Wang Houde said with a beaming smile, "It's been delivered, and Her Majesty is very pleased. She also asked me to convey her thanks to you."
Gu Linchao paused, then pursed his lips. "That's good."
He suddenly became curious about what Wang Houde had given to Wen Nongnong.
"What did you send?" he asked casually.
Wang Houde recounted the items with great familiarity, saying, "This servant has selected the best items from the storeroom, including a Guanyin statue that grants children, a set of headdress and jewelry, some spices, and two bolts of fine cloth..."
"A Guanyin statue granting children?" Gu Linchao's eye twitched, a shadow crossing his brow. "Who told you to send such a thing?"
Wang Houde was taken aback and replied, "It was you, Your Majesty, who said to let this servant choose the best to send. This Guanyin statue that grants children is carved from a single piece of jade, making it extremely precious, and Your Majesty likes it very much."
"The princess likes it very much?" Gu Linchao was somewhat stunned.
"It's true, as soon as Her Majesty saw the Guanyin statue, she couldn't wait to hug it to her arms. When this servant left, she still hadn't let go. Doesn't that mean she really likes it?"
Gu Linchao: "..."
Would a young girl like Wen Nongnong like something like the Guanyin Bodhisattva who grants children?
Didn't she know the meaning behind it?
Or perhaps, she...
Gu Linchao thought of the soft, slender waist he had touched that afternoon, and his lips suddenly felt a little dry.
She likes children? She probably wants to...
"Smack!"
The calligraphy brush he was holding suddenly broke in two.
Wang Houde looked at him in surprise. What happened to his master? How did he break the brush out of nowhere?
"Master?" He looked at him with surprise and doubt. Could it be that he had given the wrong thing to the Empress, which made the master so angry that he broke the pen?
Looking at the pen broken in two in his hand, Gu Linchao's handsome face flushed slightly. He ordered, "Pour tea." After a pause, he added, "Cold tea."
Seeing that he showed no signs of anger, Wang Houde quickly went to fetch a cup of cool tea.
After drinking some herbal tea, Gu Linchao felt a little better, but he still couldn't calm down to handle government affairs, so he simply returned to the West Garden to bathe and go to bed.
However, he did not sleep well that night.
He wondered if it was the ginseng soup, but he felt incredibly restless, a feeling he had never experienced before. Moreover, the image of the waist he had touched during the day kept flashing through his mind...
The next day.
Wen Nongnong got up early and took Lü Qiao to the morning market. After much searching, she finally found a little hen.
She planned to make ginseng chicken soup for Gu Linchao again.
He treated her so generously, she couldn't be stingy with him.
After she brought the chicken back to the mansion, she had the cook kill it.
After the hen was killed, she began to stew the soup.
This time she decided to stew it for a longer time so that the essence of the ginseng could be extracted and it would be effective for Gu Linchao.
However, just before noon, the Empress Dowager suddenly sent Granny Zeng out of the palace to fetch her into the palace.
"But the prince hasn't returned yet. Shouldn't we wait for him?" she asked.
Granny Zeng said with a smile, "His Highness is very busy and doesn't have much free time. The Empress Dowager doesn't want to disturb him, so she only asked this old servant to bring the Princess Consort to the palace. The Empress Dowager misses the Princess Consort and wants the Princess Consort to come to the palace to keep her company and relieve her boredom."
Wen Nong Nong liked the Empress Dowager very much, so she was naturally willing to go to the palace to keep her company. But what about the ginseng soup that was still simmering on her stove?
Thinking it over, she had no choice but to leave Lü Qiao behind, saying, "When the prince returns, remember to bring him that ginseng soup."
"This servant remembers," Green Fairy said respectfully.
Wen Nongnong felt relieved. "Granny Zeng, let's go."
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