Chapter 34：

Sure enough, as Pei Yan said, two days later Tao Ti knew what the "price" was.

Upon hearing the news that Prince Yu had fainted, Emperor Zhaokang immediately sent an imperial physician to the palace and sent a lot of rewards and condolences.

That night, he also summoned Pei Yan and Pei Changzhou to the Palace of Qinzheng. Tao Ti didn't know what happened in the hall.

It was just that Emperor Zhaokang was furious and smashed a set of tea sets, and angrily accused Pei Changzhou of being unfaithful and unfilial. If it hadn't been for Queen Zhou to arrive in time and begging for mercy, Emperor Zhaokang was afraid that he would break Pei Changzhou's leg.

In the end, although Pei Changzhou's leg remained unbroken, he knelt in the ancestral temple for a night, and was seized by Emperor Zhaokang of the right to be in charge of the penalty department.

The next day, above the court, a number of officials from Yushitai jointly impeached the evil deeds of the noble children and demanded that Emperor Zhaokang punish severely—

These noble children all made good friends with Pei Changzhou, and their father and brother were also very close to the Zhou family.

Emperor Zhaokang had deliberately suppressed the arrogance of the Zhou family, and coupled with the fact that this group of inexperienced things dared to curse his most beloved prince, he could not be merciless in public or private.

For a time, either reprimanded, or fined, or demoted, or directly relegated to Chang'an...

The father and brother were punished in the court hall. After returning, those noble and noble children who spoke for a while were naturally unavoidable.

Those who spoke most vigorously that day were even more unlucky afterwards. One accidentally rolled down the stairs and broke his head and became a fool; another was frightened on horseback and broke his leg and became disabled; There was a fun-seeking person who was trapped in a sack in the middle of the night, kicked the root of his life and became a useless person... These are all things to do, so I won't be here for the time being.

Tao Ti knew that Pei Changzhou and the group of noble children had been punished, so she was naturally very happy.

Two more days later, Xu Wenchan came into the palace and talked to Tao Ti about the body of Mrs. Zhang Yongwei.

"Ati, don't worry. Your mother-in-law was infected with the wind and cold. When my mother and I visited, she was already cured."

Xu Wenchan held a handful of dried fruits and knocked it out, watching Tao Ti take out the bones from the chicken wings with a curious look, "Ati, what are you doing so delicious?"

"Chicken wings stuffed with rice." Tao Ti said, putting the extracted chicken wings into a large bowl, pour in garlic, minced ginger, rice wine, soy sauce, sugar and other seasonings, and start to marinate.

Xu Wenchan's eyes widened, "Chicken wings stuffed with rice? Well, although I haven't eaten it before, Ati, you must make delicious!"

"You'll know when it's done." Tao Ti smiled, preparing to steam the glutinous rice.

Xu Wenchan lay hands next to him, chatting with Tao Ti, chatting, and naturally asking about what happened in the Yuwang Mansion that day.

"That day Song Yuning took you to talk, and you will just go back. I waited for a long time and didn't see you. I thought Song Yuning did something to you. Song Yuning was really dull. I asked her that she didn't speak for a long time. Later, the maid of Prince Yu Mansion came to see Concubine Shi Zi and said that Prince Yu had fainted, and I knew that you had gone with the prince. In other words, was Prince Yu really fainted by the third prince?"

Speaking of Tao Ti, she felt funny, but it was not easy to tear down the stage of the prince Yu, so she only vaguely said "because it is".

Xu Wenchan smacked his tongue, "Is that really the case? Then these three princes are not a thing."

Tao Ti gave her a look, "Be careful that the wall has ears."

Xu Wenchan was stunned, and quickly shut up. Although this is the East Palace, it is also within the scope of the Imperial Palace.

After a while, she turned to another topic, "What did Song Yuning talk to you that day, it's mysterious. Well, are you familiar with her?"

Tao Ti jokingly laughed, "Hey, I don't need vinegar when making chicken wings, why is it sour?"

