Several servants quickly tidied up the room and closed the door.
Before that, Gao Wuyong had specially brought in a basin of hot water.
"Everyone, get out."
"Yes, sir."
Yinzhen helplessly wiped Geng Youran's face, muttering to himself:
"I really don't know what I saw in you that made you do something like this."
Looking at Geng Youran's flushed face, Yinzhen suddenly felt that the night was particularly hazy.
The next day, Geng Youran clutched her head in pain and finally managed to sit up in bed.
"Qianxue...Qianxue!"
"Here you are, Princess. I've prepared some hangover soup for you. Please have some."
"My head hurts so much."
Qianxue reluctantly handed over some hangover soup:
“Princess, you drank too much last night. We only brewed two jars, and you drank more than one jar yourself.”
Did I drink that much last night?
Well, it seems my princess really doesn't remember anything.
"Princess, the Prince said this morning that he had already sent someone to speak with the Princess Consort. Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
"I'm not going to sleep. Bring me a basin of cold water so I can wash my face. Let's go to the back garden and pick some plum blossoms."
Geng Youran now treats the back garden as her material warehouse. When the flowers bloom, she picks some seasonal flowers to make desserts.
And so, it's that time of year again when plum blossoms are used to make desserts.
"Princess, it's so cold. You can just call the servants to come and pick them. Why bother coming all the way yourself?"
"It snowed last night, so of course I had to come out and see it today."
Geng Youran and Qianxue watched the snow in the back garden, occasionally picking some plum blossoms and putting them in a basket.
"Qianxue, look here!"
Qianxue was picking flowers a few trees away from Geng Youran when she heard her master call her. She quickly turned around and a snowball hit her right on the forehead.
"Princess!"
"Haha, if you're so capable, come and chase me!"
Geng Youran, unusually, showed a childlike side, and Qianxue also put down her basket and started a snowball fight with Geng Youran on the snow.
"Hehe, you can't hit me, that'll make you so mad."
"Princess, don't run away!"
"Only a fool wouldn't run! Take this!"
Another snowball hit Qianxue's shoulder.
"Your Highness, why didn't you stop Princess Geng? It's freezing cold, she shouldn't get cold."
Yinzhen and Gao Wuyong were standing in the corridor not far away.
After court, Yinzhen was going to visit Yunhui when he passed by here and saw Geng Youran and her servant Qianxue having a snowball fight not far away. He stood and watched for a while.
Yinzhen looked at Geng Youran, who was laughing happily not far away, and said with doting eyes:
"Tell someone to boil some ginger soup and send it to Princess Geng's courtyard. Have Xiao Anzi keep it warm in the small kitchen so that Princess Geng can drink it when she gets back."
"Yes, sir."
Gao Wuyong thought to himself, "As expected, the prince is very thoughtful."
Yinzhen then sat with Yunhui for a while, but did not eat, before returning to his study.
When Geng Youran and Qianxue returned to the courtyard with plum blossoms still covered in snow, Xiao Anzi immediately brought ginger soup into the house.
"Princess, it's so cold outside, you should drink some ginger soup so you don't catch a cold."
Geng Youran took a bite and nodded:
"It tastes good, Xiao Anzi. I didn't know you had this skill."
"Thank you for your kind words, Princess. However, this soup was not made by me. It was prepared by the Prince and sent over, and I kept it warm on the fire."
"Your Highness?"
Geng Youran recalled the figure she had just seen in the garden and smiled shyly, a rare occurrence for her.
"Go and serve a bowl for your sister Qianxue too."
"Yes, sir."
"Princess, I'm fine."
"Just drink it. We women are naturally afraid of the cold. You just played around with me in the snow, so you should drink some ginger soup to warm up."
"Gege Xie".
As Qianxue drank the ginger soup, she thought to herself that she would never trade her life for such a good master, no amount of wealth or glory could change that.
"Alright, stop being so mushy, just drink up."
In the afternoon, the master and servants were busy in the small kitchen.
In addition to making 'plum blossom soup dumplings', Geng Youran also specially brewed some plum blossom wine.
Geng Youran and Qianxue gently washed the plum blossoms they had picked to remove surface dust and impurities. Then they used a clean cotton cloth to absorb the moisture, ensuring the plum blossoms were dry.
String plum blossom petals together with thin string or thread, then hang them below the mouth of the infusion container, about an inch above the surface of the liquor. Ensure the plum blossoms do not directly touch the liquor.
Pour the prepared high-proof liquor into the infusion container until the liquor is close to but does not exceed the hanging position of the plum blossoms.
Tightly seal the lid of the container for soaking the liquor to ensure a good seal.
"Xiao Anzi, find a cool, well-ventilated place to put this jar, and we'll drink it again in a few days."
"Okay, Princess."
Geng Youran has always had a high alcohol tolerance, and she would occasionally have a few drinks with Yinzhen.
Last night was an accident; she used high-proof liquor when making chrysanthemum wine, so she accidentally got drunk.
At the end of the month, Yinzhen and others received news that Kangxi was about to hold a ceremony to confer titles upon the imperial concubines.
Among them, the birth mother of the twelfth prince, Consort Ding, was granted the title of Consort Ding, and the fourth prince, Yinzhen, and the fourteenth prince, Yinti, were also reinstated as consorts.
A few days after the news was confirmed, the imperial edict was issued.
"Your Majesty, after so many years, you have finally waited for this day. It can be said that your suffering has finally come to an end."
"Yes, it is the Fourteenth Prince who is capable; otherwise, I would not be in this situation today."
Yinzhen, who had originally planned to celebrate with his mother, stood outside the door. Upon hearing what his mother said, he silently handed the gift in his hand to his wife, and then left with Gao Wuyong.
Ulanara silently accepted the box, her disdain for Consort De well concealed in her eyes.
Although the Fourteenth Prince is currently fighting for the Emperor in Tibet and seems to be enjoying a glorious life, those in the court who proposed making him the Crown Prince have actually put themselves in the eye of the storm.
This, in turn, provided the best cover for their own prince.
Ulanara suppressed her smugness and gestured for a young eunuch to go in and report.
A short while later, the people inside the door invited her in.
"Your daughter-in-law greets Mother and congratulates Mother on her return to the rank of Imperial Concubine."
"Get up."
"Thank you, Mother. Mother, this is a gift that the Prince asked his daughter-in-law to bring you. Are you satisfied with it?"
Consort De had the box opened, and inside was a fine jade ruyi.
Even so, Consort De only said one sentence in a light tone:
"Very good."
Ulanara exchanged some polite words with Consort De, and left after staying for less than half an hour.
Consort De looked at the box on the table with mockery in her eyes, while her right hand gently stroked the jade bracelet on her left wrist.
The fourteenth prince sent someone to deliver this bracelet to her.
Whether the fourteenth prince knew the news in advance or it was just a coincidence, the bracelet arrived on the same day the imperial edict arrived.
Consort De believed that she had gradually returned to the rank of Consort because the Emperor favored the Fourteenth Prince, but she did not know that Yinzhen had made no less effort than Yinti in order for her to regain the rank of Consort.
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