Aruo, holding the wine jar, looked at Yuan Yao with a questioning gaze.
Yuan Yao coughed lightly: "Listen to Yun Chan."
Aruo bowed, picked up the wine jar, and left.
As soon as the person left, Yuan Yao couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Yun Chan, you're so naughty!"
This rice wine is practically covered in mold!
Jiang Lanyue would be disgusted to death if she saw this!
"I call this giving them a taste of their own medicine." A hint of disgust flashed in Yun Chan's eyes: "Back then, she disgusted me more than once."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Yao smiled and said, "Are you talking about Jiang Lanyue wanting to marry you?"
Yun Chan: "..."
He said calmly, "In my heart, there is only you."
The only person I want to marry is you.
Yuan Yao opened her bright eyes and said, "Yun Chan, you've confessed to me several times today!"
Yun Chan's ears turned slightly red: "Don't look at me like that."
Looking closer, he was probably about to lose control...
Seeing Yun Chan's embarrassment, Yuan Yao smiled and her eyes crinkled.
She opened her palm: "Yun Chan, be my assistant..."
An hour later, the sweet, delicious, and beautiful cloud cakes were freshly baked...
The imperial chef's crispy fried cicada pupae are also ready.
In addition to these two items, the kitchen also prepared some congee and side dishes.
Yuan Yao and Yun Chan each carried a food box and entered the secret room.
The Ninth Prince drank a bowl of porridge, barely touched the other dishes, but ate several pieces of cloud cake and tasted a few cicada pupae...
After channeling his internal energy several times, taking medicine, and eating, the Ninth Prince's complexion improved considerably.
At the same time, he was also a little tired.
So Xie Ning simply called everyone except the shadows out of the secret room.
Upon arriving at the side hall, Yuan Yao smiled and said, "Uncle, Uncle Heyin, Yao'er has also prepared lunch for you."
He Yin said calmly, "Thank you for your trouble."
Yuan Yao said, "During the period of national mourning, meat is forbidden in the palace, so there is no fresh meat in Qianhua Palace."
"We'll just have to trouble my uncle and Uncle Heyin to continue eating vegetarian food with us!"
"It's alright." He Yin sat down with Xie Ning's help.
Xie Ning said with a smile, "Eating vegetarian food is good; it helps detoxify the body."
Yuan Yao smiled and said, "Then let's have a meal."
After having lunch, Yuan Yao pondered for a moment, then summoned Can Feng and asked him to leave the palace.
In the evening, meat dishes were served on the table.
Dinner was served in a secluded room.
After resting for an afternoon, the Ninth Prince had recovered much of his strength. However, due to the damage to his lungs and internal organs caused by the poison, he was still somewhat weak.
He picked up his chopsticks, glanced at the vegetable and lean meat porridge, steamed fish, and chicken soup, and seemed to be thinking of something.
In the candlelight, the Ninth Prince lowered his eyelashes slightly and asked in a soft voice, "These dishes are not from Qianhua Palace, are they?"
“No,” Yuan Yao explained, “Father, during the national mourning period, everyone in the palace eats vegetarian food.”
However, Yao'er thought that her father had not yet recovered, and Uncle Heyin was also unwell, so they couldn't always eat vegetarian food. Therefore, she asked Canfeng to go to Baiweilou and bring back some vegetables.
The Ninth Prince put down his chopsticks and said coldly, "I have no appetite."
No appetite?
Yuan Yao paused for a moment before sighing, "Father, are you... thinking of the Emperor?"
The nine thousand-year-old remained silent.
It seems she guessed right?
Regardless of the emperor's character, he had grown up alongside the Ninth Prince; the two were like brothers...
Now, a perfectly healthy person is gone, forever separated from us. It's impossible not to feel sad...
But for those who are alive, life must go on!
Yuan Yao ladled out a bowl of porridge and placed it in front of the Ninth Prince: "Father, if His Majesty is watching from heaven, he would surely wish for you to be happy and healthy."