Xu Wenchan really raised his nose and sniffed, muttering "No sourness" in his mouth. When he saw Tao Ti's sly smile, he also reacted, "You cramped ghost, I'll just ask. I, I'm not so stingy, I won't let you make other friends... But even if you have other friends in the future, I will be the best one!"

"Good, good." Tao Ti replied, explaining that she was not familiar with Song Yuning.

After Xu Wenchan heard this, she felt that Song Yuning was more and more inexplicable, "Who she thinks she is, why should she tell you that."

After a pause, she seemed to think of something, "By the way, I heard that when the eldest princess hadn't married far away, Song Yuning had been in the palace and served as her companion for many years... The princess and the prince studied together when they were young. Get up, aren't Song Yuning and the prince childhood sweethearts?"

She patted her forehead and widened her eyes. "My God, what Song Yuning suddenly said to you, is there something between her and the prince?"

Tao Ti pursed her lips. Although she had guessed like this before, she heard people mention it again, for some reason, her heart was a little dull, as if she had crushed a stone.

She vaguely put aside the topic, "Stop talking about this."

Reached out and took the shrimp and green beans aside and fry them in a pot. The green green beans and the tender white shrimp are fried together. The colors are bright and beautiful.

After a while, the scent of shrimp floated out.

Xu Wenchan's attention was suddenly attracted by the fragrance, and he instantly forgot Song Yuning behind his head.

When the shrimp and green beans were cooked and served on the plate, she stretched out her tentative paw, wanting to taste it.

Tao Ti removed the ingredients in time, and smiled helplessly, "This is the ingredient for the chicken wing rice, so I can't eat it yet."

"Huh?" Xu Wenchan showed a little disappointment on his puffy face, and then said with a look of expectation, "The ingredients are so fragrant, and the final product is not delicious enough to fly!"

Tao Ti blinked at her and smiled, "Soon you will know."

After the glutinous rice is steamed, stir-fry with the eggs until fragrant, and finally pour in the green beans and shrimps. Golden eggs, round emerald green beans, plump white and tender shrimps, fried together with glutinous rice with distinct grains, are bright and rich in color and full of fragrance.

Tao Ti took the marinated chicken wings, stuffed the glutinous rice into the chicken wings, stuffed each chicken wings bulging like a purse, and then sealed with a small stick, brushed with oil and honey, and put it on the small bread Baked in the kiln.

About a quarter of an hour, the fragrant chicken wings were shining out of the oven—

The honey and oil present an extremely beautiful golden luster on the surface of the chicken wings. Lightly everything with a knife, the crispy and soft skin is immediately cut open, revealing the tight and plump fried rice inside, and the smell of meat fills the entire small kitchen.

"Wow, this is too fragrant." Xu Wenchan stared straight, swallowing.

Seeing her look like a greedy cat who couldn't wait, Tao Ti picked up a small piece with chopsticks, blew it gently, and brought it to her mouth, "Ah, open your mouth."

Xu Wenchan immediately opened her mouth with excitement, like a cute little sparrow waiting to be fed.

As soon as the chicken-wing-stuffed rice is in your mouth, the first thing you touch is the sweet skin of the chicken wings, the slightly sweetness with honey, and the deliciousness of the secret sauce. After chewing, the soft and waxy taste of glutinous rice, the crispness of green beans, and the freshness of shrimps, are mixed with the juice of the chicken wings itself. The more you eat, the more addictive you are.

"This is really delicious, too fragrant..." Xu Wenchan felt that his life had reached the peak!

"Eat more if it tastes delicious." Tao Ti watched her eating happily, and she also gave birth to a sense of happiness in feeding.

Just when she was about to order Linglong to dress up and send it to the Purple Heaven Hall, she raised her eyes, but saw that there was a tall and flamboyant figure at the door of the small kitchen.

Tao Ti was surprised, "His Royal Highness?"

