After chatting with Xiao Donggua, Yu Zhizhi immediately summoned Xiao Tao and said to her, "Xiao Tao, go and tell everyone in the Yun family not to bother me from morning till night tomorrow. If anyone comes looking for me, please turn them away on my behalf."
Xiao Tao nodded in response, "Miss, I understand."
It seems Miss will be fasting for a day tomorrow.
Because he had been too busy lately, Zhao Yunjin hadn't been to the palace to pay his respects for several days. Now that he had finished dealing with some rather tricky official business, he planned to bring some ice cream to the palace for his mother and the others to try.
At this moment, the Eighth Princess Zhao Yunxin was complaining to the Empress with a sad expression, "Mother, I sent my secret guards to Putuo Mountain to buy ice cream today, but they came up empty-handed."
"I really want to try the taste of ice cream. Is it as refreshing and delicious as everyone says?"
Although the Empress stayed deep within the palace, the nannies who served her would tell her about some of the hottest events happening outside the palace every day.
Therefore, she also knew that people had been talking about ice cream these past few days.
She could only comfort him, saying, "I've heard that this ice cream melts very easily. Even if the guard manages to buy it and uses his lightness skill to rush back to the palace from Mount Putuo, the ice cream will still melt."
"If you really want to try it, I will send someone to look it up later. You can then buy it directly from the stall owner's residence."
It really breaks my heart that my daughter can't even have an ice cream.
When Zhao Yunxin heard that the Empress would help her investigate, she immediately became happy and said in a coquettish tone, "Thank you, Mother!"
As the two were enjoying the fruits, Zhao Yunjin walked in unhurriedly.
Seeing her son, whom she hadn't seen for several days and who looked somewhat tired, the Empress said with heartache, "Jin'er, come and taste the lychees that were transported from Rongzhou Prefecture."
Zhao Yunxin had already eaten several lychees and looked at him excitedly: "Sixth Brother, these lychees are so crisp and sweet!"
As she spoke, she immediately handed the freshly peeled fruit to Zhao Yunjin.
However, Zhao Yunjin did not accept the answer.
"I'll do it myself."
Then, he picked a lychee from the plate and peeled it gracefully.
Seeing this, Zhao Yunxin pouted.
Hmph, it seems Sixth Brother's mysophobia has flared up again, and he's starting to dislike her.
Not long after, the Emperor arrived in a hurry.
After learning that Zhao Yunjin had entered the palace, he made a special trip to Yixin Palace.
"Jin'er, your mother and I already know that you gave up this opportunity for treatment to the Crown Princess. After the Crown Princess recovers, I will ask the divine physician to treat you."
Zhao Yunjin replied while wiping his hands with a handkerchief, "No need, your son has already found other treatment methods."
Upon hearing this, the Emperor said nothing more.
Jin'er has always been opinionated, and even a miracle doctor might not be able to completely remove the scar, so let him figure it out himself.
After chatting for a while, Zhao Yunjin waved to Zhao Yi behind her and said softly, "Open the wooden box."
This simple little wooden freezer box was actually left behind by Yu Zhizhi when she sent someone to deliver ice cream to Zhao Yunjin.
The ice cream I brought to the palace came in handy this time.
Zhao Yunxin curiously approached the wooden box, gently stroking it, and asked in confusion, "Sixth Brother, what is this? Why does it feel so cold to the touch?"
"ice cream."
Upon hearing the word "ice cream," Zhao Yunxin immediately perked up, her eyes brightening considerably as she exclaimed with delight:
"Wow, Sixth Brother, you're amazing! Where did you get so many ice creams?"
She was just worried about not being able to buy ice cream; it seems the Sixth Prince is her god.
Zhao Yunjin smiled slightly: "It was a gift from a friend."
The Empress smiled gently: "Jin'er, is your friend the ice cream vendor?"
I heard that there's a limit to the number of ice creams you can buy, only two at a time, and this wooden box contains at least twenty ice creams, so it's highly likely that his friend is the stall owner.
A hint of pride flashed in Zhao Yunjin's eyes: "Mother, you guessed right. There are nine flavors of these ice creams. Come and try them."
After much deliberation, the Eighth Princess finally picked up a hawthorn popsicle, tore open the oil paper bag, and began to enjoy it.
"Wow! Father, Mother, this hawthorn-flavored ice cream is so sweet and sour, and so refreshing. It's just right for my taste."
The Queen looked at the ice cream in her hand and smiled with satisfaction, praising, "This grape sorbet ice cream is not only full of milky flavor and has an extremely smooth and creamy texture that melts in your mouth, but it also looks very nice."
Jin'er's friend is a wonderful person; she's incredibly skillful.
Immediately afterwards, she instructed the palace maid beside her: "Someone! Take two ice creams for the Empress Dowager to try."
The Emperor ate two ice creams in a row and still felt unsatisfied. The weather had been hot and humid lately, and his appetite had not been very good, so the ice cream was a perfect way to cool him down.
When he was about to take the third one, he was stopped by the Queen.
The Empress gently scolded and reminded him, "Your Majesty, did you ignore what Jin'er just said? You can't eat too much ice cream at once."
The Emperor had no choice but to withdraw his hand, and said reluctantly, "Empress, remember to leave a few ice creams for me."
Princess Bajie, who was standing to the side, couldn't wait any longer and started picking out other flavors of ice cream. She planned to take a few back with her and enjoy them slowly.
I've only tried two flavors so far, there are still seven flavors I haven't tried yet.
It was evening.
As the sun began to set, the evening glow painted half the sky red.
Guard Zhao Yi rode his horse to the Yun residence. He carefully carried a large basket inside.
The basket was filled with fresh lychees, each one plump and translucent.
He came up to Yu Zhizhi and pointed to the basket: "These lychees were specially brought from the palace by the master for you to try."
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