Throughout his life, the person he relied on and loved the most was you, Father…
So, Daddy, you need to eat well and rest, get well soon, and don't worry him!
Nine Thousand Years Old: "..."
His emotions were inscrutable as he stared at the dishes on the table.
After a long pause, he finally said, "Serve me some porridge."
Yuan Yao smiled and said, "Daddy is so good!"
For dinner, the Ninth Prince ate two small bowls of porridge.
After drinking the porridge, he fell asleep quickly.
The door to the secret room was also tightly closed.
Inside the secret room, only Ying remained to keep him company...
It was almost dusk.
Yuan Yao stood at the entrance of Yuehua Palace, handed the food box to Aruo, and instructed, "Give the order that all palace servants be alert tonight and not sleep too soundly."
"If there is any noise, you are not allowed to make a sound."
Aruo hesitated for a moment, then knelt down and said, "Princess, you must also be careful."
“Hmm.” Yuan Yao nodded and added, “Tonight, there’s no need to keep anyone in Yaofeng Palace. Let’s all squeeze into other palaces.”
Aruo replied, "This servant understands."
After taking the food box, Aruo left with the little palace maid.
Jing'er rushed over: "Princess, Prince Xie Zhi has arrived!"
Xie Zhi?
Yuan Yao looked up.
In the garden, Xie Zhi was walking this way...
He was dressed in armor and led two squads of imperial guards as he walked steadily toward her.
In the blink of an eye, the person was close by.
Yuan Yao hesitated for a moment, then bowed respectfully: "Your Highness, Second Prince."
Xie Zhi clenched his fist, trying his best to suppress his emotions, and said in a businesslike tone, "Tonight, you will stay in the Moonflower Palace."
My men will be protecting you from the shadows.
Yuan Yao bit her lip lightly: "Okay..."
Xie Zhi nodded: "I will deploy my troops first."
Yuan Yao nodded: "Okay..."
Xie Zhi raised his hand, and the Imperial Guards immediately followed him into the Moonflower Palace.
Yuan Yao turned around and looked at Xie Zhi's back.
The dim, yellow sunset cast its golden light on Xie Zhi's upright back.
It's clearly golden, yet it looks incredibly forlorn...
Yuan Yao took a deep breath, ordered the palace gates to be closed, and then turned and went up the steps.
The replacement body lay quietly in the coffin.
Perhaps because he had the face of a high-ranking official, Yuan Yao felt no fear and quietly knelt down to burn paper money...
The sky quickly darkened.
After settling Heyin in, Xie Ning leisurely strolled around the Moonflower Palace.
He turned to the outside of the main hall and glanced inside: "Little Yao'er, where's Yun Chan?"
Yun Chan emerged from the shadows: "Here."
"Go back inside," Xie Ning said, waving his sleeve lightly at Yun Chan before asking, "Little Yao'er, want to find a place to sit?"
Yuan Yao threw the last piece of paper money into the fire, then lifted her skirt and stood up: "Uncle, what's wrong?"
Xie Ning said, "It's your father's business."
Father?
Yuan Yao nodded: "Let's go. There's a pavilion in the garden. I'll have Jing'er light a heater."
Xie Ning replied, "Okay."
Soon, a stove was lit, candles were lit, and a pot of tea was brewed in the pavilion, which was covered with bamboo curtains on all sides.
On the pavilion, a dark figure lay lazily on the cool tiles, holding a wine jar in one hand.
He was slightly taken aback when he heard someone coming.
I want to leave, but I can't bear to...
Inside the pavilion.
Yuan Yao poured Xie Ning a cup of hot tea before asking, "Uncle, Yao'er remembers you saying before that you wanted to take Father away."
So, have you found a place yet?
"Hmm." Xie Ning took a sip of tea and replied, "The location has already been chosen, but there's no rush."
Xiao Yao'er, you and Xie Zhi... are there really no way you can turn back?
The person in the pavilion twitched their ears.
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