First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 335
The sun outside was slowly setting, and the maids and eunuchs in the East Palace walked softly and slowly until the Crown Princess came back with a mighty team, and Da Shuang'er, who was on duty outside, immediately went up to meet her and said softly: "My maidservant sees the Crown Princess, the Crown Prince is here today!" I came back early, but I just looked quite tired, and went to rest in the house after returning to the palace, and the servants were careful not to disturb."

Hearing this, Chang Luohua told the people behind him, "Let's all disperse, and don't disturb."

The palace maids and eunuchs behind him scattered in all directions, except for a few personal ones, each with their own positions, showing the rules as they marched, and Chang Luohua was stopped by Liu Jin as soon as he arrived at the door: "Your maidservant, please see the crown princess, your maidservant just now When I came back, I saw that there were a few more ice mirrors in the room, and the air was a little heavy. You are pregnant and you can’t go in suddenly to catch the cold. If there is nothing important, you should wait until His Highness wakes up and the servants will report it."

Chang Luohua caressed his stomach and said, "Okay, but the sun has gone down and some of the ice cream in the room has been removed. Being cold is not good for my health."

Liu Jin bowed and agreed, and Chang Luohua turned and left to rest in a nearby room. She had just returned from Kunning Palace, and Empress Ma and Yu'er dragged her to talk a lot.

It took a while for Zhu Biao in the room to wake up faintly. He pulled Nuanyu who was fanning to the side and hugged her in his arms. He took a few mouthfuls of rouge regardless of her screams, then got up and changed into another set of light robes, and stood guard. Liu Jin from outside came in to serve.

Zhu Biao took another sip of herbal tea after dressing up and said, "Is the princess back?"

Liu Jin served the newly made pastries and said, "The Crown Princess came back from Kunning Palace half an hour ago. Seeing that it's not so hot, she specially asked to remove some of the ice cream in the house, lest Your Highness would be greedy for cold."

Zhu Biao nodded with a smile and said: "Take them all away, please come over to have a meal with the princess, I am hungry too."

Liu Jin immediately agreed and left, Zhu Biao picked up a piece of delicious jujube cake and handed it to Nuanyu: "I've been very busy recently, how are you doing every day, and you haven't been taught a lesson by the princess?"

Nuan Yu cheerfully took the jujube cake and said, "This servant is good, so I won't be taught a lesson by the princess."

Zhu Biao looked at Nuan Yu who squinted her big eyes happily after eating a jujube cake, silly girl, even if your princess doesn't hate you, how can she like you so much?It's nothing more than being lenient to you for my sake.

Zhu Biao shook his head. He never thought that it would be inhumane for all the women in his harem to love each other. The only time Zhu Biao can stay in the harem is so little. Whoever spends more time with him will have fewer others. , who can be willing?
After a while, Chang Luohua came in, saluted Zhu Biao and sat aside with a bright smile: "Master, are you tired today? You should eat more food later, the concubine has asked Xiaozao to cook a pot of black-bone chicken with wild ginseng soup."

Zhu Biao stretched his waist and said, "Okay, it's really time to mend it. It is said that a good wife is a good wife, and the ancients never deceived me."

At this time, the dishes were brought up by the maids and arranged neatly. Liu Jin and Nuan Yu stepped forward to serve the dishes. Chang Luohua ate two mouthfuls of sauerkraut fish. Pregnant women have such a unique taste, but luckily they don't like stinky ones.

Zhu Biao is looking at the red and white duck with bird’s nest, the Nanxian hot pot, the roasted roe meat and deer tail, and a dish of fried cabbage with oil. The taste of the dishes is average.

Chang Luohua now eats less and more meals. After eating a few dishes he likes, he takes small bites of the nourishing medicinal food, and Zhu Biao asks Liu Jin to bring over a tasting of wine stewed meat and tofu.

Seeing that they were almost finished eating, Chang Luohua said: "The queen mother called all the people in the imperial dining room to reprimand them this afternoon. This is the first time I saw the queen mother get angry."

Zhu Biao frowned when he heard this, and Chang Luohua continued: "After the banquet, my mother found that most of the dishes that were withdrawn had not been touched. She tasted them herself and found that the taste was not good. Some dishes were not even cooked, which was clearly perfunctory. "

Zhu Biao eased his brows when he heard the words. He thought it was the imperial kitchen who dared to ignore the dishes and food in Kunning Palace. The banquets in the palace have always been like this, not to mention that the chefs in the imperial kitchen are only average. He was still the chef of the Marshal's Mansion back then.

"The queen mother also ordered a banquet to be held in the harem, and she had to taste all the dishes prepared first. She would never allow such a waste of food in the palace. Later, even the emperor sent someone to ask, and the queen mother asked people to reply. If you are inferior, you should not be picky, but serving others should be rich and not disappointing."

Zhu Biao nodded. Their family has always been not very picky about food and drink, but their dishes must be carefully prepared, but facing other people, the imperial dining room is indeed a bit slack, relying on the courtiers not daring to be dissatisfied with the dishes in the palace, so secretly Lazy, now that Empress Ma finds out, it's natural that she can't escape the reprimand.

Chang Luohua looked proud and proud, and Zhu Biao asked curiously: "Why are you happy when the queen mother reprimands them? Could it be that they still dare to slack off the meals in the Eastern Palace?"

Chang Luohua brightened his eyes and said: "I just marveled at how heroic my mother is. I always thought that my mother was graceful and luxurious, but I didn't expect to be so dignified when I started a fire. Besides, didn't the master say that I should learn more from my mother?"

Zhu Biao smiled and shook his head, the woman really held a grudge, but she just typed a few words casually in Zijin Mountain back then, and she still hasn't forgotten it, it's really funny.

Chang Luohua didn't intend to let him go, he caressed his belly and said, "A virtuous woman is pleasing to the heart, and a beautiful woman is pleasing to the eye. If the concubine, the concubine, doesn't ask for a mother to welcome Miss Li and Princess Gaoli, isn't she the prince?" Where is the virtuous woman in my heart?"

"That's all, it's better to let His Highness meet Yueyan earlier. The Queen Mother has issued a decree. Next month, Miss Li will be served in Rudong Palace, and the third princess of Gaoli will be allowed to enter the palace next month."

Hearing this, Zhu Biao glanced at her and said, but he didn't pretentiously evade it. It's not good for these two to delay for too long. He has no shortage of women, but the forces represented by these two behind him also need to be appeased.

Seeing that Zhu Biaozhen didn't say a word, Chang Luohua's originally bright and charming face suddenly changed into a look of grievance, Zhu Biao had no choice but to say: "No matter what, I can't surpass you, mother, queen, father and emperor are all your backers, you still don't want to give up?" There is nothing to be afraid of, just rest assured and raise your baby.”

Hearing this, Chang Luohua bit her red lips tightly. If she loses her husband's love, what if she is loved by her in-laws? After all, the two of them will live their lives. She is a month old, and she thought that she would take the initiative to beg for a mother-in-law. To welcome those two into the palace, my husband should be more sympathetic to her.

Zhu Biao waved his hand with a smile, and Liu Jin immediately led the maids and eunuchs back out. He got up and walked to the side of the princess, bowed and put his forehead against her temples and whispered softly: "Okay, my palace, thank you very much." The Crown Princess is very kind and virtuous, she is so sensible and open-minded, she must be a good wife and mother in the future, don't be angry, okay, I will accompany you out for a walk."

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(End of this chapter)