they can't control Ci'an Palace!

Chu Yaoyao felt happy and gave herself a thumbs up.

【As smart as me! 】

The nanny smiled and replied, "The Queen is accompanying the Queen Mother in the small Buddhist temple to worship Buddha. Princess, please wait for a moment."

Worship Buddha?

Chu Yaoyao had a bad feeling.

Then I heard the nanny instructing the palace maids to ask the imperial kitchen to prepare some dishes.

She didn't listen to the details, but they were all vegetarian! Without any animals! Chu Yaoyao suddenly felt something was wrong and began to back away, shouting as she walked back.

"Mammy, I have something else to do. I'll come back another day to accompany the Empress Dowager!"

Seeing her moving her short legs so quickly, the nanny chuckled, then turned and walked into the bedroom.

"Queen Mother, the princess has gone back."

The Queen Mother paused as she was holding the Buddhist beads, and slowly opened her slightly closed eyes.

He glanced at the queen sitting next to him, then shook his head, stretched out his finger and pointed outside, with a smile in his eyes.

"Look at this little guy, he's quite clever."

The queen smiled and nodded in agreement.

On the other side, after leaving Ci'an Palace, Chu Yaoyao knocked on the door of Concubine Meng's bedroom.

"Aunt Meng, you're eating alone. Are you feeling lonely? Yaoyao is here to keep you company!"

As soon as I entered the room, I saw Meng Jieyu throwing her skirt on the chair.

"Why are they all smaller?"

"Have I gained weight?!"

【What happened? 】

Over there, Meng Jieyu covered her forehead with her hands, looking as if she couldn't accept it, and slumped down in her chair.

"I want to lose weight, so I won't eat dinner anymore and will only eat vegetarian meals!"

Chu Yaoyao paused and decided not to move forward.

Meng Jieyu sounded surprised, as if she had just seen her.

"Little princess, why are you here?"

Then she waved her hand, "It's just right, it's time for dinner, don't leave for a while, let's have a vegetarian feast together to cleanse your stomach."

Chu Yaoyao waved her hands repeatedly and shook her head like a rattle.

[You're kidding. I don't have any oil or water in my stomach. What's there to be cleared?! ]

"No, no, no, my mother is calling me to go home for dinner."

Before he could finish his words, he started running out.

Seeing her walking away, Meng Jieyu asked someone to put away her clothes, then she lay down in the rocking chair and squinted her eyes.

"Tell the imperial kitchen to bring a plate of crystal pork elbow."

…

After coming out of Concubine Meng’s bedroom, Chu Yaoyao was held by A Shi and came to Concubine Liang again.

"Madam Liang, Yaoyao is here to see you."

"How have you been lately? How's your health? Did you sleep well at night? Do you have a good appetite?"

Hearing her tone of a little adult, Concubine Liang chuckled, shook her head, and put down the paper and pen.

"I just happened to be helping my parents copy scriptures to pray for blessings. Why don't you take a look with me, little princess, and learn a few words?"

Chu Yaoyao's heart skipped a beat.

"Copying scriptures and praying for blessings?"

(End of this chapter)