As soon as Yuan Yao left the foreign academy, she immediately sent someone back to Qianhua Palace to send a message: "Have Sister Yu'er make more food and boil more milk. Tell her that I want to entertain my friends."
The young eunuch received the order and hurried back on horseback.
Without the carriage, Huairou called out, "Yao'er, your carriage is gone. Why don't you come and ride in one of our carriages?"
"Okay!" Yuan Yao lifted her short legs and was about to climb onto the carriage in Huairou.
However, before she could climb up, a pair of hands pulled her back.
With both feet off the ground, he struggled violently, shouting, "What are you doing? Put me down!"
Xie Zhi held her in his arms, whistled, and said to Huairou, "Your carriage is so crowded with four people! Come on, Xiao Yao'er, let's ride horses."
horse riding?
Yuan Yao tilted her head and saw that, sure enough, under a tree not far away, a servant was standing there leading a horse and waiting.
She's lived two lives and has never ridden a horse!
Yuan Yao's eyes lit up, and she replied, "Great! I want to ride a horse!"
At this moment, Huaiyao called Xie Zhi.
She pulled out a whip from somewhere, tapped it in her hand, and said arrogantly, "Yuan Yao is too young. She'll easily fall off the horse. Let Lan Yue go."
When her name was suddenly called, Lan Yue was stunned for a moment, then blushed and stammered, "I...I think I'd better not go..."
Upon hearing this, Huaiyao's tone immediately turned sour: "Just go when I tell you to. What are you being so coy about?"
Huaiyao is straightforward and can't stand people being pretentious in front of her.
Lan Yue opened her mouth, glanced at Xie Zhi, and said with reddened eyes, "Okay, I'll go horseback riding..."
Seeing this, Huaiyao became even angrier: "Jiang Lanyue, who are you trying to fool with this act of being wronged? In my opinion, you should just walk back to the palace yourself!"
Lan Yue immediately burst into tears, crying, "Huaiyao, don't send me away..."
Huairou hesitated for a moment, unsure whether to comfort Lan Yue or blame Huaiyao.
She looked at Yuan Yao with some apology.
Xie Zhi said impatiently, "Are you leaving or not? If not, I'll take Xiao Yao'er and ride away."
At that moment, a simply decorated carriage slowly drove up.
The carriage slowly came to a stop outside the gate of the National Academy.
A familiar young man lifted the carriage curtain and jumped down: "Your Highness."
Yuan Yao looked up and saw Yun Chan carrying a book, slowly walking towards the carriage.
Just as she looked over, Yun Chan happened to be looking over as well.
After glancing at Lan Yue, who was on the verge of tears, and Huai Yao, who had a sour face, Yuan Yao simply changed her target: "Yun Chan, my carriage has been taken away. Can I ride with you back to the palace?"
Yun Chan frowned almost imperceptibly.
He looked up and gazed in his direction.
The carriage in Huairou wasn't large, and it already carried three people, while Xie Zhi was on horseback...
He coughed, covering his mouth, and said, "Come here."
So, Yuan Yao happily climbed onto Yun Chan's carriage.
Xie Zhi stood there, staring at his empty hands: "Xiao Yao'er, what happened to riding horses? You just abandoned me like this?"
"I'm not riding anymore!" Yuan Yao exclaimed comfortably inside Yun Chan's carriage. "Yun Chan's carriage is so soft, and riding a horse isn't as safe as riding a carriage!"
Xie Zhiqi laughed and pointed at her, saying, "You short legs."
Yuan Yao raised an eyebrow smugly.
The carriage was filled with a rich aroma of medicine.
Yun Chan remained expressionless as she bent down to board the carriage, sat down close to the window, and kept a distance from Yuan Yao.
Yuan Yao: "..."
Is she some kind of monster?
They're so far away from her, practically pressed against the side of the carriage. How much do they despise her?
She didn't even mind that he was a weak and sickly man...
Yun Chan's carriage was simply decorated with raw wood, but it was filled with cool-smelling incense and had very soft cushions, making it extremely comfortable to sit in.
On the way, Yun Chan was reading a book. Yuan Yao was so bored that he took the initiative to talk to him: "Yun Chan, do you want to go to Qianhua Palace to see Tangyuan?"
Yun Chan paused in her book-turning motion and replied, "I'm not going."
She pressed on, "Oh... then are you going to see the cows? I have a very big cow that can produce a lot of milk every day!"
Yun Chan replied, "I won't go."
It's "not going" again...
Yuan Yao couldn't help but tease him: "How old is Yun Chan this year? Why do you keep saying two words at a time? I'm three years old, and I say more than you do."
Yun Chan closed the book, looked up at her, and said, "You know you talk a lot?"
Yuan Yao: "???"
Wasn't she just trying to liven things up and bring classmates closer together?
On the way back, Yuan Yao was so angry that she didn't say another word.
Upon entering the palace, Yun Chan abandoned her and got off the carriage on her own.
"No manners."
Yuan Yao muttered something and led the three little princesses and Xie Zhi into Qianhua Palace.
Qianhua Palace.
The palace servants were already waiting in the side hall.
Upon entering the side hall, a rich aroma of milk filled the air.
The table was already laden with all sorts of food and drinks.
There was hot milk, double-skin milk, ginger milk curd, and custard buns. In addition, Yu'er also made some new pastries with milk using her usual tea-making methods.
Upon seeing the pastries, Lan Yue's eyes lit up: "Sister Yao'er, these tea snacks are so beautiful and smell so good!"
"Look at you, so naive." Huaiyao picked up a custard bun, took a bite, and said, "It's just so-so."
So-so?
Yuan Yao didn't mind at all, and smiled with her eyes crinkling: "If Princess Huaiyao says it's so-so, then it's so-so."
It's just that they say one thing and mean another.
She understands.
The way he kept saying it was just so-so while eating two custard buns in a row was exactly like a classic case of "it's so good!"
Even Xie Zhi couldn't stand it anymore: "Jiang Huaiyao, although your mother, Consort Zhao, is considered favored, your Yonghe Palace shouldn't be able to afford these things, right?"
"Shut up!" Huaiyao swallowed another custard bun.
This was the first time she had ever tasted milk in her life, and of course, Yonghe Palace didn't have it!
But she refused to admit that Yuan Yao's food was delicious...
Of the group, only Huairou remained calm.
She sat with an elegant and dignified posture, and ate with refined manners. She tasted everything on the table before smiling and saying, "These milk-based foods are indeed delicious. I'm really lucky to have come to Qianhua Palace today."
Yuan Yao said happily, "Eat more if you like it. I'll try other ways to cook it later."
"Mm." Huairou nodded.
At this moment, Yuan Yao noticed that Princess Lan Yue had only taken a piece of pastry and was taking small bites of it.
She didn't touch any of the other desserts.
Yuan Yao asked, somewhat puzzled, "Sister Lan Yue, is it that these things don't suit your taste?"
Startled, Lan Yue put down the pastry in her hand, wiped her mouth, her cheeks slightly flushed, and shook her head, saying, "No, I really like it..."
Yuan Yao breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at her, "Since you like it, Sister Lan Yue, please eat more."
Lan Yue nervously clutched the hem of her skirt, her face flushed red all the way to her neck. After hesitating for a while, she finally mustered up the courage to ask, "Sister Yuan Yao, I... I wonder if I can take these things back for my little brother to eat?"
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