We must return to the capital before Duoduo's coming-of-age ceremony.
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This day marked Yun Duoduo's coming-of-age ceremony.
Before dawn, the Jade Palace was already bustling with activity.
Consort Chen got up very early and began to bathe and burn incense under the clothes of the palace maids. Today, she wanted to use her most beautiful face and best condition to outshine everyone.
"ah!"
Consort Chen suddenly felt a sharp pain in her head, and two strands of her black hair were pulled off the wooden comb used by the palace maid.
"You idiot, you clumsy thing, throw all of this away!"
Consort Chen looked at the wooden comb in the maid's hand and said with disgust.
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Inside the imperial kitchen, the head steward was staring wide-eyed, spittle flying everywhere, hands on her hips pointing and gesturing, "Oh my goodness, you better watch out, today is the Ninth Princess's coming-of-age ceremony, and many foreign envoys can't eat spicy food or pork."
"Some dishes use chicken, fish, beef, or mutton instead of pork, so you can't get them mixed up."
"Wait a minute, you who's preparing the food, where are you going to put this plate? Sort it out properly."
The head steward silently grabbed a young palace maid's arm and questioned her sternly.
"General Li's wife gets all aches and pains whenever she eats peanuts, so you absolutely mustn't serve her that cold vegetable and peanut salad, remember that!"
“I told you yesterday that the prepared dishes should meet the required standards, but today it’s still a complete mess.”
"Did you all just ignore everything I said?!"
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