When did he come, no one told him.

In the late spring sunshine, Pei Yan was dressed in a jade-blue robe and stood quietly at the door, like a tall and slender white poplar.

Tao Ti said in his heart: Well, for his height, he is indeed thinner now.

Pei Yan Luoluo walked in generously, his gentle gaze was always on Tao Ti, and when he got closer, he glanced at Xu Wenchan, who was eating greasy mouth.

Xu Wenchan received this gaze. She couldn't swallow chicken wings or chew well, so she said with embarrassment, "His Royal Highness, Your Highness Jin An Wanfu!"

Pei Yan let out a low "um" and withdrew his gaze.

While Xu Wenchan breathed a sigh of relief, he couldn't help wondering if she was too sensitive, and why did she feel that the prince was hostile to her inexplicably!

Tao Ti looked at the man in front of him and asked softly, "His Royal Highness, why are you here?"

Pei Yan said, "After dealing with government affairs, come out for a walk..."

walk?

Linglong and Fu Xirui at the door looked at each other, and the same thought popped up in their hearts: Dispersed from Zixiao Hall to Yaoguang Hall? Your Highness, find an excuse and find a reliable one!

Tao Ti was a little stunned when she heard this, but she didn't think about it, she only looked at him with crooked eyebrows, "Then what a coincidence you are here, I just made chicken wings and rice, I originally wanted Linglong to give it to you. Sent, it doesn’t seem to be needed now."

Pei Yan glanced at the golden chicken wings and whispered, "It looks very good, try it alone..."

"OK."

Tao Ti responded, just about to give him chopsticks, but saw Pei Yan suddenly bend down and stare at her.

Tao Ti, "...?"

The big confused eyes met the black peach eyes.

Three seconds later, Tao Ti had a bold conjecture—

He... Is he asking her to feed?

After hesitating for a while, she tentatively picked up a piece of chicken wing wrapped rice with chopsticks and slowly brought it to Pei Yan's mouth.

Seeing her move, Pei Yan's eyebrows curled, and his dark pupils gleamed with a brilliant light. He opened his mouth slightly and ate the small piece of chicken wings wrapped in rice.

Linglong and Fu Xirui, "..."

It's embarrassing if you don't see it.

Xu Wenchan, "..."

Inexplicably show off?

Pei Yan slowly tasted the food in his mouth. After eating, he praised, "It tastes good."

Tao Ti didn't expect that he really opened his mouth to eat, and he just suddenly bent his eyes and smiled, really a little bit sulky...

Realizing her strange mentality, she hurriedly took a step back, lowered her head in a panic, and whispered, "Uh, uh, let's go to the hall to eat."

"Okay." Pei Yan responded softly, and cast a glance at Xu Wenchan by the way.

That glance, faint, careless, made people feel a layer of goose bumps for no reason.

Xu Wenchan, who was just about to catch up, had a look on his face, "..."

After a while, she realized!

"Well, Ati, it's too early. My mother specifically confessed that I will go back early today. I, I must leave the palace first." Xu Wenchan swallowed.

"Ah? It's still early." Tao Ti looked at the shining sky outside the window, then pointed to the fragrant chicken wing wrapped rice, and asked, "Are you going to eat it?"

"I'll eat it!" Xu Wenchan blurted out, the food is currently, and it is worthless not to eat!

Just from the corner of her eye, Mimi glanced at Pei Yanqing's cold face, she quickly added, "Then you can pretend to be a few for me and let me eat on the road?"

Tao Ti frowned, thinking she was a little weird, and then thought, maybe Pei Yan was here, and she was a little uncomfortable.

She did not force it, and promised, "Okay, then I will pretend you to eat on the road."

Xu Wenchan breathed a sigh of relief immediately, and said with a smile, "Yeah, thank you Ati!"

...

Not long after sending Xu Wenchan away, Tao Ti turned and returned to the hall.

