"Try it." Su Lixia picked up a clean plate and then put a bite on it.
Xiaolian was a little nervous because she had never seen her princess cook before, but the food looked delicious…
After hesitating for a moment, she ate it anyway, then looked pleasantly surprised, nodded and hummed in agreement, swallowed it and said, "It's so delicious!"
Su Lixia nodded and smiled, saying, "Let's put it aside."
Following that, Su Lixia continued to cook other dishes: braised fish, spicy mixed vegetables, boiled pork...
"Alright, the prince should be back for dinner. Go and invite him over."
Upon hearing this, Xiaolian was taken aback, thinking she had misheard, and then confirmed, "Does the princess mean to invite the prince?"
Su Lixia raised an eyebrow and said, "Yes, my cold dish will be ready soon, you should go quickly."
"Yes." Xiaolian went anyway, forcing herself to go.
When the kitchen door was opened, the cooks were all standing in the doorway, and both sides were startled.
Xiao Lian patted her chest and questioned, "Didn't the princess tell you to go and rest? Why are you all still standing here?"
"Judging from the sounds coming from inside, did the princess cook for herself?" the cook asked softly.
Xiaolian crossed her arms and rolled her eyes, saying, "Why do you all care so much? Is eavesdropping fun?"
"Hey! This is our territory, and you won't let us do whatever we want with it?"
"Xiao Lian, hurry and go invite the prince, lest the food get cold."
Su Lixia shook her head helplessly as she listened to the noise at the door.
"Yes," Xiaolian replied, then walked past them and left.
The cooks peered inside from the doorway.
"Stop looking. Since you're so free, come in and bring the food to this princess."
"Yes." The group immediately became quiet and subdued, and went inside to serve the dishes.
As they walked, the group remarked, "This cuisine looks familiar, but the cooking methods seem quite different from ours."
"Oh dear, although the princess can cook, she's not a professional like us, so it's inevitable that it looks a bit different."
"Yes, that makes sense."
Xiao Lian was taken to Yi Zexuan's study. Yi Zexuan looked up and glanced at her, while Xiao Lian shrank back, clearly somewhat frightened.
"I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I feel like you two are very afraid of me. One of you is hiding from me, and the other doesn't even dare to look at me."
Upon hearing this, Xiaolian shook her head and said, "No, not at all."
"Then tell me, what does your princess want with you?"
"My princess has personally cooked a few dishes and would like to invite Your Highness over for a chat."
Yi Zexuan was taken aback: "You mean your princess cooked herself?"
Xiao Lian nodded and said, "Yes, we are already waiting for the Prince."
"Alright, since it's the princess's kind intention, it would be inappropriate not to go. Let's go."
"yes."
Then the two of them went out one after the other and walked towards the backyard.
Not long after they left, Xue Yurou arrived, wanting to have dinner with him, only to learn that he had gone to Su Lixia's place.
Xue Yurou's smile froze: "Why so suddenly?"
"I suppose there's some problem on the princess's side. After all, even if she has to live in the back courtyard, it's already a hardship for her," the maid said, trying to smooth things over.
"Let's go back."
Yi Zexuan arrived at Su Lixia's room, and Su Lixia got up to greet him.
He smiled and said, "Your Highness has arrived. Please have a seat. All of you may leave."
"yes."
Then only the two of them sat down in the room.
Yi Zexuan glanced at the food on the table and smiled, "This meal doesn't look like it was made by the princess herself; it looks like it was bought from a restaurant."
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