Manager Bai bowed and said to Yuan Yao, "Princess, I'll go to the kitchen first to prepare some food for you."
Yuan Yao smiled and said, "Go ahead, thank you, Uncle Bai."
As he left, Manager Bai bowed to Jiang Chengyan again.
Jiang Chengyan nodded: "I am leaving the palace incognito today, so it is not convenient to make a fuss. You can bring the things up yourself later."
"yes."
Manager Bai responded and left.
It's been over a year since I last saw Jiang Chengyan, and he's become even taller and more robust.
His demeanor has also become increasingly composed.
Between his brows, he subtly exuded the arrogant aura that only an emperor could possess.
If we hadn't grown up together, most people probably wouldn't have dared to look him in the eye.
Yuan Yao looked on with great satisfaction.
She happily jogged over, gave Jiang Chengyan a gentle hug, and gestured with her hands: "Chengyan, you've grown taller again."
"Really?" Jiang Chengyan asked with a straight face, suppressing his joy.
"Of course it's true!" Yuan Yao stood on tiptoe: "Compared to last year, I've grown about a finger's length taller!"
"Hmm," Jiang Chengyan said, "Sit down and talk."
Upon entering the private room, Yun Chan nodded to him: "You came quite quickly."
Jiang Chengyan sat opposite Yun Chan: "I knew you were coming, but I didn't know for sure. Today, I happen to have some business outside the palace."
Yun Chan smiled and said, "Yao'er said she wants to give you a surprise."
After speaking, he poured a cup of tea and pushed it to Jiang Chengyan's side.
Jiang Chengyan picked up his teacup and took a small sip: "You just let her run wild. As the emperor of a country, you actually secretly accompany the empress to play around everywhere."
If those old playboys in your Chu Kingdom find out, Yuan Xiaoyao will become a femme fatale.
"At that point, I'll definitely force you to depose the empress."
Deposed empress?
Yun Chan held the teacup and smiled silently: "If you want to depose the empress, you should depose me, the emperor, first."
However, they are not qualified yet.
Yuan Yao took a sip of tea to moisten her throat: "Cheng Yan, you have no idea how troublesome those old playboys in Chu are..."
Before coming to Daqi, Yunchan and I went to the summer palace to escape the heat.
He brought many officials and their families with him when he traveled.
Guess what happened to those old spoiled brats?
They brought eligible women to the palace, plotting to send them to Yun Chan's bed!
"Such a thing has happened?" Jiang Chengyan frowned and looked at Yun Chan: "As the emperor, aren't you going to do anything about it?"
Yuan Xiaoyao married you, not to suffer such humiliation.
Before Yun Chan could speak, Yuan Yao immediately said, "Cheng Yan, you've misunderstood!"
Yun Chan stated directly in the imperial court that he would only have me in his life and there would be no other woman.
Some people, still harboring wicked intentions, tried to take shortcuts when they realized that open methods were ineffective.
If successful, the entire clan will smoothly become relatives of the emperor.
If she's lucky enough to give birth to the eldest son of the emperor, he might be made crown prince in the future...
"What a pity, Yun Chan isn't that kind of person!"
If it were any other man, he might have fallen for it.
Tsk...
When Yuan Yao said this, she showed no emotion and even found it somewhat amusing.
However, Jiang Chengyan was very displeased upon hearing this.
He looked at Yun Chan: "Aren't you going to think of a solution? I've known since we were little that you have a lot of clever ideas. Are you just going to let them continue like this?"
You can guard against it for a while, but you can't guard against it forever.
Yun Chan slowly poured herself a cup of tea and said with a smile, "Don't rush, I'm already preparing it, aren't I?"
"Once I return from Daqi, this should be the end of it."
Jiang Chengyan opened his mouth, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He said earnestly, "From a young age, I've always thought highly of you, thinking you're reliable and dependable. I'm very reassured about marrying Yuan Xiaoyao to you."
Yun Chan, don't let me down.
Yun Chan replied, "Don't worry."
Both of them spoke with the airs of emperors.
Yuan Yao was completely bewildered.
She said irritably, "We finally get to meet, do you two have to act all high and mighty?"