Pei Yan was sitting on the couch with an eight-foot-tall red sandalwood and jade-inlaid peony screen, with a casual posture and a lazy look. His slender fingers rubbed the wall of the cup, as if thinking about something.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, he slowly turned his head and smiled faintly at Tao Ti, "I'm back."

Tao Ti thought that she had been with him for so many days, she should have a certain resistance to his prosperous beauty.

But it turns out, no!

It would be okay if he smiled faintly as usual.

But recently he smiled more softly at her, and his beautiful eyes were still shining, like the night sky full of stars, shining brightly and charmingly.

A beautiful handsome guy always smiles at you like this. Who can hold it?

Tao Ti felt that he was already very strong if he could not spray nosebleeds!

She replied in a low voice, and walked over quickly. Seeing that the chicken-winged stuffed rice on the table did not move, she looked at him suspiciously, "His Royal Highness, why don't you eat it? Is it a bit greasy?"

Pei Yan gently shook his head, his voice was gentle and elegant, "Wait for you to come back to eat together."

Tao Ti: Brother, please stop exuding charm!

"Oh, let's eat then." She smiled, deliberately avoiding his gaze, sat down and picked up a piece of chicken wing wrapped rice and ate it.

The burnt chicken wings are stuffed with glutinous rice. When you bite it down, the chicken is crispy and tender. The slightly sweet and rich sauce is completely immersed in each grain of glutinous rice. Greasy, every bite is full of happiness.

Tao Ti ate several pieces in one breath, and did not forget to remind Pei Yan, "You can't eat more, glutinous rice is not easy to digest."

After hearing this, Pei Yan put down his chopsticks and nodded slightly, "Okay."

This obedient look really wants to make people rua.

Tao Ti couldn't help thinking, he grew up so good-looking, wouldn't he be more cute when he was a child?

Hmm, I don't know what the five or six-year-old Pei Yan looks like, she must be exquisite like a doll, right? Alas, it’s better to be modern. There are photos to remember. In ancient times, you can only rely on your brain to make up for it.

Thinking about it this way, she unconsciously remembered Xu Wenchan's "childhood sweetheart"—

So, Song Yuning should have seen Pei Yan when he was a child?

This cognition made the strange depression come to my heart again.

Tao Ti pretended to be drinking tea, and asked casually, "His Royal Highness, how old did you start studying with Song Taifu?"

Pei Yan said, "I was enlightened at the age of three, and has been taught by the teacher."

Tao Ti nodded, no wonder that ancient times always said that "a teacher will be a father for a whole life". A teacher has been with him since childhood, and his father may not have been with him for so long.

After a pause, she asked again, "I heard that the granddaughter of Song Taifu's family was accompanied by the eldest princess when she was a child... Then you have been studying together since you were a child, right?"

As soon as I asked this question, the surroundings became quiet.

Tao Ti suddenly regretted what was going on with him, why did he suddenly ask such a more intimate relationship question.

She waved her hand with an annoyed look, and explained, "Well, I just ask casually, don't care, I don't care if your relationship is good or not..."

Doesn't matter?

Pei Yannong frowned slightly, and seeing her still explaining embarrassingly, he solemnly said, "Ati."

Tao Ti's eyelashes trembled slightly, and Shui Lingling's eyes were somewhat confused and surprised.

This seems to be the first time he called her Ati.

Different from other people, he called her like this, as if to draw the distance between the two of them very close at once, still showing some inexplicable petting?

Tao Ti looked at him and waited for him to continue.

Pei Yan's eyebrows are three-dimensional, her pupils are pitch black, like a deep pool, reflecting her fair and bright face.

He fixedly stared at her, his thin lips lightly opened, "Gu is not familiar with her."

Such a serious and solemn answer caused Tao Ti's heart to jump twice.

"Oh." She answered dryly, and she hurriedly lowered her head.

Somehow, the faint suffocation at the beginning disappeared without a trace, and there was a hint of joy that was not easily detectable in my heart.