She first mixed the rice flour, glutinous rice flour, and white sugar evenly, then set aside some rice flour to make the peach blossom filling.
Slowly pour water into the remaining dry ingredients while stirring, until the mixture is formed when grasped by hand but crumbles when pressed.
Sift the rice flour, add peach blossom sauce to some of the rice flour, stir well, and make a peach blossom sandwich.
Fill the mold with the sifted rice noodles, alternating between layers of white rice noodles and peach blossom rice noodles.
Place the mold in a steamer and steam over high heat for half an hour, until the cake is fully cooked.
After steaming, invert the mold to unmold and sprinkle with cooled peach blossom sauce.
"Go, have Xiao Anzi deliver it over there."
"Princess, I think it would be better if you went to deliver it yourself."
Geng Youran thought to herself, "If I wanted to go, would I need you to remind me?"
"Alright, fine, let's go. Look at you two, you're both cowards."
Geng Youran had Qianxue carry the food box and follow her. The two of them arrived at the back garden, where, sure enough, the group was still in the pavilion.
"Greetings to Your Majesty. Your Majesty, the 'peach blossom cake' is ready. Would you like to eat it here?"
"Bring it up."
"yes."
Perhaps still clinging to the old habit of serving the emperor, Geng Youran stepped forward and arranged everything according to the emperor's preferences.
Emperor Kangxi picked up a pastry, took a bite, and savored it. He could indeed detect a faint floral fragrance.
"It tastes good. Someone, give us a treat."
"This servant thanks Your Majesty."
Perhaps because they had eaten and drunk their fill and enjoyed the beautiful scenery at their son's place, Kangxi and his entourage were in a good mood when they returned to the palace, and Yinzhen's mood improved as well.
That evening, Yinzhen came to Geng Youran's place.
"You did well today."
"Your Highness, why didn't you tell me beforehand? I wasn't prepared at all."
"Really? Judging from your behavior today, I thought you already knew."
The smile on Geng Youran's face gradually disappeared.
"The news Hongzhou mentioned, was it deliberately spread by Master?"
Yinzhen didn't take the matter to heart.
"Father Emperor originally intended to come and see, but there were too many eyes watching, so I simply let more people know. Who knew that Hongzhou would be so open-minded and tell you everything."
Upon hearing this, Geng Youran breathed a sigh of relief.
"You're really good at scheming, even your own son was kept in the dark."
Yinzhen smiled:
"I don't agree."
"What do you mean by that, Your Highness?"
Yinzhen raised his head:
"Do you dare say you never schemed against Hongzhou?"
Geng Youran paused for a moment, then smiled knowingly:
"Your Highness, there are some things you should just keep to yourself, why bother saying them out loud?"
“Hongzhou is intelligent and has his own opinions, so you don’t need to worry so much. I wouldn’t harm him.”
“Your Highness, you know perfectly well that the Emperor values Hongli, which has already made the child a target of public criticism. Yet you still invited the Emperor to our courtyard.”
"So you poisoned Hongzhou's snacks."
...
"It's just a small amount of laxative; drinking more water will make you feel better."
Looking at Geng Youran before him, Yinzhen asked the question that had been hidden in his heart for many years:
"You Ran, do you know something?"
"Your Highness, if I were to tell you, I fear I would lose my life. Even so, will you still continue to ask?"
He certainly wouldn't do that.
He was already 70-80% confident about winning the throne, so there was no need for him to lose the woman he loved because of this.
Yinzhen embraced Geng Youran and did not ask any further questions.
The reason Geng Youran dared to ask such a question was because she was certain that Yinzhen would not ask any further questions.
Who says that people in love won't scheme against each other? It's just that their interests align.
Geng Youran thought that Yinzhen would give up, but Yinzhen did not give up. He still found another opportunity and invited the emperor to his residence once again.
And this happened after the two children had returned home from their day off.
After spending half a day together, Kangxi grew very fond of his two sons, Hongli and Hongzhou, especially Hongli, who was even more outstanding than the ones he had met recently.
Because the Hall of Mental Cultivation was still piled with memorials, Emperor Kangxi returned to the Forbidden City with his entourage in the afternoon.
Yinzhen returned to his study.
Hongli and Hongzhou stood at the entrance of the Prince's Mansion, unable to move for a long time. Recalling the look in their grandfather's eyes just now, the two children shivered.
After returning to their respective mothers' courtyards, Hongzhou lay on the table in a daze, while Qianxue was helping her master tidy up his clothes on the couch.
"Princess, the young prince has been staring blankly at the table ever since he came in. Would you like to go and check on him?"
"What's so interesting about it? Kids are just kids, it's normal for them to have worries."
"It's different, isn't it? I don't think I've ever seen the young prince so conflicted before."
Geng Youran stopped folding clothes, got up, put on her shoes, and looked in Hongzhou's direction.
"Go and bring me the peach blossom pastries I made in advance, and brew a pot of tea."
"yes."
Qianxue went down to prepare, while Geng Youran walked up to her son.
"What's wrong? Something on your mind?"
"Mother, do you think Father will become emperor?"
Upon hearing this, Geng Youran looked around, and seeing that no one was nearby, she turned her head and frowned at Hongzhou, who was still lying down:
"You brat, are you asking for a beating again? How dare you say something like that?"
"Oh dear, the court officials have been discussing this matter all day long. I don't know what's so taboo about it."
Geng Youran slapped Hong Zhou on the forehead:
"Get out of here if you keep talking nonsense."
Seeing that his mother was really angry, Hongzhou quickly shut his mouth:
"Mother, please don't be angry. Just pretend that your son didn't say anything."
"I didn't hear anything at all."
Hongzhou stood up obsequiously and walked behind his mother, massaging her shoulders and back, startling Qianxue who came in to bring snacks and tea.
"Alright, stop trying to flatter me. I know what you're thinking. I'm warning you, behave yourself while you're in the palace and don't cause your father any trouble."
"Okay."
Hongzhou was unaware that his mother had given him and Hongli laxatives; he only felt somewhat unwilling to lose to Hongli.
“Hongzhou, it is true that Hongli is excellent, but you also have your own strengths.”
Geng Youran noticed that Hongzhou's mood was a bit off, so she quickly tried to comfort him.
"Mother, don't worry, your son doesn't have such big ambitions. Your son is happy enough just being with you."
"You're good at talking, kid."
Geng Youran didn't know much about history, and she had no interest in reversing or changing the course of history. However, she didn't want her son to be tempted by the so-called "ruler of the world" and do things that would harm his siblings.
A few days later, Kangxi met with Yinzhen alone and expressed his desire to personally tutor Hongli.
When the Emperor speaks, Yinzhen naturally won't refuse, especially since it's not a bad thing.
After returning to his residence, Yinzhen found Niohuru Wanru and the two talked about the matter alone.
As for what the two of them talked about, only the two of them know.
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