Chapter 287 Extraordinary Things
"Open it!" Seeing her youngest son anxious, Empress Changsun guessed that there must be sweets in the jar.
"Yes!" Helan Rongrong opened the seal and lifted the lid, and a familiar smell of brown sugar hit her nose.
Looking inside, I saw long reddish-brown objects. "Hey! What kind of candy is this?"
"Let me take a look!" Empress Changsun felt strange and was puzzled when she saw it. It was the first time she had seen this kind of candy.
"Tangtang! Tangtang!" The ninth prince grabbed the hem of his mother's skirt, saliva flowing from the corners of his mouth.
"Greedy cat!" The eldest grandson laughed and picked up a piece from the jar, breaking off a little to taste it first.
It is very sweet, with the fresh sweetness of brown sugar, but it does not have the crunchy texture of pure brown sugar. It is crystal clear inside, I wonder what it is?
"Tangtang!" The ninth prince anxiously pulled his mother's hand to feed him.
"Eat it!" Empress Changsun broke off a little and put it into the child's mouth.
The Ninth Prince finally got to eat the candy. He squinted his eyes happily and smacked his lips.
"Mom, there's me too!" Yuzhang pulled her mother and acted coquettishly.
"Come on, have a try!" Empress Changsun fed them one by one.
"Your Majesty, I can do it myself!" Helan Rongrong felt embarrassed to be fed by the Queen.
"Open your mouth!" the Queen insisted.
Helan Rongrong opened her mouth helplessly and a piece of sweet stuff entered her mouth. As she chewed it, sugar juice overflowed from it. It was almost invisible and she couldn't tell what it was. It melted into crumbs in her mouth.
"Empress, what is this?" Helan Rongrong finished eating and still couldn't tell what it was.
"I don't know either!" Changsun smiled and began to open the letter. "Let's see what's written in the secret letter!"
"Mother! What delicious food are you eating again!" The Fourth Prince's cheerful voice was heard outside the palace.
The little fat boy came jumping in with beads of sweat on his forehead.
"Qingque, why are you sweating? Did you run back again?" Empress Changsun looked at her naughty second son and smiled helplessly.
The second son loves to act like a spoiled child and has won the heart of her husband.
She loved each of her children, but valued her eldest son Li Chengqian more. In order to make her eldest son a qualified heir and better inherit the throne, she inevitably paid more attention to her eldest son on weekdays.
It's not that she is partial, but she hopes that her children will be friendly and respectful to each other, and not repeat the Xuanwu Gate Incident for the throne.
Empress Changsun firmly protected her eldest son and did her best to care for and educate him, hoping that power would be transferred smoothly in the future and that the children would all have a good life.
"Mom! I'm thirsty!" Qingque hugged his mother and acted coquettishly, his chubby body looking like a large ninth prince.
"This child!" The eldest grandson smiled and handed his son a bowl of warm water.
The fourth prince drank from his mother's hand, gulping down the drink. "Ah, it really quenches my thirst!"
"Don't run next time. It's hot. You are afraid of the heat, yet you run so fast! Where is Gao Ming?" Empress Changsun wiped the sweat off her son's face.
"The smart one is behind! He guessed that there were delicious foods here with his mother, so he ran back quickly! Haha!" The fourth prince's eyes sparkled, and he was delighted that his guess was verified.
On the way, he saw the eunuch coming out of Lizheng Hall. When he heard that something was delivered, the little fat boy instinctively felt that it was something delicious, so he left his brother and ran away.
"Mother!" Crown Prince Li Chengqian walked in quickly, his face slightly red.
His younger brother ran away, and he also wanted to run, but he was the prince and could not show his joy. He could only suppress his curiosity and ran all the way. He was a little out of breath when he entered the Lizheng Palace.
"Gao Ming is here!" Empress Changsun stood up and pulled her eldest son to sit down.
"Mom!" The little fat boy felt a little jealous and squeezed into a seat next to his mother.
