What happened to Qingyun?
"Your Highness, I think I just saw Young Master Zhang."
"What? Where?"
"At the entrance of Futang Palace"
Now Qingyun didn't need to pull Lu Hua along anymore; Lu Hua started running alongside Qingyun on her own.
After Lu Hua arrived at the entrance of Futang Palace, she took a few deep breaths and, together with Qingyun, pushed open the door and went inside.
Is there anyone left inside?
Lu Hua visibly became disappointed.
"Your Majesty, this is a good omen! Haven't you noticed that Young Master Zhang has been appearing more and more frequently these past few months?"
Lu Hua, feeling lost, was comforted by Qingyun's words.
Lu Hua stepped into Futang Palace, wanting to see where Zhang Shuhao had come from.
As Lu Hua walked, she came to a dark spot and was about to sit down when she noticed that the surrounding stone benches were covered in dust, except for this small patch that remained clean.
Lu Hua wondered if Zhang Shuhao had just sat there, so she sat down.
After sitting down, Lu Hua looked up and saw something in the grass in front of her.
So Lu Hua got up, walked into the bushes, squatted down, and picked it up.
Lu Hua picked up the calligraphy brush and examined it carefully. Sure enough, she saw the character 'Hua'.
He looked at Qingyun excitedly.
"Qingyun, it's him, I didn't make a mistake."
"He would engrave the character 'Hua' from my name on the calligraphy brushes he used."
"That's wonderful! I believe it won't be long before Her Majesty is able to meet Young Master Zhang."
"Um!"
Lu Hua gripped the calligraphy brush tightly in her hand, as if afraid of dropping it, as she exited the gates of Futang Palace.
Unlike the disappointment when I came in, I was visibly much happier when I came out.
"Daddy~, look what I brought back!"
Xiao Xi'er held her hand up in front of Qin Jue, and Qin Jue saw something pink peeking out from between Xiao Xi'er's fingers.
"They are flower petals"
"Wow~, Daddy is so awesome!"
Xiao Xi'er opened her palm, and some of the flower petals in her hand floated up with the movement, then fell to the ground. Some petals remained in Xiao Xi'er's palm.
"Father, this is for you."
Qin Jue, who was squatting in front of Xiao Xi'er, knew from the crabapple petals in Xiao Xi'er's hand where she had come from.
Only the Futang Palace in the entire palace had crabapple blossoms. Qin Jue's eyes darkened as he looked at the crabapple petals.
"Father?"
"Okay, thank you, Xiaoxi'er."
Hehe~
Little Xi'er took Qin Jue's big hand and said, "Daddy~, let's go inside."
"good"
"Daddy~, Sister Xiaju just told me that flower petals can be made into something delicious, right? (It's delicious, isn't it?)"
"Yes, why does Xiaoxi want to eat?"
"Hmm, is that alright?"
"Little Xi'er said it herself, of course you can!"
"Daddy, you're the best!"
The father and daughter entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation. After Sanhezi left the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he called Sanshu and Xiaoshunzi up to the Futang Palace.
After Sanhezi and the others finished picking the crabapple blossoms from the tree, they looked at the baskets full of hibiscus blossoms and, thinking that was enough, instructed Sanhezi to count them.
"Sanshu, you take Xiaoshunzi and the others to the imperial kitchen."
"Remember this: have the Imperial Chef use these crabapple petals in their dishes."
"Godfather, you can rest assured."
"I trust you to handle this, Godfather. Go quickly."
"Godfather, I'll head to the imperial kitchen now."
San Shu led Xiao Shunzi and a few others to the Imperial Kitchen.
"Master Shi? Master Shi?"
Shi Tian, who was cooking, heard someone calling her and came out of the kitchen.
"Is there anything I can help you with, Grandpa San?"
"Master Shi, these are petals from a crabapple blossom."
"so what?"
Shi Tian craned his neck to look behind him and saw several palace servants, each holding a basket of flower petals.
"Master Shi, the princess wishes to eat dishes made with flower petals. His Majesty has sent me to deliver flower petals to the imperial kitchen."
"Does the princess want to eat it?"
"Yes, Lord Food."
"Alright, quickly have someone take the flower petals into the kitchen."
"Hurry up and put it in the kitchen; Master Shi has spoken!"
After the eunuchs heard this, they went into the kitchen one after another and put the flower baskets they were carrying inside.
"Lord Shi, this servant will now return to the Hall of Mental Cultivation."
"Um"
After saying that, it wasn't San Shu who turned and left first, but Shi Tian who turned and went into the kitchen first.
Qin Jingyan, who was in the kitchen, had been paying close attention to the conversation between Shi Tian and San Shu ever since he heard the name San Shu.
After learning that Xiao Xi'er wanted to eat food made from flower petals, she came to Shi Tian's side.
"Master Shi, why don't you let me help you cook?"
Shi Tian didn't even glance at Qin Jingyi. "Make it for you? You've only been here a few days. Do you even know how?"
"You should practice chopping and stir-frying vegetables first."
Shi Tian impatiently chased Qin Jingyi away.
Qin Jingyi stood in front of her cutting board, glaring angrily at Shi Tian, chopping vegetables with a 'bang-bang' sound.
Seeing the interaction between his master and Qin Jingyi, Luo Ning knew what it was about.
"Your Highness, how about I teach you to make a sweet soup?"
Seeing Qin Jingyao looking over, Luo Ning spoke first, "Your Highness, this sweet soup also needs flower petals."
"good"
Luo Ning then took Qin Jingyi to find ingredients and taught her how to make sweet soup.
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"Your Majesty, this is tonight's dinner."
"Okay, go down."
Shi Tian personally led a group to deliver the meal to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but unfortunately, he didn't see Xiao Xi'er, and Shi Tian was disappointed.
After Shi Tian left, Xiao Xi'er washed her hands and returned. Sitting next to Qin Jue, she saw San Hezi using silver needles to test the food for poison, one dish at a time, one dish at a time.
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