"Yes, this servant will go right away." Cui Ling bowed, carefully took the confession, and quickly walked towards the Zi Chen Palace.
The Queen nodded
She was quite surprised that she was not punished by the Empress Dowager today.
She saw Yun Duoduo's adorable little dumpling today and liked her very much.
Upon arriving at the imperial kitchen, she saw palace maids busily preparing lunch. Standing at the door with her hands behind her back, she asked, "What are we having for lunch today?"
The maids and servants, who were busy washing, chopping, and mincing vegetables, knew that the person who came was the Empress as soon as they saw her wearing a phoenix crown and a robe embroidered with phoenixes.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress!"
"Long live the Empress!"
The people busy in the kitchen had never seen the Empress before, and her arrival today truly startled them.
"Your Majesty, is there anything you wish to do?"
"I just asked, what are we having for lunch today?"
"Ah, Your Majesty, the dishes prepared for lunch today include spicy beef tripe, braised lion's head meatballs, and pork tenderloin with salted egg yolk..."
"Why is it all dried goods?" The Queen frowned in displeasure. The little princess couldn't possibly eat all of these dishes.
"Add a beef broth!"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Remember, from now on, every meal delivered to Shouchang Palace must include beef soup. Prepare plenty of beef; there can't be a shortage. Got it?!"
"I remember, I remember, this old servant remembers." The old woman kneeling on the ground nodded hurriedly. Although she didn't know why, since the Empress had spoken, she had to do as she was told.
The Empress was worried that the little princess might get tired of drinking beef soup every day.
"Besides beef soup, prepare some pork soup, mutton soup, chicken soup, and fish soup as well." Empress Zhaoyuan hadn't thought of any other good ideas yet, so she could only vary the types of meat.
"Also, the fish soup must be prepared properly; there can't be any bones in it. If any bones hurt the little princess, I'll bring you my head!"
The little princess? So these meat soups were prepared for the little princess.
"Yes, yes, we understand."
...
Inside the Dongping Palace, Yun Luoxue wiped away a tear from the corner of her eye. She never cried, but today she shed a single tear.
Clouds!
That brat!
Yun Luoxue's eyes were filled with hatred. Her hands were gripping the corner of the table so tightly that her knuckles turned white and blood seeped from her fingertips.
The insults we suffer today will be repaid tenfold in the future!
The palace maids in the bedchamber were packing their things. Looking at Yun Luoxue, whose face was covered in crimson, they all kept their distance and dared not speak. They just kept their heads down and packed their things silently, hoping to leave this place as soon as possible.
The palace maids outside the bedchamber had been transferred from elsewhere to help. A few of the younger ones were whispering among themselves, "Hmph, we knew she'd get into this mess!"
"Look at her arrogant and domineering manner, she's really annoying!"
"They're just riding on the coattails of the tiger; they really think they're the masters!"
"That's right, I heard that she injured and maimed quite a few palace maids!"
"An imposter, so arrogant! Now look what's happened, he's been kicked out, huh!" Several palace maids mocked and ridiculed Princess Yun Luoxue of Dongping.
Yun Luoxue listened to the servants gossiping outside, snorted coldly, stood up, pushed open the door, and looked at the palace maids who were squatting and chatting under the window with a cold gaze.
"Oh? You're saying this princess is just a bully using the tiger's power?!"
"And you, saying this princess is an imposter?! You slut, don't you even know who you are!" Yun Luoxue grabbed one of the palace maids by the chin, turned her body upright, and forced her to look at her.
She forcefully pinched the maid's chin, making her look up and meet her gaze. Without hesitation, she pulled the hairpin from the maid's hair and stabbed it into the maid's lips.
"Ah!" Blood immediately flowed freely.
"Remember this, all of you! I am the master, and you are the servants. I will not tolerate your mistreatment!"
Looking at the palace maid's blood-stained lips, her pained expression, and the other palace maids trembling with fear and their heads bowed, Yun Luoxue smiled with satisfaction, a maniacal laugh.
So what if she's been driven out of the palace? Sooner or later, she'll make those who insulted her pay with their lives!
...
Inside Shouchang Palace, Yun Duoduo, having drunk her fill of beef soup, lay contentedly on her bed.
This feeling of eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, is so wonderful. If God allowed it, she would be willing to be a parasite like this for the rest of her life!
No need to work or earn money, endless delicious food every day, sleep when tired, read stories when bored, life is comfortable and pleasant.
However, she needs to grow up quickly, be able to talk and walk, so that she won't always be bullied and at the mercy of others.
The thought of her third brother, who had been drooling and trying to kiss her the day before, sent chills down her spine.
Next to Yun Duoduo's bed is a black pear wood desk, and next to the desk is a small, carved stool.
"Mo Chou, prepare the brush and ink." The Empress Dowager sat at the black pear wood desk, her eyes slightly narrowed, a smile she could hardly hide on her face.
A sheet of letter paper was laid out on the table, and Granny Zhang was standing beside the desk grinding ink.
"Your Majesty, is this to write a letter?" Granny Zhang asked, watching the Empress Dowager write on the envelope.
The Empress Dowager nodded. "The Queen Dowager of Western Shu already has five granddaughters, each one incredibly beautiful and adorable." "That old woman writes to me every few days, boasting about how clever and charming her granddaughters are."
"During holidays, they would bring their kids over to visit, showing off and being incredibly smug."
Yun Duoduo chuckled as she listened to her grandmother's words. She was very envious of such a friendship. She could even picture her grandmother's sassy best friend in her mind, who must be a very interesting person.
"Your Majesty, look, the little princess is smiling!"
"This girl seems to understand what we're saying!"
"you do not say!"
"Now, I have a granddaughter, and a granddaughter with extraordinary talent. Her physique is truly one in a million among girls. Mochou, tell me, shouldn't we mention this wonderful thing to the Queen Mother of Western Shu?!"
Yun Duoduo agreed in her heart, "Yes, yes, good news should be shared."
Granny Zhang smiled; the Empress Dowager could finally hold her head high. Normally, whenever the Empress Dowager received a letter from the Queen Mother of the Western Shu Kingdom, she would sigh, her face full of worry, staring blankly out the window.
Listening to their conversation, Yun Duoduo realized that Xishu was the neighboring country, a place rich in resources, and very close to Nanyang.
"Don't worry, you don't know, yesterday after Duoduo finished drinking the beef soup, she even kissed me!" The Empress Dowager touched her left cheek triumphantly.
"Those little pouty lips are so cute!"
"When Duoduo is a little older and can walk on her own, I'll take her to Western Shu, so that old woman Wang can see how adorable my granddaughter is!"
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