Jiang Chengyan finally smiled: "The mimosa flowers in the National Academy are in full bloom. They will wither in a while."
Is it a mimosa flower?
Yuan Yao's eyes lit up: "Yun Chan, how about we go to the National Academy later? Let's go see our old school!"
The Academy of Chinese Classics holds more than a decade of memories for her and Yunchan!
From age three to sixteen...
Yun Chan looked at her gently and said, "Okay."
“I’m not going,” Jiang Chengyan said. “I have to go to the National Academy once a month, and I’m tired of seeing it.”
Speaking of the National Academy, Yun Chan said, "After Yao'er and I go back, I will send Yun Tan to the National Academy. Please take care of her for a few months."
Cloud lily?
When Yuan Yao got married, Yun Tan came to fetch her in place of Yun Chan.
Yun Tan has a sweet tongue and a likable personality, so Jiang Chengyan has a pretty good impression of him.
He nodded: "Send it over, it can stay as long as you like, you can even marry into my Great Qi."
Marrying into another family?
“That won’t do!” Yuan Yao was the first to object.
She sat up straight, holding the teacup in both hands: "If I entrust Yun Tan to you, what will become of Yun Chan and me?"
Jiang Chengyan casually remarked, "He's not going to inherit the throne, so why can't he marry into the Qi family?"
Yuan Yao: "..."
Yun Chan: "..."
The two exchanged a silent glance.
Yuan Yao's lips twitched: "Cheng Yan, is there any hope for your jinxed mouth? If not, let's talk about food and drinks instead!"
She was afraid.
Jiang Chengyan's eyelids twitched: "Never mind, let's talk about something else."
This year, the roses at Qianhua Palace didn't bloom very well.
Since you and the Emperor left, Zhiheng assigned some palace servants to take care of the flowers, plants, and fruit trees in Qianhua Palace. However, the fruit is sparse and falls off before it is ripe.
I went to check several times, but I didn't pick a single cherry.
About two weeks ago, Zhiheng told me that the roses had only grown wildly this year and hadn't bloomed much. I wonder how they are doing lately...
If you go back and see it, please don't blame Zhiheng; she has already done her best.
Yuan Yao was stunned.
Do the flowers, plants, and trees of Qianhua Palace also throw tantrums?
She nodded and said, "I am already very grateful to my sister-in-law for helping to manage Qianhua Palace, not to mention that she just gave birth not long ago."
Flowers, plants, and trees all have their own rules for survival.
Keep what you can keep, and let go of what you can't.
"Around us, my father and I could only glance at it a few times."
Jiang Chengyan sighed softly: "I was just feeling a bit sentimental. If you and Qian Sui were still here, Qianhua Palace would probably still be a prosperous place."
Yuan Yao smiled, her eyes crinkling, and comforted him, "Qianhua Palace is empty now, it doesn't matter if it's not prosperous anymore. The most important thing is the long-term prosperity of the Great Qi, and that's what Father and I hope to see..."
The three of them chatted for quite a while, rambling on about this and that.
Manager Bai personally brought in some desserts: "Princess, have a taste and see if it still tastes the same as you remember."
He smiled very gently, just like an old father.
Yuan Yao picked up a plate of mango ice cream, took a bite, and said with satisfaction, "It tastes just like I remember."
Shopkeeper Bai smiled and said, "I've already made arrangements. The desserts are excellent. When the princess returns to Chu, she can take the people with her."
"Huh?" Yuan Yao was stunned: "You even prepared a cook for me?"
Shopkeeper Bai nodded and said, "Yu'er personally taught him for half a year before he graduated. Yu'er said that the princess will definitely like him."
Yuan Yao was so moved that her eyes welled up with tears.
Just then, two footsteps came from outside the private room.
One of them said with a half-smile, "Well, Uncle Bai, you're asking me to send someone to the military camp, and you're hiding it from me."
So, the person was to be sent to the State of Chu?
With so many dessert-making talents at Sishichun, what's wrong with sending a few to the Pingnan Army camp?
Upon hearing this voice, Yuan Yao was taken aback.
Beside her, Yun Chan's fingers, which were gripping the teacup, suddenly tightened.
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