She held the almond flower cake, which she had only taken a bite of, to her nose and smelled it. It had a slightly bitter and astringent smell, and sure enough, the amount of bitter almonds in the almond flower cake was increasing.
However, the dosage of jasmine flowers was also increased, so you can't smell it at all unless you smell it carefully.
Hmph, her good sister. She hasn't even taken over yet, and she's already scheming to take her place.
That's really despicable, using such a low-down method that she could see right through at a glance.
It's just some petty tricks played in the mansions of the wealthy.
This younger sister is really foolish. She killed her older sister. The Zheng family will send other daughters in. How could she possibly become the only daughter that the Zheng family values the most?
...
After the Spring Festival, the ministers began their annual leave, and Yun Beiye also stayed at home, living a leisurely and carefree life.
He spends his days either reading in his study or playing with his daughter at Fu Shuang Palace.
In the past few days, his eight sons have come one after another to pay their respects and say auspicious words.
Since discovering that Jin Jinzhi, Xue Deyi, and Xiao Jinyu were not only skilled in martial arts but also very talented, he wanted to assign more court affairs to them, to train them early and help them become pillars of the court and contribute to the prosperity of Nanyang.
...
The weather is great today; the sky is clear, the sun is shining, and the temperature is starting to rise.
Inside the Fu Shuang Palace, Yun Duoduo opened her eyes. She looked at the bed behind the screen, but Jin Jinzhi was no longer in bed.
She glanced at her bed again; Jin Zhuangzhuang was still fast asleep.
She looked around, somewhat bored. It was very hot inside the bedchamber. She opened the small blanket that was wrapped around her and took out a red purse from under her diaphragm.
So that's what it was; it had been causing her diaphragm pain all night.
She curiously untied the string on the purse and eagerly took out its contents.
Will Daddy give her a little secret stash of money?!
Or is there some treasure inside that she's never seen before?!
She had expected the purse to contain a lot of money, enough to make her incredibly wealthy, but inside there was only a rectangular pendant, shaped like a jade ornament.
She frowned, staring at the rectangular jade pendant with a crescent moon engraved on it, somewhat puzzled.
Her emperor father made her clothes covered in jewels, jade, and emeralds, so why did he only give her a plain-looking name tag for such a big festival as the New Year?
Although this pendant is made of mutton fat jade, with excellent color and sufficient thickness, and should be worth a considerable amount of silver, it is not anything particularly rare.
There were many of these jade pendants and ornaments in the Empress Dowager's treasury.
She scratched her bald head, tucked the jade pendant under her pillow, and felt a little disappointed.
Let her wear this jade pendant on her waist when she grows up!
Just as the red purse and jade pendant were placed down, rustling footsteps came from the entrance of the sleeping quarters.
After the Empress Dowager finished worshipping Buddha at the newly built Buddhist hall early in the morning, she led the people from Shouchang Palace to Fushuang Palace.
Winter is almost over, so I'm taking advantage of the nice weather today to air out the quilts in Fushuang Palace.
When Yun Duoduo saw Zhang Mama leading people into the bedroom and taking away her small quilt, she looked at Zhang Mama with some confusion.
How strange, why did Granny Zhang arrive so early?
"Little princess, let's air out the blankets today!"
Wow, really?
That's great! She loves the smell of sun-dried blankets!
The sun was shining brightly outside, and the Empress Dowager took Yun Duoduo out to bask in the sun.
Yun Duoduo was very happy. In the cold winter, the palace servants were afraid that she would catch a cold and get sick, so they never carried her out.
She's practically moldy from staying in Fu Shuang Palace.
Fearing that she wouldn't be able to adapt to the cold air outside, the Empress Dowager had Zhang Mama put a newly made red tiger hat on her head, which was very cute.
...
As it was getting dark in the afternoon, Yun Duoduo drank a bowl of beef soup and was then carried to bed by Granny Liu.
Inside Zhaoyang Palace, Yun Yibo was feeling extremely restless. Seeing that there were few people in the palace and that the palace maids and eunuchs were all tired during the New Year, he took advantage of their inattention and climbed out of the window of Zhaoyang Palace.
He had been confined to Zhaoyang Palace by the Empress for a while. Except for the New Year's Eve banquet when he came out with Empress Zhaoyuan, he had been hiding in a corner reading storybooks. Although the storybooks were interesting, Xiaobai kept circling in front of him, wanting to go out and have fun.
It's so hard to live without seeing the light of day!
He put on a hooded robe, tucked a newly bought storybook into his pocket, held Xiaobai in his arms, and headed towards Fushuang Palace, intending to read a bedtime story to Yun Duoduo.
When they reached the entrance of Fushuang Palace, Yun Yibo put Xiaobai on the ground and let it run around.
When Yun Yibo saw the young man standing at the door, he was stunned. This young man looked unfamiliar.
He took two steps back and carefully examined the palace's sign. [It's Fushuang Palace, that's right!]
Why is there a young man at the door these days?
Yun Yibo looked at Xue Deyi with a blank expression. Xue Deyi also looked back, looking at Yun Yibo with a wary expression, and then looked at the lively little white dog with some displeasure.
"Where did this beast come from? Get out of the way!" Xue Deyi took a step forward, shooing Xiaobai away.
Startled, Xiaobai hurriedly ran behind Yun Yibo.
"Young man, you have such handsome features, how come you're so rude?" Yun Yibo hugged the little white dog.
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