Helan Rongrong found it funny. The Fourth Prince always loved to compete for favor, fearing that his parents wouldn't be able to see him.
Changle pulled Yuzhang to sit down and picked up Zhinu.
"Mother, did the eunuch bring some good things?" Li Chengqian stretched his neck to look and smelled a sweet scent as soon as he entered the room.
"It's good stuff! You all should try it!" Empress Changsun asked Helan Rongrong to fill a plate.
"What is this? Why does it look so crystal clear?" Li Chengqian took a bite, his mouth filled with sweetness. He looked at the long strip in his hand and couldn't imagine what could be so crystal clear.
"Mother! It's delicious!" The Fourth Prince squinted his eyes happily. This was his favorite food.
Changle and Yuzhang ate in small, elegant bites, unlike their elder brother who was so unrestrained.
"Sugar, sugar!" The ninth prince took the candy from his sister's hand and stuffed it into his mouth.
"No, Chi Nu, sister will break off some and feed it to you!" Changle took the candy away from her hand and broke off some with her hands to feed her younger brother.
"I haven't read the letter yet!" Empress Changsun picked up the letter again, opened it, and looked at it slowly.
He was smiling at first, but when he saw that he didn't say anything later, his expression became serious.
"Oh, this is called winter melon candy! It turns out it's made of winter melon and brown sugar!" The little fat boy who was squeezed next to his mother watched and clicked his tongue.
Li Chengqian glanced at his brother and wanted to look too, but he tried to remain calm.
"Hey, mother, what is a natural colored silk silkworm? What kind of magical creature is it?" The little fat boy suddenly exclaimed.
Upon hearing this, Li Chengqian could no longer hold back and craned his neck to look over. The more he looked, the more astonished he became, "How could such a magical object exist in the world?"
"Rongrong, open the box!" Empress Changsun said anxiously after reading the letter.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Helan Rongrong heard the exclamations of the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince, and guessed that there must be something extraordinary in the box.
Remove the seal covered with wax and open it with the key given by the Queen.
The contents of the box came into view: three pieces of brocade, one bright red, one indigo, and one gradient color, shining with a luxurious luster.
"Oh my God!" Several people gathered around the wooden box and exclaimed, shocked by the gradient-colored brocade.
The gradient colors go from light yellow to dark yellow, light red to bright red and then to dark red, from light blue to sky blue to dark blue and indigo, and from light purple to dark purple.
Different angles, different colors, different shades of colors, oh my god, it's amazing!
The royal family had seen countless silks and satins, and had seen many kinds of brocades with colorful patterns, but this was the first time they had seen brocade with different colors on the base.
Empress Changsun calmed herself down and gently stroked it with her hand. The touch was different from any silk she had ever worn before, soft yet elastic and tough.
"Mom, look!" The little fat boy was quick. He opened the wooden box and picked up the colorful cocoon.
"Wow! It's so beautiful!" Changle and Yuzhang were attracted.
Girls all like colorful things. They have only seen white cocoons, light yellow cocoons, and light green cocoons, but have never seen cocoons in bright red, indigo, purple, bright yellow, and various shades of color.
The children were so curious about it that Changle asked, "Mother, where did this come from? Did this cocoon lay eggs? Can we raise colorful cocoons too?"
"That won't work! The cocoons have been fumigated and no moths can hatch!" Empress Changsun laughed.
"Ah? What a pity!" Changle said regretfully.
"What a pity!" Tian Khan strode in and sniffed. "What good stuff is this?"
He glanced around and saw a piece of winter melon candy left on the plate, so he picked it up and ate it.
"Well, what is this?" Tian Khan took a bite and couldn't taste it.
"Aye, winter melon candy!" the little fat boy said loudly, showing off.
"Winter melon candy? Made from winter melon?" Tian Khan looked at the crystal clear remains in his hand and asked curiously, "How did the winter melon become so crystal clear?"
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