One word of praise from the emperor is worth a thousand words from others. Jun Beiqi won the first prize with his poem Curse of the Golden Flower.

As for the prize, the Seven Treasures Jade Ruyi was naturally awarded to Jun Beiqi by the Emperor, and no one had any objection.

Only Jun Beiyu's face looked a little dark and ugly, but it disappeared in an instant, and he returned to normal, congratulating Jun Beiqi in a gentle and elegant manner.

"The prince is indeed very thoughtful and we cannot compare to him." Jun Beiyu said to Jun Beiqi with a smile on his face.

Jun Beiqi just glanced at him coldly and ignored him, instead walking to Lin Zan's side.

At this moment, Lin Zhan had a smug smile on his face and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince should believe me now."

"I believe you do have some abilities, but these are just some opportunistic things. They are not enough to make me trust you completely and form an alliance with you."

Jun Beiqi discovered that Lin Zan had too many little secrets, so he was still a little wary in his heart. He squinted his eyes and said cunningly.

After hearing his words, Lin Zhan knew that he wanted to test her again. She couldn't help feeling a little annoyed. She glared at him fiercely and ignored him.

Seeing Lin Zhan turn around and leave, Jun Beiqi was about to follow him when he was stopped by a timid voice.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince." Jun Beiqi turned around and found that it was Si Xueyi.

Seeing the prince who was as handsome as a god, Si Xueyi's face turned red uncontrollably again, her face was as rosy as a peach, and she was extremely beautiful.

However, Jun Beiqi only glanced at the beautiful scenery and said indifferently as usual, "What do you want to call me for?"

"The poem that His Royal Highness just wrote is magnificent and full of heroic spirit. I admire it very much. I believe that His Royal Highness must have studied poetry in depth. Xue Yi also happened to write a poem. I wonder if His Royal Highness could do me the honor of appreciating it for me."

Si Xueyi looked at Jun Beiqi eagerly, her little hands twirling her handkerchief inside her sleeves, feeling very nervous.

"No thanks."

However, she didn't expect that Jun Beiqi didn't give her any face at all. After saying three words coldly, he turned around and left.

This made Si Xueyi's face turn pale and blue, as if she had not expected that she would be rejected so blatantly by Jun Beiqi.

Although Jun Beiqi rejected Si Xueyi, the scene of their conversation just now was seen by Lin Zhan.

"It was clearly me who helped you win the first prize. If you don't form an alliance with me, are you going to form an alliance with Bai Lianhua? It really wasted all my efforts."

Lin Zan was standing behind the rockery, his heart filled with rage. He reached out to grab the weeds on the rockery next to him, but he didn't expect that he failed to grab the weeds. Instead, he only heard a cry of pain.

When he looked in surprise, Lin Zhan found that his hand was actually grabbing the top of the head of the Fourth Prince Jun Anqing.

"It hurts, it hurts, please let go!" Jun Anqing said to Lin Zan while screaming.

Lin Zhan quickly came back to his senses, loosened his hand, and smiled at Jun Anqing embarrassedly. "When did you come, Fourth Prince? I didn't even see you."

"I saw you sneaking behind the rockery, and I thought you were hiding something delicious, but I didn't expect you to grab my hair and almost tear my scalp off."

Jun Anqing said with a pout, and when Lin Zan heard his words, the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily, thinking to himself, why is he thinking about food all the time?

"I saw that you looked very angry just now. Did someone make you angry?" Jun Anqing stretched his head forward and stared at Lin Zan like a curious baby.

Lin Zhan quickly shook his head. "Why should I be angry? I just saw a scene that I shouldn't have seen."

At this moment, Lin Zan saw Si Xueyi chasing in the direction Jun Beiqi left, and he felt even more depressed.

So looking at Jun Anqing who was right beside him, Lin Zhan directly grabbed his hand and said, "Let's go and play somewhere else, so as not to get angry here."

"Ah, where are we going to play?" When Jun Anqing heard that he could play, he immediately became very happy. Without asking anything, he followed Lin Zan.

Lin Zhan took Jun Anqing directly out of the imperial garden and came to the imperial kitchen.

Seeing the two young masters suddenly appear, everyone in the imperial kitchen was startled, and the eunuch in charge hurried out to greet them. "Greetings to the Fourth Prince, Miss Lin."

"Can you make flower cakes?" Lin Zhan asked straight to the point.

The cook in the imperial kitchen was stunned for a moment, and the eunuch in charge quickly called out the pastry chef. However, when the pastry chef heard what Lin Zhan said about the flower cake, he was stunned for a moment and then shook his head.

"I have never heard of or seen such a delicacy as flower cake. I wonder where Miss Lin heard it from." The cook said respectfully, without any neglect towards Lin Zan just because she was a child.

Lin Zhan smiled. "I just read it casually in an ancient book. I know how to make flower cakes. You can just follow the steps I told you."

There happened to be many roses in bloom in the imperial garden, so Lin Zhan asked Bixia beside him to pick more roses.

Hearing that the flower cakes were really made of flowers, many chefs in the imperial kitchen were a little surprised, and some were even stunned.

Until Jun Anqing pinched his fat waist and pretended to be aggressive and shouted, "This prince wants to eat flower cakes. If you can't do it, I will chop off your heads."

As expected, these words had a great deterrent effect, and the chefs in the imperial kitchen started to work according to Lin Zan's instructions.

Bixia quickly brought several palace maids to pick many fresh roses, which they kept washing in water in preparation for making rose jam.

Dry the water on the surface of the washed roses, then add a large amount of granulated sugar, rub the petals thoroughly with your hands, then put them in a small pot and boil them, pour in honey, and soon the sweet rose jam with a rich rose aroma will be ready.

Lin Zhan took a deep breath, and the fragrant rose scent filled his nostrils. He nodded with satisfaction. "Very good, now we can make the dough."

"Ms. Lin, I have prepared the dough for the flower cakes." The chef who specializes in making pastries came over with an extremely excited look on his face.

Jun Anqing also came over curiously, looked at the bright red rose jam and said to Lin Zhan, "Lin Zhan, is this really edible?"

“Not only are they edible, they’re delicious.” Lin Zan said with a smile, and then he started wrapping flower cakes himself, and even pinched them into the shape of a little rabbit.

Jun Anqing also became interested and started making flower cakes together with Lin Zan. For a moment, the imperial kitchen was filled with the laughter of two children.

Soon, the strangely shaped flower cakes made by the two people were put into the steamer.