Chapter 635 Reunion Dinner
The Taoist priest was wearing a dark blue robe and holding a whisk in his hand. He looked to be in his forties, but his hair was completely white.
Perhaps out of intuition, Xiao Xixi felt that this Taoist priest was not simple.
Unfortunately, the distance between her seat and the Taoist priest's was very far, so she couldn't observe him closely and could only stare at him from a distance.
The Taoist priest always had a smile on his face, and his movements when eating and drinking were very graceful, looking like a decent human being.
Because the late emperor was obsessed with seeking immortality and Taoism in his later years, the empress dowager had an instinctive aversion to all Taoists.
Seeing that there was a Taoist priest following the emperor, the empress dowager didn't say anything on the surface, but she was already dissatisfied in her heart. She planned to find an opportunity to warn the Taoist priest to prevent the emperor from following the same fate as the previous emperor.
The emperor was in poor health and had no appetite, so he didn't eat much. He just sat for a while, then slowly stood up and left with the help of others.
He looks much older now, with most of his hair already white. He needs someone to support him even to walk a few steps.
The Taoist priest followed the emperor.
After the reunion dinner, everyone left Bigui Pavilion.
As soon as Xiao Xixi got on the sedan chair, Concubine Bai called her.
"Sister Xiao, we are all going back to the East Palace, why don't we go together?"
The road is so wide, we can't stop others from walking, Xiao Xixi replied indifferently: "It's up to you."
The two sedan chairs moved forward side by side.
Winter is already very cold, and the temperature gets even lower at night.
Fortunately, Xiao Xixi was wearing warm clothes and had a heater in her hand, so she wasn't very cold.
The sedan chair swayed slightly, making her feel a little sleepy.
She couldn't help but yawn.
Concubine Bai sighed, "It's been half a year since the Crown Prince left, but he hasn't come back yet. I don't know how he is doing outside."
Her voice was as soft and weak as always, which was fine at normal times, but now it was almost lost in the cold wind.
Xiao Xixi was trying hard to fight sleepiness and didn't hear her words clearly, so she asked.
"What did you say?"
Concubine Bai repeated what she had just said.
Xiao Xixi: "Can't you speak louder? The wind is so strong that I can't hear you clearly."
Concubine Bai had to raise her voice and shout at her.
"I want to ask you, is there any news about the prince..."
Before she could finish her words, a gust of cold wind blew in her face and poured into her open mouth.
Her words stopped abruptly.
The cold wind choked her and she kept coughing, her face turning pale.
Liu Xu asked nervously, "What's wrong with the queen? Is her old illness coming back?"
As she spoke, she took out the medicine bottle with familiarity and prepared to feed Concubine Bai the medicine.
Concubine Bai pushed her hand away and said hoarsely, "I'm fine, I just choked on some wind."
Liu Xu quickly patted her back to help her calm down.
While the master and servant were busy, Concubine Xiao's sedan chair had already gone far away.
When Concubine Bai raised her head and looked at Concubine Xiao again, she found that Concubine Xiao had disappeared.
Concubine Bai was extremely angry because she couldn't get the information she wanted.
"This Concubine Xiao must have done it on purpose. She just didn't want to reveal the news about the Crown Prince to me."
Liu Xu was puzzled: "How do you know for sure that Concubine Xiao has information about the Crown Prince?"
Concubine Bai pursed her lips, not wanting to answer this question.
Although she didn't want to admit it, the fact was that Concubine Xiao was the most favored in the entire Eastern Palace. After the prince had been away for half a year, he would definitely miss Concubine Xiao in the palace and might even send someone to secretly send a message to her.
In fact, Xiao Xixi did receive a letter.
However, the letter was not delivered to her until the ninth day of the first lunar month.
It was still early winter when the prince wrote this letter, and by the time the letter was delivered to Xiao Xixi, the new year had already passed.
Xiao Xixi couldn't help but sigh again that the communication speed in ancient times was really too slow.
The letter talked about his recent situation.
Naturally, he only talked about the good things and didn't mention anything about things like being in danger or getting injured.
The prince also said that his twentieth birthday would be coming up soon, and reminded Xiao Xixi to prepare a birthday present for him.
He made a note at the end of the letter:
No turtles! No living creatures!
Xiao Xixi touched Luo Xiaoxi, who was lying beside him pretending to be dead, and muttered to herself.
"Turtles are so cute, why doesn't he want a turtle? I was thinking of giving him another turtle, so that you can have a companion."
Luo Xiaoxi lay on the carpet motionless, as if she had lost her soul.
Recently, in addition to eating, sleeping, playing cards and reading storybooks every day, Xiao Xixi has an additional task, which is to prepare a birthday present for the prince.
On her birthday last year, the prince personally carved a kitten seal for her.
She still wears the seal around her neck every day.
Xiao Xixi decided to reciprocate and also gave a seal to the prince.
She specially found a piece of fine white jade and began to carve a seal.
After tinkering with it for several days, I still couldn't carve a decent seal.
Xiao Xixi looked at the white jade in her hand that was carved into an irregular object, thought about it carefully, and decided to give up the arduous task of carving the seal.
She polished it again and turned the white jade into a round button.
She originally wanted to make a concentric button, but it was too difficult and she couldn't complete it, so she had to settle for the next best thing and made a round button.
This round buckle looks more disc-shaped than the average ring pendant. At first glance, it looks a bit like a donut just out of the pan.
Xiao Xixi polished the white jade donut, then used blue string to weave a net, strung the white jade donut on it, and made it into a white jade pendant.
She looked about, very satisfied.
Xiao Xixi put away the white jade pendant, ran out and shouted to Baoqin.
"I want donuts!"
Baoqin asked what a donut is?
Xiao Xixi then described the method of making the donuts and its appearance and taste.
Baoqin had an idea in her mind: "Please wait a moment, I will go and study it."
It is not difficult to make donuts. After careful research by Chef Baoqin, she quickly made the donuts that Xiao Xixi remembered.
Xiao Xixi took a bite and found it soft, sweet and delicious!
Yao Zhaoxun came again today.
Xiao Xixi pushed the plate of donuts in front of her and asked her to try some.
There is no woman who doesn't like sweets, and Yao Zhaoxun is no exception.
She was immediately attracted by the sweet smell of the donuts and picked up one to taste it.
Xiao Xixi asked: "Is it delicious?"
Yao Zhaoxun nodded vigorously: "It's delicious!"
Donuts are delicious, but eating too many will make you fat. Yao Zhaoxun didn't want to become a dish like Concubine Li, so he stopped after eating one.
She held the teacup, took a sip of the hot tea, and exhaled slowly.
It feels so comfortable to drink hot tea and eat dessert in this cold winter!
Xiao Xixi was not afraid of getting fat and continued to eat the donuts happily.
Yao Zhaoxun: "Your Majesty, do you still remember the Taoist priest who followed the Emperor during the reunion dinner on New Year's Eve?"
(End of this chapter)
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